into the tiyer [0 water, who was also m
‘Killed by an Arica:
—— Grn
sho 4
oy
sy ludian, Avdrews appear to have escaped unhurt.
From the Danville Watchman, May 6,
Extract of a letter trom the Rev.
Mor gomedy, to his friend ia Laanville, dated
: Unicorn, Arkansa Feb, 1824.
* The intelligence which | communicated in
oy lest TCspecling the prospect of disturbance
petw cen the lodians and wiite people, and tho’ ment, set fies. Mr.
perhiaps fess unfavorable than that receivedlarms of Me
rough the newspapers; may have occasioneg!c
me anxiety ia ue iniond Poopsany the safzsli
w and tranquility of this station, retoice / iunfor ie 5 “his death, is ?
i o be able b or you that this dak Cage le ese in Sah i 0
: ve hope passed over, and vo apprehensions ace]
entertained that these poor thoughtless pecpic
Swill Sc involved in the dreadful calamity of war
Swith the United States, Conary to expecta
Stion the chiefs wnt down to the Fort, though{murder of one Sinith, a white man, by trade a
ot till several weeks aller the time appointed, jcooper, and sentenced to be executed on the 10th
fand through the prudent and humane manage [of May next. It appeared in evidence, on the
of every thing, including 25,00
cie, aad, being joined by those
had deserted. deliberated whe
Viliiam B.
ee
“wy
_
hy
were; afier some hours detention and cruel treat
—p—
MURDER.—David WVilsou, a negro slaye
nelonginy to David J. Ward, Esq. in Jeffer
county, Kentucky, has buen found guilty of
SON
t{ Murray, was kified. Captain Murray and Mr: frequent drave hts of Linseed tea,
on J Trelgum Arabic,
vagditli made prisoners of the party, robbed them! tions.
ET
barley water and sinfllar prepara-
When the symptoms run high and
00 dollars mn spe-ithere is considerable fever, bleeding will per-
of the guard who haps be called for.
ther to put themjaud there is at the same time pain [elt in the
'0 death, but through the intercession of two or|chest, prompt and energetic measures should
three who had some remains of humanily, theyibe resorted to.
When the cough is violent
Ol late sur city has been in some danger from
Crawford expired in the another disease, which, as it must have a title,
: Andrews, three hours afer re- I shall tzke the liberty of styling an drtificiallto pieces.
etving the fatal wound ; whether any rites of Epidemic. It has been recently asceriained
(interment could have taken place, under the that the vapour of Vitriolic Ether, when inhal-
ed into the luags, produces effects upon the
brain and nervious syste similar to those ol
the nitrows oxide gas This fact was no soou-
er made public than a thousand experimenters
started up, including al! ages and both sexes
"I'he smell of Ether prevailed every where.
Even the little school boys were seen clubbing
their pennies to purchase a vial of the exhilar
ating fluid, which put into a prepared bladder
muciiage of
or
i
the Senate in its most vital parts; and w
confess that unless the new Senator from
should arrive before the amendments, whic 3
now going through the committee of the whole, |
shall be acted upon in the Senate, there is but
a very distant prospect of any bili on the subject
beeoming a law the present session. Striking |
out the duty on iron and on hemp is like knock-
ing out the bolis and bais, and striping off the
sails of a ship—the timbers and planks will fall
"I'he motion for striking out the du= |
ty on iron and hemp were both carried by-cne
smajoriy—and the motion for striking out the
prospective duty of 5} cenis on cotton bagging
was carried "by a larger majority, yeas, 28. |
[he National Intelligencer remarks that « the
bill is not yet entirely despaired of. It is sep~
posed, as a possible event, that in place of the |
duties on iron atd hemp, which have been suc- |
cessively stricken ott, a lower rate of doty on
each of those articles, may find favor with the
Senate We confess, however, that we see lit- ©
5
“ment of Col. Arouckle, were brought to express
“8 their willingness 10 abide by the decision of the
Me oovercment. They were eld that the culprits
ould be regula:ly tried according to our cus-
ois; aud would have a tull opportunity of she w-
g whether the murder of the Americans were
cational or not. The old chick Clamore is a
ry avilul eloquent man, and made an able
peech to the Colonel, des gned almost entirely
0 prove that his pzople were ignorant of the par-
ty whom they atacked, being Amcricans, untij
‘the principal part of the mischief was done
Mr Chapman, who accompanicd them down,
d who indeed wis caietly insttumentol togeth-
with Mr. Chateau, in getting themto go
down, Says this speech made a strong impicss-
200 oo the minds of the officers, & no doubt Cia-
a ore exp-cts he wiil be able to maintain bis
|point cqually weil before a court. However
Bthis may be, it 1s certainly to be wished they
‘may persevere in (his exp. ctation, for no other
‘consideration would induce the culprits to sur.
Sender themselves, and there is no authority
bamongst the Indians to deliver them up. No
ill consequences however, it is supposed, would
“ensue, if half a dozen cf the leaders should be
fexccuted alier a full trial. The mater will not
decided in less than sour or five months, and
will become still more sensible of the necessity
of submitting to the decision of government,
a A person unacqnainted with the character
and custorss of the Usages, would suppose that
“barbarians who could fall on a small party of
“hunters in the middle of day hight and alter kiil-
Piog them, cut off their beads, would be likely
10 commit simifar outrages on all the white
A people living in their country. Bat this suppo-
‘sition is entii ely unfounded. The principles and
Feelings of the Qsages when on a distant war
‘expedition, are as different from what they are
1a their country near their towns, as those of any
two set of men imaginable. Io this country we
“fell no apprehension (rom them, while peace
exists between them and the government.
{Should government be induced by this trans-
Laction to send an agent into this country, invest:
Led with sume adeqoate powers to put down the
88 practice of private war expiditions, the benefit
= would Le incstimable. The hereditary war
which they carry on against the Pawuees and
SWother western tribes is the nursery of their bar
Wbarista, and every thing that is bad amongst
fem. Would it not become the character of
he U. Siates to mainiain peace in all their bor-
ders? So far as respects the Osages, It 1s be-
~~ heved they could easily efl:ct it.
© I'hese two weeks past we have made some
rogress in our interesting study. We have
i a translation of ncarly three sheets of
© Treligious instruction, and several passages of
© scripture. Though we are not yet able to
read it so well as could be wished, we censider
‘ita sufficient foundation to begm our efforis
With, for the enlightening of these poor people.
q1 however wish to obtain a somewhat larger stock
i ad
; fybelore 1 return—"Two months I think, will be as
“long as I shall be willing to remain here, as our
“village will probably rctarn in part to our
| ___ country,
af
r—
nthe meantime It is to be hoped the Indians)
trialy that early in the month of March, Smith
came to a house near to Warg’s mill, (Ky.) and
requested leave to warm himself ; the woman
of the bouse desired the negro who was pres-
ent, to get up and give Smith a chair, which
after some altercation he did.
When Smith Icft the house, the negro follow-
ed him and was scen pursuing to a’ wood : he
was obscrved to strike the man, but no notice
was taken of ity until a few days after, Smith
was found dead in the wood, and shockingly
mangled. Suspicion attached to the negro, and
on his being taken into custody, he acknowl
edged that he murdered the man. He said
they had no quarrel, but the devil tempted him
to do it. In addition to his confession, there
was strong corroborating testimony, which left
no doubt on the minds of the jury, as to his
guilt. NY. E, Post.
wes
Stage Robbery —Within a few days the stage
between this city and Schenectady, has been
twice robbed by cutting the trunks. Two per-
sons have been apprehended, and are now in
safe keeping, for their acts. The uunks and
considerable clothing were found secreted in the
woods a considerable distance from the road.
We do pot learn what portion ot the booty con-
sisted of cash. One of the persons in custody is
an old offender.—Albany Daily Adv.
Louis XVII —We understand that a person
calling himself Louis the 17th, of France, has
ymade his appearance in this city. The facts he
slates are historically true, but whether the clr-
cumstances in relation to his own lite, are cor-
rect or not, we are not sufficiently acquainted
with them to say, His features are said to be
very much those of the Bourbon family, his age
corresponds with what the Dauphin’s would
have been, and several incidents which he men-
tions of his early life, serve to render his tale at
least plausible. He states, we understand, that
he was carried off from the tower of the Temple
in great secrecy, brought up among the Alps;
and afterwards sent to the Island of Cuba, where]
and eagerly passed from one to another, in some
unfrequented spot. We might perhaps ice!
amused at the ridiculous capers supposed to be
cut by these groups had no serious consequen
ces resulted from it. But having ourselves
witnessed the serious indisposition of several
young ladies, which could be ascribed to breath
ing Aether, and heard of two well auested ca
ses in which the practice proved fatal, it be.
hoves us to condemn the use of this fluid by in-
balation as highly pernicious and dangerous,
—t
3 FROM THE NEW YORK PATRIOT,
As every invention that may tend to rescue a
fellow creature from destruction is to be prized,
we Copy from an English paper the following
recipe for saving drowning men, which, if it
proves as successfol as it is simple, will be of in-
calcuiable advantage. « A man’s hat and pock-
tle prospect, at present, of that bill becoming a
law, at this session, in any shape.” yi}
If the bill should be entirely defeated this
session, we have no doubt that the effect will be
impoRers, the latter having, in anticipation of io -
foreign goods which must come into the coun-
try and be knocked off under tbe hammer, to
meet payments, But the cause will not be lost.
In the language of Mr. Clay—# it is the cause
of the country, and it must and will prevail. It
people. It is as naive as the granite
embesomed in our mountains, and will conduct
ness, to glory.”—2N., Y, Staresman.
—— :
From the Washington City Republican, April 24
et-handkerchief are all that are necessary] The bill appropriating the sum of $30,000
Spread the handkerchief on the ground, and for the purpose of making surveys, and obtaine
place a bat with the brim upwards in the mid-|ing the necessary plans and estimates on the
dic of the handkerchicf—then tie the hundker-subject of Roads and Canals, this day passed
chief over the bat as you would doa bundle, the Senate by a vote of 24to 18. This bill hay-
keeping the knots as nearly as possible in the 10g now passed the ord. al of both Homnses, re-
centre of the opening. Now, by seizing the GUires only the sanction of the President to be=
koots with one hand, and keeping the crown of come a law. On the passage of this bill, which
the hat upwards; any person, though unable to! May be considered as the commencement of a
swim, may fearlessly plunge into the water with general system of internal Improvement, we
a rope, or any other thing that may be necessary| congratulate the country.
to save the life of a fellow creature.” TR ¥
aay In South Carolina, governor Wilson and a
FINE ARTS.—-A very chaste and ex uisite|Col- Middleton were lately about to terminate
ust of Washington, from the chisel of Capel-|some difference with pistols at but three paces
lano, is now exhibiting at Mr. Thompson's book! distance ; but the meeting did not take place,
store, in this city. We have examined it, and 2"d €ach party throws tbe blame upon the other.
are of opinion that it would not suffer in reput| The sheriff of the county was the governor's
tatton, even if placed by the side of one of the! second.
productions of Canova. Unquestionably, it may
be pronounced ene of the finest specimens off FROM THE HARRISBURG INTELLIGENCER.
statuary ever exhibited in this country; and iti APPOINTMENTS BY. THE GOVERNOR.
is to be regretted, that the inadequate patron-! Gabriel Hiester, jr. of Berks county, tobe
age given 19 the fine arts has induced the artist, Surveyor General, in the room of Samuel Cochi-
to attempt to dispose of this admirable-effort an. ;
of his genius by means of a raffle.— Jb. Joshua Dickerson, of Washington county, to
he learnt the trade of a earpenter, and where he
has been till he came to this country. He pre-
tenes to show certain marks on his head, which!
he says his sister the Duchess of Angoulems,
will at once recognise, and to this lady he ha
written, through 2 gentleman at Wasbinton, sta-
ting the circumstances and events of his life.
3
compos, an impostor, or a legitimate Bourbon,
Washington Journal,
LORD BYRON.
Tt is reported that Lord Byron bas returned
from Greece, with his enthusiastic and chival-
rous feelings in favor of that country greatly
cooled, and with his hopes of its success in a
measure diminished.”
The aboveis froma New York paper; but on,
what authority we know not. We hearuly wisb|
it may be true. Byron can benefit the world
very little by fighting in the cause of the Greek
barbarians—the sons of degemerate sires—but
he can give life, happiness, and rapture to thous:
¢ DUEL.—Aboyt five o'clock on Monday of his Muse. If Byron quits the field of Poesy, write and read, they all have religious books
evening, two midshipmen of the U. S. ship Joho) we shall be prosed to death, by such milk and Writtenin their language, and printed in the is)-
Adams, accompanied by two of the ship’s crew, water rhymsiers as Tom Moore, Campbell, and, 4
met near the Victvaling Office, Port Royal. Af, Southey, and the rest of the canting tribe of’ Sixty-six magnificent churches have been
ter the second five, one of them was shot tarough long and short syllable mechanics, who make vp buil,, and twice a week, the
the back part of both thighs, and bled profuse-|a PoE, as they call it, as an honest shoemaker.devotion to hear the preache
The magistrates apprehended two of the does his boot and slipper.
party, but on receiving informatica on oath from/generate idea would the world have of Poets, of the most intere
the Surgeon of the John Adams, that the per-|if such men as Byron and Gifford were out oft The Missionaries yearly convoke at
son wounded was in no danger, they delivered|the way! Walter Scott would himself step on the whole of the population,
them over to an officer, who was sent on shore|ihe stage again, and bore the world to death, 7000 souls. This assembly is at present holden.
We understand that with his Last Lays and Swimming Ladies ! There is now a discussion
the combatanss were only 18 vears of age, & had{ No—we don’t want Byron to Jight—but toa new code of laws, and th
been engaged a lew weeks before in an affair ofjwrire. “Let him go back to his Iiakan Villa, the nation ascend the
ly.
trom Commodore Porter,
honor.”
FROM THE FRANKLIN GAZETTE, MAY 3.
About five months since Mr. CkaAwrorD and
Mer, AxprEws were dispatched by the Uniied
Siates Bank to Mexico, for the purpose of ef-
fecting some important negotiatiors. On their
return {rom the city of Mexico to Alvarado, as
considerable danger was apprehended from an
attack by robbers, on the supposition of their
having a large amount in specie, they were far-
nished with a strong escortof 25 men, well arm:
ed, inder the direction of captain Murray, of
the Biitish navy. On arriving at Puebla, they
thority, and an inferior guard, of 12 worthless
men, badly armed, were substituted, A short
serted them, and they were soon after attacked
by a set of banditti of twenty-five in ambuscade.|
Mr. Crawtord, who was an excellent horseman)
being mounted, by his customary gallant port
Sgobbers ; he received the first shot, the balls
ssing through his lungs; four of the party
¢ wounded, and a courier, who had jotnec
ands, by the ineffable music, and inspiring fire
and inspired by the chime of Poesy,
like Byron, is the prodigy of an age.
s\between these two places,
After this brief statement, we leave it to our{da
readers to determine whether this person be nonlthe follow
com
Jvhabitants,
Alas! what a de- often seen takin
charm the whole bours with a vehemence tru}
enraptured world with his fascinating lays ! dinary.
A Soldicr can be bought for sizpience ; a Poety' About two months ago the Isle of Otaheite
be Secretary of the Land Office, in piace of
Quick Sailing.—A New Orleans péper men. James Brady.
tious the arrival of the Unicorn at the Ballze in! Ebenezer G Bradford, Esq. of Sunbury
twenty sic days trom Liverpool. This is sup- Northumberland county, president judge of the
posed to be the shoriest passage ever known District Court composed of the counties of
Dauphin and Lancaster, vice Isaac D Barnard
Esq. resigned.
C—O
Lffects of Missionary Exertions.——A letter,
ed Otaheite the 13th of May last, contains
ing statement :
“ The Isie of Otaheite is now so diffcrent
from what it was in the time of Capt. Cook, in
1767, that 1t is impossible for me to give you a
plete idea in so short a letter, written in all
haste. The Missionaries have totally changed
the direction of the morals and customs of the
vhabita Idolatry exists no longer ; Chris-
Uanity 1s generally adopted. The women now
behave with extraordinary reserve ; they no lon.
ger go on board the ships; and even on land it is
impossibte to form with them the least connec-
tion. the least attachment. Marriages are con-
tracted as in Europe—even the King at present
can have but ove wife. The practice of de.
stroying children and human sacrifices, no long-
er takes place. Almost all the inhabitants cag
| Zo the qualified electors of
Centre County.
FELLOW-CITIZENS :
Being encouraged by a number of ney [riends
to offer myself as a candidate for the
Office of Sheriff,
I respectfully selicit your votes lat the ensuing
General Election. Should I be clected to that
station, I pledge myself to perform the duties
ot said cflice with fidelity and diligence, and,
at the same time, with humanily and tender-
ness,
John Letterman.
Spring township, May 15, 1824.
Bellefonte and Philipsburg
Turnpike road Company.
The stockholders of the Bellefonte & Phil.
ipsburg Turnpike road Company, wil
TAKE NOTICE
that an election will be held at the house of
EVAN MILES, in the Borough of Bellefonte,
ou the first Monday in June next, between the
hours of one and five o’cluck P. M. for the elec
tion of ONE PRESIDENT, TWELVE MAN-
AGERS, A TREASURER & SECRETARY,
to manage the concerns of the sad Company
for the ensuing year.
. By Order,
people go in great
r. Individuals are
Ing notes with pencil and paper
teresting passages of the sermon.
Paparo
which amounts to
going on respecting
e principal Chiefs of]
Tribune, and speak for
y €Xtraor-
disastrous to manufacturers, agriculturists, and
creased duties, ordered very large stocks of
is founded on the interests - and-uffectiens of the
ep J Ny
us into the path which leads to riches,to greats
3
¥®
{declared itself independent of England ; it on-
fy recognizes its Missionaries. A red flag, with
{a white star in the upper corner, is now mount-
fed on the point which Bougainville named
Columbian Observer.
es + TI——
FROM THE PORT FOLIO FOR APRIL.
T. Burnside, Pres’t.
May 1, 1824.
at the moment @ith dispatches lor captaitirenc ered still more efficacious when ai
~
MEDICAL REPORT.
It is with great pleasure that we announce]
the departure from our city [Philadelphia] of
Variola and its troublesome iclation, ihe Vari. order of the House of Co
oloid. The last weekly bill of mortality includ. Woman and child, in London, seems to drink,
Whether we are Ob an average, two bar
'to attribute this happy incident to a change in The quantity of stong b
were deprived of this escort by the public au-{ he atmosphere or to the universal adoption of a year would float all th
ed no death by small-pox.
vaccination might affura matter for comsidera-
ble discussion. Perhaps both circumstances
distance from Puebla, most of this guard de {have operated in producing the removal of this tains 2 list of duels fought in the United States
{ wii . v =. .
or by citizens of the United States, since the
vis tation.
The most prevalent malady at present is a cat- €
tars hal affection attended usuvally with consider- number of a hundred 2nd four, in the greate:
of the throat tcgetber with io- part of which one of the parties was kilied, and
and mien, auracted the first attention of the fan mation and enlargement of the tonsil glands. io several of them both were killed.
able soreness
Abstinence, cooling medicines, such 2s Fpsom
or (Glauber’s salts, are highly serviceable jn this
upp'easant disease, and the treatment
}
{Point Nenus.
ay be the congressional journal, that the Tariff Bil:
d by bas already met with three successive blows it.
CENTRE GUARDS
ATTENTION !!
You will assemble in parade order on Thurs.
day the 20th May, in the Diamond in the bora
rels of beer a year, /ough of Belletonts, at 9 o’clock, A. M. being
eer brewed in England|the day appointed by law for military training
€ navy in commission. [iDSpection ; at which time,by a resolution enter.
—— is ed into by said company at the last meeting, each
member 1§ required to appear o# said day in
the following uniform, viz. A citizens plain blua
coat, white pantaloons, white vest, black crava:
or stock, citizens bat, black cockade, with a
bullet bution in the centre, boots or shoes and
slack stockings. It is to be hoped that each &
every member of the compary will be poncta-
4 in attending on that day in tbe usitorm above
mentioned,
—— A
From the official excise returns furnished by
mmons, every man,
The Boston Recorder of February last. con.
ommencement of the present century, to the!
The Tariff —Tt will be seen by reference to
« By order of the company.
JOHN ARMOR 0. &.