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B the packet ship FJorian, cai>t Harrison, we
t) u’o received tiles of the Netv-York Mercantile
Advertiser and Moruing Cour'er, up to the 25th
ult. several days in anticipation *d the mail.
Although theta; papers contain no news of im
portance, yet several paragraph* of minor inter
est have been which will be found under
their proper head.
Congress assembled at the ( ity of W asliingtoil
on .londav last. Many distinguished individuals
we.c already at the CapiUl at the last dates, and
it was expected that the members-generally vv mid
be at their posts at the commencement of the
session-
The presidential question which has so long
k -oi the a serer, having been disposed
of. it is hoped that the members will proceed to
the business of legislation, with undivided alien*
lion. There are many subjects of vital i.nport
anco which have often been submitted to congress
without being definitively se tied Among tnese
the establishment of a general bankrupt law, a re
formation in the system of Government credits
on imported goods, and a duty on auction sales,
-ro among the subjects more immediately inter
esting to the commercial classos of society, and
as such will no doubt at an early period be bro’t
Under consideration.
The subject of auction sales has lately attract
ed much attention in the northern cities. The
extent to which they have been carried is such as
to prove ruinous to the business of the regular
dealer; and exertions will be made at the present
session, to restrain them bv heavy duties.
T ehr Manchester, Dunham, who left this
port s-.y unday last, with a cargo of cotton, and
rice {/'Se v York, put back again on Tuesday
morning >n fire. She had proceeded as far as
the Gulf Stream on Monday morning, when the
captain discovered the flames bursting through
the bulk head; they soon came in contact with
the cotton in the vicinity: every exertion was
made to extinguish the fire, but without effect,
lie immediately tacked ship and arrived here at
4 o’clock.
After eo ing into port the vessel was scuttled
and sunk, as the only means to stop the flames.
The Bill to abolish Penitentiary confinement
has already produced considerable discussion in
the Legislature, <e‘fi was to have been brought up
pgain yesterday, for final decision in the h *use.
We believe it is acknowledged on all hands, that
the Penitentiary System, as established in this
state, is a complete failure In regard to the rea
. sons of this failure, there is much difference of
opinion.
Now whatever nay he the causes to which tins
failure is attributed, by the systematic talkers in
either branch of the Legislature, we. f r our
selves, -.re of opini n that the system has in part
r:- oecauso that its framers aimed at too much
They expected more th.n humanity could per
form. Jn a moment of enthusiasm they deter
mined to build up a splendid institution ; they
gave the convicts splendid apurtinonls ; comforta
ble lodgings j good fare ; subjected them to light
Jab >r and exempted them from corporal punish
ment : and in the warmth of their imaginations
they conceived that the most hardened and aban
doned wretches would be reformed, merely b<?
.cause they willed they should be so, But they
soon f >und. that instead of a place of punishment’
many of the convicts looked upon the Penitentiary
as a very pleasant abode ; and instead of holding
its walls in any kind >f dread, were on being dis
■ hirged. oflen found willing to secure a longer
bi th, by new crimes. In the absence of corporal
punishment in the institution, the p isoneTs grew
refractory, and set the authority of the keepers at
defiance ; and instead of being reformed, it vva3
.found that the c nvicts grew worse.
Those who bad the management of the institu
tion f und it nccessarj’, in order to preserve dis j
cipline and subordination in the prison, to ves- 1
authority in the keepers to resort to fetiers and the j
lash. Those who sickened at the idea of subject- !
ing ! he back of the free man to the scourge, when J
inflicted in the face of dav, and thought it inhu
man impose even ten stripes for henious crimes, j
gent the felon to the Penitentiary f°r some two or
three years, where he might be f h°
discretion of the vindictive keeper, every day ot J
his confinement. When it came to this, the in- t
stitutiou cftuld no longer be supported on the
ground of humanity and philanthropy. Ihe odd ,
code, though written in blood, as many Clauses ,
undoubtedly were, was merciful compared to this.
The unfortunate location of the institution, also
tended to its failure. It is placed in a section o.
country where there is no vent for the articles
manufactured by tie convicts The raw material
is purchased and transported* to the prison at
great expense ; and after it is worked up, it \vo;j’t
aell. It. often turns out a dead loss. And then the
establishment is altogether on too high a scale to
jnro the views of economy. There are too many
ofi cers on high salaries.
Jlad the Institution been located at Augusta,
where the facilities of an extensive market, both
for buying and selling, could have beep afforded,
it might not have proved so heavy a burthen on
the treasury of the state.
The General court mourning was ordered in
England, to begin on the ISth, on account of the
death of the Ljueen Dowager, of Wirtemberg,
sister of his Majesty and Princess Royal of Eng
land.
iVutiFGLK, Nov. 24.—Tiie lion Mr. Thompson,
£ member of Congress tiom Georgia, arrived here
last evening on his wav to Washington, and took
at (fie JStcr.m Boat Hotel. ‘
Stmtr ittsjit Dartmouth College. —The catalogue
for just, received, gives the following num
bers ; tremors 02, .) uiqrs \j ; Sophomores i>2,
Freshmen *.fo; total Undergraduates 125 ; Medi
na! Btudedis DU ; total, at the Institution, 215.
A genteel .rogue* —On Friday, the 14th
Inst, in Hived n h’s civan t
l lodgings in tin Exchang* Coflee iI. u< ,i n
tciiiig i;s name ami re-iui m m tin* fi tis*
ter of that -s'tbhs'mifnt, s “ J unes I),
yoreau, Augustine, Florida.” iio ituiamti
the Sunday following, when lie i
iad the curiosity to look into the trunks of
;w<r gentlemen occupying adjacent rooms,
To gra ify this . disposition, l*fi broke the
locks of tin* trunks by means of a chisel
which was afterwards found in his room.—
Diss't! fled nn finding no cash among the
contents, no left them without further mo
lestation, absconded jndjsgust, and straight
y shifted lm quarters to the Marlbo-j
i Hotel The gentleman from Florida
deputing it ‘ xp> client to change iiis identity, j
entered his it *me at tit ’t house as “ Mi. I j
A. Thomas of New-York ’ At his new
lodgings, the gentlemen from Nev-York
was equally uusucvesstul in divers further
hiteiiip>s to indulge it s ui us propensity
——Having entered iff ft onnis , md without
discovering the needful, suuory trunks be
longing to different ndiviciuulg abiding at ;
the MarUiOiougli. No tniiher traces of Itis
opetu urns ut 1 yet developed ; and as this
Consummate scoundrel may design to visit
other places and possibly represent himself,
as a gentleman from Bostou a description
of his person mly not be amiss. He is
about five feet ten inches in stature; wore
a blue frock coat, blue cloth vest with
metal buttons, and biue pantaloon? ; is some
what pitted with the small pox—and withal
bears the appearance and address of a gen
tleman.— Bulletin*
GALVANISM.
Apparent renewal of life. —Many of our
readers will no doubt recollect the interest
excited some time ago, by subjecting the
body of Johnson the Murderer, to the ac
tion of Galvanic excitement; a fluid in
many respects resembling Electricity, and
by some Philosophers supposed to resem
ble, or indeed to be tiie same, as the Vita] (
or Nervous fluid. Supposing the following ;
experiments will be generally interesting,
we venture to extract them tiom the last
number ot “The American Journal of the
Medical Science,” published at PhiladeNj
phias j
Os the numerous experiments which have!
i lireii instituted to verify the Antilogy be-;
tween Galvanism and the neivous action,*
those of Weiohold are not the least inter-j
e> i ig. He beheaded \ cat, and after pul
sation and muscul .j action nad completely
ceased, he removed the spin t marrow, and
filled the spine with an am dgum el quirk
siivnr, ?'tic, and silver, immediately the
tlirofi.eng* of the arteries recommenced,
nu! tie 1 imiM*ular actions were renewed,
wiiicli co.ui !i not be distinguished fiom those
produced by he influonce tne spinal
iinin a ; theani u and made inanv leaps,
He fi J”d with the same aunijgum, the
scull him spine >j yuotfier cat, which did
uoi g ve any sign iii lif ; the animal be
c■•me during 20 mi mus, in sucii a state of
vita! tension, mat it raised its head, opened
its ej/rg, looked sti adfly and altempu .and to
w ;iu, a• ui enuoavi red to rise after falling
down fi uquetely. Dining all ibis time ihe
circiiiaiion aim ulsatiou w-ie very active,
md contiuu -d I* r a qti .rier of an hour
Mter the ciiesi md belly wore open.e 1, —
T’ite secretion of the gastric juice was evir
dentty more ahuudaj.t tfian formeily and
the animal he i w is perfectly re-established.
Att’ rnpts have also been made ith par- ,
T ia! success, to imitate d.e progress of di
gest.on in dead annuals, by tiie action of
Galvanism, —A. Y. Adv.
A letier published in the X. Y Journal
of Commerce, from a gcuiJenrrau in Mexi
co gives a short nistoiy of the cus.e and
progress of Santa Anna s insurrection, as
wei 1 assume account ol that. officer—from
which we select the following passages:
k *You know when you were here, tSnjt
Guerrero was looked upon as tlte candidate
for the next Rresident; Gtn. Bjvo was
then his only opponent, but lie was banished,
and then sprung up the Secret try of YV ar
ami Marine, [Peu.azu] as n.is opponent lor
the Presidency, < nd by the votes of the
b.au* Legislatures, has been elected by a
raapnrv /one v-te. ‘l'he votes being
giron by S-a e . (19 .11 r limit r,)9 were for
Guerrero, and 10 f r Pediaza, Tin* elec
tion took place on me I*t of September,
and the vote of the ‘•.title of Vera -Ciuz,
was given to contrary Jo the ex
pectation of both parties. This being made
public on vhe night of the 4th, Gen. anta
Anna, a-brave, intrepid, and sagacious sol
dier, began to manifest his displeasure at
the vote f the Legislature in Julapa, in
which | lace he. gave the “ grjto” of u mu
er a log gachupinos, (death o .he Spaniards
using ibis as a cover 01, (what 1 believe)
his real intentions, to make Guerrero pre
sident by force oi arms However, be this
as it may, vve find tiiat on the 10th inst. be
, had 500 men under Im command, and on
(the same night he arrived at Perote and
j took possession of the Castle without re
isistiince, where he still continues, and now
has about 3000 men under his command. - j
L ist night, (the 23d) about 12 o’clock, 200
cavalry left this city (Mexico,) crying Vive
Santa Anna! —lt is said .that they have
gone to unite with the forces of a small
‘place about 10 leagues distant, which has
declared for St Anna. At 6 o'clock this
morning, the .Government despatched a
regiment of cavalry on the supposed route
that the rebels took who fled last night
Nothing has been heard front them since.
Tne government has also sent about 3,000
Hoops against S-t. Anna, but nothing lias
been done yet in the fighting line.
| “ Congress has declared hiui an outlaw,
and all who adhere to him. Perhaps, 10,
this time, you, like many others are ready
to take alarm, bui 1 assure y ni, J feel my.
! sell’ quite secure : is yet J see no cause far
feai, neither do J think there will be any,
unit ss Guerrero in person should takp the
field at Ihe head of the rebel party ; but of
tins tbere is no expectation. In such case,
it Would be difficult 10 suppress a revolution
lie having decidedly more influence than
‘•r.y other man iu the nation—-the troops
.'id piemans would follo.\v .him forever, fie
‘ as, however, assured the President, that
* neither has, nor would have any part 01
in tlie nutter. The government is
rung enough to put any others down, and
1 think him too —but it would cost much
blood. I shall give you early infortnation
any real* danger ”
THE TURKS.
Extract f rom the Journal of an Officer of
the Luted States Aavy.
Public opinion is so much against the
Turks, that it will be consider'd a presump
tion on my part to attempt to say any thing
in their favour. They are considered by
the generality of the world, (who never
perhaps took the trouble of fully enquiring
into their to be the most barbar
ous and co'a-blooded people living; and
that this was once my own opinion, 1 am
willing to allow. But having spent the last
two years of my life amongst them, I feel
myself able to speak in a more favorable
light of their character than many others,
who, either from prejudice or fashion, have
pronounced hem to be the vilest of tfis
vile. That the Turks are, when their pas
sions are aroused, violent and unfeeling, I
will allow—and wiiat men ate not? But
that they are near as cruel as tyrant preju
dice would make them, 1 oeny Ihe
greatest objection that we have to them
is, tint they are 1 fi Sel>—that they do not
believe the same and ca mt that vvedo; there
fu.e they ought o be extirpated fr.ni the
so eof the globe ! Bu y. i I defy any one
to s.,:v that they do no*. b< iitv** iu one Great
ar. Su.oenm Being. r l h*y do not, as ma
ny pen su\ , believe M hornet to be their
God,'but oniy consider him as their Pro
phet who is to interred# for nd watch
oyer them. In ilieir dealings, they aie the
most hoaoiH tie people in tne world, and
you cannot tnsuli *he o no e han ‘y noul)!-
ing their woid Taetr tr* atment *f strati
aeis is a I vs in *.\:’d ly a frankness and
hospitality soldo a in* v\uh in the most en
lightened cp:;ntri* ud it mtv with pr<*-
priotv be reniarked, b o, and you neat them
well, it will bo fully u ciprocuted
li has been remarked by several writers,
that the Turks tit at their wives as slayes,
and consider them only node to do the
diudgeiy and work, while the men 101 l on
Ottomans or smoko iheit pipes at toe Cof
fee-house. Tins is untrue. No people
pay greater respect to the sex than they do.
It Inis also been said that the n*aj rijy of
them hayo a plurality of wives This is
also a mistaken idea. 1 leave taken parti
cular pains u> inquire into tin*, md I I uml
that there was scarcely an instance iu Si- vr
ua of a Tutk having more than one wife.
The Turks are brave in the extreme, and,
when aroused to anger, undoubtedly unfeel
ing; but vv fi eii treated */ili inspect and au
tendon, they aie kind, attentive, and gene
rous. They set Ji to possess more noble
ness of sngi than any other ci.<ss of people.
I have heard officers f almost t very na
tion sav, tit it, w hen they hit home their
good p trtqus had instilled into them notions
verv prejudicial to the Turkish character;
but when they became acquainted with
them, instead of thinking them such wretch
es as uiey had been described, their char
acter and maimers were subjects of admi
ration.
THE RUSSIA N \R M Y. —lntesting
, Ic ter
The fell ow n ..e I-xiiacks from a letter
written by a E giish surgeon wiio is in
the Ku-.v. . • y * , and belongs to the Ar
my wiiiv ‘■ *.s ia. .1 g I tukey;
“Oi Rstt. \ .tu ijo ned the regi
men: ! i idl.n i v > jp.fiuted last month
and novvpioi.ee i ;> g ve you i few desul
tory ream ks —:iol on poll ical matters,
Vvlucu 1 <eintU| from noticing from motives
wiucnyt'u o'h y readily divise. Bm I must
first ui! y u ti'-H oti lav arrival at St. Pe-
U rsburgli, i imou Ciately piocjpx-ded to the
resid.en.ee i the Inspector General of Sur
geons* V<.o may recollect that several
months ng>, the Russian Minister publish
ed a notice by winch all competent proffs
.siona! imlividuali* were entitled to enter
tint Russian se vice ; and as far ns I have
been able l ascertain, upwards of 150
young Englishmen, hut principally Irish
and Scotchmen, have been induced to trv
thir fortunes in these regions, and many
of them have already received their ap
pointments as sm geo ns in the army com
mandeii by the Emperor Nicholas. 1 was
well rece veff by the inspector and a day
was fixed t<> undergo my examination.
Knowing, as you no, that m objection
was made to ii.v acquirements by the school
ol Medicine i tJP •ins, it was not probable
that I should have any difficulty in passing
the ordeal In (fire the St Pctersburgli Pro
fssors Many of the Inter J found were
foreigners, ei h:*i German, French, or
Scotch; and the questions put to me were
similar to torse empl yed bv the Parisian
doctors I was not found wanting, and in
stantly received n v djnh-.ma. I have not
he aid that any of ihose who have presen
ted themselves to be imployed have been
rejected ; in deed, tiie truth is that at the
period I am speaking of, there was a sad
lack of army surgeons, either because the ar
* my had been increased, or during so long a
peace the surgical department had been
.much Übgiected, You, of course, have
‘seen the Russian Bulletins, and, as theie
• has been a good deal of fighting, \ have
; not been without my share of employment,
lit is impossible to see a finer and better
I disciplined army than that of the Enope
iot’s particularry the one which is now
before X! hound a ; the soldiers are brave
eveu to rashness, but they have to contend
with an enemy fantastically enthusiastic, 1
who being taught that, when dying on the
field of battle they exchange the miseries of
of this wo* Id for the happiness of Paradise ,
and the company of the ever bearviful hou
lis these followers of Mahomet. [ say can
scarcely ever be prevailed upon even in the
most dangerous and though rur*
rounded by Russian troops, to deliver up
their swords; A body of men say 400 or
500, will on certain occasions when per
suaded by their commanders, allow them
selves to be taken prisoners ; but these
‘ame men, in an isolated state, will fight
ike sc. many ferocious wolves, and only
surrender their arigs with their lives, J
Before we reached the neighborhood of,
Choumla, I was witness to one ot these
dreadful encounters. A company of Ru
ssian yagers which I was ordered to fol
low had entered a small village towards
the Turks had completely evacuated it m
the morning, we had no fear of being at
tacked ; eight of them had however re
mained behind, for wiiat purpose we have
never been able to learn. v,< hep thej
found that’ being in perfect securiy, we be
gan to separate and repair to the different
quarters assigned for us, they made a furi
ous onset on lG of our soldiers, and before
the latter could recover from the sudden
ness of the attack, they were all cut to
pieces It fortunately happened that the
next onset whs made on 25 of our ifoops
who having heard the clashing of arms,
were quite prepared. Tiie Lieut, who
was with with these men, called out to the
Turks to surrender. They heeded not
what he said ; they tired their pistols by
which two men were killed and one wound
ed and then rushed forward with drawn
Svyords. Tigers deprived of their young
could uot have been more furious nor anx
ious to shed blood ; but they were over
powered by numbers, and perished, not,
however until they bad reduced the uum
i her of the little corps to fourteen.
The Russian soldiers feel extremely ex
! a sue rated by (ire h ri id sighis they witness
j during their march where a skirmish lias
; taken place, if the enemy have had the
: advantage, the unfortunate victims of war
fare are seen stretched on the ground, de
prived of their heads, or, at least of their
ears, and in consequence of * his feeling it
has been my lot to witness some dreadful
cruelties <n the part of our troops, who are
deterumipd on retaliation. The different
(Colonels f the army have however, given
strict injunctions to punish with severity
any unnecessary cruelty; and two men
were ordered to be shot u short time ago,
for perpetrating a rape, aud othei wese ill
nsiug a young female, whose father they
had murdered bejore her eyes. The Ros
si n < (lit ers may, with propriety, be called
the “French of the North;” they are ex
tremely polite obliging, and most of them
are well educated.
The accounts I have frequently seen in
papers about “ ignorant and barbarous
hordes,” are by no means correct, as far
as the Russian officers are concerned You
never hear any other language spoke among
them than German or French ; at all events
they never speak Russian yyhen I am in
their company, and their accent is nearly
as pure as that of an inhabium; .of this banks
of the Seine. During the whole time I
have been in this army we have been well
supplied with meat, bread, wine, and spir
ituous liquors ; hut tiie beverage preferred
by the officers and also by many of the
soldiers, is your English breakfast drink—
fine green tea —of which there is great
abundance, and finer flavored I never
tasted. As it is brought by land from Chi
na, tiie Russians say that it does not lose
any of its aromatic qualities, which a sea
voyage deprives it ot it was in conse
quence of a seveie fever that i left the
army for this place ; but as \ am perfectly
recovered 1 shall join again in a low days.
This goes by the Ambassadors bag. You
shall hear from me shortly
Discovery of a Wonderful Cave near the
Choudiere Falls — Canada
Among the interesting scenery which
surround.* and the above place a curious cave
has recently been discovered, .which has
excited the attention of such as have visit
ed it, and is reported as being well deserv
ing ihe notice of the cjuriuus arid scientific
traveller. The opening to it is through a
fissure of the rocks, •vhii'b appears to have
been at one period a rent, but is now, from
the upper place having fallen together, of
the form of Gothic arch. The entrance is
low, only capable of admitting a person
crawling on the hands and knees After
proceeding in this way fi i a short distance
the height of the opening, as wt li as its
width expands so as to admit of a person
standing upright, and is nearly eight fi et in
diameter. This forms wbal may be term
ed the first chamber. The aides and roof
of this part is covered with beautiful stahic
titical incrustations, which eau be readily
detached from the solid rock, which under
them presents a smooth surface of the same
appearance as the lime stone rock about
the Falls, From this first apartment there
are several other openings branching off in
various directions,'and which, in all proba
bility, lead to other caverns. The whole
appears to have been excavated by some
convulsion of nature, and at one period the
course of water.
Our informant not bring provided with
the implements, was not able to
ascertain tlie exact dimensions, nor .would
his time permit of exploring this interes
ting object farther. It has been very ap
ptopriately denominated Cobb's Cave
from the name of a lady who first discov
ered it.
An aged correspondent informs us, that
about the year 178 G, he was told by Mr.
Van A stine, ol Maioen-lane, who was at
tiiat time between 80 and 90, that Gover
, nor s Island was formerly called Nutting Is
land on which the citizens used to collect
hazel and other nuts lor their winters’ sup
ply ; and, at that time, it was a part of Long
Island separated only by a small creek,
which was crossed upon a tog so fixed as to
be used at high or low water. The .place
where Butti rmilk Channel now is was a
j marsh or swamp, when Mr. Van Alstine
was a young man. As late as i7B(i, says
our correspondent, it was thought unsafe
to pass through Buttermilk Channel with
small sail boats, on account of the numerous
rocks. lYow, even ships of war may go
through it with safety. The filling in on the
north side of the city has so conti acted the
channel on the north side ol Governor’s Is
land (hat Buttermilk Channel has natur
ally been deepended, and has become navi
gable for all kinds of vessels,
i lu iGpO, a market house was built nea
the present corner of; Pearl .>
streets. 120 houses and 1000 i (l | t
including the garrison. Ulli %
In 1757, Staten Island was soli] i,
Indians to the Dutch, for loshin s ‘>l
of stockings, 10 guns, 30 burs lea.; “!
powders, 12 coats,*2 pieces
els, 25 hoes and a number of kiii V y,
awls. Two yearc after the the |
complained that the terms of the Ba ]
not beeu complied with ana the }j
were obliged to add more trinket*
the island was formally delive^ 1 ' 1
Thomas Lovelace and Mathias
Y - Gazette’
By the dorian. I
New-York,No
A severe rum storm was experi.,
here on Saturday. The wind was •
N. E. by E. and during the
evening blew with considerable viol.*
attended with a heavy fall of rain. \
12 at night 3 the wind shifted to \\ J
blew a hard gale from that direction
wards of two liouis, wfien it gradu.fllv i,l
ed to W. N. VV. The gale coming;,
yesterday noon.
The steamboat Commerce, startpi •
Albany on Saturday evening wi i . !
freight boats iri tow, but when off the g* 1
tery received considerable injury j n
upper works, and put b?uk. U Ue
row boats had her stem knocked off
the rocks near the Battery.
The schr. William, f Bushwirk, |,
with wood, lost one of her masts, atH § *
at the wharf foot of AJoore-strect. St i t
schrs \y l ich were at anchor off iht* ...
parted their cables and drifted into tj
East River. Others rode out th e j*
without injury. \V r o did not hear
damage of consoqueuce at the wliatv ’
lV East River. ‘ ‘ 1
Tiie steam ship Benjamin Frankl'n rr ;.
ved in safety about 10 o’clock yesterdat
morning from Provi<lence, with 80 passed
gers. Notwithstanding the severity of |L
weather, she kept on her course tliruuaj
the whole of Saturday night,
The unfortunate Mi s. Newman, died o;
Saturday morning about 110 clock. Aco.
rotter’s inquest was held on her body,
which decided that she died of the wcundi
inflicted by Richard Johnson. Several
buck shot were extracted from her body,
and her remains jycre interred yestenhy,
The examination of Johnson was postpon.
ed from Saturday to this day
A letter from v r. Poinsett, our Minis,
ter at Mexico, received by the Inst packet,
states that he was about to return to
United States.
Nov. 25
Stolen Goods —Mr. Hays and assistant!
broke into a house in Me.cer street, and
surprised a parcel of thieves, and recover,
ed a cart load of cloaks, coats, umbrellas,
bats, carpets, tabjs covers &.c. Tho po
lice appeared tike a tailors shop, yesterday
morning. Among the articles fojund in tin
depot of stolen goods in Mercer street,:
portions of the robberies heretofore noticed
as having taken place in Greenwich street,
Houston, L fight, Chambers, Broome, and
other streets during the last week.
Missing Vessel --The brig Signal sailed
front Boston on the lOfii September 1827,
for Rio de la Plata and lirs not since be*u
heard from.
The sloop Keziah, Lemuel Brigcs mas*
ter, from Newbeuford to VV a reham sud
denly sunk in a rough sea n°ar Clark j
Point. The captain leaped into the boat
without, oars, cut her fastenings, and was
saved The captain’s father and a lad vmt
drowned.
Norfolk, Nov. 2b
KavaJ Changes. —V- e learn that Capt.
Charles W. Skinner is ordered to the t.
States’ sloop of war AVarren, now it) bis
Mediterranean—Captain Kearney, tfhoal
present commands that ship, being in bat
health ; and that Lieut John P Z mtziif*
is ordered to the command of the fLlpiii,
now iu the Pacific.
A public sale of Florida Land is to be held#
the Land .Office at Talialiasse, on the 2d AJondaj
of January next.
General Lafayette. —There must, we apprehend
be some error in the parag aph circulating in l!lt ®
of the papers, imputing to our venerable veterat
the intention of re-visiting this country Jiei |
month We ourselves havejetters from hi® 0! ‘
recent date, in no manner alluding to such a
pose ; and have moreover, conversed with perso.
just arrived, by the Edward Quesnel and 1 ral |j
cois l.from France, who had lately seen him- 31 ,
to whom lie would most certainly k*ve rnentii n
such design, if entertained by him. Tbey,u°'’
ever, never heard df it.— .V. \. American.
Niagara Insurance Company. —An appl* o2 *',*
was made to the Chancellor on Tuesday f°r 3 ,
cree to dissolve this corporation. It was opp ‘ c
on the ground that if the business bad been p*
perly conducted, the company might have b y 1
profitable concern, and that a reference
be made to a master. — N. Y. Cum. Adv.
Washington, Nov 21
We understand that the Secretary of the
has tendered to Captain Catesby Jones- 0 \
Navy, the command of the sloop of war /
now lilting at >ew-York, for the voyage 0 *
ploration in the Pacific and South Polar
suant .to a resolution of Congress of the
sion. Considering the nature of ihis exp l
we deem.tiic appointment very compliinea’ i j
the officer selected ; but, from our knowie
that ofticer, we think the Government
most judidious choice, for the service, 011,1 p
glad to learn that Captain Junes has prorP .
cepted it.— Nat. hit.
[From the Baltimore American of *'' oT ’
The opinion was expressed in some of t -
York journals, a short lime ago, that tne
the British Parliament, passed at the
which authorised the importation oi
otlier articles into Great Britain, from t-* e
Colonies, at a low rate of duty, was nty- 11
an offset to the late American Tariff \ 011
were expressed that the transportation
can cotton would be enjoyed exclusively .j t j|
shipping, which, receiving their cargre s . <];l j
United States, and touching at a l|iitish ‘
Would be entitled tc tlie benefit ol gt i
jaf Pfuliament on tlieir subsequent ■ €l,!l ’ / ?
English poit. A belief of this kind was cn 1 jj
ed in Great Britain, and also at Halifax
was supposed that the bonds which bn- 1,;1 £ ■>
y ere required to j>ive on leaving the y ort3 k