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TOl’OC.HAPHICAI, MISSOURI MAI-inks. Salir.i' is situated about 2S0 miles of Fort Osage, between the forks ol branch of the Arkansas, one of which ts southern extremity : ami the other. ;iide one. runs nearly parallel with, and mile of its opposite side. It is a hard, aio. of reddish colored land, of an irregu- iUed figure—its greatest length is bom est to soutli east, and its circumlerence tv miles. This plane is entirely covered | leather, from two to six i« ehes deep | COMMtJNtO.VTF.n For. TUB nF.t'T.F.CTOTt. l'.Btrui t of a loiter Iroin a distinguished gentlcm.n m Washington c.ty, to bis friend in (.corgis, uuder d;.' of l.’tb February, “ Vou ask my opinion on the construction mu' policy of an act id’ the Georgia legislature, p'o- ibiting the importation ol slaves. This, so Jar by the House of Representatives having refused to fake it up, when moved for bv General Har rison, nil Tuesday last. This decision is under stood to operate as a postponement of the sub ject to the next session ; when according to this rule of proceeding recently adopted, it will stand for decision in its present shape, alter the lirsf, week in the session, without being originated <!e ii.filing mu iiiijm.i ..... ■ weeK in the session, wiuiuui ueiug i „ it lias been formed, vou shall ’ ave ■"./M' re.p-ircd by former practice.' erms} for allho’” leelings ol ilelicacy impose 1 J 1 -JYut. hit. i restraints upon the timid actions of some, " ben-. ever I feel afraid to announce the predominant, sentiments of my mind on this, or any otbet su j jeet connected with the prosperity oi the state- ot which all niv interests and permanent attach AllMV. | meets are located, I shall have lost one ot the „ ..... -To the politeness c; aU| .jb„tes, uml think it just Unit I should uperior, 1 think, to the imported blown I of Major Triplett, who passed throiigb this placej ,| u , privileges of a freeman, n this state the saline bears a. striking| 0 n Saturday last, direct from the army, we are in-. (), v ing to the in egularitv of our nyiil ary crust of clear white Malt, ot a quality l.UT.sr i ito.M Skirmish with the Iudinns.- lance to a field of brilliant white snow | debted for the following late ami important intel t after a rain. | ligcnce li om General Jackson. On the first daj frozen crust on it . _ Q, am | Saline is environed with ridges |„f April bills: some of which are peifectly mi ni, , e thinly clothed with verdure and skirmish took place between the ad-' ante of our nrmv commanded bv Majors Mou ld others afford on their declivities lenburgtv Russell,&a party ol Indians.about hat a mile in advance of the Miokasuka town. Ile- i of dwarf plil'ii trees, not more than tail -1 twacn sei en and ten Indians were killed, and lolli es high, which violiled us (June '2.1) a gi eat j u omen taken prisoners. Our loss, one man kil- ance of ripe plums, the largest and finest j | ei | am i four or five wounded. About one. tiiou- K " sand head of cattle, three thousand bushels corn, a considerable quantity ot rice and some bogs were taken from the enemy. 1 lie Micka- suka toe. n and ten or tw elve villages were burnt by general Gaines, who bad orders with 100(1 men, to scour the adjacent country. On the dav alter the sku'nns.i, General Ja.k-on took posi tasted. I think the salt may easily be ed from this place to the Arkansas, where joats may receive it at certain seasons, oad is through an open prairie all the way ,e distance not more than eighty or ninety v Rock Saline, lies about 75 miles noi-th- fthe Grand Saline, surrounded by naked Itains of red clay and gvpsum—It is a level hard red sand'of about 500 acres, through passes a small stream dividing it into 'nequal parts, one fifth or about 100 acres, 1 the south-west side, close under a tre- (ous bill, from the base of which issue several s of salt water, which gradually covers jain, and bv the action of the sun, is, in hot seasons, converted into a solid mass several inches in thickness. 1 here are ■ithin this plain four springs of salt _ water tlv saturated- around which are tunned iv-cones of rock salt, from 1-2 to ‘20 inches .ickiw-ss.—When 1 visited this Saline it had been inundated hv excessive rains, and all alt was . wept off. except that all around the springs ; i found an immense quantity there actti-.div blocked ou with my tomahawk a clear piece full 10 inches 'hick—From what w myself, and what my laitliful Indian guides me on the spot, and bad d'ten told me before, ve not the least doubt but there are times ><> this whole section, next the lulls, is covered liletelv with a solid rock ot salt from 4 to I meats, or other causes, 1 have not rseeiieil one IV 1 half the numbers of the Georgia Journal to which I am entitled, and have therefore, never read the act-li qiiesti li. Its object, however, is olio nil ,u i the first coiisci/iieii''e to our state ; and I earnest , ; ly hope that if existing provisions are not l-mml e- j qtial to its entire accomplishment, others will be j added ; and iliat the people as well . lature, will continue to manifest su I I and active hostility to a traffic no less odiou If we may judge from the. extraordinary uria- - niinitv with which the bill tor countgrvaling the British Colonial system has passed to a third lead ing in the Senate, there is hut little doubt hat it will become a law. This hill proposes a change in our system of navigation, which, without be ing-liable to the objections which apply to gene ral systems of restriction, promises material ad vantage’ to that important interest which at pre sent languishes under the disadvantages with which it encounters the British restrictions on au exten ive branch of our trade.—,Ynt. hit- i) if TOR R. C. EDMODNSON, 5 I AVING purchased doctor Hobson’s stock ot j medicines, respectfully informs the citizens ° i',l I generally that his assortment is the most com- . Y,, j plete of any in the upper part of the state.—lies ’ taken a room in the house belonging to capt ju»tice anil liu.iianil v. than pernicious to the true I ■; Holland, on the north east side of the. aiul substantial nrljare ot the state, as will com- j siou of Fort opposition. plotely extinguish it. 1 luive had the satisfaction, not only of reading the cautionary notice of a number of pit die spi rited - itizeus of I'utuam county in relation to the t. Mark-, a Mp.mEh post, without er ,t'orceineut of this law, hut the liigidy compli- | Monticelln. April b, 1818. had nn-ntarv terms in which it is spoken ol ill several of the middle- northern and eastern states.” he fort was strongly I n tlied uveutv pieces ot heavy ordnance, and wus garri- soned hy about fifty nien, principally Spaniards. A Scotchman by the name ot Arhuthnqt, who Creel.' Country.—The following letter from an has been very active in exciting the Indians t°; officer in the Georgia detachment to the editors hostility for some time past. General Jackson (1 j- the Chronicle, gives a *• bird's eye view” ot learnt, on the evening previous to the surrender ( | iat portion of the Creek country, (Ac. over which if s>t. Mai ks, was in the fort, and dispatched our arm y | 1:ls marched since the commencement one of Ids aids, to demand him ol the foni ", „1 the present campaign •—ring. Chronicle• inanding nflicer, who delivered him up. He is , “ I’oi-. Scmt, March 17. now in close confinement, awaiting the return ol j « The country from Hartford here is, as far as tiie arm v to Mt. Marks, when he will he tiicd by 1 [ can judge, poor in the extreme; hut as I tra il court-martial. I veiled Dy water from Fort Karly to this place, 1 Captain M’lver, wlio ascended the Ft. Marks | cannot well judge. The distance from the with some g n-lmats on the day previous to the j gency to Fort Early is about -200 miles by water, skirmish, hoisted a British Dag, which had the d.-- gy by laud—from Fort Karly here about 100 hy sired ’effect of decoying on board lour ol the ene- laud, and about 250 by water the first two mv ; among whom were the Prophet Francis and days run Iroin Fort Early we had a very narrow one of their Chiefs, who were hanged on tne river, rapid current, numerous small island, ab- next day- in the fort. The other two warriors j ,- U pt windings, and on the whole istlier danger- were released. j ous navigation. The third day the river became General Jackson lias now gone against the Su- wider, the current more gentle ; the lowlands, wannej town, (about thirty miles from St. Marks, which before had been very narrow and poor, and it is supposed reached there on Thursday ; more extensi-e and fertile, and the country he BACON FOR SALE. AIIE subscriber will have at this place, about the first of May next, a quantity ol first rate corn fed Bacon, which he will sell at 20 cents per pound. All those who have not furnished themselves would do well to wait its arrival. C. P. PATNE. Milledgeville, April 20,1818. 16,00-1 lbs. BACON FOR SALE. 1 1HE subscribers have for sale, sixteen thou sand weight of excellent BACON. r. r. j ailet & co. Milledgeville, April 18. inches" thick, and immediately around the -1 ;| as t,j where it is believed from four to six bun- gau to appear desirable. For about 30 mile ■ to 20 inches thick i resembling a (| re d warriors have assembled ; hut it was thought j yove this, the navigation will he tolerably good large Dukes.—'The oilier section t |, e [nciiann would not make a stand t ere or anv i for -mall keel boats, hut above that it can never Id of ice in , . ,, Maces salt exactly like that ol the Grand ^a- v The country around the Rock Mali fie is y mountainous, and the Saline can he ap- Vached only on foot, or (with some difficulty) Sorseback". <- ; - FIBi.fA. DOMESTIC. where else. A party of about sixty Indians have be made good. It may possibly be as good surrendered themselves at Mt. Marks. It is xtat pH, Gconee to Milledgeville, as high up as the A- ed M’Intusli has capturted about one hundred j gency ; hut the land on it will never afford any more prisoners. tiling like a respectable settlement. Between the Agency and Th.rty Mile Creek, (50 miles a Indian A arm.—V gentleman from Darien in- bove this place) from there to the mouth ol the low form.- us. that on Sunday last, the major of the Lr,-omuls are good ; and below here, between this and the mouth of A ppalachicola, is some of the regiment in W ayne county reached Darien, with despatches for general Hopkins, the substance ol winch were, that the Indians had entered W ayne unt\, burnt several houses, and that vie inha bitants were flying lor retuge into Glynn. On Monday last, our inlurmant states, general Hop- kills i-.sued orders Irom the militia ol M Intosh land Glynn counties to march in pursuit ot the In in mode lie Arab.—Yesterday morning, we rather a curious and singular spectacle in streets of this city. A man. dressed m a , tor's shirt, accompanied by a woman lead- , a horse, appearsd before us. On the horse, was j irk big, thrown over—and in each end ot the j . temped out the heads of two )[ lll ' ll j c "~ n 'Yi.u , - e creatures we-- so arranged, that ihe two m ij 'furthwith.—Savunmh ltepub. Uth inst I, end were r,laced hack to hack, so that two h eml wf . - i— . , . ked towards the head ol the horse, two to- Ills the tail. One of them was an infant; while the mother held the rein, she present- her bosom and gave murk.to the. little urchin, | y |t j j u>llt in ri . a dinc - tne tied iri the sack. I be heads ot the clnl- Col. Marshall, commanding the 1st regiment, in lids city, received orders hist evening, from the major-general of the 1st division, requiring him finest country in the United Mutes, hut the ad vantages of navigation are nut equal to those of Tombigbv and Alabama. “ This tort is situated upon a Bluff, on the western side of Flint river, 12 miles above its confluence with Uhatahouchie, and has complete command of the river, with strong defences; but from the hostility of the Indians, and tiie Mpaniads having in possession the mouth of the river, it will he many years before the lands can oc rendered valuable.”. subjected to i march at a moment's warning ; eaco man to he vt out ot sight, ana provided with sixty rounds of hall cartridges, robbins in a nest. 1 he vvliok j orll(J| . 1);ls been complied with through the colonel. W e understand that a similar order has been made on tiie whole state ; the object ol which we are not at this time prepared to say.—lb. ped unlike voung alcade was singularly amusing to those who i it. W'e have often seen a horse carry ble—but never before this occasion, have wej n one carry quadruple. It was rather a f.in- ar mode of"rating, and certainlv somewhat in- venient to live rider ;—hut I defy any one to e seen a more su-nmary or cheap mode ol velin- r .—Richmond Comjiiler. The Savannah Museum states that on the 9th ilist, a subscription was opened lor a B nk, (the capital of which to oe 1;0UI),0U() ot dollars,) to i>e established in the flourishing town of Darien ; i I and in the course of two or three hours, we un it is not generally knov n | () | yere six hundred thousand dol- nrtrnltrp nilll WODIICOCK. IS I . , .. . larrf subscribed. W'e observe it mentioned in the northern pd Sportsmen - . t the flesh of the partridge and woodcock, is remelv unwholc oreie, if not poisonous, in the ; n tr of" the vear. M any ins'. ices, and some ^ lUd^^iglR KuJed^hmmiM;^ perfi.that Captain Heath has been arrested at ^ who have partaken of this food have inline- Trovidence, and cited to appear belure tlm su- elv felt its iniurVomi and even fatal effects. ! preme court ol Rhode-lsland, m consequence ol •in- the winter, the partridge confines himself a challenge sent, hv him to Commodore 1 erry ihelruds of the birch, the p i lur, and the ap tree ; but ns the ground becomes bare, he ks after plants of various kinds, and eagerly ro irs the kalmia latifid a, winch infects the h with a poisonous qualiry. and it is said that the i „f the female, are even more pei uiciolis. . wnntlrnck appears early ill the spring, some he'ore the snow is gone oil, his natural load rnatic insects and.small worms, but being pin.led Iroin thc-e. lie seeks alter and sub-i->ts t e most loathsome and nauseous sub-tail- from this or some other cause, he become, ru'ted and extremelv lousy ; however as the ig advances he gradually recovers, and he- ••s plump and lat early in the tall. The New-Luiidon Gazette of the 1st mst. assert that captain 11. has informed a gentleman ol that place, that the affair between commodore l*. and himself has been adju ted to mutual satislactiou. Cdngress hn$ voted a sw ord to Colonel Richard M. Johnston, for his signally brave conduct at the battle of the Thames. A resolution has pas sed to cause gold medals to be struck for major general William Carroll, and brigadier-general Coffee, and another for general Joseph Desha .Marshal and Col. Grouchy *—These distinguish ed strangers were on a visit to their friend Mr. Victor Dupont, and were preparing to go out on a shooting party, when the late awful explosion of the powderwoiks on the Brandywine took place. Cpou the first alarm, they rushed out with others to tiie scene, to afford whatever as sistance circumstances might require, and had just crossed the creek, when the magazine blew up, spreading destruction in all quarters. A workman at the elbow of Colonel Grouchy, was killed by a stone which passed through his breast and the head of another fell at the Marshal’s feet; they, however, both escaped unhurt. It wus supposed that all tiie buildings in 'his quar ter had been destroyed by the first explosion, as they appeared to heal! in flames, hut it was pre sently pointed out to them by one of the survi ving workmen, tout the drying house, (in which they perceived through a window, there was GEORGIA, JONES COUNTY. *V HEitKAM Leonard Abercrombie and Ro- y y bert Baldwin, administrators of Ander son Comer, deceased, apply to me for letters of dismission from said estate :—These are, there fore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to file their objections, if any they have,, why said let ters should not be granted, within the time pre scribed by law, in my offi-e. Given under my hand this loth April, 1818 JAMES SMITH, C. C. 0. BOOKS, MAI’S A GLOBES. ripUIE subscriber respectfully informs the riti- 1 zens of i’utuam and Jaspei, that he has just received a neat and extensive collection of BOOKS in every department of English litera ture—also, Arrow Smith’s, Lewis, and Melish’s MAPS, the whole neatly canvassed, colored, varnished and mounted ou rollers—Also, English and American 9, 12, 13, and 18 inch GLOBES, with a few neat cases- of Pocket Instruments.— lie w ill attend and oiler the above, mental feast: in Eatontoti on the first Saturday in May, and in Monticcllo on the second Sat-urday. It may sharpen the appetites of soma to know, that every article—every dish, maybe procured at the N. York and Philadelphia prices. Fifteen percent- deduction to him whose strong stomach shall hear away S200 worth. r. t. jackson. April 10. ———- “ A Lj.iihI more fair ami happy never sen View’d in h.s wide career ! A lovely spot l-’or all that life can ask ! Salubrious ! mild ! Iis hills arc green !—its woods and prospects fair* hs meadows fertile ! and to crown the whole, In one delightful word—it is hur home The skat or nmin-ry and a II its sweets.'* PUBLIC LANDS. In animadverting on this subject, the set'rej tary of the treasury states “ for the dispo sition of the lands, a plan has been adopted Cal culated to enable every industrious citizen tohu- come a freeholder, to secure indisputable titles to the purchases, to obtain a national revenue, and above all to suppress monopoly.” The author, Mr. MeILh, after elucidating the plan, breaks out into the following beautiful and appropriate language, which must animate, every American soul : " Much is the system —Now- mark its efl'cets, Every industrious citizen of the United Mtates has the power to become a free holder, mi paying the small sum of S8II, being the first instalment on the purchase of 1-4 of a considerable quantity of powder) had nut yet section of land ; and though he should not have caught fire. There was time enough to esca, e a shilling in the world, he can easily clear as Xiimescf the Creek Warriors engaged in the expedition against the hostile Seminole Indians, commanded by Cel MTntosli- tlieyare organized into nineteen companies. Tiie companies are com- Teat ! mantled bv captains Ockfuskc, Yohalough, Neliau- ii.-cko, Ilapoi, Hopue, Ilaujo, iamyahee, Wil liam Miller, Mad Wolf, Tuskeegie, Laugo, IIo- Lnnis, Feb. 22.—There has been „ * , h kicked up in the Bank of Mt. Louis- -The I ? CM ', cashier t as been removed from office, and j liam , directors elected another cas f i ^jfVdirelti r°-1 See. o'oS.e,' TusVun.iugge, Glal.tau, Wal, use some ol the minority of the diieit n., : > e s-ume ot me iiimoruy u. j ni-ree, Cohussee, Emathlau, and Lieutenant La- immediatelv resigned; the clerk, pet Imps king hjihsclfeiititlcd to the office by seniority, | "g'“ ned also. These resignations produced a , iral discontent, which caused the shuttin-- erat msconu-ni, wiuni bank ; it afterwards became a party dispute, licularly in the they were near proceeding to very danger- United Mates. iYutional Intelligencer We regret to find so many gentlemen volun- „fttariIy retiring from seats in Congress, and par- House of Representatives of the It is said that, from this disposi- measures, when onTparG bound'tl.e”o?her ition, and from the rotation between tlm counties to the peace. I believe they arc nowahout|in each district, which prevails in Ncw-Vork, jmpromise, when the binx will resume its o- tiuiis. The circumstance has produced . idernble depreciation ol its paper au-i stock 1 think if they succeed in adjusting the oil imes, t.haf no very serious injury will he I It carcely one of the twenty-seven Representatives from that state will he a member of the next C'on- ..ress. Mr. Spencer, Mr. Talinadge ami Mr 1’avlor, tiirec leading memhers, and several o tlicrs have declined a re-clectjoti—lb from all danger Irom this building, had they sought safety by flight, hut with that decision and promptness in action which distinguishes tru ly brave men, they instantly seized axes, and commenced cutting and tearing awav a kind of platform, which communicated with all the build ings and was then in flames, and which in a few minutes more must have set lire to the drying house. Their example and encouragement drew others to the spot, and after great exertions, with the aid of w ater-buckets, the fire was here stop ped. Had this building blown up, the refinery and other buildings on the right of the creek which had escaped from the explosion of the Magazine,together with the Cloth manufactory on the leit, with what remained of the dwellings of tho Mr. Duponts, would, in all probability” have been entirely destroyed ; and w ith these buildings, the houses occupied by tiie w ives and children of the workmen. In short, it is known to the writer of this article, that the family of Mr. Dupont attribute the salvation of what re mained of their property at their works, to the example and exertions ol these gentlemen, who have thus entw ined a civil wreath with the laurels of Borodino, and erected in the breasts of the widow and tiie orphan, a monument that will he as lasting, and not less honorable to them, than their military fame.—Phil. Daily Advertiser. The subject of the better organization of flu Militia of the United Mtatys. is again pas-ed much from the land as will pay the remaining instalments when they beco'.ue due.—This is merely taking the result of the system oh the smallest scale fin- illustration. A farmer with an industrious family may become the propriet'or of the whole section or mure ; and the land be ing purely his own, there is no setting limits to his prosperity—no pro fid tyrant can loid it over him.—He has no rent to pay.—no game laws—nor timber laws, nor fishing laws to dread lie has no taxes to pay, except ',ns e/jual share for the sup port ol the civil government of his country,which is but a trifle. He has no excise laws to oppress and harrass him. He can neither be gauged not supervised. He has no poor rates to pay, for lie dwells in a country where government interposes not its greedy hands to snatch the cup of iiulus try from the lips of the feeble. He has no fythes to pay—fur there are no hireling priests in the community of which he is a member. Such are the blessings enjoyed by the American fanner. It might look invidious to compare it with the same class of society elsewhere ; it is sufficient to sav, that here this class, one of the most va luable in every community, are prosperous anil happy,—and from a view of the whole subject, we are inclined to believe,that this is secured lin ages to come. May the Almighty Father of tlm human race, pour down his choicest blessings upon t: e heads of those who planned, and curried into effect, such a benevolent system.” To which, every American xoyl responds a hearty ame.n.