Indiana Palladium, Volume 9, Number 36, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 21 September 1833 — Page 2

FIGHT WITH TIIK INDIANS.

anil 'lawacnanios imiimsin Texainountin, ,to lol, ami a party ot American? tim-ict mfn and two boys, eleven in number is related by llaziu 15. Bowie, Esq. one of that party now in this city. ' On the second of November, 1831, we left the town of St. Antonio do Baxar, for the silver mines on the St. Saba river, the party consisting of the following named persons: Kazin P. Bowie, James Bowie, David Buchannon, Cephas R. Hamm, Robert Armstrong, Jesse Wallace, Matthew Doyle James Cornell, Thomas M'Caslin, Gonzales and Charles, servant bovs. Nothing particular occurred until the lUth on which day, about ten, A. M. we were overhauled by two Chamanca Indiana and a Mexican caotive, who had struck our trail and followed it. They stated that they belonged to t " i .l.iof nf the Chamanca tribe. fIy. toon 5n nnmlMT. and were on their road to St. An jsnuiiiu a pal u , u. j . - a , i nTnriJ fin ni'i r rriiiT ill .- r i - r i t tonio with a drove of horses, which they had taken from "the Waccos and Tawackanies, and were about returning them to their owners, citizens of St. Antonio. After smoking and talking with them about an hour, and making them a few presents of tobacco, powder, Bhot, &c.&:c. they returned to their party, who were waiting at the Illano river. We continued oar journey until night closed upon us, when we encamped. The next morning, between daylight and sunrise, the above named Mexican captive returned to our camp; his horse very much fatigued: and who, after eating and smoking, stated to U3 that he had been sent by his chief, Is?aonie,to inform us that we were followed by 124 j Tawackamia and Wacco Indians, and forty Caddop had joined them, who were determined to have our ecalps at all risks. Isaonie had held a talk with them all the previous evening, and endeavored :o dissuade them from their purpose, but fliey still persisted, and left them enraged, and pursuing our trail. As a voucher for the truth of the above, tue Mexican produced his chief's silver medal, which is common among the natives in such cases. He firthcr stated that his chief requested him to say, that he had hut sixteen men, badly armed and without nmunition but if we would return and join him, such succour as he could give us he would. But knowing that the enemy lay between us and him, we deemed it most prudent to pursue our journey, and endeavor to reach the old fort cn the St. Saba river, before night came on, distance thirty miles. The Mexican returned to his party, and we then proceeded on. i Through the day we encountered bad roads, beingcovered with rocks, and the horses' feet being "worn out, we were dieaproiutcd in not reaching the fort. In the evening we had some difficulty in picking out an advantageous spot where to encamp for the night. We, however, made a choice of the lest that offered, which was a cluster of live oak trees, some thirty or forty in number, about the size of a man's body. To the North of them a thicket of live oak bushes, about ten feet high, forty yards in length and twenty in breadth. To the West, at the distance of thirty-five or forty yards, ran a stream of water. The surrounding country was an open prairie, interspersed with a few trees, rocks and broken land. The trail which we came on lay to the East of our encampment. After taking the precaution to prepare our spot for defence by cutting a road inside of the thicket of bushes, ten feet from the outer edge of it all around, and clearing the prickly pears from among the bushes, we hobbled our horses and placed sentinels for the night. We were now distant fcix miles from the old Fort above mentioned, which was built by the Spaniards in 1752, for the purpose of protecting themselves while working the silver mines, which are a mile distant. A few year" . ler it was attacked by the Camancha Indr . : id every soul put to death. Since that tin, : has never been occupied. Within the Fort is a Church, .vhich, had we reached it before night, it was our intention to have occupied to defend ourselves against the Indians. The Fort surrounds about one acre of land, under a 12 feet stonewall. Nothing occurred throughout the night, and we lost no time, in the morning, in making preparations for continuing our journey to the Fort; and when in the act of starting we discovered the Indians on our trail to the East, about 200 yards distant, and a footman about 20 yards ahead of the main bodv. with his head to the ground, tracking. The cry of uiuians was given, ana an hands to arms. We dismounted, and both saddle and pack horses were made fast to -the trees. As soon as they found we had discovered them, they gnve the war whoop, halted and commenced stripping, preparatory to action. A few mounted Indians were reconnoitre ing the ground: amongst them we discovered a few Caddo Indians, by the cut of their hair, who had always previously been friendly to the Americans. Their numbers being so far greater than ours, 104 to 11 it was agreed that Razin P.Bowie should be sent out to talk with them, 'and endeavor to compromise rather than attempt to fight. He accordingly started with David Buchannon in company, -and walked about forty yards to where they had baited, and requested them in their own tongue, to send forward their chief, as he wanted to talk with them. Their answer was 'How de do? how de do!' in English, and a discharge of twelve shot at us, one of which broke Buchannon's leo-. Bowie returned their salutation with the consents cf a double barrelled gun and a pistol. He then took Buchannon on his shoulders, and started back to the encampment. They then opened a heavy fire upon us, which wounded Buchannon in two more places slightly, and piercing Bowie's hunting shirt in several places, without doing him any Injury. WTien they found their shot failed to bring Bowie down, eight Indians on foot took after him with their tomahawks, and when close upon him, were discovered by his party, who rushed out with their rifles -axl brought down four cf them the other remaining four retreating back to the main body. We then returned to our position, and all was "still for about five minutes. We then discovered a hill to the Northest, at the distance of sixty yards, red with Indians, who opened a heavy fire on us with loud yells. Their chief, .on horse-back, urging them in. a loud audible voice to the charge, walking his horse perfectly composed. When we first discovered him, our guns were all rmpty, with the exception of Mr. Kamnvs. James Bowie cried out, 'who is loaded.1' Mr. Hamm observed, 'I am.' He then was told to shoot that Tn. dian on norseoacic. lie did so, and broke his leoand killed his horse. We now discovered him hopping round his horse on onex leg, With his shield on l is arm to keep off the balls. By this time four of our party being reloaded, fircd at the same instant, and all the balls took effect through the shield. He fell; and was immediately surrounded by six or eight of his tribe, 'uo Picked him up and bore him off. Several of these were shot down by our party. The whole body then retreated back to the hill, out of our sight, with the exception of a few Indians, who were runmng about from tree to tree, out of gun shot. 1 hey now covered the hill for the second time, bringing up their bowmen, who had not been in action before, and commenced a heavy fire with balls and arrows, wliich we returned hv oii iroto At this instant. nnMTior nhirf appeared on last one fell. hor, vuwj. -v. - back, near the spot where the

e same jction of who was loaded, was ask I the answer was nobody; U.-.lr: v; !fn lltnc CI. ivlic: Ho mi:iatto servant came running up witn mieiiannon s riiie, which had not been discharged smco he was wounded, and handed it to James Bowie, who in stantly fired and brougnt him down from his horse. He was surrounded by -ix cr eirrat of his tribe, as was the last, and boro off under cur fire. ' During the time wo were engaged in defending ourselves from the Indians on the hill, gome fifteen or twenty of the Caddo tribe had succeeded in getting under the bank of tli3 creek in our rear at about i fifty yards distance, ana opened a fire upon us, which wounded jiattbew Doyle, the ball entering in the left breast and out of the back. As soon as he cried out he was wounded, Thomas M'Ca&lin hastened to the spot where ho fell, and observed, "Where is the Indian that shot Doyle?" Ho was told by a more experienced hand not to venture, as from the report of their guns thev must be reilernen. At that instant he discovered an Indian, and while in the act of rais- .... , , , ing his piece, was shot through the centre of the iiic v ii uo uiil body, and expired. Robert Armstrong exclaimed, "Damn the Irdian that shot M'Caslin where is he!" He was also told not to venture there, as they must be rifiemei; but on discovering an Indian, and while bringing bis gun up, he was lired at, and part of the stock of lis gun shot away and the ball lodged against the barrel. During this time, our eneimo3 had formed a complete circle around us, occupying the point3 of rocks, scattering trees and bushes. The firing then became general, from all quarters. Finding our situation much exposed among the trees, we were obliged to leave it, and take to the thickets. The first thing necessary wa-to dislodge the riflemen from under the bank of the creek, who were in point blank shot. This we soon succeeded in, by shooting them through the head, as we had the advantage of seeing them when they could not see us. The road we had cut round the thicket the night previous, gave us now an advantageous situation over that of our enemy, as we had a fair view cf them in the prairie, while we were completely hid. We baffled their shots by moving six or eight feet the moment we had fired, as their only mark was the smoke of our guns. They would put twenty balls within the size of a pocket handkerchief, where they had seen the smoke. In this manner we fought them two hours, and' had one man wounded, James Cornell, who was shot through the arm, and the ball lodged in the side, first cutting away a bush, which prevented it from penetrating deeper than the size of it. They now discovered wo were not to be dislodged from the thicket, and the uncertainty of killing us at random shot: they suffering very much from the fire of our rifles, which bro't half a dozen at every round. They determined to resort to stratagem, by putting fire to the dry grass in the prairie, for the double purpose of driving us from our position, and, under cover of the smoke to carry away their dead and wounded, which lay near us. The wind was now blowing from the West, and they placed the fire in that quarter where it burnt down all the grars to the creek and then bore off to the right and left, leaving around our position a space of about five acres that was untouched by the fire. Under cover of the smoke, they succeeded in carrying away a portion of their dead and wounded. In the mean time our party were engaged in scraping away the dry grass and leaves, to keep the fire from passing over: and likewise, in pulling up recks and bushes to answer the purpose of a breast work. They now discovered that they had failed to rout us by the fire as they had anticipated. They then re-occupied the points of the rocks and trees in the prairie, and commenced another attack. The firing continued for some time, when the wind suddenly shifted to the North, and blew very hard. We now discovered our dsngerous situation, should the Indians succeed in jutting fire to the small spot which we occupied, and kept a strict watch all round. The two serrant boys were kept employed in scraping away drj grass and leaves from around the baggage, and puling rocks and placing them around the wounded nen. The remainder of the party were warmly engage with the enemy. The point from which the wind row blew being favorable to fire our position, one of the Indians succeeded in crawling down the creek and putting fire to the grass that had not been burnt, but before he could retreat back to his party, was killed by Armstrong. At this time we sv no hopes of escape, as the fire was coming down rapidly before the wind, filming ten feet high, and directly for the spct we occupied What was to be done! we must either be burnt up alive, or driven into the prairie amongst the savages. This escouraged the Indians, and to mako it morn awful, :heir shouts and yells rent the air; they, at the same time, firing upon us about 20 shots a minute. As soon as the smoke hid us from their view, we collected together, and held a consultation as to what ivas best to be done. Our first impression was, that they might charge upon us under cover of the smole, as we could make but one effectual fire the s perks were flying about so thickly that no man could open his powder horn without running the risk of being blown up. However, we finally came to a determination, had they charged us, to give them one fire, place our backs together, and draw our knives, and fight them as long as any one was left alive. The next question was, should they not charge us, and we retain our position, we must be burnt up. It was then decided that each man should take care of himself as well as he could, until the fire arrived at the ring around our baggage and wounued men, and there it should be smothered with buffalo robes, bear skins, dear skins, and blankets, which, after a great deal of exertion, we succeeded in doing. Our thicket now being so much burnt and schorched, that it afforded us little or no shelter, we all got into the ring that w as made round our wounded men and baggage; and commenced building our breastwork higher, with the loose rocks from the inside, and dirt dug up with our knives and sticks. During the last tire the Indians had succeeded in removing all their killed and wounded which lay near us. It was now sundown; and we had been warmly engaged with the Indians since sunrise, aperiod of thirteen hours;, and they seeing us still alive and ready for fight, drew off at a distance of three hundred yards, and encamped for the night with their dead and wounded. Our party now commenced to work in raising our fortification higher, and succeeded in getting it breast high by ten, P. M. We now filled all our vessels and skins with water, expecting another attack next morning. We could distinctly hear the Indians, crying over their dead as is their custom; and at daylight they shot a wounded chief it being also a custom to shoot any of their tribe that are mortally wounded. They, after that, set out with their dead and wounded to a mountain about a mile distant, where they deposited their dead in a cave on the side of it. At eight in the morning, two of our party went out from "the fortification to the encampment, where the Indians had lain the night previous, and counted forty-eight bloody spots on the grass where the dead and wounded had been laying. As near as he could judge, their loss must have been forty killed and thirty wounded. Finding ourselves much cut up, having one man killed, Thomas M'Caslin and three vounded,'D. Buchanon, Matthew Doyle, and James Cornell five horses killed and three wounded that we recommenced strengthening our little fort, and continued our labors until one P. M. when the arrival of thirteen Indians drew us into the fort again. As

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that remained in cur fort eight days, recruiting our I

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cur return to St. Antonh Baxa, We lft the 1 0 , v-liub ct U..,w.-o .ho i ,. ,.bUc ...a,, , spct and fortilied ourselves, where we remained two j to weati c)'cs' -J4,oU' u you in Mnlff th-.dr UepnlJ'i- in . i lw cU'.n, days, expecting the Indians would again when re-j Biorau of Gen. Jaclsan.G lani H"'" ; ami to t xpn l!u Ii' -h s.Mitim. nls oi' -s.tt'Ui ih.-v cruited, fellow our trial; but however, we saw noth-j tl0 Utica, (N. V.) Observer, tint n gentleman i3 1 0nteil::ii towards you, a:.d 1 i'it in the i vi id d ing more ofthem. now in that citv for t!io purpose of procuring sub- j vor muki! a t,,.,r tl.rou:'! hc. cM t'lrtcv, David Bachannon rtl;13j,; sc.iPtion3 for a Bionpbv of Andrew Jackson, j j,i:lt you uiil vuv.t lf.vcu", Thv- chuk, Cu,.v,

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1 . rr J 1 i 11 E.,. rr, .,.7. ? A' ' .1,7,. London-, July 17, 123. ssin" tJiroufrn tue ttranu a lew uavs airo, i no-1 ticed tl found Crooner, merchnnt of T.ivemonl. in tbo chair. After iliVjll. CKJlUKj lilt JllUUlO i ILlJlUUlllL. . umt the meeting was opened by Mr. Cropper, Mr. Wm. ' Lloyd Garrison, of l'oston, rose and addressed the j meeting for nearly two hours. He commenced by j declaring himself a friend of all mankind, the persecuted by Americans, in the cause of freedom and the freeing the colored population; and that on his own account, and supported by the voluntary contribution of his, colored friends in the United States, ho appeared before the enlightened, judicious, and discriminating British public, to guard them against the operations of the American Colonization Society, a band of negro breeders and shippers! And thus in a style the most abusive, wicked, and false, he amused and humbugged the John Hulls at the expense of the American character, beyond any thing that can be conceived. He was fallowed by Daniel CVConnell, M. P. who abused the Americans as a band of robbers and she ?e stealers, for he knew no difference between the holder of stolen slaves and the man who stole them. He! said if there was a place black enough in hell, that was the place for Americans. I did not discover an American in the room besides myself, except Mr. P. of New York. I took some steps to speak in reply, but was put down by the call for the passage of the resolutions. I refer you to the English papers for the proceedings of this meeting. If I had them I would send them to you. I send herewith a few of the pamphlets in circulation here. As evidence of the lunacy and turpitude of heart of Garrison, he declared Virginia members of the American Colonization Society to be black hearted and selfish, and called General Charles Fenton Mercer, of Virginia, a canting dissembler, hardened oppressor, and negro breeder! Really this Garrison is too bad. A colored man named Paul, also addressed the meeting in a style of abuse of America, that is incredible to relate. An English gentleman observed at the meeting, that Mr. Garrison must be a very contemptible fellow to abuse his own country, and sit patiently and hear Mr. O'Conncll abuse it also the meeting put him down with a hi.-s. I feel ashamed to make this communication, but I do it from duty, hoping tltat you may be able to place Mr. Garrison and his associates in their true character, before the American public and that your essays will be copied into the English papers. We regret to find the name of3Ir. O'Connell among those of the revilersof America; but we can scarcely suppose that a man of his sanguine temperament would say less of a country whose native citizens felt no compunctions at calling the most respectable citizens negro breeders and shippers. We hope there is some mistake in the report. We have no part in the dispute, believing that both societies could beneficially operate without either interfering directly with the benefits cf the other. Extract frovi a letter to the Editor of the Wabash Courier y dated Tort-Wayne, Aug. 23, 1803. ."UY. Editor: I take the liberty of writing you a line or two in order to correct what I hear is tho current report of your neighborhood, to wit: That tho Canal laborers are dying daily, and that almost all are sick. There have been four deaths on the Canal, and there arc, at this time, ten or fifteen men unable to work, but not one within my knowledge that is not able to walk about. There are about two hundred and fifty men now working on tho Canal, within two miles of Fort Wayne, not six of whom are at this day absent from and Ilanna have about eighty men employed on one job; they all shanty together. By this company not six days work have been lost by sickness. Of the four deaths spoken of, three were Germans, and in deed what sickness there is seems to be confined to that class of laborers. When we consider the great number of strangers in the vicinity of Fort-Wayne, we wonder not at the few cases of bilious fever actually existing, but that there are not five times as many. I do verily believe that I never lived in any neighborhood where there were so few cases of sickness, in proportion to the number of inhabitants, at this season of the year, as here. I have fifty Germans employed, continually, and this day all are on the work, but one and that one is walking about the shanty. There have been a few cases of the flux or, as some call it, modified cholera; but it cannot be said to be prevalent. I consider the health cf the Canal laborers, and the inhabitants of Allen county, generally, to be good. We have great hopes here that we shall not be visited with the cholera. The fact that fame has given our county a sickly reputation, will, I have no doubt, retard in some de"gree our Canal work; but at present there is a good deal of work being done, and the prospect is that the contractors, without a single exception, Avill be able to complete their work before the expiration of their contracts. Contractors are likely to bo well paid for their time, as provisions of every kind, save pork, are getting down to a fair price. This fact does not go in well with the prediction "that the provisions will cost more than the estimated expense of the whole work. The fact is, the whole work has been taken several thousand dollars below the estimate, and the contractors will save to themselves several thousand dollars out of what they get. This proves that the Wabash and Erie Canal will not cost more than the friends of it have promised it should cost. The whole number of passengers over the Saratogo and Schenectady Rail Road during tho month of August was 11,134; and during the months of June, July and August, thirty thousand fee-hundred and sixty-five.

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I here was none ot the party but had his skm cut in ! a coc o ,nl - 10 n,,.-4 10 '. , , 1t- , , ,1 , u-nli I i' 1 -t several places, and numerous shot holes throu-h his j know of no mm who has so literally ilodsrcJ h'.s j u r,jr!cJ J. luHtr, and u J- V 1 V; 'j' clothes. " j enemies, and the enemies of his country, whether ,; d.pp vntinud t h s nu inns mid 1 Um.i.,i On the twelfth day we arrived, in good order, 1 i th-i field, in civil rule or in contest before th-.i ; ot KcpuLl.iMti pnxiphf. ilu y wdU. rl puMji with our wounded men and horses, at Wt. Antcnia ! neonlc as Andrew Jr.c'on. It is su";cFted to ; to exhibit to y-u the r :r.; jucm;::if noil oi Uw. "Wil-

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a numerous assemblage of ladies and gentle- ' " r",t . j""" iuiuo;im nr.-i im ' .v,im n,;ninM ..iii the eastern tnrt ot Pennsylvatui, lost, ntght betoro t ,0 f ,)U nl t.;,it.s ri i ,o Hut in tv;nt of aulusliy.

. n r. I tt 1- . .. 1 1 . . 1 1 L. J III lir V I ,1 I -t Ii . ! 1 1 1 II JO. toi i - j vard chose to confer its highest doctorate upon the ... . .. I ir.trm.u S,l, rti Sir.trsiaan. to. 1 1111 C Ol II.O j matter in this l:8l.t. Mb. AVu,. v,v r,,r;.,r oritur. a f, . r.w;n i last, a sdvcr patent lever watch with an eigfit straii'J . . . . gld chain, together with a small amov.nt ol znon - ey. How ho lost it, ns is usual in such cases, he can afford no satisfactory account, being "t time, as is usual, "a little the worse fur liquor' The Philadelphia papers arc filled with accounts of riots hog-fights and dog-fights. Nothing can be done intho city of Diothcrly lovc without raisinga mob whether it be subscribing to tho stock of a Bank or catching a pig. Even Ciirard s bequest which ought to have pat them in good a humor fur half a century, Ins S2t them all by the cars, and is frittered away in foes to Uwycrs. This is an awful state of things. Halt.Gaz. Business cfXcv York. It is stated, and we believe it, tint tliere never has been a month of Au-o-ust in anv vcar. when so much business his

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been transacted, as tlio month just pissed, j ccivo yourrotr. .tmtcmion tu oui-w 01 uie jepunThe city is full of strangers from all parts of j licrtn citizens rd iho county of Tippocanue, inithis country and from Europe; so much so, that j ling me to visit tho vilhgo cfLafiyctte, ai.d to it is difficult to procure lodgings. One hotel hud i partako of a public dinner.

during tho period named no less than ni'3 entries of boarders oa its Register, making .r 1 per day cn the average. 1 . Imz. Mr. J. S. Curtis, at his manufactory in Hampton, Conn, turns out ten thousmd pairs of silver spectacles per annum, and now contemplates enlarging his establishment.

Two ?Jormon preachers have been holding forth I s:n through your village, and making iho personal in Andover, Me., from tho Mormon Book, and j acquaintance of gentlemen who have done tue u IV baptised nine persons, formerly members of the j vor to rxprc33 such kind feedings toward im Nrt Free Will Babtist Church. Bath Enquirer. assured that if I should hereafter have it in my Bears. A number of those wild and ferocious ' power to visit Eafiyotte, 1 shall upon no account animals still roam through the fores! of the Pro- fail to do so. la thu meantime, accept lor yourvince, devouring sheep and pigs and other domestic; selves, and h ivo the goodness to mako hmnwj to animals, and sometimes alarming man himself. j thesa you reprint, tin nunnce of my gralitudo IVora Seotia paper. for the honor which you have conferred upon mc. ...... ! 1 join withyoj gentlemen tmrt cordhdlv, hi Flour in?. There is a Hour;ng Mill in Kochcs-; ftnf,r.,,Mi, ,.lv, t,, rrrent tiimnnhof llt'nuh-

tcr N. Y. which grinds 100J bushels of wheat in ' rk Commerce, n, informs that Cholera. Captain Webster of bark nrrived at New York, from Rotterdam,

the Cholera was raging violently at that place whan jhivchsd to contend with, atlords cause ot conratho left, by which disease he lost several of his men j ulation to the friends of freedom every whoro. la oa the passage. jsustainingourvencrable Presidentag linsttheii cor.- , ri . . . 1: t, , tinned efforts, the Democracy cf the union have Rumor asserts confidently that the L. b. Bank j vindicacd thcir dianctor from rdl reproach, ml has taken the op.mon of counsel, and resolved , cviJt.nco of lllC unlirc Mfuly thereupon that it .s not hound to deliver up he pub- ()f . insll(utiong hich aro aSLM, x lh lie moneys for deposu.ng m any other instituiion I f , lar will 1L. asmci, gCn. and it wdlnot deliver them. Perhaps they w, I ; repeated indications of the V

UOl UC UCIiniHiv-o, uaiuu, uu.ui,uu iu uuuw no real intentions. aY. Y. Si and. Cure for the Dyspepsia. Tin venerable Dr. Twitchell. of Jveene, (N. II.) whoa called upon to prescribe to dyspeptic patients, advised them r.s theonlv certain" remedy, to purchase a lbck of sheep oa the Green Mountains and drive " . ... . them to Boston. Mississippi. Franklin E. Plummer has resigned his seat ia the II. of it. with a view to his being a candidate for the Senate of tl: t.n u.. in opposition to Mr. Poind oxter and J. F. H. Claiburne of Homes county, oilers his services to the people ia place of Mr. Plumtncr. Liberality of the South. Tho rail road from

Charleston to Hamburg, in South Carolina, is one nof;r. C , . 1 ,nonulutlc- . hundred and forty-two miles long. In its course . fh' vcryilattenng account you g,vo mo of t!;e it passes through some valuable plantations 0IMi increase of iinprovcinent end nit the blessing ol consequently through some very valuable land, j filiation amongst you do but correspond wtth Tho proprietors of these lands did not charge the l!lc founts we are daily receiving fn:n your ,-c rail road company one cent for tho right of way. i spcctaUo and still rapidly growing State; audi We are told that the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca-1 d. bu,t ?l,c'lk ,u ll:0 Z0llQ1 ';,lll."t of our peonal Company had to piy lo tliousand dollars for 11 1 Ao xh.l a?i,uo )0ll Ul"Uo 13 ,) a11 respects miles, on the line of that Canal. Examiner. I most 1l'-1,1' aPccated by them. 1 hat your most i sanguitn expectations ot the futura may be fully

copper Mine in i nc iiunicruon New Jersey) Gazette, mentions that some workmen, while digging a cellar in Flcmington, came to a stratum of copper ore, about four feet from the surface. The bed is believed to be extensive, and the ore rich. Columbus, I.n., September Id. The circuit court commenced ia this town on Monday last. Oa Tuesday tho jury was empannelled and sworn in the case of the State of Indinnn ntrninst Jfihn JnnPS.r.lnraril with thn mnnlr r of John Ray; and on Wednesday night at a. late hoar the jury brought a verdict of GUILTY. Tho case was managed with great zeal and abihtv. bv Messrs. Hekou and Lam: on tho nart of tho Jw 4 State, and by Messrs. Sweetskk, Brown, and Ray, for the Defendant. On Thursday morning the defendant's counsel moved an arrest of judgment which wa3 overruled, and at 12 o'clock on Friday, when this paper was 'made up,' tho sentence of the law had not been pronounced upon the prisoner. Oa Thursday, a bill of indictment was brought into court by the grand jury, against Cadcr Ilcron for the murder of John Comer, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. A jury was empannelled to try the issue, and at the time our paper went to press, the examination of the witnesses was progressin Chronicle,

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lion. MartL-i Ytn iu.i. n, Wee iv:-(. tt nuJ i ... it a lew ycaia s r.co tfri coimuy v. . o.u-u ui... . 1 1... .1 1 1 ...mi 1.. .u.ui!-i:i wn v. uw " !. as.,. ..1 ... . t 1 . . 1 1 fcj ii 1 1 . li i i : 1 . own j -1 . " tl.o tu,y tec,.o .1 c:l.V;. 1;- ',- il i . cntt.ririso and imgniludo. . sir, in the event of your unk'ir a western tour, ' w0 wjj ho ;appy tu receive inform lion of thu . tiia'j it il! hvst suit your co;ivcn'.Ji;u to visit u. j u'f. rcnr.;.,, bir. Very ri s'K'Ctfullw our ul t Sv'iv I.3, NATHAN JACKSON, KAMI V. CEAKK, JACOB ti. CAIT. JACOB WAEKKtt, AAUON FINCH, JAMES WYL1E, UOBEllT HABVEV,', JAMES JOHNSON. Sakatop. v Snuxcs. Aul. T U-i CiLNTiXMr.N: I had, yestcul iy, the honor to reYour kind invitation was no doubt ed'eted by ; having seen it stated in tho public .ip:TS, that I hid proposed to mys.df Ukj pleasure ol visaing tin Western Country in tho courso of tho suuun; r. Although 1 certainly hope soon to c!ok, I had not promised inysr If tint gratification this heasou. I shall be obliged, therefore, to forego, for ihu present, the satisfaction which I should have received bv pas,ica pr;ncvCSt That the umssistcd Ptrcngth of j ucan principles. I uai uiu uir'ssisicu Fiu-ugm oi I public opinion Ins been found Kutlicicnt to res'.-t 'the insidious approaches of wealth, and the open i attacks of an opposition fo piwnful cs that vo . nfnnlJVnli.nnnt nro nnlv rmnlle.l bv events of the late- war in their beneficial effects upon the stability and permanent success of that form cf government, which is upon its last trial ia j this highly favored land, it a public oiacer ol such ; singular fidelity and unusual merit, as he, in whoso ! .1 . I 1 I I , person me uiumpa ot republican principles, to which you allude lias been exemplified, had unhappily fallen under the virulent nttacks which were made upon hun and Iii i measures, all encour agement to the faithful performance of public duijcs would have been destroyed. A virtuous neoiplohavc fortunately saved us from t! necessity of pie have lortunatclv saved us Irora v. necessity deploring suchfoiiy and injustice, and have shown to tho world, that whatever may have been tho char- ! tiC l,r Vl I "",LT ,irLV vermuen our repuuuc canC . a II' i rcauzu is uic sinccro prayer ot Your friend and ob't servant. M. VAN BUKKX. Nathax Jamison, Sajui:i. F. Cmiik, Jac oh G. Cait, Jacou Wai.iu.i:, Aai:o Finch, Jamls Wilis, RomciiT IIauvey AM) Jami:s Jonx-ox. Common Schools of the State of X. York. There r.ro more than nine thousand organized School districts in this State, nearly nil of uhicli I... I. ...I.. .1 I ! UUglil at least ullCe montllS (luring OiCll VCar. 1 ho number of enddren and oath atPauhng theso schools, is upwards of half a mdl ion. The number youth ia our Academics, high School?, and I "cminanes arc in proportion to those in oar' d.s tnct school, of owe to tdiy. If all tho scholars of the schools above tho rank of cur common school., should become teachers, each might have fifty pupils. Ontario Repository. Accounts from traveller?, in Georgia and Alabama represent tho crops ia these States to bo enormous. The crops oa tho Watcree, ia S. Carolina, arc also said to bo excellent, and may soon be expected to find their way to market. A codfish, weighing seventy-two pound?, was caught about ten "miles from Boston Light, last week.