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Ijr,ypool Dee l6-The american Jamper-Re-
prt,oa of Fcal-Samuel Scott, the American sailor,
who has won much notorety by his many daring leaps
from shin mas,s and other places Of great altitude INTO
tho water repeated his hazardous and we may add TOOL
hardy feat twice in the course OF Monday last IL
having been announced that Scott intended 10 reap
from the masthead Of barque INTO inc Inei a. o,o
o'clock an immense crowd assembled on lhe : iihee
perhcad Al tho hour appointed the ad'en'otcl Eouneu
,bo mae, and after standing tho truck lof lew mo-
80, Ia ,lunoed hesdtnost into the water lie was taken
49, !; : ca, ,,iIntes by one of the numerous boats that
prrandcd he baroue AT three o'clock the pier was
srniD crowded with people. Scott himself, to show
hat he had not been injured went about with TN ooh
gathering money II was considerably past four o'clock
before he made his appearance on The mast OF INC
vessel. -. :;
The crowd experienced many dsaPpontmen's 10
consequence Of some Of the waggIsh sailors on uoo W
vessel ascending tie Top Of the Htainmas', ahu Na'B
their hands 10 the Multitude who could MOI at 'd' o
t,nco tc whether i, was the real advehtnrer OF not
A, lcno,b Srou himself assembled the mast having
,J !, ,c ton he endcavorcd for considerable time
s.,.; fn,,, on the truck, hut he was unable ms
:; H. No., hazardous part oI the experiment Tor u ne
49, IN lose his balance, or ship N inc sehes. uegiee
/; lie 1ldy and somewhat rail iootlng nc woau ia 70
h JccL and be dashed 10 pieces u was great reiei
hecforc 10 the feelings Of many ourselves among me
.,,hcr ,yben he was seen. to relnqush the attempt
Ia sl,asd down to the main yard aud as some COM
,,iop 10 the crowd for their contribution, he leaped
ron, tho end Of the spar into the water lie was I'M
m,diatcIy ricked up as before. Times
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THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN,
DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF JUST VIEWS IN LITE
RATuRE, HUMANITY, LIBERTY, POLITICS,
AFRICAN COLONIZATION, AND
RELIGION.
THE REV. R.R GURLEY, enron.

THE REV. n. r. GURLEY, EDITOR.
The undersigned propose to establish in the City Of
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in MORALS, MANNERS, GOVERNMENT, AND RELIGION,
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make this journal worthy of the patronage Of the Ame
rcan People The cause of AFRICAN COLONIZATION
will be advocated merlting the united, immediate,
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General Intelligence will be given weekly and, during
the session. condensed report OF the proceedings of both
Houses of Congress, and brief view of Public Affairs.
In fine, will be neglected, Of presenting the
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CRY OF WAsHINGToN, January |, 1888.
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THE BATTLE ON THE KIssIMMEE.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. ....
HEAD QUARTERS, FIRsr BRIGADE, ARMY SouTH OF
THE WTuIACcoCHT,


HEAD QUARTERS, FIasr BRIGADE, ARMY SouTu OF
THE WTuLAccoCHF,
Camp abOm ten miles east ofhe hissimmec,
. Eight p m 26,h December, 1887.
GENERAL: A part Of my force eN Fort Gardner on
the 10Th inst and left with The balance excepting
small force to project the supplies at that fort On
the following morning, and after rapid march down
the KisSimmee of which movement ladvised you in
my letter of the l9h | reached its banks again on
Tie evening of the third day, about fifteen miles
above its entrance into Lake Okeechokee and
learning from prisoner captured on that day that
Alligator, with all the war spirits OF the semlnoleS,
wi Sam Jones and one hundred and seveny-hVe
Micasolsies were encamped ab )ut twenty-five miles
distant on the east side Of the kiSSimmee, crossed
the Kissimmce (where eA Captain Munroe with
his company, the pioneers, ponloneerS, anu large
portion of the Delaware Indians, who deemed go
ing, alleging that their feei and legs were 50 Dadiy
cut by the saw palmetto that they could not march
further) the next day, taking the captured INDIAN
with me as a guide, who went very reluctantly IN
pursuit of the enemy and alter passing several cy
press swamps and dense hammocks, reached the
vicinity of The encmyS encampment on the morning
OF the 25th and although occupying one of the
strongest and most difficult places to approach and
enter in Florida which, no doubt, had been selected
for the purpose Of giving me battle there as was
informed By prisoner took the evening previous,
hui RELYING on The valor of the officers and soldiers
of nv command, well as on the skill OF The Tor
mer 1 did not hesitate moment in bringing them
to action Afcr making the necessary arranse-
mcnts entered swamp nearly mile in wIdlh, IN
passabe for horse and almost so for loot. ieaCh-
cd the hammock IL which they were statiohed pc
tween II and p M when the action commenced /;
Inc enemy openinga warm fire on the volunteers,
who composed The first line, great portion Of whom
fell back in of the fourth ana SKIN ihdn'iy
u,hicb corns under one of the TmeSt and most de-
srnctye fires ever experienced from Indians, parti-
cuarly the sixth, pressed forward, gained the ham
MOCK, and after severe struggle for more than an
hour, aner being joined BY the first infantry, which
were held in reserve and two companies OF the 4th,
thai had been detached to the right, who Joined a
short time before the close Of the battle, the enemy
was completely routed, and driven in every dlrec-
ton, and were pursued BY the troops unlli near
night, and until they were completely eXhauS'e a.
The victory was dearly purchased ont nat Sa
myself that the result will b. equivalent 10 me
flee made The enemy made his grea'es enoIS 10
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Names Of Commissioned OGcerskilL and rounded
KILLED.
Lieut.. Col. A. r. Thompson,
Capt ]. Van Swearingcn,
Lieut. and Adutant j. p. Center, 10Th reg U s. Inf.
First Lieut.. +. J. Brooke,
Col. Gentry, Missouri Volunteers
WOUNDED.
Capt. George Andrews, 9th reg U. s.
Second Lieut. VIM III. T. Walker inf.
First Lieut. j Hooper, 4th regiment U. s. Infantry.
Capt J, Chds, Missouri Volunteers.
Lieut.. G. b. Rogers, do do
Major ScoIce, J
Lieut.. Hase, 7 Spies.
Lieut.. Gordon w.. -.
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THE MANUFACTURES AND MACHINERY OF
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THE wooLLEN TRADE.

THE WoOLLEN TRADE.
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or The NAM Of The Unifed States
(coNTINuED.)

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MARYLAND ELECTION,

The hri general c'cct,on m Maryland, unicr
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nst The election embraced the choice Of A
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r Ok .cIU ~
TIL EXPERIMENT.

The Washington Chronicle adirns that
the project Of collecting, keeping and
DISTURBING the public money through the
fundamentally Of sgents appointed ty
and responsible 10 the Government, -
IN other words. The ub-Trelsuty scheme.
=" has been tie practice Of tie y hole CT
'ilized world from tie origin Of human So
cie.y (Which is not true, Great Britain
and the United States. the only free go
vernments on earth having repuliated ::
And IL adds thet the banking ~ TEN g..
modern innovation upon the ibn,.:Iicl
uSa-cs of nearly all mauAiuG to which
We reply that SO IS a Republican form OF
/ gONefument II We are 10 resort 10 the
. strong box. Lccausc the banking VS..
TEN a. an 'irnoy alton upon the an,iqua,-
ed policy oil Earopean aud Aslluc dc,p1.
iisms, We had rs we'll influenced by the
same motive. abolish Republican govern
ment itself which 1, Likewise an limo.
vatinn.' and tall back upon a Monarchy
-" i1ch by the way We shai. Sery soon
do II We pot the Purse "a the same hands
which now wields the Swofd-or IN the
language OF Gibbcn. II We give the con.
ifnl OF ibe revenue" to the same u,aa
who Is a!rcais entrusted with Tie "execu.
ton Of the lIHs and the command Of the
army"
Patrick Henry IN the Virginia Conven.
ton called ior the purpose pl tcoiJia. ou
The adoption of Tie Federal Constitution.
made 1t one of The ch.ri ground, If otirc-
ton 10 that instrument. lhatit conferred
too much PATRONAGE upon tie Pfe,i
dent And yct-v bat !, tho patronage ac-
tualiy conferred upon The { hicf Magistrate
by the Constitution. compared with the
immense accession. which by la''udi-
.ous construction Of that instrument. e.
vel n by TIC multiplication 81 oGiccf
has teen since conferred uron him -
Mud We are now called upon g. add O. ihi.
immense patronage instead of curiaiiing
Ct a. Thomas H. Benton. in ls3g sald
should br done, it We Would suc 1 lhc iids
oi LXecut'c usurFa'i %. nod prevent The
infusion Of mo0af. ticsl rI1GY.es into uuf
system. "Ie.lmc.' SAID PiiurS Henry
Where and VIXEN fiI Tfc,d. exist
" ben the Purse add ihe ,Sori we're .r..
en Up from Tie rsails tnlcts "a MIRA.
Gle 800 human affairs shall in'ergasc. no
Nation eVcs lij 60 Cicr can. retain I'D.
Liberty after %. Joss C fhe SWef! a.fiI.a
Pur'e And azain / object AGAINST
ihe 'mmrufc patronage OF G.e Pfc.,dcni
Ae cause q places 900 tn L.n5. 800. mean.
d corruption and oi tiHrburns iLfog-b
on' The country a ilrl q rr'.iasrs.. int is.
here 0i Judrs Revenue OrrrI. sI
''it'.. which vi.l render llm ir.c..,hI To-
900 any scheme 90 ambition abb b.. mas
Weolia'e against the liberties of tbt coon.
Try o.leo, 20 the whole glnr of Isdr
fal ofheeu Cen'lenen dcr,nd ur.n ~.
this power may woik sos,y UPON yoyt
ncrks"
Shall iho VOICE q our Revolutionary
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