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SATURDAY MORXIMG, AUGUST 9, 1828.
Oar government originated in a spirit of com
promise; and it can only be sustained by the per.
petual exercise of a feeling of forbearance under ,
seeming hardships and deprivations. Laws made j
for the general welfare, must necessarily be gene-1
ral in their provisions, and will often be found to
operate with inconvenient pressure upon particu
lar interests, upon particular classes, and some
times upon large sections of the community. But
evel y good citizen will remember, that the basis
of all republican government, is the principle, that
the majority must govern. Our government can
exist no longer, than this principle is acknowledg
ed ; and patiently, patriotically acquiesced in. It
may often require the exercise of much fortitude
to relinquish without a murmur, the fair prospect
of gain. But individuals should consider, that as
they receive much from government —so they
should always stand prepared to yield freely, when
called on by the voice of their country. As general
laws cannot be adapted to the exigencies of every
individual —so individuals should feel it their duty
to adapt themselves and shape their interests, so
as to meet the exigencies of the law. It is better
that one should resign a portion of his convenien
ces for the welfare of a thousand , than that the
thousand be compelled to sacrifice their interests
and their rights, for the advantage of the one.
The people should reflect upon these things,
when called on by demagogues to overthrow
the government of their country, because of any
ideal hardships imposed by the Tariff. As this
law has been enacted by a majority of the people
of the United States, every sentiment of patriot
ism, of duty, should urge the minority to acquiesce
peacefully and patiently, until these burthens, if
impolitic or unjust, can be constitutionally re
moved. Who that regards the memory of his fa
thers; that values the services, the sufferings,
and the sacrifices of the heroes ot the revolution ;
of those who achieved our independence, and
erected the purest government upon earth—who
that regards and values all this, would refuse to
bear his share of the burdens necessary to pre.
serve those institutions which our fathers found
ed ? What true American would for a moment
weigh the glory of his country against a yard of
British broadcloth ?
Terrible effects of the Tariff! —In 1815, when
the Tariff Law of that year was passed, coarse
cottons cost 25 cents per yard ; that was their es
timated value. Now, in 1828, under the opera
tion of the unjust, oppressive, unconstitutional,
and diabolical Tariff, this same description of cot
tons sell at the Patterson (N. J.) factory, at six
cents per yard ! Zounds ! how the people of the
South are taxed for the support of the northern
manufacturers! Again; when a duty on cut nails
was imposed of 5 cents per pound,these nails were
selling at fifteen cents the pound. Now, the dia
bolical Tariff has raised the price (after the man
ner of the Irish hoist) up to— jive cents the pound!
What a TAX the consumer pays for the benefit
of the manufacturer ! What a practical comment
on the ruinous effects of the American system!
How shrewd must the calculations of those wri
ters on political economy be, who assert, that a
protective duty on any article invariably raises the
price of that article, in exact proportion to the a
mount of the duty. Vide the Baldicin address ,
and the Milledgetille Journal.
For the Savannah Mercert.
Mr. Edito*. —The necessity of organizing in the
State of Georgia, a Court of Appeals, is a subject
which has of late excited in the public mind, much
interest and reflection : If any subject which has
for its avowed object, the better protection and se
curity of those great and invaluable rights, which
-the people possess, deserves attention, then this
subject is one, which ought deeply to interest 1
them, and ought not to be received with coldness
or indifference.—lt must be acknowledged by eve
ry one who has seriously examined the present ju
diciary system of Georgia, and observed its prac
tical effect, upon the rights of the citizen, that it
contains many evils and imperfections ; and that
some alteration for the better ought to be made
in it, every days experience proves it to be both
politic as well as necessary. These evils and im
perfections, have it is true, for many years past ?
been borne by the people without murmuring ; but
their patience has at length become exhausted.
They now r loudly complain, and not unjustly, that
their rights under the present judiciary sy stem
are not protected as far as they should be. That
they are in consequence frequently sacrificed to
the precipitancy, prejudice, partiality, power or
ignorance of a single judge , from whose decision
they have no appeal. They require that some al
teration shall be made which shall have the effect
of better securing and protecting their litigated
rights, and no measure appears to them to offer
more advantages or more protection, than by or
ganizing under proper rules and regulations, a
Court of Appeals in our State. These complaints
of the peoplo as I intend hereafter to show’ are not
founded in imagination ; but too much in reali
ity and truth. They are the result of what they
every day feel and now too plainly see.
Feeling the necessity of the measure proposed,
they have through the medium of highly respecta
ble Grand Juries, in this city, as well as in other
parts of our State, called the attention of the Re
presentatives of the next Legislature to it, request
ing them also, to take the subject into their seri
ous consideration, and in their wisdom to devise
some means W'hereby the evils complained of may
be speedily remedied. It is to be hoped that the
calls of the people on this subject will not be dis
regarded by the next Legislature, but that they
will at an early a day as possible, give this sub
ject their undivided attention. A plan for the
organization of a Court of Appeals, was submit
ted to the consideration of the last legislature,
which, had it been adopted, would at least have
been one step towards satisfying the demands of
the people. It would have been a foundation up
on w'hich, from time to time a beautiful super
structure of the jurisprudence of our state might
have been erected ; alike honorable to the legis
lature as to the state. This plan although no>
perfect in itself, met and answered the urgeni
calk of the people. Upon what plan a Court of
Appeals ought tftbe organized in our state, seems
to be the great difficulty with those who have
heretofore advocated the measure. But it is to
be hoped, that if the plan proposed to the last le
gislature, should not meet the approbation of the
approaching legislature, that then they will with
out delay, draw some other one, more perfect in
its character —and which shall meet the wishes of
the people—The people call for it ; the interest
i and prosperity of the state demands it.
1 propose Mr. Editor, through the columns of
■ your highly useful paper, from time to time as
leisure may allow, to submit to the consideration
of the people, a few numbers in reference to this
highly interesting subject. In the present I shall
, confine myself to some general observations
on tho wisdom and policy of adopting the
measure proposed, drawn from the experience of
all enlightened governments, who have organiz
ed Courts of Appeal, or Courts for correction
of Errors. In some future numbers I propose to
examine the imperfections contained in the pre
sent system, and the evils which daily flow from
it, and then remove some few objections which
are said to be urged with some force, by the op
ponents of the measure.
What then I would ask, does the experience of
all enlightened governments who have organized
Courts of Appeals or Courts of Error, declare to
be the advantages resulting from them. It de
clares that, where they are to be found the advan
tages resultiug from them arc numerous, but that
where they do not exist, the rights of the subject
or the citizen, are not only greatly abridged but
in many instances sacrificed and trampled upon.
That where they do not exist tyranny and usur
pation, both in the government and in the admin
istration of its Justice, exists either absolutely or
in a qualified degree. If w e examine all the des
potic governments which have ever existed, how
many of them ever had Courts of Appeals ? But
if we look to all liberal governments, whether
monarchical or republican—whose great object is
the protection of the citizen in his life, his liberty,
and his property—you will find that with them
real protection is thrown around the subject or ci
tizen, by organizing Courts of Appeals. Al
though imperfect as human efforts are, and must
be, towards obtaining a perfect system of govern
ment, or a perfect system of jurisprudence, for
the protection of the rights of man ; yet experi
ence dictates that Courts of Appeals, wherever
they have been organized have been found to offer
more advantages towards the protection of right,
than any other system. They have uniformly
thrown around the rights of the citizen a barrier
which, not all the power or prejudice, of a single
judge could possibly aifect. Experience fur-
ther declares, that where Courts of ihis charac
ter have been organized, they have been found
highly beneficial, because they have operated as
a wise and salutary check against the power, pre
judice or ignorance of a single judge, by giving to
the subject or citizen, the right of Appeal from
such decision, to the judgement of other men
altogether disinterested and unprejudiced ; men
who have no local feeling to gratify, and men who
feel themselves as independent of their brother
judge, as they are of the parties whose case is
brought before them—A judge is but a man, lia
ble to err—ln the hurry in which the business of
a Circuit is generally dispatched, it is not too
much to say, that there may be many points
brought to the consideration of a judge, when on
the circuit, which he may decide upon first im
pression, and m which there may be manifest er
ror. Courts of Appeals then, in this point of view
have been found highly beneficial, because they
have made the judge, when at Nisi Prius, more
careful and less precipitate in his decisions, well
knowing that his opinion may be reviewed by
other judges, probably of equal if not greater le
gal acquirements than himself, and altogether in
dependent of him. The consequence has been,
that when at home the judge is more studious,
and if a point should arise* when on the circuit,
presenting the least doubt, he reserves that point
for more mature deliberation—examines the pre
cedents, principles and nice distinction, which
marks the circumstance of that particular case and
by which it can alone be properly decided. The
decision of these courts are valuable because they
are published to the world, with tho ground and
reasons for such decisions—and because as prece
dents they are binding on the successor, whoever
he may be, who shall occupy a seat on the bench.
They render the principles by which the rights of
! the citizen are to be tested certain fixed. These,
j Mr. Editor, are some among the many advanta
j ges which experience declares to result from courts
thus organized. I have already trespassed too
much on your patience.—l would conclude by ask
ing—ought advantages like these to be disregard
ed ? Wisdom as well as policy declare they ought
not, any longer, to be disregarded.
JUNIUS.
FOR THE MERCURY.
The Sun , from the visible effects of its utility to
mankind, has from the earliest period of idolatry,
been the subject of adoration.
The Israelites, when they forgot the true God,
worshipped the Sun, under the named of Baal.
The Moabites adored it under the name of CAc
mosh; and the Ammonites under that of Moloch ,
and the host of Heaven.
Sunday , ttas that day On wl.iok divine honors
were paid to Baal.
MOSES MENDENHALL.
Mr. Editor: —Permit us to direct the attention
of your readers to the following beautiful remarks
on the Christian Sabbath, selected from the wri
tings of a late distiguished divine, in our Country;
in the hope that they will be found at once accep
table and useful—we remain yours, &c.
THE COMMITTEE.
Though the Sabbath was designed for a
d.iy of rest, it was not designed for a day of
indolence. There is a vast difference,
between that pious cessation from secular
concerns, which the command enjoins, and
that lazy, lounging life, which too mi ny
love to lead, when this day arrives The
Sabbath is consecrated to religion, as well
as to rest, and the duties of public worship,
ire essential parts of its solemnity. Deity
never designed, that this should be to man
a day of idleness, but that (lie subjects it
commemorates, should fiil his mind with
devotion, and lead him to the discharge of
religious duties. And how natural is the
connexion, between contemplating the cre
ation of the world, by the Supreme Archi
tect, and fuliit gin reverence before his
thronc. How extremely natural is the
connexion, between recalling to mind the
redemption of our race, and paying our
homage to the great Redeemer. Accor
ding v, *e find, that the Sabbath and the
sanctuary, on account of their alliance, are
frequently joined together in Scripture.
Before the birth of our Saviour, this day
was always partly employed in public rea
ding the Scriptures, and worshiping God
V\ hen he came upon earth, that he might
fulfil all righteousness, it was his invaria
ble custom on the Sabbath, to attend di
vine service in the Synagogue. So that it
is evident, from the very nature of the in
stitution, from the authority of custom, and
from the unerring example of the Imman
uel that useless laz.ness on this day, is
highly criminal and that assembling for the
purpose of public worship, is an essential
method of keeping it holy. Our world
cannot exhibit s more lovely, heavenly
sight, than that of Christian society, in
“the still small voice ’ of devotion, united
ly worshiping their Father and God.—
■* hen we carry the idea further, and re
flect that the whole Church militant, the
whole brotherhood of Christians upon
earth, on this day, assemble, and the Most
High is, undoubtedly giving audience to
their prayers and praises, can any, who
have health and reason, avoid longing to
oin in the general devotion, or contentedly
be absent from the grand community ? Yet,
alas ! there are no less than three classes
of character, each of which comprises ma
ny individuals, who, at best, are but incon
stant in their attendance at the sanctuary.
The first class is composed of those per
sons, to whom the Sabbath is no holy day,
who view religion, and all its ordinances,
as chimeras, fit for weak minds, who, if
t ‘ ey ever go to the sanctuary, are not led
thither by an “hunger or a thirst after right
eousness, but to try the preacher, to min
gle with the multitude, or to pass away an
hour or two, in seeing ana being seen.—
Now, such characters exhibit living proofs
of their depravity. For we cannot but con
ceive, that, by beings perfectly pure, the
duties of devotion would be esteemed, not
only useful and pleasant, but in the highest
degree honorable. If to be admitted to the
presence of an earthly prince, ts viewed by
iiis subjects as lie? highest dignity they can
receive, shall man lightly prize an admit
tance to the presence of his heavenly
Pllnee ; an intimate communion with his
God ? Do the pure spirits of heaven take
pleasure in religious acts, and find their de
light in worshiping their Maker ; and shall
mortals view these things as weak, super
stitious, unworthy their attention! Proof
convincing of tin truth of man’s fall I The
fact is, these characters have no sense fur
the perception of the pleasures of public
worship They have no soil fur the seed
of the word. The things which they hear
iti the sanctuary, ore incompatible with
their feelings, and their wishes. Like the
unhappy pair in Eden, their hearts are not
in harmony with the voice of their Maker,
and, conscious of their nakedness, they
shrink from his presence. I here is ano
ther class of persons who profess them
selves religious, but who seldom join in tho
services of the sanctuary. These are they,
who have accustomed themselves to think,
that the duties of public worship are not
essential to a virtuous life; that they can
be devout at home, and there engage in pi
ous meditations. Eveiy one who has ob
served human nature, in its various forms,
must have observed that, these persons are
generally of a selfish disposition. They
do not possess those feelings which make
men love the countenance of man, which
can contemplate a body of individuals as
one and which gives a zest to the acts of
social worship. Such persons would do
well to remember, that there are sins to be
confessed, blessings to be acknowledged,
and favots to be implored, by society as a
body. They should bear in mind, that the
impotent who would be held from tbeirdis
eases, were to waitdJ the pool, till tho asi
gel moved the waters. They should con
sider, that at Zion, the Lord’s blessing was
to decend; that the foundation of social
worship is laid in mature; that it was sanc
tioned by the practice of the Redeemer;
and that it was tacitly inculcated in that
promise of the Lord, that where two or
three were gathered together in his name,
he would be with them and grant their
requests. There is a third class of charac
ters who are peifectly convinced of the
importance of public worship, and yet are
inconstant in their attendance at the sane
tuary, These are they whom the most
trivial excuse ofweathei, of company and
even of dress, can detain from their duty
to their God. That there are constitutions
which cannot, and seasons when many per
sons ought not, expose themselves, every
liberal man will readilv allow. But are
there not character** who can be kept from
offering up their devotions to the Most
High, in his sacred courts, by such circum
stances as would not form the shadow of
an obstacle, to their visiting an earthly
friend, or joining w ith a party in the pur
suit of pleasure. Such persons cannot be
said to remember the Sabbath They do
not live in obedience to the sacred com
mand. W hoever would keep the Sabbath,
must reverence the sanctuary, and not suf
fer himself to be needlessly absent from the
duties of public worship.
In addition to the methods which have
been mentioned, of keeping the Hay holy,
we observe, thirdly, that the affectionate
mother will find this, an eligible opportu
nity of teaching to her childreu, and her
children’s children, the truths of that reli
gion, upon which she rests the anchor cf
her hopes. The Christian master, will, tn
this day, acquaint his servants with those
doctrines and precepts, which are calcula*
ted to make nieu live the life becoming man,
and to secure their felicity in the future
state The true Christian will, on this day
study the Scriptures; commune with his
own heart; and put up his humble petitions
in secret, to the prayer-hearing God. He
will tefrain from all amusements and en
gagements, which do not comport with the
solemnity of the holy day. At the same
time, he will avoid that severity which
makes man a slave to an institution de
signed for his comfort After having faith
fullv discharged those services, which are
indispensably incumbent, he may spend the
leisure moments that remain, with cheer
fulness and joy, which the disciples of Je
sus ought always to feel. Seated at the
fireside, he may partake with his friends
the innocent pleasures of social converse;
or walking with Isaac, he may meditate in
the fields; and join in the emphatic, though
silent, praise with nature, through all her
works, ascribe to God. Tims he will find
the “Sabbath a delight; the holy of the
Lord, honourable;” and even in the relax
ation which his nature will require, find
suitable methods of keeping it holy.
From the Milledgeville Recorder.
TOWN OF COLUMBUS.
The whole of the Reserve at Coweta
Falls, with the exception of 144 half acre
losts, the Commons around the tolVn and
a square of 10 acres for the Court house
of the county, has been disposed of. The
half acre lots reserved are on the South
West part of the town, and not considered
of much value. The gross amount of
sales was $130,991* One of tlie half acre
lots sold for $1,855. A hundred acre lor,
three or four miles from town, brought
$2,110 —another $1,600, and a third up
wards of $l,lOO. These were supposed
to command Mill seats. About 65 lots, on
an average, were sold each day. The pro
perty brought for prices, and the conduct
of the Commissioners is understood to have
been unexceptionable.
The prospects of this new town are tru
ly flattering. One of the Editors of this
paper attended the sales, and can speak of
its local situation and rare advantages from
personal observation. The town is laid off
on a high, level, dry plain, immediate op
posite to the Falls or rather Rapids of the
Chattahoochie, on an elevation of forty or
fifty feet above the river. Broad street
which is a mile and a half long and 104 feet
wide, appears to be, from one end to the
other, a perfect level. The streets running
parallel with the liver are Front, Broad,
Oglethorpe Jackson, Troup, Forsyth,
Mclntosh and Mercer all of wh c’>, except
Broad street, are 132 teet wide. The
cross streets, are Washington, Bridge,
Franklin, Bryan, Randolph, St Clair
Crawford, Thomas, Baldwin, Few, Early,
Fulton and Covington, each of the width
0f99 feet.
The town lots are laid off about an equal
distance above and below the head of
Steam boat navigation: none of them ex
tend to the river bank, but a beautiful prom •
emde is left along its whole extent, which is
the highest ground on the plan of the town,
and affords a commanding view of the pic
turesque rapids above, and of tho placid
deep river below. At the head of naviga
tion the river is upwards of 100 yards wide
and from three to eight feet deep A few
hundred y ards above, at the rapids, the u
stial widih of the river is 260 yards—but
when we saw it, at an unusal dry time, the
whole current of water rushed, with incon
ceivable velocity, through a single aper
ture in the rocks fSO 01 GO feet wide.—
Ruck, Trout, Perch and Cat fish are
caught here in abundance—the former
weighing ns much as 40 pounds, and selling
of this size for a dollat and a quarter each.
A number of fine springs break out along
the river bluff—the water transparent, cool
and palatable. From the high bluff you
pass on a sandy beach to the rocks which
encompass the river—there is no mud and
not an acre of low grounds or marsh ou ei
ther side of the river near the town. The
place has every appearance of being heal
thy, and is decided better situ ated in this
respect than Augusta, *• illedgeville or Ma
con. The rapids of the Chattehoocbie at
Coweta Falls very much resemble those of
James river at Richmond Va.
That Columbus will become a very im
portant town, and very soon too, we can
not for a moment doubt. Such was the
opinion of all who attended the sales, and
many shrewd men from different parts, at
tracted by curiosity or the prospect of spec
ulation, had congregated there. The pop
ulation in February last, was about 500—
it is now said to be upwards of 1300. A
number of frame buildings, set on blocks,
ready to be moved to ant lot, were offer
ed for sale, and found ready purchasers.—
One gentleman contracted for the erec
tiou of buildings, to be put up with all pos
sible expedition to the amount of $5 00.
Another advertised -for 200 000 brick, for
the erection of a brick building The bricks
made at Columbus are of a superior quali
ty, and many of the buildings, when timber
becomes more scarce, wilf probably be of
brick
! Os the facilities which Columbus has for
trade we took some pains to inform our
selves. An intelligent gentleman who lias
been some time engaged in the tiaffic car
ried on between that place and New Or
leans assures us, that goods could be brought
from thence to Columbus in eight days,
and that in two years the cost of transpor
tation from the one place to the other
would be under half a dollar the hundred
weight. Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Salt, Four,
V l . hiskev, Bacon, &c. will consequently be
sold in Columbus at a lower price than
they can be purchased ai any inland town
in the State Sugar, and its offals; Mo
lasses and Rum, will be produced in a year
or two on the Chattahoochie itself and the
country adjacent to it in great abundance,
and will no doabt be sold in Columbus for
a fourth or a fifth less than the article of
similar quality can be offered in Milledge
ville and Macon. The people of Colum
bus as they can carry Sugar from their
j town in wagous to either of those places
and make a profit on the article.
The country on which Columbus relies
for suppoit is extensive and fertile, com*
posing tlie* counties of Muscogee, Marrion,
Lee, Harris; Talbot, Upson, Pike, Meri
wether, Troup, Coweta, Carrol), Fayette,
DeKaib, Gwinnett, Hall and Habbersham,
when the Indians are removed, t v o t n H
of a large portion of tbe Cherokee
will certainly go to that town, and aho
most valuable portion <f the Creek T
tory, composing the fertile land about T , “
kabatchee and the desirable ccuntiy [’
tween the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivei s
But ot e thing can happen to it jute
fair prospects of Columbus, and” this
rearing up of a town, at some future d a ,'.*
on the opposite side of the river. Os / ’
there could be but little danger it a <!’ *
Bridge were established to cross the cha \
tahoocliie at the Rapids, where natu
seems to have designed that one should U
built—the cost would not be considerable
and the Legislature cf our State will
wisely in turning its attention, at an early
period, to this object. The city of
gusta pays into the public .Treasury arm “
ally, about $22,000, every cent cf w hid)
would be lost to the State if that emporium
of commerce were located on the opposim
side of Savannah river. Columbus will i a
a few years add, by its quota cf taxes
greatly to the public treasure of the State*
if a rival City do not spring up in its neigK
bourhood on the Alabama side of ihe rive- %
Having the start, Columbus, favorably si;.’
uated as it is, can scarcely tail to outstrip
any rival, it the safe and free passage of
river be secured.
Ihe lacihty and expedition with wbirij
the Chattahoochie is descended to the Gjt
ot Mexico is almost incredible. Two p eu
sons in a caoe landed at the place ofde.
posit on the bay of Appalachicola in 4$
hours after leaving Columbus, stopping sc.
veral times to hunt on their run dov.ctbe
river. It is navigated at j resr nt above the
Rapids fiom Hall county to Miller’s Bend
thirty miles fiom town. At no great ex
pense, the navigation for pole boats cld
be brought, we are assured, within seer
miles of Columbus The carriage of pro.
duce and goods over shis short distance
must bee Acted for a time in wagons ca a
common rough road ; but the time cannot
be distant when a Canal or Rail Road ever
that space will connect more effectually
the communication between the upper and
lower sections of this majestic river.
We are happy to leant that Mr. Daniel,
the contractor for building the Lock and
Dam in the Oconee river just below Mi!-
ledge ville, and who has been indefatigable
in Ins exertions, is making rap and progress
with the work, and hopes to have it com*
piece and long before the usual peiiod of 1 in
ning boats on the river. We have confi
dence in the utility of this work, not only
as regards the use of cur river, but as a
specimen by which similar obstructions on
other rivers may be overcome.
Alilledgeville Recorder.
[by the KORET, 4RRIVED AT CHARt.ESTON.J
Mcntego Bay, June 7.
In out last we gave two extracts from
letters from an authentic source, giving au
account of the-recurrence of piracies near
the old quarter, where these pests of the
ocean used to ply their work of horror and
blood. Cape St. Antonio and the isle oi
Pines are recorded in the annals cf bucca
neering of more than a hundred years stand
ing, and yet, with all the boasted ‘ march
of intellect” and progress cf civilization,
our shipping are nearly as unsafe ns they
were in those days, the exploits of which
are now softened down to lomance, & their
boldness and terrific cruelties into acts cf
heroism. We do mean to say our cruizers
have been supine, for these bravos come
upon us as a “ thief in the night,” of aa
“enemy thirsting after blood ; ’ but we can
piace every reliance upon the truth cf tho
circumstances related in the translation if
the Spanish letter of last week ; and ou?
cruizers will do well to be on the took-our,
We understand that a commuaicalion has
been sent to the naval commander-in-chief,
informing him of the facts. It is, perhaps,
not too late, even now, to fall in with those
vessels They must have a rendezvous n
bout Cuba; it is impossible to conceive
otherwise. Though in this surmise we
mean not to infer that the public author!’
ties have the least connection with these
lawless plundereis.
The following is an extract from Caps.
Robertson’s letter, dated May 27, to
Messrs Wark Dewar, consignees of the
brig Robert, the loss of which we noticed
in our last :
“On Friday, about 4 P M. we were cH
the north east erd of Jamaica, distance
miles ; it was then blowing from the scuta
west, with heavy rains. At 5 o’clock took
in all standing sails, and at 6 the boom and
square main sails. It was my intention to
run under easy sail during the night; at 7
it cleared up from south east with steady
breezes and about half past seven t!u>
breeze all of a sudden died away and came
in from the north. I immediately triir.n-fd
the yards and clewed up the top gallant
sails, when a violent gust from the north
east upset her instantly, never stopping un
til she was on beam ends, and she filled im
mediately. It gave no warning, as there
was not the least appearance of such *
thing coming—it was over in a minute, and
quite mild again. With great difficulty,
what people were saved got on tire side oi
the brig, where we remained three or fo®*
hours, using our utmost pndeavors to clear
the boats of the wreck, which were entan*
gled in the rigging We at length succeed
ed, and then got them bailed out with
much trouble, the sea then breaking ever
the vessel. We got into them and pull 0 ®
for the shore, which we readied to wind
ward of An not to Bay on Saturday evening
about 9 o clock.
Baltimore, July 30*
Latests from Buenos Ayres. —To Cap*
tain Raines, of the schooner Leo, from Bu
enos Ayres, Mr. Neilson of the Exchong o
Reading Rooms is indebted for files of La
Gaceta Mercantil, and the British Pnckeb
the former to June 13 and the latter to tn o
7th. These papers contain very li-tk* ,r *
telligence of interest.