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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1832)
MIsiCFLTLAA'Y. I -1 THE DKM'IGBAI. LINKS ON THE OF All OF MY MOTHER Four \enrs of p ca-nt rui lit life, liar! nr rccly p»RI a-\ay; My Mother in the throe* of death, Upon hci “ick-bed lay I mind iny foolinjts perfectly, When la-t I heard tier speak, The “oh« broke fiom tnv young breast, The tears rail down my cheek; She clasp’t her hands in Siro iv, With I—':- s „ -rh.,s-.lv- wild. II • t nli. .> a s nile til ved on her lips, She sad ‘r- me hither child, Mv son! I lie—giiev not f,r rtie, We meet n-nin to-inorr ■«-, Tea. w»will meet on that bright day, • Then prithee hush thy and o>w; M Ron !we p iri ! —let thy whole life, Unto im 'led be given, Obey his voice— kee h<* e iminanda, And vve will meet ii iiuaveu.” Siie ceased—and her pure spirit fled, To realm of endless joy; And Ii nKf: on t ais wide world, A helpless orphan boy. I press't her clay-cold lip to mine,— Gazed on her beamless eye; For till that day I neAer had learned, That mortal had to die S. G. I. Extract from Paulding's tale af the Politician. — I was coiled oat of my had i early one cold \vi .ter morning, liv a per son coming- on business of the utmost 1 coifle-jiteiict*, and dressed mvself in great ; haste, supposing it might be a summons to a cabinet count il. A lien I eame into mv irivate office, l found a queer long-si del m ii, it least six feet high, with tle appie head, a long queue and a lace cr;tic illy round, as rosy as a ripe cherry. II • handed me a letter, recommending him particularly to my patronage, i was a little-inclined to lie rude, but check ed a vself, remembering that 1 was a ser vant ofsuch a man as mv visiter, and that I might get the reputation of an aristo crat, if I made any distinction between man and man. “Well, iny friend what situation do yon w sh?” “ Wiiy-y-y I’m not very particular; but some how or other, I think I should like to be a minister. I don’t mean of the gospel but one of them ministers to for eign parts.” 4 liy v-v,’ answe ired the applehead ed man,‘‘l wouldn’t much care iff took a . nation u one of the departments- I .voiildu’t much mind being a cnmpitnd er, or an auditor, or some such tiling.”— Mv J- y- >• ’.ll iapv 1— 1-v sort' ve ry sorry indeed, hut it hapjKui’a unfortu nately that all these situations treat pfe*- ent filled. Would you not take some tin ng else?” Mv Friend stroked liis cii;n, and seemt-d Struggling to bring down the soarings of his high ambition to the present cr.sis At 1 ist he answeared. “ UMiy-v-V. ye-s-s; I dont care if I get a goo I collectorsliip, or inspectorship, or survevorsliip, or navy-agency, or any thing of that sort.” “ R'*ally, my good !>Tr. Phippenny,,” sai l I. “ I regret exceeding that uot onlv all these places, hut every other place of CO lsequence in the government, is at present occupied. Pray think of some thing else.” lie then after some hesitation, asked for i clerkship, and finally the place of nic*ser gcr to one of the public offices.— Finding no vacancy here, he seemed in vast perplexity, and looked nil round the ro > n, fixing his eve at length on me, and measuring my height fro m head to foot. A‘l ist, putting on one of the drollest looks that ever adorned the face of man, lies ed. “ Mister, you and seem to be both P r ' ,ftv 'inch t'ik ■, haven’t yoifsoine oi 1 cloihsyou can spare?” Pits wing Eggs.— a l(i >d, a tvades m.i'i at Par's asked perm ssion of the prefect of the police to sell in the market eggs that had been preserved a vear in composition of which lie k< jit tlie secret. More than :{>.ooo of tin s * eggs were Mild in open market with out a iv complaint being made, or any notice taken of them, when the bo-wd of health thought proper to examine them They were found perfectly fresh, anil could only be distinguished from others by a pnlverous stratum of carbonate of lime remarked by Mr. Cabot to be on the egg shell. This induced him to make a seres of experiments, which e' do? in his uis" •veriiig that thev were preserve I in a Iv <'.’•! •• sa* orated muriate of lime water. Ta n muv also he'preserved by iniiner siug'th-un twenty seconds in boding wa ter, a id t?i*oi keening fb»m w*d| tried in line sifted ashes; hut ibis will give them a greyish colour. The method ofpreser- V ng them, in lime water has long been the practice in Italy; they may !*" kept thus for two years. I Oant Oase.—C au'ion against nrrv. jug counterfeit money in your noeket. h r .er honest. \ rum lately had Ips J»ii' i;< t hook Stolen, in wij el. was e g|.t o r ten dollars, * one vatnahle papers, and tw . nr three eonaterfeit hills, which he ]| id r eeived and laid aside I}<- oW'ntl " <ant f„r the fame.-.the thief not fin. *" •'"i eh ninnev a* uas o ]'.-n d > rr. tir ' the I sink wifli its contents, swore Ji ' ' '< t. received his then '*"’ ; , eomfil e nvi ner f-r iv, counterfeit ipopty (f| „ . MW . thL'SMOU. FROM EUROPE. The Paris papers hy the Sully at Neiv \ oik, are to tie evening of the 31st, May, From tin to and from Liverpool papers to the 4th .Mine, the tollovving items are ext r u;t and. A humble murder was committed at Leicester on.the -il.-t. The victim was Mr. Pa«s wholesale stationer llolhcrm, London il . was murdered tti the hook biudry a wretch hy the mime of Cook aguaist whom lie Itad a small account.— Alter committing the t ital act, Cook commenced burning ihe body in the bin dery, which couse«l such it stencil as led to the discovery of the murder When the police broke in Cook had made his escape. The remains of the body pr - seated a horrible spectacle In was as certained that h< bad proceeded towards Liverpool, w ith the intent on it was pre sumed, oi "getting off to America ,” At Lynn a day or two previous the Rev. Arthur I verson was shot through the heart by his own son. The Cholera continued in Liverpool, hut h ut extended altogether to only 74 eases, 38 of winch had ttrmmatad fatally. « r of new cases on the 2nd June 8; dent I s3 The 1 Liverpool .llhiittn of the 4'h savs 44 There is Too much reason to believe that the Cholera has broken our at Leeds and anchester. Gen Lain arque, a e» Ichrat and member of tli • Chamber of Deputies died at Fans on the morning of the 3Ht. Like Civ inicr Fer-vr, he had an attack nf the ( holer.i, iind although he survived the unmediate eib ct> of that disease other in firmities succeeded winch put an end to his life The Parts oflienl bulletin of the Citole r i. for May 29tli, slates the deaths in the hospitals -o have ecu 9, and at home 6. The number of new cases idmitted was 21, and of patients cured 49. Marshal Clauzei, General Subveryic, ,M. Rouesiil e, ijtd Count Las ( 'a/.es, have signifii*.! their adhesion to the Declara tion of the Opposition Deputies. Subscriptions for the monument to the memory of the late M. Casrnii r Perter have been opened in many of the provin cial towns We hear that in consequence of the continuance of disturbano m the west i ■a great nr.inber of yon - pariots I>e-' iongiiig to the National Guard of Par have oiler and to the Government to form 'h. ni-i-Ives i;ito hat'alhee'S and inareii a g i list tin Chouaiis <>i' Lav-miee oe Journal dn Hhvi of June I>t " ,vs — 41 L i Vendee is m a state of war.” 'V e r. ee.ve accounts of new insurrections roni all parts of liu M t-st at:d La Ven i< i‘. It is certain that an organization nositively who, is the soul of the part, or what is the head of the revolt. They write: ingers, May 27. —'] he whole arror 'hsement of Segre uu.i. r arms, nul Bour mont at tlic hem? of the insurrection. In La Mayetmu tin Duki of d’Mscars is leader —tiie ancient guardian of the l-)uke il \ngouleme. When this was known at Yagers, the National Guards assembled enift isse, a., and where to heat giie the next day under the coniine,d ofGeu. Ordendcr. The greatest enthu siasm pfevaiii and Letters from iletmes state, that bands ° Cliouans, wirli and vvitliou nns, !iad hccu assembled in the vm.ur- of Vitry for several days. On tin 27th. near 400 had assemhlml io two bands. 'Lite mail is eseorteu L; la Larifi' he , xcitetie :i* cn Maned grt.it since the 2!»tb, the day i e:; tlie rising was geeerai. The pen nutate the example o> their fathers, hv ipp irie._ to small 1., -.ties in many places, and flying on Hie approach of ■roops, by which v iVunie their pursuers. At Laval ;h . < rh-ts are very hold and open and speak • i . ttecess with confideaee 111 tile hole , e Cnsse, the Mayor being deserted In all except two or three m :i, look inuske - into the chitreli steeple and stieccssltii.v resisted. At Mcssay, .hi the 27th, an nportant a.i.t rtooii place 470 t) t’liou iiis were wWI armed and "(pupped tinder the coinm.atid of rss. Piguem!, sand Poatifmev.— 1 be :ilst regiment <n‘ the hue, with the national guard, dislodged about 3!H> of them from a Chateau, aft. r an engage ment and such was tin excitement of tin troops, they shot them as they runic on, 'I lie loss of the tit. vernnient troops w,i- .‘i kdl and and HO wounded They kilh -I 7:5 of tlie insurgents Snsfi/c figs movements oj tf,t fin ■ an irrni/. — 7’he news from tlie from rs of Folautl, of May the Lsth ro. ihc important iutelhgerice, Hua :.•»»•, i-ents were observed m the Hi;s.-m> \,my wlirch indie ite<? a change oi the corpse ■ ind t|je assembling oJ a large force oil i iln* ] russian mil str.iiu 'r«?t rs.— Eighty t!i inland iresli troops wete said to he mi the r march to Poland nr garrison the places now occupied hr th troops ''tut ir to advance to the western Iron tees. I’ll > Ml jeti.. me Z tin g, the 2-t i oi Mav. s tvs, there iiui- : he some , gie it poht'cal oiiit ct in 11 ,is manouvre, | wlrcli is at ended w.lli too much expense to lie intended merely to «>x. reisa- the ' troops; and adds, that a short * me will j solv the enigma, and acqii -ot the world with the intentions of the Cabinet of f*t. | Petersburg!!. Tlie Memorahle Bordelais states, that fitters lure arrived u /fiirdemix minnim eio.r that tl, Duteltess of II nv had reached Muir <>. ll'' Pot/ 21.— “Tlie pit!,Lr dt*. ’ ” 1,1 * .f,. ~ , , r , (| , w i toeasum aft lie f»v«Tinu*itU A soiiiJl number of those who took a part in the revolution are left tit l:b« rty. No ore cat’ rely upon the amnesty, us a thousand pretexts are found to make invests. The proceeding against these unfortunate men are gencrally-of tong duration, and if any obtain their discharge, they are placed under rhe snrvtiUnae of the secret police, of the depressed state of Poland, vP- nation appears by no means to have lost all liopr for the future. Sir Walter Scott was tit Rome at the last advices. It is said lie was busy stud ying the character of the Homans, and < xploring the antiquities and hbrarys of the capital. Liver 001, June 4- - 77/f 31 < nth of 31 cy'. During the month just ended, the weath er was exceedingly inelemei.t h r tlie- sea- I son- Fortlie niost part, the lt-ornings were sharp and frostv, with cold dry-winds veering lefivci a the north and the east In several insVtnees, a hoarfrost cow re * i the faeeof he country, and, on the in :gh- I boring- mountains, -of cottsidersthh I thick ness and in various shapes had foi ined ! dtirmg the ni- lit; ad the 4 !>:t!> r bias ,’ ; accompanied h-. ';•>!!, thm Vi, .tn<l light Jog, blew with • ii the rigour oi winter Nor is this iiiCia ,v local; a gentleman vvito i has travelled through South U ales, as sures us, thatuni Thursday the 10th the ILtis called Bhu-n-cwin-T vw, north of the river' of IVnderin, Breconshire, were white With suo;v and had continued so for three dtvs, a spite of the power of a May sue ! Verily, it is strange vveath j er, tor the “ittOntli of flowers.” PEDRO'S EXPEDITION. I and on June I:—Despatches have been I received this day from St. Michaels, da !ted the lGill ult. At that time Don I’e : (Iro had ass mbled eleven thousand of Ins troops, who were in the highest spirits.— | The state of the wind had prevented the arrival of the other troops from the differ ent islands,-hut it was expected that hy tiie 25th or 20th, the whole force world !»- collected ami on its wav to Portugal. The ortlmsttWtm and tin* discipline of the army were ol’the most grab!’ itig nature, tied all the itrhmg/met t.- f<-r tlie expedi tion w ill consist it' 15.000 troops, and 5,490 Fa g!!.-h seafnen. A coinmimiea tio.i ha<l been kept liti iietwten Fortngal and Dm- Pe(!r<>, and no doubt was entii - taitied of a cordial corper.ttion with the expedition on its arrival at Lisbon London, June 39.—We are able to state positively, t! ;;t Prince Talleyrand has been mined by tlie French King and two in miters of his Cabinet, to visit Pa ri.-, for the purpose of conferring with them on the critical state of affairs, and ofTV-rmg Ins advice as the proposed modi fication of the ministry. It was intended ut one <.me to offer h in the Presidency of the Council, but it is m\v thought. In is not 'sufficiently popular for such a post. J' - - '>7,. f«./ r . ... - . n,l r'ltn■ i ! UITKST FROM. FILL YCE. Disturbances in France—lnsurrection in Paris — Disbandment of the Polytechnic School — Paris declared under Martial J.aw\ ’i he intelligence wdl he found of exci ting interest, as demonstrating Urn dis turbed situation ot France mid the proba bility of mother lievoliition. Wti have conn o;:i ourselves almost exclusively to the pari.i alars of toe insurrection tli Pans as we lia-ve neither turn- nor.space to trace the movements m the departments. Oi these Ai.om et Loire, La Vendee, Lorie infoi icure, Deaux-Sv-vres and several otli t is, are placed under Martial Law by rioyui * trUumfUuce. it iias been tltscov ereu iimt the Duchess de Bern ami Geu. Bourno -t have vistkd all the southern provmc-a.id uiaiiy of their circulars im! pm a’.v- orders have ucea seized ami p..:,i.-..tii, wliieii vve vv.it,> >y bet ore tin pain.;. l>> liltirei) . . * *»c aceouuis come to us> only tarougii \ lue MiiiiS!.* mi papers, the iiher.il ones iivii.. iiccii e.lliei supp.essca or issued j w .tii btuo.v pag; s, ami wo iiave mi correct iucj.*o o» judging in nic disturhanccs hut i<y their parted representation. Yet from | tie an, »ti i, mi enough to excite great anxiety tor the ititure. Tlie disbandniont :oi the l olytechnic school—the declaring Pans and several dei»;ir!niet;is under hiar t.ni L.ew —the suppression ot the liberal presses—the admitted force of the Chou ans and toe presence oi tlie Duchess Do Kerri and General lioorinont—all lead us u apprehend fuitiierdifficulties. It will i;t perceived-by our translation tram the ,npi rs of the btb that on tin Till anotlui .ueuipt was made in Paris, the first and lOMicipai aiicmpt having been made on tie .Jin and suppressed on the oth. i ite papers are laterally filled with ac con.ds oi the deprcdntioiis oftlieCliou . ails • iL' alists, ibt-.r sieges of towns ami i d.sarrmm iit oi the .National Guards, &e. < Ac. w itfi tiie movements of troops and proclamations oi the government nutli regard to tile movements in the South. Pue l iotn me, tlie Uriel' oisuti, the 1 rhtfe, lid, hi, .it I mite nr ’' yp '<graph iq II c , \or i riute!Jourm-il vvere seized on the : oiii nist. t tlie 1’os: Office and the res pective i'liiiimg <.‘dices. Ord, rs were -sued oil the Till of June, for the itrrot off. M. Lalxiissiere, Cahet and G irriier—Pages. I lie Mi sx< i:gt rit v < 'hombres of the 7tli <d June says, that the Chonans hud taken r:i important city hi Hie west, and that serious disturbance* had lira en out in Caen. The same journal informs us Hint it was generally rumord througliniit Paris, that the Duchess de Ifi-rri had been arrested. The ('tnitlihit’onal sevs, —“ It appears! ci Mum that tin re were found in lie- house ! of on t n{ tin- permits am sii ,1, itinnv «»- ki >mint« |iv|n theeiiied on the future ►(>!« of the Natioi -il Domains.” M. Ir due* l it/.-Jallies wav anisted at; i Ins house on the morning of the 7th ult. The JiUnuii ties if bales says, —Me are enabled to state positively that the marriage of tire Piincess Louisa, the King’s eldest daughter, with King Leo pold, was finally concluded upon tit the meeting between the two Sovereigns at C'ompeigr.e, and vve believe it certain that ! the ceremony will take place at Conipe'ig ne vri the •e.urse of July,” I he three Arrmufircinents in the West placed under Martial Law contain 234 parishes, iimm Iv, that of Laval, 93; ! Chateaus Gonin-r, 79; and Vitre, G 2. It is said that on forwarding the Ordoniiarice to Laval, the Minister enjoined the imme diate military occupation of all places no ted as rallying points, or places where meetings are held. The Paris papers of the Silt announce ‘hiit looting Napoleon had suffered a re lapse, and a passenger by the ship Mar cus arrived tins morning from Ho-ier dam reports that an express arrived at Frankfort while he was there announcing Ins deatli, and anew revolutionary move ment in Poland. I I is said that Proto’ol No. 03, in ri 1 1- tion to the affairs <>! Belgium and Hol land, has he/ n issue.i, which is of threat ening character towards King William. Don Pedro lias appeared off the Tagus with his fleet, and an active correspon [ lienee has been opened between the French nud English Ministers with the Mim.-ter of the Court of .Spain. Thev require ol Spain to observe the strictest neutrality during the approaching events and pledge the adherance of Don Pedro to the terms of iiis Proclamation. E.\GULYI). Passage of ike Reform Bill. —On the evening of Vosid iv, June the 4th, tiiis measure was earned in the House of Lords. For the Bill, 100 Against, 22 Majority, 84 It will be j < reeived that nearly all the ojqionmts of the measure left the House, and among them the Duke of Wellington and Lord Lyndhurst. In the House of Commons on tin same day, the Scotch Betonn Bill was under consideration. Consuls at 2 o’clock, sili June, 853-8 a 1 2. Parts Exchange, June B.—Five per cents, con. 98 98; three per ets, to 22d June 08 75 a 08 75; Bent quarter per cent. 82 hank actions I7UO 1097 50. •Extract of a letter from an American gentlemen, to a friend in Philadelphia, dated. 44 Paris, May li, 1832. 44 1 do not think Cholera, even should it get t<> America, which is doubtful, can prove as ha/I as it. did here You have tl«.> 0u1.j00t.., lYurrow, .lamp streets, houses that are dripping half the time in wet weather, cold floors, excessive dirt, and a drunkenness of w hich you have no conception in America, arc the causes j why the disease has been so had liere.— | There are perhaps one hundred thousand jin Parts that intoxicated, more or less, once a twice a week; and in this class the j mortality ‘ :is b-cn fearful At one time, j 100 much food, or too much drink, would j almost to a certainty, give a man the cholera in a few hours No American has died, that i can hear of, though most ot them retreated. Some of our young j doctors behaved admirably, and their ! names ought to he known Dr. Smith of j North Carolina, Peunockand Gherardof j Philadelphia, Jackson of Boston, and t Cook of Virginia, were among the mim ! iM,r These gentlemen all stood their ! ground, and arc men to he counted upon there are doubless others of whom I have not heard ” — National Gazette. j From ike Boat )" ! ><rly Jhlrtniser, efj„hj (i. Outrage at Honduras.— Early in May I a piractical schooner appeared in the i neighbourhood of Truxillo, landed some troops, robbed the plantations and fired ; the hn l ungs The commandant at Truk j 'Hn took possession ot sclir. Plandome, Gapt. Lyon, put on board six olficers and one hundred soldiers, and compelled the ! officers to navigate the sctiooncr in quest | ot the 1 irates, arming her with three car riage guns, ammunition, fee. On ihe Ititli ot May, the I’landime fell in with the Pirate off the Island of Hua'an, came up within pistol shot; fired one gun and capsized the second. The Pirate made sail and ran one way, and the Plnndone | ran the other! The general observed that | ir was of no use to follow her, as his sol • ,lirrs were great cowards; and would not ! fight. On return she was given up to I Capt. Lvon, but without nmmiition. A letter received by the Elizabeth, da ted May 29, informs of the death on the day previous, of Mr. llosmer who had had both legs taken oil by a caution j shot, end died an hour after. IJedeft Ins affairs in charge of Col Tesresongc. I he above intelligence was received hv the brig Elizabeth, arrived at this port ; yesterday from Honduras. t A letter has born recieved in Philndel- ! p.'.in, dated I . S. I rigtiie Pofomae , Coast i ofJava March 12, ISfiJ, as follows: ‘We I •ifiHit. It was with the Malaya ! !of Suinutra. We suppose that orq? I hundred and fifty of them were killed, j On our aide two were killed, and fourteen wounded; . o officer killed. You will soon i have the official account. W« shall fio at Batavia probably in Botlo days. Mr. James Smith, on hearing that a c *« o* Cholera 'orlitis had tniufe its ap lO’araeein the King’s lleucli, expressed! i himself lughlv and. I gl ,f, ,\ tliMt i| l# . , I ; 4*lf f | ttt ftsft // ||( »• m §’] Hir i’apt r. j DOMESTIC ITEMS." “SEAT of W All." ~ r_ June 7. We mentioned ni*our “Extra’? ot tins date, the murder oi Mr. Anbu ry by the Indians, near tin. residence ot E. Brigham, at the Blue Mound. Mr* Auberry was in company with mother man when the Indians lired on them. I lie other person made good his es cape.—Thus another of our citizens is added to the long f.st of murdered, man gled human beings. Already, have vve heard ot nearly forty w lute persons, men women and children, who have fallen’ victims to our savage foe. While Bt. Vram, Fowler, Ilewley and Ilale, yet lie unhuried and exposed" upon the praire; while the tears of numerous friends and relatives are yet fast flowing for their me- I tueholy fate, vve are called to witness the awful death of another of our citizen. June ß....Col. Win. S. Hamiiton.arriv e l here, this evening w ith two hundred and thirty Indians, mostly Bioux; some were M (.‘nominees ami some \V in tie bn goes, l’in Col- is remarkable in nil Ins movem ents lor promptness and dispatch- T'lio, Indians express great anxiety to obtain Sac scalps, & were engaged in tlieir war dance until after 10 o,clock, P. M.—Mr. Marsh, who visited their villages, lor the purpose of enlisting them, informs us • hat when he entered their villages, with the red wampum, nearly ail of them were anxious to join in the war. Wtnnosheck who formerly lived on Hocks River, was the only one who attempted to make any opposition. He married a sister, of the Pfophct, and did all lie could to thwart the wishes of the government. He has •wo sous, one is with the Indians now here the other could not he found, he is sup posed :o have been sent as urt express to inform the hostile Indians of the present movement of our red allies. June 9.—By asi express w inch arrived to day we lorn, that I 1 horses were stolen hy the Indians, last l ight, on Apple river, just out side of the stoekade. Captain Stephenson’s company of mounted riflemen airived to-day. On the Bth inst. they proceeded to the ground where St.Vrain t!ud his party were mur dered, to make another search for the bo dies. Mr. Higginbotham, oiie of St. Vrain’s party, acted as guide.—Near Kel logg’s grove, u fresh Indian trace was dis covered, and followed about twelve imlejs towards the Pickatouckar. From thence, the company went to the spot where St. Vrnin fell, & found the bodies of St.Vrain, Hale and Fowler. The head St Vraiti was cm entirely off, and taken away, as was also his feet and hands. This, vve presume, was to convince Black llatvk that they had slain their Agent, w nose life, he (Black Ilavvk) had sworn to take, as St. Vrain was the means of having the troops called (font below The bodies were found some distance from the road,, about four miles south of Kellogg’s Grove. 1 hey were buried with the honors of war. The set ne produced much feeling a* mong the company. George \V . Jones, brother-in-law of St Yrniu, was present, lie took charge of Ins pocket-book and papers found w ith the body. lLs dress coat was found at a considerable distance, supposed to have been dropped by tiie In dians, in their flight; it had a bullet bole through the collar, m such a direction as to shew that (lie ball itmst have passed through his neck hone, and thus have caused him to die without a struggle. Mr. Jones manifested much grief on the ocasion, and dropped, over the rude grave, many tears of sympathy for the bereaved-widow and opiums. A son aud son-in-law of Mr. llale were present when their mangled father was buried, Griel was plainly depicted on their laces. Thirty dollars in specie, was found in the poc et of Mr. Hale, which-, together witfi bis pocket-book, was covered with blood. Hawley’s body could not be found. It is supposed he was chased several nnles be fore he was killed June 10. 'i he friendly Indians under Col Hamilton, left Galena this morning, on loo’., to join Gen. Atkinson’s forces at Dixon s fort. Mr. Marsh, founcrly Sail. Indian Agent for the Sioux, being inti mately acqninted with their language, al so accompanied them. Mr. Howard arrived in town this morn ing from his farm on Apple river. He slates that yesterday about noon, whilst himself Mr. Clark and old Mr. Nutting wore at work in the corfield, five Indians were seen unconcernedly to enter his bouse. Howard aud his party* were uot observed. They soon concealed them selves in a situation where one ofthc par ty could observe tlie Indians. They p!un*» Herod tlie house o| such articles as they wanted, such as blankets fee., and car rice off four of his horses. Had these white men been discovered, there ,s io dout hut all of them would liave been murdered. Lieut llarris arrived, bear. tig dispatch* es from Gen. Atkinson’s army to this place, escorted by Capt. F.. lies’s volun teer company of mounted men, who con , sented to remain after the main army was i disbanded. Major Henry, who commands n battal ion in the regiment of volunteers, accom panied the express. June 1 1. The detachment started back to Gen. Atkinson’s head quarters. Capt. Muugbs’s and Capt. Aldcnrnth’g companies, commanded liv Major Cump hell, left town in Mackinaw boats, for tlie purpose of dislodging a baud of Indians, supposed to Im on an island near the mouth of Plant river. This baud has done, and still cai.tiuues to do a great deal of mischief in this vicinity, Aui al though the.r iiiindwr i* pr ihaldv small, it is cmisiderrd of consequence, lluuoU |ie »and 4m damage they ln,o already doiic, tw
