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iu Holland give less milk in proportion to j their size, thau the generality of the Sees dairy cows; but the milk ofiiie Dutc'i cows j is richer than the other. In Holland the milk is not allowed to stand more than from j 18 to 25 hours, to cast up cream, while in; Scotland it stands double those periods. I The consequence is, that nothing hut the j richest and best cream, which always rises ; lirst is made into bu ter in Holland; while in \ Scotland, the interior cream, which makes ' inferior butter, is collected and churned with the other. And, above all things, the great, attention paid to cleanliness in Holland has : a powerful effect on the quality of their but-1 ter. Query G.?What quantity of butter would ' a cow of such breed produce per week Answer.?From what has already been % s a:ed as to the diversity of the quality and quantity of milk* the society will readily perceive that it is not easy to answer this que- < ry on general principles. A cow. kept by William Cramp, of Lewis, in the county of Sussex, is mentioned 111 the linn ami sixm volumes ofthc communications to the Board1 of Agriculture, as having yielded, in the j year 1805, 540 pounds avoirdupois of butter. In 1806, this cow gave 450 pounds of butter, in 1807, she gave 075 pounds, and t in 1808, the same cow gave 40G pounds, i avoirdupois, of bu'tc r. The Secretary to j the Board of Agriculture mentioned a cow i kept by the Rev. Mr. Heckctt, of Becking- ( hum, near Newark, that yielded nineteen pounds, avoirdupois, of butter in one week., But he added, that six, seven or eight pounds 1 per week, were the common returns of t! e j * cows in that part of England. Mr. Van-j couver states, in his rej>ort of' Hampshire, I that a cow of an inferior size, kept by An- J thony Grave, Symington, yielded from fifteen to sixteen pounds, avoirdopois, butter I per week, tor soma part of the season. A j cow of the Ayrshire dairy breed, kept by Mr. White on land in Lanarkshire, J situated in 800 feet of altitude above' the level of the sea, yielded, for several; wteks, in summer, 1833, sixteen pounds, 1 ~ * : - ? A i,?| i ilUVOirUllJKJlX, Ul Ull.lWl |'W ,, v .rw. ...... the Rev. M. Alpin, of Skarling obtained . at the rate of thirteen pounds of butter, from one of his cow s that year per week. But although many such iustances of pro- j duce could be pointed out, they are far j above the ordinary or medium returns of; dairy cows. It is certain, however, that | thousands of the Scots dairy cows yield ( 4,000 quarts of milk in the course, of one j year, as has been mentioned; and it is j equally certain that* sixteen quarts of that uuiormly yield, on an average, 24 ounces*1 of butter, so that the average return of these I cows, when at* good quality, in right condi- i lion,and.propcrly fed, is d75 pounds, avoirdupois, of butter, per cow, per annum. From the Washington Glol?o. Express Mail.?In this day's Globe will j be observed an advertisement of the Post! Office Department for the conveyance of t r vr v?l. U.k.1? , an express man irom .mow iuia. iu :uui#uv, Alabama, where it will fall info the great mail, and be carried by steamboats to New Orleans. The time proposed to be occupied in -the conveyance between New York J and New-Orleans is about six days and a ! half; the regular time for the present mails-; is a little over thirteen days. The provision of the late act of Congress ! under which this enterprise is put on foot,; reads as follows, viz. "In case the Post Master General shall deem it expedient to establish an express mail iu addition to the ordinary mail, on any ; of the post roads of the United States, for j the purpose of conveying slips from news-, papers in lieu of exchange papers, or letters other than such as contain money, not ex- j coeding half an ounce in weight marked * 4 express mail,5 and public despatches, he shall be authorized to charge all letters and packets carried by such express mail with j triple rates of pos'age to which letters and j packets, not free, may be by law subject ; wlien carried by the ordinary mails.55 j Regulations to govern the "express mail'5! will be published before it goes in oj>era- 1 tion. ? ' * - . . i . /*Af It is the aosire 01 me rosi iu.?in uiuural to extend the benefits of this mai! to oth- ! er sections of the country : but he thinks it i not safe"to attempt it until he is moreappris-1 ed of the means which lie shall bo able to j devo'e to the object. The improvements : ordered since the first of January last, and. * the new mails put into operation, will cost; about $100,000. Congress, at the last scs-. sion, established the unprecedented num-1 ber of seven hundred and thirty eight, new \ mail routes, which will probably cost more , than $300,000 annually. The % express mail, now'advertised, will probably cost! $250,000 more, making an extent ion ofaj expenditure equal to $650,000 a year. Al- ; though the Postmaster General believes he 1 * - can bear a grcater extension without em- j barrussment, yet he does not think it right! to hazard any thing by an attempt to place I expresses on other routes, and he refrains ! l'rom doing so until the expense of the new j routes and of the mail now advertised, shall m- 1 * - I I bo known. J he day is not uisruw, now- ; over, when ho expects to run an express j to'the west, starting probably from Bulti- j more and running on the national road | through to Sr. Louis, throwing off branches or improving and expediting the exist- ! ing lines, to the right and left, so as to.! diffuse its benefits to all the country upon the upper rivers and lakes. An express cannot be run from New-York i to Boston within the time now occupied by the steam boat and rail road line through Providence. It may, however, be useful to run one east of Boston to Portland. It may j also be expedient to run one from Boston \ through Albany to Buffalo, which would j operate, by connecting with the North j River steam boats, as an express mail between New-York and BufFulo. From the Southern express, now advertised branches may be advantageously thrown off through Alabama into Mississippi and Tennessee. The great outline of an express mail system wou^l he completed by a line from j New-Orleans to Nashville, thence to Lou- J isvillo, Kentuckyand thence connecting j with thf Eastern and Western line. The present policy of the Deparlmtent is to run from New-York to New-Orleans by the route which can be most rapidly travelled, and scatter the benefits to the cities, towns, and country, right and left, by improving the existing mail routes. The upper line advertised from Fredricksburg, Virginia, to Columbus, Georgia, is about 00 miles nearer than the lower line, which is now tiie great mail route; but on the lower line then.' are two rair roads, and it contracts shall be obtained with them on favorable terms, it will be expedient to run the express on that line. But if no contracts are obtained with them, it is probable the i Department will adopt the upper line, where the speed will }> less rapid,and consequently the mail more certain and less expensive than on the lower line. The point will be decided when the lettings are to be made. So far as the service of the Post Office 1 >cpar moist is concerned, one of toe principal advantages expected from express mails is, that they will render it measurably indepen dent of the rail roads. By running nignt and day, this mail will outrun their cars. The interest which the community now feel in the expedition of the great mail will measurably oea.se when the news shall he brought much sooner by tiio express. It will bei Colin a matter of comparatively little moment whether that mail bo carried a li.tie faster or a little slower; and i! the rail roads will not carry it at a reasonable price, there will be no public inconvenience, and but little complaint, if it be carried hi stages or wagons. Yet, it will he a matter of interest that the rail roads should carry the great mail. Wherever they under'ake to do so, and eonform to the hours of the Department, the wholejiiail will travel with expedition of an express, and the triple postage will ho saved to the citizen. Such will lie the case between New-York and Philadelplibia, between Baltimore and Washington, between Fredericksburg and Richmond, and between l'eteivslmrg and Blakely Depo . Desirous oi accomplishing thai onjoci as iaras possib!e, the Post "Master General has invited proposals on the portions of the line occupied by rail roads, for carrying the great mail and the express, also -in rail road cars. We trust there is a spirit "0:1 both sides which will lcnxl to the formation of satislactory contracts with the rail road companies, where their roads are Completed on this great line. From the X. V. Courier and Enquirer. PRESIDENTIAL. NOMINATION OF A SUCCESSOR. Without deeming it necessary, and certainly without feeling the disposition to assail the molircs of the present President of the United S.ntcs, it is our settled conviction that liis elevation to the Chief Magistracy is the most unfortunate and "untoward event" that has ever occurred under our government. We wish dis inctly to be understood when we say this. We are particularly desirous not to be considered as making such a declaration as mere partisans; because nothing could do more injustice to the spirit with which we have set down to pen the remarks we are about to make. For the personal character of General Jackson we have in many of its* points, a very high respectj * ? -1 . *. 1 _ and we are ol opinion, mat in us nest es. tato, and while it was sullered to show itseir as nature made it, uninfluenced by the paltry demagogues who have poisoned the atmosphere in which the President's mind lias moved, it would have been exerted for the true interests of the country. It is quite true that there are certain weak spots of which we once were unaware, that are dangerous in the character of a man called to adminis'er this government; but with this drawback, General Jackson might have made a safe and efficient President of the United S.a'es, if he could ; have bqen surrounded with proper conn- i scliors, instead of calling about him, as he unfortunately has done, a host of very weak, very wicked, and very designing men. AVe are disposed to acquit the personal character of the President of a j very large share of the iniquity to which it has given sanction since his induction I into office, because wo are unwilling to i 1*1 believe that he lias meani to do any tiling j very wrong. But the weak point of his j character?his assailabUitij to tho base aP nnr\i*moinln/l man?IVMlf naiiu y vi (ui|'uiivi|fi\.u uivu .ivw *uumvi- . cd h:s administration one of most dele-, terious, and \vc fear fatal import to the , country. Without knowing it himself, perhaps, he has allowed a knot of political. desperadoes to use his name and his tin prccedcnted personal popularity, .as an instrument of fearful injury to the United States.?Under the shelter of his character, we fear that ambitious men have been ! allowed to work a change in the public feeling that will eventuate in the overthrow of our institutions, arid the final; prostration of the cons i'trinn i self. From the Nashville It.inner, i "We have heard a member of the Lo.; gislat.ure of Tennessee declare publicly, j 4 that he did not want to think for himself :> all he wished to know was, what Gen. i Jackson thought.' " We hoard another member of the same body seriously contend, that as Gen. J Jackson had rendered important services to his country and was now about to re- j lire to private life, he ought to he gratilied j in the matter of a successor.' " We heard very recently tliat u gentle- j man of fortune, influence and respocta- J bility, gravely argue, 4 that as it was im- i possible for the great mass of the people j of the United States to be personally ac- j quainted with the different candidates for . the Presidency, the opinion of General j Jackson ought to exercise a governing1 c? O j influence in the choice of a successor.' 44 The fact that the present chief magistrate not only feels, but has openly express- * ed a preference lor a particular candidate 1 for the succession, is not denied. 44 Nor can it be denied, that the powerful influence of his name is every! where used and without scruple brought I to bear in behalf of a particular candi-j date. - I " All who will not join in the support of* J j this particular candidate are denounced as f i enemies of General Jackson and opponents ' t( ! of his administration. " The patronage of the government is t entirely closed against the friends of all the r candidates, save thv favored one. ; 1 1 "And thus, under color of gratifying,! '1 : supporting and vindicating a Chief Ma-* i gistraic who, in an eminent degree, enjoys j ; the confidence and love of his country, prin- \ 1( jciplesare avowed and practices pursued t j, j which strike at the very root ofi's free in-'t jstitulious. - j; "This is strong language; but it can he i established with mathematical certainty, c th.V a radical change is stealing over some c of the most important features of the gov- j ermnent, and that the great principle upon t ; which it is founded, namelv, /he sore- ! f rcignhj ot Hit; pcop/e, is in emnvm cum- a ' g^T.'' J 1 10HLir.IV. j J New-Orleans, July 13.?By the schr. Ju- j { litis Ceasar, which arrived yesterday from Tex- ' ( as, we have information that renders it very ' T dotihiftd whether the Mexican army will really f prosecute further operations for the present at' 2 ; least against Texas. 1 * From Texian spies sent for the purpose of re- '. c.oiuioiting the enemy, it is ascertained thai the i J i Mexican army has not advanced, and that its numbers are continually diminishing by descr- ! , . tiun. j , , The Toxians are in "high spirits," and have j / ' no lack of arms, ammunition and provisions, and | j with force sufficient to repulse the invaders wit h J great slaughter. Santa Anna had solicited l?y t j : letter the amicable interposition of Gen. Jack- . | son, and had conveyed to the Mexican Govern- j j : ment his opinion, that the conquest of Texas j j was impossible, and that the independence of | 1 rfY?vnc hn ro^ftmiixod. The schr. Brutus, Capt. Ilurd, was at Mada- j j . uordn, blockaded by the Mexican brig of war j . j Vencedor del Alamo, hut would soon be reliev- ' J edbvthe sclir. Invincible, Union, and other vessi that had proceeded there ill tow of the j , j steam boat Ocean, for the purpose of capturing ! j lite l?r:g.? ? . ; Tkxxr.?The New Orleans Bulletin of the ' t ;20th nit. states on the authority of a letter f \ from highly respectable source, dated at Mata- | ' moras the 2f)lh ult., says 4,It is an undoubted ] . fact that this Government (the Mexican) ; i have made, or are making a treaty to engage , i ! eight thousand Indians to join them. The < r ; Cli?rakes arc alrca-bj enqaged. There are \ i fourteen or fifteen Chiefs of different djibes \ j [ within a few miles of here, who have daily j ( j communications with the officers. The com-1 ), ' missiouers were this morning turned into the ' i j common prison with criminate. It is not iin- | I probable we shall be invited to take French i leave of this country soon." This intelligence is confirmed by another r ! letter of July 1, which states: " I had occasion , | to call on*General Urrea at his quarters on j g j business, when I met there three of the Indi- ;} i ans. with their interpreter, makinir enquiries ' T ! of the strength of their tribe, the General be- j ing anxious to ascertain what force they ! r could muster with other tribes." ! t [Correspondence of the JV. Y. Courier cf* Rn- ^ 1 quirer.1 Paris, June l'J?The most careful ' c perusal of the French Journals can convey but ! a very imperfect idea of tiie public feelingoftlie j private views of the members of the Lcgisla- j turc individually on the subject of the occupa- t tion of Algiers, which for the last three days j n has been under discussion in the Chamber of t Deputies. The vote as you have seen has t been almost unanimous in favor of the reten- ! v tion of the conquest cither as a colony or a : \ stronghold. Nay, there is not a single news- i o paper which ventures to advocate its abandon- h mcnt. And yet the great majority of well in- j ^ formed and reasonable Frenchmen are convinced that this legacy of the restoration was far J' from being a desirable acquisition, and that it would be well to get rid of it, if that could be ; accomplished witiiout detriment to the honor 1 and glory of the nation. : 81 Paris, June l.">.?The German Journals pre-: tl tend that we arc this year to have a Congress : a of sovereigns at Cologne, at which the affairs s; of Holland and Belgium are to be definitely set- ' J tied. A visit of the Emperor of Russia to the ? waters of Carlsbad, and of the king of England j J to his Hanoverian dominions had been previ-1 1 ouslv announced, but the former, at least, is j " rendered more than improbable by the distrac- j ted state of the southern provinces of the Em-; s' pire, where, according to the latest accounts,} the inhabitants have become exceedingly dis- P contented, in consequence of an extraordinary 11 levy of troops and tlie imposition of a fresh tax y on spirituous and fermented liquors, while at _ same time the nobles are invested with new : j0 privileges at the expense of their vassals, and j are loaded with the favors and caresses of the j (j Court. ; ai IXDIAX AVAR. ' 1] I \v From the Columbus Enquirer of July 29. ' d; CREEK WAR not OVER. j hi On Simbty morning last intelligence was re- j w ccived that signs of Indians were seen in the | aI neighborhood below Fort Crary. A detach- j c< incut of >90 or 90 men composed of parts of the , t( Troup, DcKalb, Jasper and Burke companies , E under command of Capt. Calhoun, went in im- i mediate pursuit. Not far from the river they 11c discovered a fresh trail leading in the direc- i ol tion of Lumpkin, and after following it some ' al ton or twelve miles the Indians were ovcrta-| R ken and fired on by the advanced guard. The tr main bodv of the whites rushed to the scene, ' i; - * * * i , ?_, .i i w when a battle ensued wmcn lasieu more man j u an hour. The light during this long time was | close and bloody, the whites havingfive killed j and fifteen wounded, the Indians losing some j ^ 'twenty or twenty five. The names of the j killed and wounded we have not ascertained, ; It is said to have been a drawn battle, for al- j J' though Capt. C. retired from the field for want! T of ammunition, the Indians were doing them P1 but little injury, comparatively speaking, when ' tf the retreat was effected. The detachment j acted well as we can judge?the Indians had j w selected their own ground, between two creeks ei and out-numbered the whites three to one. i Tiiese Indians had crossed the river the night j before, and seemed to he making their way i C( towards the swamps on the Flint, where Beall 1 pt and Jeroigan used them so horrid ugly. j An express was sent to the General in com-; inand, on monday morning, who forthwith des-1 patched four mounted companies, Capt. Brown's : of Muscogee, Capt. Delaplaners of Jackson, | Bostwick's of Pulaski, and Capt. Sledge's of! or Troup, to Fort McCrearv. In addition to j these, Major Hoxey's battalion of Infantry have : lv been ordered down, and left here on Tuesday, j U Gen. Sandford will take the command in per-; n< son, and we understand intends to pursue the ] h; enemy .to the South keys of Florida, or overtake ai them. Thus it will be seen that the war has! lii again broken out, at the very moment whenf or the assurances of men high in authority had i or induced the country to believe all was as calm j as sunshine. i a i is ASOTIIER BATTLE. 'opij of a Idter ail dressed to the Governor of -Georgia, rrrcitcd 21 th Jul;/. Hi* Excellency Governor Schley: "I have to inform your Excellency, that 011 lie night of the 11th inst. authentic information cached Thoinasvillr, that a party of Indians, in number, were seen in the upper part of j rhomas county, marching in a direction for i -Wida. By seven o'clock A. M. next day, a compaiy of men, forty-six in number, under the comiiaiul of Capt. James A. Newman, was deslalched in pursuit of them. On Thursday hereafter, this company was joined bv a com- j >any of about forty men, from Lowndes county, j iiuler the command of Captain Pike, whan the ; ompanies elected Michael Young to take oininand of the Battalion. Scouting parties being despatched, the In- j bans, fifteen in number, were discovered in j he fork of Big Warrior Creek and Little Itiv>r. The battalion immediately proceeded 1 icross the River, and scoured a very thick, j middy swamp, about, two miles wide and three ong, without making any discovery. A com>any of thirtv-onc men, from Thomas county, mder the command of captain Luckee, and of hirty-one men, from Lowndes commanded by Japt. Sharpe, tlwn joined the battalion. The lext morning Capt. Sliarpe was sent up the ast side of the river, to ascertain whether or lot the Indians had crossed the river, and left he swainp. Having found their trail, he despatched a messenger -to the battalion, and proceeded to follow after the Indians. After pursuing them about three miles, he came up with hem, about sixty warriors and their families : i battle ensued, in which lie lost one killed, Air. Folsoin,) and one wounded, when he was breed to retreat. The battalion hastened to his assistance, and n about three miles, came up with them again, >osted in a very advantageous jiosition, on a ?ir?o ridcrp. their rear urotreted bv a cvnrcss k>nd, and in tlieir front a wide, open, boggy neadow. A general engagement commenced ibout 9 o'clock, a. m. and after a severe light or about two hours, the Indians were comdetely routed, with a loss of twenty-two Inlians and two negroes killed, that, were seen, nany wounded, and eighteen of the women md children taken prisouers. The battle was ought over a distance of three miles, through ;?jvt r tl cypress ponds, and hays, and a very hick hurricane. The loss, on the part of the vhites, were two killed, (Burton Ferrcli of i I'homas county, and Edmund Shanks of j Lowndes,) and nine wounded. Several horses I vore killed, several ran otf during the engage- : neat, and have not since been heard of. The >risoners have been confined in the county jail, uuler a guard for their safety. Your Excel ?'!iry will please direct w hat disposition to make I >f them. The expenses of the detachment I vill he furnished you, as soon as the quarter- j master can make out his account. TIIO'S E. BLACK&IIEAR, Col. commanding GOth Reg'tC. M. Fifteen hundred mounted Tennessee men ar- ! ived in Montgomery on the loth Jolv. Accounts received at Savannah, July 2^th, j ay that as the escort under Cupt. Ashby, who j ?ad been engaged in evacuating Fort DrunewusJ roceeding to Micanopy. and had arrived within ! l mile of the latter place, it was attacked by a j arty of Indians, supposed to number from loO j o UOO, who kopt up a. brisk and constant fire j ipon oi) men composing the escort for upwards j >fan hour when the Indians retired. Tiie firing ens heard at Micanopy, and a detachment under ! jieut. Temple was sent out to reinforce C.ipt. | Islihy, and arrived on the ground just as the ' ndians had commenced a second attack which ' liey did as long as they saw the train keep in ; rotion. One baggage wagon was cap'.urcd by ! ho Indians after killing the horses. None of i he whites were killed?11 wounded?among ; riiom is C.ipt. Ashby, dangerously, an* Dr j Vightmnn severely in the neck. The evacuation j f Fort Dranc is now suspended, and the Indians j 'aC thn o/uint rxr h??tn*pnn I ivt; ufimpivu; |iuraEii>iuii i.iv wuu? T />?...?>. . licauopy and Fort Drunr. j Fresh Indian trails were seen at Col. Hal- ' awes' place, as the boat came down on Monday ! ist. The evidence of dissatisfaction on the part of , lie friendly Indians, at their friends having l?ccn | ant off in irons seems to be increasing. It is t lid the)' petitioned O.'n Jessup for leave to heep ; loir relatives who were prisoners, with them, nd that they might not he sent westward nor be j int to Grt>rgia lbr trial. The refusal of Gen. < essup to grant their petition is said to have given ' inch offence to the friendly chiefs Yoholo and t im Hoy. It is also apprehended that the friendly j ndians may be excited to hostility by the infor- ' lation that they too must remove beyond the : lississippi. They can raise 3 )00 warriors; some i i ly more. j | Abont 2400 of the emigrating, or rather, trans- ' orted Creeks reached .Mobile on the ldth July, i nder charge of J/icut. Harry of the army. Among those who were here, we saw (says a !1 ew Orleans paper) the agod chief Xea-M ithia J -the warrior of near ninety years?the same ' ifty, heroic (.Id man, more bowed in years, but ill unsubdued in spirit, who fought against eneral Jackson in the old Seminolo campaign, I ad would not deliver himself to any but the , eneral himself, the "Great Chief oftho Whites." [c is a noble specimen of the savage ; and aficr ' arring for nearly one hundred years with un- ] png courage against that destiny which has jen destroying his race, he goes .with a head hitcncd by so many winters, but still erect, . ad an eye dimmed indopd, but still piercing aud ( ommanding, to lead the remnants of his scat. ' sred people in the depths of tho wilderness. Ixtract of a letter dated Columbus July 25. "An express arrived this morning from be- ' ?w, stating that men under the command ' f Capt. Calhoun, had an engagement with 1 bout 300 of the enemy, ten miles from oanokeon the Lumpkin road, yesterday af rnoon?that 5 of our men were killed and i wounded?our men had to retreat?the viians are making their way to Florida. Gen. Jessup has issued an order directing 11 the Indians to beat the emigrating cam]) , r the 1st'of August?All who are not there r that time, will be no longer fed by the 1 nited States, and will be treated as hostile, * his I view as an important order, and will , oduce important results, either terminating le war, or producing a bloody one. " We shall leave here by day light, and ill ride night and day, until we overtake the < lemv." 1 "Lump!*in, Sleicart County, July 26, 1S3G. J " We arrived here to-night, and shall pro- 5 ?ed 011 our course to Florida, it noc.esary, in . lrsuitofthe Indians. Capt. .Ternigan en- 1 lged them yesterday about seven miles below 4 ,>re, and killed several?He lost three men.- 11 h TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. I F.xtract of a letter from one of the Govern- ? V and to the Knoxville Register. The call for volunteers was very numerous- 1 obeyed, both in West and Fast Tennessee, t pwards of thirty companies from West Ten- t )ssee could not be received, although some s id marched near 200 miles at great expense j id personal inconvenience. The call was c nited to 12 or 1500, and 1540 were organized i 1 the second, and marched from Fayetteviile ( 1 the 4th instant. < The Governor found, on Itis arrival at Athens j 1 much larger numbes in rendezvous, than ! 1 were called for by the Secretary at War, all as tr eager lor service as you have ever seen t he hun- ? ter for the chase, equipped too, at a heavy ox- id pen so. for 1 torses, &c. besides a journey of two hundred miles with all the inconvenience and r< expense incident. The whole, numbering twenty-two hundred and upwards, were organ- 1,1 ized in one Brigade and tendered to Gen. \v ooh tl and I have the pleasure to enclose you a copy '1( of a letter of that patriotic officer accepting C( their service. 01 They were more fortunate than the West ? Tennessee Volunteers, many of whomtravelled 1,1 as far, and with as much expense and incon- s| venience. Tiiis is Tennessee like. j P From the Columbus Ilerald of Aug. 2d wc j J] lcarn*hat a conpany of 80 men recently rais- | tj ed by Capt Jeruigan have had two engage- i inonts with a party of 200 Indians who were ' working their way to Florida, and with whom some of the citizens of Stewart county had previously had a running fight. The firsj en- n; gagement lasted 15 or 20 minutes when the fo whites retreated, having lost 2 men killed, and 0j 5 wounded. Of the Indians 7 were killed. . The Indians again took up the line of inarch 11 til! thnv entered the Chickasaflathie Swamn. P! Jemigan's men following in their wake. Af- ! tc ter entering the swamp a small party came }r out to challenge the whites into the swamp. ^ Jcmigan proposed to his men to accept the challenge, which was unanimously agreed to ; i so in they went, through mud and water. ! h After an engagement of about an hour the Indians began to give way and soon disap- i peared. Eighteen dead bodies of the Indians C were found. She loss of the whites not tJ stated. ' - ( CHERAW GAZETTE. I TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1836. jPOSPECT8 OF OUR TOWN. The number of large and commodious stores already finished this siunmer, or now under i contract to be finished before the commence- C rnent of tlie business season, is not less than 11 18 or 14; and still we understand that some persons wishing to open new establishments here next fail will be prevented from doing so j by the want of houses. To meet the increas- s ing demand for transportation on our river a n company of our merchants are building a new ^ steamboat which is expected to commence running in the fall. Major Wright the enterprising I 9 owner of the Steamboat Atalanta is also bnild- ^ ing a boat to meet the Atalanta in Georgetown ^ and thus complete the Steam communication with Charleston. These facts speak more loudly for the growing prosperity of the town than a any pitf's of onrs could do. ^ f "Washington's Farewell Address. The J ' statement which ascribes the authqgiiip of j j this incomparable paper to Mr. Madison, I ^ turns out, hke its predecessors on the same i subject, to be untrue. Mr. Madison, at the j - " ? 1 l:?*? ?J request 01 ifenerai uasumirioii, mien jic > contemplated declining a re-election, near the ; w close of his first term, prepared an address. I E But no one else could enter so fully into the j views and feelings of Washington, on this I. IS subject as to express them with a force and : j( vividness that would satisfy him. { y Mr. Sparks, who lias the possession of Washington's papers, lias, to meet this new 5' story, published both a letter from General ^ Washington to Mr. Madison, requesting him o( to prepare a farewell address, and Mr. Madi- b( son's draught of address. We shall next week th copy both papers and the reader will judge for ^ himself how far General Washington availed j j? himself of the draught in preparing his address, j No one can read the "writings of Wash- ! d< ington" as published by Sparks, and the Fare- ! well address without perccving that the turn i pi of thought anil general style of composition arc j tii identical, unless indeed lie is blind to the phar- w acteristics of style in composition. We once j II knew a man wno, aitnnugn m tnc consiam, i <u habit of eating annual food and drinking ar- ! te dent spirits could not distinguish, by the taste, ?h beef from pork or rum from whiskey. This 1 R' man's sense of taste was not less discrimina- ( or ting than must be the literary gusto of those j who can ascribe the farewell address to either ( Hamilton or Madison. ' ^ loi Southern Agriculturist.?We have received J Je the August No. of this valuable Periodical; m; ivhich always appears with great punctuality ! to it the beginning of every month. We shall j pa publish the table of contents next week. ' at! , j A communication in the Camden Journal' _ _ j zc announces Mr. John G. Bowman a candidate no for Congress. ^ A case of small pox has occurred in Fay- an stteville, N. C. The Board of health pledge n0 themselves to give immediate information to the public should any other case occur. , m: ANTI-ABOLITION MEETING IN CINCINNATI. hfc We find in the Cincinnati Whig, a report rf the proceedings of a meeting in relation to lei in abolition paper published in that, city by en Fames G. Birney. The meeting is said by the ; of Whig to have been most respectable, and to ! lave consisted of about three thousand per- j ?ons. The resolutions were adopted unani-! nously and by acclamation. Among them vere the following: P:i ? be Resolved, Tiiat the establishment of tlie tio aid abolition press in this city is a direct vio- cd ation of the solemn pledge heretofore given pri ?y its conductor at a public meeting on this m: subject. for Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet- I via ng nothing short of the absolute discontinu- J An mce of the publication of the said abolition an< inper in this city, can prevent a resort to a ha^ riolence, which may be as disastrous to its pre jublisher and supporters, as it must be to the So rood order and fair fame of our city. rae Resolved, That we entertain the most pro- eh? bond respect for the memories of the venera- thii ed Patriots of more than "Sixty \ears since" suf vho in the harbor of Boston without the on sanction of Law, but in the plenitude of the to ustness of their cause took the responsibility wa d re-shipping the Tea Cargo and for which of< llegal act they were entitled to and did re- bei jcive the warmest thanks and gratitude of I of l ivory lover a good order and well wisher of blc lis Country?and that we in imitation of the va iob!e and * fearless example set us by those j ref ue hearted Americans, declare that whenevr we shall lind an existing evil?wicked and lischievous in its conception?warring gainst the best interest and happiness of our jinmon country by its effects?aiming at the jstruction and disunion of our happy Governient and only prompted and sustained by lose untiring engines of human ambition, ^pe of gain and love of notoriety?but shieldi from legal enactment according to the sual practice of our lawB 60 as to leave us but ne channel through which we can rid our tir land from its withering influence that in ?izing that one tangible point our exertions jail be firm united and decided. A committee of twelve, persons were apointed by the meeting to remonstrate with limey and liis associates and warn them of ie danger of continuing their publication in incinnati. North Carolina elections. The election for lembers of the State Legislature and ir Governor, has already been held in several f the counties in this State. In the remainig counties, it takes place this week. The arties (White and Van Buren) are believed ? i i 1 ) oe ncany oaiancea. i^u un-cuonwe believe as ever caused so much excitement throughat the State. The following result so far as le elections have been heard from we copy * om the Raleigh Star: GRANVILLE. J. C. Taylor for the Senate, and Messrs. R. !. Gilliam, Col. C. Eaton and Flemingm :ie Commons, all for White were elected. State of the Poll?Senate John C. Taylor W) 407. Wye he (V B) 312. Commons? I. B. Gilliam (VV) 1081. C. Eaton (W) *9. Fleming (W) 936. Hester (V B) 582. S. Harris 499. Cook*267. Gov. for Dudley 977. Spaight 391. Col. Gilliam old sheriff re-elected. WASHINGTON. For the Senate?F. G. Spruill no opposition. Joshua S. Swift (W) elected m the lommons. Swift (W) 286. U. W. Swanler (V B) 143. Gov. for Dudlev 377. Spaight 34. !ir < nnnv tYAIUUill. For Governor, *R. D. Spaight 679, Dudley 02. Senate?W. N. Edwards V B no oppoition. Commons?John H. Hawkins V H 10 opposition. Thos. J. Judkins V B no opposition. NASH. ' . For Governor, R. D. Spaight 673 Dudley Q. Senate?Samuel L. Areington V. B Bw. V. W. Boddic 1213. Holman Arlington 14. 'ommons. ?H.Blount V. B.399. F. Taylor J. B. 392. . FRANKLIN?3 Members. John D Hawkins, Senate; Joseph Macklin nd Thomas Howerton, Commons?all for J an Buren, Poll: Hawkins 161, H. J. G. 1^1 Ma/>Min fiSCi Ilmi'Drfnn SAfi TYr VU11II1 ll/x Af&uvnuu VWJ 4AviivtbVM vw^ V. M. Johnson (Whig) 361. No change ince last year. For Governor Spaight 564, )udley 308. Gustin Perry re-elected Sheriff v 247 votes over N. Gupton. EDGECOMB?3 Members. Thomas H. Hall, Senate; J. J.. Daniel, ames George, Commons?all Van Borenites -no change since last year. W. D. Pettay, Sheriff. For Governor, Spaight 1170, tudley 75. PITT?3 Me miters. We learn verbally that Alfred Move elected in the Senate; Macon D. Moye and )hn Spiers. (Van Buren,) in the Common?, an Buren gain since last year, one. Governor?For Dudley 432. For Spaight 11. We have received partial returns from eaufort which gives Dudley 698 and Spaight Kh The Whig says Dudley's majority will ; from 5 to 600. We also learn unofficially at Spaight's majority over Dudley in Pitt is :tween 20 and 30 votes. We cannot vouch r this. The strong holds of Van Buren are st heard from, and so far from discouraging, ere is every thing to give us renewed conh ?nce.?Editors Star. The election for member of Congress takes acc in the Mountain District at the same ne, to supply the place of Mr. Graham, hose seat was vacated at the last Session, c and his former opponent Gen. Newland e the Candidates. This election is to dermine the vote of N. Carolina for President ould the election devolve on tlie House, of epresentativee.. It therefore excites extra* dinar}- interest. The result is doubtful. The recall of Gen. Scott from the command of e Sout h Western Army is ascribed to the folding letter addressed to F. P. Blair by Gen. ssup. If Gen. Jessup had complaints to il-p jifrainat his commanding officer, heouffht have carried them directly to the War Dertmcnt. This sneaking roundabout way of Gaining his object does not comport with the hminded frankness which ever characteris a truly upright and honorable man. We have t the evidence to enable us to determine how Gen. Scott is censurable. We have been, d still are, inclined to the opinion that he is t the man for conducting an Indian campaign. ;n. Jessup may be much better qualified for is duty, and his complaints against Gen. Scott I ly be well founded; but this does not excuse j manner of preferring them. The President's endorsing his order on the tcr sanctions it, and it is, on thisaccoant, dissditable to him as the "commander in chief the army." \ The following is the letter. Fort Mjtchell, Alabama, June 20,1836.' . Dear Sir We have the Florida scenes acted over again. This war ought to have en ended a week ago, I commenced opera- 7> ,ns on the Alabama side, and have succeedin traoquilizing the whole frontier. Our ncipal hostile chie? Enea Mico, came in with my of his people to a camp which I had med for the purpose of feeding the star ig Indians preparatory to tneir removal, lother, Enea Mathla is a prisoner in my camp, j I was in full march, with a force sufficient to re terminated the war in five days, when my gress was arrested by an order from General att. He has censured me in the most Unas ured and unwarrantable manner, and I ill be compelled to have the whole subject of i campaign investigated. There was a force ficicnt at Tuskegee, Columbus, or this place, e week after our arrival, to have put an end this war, if it had been properly used; but it is thought necessary to adopt a splendid plan campaign upon paper, and make every thing nd to it. To have waited the developements that plan would have left nothing to defend; >odshed and conflagration would have periled entire counties of Alabama. If not ar>tcd by Gen. Scott, I shall apply to be relieved.