Morning herald., 1839-10-28

rLATmsT FROM FLoRIDA MoRE Muppr..
s". as,aanassee We have advises to the 18th inst
=. - msOOssaxie, were attacked By q small partv az
nans On the Federal road about five miles east or
R0rnsv w.n;n three miles Of regular post. Mr.
the latter wounded his horse; he was. however, AZ
70 make hls escape with his horse. Mr. Beard was
snot IN the hip, and his horse badly wounded: he
nmrsasS snd 20 make his escape, but the Indians
and the Indian: behind trees to reload the,
r,nes, when taking advantage of their absence Mr
% struck into 2 thicket and was not pursued He
was iound on MONDAY morning by party of reSu-
lars SO disabled that he could not reach arv dwajn
Both gentlemen will recover from their wounds.
on the same evening attack was made on the
house OF Mr.. Jerngan, near Ulmer's store; several
shots were fired at the Indians, causing them to re-
tire. " -
General Nelson, Of Georgia, has raised and orrani
yea about oOO volunteers in the Cherokee counties
for the Florida war; but the magnanimity Of the Se
cretary Of War will not receive more than aD0
The expedition will probably be abandoned entirely
General ~ has been through several wars in Flori-
needed; but he probably don't know so much as Mr.
Ponsett, who projected Camp Washington at Trsn-
ton.
SPors ON THE SUS.-A down east editor saw
that spot about an inch diameter, "as argeSs
a piece of chalk" is plainly to be seen with the
naked eye
INCREASE OF PoPULATIoN.-Seven hundred pas-
sengers and three hundred sailors arrived at New
orleans IN three days ending on the 18th inst
THE CosDIrloN OF MoBILE.-Papers to the l4th
inst, have been received. The yellow fever was then
increasing and the city in very bad condition from
hres and pestilence.
ELECTION IN SsUrH CARoLIsA.--Butler has been
elected to Congress from the Barnwell district, in
the place of Elmore, resigned.
RoGUERY.-Burgars and incendiar;es are pleptv
in New Orleans Mobile, Baltimore and Philadelphia
They will soon increase in number in New York
Look out for them.
CURIOUS ROBBERY IN PHrLAprIpu,.A l.ax
tainted and fell down at the corner of Market and
Second streets, on Tuesday last Another ladv vent
to her assistance and actually stole her retcue
taising few articles and $40 in money. She did il
from pure sympathy
CoNrRITIoN "A loafer robbed the store Of Levis
Brown, In Philadelphia, on Monday nixht last. Of
$aoo IN bank notes, and ON Thursday returned $500
discount. If he had kept them he would nave lost
ten per cent BY depreciation. M Il \.
The YELLOW FEVER in New Orleans has nearlv
subsidized. a he deaths scarcely exceed twenty =
week, and the interments in the week ending on the
l4th show aiminuton Of ffty per cent, when com
pared with those of the week previous. In Angus
ia health has vastly improved. Deaths from yellow
fever do net average one per day.
TRENTON RACES The three mile heats were
won on Thursday last by Omega, beating Clsrine
and taking the purse of $1,000.
FIRE IN MAysvILLE, IDIANA.--The steam saw
mill owned by Barton, Peck & Co. and valued AZ
SlO,0OO, was destroyed on the 18Th inst. No in.
surance. -
The GREAT BRIDGE over the Tennessee at Mus-
Gle Shoals, two miles in length, fell down three
weeks since, with a crash.
PoULErr THOMSON, Governor General Of the
Canadas, aarived at Montreal on the oath inst