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g**?I1 I ?-U l-jy-ttT-' '?* ""?? - I. in
ting die o.ic for the other. The eruption I
in nnrsnon won! 1 have avoided as a
nhonl, in 1 in yellowish* loj'ii ami its lone | I
situation no* h iv; a'tracted the attention of j
those o.i board tlie Exit. Another marine
eruption on n larger soa'e is reported to
he s tu t*ed in tlie gulf of Mexico, abreast
ofOY?r!otfe Harbor, and another in the Bay
of IJenga', ahr a c of t ie Ganges, which
strong hen the probability that they occur
mere generally. Another deceptive appearance
in the eruption at St. Anastatic
caused it to be m's-akon by some on board
for the exuvia of whales. Captains of vessels
should he on the alert fv>r the discovery
of these crupuons. Tiio b -st key to;
them we take to be the rippling an I break- i
ing of (lie strong currents which they oc- j
c.usioo at the spot. How acceptable is the
possibiii'y tlr.it even some spots looked up- !
.. *n are in roali v 1
'"At*. I tl*-v. i .. ... ( ,
in mv life ; but I was greatly nfllicted with I,
headache ami rheumatism for several years. !
I not married when I uns twenty-three. ]
Wo had two boys ; or.e of them is living. i,
My eldest hov went to s?a wiih me, three Jvovnges,
and a finer lad'*?just t!:en some. ,
thing seemed fo stick in the old boastvnirvs
throaf, hut h.e was speedily relieved and pro- i,
needed in his remarks. ik I used fo think j)
father was cverstricf about spirit, and when j
it was co'J or wot, I didn't see any harm in j
giving Jack a little, though he was only i,
fourteen. When he got ashore, where lie!,
i -I-.. T t
able lawyers t'other sido 1 saw the ureal;. j
crs ahead ; and I prayed to God to pres~rve
not only my child, bat myseli; for
I was some imos alarmcJ for mv own safety.
About this time I went to meeting one
Sunday, and the minister read the account j
of the overthrow of Goliah. As I return-1
cd horac I compared intemperance, in my
own mind, to the giant ofGuth ; and I aske
l mvs'if why there might not be found :
some remedy tor the evil as simple as the :
means employed for his destruction. For'
the first ihne, 'die drought of total abstinence'
occurred to my mind : rnori Tin: brook, 1
and tits shepuerd s sling ! I toi 1 my
wife what I bad been thinking of. She
siid she hud no doubt, tha' God had put the
thought into my mm h 1 called in Tom,;
my youngest son, and told l.im I had re-j
soiv jd not to taste another drop, blow high
or blow low. 1 called for all there was in i
the hou-;e, and threw it out of the window, j
1 m promised to take no more. I never
had mason to doub', that fie has kept his j
p-oiiis '. lie is now first mate of an India-'
in c. vati lion-1", ' !-a"" 0
I'll U5? I ^ IW 7
great reservoirs of fresh water?that the '
ocean, although strewed u ?i dangers, is
nt the some time pregnant with t!?o biossings
of iife.
i
"*The limestone fountain.* of Florida are en- j
crusted with a white deposit, which, refracted '
through the transparent water makes an illu- 1
mination whicli, to the eye at some distance,
seems a yellowish loom. Refractions of this j
sort are familiar to those who have sailed i
anion? the caicareous shoals of the West '
Indies."
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Speech of a Sudor at a Temperance mcc |
ing\ . , \
4 Please your lionet," said tho old boat- i
s?wa>n, " I've come down here by the cap '
nin's o-des; and if there's any tiling s'owed- j
nw.-jv in mv old, weather-beaten sea-chest of j
a head, that may be of any use to a brother i
aiior, or a landsman ei.her, they're l.eart'ly
welcome. If it will do any good in such a ;
o*vise as this, that you've all come here to j
' ilk alum*. you may ail go down below, and j
I'vorijaul heloekeisof an old man's heart.:
followed the sea for fifty years. I had
'rood & kind parents?God bless 'em bo h. ,
They brought me up to read the Bible, and i
keep the Sabbath. My father drank spirit 1
sparingly. My njotlicr never drank any. j
Whenever I asked for a taste, lie was a!- j
ways wise enough to put me off:?'* Milk J
for babes, my lad,*' lie used to say : " chil. I
iron must take care how ;hev meddle with :
edge tools." Wiien I was twelve, I went j
to sea, cabin hoy of die TippooSaib ; and j.
the cap'nin promised my Hither to let me j
have no grog ; and lie kept his word. Af'nr
ivv father's dea h 1 began to drink spirit; j
and I cop'inued to drink it til! I was forty, i
T .nr..,, rnmorr,'ir>p tr? have lieen tlDSV ,
.g" .UJ p-wm?? ? .in min. j.?ijwr-T??^
v.J to say nhont mv own exoerionoe.?
Uriv bo I've spun mo Ion? a yarn already,
lint I think it would'nt puzzle a Chinese
urrtrJor to take to pieces all that has been
put together on fo her sale.
From the Md. Temperance Herald.
VVII vT HAVE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES DONE 1
This que-tion is very often put to the
friends of Temperance, bv persons who are
intemperate in their habits, and sometimes by
persons who are not really temperate, but not
intemperate.
We will toil such persons wli.it Temperance
has done, and o.i the other hand, wliat
I.itemprranee lias done.
It will be remembered, that not above ten
years ago, when visitors enVced your doors,
your decanters were set before them, with
the choicest of wine .and spirits, thereby offering
a poison to them under the name of
trine, cordials, whiskey, runu ghi, 4'r- Is this
done now ? No! When the chimney-sweep
and his nutter visited yem, to perform their
services, gin or other liquors were set before
o..,i tiioro u*prp none of those honors
?111' i it mvtv .. w. v - __ .
in the house, you set out for them, thus setting
an example to your children, deleterious
in its effects as that of deadly poison, besides
ode ring- a poison to the sweep-master and his
boys. Is this done now ? No! On your
children's birth days you must have a good
barrel of cider or beer tapped, and let your
children and their associates get "right down
funny," as the " down cast" saying is. Is this
done now ? But seldom.
In making these statements, we have shown
that Temperance has done something in altering
the customs of our people, and, besides
doing this, it has made many " wretched family
happy! made many a drunkard's wife to weep
tears of joy! saved many a poor drunkard
irons ruin in this and the other world to ccme?
and Temperance Societies, by their operations,
have convinced many dealers in, and
manufacturers of, the "accursed poison," of
the immorality of their trade, and caused them
to abandon it for " better or worse." Now,
wo would ask such persons, "has not temperance
done something for us f" None but
those already degraded in the eyes of the
world, will dare deny the assertion.
Now we will proceed to give you a brief detail
of what Intemperance lias done. Intemperance
has been the death of many hundreds
of persons, and thus rendering their wives and
children paupers ! It has blighted their fairest
prospects in this and the world to come?
and finally, those persons thus left have sunk
into premature graves, unprepared, and unblessed.
A drunkard's grave! Ah, me! " A fearful
looking for of the wrath to come." It has
been expressly said by our Lord and Saviour,"
14 No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
Eleaven." p. p.
A SCOTCiI MOTHER.
A clergyman of America, at a public rereligious
meeting related the following aneclot?\
illustrative of the power of practical
maternal faith:
He was at the time the seamen's chapinn,
at a southern port. In the course of
iutv, he was called to the sick bed of a
sailor, appearand)' at the gates of death,
from the efleet of his licentiousness. He
iddressed him affectionately upon the state
ff his soul. With an oath, the s'ck man
j.M him begone, and not harrass his dying
bed. The champlain, however, told him
ilainly that lie would speak, and that he
must hoar for his soul was in danger of
?t--run! death. The man,however, remain d
suilcn and silent, and even pretended to
deep during his faithful address and prayer.
\gain and again the visit was repeated
vith ill success. One day, however, the
>ick man made use of an expression, by
-vii'ch the chaplain suspected that he was
i Scotchman. To ascertain the fact, the
'hnplnin repeats 1 a vorsc ot mat version
->f tlic Psalms, still in use among the
?! lurches of Scotland.
"Such pity as a father hath
Unto his children dear;
Like pity shows the Lord to such
As worship him in fear."
The cliords of his heart vibrated to the
veil known language. Tears come in his
?ves. The chaplain improved his ad.
vantage. Knowing the universality of
religion* instruction among the Scotch, he
ventured an allusion to his mother. The
poor prodigal burst into tears. He admitted
himself to be the child of a praying
mnf!,,.,. linlnftpn commended him to
God. lie had left !?cr long before, to beeonie
a wanderer on the face of the gaoat
deep. Xo longer he repelled the kind at'emions
of t!ic chaplain; and after his
recovery, his instructor had the satisfaction
of seeing hini give evidence that hs was
an humble penitent child of God.
The Revenue Crime.? If there he any
doubt that our neighbors of Connecticut are
better able to " turn an honest penny" out
of any thing they undertake, a glance at
(heir statis ics will remove it at once. The
financiers that can manage to build prison
palaces like the one at Wet Ik rsticl 1, and to
maintain the entire roguery of the state
within its walls at a handsome prof?, to the
public, must of course belong to the same
race with the two Yankees, who made five
dollars a day by swapping jackets with
each other. The good old state of Connecticut?is
actually making her fortune of
her own naughtiness. She has had shut
up during the last year, two hundred and
seven scoundrels and scoundrelcsses in her
s ate prison?none of them sent there for
t-K-ir virtues, we believe ; and still, they
must be considered among ilio " produc:ive
classes"?ihe most productive class, perhaps
; for we find that they earned $7,433
94 the past year, over and above their
" boar J, lodging and washing !" What
is more, the convicts in that prison
have not only paid all the expense of itsccrection,
but there is actually a balance ofsix
thousand dollars?in their lavor We do
hope most sincerly that the good old steady
habit state, will not be tempted by this excellent
speculation into "overtrading."
That is to say, we should be loth to see her
increasing her capital, by " borrowing"
from her neighbors. She will " break"
one of these days if si e docs-?A', Y. Gazelle.
The discovery of the electro magnetic
power in its application to machinary, is
about to be tested in upructicle Way injthe
city of New A ork. A large apparatus has
boon coast:* ct-'d, wl> ?h i; i.jtc : i ! to
could serve oir mis own unuw.mci', i snuu <
snw that I o boubled the quantity. I pave j <
him a ta*k. Fie promised to do better ; j
hut he didn't. Ipaveh'm another but he <
pitw worse, and finally i:i sp:to of all his ,
poor mother's prayers, and my own, he he- i,
came a drunkard. It sunk my poor wife's !";
sp:rits entirelv, and brought mine to the wa-1,
t'-r's Jack became very bad, and I ,
! >st ail control over bim. One day, I saw j,
a pa up of men and boys, poking fun at a j
nonrf'llow who was reeling about in the!
middle of the circle, and swearing terribly. '
Nobody likes to see his profession dishonored,
so I thought I'd run down and take him j
in tow. Your honor knows what a sailors'
heart is made of?what do you think I felt. j (
when I found ii was my own son !?I ;
oonli'nt resist the sense of duty ; and I
spoke to him pret'v sharply. But his an- '
swer threw me all aback, like a white squall i
in the Levant. lie beared me tbrouph, j
and, doubling Ids first in my face, he e\*. ,
rla'mcd.* You made me a drunkard ! It j
cut the laniards of my heart like a chain
s'mv from an eighteen pounder; and I f it j
11 have ."one bv the board.''
?!"* II 1 OHVUI'i " ? f-i |
As lie u terod those words, the tears ran
down the channel of the oiJ man's cheeks
Pco rain. Friend Simpson was deeply j
a fleeted. and Parson Sterling sat with his
handkerchief before his evrs. Indeed, j
there was scarcely a dry eye in the assem.
hlv. After wipping his eyes cnthe sleeve j
of his pea jacket, the old sailor proceeded.
44! tried, night and lay to think of the I
best plan to keep my other son from follow,
ing on to des'ruction, in the wake of his e!-'
der brother. I gave him daily lessons of j
temperance ; I held up he fere lum the ex-1
ample of his poor brother ; I cautioned him !
not to take spirit upon an empty stomach, J
and I kept my eye constantly upjn him. j
S ill 1 daily took nr.* allowance ; and the j
sight of 'he dram bo'tlc, the small of the li- j
<]Tor, and the example of own father, wcrej
in motion a turning la he, in order that j
those who take an interest in the invention i
may see it at work. The New York Post. |
from which we derive these facts, says that j
nothing hut the difficulty of the times now
stands in the way of demonstrating tiiie np. i
plication of this power on a large scale, to i
machinery of the most ponderous descrip- |
tion. I: is to be hoped that the means for \
doing this will soon be obtained ; it is to be
hoped for the interest both of science and
humanity. The application of this new
brinciple of mo'ion, i('successful, as we have
put little doubt it will be, is one of the most
wonderful inventions of the age, an 1 wih
hand down the native of its discoverer to future
times along wi h those of Frankinand
Fulton. It will furnish a power procurable,
with the great clwapnoss and facility, in
quantities to suit machines of any size,
manageable with the greatest case and free
from any dangercxcept such as necessary
belongs to rapid mo'ion produced by any
cause. Ilad his discovery been brought
before the public ten years, or even a year
ago, wo should probably ere this have
seen the elec'ric fluid driving boats and
turning spinning jennies. We understand
that the proprietors of the invention offer
very liberal terms to such as are disposed
to contribute to the means of carrying it
into efleet."?Bait, Amcr.
Extraordinary peculiarities of great Composers.?Haydn
was one of tiic most quiet
composers, and never required st mutants
to bis imagination like many others of the
profession, hut he had a spiritus familiaris
| of another kind. This consisted of a diamond
ring, which had been presented to him i
by Frederick the Great. When ho was j
inclined to compose, if his ideas were not |
proportionate to Ids wishes, the ring was j
nnlv .ippiippd hv him?he has forgot to put j
it on his finger. From the moment this !
magic ring had re-faken its accustomed !
place,and they cyo of the composer could !
meet the dazzling brilliancy of the precious j
gems, his soul was animated with the most
wonderful inspirations.?Ghick, !o animate
his creative faculties, retired to a verdant
lawn, whither ho had his Piano Forte
brought to him ; at his side was placed a
bottle of champaigne, and it was thus, ani.
mated by the warmth of the sun, and that |<
of wine, he composed his operas.?Snrti
adop'ed a system completely opposite ; he
used to lock himself up in a large and ob.
scurechamber, illuminated alone by a small
lamp, and which resembled in a considerable
degree a sepulchral vault; tiierc, during
midnight, amid profound silence, ho composed
his jus-ly celebrated airs, full of liveliness
and fraicheur.?Zangarelli formed n
plan still more singular to inspire himself,
fie never failed, before beginning to compose,
to read one of the chapters of the
Apostles.?Salieri deserted his study and
' ' ' 1 ' ? nmiilfl
His DOoks? anu sougm ijis|juciiiuii aimuoi i
the multitude. He perambulated the pub. j
lie thorough fares of every description, took |
an ice, and returned to his rooms to note ;
down his ideas. Taer wrote his Surgiuias, j
and liis Achilles in quiet chit with his ;
friends, amidst scolding his servants, nr j
even in quarrelling with his wife and fami- i
ly.?Ldstly, it was snuglv in hod that Pasi- |
el!o composed his Nim, his Molinara, 'and 1,
his Barbierc di Siviglia.
Anecdote?The late John Randolph, of j'
Roanoke, in the year 1SI3, when the New. ?
York banks suspended specie payments, j
had a remittance of some thousand do lars f
made him from England. The sum cover. |
cd the whole of one of his tobacco crops,
and the funds were locked tip in the vaults I'
of the Bank of America. Mr. Randolph '
was at the time in the prime of lift', in the |
full enjoyment ot unequalled popularity, j1
He repaired to Now.York and demanded
his funds in specie. It cannot be had was
the prompt reply. " It must lie had," was i
the laconic response of Mr. Randolph. |
The bank was incorrigible till the succeed, j
ing day, when the columns of the New. York j
Columbian announced by advertisement, that j
afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Honorable John 1
Randolph of Roanoke, would address the j
people on the subject of the Bpnks. and tiie j
frauds they committed, fiom the steps ofthe j
Bank of America ! It is scarcely necessary
to say, that before the hour arrived,
every farthing demanded by Mr. Randolph
was paid ovt r in specie[
Petersburg Intelligencer, j
Not at Home.?I knocked at the door of!
Mrs. , the door was opened by a smart
looking wai'er, who said Mrs. was
from home, (I could read in the man's eyes
that I e >poke riot the truth.) I gave him
my card, and told him to give it to Mrs. :
when she came in. (Perhaps I ought to 1
have sent in my card at first, but I wished i
to sec how matters were managed among j
the mialiiv. Walking away slowly at the J
i door, I wa* tapped on thcshoulJer by the 1
man, who said Mrs. , was at home and
wished to see mc. I was shown into tiie
parlor ; Mrs. was silting on a soafu in
a neat eleven o'ciock dress. She met me
in the middle of the room, and taking both
my hands?4 Oh ! Mr. Thornburn,' said
she had I known it was you I would !
have been a home. 4 Then said I madam
you really are at home.' 4 I am, 4 Well,'
said I, 4 I have often road of witches in New.
England, who could be at home and not at
home at the same time?but I never saw
one of them till this moment. But (says
[,) had they been ail as handsome witches,
as you, I don't think they would have burn*
ed so man^ of them.' She smiled. 4 Bu',
said I madam, are you not ashamed t"> hire 1
a man by the month to tell such tough stories
for you ?' (She blushed.) 4 It was as
easy to have said you were fixing your
curls, or crimping your can, and could not
be seen until four o'clock.' She said 4 it is
true but we can't get along without a portion
of deceit.?Thornbum's For!!/ Years
in America.
The44 Boston Piggery," so called, is 16
acres in extent and situated 6 miles from the
city. It has 700 hogs kept fat on the offals
I of the dwellings in Boston, for which the
| owner of the establishment gives the public
' authorities ? .500 n vcar.
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE FOUNDED ON FACT.
A few clays since, Mr. B. was found lying
in the mud in Pughtown, Pa., with his
bottle alongside. Being aroused from his
siumber, and told he was in danger of being
run over by the wagons and kiilcd, he replied,'
Let me alone, here, I am a Universalis',
and w ill go to heaven at any rate !'
True enough ! According to the rational
doctrineof Universalisfs, this man was in a
fair way to heaven, and the man who would
save him from being killed by a wagon,
would only detain him from the enjoyment
of eternal happiness ! What a blesse and
purifying doctrine this Ui.iversalism is !!
Useful Recipe.?We every clay hear
complaints about wa'ery potatoes. Put
into the pot a piece of lime as lapge as a
hen's egg; one: now watery soever me
potatoes may have been, when the water is
poured ofF, the potatoes will be perfectly
dry and mealy.
A Reproof.?A tradesman of much respect,
ahih y in a large city, who, from the humble
situation of a porter, raised himself by
merit and industry, was one day superintending
the loading of some packages intended
for abroad. One of the assistants ran so
far contrary to the directions as to induce
him to push the fellow aside, and say, "let
me come, for I shall never beat sense into
you." The p^er grumbled, and in an under
kev exclaimed "you've no reason o be
so sharp; you was no better than myself
t'other day. This being hnarc! by bis master,
he thought it no degrnda ion to reply, "if
you mean I was like yru, a porkr
you say truly; and, like you, a porter I should
have remained, if I bad been afflicted with
your idleness, your obstinacy, and your ignorance."
Dress.?There is an intemperance in
dress which is worth your care to avoid.?
Though this foiiv is not of American growth,
itagrecs so well with the soil, that it nourishes
rather more here than where it first
sprung up. Love of dress argues both
levity of mind, and effeminacy of manners.
It is a vice as well as a folly, as opening a
door to ex'ravnganee, which never fails to
be attended with ruin; and the prudent never
care to deal with a man who must injure
them or himself. The fop who came info
the presence of Henry VIII. with a hundred
tenemenst upon his hack, would have
had twice as many hats otf, if he had annually
put the rents into his pocket. It is there,
fore wisdom to wear such apparel as suits
your co.iditior; not sordid and beggarly, or
foppish and conce ted; agreeable to what
the poet puts in the father's mouth, speaking
to his s.iii ofhis habit, which he advised to
be neat, not gaudy, or expressed in fancy.
'Blush not now'?said a distinguished
Ir ian to his young relative, whom he had
met issuing from a haunt of vice; 'you
should have blushed when vou went in.'?
J
That heart alone is safe which shrinks from
die slightest contract or conception of evil,
and waits not to inquire, what will the world
say?
From the Columbia Telescope.
The following letter is from an intelligent
officer of the Army, now in Florida. We
publish if, as a full and authentic account
of die rise, progress and decline, of Gen.
Jcsup's Truce with the Seminoles.
AMP THLOXOTOSASSA.
12 miles above Tampa Bay.
Jt\\E, 8th, 1937.
Dear Sir:?Believing that an account of
ihc late events here on indubitable authority
(as the country is flooded to my knowledge
wi h stories and exaggerations respecting
occurrences in Fla.) will not be unaccepta.
ble, I have determined to employ my earliest
convenience since arriving at this posf
in giving you a hasty sketch.
Making every allowance for the cunning
insincerety and ignorance of mora! obligations
which mark the Indian character; still
it was the general impression in the Army
and elsewhere, that the war was terminated,
and hat the Indians would emigrate,
al.hough they might consult their own conveniencc
as to the precise period. The
Governor of the nation had come in, wi:h
several very influential, chiefs ; they sold
their property, their cattle and ponies, min
gled peaceable with the Whiles and Creeks,
expressed their entire willingness to embark
whenever the General desired it, and
gave o'.hrr indications of submissiveness.
The chiefs who were still out, sent runners
frequently, declaring their wish to come in,
and that in good time they would do so,
but their people were wild and timid, and
not easily assembled, and that their property
could not be collected in a day, besides
the impossibiliiy of moving rapidly a large
number of women and children. For ma.
ny reasons they were believed,the principal
of which is that the head chiefs were in our
hands we thought, and the others would not
renew the war, while these were hostages.
Gen. Jesup is the only person who has
believed the Indians deceitful in all their
professions ; and his beliet was founded on
secret information which is now just hecoming
known. It seems that the Mi-cosu-cas
for some weeks past have had their
war dances, gave up all thought of ever
emigrating and resolved to force the chiefs
at Tampa into a rupture with the whites.
They sent runners to Micconope ordering
them to join them, which he refused to do,
saying that lie had plejged himself, and he
would not violate his word. At length
on the 1st insf., some of the Miccosuoas
came to the Indian Camp and held a council
with the friendly chiefs; the result of
which was that they still refused to go out
and on the next day visited the Geni. informed
him of what had passed,and said they
were afraid the Miccosucas would compel
them to break the peace ; he desired them
to remain at Tampa that night, designing
may be to move their camp next day and
to afford them protection, but they deemed
tliis dangerous, being more afraid to separ.
ate from their people than to renew hostilities
with the whites. At this period Maj.
Graham of my Regiment, who is Indian
A gen*. sug'*es!^d *' "i 1 tiers' !?'.<< olnus
! cither of which might h;ive decided the con- j
test, which will now continue at least G j
months longer. He wished either to surround
the Indian Camp with a sufficient
force m ambush and when the Miecosucas
came, to capture or ex'erminatc them, or
wh'ch is better, to remove nil the Indians to
Tampa instantly and to occupy iheir ground
wi'h troops and give the enemy battle on
his appearance. It was a bold, chivalric
proposition; worthy of Graham, and with
him its executor, would have succeeded
eminently well. I would have given five I
yt a i of my life to have commanded a
company in the service, and though it is
said there were Irom 300 to 400 Miceosu- j
cas, I would gladly have marched against |
them with half their number! Instead of
listening to this wise suggestion, the Gene- (
ral sent two Indians to spy the movements J
of the Seminoles, and if they saw the Mic-1
cosucas forcing Jumper &c. to go with :
them, then to report to Maj. Graham, (10.
miles ofH who would assemble his force ]
and give pursuit. One of the Indians had a
sore foot and they came back without doing
any tiling! It is due them however to
say that the right before they went on the
same service and remained a long time
within ten paces ef Micanope's tent. They
were all dirinking &c. and no conversation
of importance was heard, To continue.
The chie fs returned to their camp.?
The Miccosucas to the number of 300 or
400 surrounded it and used some threatening
language. Miccanopo very boldly
stepped out and dared them to fire upon
him. It was found necessary to yield and
Co-a-coo cho, (little Wild Cat, son to Phillip,
and the most talented of all the Seminoles,
Gen Jessup says, that he has seen,)
and the fearless sub-chief who sent the insolent
answer to Bane, when he proposed
terms last all, each took Mieanope by an
arm and marched him o(T. The rest followed.
As was learned by a pursuing
party next day, they went about 4 miles and
separated into a number of parties. Pre- i
viousto moving off. Mieanope sent in by
a negro 8240 which he bad borrowed of
. I
Captain Page and a public horse, and word
to the General that he had " a straight ,
tongue, but could not help going." Several
negroes ran into Tampa. Abram remained
there when Jesup wished to keep
the chiefs, knowing that he would be fore- <
ed c fftoo, and he could'nt think ofloosinga I
large sum of money which he had deposited, '
besides o'her property. He now declares '
that the Indians have 4000 fig!i:ing men I! ,
It is said that the main body is about 3 days
march from htre, building a town on an is- i
land, where they will remain quietly engag- <
rd in their own pursuits, until molested by
the whites : that they wish to live in peace,
but will never yield the land of their fathers, j
Micanope is deposed, and Sam Jones or i
Abiaca chief of the Miccosucas is elected j
Governor of all the Scminoles. This will
cause a division in the nation and a civil
war may follow. Mo-lo-too-chec, nephew
to Miccanope and heir apparent (it being a
singular fact that the crown descends in the
female line instead of the inalc. I am not ;
certain that the practise docs not extend to |'
all the Indian tribes. It arose from a very j
reasonable doi bt about the certainty or the i
descent of blood in the male line) will never '
renounce his claims, and his party is strong.
?Among the sure signs upon which energe'ic
measures might have been adop'ed I
will mention only two. This -same EIoTotooche
sent in his broVen sticks, indicating
that ho would come in with .all his people, I
on the 3rd. Some days before the ap. |
pointed time, the Gen. sent a runner to j
him, who discovered that he was moling!
no preparation to move in. About a week
before the chiefs went ofF,Cloud (Yo-ho-Iocl
o ) bought a fine horse. He was friendly &
assented to emigrate on any day. What
did he want with a horse on board ship?
It was remarked, and the Gen. knew it.
Doubtless he had good reasons for his
course. A month ago 160 Indians were
brought up from Dunce's ranched, or fish
ing place 40 miles below Tampa, i ney i
too have run off, Bunce is implicated and an
order for his arrest isou\
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
C. M. M. HAMMOND, Lieut.,
4th Infantry.
Gov. P. M. Bctier.
SAVANNA, June27. |
Thi steamboat Florida, Capt. Hebbard, ar-!
rived yesterday from Black Creek. Up to i
the day of her leaving (22d) nothing in addition
to what we have already published in
relation to the war, had taken place.
We lean from a passenger, that it was the
general impression, that all hostilities for the
present would cease?that the Indians had all
left and fled to the Everglades, South of Fort
Mellon and Lake George?thrt they have
a large qaantity of r >rn planted, in addition to
I i-flru lihpr.il rations which thev received
from Government, with ammunition; being
more than their immediate wants required,
have doubtless laid it by in readiness for the
next attack.
The insufficiency of the Government force,
it is said, will, at this time, prevent any effective
move being made nntil the fall, when they
will be brought out to arrest, the depredations
of the Indians, who are b ut waiting for the
whithes to harvest their corn, when they will
again renew them.
Really we feel for the people of Florida.
This accounts for Gen. Jcsup's request to be
removed from the campaign. j
The Cincinnati Whig, of June 12th says, i
in illustration of Mr. Senator Ewing's prediction,
tor which ho has received unmeasured
abuse:
The number of steamboats now out of ac
tive employ, on the Ohio river, between Louisville
and Pittsburg alone, is estimated at one
hundred and twenty-fire; and the Pittsburg
Bulletin, a thorough Van-Jack print, gives a
list of forty.one, laid up at that place. We
have been informed by steamboat captains,
that there are more than fifty, at the wharf
and vicinity. The Pittsburg editor is compelled
to acknowledge this "solitude" and
" dreary waste" as follows :
" We are sorry to say, such is the limited
business now done in the forwarding trade
that there is but a poor prospect for those boats
leaving our wharves with the usual profitable |
i freights."
I.on!: the Pennsylvania can';!: One
transportation lino Ins withdrawn i's boats
and team? for want of b 'sincss; and the State
Treas iry of Ohio will have to supply a large
deficit to" defray the expenccs of the canah
These arc neither "solitude" articles, nor
"dreary waste" paragraphs. They are
facts, which the Van Buren fress cannot
s cccssfully controvert; and arc prorf of M-.
Ewing's foresight in predicting that which is
actually and rapidly fulfilfng.
Where are the numerous boats "for New
Orleans" that us td to line our shores at this
season of the year? Cast your eyes across
the river, and you will find them tied to the
shores in Licking, and their crews roaming
the streets, out of employ. A new, splendid
steamboat, the "Albany," which, last season,
could have obtained a load in four or five days,
was detained three weeks in gathering up a
cargo! And yet, with these facts before
them, and the country almost bankrupt, the
Administration prints exclaim that " there is
no pressure which any honest man should
regret." The fool-hardiness of the bribed
stipendiaries of the Gavernment. is alone equalled
by the desperate cause they have to
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cuotaui , ?hivi vuvj *vv< %vr uc iaot CA*
ploding before the force of public opinion.
The race of the jacobins is nearly run: therefore
their dying struggles are the more conclusive
as the sceptre is departing from their
grasp.
the riot at boston.
The following account of the Riot at Boston
on the 11th instant appears to have been prepared
with deliberation, and after full iuquiry
and consultation:
from the bostojf courier of tuesday.
The Sunday Riot.?Owing to the numerous
and conflicting 6tories which were in circulation
on Sunday evening, we found it
impossible to give in yesterday's paper a circumstantial
account of the riot and battle between
a portion of the Fire Department and
their friends and 6ome of the Irish population
of Broad street and its vacinity. We were
not present upon the ground until a full hour
"^hrt/1 oAmmnnnn/1 on/? fruinrl it im_
auci a uaiuc uau buuiuiv.ubvu| wi? .vuma ?
possible to collect, from the thousand different
versions of the origin of the affray, any two
which agreed in their essential particulars.
The first disturbance commenced between
some members of engine company No. 20 and
a number of Irishmen, who were waiting near
East street to form a funeral procession.?
One of theenginemen was maltreated, and a
fight commenced, but the officers of the engine
succeeded in calling off the members, and inducing
them to retire to the house. Before they
raooimi) it Imtvpvnr. thev wpre set uron
by the Irishmen, several of the members severely
beaten, and the company overpowered. An
alarm of fire was then given, and assistance
9ent for, while the funeral procession formed,
and was proceeding onwards through Broad
street. The company of No. 0, in proceeding
in quest of the fire, turned suddenly upon the
procession, near the foot of Summer street,
and their iiorse carriage whirled into the midst
of it, breaking their ranks, and causing considerable
confusion. This was, of course, unintentional.
But it was otherwise regarded by
the scattered procession, the members of which
immediately armed themselves from a woodpile
in the v'cinity, and commenced, with hideous
shouts, an indiscriminate attack upon the
companies. Nos. 6 and 14, who arrived in the
vicinity of the funeral immediately after, were
also attacked by other parts of the procession,
at about the same time. The firemen were
beaten down, brushed, and driven from their
engine, and several"of them were severely injured.
They were, liowe. crquickly reinforced;
and a general fight commenced, in which the
Irishmen were worsted, and were driven slowly,
but gradually, down Broad street.
A rush was made by the Irish to obtain possession
of Purchase street, and attack the firemen,
by showering down stones and brickbats
i pon them, from this more elevated situation.
But they were pressed upon and driven back
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by their opponents, wno rusneu up irora mt;
intervcning streets and alleys, at manifest disadvantage,
and regardless of life and limb, driving
them back, step by step, sometimes retreating
when the Irishmen rallied, or their
ammunition was expended, but always regaining
their vantage ground, until the latter were
driven into Broad street, beyond the corner of
Purchase stcet. A house in Purchase street,
ntMr Gibb's lane, where several Irishmen had
taken refuge, and whence some missiles were
thrown, was attacked, and its windows broken;
but thi principal work of destruction was car.
ried on near the junction of this street with
Broad street, and the vicinity.
A gang of stout boys and loafers, who had
followed the firemen, at such a distance that
they might be projected from the dangers, and
at the same time participate in the raischiefof
the affray, attacked the Irish houses in the
rear of the scene of combat, trying to destroy
every thing wantonly and recklessly. The
i .ine-mi-od thpir r.ontents thrown
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into the streets, and every thing demolished as
speedily as possible. Beds, bedding, furniture,
trunks, and the contents of two or three small
groceries near by, were strewed about, and
almost every person seemed engaged in destroying
something or other. A number of
Irishmen, who had concealed themselves in
the cellars, were dragged out, surrounded, and
beaten unmercifully with clubs and sticks.?
Here every thing was in the hands of the mob.
The only redeeming spirit which was discernible
among them, was their conduct towards
the women and children, who were led out
unmolested, no one offering them harm or insult.
Purchase street at the foot of Washington
avenue, was covered with feathers,
emptied from the beds, apparently! several
inches in depth.A miscellaneos looking pesonma
?Mth a hrnken wheelbarrow, was ensra
"eM - - - . w
ged in trundling brick bats from one of the
house?, the -chimney of which had been
pulled down, to the scene of action. The
contest on the part of the Irishmen soon
closed. 3/ost of those who attemted to keep
up the fight were seized by the firemen and
others and conveyed to jail. When the
military made their appearance, about three
hours after the commencement of ihs affray,
the battle was over, and those who were
engaged in the destruction of property quickly
desisted.
No person was killed, although many Twero
more or less injured. Mr. Sears, formerly
foreman of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2,
was severely wounded, but is expected to
recover.
We heard it mentioned, as a singuler
instance of the pugnacity of the Irish who
were engaged in the row, that three of them,
who had been consigned to the same cell on
Sunday evening, having no Yankees to contend
with, got to fighting in jail, and had to be
sepa rated.
WHOLEShLE ROBBERYWe
understand t at most of the stores in
Covington, (Kentucky,) were broken into last
night, by a gang of desperate villian3, and that
large quantities of goods were stolen therefrom.
Seven of the gang were arrested this
morning, and have been committed to jail.
We have learned no further particulars.
[ Cincrwifi Whig.