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AVui Cation.—It h stated in 1iie AupusJa Chronicle
oftli* 21st, that a load of prime new cotton, Uie fint
brought to that market this reason, was received on
Thursday last, at the Ware Ifqgse of !\hi«grove, Wet-
more & Co. from the plantation of the Rev. Joshua
Key of Burke county. It is thought tube the firm ever
brought to that market in August.
The same paper likewise states, that it is rum uird
with much confidence, that Gov. Gilmer intends re-
Athens, Aug. 24,1830.
The following gentlemen are candidates lor seat, in
> Congress of the United States, at the election in
:tober next.
THOMAS U. P. CHARLTON, of Chatham,
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Greene,
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin,
DANIEL NEW NAN, do.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson,
RICHARD H. WILDE, of Richmond,
W ILEY THOMPSON, of Elbert,
W ILSON LUMPKIN, of Walton,
CHARLES E. H AVNF.S, of Hancock,
HENRY G. LAMAR, of Ribh,
REUBEN C. SHORTER, of Jasper,
JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham.
A friend, whom we recognise as an occasional ton
tnbntor to onr column., but who appears somewhat
anxious for us to do every thing it once, must wait his
lime with patience. To borrow the language ofacotem
{■orary, “ we must be permitted to conduct ourown bu
si ness. Our correspondent does not seem to be aware
that any editor who should stroggls to please every bo
dy, every day, would find himself in a lunatic asylum
in a week,"-at it is, ona might 11 well be; the poor
wight would then be considered as indisputably entitled
to w hat half the world consider him as juitly turning,
—a place there. ,
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Death of the King.—Under tho head of foreign news,
will lie found the particulars of the death of George IV.
mod the accession to the throne of England, of William
IV. late Duke of Clarence. William IV. the present
King, was horn on the Slat August, 1765, and ia now
in his 65th year, his reign cannot therefore, in the ordi
nary oourae of events, be expected to continue long.
He bax no legitimate issue; the next in the line of suc
cession is Victoria Alexandrians, daughter of the Duke
of Kent, bom in May. 1819. She is r.preiciniod as Us
ing accomplished in an extraordinary degree for her tge.
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The Auguala Constitutionalist of the 17th remarks :
' g<' Wc pe’ceivehy the Athenian of the IOth inst. that
Col. John Billups is still a candidate for Congress—wc
were informed he had withdrawn and so stated it. We
hasten to correct our error."
We have likewise understood on the authority of po-
polar rumor, that Col. Billupa declines bring consider
ed a candidate for Congrcas. The notice in this paper
of the 10th, waa not dropped, under the expectation
that thrgcntl man who authorised the annunriation
of Col. Billups, would, if he had withdrawn, likewiso
have given us authority for discontinuing his namo.
Thus Clerit County paid *4S2 35 mCre than it re-
reived : and,Ware county received *473 79 more than
it paid. So that’ it •"<* within about ten dollars, of
what Clark county paid i»t° <*>* treasury, over and
above the expense* "f its members, to make up the wa
ges,of the member* from Wars. Is it fair, is it just,—
in it enuifnble 7- The amount of it is this, that n man
living in Clark covntv, first must pay, sav, one dollar
tuvvafdfftlM pay cfHiaown members, anu then about
75 cents tpwaidf be pay of the members from Ware
countv, who hsvdno immediate concern in his interest
for it, when vacated, will he the Hon Wil.onl.umnkm U„newspapers in our State are pleased to
of Walton county, and Judge Clayton of this place,
This we suspect is only rumor.
“When Doctor’s disagree, who shall decide?” The
Augusta Chronicle of the 4th inst. speaking of com-
compliment us on account of the facts we collected
and published, in the Journal of the 24th ult. on the
subject of Legislative reform. We thank them (or their
pcHjd opinions:—but we muat be permitted to say that
we would greatly prefer seeing our tables and notes
thereon laid before the readers of these papers, in ex-
tenso, to any praise they may think us worthy of, on
” ... e. .... tenso, to anv praise iney may win* us wumij
mencement, reiterates theory of'caucus,’ ‘kingcaucus, . arrn(| ’ nt 0 f,he authorship of thera.-Giw the people
or ‘old king caucus* with so much apparent earnestness, \ light, has always been our maxim,
that we are half inclined to believe, contrary to the j I.ast week we took a view of this subject, founded
opining of every body else, that hi. " msjss.t" was re-1 fe~.2P “,
ally with us III propna persons,on that oecasion, though , & PJ Jid ahowr clearly, that Clark county, for exam-
wc did not ace his royal personage. Be that as it msv, | L j, 1( j t „ nol on fo t ho expenses of its own mem-
Aware we believe of the terror which his “annual Ie
produce upon all the grown and half grown ur
chin* of the country, when held at this place—h* has
remov d his palace, and declined his festivals for the
present—of his movements hereafter, due and timely
notice will be given.
••From Athens.—Old King Caucua baa again held
his annual levee at his Athenian Palace, and as usual,
the patriotic- aspirants to the public honors in his gift
have obsequiously bowed the knee to his majesty, and
humbly solicited his gracious permission to serve the
public. The deliberations of his cabinet are of course
dignified with a mutable degree of courtly mystery, and
veiled as much as possible from the impertinent eye of
plehian curiosity; but it is rumoured that his gracious
majesty has again been puzzled to decide between the
conflicting claims of his numerous courtiers, to the sa
tisfaction of all; and that several of the rejected appli
cant*, who burn with an irresistible patriotic ardour to
advance the public good, regardless of private interest,
have rebellioualy thrown off their allegiance, and de
termined to appeal to the people.”
The Macon Messenger of the 7th says, 11 We are di
rect from Athens, (“ the great wigwam,”) where had
collected the literary, political, fashionable and mis-
cellarn’oiis character of onr .State. At no previous com
mencement, we believe, had there been bo larjje a num
ber of visiters, and embracing more distinguished per-
nonages. We have neither leisure or time to detail-
one thing should he detailed, however, as the public
mind has usually been directed to that source, for some
movement of the kind.—We alludo to “ Caucus”—to
** King Calicut.” Contrary to general expectation,
there was non© : the why or when.fore, we know not.”
The Constitutionalist of the 13th inat. nay. 11
was no Caucus.—N. B. We doubt vory much whether
more than one was ever held there.’ 1
The following notice of our distinguished fellow citi<
zen, Col. Edward F. Tatnall, we copy from the last
Macon Messenger. Mis annunciation as a candidate
for Congress, would we think, be gratifying to his nu«
meron* friends throughout the state. At such a tim«
however, as the present, when almost
“ Unnumber’d suppliants crowd preferments gate,
Athirst for fame, and burning t* be great.♦
We should doubt the policy of further division in tho
ranks of the Troup party, or among those, who, if con
tending for principles, should remain united in feeling,
and undivided in action. ' ■
•‘We have received a letter from a friend in Connecti-
Wo learn that there have been more applications for cut, dated at Middin ton, In that State, from which we
admiaaion into the Inwer classes of Franklin College derive the interesting information to ourselves, and
this vear. than at any yrar previous. Thi. must he a H-u.I.iless, en.i.ltv so. tothepuMicnfOeorBiagenerany
’ . , i. .-a .• . it i i .i • that Col. F.dward F. Tattnall, long known as one of
rmre. of heart-felt gratification to all who lo.c thru , he mn „, palri otic and r.spsrtrd son, of nur state, has
country, and wish to see the advancement of refine- recovered his health. From this being the case, we
tnent and civilization throughout the state. "Tiaedu- are sure that the announcement of Col. Tatnall for
ration form, the common mind," and nualifir. it f or , Uonff.e.a will also hr chrcrf.illrrccriyed W.arr.u-
, , , j. . *, , . . . I thorisrn to sav, from the best authority, that lie holds
aclivity and usefulness. How oft ha. the br.chtr.t ( himl ,, f thf amirP , n , hj , rHInw-ritixen.. a ran
genius been lost in the vortex of passion, or crushed , didst- for . aeat in the Representative branch of Con-
in it. struggles with an -unkind world, lor the want of
that energy, prudence and discretion, which sn educa
tion alone can bestow. It ia education that takes the
mind of the child, like the rough alone from the quarry,
and forma, fashions and beautifies it for solid use, Wc
dp not contend that mental discipline can ever supply
toind, and where a child is born a dunce he is likely to
remain so during life; but that the culture of the inind
gives it strength and maturity, la as obvious as that
the culture of the soil gives strength and maturity to the
plant. Nor do we Contend that the force of genius
will not at times hy the energy of its own powers burst
through the thick darkness of ignorance which besets
it, and beam strong and clear hy the tadienre of its
own bright, light. A Henry, a Franklin, a Marshal,
and many others, arc initaneea to the contrary. Rut
il'these men have shone thus splendid, unaided by the
holpa of a Collegiate education, hard waa the struggle
und long the labor to supply that deficiency. And if
they arrived at aucb proficiency in the walks of science
unassisted by a regular education, who will set bounds
to the range of their powerful minds bad they been
disciplined and directed by it.
It is not practicable for every youth to acquire a Col
legiate education, neither would it perhaps be proper,
Much of the employment of the civilixed world con
sist! in mechanical and agricultural labor, which it if
as necessary to attend to as the labors of the mind.
The life of man is short, and discretion rails for the
strictest economy in the use and application of time
and talents. Mora than half of the life of a learned
man ia taken up in study; and were we all learned,
the common business of aociety would have in a great
measure to be neglected. But every youth should,
before he ertivee at that age when hta manual labor ia
of much value, bo instructed in reading, writing, tha
use of figures and grammar. As teachera for these
purpoaee men thruld be well educated, not only in
these' branches of learning but in all others; that they
might bring a cultivated and disciplined mind' to the
task of instructing others. But how, it is asked, are
such mnn to be obtained 7 What man, after receiving
nn education at College, will act down patiently to in-
struct a class of urchiat in the rudiments of the hum
blest knowledge 7 We answer, let them be educated
for that purpose, and let such »f nrier be the price of
their education. With this view we would suggest the
formation in Athens or Milledgeville of sn education
Society, with an auxiliary branch in each county. Let
aach branch select fr-m tfie poor school of the county,
one, tern, or as many more boye of talents as their
funds would admit, for the purpnee of receiving a clas
sical and scientific education in Franhlin College, un
der the obli-stjon to return to their respective coun
ties at tha close of such course and teach at least four
years. Wawill not now give more then this brrafontline
By this assorts tha state would soon acquire good
teachers, the benefits of the College be axtended to the
poor as well as the rich, and in a few yearg good
Grew, at the enfftiinp election in October, at, or by
which tunc he will he (and take up hit permanent re
sidence,) in this State."
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Urdlirtkm.—Thr indications of public feeling touch
ing the.proposed reduction in the Legislative depart
ment, so far ns we can learn, are decided in i-s favor.
To show still farther the inequality, and consequent in
justice of the present system of Representation, we enb
j"in three articles from the Journal and Recorder of the
31st tilt. and. 7th inst. which have been hitherto exclu
ded f-r want of room. Enough wc believe has already
been saidupon thi* subject, if properly considered, to
awaken public reflecliup, and to arouse the advocates
of l Ins measure to action,—Tho work of reform, ifany ne-
easily for the proposed change in the basis of represen
tation exisls,mtist begin and end with the people,or thro,
their conventional representatives; acting, not with
general, but restricted powers, as was contemplated hy
the hill introduced the last Session. That such e change
will be effected by thr patriotism of the legislature, we
do not, end cannot believe. A majority of the people
may be in favor of a reduction, or e convention—a ma
jority ol tha counties will ba against its parsageof
what effect then will be the votes of Clark, Morgan, or
any other large county, upon the rcpieeentatives of
Were, or Irwin countice. As the organs of constitu
ents, themselves opposed to a t eduction, they wil not
li aten to the voice of the people, as expressed in larger
counties. The email counties though in tho minority
as to population, constitute a majority In the legisla
ture, end will yield nothing that will diminish tho in
fluence they now exercise—add to this, conflicting per
sonal interests—local feelings, end sectional jealousies,
which etend combined to defeat any effort that may be
made, and no hope can'with safety be indulged of inch
a sacrifice. We deprecate the existence of such con
siderations in a body acting, or who should act, aa a
whole, with an eye to the public good. Higher and
nobler ends should be kept in view; mutual sacrifices
offered, and mutual concessions mads for the interest
and prosperity of the state.
Red. ction.—This subject is beginning to excite great
interest among the people; inthblsrgc rountics cepe-
cielly. And w ell it should. For there is no reason un
der Ihe sun, why the people ol the county of Clerk or
Putnam, fur instance, should be taxed to pay the grea
ter part of the expense ol sending members' from Lee
or Ware counties. Look at the tables we published
last week, and thit matter will he seen in its true light.
Look at the statement which follows, and if anv man
can say that our present system ia fair, and just, and
equitable, we are at a loss to (mow what sort of scales
he weighs justice for.
Clerk County paid into Ihe Treasury last
year as taxes *1378 36
The same county received as pay of its
members last year. 796
Wore County paid taxes into the Trea
sury last year.
teachers be so widely diffused through our state, that I " n “ " m< ‘ coun, 7 retired ss pay of its
a coed grammar school education would bo within members,
reach of erery family; I
bers, but also a great part of the expenses of sending
members from ware county. Tho reader has only to
make the same calculation, as to the 35 large counties,
compared with the 41 small ones as they stand in onr
tables, and lis will easily arrive et the general result
for the whole State. ^
The 35 large countic* pair! into the Trea
sury more than they reccieved ae
pav of their member* $24,179 89
The 41 small counties received, as pay of
their members, more than they paid
into the treasury. $11,809 41
The geneTal result, then, is this .—that it takes near-
one half of ivhat 35 large counties pay into the treasury
over and above the pay of their members, to pay the
expenses of the members from the 41 smajl counties
over their taxes, because these small counties cannot
pay their own axpenses.
Richmond county paid into the treasury, over and
above the pay of its members, a* ia shown in our ta
bles, the sum of$5,165 40.
Richmond county alone therefore, paid nearly one
half, of what was wanting to make up the deficiency of
the expenses of sending members from the 41 email
counties. That is, Richmond enunty has to pay the
expenses of sending its own members, and nearly half
tho deficiency in the means furnished by the 41 small
counties to.pay their own expenses of representation.
Will Richmond county submit to this any longer 7
Tho whole state under the present system is divided
into two divisions;—the first comprehends the paying
counties.—Ihe second, the receiving counties. Nearly
tuelve thousund dollars, in the shape of taxes, alone, is
annually taken, in effect, from the 35 large counties,,
and spent in .the 41 small counties I 11 Where is the
justice of such q scheme 7 It maybe fine fun for the lit
tle counties. But the large counties can see no great
fun in it. iTU^y iWWy K*vo got a strange flCt of
eyes indeed.
' LeVua tako another view of the subject.—Jasper'
county has 16,921 inhabitants 1 Dooly has 771. Jas
per sends 5 members—Dooly sends 2. Nowifit'be
right that Dooly should .have two members, Jasper
should hatrbwbolit'44. But Jasper has only five mem
bers, instead of 44. The result oflhis view of the eub-
fect is, that unficr the present system, using round
members, two men in Dooly arc worth, as to political
weight, about 22 men in Jasper. And, of consequence,
ono man’s vote in Dooly county, has as much weight
in the general concerns of the Slate as the votes of
about II men in Jasper. One man in Jasper will make
only one eleventh ol a man in Dooly.
Will ihe people In the large counties submit longer
to this state of thing's 7 We hope not. And this hope
is greatly strengthened by- the decided stand taken by
tho principal Augusta papers, the Athenian and the
Micon Telegraph. We advisethem (ifour advice shall
be worth any thing in Iheir estimate of things) to per
severe until the first Monday in October.—The friends
of Reduction" must strive to obtain » majority of vote*
among the people, so overwhelming, that the general
Assembly will bexompelted to pass an act to alter and
amend tne Constitution in this particular. Let the per*,
pis not be deterred from doing their duty to themselves
when Ihe day of election romes round. A clamor will
doubtless be raised on the subject, by those bavin;
private ends tn answer, under the cloak of public good
You will be advised, no doubt, ts the black souled bi
got, and arch enemy of mankind—the despot of Aus
tria, advised his professors, to slick to what is ancient,
for tchat is ancient ie good. Never mind that. Fay no
attention to such advice.—Depend on it all that mav
be said aboul.the antiquity of our syatem, its having
been so conatructcd by our forefathers, its excellence
on that account,' and our hiving got along well enough
under il, is mere Cant; Resist its influcnco like men ;
remembcring!thst “-the staple commodity of the pre
sent age ia cant:—cant moral:—cant religious .—cant
political .-—but always cant." Pay no etten'ion to it,
except to desffise it ; remembering always that there ii
an obligation of singular weight and solemnity resting
on men in every age to examine foarlesaly whet their
forefathers hive tone for them, and to reject what ia
found to be bed in it, and improve on whet is good.”
"We have thought proper to copy in our paper the re-
marks, tables ‘tmLatatements of the Journal, respect
ing the lcgisbtnedepartment of our State Government.
We do sn tho more willingly because it is our firm be
lief that the State legislation will never produce the
beneficial effects expected by the people, as long as
both branches of the General Assembly are so numer
ous ts et presont, end as long st partial legislation,the
consequence of such numerous legislative bodies, will
be the result of theirdeliberstioni.
We judge of all things by comparison. Now by
comparing the legislative bodies of other States in the
Union, and the result of their proceeding*, -with cure,
at what conclusion shall we arrive 7—The legislation of
Georgia hu been worse, for several years past, than
that of the other State*. The State of New York con
tain* e population of 2,000,000, four times more than
the population of Geotgis. The legislature of that
State is composed of 32 Senators and 128 Representa
tives. The people are *o well ettisfied of this number
of Senators end Representatives, and that so far the
legislation ofthe State has answered the purposes for
which legislative bodies arc established, that when tha
Constitution was altered hy a convention, about eight
or nine tears ago, the provision which related to the
composition of the legislature remained untouched,
with regard to the number of senators, and with re
gard to the house of representatives, the preceding
eonetitution ordained that it should be composed of ene
hundred, and never to exceed one hundred end fifty
members: os above stated, this branch of the legisla
ture ie composed of 118 members. The senate ofthe
great State of New York, ia composed of 32 members,
and tho Senate of Georgia of 76! I
Besides the evils I* point of legislation, resulting
from large bodies of legirlatora, Georgia ia less able to
support the expense. The State of New York colild
well afford to pay 76 Senator*; Georgia cannot, yet
the legislative expenses ere lees in New York, then in
this Slate, by nearly one half. In Georgia the pay of
the members for one month amounts to * 25,920; in
New York to *14,400.—We pay S 11,520 more per
month to our members than New York doe*. Penn
sylvania, another large State, with a population of
1,308,0(10, has only 33 senator* and 100 representatives,
and pay* only *11,970 per month to her members,
while we pay *25,920,.more than ono half, *13,950! I
If there boa department of our government which
requires reform, it is certainly the legislature; and it i*
with pleasure wwhave seen that several papers have
taken up the eubjeel. There will be such a majority
of the peonla fox" Red"etion,”at the election in Octo
ber uert, that tbe‘legislature will be obliged to pan
some bill to ttytt Ike desired object.—Sou, Reccrder.
A Council of the Chiefs of the Creek na
tion, aiJombled last week at their rounctl
ground, fifteen miles from Columbus, lor the
purpose of Inking into conttidernlion, Ihe wish
es of the present admmistrntion in relation to
their removal West of the Mississippi. After
the delivery to them by the Agent ofthe Talk
of the President, they remained deliberating
several days in secret council, and at the
close, informed the Agent that they had no
territory to sell to tho United States, and on
his proposing to pay the unnnuily allowed
them by the government, they refused to re
ceive one dollar, stating that they wanted
none of the President's money, and would un
der no circumstances accept it, and termina
ted their session by the expression ofBhe most
solemn determination on their part, to remain
in their present situation until expelled by
force.—Columbus Enquirer,
The Daily Advertiser, after having taken
more than a week to prepare itself, has come
out this morning with an answer to the letter
of the Secretary of War to the Rev. Mr. Bald
win of this city, which we published in our pa
per sometime ago. Those who look for some
thing a little better than common, after so long
a time for study, will probably find themselves
mistaken. The article sets out in the King
Cambyses vein, and winds up with a sermon;
but neither in the beginning, middle, nor end,
do we find any thing like the shadow of an ar
gument. A summary of the elaborate and
worthy affair would read somewhat as follows.
It is very curious that the Secretary at War
should condescend to write a letter to a cler
gyman of New York. There must he a plot
between them—n damnable plot—to drive the
Indians out of Georgia and starve them to
death in the “ wastes of some unknown re
gion.” But the plot cannot prosper, for “ the
great body ofthe just, humane, vittuous, and
Christian people”—that is to say,we,the Daily
Advertiser, together with the National Jour
nal, the Literary Subaltern, the Commercial
Advertiser, and a few more such papers—are
against it. The law of Congress is a fair and
honest law enough on the outside; but we can
see further into the millstone than he who
picks it, and we say that it is a diabolical law;
every word has a double meaning, and while
it professes fairness and mercy, when looked
at from the north side ofthe Potomac, it shows
quite a different face to the people of Georgia,
who derive from it authority or advice to rob,
murder and exterminate. The real character
of tho Inw of Congress, which,
"Like Janus, when Ilia gates were shut, looks forward
and behind,”
might prubably not be found out by the pdople
at Inrge, were it not for our perspicuity in dis-
ccrning, and our patriotism in stepping forward
to disclose it.
Tho Daily Advertiser concludes its rigma
role with a devout repetition of the story of
Ahab and Naboth, &nd with an intimation that
the fate of Ahab will ere long be visited by an
offended God upon the present administration,
particularly General Jackson and Secretary
Eaton, and upon Ihe'.people of Georgia.
With respect to the Georgia law, the Daily
Advertiser pronounces it “unequalled for its
atrocious injustice, and oppressive provisions,
in the records of modern Christian legisla
tion.” Tho Georgians arc certainly a wicked
people, and have done a great many bad things.
But amongst all their doings, there are some
fetv items in which they have not thought it
right to follow the example of their eastern
brethren. “They have never”—we quote
the language of an eloquent speech delivered
in Congress at the late session by Mr. Wilde,
—“ They hare never offered a premium for
Indian scalps^They have never given a boun
ty for raising doge, to hunt Indiaus. Thov
have.never declared that an Indian tribe, by
their hostilities, had committed treason and
forfeited their lands.” The citation of such
acts, or allusion to them, is not, we are aware,
argument in favor of present injustice; but
when newspapers talk, with as much confi
dence ns if they really believed what they say, 1
about “ unequalled atrocity,” Stc. it mav" be ns
well to jog their memory a little.—A*. E. Eve.
Post.
Cherokee Nation, wfio are on very
terms with the Creeks. A» soon as Col
buckle was informed of the murder, he vrnn
ly despatched Captain Wilkinson, with a ln ^.J
party of soldiers, and Chilly and John M’l
tosh, with 200 Creek warriors, in pursuit "f
the aggressors, with instructions to foil,
them to their village and destroy it if they *
fused to surrender the murderers. 1 rt '
*482 36
*54 21
528
• 473 791 verej bouses (hired the seme Cite.
An extsMivtYifttook place at New Orleans on the
night of the l{t. inst. its t) • aructinn of property it es
timated at one ’hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
The fire oriftaited iff a Cotton Were House, where
twenty three hawked bales of Cotton were deposited,
out nr which two thousand bales waa destroyed. Se-
Little Rock, July 7—A fino rain yesterday,
has been of essential service to the growing
crops and gardens in this vicinity, which had
began to be seriously affected by the severe
drought which we have experienced during
the last three or four weeks.
General John Campbell arrived hero on
Monday last, from the Western Creek Agency
and left, in the Waverly, yesterday, for Wash
ington City.
It gives us much pleasure to learn, by Gen.
C. that the Creeks located on our Western
border, are highly pleased with their situation,
and with the country which has been aaaigned
them—but complain very much of the negli
gence of the Government, or of it* Agents, in
not promptly paying their annuities and the
030 per head, to which they were entitled on
reaching the Agency. This circumstance
alone, has produced much dissatisfaction, and
has no doubt, operated as a check t* the emi
gration of the Creeks this summer, as was ex
pected.
They are raising a fine crop of corn this
season. There are now about three thousand
of them located in that quarter, and it is
thought that, if the season should prove favor
able, they will raise 60,000 bushels of com
more than will be required for their consump
tion the ensuing year.
A Creek Indian was murdered and scalped
a few days before General Campbell left, four
or ffve qiilea from the Agency. From the ar
rows which were left-sticking in him, and oth
er circumstances, it was pretty well ascertain
ed that the murder was committed by Chero-
kees—and, from the course that the murde
rers pursued, after perpetrating the crime, it
is conjectured that it was committed by Dutch's
party, who reside on Red River—but the out-
rago is disavowed ajtxi disapproved by the
Storm at ihe North—The Albany Argus
contains lamentable details of the inundati *
that visited Vermont, and a part of New York
in Ihe last week in July, after the extreme
warm weather. The whole country waB flood
ed, turning streams out of their chained, C8r
rying away bridges, &c. &c.—The following
is from a Middlebury, (Vt.) paper. ‘
“ At New Haven West Mills, is presented
a scene which baffles all description. N 0 .
only has a flourishing little village, consistin''
of dwelling houses and shops of various il
scriptions, been literally swept away baforo
the devastating flood, but fourteen persons
have all, as scarcely remains to be doubled
been hurried with the general wreck into eter"
nity. Parents and children, have been separa
ted, and parents and children have gono
to the grave together, with scarcely a mo.'
ment’s warning, in a manner to which even
the colourings of fancy cannot do justice.
The family of Mr. Nathan Stewart, a blind
man, consisting of himself and wife—six chil
dren, a young man living with them, are all
missing with the exception of two children.
Tho wife of Mr. John Wilson—his wife’s sis.
ter and three children are all lost. A son and
tenant of Lemuel B. Eldridge, Esq. are also
gone. A scene of devastation presents itself
altogether unparalleled, and taken in connec
tion with the destruction of human life, s sceue
of desolation and woe of the most appalling
and distressful character. It is estimated
that upwards of twenty buildings have been
destroyed in the two Iasi mentioned places.
The water rose between six and twelve feet
higher than was ever known before.
Two families by the name of Farr were ta
ken from their houses on rafts, one of them
in Ihe midst of the storm and darkness, from
the windows ofthe second story of the house.
The family of Col. Wm. P. Nash, whose
wife was confined to bed by sickness, remain
ed all night in tho upper rooms of the house,
while tho lower part was filled with water,
and without all was darkness and doubt. A
state of suspense and dread moro horrible can
not well bo imagined—placed in the midst of
a flood threatening to sweep all before it, dan
ger and death staring them in the face, without
any means or any possibility of escape. The
situation and escape of Mr. C. Clufltn was still
more fearfal and singular.—Mr. C. was arou
sed in the night, and upon going to the door
found that the water had already risen to such
a height around the house as to prevent his
escape from it. . Ho accordingly took a cord
from a bedstead, and having conveyed his
children into the top of an elnj tree, which
stood near, fastened them to it by means of
the rhpe. He also' succeeded in getting his
wife and a young infant a few weeks old, into
the same place, where they awaited in agoni-.
zing anxiety ( the returq of light. They were
rescued from' their situation with much diffi-t
cully the next morning.
The circumstances in . which those whe
wore carried away were separated from tbeh
friends and neighbors, were heart rending in the
highest degree. Mr. Eldridge and his two
sons, with Mr. Somers and one or two others,
went to the assistance of Mr. Stewart and his
family in the house. The water rising rapidly
they all fled from the house to a barn which
stood on higher ground, and while engaged in
preparing a raft of Ihe barn doors and such]
other materials as were at hand, the barn was
carried away by the force of the current.
Some, it is supposed, were killed by the
fall of tho barn—all, with the exception of one
boy who caught by a bush and was subse
quently saved, were carried down hy the
stream, till the river meets with Otter Creek,' 1
where Mr. Eldridgo and one son, and one or
two others with great difficulty escaped. At
two or three different times, Mr. Eldridge had
hie son who was lost, in his arms; but was
torn from him each time by the violence of die
current and the wrecks of the buildings.
Cries of distress were heard by those who,
were upon the banks of the stream, and, n»
they continued, seemed to pass down with
the current. The deep darkness of the night
and the fury of Ihe inundation, shut out every
thing from their sight, and precluded the pos
sibility of affording any assistance, and they
were compelled to bear in silent agony the
shrieks and supplications of perishing neiglt-
bors and friends without being able to afford
any succour. Mr. Wilson at the time his
house began to give way before the water, the
chimney having already fallen, was standing
with hii eon neur a door—the remainder of
Jhe family were above, and as the building fell
into the current, his sen and himself plunged
into the water and swam towards the land,
while the wife and children were hurried to
destruction by the rushing torrent. Mr. WiF-
sun heard the criee of his family as they were
swept away and swallowed up by the devour
ing flood. A separation more agonizing is be
yond conception.
The New Haven Statesman has the follow-
inftjeud’esprit.—The names in Italics are the
names of members of Congress :
* A Congress indeed! an assembly of
frildt, animals! Why its very Hall and Cham- ■
Serf, Troup, Beni-on plunder, rushes Forward
as on Jfcr’i Roane war-horse to attack Slorrt
ofthe foe ; while others engage in the Chase;
and one Parson of Broadhead, and Lillie IVit,
but of Armstrong; and Strong Powers, with a
Kerr, Swift of Foot, goes out to Hunt, and,
armed only with a Kane, attacks the Campbell'
or the Lyon as readily as the Hinds ofthe for
est. An Archer stands by levelling his shafts
at Robbins and Martins, or sometimes looks