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a lew days previously to notify me were about to assemble at Jackson prepar- i atory to their march to this frontier. I deeply regret the *rou!)le and disappointment to the brave and patriotic volun-' teers, and more especially the embarrassment to yourself individually, which mv requisition has occasioned. However much I may have erred in the hope and opinion which I entertained and expressed in my letters of the 29th of April and lOthof May last, that this frontier was no longer in danger of being attacked or again menaced by a formidable savage foe, I have the satisfaction to find that no great evil or injury to the service has as yet resulted from the error? an error in*o which the wisest and best of our statesmen appear to have fallen?and from the same causes which hud operated upon my mind and misled me, namely, the apparent prosjxets of a speedy termination of the irnr hrl.TSPii lhi* Mrrir.titi and Text arts. I cannot however, admit that I have erred in requesting of your Excellency the Regiment of Mounted Gunmen in question. 1 have, during the I;jst and present month been strongly impressed with the bcliefthat the whole of this frontier would be involved in an Indian war as soon as the threatened hostilities between our blood-tlursty neighbors ol the W est should be renewed. When I learned from the Secretary of War that the President of the United States approved my views, reported to him in March and April last, to assemble upon this frontier an effective force of mounted *inen, equal to that of the billigerents?a force that would enable me to speak to both in a language they could not fail to hear and to hoed ; and when at the same time I found myself expressly instructed bv n letter from the Department of War, dated May 4.1830?(of which a copy is annexed, No, 1)?tlvit the President ici/l sanction i- ? . ./ i . r ^ iw empoymenioj iniaierer jorcc may </i necessary to protect the Western frontier of the United States from hostile incursions; and that the Department of War had addressed the Governors of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, requesting them to call into the s Trie such militia force as I may find necessary in carrying into effect the instructions heretofore given to me, adding. 44 the theatre of operations is so distant from the seat of Government that much must be trusted to vour discretion!" "The two great objects you have to attain arc, first, the protection of the frontiers, and, secondly, as strict a performance of the neutral duties of the United S.ates as the great objectof self-dcfeuce will permit;" and when tr? flue ic -wliUxl tlir. lnttnr tn vnil x' ? # "J uuuvu HIV t^VViViUI J IVIVV* tv ^'Vof the same date, of which the following is an extract: ,k I am instructed by the President to request your Excellency to call info the service of the United States the number of militia which have been or man be required by Gen. Gaines," there can be no! ground to doubt that 1 was fully authori/.ed to request of you the regiment in question. That from 4,000 to 10,000 Indian warriors will be employed against the inhabi- ; tants of the disputed territory, as soon as ; the theatre of the war between Mexico and j Texas is extended to the left bank of the j Brasses, I have no doubt; unless, indeed J ihe prospect of our having on this frontier sufficient mounted force to repel the inva- ; sion of the disputed terri ory, and afford to the defenceless inhabitants that protec- j tion which wo have promised to afford j them. Iam more than willing to risk myself! will 1.600 men for ihe nrotection of a thin * I ly settled frontier of 400 miles in extent; but with full authority from the Department : of War io call for whatever force I may , deem necessary and proper for the pur pose, I am not willing to have less force j than I have called : for, without a force of : 7,000 men held ready for action upon this j frontier, the Indians can in one month destroy nine tenths of the inhabitants within ? I 1 the disputed territory, with a great part of the adjacent settlements, including those \ upon the Red river from Alexandria to Fort Towson, embracing a large portion of the i ( original inhabitants when ceded to the United States, with the finest cotton growing section of the United States, whose annual ; crop has already amounted to millions of} uouars. ( ' If it be true* that the Indians have deter- ; i mined to commence hostilities as soon as < the Mexicans approach the settlements east j; of the Brassos, (and that this is their set- ; tied plan I have iio: a doubt,) then it must tc evident that we cannot obtain from Ten- < nessee. or from any of th.c central or Wes- j ternJStates, sufficient force to prevent the j apprehended depredations, as they may be to a great extent perpetrated whilst the requisitions for force are on the route to the States authorized to furnish r. With this impression, I cannot but consider oitr pro- j mise o{protection to this frontier wholly uncii}ic*nntml fimt tn fvritfi hoVPX 1 and expectations which we shall not have the sure means of fulfiling. I cannot willingly be instrumental in producing on this border scenes such as have occurred in East Florida?a frontier ravaged and deso- j lated before troops for its protection have ! been marched or authorized to march from : their homes. *" In my letter to the Secretary of War of the 7ih of June, acknowledging the receipt of his letters of the 2oth of April and 4th of May, I concluded as follows: "Although I have upon the whole of this frontier about 1,600 regular troops, mostly infantry, yet it ' will be recol!ec;ed that this force has to : guard an extent of 400 miles of frontier, unsupported by any other than very spare settlements. and that the chivalry of Mexico may be expected soon to fly to the res- ; cue of their President, and reinstate his red : j allies, and inspire them with a spirit of re- j venge against their white neighbors recent- j ly screened from their barbarism. Under j these impressions, 1 have deemed it proper \ to reouest Governor Cannon to authorize j the brigade of Tennessee Volunteers, en-' O # % rolled under his proclamation of *hc 2?'h ?>f. April las', to calcula'c on the probability of another call at this place, and that, should I have occasion for volunteers, as I appre[ hend i shall, those enrolled shall have a 1 preference to all others." In answer to i which I received, on the 3d instant, a letter from the Secretary of War, dated the j 11th of July, (of which I annex a cop}*, No. , 2.) in which you will perceive no cxpresl sion disapproving mv purpose to call for a | brigade of Tennessee Volunteers. The I Secretary, however, expressly authorizes | me to call on the Executives of .Missouri and Arkansesfor one thousand men each. But this authority did not reach me until the 3d of this month, when I had reason to be: lieve the regiment of Mounted Gunman, requested of you, had been raised, and would be here before I could have suspended their movement, if indeed I had deem; ed it proper so to do. This however, did not appear to me proper; on the contrary I deemed it necessary to request of the Goj ernors of Mo ssouri and Arkansas the two 1- J -.i?: i __ mousuna men auuionzeu us uuufircnut i(force, lor reasons set forth in my letter to | Gen. Arbuckle, (of which I annex o copy i Xo. 3.) Of these measures the W ar 1 Department has been regularly advised, j Some of our fashionable party leaders, j edi:ors and others, seem very much shock, j ed at my preparatory measures to cross a ! little muddy branch of the Sabine Bay . (which branch some are pleased to call the | Sabine, whilst others of more liltemrv pre{ tensions call it the Rubicon.) to hold the ; savages in check, merely because some few | white men have been kiiled i>y them, and | j some women and children, the wives of the j the slain, have been taken prisoners and j carried off to the bosom of the wilder; ness! In reply to such silly effusions of the selfish slaves of pary, 1 need only remark j that in deciding upon the course of | measures proper for me to pursue in reference to the outrages commit* : ted by the Indians near me, I think it i my duty to consider the poorest frontier i ,?l, din Indian cmJnitlfT ; IUIIH; v uunuucj J111 uiv iijuiun uv?.Y ^ ; knife as en ifled to the same attention, and j the same vigilant measures of protection, as (the most fashionable of our interior citizens. If I wete capable of making an invidious 1 distinction in such a case, between the rich ! and the poor, the lordly ]>olitician, and the - humble/w/irrr, and of taking more or less care of the one than of the other, I should j thereby prove myself to be wholly unworthy ! of the trust reposed in me. But I am exultingly reminded by some, j that the people killed, and those menaced 1 by the Indians, are not citizens of the Uni: ted States. I reply that most of them arc citizens of the United States; and that whenever the national boundary line is established in the manner provided by treaty, "? ? ? i n 1.1 1 many, jt not all ol those who mid tnemseives left upon the Mexican side of the line will return to our own beloved country. But, until then, we must protect them from savage massacre. Since 1 sat down to write tins letter an express has arrived, with a positive declaration that he had seen and conversed with a Mexican officer at an Indian village, forty miles to the northwest of Nacogdoches, who was understood by the Indians to be i engaged in setting 011 foot an expedition ' against Nacogdoches. This I believe to . be true, because it is in accordance with < the previous statements of several persons < who are entitled to credit. I have the honor to be, with great respect, < Your obedient servant, EDMUND P. GAINES. 1 Major General Commanding. 1 His Excellency N. Cannon, Governor of j Tennessee, Nashville. < We learn that the President has ordered a Court of Inquiry, to consist of Major Gc- , neral Macomb, as President; Brigadier | Generals liraddy and Atkinson, members; j rnd Captain Samuel Cooper, as Judge Ad- j vocate and Recorder; to be held at Fred- 1 erick, Maryland, as soon as the state of the j service; of which the President of the Board will he the Judge, to investigate the causes of the failure of the campaign in j Florida under General Scott and General ^ Gaines, and of the delay m prosecuting the campaign against the Creek Indians in Alabama.?Metropolitan. X a ? ??? # ? * f. r t ! l n T It'll A In Atil I 1 A> U Clll/Cll U1 IMC L' UIH.U ? liu UUI of the reach of the party excitement in which * the plot ofthe Revolutionists was engender- ^ ed, hut must rejoice in the salutary, prompt, J and decisive rebuke which the People have 1 administered to them at the; election held in ? the State of Maryland on Monday last. For J ourselves, we do most sincerely rejoice in this triumph of Republican principles. We should be glad to be able to promise c a similar result at the election in Pennsvl- 1 vania, which is to be held next week. We t are not sanguine, however, of the success s of that election. There are too many ques- t tions mixed up with it, which do not proper- j ly belong to either party side, to allow of < any confidence in the event. At the elec- i tiou in November, when the single question 1 is to be tried between two candidates for i the Presidency, we entertain little apprehen- J sion of any other than a favorable result, 1 because it is a plain question of preference t between two individuals. L?ut wc shall not I consider the election, now immediately at < hand, a fair test of the strength of the oppo- 1 sition in Pennsylvania to the Baltimore nom- 1 ination.?Nat. Intel. y j Earthquakes a cure for Cholera.?It has . often been said that artificial thunder, as the < firing of cannon or the rolling of cannon < balls, is sometimes called, lias been of ma- i terial service in dissipating the causes of i some diseases. We have so far been t faithless, and our faith is only shaken now, < from the fact, that at Lay back in Illyria the 1 Colera broke out last June, and on the 25th, i 26th, 27th, and 28th day of the month, : four thousand persons out of a population of l 20,000 died. Upon the 29th of June, there was an earthquake, and from this moment the intensity of the disease was over, and nearly all who had been attacked recovered < f.V }. Express. i Coinage.?The whole coinage of the t C. States from 1795 to the present time, ( amounts to about $21,000,000 in gold, s $43,132,682 in silver, and 75,244.515, i cents and half cents. Of the gold about $9,000,000 lias been coined since the alteration of the standard value in 1834. The new coinage of the eagle dollar, as well as . the gold eagle, will probably be in circula- ' tion by the 3rd of March next. Within the t past seven and a half years, 3,092; 12 quarter dollar pieces have been coined, 0,383,- r 850 dimes, and 10,287,700 half dimes.? < 'Government have it in contemplation,"-says J the Globe, "to issue three new coins to take the place of the cent, which is too bulky and unsightly for such a use. These are to be ( made of a mixture of silver and copper; one x the half cent, will bo ot the size of a silver iho cur.t nir>?-r? will Ko r?f thi? t of the ten cent; and the two and a half cent ( piece will be of the size of a quarter dollar." ^ From the Cincinnati Whig. ARTIFICIAL EYES. We can ourselves bear witness to the accuracy of the statement in the following communication. Doctor Walde.a lew days ago, brought the gentleman referred to, to i our office, and we were both surprised and 1 delighted to witness the perfection with which 1 the Doctor had supplied his patient with a J new eye. The artificial eye was so precisely like the natural one that no person, without , the closest examination, could discover any , difference. What is most astonishing is, 1 that the regular movement of the natural eye 1 is given to the artificial one, and the move- 1 ment of the one corresponds precisely with J the other. -Little or no pain is experience.'! ' by the person having one put in or set. No ! person who has been so unfortunate as to | lose an eye, ought to remain without an ar- ; tificial one a single day. The triumph of 1 art, as exhibited in this case, is truly wonderful. 1 For the Cincinnatti Whig. { CINCINNATI, September 2*2,1S30. ! Mr. Editor, Sir: I was last week favored bv a visit from Mr. Doal, of this State ; and it was only minute examination, I discovered he ; possessed the blessing of sight with but one 1 eye, the other, which he informed me, was inserted by Dr. Walde; being so just in the coloring, so brilliant in expression, and so c trim in motion, that in mv oninion it would i baffle the skill of almost any person to discover the difference between the natural and artificial eye. I feel myself in duty bound to give this publicity, and the more so, as I have previously witnessed the success of Dr. W's operations, in the restoration of sight to the blind. t 1 I am, sir, Yours, respcctfullv, J J. G." JOSEPH, ; Optician, 169, Main.street. 1 An Assortment.-\ few days since I was e amused by observing on the corners of the street, advertisements containing a notice ^ of a "church for sale or to let." This announcement reminded me of a joke con- p nected with old S , of Burlington, who d was noted for keeping in his store the most mr?r?nrrriiniw n??r>rtmoni over offered for f sale. A wag once bet with a frined that he ^ would inqire for some nick-nack winch ^ Jemmy could not supply. The l>ot was a clinched, and the two proceeded to the sho ? :>f the old antinquarian. 2 "Friend S said the quiz, "have you si dii hand a good second hand pulpit?" "Yes sir," replied the unsuspecting shop,- s; keeper, without the least idea of there being || my thing uncommon in the question. "Yes gt sir, 1 bought one yesterday from the trustees )f the Methodist church, who are fixing up C( lie interior of their meeting house." ci So saying, he showed them to the barn t tc vhere this most curious article of trade had d; jeen deposited. The winner laughed, the 111 oser bit bis iips and paid the wager, while i , I J: lemmy s character lor Keeping an asson- ui ncnt of goods, became more firmly estab- 111 ished than beforei ~-y " - UI Vinegar in Cream.?The difficulty and F abor frequently attending the churning of m juttcr, led me to try a variety of experiments o ascertain if a method could be discover;d lor making butter come quicker than ** he usual mode. After trying several things, ^ [ found that by adding a table spoonful of oJ ;ood vinegar to four gallons of cream, when C( )ut into the churn, I obtained butter in from >even to eijjht minutes. If this information ,vill be of any service to your subscribers. 01 /on are at liberty to publish it.?Far. ij- ui Mech. C J( Awful event and singular attachment of in Artist in Death.?A late London paper j "umishes us an account of a young man of i ' he name of Pitcard who resided at Hanip- IV stead and who had been for sometime at- jj' ached to a female of the same place, but Ii peculiar circumstances, joind to his ill state si )f health, had retarded their union. Pitcard j th ,vas in the last stage consumption, and had jeen confined within doors nearly twelve v nontlis, and to his bed several weeks.? oj Eiis speedlv dissolution appeared certain. ^ Nevertheless, on Monday evening he de- i 0f ermincd on being united to the object of 01 lis affections on the ensuing morning; accordingly, about 9 o'clock, he was with difficulty dressed, and, assisted by the arm of ^ lis intended brother in-law, proceeded to.vards the church with a firmness which as- m onished all his friends and neighbors.? th lust, however, as he arrived at the lodgings to if his intended bride, exhausted nature could of Jo no more?the bridegroom sank lifeless m n the arms of his relatives. He was im- er mediately conveyed home, and every res orative medical aid could suggest was in effectually administered?the vital spark >vas totally extinguished. He had suppor- t'< :ed, with the fruits of his ingenious labors lu is a miniature printer, an aged and widowed 01 mother. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITYThc New York Journal of Commerce ef September 20th, says; "We learn that \\ he agent of this institution has received in h< his city, so far, four subscriptions of Si 000 vicli, three $500 each, and many others of .mailer sums,amounting however, to severd thousand dollars. FOUEIG>. Spain is still unsettled; but the revolutionsts have the ascendency. Gen. Esparterrois ippointed commander-in-chief ad interim of he army of the North; and Gen. Evariste >an Miguel of the army of the centre, in Araron. Isturiz formerly dismissed 18 procuralores, for having voted that he was unworthy lie confidence of the nation. The censorship las been abolished ; and the liberal journals suppressed have reappeared. The Spanish ministry have been dissolved in account of a difference with the subject ol interference in the government of Spain. A conspiracy has been detected in Constaninople against the government; and several )f the supposed conspirators put to death privately by order of the Sultan. From the Charleston Courier. [from our correspondent.] Merchants Exchange News Room, ) New Orleans, Sept. 30,183(3. \ To the Editors of Vie Charleston Courier? extract of a private letter, dated "Malamoras, Srpt 16.?Our town remains illedwith officers and soldiers. We have at least 2,000, and they are without money, which makes them far more disagreeable than they otherwise would be. They are also divided in [heir political opinions, and several attempts have been made to pronounce, and in case ot ?uch an event, there will be a saqaco, which ivill result with the loss sf the lives of many foreigners, as well as their property. It is supposed by many that the single star will soon appear on the banks of our river. This town tvill be an easy conquest: 1500 men would take it, and in all probability without firing a ^un. We have no information of any troops arriving from the interior, and it is generally aelieved that Mexico will never be able to send i force to Texas again. Their independence nay be safely calculated upon. ' -Vot liinrr of much interest from Texas. A 0 - >arty of tiie Texian troops had inade a descent on La Bexon,'and taken possession of that ilacc. IM>IA\ WAR. (Jen. Josup lias declined the command of the irmy in Florida, and has offered to serve under lie command of Gov. Call as a volunteer. TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. "On to morrow morning we take up the line >f march for the Wythlacooche. Our brigade s 1400 strong, under the command of Geneal Robert Armstrong of Nashville. There vill be about 1000 Floridians and 800 regulars, vith2 or 3000 Indians in co-operation with is. We have great ambition and high hopes if putting an end to the war." From the Jacksonville Courier, Sept. 89. The Tennessee volunteers with Gov. Call at heir head, arc at Suwance Old Town. Gen. essup with the U. S. Troops and Creek Inlians. is at TamDaor on the Ouithlacoochv. rhe Troops in this section, under Major Pierce, ire expecting orders daily?to march. Col. downing, aid to Gov. Call, will, with a proper scort, reach this place Sunday next, on his /ay to join the Commander in Chief: Warke stories arc being deposited at different oints. The work goes bravely on. On Tuesday last Col. Warren reached this lace from Ncwnansville on a furlough of a few ays. From this we leant that on the 22d inst., the udians took from Maj. Mapes, Pay-master, U. !. A., his horses, while at Fort Mills on his ay to Newnansville. They also took several elongmg to his escort, a part of Capt. Brown's nd Parish's companies of Florida Volunteers, lakingin all twelve horses taken. On the 3d. Maj. M. reached Newnansville and was ck of the billious fever. Col. Warren left that Post on the 25th. lie j nv no Indian sums on his wav and suDDosed ! D . * * * ic enemy were apprised of the approach of I ic troops which are on their way to their I rong holds. Gov. Call, with between 1S00 and 1900 men, insisting of the Tennessee Volunteers and the tizen soldiers of Middle and West Florida was > cross the river Suswanee Monday or Tuesly last. The Governor intends marching imicdiatcly for the Nation. Gen. Jessup, with 100 Regulars and 600 In- j ans, was cither at Tampa Bay, or at the iouth of the Ouithlachuche. Gov. Call lias made a requisition on the tates of Georgia and South Carolina forvolnteers or militia to be sent immediately to i lorida. He expects to have upwards of (3000 en in the field in twenty days. Col. Warren says nothing has been seen or ?ard of the Indians since the victory which le men under his command, gained near ewnansville. This will be considered one of le most important and brilliant achievements "this war, when its victories and defeats be-1 )ine mauer 01 nisiory. Key West, Sept. 30. Tlio U. S. Troops at this post, embarked ithe 24th inst. by order of Governor Call,! ider the command of 2d Lieutenant Balvard, ompany B. 4th Infantry, in the schr. Lewis mes, for St. Marks to join the army engaged the Seminole war. Still later from Florida.?The steamboat! harleston Capt. Bonnell, arrived last eveng from Jacksonville, which place she left i Friday. From a passenger we learn tb,at j le forces under Gov. Call had met with some | idians near Fort Drane, and after a short j lirmish with them on Monday last, drove I tern into the hammocks, the Indians leaving i ur of their dead on the field. Next day j Puesday) another skirmish took place, with | muar results, the Indians leaving live dead 1 the field. The gent'em ?n, from whom we | ?rived this information, understood that none j ' our men were injured. Major Pierce was j 1 his way to join Gen. Call, at Volusia. Xew article of Commerce.?Several dwelling .uses are now being constructed at Beaver oint, to be erected at Grand Gulph, Mississip. The irame, and all the wood work, is ade ready here, transported in flat boats two lousand miles, and cut up at a handsome profit i our mechanics. The difference in the cost materials and workmanship, makes it the terest of planters on the southern rivers, to nploy Pennsylvanians to build their houses, id float them down to any point on the Misssippi.?Beaver (Pa.) Argus. Post Office Department.?By an authen3 statement from the Treasurer's office, the nds of this Department, remaining in bank, i the lstult. were as follows, viz :? Whole amount in bank, $388,319 11 Warrants issued and not paid, 58,757 78 Disposable funds on hand, $329,591 33 The President of the U. States, arrived at Washington on the 1st instant, in improved ?alth. I I I CHERAW GAZETTE. ; TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1836. f Books will be opened to-day in the Store of Alexander Muirhead for subscriptions to tie ^ Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, and will \ remain open through the week. y The Hon. R. H. Goldsborough, U.S.Senator < from Maryland, died on the 5th instant. y ELECTION RETURNS. 1 Chesterfield. Congress. Col. John P. } Richardson 332; J. G. Bowman 4'J. Senate. John Ellerbe. No opposition. t House of Representatives, Dr. Thomas E. t Powe340, John Middleton 175, Major S. j \ Jacksonl54. The two former elected. i Owing to the inclemt ncy of the weather, t I and much sickness in some parts of the Dis- t j trict the election was unusually thin. t | Marlborough. Congress. Majority for Col. f I Campbell 10. II. of R. Col. C. W. Dudley, s Darlington. Congress. Majority for Dr. e Smith 75. Senate, MajoT W. H. Cannon, r H. of R. Col. J. T. Ervin, and Huggins.. \ We learn unofficially that in Horry, Col. c Campbell had a majority of 250, and in 6 Georgetown and All Saints together, Dr. s Sini'h had a majority of 128. \v illiamsburg still to be heard from. Col. Campbell's ma- f jority so far 84. i Marion. Congress, majority for Col. Camp- } bell 27. Senate, T. Evans. II. of R. YV. a I W. Harllee, and F. Gibson. g Charleston. Congress, II. L. Pinckney l i H IS T.I o T?old 917 ; 1 HtU? 11# O. liCgaiu (7vU. iuajuiit? <va? I Senate, Joel R. Poinsett 1370, Alex. Mazyck ( 543. II. of R. *Ker Boyce 1829, *0tis Mills ( 1824, *C. G. Hemminger 1802, *R. Yeadon, i Jr. 1747, *Joshua \V. Tooraer, 1735, *John Phillies 1699, *S. P. Ripley 1198, "Charles ? < Edmonston 1191, *E. H. Edwards 1126, *R. r i VV. Seymour, 1077, *J. C. Ker 1072, "John Huger 1062, "Geo. Gibbon 1037, "James L. ] ! PettigTU 1029, "Wm. Cross 993, *Edward * i Frost 993, M. M. Cohen 956, J. E. B. Finley ( : 945, Robert Elfe 938, II. Bailey 937, James ! II. Smith 927, S. H. Dickson 912, B. F. Dun- c | kin 798, C. R. Northrop 859, Myer Jacobs 784 r J John L. Wilson 749. t ; Those marked thus (*) are elected. j I Three tickets were run for the House of j ^ i Representatives, one by the Staterights party, 1 | one by the Union party &, one bythe4,Indepen- \ i dent electors," each of which was composed t j of members of both the Union and Nullification g ! parties. Some were elected from each of the j tickets. 2 Christ Church Parish. Congress, Legare g J 39, Pinckney 4. Senate, Dr. Paul S. Wes- c ton. H. of R. Dr. J. Toomer. t Richland. II. of R. B. T. Elmore, James II. Adams, D. J. McCord, B. L. McLauch- c lin. c Lexington. Senate, II.J. Caughman. II. j s of R. Henry Arthur, L. Boozer. ; v Fairfield. A. F. Peay. H. of R. D. Mc; Dowell, D II. Means, John Buchannan, J. J. y ! Myers. t Chester. Senate, John Dunovant. II. of r I r? n wr ri> f\ \r:il? T?l.? IV^irrlaco ! _ on me river 10 lOliuui 11 uavigau.c, anu _yci I there is not even as much as a flat bottomed j pa boat at this time plying on its waters farther north than Cheraw, S. C. Happily, how- . ever, this subject, of such infinite importance is again we hope, about to receive some attention:?the idea of instituting Shallow Draught Steam Boat Navigation has recent- j ly been brought forward, and as it is well | known that many of our inland streams are be navigated with steam vessels drawing but a af few feet water, it would appear that such bi boats could be used and effectually too, on of this river runing through the entire breadth T of our State. From a communication in the Carolina Watchman, by G. W. Pearson, ^ who made a survey of the Yadkin from about 12 miles above the Surry line, to the jja Montgomery line, at Stokes' Ferry, a distance of about 80 miles, it seems that in j that distance there are 38 shoals, about one lov third of which could be passed in common to water with boats drawing 2i to 3 feet water, and that in fact there are but 5 or 6 shoals pa in the whole distance presenting any seri- Jo ous obstructions, and admitting that the ra- an pids at each shoal would average of a ^ mile so there would still be fifty-five and a half miles smooth water?that is from the flat Swamp, to Bean's shoals in Surry. q Greensborough Beacon. de th< The Gold stolen from the Captain's office of w< the Steamboat Rhode Island has been found; to part in the oil can in the engine house of the ha boat and part on shore. ' tu J ft.J r. ?y . IX. VI. xuiu?, o VII m i/uugiuvk, . t I Woods. 4ji ! The papers from the Western part of X. i Carolina state thate the small pox prevails to | a considerable extent in Burke county, in con- ^ sequence of which the superior court was not n held in Morganton. tl c The case of small pox which we announced E some time ago as having occurred on Drow- . I ing Creek N. C. passed off without infecting I the neighborhood. No ignorant imposters ! rj i misled the honest and unsuspecting into a no- j p tion that it was measels. i i I st The Cincinnati Whig states that Mr. Bir- j y ney's Abolition "Philanthropist" is not printed m in that city as it purports to be, but in Springs- a borough, 30 miles distant; and that from the 9 " j ot excitement caused by there-appearance of the ^ paper, the office would probably have been re- al destroyed had it been in the citv. . i w 1_ | b< Georgia Elections.?The State Rights' Sentinel of Augusta gives returns from 63 coun- ^ tics. The candida'es of the White party for pj Congress had a majority of about 1500. The hi members of the Legislature stand so far, Van P( Buren 102, White 102. The counties to be " I m heard from will give a Van Buren majority, it ]\* is supposed large eijough to turn the scale. Mr. II. S. Legare arrived in Charleston on f0 the 5th inst. A public dinner was tendered er him by a number of respectable gentlemen, ce which he declined on account of "the sadden *"r< St ing influences" upon the community by the deatiis from the prevailing epidemic. I CI] Navigating the Yadkin.?This has long |ca been spoken of?in fact thousands were at j one time, we must say foolishly, expended i D -i??i??i ....J Shocking Rail Read Accident.?The PhilaIelphia U. S. Gazette says:?The following iccount of a most painful accident on the Coltmbia Rail Road was left at our office by a riend, who it will be seen was a witness of the >ainful scene which he describes. Fairview, Sunday, about 8 o'clock. This afternoon, as the train for Lancaster vas approaching Fairview, the axle of the forvard car, or next to the baggage broke, fhich immediately precipitated the car upon he railway, the fragments of the axle ripping tp the bottom cr the car, in which was a Mr. jibson of Philadelphia, bound to Cincinnati vith his wife and children. His wife and ffiild fell through and nearly the whole train jassed over her body. I cannot picture to .i t i V * rou tne nean-ren .ing tcene that ensued, wnen Mr. Gibson was called to the spot where his vife lay a mangled corpse, with the ciiild, ibout 18 months old, by her side covered with he blood of its dead mother. The top of her lead was cut cff, and the brains on both side he rail; the body, feet, arms and legs broken o atoms. Heavens! what a sight! the disracted man tenderly dragging from the spot he remains of his ' Julia' called upon her in rantic exclamations; but she could only an;wer by expiring look of agony. He next pick;d up his babe, and believing it too was dead, an around the crowd imploring assistance, vhen it was impossible to afford him the least :onsolation. The ciiild was miraculously preerved. 1 was next called to witness another tcene which beggars description. ? A black man, who had vainly attempted to leap rom the car when the accident took place fell ipon the ground and the car running off the side le jumped, the wheels passed over both his legs md cut them off in the most shocking manner p-inding the dirt and clothing into the manrlo/1 T-Io lov writhincr in the most ex j'tu liv t? - - - ^ ?? ??? ? :ruciating agony, under the body of one of the :ars, until enough of assistance could be renlered to raise the car off him. He will not t is believed survive. A gentleman in the forward car had liis left irm broken, and breast much injured, but it is >ossible he will recover. The train was propelled at the rate of 15 to 18 miles per hour at the time of the accident, ind ran not more than the length of the train, >r 50 yards ere it brought up. I was with my family in thS next car to the >ne in which Mr. Gibson was in, and the firagnents over which we passed, tore up the botom without injury to its passengers. It was i mirarle that we escaoed?one of our wheels vas spokeless, nothing but the naked rim wa9 eft to give assurance it ever was a rail road vheel. Even the rail, of a considerable die* ance, were tom from their fastenings, and ;ome broken." This seems to be one of those accidents igainst which it is difficult to guard, unless by ome new arrangement of the wheels and axles if the cars, or perhaps by a thicker flooring of he cars. It is mentioned to us that the engine and ine car was immediately dispatched to Lanaster city tor medical or surgical aid for the ufferers, and that before it returned the cars vere set in motion. In the hope of conveying the wounded towards medical aid they had gone to a short urn, when the locomotive came sweeping ound, and was not checked until it came in ontact with the cars and did considerable inuy. EDISTO BRIDGE DESTROYED BY FIRE. We learn that the Bridge across the Edisto liver, over which the Rail road wa3 constructd, was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday ight last. It appears that it must have been be act of incendiaries, as fire was comratmiatcd to both ends and to the middle of tho (ridge at the same time. We have been informed that measures were t nmediately adopted, by the use of tiats to J eep up the communication, so that no inter- J jption will take place, in the transportation of I assengers. J Indian Treaty.?The Philadelphia Herald, J ates that Henry R. Schoolcraft, Esq., Major ^ Whiting, of the LT. S. Army, and J. W. Ed- H londs, Esq., were, on the 17th instant, holding M treaty at Mackinaw, with the Chippewas and Trulionc fiir (ho nnrolmsn nf thn tro/*t tuu n u i uuiuiicf iui vnv ^/uivuuwv vi mv m uvu r country lying between Lake Huron and ake Michigan, and North Grand river, and so all the lands lying north of these lakes and est of the Straits of St. Mary. The price to V ? paid is two millions. ^ Express Mail.?The Fredericksburg, Va. rena says 44 the contract for carrying the Ex ess Mail between that place and Richmond, is been taken by Jas. A. Beckham at ?13,065 >r annum. The mail is to be carried at the !e often miles an hour, and the arrangement is to go into operation about the 1st of ovember." COTTON CROP. So far as we have been enabled to gather inrmation respecting the cotton crop of the lsuing season, in this section, we are convin d that it will be unusually short. The early jst, having nearly perfected the work of de ruction begun by the worms and insects of e summer.?Fayetterilte Observer. A new bell weighing 6000 lbs. has been preired for the City Hall N. Y. to be rung in .ses of alarm by fire. The elections of inspectors of elections io ?nnsylvania have been held and are said to ive terminated in favor of the Van B^n irty. Maryland.?One of the Van Burro electors is gone forward and qualified. B i lires 2 to make a quorum. From the Charleston Courier. RICE?DRY CULTURE. i A single border of rice was planted in a trden in Cannonsborough, around several ds?the whole length 212 feet. It produced, , ter being threshed and winnowed, a hall ishel and peck, good measure. If two rows - - L //->? Olft IoaA nrtvtiMO tine lUi) ItiCt eac/i ***.\* iwvy jnuuutyu I.IW lantity, then 83 rows, the usual number in a larter of an acre, would produce 261-2 bush- ' ?, and two quarts, or for one acre 105 14 ishels. t | Hon. E. Sheplev U. S. Senator from Maine M s been appointed to a judgeship in that State. /1 The law of Maryland referred to in the fol- f J ving article provided that if a man shall take wife a Negro, he shall be sold as a slave. 1 "It is not generally known that by a law fl sged in 1715, and still in force, Richard M. J hnston, were lie an inhabitant of this State d amenable to its laws, would be liable to be ?j Id to the highest bidder, as a slave, for the rm of seven years. Thus, if the conqueror - f || Tecumseh had had Ids lot cast on the north fl nk of the Potomac instead of at the Great .' ossing?, the opposition might have been un- M r the necessity of buying their candidate for 9 e Vice Presidency at public auction. Such fl ?re the notions of our ancestors with regard 9 the proprieties of life, and their judgment "M s remained nndistiurbcd for more than a cen- jfl rv.? Mr! .Examiner. fl