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SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN FEED ERICK' 8. FELL, riTT I-MVTZa. AJMypoper %&—country £6, per annum, • urm> ir ictt«ci. _03”All JVi»» sixl m» 'Advertisement* appear in both pipers—*nd itupt by order only^PD ITEMS OF latest -FOREIGN NEWS It was 3aid in London, that the ambassa < dors of thc European powers at lift court - of Madrid have represented, to the king • of Spain, the horror, every where inspired by that court’s declaration, of putting to death all loreighers who might tie taken in arms aiding the insurgents* The lord chancellor of England decided on the Uth of Feb. that no auctioneer Could become a purchaser, for himself, of ■ ®ny property under the cognizance oi the Court ofchancery. ■Carlile, who kept a book shop in Fleet- - Street, Londou was sent to Newgate on the Uth of February, lor selling Fame’s ego of reason; but was afterwards bailed. ■The outstanding exchequer bills of Eng /land, by an official statement, amount to ,143,635400 pounds * ■ Our. Liverpool correspondents, Bernard /Brothers, <$' Co. under -date of Feb. 25, •aayt—“Tne^orts areeliut to further im- vports for the next 3 months—Our Cotton •.marketis extremely dull;prices continue »to give way, and from the large supplies •• coming forward, we look to a further de cline. ■ No demand for ashes—some tri- ? fling dsniutdiurflaxseed for sowing—flour 1 without any enquiry—taval stores, ex- V trcinely dull—nothing doing in price— 5 staves are very dull—the market for to* : bacco extremely heavy, and prices give .. way. •£ What a picture!]—-Vein-Tori Ga ,-xettt. ■ CONSPIRACT JIT VALENCIA. London,Feb. 20. A full statement has been made public -of* this plot, with the names of tire con- aspirators, and an account of their execu tion. Colonel Vidal their leader, had raised himself from the ranks, and was therefore a good officer, but of bad morals, •nil extremely bad character. Twenty four hours wore allowed the prsoners to make their defence, which is a mere mat ter of form, for no defence is ever listened to—and the day after,all the thirteenjwere were condemned to be hanged* but the ex ecutioner, who was a poor slim fellow, with too much feeling for hia employment, gave notice that he was ill, in consequence of his having strangled a father, son, son- sn-law, and two couzins, the same week. He was asked if he could hang one? he auswerd yes—so Vidal was fixed upon, and the others sentenced to be shot, and after wards to be hung up by the side of their fellow-conspirator Vadal, when brought out to his execution, was so emaciated by lever, as to be scarcely able to support himself, but just before he was turned off, being called a traitor to his country by the monk who attended him, he started, rais ed his head with a sort of convulsive effort, and looking the munk in the face, sternly ex claimed. traitor to my country! Never ne ver! I have been too loyal to her, and for that Idie. The following are the names of th e remaining su ffeicrs,who were all shot: —Felix Bel tram, receivcrcf the salt duties at the tirua—Dcigo Manuel Calatrava, Bcltram’s head clerk—Mancelino Kougcl and Serafiii Larosa, two serjeants—Pere grin Pla, apothecary—Vincente Clemente, common soldier—Bias Fernol shoemaker; —Manuel Bendegcar and Francisco Se- grera, two small proprietors in the village of Rousaf—Louis Albino, a peasant— Francisco Gay and Louis Vivo, two ship caulkers. Albino was the only one of them who consented to receive a confession— but as he was possessed of do secret, noth ing could be learned from him. The con spirators were all seated in a line, upon •tools, and the execution was performed by. 96 soldiers, who fired at the same inst. They all.behaved with heroic fortitodeand (resolution. A French:! reveller now in Egypt has dis covered at a distance of about nine hours journey from the Red'Sea,an ancient city ■built in the mountains, between the 24tlv -and.25tl> degree of latitude. There are still $90 houses in existence. Among the ruins •are found temples dedicated to various di- winties. 5/hereare 11 statues, and vari ous ruins of others. Mo has also discover ed tbeanciest stations that were appointed •on the route through the Desert.going from «the Red-Sea to the Valley of tlie Nile.— 'These stations are at regular distance, of emehours'betwecn each. This route is undoubtedly one of those traversed by the •Commerce of India, a commerce which was <o flourishing at the time of the -Lagidies And under the first emperors. The situa tion is now ascertained of the Emerald mine, of which nu certain knowledge was •had for several ages. A young French traveller, nephew of •count Molien, ex-minister, has succeeded in reaching Tombuctoo, by way of Sene gal. Hvs family lias just received a let- terfrom him, in which he announces his ■safe arrival in that celebrated town, liith- •erto unknown to Europeans, and which -the unlortunate Mungo Park twcie vainly Attempted to reach. Thu inquisitor general of Spain has fat- isninated his anathema against a work re cently introduced into that country, enti tled.— The coming of the Mesiah in his elory and majesty, by John Jusapliet Ben Ezra. Me orders all the copies of this work to he delivered up, and prohibits its beiug in future sold, kr-pt,read, or printed, tinder the pain ol the grand excommunica tion, and a fine o! 200 ducats,to defray the expenses of the Holy Office, lie says, the book has uocasinued much disorder and anxiet v in the minds of many persons, the learned as well us the unlearned. TKo Londou Courier of Dee. 24, enn- ta'ms an.adveriisement ol the B iti-n Vic liuiiiog office for tenders to supply ten tViusamf barrels cf American Soar, to be delivered in the month of May, at Barba does, Bermuda, Antigua, Bahama, Ber bice, Demarara, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincents,St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and Tobago. •London, Feb. 24. ’Venders of “Paine’s Age of Reason.”— On Eriday, Mr. Taylor, bookseller, of Cowcruss street, Smitl.firld, was Arrested on a judge’s Warrant, for selling Paine Age of Reastnt. The same evening, about nine o'clock Mr. Carlisle, bookseller, of Flint street, was again arrested in his own shop, charg. ed on a third indictment for continuing the sale of Paine’s Age of Reason, fur which he ia already under two prosecu tions, one at the suit of the society for tire suppression of vice, the other ex-officio by the attorney general. He was inline diately carried to Newgate. PUGILISM. Cribb, the elw.mpion, it seems has con descended to take the conceit out of the Lanchashire hero, Carter, for 3001. a side or, rather than not have a battle, to settl this knotty point, so much at issue in the sporting world, which is the best man Cribb will take 2001. a tide. Another instance of the blessed effects of Boxing.—Two men, named DesOorou fe lt a navigator, and Humberstone, a mill wright, in consequence of a quarrel at jublic house, (where Humberstcne struck Desborough) fought lor four hourson Wed oesday morning, at Eenweil, near Stan more. Desborough had his jaw broken bat Humberstone died on the field Great Pedestrian Undertaking and Fail ure. Thegrcat match, for 100 guineas a side undertaken by Mr. Hollingsworth, an Ox lordshire farmer, to go one hundred and fifty miles in forty-eight hours, was com inenced near Ilford, on Tuesday morning, at five o’clock. The pedestrian took a circuit from Colchester into tse Newmar ket-road, and across to the Wufcwn-road and to finish between St. Alban’s and Dunstable. Thirty miles were accom plished, without fatigue, at twelve o’clock,; and after refreshing, the pedestrian did ttie other thirty miles at eight, when he re tired to rest until twelve, and performed nineteen miles at five in the morning, when he breckfasted, and made another start at six, having done four miles more than hajf hit ground. He did twenty- eight miles in six hours, and at six o’clock in the evening he had forty-seven miles to do in the next twelve hours- He did twenty-three in the next six hours, and he resigned near Market-street, at three, /.rough fatigue and lameness, sixteen miles from home. ASTONISHING TREE. On the Isle of Sor, to the east, cotton and indigo grow naturally, and together with mangoes, mimosas, the magmficient boabab, or adausoir, the elephant of the vegetable kingdom, is found. This tree often serves the negroes lora dwelling, the construction of which cost no further trouble than cutting an opening in the side to serve as a door, and taking out the very- soft pith which fills the inside of the trunk. The tree far from being injured by this aperatinn, seetnseven to derive more vig our from the fire which is lighted in it, for the purpose of drying the sap, by carboniz ing it. In this state it almost always hap pens that the bark, instead of forming a ride at the edge of the wounds, as happens in some trees in Europe, continues to grow and at length covers the -whole inside' of the tree, generally, without any wrinkles, and thus presents the astonishing specta cle of an immense tree recomputed in its organization, but having the form of an enormous hollow cylinder, or rather a vast arborescent wall bent into a circular form, and having its sides sufficiently wide asunder to let you enter into the space hich it encloses. If casting your eyes on the immense dome of verdure which forms the summit of this rural place, we see a swarm of birds adorned with the richest colours, sporting on its fol iage, such as rollers with a sky-blue plu mage, senegaltis of a crimson colour, and souiinanga, shining with gold aDd azure; if advancing under the vault, we find flow- ersofdazzling whiteness, hanging.on every aide; and if in the centre of the retreat, an old man and his family, a young mother and her child meet the eye; what a crowd of delicious ideas is arcouscd at this mo ment!—The leaves when dried are con verted into the powder lalo, with which the natives season almost all their food.— They employ the root* medicinally in wardly, ami its gummy bark for disorders ■ n the breast,-they make cataplasms of the parenchyma of the trunk for cutaneous diseases,—they use the pulp of its .fruit as an estringent beverage,—they regale tlicm- selv s with its a'mons,—they sinoke the calyx of its flowers instead of tobsccn,-— ana often by dividing it into two pa. ts the globular capsules, and leaving the long woody stalk fixed to one of the halves, which become dry aRd hard, they make a large spoon or ladle.—London paper. From the London Kaleidoscope, January 10. Biting a Man's JYose off. Daniel Donovan, a dealer in fowls at Leaden hall market, was indicted for the most unmanly and cruel assault in biting oil the nose ol Michael Donovan, an Irish labourer, on the evening of Tuesday, the 21st of Decemher last, in a court, in Saff ron hill, near Hatton Garden The pri soner pleaded, “net guilty.” Michael Hayes, was also indicted tor being con cerned in the said assault; he pleaded, “not guilty,” and traversed to the next sessions Michael Donavan, was the first witness. He is nut at ail related to the prisoner. He stated, that on the night in question he was taking some beer in the Due Tun pub- iic house near Hatton Garden, and the prisoner came in and began to converse with him a'j-.ut a former quarrel: the pn-' and make If up: be accompanied -the pri soner, at his request, from the One Tun to the Bleeding-heart, public house, near Saffron hill, and the prisoner began to abuse him, and spoke to him iu Irish, challenging him to fight, and telling him that if he had fair play sbown him, lie should not care about having a rap at him. Witness and prisoner went out of the public house quarrelling, and began to fight; they scuffled about until they got in- to a place called Camomile Court, Saffron hill when the prisoner seized thy witness round the waist and grabbed at his cheek with his teeth, but did not succeed in his attempt to bite it. He then pressed the witness’s head against his face un til he got his nose into his mouth: lie then bit it as hard as be could, but could not bite it off an close to tiie face as where he had taken hold. He slackened his hold, and then bit again, about a quarter of an inch uearer the end of the nose: witness was in the most ex cruciating torture duiing the time he was forcing his teeth through the gristle of his nose: he called for assistance as loud as he was able, and a person named ^M*Carthy, attempted to force toe prisoner from him, but a man named Hayes, who was the pns- oner’s companion, prevented him trom so doing. Witness lo-.this eye-sight forsome time through the agony he endured, aril the prisoner got aw.iy. J’he nose could not be found anywhere- trie prisoner confess ed subsequently that he had swallowed it. Witness said that lie hid known ti>« pris oner fur several yearo ap,d he was tr.e f.fthptr son sfaohail beenbittenj hy hm So his know ledge, within the last six years. Tom Con nor, whelivesattheThatrhedhouse,Fieid-idcaihsat iJeinesun were about twenty a lane, had one cf his cat el j Lit eft to the lay bone by him. The jury found the prisoner—guilty. The court sentenced him tote confine-.: lor two months in the house of correction for the first fortnight in a solitary c-ii. THE LA TE SEASON. From Tilloch’s Philosophical Magazine, for Cf o 18 8, published in England, on the last of ‘die month. Among the many phenomena.}.* odnce.i by the unusually warm summer and au tumn which'we have had this year, n.ay be reckoned the appearance already ' several of the ordinary productions ••! spiing. Three weeks ago the namssu.- was in bloom, in a sheltered situation, n Hampshire; and what is still more exra ordinary, tiie young (eaves of the lime trees are already fully expanded on some trees on Wanstead Flats iu Es-ex. Early this month [DecemberJ a swallow was seen and a spring snow drop {gulanthus niva lis) was in fiov.-er. What particular constitution of atmos phere lias led to this unusual anticipation of spriug, appears to be unknown; hut it seems to be not merely the warmth, as wain autumns have not liiibertu been fol lowed by similar phenomena. Pecuniary Indemnity by Franee to the Al lied Towers. 6. It is agreed that at the period of the nexeeixtion of the last third of to toe Boos which : hall be placed at the disposal of the courts of Austiia, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, la pursuance oi the Sd article of tl-e present arrangements, (provided that these courts shall be disposed to make use of this power,) the French govern ment shall be iiiformed thereof, arid on the same condition shall enjoy the prelerance of ueguciatiiig such Bous. Dooe.in five parts, at Paris Feb. 2, 1819. (Signed) Le Baron De Vincent. Le Mahhuis Dkssollls. Charles Stuart. -H. De Ooltz. JP5zzo Dj Uoroo. -Gibraltar, Feb. 6. We are sorry to suite, that a vessel ar rived at Mahon about the Utter end of De cember in eight days from Tunis, with accounts that the number of persons who died of the plague in the last mentioned city exceeded 400 per diem, to which the master added, that, just before he sailed he heard that it had increased to above 609. A Dutch frigate, had also arrived at Ma hon, about the some time, with despatches Irom Algiers to loth December, by which it oppei.rs that fresh attacks had taken place in that city. The Contagion was supposed to have been re-introuuccd by- persons who accompanied the B y to Con- stantiuas CalitU, with the qumtcrly pay-, in.-uts lor the Algerine government. By letters Iroin Oran; up to the 24th Dec. it appears t iat the Plague had again broken out in that towu, and that the Definitive arrangments forregul a ting the mode and the periods of payment of the last one hundred millions of fracs, of the pecuniary indemnity to be provided by France: Existing circumstancs having render ed it necessary to seek the meaos of minishing as much as .possible, the mass of.the Inscription of Rentes, on the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, which may immediately be brought into the market at Pari*, it has been agreed as follows: Art. 1. The inscription of '6,615,9141.' of Rentes made over by France to the' courts of Austria, Great Britain. Prussia,' and Russia conformably to the 5tn article of the convention of the 9th of October, 1818, shall remain in deposit in the hands of the commissioners of the said courts,* till the 5th of June, 1820. 'Inconsequence the contract entered into between the courts of Auatria, Great Britain,Prussia., and Russia, and the Houses of Hope and: Company, and Baring, Brothers, and Company, for the realization ofthe capital ol the said inscription of Rentes, is con sidered as null and void. ;■ 2. In pursuance of the above article, the inscription of 2,205,514f, which the four Special Commissoiners had remitted on the second of Dec. 15s 18, to the houses of Hope & Co.—and Bering, Brothers, & Co. in execution of the contract of sales above mentioned, shall be returned by these same banking-houses to the four commissioners, who will return to them exchange their engagements for the ame value. The said inscription of 205,514f. shall be transferred by the Royal Treasury of France, and shall be united under the name of the four spe cial commissioners, to the inscription of ,410;ofl0f. which remains iD their hands. 3. On the first of June, 1820, France hall remit to the above named Courts, in exchange, fm the above mentioned inscrip tion of 6,6lo,S44f. of Rentes, Rons of the royal treasury, for the sum of 100,000,000 " francs—the said Bonsfiearing interest five percent, payable in 9 months, in equal portions, from day to day; to com mence the 1st of June, 1820, and to finish the 1st of March, 1821. The two first thirds of these Sons shall notbe negociabte; but the fast thiid may be negociated from the period of the first Dec. 1820. 4. The commissioners of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Rus sia, will receive,the arrears of the said rentes of6,6l5,944f. inscribed, with inter est from the 22d of Sept 1818, which will fall due from that day until the 1st June, 1820, inclusive, on which day the suc cessive remittances will be paid to the par ties interested. 5. Jt is agreed that the above arrange ments shall not interfere with jhose con cluded between the French govetnmtn'. and the above mentioned houses, Hope 4* '«>. and Baring, Brothers <J-'Co, nor with . , the modifications which may be given uru*r told ii\n that he would think no more | to theta by virtue ofthe jtresent arrange- about it, and they would drink together j meat. January SO. A Spanish royal order of the 14th inst. published in tiie Madrid Gazette of the 22.1, directs all foreigners, taKen won, arms iu their hands iu (be insurgent piov- » of America, or oonvicted of supply ing t!’e rebels- with the means ot car- r* mg on the contest with the ino- ;;hjc country, tc he immediately put to (!-•?;•., on :ii<s grouti'i tiiat the continuation of tliia ann-tufei content is chiefly lobe imputed tot item, and that th*-y have r." C;-im to the mercy which his majesty sliuws ic many instances, to ti.e .ssurgeut* themselves, as th y ca.u .evrt ; :e»u •;■, :.>• ranee or seduction, which is ultvn tot case with his in.-jesty s deluded subjects. Extract of a letter dated Tunis, Dec. 11, to a gen- tlt mini in dostca. Tbr plague, alter desolating the king dom of Algiers, has appeared here also. It broke out early in October iu tins city, and has since spread through a great pari of the kingdom. It is cstimatea that the- Bey loses more than 2000 subjects daily. In this city alone, whose population doc uot much exceed 100,000, toe number of deaths ptr day is about 300. On one day- last week it amounted to S50, and w think quite favorably of the public health when it descends towards 200. I will not attempt to depict to you tin* horrors •if pestileuce. My mind has been so over plied with them that it has Install excita uility, and ail feeling of personal damage The’pnpulation of the city has already suffered a diminution of more than S0,0UU by ■death and emigration; probably more than 15,000 have fallen victims to the plague in the course of 3 months, One vasteutiurb is literally dispeopled. You may form gome idea of the ravages of the malady, and of the exactness with which justice is here administered in certain re spects, from the remarkable fact that a poor cobler wa9 the other day sum moned from his stall, at the corner of neighboring Street, to take possession, a9 sole inheritor, of twelve different estates at once.—A* 1 sit in my parlor, 1 hear ddring the day, almost one unbroken song from tiie funeral processions passing be neaththe windows, like platoons ol the same army, often havingtwobodies on the same bier, sed of which no less than ninety have fallen under our observation in the course of e few hours. The burden of their hymn is frequently that charitable text of the Koran—“send, O Allah, send death to the infidels.”—The stillness of the night is broken by the shrieks of women, beard from every quarter, lamenting in the oriental manner over the bodirs of those who have just ceased to live. It is, of course, impossible to calculate the du ration of this calamity; but there is reason to fear it will increase in the spring. IVe 'once read together Thucydides account of the plague of Athens, little thinking at that time that one of us should after wards be called to witness a simitar scene. His description applies almost exactly to the plague now raging here, and to that 1 refer you; or, if Greek is unfashionable, a- inong gentlemen of the law, you will find the same account more at length iu Lu cretius, lib. 6. LITElt.lRX SHOEMAKERS. The Iraternity of shoemakers have, un questionably, given rise to some chaiac ters ol great worth and genius. The late Mr. Hulcroft was origin«ily a shoemaker. His dramatic pieces must rank among the best of those on the English stage. Rob ert Bloomfield wrote ins poem of “the Far mer’s Boy,” while employed at this busi ness, and Dr William Corey, professor of Sanscrit and Bengalee, at the college of Fort William, Calcutta, and the able and indefatigable translator of the scriptures into many ol the eastern languages, was in early life a shoemaker in North-amptun- sliire. The present Mr. Gifford, the translator of Juvenal, and the supposed editor of the quarterly review, spent some of his early days in learning the‘ craft and mystery” of a shoemaker, as he tells us, in oue of the most interesting pieces of auto biography ever penned, and prefixed to his nervous and elegant version ofthe great roman satirist. - “Hallo! driver,” said a passenger in the mail stage—“have you stopped to take in a mail?” “No sir, a female,” replied the duvet. Pim.ADEi.rnrA, April 4. FROM LISBON. By the ship Ruth Mary, captain Sin gleton, from Lisbon, we learn, that the markets for American produce were vifry dull, and near a million bushels ol cortfin store, and a great quantity or wheat and other grain- Vessel* were daily arriving from the Mediterranean with additional supplies. Norfolk, April 6. LATEST FROM BERMUDA. We learn from captain Briggs, of the schooner Betsey, arrived hare last night, in 9 days from Bermuda, that the numer- ous depredations committed recently, by Cartb.vgcnian* Privateers cruising off* that island, on British and American vessels, nad induced the governor to send out two eighteen gun brigs, to cruize for the pro tection ol shipping, bound in and out, with msti actions to capture every vessel of tliia description that they fell in with. The Brigs came out in company with the Bet sey. Several America vessels were board ed and robbed by these picaroons, a short time before the Betsey sailed, and one Jtjf the crew had actually been flogged to death tor remonstrating with some severity against their enormities.—-No papers were brought by the Betsey. Captain Briggs states, that Markets at Bermuda were excessively dull, and so Jutted with American produce, that se veral vessels which had touched with Lum ber, flourand bread stuffs, having been un able to eff.-ct a sale, higher than cost, had ailed again lor OieTslands. la corrobo ration of the above, captain B. states, tkai a few days before lie sailed, 8U0 barrels of Alexandria new flour, iu cxu.,« ut order were sold at Au. iiun at £8 a 8 SO West India Produce ol ali kinds very scarce and high—J,un. Ruin 75 cents; Molasses 50 d .; Collie 28 a 30 do.; ..Sugar £12. The United States’ Frigate Congres*, captain John D Henley, got under way from the Navy-Yard at Gospott, ou Satunp' day about 15 minutes before, and anchor ed in the-Bite of CraiRy .’•land at 25 min utes after 1 o’clock, woence she will sail fur Annapolis Srst wir.d, after taking her powder on board, she weighed anchor with alight breeze from S.S. W. the flood tide being then only a quarter made, and with ali her armament and stores (except :ir powder) for a two years voyage, oa bo.iai draw.og 22} leet water, she glided majestically down the channel, without meeting with the slightest obstruction. The Congress will take on board at An napolis Mr. Graham, our new- minister to Rio-Janeiro, with his family.—Norfolk Beacon 5ili lust. IVe understand that the frigate Con* gress, captain Ilenly, is daily expected to arrive at Annopolis, from Norfolk, where she has been refitted. It is expected that Mr. Graham, our minister to Rio Janeiro, will embark there, on his way to his destina tion. After landing him, the vessel is to take her departue for a long cruize, in the course ol which she is expected to visit (he East-Iudies.—National Intel. 5tli inst. Baltimore, April 6. GALE. On Sunday morning last the wind from the S. W. commenced blowing a gale and with so much violence, that several vessels lying at the wharves at Fell’s Point, receiv ed considerable damage—three or four nay craft we understand, were sunk, and among those injured was the patriot pri vateer Puerdou, by driving agaiust a wharf. Great fears are entertained of vessels in the Bay and on the coast, as but few in stances can be recollected of damage be ing dune to vessels in the harbour of Baltimore, the vviud beiug in the same di rection. "Hartford. March 30. w 'Yesterday being our annual city meet ing, the Republicans carried the whole of tl.eir ticket for City Officers, by handsome majorities. The bill to incorporate the Exchange bank in Ncw-York has been rejected in the senate by a majority of 12. Hi9 excellency the governor yesterday dispatched colonel Condy, one ol his aids, on the northern road, to meet the Presi dent of the United States, (in the frontiers of this state.—Char. City Gax. 12ih inst. The following anecdote is copied frnm the speech of Mr. Jones, of Tennessee: The honorable gentleman from Georgia inquires, why general Jackson did not ex- cute Weatherford; and answers the in terrogatory himself, unhesitatingly .by sta ling that general Jarkaon did 1. •>. then ^ k ow the plenitude ol>is powers. Bir, I am happy to know, taat I have it in my power 10 give to this honorable committee the true reason why that gallant chieftain was not executed. Some tune, sir before the treaty of Fort Jackson, this chief was nformed that general Jackson intended, if he could take him, to put him to deatn. " He was advised by his Ii lends as tns war- riurs were almost all slaiu, as his country was ruined, and as his escape was almost impossible, to suirentier himself to gene ral Jackson, that it was useless to attempt further 1 esi-tance, and tins was the only means by which his life could be -saved.-r He determined to do so; and presented himself to the general , at his quarters.— We are informed, that it Was demanded of him, who he was, and how he came there. He replied, “my name is Weather ford, one of the chiefs of the Red Sticks — 1 have fought you till my warriors are atj stain. It I had warmers, I .would fight you .still; but 1 have none; my coun try is overrun, and my soldiers are fallen. Here am I in your power; do with me as you .please; only recollect that ' am a sotdiar.” This, sir, was the rea son why the life of that firaVe chief was saved. If under these circumstances, our general could have executed sudistmguish? ed a savage, the moat vesdant laurel would have faded ca bia breyv.—eY. £ Star.
