The Arkansas advocate., 1830-10-13

ut. ludt5 tudt Nsetoap4e Jooihai VIII f3ood- blv not De discontinued as was anticipated, and perhaps anxiously wished for, by the .sseftied policy mea;" though the Editor ob- serves, that circumstances connected with the great design of that paper, requires its location to be at New ' ork or PhiIadel- Phia, instead of Washington City.
 We understand that fourteen of the par 1T, who set out on hunting expedition to tbe Rocky Mountains, last spring, from this gIace, have returned to Fort smith-the balance, consisting of 30 or 40 had pro- oeeded on the expedition. Rumor says, that . rencountre had taken place between the party, and a party of the Pawaee In- dians, in which or 4 of the Indians were killed.
 Mr. '' Sam5o, in the last Gazette, has discovered that the ancient Diodoras s. ealas was one of the most unblushing 9iars of his day." Now as it appears that the name of this author has excited some curiosity, permit us to say 3 word or two about him, and to offer remark in iusti fcation of his modern namesake. Ne do not pretend to be as well versed in ancient history as 's seaa6o" appears to be; but as faithful critics of more modern times, we will assume to ourselves the right of riy- ing our opinions as to the assertions of au- thors of our own day. Diodo,us the an- eieat, was born at Argyra in Sicily, from uhich he takes his name of .Sieal5s. He wrote historyof Egypt, Persia, Syria. Media, Greece, Rome and Carthage; he labored for ao years in these productions, and visited all the places of which he has made mention. He lived in the reign of J. Gaesar and Augustus, and spent much time at Rome in order to procure informa- ton 10 authenticate his historical nara lions. He WAS however, too credulous in some of his narrations, and dgelt too long uPoa fabulous reports and triaine incl dents His important works were com posed of 40 books, of which only 15 are re- F'aitling; his style is clear and neat, and very suitable to history. He is termed by some author, the most celebrated Greek historian Of iiis day. Ne have been thus concise in describing the particular char acteristics of this author, merely to show that l" Sq@bo" was little mistaken. As % urmoacrn :. Diodoras ''-the stories set forth in his ischapters, or books if you please. are aiyested of every thing like a5Ie; they are plain and forcible statements, which Hantrpe, can be proved to be so, without Feyerting to aeeiea history. lie appears to take the yf5es ffhe Gasefte for his guide, and narrates fuels which every reader of that paper is intimately acquainted with. The Editor of that papermay possess some information on the subject, at least as aas- a'eatic as does cur author-win he grs..ify ns so far as to let us know2
 We have lately come into possession of some facts, with which we were not so in- slmately acquainted, when an article on the same subject was penned, which ap- peafed in our paper of the 29tl ut Let the reader take the trouble 10 examineth the hrst Editorial article in the Gazette of the @,sd ult. and bear in mind the conduct of That Editor on a prior occasion, he can but mark the inconsistency of that Editor; all inconsistency which has formed leading featnre Tn the whole of his Editorial ca Feer. When he was called on for the au- thor of publication which had appeared ln hls paper. he yefqsed to divulge the name of that author, unless the person call Ing for 1t would pledge hinsseJf jn inviting, sss's Ae 'ods not prompted 70 tbat measure from naotires ef curiosity, bat fhas # .oas " PERSONAL SATIsFACTIONo De 'onsht .fog. in a subsequent paper. MT. osdrutf had the assurance to comment upon the course pursued by other Editors.
 Ae have received the following letter rom correspondent at Greenock. A. T. ' z arc not at present prepared to make any comment upon the subject, and we Therefore give it to our readers as we re- eeived is.
 :" have just returned from Mai. Fooy, ono left the Choctaw Treaty on the 29th atimo. He says that the Treaty was not made at that date, and was likely to fail; out that the Chickasaw Treaty was made anai, If the Chiekasaws could find coun- sry to please or suit them. The Indians