Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-17

or, and the intermediate country,
have recently made their annual visit
to their friends at this post Among
the number, were about 40U Sacks,
distinguished by their boldcarriagc and
bald heads, on which is generously
left one small tuft of hair upon the
crown, for the accommodation of a
| scaIpng enemy A gentleman who
| visited Amhcrtsburg last week, est
| mates the number of Indians there, At
that time, at 5000.
I Michigan Herald.
Coincidences.-The present is re.
maf<able age for colncident events
Ia the Evolutionary annals, singu
Jar event took place, which ought to
lsbe recorded.
On The 14th Oct i777, three Gen
eral Officers of the name of Clinton,
were concerned in a military affair,
which took place in the Highlands, in
(which they were all more or less sue
Icessfnl. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton,
chief Of the British Army, pushed a
small force IN two or three vessels OF
war, up the North River, and attack.
ed and carried forts Montgomery and
Clinton, situate in .beHighlands, "a few
miles below West Point. This was
accomplished, after brave resistance
in the forts by Gen: Geo. Clinton,
Chen Governor of New York. and
Gen. james Clinton, Ohe father of
the present Governor who had but
few hundred militia with them. But
although Gen, Sir HI. Clinton was for
tunaie enough to capture the forts, yet
Generals George and James Clinton
had the luck TO make their escape,
with a part Of the garrisons; leaving
in killed, wounded and prisoners, a
bout $50. General James Clinton re-
ceived bayonet wound in she thigh.
Sir Henry suffered loss of three
field officers killed, and in dead and
wounded about 300 men.
Russian Discovery Ship.--The
Russian corvette Enterprise, com
manded by capt. Kotzebue, has arriv.
ed at Portsmosth, after three years alb
sence, during which time she has
been employed in exploring the coast
Of North America, adjacent to the
Russian settlements, Aleutian Arch
pe!ago, the coast of Kamchaka, and
the sea of Ochotsk, taking also the
range Of the South Sea Islands, visit
ing the Sandwich island of Owyhee,
since the burial of the king and queen,
by Lord Byron That island was
tranquil, and advancing in prosperity,
The natives expressed themselves much
gratified with the attention bestowed
on the remains of their late king and
queen. The Enterprise touched al
Manila, which place she quilted on
the 23d January, when the Spanish
settlers had abandoned The idea of sep.
arating from the mother country of
Spain, from which a new governor
had recently arrived with reinforce
ment of European troops.
The first Bank.-In 1772 the idea
suggested by the vast increase of the
Venetian Commerce, induced pay
ments by transfers, or by writing ofilhe
SUN to be paid from the account of the
payer to the receiver, without the trou-
BILE Of weighing out goldrand silver
Persons thus Interested in mutual ex-
changes, obtained charter of incOr
pOration for the management OF their
joint concerns, and thus produced the
bank Of Venice, the first 6anL; euer
established an the aoorld, 1t was
conducted with such discretion and
advantage, that it maintained its credit
unimpeached, through centuries oflev
oIution, furnishing the most beneficial
facilities to commerce. The example
was soon followed, and banks were
established in process of time, in all
the trading cities of the Mediterranean,
with greater or less success, as they
were prudently managed, much as it
happens IN our own times, upon W hich
the experience of centuries 'shou d not
be lost.