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made if what we now see it—the land
of Irc.-mcn. and the asylum of the op
pressed; but to proceed with my sto
ry. Accompanied by a nweot daugh
ter about seven yeas of ag-, and by
it \ self an orphan son of bis deceased
brother, he landed in Virginia, and
a mated by the romantic singularity
which formed a conspicuous trait of
bis character, he seltt led yonder spot,
wild anti uncultivated as it then \va9
for his dwelling.—There lie lived for’
several years unmolested or only ex
posed to sue'll occasional dangers as
bis adventurous soul loved to eucmin
ter. The cultivation of a little farm,!
with our own hands, the killing of the
wild deer, which bounded through
our enclosure, and the education of
luyHeif and Ins. beautiful daughter,
Were his sole occupations for ten
years after his arrival here; and if e
ver the war-whoop of the s. vage dis
turhrd one lran(|uility, it was restor
ed by the (oiivn lion that we were
fm* the victim whom they sought.
r J Mis far we were blessed. The o
prfling charms of tin* lovely Mary,
had i aptivated my heart: hut the path j
ol our love, lor it was mutual, w.sj
biMierto strewed with roses. No
fears—no j altitudes disturbed the
tifiMjoil ohss of our hearts, while we
bon mi 1 together along the grassy
I, 01, of yon <dear rivulet, and drank
i vters pure as our youthful bosoms
W odd to God that t could stop
Inn -would that the veil of oblivion
rould, he thrown over all that follow
ed! \iut it i i\not be.’ No! the hor
ror* of that hour must live .in my me
mory forever. The yell of death still
Oai.vu •* ia vny aged ears, end I still
*jcc the hu.uan monsters dittoed with
the inn .rent blood of my beloved. It
tit, ;r the evening of a bright autum* |
Hal day dint 1301. Harvey and myself
ret ured from the mountains* where
we had been chasing tlie deer of the
f -rest, or hunting the savage wolf.—
The sun bad set behind those majestic
mountains when wo arrived at our
Con ;e, where a bright lire blazed
it the hearth to welcome ns home.—
t lnr-j Mid her mother rose to receive
us, mu] oh! for the first time the play
ful girt offered her blushing c heek to
my salute. The fates willed it so,
th i euy hopes should be blighted
when they were fullest. Hardly
* twenty minutes passed of rapture the
sweetest i hud ever enjoyed, when on
a sodden the air resounded with hor
rible shouts. The spirits of the
daomed seemed to have escaped from
tiicir place of torment, and to he fill
ing Ho* earth with their bowlings.
P l after peal of yelling horror hurst
on out ears, and we recognized hot
too well the Indian war-cry. To
arms we Hew in a moment—in a mo
ment the fiends stood on our thrps
li-ilu, and two of them fell lifeless be
fore onr rifles. \Vo| snatched our
swords, and drew bed them in blood.
S iv. ge after savage fell beueadi our
b!ed< *—but it was to no purpose.
V i sunk at last overpowered by num
b* *s, and almost helpless from fa-
tigoe ami loss of blood, wen* bound
h (l tnd tout ami stretched on the
flout Then the) dragged from their
junrv- of rum e.dment, the wretched
fen > h companions ot our sufferings.
Oh G —sue balls on me for aid. It
v Ust cry, and the tomahawk
of a ruthless savage was buried in
he r lovely forehead. I saw tier pale
and mangled corpse sink on her fa
ther*B hearth* and I saw no more—the
power <f man could bear it no lon
get-, and 1 sunk into insensibility.
11 ow long 1 lay in this house of death
I know inn.—When 1 again returned:
to my senses, I found myself weak
and exhausted; and a deep gash from
a tomahawk in my head. I suppose
the savages finding me unable to tra
vel* determined to extinguish whate
ver spark of life remained, and leave
tne on the ground. 1 staggered to
the brook ami washed the clotted
blood from my face and bauds. 1
drew strength from anticipated ven
geance, and in half an hour was on
Uie tract of the sa\ ages. Many days
I wandered through the forest, sus
taining life from whatever fell in my
way. lint the day of retribution was
at hand. 4 overtook the monsters at
last, just as they had bound their un*
happy prisoners for the, night, and
were building the fires for'their cn
jcainpinetit. My heart leaped with
ecstacy at the sight, and for the first
time since the fatal day, my drooping
soul was bouyed with gladness. Ah,
how saddening it is Ibr age to look
ha k. and contemplate the yearnings
of youth for vengeance. To see how
it will forego, all other joys for tin
gratification of this unholy passion!
I waited with impatience till their
| dark forms were stretched on the
I earth, and their stillness denoted
profound sleep. There was no watch
around the camp In their own so
rests they were secure. I crawled
slowly and silently to the place wh re
my friends lay bound to a tree. Wish
my sharp sword I loosed the vvythes
that tied them, and tlie brave Harvey
was ready armed for the work of
death that was to f flow. Our swords
j drank deep that night of the blood of
I many; hut the groans of the dying a
j roused a few, from their sleep, and a
| gain we had to contend against odds.
But heaven favoured our arms, and
the savages slept in death.
From Hit Savannah Georgian.
U. S. SHIP ERIE.
We extract the following parfFu
Ia rs f the recent transaction at St.
Rafts from the Pensacola Gazette,
from which it will he seen, that the
orders of Capt, Turner were prompt
ly executed Oy his first Lieutenant,
our townsmen Mr. Tattnall, with his
usual gallantry.
| A Piratical Vessel Taken The
Schooner Federal, a Prize to the. U
nited States* Sb*p Erie, Prize M ‘iter
11. W. Morris, Esq; arrived at this I
Port on Tuesday last, the 23 t Dec.!
inst. We have been politely favored’
with the following an omit of the eir
ruiiistanees attending her capture
they speak much :,s to the energy and
promptitude of Capt. Turner of the
Erie, and of the gallant officers and
men who were sent into tie* Port of
St. Bartholomews to bring out the!
Schr under the fi-e of the F rt.
I he U. S ship Erie Daniel Turner;
Esq. Commander, arrived at S'.
Martin** oti 31st November, having
on board Gen, W. H. Harrison, our
Minister to Colombia; and Gen Ver
vier, the N> the fluid Minister— !
Whilst at St. Martiu*s, Capt. Tup j
nor received i letter from our Consul
at St. Bartholomew's, stating that a
Buenos Ayrean Privateer hail arriv ,‘
ed there a few days previous and had
landed 29 hales of Goods, which she
had taken out ol the American Brig
Nymph, which she had captured, 4
days from Bahia and put a prize
crew on hoard and sent to Bahia.
Plie Erie sailed immediately for
St. Bart’s, and on her arrival de
nnn(fed the Privateer ( ailed the Ft
derut a sch’tir. of about 120 tons) ns a
IV’ ate;—The Governor refused to de
liver her up. On the night of the
tilth December, C ‘ptain Turner sent
in Lieutenant Tatnall in comm md
of three boats* with orders to cut out |
the Federal wlifli was done, under j
the fire of the Fort, and the Erie and!
her Prize sailed for St. Martin’s.!
j The next day a brig, from St Rusta
‘tia, was run onshore t St. Martin*s.
She proved to he a Prize to t o- F de
al, and was commanded by Mr.
1 lay lor, the Captain of the latter.
’Che Authorities at St. Martin's, put j
; Capt. Pay lor in jail and delivered
him to Capt Turner;—he is now on
board the Erie.
Captain Turner put Lieut. H. W.
Morris with a Prize Crew , on board
the Sclir. Federal, with orders to pro
reed to Pensacola. On her passage,
outlie irth December site described a
ship on shore on the rocks, 15 miles
to the eastward of Cape Corn utes. on
the south side of Cuba. An English
sloop of \> nr, the Espiegle, came up
w ith Iter an hour beforo the Federal.
‘She. proved to Lethe American ship 1
j Alabama, of Portland from Bremen,
.ind lias been on shore seven days.
The Espiegle put a< rew an! pro vis
ions on hoard, and was empi >yvd in
getting her off.
‘Lite Erie parted company with lit •
Federal ofl'the island of Santa Cruz;
she was bound to Curasoa, to lam) tin*
Netherlands Minister and from then. <*
was to proceed to Maracaibo to land 1
Gen. Harrison. She may tie ex pet t
cd at. Pensacola in about a m-oifh.
The prisoners taken in the Fmlerd
were six seamen, a prize master ami
a person who stated that he was on
avisittothe Federal when she was
taken. These persons, with on*
of the seamen are on board the Erie-;
(lie remaining live, s tempo were
brought into Pensacola hy the Feder
al. The Federal had discharged her
crew at St. Barts, and hired these
men, so rue of them oT her old crew 7 , to
do daily work on board.
The Federal is a long, low Balti
more built s lioouer, of about 130
tons—mounts one medium 12 and ivv<>
12lh carronades. In her log ho tk it
is stated that the fust ami 2d mates of
the Nymph gave Capt. Taylor
written statement, that the properly
taken from the brig Nvmph was Bra
zilian property. It appeared, how
ever, that the 2d mate I ft the brig
Ny mph at sea, and shipped on hoard
the p* jv tfve
CABLET. !
tVJHIIh \TO ./ /.v i.. 1329.
We announce the death of
Mrs. Jackson, consort of the
President elect of the U. States,
with iegret. An account of
t.he circumstance will he seen
in this day’s paper from the
National Banner, of Nashville,
Tennessee.
On Tuesday the Oth instant,
Major \treestan Andrews
was elected Colonel of the 12th
Regiment, Georgia Militia, in
place of Colonel Aaron W
Grier, promoted.
We are informed hy a gen:
tleman direct from August',
that a duel was fought hv two
8. Oar and nians at the sand hn .
just below that city, on the day
before yesterday, and that me
of them received his antago
nist's ball and expired instantly.
We are indebted to the Hon
O. H Prince and It H. Wit.de
lor document Xo. 9, exhibiting
a Report from the Commission
er of the General Land Ohio .
made in compliance with a re
solution of the Senate of tiie
125th April, £B2B. And Mr.
|P. P. Barbours Report from
| “the Committee on die Judicia
ry, to whom was referred the
resolution of the House, in
! strutting them to inquire into
the expediency of providing b’
law that a greater number than
| a majority of the Supreme
Court should concur in pro
nouncing any part of a State
Constitution, or act of a State
Legislature, to be invalid, and
that, without such concurrence,
no part of a C onstitution of a
State, or act of a .state legisla
ture, shall he holden invalid.”
Persons wishing to peruse
’them can do so by calling a 1
, tms office.
It is said that Wcbsters A
meiican Dictionary, just pub
lished, conta us 79.000 words.
I’he common English dictio
naries contain 38,000 —John-
son’s 58,000.
The number of invalid, half
pay and Revolutionary Pensio
ner, on the 30th September
last, was 16,177.
PJIIFJV BROKERS.
To show the extent to which
this business is carried on in
X. York, says the Georgian,
the National Advocate gives a
statement of the transactions of
one week, from the 22d to 29th
*of December, compiled from
the returns of licensed Pawn
| Brokers being time thousand
j nr hundred and eighty nine
pledges as follows
Articles of women’s dress, 945
Do. of men’s dress, 355
Gl<e k, time pieces, and watches 240
j Gold watches, 45
! Silver table and tea spoons, 235
Em* and finger rings, chains and
broaches, <*24
TVi'des, g
GUnr articles not enumerated
above 966
34 0 9
Being at the rate of 180.000 per att.n
*
DEATH OF MRS JACKSON.
Nashville, Dee, 27.
The of Mrs. Jackson, con
sors of General Andrew Jackson,
which we hastily announced in our
l M l ,: *’ of Tuesday last, came upon our
•immunity like an electric shock.
\r range-merits had been made by the
iiizens ol Nashville for a public din
i‘T and ball on Tuesday, in honor of
*ue General, and hr was expected in
! "’ii that morning, to receive tho
ongratulatioris of his friends, and to
•Mrtake with them a parting glass,
preparatory to his depicture for u.e
s at ol the national government. ()n
Thursday preceding, Mrs. Jacks m
\ .*s attacked with severe pain in the
nn, shoulder and side, and violent
palpitation of the heart. Medic J as
istauce however soon afforded her re
in I. and no serious result was appre
oended. On Monday she again cu;ij
.plained of pain, and a slight fever re
turned, hut in the evening about nine
♦‘ lock, when the physician visited
her, she appeared relieved, and was
free from pain. No alarming symp
toms appeared, nor was it then sun
i'osed that her indisposition would he
* ♦ great as to interfere with the ar
rangements of the next day, Jo a
bout half an hour, however, she s ; nfc
lor the. Physician, who was in au ad
joining room, and before he could
I'cai li her, had fallen from her ch ir,
and expired in less than two minut s.
Tc.e immediate cause of this awful e
vont is supposed to have been a sud
'{♦■n spasmodic affection of the hea t.
The (uneral took place on We (In s
d *y and was attended by an immense
rowd from Nashville and the sur-
rounding country .
Nat. Banner .
The President s House was open
‘ti 1 oursday a* noon for the re- option
fon pany; and according to ( ustom,
the citizens called on their Chief
Magistrate to tender to him the com
pliments, of the season. On no fop
mcr occasion ha\e we witnessed a
greater crowd, nor have we, ever
seen the annual tributes of good feei
ng offered with more aj parent sin< rr-
Uy on the one haul, or received with
“*‘;ie evident satisfaction and cheer-