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He act up the most piercing and dreadful crie* that fearevei; uttered ? I may well term them dreadful, for fhey haauted my sleep for years af- ? ter wards.. As the murderers, or ex ecutioners, cull thern as you WllJ, dragged him along, he recognized iue eveu in that moment of horror, i and exclaimed, in the last articulate words, I ever heard lum utter. " O Mr. Osbaldistone, save me ! save me ' " I was so much moved !>y tlie \ horrid spectacle, that, although in a momentary expectation of sharing liis fate, I did attempt to speak id his behalf, but, as might have been ex pecte<J, fay interference was sternly disregarded. The victim was held fast by #oinc, while others, binding a large heavy stone in a plait! tied it ro jnd his *cck, anil others again eagerly, stripped hiin of part of his dVess. Half nakqd and thus mana-4 cled, they Uurrifcd liim into the lake, there about twelve feet deep, drown- < ing his last death shriek with a loud halloo of vtodfctive Uiumph, above whicli, bovver, the Jfett of ^tnttkal agony wnf 4L*tinctly, Jicatd? Thr heavy burthen plashed.iu the dark hlite waters tif the lake, and the litfelir landers, ^j^^Seir, pole-axes artd v Swords, watched ah instant to guard, lest exftk&ti&g himself from the load ! attached, he might haVe alr^gled to regain the shore. But th a knot had been' securely bound; the victim sunk^ without effort ; the i?}tled calmly over hinvand the unit of that fife for which he liad plead ed so strongly was tbrevefr withdrawn^ from the of human existence. Camwtt <?5ajette. . cir 2 1 . INDIAN NJ5W8. Late from the Seat of War* '?*> We received the following melan choly intelligence by the lust southern - mail/ being the -latest acaHiito Soni the Indian frontiers; It presentsi a must gloomy picture of the state <of affaire in that quarter. Should the fears expressed regarding genera) Gaines prove true, and i he .unfortu nately have fallen into the han^s of , his savage enemies, hi* fate is inevit able ? bis death only w ill satisfy their ruthless ferocity, The intelligence hoWeVe* may rib! prove' trug^Jhv, Millpr ikay have been Mi&ifojae<fc | Tlve account tinder the; ^awtlle date we have, nolielief in. ? Tel. I^fe are indebted to the politeness ) of DlvJAitter, (of South Carolina,) for the f<ffltiwht? nupkasatit intclli p;&ncc, which he heard a) Fok Mitch ell a few days ago. In consequence of information received from the com manding officer at Fort Bcott of the scarcity of provisions *nd dlrisatis factfofl tit troops, Beh. Gaines, accomiwiieu Hy Major Wright, and several soldiers, embarked fti I' hituiII boat at Fort Early, with the inters . tion of going to Fort Bcott; but when within about it) miles<of their plaice of destination, the boat * struck a sawyer, and precipitated all on hoard into tb<vriyer. Major Wright and w^ne ,tif (& soldiers were drowned. General Gaines reacted the western, , and otic tff the ioldier* the other bank of ttie rivers The fitter Re paired to Fort Sco& with the news of ibis disaster, and Major Bee with a party rf soldiers immediately went in t*o aith bf tKe General.-#They found written with a pencil oil a free, next, hear Inhere the boat was wrecked hp? intention df jfrocceding to Fort Gainer, at which place he bad not arrived seme days after the boft was wrecked.? -It is generally fen red he has fatten Into tlie hands' of the Indiana 'vVAaX- ; ' . -y . MUedgeuille Reflectory 11 th hist . Augusta* Ma rah II. The unfortunate disaster which in yft'ul to have befallen gen. Gaifies and his little party , we liope will prove unfounded. Indeed, then*, is vague ness in the inteligence, as < ornmnni < n(e<i, which renders it, at least, im probable. We do not think that. gen. Itrt'meM would entrust his safety to sT.'%?\ ill an e>cort, when it \\a )s WflU known that, the Lank? of the river from a little below the Ageucy to Fort Sit)tu (a distance of nearly 200 miles) were lined with scouting parties of the enemy. The recent fate of lieut Scott, 6u the Appalachicota, it w al so prosufbed, would have warned the General against so rash an eiiter priz*\ The communication with Fort Scott has become so dangerous, that the boits which descend the river from tWt Eawrence, are compelled to construct bulwarks of plank, hiph Gr than the heads of the men, to pro tect them from the tire of the enemy. Even this precaution has been nearly rendered useless by the ingenuity of the savages ? for finding they can I make no iiripressioil upon the bul wark, they direct tliair fire ugamst tlie oar* of the boat , w ith such cer "taiuty, that they ?t>oo destroy them, : $ad if sufficient changes of oars have not been pmvided, the boat is in dan ger of be i 112; wrecked by a sawyer, or of falling into the hands of the ene my. . *-x'y tm ? I| Nashville, Feb. 3. INDIANS. An Orleans paper states Foit Crawford on the Florida frontier ha.4 been star rued by the Iudians, and the garrison butchered. , It is said more men have been lost in the late rencotthtera-ttan were killed in the wh#le Creek war. - ?Five hundred Cherokees are desi rous of going with Jackson to fight the Senmioies, ... ? .i Q v - February 7. . ? We learn tliat the Cherokees are Very dissatisfied \Vith the fate of their missions to Washington citv, and a great part of them in their anger liave resolved to leave the country aud go to th$ west' of the Mississippi riven ..Wehopc their ire will last until they make their exit and leave to the )>6ople of Georgia a rich country, wltich they will appropriate to more useful purposes than it lias been here ; ? ^ ^ Whilst on this subject we cannot refrain from renewing thp enquiry if mftking is to be clone with the Chicka saw. Indians? Tliey have nearly one half iitigrated to the >vest of the Mississippi in a few JTears, aud we are assured if encouraged many more would *o: Those remaining dp hot roiint of every, kind 001) men, and liave a front on the Mississippi of dOO miles, wjth an hut* of 0 iriillious of acres of laud; inferior to none in points of soil and- Convenience in the union. 1 ^rfete to til cm the same measure the -?rokees receive, and instead of each Indian having 100 thousand a cre* to roam over, *ome of the whites will haw A renting placc. Thirty-five years Hgo tlie state of NortJi-Caroli-j jut sold, to defrfty Iter expenses in" tpe revolutionary war, a snyill part of thw land, tod coil^rary to law and justice the pijrehasevs, by the strong arm of power,: are kept out of their Iteta o this day. The Chickasaws on tlie Arkensas are said to pt-efrr whet? they j^je, to the east or (he Mississippi, and we know no good reason why half a Ih^etf Indians, because they are contrat-y^ should 1 >e permitted to occupy several millions of acres, belonging to their tflbe n common, and that trit>e in lieu of it occupying other public lands. It \% nothing but common justice the In dians to the east of the M is river should divide with fh? United - Slaves. Did the Indians occupy the land lay io^ in Kentucky or Tennessee: did a single hut iriiCftd on it ; or did a solitary huiitef make any use of it, it inight be an objection to the white people hating it; but ritf such reason can be taken ? into the consideration, as it is fln evftire waste of (fcrtile land. Considering the price at which cotton lauds fell, there can be no douU that - if tlie' ofRcers of the general govern ment have jnftkre done to the people, that at least fifteen millions of dollars may he raised from the, sale of. the lands now of right belonging to the United ^tites.. y %i . \ Colbert and tliren or four others 'will probably at first o;tpose( the ar rangement sn^^ested,' but ftifey have sq long lived on .the crumbs of the A \ mm-Lcans, that as soon as they a^er tain the government to be in onme^t, their opposition will cease. Cojtert is an artful fellow, and has a notion ; that in proportion to the distance, he - can Jteep tlie white settlements off, his his own. consequence with, his tribe is pre*?erved, hut as a prudent father has .sdnnetim^s to mortify his loving children, so if Colbert's father, the President, should humble, him a I little, he, as a good child, will sub- I init without a murmur. 1 In a national point of view, the &c- I coiuplishment of this object is bi^tly I importanUotlie whole western people. J Once authorize settlements on the I eastern hank of the Mississippi, and I there wil) in a very short time be a I connected sefclement on II, affording | relief and comfort to unfortunate voy a- I gers, on the most dangerous part of I the river. Many a poor fellow 1 vis J been lost to his friends and country* I in consetpleuce of being cast on \his J I friendless shore From what has reached us we I have no doubt if tlie Tennessee dele- I gation do, their duty, they will be I supported by all the western members, I and the President will do what of I right he ought to do.-^-With the peo- j pie it rests to press tlie subject on their I representatives, and requiring them 1 in their turn to press the government I to act without delay. To the people I of Teuness^e, the accomplishment of I this object is of vital importance.? I Whilst nearly every state and territo- J ry in tlie west have had & large acces- I $ion of teritory jaince the last census, I to entire emigration, and the blood | of Tenncsaeeans has plentifully flown I to obtain it, nothing of comparative I importance has been done i'oV this I state. The fairest portion of it is still I uninhabited, and unless something J is sooner done, this state must sink I at the uext census irt the scale of the I najiou, as numbers alone give weight I iu the national balance. To every I statesman the increase of the [>opula- j tiofiof hiscountr^is the first pointto he I accomplished, we sincerely hope J our .members will bear in mind that I an American population is only fixed I where it. is Its interest to remain, and I itr the object now sought be not a< com- I plished, many wflt remove, ?t is said the lajid sold the two last I weeks a t Huntsville amounts to about I -three millions of doll ars. Only ele- I veu townships were offered for sn\e I several tracts l/might 70 dollars and I Upwards an acre, $ind very little that I was good went for less than 30 dol- 1 : t:ira an acre* Gin the first of4 $t*r6h I ; eighteen townships and nine fractions I [ are to be splijtf fcxccutei-? at, Wiiodstock, Vt. Snmuol E. Oodtroy* for th^ murder of Mr. Halett. Ha exhibited ffreat hardened intrepidity *t the scaffold, refuting to tyuaikcn to th\J ad monition 6f the Clergy who attended, and asserted lib innocence to the last moment. . : * it. .i i>fc 1 ' A Mr. Adlnm propoBes, i( aided, by congross, lo plant a Vmcyu* J in \\ ashing ton city. ~ a ? 1 A, r1^ ' Bhattveboho, {VH) Jan. 27. Jhuigrution, in gtkxL style. ? Y ea terefmf jjifc inhabitants of this village were not little amused by the ap p^awmce of a vihlcle, w hich striking ly reminded them of what the scrip tit*** tell V# of Noah's ark. It ww dbtwn by eight stunt oxen, accompa nied by a Jiorse arid gleiijh, proba bly i?lteii<lfc<l as a tender >, and sev eral co\Vs, calves,, &c. which were doiilitlrss very serviceable appenda ges j as we noticed, in its many smiling little faced collated a} the window*? while tl?e u (gently ascending wioke" from the ^pnject in* chimney's denoted a cheer-i ftiF. pnformil v hearth beneath. As rfiiis." ^v-waftl" habitation made no | i tarry in this place, we did riot learn ! " whence it came"' Or " whither it r was gjuiixj^-^' hut-Mippose it is dentin- i ' ed t?? tlic " land of proimke." j f.ji . 1 1 ? m m i i irrr m avthiYitei to announce ICol. J AM EH UI,AIR,r</ ^anoantcr, as ! ( a Candidate for the *0<&ce of Brigadier | fJencfaF* to supply the vacancy occauoncd f by the rcfttonalton of Gen. I'm. sr. ri;, i7? ?>( I ff* The Rev. Mr. Huberts is expected to preach in the Babtist Meeting- House * To-Day at 12 o'clock, and To-Mortow a: the usual hour of Worship. March 2 1 * ,? 99 99 ^3 ~ 5 . < ? ?ji. -i? <f,ii u " vm i ?. - Wholesale Priccs C tirrcnc. CAMDEN, S C. S Cts. Up^ancf Cotton, from - - 27 Rice, prime (cwu) 7 a H - Flour, fine, Camden (bbt.) 1 ? Cora (bush.) - 9* Wheat do. s - - . i 50 Tobacco leaf (ib.) 4 5 W hiskey (^al.) - - ? 70 7 J Butter (lb.) - 3T Ha con do. - - - 15 1 ^ l.ard <io,^ - - 2\) ? 55 Tallow do/ - - - 16 1$ Bees Wax (lb.) r ~ . T - 34 Shpe Tint ad do. -87 Indigo prime do. ^ - ? HT Co^'e do.' - - U3 v? Su^aiv Muscov^ailo^lb A -- - ^?4^ Hfr Salt (bush.) . ' . . i ? 9 9 I ron (lb.) ' - - - 6 8 Molaikes (gal.) - ' . - 75 S7 jIt Cha R l. E STON. Upfand cotton^ 3o 31 cts. Flour ?12 J, Com ?1 18, Sugar 15 ets. Molasses 60 65 Iin>i. 4 ? 5, Whiskey TO.. ' Camden Kijlemen , Attend Regimental Muster at Camden* on the 14th April next. The roll vill be called at 10 o'clock. , The ftieml>ei's arc they may be ii^structcd In the Evolutions of the day; "prevfcus to their joining tl>e line. The general order requires each pian to ap-4 pear with his knapsacks and oil other equip ments complete. . ? Captain Grimes is invited Uo join us irj recovering drill that we may . be prepare*! tQ .act in concert lu the evolutions of the day./ * _ ? ?? . . *' - liy order dfcCapt.lLcvy. - - Wm. O'Cain, Ord . Scrtft Marc 1^21 1 ? 4 Camden %trtUlerj/^dttention / The Members pf the Camden Artillery Company are ordered co attend the Gene ral Keview hi Camden, onTu<u*day the l^tU day of April next, in complete^niform* an > the company will be inspected on that <1 ayL By order of ?' v* * *? R* M". Carter, Ca/it.\ N. B. The Muster on the second Satur day in April* is postponed on account 6f the general review. March 21V . ' t ? * ' Beaver Creek Riflemen] ^ , ^TTl^TIONty Attend Regimental Nfuatec at Camden, the 14th April next, at \0 o'clock, A.M. An inspection-will take place immediate-, ly after the review.. It is expected that every man will appear completely equlpcd. It i? particularly required that in a^ditiftn to th to other equipments each soldier shall have a good knapsack ?'? v 'V-'-* ",r~ -kM.<^ Wigging Orderly Sergeant. /' March 31 ' ' f:v, I A-v ? 111 - - - ........ ... Attention Cavalry ! The Members of the Camden 1?rpop of Horse, are ordered to attend a Muster on the first Saturday in April ne*t, Equipt ac cording to law. ' ' '* Jly trdbf of John C. M'Ra, (Ju/it. c. t. 9* M^h,u. . r fbrfi : . - Notice. , AN Ele f RudTl, OH for un Intel Town of opened at * ? b,- ^ March 21. Manager*. ' 1 ? 3 For Sale; . -n v. V 100 Bushels of Irish Potatoes (ilircct from Novascotia^) which are' in excellent order lor planting/ ? ."/*,?<? XII, Brohson, . f Ofifiobite I.aita V? FijHtrt9rBrQ*tUitrect, . March i I ; > r ^ " /. *" * ' *, "f2 1 ?? />J| ^ V ' "* 1 ^ jjf ? T ' n \ \ ? About five miles below Camden, on thn Main Road leading to ' Charleston ; A* -GREAT CO A 1? ^ which- the oWiter carf have by paying for thii advertisement^ anfl giving some. little compensation to the ser vant who found it. Apply at this office* i March 2 k . . ? . ?* , : FOR SALE Oil IttfNT. ? I /A $mfell Dwelling Housqamf Ix>t, a?t?i> ? ate on JL/ittltfton-street, fronting th^' Raecr ' GrotnuK /i Uc hcHvsc is new, and convcni-' cnt "for a small family ; for partipuUr* en quire of - ?'? . ? R. I. Morton. ? March 14. 0-? tf ? v NOMCb. The subscriber will diiposeof the 1*01* in I-og Tm\n, opposite to Joshua UdyrtttlcJ?, The exteiU^nd situation of uaiff it c<|iiAJ it not anterior to any in . , Wyjut Stark, J am nr> ? i ..j