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teivcdHthe JdcksonyintfjAurierofihe 7th in. (roTa Which Uvecopy tbetfpilatving drre&i rintelWjebce; by which it will be set' j that the ale of things ia wsree than has at any time been anticipated, i- jACKsotTiLLE. (Florida) Jan. 7. i Indian UiUiiUit Latest Intelligence. 1 -Lust m?hL cant. R-i.q with .r.i J f ww-w, . . . WVV 1,1,1 VJ In" this battle there were 4 killed and 59 wounded; out of 227 ipen. t ; v On Monday, the 22th olt. a party of 10 men, dining at the house of Erasrus Ro gers, sutler at Camp King, .were fired up on whle setting at table, by a party of Indians. The house was not above 250 kts Company, (who preferred ridino- in th yards from the block-house. Rogers was niot, to sleeping ix Black Creek, and ettn al the head of his table, ,when the iiiaiviuuij in iw-uayj arrived in town Al ter the battle" at Withlacoochee, the forces under; generals Clinch and Call, returned to Camp Lan Syne. On Sunday last, G mi. Call, with the volunteers from mid-. dleFlprtda, started for home; and on Mon day, colonels YVafren and Mills; with the "Volunteers front East Florida, set out on heir return, and were last night at Black Creek. They will reach this place to- night' The Volunteers served the time, one . month; for which they offered their servi ces, j The want of provisions, and every necefesary to prevent extremejsuffering and the impracticability of following np the Victory gained oyer the Indians, induced them to return. J it said that Gen Call intends to raise .. IjOOjmen by draft's from the militia, and ,Tetijrn to the aid of Gen Clinch. The Eat j Florida people will have enough to Ido, and we fear more than they ran do, , rirt ihri home stations, I o prevent the In . dians from extending their ravages farther north!. Gen. Clinch must of necessity wait " for reinforcements his forces are hardly . Sufficient & protect his posts. The whole of East Florida i in danger. The In- . dijns have possession of the Southern nor ed ioperisb together with a number of th unfortunates. Happily for this old colonist, he was a father, jand a-father above i all of a little daughter, full of courage," tenderness and energy., wnen he was araggea irum the bosom of his family, his child resolv ed to share his destinies however dreadful they might be. I. ' x it r" LMaced one of the first among the vic tims' whom they were going to sacrifice. already the Creole had -his eyes blindfold ed and his arras tied : already the satt el ites of death adjusted their murderous arms upon the unfortunate, deprived of hope and ready to die. O happiness ! O senliment! sacred of nature, what pow er is yours 1 You anticipate the years in uncommon persons whom you animate with your divine fire! vou lend them the foresight of the wise ai.d the strength of men, in iheir infancy. At the precise moment of the signal for the discharge ot the artillery, a Intle girl comes running crying, " My father! U my father!" Vainly they try to take her away from danger vainly they threaten her -nothing stops her nothing intimi dates her. . She rushes towards her fath ershe attaches Kerself to his body which r immediatelyextended to us, the whole of Ilorida, east of Suwannee river, will be inevitably ruined. We must not only a Jtiandcm oar property to destructbn,!but, .strippeq ot, an our hard earnings, must fierht child for our ren. ; lives, our women and our man by the name of Yanovar shot. The steam boat lay out in the river last Iirtt nc it ivne riiiomofl nncifli fnr h'or t r iiiaaH Pimn liinir nnd inmnri K.1V sni.. . .. . . ' ..w . r - --j lie along side the whark The passengers nav U any " "v ., ,. in rrn r St AncrnctinA hvp r IK... o vrh Inr tha nraeunt nn. ! a . 0 ... . I unci lC8S. Wfiere are the fourteen companies re- ported by the Secretary of War, as now . at,thej disposal of Gen. Clipch? We sire told to-day, by jcol. M'Xnfosh, jiist from ' 4ramj) that Gen- Clinch has only fivecom ' panic?. " All communication is cut oflfbe- t that i point, they arc lor the present use The undisguised truth, is, we want instant aid men, arms and ammunition. To our sister States and especially to '" Georgia and South Carolina, do we look ; far that assistance which can come in time "to save our peop.leJ rpm total ruin. Thanks to the Savannah volunteers, who have al- ready magnariimously come on to bur pro tectioo, that Picolata is strong and afely .gairisoned. . We shall be glad tp see those spirited and gallant companies that, we were i old, wre ready to ny to our assist ance, oa heir.way to give protection to our country and battle to the Indians. " A great battle tvas fought oa the 31st tilt." in which many on both sides were . slain and - wounded. The battle ground first information given of the presence of the foe, was a volley of, it is thought, at least 100 shot poured in upon them thro' the open dcor. The Indians rushed upon the house. Those in, not killed, spraug out of it, at the windows on each side. Five, fleeing for Camp King, escaped. The others, fleeing for a hammock close by, were shot down, - A negro woman, the cook, ran behind the counter, '(thia house was used by Ro gers as a s.tore) and hiding behind a bar rel, was unobserved by the Indians, They rushed into the house. Powell at their head, threw down the table, and looking around for a moment, left the house The five of this party slain, were gen. Thompson, the Indian; Agent; lieuL Con stantine Smith, ErastuV Rogers, the Sut ler, Suggs and Hitzler. . Through gene-j she presses closely with her little arms, ral Thompson were shot 15 bullets and 16 1 and waits for a moment to perish with through Rogers. The Indians scalped all, the author of her day?. taking off the scalp clear around the head, " O my daqghier, dear child ! only as far as the Iiair extended, and then beat- sweet hope of tBy vvt eping mother, ' "said t ihg in their skulls. The heads of Rogers her father, ' trembling ad melting into and Suggs, were shockingly mangled. tears, " retire I entreat thee, I order the " All this was done in open dav light, with- " My father,'5 responded the maiden, in 250 yards of Camp King and in view let me die with you !" (Jh! what an empire has virtue over souls most ferocious T This unexpected incident., disconcerts the commander of the massacre. ! Without doubt he was a father also. The voice of admiration, the crv of pity Tise:suddenlv from his heart! Me alleges a specious pretext for deiiver- Capt. Hebbard, of the steamer Florida, ring the Creole from death, & causes him to arrived to-day, -6 o.clock P. M. says that be re-conducted to prison with his child. all communication between Pieolata and i A moment of delav is sometimes precious The face'of affairs having shortly chang ed the good father was-released.; aud since that happy day, he ceases not to re ic action of his little daughter, aged then only ten years. j in the .opinion ! of good , judges., Uhan the eve 'was before?; erte're was an fact a mistake io the ongidah draught, through wbich' means, her flower ports were brought' considerably nearer the water than was intended, so much so indeed, that unless the. water was perfectly smooth, the lower; and largest guns were of no use at 'all; inasmuch as the ports had to be kept closed. She is a most beautiful model, which of course will not in the least degree be altered, ,and was always one of the fastest vessels in the. Navy. The Boston sloop of war of 24 guns is another beautiful vessel, and is now near; ly readj jfor sea. We believe, however, she is not yet perfectly manned, and i waiting for orders. Boston Gaz lle. twenty-four different wars between ;ETig land atjd France, ; twelve tetween! Eng land and Scotland, eight bet ween England and Spain, and seven .with other,; coun tries in all fifty-one wars! There have teen six wars within 100 years, viz: 1st war. ending 1607, cost 21.500.000, 100,000 slain. 80.000 died of famine. 42d war began 1702, cost 43,000,000. Slain not ascertained.- 2d war, began 1739, cost 48,000,000. Slain not ascertained. 4th war, began 175G, cost 1 1 1,000,000. S ain 250,000. t ... 5th, American war, began 17 o, cost 139.000.000. Slain 200.000. . r 6th, last war. began'1793, cost 750.000, 000. Slim 2.000,000 amongst all the belligerents. At the conclusion of the war, which ended in 1697, the national debt was 21, 500.000. -At the conclusion of the Jast war, in IS 15, the national debt amounted to no less than. 1 ,050,000,000. London Times. i wzz.Tm37aToiJ ASvmiTzssa. .UUltniHstoji, Jl . Friday, January. 22, 183G. j - f jo of the fifty U. S. troops there at the time. lion of it as far north ns R.ilmvV frtv Whv did they not rush out to their rescue, milcslsouthof St. Auoustine Picolataon or ter, why did tHey not ply the two Iho St. John's Whitesvillo on Black six-pounders in the blotk-house, upon the Creek-rAlligator and Sewatinee an ex- savages, committing, btfore iheir face and ..tensive an 1 exposed frontier. It is the gent eJr?. within 250 yards, such deeds of.bar- erdi on ini.m. mat unless nanruiia nwii St. Ausustino. is interdicted. The staize sent into the latter place, wa3 detained, but the d"vt,r, mounting a horse, and taking miic olata Lev 1- The driver says he saw plenty of Indian traces that iri fiict, the road was full of them. Day before yesterday Solano's bouse, 7 miles from Picolata. was burned .and a FROM TX1K NEW YORK KVE.VINU POST. ANEW WAR ENGINE, OR MUSKFT BATTERY. A gentleman now in this city has in vented a wonderful machine by which he J ' - I J - f r r ii I II. can aiscnarge upwaras or uu ouiiets per minute, to the extent of 7500 bullets with- turned. An attack upon Picolata by the. out'reloading br danger of disorder or Indians is daily expected. bursting it consists of about 150 musket Therfollowing is an extract of a letter barrels of the! ordinary size, so closely from Judge Reider of St. Augustine, to connected to each other in a frame .as to Judge Uoggett ol this place ;- - render the whole strong and compaetit , " A few days sinre, a party ,oi Indians is well adapted either for Army or Navy destroyed a plantation 15 miles from this For the former in ease of retreat (even at place, and the day before yesterday, two the rate of five or - six miles per hour) an FCOM TUB BALTIMORE .Mti:CAS. Fevv of our readers are probably a wareofthe nature and extent of the. ef forts made in tins country to educate and civilize tfyejrenmining Incfians- Most per sons have heard of the Choctaw academy 'ft ft. 1. in jveniucky. where tetweenone ana two hundred children are educated at the ex pense of our government Besides these the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Mr, Herring,! states in his Report, accom panying ihe President's Me ssage, that the number of Indian children in the schools in various parts of the United States, a- mounts to seventeen hundred. The Federal .Government appropriates annually ten thousand dollars for ihe -civili zation of the Indians. This sum is de voted to, the. support of schools undertak en by the . various religious sects. Thus, in the last year, two thousand dollars were paid to the. Baptist General Convention, who have in their schools established a- mong the Indians in New York nearly three Hundred pupils. Rive hundred dol- lars were paia tome l'rotestant episcopal Church for educating sixty-six Menojm nes at Vfeen Bay. - rour hgpnrecl to the Methodist Society, who have in west Mis sissippi several schools- lor ohawnees. Kiekapops, and others. Seventeen hup dred to the American Board of Commis sioners (or Missions;, and one thousand in tha I at hrvl un tne subject ot tnrtuin instruction, postponed till Monday next, with a view me vuiuiiii?siuiier siuies as ins opinion aijd it seems lo us a very sound one that knowledge" ol the mechanical arts must be the principal step in the laddetthat is to leaa irom the: aDonsftnal to the civilized state. He therefore urge that instrm lion in them be made a material jiart of Indi an education, j The communications from teachers and Indian agents are said. to b?. generally satisfactory. In some of the schools the higher blanches, geography and history are successfully taught. I'resses in the! native dialects are estuh- lEf A protracted meeting coinmeucis this dav. in the Baptist Church in this town. . A number of visiting ministers are expected to attend." , " ? Conokess. In Senate, on the 7th inst- Mr. Morris presented sundry petitions from . Ohio, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, which he moved to refer to the committee on the Distiict. Mr. Calhoun called for the reading ; after which, he demanded that the prelimenary question "shall the. petitions be received," .should be first ta ken. Mr. Hill moved to lay them on the table, when a most exciting debate arose. On the suggestion of Mr. Buchanan, the Jnrfnra r tllTT fvtjole SUbjeCt WHS Thats. The friertda of tboDrama hare bear cinch flratiheOim li s ; per. formance "ct Mr.Prwtoa'iroapapyi Wo have been " d isa ppcin tcd-a"gTeeab!y so in finding an aaaociatiorr o! edoration ana talent, worthy of the moat liberal enctur agement tWe could particularize apd vpeak abundant praise, with troth, ol many of the performers; but vrc decline allu sions to individuals, cither in lne ehjpe ox $ criticism or unalloyed piaise; hoping that solid rridenccs of approbation t?&1 be gi; ven by the community ,at the several ben efits now in progress. ' - Circus. Our olJ acquaintance, Mr. Palmernis again with, us, and commenced I performing with his company on. Wed nesday Evening last . We have had no time to witness the exhibitions, but learn that those' who have attended them bato been highly gratified. The ;Rail Road The , preparatory steps towards making a Rait Road from this place to the Roanoke, are advancing with rapidity and energy- The stock sub scribed in thia town alone, has now increa- ! red to about 8 237.000, and we hare rea- lished and the tvibesi in operation among many of that something should be done to calm ex citemtnt. In the House, on the' 7th Mr. Adams read a statement from the N. Intelligen cer, that the ports of Mexico wcc blocka ded against American vessels and asked the Chairman of the committer on For eign Relations, whether he-and his com mittee had received any. official communi cation upon tile subject of the political and commercial relations exi.-tii;r between the United States and Mexico, j Mr. Mason swi to believe that more than -the balance necessary to complete ibe sum required to form the Company, has been subscribed in other places.'. It is a matter of gratu lation that the plan of this road 'has re ceived the approbation of all the. intelli gent citizens of other States, uhese opin ions have been asked, 'and. that it -mens with favor in Charleston, Norfolk, Wash ington City and elsewhere. Gen. Alex ander Mac Rae, an efficient and rntelligent Agent of the Company, is now travelling on the route and its vicinity, to obtain in formation, acquire subscriptions. Ac. Many are led into error by the title of the Company. It is called the Wilming ton and Raleigh Rail Road' Company and the "original Charter embraced no other object than a road from this place to Raleigh. But the charter has been amen ded to meet the views of the Stockholder, who have no other object than a rail road from Wilmington to Weldon, or some point on the Roanoke, lo meet the Peters burg and Portsmouth Roads, and a line of Steam Boats from Wilmington lo the city ol Charleston thus completing a line of Steam Boat and Rail lioad travel, that young -.man,, or rather, a young man ana a lad, went out to a little place about 3 o tit ?' r i : some corn. Their cart was broken, and they were in the act of mending it, when a snot from the adjoining hammock killed the young man, whose body fell upon the lad lieiore the latter couia extricate nirm selfV several Indians came running to wards Mm, but fortunately he got start of them at last, and .was pursued into the was.ori the WichlaCoochee River, about I wood, where he found shelter in a bunch 35 miles' from Camp Long Syne, and of paltnettoes. ' They. hunted diligently for within a fev miles of the Indian Warfior himsometimes were within a fewfeet.of ' Powell's town, where it is supposed, the him- but it was dark and they did not find Indian women and children are assembled.' him. :., From his lurking place he saw his . The officers and men engaged on the 3.1 we are happy to learn, jbehaved with great bravery. In fact, sueh was the dis position of .tlio Indian forces, their bold ness and desperate fighting,' that nothing but the determined spirit with which the " tnerf fought and chrrrged itito the swamp, put the Indians to flight and silenced their " firing.'' ;' ;" "'.'.' " - The engagement 'lasted one hour and Jive minutes. ' " J "At the first onset, the-Indians on one flank leaped from their, hiding places, and in front of the thicket formed boldly into ' line with Powell at their head. At this mo ment, the fire of the whites did execution; 'the Indians broke, taking to their, covert again.J It is thought Powell is wounded , in the hand. "X AVejnsert below a letter from col. Mills containing an account of the engagement ; Head Quarters, Fort Crane, Jan. 3, 1836 General Circular, To all the good Citizens of Duval and Nassau : The ar my took up the line of march on the 20lh ult. and on the, morning of the 31st. at day4reak arrived at the Wkhlacoochee nd found the river too high to ford, com .toenxed .swimming horses and sent one caaa over for. a canoti that was seen over -Cn the opposite bank, and in it began to cross the; regular troops ; af 12 o'clock there were over all the regulars and about fifty of the militia, when we were soon in formed that Indians were coming, and but a moment, elapsed, before a furious, fire was heard in our front; jcol. Warren and myself immediately formed nnd extended oar line from the river out through the swamp to the pine barren, and saw the . retralar troons on our riffht hotlv ensraoed with at least three hundred Indians ; we trere ordered to remaiu stationary, and prevent the Indians entering our lines. - After repeated solicitations on the part of col. Warren and myself, we took the re sponsibility on ourselves, and col. Warren led the right to the left of the regulars, and I was stationed on the left of our own line, when a charge ufas made, 'which after a- . bout ten minutes more of aharp hgbtiog, forced them to retreat and the oattle end ed. We make out forty Indians killed, and wounded we soppose in propartion, the precise amount we cannot tell, ns they tarried there off the loss is severe on our irt. Gen. Clinch sa vs. that in many much w greater battles a inach less number has .been killed and; wounded. Further par 4 tlculars will4e told on, Friday nexV when we will fee at Jacksonville.- I can-now writ no more. W. J, MlLif. It. col effectual firing may be kept up. On board ship independent of answering the purpose of "Marines, it would be useful in disabling .the enemies vessels by des troying rigging, .sails, &c, the barrels being so coastructfd that by moving a screw the talis could be made (when broadside to to sweep the enemy from bow to stem. It requires only two men to work it .ejectually, who are perfectly secure from .the fire ol: the opponent. The. loading Only occupies a few seconds, and in case of a barrel bursting it can be replaced insianUy, without removine the others -either flint'or percussion lock can be used-the action of one trijreer will companion scalped the house set on fire discharge , frcui 20 to 50 bariels as re- the cart and corn burned and the body quired. To protect the machine from in pf poor Yanover thrown into the flames, jury of the enemies fire, guards are so After the, Indians had departed, the poor placed as to rmove all danger if is plac Tellpw wandered to Weedman's ; alarming . ed upon a twc wheel carriage similar to the "Long Tern so mueh esteemed by privateers. The inventor is anxipus to introduce it to the notice of Congress in case of a ruptire with France or Mexico -and would be; pleased to have an inter course with any military or naral officer, JXI'Fifty been shipped and Jamaica. pa ted blacks. that family, .and bringing them that night into town. So you see we have our share of the troubles here. .; . . ... Col Warren and Mills, with the vol unteers from this place, have just arrived. Their browned faces the whiskers and mtistachoes of many, of. the men, their arms and dress, give them the appear ance of veterans, just ; returned from a se vere Campaign and a desperately fought battle held. H . The schr. Davenport, from N. York. with fifty or sixty U S. troops on board. destined to Camp-King, crossed the bar yesterday. She is mthe river' below this .place, detained by brad winds.; - We understand, that the Committee of Citizens met yesterday, and reauestd en. Eustis to send on some troops to, the as sistance of the inhabitants; , which reauest was complied with, and a Company, pro visioned for 30 days, is to leave here to morrow evening, for St. Anjrustine. in the steam boat John Stonev. which vessel Ins rbeen chartered by the ComraiUee. The btoney will also carry on 1000. bushels ot Corn, 100 barrels of'Flour, 50 barrels of Pork and Beef, and 20 barrels Rice, in tended far, the inhabitants of St Angus tine, who arc straitened .for provisions, in consequence of the great number of per sons that have been compelled to flee to that place for protection. Courier, -s- appointed for the purpose of investigating its merits. - nine tons of Bibles have from England lo. Antigua lor the use of the emnnei- "Do von make pood use of your bible, Cufiee?" said one of the class readers, j "O, berry good use, mas sai i irop my razor on em." Ui-i?ion is like liberty---it cannot be conferred on those incapable of appreciating its value. utjiwurus ox u,vuut, sterling nas Deen raised in England to' educate the negroes of the West India Islands. Everv thine for their souls iiotlnrig for their bodies'. Instead of beingtaught the mechanic arts. the use of the plough and the harrow, the plane and adze, the aw or needle, the an vil and la p stone instead of practical in dustrvv temperance and integrity, they are taught to read their bible and sing hymns. They all ' begin at the wrong end thev remarked mat no such communication I f,.ii .l tk. ;n-if;nu n.i A resolution WHS Oifer- erf h!m rimrn !n Hmrtrii - - e had been made. ed to appoint a select committee of nine. to enquire into the aUairs of the West! Point Academy and also to see whether it would not be well to abolish the same. The bill making an appropriation for sup pressing the hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians Avas read a third time. In Senate, on the 1 Uh Mr. Clay sub mitted the following: Resolved, That the President be reques ted to communicate to the Senate (if it bo not in his opinion incompatible with the public interest,) whetKef, ince the ter mination of the last Conre?. anvover- ture. formal or informal, has been made by the French Government to the Execu- We will thank our friends tn.the coun try to rpjort'progre7 from time (Mim we expect good-news frorn them. Piracy. Accounts from Matanzns. rc- ceived in New-York, state that news hd been received there from Madeira, of the capture of an American and'Spanishbrig. near that Wand, by' pirates in an open boat, who had murdered all on board The authorities at Madeira had sent a ves sel in pursuit of them. Silk M a n u a l. We have rccei ved the Silt Manual," compiled by the.editor oF attempt to finish the superstructure before live of the United States, to accommodate the Farmer & Gardner, Baltimore, arree they have laid the foundation. But the movers in this grand religious scheme feel strong in the faith they are sure that God is .with j them. They raise 8100. 000 to teach the-negroes religion, while thousands of 'their own poor in Ireland are perishing tptw hunger, actually dvin the diihcnlty bin ween the two Govern- ably to bis announcement some time aco. .i ft -i - A V Tt :l.'0n: It contains directions for sowing, trant- vjentionof the 4th day of July.lPSl ; and ... j . - . r particularly whether a despatch from the PlDZ- aDf ra,sm& Mulberry Tree; Due de Brohe, the French Minuter of with instructions lor propagating tbesame Foreign a fFiirs. to the French Charade J by cuttings, layers, ccc. to which is added Affairs at Washington, nas read and a with want they must :die .in a land of copy of it furnished by him, to the Secre BEAUTIFUL TRAIT IN A YOUNO GIRL. r Governor Duxlap's Message. The Portland Advertiser of the 8th inst. gives the following brief abstract of the Message of Governor Dunlap to the Legislature of Maine: 'The Governor recommends a3 a means of increase to the wealth of the .State, the Cultivation of the mulbery tree, and also of hemp.; .He also; recommends a geologic al survey of the State ; making additional provision to educate school instructors state that $25,000 have' been raised by individual donations" in aid of the estab lishment of an Insane Hospital' and ad vise stronger legislative enactments in order to prevent .more effectually the cir culation of smalt bills. . - -The Report of the Engineer who recon- noitered the route tor the proposed liail road to Quebec, has not yet been received, but will be soon submitted to the conside ration of the Legislature. The disbursements T the Treasury have been 0 304,1 1 1,34, of this sum8t .148. 012.53, have gone to reduce the principal and interest of the public debt The sum ot 89,545 78 has been naid for interest. plenty, because it is deemed more chari table to look after the souls of the blacks. than to 'feed the hungry and clothe' the naked whites of their own soil, aud this is railed religion. -It is delusion it is fanaticism, f The great atonement for sin on earth, is to reliet'e the wants and dis tress of our fellow beings tary of State, for the purpose of indiratins a mode in which those j difficulties might dc removed. Resolve'd, also. Under the resolution a bove mentioned, in the event of any such overture. having4)ecn made, that the Pres ident be requested to inform the Seiiatt what answer was given to it ; and if a co- 'fThe above, from the N. Y. Star, are py of any such despatch was received. the sentiments of a humane and benevo- that he be further requeued to communi- lent Israelite, ana in many respects are cate a copy of it to the- Senate a calculation showing the produce and probable expense ofcuhiyation of from orfc to -ton acres, as tested by actaal results. This little tvork should be in the hand of every person who desires information on the culture of silk. It is now in a Urge octavo pamphlet of 72 pages, but will pro bably receive, as it dwrves, a more da- rable form. worthy , the consideration of a christian world. Providence Journal. I Savannah. Jan. 13. Fire and Loss of Life A fire broke . m . i qui on i uesuay rooming at me woouen i i . tenement in.Bay lane, just back of Mrs. j 1 V ' " rr.can commerce cy Bailey's boarding house. Mr. Winkle's Mexico. Mr. A. referred to the execution stable, to the west soon caught, as' also did ; of the cilfzens of the United State in the carpenter, sbopvof Mr. Qirtier and j Mexico, and to a remonstrance from the ?aA?10T,fndAa ;mil!buidin? 00031 i Secretary of State at Mexico a gainst inter ped by Mr. John Audebert : the three oj r . , . & r RrV.,n.irpp nrl., ' .i,- TumrU fer internal afTiiir? ofthit na- Exccutio It if tuted in the Ed In the House, on the 1 1th Mr. Adams glish papers that there hss been nanr- stated that he shoold not mike the propo- cntion in London for 2 years and a half. f f i a a siuon oi wnicn ne naa given notice, ns there, was no foundation for the report of There Jias been aone in PliiUdrlphb, since, 1830, and but three since 1816. - Sometime after the horrible 'massacre and the balance of cash now in the treasu which signalized the commencement of the French "Revolution, the contagious ex ample propagated murder and destruction, even in the new. world. - One S cannot re member it without shuddering with hor ror, that, in order to pat to death more quickly a jnohitude of men and women at once and without trial, they, collected them in groups then .fired upon them sev eral cannons loaded with cannon shot. An honest Creole of Domingo, who had committed no other, crime than that of preserving the heritage of "his fothers, and of bebg rich, was in consequence in scribed u pen th list of proscription ;ahe wretches v.- i ,v;zzfi? d 4herqselvea with the ntraec of pstriots, imbraing their hands tn.the bloody of the most . innocent citizensr denounced hm as ariieijemy to tbt public wel&re, od he was condemn- ry is 86.341 87. ! He remimi th Tcns lature thatit is incumbent on tbetn at the present session, to prescrile-ihe manner in which Ihe elector for President shall be chosen.".. ! ... i, 4 , , CaaaLxsTowN (Mass.) Navy Yard. The carpenters are knocking on in great style with the Independencer74,! at the Navy Yard, 1 between one and two hundred men being daily nt WOrk on board of her. ; She is about being cut down from her original size to, a razee or jarg frigate, to ; momn, propably , 62 or 64 guns. -Her bottom be Jo w .the water line, is found to be fperiectly aoond and when she is completfdL Which twill .be in the course of the.ensoing .sdmniev she will make one of the strongest a nd,, most cdept sitp in the Navy,, firinqrelM Bank, 'and the whole were quickly con sumed. . K I . . j We regret j to state that a .free negro woman, Susan Ringhill, with her chi'd, and little -negro employed to nurse the child of another woman living in the same house, wete-burnt to dith. ;Tbey. slept io the up-stairs of the tenement where the fire originated,; and the flames had made such progress jtbat thei never got down stairs. j I ' v - - ' .The husband of the woman escaped by jumping from the window, and was-very much burnt. There are several stories a float, , to which we do-not know w;hat de gree ofcredit to attach. Some cotton in a abed across the lane took fire, buif there were only a tetv bales (10 or 12) destroyed. - It was occupied by Mr. J. S. Combs. ' . Georrian. as, ''- - Waju What a picture of horror does the following paragraph present 1 . What blood spilt, what 'money, expended to ena ble man to botcher h"is fellowrnsnlSo re ly any price bat liberty and honour, should bV paid by nations for peaces Since the year 1000 there, have bcro lion by citizens of the U. Slates. he pre sumed if the latter-were official a commu nication would be made to the "I loose. A resolution was adopted 164 to 18. to appoint a committee to inquire-into the It is the custom for the mayor of the ci ty of New York lo keep open hoore on New-Year's Day. The papers of that city, say that his hospitality was repaid, on the firrt iosL by a tumult in' bis par lors, during which lhe.jjlasscA2etaaterF, dishes and furniture were demolished, and the family so serjoafly nl armed by the noise and grots indecencies 'of the ruf fians, thai it was necessary to send-tor a erpedienry of increasing the havllforcc P0"01. 'ce officers, who.cenvrTrd in commission. . i I " " number of ihp post disorderly.' piiron.' In Senate, on the 12th a message was received from the Ieiideni'otf the Ohio northern boundary, and ordered to be printed. NawBttx The NewUrnr Spectator of the I5th inst states iSal to cases, -of small pox bare been introduced into tiki town, by a vessel from New-York. Both ; The bill for tho'relicl.of the New York the persons were removed, and it Is hofled sufferers was taken iip in committee of the that , this timely 'prccactli will prcv1 whole and after some dicnssionIjd on tbc difTtxsioa tf the disease. 4 .'v';. the table till to-morrow. The resolutions of Mr. Qlay ou French affairs, were adopted TfxiaAt meetipg if jti ComiU with" alight amendments. - 4 San Fplfpe dcusuVi iic 1825 In tbe House, on the 1 2th, a., variety of it if as rysoi red that a comnirlio cl 3 be private bills were presented. The com- appointed to' draft, an address to f .cu mfuee on NavaV Afiairs wer,e' instructed zrn rmy, on tho victory obtained ti Be to lire iot the expediency 4f establish- jarnd the rrdactioa of that "post, 'tad aL ing.G Itaval Depot in Charlestoa bar- to lo inform out foreign agecs or corarab- ai, - 'f-' ing. bor4 sioncrs pf this happy 5TcnL.
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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