Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-24
MAuMEE BAY. lOhio,l Sept. 8.

MAuMEE BAY. (Ohio,) Sept. 8.
! Mr.. James b. Gardiner has concluded a very
important treaty at Maumee Bay, in Michigan,
| for cession of all the lands owned by the Otto
| wa Indians i'm Ohio about $4,000 acres 1t was
attended with more labor, and greater Difficult
ties than any treaty ever made in this State. 1t
was the last foothold which that savage, warlike
| and hostile tribe held in this their ancient dom-
! Mon.
The conditions of this treaty are very similar
| to those of the treaties of Lewistown and Wa
pashkonctta, with this exception, that the surplus
ayails of their lands, after deductlng seventy
cents per acre to indemnify the government, are
to be appropriated for paying the debts OF their
nation, amounting to about 90, 600 dollars. The
balance. If any. accrues to the tribe. Seventy
thousand acres of land are granted TO them, west
of the Mississippi.
The Ottawas are the most depredating. drunken
and ferocious Indians in Ohio. The reservations
ceded Dy them, are very valuable. and those on
the Miami Of the Lake embrace some OF the best
mill privileges in the state.
The City Bank Robbery.-It will be recollect-
cd that part of the money robbed from the Cl-
tv Bank some time since, was deposited by Messrs.
S. & NJ Allen. Yesterday forenoon man appi-
ed at their office in Wall street, with about 500
dollars in Vermont bank notes for exchange.
which they at once recognized or believed to be
part of the identical mates thus deposited and
robbed The man was detained, and after under
going an examination at the Police Office. was
committed for further examination. We under
stand this individual is William Parkinson, a
carver and glider, who kept shop at IA Will
liam street, brother of the wife OF Smith. one OF
The robbers of the City Bank. About 5000 dollars
in gold, silver, and bank notes, were found on
the person and in the house Of Parkinson. T.
Mercantile. .AdU.
Singular Occurrence. ON Sunday evening the
Sd inst a man, who called himself DANIEL SHA-
FER. voluntarily came before Michael BaltZell,
ESQ. magistrate of this city, and requested to
be committed to prison, alleging he had committed
murder, durngthe last winter, in Marietta.
Pennsy lvsn,a and that the reproaches of his con-
scient had become severe. that he was unable.
anv longer. to endure them. His narrative being
perfectly coherent. and he himself appearing en-
trelv sane. the magistrate complied with his re-
nuest and committed him. Since that time. under
his directions, communication has been had with
the proper authorities in Marietta, and such intel
ligrhCe received as confirms his hOrrld ;ale. His
story is, that during the deep snow OF last winter.
he. whilst in state Of intoxicatiOn. entered the
house of widow named Bowers. then living in
Marietta and, after violating her person. put her
to death BY strangling her. The fact of such
person having oeen found dead in her house,
about the time stated. is fully substantjatcd by
the accounts received from Maretia-and the
whole demeanor OF the prisoner, since his conhne-
ment, as well as his positive declarations has in
duced general belief in the truth of his singular
confession -FredericktoU Examiner.
Singular Claim--In St. John. \. E. paper
of 10th INST we find strange document. being
no less than claim made by the present Earl Of
Stirling and Dovan, as proprietor and hereditary
lieutenant Of all Nova Scotia, sc. it amounts
even to a claim of Sovereignty over the provinces
of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. SC. In CIR
cular titled IS address to the Public Authorities,
to the Land Settlers, Inhabitants. and all others
whom it may concern, i'll all the Angl o-Scottsh
Colonyof Nova. Scotia. including New Bruins
wick. &C. the Earl of ling and Dovan claims.
that the first settlement of the Colony was made
bv his ancestor SIR William Alexander, who was
afterwards created Earl of Stirling-that he had
a grant of the whole country from King James
the 9th. OF Scotland. by charter dated 10th
Sept. 1921. which was confirmed by Charles 1st,
on 18th July 1925, and these were ratified by
the Parliament Of Scotland in 1858. The Adj
dress touches on some of the important points of
the history of the country, which the Earl states
does not affect his rights. Time will soon show
the validity of this novel claim. set up by the
Earl of Stirling and Dovan, and show US how it
is relished by the Nova Scotians.
". T. Mer. Adv.
Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, has
followed the example of Washington City and