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~~~SATURDAY MORNING, JULY26, IB2*.
It is the crail of demagogues, to carry on their
schemes against the rights of the people, under
the pretence of subserving their interests.
Your rights, says the self-styled patriot, to the
people, are in danger ; your interests are jeopar
dized by the encroachments of your rulers ; it is I
alone who am able to protect you. Having thus
excited the multitude to rage and phrenzy, they
become the willing tools of his ambition—he en
slaves them first, and picks their pockets after
wards.
Notwithstanding our country is most signally
blessed ; notwithstanding she is hastening on the
road to prosperity, with rapid and unchecked
strides— notwithstanding she enjoys a degree of
liberty and happiness hitherto unknown, uninia
gined-yet have there lately arisen a class of po
liticians whose daily efforts are directed to the
task of exciting the prejudices of the people against
the government of our choice, of our creation
based on the principles of reciprocal benefit, and
cemented by the blood of our fathers.
These politicians have raised the watch
words, 11 Southern Interests” and “ State Rights
and have lately made a daring effort to break up
the foundations of our civil compact, by imposing
upon the Southern people the belief, that their ;
interests were to be sacrificed, and their rights ;
trampled on, by those who have been appointed ,
to administer the affairs of the General Govern
ment. And as we all know’ that the Soutli has
interests, and that the States have rights, many
have been hurried away by the intensity ot their
feelings, without pausing to enquire what those
interests and those rights were, which were en
dangered by the profligacy of our rulers. W e all
know that the States have rights, and w c fed that
our best blood should flow in defence of them.
But before w r e answer the call ot the W altCx*
borough Address, to “take an attitude of open re
sistance to the laws of the Union,’ it is wise, it is
prudent, to enquire, which ot those sacred rights
cf the States has been violated, and which we aie
called on to defend ! In fact, what is it, that is
meant by “State Rights - ’ by those who would
stir us up to MUTINY and TREASON ?
in the language of the Charleston Mercury, the
accredited organ of the cabal, “State Rights is I
the right of any one State, to protect itself against
any law which they may deem unconstitutional! ,
In other words, the right of a State, at any time,
“to take an attitude of resistance against the laws
of she Union” — See Charleston Mercury YJth hist.
The same paper ot the 16ths/iys, “If we had free
trade and our constitutional rights, we could with
a small portion of our labor buy up a great deal of
the labor of other nations.” [Does“State Rights”
here mean the right of cheating foreign nations ?]
The same paper continues —“We must proceed
upon the principles that the minority have a right
to check the majority! That they have a right to
say, that when a law [in their opinion] tends to
our ruin, it shall be inoperative on us !
Here “State Rights” means the right nf the mi
nority to iule the majority , and the right of any
State to declare a law of Congress inoperative on
them !
“Without this Right, (the same paper conti
nues) in all the interests of political protection,
they [the minority] can have no liberty. The
R- man Republic was based upon this principle.—
A single tribune had power to step a law. The
poople had a right to declare any law of the Se
nate no law.”!!
This is “State Rights” with a vengeance !
Why it is rank jacobinism ! Any individual a
right to set up his own opinion m opposition to
t ie laws of the land :!
Yet it is for the attainment of supposed rights
like these, that the people of this country are
called upon to embrue their hands in their bro
thers’ blood ! to subvert those hallowed institu
tions, the foundations of which rest upon the
graves of our fathers, the tombs of our kindred !
to break asunder the ties of society, and in the
place of that harmonious system of order, and po
litical security, which now so happily prevails,
introduce anarchy, confusion, and civil war !
It is for such idle fancies as these, under the sa
cred name of “ State Rights.’ that we are called
upon ** -to take an attitude of open resistance to
the law's of the Union.”
It is for such absurb principles, that we are
called upon to barter the peace, prosperity—nay
the very existence of this great nation!
People of Georgia, sucti are the flimsey preten
ces under which are veiled the reckless designs of
demagogues, the madschem.es of TREASON !
Under our present system of government, our
notion has advanced to an enviable pitch of glory t
Are the mad politicians of our day, prepared to
mar all, and barter all, for a yard of broadcloth ?
The deeds < f oui patriots in arts and in arm 6,
are our pride and our boast, throughout the world )
and where is the American, whereever he may
have wandered, whatever soil his footsteps may
have pressed,—whose bosom thrills not with de
light, at the mention of those bright names which
adorn our historic page ? Are the disunion dema
gogues now ready to barter their glorious inheri
tance. which consists in the fame of their ances
tors.for the paltry consideration of a yard of broad
cloth ?
So it would seem they have determined, by a
reference to their newspaper-writings and dinner
epecche s.
Yesterday Statira R.estrein, a free woman of co
lor, was brought before a court of magistrates,
consisting of Justices Russell, Sheflall, Beers and
Vale au, on a charge of murdering an infaut. After
a fair investigation the prisoner was discharged.
Jerrv, a slave, the property of Josiah Penfield,
was also brought up, charged with forging a due
bill on Chichester & Scranton. Ho was found
guilty, and sentenced to receive 78 lashes on two
different days, and to be imprisoned until the Bth
of August, and then to stand one hour in a pillo
ry to be erected for the purpose before the Court
•House.
A correspondent complains of the daily assem,
blage of negroes in the market-house, for tho pur
pose of pitching cents, wrestling, fighting, and
throwing brickbats ; corrupting tho young by the
example of bad habits ; and putting the modesty
of respectable ladies (who may be compelled to
pass that way) to the blush, by the exhibition oi
vulgar actions and indecent language. Not being
cognizant of the facts, we refer the matter to
the proper authority tor correction — viz. the Po
lice.
SUMMARY.
The great failure which recently occurred in
New York, is said to be the house of Thomas H
Smith, one of the most extensive Tea Merchants
in this country.
The French papers announce the death of the
gallant and scientific officer, Sir William Con
greve. He died at Toulouse, and his remains, on
the 16th of May, were interred in the Protestant
Cemetery.
An article from Constantinople, dated April 25,
states, that “the Porte had concluded with the U.
States of America a convention, granting to their
ships the Channel,but not into the Black Sea, on
payment of a duty of 5 per cent, on the value of
their cargo. Several vessels of that nation ac
cordingly entered in the course of the week, un
der their own flag.”
The Marquis of Palmella, on the 23d of May,
transmitted an official note to Lord Dudlev, stat
ing that in consequence of the proceedings of Don
Miguel, he could no longer, consistently with his
oath of allegiance to Don Pedro, his successors and
the charter, hold any further communication with
the present government of Portugal, until further
instructions from Don Pedro, his master. The
Brazilian Plenipotentiaries in Europe have pro
tested against the proceedings of Don Miguel and
the convocation of the Cortes.
i Accounts from Havre de Grace, dated the 27th,
state that the French government were enforcing
the conscription law to the last degree. Contrary
to any precedent since the peace, two young men
have been taken from one family to serve in the
army; and artizans were peremptorily required to
join the depot if they happened to be drawn; they
were not allowed to furnish a substitute. All the
print shops are filled with characteristic represen
tations of Napoleon, his Marshals, and his Army.
The Earl of Aberdeen, a nobleman of great
learning, correct principles and extensive politi
cal knowledge, is spoken of as the probable suc
cessor of Earl Dudley, as Secretary of State for
the Foreign Department.
We learn from the Canada papers, that Judge
Willis, who has been dismissed from the office of
puisne Judge of the Court of King’s Bench, U. C.
until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known, in
tends to sail soon for England. His wife, Lady
Mary Willis, and his family will remain in Cana
da. An address, expressive of the respect of the
inhabitants for the Judge, and of their regret at |
loosing his services on the Bench, has been pre
sented to him, in which the subscribers express
their hope that he will he reinstated, and their
desire to provide for the safety and comfort of his
wife during his absence. The committee consists
of John Galt, Esq. and lady, and Doctor Warren
Baldwin and lady; to which committee is added j
Robert Baldwin, Esq. as her Ladyship’s solicitor.
A large collection of Poems, in the old Bohe
mian language of the 13th and 14th centuries,
have been discovered in the library of Prague, de
scribing the invasion of the Saxons in Bohemia;
Udalric's victory over the Poles; the battle against
the Tartars; an ancient Tournament, the prize of
which was the Duke's daughter; and a war of
the heathenish Bohemians against the German
Princes, who wanted to convert them to Christi
anity.
The same paper states that the harvest com
menced the last week—the crops have never been
more abundant.
United States’ Troops. —A detachment of troops,
numbering 150, arrived at Albany on the 10th inst.
in canal boats, from Green Bay, via Buffalo, and
left for New York in the afternoon, in the steam
boat Victory, capt. Thomas Wiswall. Their des
tination is the North Eastern frontier, in the state
of Maine. This detachment is accompanied by
Inspector General Croghan, who, during the late
war, bravely and successfully defended a fort in
the Indian country, against a much larger force
of British and Indiane.
The next Provincial Parliament of Upper Ca
nada is summoned, by proclamation, to meet on
the 12th August, the present one having been dis
solved.
The Philadelphia National Gazette states, that
the whole of the Union C anal Loan ($300,000)
was taken at a premium of 4 per cent.
An attempt has been made, but unsuccessfully,
to rob the vault of the Roger Williams Bank of
Providence.
jYantucket Sheep Shearing .—The number of
sheep assembled at the late shearing in Nantucket
was about 12,000. The wool is worth from 20 to
25 cents a pound.
OBSERVANCE OP THE SABBATH.
Messrs. Editors,
We enclose to you for publication the follow
ing address of the convention assembled in the city
: of New York, in May last, for the purpose of de
-1 vising and adopting measures for the better ob
servance of the Lord’s day. It is a masterly pro
duction, and the contents of it cannot but be more
or less interesting to all of your readers. The ar
guments which are therein employed must com
mend it at once to the statesman, the philanthro
’ pist, and the Christian—and we trust that a care
ful and candid perusal of it, will do much in fur
therance of the large and respectable society, re
cently formed in this city. When we consider
I the nature of the Sabbath as a day set apart from
i the beginning cf the world, to promote at once,
man's temporal refreshment and spiritual improve
ment ; and the extent of it, as reaching to all
classes of the human family, in e,very clime and
country—it must be evident that in neglecting to
employ it for the purposes intended by Him who
instituted it, we do virtually call in question his
wisdom, goodness and authority. Our design isi
i in a series of communications, and extracts from
the writings of pious and learned men, to extend
, through the medium of our valued public prints
; in this city,such information as will leave those who
I now, inconsiderately, profane the Christian Sab
bath—without a plea and without an argument. —
Yours, &c. ‘ THE COMMITTEE.
TO THE PEOPLE CP THE U. STATES.
Fellow-Citizens. —The Convention a.s
----: sembietl in the city of New York from vu
; rious parts of our country, composed oi
[gentlemen es different religious denomin
ations, to confer upoD measures to secure
the better observance of the Sabbath, avail
themselves of the present opportunity to
explain to you their views, and to appeal
to your good sense, your patriotism, your
conscience, and your piety, in behaif ot
that divine institution.
It is universally admitted that the preva
lence of knowledge .and virtue among a
people is indispensable to elevated and
permanent batioual prosperity: and pro
eminently to for the perpetuity of republi
can institutions, in a nation so extended as
our own in territory, so rich in soil, so mul
titudinous in number, so vigorous in enter
prise, and, unless restrained by moral pow
er, so sure to be carried by the tide ot a
corrupting abundance, to disoluteness, ef
feminacy, and ruin.
It is not denied that the Sabbath brings
to our aid the only power which can con
duct our glorious experiment of self-gov
ernment to an auspicious result, the only
power which can balance tne temptations
t.f avarice and wealth, and reconcile emi
nent prosperity with moral purity and abid
ing liberty and equality.
It is alike obvious, that the Subbath ex
erts this salutary power by making the po
pulation of a nation acquainted with the
being, perfections, and laws of God ; with
our relations to him as creatures, our obli
gations to him as subjects of his moral go
vernment, and our character as sinners for
whom his mercy has provided a Saviour ;
under whose remedial government we live,
to be restrained from sin and excite I to
duty by the alternate influence of hop© and
fear, and to be reconciled to God by the
energies of his Spirit attending his word
and ordinances.
Ii is by tlie reiterated instruction which
tlie Sabbath, duly observed, imparts t the
population of a nation ; by the moral prin
ciple which it forms; by the conscience
which it maintains and invigorates, by the
habits of cleanliness and industry which it
cieates ; by the rest and renovated vigor
which it bestows on exhausted animal na
ture ; by the lengthened life and higher
health it gives; and by the holiness which
it inspires, and the cheering hopes of hea
ven that it awarkens, and the protection of
heaven which its observance insures—that
the Sabbath becomes the great conservator
of nations. (to be continued.)
The Answer of Governor Taylor, of South Ca
rolina, to the Colleton Address, requesting him to
call an extra meeting of the Legislature.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }
July 4th, lti2d. 3
To James Raysor , Esq. Chairman of the
Meeting of the Citizens of Colleton Dis-
trict , lately held at Walter borough .
Sir —That I may escape no re.sponsibil
ity, | frankly state, that previous to the re
ceipt of yor address to me, I had deter
mined to resist any application for calling
together th ? Legislature, unless based upon
the most unequivocal unanimity of the ci
tizens of South Carolina, in favor of such a
measure.
I have deferred answering your sugges
tions for a few weeks in the expectation,
th it if any other district or section of the
S a:© entertained similar views to those en -
tertained by the citizens of Colleton dis
trict, dial those views would be made known
to me—none such however came to me,
and ii is therefore fairly to be inferred that
the measure you ask me to adopt, is no
where in our State desired but by those on
whose behalf you have made your commu
nication to me
This aspect of the question it would seem
to me, is calculated to convince you of the
impropriety or inexpediency of my com
plying with the r quest you have made.
The members ol the Senate and House
of Representatives of this State have at
great inconvenience and at considerable
private and public expense attended within
this year, one extra session ; another to
occur in the most unsafe season of the year,
for health; the most inconvenient on ac
count of the domestic arrangements of the
planter and farmer, would not be likely to
be attended with the punctuality desirable
for the consideration of subjects so momen
tous as those to which you have called my
attention. The term for which all the
members of the house and a portion of tha
Senate were elected, is within a few months
of expiring ; the voice of those, however
respectable they may be, would not in a
crisis like the present, come furtli with as
decisive and commanding effect as would
the voice of such as will in November
next be convened, warm with the feelings
and sentiments of their constituents ; and
unforgetful of the instructions they have
received from them.
And the more is this intimate and unre
moved relation between the Representative
and his constituents to be desired on this
particular instance; from the known fact
that the law of Congress (the late Tariff)
lias become a flatter of public, of universal
discussion among the people of South Ca
rolina, that it is highly probable the elec
tion may turn, on the opinions of the peo
ple on this very subject, in which case, it
will not be using a forced figure to say that
the people will speak through the mouths
of their lepresentatives.
The time of great public excitement is
not a time propitious for cool deliberation
or wise determination ; finally, the interval
between this and the third Monday in No
vember next, is in rnv humble opinion, not
too long for the people, the senators and
representatives of this state, to consider, to
deliberate, and to determine, upon the high
matters brought to view in your addi ess
I tender to you sir, i?nd through you sir,
to tin* citizens of Colleton district, my hum
ble respects.
JOHH TAYLOR.
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Long Text —A clergyman was once going to
preach on the text of tne Samaritan woman; and
after reading it, he said, “Do not wonder, my be
loved, that the text £is so long; for it is a woman
that speak*.”
Prom the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rio .—The wages of stevidores, riggers,
&c. have been of late reduced; ai;d there
has been in fact less them,
for several months past. It is by no means
evident that this has resulted from, or been
materially prompted by the passage ot the
new tariff law. Intelligent merchants ot
the highest standing have assured us that
the same depression of commerce would
have existed, if the passage of that law had
never been agitated The reduction of
their wages, however, led the labourers to
form a Combination to strike , and to do no
woik unless they were paid the usual
sum of ten shillings a day. Uhey also re
solved to go further, and to peimit none of
the craft to work at a reduced rate. Yes
terday a body of nearly three hundred ot
them assembled in the upper part of the
city, and proceeded down along the wharves
on the East River, forcibly removing such
of their own occupation as were at work.
Among others, they took away the persons
employed in the Liverpool packet ship
Florida. Having swept the East River
side, they went round to the North, and
there took away the men at work in the
packet ship France, though they weie em
ployed at the old wages ‘They then,”
says the Gazette, “proceeded to the packet
ship Sully Captain Macy, where a num
ber of men were employed in discharging
| ballast. Here the rioters halted, and com
manded the nieu to come ashore, but their
demand not being complied with, they
made an attempt to ascend the stage at the
side of the ship, when Capt. Macy ordered
them to desist, which they refused, ami
immediately made preparations to board
thevessel. At this juncture Capt. Macy
directed the fastenings to be cut, and the
whole were precipitated on to the wharf
The signal was then given for a general
attack, and the rioters immediately seized
on the ballast stones, and other missiles,
which were discharged in vollies at the
persons on deck. Several individuals met
witli considerable injury among them
were Capt. Clarke of the new ship Charles
Carroll, who received a severe contusion
on the head; Capt. YVhithall of the Don
Quixotte,Capt. Macy, and Mr. Peel, his
mate, who were all more or less injured
In fact almost every individual on the deck
of the ship was struck by some of the mi.>-
siles Capt. Clarke received the greatest
injury, and, after the mob was dispersed,
was conveyed home in a carriage.
At this crisis the riot assumed such an
alarming aspect, as to induce the discharge J
of two pistols among the rioters, which,
without doing any injury, created an alarm ;
among them and caused them to retreat. —
About this time, a large body of police of
ficers, &,c., headed by the Mayor, Recor
ded and several Aldermen, made their ap
pearance, and succeeded in securing nine of
the gang, who were forthwith escorted to
the police office, and after an examination
before Justice Hopson, were fully commit
ted for trial. One of the indi\iduals taken
was clearly proved, several respectable
witnesses, to be the ringleader. The name.’
of those taken are, William Denwiek, fthe
leader, a stout, dark, complexioued fellow,
with monstrous black whiskers,) Jacob
Hoffman, John Milter William Phelps,
\\ Hliam Bulleu, James Guhan, * antes
Williams, James Crawford, and Nmhulas
Crohn.
We understand that the Witnesses were
bound over to appear before the Grand
Jur , which is now in cession, at 11 o’clock
this morning, when true bills, will, no
doubt be found against the whole of them
and on their arraignment before tiio Couri
of Sessions, they will doubtless receive a
just reward for their outrageous conduct.”
In addition to the above named, Daniel
M,Konzie, was taken last evening, exam
ined, and fully committed. This morning,
two others viz: Peter Henry Fiel, and
Oliver Johnson, were taken, exinniued, and
committed; and at noon, the Grand Jury
were engaged, in investigating the case.
It has been intimated that the Police Of
fice were not soo i enough on the alert; but
we learn that, immediately on being in
formed, the Police Magistrates despatched
all the officers that were within call, to the
East River side, and that when application
came from the ship Sully, on the Noth
side, the Mayor apprised Mr, Recorder
Riker of the riot, who immediately ordered
a recess of the Court of Sessions, and with
the Aldermen, and all the Officers of the
Court, accompanied the Mayor to the scene
of confusion.
Saratoga Springs. —The season has set in, good
earnest. Hacks and postcoaclms, portmanteaus
and bandboxes, the southern nabobs and the east
ern belles give life and animation to Congress
Hall, the head-quarters of wine and water drinkers
—the very emporium of beauty and fashion—of
gouty aldermen and hypochondriac old women.—
The campaign, it is said, will be very brilliant,
though it may be short, for though the Tariff is
drowned in a huge pitcher of the sparkling ele
ment, and nothing but pleasure reigns; still, there
are rides to Lake George, to Lebanon, and a hun
dred agreeable excursions, which shorten a visit
to the Springs. Mr. Drake, the enterprising and
attentive host of Congress Hall, the same, by the
by, who has the splendid Tontine at New Haven,
is quite at home in every thing appertaining to
taste and comfort There are many excellent
hotels at Saratoga, and our old friend Dillon, of
the Pavillion, is not forgotton. A Summer Thea
tre is in contemplation, and the Operatic
contemplate giving concerts.—N. Y. Enq.
Centre of the Earth. —ln a paper lately com
municated to the British Royal Society, Sir Hum
phrey Davy has given his hypothesis of the cause
of volcanoes, drawn from a comparison of their
several phenomena, as observed in different parts
of the globe. Many of the observations on which
his theory is founded have been made by this dis
tinguished chemist in person. He submits as the
most probable solution of the phenomena of burn
ing mountains, the theory that the centre of the
globe is a mass of liquid fire. Volcanic combus
tion, according to his researches, is occasioned by
the oxedization of vast bodies es metallic earths,
exposed in their subterraneous position to the ac
tion of water or of common atmospheric air.—
This conclusion is deduced from the following,
among other circumstances. No sensible differ
ence is observed upon the surface of the hot lava
flowing out from openings in the earth. Bubbles
are found in this lava which emit a white vapor
that upon analysis is found to be atmospheric air.
New York, July 14
On Saturduy, the cause of the
gainst E. J. Roberts, for an assault up,,..
M. A®. Noah, was tried in Court of Sessions
and resulted iii a verdict agaii,*i r .
erts.
U heat Crop. —lt is reported that
Wheat hi the middle and western parts < f
this State, has been much injured by t h
last rains* The farmers complain of r .
being so much rusted, that many fields wi ]
riot be worth harvesting.
11 alt -Vater, of a good quality,has recen;.
ly been discovered by boring 80
Clyde, Wayne co. The salt made from it
is said to be good.
Difference in Constitution. —Substances
that are poisonous to ono tribe of ar.inis| s
are medical to a second, and very highly
nutritive to a third. Thus, swine are ncjl
soned by pepper seeds, which to niaua re
a serviceable tnd grateful spice; while hen,
bane roots,which destroy mankind, prove *
wholesome diet to swine In like man,
ner, aloes which to our kind is a useful
medicine, is a rank venom to dogs
foxes; and the horse, which h> poisoned by
the water hemlock, and corrosive sub ■-
mate, will take a drain of arsenic daily,
improve thereby both in his coat and co;.
ditiou.
New York Farmer.
law Case. —We find in the Eastern Argus, &
decision pronounced by Judge Ware. intficDis.
trict Court of the United States, in the ease of
James Poland and others, libelants, against the
freight and cargo of the brig Spartan, and Jacob
Quincy end others, claimants. The case is stated
by the Judge, to be one of the jiist impression—
that is to say, a case now first presented for jun.
cial determination. The points decided in the
case are —that seamen by the maritime law ha’ e
a lien on the freight as well as the vessel for their
wages —that this lien is not taken away by a tta
tue of the United States for the government of
seamen in the merchant service, vol. 11. 0 f the
laws, ch. 56, sect. 7, which allows process against
the vessel —that in case of a ship taken by a char
ter party obliging the charterers to bear the ex
penses of victualling and manning, and makiaw
them owners for the voyage, the seamen have a
lien for their wages on the cargo shipped on ac
count of the charterers—that the charterers i&
such case having become insolvent, and flavin*
assigned their property to pay their
among whom w ere the seamen, their wages v,era
still to be preferred both to the title of the assig
nees under the assignment and to that gained by
the attaching creditors —and finally, that where
property is attached for security in the admiralty,
the attachment may be dissolved and the property
restored to the claimant on his filing a stipulation
with sureties, according to a form usedbytii*
Court.
The Vice President , J. C. Calhoun,—
The New York American observes, tint
the Vice President appears to be a relict
in ihe State of New York. From the
signs of the times, he certainly is but Ijitie
thought of in the politieial world. This is
not to be wondered at ; at one time he
contended fora great cousolidatedGoverii
merit, with the most splendid system of
internal improvement; at another, for
State sovereignty; at one time, for placing
manufactures beyond the reach of ’contifr
gencics ; at another* he is opposed to aq
increased Tariff, because it would encour
age manufactures. So we go and such is
our just re ward.
Ch. City Gazette.
Anew case under fire policy. —A new
and curious question has arisen under a
policy of insurance against fie, upon some
building in the county-of Essex, whieb
was lately struck by lightning, and very
considerably damaged/though it <I id nut
take fire; and the qnesrion is whether the
insurance, in a common fire policy, are lia
ble for the damage The case opens a
very tempting field of legal ai*d philoso*
phical discussion, as whether electricity
is fire , according to the common accep
tation of this term; and if it be so, whetb
the damage is so directly the effect of this
fire in the clouds, as to render the under*
writers responsible &c. &c. Si \ Th?
question is so curious, that all, excepting*
perhaps, the parties immediately concerned
would be almost inclined to regret thalthu
case should be settled without sufficient
contest, at least, to elicit discussion.
From Havana. —By the ship Alfred,
we received says the N. Y. Morn Com*
ier, our files of Havanna papers to the
inst. inclusive. A Spanish Squadron, ct a*
sisting of the frigate Iberia, brigs Cautivo,
Hercules, Marte, Maria-Amelia, and schrs.
Guerrero and Seberuo, under the orders
of Com. Laßorde, sailed frem Havauaofi
a cruize, on the 30th ult.
The U. S. sloop of war Erie, Capt-
Turner, also left Ilavanna on the santf
day. The Erie was spoken yest<o ; J
morning about 45 miles S. E. of S
Hook, bound to this port, by the brig Cin
lian, from Messina.
The British armed schr. Nimble, Capl
- rs, from Nassau, N. P. arrived
Havana, 27th ult. ‘
Canals —Tle embankment of the f i!p
; miagton Canpl gave way near
a few days ago, by which much darns?’
was done to meadows. It is said to
very doubtful whether this Canal can “
succeeded from the nature of the ‘_ r
which it seems impossible to saturate 1
to prevent the water leaking out *
soil which the Blackstone Canal i' ui:S ’ •
generally very favorable to the retenb"!)^
! waier.- Scon’s Pond forms almost the .
exception. The water of that pond ,
; been raised about 14 feet from its w*! 91
level, and in many places has f° UJ ’
way in little rivulets through the t n, h al i
meats, which are formed of a gravel!) a
porous soil. The saturation,
goes, on very well, and no difficulty | 1(lS
j curred or is apprehended.
! Scott’s Pond is a smaller collection 1 ’
ter, known as Cranberry Pond. eaf l
centre of this is a long strip of
which though apparently staled, 111 uS
attached to the bottom by means el j
the island having risen with the
the Pond. 14 feet above its fornici
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