ffte G j. s',u to Jo with if.o ;.riv.'fi- Vru, whether to Ml us on tl.o a'po't or apnrd ir live', he enmo to tho conclusion thai there Intel been Blood enough shed, mid as t' the men theyliad lost, it wn tho fatu of war anil wo must be taken mid adopted in to the fnmilic3 of those whom wo had killed; wc were tlien divided amongst them accord ing to ths number tjf fires; packs were pre pared for us, und they relumed across the iver nt tho Big Island in bark ratines; they ihen mnde their wny acr053 the hills, and cametoPhio Creek, above the first forks, which they followed np to third fork, mid trtok the most northerly branch to the head of it, and thence to tho waters of the Gen V.iee river. After two days travel down the Genesee river, wo caino to. a place called Via Pigeon Woods, where n great number tif Iiidi.m families, old and young, had come to catch young pigeons; there wo met a par ty of about forty warriots, on their way to tho frd:rtier' settlement!!; they encanipted "soma iittio distance apart, tho warriors ol tho two parties holding a council at our tamp, I soon perceived that I was the subject of their conversation; I was seized iintl dragged to tile other tamp, where Hie warriors wero silling on dwesidc of a large fire; 1 was, seated alone on the opposite ride. jLvt'ry eye was faxed upon me; 1 perceived they wero gathering around in great numbers, in a short time I perccivedja man pressing through the crowd; ho came to me and sat down; I saw ho was a white man painted in Indian dress. He:examined me on the situation of the frontiers, the 'strength xif ourforts, the range of our scouts-, After lie got through lie obrerved that there wr.s only one besides himself there that knew me. "Do you know mo,- sir?" paid 1. "I do; you are the man that killed 'the Indians' I thought of tho fire and the stke; he Observed that ho was a prisoner und a friend; that his name was Jones, and lie had been taken prisoner in the spring" 81, with Capt. John Boyd, in Bradford county ; that he would not'exposc mcj and if I could pass through undiscovered und La delivered up to the British, I would he p;:fe; if not, I would liavo to die at the -tftske. The next morning they moved down tho river; two days alter they caino n tho Canada village, the iirst on the; (Jen esce rivcr( where we were prepared to run the Indian-gauntlet; the warriors do not whip it h the young Indians and sqaws. They meet you in sight of their councilhouse, where they select the prisoners from the 'ranks of the warriots, bring them in front, nnd wlran ready Ire word joggo is given the prisoners start, tho whippcrs follow af ter, and if they outrun, you will bo severely whipped. I was placed in front of my men ths word being given-, wo started. Being then young 'a'hd"l'Utl of nerve I led the way? twb ytfuriff -squaws cairie running up to jomihe whipping -parly i and when they "aiw us start thoy halted and stood' shoulder to shoulder with their whips; when I came Hour them I bounded and kicked them over, -wo all -came down "together, there was icon "6iderab)c kicking amongst us, so much so 'that they shotted their under Urcs's, which appear'cdto be of a beautiful yellow color; I had not time to help them up. It was truly diverting to the warriors; they yelled nndshnateri till they made tho air ring. Thoy halted at that village for one day, and thence went- to 1-Mrt Niagara, where I was delivered up to the British. 1 was adopted, according to the Indian custom, into Col. Butler's rnmilyc Iheh the commadmg' officer uf the British and Indians at that place. I Was to supply the loss of his son. Papt. Hutlei, who was killed late in the fall of 1781, by the Americans. In honor to me jis -his adopted son, I was confined in a pri vate room) and not put under a British 'guard. My troubles soon began; Ui6 Indians Were informed by tho tories that knew me that I had been a prisoner before; "and had killed my raptors; they wero outrageous, and sent to tsutipr and uemahded me; and as I was told, offered to bring in fourteen prUdners in ihy place. Butler sent an officer to ex amine mc on tlio subject! he dame and in formed me their Indians laid heavy accusa tions against mc; they wero informed that I had been a prisoner before, and killed the h3rty, and that they had demanded me to be given tip to them, and that his Colonel Vislied to know the fart. I observed, "Sir. it is a terious question to-answer: I will never deny the truth! I havo been a prison- nr oeioroi- anu kiiicu ine party, and return ed to tho sorvled of my country; but sir, I consider myself to be n prisoner of war to mo uniisn, nnu presume you win nave mote InAior than to deliver' me up to the navaaes. I- know what my fate Will be: and plemo to inform your colonel that we iinve it in our power to retaliate.' He left me in a short time, and returned and stated that ho was authorised to sty to me that tfierti Wag no altrrnatire for me to save my life lurt in abandon the rtmel causa and join the "British etandardt 'that I should take the ame rank lit the British service as I did in the rebel service", 1 replied, ''No, sir, no pita mo the slake, tho toulahawk, or the knife, before the British ramniiKSinn; liber ty or death.m our mnttnj" lie then left mo ftome time aftor a lady come to my room with whdirt 1 hutl been well oeqtlnjntrd bo for the" revolution; We had been school mates Bhe was thett married tq a British ofuWt be camu will! her. She had been lo Coli Dntler, fcnd flh& Was atllhorizCd to niKn ma tlio same ofler the officer had 'nrtej 1 thsnkied her for tlio trouble she had wnen mt ,ny sditMv, nut rotiiu not accept 4f thr ofn-r-, she observed how rnudi more k'Jmlwn Wouju it ba lo he n officer in the Blltish sartice. Iobisrved ilijt I could not thus dispose of myself in that jynv; I belonged lo tho Congress of the United Stales, and that I would abide the conse quences; she left mc, mid it was the Inst I heard of it. A guard was set at tho door of my apartment. In about four days tlfler I was sent down Lake Ontario to a place culled Carlton Isl and, & from thenco down the St. Lawrence to Montreal, were I was placed in prison, and found forty or fifty of our American offi cers, and whero wo had the honor to look through tho iron gates. The fourth of Ju ly Was drawing near; ten of us combined to celebrate the political birth-day of our country; we found ways and means to have some brandy conveyed into us unknown to the British guard, mid wo had a high day, after making a compromise with the guard. It was highly offensive to tlio British offi cers, and we ten were taken out and sent to Quebec, thnnrc down St. Lawrence, and put on tho Ile of Orleans, where wc ro maintid till the last of September, a British fleet spiled about that tintb and bound for New York; wt weie put on board of that Heel'; when we cariic to New York there was no exchange for us. Gen. Carlton then commanded the British army at New Yorkt lie paroled us to return home. In the month of March, 1733, I was ex changed, a nil .had orders to take up my arms afraid. I joined my company in March at Northumberland; about that time Cant. Robinson received orders to march his company to Wyoming, to keep garrison at Wijkesbarre fort. He sent myself and ftnsiirn Chambers with the company to her station, where wo lay till November 178IJ. Our army was then discharged and our comrianv likewise: nonr arid pennvless we retired to the shades of a private' life. T'flftMFIC EXPLOSION! On Tuesday, the ninth, day of October, A-. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, the Steam Ship Anti-masonic Whiggery, was Mown up, after a desperate fought bat tle, with a terrible crash tho noise of which was heard in every part oftthis Common wealth. Sh'o had been fqr a long time in a eakv condition, and, indeed, from the mo ment that she weighed anchor, and started on her voyage id December, 1S35, her fate was crediotcd by a lluliiber of hardy demo cratic seamen, who eveii Uteri pronounced her to bo unseaworthy, and fit Only to be aid up in dry dock. During the whole voyage, she had been carrying more sieam man uaitast, and was especially noted for the derangement of her machinery, the incompetency of herprincipal and assistant engineers, the ignorance of her commander, and tho rustv and ruinous islate of her boiler's. Ilbw she held so lpng together has been matter of inarvel to all ex perienced hands; but the collapse, though delayed, has come at length; For the last sevcii br eight rhbn'ths, she had steered into entirely different channels from these for which she had originally pro fessed to ue bound, and had bden principally engaged in a system Of piracy upon the va rious lines of ernal into which she could make headway. While engaged in the ve ry act, and with the Black Flag hoisted at the mast-head, she was encountered, on Pu sday Inst, by the mn:niliceiUlino of bat tle Ship, DEMOCRATIC PENNSYLVA NIA, under the command of COM. DAVID RITTEN HOUSE PORTER which bore down upon her in truly gal lant stylo, poured In n succession of heavy broadsides, and finally blow her, to pieces 1 lie crew, like those of all piratical craft, presented a very molly appcarahcci AVhigs, Aiitimaibns, Abolitionists, broken-down Federalists, and Democrats patented for the occasion, were stowed between decks in la mentable confusion. Apptehensive of the approaching catasltophe an immuiise num ber of enlistments had been recently rriade, and the boilrtty liberally paid down lit hand and 6 questions asked. A number of gre'en hands, called, for the occasion, Con servatives, were taken into the Vessel on tri al, who acted principally as lohololly boys and powdermoiikies. lixtra Katiotls had been liberally supplied to iufuso a tem porary courage, and under the immediate direction of that celebrated vetorari, Peg Jieatltj, aided by the boatswain Storitbra her, tiie main-braco had been spliced with remarKahle prodigality; i he Democratic I'ennsylvania was man ned by fifty three guns, each of which was named in honor ot one of the counlies of the Keystone, State. Of thete, abodt forty woie brought to bear with greitt precision and wonderful effect on the pirate sieanier. An old cannon, called Berks placed on the stern fired nearly four thousand shots id tho course of the enijiieeinent, while another fiun. named JT'c.stmorcland, riddled tho enemy to pieceTs from the bows. An Internlcdiato nitie-pnuiider, bearing the name of tho gallant Fcrryi raked the decks of tho enemy from fore lo aft! and Centre, placed appropriated ly, amidships, made every ball toll betwixt wind and water, Old AJongomcrifs throat was warmed by her continual explosions, and "Hail Cofumbiu" played in fino style. Th battle raged from 10 a. m, to II p, m. about Which time the last brnadsido of the Pennsylvania was fired. The pirate, theft) in a despofato dndoaVour to escape gmunded: when the bdilcrs buret and scat tered the vessel into ten thousand fragments hulling the killed and wbUndcd in every di rection. Tho loss qr the enemy ip, dead mid woun ded J'us been immense. ' The body pf tho commander was found sliclfitig fast in d mud hank into which it was driven head fore- moat by the exploilon. t wbs recognized by the stubbled growth of Ii'iir t over the i'orejisad, extending down t nearly to tho 'eves the anticipated conflict not having al IbVcd lltnc for a ihave in that quarter, for several weeks; as, also, by a largo supply of abolition wadding found in the pookets. The money changers, by whom the ves sel had been titled but, are in a stato of m tlcscribablo agony ho insurance having been effected. The vessel was built in the port of Philadelphia, wli'elb lltir Bwners principally reside, Their lengthened am woe-begone phizzes indicate tlio despair whidi has fastened on their hearts! It., is supposed that Nicholas JJiddle, , who had calculated largely on the voyage, will lose his wits. COMMODORE PORTER is at present lying at anchor in Huntingdon Bay, from which lie Will shortly make sail for Harris (n'trg HarboW, there to receive the rich re ward with whitili tho Democratic, crew of the Pennsylvania Intend crowning his gal lant exploit of last Tuesday. Lancaster Intelligencer. From tho Pltmtrr's Banner. TERRIBLE AFFRAY IN LOUISIA NA; We havb learned the following particulars of a terrible alfray which took place near Hairisonburg, in tho upper tart of .Ibis State, from a gentleman trom that section of the country. Our informant slates tRat about lb years since, a man by the hame bf Ilagerty, Hear Harrisonburg, was, it lb said, by the malev olence of one Humble, Charged with larce ny. It appeared upon trial that the witness was suborned, and Hagafty was hbnorably acquitted. From that time forward a con tinued and burning hostility has existed be tween the two parties, producing of coiirse niariy Scenes of outrage & disorder, the spi rit of Which Was most naturally and readi ly imbjb'cd by the young men of both par lies. Some ycais after the charge of larce ny, Ilagerty was murdered by one of his slaves, Wh'b' at the execution declared that "he was hired lo kill iis master by a man in the ncighboih'rio'il." The young Hagcr ly's believed it was b'rie ot the Ilurnble's who had instigated tho assassination. The war was thus continued Willi reat spirit, and various success, though the' Hagurtys were generallyoppressed their whole force being but a young man and a little boy but sixteen years old. About the first bf this ilionth (September) Humble with his two associates, Bass and Davis, caught this boy, ducked liim, stripped him and then whipped him id Uib most unmerciful man ner. The next day mure was a ponce pioc tion. The parjies met! Humble, Bass and Davis armed With rifles ilhd pistols! Young Ilagerty wiih a stick; rtKcl his broth er with a double barreled gun. Ytiung i Hascrlv told Humble thai his little brother had been abused by them nieii, and he wish ed to know whether either of them had spir it enough to fight him? Humble raised his rifle lo shoot him, and Ilagerty sprang be hind a tree. Humble told Bass to gb round the tree with Ills rifle and shoot him if he did not "come out." The hoy nandc'll his brother the double barrelled, gun, who in stantly stepped out with his gun at an 'oruer' and told Humble he should have a lair chance if he wished, to kill him! Humble then took deliberate aim and shot him then turned in the door to get his pistol, advanced with it cocked and raised to an 'aim when he received the whole Contents of one bar rel, from tho hands of the ljlile boy, and fell dead." The litlejlellow had lustitune to turn upon Bass who was advancing upon him from behind with his riilri at a dead aim. But he did turn without flinching, and poured the contents of the second bar rel into the bosom of Bass, who fell dead at his feCt. 'flie boy was shot in tho right breast reeled and fell, just in lime to avoid tho fire of Davis, who took a pistol shot at his back i Tltc boy and Bass were both badly powder burnt. Davis was arrested by the bystanders, bul a justice of the peaco clinic up and told inem he did not think it right lo keep a liiim ''tied in that manner," and "he thought it best td turn him loose." It was accordingly done, and he absconded. Of the remaining four engaged in Ibis terri ble affray, the little boy alono survives. Bank Robbery. Thb Smilhficld Union Bank was entered, on Saturday,tbetweeii the hours of 8 and 10 in the morning, and robbed of S3400, all in tho bills' of the bank, a portion of which can bo identified, The cashier left tlio bank in tho morning dn some husiuess; the roLbcis entered a vacant tenement over the bank and cut through the door, by which ineaii3 they effected u pas Sac ittto the bmking room, and were able to c;irry off the money without tho trouble of forcing tho vault. A reward of $500 is ottered tor the recovery ol the money and tile detection ol the robbers. Providence Jour. BUuWflULIMUMl Miners. "VVe are told that there exists ot this time a great scarcity bj miners in the Coal Mines. As hith as C cents a bushel is paid for raising coal Arty number of hands could lincl employment hero just now. Wo are told that the works on the Dcs Monies Raoids. Uoner Mississioni. havo been neaily suspended. Tlio weatlior has become so cold that the laborers refuse to go into tho water. As high as $3 per (lay has been paid by the Superinimidont to workmen who will go into tho water, but most ol them reluse. even to work lor that sunt, o, Lows Republican, Oct, 10. TITfi COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. agr-.'i.'., '.?"".arr- --' - - - - "TltDTIl WITHOUT VEAU AittrttvaY, jvovxjuisEiz to, teas. For tlio Cpluihbld Democrat. rbu Tiic urtioN fcLiity; ON SEASONiNG TlMBKij. There is it subject of considerable impor tance to all worked In wood; which is ion little attended to: t iricati tile culling and seasoning timber. It is khbwii that all kinds of wood shrink in seasoning, aiid this, fact is easily accounted for. All kinds of Wood shrink and swell as they are placed iii d dry or moist atmosphere; but the de gree differs greatly in different species. Those kinds that aro least open grained, as bass and poplar, sire life easiest affected, be cause though the texture bf the wood is pretty uniform and not marked by alternate hard and soft strata, usually called "-3itmmer and winter growths," ybl the wood is soft and infinitely porusl These pOrcS aro more numerous in soft, thaii in hard wood, and morb evenly dispersed through the entire body; dnd henco moisture pervades the whole mass quicker by reason of capillory attractioh: it is not, however, entirely cer tain that these kinds ultimately expand any more thrill the harder soils willj if exposed to tho action of water a sufficient length of time; This is wbrth the troubles of experi ments; but ihy object is to examine ahdther branch of the subject. Timber is always liable to damage from insects and worms. The result of my experience is, that oak of all kinds, together with soma other kinds of upland limber, is most liable lo he dam aged if cut during the new of tho moon, and seasons with the least, if cut during the three last days of the last quarter.' Oak woo'd U heaviest and fnost firm and elastic if felled in February and August, and the more light and britfle if felled when the bark is loose. Ash, maple; hickory, pine and some other sorts aro alrrfofhiu're to bo injur ed unless felleil in the new of thb moon,' be ing exactly the reverse of oak. Beech is the most difficult of any timber to preserve, and though best cut during the new of the mooii, yet it will then be eaten unless strip ped of the bark and put in a very dry place. It is filrther; very liable to rot. I leave the matter stand on tile basis of naked assertion, and reserve the proof; Ifncccssary, till ano ther occasion, and in tho riieanwhile, appeal to the experience of all wbod-Workmen to attest thb truth of the position I have been accustomed to hear rill asser tions of thl3 kind ranked with that species ofsuperstition, familiarly called "pow-wov ing," and the wiiolo catalogue " laughed to scorn." No man despises these idle whims supposed to be brought about by witch craft and supernatural mcan3, more than I do, The ridiculous farce 6'f shooting ma- gle balls to wound persons hundreds of miles off, dr hiding a stone to prevent a cifw from ratur'ning to a former owner, I think scarce 'worth evert contempt; but tho circumstances attending the seasoning of timber, though at first view they Hppear of kindred growth aro, I conceive of rrllidh higher birth, and susceptible of rational demonstration. If tlio facts cxisf a3 I have premised thoy do, and admit of being accounted for on ration al priumples, then I hope I shall be heard without derfsion, and tho subject Will as sumo a rank ip rational science. It is admitted that the ebbing and flowing of (he tides is caused by the attraciion of the iho'on, Sometimes in conjunction with, and sometimes in opposition to, tho sun. This I assume as a fart demonstrated by others.and therefore need not inquire wheth er the influence is exertedf through the agency or medium of light, or in some oth cr way. It is sufficient for my purpose that (he influence acts on tlio aqucbus fluid thrdtijjh some medium. Farmer's observe that rriantire nut on c?rass ground at some times will raise up with tho grass as it grows, but at oilier times the ma nure sinks into the ground and is scarcely to bo found in a tveek or two. So also if a light board or shingle be thrown on tho ground in the spring, it will raise with tho grass as it grows, or it will imbed itself in to the earth: Books tell me that a pieco of beef, when boiled, swells out nearly even with tlio bonesf if tho cuimal was slaughter j eJ iu otlb'stcge of tlx moon's pluti, hm that if killed during another sta'n. tho tU.i, Will coulracl and tho bones will nehes at eilhcr.sido. : Now if these effects exist, they miiM spring from some cause, and as the eficci. are periodical, and change with the moon that body must bo an agent in produclr! them. If tho moon bo an agent, it, mu operate on sOhib property, br romiluent cdfyn)on to all tho substances and thin J timber, flesh, iic. .Upon looking over thn subject, I find no property column Ip.tljerA all except water, and hence 1 pqpehtdo tfiaf must bo the agent through whicK tboinflu, mien renclin.q nil ihin kmlla. ti.1..& t uiitu ic.iciius an incao oouies. t hn'rhni contracts if the stato of tho animal at tin' mornenl bY death was that of contracting' aiid iiice versti. The contraction only tafe place after being iioatcil bdeauss the riaidit j of muscles prevents that result when cold bin when iri a state of partial fusion, they mm I'uojuuii io wnicn iney wera inclining at tho time they were arrested bv dcathi Timber Is injured by insects and wrmi'' uuiuiueruni sons oi woou produce different animals; and henco ono sort suiters damage I in". . . . . , .. ' f cut at ono time, and another at another The reason of this is, that tho nit ox egg of onb species of insect is deposited in ono stago bf the moon's changes, and of anothtr at another. If the tree be felled when ti, ast brood has flown dut and prior to a nsw deposite, it will escape damage exoept from a larger kind of worm which infects only ftfS'lfl tmna nriA fn 1 1 n n titnl.n. L t t uwwy. iiuug anu Ji411bll fcllI!Ut''l, IS OfiU JllIlCl of infi'cel makes the deposite during the first and the oilier during the last quarter of the moon, it follows lhat the cutting must keep pace with the deposite to atold tho efieets thereof. Tlio nit bim? b nee dennailml ! eft to the action bf the fluids of the tree to nialure; and hence it is matured only at that time when the sap is operated on, or in such state as to mature h. Orifihi. inn.,. nee is upon the fluids of the insect, and causes the deposite at a particular stage of that efl'ect, the practical operation is tho same, because the insect is, in either ease, prouucea anu brought to( Me periodically, and that period coincident with the chann' oftho moon. Such, it bcciirs to mc, is too oatise bf tins' mysterious matter; and though I do nof pre tend to know tho names, genus.foo. of thtia insects, nor the time of depositing their niw, jrci i uuutcivc uiu argument suiucienuy rc- ovcrit' to remove the subject out of tho ridiculous; the superstitious; or tvitchcraft harbouring grade,' and to entitle It tbaean did and scientific examination. For ths purpose of having it examined by the Un ion Club I have brought it thus hastily into notice, in a very crude and unst'ientiHc manner. I have only mentioned the flesh as an in cidental circumstance, because investigating of that article, though it might be gratifying, Will not be substantially beneficial to man kind, tho weight of the animal being tho same in either state. But investigatien to far olS timber and manure aro concerned is highly necessary and proper,J because im- provoirfenl in knowledge of these topics will be advantageous to the farmer and me chanic, and through them to the community at large. Tlio farmer should certainly haul out ma nure at the time most likely to benefit lift land most; and the mechanic should cut timber for wagons, bridges, houses, &c at the tiirio which will insure the greatest du rability and strength. EZHA S. IIAYIIURST. Read November 2, 1SU8, before the Un ion Club, CattaWlssa, and directed to bo published in the " Democrat," bv the Club. The Governors of Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and MassachusetU( have appointed Thursday, the 29th dy o'f No vember, inst. to bo observed as a day t public Thanksgiving. O what a rumpus there Will be among the turkovs. It is said thai during tho fifteen days tlia Giraffes have bUen exhibited in Philadel phia, about tliirly-ievcn thousand person havo visited them. Mr. S. S. Phelps has been elected Uni ted States Senator, by the Vermont Legis lature, for sis yeais from the -1th of March next. The Cincinnati! Post says .It is esti mated on apparently Correct data, that fif teen hundred emigrants arrive daily in tf'3 vaiioy ot the Mississippi. gfwwroii IIIWHII I The Cincinnati! News states that tho vv tor is so low in the Illinois river, tint i'1' fish have to swallow each other iu ordor d make room.'
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