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Judiciary Severity. —A letter from
Pensacola, of the 14th mat. gives an
account of what the writer considers
high-hand measures; but he says “ not
a drop of blood was shed, even from
tihe nose.”
It appears that a ranse was trying
between two individuals, who had mu
tually chosen a Jury from the country
that the judge charged them against
the party for whom they returned a
verdict. The next day the jurors
were discharged, and on presentation
of their bills, the Marshal refused to
pay them,making a distinction between
serving in the U. S. causes, and those
of the territory. It was urged that
the grai'.d jurors, similarly situated,
had received their pay. 1 lie District
Attorney applied for a rule against the
marshal, to compel him to pay them.
The judge refused, alledging that it
was an extra-official interference in
behalf of the jurors, who bad incurred
expenses “upon a newspaper promise
of payment,” and for thus during to
Intercede lor the people, an attempt
was made to expel the Attorney Irom
the bar ; and a rule to show cause,was
granted by the judge in his absence. —
The next morning, the Attorney mov
ed to expunge the proceeding from
the records, upon several grounds ; on
naming the second—that the Judge
was his enemy, and incompetent to
try him, and the Attorney tendered
respectable affidavits to prove his par
tiality, the Judge ordered him to sit
down ; he did not instantly drop, and
the Judge sent him to the old filthy
Spanish prison, which had long been
uninhabited.
A respectable inhabitant accompa
nied him and they vomited as they en
tered.
The Marshal was soon dispatched
to bring him back, but he refused to
return until the three hours had elaps
ed, for which he was sentenced to be
imprisoned, unless the sentence and
order of commitment had been rescin
ded, and he could see some evidence
of it.
The Judge ordered him to be brought
by posse, —it was done. ‘The Judge
then fi led the Attorney fifty dollars,
for not coming quicker, and the inhab
itants paid it. If this statement be
true, and we have no reason to doubt
it, what will the president say, whose
kindness releases the merciless pirati
cal “ murderer of the deep,” even from
a wholesome prison. We can easily
anticipate the indignance with which
he will frown upon the persecutors of
the’persevciing friend of the industri
ous farmers of Escambia.
Mobile Register.
The Wonders of Fruiting !—The
London Observer, of the 12th of Jan
uary last, contained two sheets, giv
ing an account of the trial, and execu
tion. &c. of Tluirtell, for the murder
nfWeare; 137,000 copies of each
sheet were sold—they produced the
publishers fifty five thousand five hun
dred dollars, out of which they paid
the government for stamp duty sixteen
thousand dollars ; they used 634 reams
of paper, the weight of which , was
more than seven tons. If it had been
printed on a press of the best costruc
tion in common use, it would have
been required to work for three weeks
night and day. The preses of all the
great newspaper establishments in
London are worked by steam power,
and the rapidity with which the opera
tion is performed is difficult to ima
gine, though the fact is notorious.
Niles.
Mr. Hoxie, an ingenious mechanic
of Hudson, on Friday exhibited at
the Tontine Coffee House, a model of
machinery, by which lie is confident
vessels of any size may be propelled at
sea, independent of w ind or steam.—
the motion of the vessel being alone
required to give it effect. The ma
chinery is simple, and would take up
but an inconsiderable spare in avessel
—in fact, the inventor savs, three or
four feet in length, and the breadth of
the vessel, would be amply sufficient
for its operation. A rotary motion is
produced by a vibrating a eight in the
hold of the vessel, without the aid of a
crank —an iron shaft connects the hori
zontal wheel in the hold (propelled by
the'pemlulum) with another on deck,
which latter causes the shaft, on which
arc the paddles, to torn, —and thus is
the teaching put in operation. A por
tion of a cargo—such articles as are
heavy —might be placed as weight in
the pendulum, to the amount ol some
tons ; and thus may this machinery be
nsed without much diminution of the
quanty of cat go that would be convey
ed in a vessel dependant on sails and
wind for propulsion.
Although this machinery might not
ntirely effect the objects of the in
mtor, and supercede the use of sails
• think it might with advantage form
art of equipment of merchant ves
, It would, wc ace of opinion be
found Qbtful iri ihc calwifc that succeed
the most boisterous weather, —when,
though not a breath of air might move
the sails the rolling of the sea (which
continues strong for some days after
the abatement of the storm) would give
sufficient power ho the machinery to
propel tha vessel, ami so relieve the
weary mariner in some degiee frbm
one of the most disagreeable ami dis
heartening situations in which he can
he placed—exposed to the mercy of
the waves, without being able to move !
a knot in his voyage. Some seafaring
men, who viewed Mr. lloxie’s inven
tion, intimated their opinion that by
its use all vessels would be safe even
with a lee shore for the greater the
swell, the swifter would the vessel re
cede from the land. This alone is an
object that would warrant an experi
ment by some of our wealthy mer
chants or shipbuilders of the utility of
Mr. lloxie’s machinery ; the gain by
which, in two or three of the days that
it might be Used, would, we think, ful
ly compensate for the. expense atten
ding its construction.—JV*. T. Vat.
swj&iTOsr*,
It is not generally known that
Russia is prosecuting a war on the
Eastern side of Turkey.
A statement in the Russian pa
peis has been read with some sur
prise, that the Emperor Alexan
der, to reward the bravery which
several officers have shown in the
actions which have taken place with
the Nomade tribe beyond the Cu
ban and Eagastan,has granted them
various honorable distinctions.—
This is the first time that this war
has been heard of in Europe, which
seems to have been kept a profound
secret. However this be, the Cab
inet of St. Petersburgh must have
considered the event as of some
importance, since, besides the in
signia of different orders which
have been given away, swords and
sabres mounted with gold have
been given bearing the inscription,
“to valor.” The sword which
Gen. Wiljaminow received was en
riched with diamonds.
These marks of honor, which
are bestowed only on extraordina
ry occasions, are not conferred by
the Chapters of the Russian Or
ders, but immediately by the Em
peror.
Liverpool, May 10.
We have received advices this morn
ing from Bayonne to the 2d inst. which
state, that “letters from Madrid, of
the 26th, speak of the levy of 56,000
men in Spain, part of whom are to be
employed in attempting the re-con
quest of the American possessions ;
but as money is wanting, it is said that
an application will be made to the
Phillipine Company', which has money
in its coffers.”
I have seen letters from Paris of
undoubted authority, in which it is
stated, that the expedition from Cadiz,
will sail to the Havana, where it will
be re-inforced belore going to its ulti
mate destination. The attack will be
made upon Mexico ; depend upon it
that we are on the eve ol great events
in the. New World.
Letters from Alexandria, dated on
the sth of April, communicate intelli
gence of great importance to Greece
The magazines of gunpowder, &c.
which the Pacha of Egypt had for some
time been preparing for his expedition
to the Morea, had been destroyed by
fire, in which 3000 of his soldiers per
ished. The loss is estimated at not
less than ten millions of Spanish Dol
lars ! The Captain Pacha had arriv
ed Mexandria, with a part of the
Turkish Fleet; but it was the opinion
that this event would cripple, if not
entirely prevent the operations of the
Turks, during the present campaign.
The advices from Africa, further
confirm the defeat of Sir Charles M’-
Cartliy—he has not been heard of
since the battle with the Ashantees.—
A rocket brigade had been ordered to
Cape Coast immediately. It was ex
pected that the Ashantees would at
tack the English Forts, and that the
friendly natives would suffer severely.
The differences with Algiers were
not settled. A great number of bomb
vessels were fitted out to bombard the
town nightly.
A letter from Constantinople of
April, mentions that the Pacha of
Egvpt had abandoned the idea of pro
ceeding for the Morea, but that his
son was to proceed thither with a large
force.
Accounts from Gibraltar of the
Ist of May, have been received,
which confirm the intelligence in
the Paris papers received by the
Marmion, that the Dey of Algiers
had determined not to receive back
the British Consul resident there
previous to the rupture between
the two powers.
Count Ilourmont, who had been
superceded in the command of the
Frtfilch troops i’n Spain, left Mad
rid for Paris on the 20th of April
last.
Affairs in Portugal had assumed
an aspect very unfavourable to the
cause of liberty. The King who
had always been favorably dispo
sed towards the establishment of a
free constitution,was openly oppos
ed by the Queen and her son, who
had caused proclamations to be
‘posted up in Lisbon to excite the
people to call for a Regency.
Letters from Odessa, of the 14th
April, announce the intention of
the Russian Cabinet to divide the
Morea into Christian Provinces,to
be tributary to the Porte. This
project coincides perfectly with the
contents of the note addressed du
ring the last month to the Court of
London. On the other hand, from
the sentiments expressed by the
Russian Cabinet unfavorable to the
acknowledgement of the South
American States, it is believed the
Greeks would find obstacles raised
to the independence of their coun
try in that quarter.
It is said that a great fermenta
tion ekistedamong the Janissaries
at Constantinople. The troops en
camped at Bryuhden to proceed
against Greece had been ordered
to suspend their march, and hold
themselves in readiness to aid in
restoring tranquility in the capital
of Turkey. In corroboration of
this, we find in the St. James’pa
per of the 11th, a letter from Pera,
of which the following is an ex
tract:—■“ The Ottoman Govern
ment had resolved to employ the
Janissaries in the intended expedi
tion against Greece, but as soon as
they were informed of it, they
manifested their discontent so loud
ly that it was necessary to give up
the project. Another means was
then tried ; secret instructions we r e
sent to the Aga, in consequence of
which he declared to the Janissa
ries -that great rewards would be
given to those who would make the
campaign against the Greeks as vo
lunteers. This appeal had no sa
tisfactory result, only twenty or
thirty individuals having stepped
forward in the hope of getting a
great sum of money.
British JSavy and Ship Building.
—The London M mthly Magazine
for May, received by Wilder and
Campbell, contains an article from
John Burridge, on “ Naval Dry Rot,”
in which we find a statement that will
astonish everv one. It is asserted that
all the British Navy has been consu
med since the peace except seventy one
ships, or, in other words, that nine
hundred and sixty-nine vessels were
broken up, sold, and condemned, &c.
between 1814 and 1820.
The same writer observes that the
decline of British ship building is mon
strously alarming. In the year 1818,
he states, there were 1059 ships built,
of 104,366 tons ; and in 1822, only
7 ships built, of 62,534 tons—not
much above one-half the tonnage ac
tually built four years before. The
number of merchantment and tonnage
employed however, is about the same
as itwa9 four years ago, which proves
that ship building in the colonies must
have been greatly extended.
AT. Y. Statesman.
The police regulations at Madrid,
for the celebration of Passion-week.are
rather curious. No carriages w ere to
appear, under a penalty ol 50 ducats.
No persons, of w hat rank soever, were
to appear in public, giving themselves
the discipline, that is, scourging them
selves on the naked backs, or with
their hands crossed, or in the dress of
penitents, on Good Friday, under a
penalty of ten years imprisonment and
500 ducats to nobles: and of 200 lash
es and ten years on board the galleys
to the commonality, The prohibition
i9 a strange one, ami it is still more
extraordinary that so heavy a punish
ment should be deemed necessary to
enforce it.
From JLexico. —Mexico is repre
sented as being perfectly tranquil,
and the eyes of the nation were di
rected to Gen. Bravo, as the most
suitable person from his lenown re
publican principles, to he nominated
as Supreme Dictator. [These Span
ish Ameriaan Dictators have thus
far shown themselves to be but
sorry republicans.] Gen. Filisola
has been appointed Captain Gene
ral of the province of Mexico, and
Gen. St. Anna has been intrusted
with a high command on the coast
a me asure tending highly to the
safety of the nation. Gen. Victo
ria remains commander in chief of
the Province of Vera Cruz, with
a large bod) of troops at his com
mand.
News was received at Alvarado
on the 14 in May, that Merida (the
Capitol of Yucatan) had joined the
Mexican Confederacy and peace
with Campeachy. This court had
given much satisfaction. The
court of Yucatan, as well as the
Capt. Generalship of the province
was embraced in the Command of
Gen. Santa Anna. The return of
Iturbide is thought possible, but
highly improbable, and in any event
ihe consequences are not appre
hended by the nation at large*
Lord Cochrane is said now to be on
his way to England. The determina
tion has been hastened by the Brazil
ian Emperor’s withholding the prize
money due to the brave tars who so
gallantly cleared the coast of his ene
mies.
West Indies. —The thirty three
West India Islands contain an ag
gregate of 105,000 square miles ;
450,000 whites ; 1,600,000 mulat
toes and blacks; 2,050,000 total
population. Fifteen of these Is
lands belong to Britain, five to
France three to Spain, three to
Denmark lour to the Dutch, one to
Sweden, one to the Columbians one
independent.
Jamaica papers of the 2d inst. are re
ceived at Charleston. They contain
the result of a recent expedition to the
Isle of Pines, by the British vessels
Huzzar, Icarus and Speedwell, in
which a piratical felucca of three guns
a schooner, a felucca rigged boat, a
thirty-six feet row boat and three
large piratical canoes, were destroyed.
Os the Pirates, seven were shot and
five taken prisoners. The remainder
of the Pirates were expected to be
taken, as they were pursued by Capt.
Graham, of the Icarus. Previously
to their capture the villians had suc
ceeded in taking a gig belonging to
the Janus, with a lieutenant, one mid
shipman, and six men—the two offi
cers and four of the men they ‘put to
death.
Pepe, the first, and Sebastiana, the
second captain of the piratical fe
lucca are both dead—the former from
his wounds, hunger and fatigue ; the
latter (who cut the throat of Lieut.
Layton,) was shot by one of the Hus
sar’s marines. Two others of the fe
lucca’s crew are killed, and four are
taken.
A crew of Pirates in a felucca rig
ged boat, have recently captured the
sloop Endeavor, from Jamaica, tur
ning among the Keys, and murdered
with circumstances of cold blooded
cruelty, her crew, consisting of four
persons, with the exception of one
man, who swam to the shore.
An English trader, named Dolphey,
an inhabitant of the island of Jamaica
was three times to be shot, near Man
cinella, Cuba, and rescued by the in
trepidity of a young Catalonian who
paid 500 dollars for his ransom.
Descent upon Cuba, —The Mobile
Register, of the Ist. States that the
Colombians have landed troop 9 on the
south side of Cuba, in number about
four hundred. Otjier accounts rep
resent, that a force of about 2000 is
destined for another point. How far
the Spaniards may be prepared to fa
vor this enterprise, we are unable to
conjecture, but should not be surpris
ed if an immediate change in the go
vernment of that Island should be ef
fected by some means.
Slave trade in Cuba. —lt is stated
in the Jamaica Advertiser, upon
information derived from a respec
table source, M that the slave trade
flourishes in full vigor in Cuba.—
The custom house officers receive
very small salaries, and make up
the deficiency by accepting bribes.
Indeed the Governors themselves
are not entirely free from the
charge of corruption. A vessel
lately discharged a cargo of slaves
in a creek not very far from St. Ja
go de Cuba, and for conniving at
this infracation of the law, certain
Dons received a doubloon for each
slave landed. Smuggling of all
kinds is carried on in the different
Cuban Ports, and it is notorious
that hundreds of slaves are import
ed into that Island every year.”
Extracted from Uuebeck papers.
Disastrous Sh ipw recks. —The
vessels which have arrived yester
day and this morning have experi
enced the most boisterous weather
that has been known for many
years past. A captain who has
been nearly thirty years at sea,
says that he does not recollect ever
belore having had such a rough
passage as the present. One ves
sel did not experience an hour’s
lair wind before entering the river.
The Alexander experienced a
very stormy passage, and saw ma
ny vessels much damaged. On
the Ist ol May saw a wreck to
leeward, and bore down upon her,
she proved to be the Argo of Glas
foiv with the loss of masts, bow
sprits, and boat*.; saw m
oil board—in lat. 46, lon. 38^' 11
the Crown bound to Mi rami
took on board Capt. Smith w
female and boy, and three’ e * a
wrecked in the Brig
from Liverpool to Montreal ’
very valuable general cargo ■ ■*
supposed of nearly 20,0 00 l ‘p, U
Cumberland sailed on the 31
April,and a hurricane, lat 4 i
5.r, seamen oierC
the Crown. ‘ a
The ship Brothers, in W;*.
38 W. fell in with the hull of t
ship Argo, Capt. Murray of “J
from Greenock to Miramichie
succeeded in saving the Cam 1 ‘
his brother, Mr. Gilmore and tw
nephews; one boy and about 50(xy
in specie. The Minerva of G! as ’
gow took some part of the era”
and the Brig Sarah of Maryp 0rt ’
the remainder. The mate,’ tW()
men, and one boy were washed
overboard from the Argo, at the
time she was dismasted.
The Scotia, Capt. Isaack Davis
sailed from the Bay of Honduras
on the Ist of April. On the 29th
a heavy sea fell on board the Sco.
tin, carried away her cut water and
stem, and rendered her a complete
wreck ; all hands were immedi
ately employed at the pumps, but
their efforts were, soon found to be
unavailing,as she soon became .
ter-logged and.unmanageable. la
order to avoid the fury of the waves
which now made a fair breach over
the decks, the captain his wife and.
the crew, in all seventeen, wert
obliged to seek for shelter on the
tops, into which they succeeded ia
carrying a quantity of provisions;
here they had not remained long
when the storm increasing, theves*
sel upset, precipitating all into the
sea ; the captain and his wife were
washed from their hold and lost,
the remainder, by great exertion,
made their way to the hull which
shortly after righted from the par
ting of thomasts, when they gain*
ed the quarter-deck, where thev
remained, enduring every hardship
to which their melancholy situation
exposed them for five days, du
ring this time their number was.
reduced to ten, some were washed
overboard and others died through
their sufferings. On the 3d of
May thw wreck was fallen in with
by the Saguenay ; every exertion
was used by the master and crew
of that vessel, to relieve them from
their perilous state, but owing to
the severity of the weather and the
iminent danger of their own ves
sel’s falling on board the wreck,
they could only succeed in rescuing
four, the mate and three of toe
hands. When the Saguenay parted
from the wreck only two men re
mained.
Last year a rattle Snake was killed
on Bullard’s Plains, in the parish el
Feliciana, which had not less than one
hundred and thirty-seven rattles. If
the generally received opinion, that
the number of rattles denote the
of this species of the serpentine race
be correct, the Snake must have been
as many years old as it had rattles.—
‘Hie oldest inhabitants of that sectiia
of our State, had never previously seee
one with more than forty rattles. The
longevity of the rattle Snake probab'f
depends on the nature of the soil and
climate in which the creature sojourns
T he rattle Snake alluded to was per
haps entitled to a pre-emption right
from the Land Commissioners at St.
Helena court house, as the first settle*’
of Bullard’s Plains.
Louisiana Mttrtttn
Spontaneous Cwnbustion. —The
late destruction of a Manufactory
near Germantown, Penn, was caus
ed by spontaneous combustion in
waste wool. Though but twenty
to fifty pounds had accumulated
yet it produced a most dense smoke
and a gas which took fire like gun
powder. The building was instan
taneously in a blaze, and not *> n
article could be saved. The oil s
used in the vraste wool were ol> vc
and spermaceti—each kind ban
been so repeatedly used belore
without any injury, that do dange f
was apprehended. Repeated e**
periments that have been made
prove that linseed oil will regular
ly ignite with waste wool in tw nl )
four hours.
Colton sails and leather bottom*
will, in a short time, be substituted u
hemp and copper. We have seen a
most satisfactory evidence
the change. Economy and durum 1 >;
are certainly in favor, of cotton and *-
thor, if correct conclusions have
drawn from recentexperimont**
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