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lands, amounted to upwards of 20,000acres, are advertised for sale, by the U. S. FMarshal, in the Mississippi papers, for thepurpose of paying his default. Bui what ris tho fact ! Tneso lands cost a sum am. gounting to nearly a third of the amount for awhich Boyd is said to be a defaulter, ($30,- si000 :) ar'd if they were ever paid for at all, (]were pa« ' for with the money belonging to ! athe government: received from other pur- dchasers of lan's. They cost him about ; h$25,000, at the rnininum price of $1 25 per aacre. Now, tlie government has seized Gupon them, not as its own property, which Itthey are but as Boyd's, though never paid irfor, or, paid for with the government's mon- i Fcy: and, being cliosen spots, and sold, nothifor cash, as government lands are, but on | al1,2 and 3 years' credit, will, itjis supposed, h;comman I an avercge of not less than $10 iran acre, or $200,000 ! So that Gordon
,xAAA r> .I I p.U. Boya, oy using s^o.uuuor me puouc [ hmoney in buying public lands, will be enabledto pay up his whole default of $30,000, qand retire from the field a gainer by thetransaction of $120,000 net. Who would'nt .p inder Uncle Sim, [if the fellow is sim- J'pleton enough to allow it in this way ?] j j
Origin of Washington's Namf..Mr.Spark's new I f; oi Washington, says that jHertburn was the original name of the fe\V ishingtou fnn ly ; mat the I i ter name jwas prouable assumed bv William lleru Aburn, between the year 1261 and 1274 ;and that the m inor was hel 1 in the male °|line till about the year 1400, or one hun.
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dred and thirty years. Djring this period ,nthe n one seems to have he-m wri ten \Ves~syn'gton, t tough it is sometimes found TVes- ^sington. 1 i its subsequent changes it was
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the Urald's College in the * Visitation | aiBook," (so Mr. Sparks called it.) of Nor- 01th imp o.ish re, for t'ie y< nr 1618. I found
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tlio autographs of Alban Washington, and C(Robert. Washington These i»« rsons were ^\uncles to Jo in an 1 Lawre ice Washington,
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who emigrated o Virginia. Df orAsphaltum Pavements .One of the b,
warm days of 1 »e week before list the [jiadmirable asphaltum pavemen'in Bourbon u,street was so atF-cted by the heat of the s;;weather as 10 be rendered all but impassa Qbio. Horses left ilie imprints of their hoots 'fafter t iem in ihe nvked substance, and he t0marks of wheel carriages are stdi plainly j)(discernible. We begin to have some ssts which will be hereafter indicated tccm. All persons are therefore forhi.JJeren'er the district assigned to said Indiansithojt written permission from some comanding officer of a military post.
ALEXANDER MACOMB.Mnj. Gen. Command ng-in Chief,By command ofthc General.
dmlwd Schriaer, Capt. and A. A. GenTahhassee May 18.
The Indians have again broken out ire West and are committing depredations,n Friday night, last week, two or threemilies, residing on the Apalachicola riverere attacked and murdered, to the numsr of from fifteen to twenty. The Inians were recognized to be Creeks, bj:>mc who fortunately ma le their escapeVe are informed that the camp of th<'reeks had been discovered by Richardind his associate interpreter, engaged b;Jol. Green and Capt. H utter, to effect jegotiation with the part\, and that the;ad been partially successful. Unfortuately a detachment from Capt. Hutter'amp discovered the Indians and fireipon lhem. They judge Richards haicceived them and determined upon reenge. At Stiffnulger Bluff they kille*»f t*child of Mr. Roberts; himself, wue aw)ur children made their escape. Aimith's settlement, at Rico's Bluff, Mrjtichards and her five children were killecnd also three children of Mrs. Smith, anman named White. Several others wer
"vep'ly wounded, but made their escapei Mr Lamb has since died of his wound,t Apalachicola. A day or two sincergro of Mrs. Lyons was killed about 1niles from Quincey, while hunting cattlnth two others, in the neighborhood of th)cloeknoo and h'tle Rivers.There is a company from Quincey, i
earch of the Indians, and probably motvill soon be in the field. Capt. KeichuriIss. Q. M., has left St. Marks with sujdies for the establishment of a post on tf\pa!achioola river, at Carnorhan's plantiation, where the troops will be furnish*villi provisions, &c.Since writing the above, we have r
reived the following extract of a letter dted
A r% a * a ourrnr a Mav 10 1S39.
''On coming down the river from Chttaliochee on Saturday morning, we wehailed by people in distress at Esterfenulgat early dawn. It turned out to be Ruberhis wife and two children ; the Indians hk'lled a little boy and fired his settlemeiHis wife, two children, and two young giand a man Eldridge, and Roberts himswounded, escaped. We took them aboaithey were at a Situation on the river a mdistant from each other. A little furtlbelow, we were again hailed by a man, rto ngain, and took aboard Joe or JoLamb, severely wounded in different pces, and covered with blood. Furtldown still, we took in Joe Smith, lame I
not from a wound by Indians ; bis wife and| child, six days old. Furthur still, we took
aboard two men, a woman and child, fromSmith's, and on tearing Iola, we passed
k Nathan Smith his wife, another woman andtwo men, aboard a canoe, who landed at
, Iola. Besides the boy killed at Roberts'there were killed Nathan Smith's threechildren, a Mrs. Richards who lived at
^ Smith's and her five children and a man4! named White. Joe Lamb died here to-dayn j of his wounds. The survivors are here® except those who stopped at Iola. The" Irwinton Steamer went up last night, preipared for an attack and resistance. We^
saw one Indian in a cane break, 7 milesabove Fort Gadsden, and supposed the
' t whole party were close by; hut as wewere totally defenceless we did not venture
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to s'op. Lamb knew the Indians to be| Creeks."
We have repor s of two attacks of In'dians on Thursday evening, one in theneighborhood ofBaley's Mills, and the othjer about a mile from Ulmer's s'ore, in
f JerfTerson. Two or three children are3! said to have been killed, but we have been3 unable 'o acertain the particulars. The» troops from Camp Wacissa were in pur3suit. Yesterday a large trail was discover..,1 :n n.n.oinn »I.O l\ 1 5» (T11 1 21 mHlt. CT/l! fl Ct
t*U III UIUWUI^ «»»W " MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPEN10DENCE.;cj Twentieth of May 1775.
"1st. Resolved, That whosoever direct.0. ly or indifcclly abetted, or in any way, form,a. or manner, countenanced the unchartered
and dungerotis invasion of our rights, asclaimed by Great Britain, is an enemy to
^ this country, toAmerica, and to the inherre
ent and inalienable rights of man.ee "2nd. Resolved, Tha we the citizens
of
tg, Mecklenburg coun y. d herebydissolve the
. .tmnrls which have connected us toad j puimwui .it. the mother country, and hereby absolverls ourselves from all allegiance to the Britishelf Crown, and abjure all political connexion,rd; contract or association with :hat
na ion,
iln who have wantonly trampled on our rightsier and liberties, and inhumanly shed the bloodun of Americao patriots at Lexington,hn "3d. Resolved, t at we do hereby declarela. ourselves a free and independant people;ier nr.J, and of right ought to be, a sovereignbut and selfgoverning Association, under thei
control of no power other than our God antthe genera! government of the Congress:to the maintenance of which indep-mdancewe solemnly pledge to each ofhcr our mu.tua! co-operation, our lives, our fortunes; andour most sacred honor.
"4th. Resolved, That ns we now acknowledgethe existence and control of nclaw or legal officer, civil or military, wiihirthis countv, we do ncrehy ordain and adoplas a rule of life, all, each, and every ofoutformer laws,.wherein nevertheless, theCrown of Great Britain never can be consideredas holding rights, privileges, immunities,or authority.
"5th. Resolved, that it is further decreedthat all, each and every militia officer irthis county is hereby reinstated in his formercommand and authority, he acting conformablyto these regulations. And thaievery member present of this delegation,shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz. a Justiceof the Peace, in the character of c"Committee man," to issue process, near ancdetermine all matters of Controversy, accordingto said adopted laws, and to pre*serve peace union, and harmony in sai:country: and to use every exertion tcspread the love of country and fire of free,doin throughout America, until a mor*general and organized government be cs.tublished in this province."Abram Alexander, sen'r, Thomas Polk
Rich'd Harris sen'r, Adam Alexander, JohnMcKitt Alexander, Neil Morrison, Hezekiali Alexander, Hez»'kiah J. Balch, Zaccheas Wilson, John Phifer, James Harris,William Kennon, John Ford, Ezra Alexander,William Graham, John Queary, ChasAlexander, Waitstdl Avery, Ephraim Brevard,Benjamin Pa ton, Matthew M'ClureRobert Erwin, John Fleuniken, and DavidReese.
Abram Alexander. sen., Ch'u.John McKitt Alexander, Secretary.
The Anniversary Discourse..We arcpleased lo notice that the Discourse, recentlypronounced by John Quincy Adamsin this city, is soon to bo published bjSamuel Colman, 8 Astor building. Thevolume wiil likewise contain a full accountof th festival.making in all upward oone hundred pages. It is to be publ.shedin an < legant form, and to be embeliishecwith a fine lithographic Drawing.The occasion was one the record ol
which should be preserved by somethingmore worthy of it th in a newspaper noticeor a shabby pamphlet, and in a form moreaccessible than the New York HistoricaSociety. "The old man eloquent" exceededhimself on the occasion, and itdescribing events of which lie might almossay."All which I saw, and part of which I was,'he seemed to have re.assumed the freshnestand enthusiasm of youth. An immenseedition of the work will undoubtedly b<called for.and those who wish early copics must make early application. Besidithe flue edition, sold lo subscribers for 4'cunts, there will In; a cheaper edition published for 37 1-2, and a discount will bemade, oi course, where a large number arttaken by one person..S. Packet.
Extract from a report of reconnoisance o:the Charleston, Georgetown and All SaintiRail Road, by Edward B. White, civil engi.neer.
The following is a statement of the distanc<by Rail Road and Steam Boat, from Charlestori* th« North Carolina line, bj the upper amlower routes:
Upper Route.From Charleston to Cainhoy, bysteam boat, . 10 mile#
From Cainhoy to Georgetown, byrail road, 49 "
From Georgetown to Peach treelanding on the Waccamaw river,by steam boat, 40
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From Peach tre# to North Carolinaline, by rail road, 28
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Total, from Charleston to N. Carolinaline, 129 "Ofwhich seventy seven are by rail road and fiftytwo by steam boat.Lower Route, via HadrelVs Point.
From Charleston to Iladrell's Point, 3 miles" Point tn a l.mdinf
rroin Iiauivu » a v«n» WW . -. 0
opposito Georgetown at Mr. Read'splantation, by rail road, 53$ "
From the landing on Mr. Read's plan.tation to Peach tree, by steamboat, 49
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From Peach tree to N. Carolina line, .by rail road, 28
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Total, from Charleston to N. Caro-.lina line, 124$ "
Of which eighty-one and a halfare by rail roacand forty three by steam boat.
Loner Route via, llie IVondo river and MrWhite's plantation.
From Charleston to Mr. White'splantation on Wando, by steam
boat, 18 mileiFrom Wando to th« landing on Mr.
Read's plantation, by rail road, 41$ "From the landing on Mr. Read's
place to Peach-tree landing, by. steam boat, 40 'From Peach tree landing to N. Car.
olina line, by rail road, 28 "
Total, from Charleston toN. Caro.lina line, 127 1-2
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Of which sixty-nine and a half arc by rail roaand fifty eight by 6team boat.By which it appears, that tho shortest rou
from Charleston to the North Carolina line,by the way Hadrell's Point, and thut the leadistance of rail road to e constructed is by tllower route via Mr. White's plantation on tlWando river.On this route I will make an estimate as ft
lows ;" - r i:Lost oj LrOnsirucuuii.
Excavation and embankment,drains and smallbridges, §89,608
Crossing tha Santees andtheir swamp, 84,811
Superstructure, (includingthe turn outs) at $4,900per mile, single track, 316,500
$490,919Add 15 per cent, for contingentexpenses, and for
engineering, 51,545Total cost nf rail road §'>42.464 $542,4
1 Cost of Machinery. Depots, The jury hsve rendered a verdict of$26,000
against Mr. Governeur formerly Post MasterofNew York city. The amount claimedby the P. O. Deportment, and for which suitwas brought was 100,000 or over. The differenceofjudgment in this case between the
> Post Master General and a jury is not verytrifling.
About one-fourth, or eleven miles, of thegreat aqueduct to supply the city pf New Yorkwith water from the Croton river, is coinple!ted at a cost of 2,326,976 do.lars. . .,The New York Herald says.* "We hear
that the friends of the Hon. D. Webster hate. contributed 65,000 dollars to pay his debts of» 45,000, dollars and give him 20,000 dollars tomake a trip to P.urope this summer. Bostoncontributed 15,000 dollars.New York 30^000
; dollars.and Philadelphia 20,000 dollars. .mm.a...mm
. DIED,At Mesopotamia, Green county, Ala., on the
15th nst., Thomas G. Graham, M. D., formerlyof this town. He was a well informed& skilful physician, a highly respectable mem.ber of society, and much esteemed by all whoknew him. But his friends mourn not as thosewithout hope. He had, at an early age, pro*fessed faith in the Saviour, and his subsequentlife accorded with this profession.
1 At Irwiaton, Ala. on Monday, 13th met.,'' Mrs. Emily Frances Kolb, wife of David C.' Kolb, Esq. of Apalachicola, Florida.
CHERAW PRICE CURREN1.May 31.
Beef in market, % lb68Bacon from wagons, lb 11 131
by retail, lb 12| 15$Butter lb 15 35Beeswax lb x 22 21Bagging yard 18 35Bale roue lb 10 134Coffee lb 13* 15
. Cotton, ' 13 164*
Corn bnshcl 87 * 100j Flour Country," brl 5 00 6 50Feathers froin wagons lb 40 4$Fodder. , 100 135Hides green lb 5
dry lb 1(1Iron lOOlbs 5 50 650
Indigo lb 75 350Lime cask 3 50 4 101 Lardlb 13* 15
Leather sole lb 3335Lead bar ib10
i Logwood lb 10 15Molasses gal 4550
i New Orleans gal 50 634Nails cut assorted lb 74 9wrought lb 16 18.r Oats bushel
^50
* Oil curriers gal 75 100lamp 135
i linseed 110 135i Paints white lead keg 335 453
Spanish brown lb 8 134. Pork J 001b* 600 800
Rice lOOlbs 550 635Shot, Bag 250
" lb 335Sugar lb 10 134Salt ... sack 3 75 3008ft.lt bush100
Steel American lb 10 12}English !b14
| German lb 13 14Tallow lb ,10 13Tea imperial lb 100 137*'hyson lb 100 . .1 Tobacco manufactured lb 10 5Q3 Window glass 8 x 0 50fl 34 I 34,
10 x 341 H[ James W. Burn,; Ml ESBECTFULLY informs bis costomemJCl> and the Public generally, that his wheat,~ Mill sin first rate order for grinding. All whoj intend to favor him with their cuatom an1 earnestly requested to have their wheat wall
cleaned before it is sent to the mills If theykif want good flour. Wheat will be ground on tne_ same terms as last year.
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Charleston, George own anaj ALL-SAINTSe Kau Koaa vompwiy.' rllHE under* gned, Commissioners for
JL Georgetown, do hereby five Notice thatthree thousand eh*res not having been aobeeri.
" bed at thic first opening of the Books for the for.** mation of the above Company, tbey will contin.* oe to receive additional subecriptjo^s until there 19ih day of January 1840 noleac the shans shall
b« sooner taken. . ,ir E. D. BOTHMAHLER, } .of j. w. coachman, > Commiisionen.i« john a. keith, jJ* May 4th, 1839. 29-8mie
Anchor Bolting Cloths,If From the celebrated Manufacture of Beit Forn & Co. of the Province of Saint
Gaul, in Switzerland. . ^rflHE Subscriber has just received a fallJL assortment of the above Bolting Clothsdirect from the manufacturer, comprising alt the
in numbers eith r in ordinary country mills, or for:h the finest Merchantable flour used, which willie be sold 25 per cent less than over offered in thisn- place before,lis All cloths bought of the subscriber areBD warranted in every particular.to WM. B. STANLEY.
Colttmbis, 8. C. May 311839. 29 fit
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