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About The McIntosh County herald, and Darien commercial register. (Darien, Ga.) 1839-1840 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1839)
iiljtf Ilf(ffif itelj §l^% BY 11. STYLES BELL. Ttrins of Subscription. THE Herald is printed on a largo imperial sheet, with new type, at $3 per yenr, in ad vance, or 64 at expiration of the yenr.— | No subscription received for a less term than one year, and no paper discontinued until all j Arrearages are paid, except at the option of the i publisher. Ratri of Advertising. Letters of Citation, .... £3 00 Notice to Debtors snd Creditors, (40 days) 380 Four Month*’ Notiers, - - - - 4 00 Sales of Personal Property, by Executors, Administrators,or Guardians, -3 tin ■Sales of Lands or Negroes, by do. - * 475 Application for Letters of Dismission, . • 000 Other Advertisements, SI 00 per sipisre first inser- I <ion. snd 50 cents per square for eaeli eontinunnee. Adrertiaemcms should always have llie desired number of insertioas marked upon them when hand- j rd in, otherwise they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. Dp Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes by I Administrators, Exeeutors. or Guardian*, must bo published sixty days previous U> the day of sale. The sale of Persona! Property, ill like manner, j must be published forty days previous to the snlc. Notice to debtors ami creditors of tin estate, must I be published Curly days. Notice that Application will be mad” to the Court of Ordinary, for lefve to sell Lund or Negroes, must j ba publish™ fourflKtiiths. Nrttice that AppUcution will Is- made for I .etters of Administration. mai be published thirty days, and of letters M Disunion, six months. Stnte of Geo.—Liberty County. ■BY Elijah Baker, Clerk of the Court ofOrdinu ! .■ ■ ry for said county. James Dors-y, and tSaruh Smyiie, have appli\sl t for lSlars.of aiUninistration of the goods and chat tels, rights and credits, that were of Archibald Siny lie, late of said court'V. deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and j singular, the kindred and enditors of the said (fit , ceased, to file their objections, fff any there be) in my | office at flinesvitle, on or before the first Monday, in • May next, otherwise the said letters may be granted j as applied for. Given under iny hand and seal at Hinosville, in said | county, this fourth day of J/nreli, in the year L. S. of our Lamd, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, : and irt tlie sixty third year of American Inde- . pendenc-. . I pa 9 E. BAKER, C. C O. L C (ieorglft—Camden Couuly. “WKT HERKAS, Joseph Thomas, applies tor let- j ff ters of adininistration of the goods, chattels, | rights, and credits of Dyman Darrow, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the sad de ceased, to file their objections (if uny they have) in ! the office of the. Clerk of the Court of Ordinary at ‘ Jefferson, within the time prescribed by law, other- j wise the said Joseph Thomas may obtain the letter* ; applied for Given under the h rnd mid seal of the clerk at i L. S. said Court, this sixth day of February, ! eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. np 9 JOHN BAII .EY, C. C. O. C. C Fifty Dollar* Howard. RANAWAY from the subscriber in Hamburg ort thetjfkh, February, his negro man THOMAS, he is about 88 years of age, five feet 10 inches high, j dark complected, and pleasant countenance. He is • a blacksmith by trade, and has doubtless procured j free papers from some person, and has gone to work j nt that business either in South Carolina or G-orgin. t He is in at l probability lurking abotti Savannah, ft -1 understand he engaged in the steauiltoat “Thorne.’ j When he left, he had on a red flannel shirt, bjaek i sattinet pantaloons, and new broadcloth ermtand new i beaver hat. Any |>erson delivering said negro to me, or will lorlge him in any safe jail so that 1 can gel him, shall receive the above reward. R. L. TOWSON. Jun. Hanthr-rg 8. C. March 24th, I*39—ap2-3m c;ultn bVMMR COM’P. f HE subscribers, agents of said company, | offer to contract for delivery nt Darien, or elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best quality, sawed to any dimensions that may he required, and at low [trices. They will have on hand at their depot in ‘hi* city, a good sup ply of lumber of various sizes. WOODBURY & ST YCKPOLE. Darien, Jan. 22,1839. 3w Justices Court for IS3!f. 4 COURT, for the 271st District, will he hottan i at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the 4th Monday of *arh month—to wit Monday 28th January, 1839. Monday 25th February, “ Monday 25th March, “ Monday 2*2d April, “ Monday 27th May, Monday 24th June, u Monday 22d July, “ Monday 2fith August, “ Monday 23d September, 41 Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November, “ Monday 23d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each tenn after the fim. NELSON W CARPENTER, Justice of tfie Peace for 271st, District, Darien, January 29st, 1839. The Carolina Hotel, AT PRIVATE SALE. a THE proprietor of the CAROLINA HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston, wishing to engage in other pursuits, of fers his valuable establishment at pri vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks amonst the very best establishments of the kind in the United *>uues, is situate in the finest street, in the immediate vicinity of the most busy part of the city of Charles ton, and has always commanded the very best pa rsonage. Hotel consists of two very fine three and a half story brick buildings on the north side of Broad st., •commanding a front of 51 feet, with anew and ele gant three story range of brick buildings running from Brdad, to Chalmers street, 290 feet. On Chal mers street there is also a large three story brie.k building, of 51 feet front; all the buildings are con nected with each other. On the premises are also two large and convenient Kitchens, Servants apart ments, and atl other necessaiy out buildings, of brick. There are nine fine parlors, forty-eight neat and com fortable chambers, a large and elegant ball room, one large dinner room, and one large sitting room for gentlemen, a bar room, store room, and two pantries. There is a private entrance in Broad street for ladies and families. With the Hotel, will be sold the whole of the standing furniture, requisite for the proper conducting such an establishment, all of which is neat and new, and has been carefully selected. Any one wishing to engage in the business, will find an opportunity ia this offer, for a safe and very lucrative investment, and if the brilliant prospects of the city are realised, it is believed that no establish ment of the kind in the United States will compare with it ia profit. For terms, and other information, a,ply to ELLIOTT, CONDY & DAWES, Cprner Broad street, and East Bay, Charleston. Very deserptien executed at the of srh ->( THE D.VRFF.N HER ALD. jiaraa aajHua&^&r NEW GOODS. TIIC SUBSCRIBER u just opening a fresh As sortment of select I Consist ing: of the following Articles, viz : Irish Shcot i mgs; Irish Linens- Linen Cambric Hitkfs; Russia Sc ! Scotch Diapers, Curtain tlo; Bin! Eye do; Linen | Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American ! Prints; French Muxlius; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and | Satin Scarfs; Gauze Shawls; £pun Silk Hose; black and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footing*, F*dg ings, and Inserting*; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot -1 ton Muaqbtio; Nettings; Marseilles Venting; striped Eastings; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for I Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of j other articles, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectl\illy‘invited to ! I cal) and examine for themselves. mh 19 H W. HUDNALL. DOBoy STEAM SAW MILL, WILL keep ort hand tt large supply of LUMBER of till description*. Cargoes j willc sawed to order. Five wharves are aj- j i Inched to the Mill, mid the Lumber will be de i livered within reneh of the vessel loading. • Apply to I*. R. YONGE & SONS, Agents. Darien, January 22.1889. MKW M'KI.NG A M H ULK GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBERS hsvp received in ndditinn tn thi-.ir sleek a variety of SPRING & SUMMER ’ GOODS, amongst which are French l’aintetl Muslins Light Prints Check’d, (’anihrie and Swiss Muslins Black Gro tie Swiss Silks Furniture Dimity Linen Sheetings Table Diapers Byrdseve ami Russia do Colton Fringes Irish Linen Dress Shawls and Scarfs Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs Parasols and Umbrellas Corded Skirts Silk Kid mid Lisle Gloves Silk and Cotton Hosiery Ladles’ Corset! Georgia Nankeens Drillings, Vestings, Ac. &e. Which arc offered on the usual terms bv J. &S. 11. HOKENBAUGH. i Darii u. March 26, IKK!). Co- I‘arfnt rship Nollee. THE SUBSCRIBERS have funned s Co-partner ship in the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard Ware, &c. &c. under the style of N. M. Colder & Cos. N M. CALDER, JOHN HUGHEY, N. j. McDonald. D.ii Feb full, 1829. toll 2f> 2m No! ire. ALL person* indebted to the subscribers by note or account, will please settle the same forthwith. CALDER &i HUGHE V. Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh 2b-2m CN APT AIN KYD; or~The Wizard of the Sen. y A Romance. By the Author of “The South west,” “LufiUe,” “Burton,” &.c. 2vols. Just rcccvi ed and for sale at the Herald Office. mhs Notice. THE SUBSCRIBERS wool I inform the citizens of Darien, and its vicinity, that they will carry on i the HOUSE CARPENTERING BUSINESS, in ■ all Us brunches, building or repairing. Allcontracts , promptly attended to. N B. They also contract now, for buildingsto be.! finished next winter. ti'h 2G S It ,V J P. WOODBURY. KfWttnl. ESCAPE!) on the 18th inst. from my t custody, WILL IAM GREEN, tinder itm- i tenre of imprisonment in the Jail of Mcln tosh County, for harboring a slave. The said William Green is about forty years of age, fair complexion, and has a wild express ion of countenance. He resides on the Honey Gall Creek, a Branch of the Alata ntahn, in Glvnn Comity, and is well known in and about that neighborhood as a notori ous cattle thief. The above reward will be paid on delive- j | rv of said Green to myself, at my residence, or to iny deputy at Brunswick, JOHN FRANKLIN, | ap 30 SheriffG. Cos. Fresh Raisins, &©. i \ BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso, TTV Preserved Ginger Scott’s assorted Pickle* in Jars Fresh Sweet Oil, and ♦Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Tea. Just received and for sale by feb 26 J. & S. H. ROKENBAUGH. Carriage for Sale. THE .SUBSCRIBERS have for sale a splendid : new four wheel BUGGY CARRIAGE andHAR NESS. The Carriage is made of the best materials, and is w arranted first rate, togethar with the Harness. They will be sold cheap, mh 26 S. D. A J. P. WOODBURY. Darien ID*nk Bills. BILLS on theobove Bunks taken by the subscri ber for DRY GOODS—consisting of French, English and American Prints; Silk LawnsjChallie’s Paramatta Cloth, (anew article for gentlemen's Summer Coats, &c.); 5-4, 4-4, 3-4 bleached and i brown Sheetings ami Shirtings; Georgia Nankeens; white Jeans; coloured Drillings; Damask Table Dia |per ; Birds Eye Diaper; Vestings; Bear Duck; Ho j siery, &e. &e. Also, for Groe ries, Hardware,Cut j Icry, Hals, Shoes, Iron, or any other article* I may have for sale. My assortment is now good. SAMUEL M. STREET, ap Bth Broad street, (Vivian’s Itange.) Notice. ALL Persons having claims against the Estate of WILLIAM A DUNHAM, late of M’ln toslt county, deceased, are requested to hand in their claims duly attested—and all those indebted, are j likewise desired to make immediate payment to the | subscriber. CHARLES WEST, Executor. Darien, April 9th, 1839. Drought to Jail, ON the 14th inst. a negro named AIIRAIIAM, says he belongs to Mr. Potter, of Savannah. | He is about 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark eomplex ! ion, says his age is 23. BENJAMIN GROOMEB, Jailor, M’lntosh County. Darien, April 16ih, 1839. Hoards. 50,000 feet up country sawed ! BOARDS, 7-8 to I inch thick. For sale bv mh 12-3 t SAMUEL PALMER. DUNBAR IWOBEL, Attorney s*t Caw, Brunswick, Geo. OFFERS his professional services to the public. He will practice in the Couru of the Eastern ’ District, and attend strictly to arty business en> rusted <c his charge. ’ ap DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 183!L - From ilio Baltimore Patriot. MUBINGS IN PRISON. The reader is informed that I have been confined in the Baltimore prison, with a view of eradicating two inveterate habits to which I have been addicted. I vainly endeavored to break the chains of habit my self, and some distinguished gentlemen of Baltimore, my particular friends, seeing my situation, determin ed on seeking a pretext, which was soon found, of { incarcerating me in prison, where I should not be n ble lo obtain the enemies of my soul. I have acqui esced in the decision, and remain a voluntary prison er, with the determination never to leuvo these walls until the chains of habit are broken, and I can go fortli into the world a radically changed man. /l/e ----thinkstha curious reader will ask the cause of those habits. I answer, disappointment in early life in an affair of the heart in which I was to blame. In Bal timore, the causes have been, loss of everything by fire, and pecuniary embarrassment for the want of employment. The youthful and the man of prime, In dark abodes arc gathering hero ; They are tlie dreadful sons of crime, Outcasts from all in life that’s dear; No father’s hand will bless them now, No tender tears bemoan their fate; The mark ofCain is on their brow, Alas ! repentance is too late. Dost mark that youth of noble mien, Os manly form and features fair I He once in virture’s path was seen, He once did fortune’s favors share ; But, ah ! one fatal step hath been, The ruin of that wayward child ; Ills mother sleeps the grave within, His sister roams a maniac wild. Loaded with chains in yonder cell, A man of mind and many cares, Cut off from all tho world, doth dwell, The counterfeiter’s name he bears ; And ape, where beauty comes to bow. And weep o’er her dear father's sin ; She mourns to think what he is now, And wlmt that father might have been. Oh, human nature, weak thou art, Thy frailties to the beat belong ; The bleeding breast, the broken heart, The mother, wife and sister’s wrong, All spring from thee—the. fatal hour, Ye touch the wine cup or the bosyl, Ye are within the demon’s power, For they’re damnation to the soul. MILFORD BARD. Baltimore Prison March 31st. From the Army and Navy Chronicle. SONG OF THE O KEEP ON OK EE. * DV LIEUT. O. W. PAT TBV, U. S. AH MV. You dare me to sing of the Okecfonokee— The word, to be sure, is uncouth to the ear— And yet you may still (ifthe rhyme do not choke ye) Make ready to read, or be silent to hear. You say ’tis the swamp, sir, Sodisinul and dump, sir, Whose intricate windings you wish me to show ; With its lake of the red man, And the shore of the dead man, Who perished by famine, or fell by the blow. Do you see yonder cypres! ’tis on ‘‘Trembling Island/ i Which name from its character so fitly it gets; Because, should you step there, supposing it dry land, ’Tis twenty to one but the isle oversets, Like a ship w ithout breezes, It Tocks as it pleases, 6‘ad footing for marching men, likely to drown, And often, they say, sir, ‘Twould have floated away, sir, Whereit not for that cypress, which anchors it down. ‘ You’ve read of the stream which they name from £t. ‘ Mar)', That hammocks of saplings its head waters know; ‘ And you’ve heard of the birds of the fam’d “Paddy Carey ”t They feed in yon cane till to “chickens they grow, ‘ And the gentle Nautilus, (This measure will kill us,) | Freights yonder his barge ere to ocean he sails; While the rough alligator, The wonder of natur, Bends hither his course when he changes his scales. Look now at the West, where the day star is stra ying, Like the light of an eye o’er a scene it enjoy’d ; Oh ! yonder are spots in the dim distance gleaming, As yet undiscover’d by M * ♦ + * s or FI * * and. By the light of the sunset, There ready for fun, set % The nut-cracking squirrel and moss-eating hare; And blithe ’deaththe moon-ray, The fox and the ’coon play, While the wolf dances round, with the cub of the bear. And there—at the mention, the bull frog stops leaping, The snake seeks his hole, and the hornet its hive— Dwells the red-handed ghost, who has kept, and is keeping ; The corpse of the Florida War still alive ; And who laughs every night, sir, To see the sad plight, sir, Os the leg- weary soldier— a mud-sticken thing— Like “Araby’s Daughter,” bogg’d, Helpless and water-logg’d— Oh ! ’tis the O-kee-fo-no-kee I sing ! Hammock , O kenfonbkce t Feb. 1839. * Written in consequence of a banter, that the au thor could not rhyme with Okecfonokee. tWedo not know whether the author alludes to “ilfotherCarey’s Chickens’” so abundant at seas or to the anecdote of a son of St. Patrick, who shot a ffAg and exclaimed—“Arrah ! but you were a wond ! j*rful bird before I shot the feather* off “ The following beautiful and aftecting “Requiem” we extract from the Philadelphia Gazette. It is prob ably the production of the Editor, Willis Gaylord Clark, who lately lost his kind-hearted, lovely, and accomplished lady : I see thee still! Remembrance, faithful to her trust, Culls thee in beauty from the dust; Thou contest in the, morning light— Thou’rt with me through llie gloomy night; In dreams 1 meet thecas of old, Then thy soft arms my neck enfold, And thy sweet voice is in my car; In every scene to memory dear I see thee still ! I see thee still, In every hallowed token round ; This little ring thy finger bound— This lock of hair thy forehead shaded, This silken chain by thee was brauUd ; These flowers all withered now like thee, Beloved, thou didst cull for me : This book was thine—here didst thou read - This picture, ah ! yes here, indeed 1 see theo still! I see thee still; Here was thy summer noon’s retreat, This was thy favorite fire-side seat, This was thy chamber, where each clay, T sat and watched thy sad decay ; Hero on this bed thou last didst lie, Here, on this pillow, thou didst die ; Dark hour! once more its woes unfold— As then i saw thee pale and cold, 1 see thee still! I see ihec still: Thou art not in the toiqb confined, Death can not claim the immortal mind. Let earth close o’er its sacred trust, Yet goodness dies not iit the. dust. Thee, oh beloved, ‘tis not thee, Beneath the eoflin’s lid I see ; Thou to a fairer land art gone— There let me hope, my journey done, To see thee still! REFLECTIONS IN SOLITJJDE. lain not a man of a sorrowful spirit, neither am I an advocate for the life of a monk.. I have always believed that human beings were formed for society. Heaven designed us for the delightful enjoyments of the social compact ; and upon its exis tence depends the peace of the community in which we live, and the welfare of the hu man family in general ; yet lam fond of solitude. I com t its retirements ; and amid its solitary retreats, I gather the choice dow ers of happiness. Here the mind linds reliof from the hurry of uctivc employment, and retiring within its own citadel feasts upon the intellectual enjoyments with which the God of heaven hath endowed it. N,g hour is so favorable to devotion us the hour of solitude. Abstracted from the multi plied pursuits of life, with meditations fixed upon the word of truth, the Gospel of our salvation,* the soul enters the secret cham ber of the Most High anti, filled with joy l unspeakable, rises triumphant in ecstacy unknown, In no hour do the sorrows of human life present tirerfiselves in aspect so terrific as the hour of solitude. The tide of exciting circumstances having rolled hack its flood, and the feelings operating in calmness and deliberation, the world emerges to con templating in its own—its treacherous I shadows. llow full of disappointment are ! all its anticipations ! How deceitful and ! evanescent are all its pleasures! How fluctuating are all its joys ! Like the bub ble that erects its beauteous dome upon the ocean, then perishes, leaving no trace be hind, it glitters in inviting prospect be neath the sun of promise, and challenges j our admiration; yet, in the moment of 1 cxpdC'ed realization, it pours a withering 1 blast of vexation an:! vanity upon the earth- j born hope, and leaves the anguished spirit j to contend, alone and unsustained, with its J pressure. From this source arises the! deep, the widening stream of wretchedness,! that hath swallowed up its millions in per dition. Despair hangs in gloomy forebo dings ; with its contagious influence replen- j ishes each avenue to the heart—turns every j pleasure to the deepest pain—extinguishes every star of hope, and leaves its victim to navigate the sea of life unities t and forlorn. The groaning bark, riven, dispanded, dash ed furiously from wave to wave, hurries impetuously on, till some rude, overwhel ming billow precipitates the in mate down I the sleeps of everlasting wo. It is true this picture is drawn in melan choly colors. But the circle of fuels lies infinitely beyond me. When I gather the arrows that have been already shot, ami suppose them the last; but lo ! another is hurled in the distance before me. The ghosts of slaughtered thousands, could they communicate with mortals, would respond to these declarations in chilling annotations, ; like the roll of mighty thunderings amid the stillness of a summer’s eve. But, admitting that worldly happiness, like the cloudless sun, should increase its I brightening beams, and amplify the wide circumference ofits everstreaming glories ; —let us suppose each expectation realized, each cup of pleasure still o’erflowing, and every day augmenting the treasury of peace; yet, “surely there is an end”, to all this The most calm and beauteous bay hath had its declining shadows. To every map there is a darkening horizon, which, at the first, seems a mere point, almost lost in the dis tance; but soon expands in threatening volumes. That horizon is the boundary of ! all earthly pursuits. But for that, to the man of pleasure, human life would be the summum bonum of bliss; —with it, the sweetest draughts have most painful dregs ; I and alas ! each draught distributes a poison through our frames, and bends the most vigorous and mighty toward ihe tomb. Thus, while we are buuquetnig upon earth ly joys, tho night of death closes in upon us; and, forgetting and forgotten, we claim kindred with corruption. Such is the end of man. What, then, is hitman bliss! A baseless fabric of a vision ; -—a meteor that promises to illumine, but sinks in clouds;—a fugitive that ever tin ti ros before the imagination, j ct still eluding the grasp, leaves the wretch to mourn. These things forcibly remind me of the experience of that great and iiufoiuiunte man, Lord Byron: “Were I offered tho choice,” said Byron, “either to live over again, or to live as many more years otuvard, I should certainly prefer tho first; yet my young days have been vastly more, unhappy than I believe those of other men common ly are. I once attempted to enumerate the days I had lived, which might, according to the common use of language, bn called happy. 1 could never make them amount to more than eleven ; ntul, I believe, 1 have a very distinct remembrance of every one. I often ask myself, whether, between the present time., and tho day of my death, 1 shall he able to make up the round dozen!” 1 once read of an Arabian caliph, who, in the biographical sketch he gave of him self, assured the world, that with all his wealth, pages, and victories, he had enjoy ed only fourteen days of happiness. Solomon, the king of Israel, was the most glorious und powerful sovereign of his day. He presided over the interests and welfare of a mighty nation, and held in subjection a territory extending from the Arabian Gulf to the river Euphrates. lie “made silver to be in Jerusalem as the stones for nbundanre.” The genius of wis dom wreathed his brow with her honors, and scattered her flowers upon his pathway. But, when at last he gave the finishing touch to his history, lie exclaims, “All is vanity and vexation of spirit.” Wh at a lesson do these facts teach us ! They cry aloud, in the language of a proph et, “Arise ye, and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is-polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.” Every moment the dangers increase;— every beating pulse shortens the span of life; —the hour lingers not upon the dial. Behold how rapidly- your sun is wheeling its car over the hills —soon ’twill set be hind them. Why tarriet t thou, then? Hark! already the roarings of .fordnn come thun dering along. , Hoc how its angry billows whirl in distressing agitations, swallowing up millions! Thou art in jeopardy. Where fore art thou unconcerned? “Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the moun tain lest thou be consumed.” THE CREEK INDIANS. Crekk Nation; March 15, 1839 A meeting between the. chiefs of the two pistriets (the Upper and Lower towns) of this nation, took place on the 17th ultimo, being the first time they have been assem bled together in council for upvvards of sixteen years, during which time they have beencontinu.tlly aL variance with, anti liv ing under different laws, chiefs, autjj re.g ulutions, from each pther, and forming in every respect, with the exception of lan guage and a few ancient custom*, an entire ly distinct and separate nation, living even at the present time apart. The lower towns, ‘or Me Jntosh party, residing upon, and in the vicinity of the Arkansas river, and ac knowledging Roly Me In tosh as (heir prin cipal chief; and the others, who formed the emigration of 1836 and 1837, having fixed there habitation* upon the two forks of the Canadian, and have Opothhyoholo as their head man and chief counsellor, though nominally Little Doctor ranks as their principal chief. It was an interesting scene. Near 1500 warriors were assembled on the council ground, about 1000 of whom formed tile party from the Upper Towns, who had come with the intention of making peace and sitting in council with their brethren of the Lower Towns. After performing their peace rites and ceremonies, (which were highly jntesesting, though I conceive it too tedious to enter into a description irt detail,) the ‘several chiefs delivered their talks, in which was displayed a great deal of native eloquence, for the Creeks pride themselves greatly upon their orator.y, and very justly too, for the mariner of their delivery, and the ease and grace of their gestures, are very plea sino; the general object of which was to congratulate each other upon the prospeet now before them of their whole tribe enjoy ing the benefits of the union now effected between them, and which they hoped for the future would bestow peace, and distri bute all its attendant blessings upon them. ! Having concluded, Lhey called upon the ! agent for his talk, wftieh interpreted to them by Gen. Chilly Me lutosh. After addressing himself to the chiefs ! and warriors of the Mttseogees, he express | ed his great satisfaction at seeing them meet eaeli other after so long mi absence, i and more so at seeing so many evidences of a good understanding being elioctod be tween them, and hoped they would now j hat e a speedy and amicable adjustment of all their difficulties. He reminded tlpon of the lime when their forefathers lived, how they kindled their fires and smoked the pipe of peace, how titey lay down and arose in peace, and there was none to make them afraid. That at length their hearts became wicked, they warred with each other, and stained the ground with the blood of their own people. He desired them to remember ihe great strength of there tribe at that time, since which, what a great reduction had taken place by war and sickness! He desired j them also to reflect upon the occurrences i of their new’home, now almost every ri>l -1 low tree had beideir. a .grave for some df VOL. 1. NO. 18. them, and that their path was now become white with the blcuched bones of the Mus cogee*. That all these misfortunes were brought on by their own wickedness, and if continued, would only terminate with the destruction of thoii whole tribe. They now, howiver, had kindled anew lire for they had taken each other by the hand, and handed the pipe of peace from one to anoth er. Hu hoped he now saw them with their hearts clean and free from malice and hatred toward each other, that he had re ceived instructions from their great father at Washington to right them if possible, and that he would be glatl when he heard of the union of his children the Museogces, and he concluded jay saying that he hoped they were fully aware of the many advan tegps that would necessarily arise from a continuance of the friendly feelings they hud manifested towards each other at this time, that by persevering in this way thev would soon disperse those dissensions which had caused them so much uneasiness and trouble, and by their now turning their attention to the cultivation of their ficl Is. they would soon become prosperous and contented; and although they had the rep utatiou of being the best farmers of any of the other nations of their neighbors, they having no difficulties to combat with, could now soon equal the whites in the appear ance of their farms, and the quantity of their produce; and, in bidding farewell, he hoped that the present manifestations of peace and friendship would long continue with them. Great credit is due Col. Logan for the exertions he has taken to effect this recon ciliation, for it was not until after repeated meetings of the chiefs of the Upper Towns, that his interference proved of any avail ; for aftpr twice appointing a time and place, and giving him an assurance that they would amicably settle their differences in conncii, so often did tllfiydisappoint him ; and noth ing but the most untiring assiduity at tho third attempt prevailed. It will be probably recollected that nt* small degree of apprehension was felt throughout Arkansas on account ,of the re ports circulated last summer of the intended hostilities of the Creeks; and though the_t at that time had not the slightest intention of committing any hostile depredations upon the whites, yet they were torn with intestine commotions ; difficulties of a Serious nature were brewing between the two parties, which, had they been suffered to become, ripe, would eventually have broken out into open war, which in all probability would have extended to the whites. Thus by this reconciliation, all apprehended diffi culties are dissipated, and the probability is that peace will become, fora considerable space of time, an inhabitant of the Creek nation, and the whites have now an assur ance that they have little to fear from any hostile intentions of the Muflcogee#, Cmmr and its Wages. —An affectum scene occurred on Monday in the Court Oyer and Terminer. The spacious room was crowded to excess; and the solemnity of the Bench, consulting upon some topic of judgment, indicated that they were about to execute an important and unpleasant duty. In the midst of tim roifeourse of lawyers and gentlemen within the bar, sat an elderly man, about 50, of gentle appear ance. lie wus about to lie sentenced to an ignominious punishment. His face intima ted to the observer, that recollections of his home, and his large family, were dark!'/ and deeply penciling art additional agpny on his heart, and ploughing anew furrow into his forehead. He was a Rian of classical education, and that always refines tho feelings; but he was induced to enter upon the delicate and dangerous business of dealing with life ami death, and he, realized that the brilliant scholar was incapable of catching the heal ing art by intuition. A young girl set by his left hand, and the law called it mur der ; his plea of professional duty, and of tender care for her reputation availed not; he had done an unlawful act, and the inflex ible commentary of the law gave to the act the aspect of the highest penal offence. The Court, by its organ, the President, di rected that the prisoner stand up. He evi dently made the effort—and again, and again, to obey the direction, but failed; his agitated frame was palsied. I-le was overheard to say to his counsel beside him, “For God’s sake, save ntc from this ceremony.’ But the ancient for mality of the law must be complied with. A violent effort brought him to his feet — paie, haggard, and staggering, the linea ments of nis face speaking the language that imprisonment, misery and disgrace among rnen impress upon the most har dened ; the Judge impressively prefaced a short address to the sentence—he spared the unhappy murt an oration of daggers ; the judicial fiat was spoken—he fell upon his scat, unmanned ; his tears and sobs broke out audibly. ITe is now in solitarv confinement, at labor, in a cell of the Fran ctsville Jail: and for five long years his earthly curccr is, as it were, suspended. Who wooed he a ciuminae.— Llv. Star. Ckuej. Hoax.— The Lincol’n Gazette, (an English paper) states that a young lady in that place having a pique egainst one of her acquaintances, a Miss Barry, procured a suit of men’s clothes and an introduction —anti under pretence of love, induced Miss B. to receive her as a loVer. She carried on this hoax successfully for nearly three months, the two lovers tvandering round the banks by moonlight almost every fair evening, und the time was actually set for their nuptials. At last, a mutual friend discovered the cheat by accident and ac quainted Miss B. with the hoax.—Whether a suit for breach of promise will be the r ; - cuk, we cannot say, but at last accounts the p-.riles had not become reconciled.
