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Discovery in Africa.—The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Ashmun, agent of the Colonization society, to the Board at Washington. “ An excursion of one of our people in the interior, to the distance of ahout 140 miles, has led to a discovery of the popu lousness and comparative civilization of this Pi riot of Africa, never, till within a few r itic even conjectured by myself The who take tinjelyf ■ vide no mean iation 5 to a I -To those in this impressions, we take now an opportunity, in talents of Mr.’Brown :sful delineation of fea- admired; and in this J&AJiGxiSy Oct* 1827> this place, of obtaining t for the purpose, whose s tures we have seen and ht_ _ particular at least, bv far 'fie most important, we think he takes raak among he better part of those who have attempted the art. while his charges pre sent no intimidating obstacle. na:n? individual is now absftnt on a second journey; the particulars of both, I hope to be able to present to the Board by the next conveyance. In the mean time, it may not i y e 7 reached MiUedgeville, (whence we chieflj be without interest to observe, that we are p or j» \ the time of our last advices.—'We giv THE ELECTION.—We had hoped this week to give a comploto statement of the result of the late election, but it appears full informatioh had not look for it,) at the time of our last adviceii.—We give be- sitnated .within fifty leagues of a country in | ow the Members elected to the Legislature in fifty which a highly improved agriculture pre- two counties, leaving a number yet to he heard from, vails; where the horse is a common do-1 and postpone until our next, a statement of the votes rnestie animal ; where extensive tracts of: given for Governor, Member of Congress, and the land are cleared and enclosed, where every! Convention.—Though there was no organized ofpo- artiele absolutely necessary to comfortable eition to Mr. Forsyth, yet in some of the counties life, is produced bv the soil, or manufacture there was a vigorous adverse vote fixed on different ed by the skill and industry of the inhahi- names, as suited the taste of the place, which we taut* ; where the Arabic is used as a writ- j shall report scattering. Mr. Gilmer is most probably > ii language in the ordinary commerce ofjchosen by a large majority; for though we hav lilc; where regular and abundant raarketa are «*» P» rtial ■*” « f <•*'**“•*. J« *bey ruf- W. and where a degree of intelligence and ; fiscally betoken it.-—Otfr intelligent last vreefc led partial retineincnt distingnislies the inhahi-1 1,3to tbrik Uiitt c nvenlion ic in taals, little, compatible eith the pereonal if t harhCKapuem apt. da. tune ,™k«,«foobl- qualities attached, in the current notions of Ihe age, to the people of Guinea.” Cotton.—The Savannah Georgian of the 6th inst. states that Uplands of the new crop come in slowly, hut are in demand and meet with a quick said at from 10 to 11 centB. Of the old crop there is very little offerin'!. As far a9 we can learn from persons ho have been travelling in the up-country, the rop of this season will be considerably less than that of last year, in consequence of the drought pre vailing, during the greater part of the summer. Good Liquor in prospect.—An advertisement in an Augusta pi.per calls for tlie services of a person who “acquainted with the principles of distilling and of integrity.” If the demand should be answered, we may conjecture this combination of knowledge will result in the production of an article quite seductive to becoming “ glorious.” Mr. Ashmun proceeds to state that it has been the policy of the tribes to shut out as V much as possible the colonists from the inte- Arior, and even to conceal from them the fact .- ®Tth€ existence of such a people as are now AjSound in possession of the country at a lit- tjfe distance from the coast.—The reason -Am. states to be, their “ desire to possess -themselves of the streams of commerce, by conceal mg the remote sources of their gains-’ ffi&flow ascertained, beyond all doubt, th|t the' mland tribes are anxious to open a dirt^«orpiatumcation with the colony, as. a larj&proporiion of the exports from the co- lony"iheat present from these interior re- gionsT It is believed that the openingra free passage will double the amount. Ar rangements are making accordingly to ef fect^* Object by amicable negociations with the coast tribes ; and Mr. Ashmun thinks there is a promise of speedy and en tire success. fill. There oeema to have been considerable indif ference to the matter, a9 the number of votes given on the subject, so far as we have beard, amount to very little over two thirds of those given for member of Congress.—Entire success has been obtained in several counties for members of the Legislature which heretofore have been of an opposite com ptexion, giving altogether a majority of ahout two to one jn that body in favour of the principles of the presejst executive. 'The' - first name to each county is the Senator. Williams—Howard, Watson,- EQRGIA, Washington County. In the Superior Court of said County, Tkttfs- day morning, Sept. 27th Present, the Hon. William Schley,''Judge. The mournful intelligence of the death of Maj. FREEMAN WALKER having reached this place immediately after the open ing of the Court, and the same having beeu announced, it was on motion,Resolved, that as a suitable testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, that the Court, hould adjourn to the houi of 11 o’clock, nwell- Bukke. Cxiati: Astronomical and Geological Facts. Aries was in its 15th degree, 1447 fore the Christian era; Dufrjus ha*. & many plausible reasons to was forrp^Ar tne autumnal equin ; toe*vIrwal V and «a thp preces.si^ri pf *hF equinoxes isooedegxeeiu 70 1-2 years time twelfth of thflfzqdwftn 2115 years, ira irnusthare coincided with the equinox jag aw.it 17,000 years ago ; and will agarn m about S.370 years hence. In other -words Aries will once in' about twenty-fiye thousand three hundred and eighty years, be in the same situation of the zodiac. The angle of the equator and ecliptic is found to be twenty minutes less every thou sand vears. Hence it follows that in one hundred and fo^ty-one-thousand years more, i our equator and ecliptic wilt coincide and [days and night? be continually of equal flength all the year round. In other words that the ecliptic requires 270,000 years to extend itself from the equator to the pole, 540.000 to go and return again. When the ecliptic extended to the pole the arctic and antarctic regions of the north and south were as warm and habitable as any other parts of the earth. This ex plains one of the causes of tropical animals being dug up . in the northern countries of Europe, as Russia, Siberia, England, &c. The ocean appears to rise about ten feet in one thousand years. For Heron says co lumns are now standing not far from Cleo patra’s needle, a distance much below the level of the ocean, which were placed there ahout 2C00 years ago. Herculaneum, burn ed and buried by the eruption of Mount Ve suvius A. D. 79, is found to be forty feet below the level of the sea. The ruins of Heraclea, six leagues from Alexandria, are covered with water a long way, in the Mediterranean ‘ sea; and is as yet visible beneath its surface in a calm. Hence it is evident that there is not only an increase of land bnt of waters on this globe. Globes seem to grow. ' Do these facts account for many pheno mena in geology ? For instance, of anchors being dug ujftfar from any rivers or seas ; of the s|umps of trees being dug to in the level country of Murfreeaborough in N. C. found between twenty and thirty feet below the level of Chowan river: wherein the shafts of trees are yet standing ; of the like occurrence noticed about Philadelphia, 13 feet below the earth’s surface ; of American shell fish dug up in Europe : of the moose deer of America dug up in all the valleys of Ireland; and of the Egyptian crocodiles discovered in the bowels of the German soil; &c. Fulgose an Italian, says, that A. D. 1460 a ship was dag up with the bodies of 40 persons, in the canton of Berne 600 feet deep in the mire. The skeletons of whales, of mammoths, and of trees and plants, which now grow in no part of the world, have grown, and are now found in many coun tries. Chris. Enq. -Bacon, )enmark—Rawls, Dye, Bailey, -Hendricks, labersham, Stites, Bo van, Moore, Hull, Burnside, Clan- Clark. Columbia ton. Cr AWVOU9. Coweta. Dooly. - „ ErViNGtiiAiL Burtou— &*aqagjL Allen—Heard, E manure. Swain—Hicks, FAYerjie- Coo-Van—Stewart, Aink*rson—Martin, Freeman, Cleveland, jf*. * Stocks—Janes, Lewis, Ilea, h kttv Worthy—Brewster, Greene, Park, Habersham. Blair—Wofford, Chastain, .Donningham—Bates, Byrl, Eberhart, ” cock. Crawford Abercooibie, Birdsong, ers—Barnes, Glenn, ston, Campbell—Williams, Jackson. Martin—Barnett, Burncs, Cochran, Jasper, Philips—Jordan, McClendon, Loyal), Har deman, Jefferson. Gamble—Holt, Stapleton, Jones. Hendrick—-Iverson, Jonrdan, Flewellin, Day, Monroe—Warren, St. George, Walthour—Way, Qaanerman, Remson—McDowell, Curry,' Groves—Maroney, Daniel, Brown—Lawhon, Phillips, Simmons, Leonard—Davis. Nesbit, Jones, McDougald—Woolfolk, Laurens. Liberty, Lincoln. Madison. Monroe. Morgan. Muscogee. Newton. Luckie—Kolb, Perry, Oglethorpe. Jourdan—Freeman, Billups, Town send, ' r Pike. Wilson—Gray, Pulaski. Clayton—Lanier, Daniel, Putnam. Hoxey—Hudson, Shorter, Varner, Ma son, Richmond. McTyre—Holt, Mealing, Dillon, uf. Smith—Byan, Lanear, Troop.' Sledge—Kcnnon, Taliaferro. Janes—Thompson, Twiogs. Wimberly—Bunn, Durham, Dennard, Upson. Holloway—Sturges, Warren; Moncrief—Thomas, Wilson, Gray, Walton. Moore—Echols, Blast igham, Wilkinson. Beall—Wiggins, Emm, Washington. Tennille—Saffold, Shehee, Long, Wilkes. Wootten—Brown, Render, Mills, Lyman We were prevented of our intention last week of inviting to a notice of the Advertisement of Mr Tucker, who' has commenced another order of classes for instruction in Penmanship: but as we have already experienced the benefits of his success in one or two instances, we feel indisposed to let the op portunity pass further without a passing remark, in the hopes of being still more largely relieved by the practise of his art. It has been observed by some one, that “ nothing tends more to impress with a fa vourable idea of the respectability of an unknown person, than .receiving a communi cation be may find it necessary to make, written a fair legible hand — as a preliminary recommendation, it even takes pre cedence of correct spelling and composition as being first caught by the eye, though certainly not so good an evidence of a studious and intelligent mind, as the latter; but for want of it many a brilliant off spring of the imagination, has lost its effect by dis traction of the attention between decyphering the and] writing and Reaching after the ideas it contained while a composition of very ordinary talent may often pass current from the fact of oar being able to glide easily through it by means of handsome and "distinct penmanship.—Such, we have evidence, the ability of Mr. Tucker is able to impart, with proper diligence on the part of the scholar; and we trust all who have sufficient tender sympathies to “commisserate a printer’s woes,” will avail thcih selves of his eiffers, if they ever contemplate calling our services to their aid, and are not fully conscious of a respectable ac complishment in the art. V X Dr. Good, ini his book of Nature, says there is iron enough in the blood of 42 men to make a plough-share—weighing, gener ally, from 22 to 34 lbs. This is a singular proposition ; but as the learned doctor is a gentleman of high respectability, and deep scientific research, it deserves a readK*f$i dit. We should like to know the quantity of brass which is incorporated into the system, either in blood or bone of some individuals. —Norwich paper. PertraUa.—The number of penions whose situation and connection with society, is so isolated as never to awaken & recollection in the j-eetto] of events that supply the subjectsof social conversation, arofow in deed ; and whenever the memory of a person is thofl called forth, an intuitive foefing of curiosity to know what “ manner of man he was,” seems inseparable from the human faculties, and is ooly satisfied by its gratification in some way or other. In this feeling originated the ancient practice of embalming dead bodies, and tho after art of the sieulptor and painter, to preserve the form and features of those whose ge lations with the present, might tender them interest ing to future times. It is true this has popular in terest ip but comparatively few cases, yet there are not many whoso sensibilities are so odious as to be wholly destitute of a seasoning of inquisitiveness concerning, the features of itelatives which m chances of life may have prevented them from ever m tion of the country beyond tho Stony Moun tains, is continuedand, by tlfe other, the Commercial Convention of 1815, which was continued by the ahoverrientioried Con vention of 1818, isJFurlher continued. The duration of the Convention of 181S, having been limited to ten years, which would have expired on the 20th Oct. 182S, on that day the existing Commercial-Convention, and the .Article respecting the country beyond the Rocky Mountains, would have termi nated, but for the recent Conventions. They are now to continue indefinitely as to time, each party reserving the right to put an end to either of them,upon twelve months notice given to the other party.—Nat. Int. A. M. and that John Schley, .Wm. H. Tor rance, and Roger L. Gamble, Esquires, be a Committee to prepare and report an ex pression of the Court and Bar upon this me lancholy dispensation of Providence. At the hour of 11 o’clock, the Court having met pursuant to adjournment, the committee made the following report :— The Committee appointed )by the Court to prepare and report an expression of their of their distinguished and esteemed fellow-citizen and member of this Bar, know not in what manner suitably to approach the subject. They feel that their powers are too feeble, and language too impotent to convey their feeling of es teem and respect for his memory when dead, or his worth and many amiable and virtuous qualities when in life. To those who had the pleasure and happiness of his acquain tance, nothing can be said of him, which will render his memory more dear and las ting ; and to theme to whom he was unac quainted, this committee can say nothing that would do adequate justice to his cha racter. They therefore refrain from the at tempt, by here observing, that in his pub lic character as a senator of the Legislature, as a senator in the Congress of the United States, as Mayor of the City of Augusta, and other offices which he has filled, Geor gia has been proud to claim him as her citi zen. These appointments have all been conferred without his solicitation ; and have been discharged with that ability and that integrity, which has done honor to the ap pointments and credit to himself. He was the pride and ornament of the middle circuit, and could boast of that which fafis to the lot of but few individuals. He had nume rous friends, and the committee believe none will accuse it. of stating any thing but the truth, when it says lie had not an enemy upon earth. . It is, however, with his amia ble end worthy family, the committee most deeply sympathize n this.afflictive dispensa tion of Providence, as it is there l^s l° ss be the most seriously felt. Asa husband, fa ther and master, hd was tender, affectionate and indulgent, and in his social intercourse land deportment through life, open, generous and sincere. The committee, in taking a retrospective view of his life, cannot but ex claim, a great and good man has fallen ; they therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Court and members of the Bar of the Middle Circuit, heing im pressed with the deepest regret for the death of the distinguished and lamented JMajor Freeman Wailter, as a testimony of their respect and esteem for his memory, will wear crape oil the left hrrp for the space of thirty days, and recommend to the members of the Middle Circuit to conform to this re- solutiop. And it is further resolved, That the above bo published in the newspapers of this state. A true extract from the minutes. MORGAN BROWN, Clerk. The Little Rock, Arkansas Gazette, of the 31st July says :— The last mail from the south, we under stand, brought a letter to Gov. Izard, from Maj. Cummins, Commanding officer at Fort Towson, enclosing a Proclamation which has been recently promulgated by Col. Rob bins and Buckham, (the latte r, also, a Mexi can officer, and recently of Miller county,) inviting volunteers to join their standard, for the purpose of making wUr on and plun dering the Indians in the Mexican territo ries, who are hostile to that government. We have not seen the Proclamation, but un derstand it offers to volunteers, in addition to the usual pay of troops of the line, the whole proceeds of all caplu/es which they may make from the Indians. The volun teers are directed to meet at any point south of Red river, and west of the Spanisli Bluff, which we understand, is some 20 or 30 miles east of Miller C. H., and in a part of the country where the authorities of this Terri tory continue to exercise civil jurisdiction. This proceeding, whether authorised or not by the Mexican authorities, calls loudly, in our opinion, for the interference of our government Such predatory parties against the Indians, are calculated to exasperate them against our citizens, however innocent they may be, and will unquestionably result in their attacking and making reprisals, on all other hunting parties whom they may fall in with ; and on our frontier settlements, for all depredations which may be commit ted on theln or their property, by these Mexican volunteers. [Subsequent accounts state, that the ex pedition had started ; about 50 armed men, with a large surplus of arms and ammuni tion, for which it is calculated to have re cruits on the march—it is said to be a plun dering expedition against the Camanche and Pawnee Indians.] only wish that every farmer in the state see it, as the first reflection that struck Was extreme, the culpable impro- e and laziness which ^prevents 990 hut of a thousand freeholders from having on tlicir tables a single bunch of grapes, even for the wholesome gratification of their families and friends. Here it is demonstra ted that a single vine w-ll yield much more of this delicious fruit than the largest family would consume fot; several successive weeks. We recommend those who would see what can be done in thi$^country with the grape, to go and seek from the polite and venerable proprietor, the gratification which we experienced this morning in view ing his vines, his French chesnuts, his figs, Sic. &c.—American Farmer. This town [Providence, R.I.] is now distinguished for the Manufacture of Cotton. The business is carried to great extent, and ’ we are surpassed by no other place in the union except New York.—We have nine teen extensive Jeweller’s shops, which give constant employment to over three hundred persons. The Jewelry manufactured year ly amounts to over six hundred thousand dol lars. The business is not confined to any particular description of work, but generally to the setting of Diamond and Pearl; the manufacture of ladies’and gentlemen’s gold chains, filagree and variegated gold work, paste and all other kinds of Jeweller’s work, which is done in as great perfection as in Europe or any other part of the United States. The nineteen shops pay annually something like ten thousand dollars premium on the gold by them manufactured, and sup ply many cities with the product of their labour. , Illinois, September 8. War again.—By Col. Field who arrived at this place on Wednesday evening last from Fever River Lead Mines, we learn, that before his departure from that place, a letter was received from Gen. Atkinson, dated at Prairie du Chien, 20th August, en closing a letter from Gov. Cass and T. L. McKenney, U. S. Commissioners, for hold ing a treaty with the Indians at Green Bay. Mr. Cass and Mr. McKinney state that they could effect nothing by counciling with the Winnebagoes ; that not one fourth of the tribe attended, and that those who did attend, refused to give up the perpeirators of the murder at Prairie du Chien, and those engaged in the attacks of the contractors’ boats descending the^fiver from St. Peters. They further remark that Shambly the chief of the Ottoways had been among the Pattowatomies, and reported to the com mander at Chicago, that the Pattawatomies, and Winnebagoes were makeing prepara tions for war, by secreting their women and children, and preparing provisions for informed Gen. Atkinson that no terms could he made with the Winnebagoes, and advis- hd him to march immediately, fearing that an attack Would be made on the miners at Fever River,. The letter bears the date of August 18th. W Gen. Atkinson accordingly marched with 600 men from the Prairie on the 29th ult. General Whitesides and Col. Dodge on the same day marched from the mines, with 150 mounted men. Two hundred men from Green Bay, with 100 Menomines, were to leave Green Bay on the 15th Aug. for the portage between the Ouisconsin and Fox rivers, where the whole body of troops were to rendezvous. An attack will then be made upon the hostile Indians, and from the force employed, we cannot but anticipate a spee dy settlement of our Indian difficulties. The council at Green Bay was to be closed on the 15th August.—Intel. Messrs. Shultz and Boyd charged with whipping Martin to death some time since, prere lately tried at Edgefield Court House, S. C. and convicted of Homicide.—-Their sentenco is six ihoaths imprisonment and branding on the brawn of the thumb the first day of next Court. We are informed Mr. Shultz made a very interesting address to the Court after it had delivered its seutence, of which the following is an extract: “ With a bleeding heart, I confess that the jury of my. country found a true verdict according to my unhappy dfieds.”—Geo. Cotir. wtt tho Washington, Sept. 24 We learn that two Conventions between the United States and Great Britain hai been received at the Department of Stat which were concluded and signed in the early part of last month, a few days before Mr. Canning’s death, by Mr. Gallatin and Messrs. Grant and Addington. By one of them, the Third Article of the Com'ention yVM Sk; |g£g&-ffy m m of ISIS, which stipulates the jointloccupa- hUm i." J\Iexican .Mines.—By oar late files, we perceive that the shares of some of the mining associations have experienced a rapid and considerable rise in the London market. The Real del Monte rose in a single day upwards of 70 per cent, on the exchange. A gentjeman has arrived (in New York) from Mexico within a few days, who states that the prospects of this mine (and others) are of the most flattering character. The weekly returns of the Real del Monte alone, are from $20,000 to $25,000. This asso ciation is recognized as one of those which were set on foot by some of the most re sponsible capitalists in Loudon, and its shares were never hawked in the market. If there be toy person in the United States interested in its prosperity, the foregoin statement may not be unacceptable to them. Grapes.—No growth of the vibe wh has fallen under our observation, is equa that which may be seen at St Maiy’s Col lege, in the ext fruit, bunc! years si It appears from a publication in the Balti more American, that a vessel, peculiarly adapted to the service, is about to be built in that port, by Mr. James Beacham, (if one suitable for the purpose cannot be purchas ed,) in which Mr. Reynolds and his associ ates, arc to undertake the Antarctic Expe dition. It is added that the funds necessa ry for the purpose are nearly realized. Sea Serpent again.—We do not know a subject which causes more speculation than the Sea Serpent, no two persons can give the same description of it, except its resem blance to a horse or snake. About the 20th of July last, Captain Thurlow, of Deer isle, reported that he had struck, and was drag ged by this god of the Ocean, upwards of four miles ; that it took place 10 leagues to the eastward of M. Desert, that the line parted, and left about 20 fathoms of it at tached to the iron in the serpent—this state ment had a very general circulation in the papers at that time. We now have another story to tell, and which seems to carry more truth with it than any other respecting the Serpent. Capt. Daniel Brown, who arrived here on Thursday, fell in with a singular fish, about 20 leagues East of mount Desert, from which he took a pair of five pronged granes, together with 20 fothoms of warp attached thereto, and exhibited the same at our office yesterday, the fish was dead, and measured-less than 25 feet ; had a flat head and appeared something like a blaek fish. Capt. B. does not recount ever to have seen one similar to it. It mustVhave -been dead some time, ns it was much 'decayed and its skin parched or sun-burnt, had no scales up on it. Capt. B. kept it alongside of his vessel about three quarters of an hour, had a fair opportunity to examine it, and we rely much on the testimony he has given. preparing provisions tor a If this is the sarne fish< whi £ h Captain Thur campaign. Messrs Cass and McKinney * - - 1 low struck and it appears to he, from many circumstances, he must have been deceived in its length as heretofore published.—Glou cester paper, 8th Sept. An Equestrian on his 'Travels.—-One Boy- den, a member of a troop of equestians, who were performing at Huntsville, Alabama,* took it in his head, about three months ago, to perform a feat which must have astonished the company, as much as their dexterity had ' astonished the natives. He took from a trunk belonging to the corps $2000, with which sum m his pocket, he threw a somer set which brought him on horseback, and gallopped off*. He has since been making the northern tour, spending his money gen teelly, and visiting the falls, and the other lions of the north and west. He had some idea of settling at Rochester, but was in duced to change his mincL by the apparition of a countenance which had been fomiiiarto him in Alabama. As he was returning from the falls, io company with two gentlemen, the latter were attracted by a hand-bill ■ in the town of Waterloo, a name as fatal to our hero, as to Napoleon. The placard . offered a reward for the return of the $2000, / and described the person of Boyden so ac curately, that there was no mistaking him. On arriving at Ithaca his travelling com panions introduced him to a constable, and lent him the placard to read for his amuse ment. The result was that he-gave up $1380, and walked off in high dudgeon.— N. Y. Com. Adv. t* We understand this was the same company who were exhibiting iu this village last week, of the London It is mentioned in some I- ~m Journals that the poet Jllowe <{ has exchan ged a love of the vanities of this world for. the more substantial pleasures of religious f^ith.” Thg character of his last work, the Epcurian, is regarded as symptomatic city—an accurate description of of m3 reformation. The London New of the vine, and the quantity of less than one thousand largo a single root, planted seven if l l" be ii-redited. We «•-, •* ' ■. i • * "% * $1 Monthly Magazine says truly of that that there is throughout, abundance off tenderness and grace, with vivacity of style and sparkling illustrations. %|