Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-30

~, 10 he opinion of Us ul That you had better come
| hnmp as last you can. u drinking we SUM- y"
,ers would mend your fences, or II the Ne" l.h '''h
thal YOU 10 look Of, could be o"uehl w" pap
money il miph he well for You stay, bat HE neigh
bnrs here think Tia. cannot be There - an o'u a"ye
about here hn says your u'!r 10 'hls id'n nov eo'I
one. aud ihat ynu can he turned oui OF II oy WIZ "
ci,cmen Some Of The neIghbnrs say mat your ,rhcrs
w never s'hEd ill they built al GOOD siont h'c"o'
~ Ia shnr', they say ali munrrr OF things aho "''
in all OF troubles In the hope hat you VII
hurry back h.fae ey llal rascat!y VIII oil c.
meht, | subscGbe myself .
Your loving friend, &c
(Etom ne By,Lrs,r. (Itj srmind, 2d inst)
me pEEslpfNT Ar Rt&LlNGrnN, VI.
We uwul.on, last that Mr Van Bursn d'clin
cd accepting invitation rendered him 10 WISH this
place HI waY lie North from Saratoga. as he did
not feel hr'stf nj liberty 10 do, While Il as not IN
his power 10 vt many other places IN the State from
which pressing invitations has also bren sent MN YIN
Saturday Cvprirg. however, information vas received
that 'he arrival Of Tie steamboat here on "Wednesday
night. Mr Van Buren, would lar depart from ms pre-
scbed course 10 spend iii" usual hour oi tr ""isiha
n the boat, The American Hotel where all who mght
be dr>iinus OF seeking introduction 10 the Ciirf Ma
esrale of the nnlun could br gatihtd Nni'crs were
crcordrgy issued ard scri To various paris 81 me corn
~ and on Tuesday evening cnnrI'ire consisting OF
Charles Adams, Col. Hyde, DIR. Chamberlain !" yl'ys
LYMAN and Guy Gath proceeded 10 W hIlehull 10 es
curt the President Ia this place
notwithstanding The short notice, and the Limited tune
Mr. Van Ruren would necessarily remain curing thf
Whiting u the boat. immense c"ncnuIss 81 ne !nha.
biInns Of this aud The neghbnring towns assembled al
nm enry hour The c"rrourse acknowledged I"
have been grentr than vas ever known oil that place
Every in the county sen;ed by luli De
legation besides large numbrrs fun Montpelier, MIA
dehury St Adams. and many other plae's Indeed II
seemed Il tie farmers had turned out IN body 10
testify their regard for the whose whole lille has
been DEVOTED The advancement OF the interests OF the
people. without discrimination Of sect or condition
On landing at The harf, he was greeted 10y three
rounds OF hearty cheers and salute OF twenty SIX
guns, ard was met By the Committee Of arrangements
IN carriages, aud an immense c"nc"urse OF cll'zrns
They then commenced moving Tow IDS the hotel heaGrd
hv the Montpelier Band in large carriage playing me
lively ans, ard preceded by esc"r, OF about Two
hundred young on horseback, under the direction
Of LYMAN Lane, Esq as Marshal and followed by the
dense mass Of cilizens The President Accompanies by
Mr. Poinsru iSecrrary Of War. the Honorable c r.
Van Ness. and Ilrmnn Lowry, Esq were in a carriage
drawn by fur gray horses
Arrived at The hotel, three hearty cheers were given
BY The crow when the PRESIDE nj .n'eGd. al The rush
Of people ANXIOUS for introduction during The short
tan. llp stopped was tremendous
After about on drlny the President left escorted
10 the by The procession and greeted by nire
hearty cheers leaving The wharf lie was accompa-
med 10 Port Kent. where h. landed, by large party
from Burlington, here he arrived about o'clock
Oh the whole, these spontaneous offerings Of popular
respect for the Chief Magistrate Of fifteen millions Of
FRI emen could but be- cralf, ing the recipient OF
them they honorable 10 the hearts th our citizens
generally; and when the shoriness of the notice. the
extremely
principally composed The mby considered, the
immense number that collected ls Justly matter ol con
graduation and surprise
As il is bu Justice 10 give credit where credit is due,
we would here observe that the conduct OF Captain
LYON of the steamboat Whitehall, Justly entities hln
10 large share. Fur his polite attention TO the Pres-
dent and The company by whom he was attended, and
his anxiety 10 render every thing usual p!rnson ard
agreeable he considerably enhanced the pleasure Of those
whose good fortune il 10 fail under his supervision
Letters from Saratoga state when the disastrous news
from North Carolina Tennessee Indiana and Kentucky,
reached place lis ee the Fadeul rnders there
cuneregaed. wns truly Imaginable. There was painful
Ieng,hrnlng Of vissgesu hasry packing Of dirty linen
and rapid amounting in hot haste the s,eed the steam
hoat and the fy ing car II completely unsettled the
snmachs Of them oil Saratoga is unncky place Tor
munurchists -.Ntr Haren Conn } Register
TnE LATE MAssACEE.-The account we gave last
week Of the Indian massacre IN The upper country IS
confirmed BY The arrival of The Malta from 81 Peters
Our fellow citizens, Col Nenley and Jeremiah lnms"n
ard lady visited The battle ground few days alter the
iuht. aud have furnished us with thr following adG
tonnl particulars which in their details. do mol essen
TALLY vary from what before stated II appears That
three Inur hundred Sioux were tncamped near Fort
Smelling; and while there, sbont the same Number Of
Chppp the fort on business. During the time
they thus each other, proposed that they
should enter into treaty OF peGcr; one condition OF
which that all hoslillss between these two tribes
should cease for one year To show their good WILL the
Chppew made feast, al hch they invited The S"ux
This feast number Of Their ovorIes dogs served
up. which, although may not he avery palanbr dish |"
the hiiP nevertheless locke upnn mark OF
the highest respect aud confidence the part ot the
natives nf be forest and set dnHn as one oil their
greatest Injuries After smoking The pipe Of peace, md
having settled their business the ChIppewas made pre-
paraons 10 leave. The SOux then escorted them rw
miles. and before separating sone OF The thefs oil The
(hiprewa tribe informed few ol the head men at the
Siunx that lLey had few bad in their tribe. for
whose conduct they could not br responsible They So
paraed in apparently gnrd ah soon alter ore o these
bud me n, or prres, az they card in The ChrPp'.
triue, fell IN The On the prairie he discovered
Sioux. no was hunting with boy; the boy was by
some means unpprceiVed by the Chippewa; the latter
then tnnk aim and shot down the Sioux. and immediate
" ran up and aped his victim In Ihr mean time The
boy hid himself in the gtass aud after The Chippewa had
gone he ran the fort and gave The alarm. The S'uS
then mustered and pursu d ii" main body Of the CHIP
ppwas They came upon their rear, which con-
sisted mostly oil and childfen,he warriors being
o hunting excursion, considerably IN adVance-ahd
! The work of death commenced This was near Rum
River about % miles from Fort Smelling Al this place
they killed about l7O without much resistance In the
mean lime they had sent express /" Crows Village
about miles below Furt Smelling, where There were
about 20 Sioux warriors. with orders for them 10 pur
cue smaller band Of Chirpewns who had gone Inward
the he ad ri Lake ST. Crcx. which Is about % miles in
length This party arrived al The head Of The Lake
that evening, but percelvng white men nnong ihr
Chippe WINS, they concluded not 10 make an attack ON
Ill morning. o, which time they hurrd 10 show the
white that it not Them hose blood they cravfd
In the morning, having ascertaned Of which end OF
the camp The willie men were stationed, they com
mrnced their attack at the opposite end The white
Immediately out Of The range OF the slaughter
and became passive spectators of the fight. Here The
Sioux with greater resistance Than experienced
by their other party al Rum River, having to carry off
the ground about ID 81 al their warriors no had been
klI or wounded in the altny. TIE loss Of the Chip
pewas al this place amounted 10 about 80 The Sioux
making preparations 10 receive visit iiom The
Chippewns Of warlke nature Should these tribes
q cnmbathns conflict
will be dreadful. as they are both powerful, although he
Chippewas, including the Canada tribes, far Rore
nune and powerful thun Tie Sioux
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