century ago on matters of that day in Massachu-ably, the works of the early Indian tribes of this setts. I remember one couplet only, and am in doubt about some of the words in the last line of that. As near as I can recollect, however, it was: "The Land Bank and the Silver Scheme Were all last year the constant theme." locality, who had made far greater progress in civilization than is usually conceded. The first explorers found gold, silver, and copper ornaments among the natives of Georgia and Florida, which, by their own showing, came from the metalliferous deposits of Northern Georgia. (See La Vega. Conq. Florid., Lib. iv., cap. xvi., Lib. vi., cap. I wish to refer again to these lines, and would thank any correspondent of the Historical Maga-.; L'Hist. Not. de la Floride, pp. 30, 52, 113, 139, zine who is able, if he would inforin me where I can find a copy. J. D. et al.; De Bry, Col. Peregrinationum, Pars II., Tab. XLI.) Ornaments of gold, worked with tol erable skill, are still occasionally found in the mounds and forts of that region (Jones, Monumental Remains of Georgia, p. 79). The depth below the surface at which the huts are found is not so difficult of explanation, when we recollect that they probably belonged to the miners, and moreover, that the natives of those spots were ANDREW BELOHER-NATHANIEL BYFIELD. accustomed to construct their habitations underWere they ever members of the Council of Mas-ground, "so that," says Biedma, "they resemble sachusetts Bay; and if so, at what time? caves rather than houses" (Relation, pp. 60, 61). WORCESTER. EARLY PRINTING IN NEW YORK.-Is there any copy extant of the first edition of the City Charter, Laws, and Ordinances printed by Bradford in 1694? I have reason to believe that there was such a publication, but have never seen it noticed in any catalogue or bibliographical work. REPLIES. G. H. M. WEST CHESTER, Pa. D. G. B. BURIED INDIAN VILLAGE (vol. v., p. 349).— AMELIA ISLAND AFFAIR (vol. v., p. 349).—That Accounts of certain log-huts, discovered at vari- there were "many ships with valuable cargoes" ous depths below the surface, while digging for at Amelia Island, at the moment of its cession to gold in the vicinity of Dahlonega, and in the Na- the United States, is a fact I had not seen stated cooche valley, as well as south of this, "near the before. The palmy days of Fernandina were Ocmulgee, and in Stewart county, Georgia," were during the embargo of 1808, and our second war published from time to time in the public papers with England, when as a neutral port, only a few of those localities, and have been described by miles from St. Mary's in Georgia, and having one various travellers on the authority of resident of the very finest harbors on our Atlantic coast, eye-witnesses. See Lanman, "Letters from the it offered most delectable advantages for smugAlleghany Mountains." pp. 9, 26, 27; White, gling, which were by no means neglectod. Que "Hist. Collections of Georgia,” pp. 487–8; Feath- of the oldest inhabitants of Fernandina, Old Tom, erstonaugh, "Voyage up the Minay Sotor," vol. told me, during my visit there in 1856, that he ii., p. 259. Thirty-six of these were found at the had counted sixty sail of various kind of craft in Eaton diggings alone. In connection with them, the harbor at one time during that period. I give what are called "crucibles" and "furnaces" were the statement for what it may be worth. If this disinterred, as well as rude metallurgical instru- port had again attracted a number of vessels at ments and stone utensils. They have generally the time of the cession, one might have supposed been attributed to De Soto, who in the Gulf that it would have been mentioned by Williams States, in respect to all ancient and puzzling con- or Vignolles; but I remember nothing of it in the structions, plays the same role that Queen Bertha former (though I have not his work at hand at does in Sweden, and Julius Cæsar in France. It present), while the latter, writing in 1822, says seeins to me superfluous to show the entire gratu- expressly, that it had been doing little or no busiity of such a supposition. They are, unquestion-ness after the close of the war with England (Obs. on the Floridas, p. 35). If, however, such was the case, I see no necessity that the merchants should have been "privately informed," as W. Y. M. supposes, as will be obvious by an examination of the following dates: Feb. 22, 1819. Treaty signed at Washington by the plenipotentiaries of both powers. Feb. 27, 1819. Copies of the treaty transmitted to Congress and read in the House of Representatives with open doors. Oct. 24, 1820. Treaty ratified by His Catholic Majesty. Feb. 22, 1821. Treaty ratified by President Monroe, the ratifications exchanged, and the treaty made public. May 23, 1821. Treaty promulgated in Spain by the action of the Cortes. July 10, 1821, at 4 P. M. Formal delivery of East Florida to the United States, by the Spanish commissioner, Don José Coppinger, at St. Augustine. According to an act of Congress, approved March 30, 1823, all ships sailing under Spanish registers belonging to inhabitants of the ceded territory at the date of the formal delivery, were allowed to be "registered, enrolled, and licensed" to be vessels of the United States, after the owner had taken the oath of allegiance and gone through the usual formalities. The list of these vessels, which would partially answer W. Y. M.'s query, is probably still preserved at Washington. WEST CHESTER, Pa. D. G. B. CARIBS IN OUR PRESENT TERRITORY (vol. v., p. 349). That the Caribs did not come originally from North America, as was asserted by nearly all the early writers, and as has been maintained in our own days, by even such authorities as Humboldt, Meyen, and Braunschweig, has been conclusively shown by Alphonse D'Orbigny. But that they had a knowledge of, and frequent communication with the shores of Florida, that they planted colonies there, and in some instances grafted their own customs and language on those of the earlier possessors of the soil, may be shown by such an array of arguments as to place the matter beyond doubt. These arguments, too numerous to be inserted here, may be found in Brinton's "Notes on the Floridian Peninsula,” pp. 98–103, and in the authors there referred to. D. ANOTHER REPLY (vol. v., p. 349).—The question of M. D. may thus perhaps be safely answered. The language of no original authority has been yet adduced to show that the Caribs have had any connection with the Indians of the Southern coast of the United States; nor is there any fact to raise the presumption that they have ever done so. That there is such an opinion to be found "in the books" that some of the people of Florida were Caribs, or the Caribs they, is true enough ; but it appears not to have been of an early date, or at least not earlier than about the middle of the seventeenth century. Should any thing be found materially inconsistent with any part of this statement, many curious in such early history will be pleased to see the authority distinctly quoted, or the fact, if there be one, concisely and clearly. J. G. S. JAYHAWKERS (vol. v., p. 349).-In answer to O'C., whose query in reference to "Jayhawkers," appears in your periodical of the present month, let me say that the word is not by any means new. During the war of the Revolution, it was used not precisely in contradistinction to the expression Cowboys; but "Jayhawkers,' were a body of men, who being true patriots and followers of the well-known patriot and statesman, John Jay, were sworn, like masons, to maintain an apparent neutrality, while they never lost an occasion to aid the cause of the United Colonies. In a small volume of "Reminiscences," prepared by Nathanael Niles, in 1828, a mention of "Jayhawkers" is made. A. H. "The term 'Jayhawkers' has become so generally applied in Kansas, that some interest may be felt outside, to know its meaning. The people here are more than likely to be christened by that term, as the Illinoisans are called Suckers,' etc. It first became general in the fall of 1857, when the troubles of Southeastern Kansas having commenced, the free-state people established a squatter court, before which they tried the men who were accused of fomenting disturbances. Their method of punishment gave rise to the name of 'Jayhawking.' Men were fined for the offences of which Judge Lynch found them guilty. On refusal to meet the fine, they were visited by armed parties, who, perhaps, frightened them by firing, or took that which they considered necessary to pay the claim. If offences were again committed, the pro-slaveryites were ordered to leave; that failing, the order was enforced. It was emphatically a system of 'worrying.' The Missourians say there's a variety of hawk which does not at once sweep on its prey, but, like a cat, torments it awhile. This is known as the 'Jayhawk.' The similarity of proceedings caused the name to be applied to the guerrillas of South-Relation du Voyage de son Altesse Royale le ern Kansas. I do not know that there is a bird of these habits, and as the books are silent thereon, am inclined to doubt it; but the word, as now in use, in relation to Kansas, had this origin. While I am engaged in this philological (?) inquiry, let me correct a statement I see going the rounds, that the word "skadaddle" used in the army generally to signify a sudden leaving, was invented at Washington, or had its origin in the present war. As early as the spring of 1859 it was in common use among the miners of Colorado. What its origin was I do not know. I give this statement for the benefit of the learned pundits of the New York Evening Post, whose columns set the first statement afloat. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts; from its first Settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860. By George Wingate Chase. Haverhill: 1861. 8vo, 664, xx. pp. THIS very handsome volume seems a most complete history of a town, known to all from its sufferings by inroads of French and Indians from Canada. These and its local history in its various departments, are detailed with great interest by Mr. Chase. There are some States in the Union which cannot boast a history as extensive, well written, or well got up, as this of the ancient town of Haverhill. The Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to America; reprinted from the Lower Canada Journal of Education. Montreal: E. Senecal, 1860. 8vo, 114, xxvi. pp. Prince de Galles en Amérique; reproduite du Journal de l'Instruction Publique du Bas Canada. Montréal : E. Senecal, 1860. 8vo, 148, xvii. pp. THESE neat volumes detail the visit of the Prince of Wales to this country and Canada; and are illustrated with a portrait of the prince on steel, and views of important points and buildings on wood. The volumes are very creditable to the publisher and author. The Little Drummer Boy, Clarence D. McKenzie, the Child of the Thirteenth Regiment N. Y. S. M., and child of the Mission Sunday-school. New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1861. 144 pp. Memoir of Scoville Haynes McCollum, the Little Syracuse Boy. New York: Board of Publication of the R. P. D. Church, 1861. 324 pp. ful biography; the former entering into the doTHESE are two very neat little volumes of youthmain of general history, the little soldier having been accidentally killed by one of the regiment while the troops were on their way to Washington. Miscellany. WM. L. MACKENZIE, known from his connection with the Canadian troubles in 1837-8, and his political career here, died recently in Canada. A "HISTORY of Poland, Connecticut," from the pen of Hon. Lorenzo P. Waldo, will soon appear. A LIFE of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, by Dr. Ashabel Woodward, is in preparation. THE New York Historical Society has added to its gallery a half-length, by Elliott, of Dr. Carnochan. A portrait of Dr. Richard Bayley, will soon add to its art treasures. EARLY in the year will appear "Old Point; its Scenery, Monuments, and Historic Associations." It will be from the pen of a well-known writer and scholar, and will be published by Mr. S. L. Boardman, of Norridgewock, Maine. A GRAMMAR of the Heve Language, translated by Mr. Buckingham Smith, has just appeared. THE accompanying notice of the folio editions of the King James Bible, is furnished to us by James Lenox, Esq. INDEX. America Illuminata, 125, 820. American Ethnological Socie- ty's Bulletin, 127; meetings, Anthracite Coal, 248. ty, 806. Book of the Signers, 31. HIST. MAG. VOL. V. Boston, the Literary Empori- Buried Indian Village, 849, Burr and Lafayette, 251. California poisoned arrows, 349. Campbell, Captain Lauchlin, 301. Campbell's History of the Capture of Cornwallis, 20, 183. Carlisle, Robert, Execution of, Carroll, C., Supplement to the Catawbas, The Last of the, 46. Chicago Historical Society, 75. Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Cushman's Sermons, 89. Darlington, Dr. Wm., 120, 146. Deane, Rev. Samuel, 315. Connecticut Sandstone, 228. Dinondadies, Historical Sketch Drake's Results of Researches, 64. Cleveland, Statue to Perry in- Douglas, Hon. S. A., 224. Cole Slaa, 146, 190, Connecticut, Contributions to 93. Currency Question, 119. $18. Drama in Rhode Island, His- tory of the, 15. 87. English ariny in America, Jan., 112. Fenne- Ward, 286. Few Events in 1786, A, 18. Fischell, Dr., on the Inquisi- Fisher's Discourse on Prof. Fitch, Rev. Jas., and his writ- Folsom, Geo., Catalogue of ori- Fort Clinton, 70; Capture of, Fort Independence, Boston, Galloway, Joseph, Letters to, Gaspesians, Language of, 284. Georgia Historical Society, 47. "Going through the motions," Gotham and the Gothamites, Government Explorations of Granville, Mass., Records of, 59. Greene, Gen.. Letter of, 85. Harlem Plains, Battle of, 239. Haverhill, History of, 376. Henry's Considerations, 32. Home, Sweet Home, 185. ture, 153. Huger's attempt to rescue La-Lobby of the N. Y. Legisla- Indians, Spöri's account of, 3. growth of plants, 91. Memoirs of, 314: Notes on Jennings, Samuel, 324. Joliet, Discovery of the Missis- Jones, John Athearne, 286, Journal of the N. Y. Legisla- Kerney, M J., Obituary of, 192. rescue. 150; Account of Af- Latham's Philological and Eth- Lawrence, John, 7. Le Clercq, Father C., probable Le Conte, Major J. E., 30. of, 53; Disinterment of, 370. Livingston, Major, Journal of, Lloyd, Miss E., 24, 61, 92. Lodwick, Charles, 189. McClenachan, Blair, 91, 157. Mamé Vocabulary, 117, 147. Martinez, Rev. P., Murder of, Nevome, Vocabulary of the, New England in 1661, 1; Cu- New England Methodist Hist. New England Money, Counter- New England Psalter. 156. New Jersey Historical Soci- Newman's Rehoboth in the Newport News, 344. New York in 1642, 22; in 1700, Niles, Hezekiah, 121. Nova Scotia. First white child riages, 63; American Bibles, America, Odd Fellows in Ohio Pioneer Association, 146. Patterson's (15 Mass. Reg.), 24. Perry, Statue to, inaugurated |