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L/ CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
[ AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14.
i New York Election.
f The following are the reported majorities for
I Governor, as we find them in the slips received by
■ yesterday’s Express mail:
I For Sswaud.—New-York, 1000; Albany,
* 672; Ronscllacr, 580; Saratoga, 275; Schenec
tady, 72; Warren, 150; Esses, 500; Woshing
| ton, 11)00 ; Greene, all but two towns 150 ; Co
lumbia, all but one town, 39; Ulster, 1014;
f Dutchess, complete 585 ; Onondagua, 200; total,
| V 137.
ForManer.—Richmond, 12; Queen’s, 32;
King’s, 80; Westchester, 412; Sullivan, 106;
| Putnam, 500; Oneida, 450; Herkimer, 1100;
[ Orange, 147 ; Rockland, 450 ; Delaware, 800 ;
| total, 4087.
The slips all express the opinion that Sbwina,
is elected Governor. Some of them say it is be
yond doubt.
FOR CONGRESS.
,
Whigs.—Hoffman, Curtis, Grinnell, Monroe,
| | Johnson, Palen, Barnard, Hunt, Brown, Russel*
■P Tomlinson, and Wagner.—l 2.
Van Burenites.—Jackson, Montaync, Kemble,
Jones, Allen, Daily, Floyd, Brewster, and Pren
tiss.—9.
Last year in the same Districts—Whigs 3;
Van Burenites, 18.
The above arc said to be certain. It is also I
reported that Chittenden, (Whig) is elected in the
18th District, over Bronson, (V, B.) the present
member; and that Clarke, (Whig) is re-elected
in the 21 st District. It is also probable, that
Vanderpool, (V. B.) and Ely, (Conservative) arc
elected in the Bth District, and Messrs. Earl and
Rogers, (V. B.) in the 23rd District.
The slips express the opinion that the Whigs
have elected at least half the members of Congres,
in the State, if not a majority.
The Legislature, it is said, will no doubt, have
a Whig majority.
By the Western mail yesterday evening we re
ceived the Southern Recorder, containing a detail
■of the proceedings in the Legislature up to Mon
day evening, but we are compelled to lay them
over until to-morrow. They contain nothing of
special interest or importance. We give below
from the People’s Press, the proceedings of the Bth
inst., and the Standing Committees of the House.
Georgia Legislature.
November S.
Mr. Hines, of Baldwin, introduced a bill to ex
tend and continue the Western and Atlantic Rail
Road, authorized to be constructed from the Ten
nessee line, near the Tennessee river, to a point
on the south-eastern bank of the Chattaboochic
river, from the present terminus to the seat of
Government; —to appropriate money therefor, —
and to authorize other Rail Road Companies,
which now are, or may hereafter be incorporated,
to unite with the same.—Read the first time.
Mr. Rockwell introduced a bill to prescribe the
mode of making gifts of slaves.—Read the first
. time.
’ Also a bill to carry into effect the first section
of the third article of the Constitution, which an- i
thorizes the establishment of a Court for the cor
rection of errors.—Read first time. I
Mr. Berrien presented a petition from sundry
citizens of Burke county, praying to be added to
the county of Richmond.
Mr. Lamar introduced a bill to amend tire char
ter of the Monroe Rail Rond and Banking Com
pany, and to increase the capital.
Mr. Jenkins laid on the table a resolution to fur
nish the Clinch Riflemen with rifles.
Mr. Crawford of Richmond introduced a bill to
* amend the law regulating the intercourse between
the banks and other institutions, and brokers in
this state.
The following standing committees of the
House were announced this morning from the
_ Speaker.
A a... State of the Republic . —Messrs. Kelly of
* A Houston, Dougherty, Robinson, Stephens, Stal
- * 9 lings, Crawford of Columbia, Burnett, Moseley,
Shelton, Horton, Bateman, Statham, Turner of
) Monroe, Hubbard, Conner, Boyd, Stocks, Ham
,i;, ilton, Saussay, and Grier.
Judiciary. —Messrs. Meriwether, Kelly of
MBA Houston, Crawford of Richmond, Drysdalc, Jen
| 3k- kins, Tracy, Lamar, Shaffer, Toombs, Freeman,
f if®*•Stephens, Chatfield, Howard, Hardage, Rockwell,
iiSfi Fletcher, Hines, Stroud of Walton, Pryor, and
stfJKc.Sandford,
9B Petitions. —Messrs. Cono of Camden, McGuire,
Smith of Appling, McMillan, Patterson,
i Murphy, Richardson, Jones of Gilmer, Young,
pjHfcfSparks, and Laidlcr.
■ B To Examine Journals. —Messrs. Cono ol
|jP|Gtecne, Darden, Dobson, Stanley, Whiting, Stell,
and Rogers.
■Sffi**'; Enrolment. —Messrs. Fletcher, Prescott, Lowe,
’ln®BKiiig, Gaulding, Green of Lee, Reynolds, Webb,
HHBCain, Cross, Harper, and Dart.
Military. —Messrs. Clark, Seward, Drysdalc,
Hilliard, Meriwether, Delaperricrc, White
jHof Talbot, Rabun, Ball, Lockhart, Wellborn, Sul-
Watters, Warthen, Ash, Wilkinson, Cone
Camden, and Moseley.
\ Banks. —Messrs. Crawford of Richmond,
fH Brown, Porter, Lambeth, Vincent, Howard, Le
y !H1», Lamar, Clark, Collier of Pulaski, Bullock,
..iJßFitzpatriek, Whitfield, Clack, and Willingham.
I Printing. —Messrs. Bulloch, McArthur, An
tffiHpcrson, Stapler, Bowen, Maxwell, Cobh, Chester,
of Forsyth, Hurst, Awtry, Phillips, and
of Franklin.
Penitentiary. —Messrs. Bryant, Pittman of
Hhvinnett, White of Campbell, Bacon, Landrum,
Hlhapman, Carroll, Cunningham, Smith of Tatt-
Hammond, Hancock, Hunt, Hutchinson,
jWohnson, Jones, of Elbert, Cannon, McLeskey,
of Marion, Sumner, Franks, and Rawler-
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Interna/ improvement. —Messrs. Tracy, Rock
well, Shatter, Shaw, Gnar, Goodman, Coker,
Swift, Martin, Evans of Muscogee, Daniel of
Twiggs, Stroud of Clark, Renfroe, Smoad, Sars
nett, Kelly of Rabun, Lemon, Scarlet, Pitman of
Madison, Berrien, Ward, and Roberts.
Finance. —Messrs. Brown, Gunby, Neal of
Pike, McDowall, Wyatt, Powell of Monroe, Bry
ant, Daniel ofMadison, Hudson, Evans ofDcKalh,
Meadows, Arndt, Carr, Lcssicur, and Colkcr of
DeKalb.
Public Education and Free Schools. —Messrs.
Jenkins, Harris, Turner of Wilkes, Camp, Craw
ford of Harris, Dyer, Ford, Harralson, Fryer,
Hollingsworth, Jones of Washington, Street,
Rhodes, Byars, Hall, Watts, Harrison, White,
and Colley.
Important nu«l Interesting News.
Our Express Mail slips received yesterday morn
ing, bring us the news of the revival of the Cana
da war! The rebellion seems to have broken
out with great violence, and a bloody and pro
tracted struggle will, no doubt, ensue. Wo ex.
tract the following from the slips of the New
York Express and Herald:—
Canada War Renewed.
From the Burlington Free Press, Nov. 5.
We have to announce the important and thril
ling intelligence that the Canadian population k
again in arms. The news by last night’s boat
is, that a general and simultaneous rising of the
French population on this side of the St. Law
rence, has taken place, and that several small
posts had fallen into their hands t they had made
prisoners of the soldiers stationed at Napierville,
and secured a considerable amount of arms and
ammunition.
Bt. Johns, it was believed, would he attacked
last night, by a strong force, estimated at seven or
eight thousand. The utmost consternation pre
vailed at St. John’s, yesterday, and every means
■was put in requisition for the emergency. Capt.
Price’s sloop, the Daniel Webster, we understand,
■was not permitted to leave the port. Several o'
our citizens went down last evening.
This movement is said to lie headed by Robert
Nelson, Cote, Gagnion, Hotchkiss, and several
foreign military leaders.
All accounts speak of arms, ammunition, and
men in abundance.
From the Montreal Herald — Extra.
Monday morning, Nov. 5, 1838.
The events we have so often predicted, are now
matter of history—the Canadians have again
risen in open rebellion, evidently under more effi
cient organization, and Martial Law was yester
day proclaimed in this province, for the second
time in the short space of twelve months. Most
alarming intelligence reached town yesterday
forenoon, that the whole country was in a state
of insurrection, and that many loyalists have been
murdered in cold blood, in the county of Acadie.
Further accounts but 100 painfully corroborated
the previous rumor, and a considerable body of
troops was despatched to that county. The
steamer Princess Victoria, which took over a de
tachment of the Royal Artillery, on Saturday
afternoon, to Laparaire, was twice set on fire by
the rebels while at the wharf, but fortunately es
caped without much injury.
The loyalists in Lapraire, had ton minutes no
tice to leave the village, and getting on hoard the
steamer Brittania, they iiave arrived in town in
safety. Yesterday morning, about 3 o’clock, a
party of 400 rebels attacked the house of Mr. L.
Brown, at Bcauharnois, and, after about twenty
minutes fighting, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ellice, jr.M.P.
Mr. Norval, Mr. Ross, and the other Constitu
tionalists surrendered themselves prisoners, and
nothing more at present is known of their fate.
Mrs. Ellice, Miss Balfour, and the other females
in the house, at the time, took refuge iu the cel
lar during the engagement. Mr. Brown and Mr.
Ross, arc both wounded.
Yesterday forenoon, an Indian woman at the
village of Caughnawaga, who was seeking for a
stray cow, discovered a large body of armed men
in the woods, and gave information of the circum
stance to the Indians, who were then assembled
at church. They immediately seized what arms
they could procure, such as muskets, tomahawks,
and pitchforks, and giving the wharhoop, charged
their foes, who scampered off as fast as they could,
throwing down their arms as they fled. Seventy
five were taken prisoners, and brought into town,
handcuffed, by the Lachine cavalry. A conside
rable number of arrests were made yesterday,
among whom arc L. M. Vigor, the President of
the People’s Bank; D. B. Vigor, an ex-Legisla
tive Counccllor ; Charles Mondelet; John Done
gam ; C. S. Cherrier, and a great many other
leading rebels. The Volunteers were ordered
out, and vied with each other in doing their
duty with alacrity. They were appointed to
search every suspected house in the city and su
burbs fur arms, and they brought in a considera
ble supply.
It was remarked that in Canadian houses,
there were very few men to l>c seen, and it is sup
posed that th y arc not far off. The gates of the dif
ferent barricades were closed, and strong picqucts
placed to guard them. Reinforcements of troops
were sent to various quarters of the district. At
Bcauharnois the rebels took possession of the
steamer Brougham, on her way to Lachine, with
the mail on board. It is currently reported that
during the engagement, Mr. John McDonald,
while leading on a party of Dragoons against the
rebels, was shot dead, live bullets having pierced
his body. His Excellency Sir John Colhome,
arrived yesterday morning in the John Bull, and
issued the following Proclamation.
PnOVINCE OF } . ~,
Lowe,, Canada,
By His Excellency, Sir John Colhome, Knight
Grand Cross, of the Moat Honorable Military
order of the Bath, Administrator of (ho Gov
ernment of the Province of Lower Canada,
Lieutenant General iu Chief of Her Majesty’s
forces in the said Province, &c.
A PKOCLAMATION.
Whereas there exists in the District of Montre
al a traitorous conspiracy, by a number of persons,
falsely styling themselves Patriots, for the subver
sion of the authority of Her Majesty, and the de
struction of the established constitution and gov
ernment of the said Province ; and whereas the
said traitorous conspiracy hath broken out into
acts of the most daring and open rebellion ; and
whereas the said rebellion hath very considerably
extended itself, insomuch that large Itodies of
armed traitors have openly arrayed themselves,
and have made, and do still make, attacks upon
Her Majesty’s subjects, and have committed the
most horrid excesses and cruelties.
And whereas in the parts of the said District in
which the said conspiracy hath not yet broken
out in open relrcllion, large numbers of such per
sons, so calling themselves Patriots, for the execu
tion of such their wicked designs, have planned
means of often violence, and formed arrangements
for raising and arming an organized and discip
-1 lined force, and in furtherance of their purposes
havp frequently assembled in great and unusual
numbers; and-whereas the exertions of The Civil
Power are ineffectual for the suppression of the
aforesaid traitorous and wieked Conspiracy and
Rebellion, and for the protection of the lives and
properties of Her Majesty’s loyal subjects.
And whereas the Courts ol Justice in the said
District of Montreal have virtually ceased to exist,
from the impossibility of executing any legal pro
cess ol arrest therein, and whereas ns the public
safely requires that Law Martini should bo exer
cised; NOW THEREFORE, I have thought fit,
by and with the advice and consent of Her Majes
ty s Executive Council of this Province to issue
this Proclamation to the end that it may be made
manifest, that I shall arr -st and punish, and cause
to be arrested and punished, all persons who have
hitherto, or who now or hereafter may be in any
wise acting, aiding, and assisting in the said Con
spiracy and Rebellion, and who hereafter may lie
in any wise acting, aiding, or assisting in any
other conspiracy and rebellion within the said
District of Montreal, according to MARTIAL
LAW, either by death or otherwise, as to me shall
seem right and expedient, for the punishment of
all rebels in the said District.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of Arms, at
the Government House in the city of Mon
treal, in the Province of Lower Canada, the
fourth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty-Eight, and in the second year of Her
Majesty’s Reign.
By His Excellency's Command,
Tiios. Lkigii Goidix,
Acting Secretary of the Province.
The Montreal Light Infantry, is ordered to
meet this day, at 1 o’clock, precisely, at the Mon
treal Bank, and it is essentially requisite that the
muster be not only numerous, but punctual. Let
not a single man absent himself, or be behind the
hour. The Volunteers are all placed, from yes
terday, on full and permanent pay, with allow
ances, the same as the soldiers of the line.
We understand that Sir John Colborne, has
sent to the Lower Provinces, for additional aid.
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The Winchester Virginian says that a violent
assault was made on W illiam Brent, a citir.cn of
that place, on Friday last, by a negro man suppo
sed to be a runaway, under the following circum.
stances:
Mr. Brent had been out on a hunting excur
sion, and was returning home through a woods,
but a short distance from town, accompanied by
two little boys, when he came across the negro,
who was lying asleep on the ground, covered
with leaves. He awakened him, and after some
conversation, the negro desired hint to show him
the way to town, when Mr. B. told him to follow
him, and unsuspectingly went on, the negro fol
lowed, close behind. He had not proceeded far,
however before his ride was suddenly wrenched
from his shoulder by the villain, who knocked him
down, and then indicted five or six severe stabs
with a dirk upon his body. Before the alarm
could be raised, the. negro made his escape and
has since eluded all search. Mr. 1). was conveyed
to a neighboring farm house, where he is still ly
ing in a very critical situation.
The condition of the Money market and trade
of Philadelphia is thus referred to in Bickncll’s
Reporter of last week.
The favorable change in the Money Market
noticed in our last, has not been permanently sus
tained, although the fading generally is much bet
ter than it was a fortnight nice. Hope and con
fidence with regard to the future continue to
strengthen. Business is still /cry animated, and
ships continue, to arrive from England and France,
laden with (lie rich and costly products of those
countries. Our canals and reil-roads arc still
characterised by all the signs of life and activity ;
and will so continue until the gold weather has
permanently set in. Philadelphia was never in a
sounder or more wholesome condition than at this
moment. A bankruptcy of any serious extent
has not occurred for months; wliile the transac
tions which daily take place between business
i men, are of a character to show that here at least
, commercial credit is still of the most unblemished
1 kind. New buildings are springing up in the
, outskirts, and real estate of every description with
. in the immediate limits of the city and county, it
, still advancing, or if not advancing commands fan
. if not iilteral prices. Towards the north am
, northwest in particular, these cheering indication
s arc especially visible—indeed, we cherish the be
lief that eight or ten days hence there will not Ik
half a dozen lots vacant ground, on either of tin
• streets between Race and -Spruce streets, runtime
| from the Schuylkill to the Delaware. Philadel
: phia is already a great and growing city ; hut un
, less we greatly mistake, her palmiest days are ye!
. to come.
From the Mobile Commercial Advertiser.
’ AI.AII.MIVO STATIC OF AVFAIKS IN MISSOIIIU
■ —Slips from St. Louis of the Ist inst. were re
’ ccived yesterday, which were, filled with details
statements of the Mormon difficulties on tin
’ Western frontier. The storm which has beei
, for some time gathering has burst forth— civil
' war has commesckii, iilooi> spirits,and grea
t consternation end excitement prevails throughon
the. Slate. We publish below some extracts
[ which will show what these fanatics arc doing
j and the intense excitement which ticrvadcs tin
State.
I From the Missourian.
Tub Mohmovs—Worse Tuorntr,.—An ex
press to the Governor passed through this phici
on Wednesday, hearing authentic intelligence o
renewed aggressions on the part of this devilisi
t or deluded people. We have not room for tin
various depositions, (copies of which arc in oui
■ office) and must needs content ourselves with t
- relation of their substance. They are, to the es
i feet, that men, women and children are driver
from their homes and their beds on Davies, inti
the snow of the prairies—sometimes withou'
, even the preparation of shoes for the young ones I
Houses have been burned—the county town
’ (Gallatin) was burned, (including the Post Office
and County Treasury)—the civil magistrates an
defied, and the sword and the scymctar arc made
to represent alike the law and the fact, —the right
and the remedy !
We have done with counsel, because it might
lie again unheeded, if not rebuked—and wc hence
• conclude our notice with a copy of the letter of ti
respectable subaltern, addressed to the Comman
der.in-(Jhief. His name is withheld in consider
ation, alone, of the Terror of the Times —but wc
have his written authority to give it up to any one
who may feel himself aggrieved. Even the liesl
disposed people may leant, anon, that devils can
only lie fought with fire.
hxtracl of a letter to the Governor, from Davies
Count//.
Sir—l deem it my duly, made so not only from
| the law, as an officer, hut also as an individual,
| to report and make known to your Excellency,
I the unheard <>l, unprecedented conduct, and high* I
I handed proceedings of the Mormons of this and I
c Caldwell county, lieing myself ona of the sull’orers.
1 On Monday, the 16th insl., wo learned that i
1 the Mormons were collecting in Far West, for ,
the purpose of driving what they termed the mob
I from Davies; by which we understood the eiti- ,
, r.cns who are not mormons ; and accordingly they i
have come and onr worst apprehensions have ,
c bean already fulfilled, j
1 hey have plundered, robbed, ami burned i
;, every' house m Gallatin, (our country seat,)
among the. rest our post office. They have driven 1
e almost every individual into the country, who are
c now (lying before them with tlieir families—many 1
e of whom have been forced out without their or- ,
c dinaiy clothing;—their wives and little children '■
f wading in many instances through the snow, even ,
- without their shoes. When the miserable fami
e lies are thus forced from their homes, they plun
y der and burn their houses. This, they are making !
ti universal throughout the country. They have ■
j burned lor me, two houses. Think this not an
II exaggeration—for all is not told; and for the truth
'f of all and every statement hero made, I pledge
the honor of an officer and a gentleman,
t P. S. The amount of property of various kinds
i- stolen or destroyed at this time, is not less titan
c $20,000, and the whole is still going on.
r
r From the St. Augustine Herald, we publish
the following extracts from the MS. of the late
Ge0..1. F. Clarke, Esq. Mr. Q. was n native of
Florida, ami enjoyed opportunities of studying
the character and marking the course of the Indi
ans of an age back, ol whom we have ever had
but meagre accounts.
• • • • •
Mounds of sand, not very large, hut evidently
e formed by the hands of man, arc frequently found
aliout the country. If these have been incmcn
ol the dead, from their great age and deficiency
ol preserving qualities, no organics are to be found
s •*' them. A solitary occurrence, however, pre-
I aents itself in favor of that belief. In searching
one of them, 1 found a crucifix of six inches in
length, on a cross of ten inches, both of brass,
t and well wrought; and in the same place anuin
,f her of large jet lieads, which, no doubt, had formed
a Catholic rosary, attached to the cross; hut no
bones, or other vestige of man was there. Those
- had certainly belonged to a Catholic missionary,
hut might have got there by accident. lam more
.. inclined to believe that those, sand-mounds were
land marks, dividing the territorial claims of
y tribes or clans, for they are generally found bear
t< ing at cardinal points from each other, remote from
,j good natural land marks, and raised in eonspicu
p vus situations.
n Their mode, [the Indian] of preparing the dead
v for burial is very remarkable. The chin of the
[. corpse is bro’t down to the breast, the knees up to
t the cars, the heels to the seat, and the arms across
,1 over the shins, forming ns round a hulk as possi
n hie, and the whole well lashed with cords, to pro
„ serve their situation and in this manner they
ii were buried in a sitting posture.
d * * * *
j The intrepid bravery and tender affections of
r , one of those Indians, are Mrikiisgly "VBTtfled in tbu,
following anecdote, rawing toksn refuge for
some time in the City of Bt. Augustine, and got
the name of Peter, he removed his residence to
** Anastotia’s Island, which makes the harbor of
s the city, employed as a hunter by Mr, Fish, an
English gentleman, who owned that island, and
who gave it celebrity h> llie culture of the sweet
orange. Peter being absent, a party of his ene
mies crossed the rive., surprised his habitation,
and murdered his wits and two children. On his
return he did not hesitate a moment on the course
! to pursue; he fastened up his house containing
‘ the dead, repaired to Hr. Fish's dwelling neat by,
*’ to borrow a gun he knew that Mr. Fish had had
‘j made with a large, bore, expressly fur shooting
' ducks in large (locks. In tills Peter put an uu
’ common load of buck shot, and getting into his
B canoe, proceeded up the river, all alone, about sis
‘ l miles to a creek on the main, os though instinct
B had pointed out to him the way they went, lie
| had not ascended tha creek fa*' when a distant
smoke, curling above the forest, apprised him of
,s an Indian camp. He landed, and taking his
j course through the woods of a hostile country,
1 discovered four Indian men sitting on a log side
lC by side, and a fifth nearly, employed in cooking:
!” he circled round so as to bring the fourin a range,
ls crept up close, fired, threw down his gun, and
1 j rushed up with his tomaliawk. The report, the
I fall of four Indians, and Peter’s presence, armed
,s with such a weapon and not very pleasant conn
tenanee, were so sudden and impressive, that the
* one who was cooking neither attempted defence
II or fliglit, and became an easy prey to vengeance.
? 13y this time he found that one of the fallen was
but wounded, and was endeavoring to reach his
arms, but Peter had the advantage in being al
ready armed.—On searching, he found the sculps
of his wife and children stretched and hung out
to dry, which he brought off, with several articles
of his property they hud stolen, some of their
arms, and the scalp of the five Indians ho had
B . killed, the greatest of atrophies, in the conception
ij of the Indians; returned home and buried his
u . wife and children, thesame evening; and literally
pined to death over their grave. This anecdote
[L I had from Mr. Fish, who pointed out to me poor
•it Peter’s grave.
About the your 1750, a chief appeared among
Ji) the Weminoles, named Beacoflue, who pitched his
g, head quarters at Alachua, about seventy miles
i ( , south west of Cit. Augustine. Noted lor his vio
lent passions, active and vindictive mind, and
that subtle cunning which constitutes, in savage
conceptions, an essential part of the hero; and
, c combining with the fears of ferocity, the sedue
,,p lions of oratory, he held supreme influence over
u his people, and directed the whole to the point he
1C pleased.
Jr This Indian hero, who was the king, and rnsy
a he styled the founder of the Ueminole nation, had
p. sworn prqietual enmity to the Spaniards; and
n certainly gave them more uneasiness in Florida
() than all other Indians; nor did he relax his ani
lt mosity while the Spaniards continued in Florida
, —until 1703. lint to the English, during their
_ occupancy, until 1784, tie was a valuable ally.
, e Nor did twenty odd years absence of the Spanish
• e Government modify the virulence of his feelings
l c towards them, for on hearing that those provinces
lt were receded to Spain, he repaired to St. Augus
tine for certain information ; and on being con vin
lt ccd of the reality, he returned home meditating
e vengeance. He had embodied a largo force, and
;l disposed for its march in a few days, when he
j. was overtaken by a fever, that eventually saved
much bloodshed. His violent exertions, in the
c middle of summer, had been more than his advan
„ ccd age of seventy could licar. Finding himself
;t fast approaching to the land of spirits he called
„ for his two sons, Payne and Bowlegs, and having,
in a long and pathetic speech, unfolded his plans
to the former, who was to succeed him as king,
* charged him to continue the expedition he had
on foot; and closed with requiring of him to kill
o for him fourteen Spaniards, saying that himself
I, and kindred had, with their own hands, killed
', eighty six, and that without the completion of |
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tlu>. huiulml, he ami they had vowed to the (ireat
Spirit, their spirits could never rest in peace.
Payne, who succeeded hint, was of another
character, mild, hut deeided, and noted for wis
dom and veracity, ho pursued other measures.
His care was the happiness of his people; and his
examples and councils soon relaxed, in a great
measure, the savage ferocity of his warriors the
conduct and precepts of his father had so greatly
increased. The hatchet tilled against the return
ing Spaniards was laid by ; and with his prineipal
men, Payne repaired to St. Augustine, on a friend
ly 'isil, at the first invitation from that govern
ment, where ho was received with great cordiality.
Talks were exchanged, presents made, and a
general meeting at Pensacola to form a treaty of
incorporation, arranged; and which treaty was
concluded on the first of June, 1784.
The history from that period would afford hut
little of interest to the present object. A few
jKirtinl’liniili with live Spaniards; some scenes of
rapine ami bloodshed with southern frontier in-"
habitants of Georgia; and two invasions from
tlie United States. They are now reduced to a
handful of scattered, dejected, and extremely im
poverished beings, more sinned against than sin
ning.”
J he following instances of Seminole heroism,
however,,ore worth mentioning. In a skirmish
between a party of Spanish troops and Indians,
Tohopahnny, a chief, was severely wounded hy n
load of buck shot. Ho got over it for some years,
but becoming disordered from the effects of Ins
wounds, ami it being the opinion of his friends
that it would at. length occasion his death, he ex
claimed, “It shall not be said that I was killed hy
a Spaniard!”—and deliberately hung himself.
Penhajo, a young man of respectable standing,
had for years sought retaliation of another Indian
who had killed one of his near relations—a for
feit invariably claimed in such eases, whether
death had been accidentally inflicted or hv design,
and the non-obtainance of which entails disgrace
on the family of the deceased, while it disturbs
the spirit in the distant country to which it has
gone. Penhajo had made several long travels in
vain; he could procure no tidings of his enemy.
His mother became impatient, and upbraided him
in public with want of energy in seeking the
. tribute due tire departed spirit, and her feelings.
She railed him an old woman: the most indignant
epithet of the Indian language that can Ire applied
to a warrior; (the harangues of old women com
mand great respect, and have much influence on
youth. Penhajo, having coolly heard her through,
brought out Iris rifle, and replied that there was
nothing now left, for him, hut to prove, hy sending
his spirit to keep company with the deceased, that
he hail done all ho could"; and Ural lie was not
an old woman, hula warrior; he should therefore
leave to some one of his younger, hut more fortu
nate relatives, to seek the[rovengo fate hud denied
to him. And immediately putting his toe on the
trigger, launched himself into eternity.
During the invasion of East Florida, in 1812,
while the City of St. Augustine was besieged, the
enemy marched to tire reduction of the Indian
I settlements of Alachua, and had entrenched him
self m that section of the province. King Payne
called a council of his principal warriors, but
finding that dismay at their hopeless situation
jK'rvadsd the whole, he thus addressed them:
It In true, rrr, hare 1,0 assistance V> CXpeCt
from the Spaniards, nor quarters from tlur enemy,
who is too powerful for us to withstand; such,
then as wish f„ move off and abandon their nil
may do so, and ought to do so quickly. But it
shall not he said that the son of Heeoffee deserted
his lathers grave. To-morrow I will attack their
cnlrem Inncnl with such as may follow me. I
may full, hut not with disgrace.” About one
hundred followed him to the field; they assailed
the enemy three times, mid were as often beaten
baek; and finding that he could not bring on his
men the fourth time, he rode up and down within
the lire cl the enemy, courting support from the
one side; or death from the oilier; and in this
act was shot from his horse. His men then rushed
on to the recovery of the body, which they ef
fected, and fled precipitately.
Hueli men, under other circumstances, would
fire the magazine, rather than give up the ship.
ITrt itti n States Sunatoii.—The result of
the special elections in this Htate for members of
the Legislature nettles the question as to a United
Htales Senator, hikl if the Whig members are
united, Mississippi will he represented by a Whig
iii the 17. S. Semite.—Judge Trotter rested all
his hopes upon the election in his own county,
but lie has been beaten fairly and honorably ; and
in all probability he will decline a rc-eleetiou.—
Mi. Southern Argus,
AUi von.—lt is said that Judge Trotter has
sent'in his resignation as U. Whites Senator. We
were not. prepared, for this, hut presumed that the
result of the electron in this county would induce
him to withdraw his name as a candidate for re
election. We can hardly believe the rumor, hut
in a week or two we shall know certainly what
course the Judge intends pursuing.— iioul/iern
Mi. Argus.
Wreck or Tin; Portsmouth. —We learn
from (Japt. Wilkins of the Accomack packet, that
a quantity of goods have been gotten out of the
Portsmouth, and a i.uiiiber of articles have drifted
on shore. Several persons are still engaged in
saving such of the cargo as can he got at. Mr.
Trade Jacob, a respectable farmer of Accomack
County, lifter loading his boat from the wreck,
in attempting to reach the shore, was drowned hy
’the swamping of tire boat.
A number of our citizens who had goods on
board the Portsmouth, left hero on Tuesday last
for the wreck, and if the weather continues mod
erate they may probably succeed in saving many
articles.— Norfolk Ihuam.
M ARfNE INTELLKiBNCE.
Charleston, November 13.
Arrived yesterday —Ship Vamlalia, Soule, Jialti
more ; ship Harriet and Jessie, McKown, Balti
more; barque Alasco, I.eCraw, boston; U I. brig
Moses, firown, New York ; sclir Antelope, Gilford,
Philadelphia.
Cleared —Ship Manchester, Jfowitt, Havre.
Went to sea yesterday —Scbr Empire, Southwiek,
SI Augustine; steam packet Georgia, Hollins, Bai
tituorc.
Savannah, November 12.
Cleared —Brig Win Taylor, Hoey, New York;
sclir Doris, Perry, Mobile.
Arrived —ShipCelia, liuekman. New York; ship
Plymouth, Kendrick, Boston ; hr Madison, liulklcy,
New York ; steam boat Duncan MacKac, Colvin,
Augusta; steamboat Chatham, Wray, Augusta.
At Cockspur —Brig Falcon, from New York.
Departed, —Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta.
"VTOTICE.—AH persons indebted to Win. Glover,
it late of Hichtriond county, deceased, arc re
quested to come forward and make payment, and
those having demands against the same arc notified
to present them pioperly authenticated, within the
(dne prescribed by law, JOHN KONI'KIi,
I November 14, lojs, bw Adiuioistra o
f uii u. —mu kj:j.
MARRIED.
In Laurens confity, Geo. on the evening of the
htli mxt. by the Rev. H. VV. Johnson, Col. Kf.nrv
P. Jones, of Burke ro. to Mrs. Makv L. Wn rs
In Jefferson county, Geo. on the evening of ’the.
llth mst, by the Rev. 11. W. Johnson, Mr. Tiios.
P. Brown, to Mrs. Harriet Taylor.
DIED.
On the 25th nit. at Warrcntoa, Mis-;., i.i the 20tb
rear of his age, Doctor John At. Gabonr.a, son of
Janies Gardner, Esq. of this cily.
IAND FOR SALK.— i:t77 acres of fine Onk and
i Hickory Land fur sale, lying in Burke county
and on the eight mile branch, filter:i miles from’
Waynesboro’, and ten or twelve miles from the
Central Rail Rond, adjoining lands of Col. Cinbh
«m. K. Evans, Gov. Schley, and others. There i ’
between 200 and 300 lines cleared, eighty acres of
new ground, a dwelling house, nog.u houses, and
cotton (iin house. Persons wishing to buy will do
well by applying to me nine miles above Waynes
boro. Terms liberal. 1 will go with any otic and
show the land when required,
nov l l wtjal ELIJAH BVNK.
C T Ihe Constitutionalist will publish the above
weekly until firstof January.
<jLL/4fi REWARD.—StoIen from the snbseri—
ber’s wagon, on the night of the sth iust.
8 miles lielow Warrenton. on the road to At ne.d,
a likely large lllark Horse MULE, ul out live years
old, with some white hair in his fore.head, considera
bly shaved with the harness, and galled on the left
shoulder •, fresh shod. 1 will give the above rewin d
for the apprehension of the thief, if a white man or
ten dollars for the mule without the thief.
„ A JAMES GRIGGS.
Eatonton, Putnam county,?
November 14, 1838.’ S w4l
NOTICE. —The subscriber will, on the 12(h
day of December next, offer for sale at public
auction, at his plantation, thirteen miles above.
Augusta, and on the road leading to Columbia
court house, unless previously disposed of at private
sale, a quantity of corn and fodder, seed oats and
peas, pork, stock hogs, and cattle, plantation tools,
colon gin, steel saws and breast, cotton seed, &c.—
and if circumstances seem to justify a belief that a
sacrifice will not accrue, at the same time and place,
otter «i part or the whole ot his stock of horses,
among which arc a pair or twoof carriage horses, or
horses either for draft or saddle, a line three year
old Bertrand stud eolt, and his dam, now in foal by
Timon or Young Buzzard, anda splendid llnscombc
filly, seven or eight months old, out of the same
dam; she was by; Adonis, and out of a Janus mere ;
Adonis was by old Potomack, and I think Col. Wil
liams informed me mil of a Whip mare. Terms
will he known at sale.
nov 14 wtds lIARMONG LAMAR. c.
IAW NOTICE.—J. J. |t. FLOURNOY has
A opened a Law Office in Waynesboro, Burke
county. He will attend to any business intrusted
to Ins rare with promptness and despate h
IIOV 10 win.
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY.
THE next term of this Institution will commence
on the first Monday in January next, at which
tunc applications for admission will be received
and examination of candidates take place.
The Faculty consists of
Wev. C. P. Reman, Preaidenland Professor of Chem
istry and Natural Philosophy.
“ S - K - Tai.mauoe, Professor of Ancient Lau
gunges.
” C. W. How Ann, Professor of Mora I Philosophy,
Rhetoric, and Evidences or t iirisiiiinicy
N. M. Crawford, Professor of Mathematics.
The Primary and Academic departments v. ill he
under the charge of Air. It. Ramsey. late of \n
gusta, as Rector, a gentleman of well known quali
fications—assisted m the Classical anil English de
partments by competent Teachers. The baenltyol
the College will exercise a supervisory power ovei
these deportments.
The Students of the College will hr expected to
lodge in the Dormitories.
Ample arrangements arc made for boardin ’-, Ate
Tbe rule requiring the tuition in advance’can in
no case, be dispensed with.
Ry order of (lie Hoard,
nov 12 S. K. TA LMA D(; E, Kenetan-
SALE, my Plantation, in Richmond coun
ty, fifteen miles from Augusta, on the road
leading to Murphy's Bridge. || contains 1 30 J
acres, upwards of 500 acres of which is cleared and
under good fence. It is in a line stale for a good
crop, near 4fio acres of if. being low land, raid the
whole of It was uncultivated last year.
Mr. N. Murphy, who lives adjoining the planta
tion, will show it and make known Pie price.
may Mr. Benton Walton, of the United Stales Ho
tel, he called upon to learn Ihc price ; and 1 will he
in Augusta from 22d of this month until "Dili next
month, DAVID TAVLOI!, Jr.
P, S. If the plantation should not be sold I y Pa.
Ist day Os January, it will (bin he nailed I \ Mi,
Morphy for one year. sw7w nov 12
CO-PA UTXERSHIP.
T HIE undersigned having taken A. ROW LA ND
into partnership, (he IDA It KHOIiS K AM'
COMMISSION IJUSNIESS nail ha conducted on*
der the firm ol ISaird ty Howland, alter Isi ol t h a u
her next. HhNJ. II At ItD
sept. 18 :o
PORT WINE, WHISKEY, Ac.
o#| hhlH Mon nguhela Whisk'y
25 bhl» superior Pori W ;no
BH) coils Bale Rope Jnsi received and for
sale by W. E & J U. J AGE SON,
Oclolier 1 A in iioneers.
LAW OFFICE.
fIIHE BUbaeriber lias removed his office to lie
X bouth room, beeoml floor, in lie I'-'s o
range,where lie can at all times |,e found and ios,.
sillied by those who may need Ins services, and will
honor him wiih tin ir confidence
sept 5 3mdtr&iv WM. W. HOLT,
BOARDING. — A few genlii'iaea ian be .tc
eoromodolcd vvi h board and lodgimr at Mo.
J. Carrie’s, on Broad-sired, m xi duo above li.u
Bridge Bank.
Mrs. C. can also accommodate n few tran
sient boarders. U net 25
■ Twenty Dollar* Itoward.
/L?) Rannwny from tl-.n snhenher, nbonl a
monlh since, a negro girl by ili > ninini
xTjEjWof A Jihciisiiie, likely, aid idioni si\-
fjJSjjyY teen years ol age. 'J’lio almvn icwnrd
will lie paid (or her appiebeiisien and
—delivery to .1. P. Sl/1 K
inig 27 Irwlf
ttPLKNDI I) FRENCH PRINTS.
HNOWDEN At SHEAR have imimliln
day from Ni tv York, a large snpi ly ofs; lendal
French Prints of the latest Paris stiles, also Rich
Embroidered Table ami Piano Colors and a grenl
variety of other nrlieles suilalile t<>r ihe picscnl sea •
son, to which they respectfully invito the ntttuition
of the public. ect 25
Georgia, Richmond country ;
William Fuller, J Superior ( 'corf, .tune Term,
vs j 1«33.
Jam'b Kecsiile, ? '
Orlando Saltmarsh, ) In Equity :
and John McLean. J Did lor Relief. Ate,
IT appearing to the Court I lint James lice-idn re
sides oul ofilio state ol Georgia, that Orlando
Saltmarsh resides out of Richmond county, and
(bat said lull has ni l (icon served on said tlejeml
nnts. It is orff-red ihat,said defendants appearand
answer in said bill, on or before the first day of,he
next firm.
It is further ordered tlint this rule he published
mcmtl ly for five months in one of the gazettes of tho
cily of Augusta.
A true extract from I ho minutes.
JAMES McLAWS,tluk-
July 26, 1839. mom