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THUyOAtY MOftMiyp.OCT- 13,
BOARD OF HEALTH*
Savanhah.Oct. 14, IMS.
TIE reporta of (ho Ward Committees otill
coortonot favorable. Moat of the caret of fe-
Ear. which do exist, are in the south-western
ektremity of the oitjr, and the disease ia gen
erally of a mild character. .
By order if the Board,
I. K. TEFFT, Soc’ry.
Report </ DtaHu da tAa City of Savannah,
during the weed.
Died of Dropey of the brain,
Coneulaiona,
Croop,
. Mania a potu,
Worm Fever,
Remittent do.
Total, 6
Of the above Sere were ‘4 under 0 yuan
e 1 ui -a, «nn 01 3B years.
AttJCbTION RETURNS CONTINUED.
_
. Our letters and papers by last night’s
western mail furnish some additional in
formation upon the subject of the election
of an interestiog aharacter, which enables
tis to correct some errors in our previous
«eturns,andtoadd new counties, making
in the wholo fifty-three—seven remaining
to he heard ftoui. Our readers will be en
abled to form an opinion of the result from
what fbljows. Errors, no doubt, yet exist,
which will be corrected on the recoipt of
fhrther advices. The present majority for
Troup is 1369. There are yet seven coun
ties to be heard from. Viz. Irwin, Telfair,
Early, Dooly, Ware, Decatur and Appling,
the aggregate of whose votes at the last
election waa 1089- The majority in these 1
bounties, except Decatur, is calculated on
fbr Clark. The probability upoa the whole,
therefore, is that Troup will be elected by
fkom five to eight hnndred majority.
MAJORITIES.
Troup.
Clark.
Chatham County
483
Effingham
181
Liberty
178
Brysti
M’Intosh
124
34
Bulloch
112
Richmond
50
Burke 1
Wayne
487
2
Sonven
Columbia
Wtrron
710
.
24
Glynn
60
’Tattnall,,
148
Wilkes,
Lincoln,
26
• 122
Baldwin,
"Green,
Hancock,
Morgan,
Futnsm,
Jefferson,
Clarke,
Elbert,
Jackson,
1057
694
83
306
196
134
754
(a tie)
165
Madison,
74
Oglethorpe,
Walton,
339
401
Jasper,
- 8
Jones,
Newton,
41
139
Camden,
Wilkinson,
89
502
Emanuel,
93
Washington,
1“5
Monroe,
Laurens.
461
251
Bibb.
180
Crawford,
160
Twiggs,
183
Hahnrsltam,
637
Upson,
63
Pike,
41*
Pulaski,
60
IlouBton,
120
Henry.
648
H"».
323
Gwinnett,
30
Montgomery,
Franklin,
56
137
DeKalb,
FuyoUo,
333
206
25
6252
, Rabun,
6621
«t haebeepan extraorjlnar/ee^-
ton. In the early part of September, fbraavj-
orat days, even under our situ thertfiu!),/«»
ware neeasasary »q fender our ba^Witioo*
eonajhrtabla. At present from evetf part
of the union, we receive noticea ef-lhe un
usual mildness of the season, and at the
north, among other inalancea, chesnut trees
are said to be in bloom, whilst apple trees
present the spectacle of those happy re
gions Which travellers repreb&ht ae blessed
with continued summer, that of fruit
andbleasontsupon ths same stare.. The
weather for a time past with us, has been
that of summer Our umbrellas,which for
merly at this time used to be struck, excopi
to defend tho pedestrian against the drench
ing of a cold north oaater, are still in requi
sition to defend us against the rays of the
tun, or as some will have it, the Comet,
with his fiery tail,* snd vegetation which
should be u in the sear the yellow . leaf ’*
blooms in nil iti'native vigor and freshness,
exhibiting forcibly the idea conveyed by
“ a greeu old age.”
It is gratifying to every friend of hhmani-
ty, that piracy if not extirpated, has been
su effectually checked by U10 exertions ol
ths American squadron, (hat our ears are
nu longer pained and our feelings ihouketi
by its horrid atrocities. Vigilance now is
only required to destroy the evil—the dan
ger of the trade in plunde'r and blood, lias
at length become, by the indelitignblu ex
ertions of our gallaat navy, so grout, and
the hope of profit held out eo diminished,
that by a conltuuanca of the same industry
and perseveranoe on our part, the blood
hounds-will be compelled to relinquish it en
tirely. The following extract of a letter
from an officer on board tho U- 8. brig Spark,
received at Washington, dated at Matanzas,
on the 16th of September, is of a character
equally favorable, with the official commu
nications lately received from the common
der of the Squadron in the West-Indies:—
“ We have just returned from a cruize
among the numerous islands and shoals in
the old Bahama Channel, whero we have
been, for the last six weeks, hunting fur
pirates, but without success. Traces of
these banditti are to be seen on almost al 1
the islands ; hordes of them inhabit the is
lands, but they sre eo well protocted by puss
ports or licenses, given them by the high au
thorities of the Island of Cuba.tyat it is im
passible to detect and secure them. We
fell in with a small schooner, some days
sgo, on the Btnks, and chased bef into
shoal water; after succeeding in bringing
her to, we found her tnha-of nhnnt .lA mean
* Another statement gives a majority of
14S in favor of Clark, in this county.
The National Journal states that the
Rev. Mr. Smith, who was implicated in the
Report of the Commissioners of Qeorgis as
guilty of improper conduct, during their in
vestigstion into tho affairs of the Creek ns
tion, had been tried before the Church, and
after a full and impartial hearing of all the
charges urged against him, unanimously
cleared.
We know nothing of Mr. Smith, nor do
we desire that ha should be considered guil
ty of any charge of which he is innocent
hut it is due to the Commissioners, to state
that the Rev- Mr. Smith'never has been
'tried as here stated, and therefore never
has been “ unanimously cleared.” He wts
summoned to appear before a nommittee of
the conference, but a quorum of the com
raiftee, owing to the indisposition of some
of its members, not. appearing, the investi
gation was not entered into, and wiij not
take place until January next.
tons burthen, with 12 or 16, men, but with
out any appearance of armament, though
1 here is little doubt that she is the
piroty that has boon cruizing for some tinu
between Key Sal, and the Double Headed
Shot Keys. Her captain had his Protec
tion from the Governor-General of ,Cuba.
Wejiave met with many such scoundrels,
but we can find no pretext for capture. The
salutary chastisement they hsve met with
and the indefatigable manner in which we
now cruize, prevent any open acts of piracy.
We hove been constantly in motion since
we have been out, having made the circuit
of the whole Island, north and eo)jth, wi|h
nut having heard of any act of piracy. We
are now painting, and making ready for the
reception of our Charge d’Affairea to Gua-
timala, Mr. Miller, whom wo are directed
to carry to his place of destination. The
Terrier has been despatched to Thompson’s
Island for him. and as she returns, we shall
proceed. We reached here ou the 13th
iust. Our officers and crew are all in per
fect health, though we have not been with
out some sickness, having had at one time,
as many ns twenty-five officers and mon
down with the fever, at Trinidad. Wo lost
four men.”
At a public dinner lately given at Hart
ford, Connecticut, to the aged John.Trum
bull, author of M’Fingal. the following hap
py toast was offered by Mr. C'lerc,who ie
deaf and dumb
“ I have no car for poetry, but I can be
lieve its excellence, because I can see it
speaking through the eyes of our venerable
Guest.”
but to
lence to
tith the
agents
,ro the
qpejtkawIlkoouMeoee, itmsybecevre* -
; Georgia.—We Have good authority f»
nying tlt^t the Georgia djfferaoueejwill M
adjusted withont the interference if C «•
grass. For tho present, Georgia will W
content witi the land of those Creeks inn
were knowingly parties td
a compromise with the athere ) .will,hjeJvfl to
foture arrangement. Our wfoimetiflo-cohies
from the highest sources at Washington,'
and may ha relied oh.” . 1 /
Whether this be or be not the) intention
of Government, other question suggest
themselves. How is the monw provi
ded to be paid under the Treats to the
emigrating party,” to be mpropria-
led? Our reader* will recollect Uiat the
intention has been expressed, to p y it not
only to the Indians who einigrati
those who remain; those whose vt
t|je emigrating party has gone for,
indirect efforts of the Government
to destroy the trosty altogether. .
triondly chiefs to he still denied the\ justice
they have a right to demand for the cruel
murder of their loaders? Is the Indian a.
gent whose dismissal, after a fair exposition
of his couduct has been requested by \he
Legislature of Georgia, to bo retained, swl
to add to the difficulties of -blaming tho
lands from tho Indians who will remain .ti
ls no notice to be taken of the conduct <t
the other agent! of the U. S. ? The gov
ernment has asserted that the treaty shall
lie referred to Congress,and uutil these ques
tions are answered Georgia will have jut|
reason to doubt tho intention of the govern
ment to do aught in this affair which they
can avoid. We shall be gratified to find our
selves in the wrong; but one iking is very
certain—whatever may be its decision up
on the treaty, the claims of thmtptate upon
the General Government fur hod. lands in
possession of the lnditns, esn no,longer be
delayed or postponed; and although we
may now consent to receive, as a boon, such
portion as they may etioose to consider to
he in possession of the Creeks, “faioto-
ingly” parties to the treaty, the original
contract must be fulfilled to the letter, with
out further prevarication or delay : before
the people of Georgia will be satified of
the disposition of the U. S. to consult their
feelings or interests.
r>OM ONE OX THE EDITOES.
At Sharehnm we lodged with five beds
among seven persons, but otherwise good
aocommedations. and «ftpr_h»
mense aal of trouble, thefTWfiJ the
whole *y. ‘By tom* toclietrtjshbwevor,
or by tjfi fire wheat he village wii* burnt, it
kru«MlM. He says that tbevi 1* * house
still sliding in Deerfield, left as f memento
of tb/horrid occurrence, Th«!ftntily Were
all kiled by balls fired through tho windows,
and^ hole cut in the door with tomahawks-'
Ths hole in the door remains with those of
the fatal bullets In diflhrenfperts oftho room.
Mexico.—Letters from Alvarado, of the
8th August, states that news had reached
the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, from Ha
vana, that no further relief could be sent to
tho garrison. A council was called to de
vise weys snd means, when two opinions
divided the meeting—one for surrendering,
and the other for firing on the town until it
should be compelled to send provisions.
The Duke of Saxe Weimar, accompani
ed by Colonel Machea, of the army, and
several other officers, visited, .the fortifica
tions in Nsw-York harbor on the 30th ult.
on which occasion salutes were fired.
It is stated in the Louisian Gufette, upon
the authority of a gentleman from the inte
rior of Mexico, that the death of Geo. Wit.
trinuft' was currently reported, there a few
days before his depsrthrc,
sod the Lake here not mare titan 500 yards
wide, in a scow ferry-boat, to the landing
on New-York side, one mile from Furt Ti
conderoga. A pleasant walk across the
fields while our carriage went round,brought
ua to the venerable object of our visit.——
The ruins of ths fort stand on tho elevated
part of a peninsula of lond formed by Lake
Champlain and the outlet of Lake George,
and are very extensive and interesting, 'll
,s as is usual with the old French fortifies
tion*built of stone; and an immense deal
of labor must hsve been bostowed in con
strutting the difficult covered ways, out
works, subterranean apartments, die. The
walls only of the barracks within it,' will,
pieces of burnt beams still adhering to them,
remain, snd we could fiud a passage to but
one uf the uliantbers under grauhd This
fort must ltisve been very formidable before
Gen. Burgoyne took it in 1777. / Loss than
n mile from it is a high rugged mountain
called Mount Defiance, bn ths summit of
which are the remains of a battery, con
strutted hy General Burgoyne; he having
dragged cannon by great labcf and perse-
verance up the mountain, end thus caused
the immediate evacuation of! Ticonderoga
by the Americana under General St. Clair.
The French who built the fort muBt have
considered Mount Defiance inaccessible.
»r they surely would never have placed
almost at the foot of a commanding mourn
tain several hundred feet above it. A short
distance from the fort are the old French
lines, extending with many earthen redoubts
nearly acrou the peninsula. Before these
works Lord Howe fell with a vast number
of his men, in an unsuccessful attempt to
slum it in 1768 ; and notwithstanding th
great superiority of the Englph in numbers
they were repulsed by the French with
great slaughter. The ground bolongs to
gontlemen in New-York City, who allowp
no body to injure the fort, neither is the
soil immediately around i| cultivated,
but remains, I presume, the same as when
trodden by the French and thrir ferocious
allies, the Indians; whose bloo tty excursions
into the then colonies, will long he remem
bered. There is the remnant of a tribe of
Indians living a few miles from Montreal (l'
forget its name) who were conspicuous in
these inroads. A gentleman I met, who
lives at Deerfield, in. Massachusetts, snd
who had been to see them, stated that thqy
lt*d still in possession, preserved with the J
greatest etre as a trophy, the boll of the
churcb'of Deerfield, brought away afrer the
dreadful massacre an^...captivity of its in
habitants in 1704; which, with an jjn-
neo* ft wbfohre*n«*le^4,.butyUppe*r
to be eagerly eAW Dif fer .a settlsntsnt.
poor as tk(ey ere.The water of Re Lake
is very traqsparent, but from the high, wind
all tho way, wo could not perceive to any
depth, At 6 F.U. we arrived , at the vil
logo of Caldwell, at tho head of the Lake,
andstopped at Baird’s Hotel, an excellent
sad memorials of the savage act. A pleasant house, situated i|u#nedietoty on the hank
walk of 3 miles brought us to Ticonderoga
a small and poor looking village'*! the foot
of Lake George. From our long passage
up Champlain, we were obliged to remeio
here ebout 28 hours for the Steam-Bott.—
Determined not to be idle, we chartered e
couple of skill*, with the necessary imple
ments to go on the Lake fishing. We were
rowed about! miles when we commenced
operations under the full expectation
of taking trout enough to surfeit the
whole village, but after half an hour% trial
we gave it up in despair, without even the
gaud fortune of ths snuler, who sat fishing
allthe day on the strength of a “glorious
nibble.” There are a number of Saw Mills
here, and a manufactory of red paint be
longing to a poor and industrious old man.
who showed us the whale ol bis Simple pro-
It is made front the red oxide ofiron.
which ho obtains in any quantity from
Mount Defiance, where Burgoyne erected
his battery. The rock containing it, which
is solid and hprd, is pulverised by stampers
like those in a rice pounding machine, then
goes through several successive washings,
when at last, the water being undisturbed,
the paint Falla to the bottom, and when dri
ed is ready fur tho oil. lie calls it Ti (an
abreviatian of Ticordoroga) Red, and says
it is superior to Spanish Brown. I was
obliged to take specimens both of the Rock
and paint. 2000 wt.of rock wilt make 1600
lbs. of paint. Ou the 8th, at 12 o’clock, the
Steam-Beat nut being able from the low wa
ter to come to the usual landing, we
had to ride about a mile and a half This
steam-boat called the Mountaineer, a very
appropriate name, is a beautiful little boat
about 100 feet long, tails well, and is con
itrncted entirely without timbers nails or
spikes. She is formed with three layors of
plank (with sheathing paper between) laid
different ways, making a thickness of about
four inches, the whole with the decks being
fastened with wooden pins. The builders
name I forget, bnt ho belongs to Albany.
Our passage to the head oftho Lake 36
miles, its whole length was not very plea
sant, the weather being dull, with rain oc-
cssnnrcny; which rendered our views very
gloomy. The shores of the Like tho whole
distance, are immense mountains of various
heights, the highest 2200 feet, all wild and
uncultivated, and excepting the rocky sides
of Borne, which are nearly perpendicular,
covered with ferest trees. They contain
Deer snd Rattle Snakes. They have all
names, and one in particular was pointed
out called Rogers’ Mountain. This appel
lation was given from a Colonel of that
namo, who was once surrounded on all
qides, on its summit, but that next the the
( rater,which is nearly perpendicular, by the
ndians, to whom he was particularly oh
.noxious; but mrde his escape when they
were sure of their victim, by sliding down
on the snow with his snow shoes, in safety
to the ice on the lake, when by the aid of a
pair of skates, ho escaped, leaving hty pur
suers with the improssion that he was aided
by supernatural pnwor. The appearance
of the descent is such as to jusify the sup
position oftlie Indians. Tltore is a remar
kable echo under auother we passed, but
with all our efforts, owing to a high wind,we
did not succeed in awakening it. One of
our way passengers was an uld man, one of
the first settlers on Lake George, who from
Itis'own account was a conspicionB charac
ter in the revolution, having commanded a
company of Artillery, who among other mis-
ventures, at the the attack of Fort Stan
wick, out of his company of 62 men
assured us that 60 were killed ! Hear
ing qtn speak in high terras of the strength
of Quebec, he immediately set me down
for a “ Brittoner,” which my .companions
confirmed, from which we derived consi
dersble amusement, as his antipathy to-tlie
English remained unimpaired, and whilst
ho indulged in many invectives against
them, he would endeavour to so qualify
them ae not to offend the supposed English-
man, invariably making the matter worse.
An immense quantity of water mustdeacend
from these hills into the Lake after a heavy
rain.
Lake George is celebrated for its mounn
tain scenery, the solitude of its waters, sod
the solemnity of Nature throughout, bull
must confess (acknowledging the justness of
its character) that before the end of pur
voyage, I had seen mountains sufficient,
and my eye waa wearying ibr some eviden
ces of civilization, in the form of hamlets
snd level cultivated fields, that afford some
thing more beneficial to mankind that the
is studded with islands, its whole length
which art said to be in number the .same as
the day* in the year, 365, and occasionally
t 'T-'
, /if the jreeeatatas, »*y Ire ereniedbymietake.land at Caldwell anothn-o,,
•pots of ground of a few atraseach, fetter, there being six of u», each one
|WMd belonged to obe Of the rest. T u
roed.from Lake George to Ecratog^, j, not
one of the best, and is through t wild, u„
dy sod uncultivated sountry, a great p, rt
ufthe way. Nine miles from the fo rqMr
we came to the flouriihing village of G|„>,
Falls, on the Iludeon River, containing ,
number of mills and manufactories, n, e
noise of which, added to that oftlie P»u,
has a deafening effect. The water in the
river being very low, the Falls were m u , ; |i
leas grand than usual. The whole bed «f
the river, which In solid rock, is here broke
into* number of irregular lodges or
forms, like huge stepe, down which in set-
«ral streams of foam the water tumbles,
rushing over the rocks under the bridp
until it roaohns the level bed below. The
nest view is from the bridge where you in
ter the village, and when the rivor is f„|i
Che sight must be beautiful. Wo arrired
ot Saratoga to dinner, and in driving into
the village were much struck with the , p .
Itearattoe now contrasted with what it» „
when I Jeft it a month previous. j 0slM ,|
of the gay crowds of fashionable.
oiling, me piazzas of the hotels wishing if it
was day for night and if night for duy, to
get rid of time, not ait individual was to he
seen, aud nobody in the street but a few of
the inhabitants, who wore now us utnch in
terested to see who had arrived, as thjy
were careless before who it was departing.
The United States Hotel, the largest in tire
plaeo, was shut up, and at Congress Hull,
where we stopped, there was about twenty
persons, all I presume, like myself, bound
towards New-York. At the Spring in the
111,truing, there was no struggling for ,he
Water train the hands uf the dip i«rs—o-.m
solitary being alone remained, whose f,-,-g
must have utnch diminished, as he was
vastly polite and even urged a permits
drink. At nine, A, M. wo loll Sara
toga for Albany, thirty-six miles, where
we arrived at two, P. M. having drive
une set of horses with a heavy stige,
eleven persons and. three dogs in it, the
wholo distance. We passed through Ws-
turfurd and Lansingburg, two very large
and handsome villages on tho Hudson, and
got to Albany to dinner, end just in time to
get on board the new safety burge I.mlv
1 why not JVrt?) Vmi Rensalenr. This barge
is built precisely on the saute plan ssths
first, but is rather more splendidly fitted up.
ritrauge to say, tltore were bnt thirty p.«-
sengers on board, though all the boat, we
trim going up. appeared full. The bnrgc i<
towed by a now, elegant snd very swiit
boat, .ivith a powerful engine, and upon
eiarli'ng we were lashed alongside, instead
of astern. About nino o’cluck at night,!
was sitting below reading, as were some
others, and some bad turned in, when I win
completely thrown from the chair by a most
errific shock, and a row of shining tns urns
ranged along the oahin windows, together
with sundry dozen, of cups, plates, knives,
Sic. came tumbling down with s horrid
crash, which was succeeded by * number u!
success ve screams in different keys, front
the ladies’ cabin, and u great vociferation
and trampling on dock. I concluded at once
that the boiler hud burst mil luo'i-d
10 see the steam entering the windows
next the steam-boat, hut it not ap
pearing, I ran with oilier pusseng r«, soum
imlf dressed, on deck, where I di-covcrei)
licit a heavily leden sloop heating up tlie riv
er, had come directly against our keel wi'h
her starboard bow—we going eight m lrs
one wav, and she five or six the other.—
There were several females onboard tl«
sloop, who would not be pacified, nnd lour
ing them after we got loose from her. nor
boat was sent On board, who reported tint
tho sloop was cut down to the water's edge
snd her mainsail torn to pieces, hut that elm
made no water. After this our barge u-ts
dropped astern, where had she hi en before
the accident wuuld not have hnppmird.
At II, A. M. on Sunday, the llth Sep
tember, I landed in New-York, h'ving trav
elled about 1850 miles since I left it. forty
days before. Of thin distance, 1144 tittles
was in steam-boats, 504 tnilos in stages, l"4
miles in Cannl boats, snd 20 miles in s bat-
teau. I have made a cnlonlnlion of the
number of "persons with whom l have
been in company during the time, counting
those in the same steam-boats, canal-Ms
nnd sieges, and in the same lintels and ti
ttle, ana make the number 1000, of which
you may deduct 200 fur those twice cuudi
ed, leaving 1800, nearly the whole of whom
were travelling for pleasure. These lie
witat I met, aud of course, each best vt
s'age that followed, brought mere.
From Colomria.—Carraceos pipers to
Aug. 24, have been received at Boston.—
They do not contain news from Pora »“»
later than We had before received. D<"
apntche* from Lima to May 1, had hern™'
ceived from the Government, at which “* 16
the Liberator had sot out for Upper
s r. Jose Joaquin Olaredo, a nativs “J
departmentof Guayaquil had been
Minister Plenipotentiary from ths repubhe
of Peru to the Government of (Ik*™* 1,
Thb papers are much occupied with elee-
tioneering discussions, principally ip
tion to office of Vice-President. This office
is now filled by Gen. Santander, who ip
absence of the President, Bolivar, adminw-
ters the government as Chief Maghtrst •
He is a candidate fo.r re-election, aud theta
■re several opposing candidates. An*'
as passed by the list Congress, appropt"
—III: e .1-11 -- ■' —
from whencethere is one of ths finest views
of ths Like. The village, situated on a
level spot of ground, contains l suppose 600
inhabitants, and was feended about 8 years
sgo by tho gentleman whose name it bears.
The Lake* here is about one mile wide
and seldom exceeds two in any part.—
Plenty of fine fish of which the principal are
Black Bass and Trout, are caught, which
are excellent eating. The morning aftqi
our arrival being clear end calm, the Lake
when I got up, wasemboaomedin mist, and
it was a glorious sight to see it ropesing on
the glassy surface of the water, tlion slug
gishly rise in fanciful wreaths to the face of
mountain, and there cling until finally die-
persed by the rays of the sun, as they gra
dually reached it. I wss more pleased thir
morning with the scenery around us, the
Lako appearing to much more advantage
than the day before.
A man here has a 3 pounder which was
fired for us, for which we paid hitn 60 cts
—but having deferred it till a slight breeze
crose, the effect was poor compared with
what it would have been earlier on the
night previous As it was ,however. it wu?
pleasing, the report reverberating with its
origiual strength, among the- ntoun'ains.
with nearly the grandeur of repeated
peals of Thunder. So clear is the water ol
the Lake that we saw 10 fast deep the fish
though of a small size, perfectly distinct al
the bottom, playing around the hack of a
person fishing.
Immediately at tho hosd of Lake George,
a short distance from Caldwell, are the
mins of forts George and William Henry,
Circumstances on my arrival prevented nte
trout visiting them, which I regret tnu cl>
as the latter is celebratod in the history ol
the French wars. In 1754, the French
General Baron Dioskaw, marching to at-
tack the English General, Johnson’s camp,
at this place, accidentally surprised Col.
Williams, marching with 1000 men to the
relief of Fprt Edward, on this Hudson, whom
he attacked, and after a bloody contenst
totally defeated. Among the elain was
Col. Williams. Dieskaw moving forward
to attack the Euglish Camp, was met by
Johnson, and. another bloody battle follow
ed, when the French In their turn were
routed and rttrqatod tp the ground where
the first battle Was fought. Dieskaw was
killed iu this action. The remainder oi
the French were-on the same day surprised
while refreshing themselves, by a detach
ment of English, when the third contest
took place, and they were all killed or taken
prisoners. In this action, the Captain who
commanded the English was killed. Ou
our way- to Saratoga, wa wore shown
“French Mountain," whore Col. Williaint
was defeated, and also the spot where kill
ed. Direotly st the side of the woofi, a few
miles from Lake George, is a small circular
piece of water, throe or four hundred yards
in circumference, into which the bodies of
all slain during the day, were thrown It
is aptly named the bloody pond. It is a
horrible looking place, surrounded by low
bushcB and entirely covered with the green
floating leaves of the water lilty. It is said
skulls and bones may stfll be fished up from
its bottom. I shuddered iu looking at it.
If ever the spirits of the dead denied the
rites of sepulchre walked, it should be here.
Fort William Henry, in 1757, in the fourth
attempt, was taken by the French, Marquis
Montcalm, after a gallant defence by its
commander, Col. Monroe, who, in conse
quence, obtained honorable terms, but when
its garrison were marching out, the Indian
allies of the French being unrestrained
fell upon them, and an indiscriminate mas
sacre of men, women and childrqn, and In
dians, friendly to the English, followed, and
upon the same ground too jhat the battles
three years before were fought. The fort
was then destroyed by the Montcalm, and
has never been rebuilt. Fort George Was
built by the English afterwards, but-is cel
ebrated by no event of note. It was here
that General Abercrombie, in 1768, em
barked with 16,000 mon in 1000 boats, on
his unfortunate nnd ill conducted expedi
tion against Ticonderoga, in which Lord
stinted fir tree or barren rock. The water M. Traveller* cannot, keep too strict a
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watch over their beggige, for at $bo^eb|m
when prepared to crose the river, we Re
covered e stray trunk wbiqh had http lagd-
Howe, (a relation of Geoeral Howe, of our r’ung , 'amUlioa of” doll.ra'from the prod-'?
Revolution) wee killed—and here eleo Gen
eral Amherst embarked for thu same plape,
hut met with more success, as both Ticon
deroga and Crown Point fell into bis hand*
without bloodshed, being abandoned at his
approach. We got coaches from our host
at Caldwell, the stage having discontinued
running, and started for Saratoga Springs,
twenty-eight miles, on the «th init. at 9, A
atmg a million 01 uottars trotn mo
of tne late loan for the advancement ol ••
griculturiet a, in eume of from one thoussn
to eix tbousatid dollars, on interest st ■
per cent, and to be repaid in fifteen yes*
Shipwreck.—The captain of »
rived at Ocracock from Savannah, felli
with a schooner, on her passage,, with »
foremast carried away. *J»d hanging *>»*
side, her sails torn very much, and
ging and every thing about her te »J*eP
ratio situation. He saw nobody on board?
in going very near a dag came up from
low. furieualy barking, and the etpt. -
'such a dreadful stench, that *< k ' t
and le/l her! He could net tscertsm
name.—Jfoak'e Mi.