Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-04-29

The hidians.--A general disposition to take !
up the Ratchet is being manifested by various
tribes Of savages on the western and southern !
borders Of the United States. correspon-
lent of the Journal Of Commerce writes from
Washington, April 20th,-"The war on the
western frontier is likely soon to break out in
general blaze. A letter was read in the House
today from the Secretary of War to the Chair
man Of the Military Committee, urging the i'm
mediate adoption of measures for the defence
of the western country, and stating that there
was great reason to apprehend general Indian
war. Mr.. Sewer delegate from Arkansos)
stated that he had just received a letter from
Red River, informing that number of citizens
had recently been killed by the Camanches,
and that the number of these Indians was two
hundred thousand, Of whom large proportion
are fighting men. The Creeks ARE also in mo-
ton, and Judge White, Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, states that they have
ten thousand warriors, which is a greater num-
Der than they have been supposed to possess"
The Milledgeville Geo Journal Of the 10th
instant says: ave hear it rumorcd that the
Creek Indians are exhibiting indications of a
turbulent and hostile spirit. Ten or fifteen
families it is said have already fled to Colum-
bus for safety. The Indians attacked the plan
tation Of one man, shot down his cattle before
his face, broke open his corn crib, and drove off
with them six negroes. Such is the story that
has reached here;-if true, the Chiefs of the
Nation should be instantly seized and held as
hostages for the good conduct of their tribes"
A letter received in Charleston confirms the
above, and says the Indians were assembling in
large bodies with hostile intentions, and that
the whites were becoming alarmed.
Probable Battle ,riih the Indians. Extract
of letter, dated
VoLusIA, March &c, P. M.
ga firing of cannon and bursting of bombs
was distinctly heard from three till eight o.
clock last evening, (the guide says) between
Fort King and Withlacoochee. Conjecture is
busy to-day as to the cause and result. IL is
generally supposed that Scott had attacked the
Indians there, especially as the 25th was the
day stated for ali attack to be made.
Latest from Teras.-New Orleans papers
to the 10th April have been received at New
York. They furnish disagreeablc news from
Texas, OF which the following is synopsis:
An arrival at New Orleans from Texas is
said to have brought the unpleasant rumor that
Col Fannn had been defeated, and that the
Mexican army had advanced 10 San Felipe and
destroyed that place and made an indiscrimi-
nate massacre of its inhabitants. Santa Anna
was approaching the Brassos. Another rumor
states that San Felipe had been burnt by the
Texans and abandoned before the Mexicans
reached there-that Col. Fannin and his army
were all kled-that Gen. Houston had retIea-
ted to the east side of the Brassos, and that al
the country west of it had been abandoned.
The New York City and Erie Railroad
bill has passed the State Senate by vote o
II toI2. A committee of the Senate have re
ported resolution for dissolving the Manhat
tan Company in the City of New York, thu
committee alleging that the Company has fail
ed 10 perform the conditions of its char'srv-
The friends of ''equal rights" in every part o
the country will rejoice at this step, it beinl
of general notoriety that the corporation is tn
most odious monopoly that has ever existe
in this country. Why it has been suffered 70
SO long time to enjoy its uncommon prvileg
es without any corresponding benefit to tn
public is indeed unaccountabe.
Death of the Halifax Hermit.-A CORES
pondent informs us that Reynolds Aylsworti
better known as Reynolds the Hermit, expire
at his cabin in Halifax on the 22d inst. age
about &C years. This singular parsonage hi
lived secluded from the world about eight year
. in hut of his own construction, He obtaine
his subsistence chiefly by fishing, although
times he would visit some of the neighborin
farms to procure little meal or perhaps lie
: mounds of meat. Unlike the celebrated herm
= decribed by Douglas, he lived not beneath
e but upon the mountains BROW remote al
q almost inaccessible During his last Hines
T which was lung fever, he received every ate
q ton which his location and other circumsta
ces would admit. Some of his neighbors ha
:, ing expressed wish to remove him to mo
~ comioItab place, he replied, "ii lve' II
- here; and if die, die here" He was d
,e Gently inferred on the esd, with the usual
le neral rites.
e Rhode Island.-John B. Francis Adm
y reelected Governor by a majority of about 7
in votes over Mr. Burgess, his competitor.
&c Passengers in the steamboat Massachuset
IF. which left New York on Friday afternoon
,n four O'Clock, arrived in Boston on Saturd
ID, morning at nine.
TO- The banking house of the U. 5. Bank '
nj n =. Dk;IoJanh;a N few days since for tn