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Sec. 10^And be it further enacted. That 1
[ h shall be the duty of the Secretary of the t
Treasury to lay before Cougrcss, at the comvriehccmcnt
of each annual session, a state- i
ment of tlie number and names of the banks
k cni[>loyed as depositories of the public mo- 1
tfey, and of their Condition, and the arnonnt 1
of public money deposited in each, as shown j
by their returns at the Treasury ; and if the i
selection of any bank as a depository of i
the public money be made by the Secretary !
of tbo Treasury while Congress is in ses- H
sion, he shall immediately report the name I
and condition of such bank to Congress; \
and if any such a 'lection shall be made du- ] <
rw^ the recess of Congress, he sliall report j
the same to Congress during the first week |
of its next session. t '
Sec. 11. And <be ilfurlhcr enacted, That !.'
whenever tlie amount of public deposites to j
the credit of the Treasurer of the United I
States in any hank, shall, for a whole quarter
of a year, exceed the one-fourth part of; (
the amount of the capital stock of such bank
actually [>aid in, t'te hank shall allow and ,
pay to the United States, for the use of the I j
excess of the deposings over the one fourth !
part of its capital, an interest at the rate of '
two per centum per annum, to be calculated, j
for each quarter, upon the average cxces- j i
scs of that quarter : and it shall be the duty j j
of the Secretary of the Treasury, at the j;
Close of each quarter, to cause the amounts ; i
on doposite in each deposite bank for the
quarter, to be examined and ascertained,
and to see that all sums of interest accraing
under the provisions of this section, are, by |
the banks respectively passed to the credit j
of the Treasurer of the United States in his !
accounts with the respective banks. j i
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That
all warran's or orders for the purpose of j i
transferring the public funds from the banks j
in which they now arc, or may hereafter be i
dejiosited, to other banks, whether of depos- j j
ite or not, for the purpose of accommodatingthe
bunks to which the transfer may ;
be made, orto sustain their credit, or for any
otlier purpose whatever, except it be to la- j |
cilitate the public disbursements, and to com- j
ply with the provisions of this act, be, and j
the same is hereby prohibited to be illegal; ,
and in cases where transfers shall bo re- ,
quired for purposes, of equalization under j
the provisions of this act, in consequence of
too great an accumulation of deposites in ,
any bank, such transfers shall be made to j,
the nearest deposite banks which are con- j,
siderod safe and secure, and which can rc- [
mnnnvs trt he transferred under the !
limitations in this act imposed; Provided, (
?" Thttrft may be lawful for the President of
the United StatQs to direct transfers of the ,
public money to be made from time to time, ;
to U?e mint and branch mints of the United j
States tor supplying metal for coinage. .
Sec. .13. And 6c it further enacted, That
the money which shall be in the Treasury
of theHJnited States on the first day of Janu- 1
ury, cigiueen bund "ed and thirty seven, re- ; i
serving the sum offivemillioii of dollars shall j i
be deposited with the several States, in pro- ! j
portion to their respective representation in j ]
t he Senate and I louse of Representatives ofj
1'kj Congress of the United States, and the i
Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver the i
same to such persons as the several States <
may authorize to rece ive if, on receiving <
certificates of deposrtc, signed by the com- ]
pctont authorities of such State, each for i'
such amount and in such form as the Sec- i
rotary of the Treasury may prescribe,
whjch shall 9et forth antl express the obliga- <
tion of the State to pay the amount-thereof
to the United States, or their assigns; and i
which said certificates it shall be competent, j |
for tl?c Secretary of the Treasury, in the
name and behalf of the United States to soil |
and assign, whenever it shall be necessary,
for want of otlier money in the Treasury to ]
meet appropriations made by Congress,
all sales and assignments, however, to be |
rateable, and in just and equal appropria- <
tions ainoug all tfie Suites, according to the
amounts received by them respectively; and j
all" such certificates of depositc shall Ixj sub- (
ject to, and shall bear an interest of five per i j
centum per annum, payable half yearly, from ?
the time of such sale and assignment, and J j
shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the !;
States issuing the same.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That 1
the said deposites shall be made with the ]
States in the following proportions, and at |
-1 f ?l 1 - ?f\ 4 t
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be was apposed to the grounds taken by
the President.
Mr. Wall sustained i\\e argument of
the President in a few observations.
Mr. Southard had voted aginst the bill
because he considered that its provisions
involved an inconvenience, but he was
satisfied that Congress had the constitutional
power to pass tho law, and he could
not therefore sustain the veto, but should
vote for the bill, the decided vote of the
two Houses having settled the question of
expediency.
Mr. Niles sustained the principles of
the message, and maintained that the hill
could not lie sustainable, because it fettered
the successors of the Congress which
passed the law.
Mr. Walker referred to the Constitution
to show that when a bill Was triced
by the President, it was not required of
Congress to reconsider his reasons, but
only to reconsider the bill.
The question was then taken on ihe
passage of the bill, the President's objections
notwithstanding, and the vole stood
yeas 16, nays 23.
A bill to establish a foundry ; an nnuo^
ry in the West, and one in the South ; arsenals
in the States in which none have
yet been established, and depots for arms
in certain States and Territories,
The bill was amended, on motion of
Mr. Benton ; when
Mr. Calhoun moved the indefinite postponement
of the bill, on account of the
want of time for its consideration.
Mr. Walker called for the veas and
4
aays; which were ordered.
Somo discussion took place on this
motion, in which Mr. King, of Ala., Mr.
Linn, Mr. Porter, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. King,
of (Ja , f who stated that we have 800,000
stands of arms on hand, as many as Great
Britain has, and nearly as many as France,
and that we require no more,] and Mr.
Wall participated, when the question was
taken, and lost.
Mr. King, of Georgia, suggested the
propriety of laying the hill on the table, to
give time for further inquiry; and having
made the motion, it was negatived?ayes
16, noes 17.
On motion of Mr. King, of Alabama,
the armory for the South was stricken out,
and the bill was so amended as to provide
for ono in the West or Southwest.
On (notion of Mr. Webster, the provision
for the arsenal at St. Louis was stricken
out.
The bill was ihcn ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
IIorSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
June Qo.
Terms.
Mr. 'Bell presented a memorial from a
large and respectable meeting at Nashville
in Tennessee, praying Congress to recognise
the independence of Texas, and, in relation
thereto, asked leave to submit the
following resolution ; which was read :
Resolved, That an appropriation bo
made for the outfit and salary of a Minister
to the Republic of Texas, to be appointed
bv the President at as early a day as
shall appear to him to be expedient and prof>cr.
Objections being made, Mr. Bell moved
to suspend the Rules to otfer the resolution.
Mr. Boyd asked the yeas and nays thereMr.
"Mann, of New York, moved to lay
the wholo subject on the table; upon which
[HUtlUll,
Mr. Huntsman called for the yeas and
lays, which were ordered ; and
.Mr. Mann then withdrew the motion to
ay on the table.
The question being on the motion to snsxmd
the Rules, the yeas and nays were or.
iered.
Mr. Mason, Va., suggested that the sub.
ect had been under consideration in the
Jommittec on Foreign Relations, and that
;he committee would, in a few days, report
a bill in relation to it. He hoped, therefore,
:hc gentleman would waive the motion for
ihe present.
Mr. Bell said the suggestion was certainly
pntitlcd to weight; but, as lie had no
knowledge from any quarter in regard to
the nature of the report to be made from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, as
the sentiment in tavor of some action on
tliis subject was very general in the country
and as he bad been requested by a large
body of his constituents to bring the subject
before the House, he did not feel at lib
ertv to withdraw the motion.
The question being taken, the motion to
lay on the table was decided in the affirmative?yeas
133, nays 50.
Mr. Vinton said, as the long session was
now drawing to a close, he wished to make
an effort to save some portion of its time.
A large number of bills sent from one
Mouse to another, and not finally acted upon,
lost their place upon the calendar, by
the adjournment. He, therefore, asked
leave to submit a proposition, in order to
remedy this evil.
Objections being made, Mr. Vinton moved
the suspension of the Rules in order to enable
him to ofTer the following joint resolution
; which was read :
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States, of
America in Congress Assembled, That the
following shall be a standing joint rule by
the two Houses, viz.
That after six days from the commencement
of a second session, or other subsequent
sessions of any Congress, except the
final session of such Congress, all bills
and joint resolutions which originated in
and had passed either House, and at the
close of the next proceeding session remained
undetermined in the other House
shall be resumed and acted on in the House
where they remained undetermined, in
the samernannef as if an adjournment had
nor taken place.
The question being put, the motion to
suspend the Rules was agreed to?113 to
45.
tne following nines, viz. erne quarter pari i
on the first day of January', eighteen hun- <
dred and thirty seven, or as soon thereafter
as may be; one quarter part on the .first day
of July; and one quarter part on the first day '
of October, all in the same ycjtr.
Sec. 15. Andbe it furtherenazted, That i'
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to |
carry into effect the provisions of this act, ]
he be authorized to appoint three additional !
clerks for his department; the one at a
salary of one thousand six hundred dollars
per annum; and the remaining two at a
salary of one thousand dollars each; and to
pay the said clerks quarterly out of any
? money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SENATE.
June 25.
The Senate concurred in the amend
A? ^ ^ LlmtOA flirt ?Aort1tifi/vn
mCIIlS Ul IIIP tiuuau iv iiiv i ^oviuiiuii
concerning the Smithsonian institution.
June 27.
Adjournment Veto.
The Senate proceeded to consider the
message of the President of the United
States, returning the bill fixing a day for
the annual meeting of Congress, and
for the close of the first session of each
Congress.
The question being on the passage of
the bill, the objections of the President to
-the contrary notwithstanding,
Mr. Morris stated at length the reasoning
which had brought him to the conclusion
that objections of the President are
not sustained by the soundest construction
of the Constitution.
Mr. Goldsborough took a similar view,
and expressed his dissent from the views
of the Executive.
v Mr. Porter said he had voted against
tfefebiW when it WU9 brought forward, but'
After some remarks from Messrs. Ma- e
son," ot Virginia, Miller, Speight, and o
f Thomas, g
Mr. Southerland moved the previous ii
question, jfrhich was seconded ; and the j fi
! main question being taken, the resolution j s
I was paSeH. ! ^
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FOREIGN. '
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Stain. c
, Twelve hundred troops of the Queen tl
of Spain having obtained permission to
i pass through France, have embarked at d
Socoa for Saint Sebastian. This rein- p
j forcement, with others from Santander, will
place General Evans at the head of.
i 10,000 men. It was then expected he c
would attack the Carlists at Passage and i )
if succcsful efTcct a junction with the ,,
French legion under General Berncllc. s
1 M. Erro the minister factotum of Don c
Carlos is very ill, and the otlicial papers c
nro ci<r,io<l hv nthor*. The Carlists CX? i n
pcct to be vigorously attucked. and arc i p
acting on the dclensivo. The head qunr- j
ters of Don Carlos were at \ ilia Franca, i c
Reports were in circulation in Paris, of ti
serious disturbances having taken plnce
1 in Madrid. There had been much fight- n
j ing in the streets. s
j The following is an extract of a letter ^
of the 6th inst. from Rome?It Ls gen- 2
i erally known that the family of Lucien }
, Bonaparte reside at Canino, of which he i
| is the proprietor. Two of his sons giving
way to the impetuosity of youth, engaged (
in a quarrel with the game keeper, when ti
| the latter was killed. The Roman gov- s
eminent immediately sent a detach-1 s
rnont of carabineers to the spot, with an j (
! order to arrest the two princes, they,; a
however, made resistance and were join- j '<
cd by other young men in the neighbor- j 2
I 1 HI - I! , I /!
noou. 1 ne omcer commnnuing mc no- ^
; tachment was shot dead by a pistol from 1
one of the princes. The combat becamegeneral;
several persons were wounded, J1
and among others the sub lieutenant and v
two carbineers dangerously so. Tho s
government force finally obtained the vie- s
tory; one of the princes escaped, but the u
other was immediately sent under an escort
to Rome,where he arrived on the 5th,shortly
after the news of the event had reached
Government.
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Galveston Island, 29th May, 1836. i
"We have at this place fifty Mexican ,
! oft'iccrs, prisoners of war, General Cos at ]
I their head. Santa Anna and Almonte are j (
at Velasco. There are also about 400 I f
I Mexican soldiers at work. They arc I h
well satisfied because they get what they ! ]
I never ha4 before, plenty to eat. We have [
out besides in different quarters about ; f
200 Mexican soldiers, acting as servants c
in all near 700 prisoners. The officers ^
are in rather an unplesant situation as ?
they know not but each.-succeeding day j
j may be their last. What will bo done f
i with them I cannot yet say; but our Presi- q
i dent is not a man of blood and he insists j
that we should not follow the examples |,
j of such barbaiiansas the Mexicans. If j
j ho can have all the Mexicans set free t
without shedding blood he will do h but v
when he turns Santa Anna loose, he must c
look to it. . i". . s
i They have all passed the Colorado.? j (
Within the last three or four days we have j 2
had an accession to our strength of 500 i f
men and every vessel come crowded with ! c
volunteers. An expedition of 500 men j f
will be sent on to-morrow and they will i ]
I continue to be pushed forward to the army* j r
as fast as they a rive. j 1
Vei.asco, June 4.?I have but a few mo ?
k ments to inform you and others of the *
state of things here. We arrived at GalI
veston on the 30th May, and on the 2d
I June were ordered to repair to this pluce ?
where we arrived on the same evening on
board the Ocean. We found the place in fc
great confusion in consequence of the I
Cabinet having sent Santa Anna on board <]
of a vessel to send him hornet for the pur- a
| pose of having a treaty ratified which was ]
I made by them. The people were oppos- c
i ed to his going but bad not an individual p
j commissioned to be their leader. On \
; the morning of the 3d inst. I came for- g
I ward as their leader and formed my com- ]
; pany eqtiipepd for service, and sent to the s
j Cabinet to have (Santa Anna) and his suite g
' brought on shore. There was at first c
j some objections hut thoy at last complied, t
and I now have him and suite in my charge* J
! lie was delivered over to me to night and <
I am at this time on duty with a strong J
guard under my command. : r
j General Cos and four or five hundred1 t
Mexicans are still in Galveston Island as }
prisoners. N <
H. A. HUBBELL. t
| Extracts of letters publishod in the Mobile! *
Chronicle. , <
Galveston, May 29.
i I went ashore on the island, and saw Gen. (
Cos; think him much the gentleman; fin$
1 countenance. I asked him what he thought 1
I f
of matters and things. He said it was Sam J
j ta Anna's fault that they were taken; that !
i he had too contemptible an opinion of the j
j Texians, and did not expect they would have !
j made head way against his army, or he .
would not have entered so far into Texas;'
that he felt very comfortable here; thnt the. j
Texians generally treated him with the
greatest politeness; but that several persons !
were allowed to come to see him who did
not treat him as a gentleman, but complain*1
ed of his having shot their brothers, theit
fathers, their sons, and their friends; that he
thought this unmanly, womanly as it was'"
(he fortune of war. lie said this was the ^ j
only inconvenience he had suffered.
May 29. |
Seven hundred and thirty bodies of the (
enemy are now lying on the field pf battle, (
and arc strewed for miles. More than 200 (
rifles and muskegs were broken to pieces, i
beating out the brains of the Mexicans, t
The riflemen rushed upon Santa Anna's, 1
artillery, and took the guns from him load-1* t
(1. A desperation was evinced on the part
if the Texians never equalled in the annals
f fighting. The enemy had the advantage
n position. The battle was fought princimlly
on the open ground. The enemy
tood the charge about fifteen minutes?the
;illing lasted for hours. The nigfit before the
attle, Gen. Cos reinforced Santa Anna with
>00 men. There are now between 500 and
>00 prisonrs, bet weep two and 300 woundd,
and between 700 and 800 killed, and all
his done with leasthan 700 men.
I saw Gen. Cos yesterday; lie is e\ilentlv
vervmuch alarmed, and to me ap>eared
to almost beside himself.
New Orleans, June. 20.
Important from Texas.?By the arrival
if the schr. Halcyon, last evening, from
ilatamoras, we learn that the Mexican
;ovornmcnt have declared all the concesions
of Santa Anna ns well as his treaties
if no etTeet; and are determined to proseutc
the war with the utmost vigor, and it
lossible retrieve their national honor. The
icople arc said to be much incensed against
laiita Anna and disapprove of his entire
arccr. Recruits are raising in all parts of
he republic.
Gen. Jose Urea has been appointed comnander.
in chief of the army. He is repreentod
as being very popular with the sollierrv,
and opposed to Santa Anna's sanguinary
proceedings throughout.
New Orleans, June 22
TEXAS.
Bv the brig (iood Hope, four days from
Galveston, we have the following* informaion.
The indians had attacked the Texian
ottlcments*at the head waters of the Bras
os, anu commmcu sovt-rui muiuuis.
irecn and Felix Houston had marched
.gainst them, with GOO men?the effective
:>rce of Texas now in the field, is about
1000 men. (Jen. Rusk was at Goliad with
100 men; his advance post extended to the
tiodel Norte, and had quiet possession of
lie sea consr.?The barque C. G. Williams
lad sailed from Galveston for Matagorda
nth her cargo; the schr. Emcliue and a
loop had sailed for same destination, with
upplies.?Santa Anna was at Velasco, un!er
guard of a company sent by Gen. Rusk
[) take charge of him. No disturbance had
lappened among the volunteers, and every
liing was quiet.?Bee.
INDIAN WAR.
From ihc Charleston Courier.
The Irene war.?we glean irom me
Columbus Herald, of the 21st inst., the
allowing particulars:?Col. Hnrdiman's
inttalion of 240 men left Columbus on the
6th, for the protection of the country heween
that place and Roanoke. The
orce now on the river below is little short
if 1000 men and two steam boats cruising
ip and down. Five companies of L'nited
States Troops arrived at Columbus on the
7th, under command of Major Lomar,
ormed in line in front of Gen. Scott's
[uartcrsanu marched for Fort Mitchell.
In express from Fort Jones brought a
etter of the ICth stating that a fight had
ust taken place with the Indians in Jasicr's
fields, in which the whites were
vorslcd and one James Warren was killid.
A letter from Lumpkin county
tales that scores of Indians were on the
Georgia side of the river. On the 20th,
i SArt litAAno nnrlnr 12 on
\J\J\J UUUIJJIU IIUW|>9f UHUl/l vavilii UHIIUord,
came into Columbus from their enampment
and marched down the river on
he Georgia side. A steam boat is at
?\>rt Mitchell with provisions lor the arny,
and 3000 stand of arms were expeoed
from Apalachicola, to supply the prcsint
deficiency ofarms. Gen. Scott teas
i> leave Columbus on the 22d inst., for the
ccne of active operations.
We copy the following from the same
taper:
"The steam boat Matamora, having on
toard Captain Dawson's command the
^rench Volunteers, and a part of the Inlependcnt
Artillery of this place returned
ifter a cruise of five days. From Captain
Dawson's report to the commanding offi?
? ?1 ? ? ? C.IIailio/t on/1 tvtll i (
;cr? \> V glCUII UIO iuhuhiu^i uiiu unit
>ossiblc, givfe the entire report next
reek. Gen. Moore, at the head of about
*00 Alabama troops, left Irwinton on the
12th inst. Subsequent reports from him
itatcd that he had taken Tustenuggc Had50
and Artismiccc prisoners, and proceeded
on through the nation, Capt. D.
vithhis command went ashore opposite to
Fort Jones, and inarched to the protection
>f the Fort. lie there met with Gen.
Lowe at the head of 200 men who had
>rompt!y repaired thither with a view also
o protect the Fort but they all arrived too
ate. During the passage Capt. Dawson
raptured and destroyed eight canoes,*bateuux,
and skills, belonging to the Indians,
and which were daily used by them ir
- M
mossing.
Tho Augusta Sentinel says:?An cxtracl
rom a letter under date of the 25th rnst.
published to-day, gives us reason to hope
Jiat the Creek war is at an end. The Alalama
troops refused, we believe, to mustei
n the United States* Service, and rcsolvcc
o fight, as the saying is, upon their owr
look. Tho result proves, that is by far the
jest way of meeting Indians. Our last re.
mrts left General Scott collecting troops a'
T-olumbus, and waiting for arms and ammu
lition ; atid in the mean time Gen. Moore
ly a single energetic movement, winds uj
he war.
Extract of a letter dated Columbus,
June 25.
" The war will now end, I am in hopes
n a few days.- The whole Indian Territory
is now surrounded. Yesterday, 80C
lostile Indians came to Fort Mitchell anc
leiivcred themselves up?about seven hum
Ired, reported friendly ones, but who robbec
ind burnt houses, were taken by the furces
mder the command of General Moore, sta.
ioned in our section, a few days before J
eft Irwinfoti. I now consider ourselves
rery safe."
Augusta, June 26. ll
From Columbus.?The following extract 6
of a letter dated, Columbus, June 25Ui, is all a
the information we could obtain by last eve. a
ning's mail.?"Yesterday a party of us, in *
company with the Governor and suit, went "
down on board the steamer Matamora, to Fort
Mitchell, to see the Indians that came
in the day before and surrendered them- =
selves prisoners of war. There is, I think,
about seven hundred in all, men women and J
children?250 were warriors, and were j
J weHarmed and equipped. Jim Henry, with
j his party was supposed to be some ten or 5
j 14 miles below, in a large swamp, and Gen. j
[ Scott on one side of the river and Gen. Jes- j
! sup on the other in pursuit of them, and it i r
j is thought they will have a fight with them | c
I in a day or two. I have no doubt myself! <]
i but the war is nearly over with the Creeks. | d
From the Augusta Sentinel. !1
.! ESCATE OF THE HOSTILE INDIANS.
By the passengers in the stage from Tal-1 u
lahassc, we learn that on Sunady morning j
last, between 12 and 1 o'clock, an attack j n
1 was made upon several families, resident
about eiglit miles from Brion, Baker county,
Geo. That the indians had actually mur^ ^
dered thirteen whites, all women and children,
except an old man by the name of v
Jones, who M as also mnrdered with his 1
family. A young wofnan who was shot *
through the breast, pretended to be dead, by
which means she escaped. Siie states the
number of Indians to be about 300, inclu- f
ding women and children, whom they had
with them, as also many pack-horses. E
They Mere not more than 3 miles from
Flint river, or the main stage road, and the it
rifles of the Indians were distinctly heard on m
the west bank ofthc Flint. The country j C
i i i ^ ? | ;
tn that ncignooruoou ts in great consiernu- ?
; tion?people flying in every direction for
i security. The small town of Newton
! j is almost entirely deserted, and at Bain- ?
*j bridge, where the stage arrived at twelve j
o'clock at night, the people were under arms.
Tiie rumors of the country report two
other parties, as being on "their way to JFlorida,
by more westerly routes/ h was *
with difficulty the drivers were persuaded to ^
come through, and our informant thinks it '
more than probable we will have no mail by
that route for some weeks. c
Extract of a letter to the Post master of .
A ofo/J
AUgusiU) uaiui l
Columbus, June 27,1S36.
"It is generally believed .that the war is at j.
an end, so far as fighting is concerned. Jim
Henry's party have nearly ull been taken ; ,J
he has escaped himself?they are all con.
fined at Fort Mitchell. The Smiths were
| all at work on my arrival, making hand cufFs
for the prisoners. It is believed that they i tl
^ -will be sent immediately to the west, except fi
the chiefs, five or six in number who will be *
punished with death. Tliey have not yet de- r
lermined what course to pursue with them.
The army are all at this time in motion, y
. Nothing but bridges, at this time, prevents
the mail from running through.
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Many of the settlers in the Creek nation j t<
have commenced working their crops again. n
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SEMINOLES A.ND JIAKOOXS.
II
The war in which the Scminoies have
bnfilcd our most renowned Generals, re- ?
sernbiee the warfare waged for half a century
between the Maroons in Jamaica ^
and the British army and government. .
When the Spaniards in 1655 surren- j
dered Jamatca, they possessed 1500 j
African slaves. These slaves retreated ;
to the British settlements. They were j J
called Maroons, and were augmented by ;
natural increase and reinforced bv fugi- b
tive slaves. The British passed forty-four p
laws and spent 1,000,000 dollars for their t
suppression. In 1736 they became so
formidable under Cudjoe, a leader as able l<
and sagacious as Oscolo,that two regiments t
of regular troops were employed with j li
other hired parties and the whole body of a
militia to reduce the Maroons, livery s
barrack was furnished with a park of dogs o
by the churchwardens of the parish to guard b
against surprise and to trace the lurking !
* foe. This runious and harrassing con;
test was followed by a pacification in ! Q
: 1738. But in .1796 the Maroons again | j
i appeared in arms ami threw the colony
into consternation. Their head quarters g
were established in a valley or dell, surrounded
by steep precipices and broken
rocks and by mountains of prodigious js
i height, in caverns of which they secreted ^
i their women and children and deposited 8
their ammunition. From this retreat, a I- ^
most inacessible to all but themselves,
i they sent out small parties of their most p
i daring and enterprising warriors to prowl s
i about the country in search of provisions, i\
and others to set fire by night to unguard- f
. ed houses and plantations. The whites, t
i who fell into their hands, were murdered ?
| in cold blood without distinction of age or o
sex. The British Generals Walpolc .and c
' Earle of Balcarras and their troops were [
' worn down by. fatigues and hardships,
' from the nature of the climate and country.
The valley chuld be approached only ^
j by one path down a steep rock, 150 feet 1
in almost perpendicular decent. The j
| Maroons, habituated to use their naked
feet in climbing trees and rocky precipices j
' had acquired a dexterous agility, which to c
the British troops was astonishing and
utterly inimitable. The caverns of the
' Maroons however, were destitute ot
springs of water and the rains furnished
only scanty and temporary supplies.? s
When these were exhausted, they for a fi
time slaked their burning thirst on the c
f wild pine which renders the rocky and t!
. sterile deserts on the torrid zone in some h
I measure habitable. ' But even this res- e
[ ource failed and their sufferings for want a
. of food and water were excessive. In
I December, 1795, forty chasseurs from
; Havana, with about a hundred Spanish 1
. dogs, arrived at Montego Bay. Such r
[ extraordinary accounts were immediately f
; circulated of the terrific appearance and c
'savage nature of these ferocious dogs e
hat the manhood and courage of the ne*
;roes were shaken and they sued for peace
nd surrendered.?Sakm Gas.
jHERAW gazette.
TUESDAY, JTtlT 5, 1836.
A new Post Office has been established at
effries Creek, Marion District, S.C, and JoeopU
L Jolly appointed Post Master.
The Post Office at Cool Spring, Chesterfield,
>. C., is discontinued for the present.
In tho U. S,.Senate Mt. White's resolution to ^ *
epeal the famous resolution of a former session"
ensuring the President for rcnopviug tho public
opositcs, was taken up on the 28th June, and
ecided in the nogativo ; only Judge White and
Ifr. King of Georgia voting for it. Jt was sup
ioscd the expunging resolution would bo token
n and decided before the adjournment.
The bill to reorganize the Post Offics Depart.
lent, passed both Houses.
Two men named Burdick and IIofFman wero
rraigncd on the 23d ult. in Richmond Virginia,
or mail robbery. Tlie former was convicted and
,*as sentenced to ten years imprisonment it
ard labor. Tho latter plead guilty and was
ontencod to one years imprisonment and $25
. ,?r: * . **.1 t
nc' ' - '
Officers of the Camden Bank.?W. J.
Jkant, Cashier; J. C. West, Teller; Al*
xander Johnson, Discount Clerk.
The Aiken 1 ekgraj)h states, that it has
from good authority that Col. P. IE ElroHE
has consented to be a candidate for .
'ongrcss in place pf Col. Hammond reigned.
"...
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Arrangements are to be made at N.
"ork, for a public meeting, to express the
eneral joy at the passage of the. surplus
istribution bill.
Tlie legal representatives of the Hon. W?.
iRAv of Boston have been Awarded nearly
1200,000. and those of the lion. Israel
i'horndike about $125,000, out of the
"rench Indemnity.
Mr. G re enough, the celebrated ^meri- *
an sculptor, has arrived in this country,
nd is now at Washington, on a visit in fe?
itiontothe statue of Washington, which
e is to execute for the capitol. ' ' *
We understand that the information pub.
shed in this paper sometime since, relative
3 tlie intention of the U. S. Book to cstab.
sli an agency in this city, was premature.
Charleston Courier.
A letter from Fredericksburg, Ya^says,
fiat strong hopes are now entertained of a
jll wheat crop from that part of Virginia.
O^rAVe understand that his Excellency,
iovernor Spaight, who is now in this place, * '
ceived instructions from the Secretary of *
Var, by Wednesday's mail, to hold himalfin
readiness to comply with such requi.
ition as Gen.^WooI may find it necessary
:> make on tlie militia of the State. This
cquisition, we presume, will dc^od on tlic
lovements of the Cherokecs, within our
orders, who are said to entertain hostile
itcntions.?Newborn Spectator.
tCTThc latest accounts render probable there
ill be noChcrokco War. ?
An Insane Hospital, (a branch of the
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia)
* about to be erected two iniles west of
lie Permanent Bridge on lhc Schuylkill.
Prospect of Michigan.?The 'Detroit
ournal of the 21st lilt, says: C
"The Michigan yesterday morning,
rough t into (his city the greatest load of
assengers that was ever landed here?
here being not less than 7 or 800 souls.
All the boats thutcomo in seem to he
oaded down to the extent of their capactv.
AVithin a week post, there has beqn
anded on our wharves from steamboats
nd schooners, at least 10,000 soubu * At
omo of our hotels?and we have agreat
itany from 250 to 300 persons have taken
ireakfast in ene morning. ''<
T 1 K
u^uibuecf UUIIC xu<
Great Sale.?Korf v acres of land on tbo
iut skirts of tho village and known no
Vospcct Hill was recently s6k) a($1,000
erncre, making the snug little sum of
>42,000.
Going up.?Uuitcd States Bank, Stock
old yesterday at $127 cash; and 8128, on
mc. The money market is decidedly caier,
and the prospect is encouraging.~~PbiL
nquircr.
Michigan is swarming with purchaser of
ublic lands, and Emigrants by the Thonand.
A paper says that Mtbe receipt for
he sale of public lands at- tbetbree kind ofice'sj
in the Peninsula of Michigan* during
he month of May, amount to rising Of one ,
lillion of dolhrx. The receipts atKalam*
1200, exceed $500,000?those in the city
>f Detroit $365,00G?and those at Monroe,
uobably 8200^000." - a ^ ,
Mr. JDavidG' Burncl, recently elected
resident of Texas, is we understand, a
mtivc of Now Jeroy. The Newark Daily
\dverfiscr thus speaks of bun: 14 Major
3. is a gentleman of accomplished manters
and education ; a maifw the highest
ntegrity?of the most scrupulous notions
?f honor ; by profession a lawyer, and a ?j
radical evangelical christian." :
From the Grccurillc Mountaineer.
The Wheat Crop.?We aie happy to
tate, that the recent alarm in regard to u
ailure the of WTieat Crop in the upper
ountry, has been entirely dissipated by
he dry wether, and tho commencement of
larvest As far as we can bear,, almost
ivery field will yield fully, or more, than
m avrage crop of excellent grain.
Private accounts, at Baltimore, from
iYashington* state, that owing to recent
novements among the Cherokees, a targe fi
orce is about to be sent to Athous, Ten- . 1
lessee, under command of Inspector Gpo:rai
Wool. JSifeiZte;.