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bodloe'oi ojoe lodiamj the N?4 the r?ra?under of the F^$STsy|de?t, had beea carried off by the c>- ^pHMHPjh.Indiana, ^far their hodiae were r %vi?ie to be found. Thit party rcr?~ ^Hjlhud three or four days in the vicinity * AliMM III* Ktnei of blood; but the 1 t. >flrair uddughter returned not From j ' thb period the place was deserted for. ? swineyears; but the surviving young Lar.idf'lhirryinf, he end his wife took posses-1 ieiMfc of the Tone gad blood stained dwelThe tribe of Indians had removed iSvrfef to the vicibity of the Seneca eodCiaga Lakes; so that there was no IjMtfjbr any danger, to be apprehended *woof such rode and barbarous neighbors. Years rolled on and brought with them a " new generation of that devoted family; -butmore than twenty years passed away ~*Without*any tidings of the missing females Abbut this period some settlers from the pert of the couutry where the Larners ?*origiually resided, located themselves in 'Jibe vicinity of the before mentioned lakes, where they lived in peace and goodwyi with their neighbors the Indians; and f from w horn they learned the fate of the k. ~ miialIIit mnlka. ami A. _ ? ? ?hv>uvi siiu uaugmni'i - They stated that they were pursued and oon captured in the woods; and although * they'would only submit to be dragged fclon? by lorce, in that manner they proceeded for a portion of two days. But this made of proceeding was :found so inconvenient to the party, that when they reached the eaves in the Moose Moua* tein, a council was held on their prisoners; when they were adjudged to die.? 'They were then tomahawked according to the customs of those barbarians; and they had no doubt but their skeletons might 6e found there still. This information was some time afterwards imparted to the eon end brother of the deceased, who, embracing the first opportunity, accompanied by three friends, repaired to Moose Mountain, sought out the caves that were almost entirely unknown to white meh, and found the two skeletons ?in the very position they had fallen beneath the tomahawks of their murder tt?. ; . I 'They were then removed with much care and labor to the residence of the i son, who with$rue filial ejection, interred them in the same grave with the mouldering bodies of their departed kindred. At t ?-- ? ? ? -.? ? ? vuv uiiio a. viaitvu till! lUIie UWeillllg, I the son, who had escaped the family massacre, was still occupying it. He was. 'how old and gray headed, hut he still occasionally took his ride i ito the woods in. .pursuit of game. He too, had been the] father bf a family of sons and daughters,' now all grown up, and all except one, II believe, married and settled, one or two. in his own district, but the others had been induced to wander away to the Far West. He is still looked upon with a sort of veneration; and scarce a lone traveller ever visits him 'to whom he does not relate the lamentable fate of his faroily. Agricultural. From the Oeneoeee Farmer. ANALYSIS OF SOILS. It has been given as the golden rule e * . ?? oi Agriculture, 'To use such manures as will make-heavy lands lighter, light land I heavier, cold land hotter and hot land colder:' or in other words to remedy the existing defects whatever they< may be. In order to do this we must know what the defects is; we must understand the nature of the soil, we are to operate upon, in order to determine whether this or that kind of manure is to be applied, or whether a large or small quantity is needed to bring the proportions of the soil to the standard of fertility. It is therefore, of importance that the farmer should be acquainted with the nature of proportions of the coustituents of soils; that he should know what these propor-i tions are, in such as are most fertile; and also what they are in the soil which he has to cultivate. This cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy, but by analysis. Another consideration in favor of analysis of soils, is that it will substitute precision of language for the indefinite nd unsalisfartrt ru /* ? M>vue VI CA|)rCMIUIl which now prevails. Thtfs for instance, the distinction between a sandy and a <?layey loam, often docs not depend so much upon certain productions of clay Mld'sano, as upon the quality of the soil of the place where the term is used. In a sandy region of the country, a soil might be termed clayey, while the same soil in a 'clayey region would be called sandy. Another instance:?a large crop of some grain or vsgetable is raised; the ouccess is principally owing to the nature of the soil: but unless the proportions ol its ingredients are given precisely, instead of describing its qualities by indefinite expressions, we areata loss to know how to ??? proportions. The constituents of noils which more particularly influence their fertility, are these.? 1st. Stones and pebbles. These gene* raljy have little effect than to keep the soilioose and porous, as they were usually bard and uuchanging. Sometimes, however, they absorb and retain warier, and also disintergate and mix with the ifaer pans Of the soil. >" n ; i-^ * f . Soli, whore ihla predominates, are .little i I injured. by watod?%nMlf little attraction I 'for it, and fiSHHKfi feebly. They < I never la wlirta faffpill. ?Vi 3d. Aluminous Shatter. This U the i predominant constituent ef blear soils.? 1 Unlike the preceding, it hy a^ powerful 'i attraction fo'r water, and retains it strong-'< Iw hence, clay will remain long suspen- i ded in water, while sand sinks immedi atcly. Aluminous soils suffer from too J much wet, and bake hard in a dry sea* i son. >.. ! 4th# Carbonate W lime. This exists in the form of limestone, chalk, and shells. | It is a principal constituent of marble.-? ,80ns which have a due proportion of this, ingredient, are naturally fertile and dura; ble in a high degree, j 5th. Animal and vegetable subsistan; ces. These improve the soil by operating in several wavs. Thev give warmth to ithe soil, funds nutriment directly to the I plant, ahsmb ooisture and substance from the air, .iud render the soil loose . and preserve it in a state of pulveriza j IIUII* _ | 6th. Water. 'The power soils passes*' ! of retaining m >isture,enables them to resist the effects of drought. In analysis, the | quantity of water held by soils after be ing exposed to the sun's rays, is that only which is cotwidercd as forming a component part of them. j The following method of analyzing soils, or ascertaining the proportions ofi i their component parts, is, if carefully con- j ducted, sufficiently accurate 'for all prac tical purposes. i Specimens of the soil should be taken 1 ob'jtit three inches below the surface, and from the average of the field. A convenient quantity to experiment upon, after stones are separated is about four hundred ; grains. 1. Separate by two selves all'the stones and pebbles; with one, those larger than a quarter of an inch in diameter, and with the other, those less. To effect this the soil must be first well dried in the sun and greatly bruised in a mortar.? t Then to ascertain by weighing, the rate per cent, each lifears to the original mass ! and note it down. !( 2. The soil after weighing, is then t placed in a crucible, and heated ten or '( ; fifteen minutes, to a temperature of about '2(H) Fahrenheit, constantly stirring it; and , ( and if a ihermome'er is dot used, the pro- !? per degree of heat may he easily a*c?r? ( iained by means of the wooden rod with f which it is stirred: while the color of the . wood remains unchanged is not too hot, I j, but as soon as it becomes brown the pro- J g cess must be stopped. It is then again! weighed and the loss is set down as v water. . r 3. It Is next returned to the crucible, J and exposed to a high red heat, till no-. I blackness remains in it, rapidly stirring ^ it with an iron rod so as to expose newj( surfaces continually to the air. It is again weighed, and the loss denotes the 9 amount of animal and vegetable matter. { 4. Mix the remainder with three or Q four times its weight of water, stir it thoroughly for several minutes, until it is v intimately diffused, and then suffer it to f rest. The coarse sand will fell to the hot- . torn of the vessell in about a minute, the j finer in two or three minutes. The liquid is then poured off into another vessel, the the sand dried and weighed, and its quantity noted down as siKcious soil. 1 5. The decanted liquid is suffered to [ stand till it settles and becomes clear; it is then poured off and the sediment dried at ' a red heat, weighed, and set down as 1 aluminous soil. 1 0. The presence of corbonate of lime 1 in soil, (which is generally in small 1 quantities,) is readily ascertained by j pouring upon it muriatic acid diluted 1 with water. If it contain carbonate of ! lime, an effervescence immediately takes 1 place in a greater or less degree, occur- 1 ding to the quality. ' DIFFERENCE OF HEAT IN SOILS. 1 Farmers are frequently in the habit of ' speaking of cold soils, and warm soils,I' without perhaps enquiring at all into the ' j cause of this difference in the farms they ' ! cultivate. That there is a good and;1 | sufficient reason in the materials, which ( i make the soil there can be no doubt, 1 j and as a knowledge of this would mateI rially assist the operations of farming, an ' investigation, although imperfect, must 1 be useful to the agriculturist. The sur| face of the earth receives alike the sun's 1 rays, and of course, the difference in 1 temperature must be sought in some : cause different from an equal distribution 1 of the sun's heat. We shall name onel< or two of the most probable of these I( causes. Wet soils are cold, because I' large quantities of heat are carried off, by evaporation. Hence moist clayey soils, those that have a hard substratum, 1 or are based on hard pan, which prevents the moisture fVom springs on the surface passing off readily, are usually cold. ? . 8oils which are dry, or which contain; dark colored materials, as dark sand or|( carbon, are usually warm, though the presence of carbonaceous matter is by no means a certain proof of warmth, as a moments reflection will show. The black earth of our western country, cal- < led muck, and which was once considerd < | one of the surest indications of good land, is principally formed of carbonaceous < matter; yet it is not well understood that the formation of this substance is occa- i sioned by it* resting on a hard pan which i prevents its incorporating with the earths, < and thus farming eoi|, and is almost dni- i a - < * rerun) cold* TIm dark colored particles1 rl#e to the beat of the eartbc io ?m?b they ire found, let'tinced bjr the practice of Lhtfse Who mis powder Charcoal with the oarth and manure for the purpose of rfehit| melons which require an elevated temperature. Sandy soils owe their warmth principalis to the foot, that-little tr no heat is carried from them by evaporation/the water falling on them soon sinking beyond the influence of the sun*s rays. 'Apply these principles to alio plants, and the'operation of these causes may be soon treated. Thus wheat will grow in soils clayey, based ou hard pan and wholly until for corn do not say such soils arc best for wheat, tor tile fact is far different?'while Corn will-prosper on soils and situations so dry and warm, that wheat Will not grow at all. $o with many other .plants and roots cultivated by the farmer, and a knowleage of this adoption of parttcular plants to particular soils, would frequently prevent muoh uselcs labor, and of course eventual loss. Congressional. IN SENATE, Friday, January 5, 163S. Disturbances on the Northern Frontier. The Chair communicated the following message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the war in Canada: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States: Recent experience on the southdrti boundary of the United States, and the events now daily occurring on our north- ' ern frontier, have abundantly shown that the existing laws are insufficient to guard against hostile invhsion, from the 'United States, of the territory Of friendly and j neighboring nations. The laws in force provide sufficient penalties for the punishment of such of-, fancies, after they have been committed,! and provided the parties ' an be found; j hut the Executive is powerless in many i rases to prevent the commission of tham, I even when in possession of ample evi-) di-nce 01 an intention on the part of evil-1 disposed persons to violute our laws. Your attention is called to this defect in ' ohr legislature. It rs imnarent "ihot ih<? ! y? Executive ought to bo clothed with ade- \ qunttr power efTePtuUlty to restrain all per-! jons within our jurisdiction from the ro'iuntssion of acts t)f this clin racier. ~ They lend to disturb the peace of the Mtintry, and inevitably involve the Government in perplexing controversies with breign powers, f recommend a careful evision of all the laws now in fofce, bnd uch additional enactnients as may be nc- i essary to vest in the Executive full pow-| r to prevent injuries being indicted upon leighboring nations by the unauthorized tnd unlawful acts of citizens of the Uni,ed StateB, or of other persons who may >c within our jurisdiction, and subject to j lur control. In illustration of these views, and to how the necessity of an early action on he part of Congress, I submit herewith copy ?f a letter received from the Marhal of the northern district of New York,. vho had been directed to repair to the rontier, and take all authorized measures o secure the faithful execution of existng laws. M. VAN BUREN. Washington, January 5, 1838. The message, with the accompanying papers, having been read by the Secretalary? Mr. CLAY rose to express his full conniption of the necessity of some early action on this important subject. No spec mcie, count be more revolting to the feelings of a free people, than a war either among themselves or with auother country. The views of the Executive mcwhis highest approbation, but it was the duty of Congress to examine, and, iT the existing laws wetfe not adequate to j revent the alleged interference of our citizens, others should be forthwith enacted for the full accomplishment of an object so deferable. Mr. C. adverted, in connection, to the vexations and unsettled state of our northern boundary, which stale of things tended to increase the danger which now threatened us. . He had witnessed a similar course of policy on the part of our citizens during recent occurrences of a similar character in another quarter; on , which subject, however, he had never ex-; pressed his opinion, nor should he do so now. If ihe people of litis country choose to renounce their citizenship, it was perhaps j allowable; but any interferance with a j rebellion in a country with which we were at peace, should meet the earliest alien | lion of our Government. We might, as citizens, freely, and in any manner wcti thought proper, express our sympathies' with either belligerent party, but in no case tend them aid or countenance. Me did not consider he had any right to express an opinion relative to the course of the Canadians. They might be right, or they might be wrong, in the course they were pursuing. It was the duty of every citizen to remain quiet, nor even express opinions, till such expression had been made by the Government. He hoped that to whatever committee the subject might be referred, they would examine with the greatest care and strictest scrutiny the question on both sides.? Examine whether or not the action of our citizens had not been limited to some di?. pmeti territory, or whether arms, munitions of war, or supplies, had been furnished, aud which, if proved tinie, such conduct must be viewed by Government! sh? in the highest degree reprehensible. ' * ' k I** '?? ' He would ex|Mreasii*epUi&tf,a<* make motion ii to the rdTereoefe but should think that either the Committee on the Judiciary or on Foc^biU Jrfairs the roost appropriate. WMr. CAttHOUN had felt from the be* ginning of the troubles in Canada 4he greatest anxiety, and' a fear that fet might result in difficulties to this country. He hoped the existing laws, prohibiting the interference of our citiaens, would he rigidly enforced; and if, on examination, they shonld be found insufficient to raedt the exigencies of the case, that new ones 'would be speedily enacted. He would set forth in the strongest light the terrible j consequences of a war with Great-Britain j , at. the presdnt-time. i i He urged, in the most etophatic manger' the necessity of clothine the Executive1 with atl*needful additional power, if the laws in force were in this respect too limited. He movecHhe refereoce to the Committee oft Foreign "Relations. ! Mh NORVELL said that no-portion* of ; the people of the United States were more deeply interested-in this subject than the I inhabitants of the State which he had the honor, in part, tb represent. Be! tween a part of that-State, and'the Upper 1 Province of Cnuada, there was a river, the dividing line, only of one mile wide.The peace of our citizens ih that quarter ' was daily and hourly exposed to violation in the progress of this civil war in the , adjacent Province. Persons belonging to both of the parties in this foreign contest, would seek refuge, sympathy and aid ; from our people, among whom there j < might be individuals disposed to jeopard the neutrality and peace of the country, i in their anxiety to strengthen the cause, which they espoused. It was exceeding- \ ly desirable that this should, if possble, be prevented. Our own rights and liberties were too precious to be jeoparded in those premature and badly digested civil broils between different .portions of the same foreign people. The honorablej Senator from Kentucky had ' expressed ! the proper sentiment on this subject.?' But Mr. N. had only risen to express his earnest solicitude, that to whatever Committee the Executive message might be referred, an early and prompt report would be made. He only regretted that in other and previous cases..of beligerent controversies between different portions of other foreign ^States, an equally rigid course of neutrality had not been pursued. He I- ? - 1 / iL TX . Miew mm, so iar as me JEjXecuuve Had been concerned, all its means bad been exerted to preserve our neutral position. But the laws were inadequate to the object, and ought to be revised and made stronger. < yVIr. DAVIS most heartily concurred i with the sentiments of the Senators who ! < had preceded him, and also in the views of11 the Executive 011 this momentous subject. ' Congress, he considered, were under the 1 most sacred obligations to preserve the present pacific relations between ourselves and foreign powers. It was a duty we ! owed to ourselves and to other nations, to 11 preserve to the utmost, obedience to the i i treaties existing, and to enforce rigidly i their observance on the part of our citi-;, zens with such nations, while with them we continue at peace. It seemed to him there had been too long manifested by our citizens a disposi- < tion to interfere with the affairs of our < neighbors of the frontiers, and it would j 1 appear that the efforts of those whose du-; 1 ty it was'to enforce the laws had urged j 1 on and encouraged such measures, rather j man laboring to suppress them. He had i i no opinions to express relative to these ' i facts, as connected with recent difficulties i on our southern border, or in the affairs i of Canada. It was a matter of deep re- ( gret that the -Government had not more 1 strictly enforced this duty, and equally I did ho regret that the attention of Con- 1 gress had not been earlier called to the * subject. Some definita and decisive measures < ha^Lpow become necessary, in order effec- 1 tuaTly to preserve our good faith and < character as a nation. If the Executive , t power was not strong enough, by all I means enlarge it, by enacting new laws t on the subject. Of all evils that could 1 now befall this nation, the most deplora-; ble in its effects would be a war with j Great Britain. j We all well know the strength and t power of that counlrv, find canallv well < we know that our progress, improvement i and success, is but a growing weakness, i He would express his thanks to the Sena- 1 lor from Kentucky. (Mr. Clay,) for hav- 1 int* made mention of our unhappy diffe- 1 rences relative to the settlement of our I northeastern boundary. He contended < that it was more forcibly evident that our t Government had too long slumbered and I slept on this subject. Our difficulties, t would now, on this score, be greatly aug- < mented. In entering into an investigation 1 on the subject directly befoTe Congsess, t it became also their imperative duty to in- t vastigate this matter also. It was due to the country to know whether Great Bri- ( tain docs or does not make practical use < of this disputed territory. Whether, if < there are not really roads and regular 1 mails established (throughout, it, is not I made of practical- ptility; and if, over i this same district, there have not been . transmitted troops, munitions of war, and 1 supplies of provisions, for the use of their t forces. It is not inqure, at this time, if ' she has occupied the territory by a civil force or jurisdiction, but if she has no t further made use of it than to carry troops < acffeas, this point is gained. It is all the < privilege the Government of Great Britain w.ould ask ol us. It is all fthe wants. I jV lit terntM^^ tQ her aoi vortb briisft except for such practical purposes. After s^oiO remarks by Mr. BENTON In fetor of the, motion to comihiObe documents were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. * CANADIAN AFFAIRS. Flrom the BttfaU Com. AAertfMr, Dec. 96. BRITISH OUTRAGE.. STEAMBOAT CAROLINE BURNT! Twenty-tun Licet Loot. Cspt. Keeler, of the schooner Agnes Barton, and F. Emmons, of this city, hare just brought news by express from Scholosser, of an attack made this morning upon the steamboat Caroline,, lying at the place, which resulted in the destruction of the boSt, and the death of twenty-two of her crew?only twelve escaping! > It i< stated thai the attack was made about two o'clock, by five boats of armed loyalists, containing from 100to 100 men, who guarded the gangways, and cried "no quarter 1" Captain Applebee, of the Constitution, who went dowu as pilot of the Caroline yesterday, narrowly escaped with his life* lie-received a flesh wdund, and was Sursued into the storehouse adjoining. A , lr. Durfee, lately belonging loathe Stage Office at the Eagle, in this city, lies on the dock with his brains blown ouf. The Caroline was then set on*fire, and finally drifted out into the current, and went over the fall's. We give the above just as it was receirv ed, without vouching lor any of the particulars. It may be proper'to add, however, that Capt. Kceler, as we arc informed, saw. the results of the scene above described. An express has bcon started to ascertain fulfy the facts. Farther particulars of the capture of the Caroline. The 12 o'clock express confirm the hews of this morning. It is said that the Caroit ? - line wns tinea with visitors, add not soldiers. The word with the loyalists was, "No prisoners! no quarters!'* Those who attempted to escape were killed, with a few exceptions?the boat was set on fire, and with the remainder towed into the current on the Canadian side, which soon carried her over the Falls. The loyalists gave three chuirs for Victoria, and under cover of the darkness, it is supposed, escaped the fire opened upon the m from the island. Those ow board the boat slept there, because the public houses were full. Cnpt. Harding, of the brig Indiana, escaped with a severe wound in the head; only one man was found ou the shore, the one above mentioned; the rest reported missing?there is little doubt, but they went over the Falls with the burning steamboat. _ _ 4 o'clock, P. M. ? A letter has been received by Dr. R. Johnson, from CJcn. Van Rensclacr, that lhexBrilish forces aro actually landino nn fir:inrl Tslntul " "" . v Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal. Buffalo, Dec. 30. Turlow Weed, Esq. Dear Sir.?That you need not be deceived by thousand rumors that you wil t)f course receive from this frontier during the present excited slate of our Cnnadien relations, I will tell you the truth is it is. We are in a state of war !?Last eveting the steamboat Caroline was attacked n the dead of night, lying at tho dock, ? it Shlosser, entirely unarmed, by about 30 British soldiers from the other side, [Chippewa,) and some twenty persons butchered in cold blood?the boat set oo fire, burnt to the water's edge?and the llTPpt nnuenrl Aim. dm Tl-- 1 - ?? ? w ? v v? W VI in V &' U I 19 X IIU JI^CipiC on board Were mostly American citizens, who hhd been attracted to the spot by ruriosity?-expecting an attack .on Navy island during the day. This did not oc:u'r, they were invited by the Captain to deep on board the boat, as the only place ? hey could sleep?every house in fact oo he whole frontier, being doubly and treby occupied. A. M. Durfec, who has been in the employment of Air. Cce, for several years past, was shot through the head in attempiug to escape! A Mr. King, the Mate >f the Charles Townscnd, was mortally vounded?Captain Harding of the Indiina, was very much injured in the head py a cut from a cutlass, and was taken o the brails for medical aid. Capt. Apple>y of the Steamboat Constitution, after peing bayoncltcd in the side, jumped pverhnnrrl- awtim in il.o ? I i.v ?ne oiiui u niiu WUS iaved. His boy about 14 years old was tilled by liis sid, in the Cabin, previous o his escape. You may judge from tiara letail, though we have not of course earned but a portion of the facts, that we ire in the greatest possible state of com* notion. We had a meeting this morning of A jreat numbca of our most respectable utizens, at which, it was resolved that Sen. Burt should call out 1000 men of his >rigade, for the protection of their fronier against Canadian aggressions; and ^commending the same course to Gen. lacksen, of Niagara county. Expresses lave been sent to Locknort and Kocbcser, in both of which places is quite as nuch feeling as with us. The British force at Chippewa and in hat vicinity, as near as wc can learn, is ibout 3000, mostly militia* under charge >f MacNab, the late speaker. ?r. Rolpli is here. Mackenzie, with iris wife, are on the Island with the wpatr