The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-11-20

AMERICAN HISTORY.
From The Democratic Pres..

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In 1889, the legislature Of Md. made
tobacco legal tender, at one penny per
pound, & Indian corn at twenty pence per
bushel. The inhabitants of New York
were this year estimated at nearly IS 600;
those of Pennsylvania above $4,000; those
Of Virginia above $4,000 and those Of
South Carolina TO 10 or $4,000. iwas
this year estimated that the Cherokee es
had 5000 fighting-men the Choctaws D
bout 5000 the Upper Creeks $500 and
tho Chickasaws 700.
In 17S5,the government Of New York,
now in the hands of governor Crosby,
was arbitrarily administered. Free stric.
lures being made on him and his council
in the Weekly Journal, the council or.
dered three numbers of that Gazette to
be burnt by the sheriff. John Peter
ZeDgcr, the printer, was at length impri-
soned, by warrant from the governor
and council and after a severe impri-
sonment of thirty.fve weeks, vas tried
for printing those offensive papers,
Andrew Hamilton, an eminent lawyer of
Philadelphia. though aged and in6rm,
learning the distresaes OF the prisoner y
the importance of the trial, went TO New
York to plead Zenger's cause, and made
SO able Q plea that the jury brough, in
the prisoner not guilty. The common
council of the city of New York, for this
noble and successful service, presented
Mr.. Hamilton his freedom of their corpo-
ration, in gold box.
The Spaniards succeeded in 1883 in
inducing the negroes of South Carolina
to rise against the whites. At Stone
they surprised and killed two men, in a
warehouse from which they took guns
and, Ammunition chose captain and
with drums beating and colours flying,
marched to the South, burning every
house and killing every white person
they met and compelling the negroes to
Join them. The alarm soon reached
Wiltown where large Presbyterian as.
sembly was attending Divine service.-
The men, who, according 10 law of the
province, had brought the lr arms to the
place of worship, left the women in the
church, and instantly went in pursuit of
the negroes. Awaiting themselves of
their military skill and ofthc intoxication
of the negroes, they attacked them in en-
open field, killed some and dispersed the
rest. Most of the fugitives were taken
and tried. All the leaders and FIRST insur-
gents were put to death, those who had
been compelled to join were pardoned.-
As many as FIVE hundred negroes had fed
to St Augustine where they were enroll
ed, clothed and paid the same as the re.
gular Spanish soldiers.
From Gardens Anecdotes, of the Revolution.
LOASTER.
An instance of intrepidity in ali individ-
| ual belonging to the brigade commanded
by gen. Sumter, deserves to be recorded.
| A detachment of mounted militia had
been sent out by the general to watch the
movements of the enemy, Fastening, un-
der the command clifford Rawdon to the
relief of Dinety-six, and came up with
their rear guard to a place called Juniper
Springs, abou. fifteen miles distant from
CRANKY. The British cavalry, who COM
posed it, were of much superior force,
and being in every respect better pre-
pared for action, quickly disconnected
the American detachment, and put them
to flight. A poor German,n amed Loas-
ter, belonging to the American party,
mounted on sorry pony, with rope bril-
die, and corresponding equipments, with
no other arms than musket, which he
had already fred off, was assailed by a
British dragon, who aimed several des.
lperate blows at him with his sabre, which
were warded off with the musket with
extraordinary dexteri:y, Loaster calling
out after every parry, "Huzza for Ameri.
|ca." While in this perileus situation, q