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m I m II locality, the substratum, &c. I The river lands are not extensively cul- | tivated,h>ut from the ease with which they ) may be secured against the water, there is ito doub? they, will be brought into requisition and rendered valuable, unless a conviction, which is very genera!, that the up-land planter is more certain of success in the end, shall obtain so strongly as to j check improvement of the swauip-iands. ! The alluvial deposite of the rivers is, perhaps, more combined with sand than the Santeeand Congaree, but its adapta- j tion to .the growth of Cotton is thought to bj better. The broken lands are esteemed produc- j tive, except in situations where the sand ; j~..;;nn#Aa. n!ll] where a judicious sys tem is followed they yield ample harvests, a id have, in a few years greatly enhanced in price. The level lands retaining manure, and originally of good quality, seldom fail in producing Corn and eotton, and large crops are made hv those whose system is judicious. . They are seldom corn buyers. * Lime iti various combinations. VVliter.?The north Edisto almost in. tewocls-this Parish, and with the South. EJiste, and Four Holes, and their tributaries, furnish extensive water power,which applied is to saw and grist mills. Of the former there are fifty-two on the waters! North.EdiSto and as many on the South j > a.:ch furnises annually upwards of rif. I teen rmlbons of feet of sawed lumber that ! liuJs a market in Charleston, Beaufort, and on the sea-board. Tiie annual in. come from these m lis is not less than MlO. Yiose on the South E bsto in i sawed upwards of nine hundred lhou*aiiu feet. Tne cost of construction ! ot a unit, includingdam, (fee is about two j thousand dollars. It is, there tore, a largo ; and important interest. Besides boards, scantling, <fce. tiie I\ne fore&is liordering the Edisto have for many years, supplied a large quantity of ranging or hewed timber, which is taken to Charleston in rafts. Grist mills are numerous, and so located as 10 supercede (especially in the upper part of the Parish) hand and horse nulls. They are generally adapted to the-manufacture of wheat, and more than one luousand barrels are made, some farmers fitipolying their consumption. Minerals.?Marl, limestone, iron-ore, sandstone, <fcc. L:.mc is found fir q tent]y on the surface, and a quary seven miles East of Oraugchurgh Village has been worked for upwards.vt fifty years. It is used as a cement in building, and is applied to the makwg of indigo, and is sold at about thirty cents per bushel. The oyster and various other marine shells ?j 11; luiimi iiviv* Extensive beds of fcruginous sand- i stone are in the neighbourhood of the j Village, \vlnch is used in the construction I of culverts on the Rail Road. Arabic Lands.?Cotton, corn, rier, indigo, wheal, ifcc. Cotton and indigo are grown for market. The cultivation ami manufacture of the latter have never been abandoned since the Revolution. |i i* planted mostly on tlie sandy and poor, er soils, and on these is thought to Ik more proiitubie than cotton. Two s|>c. cies art* planted?the tame and wild.? The latter is preferred, yielding a better dye, and re-producing for six or seven vears, thereby saving the iauour 01 .^owirg, 4.c. In 1831, upwards of nine hundred nrfs were planted in indigo, which produced about twenty thousand pounds. The price has varied from fif'y cents to one dollar. Since 1831, there has been no material change in this cultivation,except the high price of cotton, and the severe ; winter of 1635, which killed the plant of the wild indigo, have combined todnninfsh the quantity to a small amount; hut it is supposed, thai the crop of the last year exceeded twenty thousand pounds, and the prospects of the cotton market will proliably add very much to the hist year's product. . Every one familiar with the history of; /South Carolina, knows, that indigo v.as 1 cultivated here at an early period, and, tdl cotton superceded it, made a large - item of our exjtorts. I have seen a single account sales of indigo made in 1779, by Messrs. Heriot and Tucker of Georgef iown, of 13,057 pounds. I have also . lefor.' me an original paper, under the ' . a id and seal of Frederick the Great of j 1 russia, dated in 1752, given to a gen. ! demon who had been* in this country, . a id on h s return indulged the hope of in...uvduciug the cultivation of indigo in . r.VoSia. If }ou deem it of any interest, I subjoin a !ransla+ion : His Majesty the King of Prussia, our 1 most Gracious Sovereign, having seen, j by the very humble representation of the ! 'r- ? - I'll t j cv-r. ori^. inc intention wuicn ne nas, 01 j < slabl.sl.irg in his States a plantation of j Indigo, would testify to him his satislac- ; tion, aiici the pleasure he would have in j seeing in this country an establishment of this kind. Hut as before doing any thing, it is proper to know whether the nature of the soil and our climate arc tit for the cultivation find pr oduction which lie -proposes, His Majesty would see it with great satifaqtion, if the said C. would, before, undctarking his enterprize on a la-rge scale, commence by making j certain experiments in detail, in order to J .make h.ni sure of his project, and asccr- j tain if nothing oppose the success of this j jlaatation. Then, IIis Majesty will be well disposed to accord to him those ! i privileges which he can reasonably claim "At Potsdam, 1 Stli March, 1752." [Sisal.] "Fuedrrick." In regarJ io the product of ('otto.) per j acre, or baud, I have no satisfactory j iufornietion, and indeed it varies so much j from the different causes which influence j its production, that single instances are j all that can he given. A gentleman : within four miles of the Village, made .the j last year, rive bales to the hand, and a ; full supply of provisions. The cultivation of Rice is increasing,1 hut far it scarcely supplies the consump- | tion of the Parish. A better system of husbandry is man- ( ifesf, and the great importance of rest,: rotation, and manure, begins to engage | the attention of planters, and wherever j judiciously pursued have greatly improv- j ed lands which had been considered ex- } hausted, and by establishing the intrinsic { I value of our lands will be an effectual barrier to emigration. O i the subject of live S ock, implements, woods, enclosures, &,c. I can add nothing to what you said in your Agricul- j ; tural Survey of St. Matthews, which I from its contiguity varies, in these respects, little from this Parish. In conclusion, I regret that my information is not such as I know a planter most desires, and can only promise, in future, to interest those in your valuable * 1 on o r worlc, wno ill every uimg caucjh ai. ?*.1 dent wish to promote the Agriculture of the State, would make themselves more useful contributors than Your obed't serv't, A. Colontng M a rule.?Tiic art of coloring marble, so as to give it the richest and most beautifull tints, has been recently carried to great perfection in Italy, by M. Cieeri. A solution of nitrate of gold penetrates about the twelfth of an inch ; it gives a beautifull voilet purple. A solution of dragoon's blood n'so penetrates* marble, giving it a beautiful red. It is penetrated by all alcoholic tinctures of coloring woods, such as Brazil wood, Campoachy, &c. The alcoholic tincture ofcochenille, mixed with a little alum; produces a very bright color, which penetrates far into the marble, and makes it resemble the ' red marble of Africa. Orpimont dissolved in ammonia quickly dyes marble a yellow co'or, which becomes more vivid the long*. ' 1 t^ >.ir Thrt a<>!vr>nt 131" It IS CAJHJSOU IU II1U U.?. a ..v, . which causes coloring matters to pene- ( frate furthest into the marble is wax.? Verdigris, which has been boiled in wax, and applied to marble quite hot, penetrates to the extent of nearly half ail inert, and produces a fine emerald dVGR?^IO.\A&. Till: STEAMER CAROLINE, T ie following are I lie letters which have passed between the British Minister and the Secretary ofS.ate, copies of which were communicated to Congress. Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyth. Washington, December 13,1810. S'R, I am informed by his Excellency ! y I the Liutenant (Governor of the Province J of Ppper Canada, that Mr. Alexander Mchod, a British subject, and late deputy dieritf of the Niagara district in upper i'anauo, was arrested at Lewiston, in the S ate oi New York, on the 12th of last month, on a pretended charge of murder and arson, as having been engaged in the capture and destruction of the piratical steamboat "Caroline," in the month of December, 1837. After a tedious and vexatious examination, Mr. McLeod was ' tmni I ..I- truiL ;itir! is now im orison. "(1 in Uockporf jail. I feci ii my duty to call upon the Goveminent of the United States to take prompt and effectual steps for the liberation of Mr. McLcod. It is veil known that the destruction of the steamboat "Caroline*" was b\ apu" lie order of p-Tjo~si?i her j Majesty's scrvite, obeying the order of I their superior authorities. That act, ! therefore, according to the usages of nations, can only be the subject of discussion between the two National Governments: It cannot justly be made the ground oflcgal proceedings in the United S'ates against the individuals concerned, ! who were hound to obey the authorities; appointed by their own Government. 1 may add that I bo/ieveit is quite notn. rious that Mr. McLeod was not one of the ' partv engaged in the destruction of the I steamhoaai "Caroline;"' and that preten- ! ded charge upon which he has been ini- ! prisoned rests only upon the perjured tos- I t iiioiiv of certain Canadian outlaws and their abetters, who, unfortunately for the peace of that neighborhood, are still permitted by the authorities of the Statu of You- YrvL- to infest the Canadian frontier. The question, however, of whether Mr. McLeod was or was not concerned in the destruction of the "Caroline," is; beyide the purpose of the " present com- I munication. That act was the public: act of persons obeying the constituted an- i thoritiesof her Majesty's Province. The j National Cover anient of the I'nitcd j States thought themselves called upon to j remonstrate agnmst it; and a remonstrance which the President^id according- ; ingly address to her Majesty's Govcrnment, is still, I believe, a pending subject of diplomatic discussion between her Majesty 's Government and the United States Legation in London. I feel, therefore justified in expecting that the President's Government will see the justice and the necessity of cau.-ing the present immedi.ate release of Mr. McLcod, as well as of taking such steps as may be requisite for preventing others of her Majesiy's sub. ! i jects from being persecuted or molested in t the United States in a similar manner for J* for the future. It appears that Mr. McL?od was arrcs- ' tedon the 12thultimo; that after theex- , amination of witnesses, he was finally y s j { committed for trial on the Hrh, and plac- j ed in confinement in thn Lockport, await, ing the assizes, which will he held there ( in February next. As the case is natu- ] rally occasioning a great degree of excite- ? ment and indignation within the British j i frontier, I earnestly hope that it may be i in your power to give me an early and ' satisfactory answer to the present repres- l entation. 1 I avail myself of this occasion to renew I to you the assurance of my distinguished 1 consideration. ' U.S. FOX. ' Hon. Jons Forsyth, (fee. <fec. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox. Dkpartm knt of State, ... , Washington, December 2->, 1840. . ( Sir :?I have the honor to acknowledge, and have laid before the President, your letter of the 13th inst., touching the arrest and imprisonment of Alexander McLcod, a British subject, and late 0ep-: i uty SJierilf of the Niagara District, in Up- < per Canada, on a charge of murder and arson, as having been engaged in the cap- : I ture and destruction of the Steam Boat j* " Caroline," in the month of December, 11 1837 ; in respect to which you state that j1 you feel it your duty to call upon the1 ?~r iTm(n/l lo take I IXOVCrilUlUiJl Ul Hie umivu ? prompt and effectual steps for the liberation ofMr. MeLood, and to prevent othersofthe subjects of her Majesty, the Queen of (ireat Britain, from heingpersesccuted or molested in a similar manner, } for the future. I This demand, with the grounds upon :| which it is m ide, has been duly consider- I cd by the Pr sident, with a sincere desire < to give to it sucii a reply as will not only i manifest a proper regard for the character j i and rights of the United States, but, at; the same time, tend to preserve the ami-, cable relations* which, so advantageously I for both, subsist bjtween this country and 1 England. Of the reality of this disposi- f t on, and of the uniformity with which it f has been evinced in the many delicate and . difficult questions which has arisen be-.'i tween the two countries in the last few j years, noo lccau b.i more convinced tbanl . , \ 1 -'4 yourself. It is then with unfeigned re-j i gret that tne President finds himself urin-(i oJc to recognise the validity of a demand*, i a compliance which you deem so .mate rut I.! to the preservation of the g?>o'J-. under-1 standing which h:is hitherto been mani-! lusted between the two countries. .. | The jurisdiction of the several States ]< which cons'ituto the Union is,%wjlhin Us j appropriated sphere, perfectly independ-, ent of the Federal Govarnincnt. The off- ^ ence with which Mr. M'Lcod is charged ( was commuted wi hin the territory, and ugajnst the laws and citizens of the State New-York, and is one that comes clearly within the competency of her tribunals. It docs not, therefore, present an occasion where, under the Constitution and laws of the Union, the interposition called for would he proper, or for which a warrant ' can be found in the powers w ith which j the Federal hhccutive is invested. Nor would the circumstances to which you : have referred, or the reasons veni have ur % * god, justify the exertion of such a power, it existed. The transaction out of which' the question arises, presents the case of a. most unjustifiable invasion, in time of peace, of a portion of the territory of the I'nited States, hv a hand of armed men i Iron) the adjacent territory of Canada, the forcible capture by them within our own waters, and the subsequent destruction of a steam boat, the property of a citizen of the United States, and the murder of one or more American citizens. If arrested at the time, the offenders might Cinques, tioiiahly have been brought to justice by the judicial authorities of the State, within whose acknowledged territory these crimes were committed;and their subsequent voluntary entrance within that territory, places them within the same situ- , ation. The President is not aware of any , principle of international law, cr indeed J of reason or justice, which entitles such, offenders to impunity before the legal tri-f buna!, when coming ^voluntarily within their independent and undoubted jurisdie-;,: tion, because they acted in obedience to. their superior authorities, or because thotq j acts have become the subject of a diplo-, malic discussion belwocn the two Gov, :{ crninents. These methods of redress, the le^al prosecution of the offenders, and the npplication of their Government for satisfaction, are independent of each other, and may he separately and simultaneously pur- j sued. The avowal or justification of the outrage by the British authorities, might ^ be a ground of complaint with the Govt, ornment of United States, distinct from,', the violation of the territory nnd laws of j the State of New York. The application j of the Government of the Union to that of i' Great Britain, for the redress of an authorized outrage of the peace, dignity, and ( rights of the United States, cannot de.1 oil X* V._?. _ f I privc me oraic 01 r>ew iorK 01 nor undoubted right of vindicating, through the | ' exorcise of her judicial power, the property and lives of her citizens. You haVc very properly regarded the alleged absence of Mr. McLcod from the scene of the offence at the time when it was committed, j as not material to the decision of the pros- j ent question, That it is- a. matter to b? decided.by legal evidence; .artd.' the sia- 1 cere desire .of the Preside ;it is, that i t.may be satisfactorily igfctfillsVct I. . U. tlfe'^ dq- j struction of the Caroline was a public act j' of persons in her Majesty's service, obey, i ng the order of their superior authorities, his fact has not heen before comnmnicaed to the Government of the United States by a person authorized to make j he admission; and it will be for the court i vhicli lias taken cognizance of the offence vith which Mr. McLeod is charged, to lecide upon its validity when legally es:ablished before it.' The president deems this to be a proper j jeeasion to remind the Government of j icr Britannic Majesty that the case of the 'Caroline" has been long since brought :o the attention of her xMajcsty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ivhot up to this day, has not comniinica:ed.jts decision thereupon. It is hoped that the Government oi'hcr Majesty will jerceive the importance of no longer leav- ! ing the Government of the United States jniftformcd of its views and intentions upon a subject which lias naturally pro- j iuced much exasperation, and which has led to such grave consequences. * I avail myself of this occasion to renew to you the assurance of my distinguished consideration. JOHN FORSYTH. if.S.Fox, Esq., &c. dec. dec. Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer. . > Washington, Dec. 2i>, 1640. ' There is some diversity of opinion as to the gentleman most likely to be selected as Secretary of War. Mr. Bell of Tennessee, is as courteous a man in debate, as any man on the floor of the House of Representatives, lie is, nesiacs, <m ible debater. In no department of the Government, has there been such a system of plunder as in the Indian department. As Chairman of the Committee on In. i m Affairs, Mr. Bell has had an opportunity qf acquiring much information 0:1 the subject, but never the power to render that information of any practical use to the country. ' As a presiding officer, while sp( aker of the House, Mr. Bell distinguished himself by his urbanity of manners and promptitude of decision. He filled the chair under circumstances the most inauspicious. The violence of party forbade all hopes of giving general satisfaction, and yet, in the performance of his official duties, he was never charged with partiality or unfairness. Having thus discharged his duty as a speaker until lately he has been confidently looked to as the succcestor of Mr. Hunter. The War Office has become highly important; not on account of the army, hut on account of the great accumul ation of business in that department, totally unconnected with the army. The Indian bureau is one of great magnitude. Tnc frauds which have been committed upon the Government, through that channel, .vUiiirtno nnH nrnbablv as much IIII'JIIIIIS Ki Itlllliuiio, ?..? , lias been plundered from the Red men as from the Government. Whether these frauds can or cannot be detected and exposed is a matter of uncertainty. But it will be the duty, and that duly will be rigidly performed by the new administration, to ferret them out as far as practicable. An enquiry will be instituted into the manner in which certain treaties with the Indians have been negotiated and executed ! The raiiscs thereunto moving!? The parties moved? The conducting of the Indian Schools? The investment of Indian funds? The reasons why certain stocks were purchased at 0 or rt per cent advance, when better stocks could have been purchased at par? The Indian af fairs are of deep interest. There aie others not less so, under the jurisdiction oi (lie War Department. A thorough investigation of them requires that the 8 trctary should he a man of business habits, industry, energy and perseverance. Nor is this all. To a successful investigation it is necessary that he should possess some knowledge of the Indian agents, and the manner in which they have conducted the concerns entrusted to thcin. The multifarious character of the business oi the War Department, renders u somewhat difficult to select an individual to till the station of Secretary, possessing the requisite qualifications; and that difficulty is increased by the consideration, that much time must be occupied in the investigation of post wrong doing. The question presents itself?where is the individual to be found who is most likely to give general satisfaction, as Secretary of War to the Whig parly? All things considered, Mr. Bell is supposed to be that man. His knowledge of Indian affairs, and his untiring industry, pre-eminently qualities him for that station, and toust recommend him to the favorable consideration of the President. The only objection, if objection it can be deemed, is his location. Three members of the cabinet would thus be selected from three adjoining States, viz: the Past-master General from Ohio, the Attorney General from Kentucky, and the Secretary of War from Tennessee. The probability ieems to be, however, that Mr. Bell will je the man. His merits and general character are well known to the President. His state has strong claims upon General Harrison; and lie is the favorite of his State. Ten days ago Mr. Adams asked the use if Congress Hall for Mr. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to deliver an address on the 4th of January before the National Institute for the promotion of Science. On this application debate ensued which resulted in granting the application In a voto jf 89 ayes, 83 noes. The dignity of the Hon. Secretary appears to have been wounded by the cold and repulsive manner in which the grant was made. In consequence whereof the Hon. gentleman notified the Society that ae declined appearing in the Hall, wherejpon they provided for him a Church. Correspondence of the IV. y, Cpurier &, Enquirer, . WASinxoTOTf, 28th Dec. 1810. The members of Congress having gotten through the holidays, nnd disposed of their presents, their egg nogg, cakes ant champagne, the House of Representative! assembled this morning at \'Z o'clock, ir their magnificent Hall, minus a chandclic ?there was no complaint, however, of ; want oflight, heavenly or intellectual. For the first time since his election a Chaplain, that remarkable Divine, tin Herd Mr. Br ax on, the son of one of th Virginia signers of the Declaration of In O O dependence, and who was elected unsight unseen, more from the description of th singular personal qualities, habits, drcs and appearance which he was reprcsentc< to have, than from any personal know lodge which the members of the Ifous ; had of him, for only one or two of Ihcr | had ever seen him?officiated this morn ing. Instead of finding a creature unlik any thing in the world hut his Revcren ! self, as I expected to do from the oulr description which had been given of hirr I found a very fine looking man, drcsse as a Virginia Baptist parson should h dressed, about middle, aged, and real! handsome enough to please the most fas tidious ladv. His prayer, though his firs was exactly what members of Congrcs most admire, shor!. It was scarcely Ion j enough to have had a beginning. Washington, Dec*. 30. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Ciutteni ' kn, from the Committee on the Judiciar; ! reported the bill to establish a genen I bankrupt system. The hill is similar I ! that which passed the Senate at the lal j session. It .provides for voluntaty an compulsory bankruptcy, but not extendi j to banks. Mr. Crittenden asked tf j early action of the Senate on the suhjee ' and fixid the 7th of January as the tirr for taking it up, when all, he hoped, wou he prepared to consider it. 1 do notl* lieve that the subj"ct will attract any a I tent ion, at this session. Very litt'e w he done at this session. It will bedifficu to bring the mii.ds of members of tl j House to bear on qiestions uneonnect< I with party excitements. Mr. Calhoun's bill, to cede thepubl , lands to the Slates in which they lie, w; reported by Mr. Xorvell, from the Con mittec on the Public Lands. This is most important subj *ct, hut I doubt whet I I er Congress is dispose 1 to take it up, ju j now. The several propositio ns of Mi I Benton, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Calhoi have long bee.') before the country, and i no distant day, they must be decided on, Mr. Hkn'Ton still goes it on his salt hi Indian blankets, &c., on wliieh s ibjec he is very great. The bill, to establish a Board of Cor missioucrs on Claims, has been laid on tl table for the present, to allow a more th I rough investigation of the matter. I fc that it will never become a law. The House was engaged the whole dr on the Navy Pension hill. There was perfect confusion of tongues and opinioi on this subject. Members have paid litt attention to it, and know nothing aboi i it. It is rot a party question, and, ther fore, 110 one will care much how it go: s Corii sp nonce ?f ilie Charleston Co:iri? r. Washington Disc. 31. f There was an interesting discussion i I the House, today, on the subject of 01 ! border difficulties with the Canadas. i message was receiv ed from t!ie Presiden j o in answer to a resolution of the Hons calling for information as to the state i I O I the negotiation with the British Goveri meiit, in regard to the attack on (he Car J line &c. On ihe motion to print, son debate. It appears that the attention < he British Government had been rope tcdly called !o the subject, by Mr. Sr? knson, hut that no reply had been rccei i ed by him. In the mean, time the ai thoriticsof New.York undertook to a enge themselves. They arrested M MI jKon, the Canadian deputy sheri imprisoned him at Lockport, and indictc him tor murder and arson, on which ii dictment he is to he tried for his lif \t I<Ykv iSim licitish minister, here, di mand d thnt M'Lhoii bo released?statir that the attack on the steam boat Car line was made by order of the British ai thoritics; that it was, therefore, a publ a^d national act, for wliich the Briti Government was responsible, an 1 f ! which this government had sought red res as a national affiir. II; therefore cot ; tended that no individual could he atnci j able to the laws of New-York for the prtended offence. Mr. Fousyth\s rely is deliberate an able?the best thing I have ever sec from his pen. He declines any interfc ence in the matter, for the reason th; Mr. McL con had been guiliy of an ofTbn< against the laws and tlie^citizens of Ne York, and within her territory, and tin the offence is clearly within the computet cy of her tribunals: Mr. Pickkns praised the paper as a admirable defence of the S'ate Rigli doctrines. Mr. A lfoiid, of Georgia con mended it oii the same ground, but d< clared that we had too tamely suhinitte to the insolence of Great Britain, and tit.it was time to put an end to this contr< versy. Mr. Holmes, of 8. 0., rcmarke that there appeared to he a settled plan, o the part of the friends of the new admit istration, to involve the country in a Wi with Great Britain. Mr. Cushino made a pretty etron war speech, and supported the views < i the Secretary of State. lie denounce Mr. Fox's demands as unreasonable an insulting. As to the charge that th land, it was equally groundless with the the wings were desirous of a war with Kn? | other charge against the whigs, with whic the Van Buren presses had teemed, th; the whigs were influenced by Uritis gold. Mr. Dtntax to?>,k the floor for th purpose of proviug that the whig part acted under the influence of the Rritis moneyed aristocracy. But the Spcalo i called him the order. Mr. Ocsjiino to] Mr. (Jt nca.n* that he hoped to have th 1 opportunity to meet him on that point if! s committees of the whole. The matter i here ended?500 copied of the message ber ing ordered. i The opinion is that McLeod will be rcqeitted, for want of testimony; but if the s New Yorkers should hang him, it would c j give rise to a war at once. e A message was al <o received on the sub ject of the interrup.iou of our trade to # t, China. It appears that nolica has hoen e given us by Lord Palmkrstox that the s river and part of Canton are under blockd ade, and that ail the measures authorized -; by the laws of nations will he adopted-and e j executed, with respect to all vessels which n may attempt to violate that blockade. i- Mr. Adams reported his bill to insure the more faithful execution of the laws e for the collection of duties. He sent a d letter to the Chair from the reporter of a I the New York Herald, stating thattho rel, port of Mr. Robert Jaffray's speech is d perfectly correct. Much amusement was e excited by this. So, Congress stands acy cused, by the New York merchants, of 5- being subject chiefly to the influence ?f t, " money and champagne." ?s Wo have had a rumor here that Geqerg al Jacksox was to be sent to the Senate . of the United States from Tenncsee, but of course to one credits. ) Coirospoiulciicc o! the SuvatinuU Republic n. J Florida, Dec. 27. to Gentlemen.?Since my note of yestcr. tc ('aN' g*vIn? ^1C haPP>' intelligence of the |(] coming in of the Indians, I arn informed' l(j that the chief of the Talluhasses, and othlc er head men. are among the number; and t great hopes are now entertained of ati adjustment of the ditficulties heretofore in Ifj the way of peace. c. In reply to your enquiries, I have to j. state that the last that was heard of tho ii 'Unnuhl c's own." commanded bv the Ill ?I - ,lt Duke of Albany, it was valiently scour* )C ing the country on the Tampa road, at the ^ sound of the bugle. The Indians who subsequently came into fort King, said. jc that hearing its shrill notes soine throe as miles off an J not exactly un lors landing ri. "the charge" from**thr retreat" chose for a the nselves to give it the latter interprets* I,, tion, and acted accordingly. st Your's, truly. I * Cli rf nto.i Jan. 6th. ^ Later From Ft ori la. il1 310 RK INDIAN ML'RDKRS. We learn from a passenger who arrived ' licre yesterday in the steam boat William ts Scabrook, that the Indians have commit ted more murders in Florida, and that too, n* in the immediate vicinity of the U. S. ,e m.litary stations. ?* It appears that Lieut Sherwoo 1, and & "r Mrs. Montgomery, wife of Lieut Mont* gonierv, of the 7:h Regiment of Infantry, ^ were riding out for pleasure, a few days a since, under an escort of soldiers, and 1,8 when only two milosfroni the rnijitary post at Micanopv, were fired, on by a party of II Indians. Lieut. Sherwood, Mrs. Mont. e* gomorv a sergeant major and two privates of the escort were killed. Mrs. M. was from Ci.icinnalti, and had been married hut a short lime. 1,1 Tnis news was brought to Fort Fan* Jl ning by express, on the 29th ult. Five A privates were missing at the time the ex ,l* I press left Micanopy. c Two wagoners, on the roar! from PilatDl ka lo Fort Russ< I, were shot by the Indi,1* ans on Tuesday hist. They had started out a few hours in advance of the escort, 1,1! alid were shot 7 miles from Pdalka. A ot scout was sent out, bat returned as usual ^ n' with no I- dians. v'' The Savannah lb-publican of Monday v* last, says that the 'mews in relation to the N c pturcof the Inuiarsby Col. Harney, is v' confirmed by the arrival at this port last rj evening of the Schr. Lurana, CapC Swasey, in 24 hour* from St. Augustine." "It a pp. ars that Col. Harney, at the rl* iicad of 30 men, came upon a camp of ^ some (JO Indians about 2o miles from Key c" Biscayne. The Indians were at their breakfast. The attack was "sharp, short ?' rrritl decisive" and the result most fortunale. Ten of the warriors were killed m lr the encounter, or hnng aftewards, ami forty-five women and children were takers i r prisoners. Col. Harney lost one man kiU s? led and five were wounded. The prison-. !1* ers were brought into Key Biscayne, fron* fl* which post Col. H. again set out on th& L* vJOth u!t., witli a detainment 01 to men,, in quest of Sam Jones' camp, to which, 1' one of the warriors who was spared to act, !n as a guide, promised to conduct him," r- . ^ at The following account of an attempt jo made during the Revolutionary War, to, w blow up the British vessi Is of war in New., at York harbor, may he of interest to most of a- o.ir readers. It is copied from a NewYork paper of November, 1821, and is, ,ii anobituary notice of the gallant soldier who made the daringattcmpt: )- Dihd?At Lyme, (Conn.) on the 29th 3- ull. Capt. Kzra aged 72, a Revolutionary, id Officer. When the British fleet lay in. it the North River, opposite to the city ofa New-York, and while Gen. Washington, d had po!*scssion of the city, he was very de-^ n sirous to be rid rid of such nabors. A i- Mr. Bushnell of Sayhrook, (Conn.) wl^ ir had the geniqs of a Fulton, constructed ciwh n mtirinn inrwhine. nf n ronnical ? form, bound together with iron hands, )f within which one person might sit, and { id with cranks and skulls and could navigate id to any depth underwater. In the upper, ic ] part was fixed ft vertical screw for the purit pose of penetrating ships bottoms, and tc\ this was attached a magazine of powder, :h within which was a clock, which, on being, it set to run any given time, would, when ;h run down, saring a gun lock, and an explosion would follow. This Marine Turic tic, so called, was examined by Gen. y Washington, and approved; to preserve ;h secrecy, it was experimented within an in, -r closed yard, over twenty to thirty feet wa. Id ter, and kept during daylight locked up in ic a vessel s hold, The bWhcr of the iiir