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‘Wood an’d,iro'n,. _after all, assegitheii valuc in that
contest-; and - we sliould co'_tisi'dei- this battle as
Cg-,ttcl_usiyely refuting the favotjte nautical opiiiiion
"ofuthe efn_‘:»_,th'y, _that_thc.ir?38’s were equal'to ‘any,
' single-declt‘eEl,,s_hi_psi‘ that float'e’d,_had not their _0i,yl‘t
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. V admiralty.’ottEli€hhni‘ti§., the fate of the Java, admit-
.,,.
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"(Reid tlt’e“__e_.t"§_t%_‘t_);-,'.,j,(l)_f “t_h'eir.3-Qpiiiion _l)y brd_eri‘ng -the
c_o_mmantlersI_ Ql__ll]t:_l_l_‘ .thir_ty-ei‘ght’s when meeting
fvrith ou.r__fot'ty-fgttr__’s, in "plain Eiiglish, to run a-
way ; We say ordering‘, '_o'ut bf‘ ‘re‘spe'ct to the Bug-
:_for .un_less. we are pjreltfy certain they did-it
,’?w_i'thout.Tot‘ders. ,_ The Constitution labored tinder
“heavy disadvantages in the action, she was to Ice-
mt_-._t, a"n'd"ha'd her wheel shotaway very eaifly in
. the.fight’.. 'Co"t_'nmodore Brainbridge was compel-
led.to work his lshipup under the guns of ltis5en-;
. etny. andto steer his vessel by the wheel riipe.
A passing _his orders below- by a chain of men placed
‘for-t'ha't purpose. It would lie unjust toa than
‘ whd lost his life .-in serving his country, not to
ezmeittion the defence of Capt. Lambert was a
'brave one, iind the ship g-ivé‘n_up only when it
-would hitve been madnetls to attempt longer to de-
fend her. ' Nola-ithstandiifg this acxnowle'dge-
. mcnt, the_impr‘es_sion is _irresisti'ble on our minds,
gthat i_u_"most of the-actions ‘during- the war, the
. .-ta. .. ._ . . . t , , . .
‘-""hfEogltsh were mu_ch —mor_e characterized by cour-
’age than skill : In this engrgement as in all oth-
ers we have s_p'oke_n of,‘ the disparity of loss was en-
gjrclyltigptvpportiotted to the-differencein;ft:tc,e.‘
In the actionzbetween tlt'e;I1orm:l-an(l'I’e?itock
which sooit” followed. this disparity -was yet more
evident. -- The vessels were nearly ofa size. 'The
former was a ship carrying l8 thirty two pound
cannonades, and 2 long ‘sixes ; she hadchunged
her metal, some time before, for channel service,
and her c_om‘ma_nder, per-haps entertained the old
opinion.'V_of the little‘ moment of a few pounds
-‘more or less ofiron in small vessel, had neglect-
‘ \e'd t-eplacittg -h'ér thirty-twos. Had her metal been
' fdtmfbldrtit would have made no difference ; for‘
‘ -we assert ‘bnfihe best of ‘testimony (that of our
own eyes,; nol’\a single round-shot of the Peacock
'touched_the hull of ‘the Hornet, excepting; one
that grazed her larboard bow. This was a com-
plete triumph of gunnery and manoenvcring, and
was ‘perhaps soonerdecitled than any light ever
was in naval warfare, where‘boa'rding was not re-
'I“orted.to_L( ‘In uutttbet' of men the vessels were
.neé1rly eqlual; pt:rha—ps—a hdozcfn in fave!‘ of-the
Hornet. We know (for we heard them) that the
pti‘snnel"s effected to believe the Hornet wasa
much larger vessel; every way, than their own ;
and on arriving in Netv-York, they found many
poselytes ~.*.o ’ the‘ opinion, by saying. she was so
large they mistook ‘her for the John Adams,_a
vessel they had been in company with before the
irar, and carried 2-1 forty two pound carronades,
. and 200 men. This kind Oi‘,l()giC"’=Sall’:i‘1C(i many ‘ _ .
people, but after all, it was not the John Adams, Older. It H desirable that this statement, where
but the Hornet that conq'ue're.d them ; and the lat-
er isa vessel about onethird smaller and lighter
everyiway than the former. Now we confess our
5r.t_,,pidity,~' perhaps, when we say, that‘ we doubt
unlessit was, ‘that (owing to circumstances we
will not presume to intima'.e)‘.they saw double. ‘We
will not’ venture tosay they were frightened ; but
this we will say, that -had they been so, their ship
could not have been worse manoeuvered, or worse
fought than it was“;;and we humbly suggest to
them‘ .tflt§?expediency under all circumstances of
omittingifin future that_ part of their-, narrative
' ofthe house.
.to the Asylum out oftown.
to ie‘sto;e-4 -.gitnti;toiit_s-,saiitt=ii,_,,oi§§, one
l_es's activ'e‘amusenren,ts 'will‘b.e provided. Read‘-jj
domestic-animals,‘Ste’.-will b'ef*en‘cou'raged.‘as they .
maybe found conducive To the"t3ecbvery arts. pa-.“
tients. A large garden has been-laid out,_'or‘chards,
have been planted,‘ hnAd«yai"'ds,_ coniaining more
than two at:t:es,. have been inclosed for thedaily,“
walks of thosecwhose disorder will’not allow ‘iznore
ext;end'ed- ihtlulgence". _ V ' i .
'l'he;apat-trnents of th‘e house are adaptedto the
accommodation-of the patients, according to their
sex, degree of disease, habits of life, and wishes
of their friends. The male and female apartments
arepentlrely separated, so‘as to be completely se-
cluded from the view of_ each otlrerl ‘ ' .
Care has been taken to appoint_a Superintend-
ant and Matron, of good moral and religious char-
acters, possessing cheerful tempers and kind dis-
positions, united with firmness, vigilance and dis-
cretion. A physician will residein the house, and
one or more physicians, of established character
and experience, will attend regularly, and afford
medical aid in all cases where the general health,
or.the particular cause of.the pat~ient’s insanity,
may require it. The relationslor friends of pa’-_"
tients will be at liberty, if they prefer it, to employ l
_lhcll' ow_n physicians, who will be allowetfto at-
tend patients, subject to the general regulations
‘ «The institution will be regularly visited and in-
-spected by a committee of the Governors ofthe
Hospital, who will, as often as they may think it
advantage_cut_s, be attended by some of the city,
physicians,-of high character and respectability. '
The charges for board and theother advanta-
-ges of the institution, will be moderate, and pro-
portioned to the different circumsiances of the pa-
tients, and,the extent of the accommodations de-
sired for them- Patients at the expense of the
different towns in the state, will be received at
the lowest rate. ' .
Applicationfor the admission of patients into
the Asylum; must be mad‘: at,the New-York
modations will be provided for such patients as
may require it, previously to their being carried
A committee of-the
Governors will, when. necessatjy, attend at the
Hospital in Broadway, for the purpose of admit-
ting patients into the Asylum, and to agree on the
terms and security of payfnent to be ‘given.
Per order» l\-l.t'r'r_'iinw CLARKSON, Pre‘a’t.
T/romas Buckley, Sec‘r_v. ,
New-York, l0th May, 1821.
N. B. The frie'nds‘ofthe patients are request-
ed to send with them an accotmt of their cases,
stating the probable ca.us_e_s of their insanity, the
commencement and peculiar charactcr_ofthe dis-
it is practicable, should be drawn,up' by a physi-
cian. , g ‘
Applications from abroad, for information rela-
tive to the admission of patients, may be made by
- ‘_ ,,,,,,,, ._3r:‘&,_\agl19! tilellfiiieljgf of [hose gemjemen proved, lettet's’atldressed to T/tomes Buckley, Secretary of
the New-York Hospital. _
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STATE OF MISSOURI.
Extract ofa letter from a gentleman sometime a
resident inlllissouri, to his friend in Salem.
"o ‘ ST. LOUIS, April 4.
, ‘ The emigration to this state has stopped, and
many_have_actually gtine back, after being disap-
which "states their mistalting,‘ within" half- musket P°l0”-‘dilfi [he quality Of the lands; W.lllClI has 13660
shot, 'a mediu_m»“sloop of 18 guns, for a razeed
frigate. W t I -
. ('ro’_mt co:e'r1NuEn.)‘
,,(gpm{;.;s:, :3/"I/re Gavcrrzors oft/ze JV‘cw-Yo: ‘°
» /2210/,‘, fa ilzc, Public, relative to the Jr
the ‘Insane at .Bloom2:aga'alc.
_ -The (_}o'vernors oftheNew- York II ....t have
falsely cried up to be the richest in the world.—-
She fact is this——the bottom lands on the margin
of the rivers, which are annually overflowed‘, are”
very rich. but people cannotlive on'them without
fos- being subject,_to billions fever. dysentery, ague,
for and other complatnts the greater part ofthe year.
A part ofthe other lands abounds with minerals,
lead and 1t,o_n,,,and.are unfitfor cultivation. ‘The
. ihesatisfactionl to attnounce to the publtc,the com- prait-ies which constitute no small part, are gene-
uipvletidtiof the, Asylum for the Insane ; and that it
will b:,i’f.l'[)'€f1"frl..l" the reception of patients from any
part 0 ‘the U. States,fon the first day of June.
rally filled with shrub oaks. which cost $5 pern-
cre to grub. There are a few small spots of
ground which are excclletmsbut far the greater
5 ~ ' Tttrst';a‘syt‘uta is situated on the"Bloomingdale proportion of what are called good lands, are on-
roail/ab'o__ut 7 miles from the N. York City Hall,
ly second and third rate, with a thin ‘soil ofnot
', andfafbou-t:300 yards from the H udson river. .'l‘ he more than 8 inches deep. The only real and sub-
bu"tldijngis—of‘l.ewn free stone. 211 feet in length,
7: ' and 60 feet deep, and isicalculated for the accom-
modation of about200p_atie_ttts. . Its site. is eleva-
:i__.?’..1ed, commanding ‘an extensive and delightful
._v[7i'e\v of the Hudson, the East River, and the Buy
faritl Harbor of‘New-Yorkgand-the adjacent coun-
try; and is oneT_Iof_the most beautifttl and healthy
spots on-,I§levI~; York Island. Attached to the build-
ing, are-.about seventy acres of land, a great'purt
. 'of,_t’_vh,ich has beget: _laid.out in walks, or-nzunental
igroungts and-extensive gardetts.‘ , _
‘-This ins‘t'ttuti'on has been established by the
,lio’unty,of~_the_,_Legislature -of New-York, on "the
. mas: |ibjéral and enlarged plan, and with the ex‘-
pi-_ess'desi‘gn to carry into "effect that system of
"manage-ment~ of thetinsanc, happily termed.-moral
2re;tt_in_é:_22t,- thefsuperior-efficacy of which has been
demonstrated -i_n several .-.ot‘.‘.tho, Hospitals of En-
.,-,,,','¢_,j:a‘;,2l_especially in that admirable establish-
m§nr'hf».;he S'm_;i«;ty'of Friends, called‘ The, Re-
tr‘eat,"ne’ar York, in England. - This fliildgafid ‘
humane mode—oftre:itment, when contrasted with
the liarslrand cru.el u'sage,_and‘the severe and’un-
ncecessat-y ;re'st't'aiu.t ,wliiclt_ have ‘formerly disgra-
ccd_ even the. most celebrated lunatic asylums,may
. be considered as one of the noblest triumplts - of
.’ pure and enlightened benevolence.‘ But it is by
no -.m,eans-the intention; ofthe g-0_V€l_‘llOl‘S , to _._rely
{on} moral,‘ to the exclusion of.-medical treatment.
It is’_ft'o't'_n a judicious .c,o_,mbinatio::n of both, that
' the greatest _suc_cess‘ istoube expected in evc‘,ry—Vat-
tempt"to cureor mitigate the disease of insanity.
In._'the' construction ofthej ed,ili,ce,and its interior.
arrangements, .it has been considered important to
avoid, ggiggarvas practicable, consistently with a__due
rega”rd‘tti.'the safety ofthe ptiticDtS,_\vl1att_:vet'might‘
impt*est_t'~t'heit°‘minds with the idea of a prison. 01"
* a placeof punishment, and I0_,l_1"lal;ie every thing
' . entiis . .. . ..
‘Eggnog oji the patient,-,o‘r their pr_obable,_:bene'_fi-,
’ . _ci;tt.elft:ct‘s may render their desirable‘
;‘ .§"~
, .
tahadzt
conduce totheir lisalth, a.'_9,cl_,t_t5, their oase and
comfort. The self respect aD‘d c'omplat':eny-which
may thus be pro,flucetl in the insane, must have.a~
"salutary influence in~r‘e.st'oring the mind to its
'wo_n'te.d serenity. In the disposition of the gt‘oundw,
attaclhed to the asylum; every thing hasheen done
j with reference to theamusement,,agret:ablc_ oc-
cupation, an-dfsaltttary exercise ofthe patients;
— Agfidcltotjal,'hortieultural,_and mecltantcal’e.t’n-
‘ may he resottt_t:‘c};.',t_o,. tt,hepeye_r them-
I“.o dis-'
pel-g'lbo%riy.l‘i ma ge s‘, 1.0 b.f€3k- tnorliid. ;3lf5..5fl.“‘-if-‘.‘.l°ll.5s
' "‘ " ‘i ' their. ’roflercurrent-‘and.
_ _l'ecl_1_qg§_tntQ , _ P _ ..,. .a
« _ s
stantial valueof _the Estate is the lead mines. The
lands, of Ill:-nois are much superior. The prai-
ries of that state‘ate always’ fit for the plough, and
the soil in some places, is 8‘ feet deep. ,
St. Louis is the chief town,‘ situated on the
west bank of the Mississippi, in a barren" spot, 20
miles below the junction of the Missouri, and tr-
bout 1000 miles northwest from theicity of \Va'sh'-
ington. . The view" of the town, ascending the
l\'lississippi,and from the opposite (Illinois) shore,
is pleasant,'being a gradual ascent from the first
to the second bank. The ancient buildings are
oflogs, and of stone, as ugly, inconvenient and
rough as possible, constructed after the manner
of the French, with lots for gardens appurtenant,
and mcstlyon the first bank, which is a bed of
limestone. The streets are narrow and dirty, and
like_Chu'rcl) (or Mud) street in Salem, either half
leg deep in_/mire, or enveloped in dust. Main
street,,the only one of consequence, runs parallel
with the river, and extends! 1-2 miles in length.
On the second bank several wider streets are laid
out, anti some new houses built, which are mostly
of brick, ’inclu_'cling-_,.a Jail of stone ; but without a-
ny display ofarchi[ectut'al’taste in their con§tt'uc.
tion. _ Three cables’ length from the river the
ground in places is much brolten——and there is a
large pool of stagnant water, two miles _in“length,
which in the latter part of summer sends forth a
disag’t‘ceablé smell, and produces myrlads oftnus-
quetoes. Back of the town is a prairie, 8 and
10 miles wide. _which_produces. nothing; -apd
from the large Indian mound nearthe north part
of the town,this prairie has a most dreary appea'r-
ance. Thcplace contains only 4.-000-inhabitants,
flandnow tlecreasing. They are‘ of _a mixed ‘as-
semblage. Some are white, and all the different
shades froin tha't colour to Indian and‘. black. A
few of the white females are ltaudsume ; exces-
sively fond of dress, and daricitig. The people
from each state and country, generally speaking,
clan together without much _in'termixtu‘re. . '
which the,_ holders are trying‘ to sacrifice at auc-
tion, but find few cash purchasers. ‘Slterill"s sales
a.re‘getting' freqttent-—o.f_specie the country._is
.drain'ed-_—am_ong other thihgs the sheriff took pos-
session of the .Exchangé Battltgan Irish-. concern,
9,_da:y.t'r' since, aiid yfotind.t.he.-eziorirzoziti atfiountiof
17,250’ milfs in -specie‘ in the _vault's.'‘ ’ Shares" in
'f1_ie.great St.'..-_Louis Bauk~(ct'iginal‘,,cost $100)
7
Hospital. in Broadway, .whet'e temporary ‘accom-.
-Thecotintry. isfoverrttn ‘with all kinds of goods.
soldat attction,5. days since_;‘; for _1I-8l§...4 cents ‘eschij
..ig.‘_ .1 ‘ _ _-i» , -. ,-‘.i_ \'‘;)_,i. g i
r“ _!I-‘here isno s‘_acf"ty5here——-boardihg is h'iigl3,'liv_- i
v .
inigfsia‘ miserablejf "I'he --wéather here "is
3138--'.Writiag. —dT3.Wi08s.."ifih0Céh§';spbrts‘,- tending‘ 2-izihangepble‘ than its any place I ever v.i‘sited.~ he?
thlerpmomcter lasfiwinter, was as low-as 2'6rb.é1'0W_
zero ’::'fIit_‘48 hours after, it‘wa‘s.qu‘_ite warm, and
_conrintted soiforseveral days, when ‘it. changedto"
lféxtremé cold again. Last sumtuer, the ther-
"rno't‘neter was no higher than 98 deg. in the shade,
but this witrmth of the climate, together“ with the‘
continual showers of dust,,‘waa°extremely debili-
tating, and from the great ‘degree ‘ of lassitude
which every one e-xperiencetl, it was a hard mat--
ter -to keep awake during the "day; or from the
troublesome bugs‘, fleas, and rnusquetoes to_‘sleep
at night. There were many deaths between Ju-
ly and November, particularly among the low -I-
rish, who would fill themselves with‘ whiskey an
sleep in the open air. - A , -
The amusements are balls, white,_yellow, and
black; they are frequent and well attended. Bil-
liards are" fashionable; raffling common; card-
playing universal-500 packs sold to one bible ! !
The Catholic Religion, consisting of pomp and
show, carries the sway otier all others. The mis-
“sionaries from Andover have produced little good.
lrrspeaking of balls, there are what are ‘called
king balls, for it is a hard matter even for the rus-
tic democrats of the west to forsake and expunge
the‘ tinsel epithets ofroyilty. The first ball of
the season isgenerally by snbscription, early af-
ter the cold weather’-_ commences; and at this
ball,“sorne ladies, say 4‘or 6, and. generally the
handsomest in the company, select as many gen-
lernen‘ as kings, which is performed by the lady’s
pinning a bouquet to a gentleman's bosom, and
giving him a kiss. The next he calls on his
queen, kisses ,her-,'.and inquires what she most
fancies, to adorn her person, which he procures
for"her, and each time he calls he gets a fresh
-kiss. When the queens are" all adorned, a ball is
given by_the kings, who wait on and dance with
their queens. ' They are then (after taking the
parting kiss) all reduced to commoners, and oth-
er ladies kiss and crown other gentlemen in the
same manner. Several ladies, the past winter,
got in this way sufficient apparel to last them the
whole year.’ ‘
--‘COO-1
From the Balrimorr ./lmerz'crm.
. C‘lTY OF MEXICO.
Messrs Editors.-—l have sent you a description
ofthe city of.Mexic_o, abridged from the travels
of the Baron de.Humboldt, who visited that city,
under. the patronage of the Spanislt King. It may
be interesting to your readers, as it is a city of
which very. little is known ; owing to the extreme,
jealousy of the Spaniards in rigidly excluding f6r-
eigners:--It is also the capitbl of a province which
is daily assuming a more interesting aspect;
The city of Mexico is, situated in a vale sur-
rounded by verdant arid lofty mountains. The
capital reconstructed by the Spaniards, exhibits,
psrhaps, a less vivid, though ‘a more august and
majestic appearance. With the exception ofPe-
tersburg, Berlin, and Philadelphia, a.nd some quar-
tors of VVestminster, there does not exist a city
of;th,e'same extent, which can The compared to
the capitol of New Spain, for the uniform level
“ofit-he ground on which it stands, for the regular-
ity and breadth of the streets, and the extent of
the public places. The architecture generallyxfi
is .'_of a very pure style, and there are even5:fgl_iZfi'ct:‘s
ofgvery beautiful structure} The balustrades and
gates are. all of Bisc.ty,iron. The edifice destin-
ed for the school of mines, for which the country
furnished a sutn of more than 125.000 pounds
sterling would adorn the principal places of Paris
or London :—-Most of the streets have very broad
pavements, and they are clean and well lighted.
The objects which generally attract the attention
of the traveller are, The Cathedral, which has two
towers ornamented with pillars and statues,’ and
is of very beautiful symmetry: The Treasury,
from which, since the beginning ofthe 16th cen-
tury, more.than 6.500 fniltions in gold and silver
have been coined E The Convents, anion, which
the great convent of St. Francis is pa; icularly
distinguishetl. whichlrom aims alone, possesses
an annual revenue of half a‘ million of francs : and’
the Hospital, which maintains 1400'children and
old people.-'--Acllording to the most recent dates’.
the actual population of the city-of-Mexico ap-
pears to be from 1335 to 140.000 souls. - The
clergy of Mexico are extremely numerous. The
Archbishop possesscsa revenue of I 1,420 sterling.
The market of Mexico is richly supplied. The
greater‘ part of the roots are cultivated .on the
Chinampas, called by the Europeansflaating gar-
dens- They are towed Vl'ltl'l' long poles.—‘. The‘
edges of the squares, are gcnerallyvornamented
.‘£Vith flowers. A’. ‘ I ' ‘ i t
No city of the new continent, withougeven ex-
cepting those of- the United States, can display
such great; solid and scientific establishments as
the capital of Mexico. In the Academyofthe
Arts, is a muchfiner and more complete collec-
tion of casts than is to be found iniany part of
Germany. — , ' c
The revenue 0f‘llle Academy of Fine Arts at
Mexico amounts to 125,000 francs. — It isimpos-
siblc not to perceive the influence of this establish-
ment on thetaste of the nation. VVhat»a number
of beautiful edifices are to he lsjeen at Mexico!
nay, even in the provincial towns 1 Those monu-
_mcnts, which frequently cost a million and a mil-
lion and a half of francs, would appear to advan-
tage in the finest streets of St. Petersburg, Ber,-
lin or _Paris.—-Instruction is communicated gratis
at the ‘Academy of Fine Aims. _The architectural
works carried.on in the capital‘ of Mexico are so
great, that notwithstanding‘ the low rate ofwages.
the superb edifice for the school of mincsfwill
cost at least three millions of francs- ‘ ’ _
Nothing can present a more rich and varied ap-
pearance than the valley, when in afine suinmer
morning, we transport ourselves to the top of one
of the towers of the Cathedral of(,M_exico. The
city appears as if washed’by~.the waters of- the
Lake of F ezcuco, whose basin, surrounded by
villages and hamlets,‘ brings to.,lnind the most
beautiful laltes.of the mountains of Switzerland.’
Large avenues of elnis and ‘poplars lead in every
direction to-iliec‘a‘pital',,add two aqueducts con-
structed oval‘. arches of very great elevation, cross
the plain, and . exhibit an appearance equally at-
greeable and interesting. ‘ ' * - V
— The “Milledgevillel(Georgia)paper of the twen-
ty-first of July, says that*the:re_is not a barrlelfof
"flour inytlte Milledgevillé fn.arket._ at Ll": Present
time.’ .- ‘ - -
. .
r
' Smii h’-. _*déte”d -April‘.'f§§5’jl‘.8-2 1“; *-
='flOn the afternoon of" t_hi’-“r 911) j _, .
Osage Indians well ‘a_rit_ted9mZade t'i{é_ir‘:ippjefaraii‘éfe-
as they were 'd_e.si-rj X if coming to the 'garr_tson:.a...
chiefs to cross : ', they accordingly came over, land
remained about an hour. An’ un_frie_ndl'y 4l'l.SPOS_i-
tion was evinced by them,as'soori asthey la_r_tde'd‘;‘
they refused eating‘-or”, dtginkings dfiglined shaking
‘hands’, and were very urgent‘ that'thei'r warriiifs
should be permitted tocross, have free access to
that they wa.nted'to_ hunt for a few days. f ,
, The determination‘; on the part‘ of the United
States to take no part{{_in the contest betweenithem
and the_Cherokees, as _ long as the'_p‘i:ison_s and
property of‘ the citizens \ve_re‘ unmo_l’_e_st’ed,' was
made known to them : still persisting in their de- '
mandsfto come ' to the fort, they. were told in
positive" terms, that they should cross none of
their men’: During" the time they remained here,
they minutely examined every part, of the fort,
ber of men at that post ; the artilliiry was brought
on the' parade‘ground, and -exhibited to their
view. Little“ fdou'bt~rem‘a'i'n'ed of ‘their hostility
towards the garrison. * There is a soldier's fami-
ly living on the opposite side of the rivei, on the
bank where -the‘ ‘-I_ndia_ns halted ; they order"ed
them into the house seve-ral times, cocked-their
guns at them, r_aise_d their,_tomahawf‘ks_over — the
heads of the children,‘ and repeatedly iltt'eatetted
to scalp them, ,Th"et-e were four Quapaw-and
one Cherokee Indian encamped on the opposite
in the fort, sent _for those Indians to comeand
see them ; the Quapaws came, but the other made
down towards his nation; the Osage.-. received
them in the most friendlyimanner, and invited
them to their camp; theyacceptcd the invitation,
taking with them several-presents, which were
dis.tI‘ibute'd among them. As soon as the chiefs
had crossed with the Quapaws, the Osages were
discovered busily employed in conveying timber
to the river ; in a fee w. minutes~t_hey lined_‘t»l_te_;bank
with it, and commenced making betweéit_.49 and
50 rafts, some of them embarked, whetrthe com-
manding officer, Lt. Martin_Scoit, discovered that
a‘party of them had landed below, and were’s’e-
creting themselvesin the cane. The chiefs were
again told that they must notattempt to land ;find- -i
ing that it was their determination to cross, the’
artillery was brought 'up,‘and every preparation
made to prevent the accomplishment of their wish-
es.—-A sight of two_ six-pounders, charged with
the desired effect, they immediately desisted, left
their rafts, went up into the woods,‘ fired upon
rowly escaped by svtimmingthe river. Mr.Vau-
gine was preparing to cross over to the fort, when
the indians discovering his intentions, attempted
to intercept him on some of the r}aft‘s-theyhatl’
completed; a pieceof artillery was -tak'en'tt':- the
mouth of the Poto to cover his-landing-,”‘»‘15It6ruld~r--ii
become necessary ;—-he got safe into the fort;
The bodiesoof the Quapaws were 'found drea"dfully
mangled, the scalp and earstitken off, -and two of
theiifheads severed from their bodies.
in the neighbourhood of the garrison‘. They have
also robbed some fainilies living up the Polo,
‘stealing every ‘horse they could lay their handson, '
They ltilled three Delawares' on Le_e’s creek. Th‘;
Osages stated that the Sact and Foxes liadijoined
them {and that as soon as the grass‘ was-,hi'g'h3c'-‘-
nough to subsist their horses, tliey'.intéhdc"d‘com-
ing down upon the Cherokees in ‘overwhelming
numbers; . V N _ _ ‘ ‘ '
Sever-al' families living in the vicinity_ have
come into the fort for protet':tion.- 'I_‘h_eir conduct;
in attempting to get into ‘the fort by strata},-em" ;‘
- the exertions afterwards made use of to‘ attain that
object ; their hostile appearance and-ins‘ol‘ent'de-"
tn-ands for ammunition and .provisio‘ns'%,‘ together‘
with their landing parties above and below us can‘
be viewed iii no other light’ than a viola‘tion'of good
and decisive tncaéures. '
, .. , - _C1t‘x.uii51t1c’uif,*.luly--31."?
Ndportion of our country, iris believed, pré-"'
sents suclfpowerful attractions to travellers,as the ‘
western region of Nev/York. A‘ salubriotrs clirn'e'
—a fertile soil‘-_-pleasant villages, skirted with
lakes ‘presenting beautiful landscape and. water‘-
scenery--all are calculated to delight thestranger.‘ I
The spirit of cnterprize and of improvement is
every where’ observable, in projectsof a public
and individual nature--_-the Grand Canahwhich is
regarded as of incalculable importance, pI'Q3I.‘.tss-‘- .
es with wonderful ‘success and rapidity, afibtding
employment to thousands, and ll'llfIal"tll'lg'belie‘fitS
that are sensibly felt in times like the prcsentL-‘-
-Nor is there, perhaps, in the U. States an equal
extentof country, throughouutwhich‘ the facilities
of communication are so great‘,-so contfortable, &
so (=xpeditious—'-from any of ‘the Atlantic towns‘,
the traveller reaches Albany, by 'la'nd:o_r~‘water-'—-
thence rapidly passing in stages to'_~Utic'a, he can‘__
choose between a continuation in post coaches-, b '7,
he would behold thjatgranld project,and form sorry:
id-.=.-aof its vast advantages, but wouldforego‘ the
pleasures, that theland passage always affords.---'
In" continuing his course ‘west, he is carried in
superior lines of post coaches, through,.the'fai't'ést,
portion of our state‘---we must be excused for say-
ing What is so often acknowledged by otlicrs--un_-
til he finds himselfon ours frontier. Here new
' scenes expand before him, and'inv_ite to a still fur- ~
~ -—-1-11??---'-. '
- ‘ Frbm tl1e‘!l!iddl'et'o-wn Gazette: .
TRIBUTE or NATIONAL nesrecr jr’o'--rnE".NEb=-.._
our or, LIEU'l‘.‘FREDERL'cli Bnunv. .
This gallant and accomplished naval officer W85
born in-the island of Hayt-i ;'and when an infant.
fledwith his parents, from the sanguinary stat;-1'1!»
in which afavoritc son fell avictim. » ‘Mr.‘«_Bit1t-
ry, with his family, selec'ted"Middletotvn is his
t-her tour, by steam boats on the ‘great lak_es.,.'-‘ — V
the rudiments of. his earIy3‘;educat,ion. ~ 'l_i§
bis itifluential friends obtaini§df'for' him’-‘a '-,iWl(lSll;!‘F.‘T‘
..ficjet'- Gafptf. Hull’; and. was in the celcb’rat'jed'< ¢§1~‘
1;"-= .
E'xtra'et'.bE;[eue.t-:‘to3tti55¢dttet- org. the‘A_rkiah§:a_;s , ,
..t:az‘je'rté,“rt-o;_rn a_'gi;ritle,man;offthé;itrtiiy'atfort_ . —
boat was sent with atdiers‘-t’o permit _none- Btit~’tli'é,v
the fort, and encamp in the- rear of it, allegixlg‘
side of the Polo river. The.Qsage chiefs, while .
cannister, and a lighted match in readiness, had I
inst. I fou,rihtindiftfd .
before the fort on th‘ pposite:side'of'ailI¢.~fi\?3i|'?3 ‘
and were extretnely anxious‘-4 to hot! the‘ num- '
and killed three of the Quapaws, the fourth net‘-. _
For several days after small partieswére seen i 4
faith to our government, checked by energet'ic_
to l
-.1.
_t'esidence.- It was ‘here young Baury.«>_oh.t?ifie¢f
man's vvajrrant. -He.saitett-~v‘;ith that cxcett,c:‘rit?,vt'~~'
; ~ j ' ' cape of the Co'ii’st-ittttlrst-._ ..--as afle.r—?tt:,*¢'-§}‘lec,lat‘§\r I
2.,
take the Canal for 100 miles'—-by the latter‘mode"” '-
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