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Remarkable Preset vat ion . —At
Geneva, (N. Y.) on the 22d ult. Mr.
James Gerry an Irishman, descend
ed a tv ell, for the purpose of remov
ing some obstructions. ‘I he well
was 61 feet deep, and some of the
-stenes in the wall, near the bottom,
had been loosened by the washing
of quicksands. Having descended
between -10 and 50 feet, as he was
standing with one foot in the buck
et and the other resting upon the
side of tit well, on a a sudden the
stones below gave way and closed
together, and the whole mass of
the walls above sunk down upon
him and buried him beneath the
ruins.
The shock, says the Geneva Ga
zette, produced bv such a disaster
tan be imagined, but not descibed.
A gtoan issued horn beneath the
stones and earth, which proved
that life was not extinct, and inspi
red a feeble hope of extricating
the unfortunate man alive! Hun
dreds immediately collected around
the spot, in painful solicitude, all
anxious to bear a part in rescuing
a fellow mortal from so terrible a
grave. It was half past 4 o’clok,
P. M. when the catastrophe hap
pened. In fifteen minutes a wind
lass and bucket were procured and
put in operation. No less than 60
ton of stone were to be drawn up
before relief could be given. Put
few could labor at a time: and
though they proceeded with the
utmost activity, the removing of
so great a quantity of stones, min
gled with the earth that had fallen
in, was a task slow and tedious.
As they proceeded, occasional
groans could still he heard issuing
from the cold damp earth beneath,
When night approached, they had
pc net! ated bin a few feet below the
surface, and the prospect seemed
gloomy and doubtful. A crowd of
two oV three hundred anxiously
waited die issue of the event. Kv- ,
cry thing was soon put into a sys
tematic train —persons were ap
pointed to make all nc essary pro
vision, and preserve order and si
lence amongst the crowd. Ihe
night was dark and unpleasant ;
but by the assistance of lamps they
vigourously prosecuted the work.
Those in tlre well would, flt inter
vals, call to the buried man to as
lerlain if he could hear them ; but
no answer could as yet be heard. A
general silence and solemnity pre
vailed, broken only by the occasion
al manners of enquiry among the
crowd —the hollow noise of the
stones tumbled into the bucket in
the well; the voice of the workmen;
and now and then the groans of
the distressed man beneath ! It
was now towards midnight; and
they had gone about twenty feet be
low tbe surface—tlie workmen in
the well called again to Gerry
breathless silence prevailed, and a
distinct answer was rtturned. At
tins a murmer of joy ran through
tbe crowd, and the countenances of
ail were brightened up with hope.
J hey now toiled with renewed ar
dor, occasionally calling to Gerry as
before, and received in return dis
tinct responses. 1 hey asked him
what distance he thought he was
down ? He rationally replied, “ be
tween 4U and 50 leet.”
There now remained not a doubt
hut he might he extricated alive,
provided the stones were not arch
ed above him in such a manner as
to fall upon lmn when lessened, they
now proceeded with the utmost
caution. Between 2 and 3 o’clock;
when they had come to within 20
feet of him, they stopped about fif
teen minutes to take some refresh
ment. The poor sufferer below,
who for some time had been con
scious of the exertions of his sym
pathizing fellows, perceiving that
the noise from the tumbling of the
stones into the bucket no longer con
tinued, now fancied they had ceased
their exertions, and left him to ex
pire in that terrible situation! In
this moment of despair he burst out
into a pitiful tone of wailing, and
begged them “ for God’s sake not
tu leave him!” They informed
him of the cause of their stopping ;
and he was soon gladdened bv the
returning sound of the rattling
stones in the bucket. They asked
him “in what situation he was?”
and he answered “that he was
w i dged in all around bv the stones.”
\\ lien thev had come within three
oi Jour feet of him, he called for
some water to drink. His thirst
was the natural result of this pro
tected agony. About daylight
they had lowered the mass down
even with his head. They found
him 48 feet below the surface, in an
erect position—completely wedged
in as he had said. A large stone,
weighing 80 pounds, rested on his
head, which was turned a little up,
making* consideralle gash, though
not producing a fracture in the skull
—a stone on each side of his head,
pressing like a vice—and one or two
smaller ones, covered with blood,
about his face, leaving a small aper
ture for his mouth, so that he could
just breathe and speak. His arms
were raised in the position in which
he held the rope ; one foot was in
the bucket, the other fortunately
was at liberty so that lie could move
it; no other part of his body could
stir. So tight was he wedged in,
that it was necessary to remove the
stones down as tow as his feet. At
a quarter before 0 o’clock in the
morning, having continued sixteen
hours and fifteen minutes in the
well, he was drawn up in a crate,
and welcomed by an admiring and
jovous crowd to this upper world, as
one rescued from the grave—as one
arisen from the dead. —Shivering
with cold, he cast a wishful look
around 1113 deliverers, and was
borne into the house. He was fol
lowed bv the three faithful men who
had toiled incessantly for thirteen
hours in the well, and who received,
as they came up, the hearty cheers
of the surrounding multitude for
their indefatigable and praise-wor
thv exertions. Two or tluee med
ical gentlemen were in waiting to
receive the unfortunate man—and
it was found on examination, that
providentially not a bone was frac
tured or broken! His face and
head were badly bruised and cut,
as well as other parts of his body.
The contusion on his head produ
ce and insensibiltv for a few hours af
ter the accident, as he says he knew
nothing for some time. He is now
in a fair way to recover, and will
probably in a few days, bv the
blessing of God, be enabled to re
sume his usual avocations.
irr The communication of i\!iss“ Bettvßroaii
face, Corresponding Secretary of the Indepen
dent fraternity ot old Maids,” is calculated to
hurt the cause in which she professes to he en
gaged. We think it is too brnstn to answei
its object with our modest bachelors. We will
not doubt htr willingness, “ to assist in any
lawful measure,” X:c. kc. but her sentiments
Hie too “ broad ‘ to meet tlie public eye in the
columns ot a newspaper. We also would ask,
l: Is the piece original ?”
s'j Wednesday, half past 12 o’clock—The
.Northern Mail due at i> o’clock yesterday eve
ning has not yet arrived.
Louisiana. —It ? s stated on good authority
that the vote of this state will not, (as has been
heretofore published) all be given to flenerul
Jackson. The Electors are appointed by the
Legislature, and the party for Mr. Clay being
found to outnumber either of the others, the
friends of Mr. Adams amt (ion Jackson com
bined, and four Electors in favour of Air. Ad
ams v\ ere chosen, and one tor Ueueral Jrtekson.
The vote on the Clay ticket was 28, that on
the other 30.
A boat race which has excited considerable
interest in Nrw-York, took niace on the Oth
in-t. between the boatmen of W hitehall ship,
and the cretv of the British frigate Hiv sar, now
lying at New-York for a purse of 2000 dollars.
The distance was four miles which wns row
ed in twenty two minutes. The American
l)on 1, (the t'lar) came out a quarter of a mile
ahead. The English bout had won several ra
c< .and was never befoie beaten. Each boat
vvrs rowed by four oars, and it was computed
th at the Americans lifted theirs-It', times in a
miuttlc, a;l the English —Tlie affair was
closed with much good nature and civility
and the winners treated the losers to a sump
tuous dinner. It was calculated that not less
tlm oi cmi spectators attended on the
vvhnrve and b ilterv to witness the race.
GEORGIA—LAIJRBNS ( ()UNTV.
Superior Court, Jlity Term, 1824.
10 I LE MSl.—l'pon the petition tit Beuja
\ min i ludson, stilting that Robert S. Unify
did, on the 10th day of January, 1821, mort
gage to said Hudson, a tract of land lying in
the county ot f.aureus, number three hundred
mid twenty-eight, in seventeenth district, (for
merly Wilkinson, now) Laurens county, for
the better securing the payment of the sum of
lot ty dollars. 0.1 the first day ot January, 1822;
and the said Robert S. Dully having tailed to
puv the -ayie according to the terms ot said
mortgage, und the said Benjamin Hudson pray
ing the foreclosure of said mortgage. It is there
fore Oaltreii, That the -aid Robert S. Dully
do pay into the Clerk’s office of this court,the
principal und interest due on said mortgage
within twelve months from this date, or the
Equity of redemption, in and to the said mort
piged premises, w ill be, from thenceforth, for
ever burred and foreclosed ; and that the same
be sold to pay said debt, interest and costs, in
terms ot Uie statute in such case made and
provided. And it is further ordered, that a co
py of this rule be served on the mortgager six
months before the money is to be paid in to
t'omt, or be published in one of the ptihlick
Gazettes ot this Mate, once a month for twelve
months, before the time tlie money is to lie
paid into court. True copy from the Minutes.
NEILL AJUNROE. V. .V V.
May, 1824 ml2m
lUAAXfXS
OV EVERY i>ESCMI'TJON,
VovsaWvM Wns o\Yu*c.
V vesu\ent‘s Message.
Fellow citizen* of the Senate, and
House of Representatives .
‘1 he view which I have now to p ,c ”
sent to you of our affair*, foreign am
Domestic, realizes the most sanguine
anticipations, which have been tntei
turned of the public*prosperity. It “ u
look to the whole, our growth, as a na
tion, continues to be rapid,beyond ex
ample; if to the States which compose
it, the same gratifying spectacle is ex
hibited. Our expansion over the vast
territory within our limits, has been
great., without indicating any decline
in those sections from which the emi
gration ha# been most conspicuous.
We have daily gained strength by a
native population in every quarter—a
population devoted to our happy s ) h ’
tern of Government, and cherished the
bond of union with fraternal-affection.
Experience has already shown, that
the difference of climate and of indus
try', proceeding from that cause, inse
parable from such vast domains, and
which, under the other systems might
have a repulsive tendency, cannot fail
to produce, with us, under wise re
gulations, the opposite effect. N\ hat
one portion wants, the other may sup
ply, and this will be most sensibly left
by the parts most distant from each
other, forming, thereby, a domestic
market, and an active intercourse be
tween the extremes, and throughout
every portion of oui Union. Dius, by
a bappy distribution of power between
the National and Slate Governments,
governments which rest exclusively
on the sovereignty of the People, and
are fully adequate <0 the great purpos
es fur which they were respectively
instituted, causes which might other
wise lead to dismemberment, operate
powerfully to draw us closer together. 1
In every other circumstance, a correct
view of the actual state of our Union,
must be equally gratifying to our con
stituents. Our relations with foreign
pow ers arc of a friendly character, al
though certain interesting differences
remain unsettled with some. Our
revenue, under the mild system of
import and tonnage, continues to be
adequate to all the purposes of the
Government. Our agriculture, com
merce, manufactures, and navigation,,
Hourish. Our fortifications are advan
cing in the degree authorized by ex
isting appropriations, to maturity ;
and due progress is made in the aug
mentation of the Navy, to the limit
prescribed for it by law. For these
blessings we owe to Almighty God,
from whom we derive them, and with
profound reference, our most grateful
and unceasing acknowledgments.
In adverting to our relations with
foreign powers, which are always an
object of the highest importance, J
have to remark, that ol the subjects
which have been brought into discus
sion with them during the present Ad
ministration, some have been satisfac
torily terminated ; others have been
suspended, to be resumed hereafter,
under circumstances more favorable
to success ; and others are still in ne
gotiation, with the hope that they may
be adjusted, with mutual accommoda
tion to the interests and to the satis
faction of the respective parties. It
has been the invariable object of this
Government, to cherish the most
friendly relations with every power,
and on principles and conditions which
might make them permanent. A sys
tematic effort has been made to place
cur commerce with each power, on a
footing of perfect reciprocity ; to set
tle with each in a spirit of candor and
liberality, all existing differences, and
to anticipate and remove, so far as 11
might be practicable, all causes of fu
ture variance.
It having been stipulated by the
Seventh Article of the Convention of
Navigation and Commerce, which was
concluded on the twenty-fourth June,
eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be
tween the United States and France,
that the said Convention should con
tinue in force for two years, from the
first of October, of that year, and for
an indefinite term afterwards, unless
one of the parties should declare its
intention to renounce it, in which event
it should cease to operate at the end
of six months, from such declaration ;
and, no such intention having been an
nounced, the Convention having been
found advantageous to both parties, it
has since remained, and still remains,
in force. At the time when the Con
vention was concluded, many interest
ing subjects were left unsettled, and
particularly our claim to indemnity
lor spoliations which were committed
on our commerce in the late wars.—
For these interests and claims, it was
in the contemplation of the parties, to
make provision at a subsequent day,
by a more comprehensive and defini
tive Treaty. The object has been du
ly attended to since by the Executive
but, as yet, it has not been accomplish
ed. It is hoped that a favourable op
portunity will present itself, for open
ing a ncgociation, which may embrace
and arrange nil existing differences,
and every other concern, in which
they have” a common interest, upon the
accession of the present King of France
an event w hich has occurred since the
close of the last Session of Congress.
With Great Britain our commer
cial intercourse rests on the same fowl
ing that it did at the last Session. By
the convention of one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen, the commerce be
tween the U. States and the British
dominions, in Europe and the East In
dies, was arranged on a principle of
reciprocity. ‘I hat convention was
confirmed and continued in force,
w ith slight exceptions,by a subsequent
’I rcaty, for the term often years, from
the 2Ulh October 1818, the date of the
latter. The undo with the /British
colonies in the West Indies, inis not,
as )et, been arranged by treaty or
othcrwise, to our satisfaction. An ap
proach to that result has been made by
Legislative acts, whereby many seii
ous impediments which had been rais
ed by the parties in defence of their
respective claims, were removed. An
earnest desire exists, and has been
manifested on the part of this Govern
ment, to place the commerce with the
colonies likewise on a tooting of recip
rocal advantage; and it is hoped that
the British Government, seeing the
justice of tlie proposal, and its impor
tance to the colonies, will, ere long,
accede to it.
The Commissioners who were ap
pointed for the addjustment ol lire
boundary, between tbe territories ot
the Uuited States and those ol Great
Britain specified in the fifth article ot
the Treaty of Ghent, having disagreed
in their decision, and both govern
ments having agreed to establish that
boundary by amicable negotiation be
tween them, it is hoped that it may
be satisfactorily adjusted in that mode.
‘Fhe boundary specified by the sixth
article has been established by the de
cision of the commissioners. From
the progress made in that provided for
by the seventh, according to a report
recently received, there is good cause
to presume that it w ill be settled in the
course of the ensuing year.
It is a cause of serious regret, that
no arrangement has yet been finally
concluded between the two Govern
ments, to secure, by joint co-operation,
the suppression of the slave trade.—
1 1 was the object of the British Gov
ernment in the early stages of the ne
gotiation, to adopt a plan for the sup
pression, w hich should include the con
cession of the mutual light of search,
by tlie ships of war of each parly, ot
the vessels of the other, for suspected
offenders. This was objected to by
this Government on the principle, that
as the right of search w as a t ight of war
of a belligerent towards a neutral pow
er, it might have an ill effect to extend
it, by treaty, to an offence which had
been made comparatively mild, to a
time of peace. Anxious, however, for
the suppression of this trade, it was
thought adviseable,in compliance with
a resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives, founded on an act of Con
gress, to propose, to the British Gov
ernment, an expedient which should
be free from that objection, and more
effectual for the object, by making it
piratical. In that mode, the enormity
of the crime would place the offenders
out of the protection of their Govern
ment, and involve no question ol
search, or other question between the
parties,touching their respective rights.
It was believed, also, that it would
completely suppress the trade in the
vessels of both pai tics, and by their re
spective citizens and subjects,in those
of other Powers, with whom, it was
hoped, that the odium which would
thereby be attached to it, would pro
duce a corresponding arrangement,
and, by means thereof, its entire extir
pation forever. A Convention, to
this effect, was concluded and signed,
in London, on 1 lie 30th day of March,
1 824, by plempotential ies duly author
ized by botli Governments, to tlie rat
ification of which certain obstacles
have arisen, which are net yet entirely
removed. The difference between the
parties, still remaining, has been re
duced to a point, not of sufficient mag
nitude, as is presumed, to be permit
ted to defeat an object so near to the
heart ot both nations, and so desira
ble to the friends ol huuianity through
out the world. As objections, howe
ver, to the principle recommended by
the House of Representatives, or at
least the consequences inseparable
from it, and which are understood to
apply to the law, have been raised,
which may deserve a re-consideration
of the whole subject, I have thought it
proper to suspend the conclusion of a
new Convention, until the definitive
sentiments of Congress maybe ascer
tained. ‘1 be documents relating to
the negotiation are, with that intent,
submitted to your consideration.
Our commerce with Svveeden has
been placed on a footing of perfect re
ciprocity by treaty, and, with Nether
lands, Prussia, the free Hanseatic Ci
f ties, tlie Dukedoms of Oldenburg am!
featdini-a, by intent,: rco „, 9
each side, loumle-l „„
ment between the resp ec m Ual fl
ments. *’” c lTe (k®
. The principles upon whirl, (1 9
mercial polity of the IV,\ e fl
is founded, are lobe trace! ? 1 S fl
•y Period. They are esJ •" an |
nccted with those upon wll S ,l . l . v I
dependence was declare,| ““'B
their origin to the oolKht I
who took the lead in our a&V N ■
impoitant epoch. They 5 ■
ed in their first treat/,/
with France of sixth Bohn < '"' lln, fl
and by u formal commissi,,‘fl
instituted immediately ‘il't"\, lc 'fl
elusion of their Rev olut fl
lor the purpose of negotiati/ 1 ' 11 *
ol commerce with every g fl
power. The first treaty j.f.i fPlfl
States with Prussia, whirl,/ ‘'B
tinted by that commission ,l D fl
signal illustration of t}i oSe 'J: . B
7'lie act of Congress of lltASfl
1815, adopted immediately ‘' B fl
return of a general peace,
overture to foreign nations t J B
our commercial relations ‘ ,fl
on the basis office and equal ? fl
city ’I hat principle ! uss
a,i the acts ot Congress, ai l( |.i|fl
negotiations of the Executive fl
subject since. ur, B
A convention for the sctiW.B
mi pin taut questions in relationtn H
No. (Invest Coast of this C„ Mlu ß
and its adjoining seas, was c , r 1 ■
and signed'at St. Petersliur. fl
day oi April last, by thj/.fl
Plenipotentiary of the United /fl
and Plenipotentiaries of the |JH
Government ol Russia. It ..m 1 fl
diately be laid before the Senateß
the exercise of the constitulion,| fl
thority of that body, with
its ratification. It is proper t, ,fl
that the manner in which thitg ( /fl
tion was invited ami fl
part of the Emperor, has buTni.r, J
isfactory.
The great and extraordinarydiß
ges which have happened in ti.eggH
eminent of Spain and Portugal,/fl
tlie last two years, with out* strioul
affecting the friendly relationsivlifl
under all of them, have beenmaintail
ed with those powers by tlie fn J
States, have been obstacles to the ail
justment of tlie particular subjects H
(iiscussion which have arisen ufl
each. A resolution of the Senatfl
adopted at their last session, called fl
information as to the effect produefl
upon our relations with Bpaia, bv fl
recognition, on the part of tw Initfl
States, of the Imlt pendent.erniihAmfl
rican Governments. 71 ie paperscil
tabling that information are mcotfl
municated to Congress. I
A Charge d’Aff'aiis has been rfl
ceived from the 1 ndependentGuvcnfl
ment of Brazil. That country her*
toloi e a colonial possession us Peril
gal, had, some years since,been [fl
claimed, by the Sovereign ofPertiigfl
himself, an independent kisplomfl
Since his return to Lisbon, 1 reudfl
tion in Brazil lias established 1 nefl
government there, with an imperiaH
title, at the head of which, itplace!
the Prince, in whom tiie Regency
been vested by the King, ailhftiifl
of his departure. 7’heie is reasontH
expect that, by amicable iiegdiitiofl
tbe independence ol Brazil iih fl'B
long, be recognized by I'ortugal herß
AN'itli the remaining Powers#! bfl
rope, with those on the coastoffiaibtl
rv, and with alt the new Soutk AbcJ
rican States, our relations art h *
friendly character. Be have Minis®
ters Plenipotentiary namling#®
Republics of Colombia Chili.an
have received Ministers ot
rank from Colombia,
Buenos Ayres, and Mexico- ®
Atnmercial relations with all
States are mutually beneficial Kj| /
creasing. W ith the Republic^ 1
lotnbia, a treaty oi C'onmn rceW w
formed, oi which a copy is ,lCl j
and the original daily expects •
negotiation for a like UtJ’ _
have been commenced with #
Ayres, had it not been prefenj .
the indisposition and lainc! /■ l{[
cease of Mr. Rodney, our M**
there; and to whole _ niem7
most respectful attention 1
| shown by the Government ol “
public. An ala
in our treaty with 7 unis, ha
tained by our Consular A# 1 a
ding there ; tbe official doctn
which, when received, will
lore the Senate.
The attention oi the (, °
has been draw n, with n‘ oal 5 n r !v t”
to other subjects, ami l’ ;irt ' t
that relating to a staj 1 <> ,, (s „t
war, involving the relative ‘s j(t
neutral and belligerent \t\ \ , jVf
Most of the difficulties wh,tl
experienced, and ol the J 5 jjijiJ
we have sustained, since t w J
ment of our independence, n
eeeded from tlie uoscttieil
those l ights, and the exu*
tlie belligerent claim has l*
against the neutral puty-
possible to look bat*; op th-