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SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1828
***For the purpose of illustrating the idea, that it
is sometimes cheaper for a community to pay, no
* midhlly, higher prices for many articles of con
sumption, if manufactured among themselves,than
to bring the same articles from abroad, at a less
task price y we will give a short sketch of the his
tory of a country village, which we have some
where seen or heard of, though we cannot at this
moment tell when or where.
As the history goes, in the state of—we will say
Massachusetts —there existed in times past, a very
flourishing village, which, from being situated in
a remote corner of the state, had but little foreign
trade, and the villagers were consequently in the
habit of manufacturing almost all articles for do
mestic use among themselves. Mr. Roram sup
plied his neighbors with hats, Mr. Snip the tailor
made coats, and Mr. Crispin made shoes. In short,
the blacksmith, the carpenter, the cabinet-maker,
silver-smith, all found employment, and supported
their families in ease and competence. The school
master, the doctor, the lawyer, the parson, the
printer and the barber, found sufficient patronage
among them ; and all together gave a profitable
business to the tavern-keeper, the grocer, and the
dealer in fancy articles. The farmers also, for
twenty miles round, felt the general effects of this
Village prosperity. They found a ready market for
their corn and pork, and flour and butter and beef;
and even the good woman derived a proportional
advantage from the prosperity of others; she
found no difficulty in exchanging her poultry and
her eggs, and the productions of her loom, for
cash or sugar and tea; or tabacco and snuff, if she
happened to prefer those articles, as some good
women will—and was never at a lossfor anew
bonnet on a holy day.
But time effects changes every where. The
lawyer went to Boston, and found that he could
obtain a coat for a less sum than he was in the ha
bit of paying Mr. Snip, the village taylor It was
Ijis interest, he thought, to buy on the cheapest
terms. So he bought all his coats at Boston ; it
became fashionable, and all the villagers followed
his example. They were not to be taxed, they
said, for the benefit of Mr. Snip. The taylor lost
his business—mortgaged his house to the lawyer
—became bankrupt, and moved away. It was
soon found that hats could be purchased in Bos
ton cheaper than Mr. Roram could manufacture
them. So Mr. Roram soon lost his business, and
was obliged to follow the taylor. The farmers
found that they could send to Boston for their fur
niture, their saddles and bridles, instead of pur
chasing them as heretofore at the village. Dr.
Pestle said he could buy better and cheaper shoes
in Boston than could he furnished by Mr. Crispin.
Thus one after another, the mechanics lost their
business, and left the place. The shop-keepers
soon followed their customers. At length the bar
ber found that, saving the lawyer, the doctor, snd
the parson, he had no chins to scrape—so, in a fit
of the blue-devils, he drowned himself in his own
auds. What became of the printer, we could never
exactly ascertain—though we felt it to be our du
ty to make particular enquiry. From a habit, how
ever, which he had contracted, of feeding entire
ly upon thin air, like a camelion, it is conjectured
by his fsiends, that he evaporated! But the doc
tor finding none left to take his pills, shifted his
quarters. So did the parson. And in the end, the
lawyer, having monopolized all the real estates of
his neighbors, by foreclosing the mortgages, found
himself the sole inhabitant of the skeleton of the
once flourishing village AT Fairtown—and himself
totally ruined by the utter worthlessness of the
property he had acquired
The farmers in the neighbourhood no longer
found a market for their corn and their pork.—
Whatever they might raise over and above their
own consumption, became worthless, because it
could not be sold. The good woman found no
purchaser for her butter, her poultry and her eggs.
The people had no means of raising money for the
payment of their taxes, their medicines, and those
comforts which former indulgence had rendered
necessary. They became poor; run in debt; their
lands sunk in value ; and, finally, those who were
able moved away to some new purchase,
Such is the history, as we have heard it. If it
is not authentic, it is no fault of ours; but still it
is just as good for our argument as if it was true.
And, furthermore, if it is not now true, it may
become so, in a dozen instances, if our citizens do
not look the better to their own permanent inter
ests.
A citizen of this place, who has lately visited
the falls, a few miles above Augusta, and who is,
perhaps, one of the host practical machinists in
the Southern States, assures us that mills or fac
tories of any description, and to almost any extent,
could be easily put in operation at that place. The
estimate of capital for an establishment sufficiently
extensive to manufacture a thousand yards of
coarse cottons, does not exceed forty thousand
dollars.
By the evidence taken before the Committee on
Ma—llwtursa, at the last session of Congress, it
appears that the capital invested in manufactories,
at. the North, where the coarser descriptions of cot
ton are fabricated, yield an interest of ten per
cent., and upwards! What would the profits be,
were the raw material furnished them at a deduc
tion of nearly one third ?
Now, labour, of that-description required in cot
ton manufactories, may be obtained as cheap in
Georgia as in Massachusetts ; and the raw mate
rial 30 per cent cheaper.
Individuals are under a mistake when they
suppose that labour is cheaper in the northern
states than with us. The work in the manufac
tories is performed by men, women, and girls and
boys. The men receive the average wages of a
dollar per day. The girls and women from two to
four dollars per week, and the boys and girls from
8 to 12 years of age, 25 cents per day. This is far
above the average price of labour in this state.
How long will the people of Georgia be blind to
their own interests ? Millions of money are now
invested in plantations and hands for growing
cotton, which, instead of being a source of profit,
is a tax on the owner; and yet we content our
selves with wriggling along in he old way, ex
hausting our spirits in unavailing complaints
against the Tariff, every day growing poorer,
when the road to prosperity and wealth lies plain
and direct beforf us !
For the article of cotton bagging alone, it is es
timated that $250,090 annually drained from
the State Now, even wete this one item, out of
many others, saved, what a difference would it
not make in the pecuniary transactions of the
whole community ? And yet w T ho can doubt but
that this article could be manufactured among
ourselves, from Cotton, at a saving of one third of
what we are now paying for hemp bagging ?
The Editors of the Augusta Constitutionalist
seem to be alarmed at the prospect of there being
more candidates for seats in Congress, from their
party , than the people can elect; and fear that
advantage will thereby be given to their oppo
nents. They therefore recommend that gentle
men of their party should consult together, and
determine what seven of the candidates should he
suffered to solicit the suffrages of the people.
Now, this method of arranging all these little
matters in Caucus , is very convenient to parti
zans; it enables a few active and intriguing indi
duals to Control the destinies of the State, and
take out of the hands of the people the privilege
of electing their officers ; and, in effect, render
null and void their elective franchise. Suppose,
now, for instance, these Lords Dictators, to whom
the Constitutionalist appeals, should say to Col.
F. and Doctor W. what they have already said to
Col. L. and Col. H., “ Gentlemen, you must give
way, there is no room for you on our ticket;” and
the consequence should be that the seven candi
dates, selected by the Caucus, should run without
opposition. Would the result be a free election
by the people, or the bargained appointment of a
Caucus f The people cannot be said to elect, be
cause election presumes the privilege of a choice ;
and there can be no choice where there is no such ,
privilege. And nothing can be plainer than the
proposition, that this privilege is destroyed by an
arrangement which prevents competition.
Where several individuals are honorably com
peting for the same office, the people can exercise
their sound discretion, and select the most worthy.
But they can make no such selection, if there be
but one candidate before them. Such candidate is
equally elected, whether he receive twenty votes
or twenty thousand. Any private arrangement,
or private caucussing, therefore, which goes to :
prevent an honorable competition for office, is an
infringement on the rights of the people—a con- j
spiraey against the freedom of elections, and ought !
to be viewed with indignation. Yet the appoint- ,
ment of our members to Congress, for the last ten
or fifteen years, with one or two exceptions, has
been effected in this way. Some few individuals,
who felt themselves competent to take upon their
own shoulders the affairs of the State, and to su- ,
perintend all the interests of the people, have an- !
nually met at Athens, and decided in the pleni
tude of their wisdom, who should be sent to Con
gress, made Governor, and so on. While the
people have all along imagined that their Repre
sentatives to Congress were chosen themselves
on the first Monday in October. But no such
thing ; the matter was completely settled months
before at Athens!
It may, perhaps, in some emergencies, when
important principles are at issue, be expedient for
the people to submit to a Caucus, for the purpose
of arranging conflicting claims. But they should
always be viewed with jealousy and suspicion ;
and ought never to be countenanced when the
question is merely a choice of individuals of the
same principles. The elective franchise should
be as free as air ; and any men, or set of men, who
would undertake to circumscribe its limits, or con
trol its operations, shoufo be looked upon as con
spirators against the sovereignty of the people.
The proposition that Georgia must become a
manufacturing State, is every day making itself
more evident to reflecting individuals, in every
section of the country. If the people of the North
can afford to purchase our cotton, pay-the expen
ses of transportation from the plantation, say in
the middle and upper counties, to the manufactory,
which must amount to a charge of about 30 per ‘
cent, on the raw material, and transport their fa
brics back again to Georgia, and still find a profit
in their transactions, it would seem evident that
our own citizens could manufacture the same ar
ticles, and bring them into market in fair compe
tition wfith their Northern neighbours. We have
every means, and every inducement, for becoming
a manufacturing people. Our agricultural inter
ests are greatly depressed ; provisions are plenty
and cheap ; labour is cheap ; we have the raw ma
terial at our own doors ; w 7 ater power in the great
est abundance ; enterprise and capital are not
lacking. Nothing, indeed, is wanting, but an ef
fort on the part of distinguished individuals, to
direct this capital and enterprise to the most pro
fitable pursuits. It is the opinion of many en
lightened individuals, with whom we have con
versed, that the planter who employs a large force
in the cultivation of cotton, must be constantly
sinking his capital. In other words, a gang of slaves
cannot, by a great deal, earn their support, pay
the tear and wear of a plantation, (without bring
ing into view the interest on the capital), when
employed entirely in the cultivation of cotton.—
J Let a planter employ his force exclusively in this
branch of agriculture, and he will shortly become
bankrupt; and the larger his force, the sooner
will be the result. Yet, at present, cotton is the
great staple of our country, the only article from
the plantation which will command the cash.
This state of things cannot long exist; industry
will shortly find other channels, and the sooner
the better. Instead, therefore, of wasting our re
sources in useless experiments ; instead of letting
the golden moments for exertion pass away in
idle murmurs and useless complaints against the
Tariff, let us seize upon the advantages which it
presents, and divide with our Northern brethren
the profits of that policy which they have pointed
out to us. *
By the Octavia, Capt. W. M. Candler, from
Liverpool, we have received Mercantile Letters
of the 6th May, and Liverpool papers of the sth.
Extracts wfill follow.
The King had not signed the repeal of the Test
and Corporation Acts as late as the 4th of May,
and considerable doubts were entertained on that
head.
London , (Eve.) May 4.
Russia and Turkey.•— Despatches were receiv
day at the Foreign Office from Lord Coley, our
Ambassador at Vienna. It is reported that they
confirm the assurances already given relative to
the policy of Russia. Her explanations have been
so satisfactory, that they have smoothed whatever
difficulties might have existed, and have estab
lished a perfect reconciliation between the Three
Powers.
.The explanatory declaration of Russia, of her
views relative to the Porte, was (according to an
article ,in the Freprn papers of Wednesday and
Thursday) delivered to the Court of London on
1 the 12th of March. “ The Court of London ac
cepted with pleasure the assurance of the Russian
government that it had no conquest in view, and
declared in consequence to accord with France,
and in maintaining the execution of the Treaty of
i the 6th of July, that she would preserve her neu
j trality.
A congress at Vienna, to deliberate on Eastern
affairs, was confidentially spoken of yesterday af
ternoon at both ends of the town, though nothing
: of the kind is mentioned in the latest advices from
the Austrian capital, by the arrivals of yesterday,
whence the most recent dates reach down to the
25th ult. according to which the bustle and alarm
occasioned by the warlike preparations of Russia,
had subsided. It was said that the Emperor
Francis intended to be present at the Coronation
of the Emperor Nicholas, at Warsaw, which, it is
alleged is to take place in course of the present
month. Taking this for granted, this does not
show any want of cordiality on the part of either
power.
The appointment of Mr. Stratford Canning on
some fresh mission, is understood to have been de
termined upon at the Cabinet Council which was
held yesterday afternoon. His destination is Cor
fu, in order to renew the negociations with the
Plenipotentiaries of Russia and France, for the
preservation of Peace. We should, therefore,
conclude that tKere is no truth in the report of
the Congress at Vienna.
Greece. —We learn from our Paris correspon
dents, that beside the measure of sending Con
suls to Greece, the French Government is about
to authorize, or rather to be a party to, a loan, for
the immediate service of the Greek Government.
The money is to be sent in monthly instalments.
Times.
For the following particulars, we feel ourselves
highly indebted to Mr. Rochester, our Charge
d v Affaires near Guatemala, whose arrival at this
port we had the pleasure to announce yesterday.
Georgian.
The U. S. sloop of war, Falmouth, Capt Mor
gan, arrived at La Guayra about the 20th of
April, and at Cartbagena, on the Ist of May.—
Every thing was quiet on the Main ; —the recent
attempt at revolution in the latter place was then
put down, and the alleged leader of it (Pedillo)
sent to Bogota for trial.
He was charged with holding secret communi
cations with Hayti.—The convention for the for
fofctscm of-a,#ew Constitution for Colombia, was
in session, and had made little or no progress in
their labours. There was much speculation and
no little anxiety as to the result of their delibera
tions. The main question would be, whether Bo
livar should be made Dictator simply, or whether
he should be invested with the power of naming
his successor; he had left Bogota, and was in the
neighbourhood of Ocana. There was little doubt
but that the Liberator would successfully en
counter the opposition to his views of Santandar,
and his party, who favour more republican doc
trines—if necessary, the military were prepared
to demand a specific representation in the con
vention.
From Carthagena the Falmouth sailed for Trux
illo and Omoa, which latter place she reached on i
the 16th ult. At Truxilio were the American
brigs Carib and Hebe; and the Albion left at
Omoa three American vessels, the Moro, the Con
stants, and the Cobossee Contee. Our shipping
and their cargoes had not been visited by any of
the vexations which it had been previously thought,
the unsettled political condition of the country 1
would subject them to. The civil war in Central
America (if the Federation may be said to have
an existence) was raging with unabated rancour
between the Guateinalticans or Centralists on the
one part, and the St. Salvadoreans or Liberalists
on the other—the former styling themselves the
friends of order and religion, the latter the friends
of the Constitution. President Arze had resigned;
the prelude to his resignation was the dismission
by menaces and force of the officer whom the Pre
sident had appointed to the command of the Gua
temaltican army. This violence was practised by
the other military chiefs, disdaining the authority
of the I ederation, and declaring that they acted
as State officers. The States of Honduras and
Costa Rica were quiet. Nicaragua was convulsed
by internal factions. By the latest accounts at
Omoa, an undecided battle had been fought be
tween the cities of Guatemala and St. Salvador—
posterior to which the Salvadoreans had received
an increase of 1500 troops, which made them the
more powerful in numerical strength.
There was much diversity of opinion on the
coast, as to the time and the manner in which the
war would terminate. The Liberalists were com
manded by Merino, who has seen much service in
the Colombian army. Mr. Canas had retired from
the Cabiaai in disgust to the neighborhood of St.
Salvador.—Arze was at old Guatemala, but nar
rowly watched—in fact, little else than a prisoner
at large. The Chief of the Centralists is Ayce
nena, who is at the head of the old Noblesse, and
backed by the higher order of the Clergy. It is
Mr. R.’s decided opinion, whatever temporary
success may attend the army of the Centralists,
that in the end they must fall-—that they have no
master spirit to conduct them through safely,
W’hffst the spirit of the age and of the people is
against them-—that they have a penchant for ex
ploded principles, and are controlled by unwise
counsels—that they are vainly striving to uphold
doctrines w’hich they are too weak either to en
force or abandon. The Afljion left Omoa on the
17th, and English Key on the 22d ult. Mr. R. has
returned from a conviction that under existing
circumstances, the residence there of a diplomatic
agent from the U. S. would not only be useless
but impolitic, and that our,Consul there, Mr. Sa
vage, will be adequate to all our public objects.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
We are indebted to the editors of the New-
Yojrk Journal of Commerce, for a portion
of their French papers, received by the Don
Quixotte From Havre. The Paris dates are to the
29th of April, and Havre to the Ist of May inclu
sive. We have translated such articles from the
papers sent us, as appear to possess any interest
for our readers.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th of
April, General Sebastiani, from the Committee
appointed for the revision of the project of law re
lative to the-Joan of 4,000,000 of Rentes, gave it
as his opinion, that in the present situation of Eu
rope, when all the Powers are uniting their forces,
and when war has broken out in the East, the
French government could not longer postpone the
raising of funds, without being subjected to just
reproach. The Commission proposed the adop
tion of the Report, with some amendments, and it
was ordered to be printed and distributed.
The late elections to the Chamber of Deputies
appear to have been conducted with much spirit
and animation, and the papers are principally oc
cupied w r ith election details.
M. Martin Lafitte, merchant of Havre, and bro
ther of the famous banker Jaques Lafitte, has been
elected Deputy by the College of Yvetot.
a member of the Normal School,
formerly a distinguished Judge of the Tribunal of
Commerce of Rouen, and an individual as much
estemeed for his liberal principles as conspicuous
for his wealth, has been chosen Deputy by the
College of Rouen.
M. Prosper Delaunay has been nominated De
puty by the College of Mayenne. The Arch
bishop of Bordeaux, De Cheverus, (formerly
Bishop of Boston), presided over the proceedings
of that College, with a dignity and impartiality
worthy of that virtuous Prelate.
It is deemed unnecessary to notice any more of
the elections. Suffice it to say, that in all the
Colleges, the Constitutional candidates succeeded,
and by very handsome and decided majorities.
Under the head of Brest, April 24, we find the
following statement of government vessels, which
were then in the road, and ready to sail. The
Jean Bart, 74, line of battle ship, and the frigate
Arethuse, of 54 grins. The Ceres, Arriege, Bail
leuee, Adour, sloops of war—and the schooner
Egle.
The frigate Nymphe, which was to have fol
lowed the* expedition commanded by the Jean
Bart, sailed on the 19th on a secret mission.
The following vessels were fitting out. The
Duquesne, 74, line of battle ship ; the Terpsi
chore, Pallas, and Themis, frigates of 54 guns.
The Bisson and Trementin, both transport
ships, had just been launched.
It was reported that the Prefect had received
orders to cause four other line ships to be fitted
out immediately.
At Toulon, the following vessels were getting
ready. Three line ships, eight frigates, three
sloops of war, ten brigs, six store ships, six schoo
ners, and one steam ship.
Geeece. —An article from Zante of March 31st,
states that the interview between Sir Frederick
Adam and Ibrahim Pacha, had not for its object,
as had been stated, the evacuation of the Morea,
but related solely to the release of the Greek cap
tives, whose liberty he demanded. We are as
sured, says the writer, as far as verbal statements
can be relied on, that the application Vas success
ful.
Spain. —Accounts from Barcelona of the 19th
of April mention that the King had issued a Pro
clamation ordering the government vessels to ar
rest and bring into port all ships or vessels fomfo
under suspicious circumstances, at a distance ot
and under three miles from the coast. The ob
ject of this regulation is to abolish entirely the
smuggling trade carried on so extensively on the
coast of Spain.
Dutch Ships of War. —The King of the Low
Countries has granted permission to the ships of
the Royal marine to transport gold, silver, jewels,
and other precious articles, under certain limita
tions, which will prevent the commanders from
becoming carriers. The Consols are never to per
mit such articles to go on board, where thei'e are
other opportunities to transmit them, except in.
particular cases.
From the Journal du Havre, May 1.
Sales of Cotton. —2o bales Louisiana, If.; 68
Pernambuco, If. 10c. a If. 15c.; 44 Virginia,Bsc.;
40 Cumana, 75c ; 150 Cuba, 95c. 34 bales Loui
siana, at auction, 73 a 92c.
400 bags St. Domingo Coffee, entrepot, 43 l-°.
Funds, Paris, 30, Five per Cents, 102f. 60c.;
Three per Cents, 70f. 15c. Bank Action, 1885f.
It is now many months since public attention
has been much excited by the uncertain state of
affairs in Europe, and has daily expected scane
developement of the policy of the various powers
immediately or remotely interested. As it is very
probable that doubt and uncertainty have hung
even over the cabinets themselves, it is not sur
prizing that the quid nuncs should have been puz
zled likewise. By the confession of the foreign
journals, which may seem to deserve a semi-offi
cial character the relations which have been
caused by late events, are somewhat complicated.
This complication, as to the affairs of the East,
arises out of the position in which Russia stands
towards the Porte, first as a party to the Treaty
of Mediation of the 6th of July, and then as a
power having separate treaties with Turkey. A
certain train of measures, having in view the in
dependence of the Greeks, and the remedy of the
mischiefs to commence in the Levant, wa3 no
doubt arranged by the treaty of July. As the oc
cupation ol the Principalities appears to have
made one of them, the passage of the Pruth, pre
paratory thereto, will of course take place with
the assent of the Allies, wli® thus far, as also in
such measures as will terminate the Greek war,
are not neutral, but the actual confederates of the
Czar
This alliance goes no farther, so to speak, than
the bank of the Danube, where Nicholas is to de
mand his own terms, and enforce them with his
own arms, for the infraction of treaties by the
Turk, which are his own concern merely. It is :
therefore, when he comes to the passago of the
Danube, that anew point i9 opened for the con
sideration of the European powers. It is here too,
most probably, that* the Sultan will either contest
the ground, or yield to the terms which are dic
tated to him : So that the long expected passage
of the Pruth may take place without indicating
decisively either the ultimate policy of the powers,
or the finalj-esolve of Turkey, which, with the
w eakness incident to her wretched government, is
like to he put off’ to the last moment, and when
the alternative presses.
Should she determine to abide the conflict, it
is not probable that there is any thing in the trea
ty of July by which Russia is restrained from the
exercise of a power incident to her sovereignty;
that of punishing the infractions by Turkey of the
Convention of Akermann, and the alleged aggres
sions on her subjects and commerce.—She may
push her demand of indemnity for these as far as
she pleases, only that she must expect, unless the
complexion of European politics is much changed,
to be checked by the fears of the other powers,
for their own safety, and the preservation of the
balance of power. Their measures, in respect to
the two belligerents at such a crisis, are therefore,
in diplomatic language, an ulterior consideration,
which must depend on the problem of the degree
of resistance of Turkey to the progress of the
Russian arms, and, perhaps, the amount of their
own probable share of the plunder. By these
views may be understood the expression of one of
the new Ministry in Parliament—that though wil
ling to support tfie treaty of mediation, he was not
prepared to go farther.— Balt. Jim. June 2.
War in Europe. —'* Have the Russians
crossed the Pruth is the all engrossing
enquiry with those over anxious about
the political movements of the Old
World, as one whose solution W t to deter
mine the question of war or pence. Os
course every article from an European
Port is an event of most important in
terest. Expectation however, which has
been on the tiptoe, has as yet been
doomed to disappointment—and no ration
al conjecture can be formed as to the ulti
mate determination of the Autocrat of
the Russias. To what then is this un
certainty to be ascribed, is another point
of most curious enquiry Is it, that Rus
sia is still restrained by a decent sense of
propriety, from violating those very prin
ciples she was of late foremost in the ad
vocacy of—the legitimacy of power and the
integrity of empire—and therefore cannot
interfere in the intestire commotions of
Turkey, in aid of her rebellious and revolt
ing subjects ? Or does she fear the jea
lousy of her present allies, whose oppos
ing interests may snap asunder the cords of
union which now holds them together, and
interpose a check to her ambitious pro
jects I Or, in fine, is it that she too, has
not yet recovered from the exhnustiors of
the long wars and the severe depriva
tions when in common with the other
powers of Europe, she has but just passed
through, and with all the physical material
has not the more important adjunct of pe
cuniary resources, to attempt a perilous,
uncertain and expensive conflict 1 Per
haps indeed all these circumstances com
bine to induce that vacillatory policy which
has some time past apparently marked her
course - for conjointly they constitute so
formidable an obstacle, that nothing but the
most cosummate confidence w ould venture
to oppose it.
Latest from Africa. —By the brig ft,
ris, Capt. Mathews, of Baltimore, P i
here yesterday from the coast of
via St. Barts, we have received the
ing intelligence :
The Buenos Ayres brig Oriental, ft
Cobbett, Esq. commander, on her tva *
Cape Mesurado to wafer, boarded ootl°
22<J January, off Cape Mount, thcSnan
brig Volador ; this vessel cleared from R TANARUS”
fimore in November, for the Cape J*
Verd Islands, but ostensibly for the CO3S{ \
Africa, where she arrived in safety
landed her cargo at Galioas, af;er \vh j!
she proceeded to one of the Cape de vC J
Islands, where she increased her supply
provisions and water; and at the \
her being boarded by the Oriental was n °
doubt, on her way to Galinas to receive *
board her cargo of slaves. It will be
collected that is the same brig that was rui s
on board of by the Guatemala
and notwithstanding she was considered \ v
her commander a fast sailer, the Orieut-Jj
eame up with her so three hours although I
at the commencement of the chase she
full ten miles distant.
Captain M. states that the Colony 0 f
Mesurado was in a very flourishing cordj. j
tion. J. Ashmun, Esq. Colonist and Uni*
ted States Agent, came out passenger with
Capt. M. as far as St. Barts. He is return
ing to this country for the ben fit 0 f h s
health, which was much improved by the
voyage. He had determined to try thebe,
nefit of the West India air for a few weeks I
Tim markets in St Barts, were extreme! I
ly dull for all American produce. Flour I
uom nal $3 3-4. —iV. Y. Journal of Com-- I
mercCy May 31
Resolution. — As the ship Queen vfdb 1
was sailing through the Narrows on Tues-1
day, James Hoyt, a sailor, fell overboard I
unobserved by bis companions. The wind!
blew so violently that his cries did not I
reach the ship, and he was left to mfke the 1
best of his condition. He accordingly div- ]
ested himself of his clothes and addressed!
himself to the voyage. After buffeting ttal
waves for more than two hours, hew* I
aiscove.’ed and taken up hy the sch Cotn.l
peer of Philadelphia He has since mad|
arrival in this city.—iTL
XVashiwf n, June 1.
This day, a case was decided in the Cir
cuit Court of this District, which has ex
cited an intense feeling in this quarter, and
which, from the nature of the subject, must!
create more general interest than any other
tried in this country since the declaration
of Independence. It was. au action for as
sault and battery, brought by a young lady
of the name of Eleanor Hurley, agaitiJ
Doctors Frederick Way and Alexander
McWilliams, and James Young and VVn\
Emack, E>q. Justices of the Peace. Ini
the courre of the trial much testimony wail
elicited of a very delicate character, a:J
not suited to the columns of a newspaper]
We forbear to make further mention oftlel
matter, as we understand a sketch ot tLel
trial is rapidly preparing for the press, fil
ken by two experienced reporters. There!
was a very great display of eloquence and!
ingenuity on the part of the counsel enJ
ployed on both sides.
The trial commenced at an early hcol
on Saturday morning, and closed at sil
o’clock on Monday evening, when the jurjl
retired, aisd on this clay at two o'clock!
brought in a verdict for plaintiff of Url
thousaud dollars I!
From the Philadelphia National Gazette,
More than once we have taken occasion to a
madvert upon the wanton introduction of priva
and domestic concerns into political controvert
W hen accusation and obloquy are not confined!
that which is public and political, or which hast!
character of some certainty and public intcres
rights and feelings are gratuitously and crue
outraged, and unlimited scope and infectin’
example given for the worst license of malevolen
or levity. \\ e were particularly struck witi
column in the Washington Telegraph of the 3ft
inst. consisting of a most acrimonious recriiu®
tion pursued in two of the Kentucky papers cfl
cerning the private debts of Major Barry, whci
we believe, an eminent politician and lawyer.®
those of the Hon. Henry Clay, Secretary of Stall
TL he editorial head, too, of the Washington Tei
graph, i3 dishonored by very severe and inviditl
remarks on the same topic, directed of course!
gainst the Secretary.
One of the Kentucky articles is 11 a list o firm
gages made by Mr. Clay followed by a senes j
arbitrary Questions tending to destroy his
tion for probity and solvency. The injustice sj
harshness of this mode of hostility must be appi
ent to every observer who has anv knowledge!
the ordinary business of life, Morgages may 1
main on record though the mortgager possess j
ample surplus in the aggregate ot his resources!
though the greater part of their amount mayh J j
been discharged ; just as promisory notes, bo*!
bills, &c. may be outstanding, when it is c crt j
that they will be paid, or could be at once setfij
without difficulty out of an exuberant fund. Al
man, of whatever substance, who has been, acw
in the transactions of property, might treflisj
one side only of his situation were thus invest*
ted and proclaimed. Let us take an illustrates!
this species of wrong from the case of Mr
which we have been at the pains to examine- I
Two of the mortgages, cited in the blM* M
are—one of s22,ooo,.dated July, 1820, andanoij
of $1666 66, dated 24th December, 1822.
Branch Bank of the United {States in Lex^J
Here then, according to the Kentucky partisMj
a massive, terrible debt of ticcnty-threc tM&U
six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sium
cents, proving how much the Secretary is
blamed for living hospitably in W
how far he may be suspected as a sort ot
do in his political ambition ! Now we aver, *■
the highest authority on the subject, that
Bank itself, the following plain tacts :—Tb® *
debt has been for several years in a course f l *
duction, and ai this time amounts to no mo# M
about four thousand dollars : Even for tbi* ■
there is already deposited in the Lexington <*■
paper payable to Mr. Clay, at tl/e niatl Yj'■
which, in the next autumn, the whole
probably be extinguished. The 6mall b |C! ®
is entirely discharged. The reduction, J
was effected by actual payments, without a - B
or receiving indulgence by the substitute 111
estate—an alternative which the bank B
so often obliged to adopt in regard to Vvß
debts. Mr. Clay’s engagements with that
tion have thus been fulfilled with the g reH fl
delity ; and we can add, from another g 1 ’ B
of information, that they were incurred B
indorsements for the benefit of others ! JM
It is very likely that most of the ot * lcr ! s ] e (B
incumbrances on his estate are suscep t! |. ■
explanation not less satisfactory, and that S
total of seventy-four thousand dolla
die proportionally or more, upon prof 1 ' 1
and substruction. We shall not, however,
1 further with what we cannot at once d*f \B
1 certain. We are catistfed with exemr l '*. ‘*B