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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
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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.
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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.