Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 May 1825 — Page 4

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Poetical.

from the national Advocate. WINE. They say there's mirth and bliss in wine And joys to feast the soul That dreams of all that is divine Are centered on the bowl: Are these things so? They are; but know Such mirth is like a shattered reedSuch bliss shall pass awaySuch dreams are all a dream indeed, That has not long to stay. They say that wine doth strengthen love, And make the heart as bold and free As lion is in palm tree grove, That meets the tiger valliantly: Are these things so? They are; but knew Such love is empty as the wind Such valor of all judgment free , Such boldness rude and unrefined Are efforts of insanity! They say that wine doth murder care; Or hide it in the wise or grave Dotii frighten hence the fiend despair,' And make the coward hrave:

Arc these things so? Thev are; but know

Despair's a vaunting bobadil The coward only thus is brave The wine that thus can sorrow kill Does hide it in the Grave!! P.' mm : ::oo : : : mm r ALLAHASbEE IN FLORIDA.

We received, yesterday, the

first number of a new paper, prin ted in Fiorida, at Talla'asse, the spot fixed upon and recently occupied a& the Seat of Govern-

with ancient fortifications, whidh I At that time the Creek Indiana

appear regular, and some ot then! j made frequent attack's upon them, substantially formed. At Fort i but were generally unsuccessful,

St. Liewis, about two miles west as they then fought with bows of Tallahassee, have been found ! and spears only, lor they had not

remnants of iron cannon, spikes, yet learned the use ot the rifle

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ment. by the title of the "Florida

Intelligencer'' The following account of this "young capital" will be interesting to most of our readers, some of whom have scarcely ever heard the name of

it: at Intelligencer. Tallahassee This young capital of Florida is already attracting the attention of capitalists. -Many buildings are erecting, and others ae in a state of preparation, even before the sale of the lots, which will take place on the fourth day of April next It is situated on a beautiful and commanding eminence, about 18 miles north of St. Marks, in the bosom of a fertile and picturesque Country. The south side of the town is watered by innumerable springs of pure water, and a clear jand pleasant stream passes by the east and south sides, at the dis tance of a few yards, and after passing: the town, as if sensible

m s the point of its usefulness was past, falls over the rock which beds the stream, forming a pleasant cascade, and passes off by a subvert aneclis passage. The country around Tallahassee, and extending from the Suwannee to near the Apalachicola river, has deservedly attracted the attention of travellers, and those who have visited it with a view of a permanent settlement. The fertile lands between the above mentioned rivers extend from east to west from eighty to one hundred miles and from north to ' south about fifteen miles. This

s tract of country, much of which is adapted to the culture of sugar, is finely watered by the tributary streams of the Suwannee, the St.

M Wakulla. Okelockoncy,

Little river, and several other

smaller rivers and streams, and i

beautifully studded with lakes

aiul ponds of the purest water

The land is rolling with here and - there an eminence, thrt rises con

siderably above the surrounding

hinges, locks, &c. which are evi

dently of Spanish manufacture, and which have not been much injured by the rust. Within the principal fort, for the outworks seem to have been

numerous and extensive, are the ruins of two brick edifices; one was about sixty feet by forty, the other about thirty by twenty. These arc in total ruins, and nothing but a rriourid appears where the walls stood, composed wholly of broken brick s which had been composed of a coarse sandy clay, and burned in the modern fashion Yet, oh1 the very walls of these buildings, are oaks, eighteen inches in diameter. On the same hill, and in fact within the out works of this fort, are to be seen grape arbors in parallel lines,

which still maintain their pristine regularity. Bricks seem to have been in general use, for they have been discovered in several places by digging a little below the surface of the earth. Within the town of Tallahassee some were dug up, having a substance adhering to them resembling lime morter.

But on the hill, about a half a mile south east of the Capitol,

are to be seen the greatest prnof

of a dense population. On this

hill are to be seen streets or roads, running nearly at right angles, at such distances as demonstrate the former existence of a pretty large town. The

shade trees ot the former inhabi tants still remain, and are general

At length, after losing many war

riors, they associated themselves with all the tiihes between Georgia and the Mississippi, with ma-

fny others far in the North, and v - ...

came down unexpectedly Into this country. The white inhab itants generally fled to their forts.

while most oi the Vamassces tell

of the towri and purchased a pair of gloves for her immediate ware, observing, at the same time, she was bn her road to Barnet that she had left her gloves at a friend's house where she had called, and that she was apprehensive of being benighted if she went t;ack for them. The glover fitted on the gloves, and the lady, after paying for them from a purse well stocked with bank notes, stepped into her post chase and proceeded on her iourneW

She had scarcely reached Finch-

into their hands. The men were j ly Common, when a highway put to death, but the women and i man stopped the chaise and dp.

children were carried into captiv-1 manded her money. He entrca-

They carried universal desola

ted her not to be alarmed, as he had no intention imnn hnr

tion over the face ot the country. ! son if she stirrenrWrrl hnr nrr

as the surest method of reducing i erty it was all he wanted, declarthe fortified places They had : ing that distress, and not his will, made many attempts to storm I urged him to this desperate act, these, and bound thick pieces of and he was determined to remove

wood Delore their persons, as a i" pecuniary wants or nerish

protection from the bullets, .but the big guns broke their defences in pieces and destroyed their warriors. At length famine and war destroyed all save the garrison in Fort St Louis. This, after resisting every diversity of attack, was at last abandoned and des

troyed, and the garrison retired to t I 4. . 1

The lady gave her. purse, and the

aesperado rode off. After he was gone, and the fright had subsided, the lady imagined that in the address of the highwayman she recognized the voice of the glover she had just -dealt with. This conceit stniefe

her so forcibly, that she ordered

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a considerable lore near me pobi uoy to drive back to mouth of the Okelockony, where 4 town not choosing, she said, to

was atterwards fought a great ana vciuure iunner over the heath

decisive battle, which made the

Creeks masters of the country.

On her arrival at the HovprV.

she knocked and gained admit-

i xr utiniii,' The Indians designed, when ' tance, the glover himself nnnn.

thry undertook to possess them uig the door. The fady desired selves of the country, to settle ; to speak with him in private, and reside here But. as they ex-1 The glover showed her into a pressed it. they were too foolish back parlour, when she cxclaimahd had rendered it uninhabita : ed, "I am come for my purse, of ble. Thev had destroyed the 1 which you robbed me this even-

houses, and there was no wood to ng n Finchly Common!" The

build others. Thev had destrdy- glover was confounded, and the

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species of the blumb tree. I scenes of their own desolation, a

There has been much specula small part west of the Apalachation and inquiry concernincr the coa river, and the others to their

lormer mnanitants ot this conn- own country.

try, who they were, and at what Many of the leading statements

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trust to my humanity. The glover, overcome with 'guilt, shame, and confusion, returned the purse, confessed the crime and pleaded his distress. The lady, after sui-

time they flourished. No records m tne foregoing account are iaD,e admonition, gave him a ten

pound note, bade him mend his way of life, and keep his own counsel, adding, that -he would

name or place of

kept I IPr Worn" nnrl

fact that the Creeks have held a I though the robbery was stated in

the public papers, the discovery

IIWUI ISIltU. XI U I Cl OI US I VHVv lUtWUJ ULLUUIH lilt are within our reach, and the strongly corroborated by eircum

----- v-'w Spanish inhabitants at the py stances and facts within ftie

tremes of the Territory had no knowledge of many Americans, counsel, adding knowledge of this country, much This is said to be the country of nt divulge his less of the people, who once lived tnc ancient Yamassces, and it is a i abode 8 he kf

here, but have long since disan

peared. borne, however, say that slave race; descended from the m . I w . ....

records ot the iact do exist at Ha Vamassee nation, which has but

vanna, and that measures have leccntly been incorporated with been taken to obtain them that their tribe It is also a fact, that

Leon was the adventurer, who torts were very numerous, and

, - v q m v m led a colonv hither, huf thr that Fort St T iOUis hears pvidpnf

cious metals of South Amerfca niarks of having been destroyed

am.! tiiipirii toe uiren- i kwj nuw huhi me muiuaiea tion of the Spanish Government appearance of the cannon ivhirh

that this infant rolony was suffer mist have been broken by sledge ed to fall a pray to the Indians. hammers. There is also said to

The traditionarv arroimtc of be a Verv eonirlnr.ihl fnrtifwa-

the Indians are verv nlausihlp. tion in the neiirhhourhood of the.

and are corroborated by many Okelockony. From the growth existing and circumstantial far.ts of the forest trees, it. must, havp

They claimed this country at Deen about two hundred years

meir late treaty at at. Augustine '" me country was laid waste I I . . it I "... r I 1 . lL-l m 11

as belonging to them by right of

conquest, achieved by their ances tors. They represent, that it was once densely populated by a race of white men, whoxsettled in

this country, and incorporated

country, Which wdl afford delight , themselves with the

amassee

Indians. That the Yamassees adopted their habits and became

Christians, but ceased to be tight i inff men. That this neonlr hnd

becomes more intcrcstinsr from fine h oilers. rjirrt:i(TPc Iip.-L-

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me luuunitahic evidence of its having been once densely popu

lated by a civilized race of men.

ful seats for the opulent or men

of leisure This country, notwithstanding

its singular beauty and fortuity,

Be that as it may, it is rapidly po

pulating anew, and the power of the natives is now broken. ,e have nothing to fear from them

t - - -. and they cannot, if they would,'

repeat the desolating scenes which once swept over this beautiful domain.VI. Intelligencer.

iiiiuueu: ana it was nnt n.

til very recently, that a minute account of this singular transaction was found among the papers of the lady alluded to Even in the private memorandum, the name and residence of the glover was omitted: and the secret in

that particular, tests with the lady in the grave. Afterthis tale, the truth of which may be relied on, who will say that a woman cannot keep a secret? FROM THE CHRISTIAN' WATCHMAN. THE INDIAN CHIEF TECUSEH. A gentleman of high standing in Virginia, gave me the following, as rcKttd to hm b the officer who was the suhject of it. This oHiccr, in a skirmish with a party of British and Indians, in the late war, was severely wounded and unable to rise. Two Tn,!i

rushed towards him to secure his scalp as their pray One appeared to be a chief warrior, and was clad in a British uniform. The hatchet was uplifted to give the fatal blow the thought passed his mind that some rfthc chiefs were Masons, and members of travelling Lodges in the British army. He gave a masonic sign. It staved the arm of the savage warrior. The hatchet fell harmless

,w.j. t,...u..w--u. inuian sprang forward

A woman can keep a secret. The following anecdote will Drove tUn fnllnrv rf U

cattle &c and made wide roads, i that a "woman cannot keen a semiri nrirlfToc

crei.

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Some years since a lady called BLANK DEEDS for sale "at

and bridges over rivers and

streams of water. That thev al-

caught him in his armsand the f-nrfoo. title of BIMITHER fell from was rECUMSEN. 1 At

. . t.. nicy ui-, uuie years since a lady caueu I iJiiAiN K D Almobt every eminence ie capped j so had many forts and big guns. , at a glover's shop in the outskirts' this office.