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CHEMIS'I'RY APPLIF.D to ARTS and
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[Ursa of a terror tmm a GerdOman in Augista, to his friend
au V trriula, doted July 21.
"DEAR Si a —Oa the night of the 31 of February
list, ar- teed in this place, in a deplorable condition,
Mrs Mary Jordan. who, with her husband and oil
children, were in January last carried away captives
by the Indians. Mrs. Jordanians forni.hed me with
tire following melancholy *ecotone of the massacre of
her husband and children, and el her owe soliesings
while with the savages
." An the night !Wein 'lid of .Tuanotry. MT, we
sure saidinly awakened from dueibet. by_ the
hideous yhils of savages, who, before we could put
eneselves in* situation to oppose them, subeeeded
in hating the doors of the tsoabe. 'Tiaff wain, to the
nunitiet of foot, or 267. IlißMAllie Mml
armea with tomahawks and soalohig heaves My
husband met them at the deer. mei in their own
tongue asked them what they wantedi—" scalps
etyma family !" was their answer. My hothead en-
treated them to have compassion on me and his in-
nocent caldron, but his entreaties availed nothing ;
tate were dragged naked out of the house, and tied
Severely with eords. By order of one who appear-
illestbe the Chief, about twenty of the Indians took
Amer of us. who were ordered to condoel u. with
odlrissible dispatch to their settlement. (about tloo
47distant) while the remainder were left to pd.
Ind fire the house. We commenced our jour-
out midnight. travelling through an uneulv
Algal wilderness, at the rate of near seven miles an
hour. If either of us, through fatigue, slackened
our pece,we were most inhumanly beaten, and threat-
, rind with instant death.
" After, a tedious travel of more than 10 miles,
the savages halted in a ateamp--here, for the first
tittle from tCetirne of our departure, we ware per.
miffed to lie down ; the Indiana kindled a fire,
on which they hthiled st-orie bear's flash, of which
they allowed as but a small portion.
" After they had refreshed themselves and ex-
tinguished their fire, we were again compelled to
pursue our journey ; we travelled until sun-set,
when the Indians again halted, and began to pre-
pare a covering tor themselves for the night. My
poor children complained much of their feet being
swollen, bat I was not permitted to give them any
relief. our NJr their father allotted to discourse with
hem. As night approached, we shook each other
by the hand, expecling never again to witness the
rising of the sou. Contrary to our expedations,
however, we had a tolerable night'. rest, and oa
the succeeding day, though naked, and halt starved.
travelled with much more ease than on the pee.
ceding one. The Indians occasionally allowed us
a little raw food, sufficient only to keep us alive.
' We this day travelled, according to the reckoning
of the Indian, neatly 40 miles, and were• about
sun-set. j4neal by the remaining savages who wen
W behielff; they were loaded with toe spoils of my
husband's property, among other articles they found
a keg of spirits, of which they had drunk plentifully
—as they became intoxicated, they exercised the
mare cruelty towards us; they beat my poor dial.
dren so urimacifelly that they were unable to stand
on their feet the next miming ; the Indians attri-
buted their inability to wilfulnesa, and again re-
newed their ads of barbarity, beating Carin with
clubs. cutting And gashing them with knives. and
scorching their naked bodies with brands of fire.—
Finding that their hellish plans had no other ailed
than to render the poor unhappy sufferers less
able to travel, they came to the resolution to butcher
them nn the spot.
`• Six holes were dug in the earth, of about five
feet in depth, around each of which some dried
braneles of trees were placed. My husband at this
moment, filled with horror at what he supposed was
about tot die place, broke the rope with which he
was bound. and attempted to escape from the hands
of the unmerciful cannibals. He was, however,
closely pursued. soon overtaker. and brought back
a. he pasted me, he cast his eyes tweeds me and
fainted; in this situation he was I i, c:d creel in one
of the holes. The woods now tecturided with the
h:tirt-piercing cries of my poor children—" spare,
sp tie my father !" was their cry—" have mercy
on my poor children was the cry of their father ;
it availed :g.4 my dear children were all
placed ii a viniatism similar to that of their father ;
the youngest Leafy Mos years old), broke from

The method for destroying ships in gunpowder,
which I propose. is. therefore, as follows :—Let
casks large enough to cwntitin 14 01b. of powder each
be provided. Let no low balls of iron, with several
orifices, and of the diamc er of the largest balls used
by ships be made.
To each cask of powder I would fix one of those
bails by means of an iron axis of such a length, that
alter the ball was placed in the cannon, the end of
the Bask might be several inches distant from the
mouth of the gun.
The ball, before it is placed in the cannon. is to
be filled witk tar or pitch—small lighted slips of
pine-wood. are to be stuck throueh the orifices of
the ball, which is to be lodged in a cannister, similar
to those used for red hot shot. This is to be done
immediately before the ball is placed in the can.

When the gun is fired, it is evident, the cask will
break to pieces against the first object it meets, and
the powder being set on fire by the blazing tar, will
instantly explode, destroying every thing around it.
A few of these casks would inevitably burn any
vessel of war whatever. l'he superior efts& of
these casks of powder, conneded with hollow iron
balls, filled with horning pitch, above red-hot shot.
1 am confident, if practised, would appear evident.
Projeds and investigations of this nature, may, by
some, b- suppo.ed barbarous and cruel ; but lam
satisfied. the more dieldful and destrudive the rn-
gines sit war can be inveated, that hostiliiies b.-tweets
nations *ill sooner cease, and that humanity in the
end will profit. J. W.
N.B. Perhaps on some future occasion. I mat
speculate farther on this snbjea. There are few arts
or sciences, which have contributed to change the
manners of mankind, more than the invention of
gun-powder, and there is no science still more sus*
ceptible of improvement. thas that at guatis.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GOTEENBURGH it AIL.

INDIA.

MADRAS COURIER -F 11. 1807.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Cent. Cnnaols 641
lb per Cent Nary 96, ij
Qtnalunt I ovens.
India Bon& 1 Cs par. 2 do.
Emeheciwo Eitta 2a. dii. par.
English Lottery Marta. VOI. 19a.
Om* for

urtf AVO
T. first regular canuonading was !maid here
hens the Danish coast on Monday last, which cou.
tiuued until the evening; a firing has since been
beard atintelvals, but not a vigorous one ; so that
we hope the resistance made will not be very obsti-
nate, especially when the Dimes see the powerful
mid well-appointed force that is come against

A !reclamation has been issued at Elsineur, for
sequestrating all English property, and seals base
been put upon the English Consul's house, and up-
on the houses of the other English who have left
Elsinear. The like, it is presumed, has been done
at Copenhagen, where, it is said, English persons
were ordered to be arrested, as well as throughout
all Denmark.

The Door Castle. G. Richardsoa, Lend Keith,

Ramage, and Mean, M,Taggart, recaptured the
ship Aiming Rotaisr, off Ackeen ; she had been

takes only a few days before by a French privateer.
The do6airal Rainier is arrived in the river.
We hear that the above liidiarnen fell in with the
eltrinoniere and Padoeonlee French frigates, but the
latter kept at a respedable distance, and did not at-
tempt to molest the Indiamen, who were well pre-
pared. and eager to give the enemy battle.
We learn by a passenger arrived here, that rice
it Manilla was exceedingly dear, having been sold
at about eight dollats per bag. Bread was likewise
,elear in proportion.
MADRAS, stases 11, 1807.
04Monday last arrived His Majesty's ship Ma. .
xi, Captain Wilbraham, and the Dither sloop of
war, Captain Montague.
CALCUTTA, 7111. 14.
Yesterday advice, reached town of the return
to this port of the Hanourable Company's ships
Aferitsir frelledey and Alaregoasse of t refer, front
Madras, which they left on the 14th ult. We ult-
. derstand these ships will proceed again to Madras
7' with cargoes of grain.