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 Asssan Dtstsu6msces. The people of Shelby county have been put in consid- cradle eotninotion by the dread of ill- dian hostilities. One man has been most cruelty beaten: the Agent of the U. 5. has been bound and carried off; the publicproperty has been seized and a part el 1t consumed; the Indians assem- ble and are armed, and do not give any satisfaction to the whites as to their de- signs. These are the most prominent features in the aspect of affairs in the nation. A whole regiment Of the whites has been called out. but there being no immediate use for so large force, most of them have betaken themselves to their homes. Great alarm pervades the people of the frontier. There is a great scarcity of arms. We understand that in a regiment of eight hundred men, there were but two hundred guns. One hundred and twenty-five muskets, Nc. have been applied for and obtained from the state arsenal at this place, by Col. Lawler, of Shelby county. Not withstanding this warlike preparation, we do not anticipate much danger or bloodshed. It it well, however, to pre- pare for war in time of peace; and such precautionary steps as have been taken, if not indispensable, are not eensura- ble. Intel.