Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-09-06

dams " lo alone escaped the camp of the friendly
Sucs.
1--WE learn further, that keoliucS, the chief of
the friendly Sacs, had given up his nephew, YOUNG
warrior as being the murderer of IA man named
William Martin, in Warren county, III.
Gen. Scott, it is said has determined to chas-
tise the w lnnebagoes, for suffering their young
men 10 engage IN hostties against the Wh',es, and
Tot ailord'ng protection and subsistence 10 the Sacs
and Foxes"
" Thornton successor Of Isaac Hill rs Sc
cond Comptroller, has written IL james Watson
Webb, ordering the discontinuance of the Courier
and Enquirer sent 10 his office. Shoot the deser-
tcrs"
4, a. Gen. Jackson was invited to par,akc of
Public Dinner by the citizens of Nashville on his
arrival at home, which, however he declined He
was escorted into that city by large procession, in
carriages and on horseback amidst ,lr roar Of can
not and the bouts of u people. and par,ook with
his friends -"' ac2IIhiaI|aIlaonRspared for the
occasion
Colonization SoecfV.AN( ny No of the
" Africa" Repository, Ga Journal published month
at Washington city unhcr the superintendent
of the Managers 9th. Colonization Society, and
the profits of which are devoted to lis causcN
contains a mass OF interesting and gratifying nfor-
nation.
Among Other things, We rotice donation Of
5000, made by Mr. Henry Sheldon, of New York,
which he proposes 10 have invested in some safe
and productive fund aud the interest to be applied
annually towards dciiayins the expenses Of II High
School in the colony Of Liberia. This fund will
doubtless soon he swellcl 10 an amount sufficient
for the purpose contemplated. We are glad TO SEE
the anxmty prevailing, both among the Colonists,
and those who are sending them to Africa, 10 com
asysem of literary instruction, the fruits Of whirh
will be seen and felt in all its future dcs,imes.
The amount of contributions to the Society, from
the 2'd of May 10 the 2sth oiluly last, amount to
the sum of Sa,41e!. Among the items hich go to
make up this sum, is the sum Of 1920, donations
made to the Agent Of the Society in Lugiaud
Other items nre, 5000, from tho Pen ,syyania Co.
lonzl,lon Sni.iy, $500 from the Connection, Colo.
n'2ation Society, aid two cgaces of $3l7 dc
vlsedb by J. +. Lawrence If Salem, Mass, and ano
tier Of $500, lef by james Ferguson Of w ashing-
ton county, AID
- W stated IN last, in our remarks rela-
tive TO hc discovery 81 the tern nation of the Nicer
hiatt n Rritu Oh ~ II.
dtion 10 Central Africa, under the mcnagcmen, of
Richard Lander the discoycrer, to make farther in.
| vestgaons, &c. In this we find that we were mis-
taken. The London Literary Gazette says, the ex-
petition which has inst sailed from Liverpool is
simply mercantile speculation, though, in unison
with the spirit OF the times it purposes to combine
| objects of greater and more general interest," The
Gazette adds
"Thc leading feature is, to introduce British
| manufactures into regions hitherto unknown to the
civilized world ; and, with traffic, 10 dfu.c i'm
proyement ofevery kind of which the natives may
| be 70 md susceptible. The vessels arc accordingly
laden with articles acceptable to the African ropu
lation and returns OF African produce anticipa-
ted by the shippers to remuncra,c them even in the
has nothing do with the outfit of this expedition
Lieut.. William Allen, of the Royal Navy, pro-
| cecds with il; but without rank or command as u
passenger, instructed to make surveys and OBSERVE
tons, for which We learn he is we'll qualified by his
scientific attalnmcnts. Richard Lander, 10 whom
We owe this grand geographical discovery, may,
ofcourse, be consid rcd ms the head of the par
| ~ which he accompanies IN his third voyage 10 AZ
RIGA. Whh him is associated Mr. Land Jun. Of
| Liverpool as supcrcargo. MIR. Laird we under
stand, is an able engineer and otherwise intelli-
gent and well Informed. Messrs Briggs and Har-
ris are the master aud surgeon and we presume
the surgeon to he sufficient naturalist, and cspc.
caly botanlst, competent to investigate the very
important branches connected with these sciences
either for philosophical or commercial results Al
together, have tervent hopes respecting this de-
sign, and mos, heartily DO we wish it success We
had almost forgot TO notice that the travellers cnrry
with them number Of copies OF an address, pre-
| pared in Arabic by Mr. Salane, and intended 10
explain the objects of their visit to the native chiefs
and kings. These are on all kinds Of colored pa
per AMI being adorned with pictures of the two
steam boats, are likely enough to be regarded not
merely as ambassadorial letters, but beautiful
specimens of the fine rrts, by the soyereigns to
whom they are presented
CROPS For soma time past the fine rains and
seasonablc weather have caused our fall crops to
assume an altered aspect. The corn, which had
been checked and parchedby the long and severe
drought Of June and July, now promises plentiful
harvest. The tobacco too has nendcd very much
and though the crop planted was unusually small
from ,e want of plants and seasonable weather at
the usual planting time, there will be much more
made than was anticipated Ia the early part Of the
season.