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ASCJKNB IN MON TV. VIDEO.
7l »u in the month of July, 1819, that J
happened in be m the port of Monte Video.
A cruel and bloody war at tint time raged
between the authorities of Monte Video and
Artcgne, a chieftain,unpolished and uneduca
ted, but whose native shrewdness and valor
commanded the admiration of the wild and
half savage inhabitants of the Uiindti Oriental,
and whose ambition rromp'cd him to put him
self at their head and declare for independ
ence. At this time the “rights of man” were
but little regarded at Monte Video. Despo
tism, oppression, martial law, and its attend
ant evils, triumphed over liberty and justice.
Americans were objectsol especial dislike—
not only on account of the freedom and hap
piness which were known to reign in their
country, but because their privoteors, under
the flag of Anegas, who owned not u ship or
a seaport, with commissions hearing Ins seal
and signature, were roving over the ocean,
and capturing every Portuguese vessel they
fell in with. Americans were, therefore,
viewed by the inhabitants of the various parts
ia the Brasds with distrust—they were dis
liked, and were not unfrcquontly treated
with insult and indignity.
At tins time there were two or three A me
r'can vessels lying in the harbor of -Monte Vi |
dso, there being peace between the United
Nines and Portugal. One nf these vessels
was the beautiful an'l ftst sailing brig Ariel,
commanded by a very worthy hut high spirit- |
ed Yankee name! Richardson, belonging to
sport m Massachusetts /#iy. Inconsequence I
of the reasons lo which I h ive alluded, he had j
met with some ddlicnlty ut the custom house, [
and was readv (or sea. On the morning of j
his intended departure, he was gelling bison,
chorand making sail, a final from the guard
ship, came along side; an Oliver sprung on j
board, and informed him tint two sol hors
had deserted the barracks the night before and
there was reason to believe that limy were j
secreted on board h s vessel, (apt'iiu Rich
urdsun, who knew there vvos n severe penally j
attached loan offence of tins kind, conscious
of his innocence, fold the ollieers that there )
must lie some mistake in (ho matter, os the
men could not bo on bo ml—but he was, ol
course, welcome to search, Iho sea roll ton k
place, and alter a little while, the deserters
were found slowed away in the fore peakJ
having bsen brought off the night before by
ss.no of the crow, on shor.i on liberty, and of
course without the knowledge or consent ol
the captain or mates.
This discovery pul an end to all jwejiara
tionsfor sea—’.he cable was again played out, |
and the sails furled. Cap'inn Richardson
was wtth little ceremony, ordered into the
hoat, and conveyed on shorn, where a guard
•>f soldiers tsok charge of linn, and escorted
*mn lo the Admiral nfl/ho Port, a part of
whose duty '.l was lo take cognisance of such
matters. The Admiral was a fierce, swarthy
looking man, of short stature, hut a powerful
( Taw , e _ i frown of mil gnity constantly rest
ful on his brow: ho delighted in the wanton
exercise of Vito almost unlimited power with
which ho was at tins lime invested, llode-
I ghted in acts ol cruelty, and knew nor cured
nothing for the principles ol justice.
When the offending American was brought
before bun and Ins crime explained, a gleam
et savage joy for a moment lighted up Ins
countenance, which soon however, gave place
to a scowl of (earful import, lie listened with
impatience to the testimony of the ollicer,
who staled the fads of the case; he would j
listen lo no exploitation from Capt Diehard- I
■on, who loudly and repeatedly disclnime 1 j
any criminal intent or knowledge of the act.
Biil tins, said the Admiral, was altogether
useless; enough was proved to convict Inin of
an attempt to carry away from Monte Video
two Portugese soldiers, in conic.npt of the
laws prohibiting such an act —and lie con
ceived that it was his duly to niH cl upon him
exemplary punishment, us a salutary wain
mg to others. And without further ceremo
ny he ordered the astonished American to be
conveyed to the quay or landing place, lushed
to a gun. and severely Ins hale
back!
The scntcrce was executed upon Captain
Richardson in the most unfeeling and brutal
manner —Ins back was shockingly lacerated —
but bo bore his sufferings am d the jeers and
shouts of the populace who were present,
without a murmur nr a groan. When the ex
ecutioner had performed Ins duly, he was
freed from fellers, and insultingly told by the
Port Admiral himself, who had witnessed the
punishment, that lie might now go on hoard
Ins vessel and proceed to sou—carrying with
him a token of Portugese justice ! Richard
son answered him hut by a look breathing
scorn and defiance. —and hastened into his
heal which was waiting ter him at (lie landing
place. As ’..is men towed him on board, he
nanl not a word—but the convulsive twitch
mgs of his features allowed that although all
w»« fair without, too passions were busily at
work (within. Ho went into is cabin and
changed Ins clolln *5 disguisingh hmiselt m
such a maimer, that lie cou d not easily be re
cognised. Ho loaded a pistol with two bails,
put it into bis pocket'nnd went on deck. He
then caused the brig to bo got under weigh;
and ordered the male, who was a ‘mlMul and
intelligent officer, to proceed over the bar and
boare lo lor a couple ol hours; and if ho, Hie
captain, did not come on board willi u that
time, to make the best ol Ins way to the sea
port m the United Slates to which he was
bound. He tl cu ordered Ins gig, a beautiful
four oared-boal, to bo lowered ami manned,
and proceed to shore.
It was about 10 o’clock in the forenoon when
Capt. Richardson landed at the quay. He told
bis men that they must remain in the boat, toady
lo above off and pull lor ihoir lives ul u moment’s
warning. The men, who were attached to their
commander, promised the most implicit obedien
ce to Ida orders, at the same time declaring that
they wera willing to petit their lives m bis do.
fence, if necessary, lie sprang on shore, but
owing to the alteration in bis dress bo was .not
recognised by any person on the quay; although
all remarked bis burned g rit, and the Irerce ami
determined expression of his countenance. Me
looked around him Ur the admiral of the port
Ibe tyrant who had punished linn unjustly, and
as be thought disgraced trim forever, unless hr
could wqrc out the slain on bis honor, with Ihi
heart’s blood of his adversary. At tins time tin
admiral was standing near the walls of tiro bat
tery, in ibo midst of a group of olliccia, to whon
he was apparently with much savage g’.eo relal
ing the monrng’a advcnitnc. Richardson «d
vanced towards the group with Ins band in In
pocket, resting on Ins cocked pistol. \N ne
wribiii a few paces, be dtew lorlb the "wtp u
pointed it at the admiral s bead wi.b uneiitn
Him, and pulled the trigger—at the same tim
exclaiming, in a voice lendercd by the impute
of revenge, almost preternatural!)’ loud and vies
“Die,Tyrant, Die!" The bullet aped uml ill
its work. It lodg al in the brain of ibe uduiiru
who fell lo lire ground a corpse.
Ricbaidson turned, and mailed towards In
Iron—aware lhat that was the only chance i
escape. Uuttho gicat work ol vengeance aa
accomplished, and whether he now lived or <hcr
J s with him compartively of trifling cousidera
• tion. However lie resolved to strive as long Its
possible for bis life. Home soldiers who wilness
] I'll Ihe dead,hastened to intercept him in bin (light
—hut KiehariJaon, who wan at all times a power-
I fill man, uml who now seemed imbued with
I superhuman strength, caught the bayonet in his
hand as it was directed to his hoaom, ami
wrenched the musket to which it was attached,
from the gra-p of the owner, then wielding it us
n club, he felled every one who dared to impede
’ his retreat, until he reached Ini boat, into which
he hounded, and ordered his men to give way
with all their strength—and in an almost incredi
ble short apace of time after he had gratified his
revenge he was a hundred yards from the quay,
proceeding with astonishing velocity towards Ins
vessel.
The officers had by this lime recovered from
their stupor, into which they had been thrown
by this nnexpcled act. They now gave the word
to the soldiers to (treat the boat, and the bullets
whistled around the head of Ulcliuidsun and
. Ins gallant erVw; hut he, nowise dauotc, rose in
| the sleein sheets,and while with one hand grasp-
I ed the tiller and tlireeled (he course of the boat,
I he shook the other clenched hand in defiance al
I the officers, soldiers, arid citizens, who hr (his
lime had crowded, in immense numbers, tbs
landing place Ilium.
Hunts went now manned from the quay, and
j from the guard ship,and sent off after tint retreat
ing boat. Hut Kiebardson bad got the start of
I Ins foes, and dashed across the shoals at the cn
-1 trance of the harbor, in (lie direction of his brig.
I His mate hail literally obeyed his instructions,
{ l lre Ariel was lying 100, with all sail sel.hut with
her main top sail lo the mast, just clear of the
' shoals, and mil id gun shot. He reached ihe
| deck with Ins brave men, unharmed —the gig
i was hoisted up —the jib set, and I lie after yards
[ tilled—and ns the beautiful brig rapidly glided
; away from bis pursuers, Captain Kiebardson
east a look'tipon (be towers rd Monte Video, fast
lessening in ‘.be distance;—“Farewell,” said he,
"I sh ill never return hither—l have been deeply
injured, but that injury lias been fearfully uveng.
ed.” —/{union .1/er cuntile Journal.
BY EXPRESS MAI 1,.
Tito following letter was received Sunday,
but inadvertently overlooked,
(FROM OUII COnUlisroMlKNT.] • I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13th, 183 ft.
Tlic House of Representative* to d*ty, resum
ed the consideration of the charge of corruption
made by l lie "Spy in Washington" to which
: referred yesterday.
Alter the reading of ihe journal Mr. WISE
said hu had just seen an article in the Newark
! Daily Advertiser, staling that the editor of that
I paper knew, for a week before, all the fuels con
i nocletl with the case referred to by “the Spy”—
| that the chief witness referred lo is a respectable
I citizen ol Newark; and the member of Congress'
a Senator of the United States, now in his place.
Mr. WISE said that after this disclosure, he
hoped the House would, without delay, call the
witness before them; and if he should say tha 1
the person implicated win a Senator, the case
would he clear. His object was to vindicate the
1 House from a charge that struck so strongly at its
honor and integrity,
Mr. SMITH of Maine, said he had inquired
nto the matter, and was now satisfied that the
| charge was made on an insufficient, and cxceed
j ingly trivial basis. He was led lo believe that
| the person implicated was a member of the Sen
ate, ami ho was anxious lo have an investigation
lie was proceeding to speak of that Senator,
when he was peremptorily railed to order by tho
Speaker, on the ground that it was wholly itregu.-
lar to refer lo a member of the Senate.
Mi. SMITH then moved lo lay the. whole pro
ceedings on the table; which motion was nega"
I lived—yeas 4<>, nays Kl7.
The question was then loudly called lor; and
jhe Speaker propounded it. It was on the adop
j tion oftho following ;
“Hrsolveil , That Mathew L. Davis, ho suit
ptrnned lo the bar of the House, to testily and
give evidence of what ho may know respecting
! tho name oftho member implicated, and the nu.
(hors of his information.”
This resolution was agreed tu—ayes 1-10, nay*
40.
The Speaker then issued his summons; and
Mr. M. 1,. Davis was brought to tho bar. Tho
following series ol intunogatoriea was then agreed
upon to bo pul lo the witness :
Ist. Are you the author of the following letter.
1 (Hero the article from the Courier and Enquirer
i was lo lie read to the witness )
I 1 Whether the witness declines or not to mi..
1 swer this question, then the Speaker was directed
i to put the following :
( : Snd. Do you know who is alluded to, or in
-1 tended lo be charged, in the preceding letter 1
i Answer yea or nay, as the ease may be, Without
{ giving the name.
| 1 ;3nl. 1< the person thus alluded lo a member ol
. i the House of Ilepresoiilatives 1
1 If the answer ho in tho ofltmalivc, then
•Ith What is the name ot the member!
If the answer ho in llie negative, then thi
| witness shall be foilhwilh disc lunged, and all tlu
s proceedings on this matter shall instantly cease
1 \ The first question being propounded, Mr. Davit
i asked the pet mission of the House to stale why
he should not he required to answer that queg
| lion.
I A long debate utoso on the propriety of grant
s ing this request. Al last the House resolved by
r a vote of yeas 103, nays 00, lo grant the loavi
- asked by the witness:
1 Mr. DAVIS, then presented in writing the
I following answer; I dotty the rights of the lloust
it to ask, amt therefore 1 decline lo answer tin
h I question whether lam or not the author of "tin
d i Spy iu Washington” or the extract related to in
, ! lie interrogatory; but at the saute lime 1 respectful
1, ly state that 1 know the member of Congtess to
c wlium the Spy alludes, and tun prepared to name
1 him at toe liar ot this House or elsewhere.”
He asked leave lo have this answer euleied ot
in the journal.
’■ ibe second question (a* above) was thcr
J - , .
j propounded.
mi Mr. DAVIS replied that he did know the pet
n > sou alluded lo iu the publication iu the Couth
and Enquirer.
IB
sl , The third question (as above) was then pu
ir. To which Mr. Davis replied that the perso
referred to was not a member of the House <
liepicsuutalivcs.
,i s The chair then informed the witness, that b
ol the order ol the Ho use has was discharged. H
V ioslantlv relited bom the bar, and tho lion■
x J adjourned.
In the Senate to Jay, Mr. Wsbstar presented
a -memorial from tho New York Board of Trade,
setting forth the evil* and sufferings resulting
from the present deranged state of the currency
and the exchanges; anil praying Congress for
relief; laid on the table and ordered to he prin
ted.
After some miscellaneous business of an un
important character, the Sub. Treasury Bill was
then taken up. And
Mr. NILES of Conn, concluded bis speech in
support of it.
Mr. CALHOUN is expected to speak on
Thursday. M.
P. S. Mr. licoui.Ks of Maine, is the Senator
refered to by “the Spy.”
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
Mr. CALHONN has just closed a long and
claborole speech in support of the Sub Treasury
Bill. He was listened to with the greatest atten
tion by as large and respectable an assemblage as
could be crowded into the Senate Chamber. In
arrangement, collocation, (if I may use tho ex
pression) and in the {general style it was one of
the beat efforts he ever made: and if after all the
American people, unit the American congress
will not change tho opinion which they have al
ready so unequivocally expressed against this
monstrous projscl for an overshadowing 'Treasu
ry Bank, it will he owing U the intrinsic evil of
the '"iubo, and not to any deficiency of zeal or
ability in the most distinguished of its defenders.
In closing the speech, Mr. CALHOUN de
clared lie had taken his stand, and was resolved
to adhere to the system which the Bill was de
signed to establish, “What may he the decision I
now” said he, “I fell convinced that this cause
will ultimately triumph! On its side are justice,
equity, law, civilization, and all improvement in
tellectual, moial, social and political!”
I propose in give you in my next letter a con
densed nut satisfactory abstract of his principal
I arguments; In the meantime I may slate that
Mr. Calhoun has made the discovery that the
question is between the Sub Treasury System,
and the proposition of Mr. Hives! Not more
than a week ago Mr. Wright, in lecturing Mr.
Hives, told him, in effect, that the conservatives
w*re but a Kiuall sqiiaid, and that his proposition
could not have more than a dozen supporters in
Congress,and that the only question was between
the Bill, and a National Bank! Mr. Calhoun
on the other hand, declares that Mr. Hive’s
scheme is the Jivat choice of all opposed to the
Sub 'Treasury System. So you see, the new
premier of the Administration differs with Mr.
Wright, at the outset; on the real point that is
at issue !
The miscellaneous business of the Senate,was
not interesting.
'The House of Representatives resumed the
consideration of the bill from the Senate entitled,
“An act for the appointment of commissioner to
adjust the claims to reservations ot land under
the 14lh article of the treaty of 1830, with the
Choctaw Indians.
Mr. DAWSON moved that the bill ho recoin,
milted to a Committee of the whole House, and
made the special order for tomorrow.
Mr WHITTLESEY remonstrated against
occupying any part of the time alloled to private
bill*.
Mr. DA WSON changed hi* motion to a sirn
- pic postponement.
Mr. BELL intimated that he had an amend
ment, which he Wutild prepare in a few momcnls )
nnd which would meet the chief abjection ot the
gentleman from Georgia.
Ho then moved to amend the bill by adding
an additional section, as follows:
He il enacted , That nothing contained in this
act, or the act which this is intended to amend,
shall he so continued as to embrace the claim of
any Indian or head of a Choctaw family who
has remained West of the Mississippi river, prior
of tho Ist of January, 1834.
Mr. BELL went into a brief recapitulation o*
the history of the Choctaw treaty, and of the
provisions of the 14th article, which gave CIO
acres of land to every Choctaw head of a lamily,
who resided in Mississippi, and should signify,
his intention of remaining there, and should ac
Ktslly remain for five years. Under this article,
j many fraudulent claims had been set tip, in the
names of Indians who had left the Stale, ami
gone beyond tho Mississippi, but had been
i brought hack by speculators who urged them It
present claims and went halves in the proceeds
15,000 of the nation had emigrated prior to the
,( Ist January, 1884, hut il did not appear that an)
had done so since that time: hence the limitatioi
t| in his amendment.
Mr. DaWSOM objecting to this limitation.
e Mr. BELL consented to modify his amend
e incut, ami struck out tho I mitation.
; Mr. HA VNES suggested that if the Indian
iS had complied with the provisions of this artich
y ol the treaty, and then after tho five years gom
i- West, he did not see how they could ho denier
their land.
t- Mr. BELL said there could he at most hut von
y few such cases, and, if proved, Congress couh
0 make a special provision for them individually.
Mr. DAWSON, made a general attack upoi
0 the bill, which he pressed with much deter
ie ruination and zeal, offering to prove that its pa*
1 sage would subject the United States ts th
wrongful payment of ton or fifteen millions o
II dollars.
* The original number of tho Choctaws at th
’ time of the treaty was 19,000,0 f these 15,000 ha
e gone West of the Mississippi, and of thosejwh
remained, hut 572 heads of families had cluimr
111 reservations: yet it now appeared from a letter c
tho United States District Attorney, that thcr
11 was not less 10,000 Choctaws at this moment ii
the State, who were likely to become claimant
r ‘ under this 14lh article of the trcaiy, namely, 2
cr 000 heads of families, estimated to have, an aver
age, eight children to a family!
>t. Mr. D. went into the history of the agenci
ft appointed by Government, and the claims on thi
01 part of the Indians to reservations within th
State, and insisted that a large portion of th
by latter had been fraudulent in their nature, bavin;
Ie been getting ,up by speculators for their owr
•c private ends.
To their influence he traced the original ap
puintment of the commissioner l
Congress to examine into Choctaw
insisted that the evidence it was now '
was all ex parte —in the highest degree loos^®lJ^
vague; and yet, being countervailed by no
site testimony, would have to he allowed JH
Congress hereafter, lie then read estimates f V
show that the claims k of 16,000 Choctaw* and *
their children would require 3 millions of acres
of land to satify them, and at an estimate of 5
dollars per acre would amount to £13,000,000.
Three dollars was the very lowest average value
of those lands, which were the best in all the
Southwestern State*,
Mr. BELL denied the estimated number of
claimants, which he read from a letter to show
Would not exceed 800, if they amounted to so j
many.
Mr. DAWSON concluded his speech, when
Mr. DELL replied, and called for the reading
of a report from tho Committee on Indian Affairs.
It was read partly through by tho Clerk. Mr. B.
then proceeded further to show the incorrectness
of the estimated number ot claimants; and urged
the fact, that if the e were some fraudulent claim
an s on Indian rights, there were also pre-emp.
tion claimants to keep a sharp look out upon
them, and the Government hud its District At
torney on the spot.
Mr. PARKER of N. Y., took the same side,
and urged the necessity of a speedy passage of the
bill, as the commission had now hut thirteen days
to rurl.
Mr. CHARY of Michigan, opposed the hill, and j
offered as an amendment lo that moved fry Mr.
Doll, to confine the allowance of tfluinis lo such '
as had been originally presented lo tho locating |
agent prior lo the first Monday of December
1835.
Mr. LYON of Alabama, advocated the amend,
mentof Mr. CHARY, and spoke in favor of the i
hill. It would he easy, from the written lists for- !
merly taken, to ascertain what Indians had left I
the Slate, and to detect them if claiming now.
Mr. CAMPBELL of South Carolina, spoke
for some time in favor of the hill, hut against the
amendments.
’The question was then put upon Mr. Crary’s
amendment, which was negatived.
Mr. BELL’S was agreed 10.
Mr. EVERETT moved a further amendment,
guarding against frauds by the substituliollf by the
Indians, of each other’s children as their own,
and incurring a forfeiture of claims in all cases
where this attempt should ho detected.
The amendment was adopted.
The hill was then ordered to its third reading;
read a third time, and passed.
And then tho House adjourned. M.
uuriiwwv rii l m ‘*pn i 11 —*
CHRONICLE - AND SENITNEL
augistaT
'I uenduy Morning, Feb. 20*
To Cohiieei'oxdexts. —Our co,respondent
eTrno” shall he attended to.
Tnc Expres Mail yesterday brought no
slips.
Ixsuhhkction at Tat xiDAD. — Extract of a
; letter dated Trinidad de Cuba, Jan. 17, received
! atihe Boston Exchange Rending Room, per brig
Adelaide, at that port :“P. is some days since we
- were in great consternation by the revolting of
some negroes, who net fire to two plantations—
one, Mr. J. \V. Baker’s—and killed several
men. They sol fire to all his houses, which he
' ing fire proof, were hut slightly injured; destroy
ed his steam mill, carts, and all the utensils•
They arc now concealed in the high mountains,
about 100 in number, hut arc closely pursued by
1 our troops. Mr. Baker had a horse shot from un
’ dcr him, but he succeeded in arresting several of
the rebels. The destruction is now over, and not
5 likely lo occur again.”
r Capl. McLoon slates that when ho left, all the
American merchants in the place were pulling
their properly on board the shipping. It was rc
-8 ported that Mr. Baker had lost 2000 hhds. inolas
® ses, and had ill his standing cane destroyed, and
'> that the negroes were headed by a white Span
’’ jsrj, '
[ron TilE CltttOjmtLE ASJD SEXTIXEt.]
Mu. Editor.—l have looked anxiously into
0 , ..
every city paper, lately, for some expression c.
opinion, on the mo nentous questional present
under discussion in Congress—l mean the Sub
I must confess I have been dia
appoinled at finding so much apparent apathy on
a s hjcct, which appears to me, of such vital
importance. Are the people weary in a war
against corrupt,intriguing & heartless politicians'!
Or do they imagine that the parly in power,
, after having ruined tho country in a strife to
obtain this object—after openly avowing and
ailing on the principle that, “to the victors
I belong the spoils”—after the open and disgust
ing manner in which office-holders have inter
ie
j sered in elections —after destroying the best
currency the woild has ever seen, because they
could not make those who managed it parlicipa
■ tors in their corrupt intrigues—afler prostrating
the power of Congress, and arraying one portion
• of the people against another, to screen them.
111 Selves—in short, as before observed, after having
'■ ruined the country to secure the passage of this
s ‘ bill, which will legalize the seizure of the public
10 purse, by tho Executive; do the people imagine,
if the party he allowed quietly to secure this
power, that they will throw it away, after having
18 made such efforts lo obtain it! And may not
u * silence on this subject be construed into approval!
I foi one think quite enough power and patron
[>‘* age are lodged in the Presidents hands already
°f We have seen, for instance, iiiqtit.es concern.
re ing malpractice* in office, instituted by the pen
-111 pies representatives, thwartjd at every step of
‘is the investigation by the Executive. Will this
J,- further concentration of powci in his hands he
ir- likely lo aid investigations of a like nature! The
party in power are hurrying Uis measure through
ie Congress as last ns possible, lest there should he
ie an expression of public opinion against it, which
He they know exists, but which they hope to escape
ie by pushing the hill quickly lo its final passage,
ig It is high lime, Mr, Editor, that those opposed
n to this infamous measure should be up and
do ng; and 1 do believe nine tenths of this corn
a- m unity are opposed to it. I hope you will giv
I your Kcm on the subject at your earliest con
\ venieimv ,„j a g ree with me in recommending a
1 public feting to be held, for the purpose of
1 giving a \a ihance to express their opinions.
: A TYRO.
y
the V M GREAT BRITAIN,
... the Biilisb his,ite Inconstant
ah fax on 1 1, \
and 4t( >* St u * llrD0 ’ a(^v * ccs 10 '* l R° m
I jHk’Jie rmn/>p from Cork have been recei
vet * 'bough no later than previous-
COII,a '° considerable intelligence of
interes^Bt' 1 ‘° t,le "leasurcs which were be-
Awards C« n , da .
nS lM.e°folisyi'e nth Jr ,hC N Y C ° Urlel
an I l.v’ .■ . . . .
1 The frigate IlBL:. ’7h h,C ? lh,Slntelll ‘
i gence reached ° Ut . lhe * eft
wing of the 93d l®!^ lin 1 in ? a "' ,od '/ Ma
jor Arthur. The a . l « alif “
on the 31st ult. whcreMLl?. „. recclveJ m h
great enthusiasm by ?*
It had been reported inlifc ' ‘
Harding, one of the moat , . x P er,e nc«d
Geneals in the British een .
ted commander of the forces inßjs 113 * r " ®
shall be most happy to find the reML COn ir ,
as a bettar selection could not ■ l,aade ’
The London papers of the 4th ultii<*B^ >c 1 we
received by the Silvio de Grasse, how^^y were
silent on the subject. '
We regret to observe that the Viintic
1 hod made its appearance in Waterford,
and in the neighboring town of Carricou
j It is said (hat there were ID cases in
lon the first day of the apperdnee of the disease, '
i The following extracts are of considerable in
terest.
Coiik, Jan. 4—AiimT —The Troops for CrN
nnja. —Orders have been received, we under
stand, to put the Fermoy Barrack in readiness
for the immediate reception of a large body of
troops, horse and foot.
Transports are expected at Cove (it is said
that the line of battle ships Uellerophon and Van
guard, the former at 78 and the latter at 84 guns
have been ordered inslanlcr from die Mediterran
ean, for the to lake on board the de
pots of the llih and 73J, and proceed to Gibral
tar, where they are to meet the service companies
of the regiments, now in Corlu, and take them
on to Halifax.
from the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 3.
An order from the Horse Guards was received
in the Garrison yesterday morning, for volun
teers to serve in Canada, with a bounty of one
guinea to each man. The order was promptly
lead on parade to the 251 h Regiment, at the New
Barracks, when fifty active fellows including se
veral of a Grenadier Company turned out without
hesitation, and tillered their services to the 1 llh
and 73d Regiment*, which are the Corps specifi
ed in the despatch; and to join their ranks, these
volon'em all embaik next week at Cork on route
to Gibraltar, where the 11th and 73J are to
await orders for Canada.
The 22d Regiment in Cork has been called up
on for volunteers to the R gimencs in Canada.
«a»«» « ■
COMMKIICIA.L.
We have been politely favored, by a Commercial
House of this city, with tbs lollowmg Liverpool
Circular.
LIVERPOOL, 30th December, 1337.
Sir: —The year which is about to terminate has
been one of the must remarkable in the annals of
the Cotton business, and furnishes more than ordi
nary topics for observation.
The stimulus which had been imparled during
the first months ol last year to every brunch of in
dustry, through the undue facility of credit, (and
to none insro than the Cotton'raile,) bad received a
salutary check before the close, one ol the conse
quences ot which had been a gradual tall in prices,
and a larger stock in the Port than had been confi
dently preilictrd at an earlier period. Still, hotvvev
cr, the quantity on hand, being little more than ton
weeks' consumpl ion, could scarcely bo deemed ex
. cessive, a tact which, coupled with the growing
demands for the article for Iho manufactories of this
and other countries, seemed to justify an opinion
that the then prices would be sustained in the lace
even ol an abundant crop. But whatever variety
of effect might have been anticipated from this or
other causes, ike most sagacious did not pretund to
foresee the disastrous state of things which a few
mouths were destined to disclose.
Before the end ot January, the import began to
produce a sensible impression upon Iho market; in
the three following months it continued to gain in
an increa-ed ratio upon that of the year fiuloro,
whilst the accumulation of slock was still more slri
: king, having ruihor more than doubled bytheend
of May. During the whole of this period, pr.ces
bad been uuilormly declining; m l txoagh a specu
lative demand occasionally enlivened the market, it
was 1 transient in i:s effects to restore confi lence,
or to arrest the downward movement of prices.
' The trade bought sparingly, le.-s however from mo
tives of prudence than of necessity, and the means
of many considerable consumers were further crip
pled by their having been largo importers on their
1 own account.
The market at length settled down to its lowest
point about the middle of June, from which limo
to the end of July it remained in the most hopeless
slate of depression; lair qualities of Upland had
fallen from lOd to (id pr lb, Pernambuco from lid to
} Sid pr lb, and B'ural from sid to 4d pr lb, and the
f slocks had swelled to 335,501) bags, being mi in
■ ," r easeot 150,500 bags iipoiilhocorresponding Him
i onlm proceed. l1 *? year.
1 nose who remember former periods ol glut in
1 1927 and 1828, when prices were fully us high, and
. the quantity on hand considerably greater than in
July last, with a consumption of little mare than
1 one-half, will readily admit that the circumstances
1 of the stock alone were woolly insufficient to explain
so serious a fall. But whatever may have been
r due to this cause, it isobvious llintlbe embarrassed
! stale of commercial credit was the main instrument
in bringing aooul such serious results. It is boy
’ ond the scope of a publication like ibis to trace
I these financial difficulties to their source, and their
j immediate effects are 100 fresh in the recollection
of every one to require more particular notice.
3 Their influence was telt with more or loss intensity
for many morulis,and thvir action upon Cotton was
perhaps, disproportionately severe, being the article
• amidst the general dullness, which from the short
t ness nl the payment and its comparat.ve facility of
presented the readiest means of meeting the
1 pressing wants of ike day.
It soon began to be perceived, however, that
, the evil would work its own cure, and that the
impediments which were thrown in the way of
negotiating Bills would operate as a very season
able chock upon the shipments in the autumn,
5 upon these grounds, large speculations were en
-3 : . . - . - .
b Comparative Statement of IMPORTS, STOCKS, and PRICES of COTTON,
» In the Pori ofLivunpooi,, on the 31st December 1835, 1830, and 1837.
I I ‘ U1 ’ OU ' r - [ STOCK | VEICES.
! 183 - 1837 y
Stained, ’ i 303691 35954 312334' 1500 142 t 1 77<'i 'ofafo #
f,7 ed, > 37890 31200 35290 ®*Sl3* 7nU 7 “’o
Vi i an>S , V \-\ ( 343241 352331 474574 37yuC i 30000 20070 7iul li 7 a l2 GinOi
Alabama and IN.obile, > 9fiG() ,- “Win r? 1, ,f, b * a
, PamambuconAracnu <Si'f 58358 72337 54124 lUO?oi 15310 l ] rrtn o? a IoV Gia 9
1 llahia and Muccto, 40364 3363; M 2GIO S*i £ u° 3 ' lU ' al3 °lalol
s Marnnham 43281 41089 u 1(0 8440 t “V* 11 *' 7la 91
. 51 inn and Para, 309 130 »j 1* I «>» Wi.Wi S .10
S Surinam, ) >o „ 1(11l 1 JU 880 >lO Bialu
s Demerara, t , 1430 1 9 .j n ! -i-'n ~ ln ‘J *ll
! Barbadoes, )’ 814 484 * 3 °' jSI 7 '° 10aI2i UHaU 9^121
Lnguita, ] | 280 J°° 5--J 1 9*110: IOaIOS B'a 81
L Canbngcna ~,.J >: B<uloC SlalOil Cia 8i
l Bahama. I 2 - ]4 , 384U | 4b9o | >B|7 a 7i s{a 6
Peruvian, f 13,99 * io 24379 0 4 .?, 175,,! R ,J 8 al 3 IBa 12
3 Common W. ImJia, <ic , 3 ~ , 8^! 10ialul 91a iu 81a 9
. Smyrna, J I G '" 182 J , PJalO i 71a 10 6i tBl
Bfe’yp*. , 35923 ' 31153 35568 ]TO5O >9 i 7ia Bil o*u 7
1 m“S. »a *»« Sm mm SS ; ;i*
. f_J™ 1 ■<*«. s « m, s| gw :.V 1:»! ft c!
JoT ‘ L ’ 9(0253 1036205; 184700 W4590 , f7082( . 3J, ‘ S * ‘ 5
t'rum tin United Sennet Gazette—Dec. 30 V
RoTAi AiTiLiKti—Owing to the state of I
anairs in Canada, the two companies that wem I
(o have embarked yesterday for Jamaica an J I
uarbadoes, have been countermanded, and it i* B
supposed they arc now destined to proceed • ■
Halifa*, enroute for Canada, ■
Twenty live officers, on the half pay, hav. I
been ordered out to assume the command of ami I
direct the regiments of militia in Canada; manv ■
of them embark by the next picket. Among tWfc ■
are Col. Cox, Major Macphal, Baron de KottV ■
luug, Lieut. Col. Fitzgerald, late of the Legion I
CHARLESTON I
Citizens Purge, $ I 000—3 Mile Ihatt I I
Dr. Ouigngrd’s, Clodhopper. la" ■
Lovell & Hammond’s Gerow, 4 3 3 I
Col. McCargo’s Genito, 3 13 9
Col, Span’s Convention, 244 H
Time— lst. heat, 6m Os;—3d, Cm sg— 3d I
6nl 13s. S
The Rr.ces will ho continued today by a I
Sweepstakes, for coltg and fillies, 3 years old ■
2 mile heats. —Mercury of.Monday. ’ ■
MARINE INTELLIGENCE. " * B*
CHARLESTON, Prlr, 19.-AirwteisfaV~l.rf ~ t & r ■
rulnSnutv, N. York, II .ctu.Geo. A (Tjoks ? .dler‘ I
Billi'iiore: aleani piick.'is Xeptune, Penneyer, X Tori' I
via Smithville, (N. C.); Georgia. Rullins, Nj.-folk- *’ ■
Sailed yesterday, Sw, barque Kama, Bohn, Antwern- I
Fr. hurriue Imliistnrl, Bosqunil, Havre; briir Alol,«’ I
J Eulope. D “"‘ VUl ' ' Vttrd, > Gr ‘ *n. NonU ■
Sri led on Sat ‘relay, 1) r. ship Roger Stewart, Gordon a
t.itenock; ships Commerce, Perry, l.iv, rpool; Persia* B
kvo ilisoii. do.; barque Glohe. Silshee, do.; I, brig Cor^
,X. York; UI, brig Junes, Hull da; linu ■ J
» ken. | : ’inckney. Ford, Baltimore.
DIED. 1
Lite residence, in Richmond County M
on the le'sh inst. Mrs. Aw. Uihiuiiaut, in the H
28th year of her age, loved and esteemed by all to ■
whom she was known. ■
Tlie friends and acquaintances of the deceased ■
are invited to meet ai the grave, at the late resi- ■
denee of Mr John Fox, on the Sand Hills, this M
afternoon at four o clock, without further invita- ■
tion. "s K
On Savannah river, St. Peters Parish U L . au ■
fort District, on the 15;h inst, Dr. Gkoiio* J. I
Ghat, afler a painful illness of three weeks £
which he bore with fortitude and resignation. ’ 1,
r-n'lr n i0 uu I ! : n(l "cquamtanos of iho lato Mr JOS
lal (1 C. Ih VL and ot the family, are invited to at- fu l
tend has funeral at the Cottage, the residence of Mrs HF
Adams, to-morrow morning, at 10 o’clock.
Augusta Benevolent Society M
Committees appointed (or the presem month '
Committee Division No. I—Messrs. \Vm T »
Thompson, Demetrius A. liland, Mrs. Catharine K
Smith, Mrs. Thomas Gardner.
Committee Division No. 3—Messrs \V m , If Crane . ft
Solomon Kneeland, Mrs. Elizabeth Don-iasa Air.’ 16-,
Elpha Morrison. “ I]
Committee Division No 3.—Messrs. E.VV Dough- |i
ty, John Fleming, Mrs. E. W. Collier, Miss Marr I]
Glover. n
All eases of sickness and distress please renort fIJP
them. M. M. BROWN, See’y pro ten. ft
The Constitutionalist will please copy the above.’ ft,
(cb 1J Jm 40 H
lured into, which at once gave great steadiness to- ft
the market. 'J’he amendment, however,was very ■
gradual, and no material advance took place un- I
til the soundness of these views was confirmed t
by the falling oil’ in the import. From the low
est point in June lo the close of the market yes
terday, the advance had been on fair qualities of
American 2id, and of Brazil, Egyptian and East
India lsd per lb.
Below will be found the usual tabular Mals
ment of import and slock, by which it will bo
seen that the former is pretty nearly the sams as
that of last year, whilst the latter is considerably
less. It will he observed also, dial ihero is lath
er more discrepancy than of late years, though a
very unimportant one, between the estimated
and the ascertained stock, a variation which may
be accounted for by the imports up to the latest
moment being included in the latter. The con
sumption in spile of partial interruptions hone
disputes with the operatives in I’rcston and
Glasgow, and the still more sciious drawbacks
arising out of Iho suspension of demand for
Goods for the United Slates during a large por
tion of the year, has continued to increase, hav
ing now reached, according to the most accurate
cslimales which can be mado, 30,785 bags per
week, being 931 per week more than last year.
■Some opinion will he expected as lo Iho
prospects for the future :—die hislory of (his
evendul year has shown how extremely fallaci
ous calculation may he, which are based on the
simple questions of demand arid supply; but ths
financial arrangements between the Slates and
this country being now placed, as it is hoped;
uponamore secure fooling, disturbing causei
such as have been recently experienced, may Id'
stlely excluded from consideiation. The quan- /
lily in die hands of the trade is unquestionably
greater than it was at iho same lime last year
the difference being perhaps, at a rough estimate'
equal to the difference of the stock in the port at
the two periods. All accounts concur in a favor
able report ot the new crop, the shipment of
which, from the causes already alluded to, has
been much ictarded, an unusually large balance
al 0 o( the old crop, from the same causes, remains
in the hands ot the planters and others, which 1
will come forward .simultaneously, and will no ;
doubt conlribut ito swell the import of the first
lew months, On the oilier hand, the consump
tion is on the increase, not only in this, but in
cry country in Europe; and even should the stock!
/ accumulate during the full tide of import, so as
cause temporary inconvenience, it is not probihle
that the depression will be either serious or
of long duration, from the conviction which
would seem lo be gaining- ground, that the
supplies from all quarters are not likely to be
more than adequate to the rapidly increasing
wants of the country. It is scarcely, however,
to be expected that the present prices which
are the result of a combination of fortuitous
circumstances, can be maintained when the
spring supplies begin to pour in; though, con
sidering the smallness of the stock, and
viewing the prices in comparison with those
of the same period last year, (on the average
lid to 2d pr lb lower,) they must be regarded
, as moderate, and high only when measured by
the low standed of last summer.