Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-08-20

~SAvAHrAH, August 8.

We learn from the Western papers,
that che the President has ordered a
ihousapd stand Of ar ms TO be conveyed
to Fort Mitchell; a company Of United
States troops bad already arrivedthere.
| All fear Of offensive operations on the
part OF the Indians had subsided. The
last Columbus Enquirer ccusss Col.
Crowell of unnecessarily spreading
alarm. 1t will be recollected that the
same paper, of The week previous,
charged him with criminal neglect, in
not communicating to Governor For
syth lhs hostile intentions OF the In
dams, and warning the frontier settle
mcnts Of their danger; and lsuds Col.
Lewis for taking this duty en himself
Now, when it appears that nc such
hostile intentions existed, and that
those warnings were altogether i'm.
proper, the same paper horls its tiny
aBsthamss against Colonel Crowell
for his oificiogsness iD spreading these
reports. But so the Editor caR have
an opportunity of spir,ing bis ink ia
the face OF an old enemy, it matters
bui little with him whether it he for
doing his day or neglecting ii.
- Mercng
Cal. Austin, of the Mexican State Of
Coahuila and Texas, has forwarded to
Mr.. Tanner a manuscript map Of
Texas, embracing the country frem the
Sabine on the east tn the Nneces on
the weSt. and from Red River TO the
coasts Of the Gulf Of Mexico; thus
comprehending a region with which
we are almost estirely unacquainied.
The map is accompanied By a brief
description Of the physics. aspect of the
country, With notices Of its settlements
and improvements generality Mr..
Tanner proposes to publish, entire, this
important work. Nat Gd2,
90 Thursday. the soth ult cne Of the
Gnest horses attached to the New Eng
lish modelled stage, belonging to the
Despatch Line. dropped dead on the
Trenton Road, within two miles of the
City Of New Brunswick, in consequence
Of excessive heat.-Pouison.
lightning On Sunday afternoon
last, a carriage house belonging to Mr.
Jane. Wood of Moore Hall, Schuilkiil
township, Chester county, was struck by
lightning and burnt to the ground
About 400 dozen of wheat were burned,
but the carriages aud other articles 10
the building were rescued from the
hames.-B
A Eek Shark was killed in the harboi
of Wiscasse,, Maine. recently. he was
owe IS feet long girted more than 4
feet, and had three rows of teeth: his
akin has been stuffed
Harris6urgh penn } August II.
Distressing On Thursday last Hen
~ shubert. sen of Mr.. Henry shubert,
of Lykens Valley, in this county, aged
about 3 years who had been playing
about his father's mill dam, was sudden.
" missing The mill which had been
in operation. was Immediately stopped,
and search made for the child, whose
body was al iengtb discovered under the
gate Of the fsre bay, and n%otwithsiand
ing the greatest exertions we're mads,
il was near an hour before the gate,
which was tightly TANNED between the
bsdy and the foer Of the mill. could
be opened, and the body returned to the
bereayed parents.
A writer in one ofthe Western papers,
a few years sgo, introduced the follow.
ing figure in a glowing description of
the Valley Of the Mississippi:
".Appendant to this great Valley, are
two little slopes or strips ofiand. the one
extending from the Allegheny ridge to
the Atlantic contains The old thirteen
Statss; the ether, stretching from the
Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, is inha-
bited by numerous tribes of Indians!"
This is amusing enough but when we
come 10 examine into the facts, il seems
that the whole super6ces of tire Quilted
States contains about four hundred mil
lions Of acres, and the Atlantic States
comprise a little overtwo hundred mil
lions. The territory ofthe Allie ghanies,
therefore, compared with that lying
west of the same ridge bears the pro
portion OF one TO seven. We must con.
fess, however, that the old thirteen
states form a most respectable appen
dage, and that any country might be
oroud f. Illinois Initial