The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-27 00:00:00

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MILI.F.DOVILIF., Nov. S.

TaniAs i'IIILANTHROPT.—We oreneinnally meet with
Unita of (what) charaeter, an ilirintere.red and a/abloom hu-
mane and grooms's, as to prothee in th civilised mind
mingled cinotionar4f an onighttient anti delight. We till re-
member how Prichaliontiet, when Captain Smith, oar of the
first nettlets of Vtrcinia, cam, cal4livc, A:Ili about 50 hr
sacrificed, magmtninitimly tendered her own life te• a peace-
ntfering to the wrath nt her otren•led father, the win fictive
Powliatan ; and how she at length, by aamtlie.itian stud rut"
treaty, camed him to /pair 1111 C P.JOlleilei, of his devne. d Vie.
liin. We alto recol;ect, wilco Ctotaits Smith was afterwartl•
damned to tall by the hand of ireiwierry, that of thr dead
hour of the night •Ite t.e hint ituns of the itinientliiir slats-
gt'r, And at the omit instilment 1147.5ril rtreeted his rwalie.
Nor hare we forgotten the still more revel's, but no less
commeitilatilc conduct of the railliftil Atlaknllakulla. Aftet
rho perfidious massacre by the Chin okrrs of the gait-ham of
Fort Loo.lnn, sitniitell near the AluAelendiodls on the Ten

111'11%OP river. this nettle Chief, al wly• It, I'oll'llll of peter noel
of white melt, no stainer heard that Caputin Stewart (enlist-
ry tiently 411111;11'M agent of Indian affairs, sin, ing the exieleuer
of the eoloffial government) had escaped tle•th, than he has-
tened Si' the ,11:11, and pill chased him firms the India') oho
took him, giving by *ay of 11111,0111.11 k rifle, V 10111.4. and all
that lie could command. l'he of Captain Stewart beil,g
w.tain menaced, Inc refusing to aid the savages in their meth
fated redoctiott nt hill George, Artakullakolla resolved to
rescue his friend Weil the perilous situation in which he was
placed, tape' ish in the attempt. He fiecortlingly signified to
his countrymen that lie intended to go Istintine, and take his
poisoner with him to eat v (insole Hilving arrange:l every
thing, they set out on their journey —the il.statice to the
ft entier settlements was great, and suspicion of their design
beiug soon excited, the utmost expedition was necessary fo
prevent being overtaken by thou. in pursuit of them. Nine
days and 1601114 did they travel through a dreary wilderness,
'levee bee.tre traver-eil but by savages and wild beasts, shop.
ing their , onr.e by the sun and moil, and subsisting on what
ehance placed in their way, till they fell in with a party of
tisteers sent oust fnr tits protection of the frontier, who con-
dueled thefts in safety to the settlements.
The incident we ate a bont to reline, (an imperfect account
of whielt has heretofore been gisc.n), equally with the titeego-
ing. deserve% to be recorded. Duncan resi-
dent of this town, was a Georgia militia man, in the service of
the United Siate•, during the late Seminole-an war. While sta-
tioned at Fort Gadsden, on the Appalachieola, he one morn-
ing went fishing, and in attempting to return missed his wily,
and was several days lost in the stitromiling wilderness.—
After watelerilig about in various directions he was espied
and captined by a party of hostile Indians, headed by the
prophet Francis, who had an elegaut 'militia', a line brace
of pistols, and it British commission of Brigadier General,
which he exultingly showed to tlie prisoner. Having obtained
'the satisfaction they wanted respecting the strength and po-
sition of the American army, they begall to prepao 5- for the
intended sacrifice. 311-Krimmon was played at a slake, and
itheviithless savages haring shaved his head, and reduced his
body to a state ef nudity, formed themselves into a circle,
and &need !round him seine hours, Yelling all the while mast
horrilds. The .youngest daughter of the prophet, who is to
years of age, and represented by officers of the army we have
.Conversed 111111, to be a wnnian very superior to her associ
ales, was sail 41111 silent the whole time—she. participated not
in the general joy, hut was evidently, even to the affrighted
prisoner, unfelt pained at the savage scene 61IP was compelled
to witness. When the fatal tomahawk was raised to termi-
nate for ever the mortal existence of the unfortunate
ldcKrimmon. at that critical, that awful moment, Milly Fran-
cis, like all angel of mercy, placed herself between it and
death, resolmely bidding the astonished .executioner, if he
thirsted for human blood, to shed hers ; being determined,
she said, not to survive the prisoner's death. A momentary
passe was produced by this unexpected occurrence, and she
took ad vantege of the eireninstance to leiplere the pity of
her ferocious.father--who finally yielded to her wishes ; with
the intention, litswee er, it is believed, of murdering them both.
Hite could not sell ltleKrimision in the Spaniards, which was
luckily effected in a few days after, at St. Marks, fur seven
gallons 0,14110W' af rum.
As long as he 'retained a prisoner, McKtimmon's benefac-
tiess continued to sllaa, him acts of kindness. Now the for-
tune of war has placed her in the power of the white peo.
pee; she arrived at Fort G idsilen not long since, with a
member of others that had surrendered, in a starving condi-
tion. We are gratified to learn, that a proper respect for her
virtues induced the commanding officer, Colonel Arbuckle,
to relieve her immediate wants. 31eKrimmon appears to
have a due sense of the obligation lie owes the woman who
saved his life at the hazard of her own—he left town last
week to see her, and, as far as may be in his power, to alle-
viate her inisfortnues. It is also his firm determination, we
nisderstand, if she will consent, to make her his wife, and re-
side, provided lie ran prevail upon her to ale so, within the
settled parts of Georgia.
It thus appears, that rude and uncultivated minds are
stisceptible of the finest sensibility, of the warmest attach-
ments, of the must inviolable friendship ; and that they
.un„•tintes practise virtues which would do credit to a peo-
ple the most refined and enlightened.—Journal.

A general Rill of all the Christening• and Burials, from
Dee. la. 1817, to nee. 15. 1818 ;77 _

Christened in the 97 ;rumbas within the walls, 1,048; buried

Christened in the 17 parlehes without the walls, 5417; buried,
4,078.

.... ; _ .
Christened in the ?S out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey,
13.410 ; buried, 10,0,39.
Christened in the in parishes in the City and Liberties of West •
ounster, 4,45 g ; buried, 4,344.
Christ- f Ma:e5...12,430j In all
vied t Fern/dealt:lo3 24,233.
Whereof have died,
Under two years of age 5,381 Sixty and seventy 1.585
lietween two and five 1,815 Seventy and eighty 1.271
!nye and ten ROtt Eigitty and ninety 722
Ten and twenty 7O; Ninety and a hundred... 173
Twenty and thirty 1,453 A hundred 1
Thirty and forty 1.884 A hundred and one 1
Forty and fitly •-, oto A hundred and two 1
Fifty and sixty 1,8G4 A hundred and eight... 1
Decreased in the burials this year, 463.

Buried {Mate....9,88Z ) In all
Femaler 9,5•

A market gardener of the Haute of Fuller, re,itling in the City-
ro.stl, took to Ncwewe-market, on Wednesday morning. a fan of
horseradish, eon•.wung thirty sticks, of only one ►ears growth.
welghLig, when 'flannel for sale, 971 b., being nearly the weight of
one pond each suck