The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-09

T'fis opl, -fitrtaal method is te smother
il with "a large cloth, WINCH can Only bt
applied wbrn the ~-ppuiiDg and flame has
.oinea hat abai.d. Tl,p intervals between
the times of si,ouilng ate uncertain, i has
been know IL spout two or three Times
in n week, 81 may be seen 10 spout at any
time, by putting dow the poles after the
well has been eight or ten days unoccupl
ed.
81 Louis, Sept. 27.-A detachment ofihe
Isl Iiegt. Infantry, consisting of four copan.
les, g. 60 recruits Of the 9Th Regiment, en-
barkcd at this place, under the immediate
order of Maj kearny, for Council Bluffs,
an The III inst. in fur keel boats of the
first aud second class. This detachment,
we underfta0d, IS IL form part of tue mi
lliary escort that il To ascend the Missouri
sail) next spting from Council Bluffs, with
Cen. Atkinson and siaI. O'FaIlon, com
m%is-ioners appointed under the act of
T. narrss of the eBth of VI y last, 10 hold
treaties of trade and friendship with the
Western t1nes o~flndians.
The ke,l boats which compose the
transportation of the troops, are provided
with machieuely ON new and improved
plan, invented by Gen. Atkinson, mud ex-
ecu,ed by Gregg M'Daniel, a skllfal me
chanic. The machinery consists 0fa shaft
thrown across ilir centre of the boat, with
a wattr wheel At each end q FIVE feet
cog heel IN the centre Of The shaft, and
put in mniion by another cog-whrei three
feet four inches, resting on an iron shaii
which supports II n, wheel at one end, OF
eight feel IN diareter. The fly aud small
cog wheel are moved by u crank project
ing from an arm of the ny.wheel, with
two pltmans, which are imprlIed by sol
diers seated on from right To ten benches,
fur abreast, with a succession of crOss
bars before each beuch, contained III a
frame that moves on slides. with n three
feet stroke of the crank. The men are
comfortably seated under an awning, shell
tered from the sun and rain /: the labor
much lighter than row ing with IA commo
oar, and the boats are propelled with a
velocity sufficient To stem the most rapid
currents in the Missouri. The notilla
made St. Charles from this place IN about
two days, "A distance that requires at l"a't
four days by boats propelled in the ordi
nary mode. II is asccrtaiued that these
transports will make twenty miles per day,
and tllirty IN cases of emergency.
Captain Shalrr, of the 9th regiment,
has arrived with o. recruits from Louis
vile, after being detained a month On the
Ohio ny low water.
This detachment will set out for Council
Bluffs, We understand, in a day or two.
Eng.
FROM COUNCIL BLUFfS.
81. Lou,s, Sept. 30.-Maj. O'Fai'on,
Of the lpdian Department, arrived here a
few ia, since from Fort Atkinson, which.
post he left on the 10Th September, and
descended the Mlssosri in IN open skill.
We learn by a passing conversation with
Mai. O'Fallon, that the Mexican comtnls
%sioners, whom he expected to meet at the
Bluffs, did not arrive. A commission HdS
appointed by the Mexican government,
headed by n distinguished citizen Of that
country, named Bcscari, formerly COVER
nor of the province, and conspicuous for
his military character aud achievements
This commission, hoNever, owing to the
unsettled state Of the relations With the
CaInanchrs, (whnm as the governor alleges,
were supposed To harbor some treacherous
designs against the expedition and the &C.
tual poverty of the new government, was
finally dissolved in a councils of several of
the most respectable citizens. aud some a.
msricans, Nhs were At Santa Fee. II was
determined, however, tn send an express
To Council Bluffs, t" apprize Mayor Oral.
Ion of these transactions, and upon the
suggestion of the Americans, the governor
wrote accordingly, expressing his sorrow
AT the failure of the original design, but be-
sccchiug our mrdiation with the Indians,
promising, ON the part Of hi, province, TO
comply with any regulations or measures
that might he adopted To hflng about the
desired peace. About the first of August
the express arrived AT Council Bluffs, com
posed of DC Spaniaris aud christiaalzCd
Indians, and accompanied 10y an American
formerly OF 81. Louis named Bead, as IA
guide. As soon as practicable the Indians
were assembled, aud in "A council Major
O'Fallon explained, with much esrnestness,
the great necessity al bar yiug the tona-
hawk with their Mexican ncighbors -tliat
he was instructed, b, his @ ernmrnt, To
demonstrate spir,tedly against their derrc.
dations, aud insist upon an immediate
cessation OF hosiillties against our friends,
the Spaniards. lie also urged the great
soliritude which the government of New
Mexico fell on this subject, aud of their
sincere desire to cultivate peace and pre-
serve n good underestimate with them
The Spaniards were quiet aud silent spec
tators at these conferences.
The character OF the Missouri Indians,
rs usual, displayed itself on this OCCASION
The Pawnrrs, ~ first, did not lend y very
willing en- to the proposition for peace =
urging that the war WAS a profitable one
10 them, and nothing was 10 he acquired
by peace-that they had been once ii peace
with the Sphnidrds, aud never got any
thing more than their empty hdnd-hut,
" when We come to visit you,'' addressing
Maj O'FalIon. " we net only get your
hand, hat something 10 .moke"-tha,
peace with the Americans was rs profta-
bic To them as a war with the Spaniatds-
4" bat" they concluded, Gas you desire and
insist upon it, we will make peace with