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>ncts should contiuue to be committed, *K>uld be treated in the same manner. It is mcntioued, to the honor of the J Governor of Tortosa,that when he rcceiv-1 ed the order of Gen. Nugueras, to shoot j tho old woman&e refused to obey, and only yielded at last to tho positive and reiterated injunction of the Captain General, Mioa himself. As might bo expected, this ferocious plan of warfare had noefl'ect in restraining the Carlist guerrillas as in the case of Cabrera, it did but excite them to greater horrors in revenge. London, March 2.?Thames Tunnel. .?Yesterday, the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors in this undertaking was held at the City of London Tavern, 15. Ilawes, Esq. in tho Chair. The Chairman had to express the satisfaction of the Heard that, notwithstanding the doubts and predictions to> the contrary, the works at the * 1 ?i 4i.~ ,vi.i Tunnel naa oecn resuiucu, mc >?u replaced by a new ono, consisting <>f 5,000 pieces, weighing 150 tons, end that the Tunnel was that day lighten inches longer than it was ten years ago, the works having just been resumed. (Hear hear.) Ffroin the great strength of the shield, the ^ experience gained by the past, and the (" ;x ynwearied attention of Mr. Jlrunnc!, scarcely a doubt existed but that the Tlf^iel would be completed. The interest tgkeu by the public in the work was not only unabated,"hut it was increasing. In 1S31, there had visited the Tunnel 21,000 persons, but last year between 27,000 and 28,000 visiters bad been to inspect it. Losdon, Flu. 2S.?There was not been for ninny years so much activity prevailing as at present in the manufacturing districts. Many manufacture! s have now tnore orders on hand than they can execute. There aro now orders in this country for between 200,009 and 300,000 tons of iron for rail roads. London, March 8. AVConnell will be thrown out of parliament for Doablin, by the decision of our election conlxnittee, but will, I think, be returned for Trestjninstcr. *. The interference of England in the affairs of 8,p jin becmno the subject of discussion in the House of Commons on the 28th of February. A long debate ensued. The Minister for foreign Affairs, Lord Palmerston, defended the iuterfercnco of England on the ground that the peeple hail a deep interest in the success of tho Queen's cause. "Why," said his lordship "had England an interest ? Because it was the interest of Eng. land that Spain should be free, and that Spain should be prosperous?that it should 110 longer be under such a system of misrule as it was during the reign of Ferdinand, aud to which it would return if Don Carlos ascended the throne." FROM FRANCE. Thiers the new primicr is making himself popular by some kindnesses toward the Poles : he alloevs their association (winch Mr. Penil dissolved by arresting the members) to meet, and has encouraged tiicm to petition the chamber, praying Franco to receive the patriots now expelled from Cracow. TEXAS. The Mobile Chronicle of the lGtli inst.savs :? ? - *ll -/*! I 1 Uu Turthcr conversation wiui some oi uiu ju&scugers by the Tenaair, wo learn that the aruiy of General Houston was believed to be nearly equal in number to the Jlfexican force,?and was preparing' for a general engagement. Reinforcements wcro expected, and dailv arriving. 300 moo under Col. Houston, from Natchez, were on their way, and 1400 to laOO from Kentucky and Tennessee, besides smaller parties fr 3m other places.?With any thing like au equality of force, there is little fear but that the Texians will ren* der a good account of the invader. MASSACRE OF TIIE GEORGIA B ATA LION. The following letter addressed to Gen. Bchtune of Columbtis Georgia, by his friend .Mr. Lumpkin, we copy from the Republican and Herald of that town. On board Schooner DeK ilb, \ Mississippi River, April 7, 1S3G. ^ Sir?You are no doubt somewhat surprised at the heading of this page ; but a few words will explain all. I am cn board of one of a number of vessels that aro laden with the un fo rtunato, who axe flying trom tiia terrors or war. You hare perhaps heard of tho storming of t$t. Antonio, and massacre of the Texian garrison. All without an exception perished, savo a woman and two negroes. Davy Crockett was among the number. lie had fully sustained his great character for intrepidity, during an unsuccessful attempt of the enemy to storm the Alamo, just ono week before the massacre. A short time previous to this, a party of sixty or seventy under Col. Johnson, were cut off, save four. John Love was auiong tlic number who escaped.?Reuben Brown fell hero, and young Mitchell of Harris county, fell iu the Alamo. The taking of the Alamo was followed by tho retreat of the main army from Gonzales, and by tho extermination of Fannin's regiment, 500 strong. Major Ward and the Georgia Battalion (Capt. Wards worth's company inciuded,)had been detached by Tannin, then at tho Buliia, to protect some families who wero flying from the enemy; when they wore attacked, and after fighting and retreating for noarly two days, wcro at length ovcrpowcrd by numbers, and all put to tho sword, but five who escaped, and only two of them Georgians ; one was Richard Rutledge, formerly of Columbus and the other David I. //olt. In the mean time, Fannin had received orders -to abandon tho fortress of La Bahia, which he immediately executed, ;md returned towards the main army with tlic balance of his troops, 360 men; and seven pieces of artillery, where they were attacked in an open prairie by a large Mcx- i ican force, mostly cavalry. A small advance j guard having been separated from the main body ! saw the fight but could not tell tho result. The ' termination or tius unhappy alUir, was explainer i by three men who escaped about the time of the J catastrophe. Fannin sustained a great many charges in quick succession sustaining' some damage, and doing much execution ; and kept retreating daring the fight, which lasted tho greater part of a day, until he gained some post oak woods, when the Mexicans ceased their .charges, hut closely invested the place on all sides, //ere Fannin received propositions from the enemy, anil capitulated upon the promise of the Mexicans, that they should be treated as prisoners of war. Their arms were immediately secured, &jid tho next morning they were all shot, save the three who escaped. Mrs. Fannin had just arrived in Texas, but not in time to sec her husband. Many other barbarities hava been committed. The army of Texas after making a stand for a ' short timo on the Colorado, lias retreated to the east side of the Brassos, San Phillippe is burnt (by the citizens) and there is a probability that Brazoria and Washington have shared the same fate. I do not expect that there are half adozen famLies West of the Brassos. The enemy is known to be marching into the country in two divisions, of 2000 men each; one throgh the interior upon San Phillippe and the other along the ' coast towards- ValiSco.^ They wero constantly ! ' at the latter plare tfben I ict^it, ar.d the : < a(lvWic?-4>f tho other di vision had already reached j J San Phillippc. Tho Indians liad begun lo be troublesoino, and many negros have runawa}*? in some instances whole plantations of them had gone offin a body, but had done no further mischief. Very many families and negroes were going casward, some for the l:nited States by land j and by water?others are making a stand in the j cast, covered by the army. JSTew Orleans April, 14th. It was currently rumored yesterday that f the companies of U. S. troops lately sent I from Jefferson barracks 4o Vort Jessup, J j to protr* t the western frontiers, had de- j sorted to the Tc.\ian army. .Mobile April 1S. j Gen. Houston, commander in cliioF ofi the Texian army has issued a Bulletin from his head quarters on the west side | of the Brassos, (where he was awaiting j supplies and reinforcements) calling upon j the people of Texas to join bis standard 1 to make battle with the enemy, who were j | within a few miles ofSan Felippc, nutn- j j hiring one thousand men. The inhabi- j ; tants of San Fellippc burned their houses i - ^ JU? /. mi and set iorwaru ??> mu ? Houston. The Genera! srcin.s to he j j sangniite of success, if he-should-be able to concentrate his forces. Capt. Brown whh a-vesseL, captured a Mexican vessel, with 210 barrels of flour, 300 ke^s of j powder, and other supplies for the army. FI.OKIIM. Correspondence of the Snvanah Republican. ' ST. AUGUSTINE. April 13, ISilG. V?> have no means of defending ourselves? j our arms have lreeja taken from us?and about 30 ; U. S. Troops loll to protect a city w itliout fortifij cations, and entirely open tcsavugo and cunning foe. I should not Ik; astonished at the Indian's j attempting to burn our city, should the war not J he terminated this soasoa. It will bo impossible ! for the troops to continuo a month longer in Ihc j country?they will have to fall back and let tho i Indians do as they please nntil"next November. The rations of provisions which Congress orI dcred to l>e delivered to the suffering inhabitants i of tiiis country, have been so much curtailed in j their delivery, and the meaning of Congress so | much perverted by the officer in charge here, that scarcely any go for the assistance. It is insisted upon by the jn-oplc in office, that respectable genl tlcmcn who lived in affiucnce before their propcr' crty was destroyed by these merciless Indians, should not only make an affidavit of their losses ?of the number and age of their children, and of their negroes, but that they should actually parade their sons and daughters at the Barracks on the day of drawing the rations. From the Columbia Times & Gazette. ~ -r - ?i _i it.. Uopy oj a jjtucr rcceirru ui m* <-j (he Times and Gazette, dated Fort Brooke, Tampa Buy, ) April 13, 1836. S Dear Sir:?This is live first oi?j>or! f unity offered of writing (o you again since I left Volusia. I write in great haste. We met with no Indians?saw no recent trails of any, after leaving Volusia, until wc reached the river Ocklawaka, 30 miles from that place. The river being higher than usual, the troops were halted to built a bridge for the transportation of the cannon and baggage wagons. On the opposite side of a lake, on the left two lircs were kindled after we halted, supposed be signals of one party of Indians to another. Col. Butler, with his battalion, was ordered to cross the river anil scour the vicinity of those fires. He had not gone more than three tnilcs before four Indians were discovered and ! pursued by the advance guard. Gen. Joseph Shelton was of ]>ut!cr's party. He charged, a head of the advance guard, . upon one of the Indians who had separai ted in the race from ihcothcrs. When with I in 25 steps of the Indirri, Sholton levelled ! his gun?the Indian turned and presented 1 his'rifle at the General?Shelton fired : first, and put six buck-shot in the neck of ! the savage, who, being evidently mortally wounded, turned and hobbled off. .Shelton finding no cap on the lube of the other barrel of his gun, dropped it, drew a pistol, advanced-to within five or six feet of the ' 1- 1 I *roo i: f n < KlO muian, mm sunpi'cu <it uu uicuoi , ui uiw moment the Indian brought his rifle nearly to his shoulder and shot Shelton in the hip# bone: the ball passing obliquely : through, was cut cut from the opposite side near the back-bone. At this time IVIr. Gibson, of the Fairfield troop, came J up and discharged the contents of his I musket in the back of the Indian, who j was brought to his knees by the effect of, j Sheltorfs shot. Shelton was badly wound- j I ed* but, I am happy to say, is fast recover- j ing. lie loaves to-day for Pensacola, and will be attended by Dr. Watts of Laurens, as surgeon. I am thus particular in giving the details of this affair because "nnjilrt* a!' (i.lH tllUllrtM r,l?i in?l>ilv i 1I1U tUIIUUV.1 \Jl \?^u? ","v7 J gallant and manly?deserves lo be re-1 membercd ; and because, too, the Indian ; killed was recognized by the volunteers j from St. Augustine and the guides as Ko- j ha-ha-jo, (in our language signifying Mad j Wolf,) a chief of distinction and influence j of the Micanopy tribe, who commanded, it is said, 45 or 50 waricrs. The others of his party escaped. The next day Cols. Goodwyn and Butler, with a battalion of the mounted men, were sent ahead to reconnoitre the Indian town Pilaklikaha? the residence of Jumper and Micanopy, two distinguished chiefs. They had proceeded five or six miles on this expedition, when the advance guard, a little distance j in front of the main body, were iii'cd upon | from a hammock on the left of their path j by a party of from 40 to 50 Indians. I The Indians kept up a brisk fire w hiist the j men were being formed-in order for the! engagement, which being done, nod the j men ordered to charge the hammock, the j enemy retreated. Sergeant Nicholas Summer, of Hargrove's company firom < Newberry, had his leg brooken, and i private Wm. Jackson, of Picken's com- i pany from Anderson, was shot in the flesh part of his thigh. Four horses were ( shot?one killed under tho rider. The i battalion of Infantry commanded by Maj. c Kirby, aud consisting of four companies of U. S. Artillery, and Cap!. Elmore's company, was marched up to the scene I :>f action lit double quick time?formed tO II I!j .IV >? v. ^&&^^^??S?E?S2?S5S??S^2SS5SS?S2?SS?2? and ordcrod to chargfc the hammock ;' which was done, wilhout seeing any ; thing of the enemy. On passing beyond ! this hammock, into an o!d field, the! Indians were seen Col!ectod n round a fire ! at the distance of three or four hundred ; yards. On being discovered they sprang j from their seals around the fire, set up a | yell, or war-hoop, and retreated"200 yards I back to a hammock, on the edge of which and for some distance in front, were a ! number of pine trees. The battalion ad- j vanccd,and when within proper distance fired upon them?they tiring all the time i upon the k&ttnlion Irom behind the trees. The battalion was ordered to charge with lused bayonets; which was promptly done, .? fl?ul oreciuitatcly from anu im; o?. , , their ground. On reaching the hammock it was found 'impossible to penetrate it, the mud ami water being very deep, and the battalion was ordered back to their former ground in the field, within tiring distance of the hammock. When or. the edge of this hammock, nnJ some a short distance into it up to theirwaists in -mud and water, we were fired upon "from .the swamp, the balls cutting the limbs of trees over our heads. I suppose that a thousand bullets were discharged by the battalion, with what effect is not known. It was i remarked, that during the engagement, which was kept up briskly for about | twenty minutes, a paity of li-ve or six ! were repeatedly seen employed as though ! thev were carrying ofl'lhc deader wounded ! which is their custom. Wc perceived, ; when on the ground which the enemy had i occupied, that the trees were cut at a I V. .....1 (nrpn fn proper uui^m uuu ? hu ouhiv.u.iu i</i ?. v | have dene execution. The fnounted men were sent down to charge the hammock i and outflank the enemy on their right, j which was attempted in vain. There is not in all Florida a more secure position for hostile Indians to occupy than this very hammock. There are various opinions as to the number of Indians in I this engagement?some thought 40 or 50, I others 80 or 100. From their audacity, 1 and the distance for whivh they extended i along the edge of the hammock, the latter o | opinion is most probably correct. One man of the U. S. Artillery was shot and badly wounded in the jaw, another struck, but not hurt. A bundle of clothes, with blood upon them, was found in the ham! mock, dropped by an Indian who was < ? ? 1. j' Killed or wounueu. I On the day after this skirmish the troops | reached Pilakliknhn, and burned it. It i had been abandoned apparently, for sev> cral months. We were not attacked again ! on our march to this place. On the "Hillsi borough river, 22 miles from this port, I on the road leading to Fort King, a Fort | was erected by the troops from Alabama ; and Florida under command of Col. Lindsay, and Capt. Marks, with a company of from 70 to 80 men, from N. Orleans, left i in command of it; Col. Lindsay marching to the Onithlacoochy with the main body of his regiment* This garrison was fitI tackod on the 27th ult. on ev$ry side ! at the same time by about 200 Indians, t who kept up a brisk tire for two hours, | in that time firing as many thousand balls | into the picket. Finding they were 4t biting against a file," they retiring, discomfited bv the fight. One of Marks' men, who was oubidc tho^pickets, was caught, butchered and scalped ; and one inside j was wounded. Itissaidl2or 15 of the I Indians were killed?one was shot out of a tree from which he was firing down into the garrison. The regiment of mounted men from S. : C. arrived at this place on the 5th instant. Col. Brisbane's regiment of Infantry, and .Maj. Kirby's battnllion were left at a camp 13 miles back?which is dignified by the j name of Camp Shellon. Col. Lindsay, j with his forces arrived the day before, lie had marched within ten miles of the Ouithlacoochv, had a little skirmishing I # * D with detached parties of the enemy, but no very important engagement. Gen. Scott, with Clinch's command, consisting of troops from Louisiana, v ho had been ? i -i _ a r wnn tiaines, ana me troops uum <jeuigm (in all, 1700,) arrived also on the 5th, and encamped two miles .from this place. They left Fort Dranc on the 26th ult. visited the battle ground on the Ouithlacoochy upon which the enemy had engaged Gens. Clinch and Gaines, and discovered that the " bird had flown." The Id-' .dians, always vigilant, had retreated to some other strong hold ; which we have yet to find.' In passing a hammock teni miles from the river, they were attacked! on the 30th by a party of Indians, suppo- j std to be 100 in number; a battle ensued the hammock was charged ?yid ihe enemy as usual, routed. They fired as they retreated, killing four and woujiding seven of Clinch's men. This letter further adds that a half breed Indian who had been captured represented the women children of the Indians with their plunder and negroes to be within ten miles of Charlotte harbour, 30 or *10 miles from Tainpa Bay; to which Gen. Scolt was about to send sufficient force to seize them if there. After tliis movement tho letter states that the Campaign-will for the season be terminated, to be resumed on tho rei turn of cold weather. Abstract of the l?rocce?3injr?? of the Twenty-fourth Congress. First SesSENATE. I April 21. The General Appropriation bili was re:eived from the House, read twice hy unani- ' nous consent, and referred to the commit- 1 ee on finance. < The bill for the distribution of the . pro- 1 :eeds of the.public lands was discussed, Mr. ] iVright speaking agaiust and Mr. Critien- \ ien for the bill. i April 22. j j Mr. Benton submitted the following reso- j1 r.icn, which lies over Cor consideration : I " ' Jicsolvcd, That Irom and alter the?day! p . _ - - ? of?, in tho year 1606,- nothing but gold ' and silver coin ought to be received in payment for the public Lands: and that the ] Committee on Public Lands he instructed to i report a bill accordingly. Mr. "Walker made a speech on the Land bill, in favor of a motion to graduate the price, after % hich the motion was lost. April -23. Mr. Benton's resolution 011 the subject of specie payments for public lands was taken ilp and a debate ensued in which Messrs. j Benton, Webster, Miles, Kwing, Calhoun,! j King, Shepluy, Mangum and Porter par-, j took. No question taken. April 24. [ | Mr. Buchanan ottered the following rcso: lution; which lies one Jay for consideration: Rfisohed, That the Committee 011 Fin aticc be instructed to inquire iuto the erpc. . j diency of making an appropriation to ena- i ble the President of the United States to j contract with Luigi Persico for two groups ; of statues to complete the eastern front of i ?!u: Caniiol. j The bill tor distributing the proceeds of; i the public lands having been taken up, Judge White made a speech in favor of it. j IIOL'SE OF It KF RESEN TAT I VF.S. April 21. "Some time was spent in committee of the whole upon a bill authorizing the President to accept the services of Volunteers in certain cases, but no j (piesLion taken. J 3Ir. Granger presented a memorial of ! the heirs at law of Baron de Kalb for | Compensation for his sacrifices in our revolutionary war. Ordered to be printed and rcfered to lite committee on revolutionary claims. The general appropriation bill was taken I hik ivhnn Mr. Mercer moved that the bill *T7 l)c recommitted to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, with instructions to amend'the same by reducing the appropriation for the New York Custom House from $300,000 to $100,000, and limiting the whole cost of the same to $500,000; also, by adding an additional section to the bill, providing I that out of the nctt proceeds of the public . lands for the last four years, the sum of , $23,6S1,000 be distributed among the I several States, to be paid in four equal quartet ly instalments, on the first of July , next, the first of October, the first of . January, aud the first of April, according - * - - i ; to the federal population 01 eacn siaie, anu 10 per cent in addition to the new States, , according to their respective proportions. Mr. Mercer supported his motion, at j length, and it was opposed by Messrs. , i Cambrcleng, French and Speight. , j Mr. Speight demanded the previous question. This question une decided in the affirmative, ,;\yes 88, Nays 07. Mr. Mer, cer's, and all other amendments were of course precluded, and the bill passed its third reading, Some members voted against M. Mercer's motion who arc in ! favor of distributing the public revenue, j because they did not wish to embarrass the , i appropriation bill by such an amendment, j April 22. The bill authorizing the President to accept volunteers &e .was taken up, when Mr. McKay moved an j amendment to limit ihe number of volunj leers to 10,000, and the duration of the | power conferred by the bill to two years? adopted. Amendments were then adopted appropriating $300,000 to the object, and authorizing the President to raise an additional regiment of dragoons for the defence of the Western frontier. Adjourned. April 23. The resolution offered by Mr. Dromgoole calling for information in regard to thedeposite banks and the mode of selecting them, was taken up, the question being on an ainendment ofTered by \Vjse proposing to ^refer the subject also to a committee to make inquiry into tiic subject. Mr. Bond spoke on the subject till the hour for private bills, which were the order of the day, arrived. Apr HZ A. Resolutions were presented from the Legislatures of Kentucky and Massachusetts in favor of distributing the proceeds of the public lands. A bill making a further appropriation of one million of dollars for the r ,t _ ct * 1 ! suppression oi tnc ccmmoies, pus&cu ns last roudin". j ArroiXTMr.NTs by the Peesident. j By and with the advice and consent o f the Senate. j Pelcr V. Daniel, to be Judge of the | United States for the Eastern District of i Virginia. John P. Brown, to be Drogoman to the United States Legation, near the Sublime Porte. From Correspondence of the Charleston Courier* Washington, April 20. 'There is a great deal of excitement in this city, produced D}* the attack of Mr. Wise on Mr. Whitney yesterday. Mr. Whitney having published a card in the Globe, charging Wise with falsehood, the latter intimated that he could not make Mr. Whitney responsible after tho manner of gentlemen, but if Mr. Whitney could find any one who was his superior, and who has never perjured himsolf, Mr. Wise said bo was ready to give him such satisfaction for any tiling lie might have said offensive to Mr. Whitney, and to demand of him satisfaction for any charge of falsehood ho might be pleased to make against him, as 1 tho circumstances of the case might seem to call for.jjIt is tho general impression that Mr. Whit- ' ney must be put down, as it is not likely that these ] charges would be made without resting on a foundation pf trnth ; and no man can stand with such ( a burthen -of ignominy resting on his shoulders." < * * " * * ? ' .Wo had the close of Mr. Southard's speech 1 to day, on the Public Land's Bill, and it was as able and '.effoctivo as tho commencement. Mr. j Southard, after a view of the expenditures tinier the present administration, as compared with S those of the administration of Mr. Adams, in t ivhich he showed that four years of Gen. Jack- . rnn's had cost tho country twenty-five millions nore than tho four years of the prodigal admin- b stration of Mr. Adams, he went on to speak of the . iresent condition of the Treasury, which, in fig- l< ires, appears to be so wealthy, to have such an j C tpuicnce, while, in fact, it might bo found that it I :ould not realize the amount which appears on | >apcr. lie estimated that, if tho Government j (J was to moke u sudden call on these Depose i Hanks, tlic effect would be to closo the doors of ! ?11 of them and consequently to close all t he bank- PJ ing institutions of the country, and produce one L universal insolvency in the system. Mr. Wright has been replying." a! CHERAW GAZETTE. II TliiSDAV, rtS.VY 3, 1830. '^] * ; t c We see that nothing iius .still been done j t more ^llectually to drain the old mill pond be- t tween the Town and the river. ?o;nc per- J nuns seem to bo ofopinion that this mil! pond j had no agency in producingthe unusuai^sick. ncss id* last season ; because, say they, the j', water was let oil* early iu the season. But. j, the water itself is not the cause of sickness i < in mil! ponds. Fertile neighborhood of t old mill ponds in the sandhills supplied with enrinff wnter. irtul bavins but little mix- \ rui-"-i o turc of vegetable and other foreign matter is as healthy as other situations. Whereas it is proved by universal experience that I collections of stagnant water, in which there is much vegetable matter in a decaying state always gives rise to sickness iu warm climates in the summer season. It is not then {he water, hut the decaying vegetable matter in a state of moisture that is the ! cause of sickness, and the more abundant and concentrated this matter (other things being equal) the severer the sickness. Hence it is that if a mill dam breaks, or the water of the pond is let off in any other way during the summer, and thus the accumulation f of moist and decaying vegetable matter at the bottom oft he pond is exposed to the heat j of the sun, sickness among those who reside near it is always the consequence, ai)d is severer too than that caused by the miasm rising from the water in the pond. This is so well understood that no one of any observation ever thinks of draining a pool of stngncnt water in the .summer season with a view^lf preventing sickness* Let those who doub't that this pond was ! really the cause of the unusual sickness of last summer, account for it in any other way. The sickness commenced and was most scin situations most exposed to the pond. ... w. - ^ ( j Some persons ascribed it to the prevalence ! ; of Easterly winds blowing across the river | ! *o the town. But there is very little bottom lar.d on the river here; and of this little near- ! ly all is under cultivation and was generally, | throughout the summer, as dry as upland. Plantations on the same side of tlie river with the town, both above and below were visited with 110 unusual sickness, and there surely is no more cause of sickness on theriver opposite t^thc town than upon and opposite to these plantations. The mass 1 1 nf <Wnvin/> timber niied un. some vears ! _ J-..0 , ,, .. ( since, below* the tanynrd to raise Front j street may not be very favorable to health, i But that it was not a principal cause of the j sickness of last season as proved by the le- j cality of the first and severest cases. Now what was-the* suite of our mill pond j last summer ? The water was let off to be j sure. But how was it done ? By merely hoisting the gates, while the foundation of! the mill was so high as to retain all the mud i which had accumulated in the bottom of the ) pond since the mill was erected, with jnst water enough to keop it constantly in that state of moisture most favorable t<? the generation and escape of the miasm, which is the cause of bilious fever. Tho mud composed of decayed vegetable and animal matter washed down from the tan yard and all parts of the town was of various depths up to twelve inches and of sufficient consistence barely to sustain a walking cane when stuck into it. Most if not all persons admit that if the water had been suffered to remain in the pond till iriidsummcr and then drawn off, this would have been sufficient cause of sickntes. But the condition of the pond, so far as it favored the generation of disease, j was throughout the season, very nearly i what it would have been onlyfor a few days, j if the water had been drawn off .after the j sickly season set in, and the pond had then been "properly drained. This mill pond is still in the same state in which it was last summer, except that the rains of the winter and spring have washed down some sand which has mixed in with and partly covers the mud. But it is still sufficiently exposed and sufficiently moist to 1 be the cause of much sickness, and perhaps 1 many deaths this summer, unless something be done to improve its condition. 4 _,1 . i.. ! .'viju wuul ougijl iu uu uuuu : j. iju uuuj ought to be cut, and a ditch ought to be cut * through'the pond at least three feet deep. * The water running through the pond, from ? the springs above, would then be so far be-1 c low the surface that there would be but littl$ e J anger ofits keeping the mud which was the ti :ause of last years sickness, sufficiently ? noist to do mischief. ^ The Town Council not being allowed to ^ ax except for the purpose of keeping the jj treats in repair, may not have funds to do 11 he work. But if the citizens do not volun. fi irily contribute the paltry sum which may ei c necessary, they o tight by way of penalty, P d be subjected to an involentary contribution g if tenfold the amount; and we doubt not a :iat the Doe'crs will have an opportunity of bi o'ngit. it , > ^ " Gen. Gaines, it is stated in tluj N. Orleans 1 ipers, has applied to trie Governors of * I ouisianna and Mississippi for volunteers to id in preventing incursions by the Indians i'est of the Mississippi into Texas. Santa inna has despatched emissaries to these lidians to enlist them in his' servfce against ic Texians, and they seem inclined to en,page. An article of the existing treaty beween the U. States and Mexico stipulates J hat the U. States shall restrain the Indians I from making war upon the Tcxians^T" This I article we cannot doubt will now beexecuted. J 1 lie Charleston papers announce the* arrival in that city of Col. Wolfo, envoy from Texas, and Dr. S. B. Dickersoa agent of Texas, oh their ; way to New Orleans, on business entrusted to them by the Texian^Governmsnt. A new Post Office ha? been established in J Marlborough District called Cuo, and J. M* Mc> H Daniel appointed Post .Master. > The number of shares in the Qamdcn Bank subscribed for yesterday in this totrn was 7QGo. Of these 77G were taken by persons subscribing 5 shares each. Tho remainder by persons subscribing ten or more. The New Orlealf?Bee gays that large pur&a. soa of roal estate have recently been made jm that city byArcliilles Marat, supposed to be for bis * uncle Joseph Bounaparte. Professor Anderson of the University of NorthCarolina has resigned. * ~ '*' 'ft Two cases of smallpox havo occorrod in-Mad- | ison, Rockingham County, N. C. j Eliphas Holton has been condemned to be hung in Burke county, N.C. for murder. Win. Rob- * crtson wis found guilty of manslaughter for kHl~ . < ing a negro, and branded in the hand. " ? i A suit at law which has boen pending for 16 years, and which had been removed from Meek. 1 linburgto Rowan, N. C. was committed to ihe a Jury on Thursday evening of the present term of tho Superior Court in that county. The'V ??' 2 jury after remaining out till 13 o'clock on fodttrday night returned into Court without agtWng; the division standing 11 to.l. So the ease If still -4 * continued. V- A ! ? . * : ;| Tho Rhode Island election far Governor and ' other State Officers has terminated in irrsr gf 1 the Administration, - ?"iu ; . } Knickerbocker.?Wo have -received the last number of this popular magazine. It sosUins \ its former character. Any of our readels wish, ing to examine it arft invited to call at the Bool. store. | K A fatal disease prevails in and tirouftd m IlawkinsviUc Ga. of which we copfcjhe f. following notice from the MiUdd^'fet? Southern Recorder. - * ' j ! The disease lately prevalent "in Xiwlfc* insviile and the surrounding country,-' tha character of which has excited Some Inquiry, was, we are well assured, this syne- . m L chat or congestive fever. It was ustwily \ 1 ushered in by a chill or rigor of from t f l ' i l' iwoio iour yours in uunHiwn,uunng wnicro si congestion was formed on the * K or some other vital Organ, leaving the patient in a state of stupor, with muttering delirum, a dull pain in the head, eyes suffused and watery, face sometime* flushed ' j succeeded by paleness, tongue dry^fuid J ; covered with a dark brown fur, coeitaal Jj r retching end vomiting of bilious matter*' extremities cold, pulse frequent end fbeV blc. The physicians, we further learn, bnre^ A treated the disease, generally, successfulV ly, where they were called in time to-let | blood from the arm and temporal artery during the chili or rigor, stimulating the extremities by the warm bath, sinapisms, Sicfollowed by aperients, antiroonials, and the usual treatment of synocha! fevers: i but where no medical aid was procured until after the chill went off, a reaction, in many cases, co\ild not be induced, and < death then frequently ensued in eight - . ; hours after the first symptoms of dfettse. FRUIT OF SHORT SIGHTED POLITICIANS REDDLING WITH THE NATIONAL CURRENCY. Last week a Got eminent agent carat to New York to obtain from the depositc banks golJ to take to Florida to pay the troops* He could not get it. Ten thousand dollars in gold was^tH be could obtain. , The bills ^ of the deposite banks ho wefljjjiew would not be received in the far South; and as the Unitcd States Bank, as such, has been killed, he could not get exchdngc. The conee-1 quence was, that he had to ship one bund, red and fifty thousand dollors m silver by tbe stoan>boat for Charleston, to be transported thcncc to the places where wanted, as best it can. So much for the wisdom of destroy. I ing a national bank. -But this is scarcely die beginning. X Y. Comm. Advertiser. From the National Intaliigancor. The opinion gains ground that, in tM#C ibsortioti of money by the Government, here lurks great danger to the whole cir* ulu ting medium of tbe country, and conequently to every branch of trade and omiuerce, not to speak of the effect of an xplosion upon the value of every descrip* f on of property. The opinion is univer- \ a)t we suppose, that the amount nominal- ' f Y in the Trcasuty is every way less Au afe where it is than it would have been ut for the violent removal of the deposes from the safe vaults of the Bank of the foiled States into those of the Deposite ! kinks. It is very obviously in the powr of the Executive now, if the same dis- * m. osition existed in that quarter towards ie Deposite Batiks as did towards the lank of the United States, to spread, with very few strokes of the pen, universal nnkruptcy overall thi? league ofDepos- M a Banks. TVhat further it is in the pow At > . m I * ' M* J