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she good rattiredly offered me her hind, aid
—■ in another niomeiit 1 found myself much more
an fait to it than I had imagined. It w«s the
beauteous and accomplished Pepita de I’erulto,
of La Marquista. as the was designated by
her friends.
SotSe time Inter in the evening, I was sifting
beside Pepita, her father b. i.ig on tin: other
side of her, and her niobc-, the i‘-larchio::ess,
on my right, conversing with them about some
relative of theirs, *n ith v. limn it happened I
was well acquainted, when suddenly all eyes
became riveted to the grand entrance of the
saloon in which we were, within which stone
a figure, whose appearance was strangely at ’
variance, with the surroundi: g scene. ‘L7 j
toco! el loco ! the lunatic I the lunatic!’ was
whispered from one to another; but while aii
appeared surprised, no one seemi d alarm d at
the appaiition. It was a y.ung man about
thirty-three or thirty-five years ot age —of a
tall slender figure—straight as an Indian—
with long flaxen hail curling down each side
of a pale handrome face, which looked as if
carved in nimble. Ills eyes were exceeding
ly large, and of a light blue color, usually dim
med, 1 was informed, from want ts ‘ specula
tion, ’ but on this occasion lit up with a pecu
liar brilliancy, n;.d in a fine ‘ frenzy rolling.’
He was habited i.i a blue cheek shirt and
trows- rs, the latter unaccompanied by any
fastening except a pink cheeked handkerchief
round the waist. He was without coat, waist
coat, cravat, stocking.*?, or shoes. In bis left
baX.d was a broad brimm d straw hat. He
had been a Colonel in the Austrian service—
I was informed by Pepita and her parents —
and had distinguished himself signally in vari
ous engagements. The tain of his sorrows
was a melancholy one. He had hastened
homo after tho abdication of Napoleon, and
found his paternal mansion burnt to the ground,
and his wife and children sometime in their
graves. He scarcely ever spoke after. Col
lecting together the small remnant of his shat
tered fortune, he left his native country, and
was on his way to one of the West India is
lands, when the vessel in which he had em
barked was captured by pirates, and after be
ing severely maltreated, and robbed of every
thing ha possessed in (he world, he was put on
shore on the coast of Cuba in a state of utter
destitution. Finding his way to M stanzas, he
engaged as n laborer i i a tan-yard, the propri
etor of which bad ever since treated him w ith
kindness. A short lime afterwards he exhib
ited signs of insanity, but being generally per
fcctlv inoffensive, was allowed his liberty, ex
cept at times when he became rather outrage
ous, when he was sent to the mad-house.
When the paroxysms ceased, he was dischar
ged, when he would invariably return to the
tau yard, w here he was charitably provided
for.
He might bo often seen stalking about the
streets and country, erect ns an arrow, in foul
weather and fair, but was never known to
have committed the slightest injury or offence.
Ho would walk into any house, and ask for
food o? drink, and stop any one in the streets
or on the road and ask fit a cigar, or a light
for one, but nothing could ever induce him to
accept money, or indeed any thing beyond the
supply of his immediate wants. His speech,
too, was altogether confined to such requests.
From his well known misfortunes, his gentle
ness and perfect inofi -trsivoness, the elegance
ot his manners, the beauty of his features, a d
his independent spirit, he was a universal fa
vorite. While thi se particulars were being
hurriedly related to me, the unhappy object of
them was leaning agaist the door-post, survey
ing ail around with a degree of excitement that
seemed on the eve of breaking every instant
into some wild paroxysm ; but to the astonish
ment of all, on the band striking up a favorite
German waltz the excited lunatic, dropping
his hat, and taking a rapid survey round the
Salm, stepped across to where we were sitting,
and bowing gracefully to Pepita, offered her
his hand I For a moment the startled maiden
shrunk back in her saat; but finding the poor
fellow laboring under some irresistible impulse,
was rea'lv anxious to dance, pitying bis mis
fortune, and regardless of all cues: quences to
herself, and without even consulting her par
eats, she accepted his hand, sot’ed and un
washed as it was, and, rising from her seat,
suffered him to lead her ofl’at oi.ee round th?
circle ! Tha effect was electric I All even
were turned upon them, and those who had
stood up for the waltz slept without or within
the circle, and became spectators, while the
doors mid windows were crowded with per
sons anxious to get a sight of a scene so ex
traordinary. Iho preliminary pas, before
twirling, were executed with ease, grace and
precision, by the excited madman, and round
they went, quickening their steps with the
music, until they seemed to fly around the room,
when, in the midst of the extremost velocity,
he stopped suddenly, but gracefully, opposite
Pepita’s chair, and twirling her round two or
three times to lessen and break the sreed,drop
ped her gently into bar seat, and bowing his
head until his lips slightly touched the hand
he still held, turned and darted out of the salon
like light ling, amid the clapping and cheering
of tho wondering company —above which,
however, I could disti.icily hear the shriekings
of the maniac as he fled wildly up the street.
A 'gdic Pepita! who but thyself, in such a
dilemma, would have done as thou didst ? Did
I not tell thee truly that, for the kindness to
the poor madman, some fairy would recom
pense thee by a more costly dress for \ho one
so soiled? And didst thou not archly bid me
convey to the suspected fairy thy acknowledg
ments for certain Parisian finery and the jew
els sent to thee soon after, in some of which 1
have since seen thee so becomingly decked in
thine ovn gay halls? The identical gloves I
half robbed th.ie of are now b fore inc on the
table, while I trace this li tie narrative of the
wild and whimsical incident.
From the “ Far Wesi,” printed at Liberty, Missouri.
WHITE WOMEN REDEEMED FROM
THE INDIANS.
Since our last we learn from one of the
Sama Fe traders that they have in company
two American women, whom they purchased
in Santa Fe, of the Camanche Indians, for tho
sum of four hundred dollars.
The circumstances, as far as collected by
our inform mt, arc as follows:—Some time in
the spring of 1835, Harris and Plumer, [such
was their names] were emigrating from the
State of New York, to Texas, and a few days
utter reaching the border of the latter, they
were attacked by a body of the Camanches,
and both killed on the spot; their wives and
children taken pi isoueis, their wagons plum
dered and bur. 4.
Mrs. Harris states that when taken prisoner,
she had an infant three months old, which the
third day after their captivity, was taken un
well, and consequently became tioublesom?,
t y she was endeavoring to quiet the cries of her
child, when it wits taken from het arms by
o:>« of the Indians, and throv'n into a bunch of
pricklcy pears, and llrs treatment repeated
until the child was nearly dead. They then
ti-jd a rope around its neck, ai d attached it to
the born of the saddle, upon which the discon
solate mother was placed for farther transpor
ration; it remained there the rest of the day,
when it was thrown on the prairie, a prey for
vultures.
Mrs. Plumer states, that u hen she was cap
luted, ih j hud one boy about two years old,
which they still retain a prisoner; that s i
li.id a child about two rno. ths f r : v
taken a pri»o:.er, which was killed toe mo
meat it saw light, a d its 'napless n o'ii.-r com
pel led to ride about i wei tv i. v■■ : nles e • h rs -
bat k, the d »y after the biith of h r hffi t—i
short, they were used with the m- -i m.f n g
ciuclty imagm. b! ?; (heir c-p'ors tn .ki ;
them perform iho must me: i d l;.b->r, nt tie
same time being oblige d to bear their fulsome
embraces w i: liout murmur or complaint..
Great credit is due the company lor the
generosity iu providing meat s for their pur
chase and transportation to their friends in the
United States. It is also stated, that there
are now in tho possession of these savages,
several women and children.
C. CU-a’; ; ’ -.i i-.. . tII ■'•f*
REPORT.
Os the Committee on the Stale of the Republic.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 23.
The joint Committee on the state of the Re
public, to which was refcrod so much of the
Governor’s message as r< Sates to his corres
pondence with the Governor of Main*: ; which
correspondence was occasioned by the secret
and felonious abductia.i, from tho City of Sa
vannah, of a negro slave, named Adieus, the.
property of James and Henry, Sagus —by
i Daniel Philbrock and Edward Ki ll -ra”. citi
‘ zens of the state of *< :me, and fugitives from
justice ; together with the accompanying docit
j meats, to wit; tho affidavit of J units Sagus,
i one ofthe owners of said slave ; the w arrant
I ofthe magistrate, and the return of the officers
I thereon; the consequent demand of the Exo
' cutive of Georgia, upon the Executive of
: Maine, for the delivery of s lid fugitives to the
agaiit of the state of Georgia, in order that they
might be made amendable to the violated laws
ofthe Stale ; and the refusal ofthe Governor
of Maine to comply with said demand, Re
port—
That said Committee have fully reviewed
all the circumstances attending said demand
and refusal—that ia the opinion of said Com
mittee,the Governor of Mai le lias signally failed
to show any good and sufficient cause to justi
fy - him in relusing to comply with the just and
reasonable demand ofthe Executive ofGeor-
I gia ; but that, on the contrary, the reply of the
Governor of Maine contains arguments, unati
swerable arguments, which should at once
have caused that officer, if at all disposed to
comply with the requisitions of the Constitu
tion ofthe United States, Dy performing the
sacred duties w bich it imposed upon him, or to
preserve that courtesy which should ever
subsist between tho sister States of this Union,
upon any and every subject, however trifling
it might be in its nature, but more partiiularly
upon questions ol such grave import ;-s tho
one now under consideration, to have caused
said fugitives to bo arrested, and the necessary
notice of stich arrest given to the Governor of
Georgia, so that they might be made to an
swer the charges preferred against them—and
if innocent, to vindicate their innocence; if
guilty, to endure the just punishment of their
crimes.
The refusal o: Governor Dunlap occurring
at a period when the minds of the people of
the South are justly excited, and their feelings
most wantonly outraged, by tho machinations
of certain fanatics of the North, who seem de
termined, in defiance ofsound policy, and the
dictates of honest patriotism, and of every
principle of natural and constitutional law, to
keep up an excitement in relation to a certain
species of property, w ith which no interfer
ence, from any quarter whatsoever, w ill be
permitted—a propeity guarantied to them by
the Constitution of the United States,and with
out which guarantee this Union never would
have been formed—appears, in the opinion
of your Committee, if not like a disposition on
the part ofthe Governor of Maine, to foster
and encourage said fanatics in their unholy
crusade against Southern rights, and which, it
persisted in, must inevitably lead to a speedy
disse!ution x of the Union, at least like an indf.
nation to wick at their proceedings, by screen
ing their miserable agents, who alone carry
their doctrines into practical effect, by wanton
depredations upon our propeity, from the jui
tica of our law s.
The reasoning of h.s Exet He. ey of Main .in
his letter of refusal, to the demand of the Gov
ernor of Georgia, is in the opinion of your
Committee, entirely fallacious] and evasive of
the true question nt issue. The affidavit of the
owner of the stolen slave, directly charges that
the fugitives did. “on or about the fourth day
of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,
feloniously envcigle, .steal, tike and carry
away. without the limits ot the Suite of Geor
gia, a certain negro slave named Atticus, the
property of deponent and his brother;” and
further states, that the offence is, as deponent
is informed and believes, a fe'o. y under the
laws of Georgia ; but Governor Dunlap affects
to consider that the belief of lhe depo ent, that
the act committeed was a felony under the
laws of Georgia, was not sufficent to authorize
him to deliver tbs fugitives to the agent of the
State. Upon this part of his Excellency's
most sophistical letter, your committee cannot
fail to speak in terms other than those of th
most unqualified reprobation. The" fugitives
were directly and positively charged with
having, feloniously enveigled, stolen, taken, and
carried away a negro slave; with having, after
the commission of said felony, fled from the
State ; and that they were believed at the time
to be within the limits of the State of Maine.
It is for one moment to ba presumed that the
Governor of the State <»f Meine was not aware
that larceny, is made, by the laws of every
State in the Union, felony; unless, indeed, it
may not so be by those of M .iae? The State
indeed, may have, in tender mercy to thieves
and incendiaries, declared it otherwise; but
this your committee dues not, and cannot be
lieve. Whether, however, felony or not, by
the laws of Maine, is it not a crime? It is so
declared by the penal code of the State of
Georgia, which fact was communicated to the
Governor of Maine, by the Governor ot Geor
ia. Has, then, the Governor of Maine done
that, which not only common courtesy, but
justice, policy, patriotism, and imperative duty,
required him to perforin ? Has he complied
with the stern requisitions of the Constitution
of the United States, which he has sworn to
support and defend ? No ! but he has disre
garded and violated all.
The Act of Congress, passed February 12.
1793, “respecting fugitives from justice, and
persons escaping from the services ot their
masters”—an act passed in furtherance ot the
second section of the fourth article of the Con
stitution, which says, “a person charged in any
State with treason, fclonv or other crime, who
shall (lee from justi. e, and be found in another
State,shall, on demand of the Executive au
thority of lhe State from which l.e fl.-J, be
delivered up, to be removed to the Slate hav
ing jmisfficlioi) of the crime”—expressly and
peremptorily declared, “that whenever the
Executive authority of any State in the Union,
or of either of the Territories northwest or
south of the river Ohio, shall demand any
person as a fugitive from justices,of lhe Execu
tive authority of any such Slate or Territory to
which such person shall have flcd,& shall more
over produce the copv of an indictment found,
or an affidavit made, beforu a magistrate ol
any Slate or Territory, as aforesaid, charging
the person so demanded w ith having commit
ted tr R-ioiiv or other crim , <-cri:fmd :re
itithenlic by ti e Governor er Chief Magistral!
ftm- ISt .to or T> Hilary from wh.recc the
: • 1 O : - i i. I- > the ll'ltV of
dm 1. recu'ivo ;:t>< oriiy oi’di ■ .State or Torri
■■y *.-> which ;uc!l p s'o.ll have fled. t-
re him or her !<> be aw - - '■ .1 a: tl st cured, i
:d notice of tk-j arrest to ba giv-m to the I
ili.t cuiivc authority tm ki ;s: ch dema-id, or j
lo tlm agent of such air'.M-ity appoi :n-d to ■
receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive
to be delivered to such agt i't, when he shall
appear;” and further prov : dc-g that if -‘i.o !
such agent shall appear wi:l:in six months
from the time ofsuch arr: -th p:i mner may
be discharged, ” &c. N..,-w, by referring to ■
dr; docum nt h r. u ito an :ex 'I, it w i I appear j
hot every requisition of-he above rcciled act ]
was strictly complied widi bv tho Executive |
of Georgia. But the Governor of Maine, i.. I
bis anxious desire to fl . J an excuse for nut j
doing bis duty, says. s > fir as he has •'‘received
any information relative to Plmbrook and K-'l
lerntj,” their visit to Georgia “was in th
course ofthi tr ordinary btt.-i < S 3 as mariners ;
their vessel being at the South, they navigated
it homeward by the usual ro ito, and i.i the
usual time. They had stated homes to which
I they openly returned; at those h.mies th y
I look up their reside .ce; a:.d conducted
j tin ir air.! sv. it'mui co - co dm aid ia al.
; respects conformably to the usage of innccrul.
; ami unsuspecting citizens, V, he.her such a
I course of conduct is to be a •!.;<. ti g from
justice within the meaning t fih j act of C -n
cress, m d wh. 'Jier m. n s-i coadueting ;,ro to
be vi. ; <v v d as‘fugitives,’ may present a qn--sti-m
of som-.- imp< nance,” w hich lie doos not deem
it necessary for him to do- id . T; uly, a mont.
wise conclusion. Bui th Gov.-raor of .Maine
seems to claim it as a m .tt r of light fur him
to depend upon iofmmminn which !m received
for refusing to deliver the fugitives; infor
mation, perhaps false, agai st a posiiive oath.
Surely, then, your Cmmnittm-, speaking in
behalf of the people of Georgia, it not the en
tire Sou h, may be permitted also, to rely upon
; information which they have received, for
j reasons (independent of ihose already given)
I why they should have been delivered. I’tie
I vessel of the fugitives I It, it apear.-s, the pari
I of Savannah, in the uew I manner, she pursued
the usual track, that of the broad ocean, (ths
only one she could possibly pursue,) to reach
her port of destination ; she arrived in the
j uotirt time, and, as the Governor of Maine
! would have us b;-lir-ve, th- y took up their res
idence” at their usual homes. On the other
hand, vour Committee is i formed upon good
authority, that when the owner who went i.i
pursuit ol the stolen slave, arrived at the port
to which the fugitives Had, to wit, th. ir homes,
they themselves could not ba fuimd, although
.heir vessel w’as lying i > the port; the slaw
they did find, concealed i.i a h-irn, and that.
I when the party who arrested him were about
| leaving with the recovered poperty, they were
pelted bv the popuGcs, and the owner with
difficulty escaped from the fury of the mob.
But it is unnecessary to dilate further. All
the facts of the case show couclusivly that the
Governor of Maine, if not disposed at. the time
of the demand to comply with it, for want of
information, should have done so on tho recep
tion of Governor Schley’s second letter. To
that letter, no rep-y, so fir as your Committee
•s informed has ever been re;.-I. Compelled,
therlbre, from al! these circumstancesjo b< licvc
that the constituted authorities of Maine do not.
mean to comply with the laws and Constitution
ofthe country, but in total disregard of both,
to treat with contempt the demand of Georgia,
all that remains for your committee to perform,
is, to suggest the remedy. This is indeed a
delicate, and a difficult task. We cannot close
our ports against tho vessels of Maine. We
cannot declare a non-intercourse with In-rciti
zens- Either course would bo unconstitution
al, To seize upon the persons of her citizens
as hostages, or to hvy upon their property
found in our State, byway of reprisal, would
also ba tn.cons'i’utioual; but if not, it would
be unjust, because it would bo punishing the
! im>* cent tor the guilty. ’What, then,
|to he dem:? R sort to the ult ! ma ratio ! I’ins,
lin the 11 .guage of Governor Schley, “cannot
be .resorted to without, avi ilatioii of the fed ral
compact;” and long, long may it be, before
he St .t? of this Union shall ba i.ivobcd i >
civil conflict. But knowi ig that this dreadful
alter alive must inevitably ba u aim..tidy re
sorted to, on a mutter of selfiefenco by tile
people ofthe South, in e tse the unhallowed
example of the Governor of Maine bo followed
by tlie authorities of th-i other States of the
North, and willing to prove to the world by
! our forbearance, our reverence for the Coo
i stitutiou—a forbearance which, it is hoped,
I will hereafter insure us jtis’ice--yeur Com-
I mittee, although strongly disposed to recom
mend th? passage of a law imposing a quaran
tine upon all vessel-5 coming into our waters
from the State of Maine, in conseq-ience of
viewing the doctrine, of abolitt j;i as a moral
and political pestilence, which if not checked,
will spread devastation ami ruin over the
; laud.
j Beit therefore Una: imcttsly resolved.by the
j Senate atid Hoirse of Repressntutives of Geor-
I gia, in Genera! Assembly met. Th.it the re-
I fusal on the part ofthe Governor of 'he Sta‘.<-
of Maine, to deliver up, upon d -inand of th?
• Governor of this Stat?, Dani:-! Philbrook ami
i E-iward Kcllermi, wlio stand oil .rged with : :r
--j commission of a crime against the laws oi this
State, ami have fled there from, is not o;dy
i da-tgerous to the rights of th- propio oi Gror
i gia, but cl’m'iy and directly in violation of tin
plain letter, ofthe Constitution ofthe United
States; which is in the following, words, to
wit: “A person charged in any State with
treason, fl.].>-:V or oth :r crime, vi ho shall flee
from justice, and be found in any other Stet",
shall, on demand of the Executive authority oi
ilr-State from which ht-isl; d, be siehvere-d up to
be removed to the State having jurisdiction of
the crime.”
Be it further Resolved. That the State of
Georgia, and each of the other m -mbei s of lb.
Confederacy, bv the adoption of the Fed r;d
Constitution, bcearne a party thereto, no less
for the better protection of her own than the
common rightsand interests of all —and when
these e ids cease to ba attained by' the faith
lessness of any to the constitutional engage
ment, she is no longer bound by any obligations
to tho common compact ; and it then becomes
not only her right, but her duty, paramount to
all others, to seek and provide protection for
her own people, in her own way.
Be it further Re olved, That as soon as a
bill of indictment shall be found true, in the
Superior Court of Chatham county, against
the said Daniel Philbrook and Edward Keile
run, for the offence aforesaid, the Executive
of Georgia be requested to make upo ; th? Exe
cutive oi’ Maine, a second demand for tho
persons of the said fugitives, pre heated upon
said bill of indictment, and accompanied by
such other evid n.ce as is contemplated by th?
act of Congress in such cases made and pro
vided.
Be it further Resolved, That should the
Executive of tho State of Maine refuse to com
ply with such second demand, the Executive
of Georgia be requested to transmit a copy of
these resolutions to the Executive of each
State of the U- ion, to bo presented to their
several Legislatures, mid also a copy to the
President ofthe U ;ited Slates, and to our Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress, to be
Hewt We r w CCg ♦
laid b. torn that body. And should th? L ’gis- I
h:lm<-: i Maine, at its scs.-io: next after the
'•aid rosolirio. s .*-11.111 have been forwarded to j
lire Executive of tftt Stale, neglect to redress
T? grievances hereinbefore set fn ill. it sir.ill
i> - the umy <--f the Executive of Georgia to
;:n;.«.mice the same by proclainatio: - . mid call |
upon flis people of the several counties, on a
'ay ' > bo mime I in said proclatnati >o, to cleet
m;ii. r Idle resiriclions and regululio: s as iu
the ei. ctio.u of members ofthe Legi.dami'e.s, a
ember of delegates equal to th:; number of
S natois and Representatives to which llrey
are r-.-tit!> d i i the Geneir.l Assembly, to me- t
in Convention, on a day to be fixed said pro
eiammio:’, at the seat of Govermm.nff to t.-lie
into consideration the State of the v -mm- n
•vealth, of Georgia, and to devi.-ie th? course
of h>.r future policy, ayd provide ill necessary
safeguards fur protection of the rights of her
people.
»Gjj n fevß* sisi I»
IN SENATE.
DISTURB AN CES GN THE CAA’ADI AN
FRONTIER.
Friday, Jm.m n 5, 1333.
Tli; following Message was r< ceivrnd from
:l.e President oi the L .itro.l Smtes :
To the S, n and House </' Re^reseat tlecs of
the U. .-ttJ:
j R- >• ro-p rip - ,ce on the 3 .uiherii bmmua
!rr of. ir. iled S ai.< s, & the eve- t now daily
! L-ro g on our Northern frm.tmr,hro - ro;bm;.
dnut'y shown that th ‘ existing In ,vs are insiif.
■icie t gir.ii Jngit st hos'i;? invasion from
li ■ Unit-’d States ofihe territory' of friendiv
d neigllboriag na'.i-; .s.
The laws in force provide sufficient, penal
,ies forth? pu mihment of such offence. o , after
th y have bei a c-mmilted, and provided the
p :rties can be feu.id ; but the Executive is
powerless i i m i y eases to x prevent th? com
mission of them, even when in possession c - ’
ample evidi-acc of an i :tc .tian on the part of
a ii disp s- 1 pr re?..-! to violate our laws.
A our nttsiiiimi is called to this defect in our
kgislatimi. It is apparent, that the Execu
tive ought to be cloth <1 with adequate power
effectually to restrai:i all persons within our
jurisdiction from the commission of acts of
this character. They tend s o disturb th? peace
of the con ;try, and inevitably involve the Gov
ernment i.s perplexing controversies with for
eign Powers. I recommend a careful revision
of all the laws now ia force, and such addi
tional enactmi nts as may be necessary to vest
i i the Execmive ft: 1 power to prevent injuries
!>•. i.ig inflicted upon neighboring nations by
the unauthorized a d unlawful acts of citizens
of the United States, or of o her persons who
may be within our jurisdiction and subject to
our control.
Li illustration of these views, and to show
the necessity of early action on the part of
t.'oagr-ss, I submit herewith a copy of a letter
received from the Marshal of the Northern
District of New York, who had been directed
to repair to the frontier, a id take all authori.
zed measures to secure the faithful execution
of existii g laws.
M. A’AN BUREN.
Washington, Jan. 5, 1533.
Buffalo, D c. 28, 1837.
7b His Excellency, M. Van Buren :
Sir ; —This frontier is iu a state of comm >■
tioii. I came to this city on tho 22d inst., by
direction of the United St Jes Attorney for the
northern distiict of this State, far the purpose
of serving process upon individuals suspected
of violating the laws ofthe United Slates, en
acted with a view to mai -tain our neutrality.
I learned, on my arrival, that some 200 or 300
J men, mostly from the district of country ad
joining this frontier, and from this side of the
1 Niagara, had congregated upon Naw Islam!,
! (Upper Canada,) and were then in aims, with
I Rensselaer Van Rensselaer, of Albany, at
I their head as Commander.iii.Chief. From
l that time to the present they have received
constant accessions of men, munitions of war,
! provi-'ions, &c., from persons residing within
the States.
Their whole Ccree is now about 1,000 strong.
I mu', as is said, are well supplied with arms, &c.
Warrants have been issued in some cases,
but no arrests have as yet been effected. This
expedition was got up in this city, soon after
McKenzie’s arrival upon this side ofthe river,
and the first company that landed upon the is
land were organized, partially at least, before
thev crossed from this side to the island.
From till .hat I can see and loarn, I am sat
isfied that if the Government deem it th; ir
duly to prevent supplies being furnished from
this side to the army on the island, and also
th? augmentation oi’ their forces from among
the citizens ofthe States, an armed force sta
tioned Mong upo i th ; lino of the Niaga
ra will be absolutely necessary to its accom
plishment.
I have just received a communication from
Col. McNabb, commanding her Majesty’s (br
chs now at Chippewa, in which h» strongly
urged the public authorities here to prevent
supplies being furnished to the army o.) the
island, at the same time stating that, if this can
be i ff cl?tho whole affair could be closed
without any effusion of blood.
McNabb is about 2.5t)1) strong, a: d co.istaut
Iv iucr 'iisiiig. I replied to him that I should
coiiinitroim.le with you immediately, -is a'so
■ ith tnc g .v. re.or of the State, ui.-l that every
thing wliich could would be do e to maintain
a st: let neutrality.
I Iron'.: that persons here are cngng< <1 i.:
dislodging one or more steamboats from the
;et', and, as is supposed, With a View to Mil i.;
the patriot cxiieditioti.
! am, sir, with great consideration, your
ouediei t servant,
N. G ARROW,
U. S. Marshal Northern District, N. A r .
From th.. Cori -poiulent of lhe Chra.-a.k A? a..:'. '
W ASKI.'IGTMX, Jan. 8. 1838.
Th • Senate did not sit to-dny. I suppose
th' V were all so weary of the discussion on
Abehtionism, Slavery, the rights of't'i? States
and ofth.u General Goverament, &c. &c. on
Saturday, that they were glad to avail them
selves of the excuse for a holiday, presented
by the eighth of Jan. 'i he third resolution of
Mr. Calhoun, as modified on motion of Mr.
Norvell of-Michigan, in the manner w hich I
noticed particularly in my letter of the day,
was pa sed on S iturday. Mr. Norris made
a brog, loose, rambling, and most exceptional/;:
;p<ech in support of an amendment which he
offered to the substitute proposed by .Mr. Allen,
for the proviso of Mr. Smith of Indiana. No
bodv thought it worth while to reply to this
deciaimer, whose remarks were im'imtely more
objectionable than Siad- sin the House. Mr.
Presto:) said he saw no dili’ rence between th.;
amendment and the resolution of Mr. Allen:
and said there was no necessity fir cither; in
asmuch as Mr. Culho n’s res datums do not
i.ivade the freedom of speech or of the press,
or the right of petition. Mr. Allen’s icsolti
tioii proposed, that, the resolutions should hot.
b ■ held to impair this freedom, or this right.
Mr. .Morris’am n ln ent went forth: r, and t>s
scried ili.it till: j)i ivilegc of the p op'e to speak
umlwiite, print anil publish tlnir opinions on
cvciy suljvct. puli'icul, mor:.i, or religious, is
i is’isr ; ami, that they are only rcspon-
Sibm lor ihj sam? to the StaTt) i.i winch it may
bc\•xerci.'e'.R The amendmciit was r. j -cted—
;,v<o, rn.vs 32.
Mr. Alkn then withdrew hits amendment,
for th-? pre.-a-i;t, the s.igg--liion <•»! Mr. C.d
hmm, promisi.-g, however, io iet-educe it at
another stage ci ■h ' discussio :. Th? qm-stimi
the:) recur-.ing on the adoption ofthe third re
solution, Mr. Premiss of Vcimoi-f, mad-.: a few
remarks in opp isiti >n to tlie rs .! iti m. 11.
was fallowed by Mr. Davis of Mass., win
made a l-mg ami ch.b .raTe speech a ai ist the
r< si iu io i, and commented upon the Course oi
r. C alhomi, as irimropc-r, and c ilcul Jm.i to
pi'i.miola ifntio-i, while he m.iiotai ;ed tlmt
;h?.:e abstractions must be peri’eeily impotent
t-> accomplish the cad he professed to Ifave in
vi- w.
Mr. C.dhnun made a very few remarks i.i
reply, defending his course, a id m ii tai ling
that :1.-e pri. cipdes of his reso'ntions were th? '
only rem- dv agaim-ttlie spread ol the fanatical ■
,u.d unco'istituliomd spirit of -iboiitioa.
Mr. B lyar.l of D 1.-ware, th-n moved to
: amend die resnlii’io:) so as to tn -k? it assert that
this G ver-imtmt was adopted *■ by lhe people of
ike Ur.'ted i talcs. 1 ’ instead of *' lt - the several
Stales J'lhd Union.” His -.id h-j was ready
'o icippori the r - . ?ohitioa with th-s modilica
tin trod desirous to go as firns Mr. Calhoun
might wish iu reprolimiding the proceed! :gs o:
th- Ab -I: ! n-i.-ts, ns atrocious, cr;-_l,utterly u :•
J j - :? ifrahl?, —but Iv-'lid not wi ,11 to commit him-
I s.-ls to iir. Caihou.i’s cons-itiitioeal cr ed.
j Mr. CMh-iun wasooposed to any alteration ;
: lie t ;i m dii the ch i'i-t - nr-ines ■ hwou'd leave
i ,
! ’-ii'ic-l il ic rtuimy r.i tue expression.
I Mr. Clay said”, that, it’ Mr. Bayard would
I m.ike his amendment accord wiiii the histori
j cal fact, he would concur i i it. The h: tori-
I cal fid was, that th? cotistitu’imi was adopted
by the people acting in the severed States.--
Mr. C ihoun said tnm he would agree to that,
Mr. Bayard said he did not wish to convey
a:.y particular interpretation—but merely to
use the words contained i.i the Co stitu'io•>.
'f hose words were simply ‘-the people of the;
U. itid Slates.” Hero thocoi v rsnti->a drop
ped: and the am? .dmeut of Mr. Bayard wits
njec.tod.
Tin; resolution was then ad-.pt: d, and the
Senate adjourned. Tho Ilou.sC did not sit on
Saturday.
A most important Message was transmitted
by the President to dav (Monday) to tho Ilmis?
of Representatives, calling the attet tio? ofthe
House to the great outrage committed by a
party of British Forces steamboat Car
oline; the excitement prevailing ab-ng the
North-Eastsrn Boundary, in consequence
thereof; and informing Co )gress, that in order
to prevent the recurrence of acts of violence
and hostility, he had ordered the militia to be
called out, and posted along tho frontier. I'he
President. also requests that sucli appropriaho.is
be granted as are necessary to meet the exi
gencies ofthe country.
Mr. Howard moved to refer the message to
the Committee on Ways and Means, inasmuch
as it contained a request for appropriations.
Mr. Howard said, that the Committee on For
eign Affairs had had two meetings; but had
not yet. decided upo.: reporting a .y m asureto
the House.
Among the doemnenis accompanying th?
Vlcssag - ', Were the iiilidavit of the Cap’a.t iof
the steam boat Caroline, glvi :o a tn-mite ac
count of hc outrage upon that vessel—a -d a
letter from Gen. McNabb, disclaiming that, ill
! outrage had the sanction or approval of tin
British Authorities —a letter from Mr. Fo .syth
to th? British Minister, Mr. Fox, in which the
outrage is presented as a ground of reparation
from Her Majesty’s Government; and a com
muiiication from the District Attorney of E - ie
county, New York, giving a full accon -t ofthe
disturbances there
Mr. Thompson Condemned the letter of Mr.
Forsyth, as too tame. The occurrence spoken
of was a murder of a savage and brutal cha
racier, for which, not explanation, but the most
ample redress, ought to have been m inded.
It ought not to b? passed by without severe
punishment. A demand ought to be made fm
the murderer;:. He thought, a more proper
reference of them would be to send that p->r
tto.i which refers io our relations with Great
Britain, to the Committee on Foreign A-llbirs;
and only that which refers to appropriations,
to the Committee on Ways and .Mcar-s.
Mr. Howard accepted this as a nro.hikaii ...
ot his ruction.
A discussion of a desultory char;:ct<-r them
arose, in which Messrs. Fill mere ot N. A..
Tillinghast of R. I, Rhett of S. C. and Men
ifee of Kv. charged tho Government With
culpable n< gel :ct ia leaving the North rn fron
ti. r exposed to these invasions, and without, a
force adequate to preserve th-:; obligations ol
n -u'rality. Messrs. Haynes and Bronsoii de
fended the conduct of tho administration. .Mr.
Thompson’s motion was adopted.
The President also commmiieate-J reports
Iro n th .- Secretary es State, iu answer to th?
res Muttons iff the House, adopted on Friday
last; asking for i affirmation in relation to the
capture ofthe Urrca, and respecting our neu
trality on the Northern and Southern bounda
ry ; at d resp: eti; gthe violation of the amica
ble relations subsisting b tween the U nt.-d i
St ites a d Great B itai.i, eith :r by cittz ms ol i
the U. S. or British subjects.
All these documents were committed to tn?
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Petitions were then presen ed from different
States. Scores far the abolition of slavery in
this Di trict, and remonstre.tim' aaai-o.t the an
nexation of Texas. “ M.
Wasp.ixg re-N, Jan. 9.
To d. v th.-- M- -sage from the Pr side t.
1 ,r to that v. nieli I roticed yesterday as limit g
j been received by the House of Representatives.
was tva smiite.l t;> the Senate.
Mr. CLAA in m sviug tlie r-. f-.-rence of'is
parts to the appropriate Committee, t -ok oc
casion Io express in strong terms, the feelings
of i..dig;ialio:.fcaod regret lie felt at tho outrage
on '.li' Caroline ; and to declare th at. the most
n: I ition ought to be demanded ftt m
the- Bii'i-h G v r-iine-.t.
M:'. CALHOUN i >ek it upo . dims; If to re
buke Mr. Clay f»r th ; tone ol his ren.arks.—
ile- said the message ought to have been p:is
Is. d without a m ord of eoinmei I. He would
I give no opinion at this time; t.nd he hadhop.
I ed the same course would have becnipursucd
by others.
Mr. CLAA’ replied with co :si I.’ruble ani
mation, that the Senator from South Citrohmi,
had tin undoubted right to wiliil.- .'.<l h-s own
opinion—but he protested against ilmt. .S’-mtitor
entciing complaint against him (Mr. Clay) fur j
the expression of /its. He had satd tiotbn-g to ]
stimulate the |>eop!c on this irnportai.t question: ■
but as he had evidence to satisfy him, that on,r ;
soil and jurisdiction had been invaded by the I
subj- cis of a great power, ho would not rcstain i
the expression of bis deliberate jmlgment.
The message and documents were referred.
The Committee on Foreign Relations re
ported a Bill tor enforcing the preset vation of
our neutrality on the frontier. Th? Commit
tee on Military Affairs reported a Bill C.r in
creasing the military establishment ofthe Uni
ted Slates, These measures V. ill be passed
: rapidly thro-igh both hon.-ros.
The S-- ■ ,t > th< n [ :oceed-d to ih? <• inside
ratio:; ot’ Mr. C drou res dutm ’Tin.' qut'S
tio i was put <m t;.. - oJ- pireit of the Ibuith re-j
so!ut; ;;i, ;• □ I’.:!!. - ? s ;
Resolved, 'That domestic slavery, as it exists
i i the Southern and Western States of this
Union, composes an important part of their
domestic institutions, inherited from their an
cestors, and existing at the adoption ofthe
Constitution, by which it is recognised ascon
a ituting an essential element in the distribution
of its powers among the Suites, and that no
change of opinion, or feeling, on the part ol
he oilier Slates of the Union in relation to it,
can justify them or their citizens in open and
systematic attacks thereon, with the view of its
overthrow; and that all such at'aeks are in
manifi-st violation of the mutual and solemn
pledge to piotc ct in d defend each other, given
by-' the States, respectively, on entering into the
C'o.isiitiitional compact, which formed the Un
ion, a,.d as such is a manifest breach of faith,
and violation of the most solemn obligations,
moral and religious.
Ths wards “ moral and religious,” were
"truck out, on motion ot Mr. Webster, who
suggested that it was no part of the Senate’s
business to undertake, to tell Slates or individu
als what their moral and religious obligations
are. The word “essential,” in the sixth line,
was made (ogive way to “ irapoitance”—and
the word di.-lribution, in the same line, to the
word appointment—and with these modifica
tions, the resolution was adopted : ayes 34,
'i hv fif.'i resolulion was then read ; ns fcl-
Resolved, That the iatermeddiing of any
State or Slates, or thmr citizens, to abolish
slavery i.i this District, or any of the Tcirito
ries, on the. ground, or under the pretext that
st is imiuora! or siiifu’, or the passage of any
actor measure of Congress, v ill that view,
would be a direct and dangerous attack on the
, institutions of ail the Slave-holding S-ates.
It was upon this that the great battle was
■ tough': 'There has never occurred in Con
gress for years pasta more animated discus-
Mr. WILLIAAI3, of Maine, made a few re
marks m opposition to the resolution. Ho was
f-Ilawed by
Mr. PE.IRCE, of New Hampshire, who
i supported the resolution : and declared his
j readiness to light the battle against the übo
| ii ionists on it, and stand or fail by the pri ,ci
! ides it embraces.
i‘ Mr. CRITTENDEN, of Kentucky, then
i took the floor, and iu a speech distinguished bv
that strong and mai.iy sense for which he is
i no less remuikablo then fur inimitable sarcasm,
I and power of eloquence, demonstrated, how
! barren and unproductive must be all these gen
oral.ties of Mr. Calhoun, even it they should
be adopted He declared that ar.y good they
might by possibility' be capable of in them
seives weald be mure than counteracted by the
remarks with which .Mr. Calhoun had a c m
ponied and enforced them. Such remarks as
that the abolition spirit had its deep seat iu the
very organization ot’Nmthem society—and
: hat there is no hope or safety - but in the prin
ciples of the State Kights party, that all these
who propose other principles are inclined to
favor the abolitionists and actually urge on those
fanatics to greater exertions. He thought
those remarks were equally indiscreet and un
just; and were certainly calculated to produce
that real evil which Mr. Callroun professed to
deplore, the mixing up of the question with the
politics of the country.
Mi. CRI TTHNDEN said he could not look
t.o ih-.ise resolution? tor any protection. He
ff.it slrcng in the constitution, iu the laws of
the laud—tn the strength of the slave holding
States. He would, noteven appearto be alarm
ed by the flippant spirit ofthe abolitionists.
Mr. PRES TON suggested to his colleague
to amend the resolution so as to embrace the
idea that the abolition of slavery in this District
would oo a violation offaith implied in (he ces
sion c-f the territory bv A irginia and Marv.
bm!.
Mr. CALI’OU.N said he had no objection to
this : but he wished to avoid debatable ground.
Mr. CLAA then arose and made a calm,
and tmimpassioned, but. most forcible exposition
of the opinions hu entertained respecting the
tendency of these resolutions —and the course
which ho thought ought to bo pursued—after
wl-iich he read a series of resolutions drawn by
himself, which, he lliKiight, would cover the
whole ground—reconcile conflicting views—
assort tlio rights, and satisfy the wishes ofthe
.''on h—ami arrest the spirit of abolition in tnc
North.
I will send a copy of these resolutions to
morrow, and further notice of the debate.
Li ill? House of R' presetitatives to day 'lr,
V/ i.si inquired whether the Committee on Elec
tions would repoitat al! on the case of th;: cl.:i
inaiits of seats from .Mis. issip.ii ?
Mr. BUCUAN.NAN, the Chairman ofthe
Committee said, in reply, that there would be a
repot t v. ry soon.
'i'l’.e Presidem’s .Message was again taken
up in Committee ofthe whole,and the question
being on the retl r;;: co of the financial part to
til" Committee <4 vVavs and Means.
Mr. MURRAY of Ry. addressed the House
at length ia favour oi tin: St-.h-Treasurv Sch me
atid also of a national Batik but on a plan dif
icreut from the lortner Rank of I’. 8.
'Th? ilottse adjourned. Mr. Garland of Va.
has the ffmrfor 10-mcrrow.
V/asuixo ton, Jun. 10th, 1838.
Afcr I closed my Express Mail visterday a
debate i.fa most interesii.igchuractcrluok place
b tween .Mr. Clay and Calhoun, who said
he believed now he had made some progress
rewards his objt ct —.sii.ee it up,'cured from the
rcsolutiu: s es .Mr. Clay. th..t the right to pcii
iio;: on the subject! of slavery in the States w;is
given up. Mr. Clay, rep icd that it the Car
olina setiakr imagined he had guinea anything
1 a the Sei ate by iiis course on the subject, he
assured him that he had gained a loss in the
country. He took occasion to report the charge
made duri; g the day by Air. Calhoun, th it (he
Mr. ( lay) h :d made co. cession to these pett
tio is for abolition in the District. lie had
made no concession ; but l;e felt assured that
the b st way to maintain our rights was to pay
a proper respect to the rights oi’others. Epi
ih 's, absurd, harsh ki. guage effect nothing.
Mr. Calhoun he thought was entirely injudi
•..i >us i ■ meeii’ig tire n.temperance that eha
ractorize some of the petitions with similar
terms, and he fdt constrained to add, that the 1
whole course ofth.it Senater—(.very measure
of his—was calculated to arouse the agitation
and excitement he professes a desire to all. y
a:.d exti .glli.-b.
Mr. CALliO’ N, in rep’v, defended his i
course as the oi.lv r. medial ouc that could be
adopted;— but he added that it was not wonder
ful that he ami Mr. (.’lay differed ns tothepro
per remedy; si: ee there was a radical differ
ence b twe< u them on the whole subject.
M. CL ; A’ tcspoiidedjo this last remark with
coa.'i.ierabi.) aniimition, that they did differ ra
dically; and lie believ' d mi most questions
too. lie was certainly as anxious to go as far
as th? Carolina Senator coul 1 go in resisting
the. proceedings ofthe abolitionists ; but he did
riot think it i idesjiet.sib'e to use intemperate
language in declaring his determination-—nor
was he for crying out “wolf! wolf!” like the
bay in the fable, on every occasion—he was
against talking of organization ; of combina
tions : ot Souther.', co.ii eutiuns ; he w as against
making “ disunion” a familiar nti’d daily topic
of discussion. Ai’» r some other passes, the
Senate adjourned at 6 o'clock, P. M.
When the subject was ia sutncd to da? - , 4he
question under consideration was on adopting'
an amendment offered by Mr. Clay to strike
out the whole of the fifth resolution, and insert
one which in effect declares that the abolition
of slavery m the District of Columbia could not
be done without a violation of the faith implied
in the cession of that District by the States of
Maryland and Virginia—without compensa
ting the owners of slaves—and without giving
a degree of alarm and apprehension to the
slave holding States far exceeding any good
consequences that could be produced by aboli
tion.
After a long mid desultory discussion in
which Messrs. Clay, Calhoun, King, of Ala
bama, Niles and Buclitinnan partook, the reso
lution, after some slight modification in tho
phraseologv, proposed by Mr. Niles, was adop
ted as a substitute for the fifth resolution of
Mr. Calhoun’s series, by a vole of 38 to 8.
At the time that th s notice is necessarily
brought to a close in order to be in time for
the Express Mail, the Senate are engaged in
considering a resolution, also offered by Mr.
Clay, declaring that slavery ought not to be
abolished in the territory of Florida, because
it would b? a violation cf the Missouri com
promise—because the people of the Territory
have not ask' d for it—and because when ad
mitted to the Union they will have the matter
under their control.
The Hot :se of Representatives are still enga
ged will; the reference of the President’s Mes
sage to the Committees. M.
From the New York Ccur. and Ena. Jan. 10.
LATEST FROM THE FRONTIER.
Wc have it formation from Buffalo to tho 4th
iust. The Albany Daily Advertiser ofTues
day morning, states on the authority of a letter
from Buff-do, dated at half past 5 P. M. on
l lie 4ih that Mr. M’Kenzie had just been ar-
. rested l;y the .Marshall in that city, on a writ.
I issued by the U. S. District Judge, Conklin.
A letter from a correspondent at Niagara
!• alls to the editor ofthe Albany Argus, also of
the 4lh mentions that Gen. Van Rensselaer had
dsciined to surrender the cannon belonging to
the State of New York. The terms ia which
his reply was couched are not known.
J he B.itish force at Chippewa, is estimated
, at 4.000 militia, a lew regulars, and 400 or
, 500 Indians. We annex ail that we find of
■ interest in the Western papers.
LOWER CANADA.
Army Movements—We learn from tho
I Montreal Gazette of the 4th instant, that the
' . 2nd and 3d division ot' the 43d Light Infantry
1 and first of lhe 84th, have arrived at Quebec,
j lhe 43d it is said proceeds immediately to lhe
’ i bunks of the Richilieu. to garrison that section
; ‘ of the Provi.ee.
' Ihe flank companies of the 31 h Foot m*de
; up to the war compliment, and Major Pringle’s
Company of the Royal Artillery, have left Ha
i lilax for New Brunswick, on their way to tho
LawcrProti.ee.
Fiomthe Rochester Dailt; Democrat.
, | Niagara ’ alls, Wednesday, 9 o’clock A. M.
, I Si..ce Sunday last this place lias assumed tho
, | appearance of a regular encamprne.it. Thr.-.e
> regiments have been here most of the lime, and
yesterday not less than 3,000 in n were under
; arms. It would be impossible to conceive the
J excitement produced by th.- Schlosser outrage,
along the entire fro.': ier. Nor arc the people
| lice from alarm. They look upon lhe men
I who would execute and* the commander w!k>
I would issue orders infernal ns that for the in
; discriminate slaughter of unarmed men, as ca
! p able of any act, however unjust or atrocious,
i Several >4 the men who were engaged tn tho
j outrage arc k-nowti. Indeed, some of them
■ make public boast ot the act—and triump-haut-
I ly exhibit th: ir r ood weapons, us evidence of
j their valor! 1 heir promotion is secure, and I
j du-a'.t not that any demand for their surrender
- will be treated w ith contempt. The names of
' four ot the principal monsters, are, as I under-
I stand; Capt. .Mushier, deputy sheriff, McLeod
Lawyer, McDonald and Thomas McCormick.
i The hitter I have known from boyhood. to Lus
■ a most desperate fellow.
I Depositions of two or three, who were on the
j boat at the time ofthe attack, have been taken,
I and st ps commenced to se< ure an indictment
for murder against those who were identified.
Gov. Ilea□ is now at Chippewa. He ar
rived lheie yesterday morning. lie first heard
of the Schlosser outrage i t Niigira; and so
incensed is he said to have been at McNab for
having overreached his duty, that he proceed
ed alone and i i the t ight, post baste, to head
quarters, to reprimand him. But when be ? t
there, an 1 , heard .McNab’s story, he became
reconciled and good natured.
1.1 the same steamboat uliich brought tho
! governor to Niagara, there arriv-d 16 regulars*
I—G cannon a.u! 2 bombs—al! of which wcru
j imm diutely d sp :tclied to Chippewa.
File loyal force opposite is large. It con
sists u! Irom -1 to 5900—78 of whom are regu
lars, and 4 or 50;) of them Indians. They
J have also lo pieces bt ordna co—s or S bomba
j and nbat..rs —co gm ve rockets ai.d ammuui
i tio.n to a y amount.
i lhe force of the Islanders is also large. It
is said litre, to consist of irom 1500 to 2000—
bold, resolute men, who are determined upon
victory. '1 heir ammunition is abundant, and
their ordinance (25) well arranged.
Ge i< rai Arcularius,Commiss ry General of
New X ork, y- sterday demanded the surrender
of the cannon belonging to the Slate, and now
! on Navy [slaml.
11l General itromi-ed a replv m writing to
da;v: . '
'I here is a rumor here that McLeod with 15
j men, were driven over tho falls, by a shot from
i the Island on Sunday mght. It is certain that
i ho is mir siiig, and the rumor is current on both
; sides, and g, rally believed.
’i he Isl;meets arc i.: high glee, and confi
dent of success. '
From the Buffalo Journal.
The Canada War.—The information
brought by the expte.-s this morning, is xhnt
no.bu g ot' interest has occurred sii.ee our last
publication. Some half dozen shots were
i fired from Navy Island last evening, at one of
the scows belonging to the royalists. This
morning trf? tumor is, that a laige detachment
of McNab's fe.rce is marching up the river,
destined probably lor the schooners, which arc
naw arming a k w miles above Chippewa.—
three ot inese vessels are American property,
I belonging to merchants of Oswego, N. Y.—
j’Being wmtered on the Canada side of Lake
! Erie, aflorded an opportunity to the Royalists
| to press them into the service.
I JAorr? Rai trap.— Some few days since a
large rat was: J served making a repast on »oma
dead fish which were lying on the beach at
L alntouih. when i's tail was suddenly taken in
to custody by an oyster, which held on so firm
ly, rn>; withstanding the furious attack made on
it by the legitimate owner of the tail, that find,
ing resistance useless, the rat made off with
ail speed to a m tgliboiing hide, pursued by a
whole host or persons who were attracted to
the scene ot action. The bole, however, be
• ’ ,t,! j l '* large enough to admit its btdy and
not the tail, which was still in the. possession
I cf the oyster, the rat was taken prisoner, and.
i of cout-se, a. soon scut the wav of ell flesh.