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Till: HERALD;
iN.'IDI-INTn or TUB RKWIU I'lON.
‘I V .'lfiuvinv'-Jt Triumphal Naval process
ion through ill* Highland* in October 1777,
mo i tli>j 4i ■< i-ik.ii and <uxcciHii of Tyl"r the j
w- ‘ . VJ
T.c batth rtf Foil Montgomery fought •
ret the -,xth dm - o( October 1777. Ihe can
non had varct: rc.Mcd to r< - mini, when Geil
i r.tl .Sir llenry ('imtun, despatched a niewten-i
j*er to Burgujrto, to intoriti mol ol the uricn-i
■lerof ftutsi linton und Montgomery, end that 1
lie would join them at Saratoga an soon aspos- j
■di'le. The r.je‘njrr wavdirceted to proceed
cautiously through the defiles of the imiun
tains on the west side of the Hudson, end Irom
thence the safestroute Ui liiirgoyii nhea J-ipmr
teri. He “as particularly enjoyed to keep his
,jo* mil ears open whilst passing through
the rebel settlements, and preserve the most ,
profound silence us to his business und desli- .
nation. Sir llenry on purtmg md, ‘inform |
Burgftync llml ! shah follow wall the fleet as
soon n* I have aecurad the prisoners and buri
ed the dead, and intend to cut u passage
through the rebels from Albany to Saruioga.
*1 he remainder of the garrisons of Fort Clin-1
ton and Montgomery who lure escaped cap
ture. r* treated above the Highlands, and were
stationed on the bunk of the river front New
tViudsor village to the inoumuuin. undci the
comm tttd of Iseacral George Clinton ; a body
of American* under Colonel Webb, occupied
u It ight a little cant of the square, a well
known military rendezvous about four miles j
west of said village. They were clothed in ‘
scarlet, and Could not be readily distinguished 1
from British regulars. Sir Honry’sm’
whose name w as Taylor, having taken aclicu-;
items route ihrough the mountains, arrived in
the neighborhood of the square and having met
some private* of Webb’s regiment, mistook
them lor lirilish troops. Hu imagined that
his .Majesty’s licet had been suddutuy waited ,
aiwve the Highlands by aoine propitious gale,
.-.ltd that Sir Henry with his army was in the j
neighborhood— overjoyed on meeting lit* com- 1
rudes (as lie thought; so much sooner than he
had anticipated, hi* circumspection foresook 1
him. lie ctpramf gs tu satisfaction at their
having arrived above the Highlands so unex
pectedly, und desired to he conducted to lleii
ersl (.iinton’s Head quarters immediately,
ticueral James t Jiulntrs quartets (of the A
trnefienn army) were hi tite Square, near by, i
aud thither ho was conducted, by Ins rebel i
guide*. On being Introduced to the Ucnerai,
he was confounded and at once declared that
he wit* not the person he wished to sec. His
apparent confusion evened auapicion, and he
was sharply interrogated as tolno object of his
visit mid the place front whence he came. At
first he hesitated, then stammered, and at
length choked wit ft conscious guilt. He turn-!
ed pale, then blushed, but when he observed
that their suspicion was rivited on him, Itisng
ony burst forth in stream* of sweat—during
this slate of excitement, ho was observed to
slip a ball into his mouth. It enclosed a pn- j
vale letter from .Sir llenry Clinton to General
flurgoy lie, nud as it pa-Ned into the stomach
he lolt perfectly secure ugninstdetection. ll*
was however ordered to be confined in the Pro
vest near by, in which were a number of Brit
ish prisoners, lie Imd travelled all the night
previous without rest or food, and complained
of hunger and thirst.- Tito Nurgeou ol the A-.
ntcrican army, n stent patriot of antiquated
habit* und quaint phrase who could have done
honor to llte army of ttliver (Tomevveil, tin
chief of his medical staff prescribed a howl ot
chocolate secretly charged with an emetic, ns
a certain cure for his complaint. No sooner
had Taylor finished hi* breakfast than Hit* Har
ry’s letter began to crawl ill his stomach, and
struggle for utterance. After several heaves,
up tt came, lie caught it In Ins hands and en
deavored toswallow it again, but It was wres
ted from him by tin* Surgeon, who said, “he
felt a very irong desire to analyse this Tory
pill.” On being resolved into it* eonslimeiu
parts it was found to be composed of a hollow
silvet bull, ooiUuiuing u letter from Sir llenry
to llurgoyne, in these words, “I’ll not eotn
niund nor yet advise, there is nothing between
you and I, Hut Hates,” (meaning General (late*
of the American Army.) A court martial was
soon alter convened at the Hqtmre, and Tayloj
was tried ns n spy. In vain he plcud that lie
was a British officer. mid acted under the or- j
decs of his superior. Ile was found guilty, but
judgement was suspended indefinitely lie
was a tall fine looking young man. full of con
fidence and hope, and replied impltcilely oil Ins
commission for protection. He could not lie- j
lit ve for a moment that a rebel commander
would dare to execute the sentence of a rebel
court martini, upon it lirilish officer, with Ins
Majesty’s commission in Ids pocket.
As soon tut Stir Hariy had secured the prison-1
* r* und destroyed the rebel small craft tit the
immediate neighborhood of Fort Montgomery,
he ordered his troops to embark on board the
fleet, and crowd all sad to join the British army
at Saratoga, 11 is passage through the High
land was a mock magnificent spectacle, lie
drove before him rebel sloops and pettlangers,
scows and rowboats, and met vvitii no resist mcc
except now and then a discharge ol musk ts
by iuvieibleoueiUs from behind u promontory
~i ~ coin y ot Fucks projected from i rows Nest,
Break Neck or llutierliill, which came bellow
ing down the precipices with a tremendous
crash, but generally lell short of their object.
Their frightful aspect, however, induced tnc
enemy to keep tu a respectful distance from
the shore. Their fleet now and then silenced
all this .noise and confusion by u broad side
which shook the mountains to their base.
The explosion of the Montgomery, n fifty
gun ship, blown up by the Americans to pro
vein her falling into the hands of the enemy,
briefly settled *tl accounts for uproar and Mitotic
between the belligerents for that day, and
left a heavy balance in our favor. Tooosiruet
the progress of the elicit y, the Americans nud
sunk a ehevuux-de-frtze across the river from
Niroll's point to I’ollypus Island, at an tin
mens -* expense, which they confidently be
lieved would protect the country above the
Highlands from the incursions of the enemy.
The hour had arrived to test the experiment, i
and the heights on each side of the river were
crowded with anxious spectators: amongst *
whom was Generals Putman, Clinton, and
Charles Lee. At length the British fleet came
gliding over the waves in single fit” with all
sail set; a breathless silence prevailed through
out the anxious crowd. The headmost vessel
approaching the obstruction and hu v mg stopped
a shotl time to reeounoilre. passed ihrough
under easy sail, ami the otlieis follow ed. V
muriner of disappointment now ran through
the crou and. They could not comprehend how
an obstruction which had cost so much time
and labor in the construction, should be pass
ed wijhout the lcu-t difficulty It was found
on enquiry, that a secret passage had been left
for the river craft, and that the night before an
artificer acquainted vvith its location hod deser
ted to the enemy.
General Putman who had deliberately view
ed their approach from it height on the east
side of the river, no sonnet saw the headmost
of the fleet [mss through the ehevaux-de lrise
then he ordered a young man by the name of
Bolden, to cross to New-Windsor in hi* barge
aju] deliver a despatch to General l.ee. As
NOOfl l* the barge had left the shore, the cue
uiv launched a boat armed with a swivel from
thW hc:rlmw Vr**- I. for the purpose of intor
• r*tinc Bis passage, and soon afterwards* a
i m coml, to cm off his retreat to Fishkill, nvail
i mg htinsell of a strung Flood tide in the stream. 1
! The Bruton soon neared the rebel barge, and
show ired grape, shot like hail alxiut her. The
result Was doubtful for sOttu. minute*—every
thing that British force <n ygukce skill could
accomplish, was done to, gun the me*. until
| one ol tbg yntike’ bare tin ii accidentally un
shipped an our. and the Britton shut ahead. In
, the rneau Ume the n i **nd llwiisb boat was
rapidly gaining a position to cut off her retreat.
Finding it wholly Impossible to gain a lauding
on this west aide ol the river, and fearful of.
| being taken prisoners by the second llritieh
! Ism i If he delayed his retreat j Be Men tttd- I
deftly put about the barge and pulled for the j
I extern shore with the utmost speed. A sc
rond heat now commenced between the Artier- I
lean barge and British boat*, which kept up n
l miming tire of grape allot upon their untago
nit. On reaching the extern shore. Belden
■ perceiving that the enemy was near him and
were preparing to fire again, ordered hi* men
■to Map overboard and retreat. At this instant
the enemy fired, and the whole charge pasted
over ilia American* without injury. A simtil
i taueoiis shout from the surrounding mountains
rent the utr. The bargemen then took a se
cure position behind the river hank, at which
, the enemy fired repeatedly without effect.—
| The British retreated and left the barge as
sootl as they perceived a body of Americans
approaching the shore with the intention of
opposing ilielr landing. Ileldcu returned the
despatches to General Putnam, who hail wit
nessed from the height the whole affair and
i publickly thanked him and his comrades, for ]
their galumry and good conduct. The Amer
j icans saved the despatches hut lost the race, j
As soon as the British fleet had passed the |
Highlands, the American army was ordered to \
march to Kingston und take the British pris
oner with them. The night before they mar
ched the sentinel at the Proves! asked Taylor
if he was nut afraid lie should be hung. Not
the least be replied, (in a firm lone ol voice)
not the least. I hold his Majesty’s commission;
they dure not hang me. lam afraid Mr. Tay
lor, rejoined the ('entry, you will be hung.—
Don’t bo alarmed on my account said the spy,
i net under the orders of Mir l lenry Clinton,
I and he ia bound to protect me. If 1 should be
hung lie will lay waste your towns with fire
mid sword. .1 pause of some minutes ensued,
during which poor Taylor seemed to be enga
ged tit deep und anxious thought. Perhaps
lie was calculating for tho first time, how
much the laying w aste of tow ns with fire and
sword would benefit a dead man -he then ft
j sumed, why do you iliinA- they will hang tne,
I assuming an alt of confidence, because suid the
j sentry the Court Martial as I have been in
formed, have condemned yon as a spy. Ilu
appeared to he sensibly affected, und to con
ceal his emotions turned from me, wiped the
tear* from his cheeks, which were trickling
down, said he was unwell, and retired to bed.
I stood gnuid ih.it night at Ins prison door; it
was a long ml anxious night tu poor Taylor.
; he slept but little, was often convulsed, and
frequently br ke out in which
testified that he wns in greut menial agony.
Hariy the next day the army marched for
Kingston, und Taylor marched with it. Iln
left the Provest with apparent joy, having con- J
i timed hunsvii that he should escape the halter.
‘•II my death whs determined on,’’ suid he,
I “why not hang mqat the Square, why marrh
; me forty miles to u grave.” Self-love sat as
judge, und decided in liis favor. lie nturohod
onward with u light heart and elastic step un
til he had arrived lit Hurley within three miles
of Kingston. From thi*plnec we beheld that
village wrapped in flames.
In their persnit of small game the enemy had
forgot the grout object of the expedition, the
relief fit Burgoyne and conquest of America,
und had betaken themselves in rubbing hen
roosts und burning villages. The Americans j
halted at Hurley. Their indignation rose to j
phicuzy oil beholding the smoking ruins ta
lon; them. Here Taylor was doomed lo expi- i
; ate with life, for the cruelty ol ihe British in
burning Kingston, lie seemed never to have
calculated the risk of Ids undci idling, und if!
he had ever viewed death in prospect,*it was i
! when surrounded with the “pomp and ciieum- ]
stance of war,” ho was too far uf-trvut to dis
coin distinctly his grim visage. He was hor
ror struck witrn it was nnnounivd that he
must prepare to die without liupe. When he
! beheld the fatal noose suspi tided from a tree
prepared to receive him, he could not conceal
lus great alarm and agitation, tuforuimtie
young man: he had not one friend present to
: console hint m his deep distress he had not
one ray pi honor left to light him to the grave.
The promise of Mir llenry to avenge his vleuih
with tire and sword, nflbrded but a miserable,
consolation to the wretched mini about to ex
1 ploro. n boundless eternity, from whence he
j could never return. Distant front his friends
nud relatives, and without the support and eon
solution of religion, his fortitude forsook hint
|in tins try iug houi. He started at the sight of
the gallows, and men swooned and fell. Hi*
| attendants lifted him on llte hogshead from
watch lie was to he launched intoun unknown
world, in a state of insensibility, mid his spirit
departed from its tenement of'elay before he
w as strangled with the rope.
A Pmiyate oi run Revolution.
Ki y Wist, March 37, 1839.
The Packet ship Alabamian from New
A ork to Mobile, with a very valuable car
go, got on Sombrero shoal, near this port,
yesterday morning at 1 o’clock, wind and
sea high. The Muster, it is said, threw
overboard some s’lo,ooo of goods, a great
part of which will he dove up. The vessel
is v cry badly injured, but the cargo is saved
uninjured. The ship, in a very leaky state,
came into the harbor last night, having
been assisted by the wreckers, who took
out of hcrabout SO or 100 tons of goods.
Site is consigned to I*\ V. Ilrovvn.
The ruse of the brig Arabian, that run on
Loggerhead, was arbitrated und $3301,39
awarded. The cargo of riec and beans
was uninjured, and ihe vessel so little dam
aged, that the Port Warden* ordered her
to proceed ou her v oyago. The hrig and
scargo were valued at $16,675 and some
cents, und lo per cent to be paid in cargo
at value awarded. She will sail in a day
or two. 1 lie ship Albrec is repairing ami
waiting for a Judge, l'he Genoese hrig
has been waiting over three months. The
brig Joseph was bonded by Col. O’llara
and repaired, and has now proceeded to
New Orleans by vv ay nfTexas. The weath
er is very delightful, and our Northern
invalids, who have passed the winter with
us. are leaving for home. It is intended to
make a Hotel af the large and splendid
house built by tho late Judge, for this seas
on vve had not accommodations tor all who
wished the benefit of this climate.
Our Delegates have returned, and by all
accounts the people will reject the (Consti
tution that they have lately made. Col.
Dow ningr’s reeieotion. all snv, is sure.
o
V: r Orleans'. April 3rd.—A Duel was
taught yesterday at noon, near the city, he
■ tween two young Frenchmen, which ter
minated fstallv to one of the parties
V. O. Sun.
vun mo% itt as h oofjttt iebral p tJ
FOKHIGN.
IDay* I.tiler from Furopc.
Arrival of the l.’rrat Wotlcrn.
Tbi* vr-.sel arrkedut Nets York on the 19th
Jint. from Bristol, w hence she sniit-d on the‘J3d |
March: by her the Nrvf York cdHor* buve re
ceived advices from Liverpool and l.hndoo to
the and from Paris to the 30th March.
The Great Western arrived out at Bristol on
tier return passage on the 13th utt, and the
; packet ship Kngi.md on the Ifllh, w ith dates
from (he i.’nited States to the 3d nft, contain
ing the Message of the President on the Iltmu
dary disturbance*.
From France the most important intelligence
! is that of the negotiation which had been go
ing on for some week or ten day* for the forma
tion of anew- minister from the influential men
and parties in tuc Chamber*: Count Mole and
all hi* colleagues having plnced their resigna
tion* in the hand* of the King on the fith ult.
The Kmg immediately sent for Marshall Moult
to consult and instruct Idm on the formation of
a nrvv cabinet. The Marshal made a sin que
non of hi* a( ccputncc that M. Tlder* should lie
one of his colleagues, and under their joint au
opiccs the following list was prepared to beset
before hi* mujc*ty on Saturday the 16th ultimo,
and to appear, if iti* majesty should not object,
in the Moniteur of the following Monday :
Marshal Moult, War Minister and President
. of Council.
M. Thiers. Minister of Foreign Afiair*.
M. Pasty, Munster of Interior.
M. Htiinaunn, Minister of Finance.
M. Dupin, Minister of Justice.
M. Villoinain, Minister of Public Instruction.
Admiral Duperre. Marine Minister.
M. Dufaure, Minister of Commerce.
M. Sau2et Minister of Public Works.
Home difficulties had occurred in the preli
minary ucgociations of Moult and Thiers with
his Majesty, in regard to the progamme of the
measures and the conditions of the future Cab
inet ; but our latest intelligence informs us that
his Majesty had waived his objections, and that
the ministerial arrangements of Soult w ould
probably be completed.
Intelligence of our movements in relation to
the N. E. Boundary seems to have created but
little apprehension in Loudon. The message
of President Van lluren was regarded as pacif
ic and satisfactory ; and the feeling on the
question is much more tranquil and quiet thun
vve had any reason to anticipate.
W e refer to the follow mg extracts embody
ing the most important information by the
present arrival:—
Lo.vdox, March 10.
lit the House of Common* Sir M. (tanning,
with reference to the recent collision, which
was reported to have taken place upon the boun
dary between the state of Maine ami our pro
vince of New Brunswick, was desirous to
know whether Lord Palmerston had been in-
I formed of tliceoiirsc which the AmerieanGov
ernment proposed to take in consequence of
this transaction, lie also w ished lo be inflam
ed whether there vva* any re,wonble probn
i bility of the negotiations which had now been
carrying on for eight years for the fettle
: mcitf of this question of disputed ter itory bc
! mg brought to a satisfactory termination i
Lord Palmerston stated in reply, ‘'that it
was not yet in lus power to state w hat course
the American Government intended to pursue,
lie would be, however, fully justified instating
that tile most friendly disposition towards this
country prevailed in that quarter.”
Mir S. (’aiming.—’’What is the date of the
communication to which the noble Lord rc
■ fers?”
Lord Palmerston replied, that he Aid not re
member the exact dale, but thecointnuiiicatiqp
liihl reached by a rapid oouveyance (tint (treat
Western.) He could not say whether the
- result of the hbgotationsreferred to by the lion.
’ gentleman would be satisfactory or not; but
: this he could say, (nat both Governments were
animated by a moat serious desire to obtniu
such a result.”
From the Times.
Londo*. Marrh 31;*
We have already stated that the award of
the King of Holland, which gave ihe republic
prety nearly the whole course ol the. St. John's
river and stripped Great Brittain of the better
portion of the disputed territory, iras at once
rejected by the Semite itself, presumed lo la
the most steady, temperate, sage, and sober
body In the. whole of North America, and re
jected with expression on the p irt of its leading
members indicative of a determination t jti--ti
fy Maine in standing oul for the whole of the
districts under dispute.
We have heard trout high and grave author
ities in the Lulled Stales, men whom vve be
lieve to have been really conscientious in their
allegation, lhut their could not he a shadow of
doubt as to tile right of Maine to the whole Ol
the disputed territory: these persons at the
same lime intimating a strong conviction that
the bone contended for was not worth to either
; ee.Mi'vy a thousand lives.
It now appears, that however the joint mem
orandum ot Messrs. Forsyth and Fox may bo
calculated to avert (and Gid gram it may suc
ceed in doing so) any imfliadiat*appeal to vio
lence and bloodshed, the t ine of the senators
who have spoken upon the subject corresponds
minutely with that of the Senate, which put
aside the arbitration of 1630 31, and insisted
that England had no right to the least portion
ofthcsoilcontendeafor.—Although, therefore,
measures humane and considerate having been
pursued on this occasion lor postponing the
armed conflict, and saving the irregular and
precipitate effusion ofblood. nothing has taken
place to encourage the least hope that by any
expedient but a surrender of the whole subject
in dispute vv ill this country t-e able to calculate
on a more than transient gleam of repv se for
her provinces in North Am* tica.
In this journal vve have repeatedly thrown
out a suggestion, which,’ ugh a due sense ol
our own very humble pretctipions to be heard
where great national intercAs are concerned,
our naffected and cordial love of ‘'peace, in the
spirit of pence,” now inclines us reproduce,
vi.„ that us most national misunderstandings
are best healed by each party sacrificing some
thing of ilsextrcine rights, forihe sake of show
ing good w ill and good neighborhood, England
should frankly offer to the slate of Maine that
large section of country which Nasal vv ays beeu
all unquestioned and recognized part of the
Province of New Brunswick, viz. that portion
of it which lies west of the town of Ht. John’s
along the shore of the Bay of Kundy. until it
meets the present Maine frontier, or Passama
quoddy Bay, including the whole of “Charlot
te county,” extending north to what is called
in the maps the “Military Post” on the St.
John's river, and thence along the southern ex
tremities of the highlands of which Mars Hill
forms a part, until it strikes the meridian, close
to that old landmark.
This scheme of compromise we recommend
ed in The Times journal six or eight months
ago. ft would be better for both parties !—lst.
For England, because it would leave in her
possession the whole of the disputed territory*,
aad her taterprovincial communications be
tween Frederiekton and Quebeck unbroken.
3. Anieminently lor the State of Maine, inas
much as she would gain bv it a line country,
to which die has never dreamed of putting
forth a pretension ; a ‘definite and profitable
water frontier vm ihe w est, formed by the Ht.
John s River ana the Bay of Fundy, a greater
compactness and fm ndnoss of territory than
at present, and cons:<k.jahly more in point ot;
. could iii the way of mn
iual cession be on any fair principle called up
on to rx-linquiniah, being even in superficial
miles considerably beyond one half of the
sp*oc disputed. AVc cannot for our pans com
prehend on what pretext llte State of Maine
should objdrt (o a settlement so true and bene
ficial. Nor, in the case of any but Lord Palm
erston, does it appear to us that any English
Minister could throw dt/Rculites in the path of
such a proposal.
Kcincmbc! their it no yielding in our side to
compulsion. We declared this opinion more
than eight months ego. We did so from an
honest anxiety for national peace and for hu
man welfare. ’ There is through this tempora
ry convention of Messrs. Forsyth and Fox a
gleam of light, and the only one wo see, and if
well employed.it may ronduet us through the
labyrinth.—But with such inducement* to ac
tivity, and such materials cf compromise, and
such repeated warnings to prepare for the
worst, what must this man lend Palmerston,
be made of, would neither negotiate through
the ordinary methods of diplomacy, nor recol
lect that an armed ricgociation is among the
most approved and iufailiable means or pre
vailing upon an inattentive adversary to give
an car to reason ?
Front the Miiledgeville Recorder.
How true the following account of the great
majority of the members of our National Le
gislature ! Os how much more service would
many of these men be to the country, making
corn and cotton, or exercising their genius
in the salt and augar line ! How few, amid the
mass, acquire cither honor or fnme by going
to Congress! How very few, amid that mass,
are of any real service to the country!
Correspondence of the Buffalo Com. Adv.
Washington, Dec. 36, 1838.
I can’t conceive of any life more wretched
than that which is led by at text seven-tenths
of the members of Congress. At home they
are highly respectable people, estimable mem
ber* of society for the most part, and by their
constituents are considered capable of taking
a prominent part in the business of the Na
tional Legislature. Every one of them, per
haps, has nourished some ambitious schemes,
anil when he writes Ins first frank, feels as if
he was about to enjoy the full fruition of bis
hopes. On his way to the Capitol, he re
volved in his maid the important subjects
upon which he is about to act. He is filled
with vague imaginings of the splendid suc
cess which awaits him iii his legislative career.
A conspicuous station on the most important
committees, the able report, the cogent argu
ment. the witty repartee, the brilliant and
effective speech, the congratulation of triends,
the wide-spread fame, the observed of all be
holders, the Speakership in prospect, and—who
knows what may happen I —a toretgn mission,
u Secretaryship, or even the Presidency itself
all these tilings are apt lo float through the
mind of a young or iniddte-nged mail about to
make his debut in the Hall of the House of
Representatives.
Arrived here, he flourishes for a w hile in all
the dignity of an M. (\, with nothing to remind
him that lus day-dreams vvi 1 never be reatiz--
cd. For the first few days he had business
enough in Iraukmg to liiscoustituents the Mes
sage and accompanying documents. The
(list shock to his ambition i* the appointment
of committees. He finds himself at the tail of
some insignificant committee, on some subject
that he knows nothing about. But that, he
flutters himself, has arisen from the Bpea .er's
ignorance. He will yet show him und the
House the stuff that is in him? Some ques
tion comes up, w itfl the merits of which ne is
somewhat acquitted, lie .prepares Itimself
with greaLcare. and, finoliy,-succeeds in suicti *
Big the speaker’s eye. But, instead, of the*
w inged words and the impassioned eloquence
with which tie was to enchant the Mouse and
galleries, hta sentences come out dull ami life
leas. Members yawn and quit their seals or
betake themselves lo writing letters or reading
newspaper*. ‘l’he. unfortunate debutant,
as he proceeds, becomes more and more, em
barrassed ; his statistics become confused ; he
blunders ; his sarcasm, intended to be sharp,
net courteous, degenerates into personal abuse;
lie is called to order by the -Speaker ; and at
last finishes a speach to which nobody takes
the trouble to reply, and which the reporter
slur over in a single paragraph.
Mortified with the result, yet not emanci
pated from his delusion, he makes a more de
termined effort. This time he meets with a
more emphatic check Much can be pardoned
m u new member, but a bore never meets anv
quarter, even from hisbrethren. Ills second
utlempt proves a more decided failure than his
first; lie begins to suspect that he is not cx
act I v cut out for one of the master-spirits of
the age, and at last finds that he is but an in
significant member of a body which he once
hoped to lead.
Montreal, April 8.
Many of the United States papers have
fallen into the absurds error of supposing
that all the prisoners, who have had sen
tence of death passed upon them, by the
Oourt Martial, have been executed; and,
express great borrow at the idea. They
must be aware that the only sentence known
to the law for convicted traitors, is death,
and it was not, therefore,compctant for the
Court to pronounce any other ; but, in
very few instances, and those of an aggra
vated character, only (twelve, if we recol
lect aright.) lias that sentence been carried
into effect, out of the large number of pris
oners who were found guilty. So that the
British rule in Canada, so far from deser
ving the epithet of sanguinary, which the
unhanged traitors and sympathizers apply
to it, has afforded an example to the world
of the most magnanimous forbcrancc.—
Montreal Courier.
Extract from a letter dated
Twelve Mile Prairie, St. Clair Co.lll.
These Western wilds have ail ihe vices
of older States, and none of the virtues.
The people know nothing, and care as little
about it. AN hat can you expert in a coun
try where not a religious society sends a
preacher—where preaching is not heard
from one Sunday to another, and w here
the Sabbath is almost unknown I Talk
about sending Missionaries to the Gauges
and the Ilooglv ! Shame on them ! Let them
send the Gospel to the AVestern Prairies,
(if perchance they can endure such hard
ships.) and there the condition of society,
can be ameliorated—and thousands would
fois.ike their horrible errors, and crimes
would then be less frequent.
Massachusetts.— The Legislature of
Massachusetts adjourned on Wednesday,
till the Ist Tuesday in January. It appears
that the secret session held a few days
since, relate,’ to the Defence of Boston
harbor. The House on a previous day
uunnimotislv placed at the disposal of
Governor Everett $350,000 for the purpose i
indicated, in case there should be danger j
of invasion.
[/Vorn the Ocorgian.]
GEN. FLOYD AND GEN- NELSON.
\Ve insert with pleasure the following
communication from Gen. Charles Flovd.
received by yesterday’s mail. The cor
respondence is highly honorable to both
these gallant othcers, AYe have never
heard any of the report* alluded to, until
made acquainted w ith them by the General's
letter.
To the Editor of the Or orgi an :
Fairfield, Camden Cockty, }
April 6, ltfilß. j !
Sir : I understand it is reported about
Ihe country that I declined the command
of the Georgia troops now in the Okelino- {
kee district, from unwillingness to serve ‘
with Union men. I would not take the
trouble to contradict this absurd falsehood, ’
did I not suppose, and for the belief of i
persons unac,uanted w ith me. When the !
Governor offered me the rnmifiand of the
, regiment ordered out for the second cam
paign and informed me that Gen. Nelson
j would waive rank and act as Lieut. Colo
j ncl, I answered him in these words: “Agree
ably to your desire, I will again take the
! field as a Colonel. lam glad to learn that
; Gen. Nelson will act as Lieutenant Colonel
—my only reliance is on him for volun- j
! terrs, for none can be obtained on the sea
coast.” Bj authority of the Secretary of j
War, ih regiment was withheld, except
four companies, whom the Governor plac
ed under Gen. Nelson, he having consent
jed to command them as Major. On Gen
eral Nelson’s arrival at Traders Hill, he
offered the command of the battalliori to
me, which I declined, (sec letters below,) I
not from unwißlngocs to command Union I
men. but because my acceptance of his
offer would have placed me under the com- 1
rnand of the Major of the U. 8. Army,
; with diminished authority where I was
lately chief. Moreover, General NrUon
j would have been excluded entirely from
; the service, for there was no vacancy for ;
him to fill, had I taken his place.
I have always been strongly opposed
I to the selection of military officers merely
Irotn parly motives, and to the introduc- j
j lion of politics in camp. Courage and j
abilities for war, should he the only j
recommendations, and in the selection ofj
Gen. Nelson to command the Imtiallion,
: Gov. Gilmer has evinced his disregard for
party distinctions, and hisrtspen for mili
tary merit.
I am, very respectfully, vour ob’t serv’t.
CHARLES FLOYD.
Head-Quarters llattallion Geo. Vol'rt. )
Traders’ Hill, March 31, IBJ<J.
Gen. C. Flovd,
‘Sir—When I tendered troops to serve
in the Okefiuokee district, it was to serve
j under your command, but from force of
j circumstances the command luid been made
an humble one—the commander is Major.
How ever, as it is, we lender it to you. If
you will be pleased lo accept the command
of the baltallioii, please to signify it to me
by return express.
I have* the honor of being, with very
high Consideration and respect, your most
obedient servant,
(Signed) C. H. NELSON.
Fairfield, Cambem County, >
March 31 st, 1839. S
General:- — I hud the honor to receive
j this evening your letter offering me the
! command ot the batalliuit at present under
I your authority. I appreciate highly the
j honorable motives which induced you to
| tendei your services for the Okeiinokce
I district, and w hich are evinced in your
proposal to me—but I cannot accept the
command you have done me the honor to
offer, for various insuperable reasons,
which have no reference, whatever, to the
gallant Georgians whom you head, or to
yourself.
I am, with high respect, vour ob’t serv’t
CHARLES I’LOYD.
General (’. 11. Nelson,
Commanding Georgia Volunteers.
Tallahassee, April 10.
Mrs. Perrine killed by the Indians! —
This day, one week ago, a party of Indians.
: consisting of ten or fifteen, attacked the
I dwelling ol Capt. James Scott, who lives
about two miles from Bailev’s Mills in
Jefferson county; at the first fire Mrs. P.
j was killed, a lad, a nephew of Col. Bailey,
shot in the arm, and a negro woman danger
| ousty wounded.
It is said Capt. Hcott and his overseer,!
Mr. Skipper, defended the house with great
courage, killed two of the Indians, aud
put'ing to flight the remainder.
Mrs. Perrine we learn was an amiable
and accomplished lady, w hose husband is
absent on a tour of Civil Engineering.
Horridle Murder. —Man and w ife kill
ed.—Just as our paper was going to press,
the news of a very distressing murder of a
man and his wife on the Hue of the canal in
W ill county, reached the city. The man
i:t a w rangle had given serious offence to a
few of his fellow laborers, who came to
bis house, and while he was standing before -
them trying to explain the difficulty, one of
them plunged a Bow ie knife into his bowels
and ripped him entirely open. His wife,
in another room, hearing his dying shriek,
left the house to give the alarm. But the
laborers called her, assuring her that no
harm was done to her husband, and that he
wanted to see her. She returned, and no
sooner had she entered the room than the
knife, wet with the blood of her husband,
was plunged into her, and she fell dead
upon his body, not yet cold. The murder
ers have been arrested Chicago Deni.
New Orleans , April 3.— Accident. A
terrible accident happened yesterday a
little while before the ship Lafayette left
the levee on her voyage for Havre. A
large crow and of persons assembled to wit;
ness the departure of the vessel and to take
leave of their friends who were going away,
A considerable number were on the deck
and in the rigging of the vessels in the vi
cinity of the Lafayette, and many were
standing on planks placed across that
vessel. The weight was too great, the
planks broke in the middle and several in
dividuals were precipitated into the hold.
Some escaped with slight contusions—but
Messrs. Talari aud Auguste Roy were not
so fortunate—they weie seriously hurt and
their lives are thought to be in danger.—
Louisianian.
A Busy Fellow.—The *r Era says
there is sn editor down cast who i* uot only
hi* own compositor, pressman and devil,
but keeps a tavern, is village schoolmaster,
captain in the military, mettds bis own
boot* and sivoes, makes patent Brandreth
pills, peddle* essences and tin-ware two
day a in the week, anff always read* ser
mons on the Sabath, when the minister
pens to be missing. In addition to all thia r
he ha* a w ife and sixteen children. TtiJ
Boston Morning Post says that is not all—
he own* a schooner, and came to Boston
’ with a cargo of potatoes and onions, last |
fall, raised by himself, and gave notice to
hi* subscribers, when he left, that theissu- !
ing of the next number of his paper would
depend upon the wind—atmospherical and
, fmaueia, suppose.
‘*W
The real striped Pig. —. There is now to
be seen in this town, in the pig pen of
Mr. William Jewiu, near Market s-.tiare,
a litter of pigs, six in number, among which |
-•tie two striped Pigs, in the greatest per-w
lection. There are sti ipes of yellow amjf
black upon a flesh colored ground work*
covering the whole body, running from tit#
nose to the tail, w ith all the exactness i>
skillful painter would fix out one of those
animals for an exihition on a militia train
ling field. What effect the latr excitement
on the subject of the Striped Pig may have
had in producing this strange phenomenon
in nature wc are unable to sav ; but we
sure thit we hare got the real
J —two of them—and there’s “nontwiake.'’
—Seicburyport Herald.
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Something Nt#—They are trying to
art up a Temperance Bank in New York.
This, says, the Baltimore Sun. may prove
a good institution, as the banks of that city
have been very intemperate qf late.
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British Despatches. —Mr. Kaye,agov
ernment messenger from Great Britain, ar
rived in the Great Western with despatches
to the British minister at Wasiiington.
The Baltimore Patriot observes, that by
the power of Steam, wc arc brought much
nearer to Europe than to one of the Cap
itals ofour own States, the news from Par
is being to the 20th ult, and that from the
Arkansas Gazette to the 13thjjlt.
MORI’S MULTICAULTS.—A Dr. Rog
ers, was apprehcndcdyi Norfolk on the 6th
insl, charged with stealing 2700 Morus
Muitieaulis Trees from Dr. Heinriken, at
Columbus N. J. The trees were found in
■ his possession.
The following excellent hit is from the
Southern Advocate. It fairly kills oil’ two
birds with one stone :
**A Yankee passed through this place a
few day* since, who, it is said, had a large
uptfntity of stale Peters'Pills offering them
for sale as silk worm's eggs, being anew
species, and for superior to any thing of
of ftie-kind in this country. Look out for
; him.”
!
The Baltimore Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church closed its ses
sion on the 30th ult. The subject of aboli
tion was brought before them by a commu
nication from the New England Confer
ence. It was indefinitely postponed by utt
almost unanimous vote.
The salary of the British Ambassador at
Paris is stio,oooper annum, besides perqui
sites- Yet such is the vice regal dignity
maintained at his splcnded hotel that he is
! obliged to spend in addition, the income
of a large private fortune.
Mr. 11. F. Knott, a postmaster in Alabamy
charged with peculation,has published a
letter insisting that he is innocent. Mr.
j Knott invokes the sitting of a jury upon
his rase.
Prentice says he has little doubt that a
jury would bring in a verdict of Knot guilty.
An old coquette is like a rose bush in
winter; the flowers and leaves having fallen
off, the beauty and fragrance gone, nothing
. is left but the thorns.
Just Sentiment.—The best part of the
population of a country, are the cultivators
of the soil. Independent fanners are every
where the basis of society, and the true
friends of liberty.
The Louisiana papers announce the
death ofGen. Eleazer W. Ripley, at his
plantation in Clinton Parish. He was an
officer on the northern frontier during the
last war, and at the time of his death a
highly respected member of the U. S.
j Congress from foe State of Louisiana.
! .
We notice the marriage in Newberry District,
S. C. ofMr. George Hogg to Miss Eitza Hido
dlcspurger. We do not blame Miss Riddles
purger for wishing to change her name a* soon
as possible. She is an old acquaintance of
ours, and we are glad to see her doing well,
hut at the same ‘ime are truly sorry t at she
has made no better a change in her name.
Only think. Mrs. Hogg, your children will all
be shoats.—Horrible ! iiandersrille Adr.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
I tMf HEREA S, Roswell King, applies for lrtteis
* w ot dismission on the estate of Pierce Butler,
late of said County deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and
singular the kindred and creditors o said deceased
to be and appear at my office within the time, ro
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any exist, why said
letters should no* be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 23d day of
February, 1839. J E. TOW>'SE> D,
feb26 Clerk, C. O.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
WHEREAS, John Hutson, applies for letters of
Administration of the Estate of Ann Hutson, law of
said county deceased. These are therefore, to cite
and admonish all, and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by taw, to shew
cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given und-r my hand at office, this 23d day of
February, 1839. ‘ J E. TOWNSEND,
_feb’J6 Clerk, C. O.
wjz &&zmz2ixsi 9
every ffeserption executed at the of
! v ficc of THE DARIEN HER ALD.