The Georgia mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1838-1839, May 18, 1838, Image 2

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t ‘■E'fj'*. l Mr. Atkins!” said Mis* Etistarc.— * ‘Would iuu in.vt uio make an tjjort to attract his attention I” “No—-no* e v ict! r inak*» an effort; but I would have you do yo irsrif justice—would have you let him see a 1 ittle wuat you are. Why canuut you talk us much whou he is here, as you do at other times ?” ‘You are now laughing at me !’ said Miss Eus tace. “1 have been quite ashamed of invself, ever since I was drawn on to say so much about Mts. Opi* s work?.” ‘The only time yon have spoken this evening!’ said Mr. Atkins. ‘Truly you Lave great cause to be ashamed of your loquacity ! Why, Augusta said more words to him in half an hour to-night, than he has heard you utter since you have been here!’ •It may be so,’said Miss Eustace; -but yon may depend on it, Mr. Atkins, that 1 will never speak a word when I should otherwise be silent, n ir say any thing different from what I should otherwise say, to secure the attention, or meet the approbation of any gentleman in the world!’ You are incorrigible!’ said Mr. Atkins. -And another th ng—either you dislike Horace, or are attached to some other man. I suspect the latter. I have watched you a little, this evening, and no ticed a shade ot sadness—of melancholy, on your brow, th " I never saw there before. I do not wiih, my dear V»ov, from idle enrio«itv, to prv into the seerects of your heart,—but tell me — is i* in v su**' , * % «vi correct!” “I do 't tn‘y assure von it is not,” Miss Eustace had >n«t time to rep-y, ere Miss Leigh re e it* red the parlor, and tue former immediately left the roam. ••O, how thankful I am,” thought she, a< she *'" J * hcrsell m her own chamber—“how tliank lul lam that he framed his question as he did! otherwise what could I have done ? Dislike Hor ace Chauocey! Love some other man ! O. would *he former were true! A\ mid I had passed through t u* san, • Lethe in which he seems to have been lunged f I.ut no matter—£ will soon go home, i : 'd then ?tnve to grow forgetful nvself; for never will I trv to refresh his memory! Sad! said Mr. \tkius / £ will not be sad- at least no one shall see me so—l will not be so if J can help u”' Humming a cheerful air, which, however, lo't something ot its sprightlines*. though none of if - rc"h;!y, as she warbled it, she returned to the parlor. < As day.succceded day, the visits of Mr.Chnun eey bee.-.me m ire frequent, and the interest Miss Leigh inspire ’ more obvious. Ihe seat next her he a..vays, if pc.s.ble, secured ; if that was occu py i. t,-leek of her chair frequently afforded him a support. He interested himsalf in all h*r pur sun,—looke 1 over the book she was reading ox u'il r*- i and admired her work, —and never seemed eo-nulefeJv happy unless near her, and having sum- object of mutual interest. Meantime, despite Miss Eustace’s resolution, she frequently sad ; and notwithstanding her e iorts at concealment, which led her to ammar unnaturally gay, Mr. Atkins saw it. He was ob serving h-v closely, but silently; not even sug ge,:i ig to Mrs. Atkins that anv change was corii -1-1 - Hver her friend. But he noticed that the mo iuem after the frolic or the joke was passed, a se musness restel npop her features, as unnatural to tb-m us tr y ditv was to her manner*. When Mr. ( launci-v %v.is present, she indeed appeared not much din r -;t from formerly, except that her cheek was less frequently dimpled w ith a smile, h -r eves were more intently fix-d on her work, and her silence, it possible, was more profound than ever. Sometimes, a hen a pang of peculiar bit ternc »s shot through her heart, she would resolve ou closing her visit immediately; but when she had hint<*d such an intention to Mrs. Atkins, that Hdy was so much hurt, and *o strenuously oppose 1 such a measure, that sh- abandoned the idea. Vet how could she stay three months longer. which •raw the term originally fixed for her'visit,—wit- nessing that w hich she witnessed—that which wns constantly enhancing her disquietude ? < fff-n j r , the retirement ol her chamber, she would t A*- hers df severely to task. “How foolish—lmv worse than foolish I have been, thus year after year to !et one idea engross im- hear:, without ever looking forward, for a moment, to a result like this ! ♦ n-utnou souse,eomnimi pru<! nee, common discretion « mid have taught me better! Vet 1 consulted nether: but permitted mv foolish ima gination tn indulge itself at the expense of mv p-acc. Childish iifat’jatio:;! Bui 1 will thus in dnl. e myself mi longer. This attachment sh ill tooted out! He and Augusta will make anoble Couple. I see it—much a? my heart rebels a minst I K' “ill love an !b ■ Inppv ! What if she wm 1-: .'Ttidy his every wirii. as’l could not help siomg-. and lose her very b ing ia liis; he will love In r; and the observation of her shining qualities wdl leave him no time to r ‘grettha absence oftri lliiig uHI minor attentions or virtues. I must I trill forget this dream of years, which else will involve me in misery if not in guilt. Too much already has mv lun.vt been divided between heaven and cavtn . an 1 richly do I deserve this suffering, for pern,itrmg a creature, however exalted in virtue— and O how exalted he is! how far above all others that Thare seem! yet how wicked I have been to permit mm to engross so much of that love, which telore IT: -acred altar, 1 promised should be first nt all tor my Hod! Father,” she eri-d. while sh latsoil her teartul eyes to heaven, “draw niy affee tioiis to thysell, though my heartstrings should be Both Miss Leigh and Miss Eustace were much attached to Mis. Atkins, and wen* frequently em ployed in making some fancy article—some elegant trdle, to leave behind them as tokens of their re gard. Miss Eustace hat finished'a screen, which coui-l not but satisfy the most delicate tas*e and was now engaged in embroidering a white satin reti cule ior her friend ; while Miss Leigh , v:ls makiim a pyramid ot various kinds of shells, as an orna ment lor the mantel piece. This last was quite an arduous undertaking, as many of the shells were exceedingly small, and required great skill anil taste so to arrange them, as at once to match hem with precision, and display their beauty to the greatest advantage. 3 All the little circle at Mr. Atkins’ watched the progress of this pyramid v.ith interest, and with admiration of -ts beauty, and the taste of the fair architect. Mr. Chauncey was almost -a dailv wit ness of Us increasing height, and certainly not be hind any one u< the prais*> he besfwoed oii it. u e x\ ould s:t lor an hour together, assorting the shell and admiring the delicate fingers that titled' ‘then*, m th-,r nW* so neatly: above all. admirrn- the V° W Z ! hn th *' ■••rcliitcct to carry on a work ho„cvrr foreigS ttoe m.ruing a, Sii* I,ri 5 1, «•„ in recess which was devoted to her use while erect ing her pyramid. Miss Eustace came, as she firee queutly did, to overlook her for a few minutes.— She looked on iu silence for some time, and then said— “lt is the most beautiful thing, Augusta, that 1 ever saw. But is it quite perpendicular?” ‘•Perfectly so,” said Miss Leigh. “Perhaps it is the position from which 1 now view it, that makes it seem to lean a little toward your tight hand,” said Miss Eustace. “It undoubtedly is,” said Miss Leigh; for it is precisely perpendicular.” “It is really the most beautiful thing I ever saw,” reiieateJ Miss Eustace ; and soou alter took a seat on the other side of the room. He had been but a short time settled to her work, when Mr. Chauncev made his appearance ; and ju*t passing the compliments of the morning, he drew a chair towards Miss Leigh’s table, and seated himself beside her. “Wliat are you doing, Miss Leigh?” said he, in a tone of surprise, as soon as he had time to ob serve that instead of adding shells to the fabric, she was deliberate!* removing them : “Have you made any mistake 7” “Abby has been finding fault with mv work,” *he replie \ H r words seemed to almost i hoke her. and h-r eyes sj. ukled with unusual tire, while a very bright spot burned on her cheek. “Fault! what fault ?” asked Mr Chauncev. loan instant Miss Eustace was beside the table, and catching th" hand that was about to icmov.. another shell, she cried- “Dear Aug i*: t. what do you mean ! you must not rt move another shell from this beautiful fa bric !” With a motion not perfectly gentle, Miss Leigh w:t . irew her Land troni Miss Eustace’s grasp, and iu silence proceeded to remove the shell. “Do persuade her, Mr. Chauncey,” said Miss Enstac*-, with eagerness. ‘Do persuade her to let alone thl« work of destruction. I only asked her il it wasquite perpendicular; and no doubt it was my pen tot observation that made it appear other wise. Dear Augusta,” she added, throwing her arms arou tl h*-r friend's neck, “do desist from your present purpose. I wish I had kept my foolish tongue quiet. You know not liow sorry 1 am that 1 made the remark !” But Miss Leigh would not yield. Releasing lierselt liom Miss Eustace’s arms, she returned to her work of and -molution, while she said ‘l shall t ike it to pieces, Aliss Eustace. T like not that any thing should go from beneath my hand that i* not perfect!’ •Thai is a right principle,’ thought Mr. Chaun cey, ‘and is an excuse for lie stopped short, for he found himself iu danger of having his judg ment warpel by the emotions of his heart. Fix ing his eyes on the pyramid, he fell into a train of musing. •It is quite perpendicular, is it nor, Mr. Chaun cey ?” s .id Miss Eustace, supposing his mind en grossed by tlie object he seemed so intently view ing. ‘ls it not quite perpendicular?” she'repea- ‘I; i>- not,’ said Mr. Chauncey, roused by her. reiterated question to examine the pyramid with a critical eye —‘it is not; though I did not notice its dot:.nation till led to look for it. The defect, however, is so slight, that few persons probably would notice it ’ •iuj willuot take it to pieces, Augusta ?’ said Miss Eu itace,ij au entertaing tone. Miss Leigh removed her work to a greater dis tance from her. and turning it slowly round, ex amined it carefully. dm, 1 must take it down, Abby—nt least thus i.ir, said she, pi n ing her finger on the pyramid. ‘ j h" d«-t.-ct is not so -light as Mr. Chauncey says. Every one wall observe it. 1 should have doue so myseli soon as 1 had completed it. lam very glad yon noticed it so seasonably, notwithstanding my | 'tuiem-y—my ill-humor. Will .you forgive in- y . -ae added, as --he looked up with an • xpr- td regret ou her features, while she held up her lips lur a kiss. •J hav-.- nothing to forgive,’ said Miss Eustace, a* sii • placed her lips on those of her friend with the warm kiss of affection- Mr. Chauncey drew a long breath, as if relieved from an oppressive burden. noV.vithsinnding this speedy reconciliation, Mr. Chauncey’s visit was not pleasant as usual. Mi?s Leigh seemed too intent on taking her work r > | Fee*, to converse with her usual vivacity. Nor did her countenance wear exactly its most agreeable expression. In a few- minutes after the mutual kiss ha ! been given, a look of uneasiness ; oi discontent, settled on her features,—and a ccr t.uu rometl.iug lurked about her eve and brow, which, to -iv the least, was not attractive. There was something, too, in the c losing of her mouth (hat rendered ln-r far less beautiful than usual. All this might have arisen from the unpleasant ness of the task of taking to pieces that which she had put together with so much care and pains. But lie tlie cause what it might, Mr. Chauncey was paralyzed by the effect. He made one or two efiovts at conversation, as he found silence very embarrassing. I[e tasted not that rich enjoyment w-hicn lie sometimes had, while sitting in perfect silence beside the object of his admiration. But his eilorts to converse were unaviling, as Miss L«-m!i answered only by monosyllables. He wish ed Miss Eustace w ould do something to break the spell; bm she had resumed her seat and her work on the other side of the room, and was silent and unobtrusive as usual. Mrs. Atkins at length camem, and Mr. Chauncey hoped that relief was now at h ind ; but instead of this, the unpleasant explanation ol Miss Leigh’s retrograde work must he made. ■’.Vint a pily it is.''s:,icl Mrs. Atkins. ‘WliyUi i not someone of us observe it sooner, to save you so much trouble, Augusta ?’ 3 To this Miss r.eigli made no reply, hut with her tnnutn more .irmly closed than ever, continued for at -v minutes Linger to undo her work. Increas ing dissatisfaction, however, was legibly written on h.-r countenance, till at length, closing her hands over the pyramid, she said, ‘This is too I'.'*']™’ a ,?’ :>t * he l sa,,,e : ' nst; int pressed her ...mds together, and reduced the fabric to n com plele.rum. •l), how could you do so ?’ cried Mrs. .Atkins. - ‘ l ' v , une f(,r you, Susan, after Igo home said Miss Leigh. ‘T could not go on w,ta this—all Batwf-.eti.m in it was forever des troyed . Jo he concluded. 5000 DOLLARS RE AT V R D Tv a-i a way Iron, the subscriber within a few years h's whole estate, consi.stmg of houses, lands, Ac! ary gradin’! v and almost imperceptibly stole awav. after being put in motion by the magic art intemperance, who lived in the family/ Anv person who will put me in possession of said es tate. shall be entitled to (ho above reward. toper. THE LEOKLIA MIRROR. Front,tits Philadelphia Vtniter LAST DAYS OF A PIRATE. I wis born in Wales. At the age of fifteen years I lost parents, friends and Ibrtuue. Thrown on mv own resources, 1 came to the West Indies, and succeeded, alter a time in obtaining the situa tion of overseer to Gonzales, the governor of St. Ann. He was a proud and haughty Spaniard whom I disliked, lbr I had not learned to li.ite, and l should soon have left his services but for a being whom he called his daughter; the fairest; but wir.it matters it how fair she was ; I loved her —loved with all the pure affections of my soul— and she loved me. ell; five years passed away. At length I gained her consent to leave the island, and unite her destinies with mine; for the stern Spaniard would as soon have bestowed liis daughter on a slave as on me. 1 obtained a boat and the assis tance of a negro to convey us to the main, when th" black villain betrayed us to Ins master, and on the point ol enibar.,iii‘i we found ourselves sur rounded by soldiers and slaves, wha. by the gover nor’s order, stripped me to the skin ; yes there be lore the gaze oi hundreds; and worse, before her for whom I only eared to live, I was stripped and flogged by a negro; Oh, how my heart was cru shed; My spirit was broken but not subdued. There, kneeling on the sand, the blood streaming from my lacerated shoulders, 1 swore never to rest satisfied, until I had washed out the foul dis grace in the heart’s blood of a hundred -Spaniards. I have performed my oath. Twenty long years have sped away since that accursed hour, and the revengeful flame then kindled in my soul has ever burned with fierce intensity, while each new victim served as fuel to the raging lire, and naught but the chill damps of death can quench its blaze. The governor obtained my liberty, or rather nn release from a filthy dungeon, i entered into the military service of the Spaniards. The revolution which had broken out in Caraccas had now become gener al along the main ; the patriots were every where in arms, an i I soon found means to join them but not without first sheathing my knife in the hearts of my colonel and two sentinels. Here my hatred to the Spaniards soon rendered me the command of a small party with which I prosecuted a guerilla warfare in the interior ; but was finally taken, manacled and marched barefoot and wounded across the isthmus to Panama, with scarcely a rag to protect me from the scorching sun : it was almost insupportable. I complained ol my head, and the merciless villains gave me a pa per cap ; and lest the wind should blow it from off my head, they fastened it to my scalp with boil ing pitch. But the desire ol revenge supported me beneath all their tortures. I again escaped and atTengt'h found myself at the seigeof Cartha genia.’lti the coinmand of a gun boat. Here I signalized myself by many a deed of blood, and after the capture of the place obtained a captain’s commission, of a gun brig. I was ordered to con vey several of the Spanish nobility, with their pro perty to the island ot Caracca, and accordingly set sail, but steered my course directly for St. Ann. On the passage I called my crew together ; in formed them that we had on board upwards of two millions of dollars belonging to the Spaniards, who were our natural enemies, and inquired if they were disposed to lot so line a prize slip thus easily through their fingers ? They caught greedily at the bait, and with one voice exclaimed, “Set the Spaniard : adrift: land them on the desert island.” Having tints obtained their consent to an act which equally implicated all, 1 resolved on my future course, and took my measures accordingly. That night, while the passengers were asleep in their .berths, I despatched them successively, with mv own hand and launched them through the cabin windows; they told half a score towards the ful filment ol my oath. We arrived at St. Ann, and anchored oil the island at nisrht. I immediately landed with a boat’s crew of chosen ruffians, anil proceeded undiscovered to the house of Gonza les. On the way wc met his son, a lad. of sixteen years, whom 1 compelled to conduct me to his fa thers bedside, where I found him buried in the arms ot | sleep. There lie lay the object of mv soul’s most bitter hatred. Did 1 strike him tlien ? Did 1 send him slumbering into eternity ? No, no : F roused him ; he saw me stand smiling over him with mv dagger at his throat, and liis craven son burst with terror from liis glaring eyes. Oh, what a delicious moment was that to me. He spoke no word, but gagged and bound, I had him speedily on board, whilst my crew sacked and set' fire to the town, the hateful scene of my early degrada tion. Yet was there one biiterpan.g tube endur ed; but’twas only for a moment. Ere I left the island the daughter of Gonzales came: she whom I loved so well; on her knees she besought me to “spare! oh, spare my father! You hived me once" Aye, but I love no longer; revenge has absorbed my soul; there is no room for love ; awav ! I saw her no more, As for the governor,' 1 had him whipped until he implored me in mercy to plunge m v dagger to liis heart. No such mer cy for him; the scourge was plied while he had »«gl‘t o| ' filling left, and then we gave him to the sharks. Why do you shrink as if in horror? think you I was an iota more than revenged? lie was hut one of the doomed hundred. Weil, for this act I was outlawed by the government and commenced a cruise on mv own account. The few remaining hours of my' life would not suffice to tell the tithe of my adventures, perils and es capes. Three times 1 have been a prisoner ; but stratagem or gold was ever potent to loosen bolts and bars. Once T was tried for my life at New Orleans bn* the glittering of shining ore dimmed the eye! sight of my judges, and they could discover no spot of blood upon my hands. Five years I rov ed there: tor of these seas; hut now, what all the art and power of man have failed to do, the never ceasing tumults of a guilty mind have done: cut sho.t im mad career. Long since I felt the hand ot death upon me, and like the wounded tiger, that seeks some gloomy den wherein to die, hither I came, without associate or friend but this little cre ole nurse. ( hanee has made us acquainted. I have confided to you the outlines of my history • it wdl serve as a tale to while awav a tedious honr and make your hearers si a re. And now, grant urn ones avor when I an, dead ; living, I ask no more • bury me in the sea full twenty fathoms deep I have done. Give me some drink; my mouth is parchod ; my brain is mi the whirl' ILF fi, t pang: dentil is here; 1 feel it about mv hean WeU why should J live ? and yet to die‘with such r <,a< ‘ of gunt- ~,sh-hush! speak not to me; T know you woul.l s.,y; but ’tis all in vain- AA hat s death to me ? I have bearded him a thou sandnme i; why do I shrink so row ? A heavy mist comes gathering over mv sight. Who are °*?* ! "'V )-n let them ,-ome a so elo c . V itil a desperate effort he raised him m hand Tl ' wi,ha convulsed grasp mj hand, gazed ou me for a moment with a ter rifled and ghastly glare and then fell back exliaus- - ted on iiis pillow. His distorted features gradual ly relaxed; the wild expression of his eye slowly , assumed a placid look; and something i e a--:nile played about his lips ; the pirate was no ..lore. qiska j From the Cincinnati UTiier — Extra. — April ‘25. AWFUL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT. Loss or 125 Livks Tt becomes again our painful duty to record one of the most awful and and. structive incidents known in the terrible and fatal catalogue of steamboat accidents. Tiiis afternoon about six o’clock, the new and elegant steam boat Moselle, Capt. Perin, left the whan ot this city, (full of passengers) for Louis ville and St. Louis, and with a view of taking a family on board at Fulton about a mile and a halt above the quay, proceeded up the river, and made fast to a lumber raft for that purpose. Here the family were taken ou board, and du ring the whole time of the detention, the Captain was holding on to nl! the steam he coukl create, with an intention of showing off to the best advan tage the great speed ot the boat as she passed down the whole length of the city. The Moselle was anew brag boat, and had recently made sev eral exceedingly quick trips to and from this place. Soon as the family were taken on board from 'kf raft, the boat shoved off, and at the very mo ment her wheels m ule tU« evolution, her boilers burst with a most awful and astounding noise, equal to the most violent clap of thunder- The explosion was destructive and heart rending in the extreme, as we are assured by a gentleman who was sitting on liis Horse on the sho’e, wait* ing to sec the boat start. Heads, limbs, bodies mid blood, were seen flying through the air in ev- ery direction, attended by the horrible shrieks and groans from the wounded and the dying.—The boat, at the moment of the accident, was about thirty feet from the shore, and was a perfect wreck. She seemed to be torn all to flinders as far back as the gentlemen’s cabin, and her hurricane deck (the whole length) was entirely swept away. The boat immediately began to sink rapidly, and float (with a strong current) down the river, at the same time getting farther from the shore. 1 lie Captain was thrown by the explosion en tirely into the street, and was picked no dead and dreadfully mangled. Another man was thrown en tirely through the roof of one ofthe neighboring houses, and limbs and fragments of bodies scattered about the river and shore in heart rending profu sion. Soon as the boat was discovered to lie rap idly sinking, the passengers who remained unhurt in the gentlemen’s and ladies’ cabins, became panic struck, and with a fatuity unaccountable, jumped into the river. Being above the ordinary business parts ol the city, there were no boats a! hand except a f**w hrge and unmanageable wood flats, which were carried to the relief of the sufier ers as soon as possible, by the few persons on the shore. Many were drowned, however, before they could be rescued from a watery grave, and many sunk who were not afterwards seen. AVe afe told that one little boy on shore was seen wringing liis hands in agony! imploring those piesent to save his lather mother, and three sisters, all of whom were sniggling iu the water to gain the shore, but whom the jmor little fellow had the awful misfortune to see perish, one by one, almost within his reach. An infant child,'belonging to this family, was picked up alive, floating down the river on one of the fragments of the hurricane deck. Dr. Wilson Hughey, of the T. S. Armv,(nod brother-in-law to our estimable I 'Uow citizen, W. H. Hughes, of the Pearl St. House,) is doubtless among the slain, as he was known to have been on .board, and some pieces of the military coat he had on, were picked up among the fragments. 3Ti. I ov*ell, a highly respectable grocery mer chant, ot Louisville, and brother-in-law of Mr. Wilson McGrew, of this city, is also suppos ,1 to be lost, as he was on board, and no tidinos h ive since been heard of him, uothwithstandinAhe ac tive inquiries ot liis friends. AVe are unable, as yet, to particularize any oth er persons lost, ns the boat sunk in about fifteen minutes after the accident, leaving nothing tube seen but her chimneys and a small porno i of her upper works, and also as a scene of distress and confusion immediately ensue 1 that altogether baffles description. Most of th- sufferers lue a mong the hands of the boat, and the ste-tame passengers. IS number only from fiity to seventy five arc believed to have escaped making the estimated loss of lives about ONE HUNDRED \ V!) TW’FNTV FIVE !! I), tale of woe! BN A J he accident unquestionably occurred through sheer imprudence and carelessness, The Captain ol Hie boat was desirous of showing off her .'rent speed as lie passed the city, and to overtake and pa«s another boat which had left the wharf for Louisville a sh( rt time before hint. Dearly has lie paid for liis ambition. The Clerk of the boat, we understand, escai-d unhurt. These are all the particulars' we have vc f been able to learn. In t, -norma ks Vv'l.D we shal! no doubt be able to give the names of many olhers w ho have been lost and killed. ' V ATTEMPT TO MURDER Extract of a Idler to the Editors of (L CassriUe dated utallee, Cherokee county, Ca. ) disiharged.wlioiherbotl, from the same gnu or not. is somewhat imeevtniu.— One struck Mr r mthe upper part of the chin, shivering one sh\e ot the jaw bone to atoms, passed through the month, carrying away inrt , ” Ul, r supposed to be lodged deeply in tho ’ side°of the neck; the other passed through the lap. pels o'fhis • oat and 'Wiunded one of hi* children, by pa*s tl " through the upper part of the scalp, burym- n,- r ! |v l Di assassin. Mr. C. is no" \hl ofthe injury of the nmgue, tT froZXTT communicated some facts, and answered imerro* g-uonesm a very laconic manner. He wri tn.n he saw the assassin, who was mr, r i the name of Wind, who was u 2 to be from Tennessee, a , and X Canton several days.' Stills'(lndians.) I was up at Canton yesterday saw Copeland, and heard the circumstances lated as they are substantially detailed to you 1 On the return of Col. Brooks and myselt | the Six swe understood, a young Cherokee \? the name of Lise or Luge, of bad habits and svl pieious character, was seen in possession 0 f large amount of paper nianey, (N. C. bills w,! the amount of some §IOO, in HlVs amt 50’s, i,,!] knowing that it was improbable lie could* hav obtained it honestly, we proceeded last ni-ht, arrest him, and now have him in custody ; to-(B° wc will proceed to investigate this matter win scrutiny—lie admits that he has the money' and that he obtained it from a white man, on the' Allatooua Road, near Smith’s store, for two horses and one cow, but says that the white man is g one on, and that no body saw him trade, dec. Cant King, to whom he passed one of the SIOO bills says that Lige, on bring asked how he came bvso much money, said he got it at New Echota. That he has obtained it by some villainous means there is no question, and 1 have strong hones v,’> will have it developed. F Yours, J. BREWSTER. Charleston, May 2, -A ’able Libcraliti/. —liis Hon. the Mayor receiv. ed yesterday, from the Mayor of Wilmington N. (’. the sum of SI,OOO, the’ contribution of that city, for the reliel ol sufferers by our recent con flagration. An act of such prompt and spontane ous benevolence aw ikes our liveliest and most heartfelt gratitud ■.— Cuu. i Generous ContriL^'ion. —Messrs. Fort, Town send and Mendenhall have handed the Mayor a cheek for SSOO, to be appropriated for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire.—it. Genuine Chaiily.—'-A citizen of Savannah" unwilling that his left hand should know what his right hand doefli, has transmitted us the sum of SIOO, for the sufferers by the late tire with strict injunctions not to make his name, in any wav pubic, lie geuerausly expresses the wish that the amount could be increased ten or twenty times. The Lord loveth the cheerful giver.— lb. The citizens of Columbia, S. C., at the largest public meeting ever held iu the place, have au ihorized the town Council to raise TllREl! 1 i IOC SAN I) DOLLARS, lor the relief of the snfiem-3 by the fire in Charleston. Committees v. vi appointed to solicit individual contributions in all the different Wards. Augusta Chronicle. .AVe see by a notice in the Charleston Courier of yesterday, that the mayor of that citv, acknowl edges the receipt of two thousand four hundred and fi ui teen dollars collected bvsubscribtiou from the citizens of Augusta, in aid of the sufferers fy i!k; late fire. It should have been fuur thousand four hundred and fourteen dollar*, w h cli vR make, with the *2OOO sent by ourcitv council •>0'414 contributed by Augusta. Cons. ' The citizens of Savannah held a public meeting on the 2d ...st, and came to the resolution to nil the sum ol *BOOO lor the benefit of the suffererskv the late fire in Charleston. The citizens of An', gusta will raise from *OOOO to 65(;0 for the su.re purpose. A\ ill our banking institutions char c a premium for remitting the above sums ? ib. ' Gen. Scott has passed through the State, to his Head-Quarter?, which will be formed at New ]'- chota. The troops from Florida, wII pass throw* Columbus,*on their route to Cherokee. A\ e learn tliat the Georgia quota, are organize!, and many of the companies on the route, to Cher okee. A fine spirit lias cli iracterized the country, on this occasion, and we feel great pleasure in sai "lg, that probably a liner body of men, than that winch will compose the Georgia Brigade, Leloins to no service. AVe understand, Gen. Charles Floyd, has been ordered by the conmiunder-in-Chirt,' to the com ma.id ot the Georgia Brigade, and will promptly assume his command. Alt that prudence, sound judgment, and the most untiring devotion to the interests of the country e:ui do, the tiers ol our patriotic Governor will prove, ins been done. AVe can now only repeat eur l ’ri sl,!Ce,e a!, d sanguine, that tin; removal of the ( iierokees may be accomplished, and the r»g.its ol humanity, and the peace of the country tit the same time maintained Recorder. Tor M int at D ihlonnega, in this State, has com* me need its coining operations. W c have, within ;i tewylavs been shewn a few half eagles, of its coin ago. i hey resemble precisely with one exception, our other com of similar size—the initial letter G , placed immediately over the year le.'iS, alone di-tmguishing it, from that.of our other Mints.- 4 hat cast at Charlotte, in N. C., we learn, is also distinguished, ia like manner, by the letter C-.—ib. LATE FROM FLORIDA. A slip from the Brunswick (<4a) Advocate, da teu - m instant, contains the following intelligence: “By the Revenue Cutter Madison, Captain Howard, from Havana 24th, Key West 28thut an . Key Biscayne 3rd ins', an ived at this s pent on fcjnuday last, wc learn, that Col. Harney c f Fort captured a sqnaw, from whom be oj ained the necessary intelligence, has "one with a detachment of 160 (Tragoons and artillery, to at v ..jim -Tones, who it will bo remembered was ',!, no . n . ,0 P'r' s along the Southern part o. , ‘’’T a T !*. >out Ive y Fargo. The expedition te.tlxoy Hiseayne n-i Thursday the 2d itisf, O he latest intelligence at Key Biscaync was that Alee/: Tfajn, the Seminole Chief who nego enited with Gen. .Tesup. and surrendered to him .l," eon s,iot with all his immediate followers by onlcr of: sam Jones, the Chief of the Mickasiikies l his assassination is said very much to have ex asperated the Seniinoles,and we arc told that ma. ny ot them now beg our troops to allow them tore mam and assist in exterminating their late allies; h>am Jones and the Micasukies. “ The naval detaenmenf, lately engaged Lieut- I mvcll s expedition, have gone to Pensacola to jmn our squadron for Vera Cruz. This squadron is netached to protect our commerce from the con* sequences of the French blockade. *i Magurder, rind liis company, catne on in the Madison, from Key A Vest, to Key Biscaync. and tnenoe shipped in the Campbell, ’for St. Au gustine. J Cii Sunday 22d nit. Governor Tacon left Ha vaim. being recalled by his government. He W* amid every demonstration of regret of the inhabi tants ot Havana. He.appoints Estelata his ?u c ' cessor, under whom, it is thought, the admirable nil j efficient system of police introduced liv T aco" " ill be continued, am] an orderly and quiet gov ernment maintained.”