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BORDER TROUBLES.
The Maine papers continue to express
dissatisfaction at the President’s message.
They think it is not decided enough—that
it is too tame —and express an opinion
that Governor Fairfield will not comply with
the intimation in the message to withdraw
his troops from the disputed territory.—
War measures are evidently the popular
measures in Maine.
General Scott arrived on Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at Portland, anil
was to address the citizens from the Cum
berland House that evening.
The Portland troops had left that city
in carriages on the way to Augusta under
command of Colonel J. D. Kinsman.
General Harvey, it is said is concentrat
ing a strong military force in the Province
of New Brunswick.
Tlie trespassers arrested on Fish River
by Colonel Jarvis have been released by
that officer, inconsequence of their show
ing permits from the Government of New
Brunswick.
We find the following letter in the Bos
ton Atlas:
Machias, Saturday evening, 9 o’clock.
We have just received news from East
port which says that a British man of war
arrived ofTCatnpobello, opposite Eastport,
yesterday afternoon, with three hundred
.regular troops on hoard bound to St.j
John’s—presumed to be from Halifax. —
Three more vessels were houfly expected.
Part of the drafted men of New Bruns
wick have marched for Frederickton
mid the disputed territory and others on
their way. A detachment of one hundred
and fifty men, from the division, passed
through here yesterday, and about two
hundred more are quartered in town to-,
night, bound to Calais.
We learn from the Eastern Argus that
an order was recently passed by the Exe
cutive Council of New Brunswick, direct
ing Mr. McLaughlin to proceed, with an
unarmed force, to the disputed territory,
and drive the trespassers from thence;
hut before proceeding to perform the duty
thus imposed on him, he was to wait on
the commander of the American forces,
show him his instructions, and request him
not to interfere in the matter. Mr. Mc-
Laughlin accordingly had an interview
with Gen. Ilodsdon, at lloulton, the re
sult of which was, that Gen. 11. informed ,
Mr. M« that he was stationed there by tliei
Government of Maine for a specific object,!
and had no authority to act in the manner
requested by the Council—therefore, he i
should sull'er ho interference in the terri- j
tory, by any party, armed or unarmed,
but that he would communicate the pro
position to the Governor, and wait his fur
ther directions. On communicating these
facts to Gov. Fairfield, he replied to Gen. i
11. in effect that his reply to the British ;
proposition was entirely satisfactory.
The correspondent of the Boston Atlas ,
writes as follows, under date of
Statu House, Augusta, j
Wednesday, March (i, 1839. )
The Governor, I understand, is waiting
the action of Congress before lie communi
cates to the Legislutirre his views in rela
tion to the present position of affairs. He
understands too well the feelings of the
people of this State to accede to the re
commendation of Mr. Van Buren, and
withdraw our forces from the disputed ter
ritory. I think lam safe in assuring you
that there will be no backing out on the
part of Maine.
Gen. Scott reached Augusta on Wednes
day afternoon.
[Correspondence of the Courier.]
By last night’s Eastern Mail, which ar
rived about eleven o’clock, wc received
the following letter from our correspon
dent:—
Bangor, Tuesday Evening, )
March 5,1839. j
The reception of the President’s Mess
age, aud the agreement of Mr. Forsyth
with the British Minister, produced an
extraordinary excitement in this city,
which will not subside, until we bear of the
action of our own Legislature upon them.
However well the message may be receiv
ed by other parts of tlio Union, its recom
mendation cannot be acceptable to the
people of Maine.
The Kennebec division is still quarter
ed here.
General Sawyer, Surveyor General of
the Public Land*, arrived liere ibis morn
ing from Augusta with orders to proceed
immediately to the disputed territory and
cause a fort to be erected at or near the
line of the State, which will command the
liver St. John.
Most of the troops under Gen. Ilodsdon
remain -at Houlton. A communication
lias now been opened from that place to
the position Jarvis occupies.
News readied here to-day, that a de
tachment from the Somerset division, were
to bo marched to the forks of Kennebec.
They are destined probably to repel any
invasion or inroad that may be made
'through the Kennebec road.-
The President’s Message has not thus |
far checked or suspended any movements
previously ordered, or any of the bustle or
preparations for war.
A long letter from our correspondent at
Houlton, gives us some details. One
thousand men, with the exception of tw o
companies, which moved forward to the
Aroostook on Friday, were in the village
at the date ofthe letter, Monday, and were
expected to move forward during the pres
ent week. Gen. Uodsdon acts under the
orders of Mr. Jarvis.
I he thermometer at Houlton, on Mon
day morning, was at five degrees below
zer o.
Other letters say, a fortification is also
ordered to be erected at the tbrks of the
Kennebec river, and (100 n»en detached to
that spot. Col. Jarvis has established his
head quarters within half a mile of the
line, at a place said to be admirably calcu
lated for defence, and commanding the
whole country arouud. A temporary fort
is erected there and three pieces of ord
nance mounted. Two hundred men from
General Hodsdon’s detachment had reach
ed Jarvis's camp.
’File military forces now actually in the
service of the state is about three thousand
and five hundred. This lorce I presume
will not he at present, increased. Seven
thousand of the militia of the state, in ad
dition to those actually called out, have
been drafted and ordered to hold them
selves in readiness, to be called for at a
moment's notice.
LATEST.FROM THE EAST.
Important and Warlikefrom .Xoea Scotia.
We are indebted to the editor of the
Boston Atlas, for an extra of his paper
containing intelligence from Halifax, (No
va Scotia,) to the 27tli February.
The intelligence received from the East
relates principally to the proceedings of
t he Nova Scotia legislature. The feel
ings that prevude the people of that pro
vince is warlike in the extreme.
! The legislative council on the 27th tilt,
passed a resolution affirming the right of
Great Britain to jurisdiction over the dis
puted territory, and to the exclusive pos
session of it during the pendency of the
negotiation. Resolutions have passed the
House of Assembly unanimously, author
izing the Governor to draft militia aud
to accept volunteers to serve with the reg
|ular troops in defence of the Province
and New Brunswick. The Militia of
the Province are to he enrolled from the
I age of 1(5 to CJO, and the sum of 100,000
! is to be placed at the disposal of the Lieut,
j Governor, for paying the militia, and dc
| fraying the expenses of tlie public de
fence. Such was the enthusiastic feeling
; with which these measures were adopted
that leave was asked of the Speaker to
'give three cheers in which tlie galleries
might join, which was granted, and three
hearty cheers were given accordingly.
Prom N. Y. Keening Post of the 11 th lust.
j The news received by the mails yes-
Lterdny is not very important. Gen. Scott
j met the citizens of Augusta, representa
tives and soldiers in the Legislati e Hall
Jon the afternoon of Thursday, March 7th.
| The correspondent of the Portland Ar
gus says:
“The hall was full and the galleries
were crowded. Many could not getplac-,
es. The greeting of the General to the
soldiers and officers introduced to him
was peculiarly hearty. In one of the Re
presentatives, Mr. Frost, of Bethel, he
recognized a fellow soldier in the last war.
They were hoth wounded in the same
battle. The interview was enthusiastic.
The General seemed hardly willing to
part with his hand.
After a half hour spent in these mutual
interchanges of friendship, Mr. Allen of
Bangor, in a few remarks welcomed Gcn
|Crnlßcott among us; to which welcoming
ihe replied, by thanking the audience for
j the hearty reception they had given him
; in the capitol of Maine and by express
ing bis happiness at being enabled, face
to face see so many of her sons— and should
war come, he should he glad to he found
shoulder to shoulder—breast to breast—
lighting with such soldiers.
[From the N. Y. Com. Adv. 12th inst.]
The provincial papers talk quite as
nonsensically übout the present condi
tion and future prospects of mattors-rc
j lating to the dispute, ns any of our own
i —the slang-wangers on both sides appear
jmg to think it a point of high necessity
jto profess the utmost contempt for each
| other, individually and nationally.
The advices from lloulton are to oth,
J evening. Nothing new.
A letter from Augusta, under date of
7th says —
I No communication has been made bl
ithe .Governor of otir Legislature in rela
tion to the late movements at Washington
on our border troubles. We shall proiia
! bly have something tomorrow from the
Governor, when we may expect some ac
tion on the subject by the Legislature.
I The feeling is very strong among the
people through the State that our troops
ought not to be withdrawn from the dis
puted territory until the line is settled.
J Captain Buchanan, bearer of despatch
es from Sir John Harvey, arrived at Que
! bee on the 2d, and reported that Sir
j John was waiting despatches from Mr.
Fox, and fully expected that the affair
would terminate amicably.
A Correspondent of the National In
telligencer writes from New York under
date of the 12th inst., 3 P. M., and says:—
“Gen. Scott had been publicly receiv- 1
ed-and welcomed in Augusta, but nothing
yet leaks out as to the intentions of the
Governor—whether he breathes peace or
war. I see in the Portland Advertiser
that the Hon. lleuel Williams has been
addressing the people of Portland; and j
judging from the tenor of a few of his re
marks reported, I take the liberty of exer-J
cising the Yankee gift of guessing that;
ihe has been commissioned by high au
thorities in Washington to try to make the
people of Maine, of all patties, morepeace
! able. His tone appears to be 500 per
j cent lower than it was in the United
> States Semttfe. 110 also states that it is
[ not probable any special envoy will be
' sent to England till the British Goyern
Dll LA s wick ad voc ate.
i merit is heard from: and he also leaves
■ the impression that, if an appointment is
. made it will be made from Maine or Massa
, chusetts. Portland is evidently becoming
more peaceable, and ! now have hardly a
doubt that the war spirit is rapidly sub
siding; but whether Maine will abandon
the military occupation of the Aroostook
at pesent, is a matter of doubt. A Ban
gor letter states that Sir John Colborne is
makiug great efforts to aid Sir John Ilar
t vey, aud that the Canadian papers art: re
quested to be silent as to such movements.
It is certain they are quite silent. A
Quebec paper stales that Maine is erect
ing a fort at the United States custom
house, on the Kennebec road. 1 doubt
this. A letter from Bangor states that
the British now have an arsenal full of
arms at Temiscouata Lake, within the
disputed territory.
Below is the letter of Mr. Forsyth to
the Governor of Maine, enclosing the
message of the President.
OFFICIAL PAPER.
On the Maine Harder subject. — J.liter
from the Secretary of State to the Go
vernor of Maine.
Department of State,
Washington, Feb. 2(5, 1839.
Sir —In acknowledging, by the direc
tion of the President, your communica
tions to him of the 18th and 19th inst. on
the subject of recent occurrences in the
disputed territory, and the proceedings of,
the authorities of Maine and New Bruns
wick growing out of them, I have the
hofior to communicate to your Excellency ,
copies of a message this day transmitted
by the President to Congress, aud of a J
note from the British Minister, with my ;
answer.
From the last mentioned paper, it will
be perceived that the President entirely
concurs with your Excellency, in denying;
the existence of any such agreement be
tween the United States andGreat Britain, 1
as that appealed to on behalf of the latter,
and supposed to give her, pending the
boundary question, exclusive jurisdiction j
over the territory in dispute, it is hoped
that in consequence of the representations!
upon this head, conveyed through my j
note to Mr. Fox, to the authorities ofN.J
Brunswick, any further advance of British
troops towards or into the territory will
be suspended ; that this will be the signal
for the cessation of all military array and
movements on both sides of the line, and
for the simultaneous release of the agents,
of the respective parties now in custody; J
and that the renewed efforts now making;
to effect an amicable adjustment of the.
principal difference will at an early day
be successful.
If unfortunately, the President should
be disappointed in this expectation, your
Excellency may rest assured of the dispo
sition and readiness of the Executive
branch of the Government of the United
States to perform such further duties as
may be imposed upon him by circum
stances.
Looking, in the mean time, to a satis
factory termination of present difficulties,
the President instructs me to suggest to
your Excellency the expediency ofa mu
tual understanding between the authori
ties of Maine and those of New Bruns
wick, for the prevention of further depre
dation upon the territory in dispute. Such
an understanding, dictated in a proper
spirit of forbearance, and the mutual de
sire for the preservation of peace which
is supposed to prevail on both sides of the
line, might, it is believed, be easily effect
ed, with an express reservation that it
should not be so construed as to impair
the right of the parties, whether to the
actual proprietary title or the temporary
jurisdiction of either over the disputed
territory, or any portion of it. No objec
tion is perceived to this course.
Should the governor of New Brunswick
ho disposed to acquiesce, it may be, as to
its duration until the decision of the Brit
ish Government in the matter can be ob
tained; and if, for reasons which cannot
be apprehended, an arrangement of the
character referred to prove impracticable
with local authorities, the President, on
being informed thereof, will use endeavors
to make such an arrangement with the
Government of Great Britain. It would
be lamentable, indeed, and present a sin
gular spectacle, if, while the parties to
whom it belongs to adjust the main point
in controversy are engaged in discussions
with a sincere desire to bring them to a
satisfactory result, the pence ot the coun
try, and the real and best interests of the
people more directly concerned, were to
be involved, by disagreements between
the local authorities upon points of Sec
ondary importance, and susceptible, as it is
believed, of being easily reconciled. It
would produce consequences which the
nation at large could not but deplore, and
, which the President believes, the govern
ment and people of Maine are as anxious
as lie is to use every effort to avert
1 have the honor to he, sir, your obedi
ent servant, JOHN FORSYTH.
A Clincher. —A. and B. walking togeth
er, were talking of the senses, such as see
ing, hearing, feeling, and the like. A. re
marked that his sense of hearing was re
markable for its acuteness. B. was not
wonderfully endowed in this respect, but
observed that his vision was wonderful.
“Now, to illustrate,” said he, “1 can see
a fly on the spire of yonder church.” A.
looked sharply at the place indicated—
“Ah,” said he, “I can’t see him, but I can
hear him step.”—[Nashua Tel.
I [From tlie Baltimore American.]
NEW CENSUS.
Among the important Acts which were
passed at the close of the late session of
Congress was one making provision for
i taking the sixth census, or enumeration of
the inhabitants of t lie United States. The
; last general census was that of 1830, ten
years ago. The present Act provides, in
i regard to the remuneration of persons,
J that it shall distinguish the sexes of all free
white persons, and ages of the free white
males aud females, respectively, under five
years of age; those of five and under ten
years of age; those of ten years and under
fifteen; those of fifteen and under twenty;
those ot twenty and under thirty; those of
thirty and under forty; those of forty and
under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty;
those of sixty and under seventy; those of
seventy and under eighty; those of eighty
and under ninety; those of ninety and un
der one hundred; those of one hundred
and upwards, and shall further distinguish
the number of those free white persons in
cluded in such enumeration who are deaf
and dumb, under the age of fourteen years;
and those of the age of fourteen years and
under twenty-five; and of the age of twenty
five years and upwards; and shall distin
guish the number of those free white per
sons included in such enumeration who
are blind; and also in like manner of those
who are insane or idiots, distinguishing
further such of the insane and idiots, as
are a public charge. The enumeration is
also to distinguish the sexes of all free
adored persons and of all other colored per
sons bound to service for life or for a term
of years, and the ages of such free and
other colored persons, respectively, of each
sex under ten years of age; those of twen
ty-four and under thirty-six; those of thir
ty-six and under fifty-five; those of fifty-five
and under one hundred; and those of one
hundred and upwards; aud shall further
distinguish the number of those free
colored and other colored persons includ
ed in the foregoing who are deaf and
dumb without regard to age, and those
who are blind; and also in like manner
those who are insane or idiots, distinguish
ing further such of the insane and idots
as are a public charge.
In order to carry out fully and correctly
the provisions of the Act in this and other
particulars, the several Marshals of the
Districts and Territories are required, un
der the direction of the Secretary of State,
and according to such instructions as he
shall give, to make the said enumeration
either personally or by assistants; power
is given to the marshals to appoint one or
more assistants in each city and county,
to make actual inquiry at every dwelling
house or personal inquiry of the head of
every family. Before entering on this du
ty, the marshals and assistants are requir
ed to make the oath recited in the Act,
for its faithful performance.
Tlie enumeration is to commence on
the Ist June, 1840, and be completed
within ten months thereafter. The com
pensation to the Assistant marshals is to
be at the rate of two dollars for every
hundred persons returned, when such per
sons reside in the country; and when the
enumeration is made in a city or town of
more than three thousand persons, the As
sistants are to receive at the same rate for
three thousand, and atthe rate of two dol
lars for every three hundred persons over
three thousand, residing in such city or
town. The compensation of the Marshals
ranges from >Y~'>o to $450.
By the (sth section of the Act it is pro
vided that every free person over the ao-c
of sixteen years, whether heads of families
or not, is liable to a penalty of B'4o for re
fusing to give to the Marshal or his assis
tant a true account, to the best of his oi
lier knowledge, of every person belonging
to such family.
The Marshals and assistants are requir
ed bv the loth section to take the census
of all persons receiving pensions from the
United States for revolutionary or military
services, stating their names and ages; arid
also shall collect and return in statistical
tables under proper heads according to
such forms as shall he furnished, all such
information in relation to mines, agricul
ture, commerce, manufactures and schools,
as will exhibit a full view of the pursuit,
industry, education and resources cff the
country, as shall he directed by the Presi
dent of the United States. Audit is made
the duty of the Secretary of State, under
the direction of the President, to prepare
such forms, regulations, and instructions,
as shall be necessary and proper to comply
with the provisions of the act.
New Orleans, March 11.
Latest from Mexico.— The Sc.hr G.
11. \Yetter, Capt. Delving,..arrived last cvc _
mug Iroui Vera Cruz, which place she left
on the ‘JAth tilt, reports that there were j
about sixteen French vessels of War, and
about twelve English otftlie coast. Pack
enhatn was expected to arrive from the city
of Me xico, to hold a conference with the
French admiral, the object of which was
not known.
Also that the schr. Mary and Envoy
were up for this port, and that theCraton
had arrived on the il'Jd ult. but no account
had been received of the schr. Balance,
which sailed from this place some time
since for Vera Cruz.
An American Consul murdered under
sanction of Mexican authuriti/. —We have j
seefi a letter addressed to one of our most
respectable commercial houses of this city,
from the coast of Mexico, from undoubted
authority, which states that Mr. Langdon,
the American Consul for Laguna DeTer
minas, died a lew days previous from
blows received from a negro at Laguna,
(under sanction of one of their Justices)
and after being most cruelly treated, he
was sent to a dungeon where he remained
three nights with conderned criminals, from
whence he succeeded in escaping with his
lady to a small village between that and
Campeachy, where he died of his wounds,
llis lady had gone up to Campeachy, and
an order from the old Judge had followed
her to bring her back to Laguna, to an
swer the charges against her husband.
New Orleans, March 13.
We learn, that letters received by the'
schr. Cora, arrived this morning, from
Tampico, stale that General Urrea and
his federal troops had been defeated, near
San Luis de Potosi, by the government
troops, in a pitched battle, and had retreat
ed to Valle dol Mais. General Romero
commanded the victors. General Alexia
was closely besieged in Tuspana, by Gen.
Cos, commanding the government troops.
This intelligence is calculated to banish
all hopes of a reform in the present gov
ernment. The overthrow of the federal
ists, under a leader of the accredited tal
ents ofa Urrea, cannot but add considera
bly to the influence of Bustamente and the
central party which upholds him. The
latter, if we are not misinformed, is made
up of the clergy, a number of adherents
of Old Spain, and a set of men whose am
bition for office renders them little scru
pulous as to the means by which they
may obtain and retain the management of
public affairs.
Baltimore, March 9.
City Bank of Detroit. —Suspension
of specie payments. —The Detroit Adver
tiser of the 2.3 th ult. contains an official
announcement, by the officers of the De
troit city Bank, announcing that the Bank
has suspended specie payments for sixty
days. The Detroit Advertiser says that the
suspension was caused by a continued
run on the Bank for specie, and adds—
“ From the high character of the gentle
men engaged in that institution, we have
every reason to believe that its obligations
to bill holders and depositors, will be re
deemed at the expiration of that period.
We think we may safely caution the hold
ers of the bills against infilling any sacrifice
upon them. The amount in circulation is
only 15,423, being only one tenth of the
circulation allowed them by the general
banking law, under which that institution
was created.”
The State Bank of Michigan also
« Depended. —The Detroit papers of the
th, received since the above was in type
contain an official notice from the officers
of the Michigan State Bank, that that in
stitution had also suspended specie pay
ments for sixty days.—The announce
ment had created much excitement in
Detroit.
Upper Canada. — Another duel lias
been fought at Sandwich, between Col.
Prince and Charles Bady,.Esq., in which
the latter was shot dead. This is the se
cond duel in which Col. Prince has been
recently engaged, in consequence of the
disapprobation fell,and expressed at his
shooting of the prisoners. In the other
his antagonist, Mr. Wood, was wounded
in the face. It is said that several other
duels arc in prospect, Col. Prince having
challenged a number of persons, and on
account of the same matter.
Opening or the Parliament. —The
speech of Sir George Arthur, at the open
ing of the Provincial Parliament on the
2T;h ult. is a public document of consid
erable interest. Nearly four columns
are devoted to general remarks upon the
late rebeiion and invasions.
Governor Arthur congratulates the Leg
islature upon the present tranquility of
the province, tmd security of the frontier
but declares bis belief that the dangers
are far from being entirely at an end.
lie maintains that the motives which caus
ed those dangers are still existing with
unabated force; and that henceforth the
province must chiefly rely upon its own
ability to repel and punish hostile aggres
sion. lie therefore recommends early
attention to such amendments of the mili
tia laws as shall place that force on the
best possible footing.
The agitating question of the clergy
reserves is earnestly commended to the
early action of the Legislature.
An intimation is thrown out that the
prisoners now under sentence of death
will be transported to a penal colony.
fN. Y. Com. Advertiser.
The Murderers of Isaacs. — A letter has
been addressed to the Mayor of this city,
by Mr. S. F. Patterson, of Wilkesbo
ro’, N. C., giving some particulars rela
tive to the of Isaacs, Jones
and Cowles came to Wilkesboro’ in com-,
pany, early in July last, where Cowles!
performed as a juggler and ventriloquist.
They there met with the man, whom Jones
in his examination calls “Dickerson,” hut
who was doubtless a tumbler and wire
dancer, named Win. Cofly, who had serv
ed as a volunteer and drum major in the
Cherokee service, in the preceding April
and who had also been in the Florida ser
vice. At Franklin, Macon county, in
September last, the three were believed
to have been concerned in the robbery of
a jeweller named Harvey. The jewelry !
to the amount of about |>3ooo was found
in the trunk of Cowles, who escaped.!
Cofly- and Jones were arrested, and the i
former discharged by the magistrates,
and Jones bound over. Jones was tried
before the Superior Court of the county
shortly after, and acquitted; although pub
lic sentiment held him guilty. While in
YVilkcsboro, and the adjacent villages,
they frequently displayed considerable
quantities of jewelry, principally gold
watches, guard chains, seals, keys, &.c.;
among which was a gold watch with the
name of Champion or Miss Champion,”
engraved on the back—probably Miss C.,
formerly of Salesbury, N. C., now the'
wife of Mr. Desaussure of Cainden, S. C,
1 he writer thinks this jewelry was proba
bly obtained by the villains during the
great fire in Charleston. He thinks, too,
that Jones has not told the whole truth
in his late confession, and that he is prob
ably as deeply concerned in the murder
of Isaacs as either of the others. Jones,
while at Wilkesboro’, claimed to be the
proprietor of the juggling establishment,
and asserted on his trial that Cowles was
only employed by him to perform on wa
ges. [Charleston Courier.
STORM AT ST. JOSEPH.
A violent storm occurred at St. Joseph
(Fa.) on the night of the 27th ult ac
companied with hail and rain, which blew
down several unfinished buildings, and
also done considerable damage to the
shipping in port.
Ihe St. Joseph Himes of the 2d inst.
says lhe storm for about one hour was
more violent than any previous gale at
this place, and the damage to the ship
ping, was caused more by the extreme
force of wind, rapidly changing from S.
VV. to N. W. than by the waves. The
moon about half an hour previous to the
squall, presented a fearful lurid appear
ance, and the clouds up rollling and
flashing like a tornado—one
horizon being star lit, and the other ob
scured by a black and menacing cloud.
To day the Bay is as clear ns a lake, and
by to-morrow, we expect to see every
craft afloat and uninjured except the In
dependence and Lexington.
[From the Augusta Chronicle of Thursday.]
COMMUNICATED.
To the Public.—l take this method of
informing all whom it may concern, that
on yesterday morning, about 2 o’clock, I
was awoke by the noise of flames in my
dwelling, and had just time to escape with
my family. My loss is between twelve and
| fifteen thousand dollars. Every thing on
my place was consumed—my bed was on
fire three minutes after I left it, so that
I had no time to save a single article of
any description. My finoke-housc, dairy,
&o. are all destroyed. Sothat myself and
j family are without a single necessary of
life. If it were the act of an incendiary,
his end was secured, save.in one respect
our lives are spared.
J. H. T.
February, 13, 1839-
Awful news from Guadaloupe up
wards of four thousand persons killed by
! the Earthquake. —From obT files of Ha
vana papers received yesterday, (says the
; New Orleans Bulletin of Friday,) we
learn that the earthquake recently experi
enced in Martinique and other windward
| islands with such fearful consequences,.
] lias had still more disastrous effects in
, Guadaloupe. There the victims extracted
from the ruins of buildings are stated to-
J have exceeded four thousand ! This truly
nppelling intelligence is received through
the Captain of the American brig Madrid
from Barbadoes, which arrived at Trin
idad de Cuba about the oth ultimo. We
await the details of this visitation with
impatience.
J ANOTHER INCENDIARY ATTEMPT.
On Sunday morning last, on opening
the Unitarian Church in this city, a quan
tity of shavings was discovered, partly
burnt, in the passage leading to the gal
lery of the edifice. No traces were dis
covered to show how the miscreant enter
ed the building; and but that the fire pro
videntially expired of itself, that beautiful
temple dedicated to the worship of the
Most High, would be now a mass of rur
ins. Does it not behoove our fellow cit
izens to be ever on the alert, to discover,
if possible, the vile beings who are en
gaged in such unhallowed deeds? That
there is reason to be watchful, the late at
tempts to destroy afford sufficient evi
dence.—[Savannah Georgian.
A Heartfelt Wish.—The Newbury
port Herald relates the following anecdote:
The United States ship Wasp was fitted
out from that town, and carried out a
number of brave tars, among whom were
some who left behind them wives and
children. The ship was lost, and the rep
resentatives of her crew received a very
handsome sum from the government. At
the time the money was paid, the wife of
a lost husband received about five hun
dred dollars, in presence of some other
wives whose husbands had remained at
home, and were then living. One of them
looking at the money as it was paid to
the wife of a husband who was lost, ex
claimed “I wish my husband had been in
the Wasp!”
Original Extract. —* * * * It was
night—the wind was whistling mournfully
around an isolated dwelling, within which
were seated two lone beings. A solitary
lamp was flickering upon the table, and
the dying embers barely reflected their
brightness upon the hearth. Silence reign
ed supreme and undisturbed, except by
the creaking of some loosened plank,
as it listlessly swung in the breeze, when
the old man rose, and with a solemn and
stately pace moved across the room, and
suddenly turning to his companion with
a serious air, said, Sally let’s go to bed.
[LouisvilleCity Gaz.