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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.
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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
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; 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.
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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 !
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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.
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.'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
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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. *
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Two cases of smallpox havo occorrod in-Mad- |
ison, Rockingham County, N. C.
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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.
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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
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Tho Rhode Island election far Governor and '
other State Officers has terminated in irrsr gf 1
the Administration,
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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.
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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
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