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VASHIN(i ION'S S1WI LU..
By Mrs. Ihmanst.
vfsi rear tliy guirdiun hero's form
On thy ji-oiui so"l,thou western world!
A watcher thro' each siu of storm,
O'er freedom's flag unfurl'd.
Tkrr, as before a shrine to haw,
Hid thy true ns their children lead;
The Linuae of that noble brow
For all things ood shall plead.
The spirit rear'd in p.itviot fight.
The irtue born of home and hearth,
Tiit-re calmly throned, a holy light
shall pour o'tr chainless earth.
And let that work of England's hand,
Sent thro' the b!at and surges ro;ir,
ugitt with tranquil glory, stand
Fur ages on thy shore !
Such thro' all time the greetings he,
That with the Atlantic billow sweep!
i t-lliii$ the mighty anil the tree
Of brothers o'er the deep!
JA friend hi Alabama has for
warded to us the first number of the
Sumter Gazette, printed at Living
rton, in that State, which contains
i!ie following description of a section
of country to which a great many of
the people of this vicinity have re
cently emigrated:
Sumter County. The lands
now included in this county, was
first commenced peopling in the
winter of 1 S3 1 and '32, and has
continued to iiKrrease with a rap
idiiy probably faster than any
oilier cniiuiv of the State ever
did. It contains about thirteen
thousand square miles, is situated
on the west side of the Tomberk
hee river, which separates it from
l!ie counties of Greene ad Maren
go on the East in Alabama, and
the West by the counties ol
Noxubee, Kemper, Lauderdale
liid Clarke, in Mississippi; oti the
ionh bv Pickens count v, and
Souih by Washington county in
Aiab.ima; it is about sixty miles in
leng-ih and thirty in breadth, ler
'"iuating at the northern extremi
ty rather conecular; it also has
lo fine little rivers that flow
through it, emptying in the Tom
beckbee. the one rrillpd Nnxnhee.
through the upper etid, and
lle other Sucarnotchie, through
"e middle, both of which admit of
'ae navigation, together with a
number of fine tributary streams
different parts of the county.
The towns now laid off in said
county, are Livingston, Gaines
McKee. (known as Jones'
jM) Sumterville and Jameston.
wmgston is the county site, situ
aletl "ear le centre, on the Sucar
!lnir'ip; the site is a beautiful
sj"'i level, forrainpr a high bluff on
e river. The nuarter section of
10(1 on wnu-li ' !..,.wl
Ul
"fF into hfs
mmissioners, and' sold in the
Pr,"gnf 183-1, for about fourteen
n dollars, the proceeds of
.nr.i are appropriated for the
"i,ltllnS ol' a splendid brick court
'a,,se and jail, there is also reser-
etl a lge elegant lot for the lo
ation of churches and academies.
tie town has since spread over
adjoining lands, and the value
' If)ts have been enhanced five or
Kndred per, cent, since the
6,UeMbe present number of inhab-
itauls are about one thousand and
are fist increasing, i!ie londs in
the vicinity are of high repute, and
from ihircy lo forty dollars
er acre."
Gainesville is the next largest
town in the county, it contains six
or seven hundred inhabitants, is
situated on ihe Tornbeckee river,
north of Livingston twenty miles,
near the mouth of the Noxubee, it
was a reserve purchased for a
town and laid off in the spring ol
1832, is rapidly increasing, situa
ted in a rich fertile county, and is
the commercial mart for an exten
sive back country, including a
portion of Mississippi, its advan
tages of navigation and soil, ren
der it fi'.i-i become a fine trading
to n.
Mclvee, at present the principal
landing point for Livingston, is
situate from it East, ten miles, on
a romantic Mull' of the Tombeck-
bee, il is also the landing point
for a considerable portion of the
countv: there are here several !
slores and large ware-houses, and
other improvements now in oper
ation. Sumterville is a little settle
ment village, situate about twelve
mi!es north west from Livingston,
in a rich, fertile and respectable
community.
Jameston is situate about eleven
miles North of Gainesville, in the
upper end of the county, the pres
ent town is about a mile from the
river,' built on a pleasant sandy
ridge, but there is laid oh1" imme
diately on the river the plan of a
neat village, which is a beautiful
bluff; this point "has also a rich fer
tile back country, and the village
wherever it may be ultimately
located, must be the centre of a
good mercantile businesss.
McGrew's landing, called Mos
cow, near the mouth of the Sucar
notchie river, where it empties in
the Tornbeckee, is a fine landing
place, having the advantages ofi 10 o'clock. Three or four work
both rivers, being situated below men were wounded by the expio
the junction of the Warrior audj sion, and thebuilding, implements,
little Tombeckbee. destroyed. Fortunately there
The lands of Sumter county arej was but little powder in the buihl
of various kinds, those on thejing at the time. The fire was
south side of the Sucarnotchie!
was not settled as early and fast as'
other portions of it, they being
thought inferior, but they are now
fast settling and are becoming of
high repute. It is impossible to
form a just estimate of the num
ber of inhabitants of the county,
but we can say that it is generally
very thickly settled, the society is
good and the county in all res
pects prosperous.
Mela n chohj Sh ip wreck. On
Tuesday last, in the latitude of
Cape Halteras the brig Gen. Sum
ter, Capt. Rennelt, on her way
from Charleston to port, fell in
with the w reck of the schur. Co
lumbia, Win. White master,of and
from Rallimore bound to St. Mar
tha, which had capsized in a gale
on the Sunday previous, and took
off the Captain and one man, who
were clinging to the wreck; the
remainder of (lie crew and the
passengers, 1 1 in all, were drown
ed; among the latter were Capt.
Vrs sister-in-law; wiih her hus
band and three children one an
infant. Norfolk Herald.
Melancholy Occurrence.
melancholy accident happened on
board the steam packet William
Gibbons from. Charleston, as she
was entering the port . of New
York, on Thursday morning, by
which two passengers and three or
four of the men belonging to the
boat lost their lives. U appears
that at about 9 o'clock, when the
William Gibbons was near the
Upper Middle, in the Lower Bay,
the steam chimney collapsed, be
tween the main and promenade
de. kc nod a Dorlion of the steam
was forced into the forward cabin,
u-iiero Vn r.f ihV nassengers and
In. I... caiior worn killed. The
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unfortunate passengers who thus
lost their lives, were Mr. Isaac
Davega, merchant, of New York,
where his family resided, and who
had a mercantile establishment at
Charleston, and Mr. B. F. Uo
gers, of Augusta, Geo. (or Colum
bia, S. C.) son of Dr. Rogers, of
Mass. who w as on his way to be
married to a young lady of New
York; he was so badly scalded
that he expired while being con
veyed to the quarantine hospital.
The other unfortunate persons
were Charles Duncan, bar-keepi r,
and Stephen Longstreet, and lleu
ry, a Frenchman, firemen, who
were in the fire house, and almost
instantly killed. Mr. Richard
Toddyf the 2d engineer, who was
in the same place, was so much
injured that it is not expected he
can survive. He was conveyed
to the quarantine hospital.
There were thirty eiirht passen-
gers on board, but nont -other Xhnu
the above were injured. The
steam did not enter the after cah-
in. At the time of the accident,
Captain Halsey, was sMudinpr on
deck, warming his fret by the
chimney. He Is unable lo ac
count for the explosion, and stales
that there was only a moderate
force of steam at the time. He
immediately dispau bed a boat to
Staten Island for snrg'n tl assis
tance, and Drs. lliul'-oti; and
Harcock, of quarantine hospital;
repaired on board with the utmost
promptitude.
The William Gib'ions is but
slightly injured. Tli1 proprietors
despatched the steam ho.us Her
cules and Citizen to her assis
tance, and she was towed up to
the cil v.
Kiplnsion. The drying house
attached to the gunpowder manu
factory of H. Salomon, Jr. at
Spottswood, New Jfrsey, blew up
on Wednesda iiionuuir at about
caused bv a workman driving a
nail-in the floor. 1'6.
Jl .Acid Thing "under the
Sun" we might have said, but
rather think il is the very error
of the Moon." An Academy
has been lately opened m New
York, called the Ternsicoreau, in
honor, we suppose, of Terpsichore
the muse of dancing in which
that art is taught by the Reverend
Isaac Goivard, with the assistance
of Mrs. G. on Christian principles.
The advertisement runs in this
wise:
"The Reverend Isaac Coward,
with Mrs. G. most respectfully in -
form that portion of the Christian
community who do not think
dancing a sin, when properly eon
ducted, that they will this reason
teach individuals and select clas
ses privately, on Christian princi
ples, viz: without exposing names;
without indecent meretricious fig
ures; without rum; without late
hours; without turning scholars
out of school for fear of being ex
celled; without being obliged lo
dance with black guards and other
characters too numerous lo men
lion." Without exposing names! Are
you there Old Truepenny?" Yes,
this must be the real "Uiatiotus"
in the shape of the Reverend Mr.
Goward. What delicate Chris
tianity! to do acts of which the
disciples are ashamed it is a
warring of the extremities; an ad
mission with the toe and a denial
with the lip. Shame on you Mr.
Goward! if you teach folks lo
dance, teach them to do it "flat
footed" and "above-board."
Wdmington Advertiser.
Horrible. This morning, as a
negro man was leading two chain
ed bears throgh the court-yard
of the Mississippi Hotel, kept in
this place by Mr. Parker; a mulat
to woman from the kitchen impru
dently look her little boy out to
see the animals, and allowed him
to go near them. One of the
bears instantly seized the child in
his paws, (sinking his claws into
the child's abdomen,) threw him
on the ground, and began, with
frightful avidity, to feed upon his
carcass. The shrieks of the fran
tic mother, who true to nature,
had thrown, herself upon the pros
trate body of her child, and was
vainly striving to unclasp the mur
derous jaws of the beast, brought
in a moment to the spot, the keep
er of the Hotel and a number of
gentlemen, lodgers there; and an
attempt was made to rescue the
boy by striking the bear with the
head of a corn hoe. Rut the ra
pacious animal heeded them not,
and continued his deathly feast by
sucking the blood from a bite in
the arm, when most providen
tially, the other bear was instigat
ed probably by the smell of the
fresh wounds, to contest the ban
quet, a battle ensued between
them, which afforded an opportu
nity of snatching away the child,
and also, diverted them both from
a fresh attack on any one else.
At this intant fire arms were
brought, and two or three deadly
aims incapacitated each of them
for further mischief. Dr. Dash
iell was called lo the child and
promptly dressed his wounds.
He will probably recover, but a
lesson has been taught to his mo
ther, and to all mothers, of the
criminal folly of leading their
children info danger in order to
please them with sights. Let
them remember this benr story.
JVatchez Paper.
CyDr. Xavier Chabert, the
ce lebrated Fire King, terminated
his earthly career last Wednesday
in New York, in a most awful
manner. He was engaged in
making some experiments in
Chemistry with phosphoric ether
or Prussi Acid which exploded,
and scattered his mortal frame in
to a thousand atoms.
Horrible. A schooner, called
the Miwy, drifted into the harbor
of Brooklyn, (Maine,) during the
late severe weather, and sad to
Jell, all hands, twenty eight in
number, were frozen to dearth.
fXThe following interesting
article from the North American
Review for October, gives a
glowing description of the condi
tion of the laboring classes of Eu
rope in regard "to the rate of wa
ges, tiie burden of taxation, the
means of subsistence, the facilities
of acquiring education, and the
share, if any, which these classes
have in the Government." It
oujiht to insDire every citizen of
this free and happy republic to
guard wiih constant vigilance,
against any encroachments of the
institutions which guarantee lo us
the blessings our brethren beyond
the seas are destitue of.
In Norway, "the ordinary food
of the peasantry, is bread and
gruel, both prepared of oat meal,
with an occasional mixture ol
dried fish. Meat is a luxury
which they rarely enjoy.
In -Sweden, the dress of the
peasantry is prescribed by law.
"Their food consists of hard
bread, dried fish and gruel without
meat.'r
In Denmark, "the peasantry are
still held in bondage, and are
bought and sold, together w ith the
land on which they labor."
In Russia, "the bondage of ie
peasantry is even more complete
than it is in Denmark." The
nobles own all the lands, in the
empire, aud the peasantry who
reside upon it are transferred with
the estate.
"A great majority have only
cottages, tine portion of w hich
occupied by the family, while the
other is appropriated to domestic
animals. Few, if any, have beds
but sleep upon bare boards, or
upon parts of the immense stoves
by which their houses are warm
ed. Their food consists of black
bread, cabbage, and other vege
tables, without the addition of aisy
butter."
In Roland, "the nobles are the
proprietors of the laiuj, the peas
ants are slaves." A recent travel
er says, "1 traveled in every di
rection, and never saw a wheaten
loaf to the eastward of the Rhine,
in any part of Northern Germany,
Poland or Denmark. The com
mon food of the peasantry of Po
laud, 'the working men,' is cab
bage, potatoes sometimes, but not
generally, peas, black bread and
soup, or rather gruel, without the
addition of butter or meat."
In Austria, "the' nobles are the
proprietors of the land, and the
peasants are compelled to work
for their masters during every day
excepting Sunday. The cultiva
tors of the soil are in a state of
bondage.
"In Hungary, their state is, if
possible, still worse. The nobles
own the land, do not work, and
pay no taxes. The laboring clas
ses are obliged to repair all the
highways and bridges, liable at
any time to have soldiers quarter
ed upon them, and are compelled
to pay one-tenth of the produce of
their tabor to the church, and one
ninth to the lord whose land they
occupy."
Of the people ofVrance "sev
en and a half millions do not eat
wheat or wheaten bread. The'
live upou barley, r3e, buckwheat,
chesunts, and a few potatoes.
The common wages of a hired
laborer in France, is S7 50 for
a man, and $18 75 for a woman,
annually. "The taxes upon the
land are equal to one fifth of its
neat products."
In 1791, there were 700,000
houses in Ireland. Of these, 113,
000 were occupied by paupers
and more than 500,000 had only
one hearth. The average wages
of a laborer is from nine and a
half to eleven cents a day.
Among the laboring classes of
the industrous Scotch, "meat ex
cept on Sundays, is rarely used."
In England, the price of labor
varies "the Nottingham stocking-weavers,
as stated by them in
a public address, after working
from fourteen to sixteen hours a
day, only earn from four to five
shillings a week, and were oblig
ed to subsist on bread and water,
or potatoes and salt."
Melancholy. Our register of
deaths to-day records the sudden
and simultaneous demise, on Wed
nesday night, of two widowed fe
males, who were sisters, and had
for some years lodged together.
On that evening they had retired
in usual health; but were found
in the morning lying upon the
floor of their apartment dead and
frozen. It is supposed from ap
pearance, that one of them had
risen in the night, and accidental
ly fell that the other rose to her
assistance and that both perish
ed from the intense coldness of the
weather. We learn that this event
was not occasioned by any desti
tution of the requisite comforts of
life with which they were well
provided; and that the other in
mates of the house perceived no
alarm during the night, nor ob
tained.any notice of their condi
tion until discovered as above sta
ted. It is a remarkable fact lhat
both the deceased were born on
the 0th of the 7th month one in
the year 1757, the other iu 1769.
. Nantucket Inquirer
Seminoles. In speaking of the
deplorable massacre of Major
Dade's detachment of U. S.
Troops by the Seminole Indians
in Florida, the New Orleans Bul
letin remarks, that "the towns be
longing to thi tribe, were burnt
by General Jackson in 1814, and
their principal chiefs at the same
time were sfain. There are still
however great numbers of them
remaining, ami the whole tribe,
including numbers of the Creeks,
Chickasaws, 'Chortaws and Cher
okees, rn muster by no means an
insignificant number of warriors.
"The name Seminole, (i. e. wild,)
it is said, is applied by the Creeks
to all vagabonds of that nation."
As a iribe, their history jus
tifies the application aficild. and
vagabonds, and for the peace and
safety of those inhabitants in the
district, including the flat country
on the rivers Apalachicola and
Flint, and anund St- Rose's
Bay in Florida, it vill now
be deemed necessary, in all prob-r
ability, to remove the relics of
this dangerous tribe beyond the
Mississippi. RaL Stand,
t Jacksonville, (r or.) Jan." I .
Another Battle. Mr. Dexter
with the Mail from St. Augustine,
ha this moment arrivtd, 10
o clock, A. fll. bringing the fol
lowing melancholy aud alarming
intelligence. : -
On Mondav, the ISth iust. Ma-
jar Hutman, w ho was at ihe head
of the Independent Company,
styled the St Augustine Guards,
stationed at Mosquito, proceeded
lo Mrs. Anderson's plantation on
the Halifax River, to see in 'what
condition the ludians who some
time ago. visited it with fire ar.il
devastation, had left it and to" take
away what provisions had notb- n
destroyed. While there this com
pany composed of the generous
and spirited young men of St. Au
gustine, joined by a few from
Musquito, making in number a-
bnnt 40 nipn. was af larked hv n
party of it is supposed 150.
Messrs Geo. Anderson, and Doug
las Dummitt, standing on guard
saw two Indians approaching, up
on whom they fired, killing one
and wounded the other. Mr. Dp ni
hil tt ran towards the fallen Indian
and while stooping over him re
ceived a wound in the back of ihe
neck. At this moment, the In
dians rushed out of a scrub, dis
tant little more than musket shot,
and commenced a furioui attack
upon Maj. Hutman's company,
who from behind the fragments and
broken walls, of the burned build
ings, gave the advancing Indians
a warm reception. The ludians
were iu the open field, exposed to
the fire of this gallant baud, who
although so inferior in numbers lo
their enemy, from their advanta
geous position, kept the ludians
at bay the '..space' of an hour an
hour of sharp and desperate fight
ing! The Indians flanking their
position and about to surround
ihem, they retreated for their
boats. The Indians pursuing, pou
red on ihem a destructive fire,
while embarking on board the
boats. . In the hurry, all the guns
but one, were rendered useless by
being wet. -With this one, the
Indians- were kept back from
rushintr into the river, the water
being quite shoal for some dis
tance, which had they done, they
would in all probability have seiz
ed the boats, and murdered all in
them. They succeeded in push
ing out into the river beyoud the
reach of the Indians' shot, and
proceeded to Bulow's. Mr. Dtim
milt was the only man wounded,
till the retreat to the boats, during
which 17 were wonnded, several
mortally, it is supposed that :16
Indians were killed.
We have a partial list of those
said to be wounded but lest we
should give erroneous information
in this particular, and thereby
create unpleasant sensations we
withhold il till we receive more
full information.