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/Vm the Albany Daily Advertiser, 7th fait.
, EXECUTION.
It has again become our painful doty to
irecnrd the particular* of the ignomiuou*
death of <>be of our fellow creatures, in
iompSiance with the requiaitione of the
violated law* of our country. The awful
•entente of death waa yeaterday executed
upon James Hamilton, the murderer of
the lamented major liirdssll, in the south
part of this city, in the presence of a large
concourse of people, from this and the au
Joining counties.
it is ever with emotions of the deepest
regret that we atteanpt to deuil the so
lemn ceremonies attendant upon public
executions; but enstom. and the genius of
our law*; which have ordained capital pun
ishmente more at an example to the liv
ipg, than a« a punishment to the. offender.
»eem to forbid our -remaining s'lent. Ob' 1
the present occasion, however, we shall be
as brief a* possible. The onhappy convirtj
fits expiated his crime upon the gallows—
public justice is ubtaiued—and wc have,
every human evidence that the guilty
malefactor died a sincere and happy pent
tent.
Pursuant to pi evious arrangements, the
prisoner left the jail at half past 12 o’clock
guarded by the Albany corps of artillery
and attended by the sheriff, hi* deputin
and officers, and by a number of the rover
end clergy. He had two or three days previ
eukly expressed a dislike to be taken to the
. .place of execution in a cart, and had re
boosted of the 6heriiT permission to walk
., Vhia officer, who lias ever, treated the pris
1' oner witn the uttermost attention and liu
' manity, readily shewed him this, as well
•s all other proper iudolgencies. He left
the prison with a countenance perfectly
calm and serene—walked to the place ■>)
execution, a distance of more than a mile
With a firm and unshaken step—and
ccnded the scaffold without assistance or
apparent reluctance. The rev. Mr. Stans
bury, who his been constant in his attend
•nee. upon the unhappy man since htf 1 re
ceived his sentence—who has zealously la
'bouretl “in season and out of season,” to
dissipate the ignorance and gloom <>f hi
uneducated mind,by the holy rays of evau
gelical light—and whom we hope has suc
cessfully exhibited to him the riches and
glories of the gospel,—attended him to the
•fatal spot, and ascended the scaffold .witl
fiim. Mr. Stansbury then gave out th
.Slat Palam, 1st purtj beginning—
‘‘Shew pity Lord, O Lord, forgive.”
The singing concluded, Mr. S. addressed
the throne of grace and merry, in a feeling,
jfervent and elegant prayer of about 20
.minutes. After prayer was closed, at the
request of the prisoner, who stated that lie
feared if he undertook to speak himself.
. die should not tic able to render hi* ideas in
telligible, Mr. S. addresed the audience
-ill-his behalf for more than SO minutes, in
the most affectionate and impressive inan-
-lier. It might with truth be said of th
-speaker, that the “oil of eloquence was
upon his tongue, and the honey of persua
sion upon his lips.” In the course of the
address, the prisoner requested Mr. S. to
■make a public confession for him, of the
sense he entertained of the enormity of the
-crime he had committed—his full belief in
the justness of the sentence about to be
inflicted—that he felt no desire to evade
-the requirement* of the law—and to de
clare biS confidence in the Christian reli
gion, and in the efficacy of the blood of t.hi-
-Uedeemer shed for the salvation of man.
' Notwithstanding the re verend gentleman
-on whom had devolved these weighty and
important duties, was greatly agitated and
:-affected, yet, both his prayer and.ad
dress, whether we regard them as pure
streams of piety and devotion, or as the ef
fusions of the classic divine, vvere masterly
^performances; and liop'e they will make a
suitable and lasting impression upon thou
sands who listened to him with such pro
found attention.
The services were closed by singing the
51st Psalm, 2d part.
“Lord, I am vile, conceiv’d in sin,” Ac,
-' The prisoner, then addressed a few words
to those who stood immediately about him,
and took a fiual and affectionate farewell
- of the sheriff, Mr- Stansbury, and at hi* par
ticular request, of several of his former of
eficers and companions inarms. He was
then launched ..into.eternity, under the
fullest confidence, as he frequently de
clared during the day, of having received a
, pardon for his sins, and Consequently of
enjoying a blessed immortality. And may
this awful example prove salutry!
Hamilton, during his confinement since
his trial, and upon the day of execution,
conducted himself with the utmust pro
priety. lie appeared perfectly, resigned
to his fate, and during tbe last hour, nei-
nther uttered a muriuer nor a sigh. When
- first swung off, the cord broke, in conse
quence of the friction upon the hook above;
but ever, then, neither his composure no?
bis resolution forsook him. He regained
his fret, and ascended the scaffold, as firm-
. ly as betore. -i ‘
Die assemblage of spectator* was on-
co-nmonty numerous—probably (rum 10 to;
1-2,01)0; and the crowd through the streets
mi the way to tho place of execution, was
so strong as to create serious apprehen
sions; but in consequence of the judicious
arrangements made'by Mr. then if Hemp
stead, and the g" 0 ,; conduct of his offi
cers, and the military on duty, we are
happy to state that no material accident
occurred. ,j
All the uniform companies of this city,
the txovps.stauoaed.at the caatopment at
Jm
Greenfash, and those from the United
States’ arsenal at Watervleit, were on
duty.
Tbe followin'; remarks on tbe above melancho
ly lie from the A:5any Argue.
Tyi- unhappy, the unfortunate Hamilton
has opiated,) n congregated iniquities by
» ClmsiMn p-rnanre, and an ignominious
death. The untimely fate o( the gallant
OirdiaU,'nailed down deserved impreca
tions upon t.e hoad of.his assassin, but
hit untoward and unprotected situation*
has extorted sympathy from every feeliug
bosom. Illegitimate, and abandoned as
he was, by<ltlinatural parents, he passed
through a career of open and undisguised
vice, without ao*anxioub mother to culti
vate t barren mind and inculcate the go
verning principles of youthful virtue, or a
watchful father, to regulate and restrict a
heated and iropetuons temper.. From his
youth upwards, to the fatal act which ter
minated bis career, he has been involved
in an uninterrupted scene of vice; the first
principles of which, was imbibed in the
city of New-York, and progressed fill
finally matured into the most hardened
depravity white in the army.
Themrime which has .how harried him
into another world, we are thoroughly per
suaded,' notwithstanding foimer appear
ance’*, was the.impulse of au angry mo- 1
mcnf, ,and not deliberate, premeditated
murder. He loaded his rifle for the pur
pose of shooting a colored man, with, wbuui
he had quarrelled, through'the legs; which
he declares was his intention, hail the mao
dot avoided him. That while thus enrag-i
ed, with his temper.iuflamed by intoxica-;
lion, he was called on parade, and in his
way, ' presenting himself before major'
Birdsall, who urnend him to his duty;-
his burning passions baffled by the escape
of the person who enraged them, they be
came ungovernable, and his revenge was
insensibly wreaked upon the innocent
llirdsall. This account he affi.incd wicu
every appearance of truth, with all the
emphasis ..f Christian penitence, on the
mm ning of his execution. ‘ ■
For the first few days of his confinement,
ham, of Philadelphia, was in possession of
the said box or bale of merchandize, or
the proceeds thereof, a monition had been
issued to and served upon l:im to.bring in
the same, and, that he having disobeyed
the monition, and being in contempt ther--
lor, the warrant in question issued, which
commanded the marshals to whom -jt was
directed in thename of the president ot
the United States, to attach and arrest the
said Pater Graham if to be found in their
districts, respectively, and hold bim in
close custody to answer said -court for bis
contempt: or if he cannot fie found within
.the districts, respectively, tfctfi to seize
snd sequester the goods and effects of Pe
ter Granam to the amount of 82000.
The marshal having taken Mr. Graham
into custody by virtue of this warrant of
attachment, he sued out a writ of habeas
corpus for the purpose of contesting the.
lawfulness of the confinement. Mr. Bin-
ney was heard on the part of Mr. Graham
on Monday last,denying tne power of any
district or circuit court of tne United
States to send or execui e its process out
of the dihtrict over which such court pre
sides; and denying the legality of. Litis pro
cess in particular, because Graham nevei
was » party to the proceedings in Rhode Isl -
and, and also questioning thb validity of
.tlie warrant on various points ot form-
J 'lie coart in consideration of the novelty
lid great-importance of the-qaestfbn, i e
quested the district attorney, Mr. Inger
soil, to argue it in support of ■ the warrant
which he undertook to do accordingly, hut
asked for a few days time to examine it
The court therefore postponed the argu
ment until Friday, when it was resumed
by Mr. Ingersoll, in support of the warrant
and Mi. Cliauucey in reply and conctu
sibn against it. in support of the warrant,
it was contended that the constitution and
laws had given to the several courts of the
United States all admiralty and maritime'
jurisdiction, without other.limitation than
the cases themselves, or subject mattei
required, and that as respected place
there was no limit to their jurisdiction:
that this being a case of priz ■, in which
the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island ad in
he remained in a state of complete.-, phren- ra lty court had once attached by possessio
zy, without either reflecting upon.the hor-; 1; Ltlie. thing, its process would reach ell
rid crime lie had perpetrated, or realizing the incidents and constque
the still more horrid late wli»!i awaited
him, and after recovering the use of his in
tellects, he. fell into a state of stupid in
sensibility, waiting composedly, lor anni
hilations an irrational opinion he had pre-
viously embraced, and lor some time after
tenaciously adhered to. The argument*
mid persuasions of the -clergy who visited
him, were urged in vain for many weeks.
Some weens before hjs execution, a re
markable revolution in his opinions ana
feeling* were discovered—lie read the Bi-i
ble almost incessantly. The enormity of
hi* crimes were brought to his view in their
nost appalling character. His anguish
was bitter in the extreme; and we arejun-
t.fieil i-i saying he drank the cup of remorse
to the very dreg*. He sent for the clergy
and implored tiieir prayers and instruc
tions, and we have his own authority, that
hi* three last days were the happiest of
hi* whole life.
Hamilton ascended the ladder to the
scaffold with the most perfect coinposu-c
and resignation. The sheriff stood on the
Scaffold on one side, and Mr. Stansbury
on the other. Hamilton surveyed atten
lively the multitude which aurtroundetl
him. After a fervent and animated ap-,
peal to the fountain of mercy, he request-
< d Mr. Stansbury to address the spectators
in bi* bhalf, saying he was incapable of ex
plaining hi* belief, or expressing his sen
timents in proper language: Mr. S. ad
dressed a glowing and emphatic appeal
to the spectators in an audible and com
manding voice. He spoke of the unhal
lowed crimes of the condemned malefac
tor, and the ignominious death they had
brought him to, with peculiar force and
feeling. He gave an interesting account
>f the state ot his mind, and adverted to
the cause of the uncommon serenity anil
composure which accompanied him to the
shameful death of.the scaffold. He called
tiieir attention to a murderer, who then
stood on the brink of eternity, calm, tran
quil and inexpressibly happy, waiting with
solicitude for the last moment, asking,
what but the power and strength of the
guspel could support him in that awful
situation? He concluded by exhorting
and supplicating sinners to be what the
condemned Hamilton .was—a Christian
penitent• Hamilton then requested Mr.
to warn them against tbe pernicious and
destructive effects of intemperance Ha
milton then perssDallv spoke, in substance
thus:—“My friends, 1 have but little to say
to you. .1- acknowledge the justice of the
law and the condutof the civil officers in
executing me for the crime I have commit
ted. I am ready to die. I die in peace
with the whole world. I am perfectly hip
py. I cannot express my happiness, so 1
bid yea all farewell.”
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
A novel and very important question of
law as respect* the.jurisdiction of IbeJcJ-
eral court* in admirality and maritime
cases, lias been decided by the judges of-
the circuit court of the United States, dur-
_ their present session in Philadelphia.
The queslioii arose out of a warrant of at
tachment issued from the circuit court of
the United State* for the Rhode Island
District, tested on the 8th July, 1818, di
rected to the marshals of the district of
Rhode Island, New-York and the eastern'
This warrant reciting that the ship Fran
ces and cargo were condemned as prize to
the captor* in tne Rhode Island district in
the year 1813, a certain bale or box ol
merchandize, part of that cargo, had, by
mistake, been delivered to a certain James
Stewart, and taken out of that district,
that alur monition, disobedience, con
tempt and warrant of attachment, Stewart
hod absconded from the United States,
and that, on the representation of Stewart's
pructer and tbe captors, that. Pct£c. Gra-
casejand that bv the practice and nrinci
pies of all pi ize courts, which are into
lional, not municipal tribunals, they
not confiued to or by territorial limita
tions.
On Saturday morning, judge Washing
ton delivered the opiriiun of the court,
stating, that though during the argument
the judges were notwithout some doubt on
the subject,yet they had determined to
discharge Mr. Graham from custody on the
ground that the several circuit and district
court* of.the United States are limited in
theirjurisdictiuntothe territorial district*,,
to widen they are respectively allotted ii
their organization, and cannot extend
tiieir process beyond their local limit
cept in certain cases specially provided
for by law, of which this is not out-.-
Fraiuclin Gazette, 9th inst.
Nokfplk, November 10.
CASE QF THE SHIP FROVIDENC1A.
This vessel, it will.be recollected, wa*
seized by the revenue officers ot this port,
in the month of June, 1817,while she was
attempting t» pass up to Baltimore. The
Providencia war the property of certain
subjects of the king of Spain, from whom
she was forcibly taken, while going from
St. Sndero to Havana, with a cargo ol cord
age, cutlery, dfc. hy an armed vessel call
ed the Maugore, fitted out at Baltimore,/
commanded hy a capt. Barnes, and cruiz
ing under the flag of one of the indepen
dent provinces of South America. The
captor- after putting a prize crew onboard
of her, ordered her to Buenos-Ayrcs, but
owing to stress of weathvr and other cau
ses,’the prize master thought proper to
shape his course for Baltimore. On being
brought in here she was immediately libel
led by the consul of his Catholic majesty,
in' benalfofher Spanish owners, and a de
cree subsequently issued out of the district
court of the United States, directing both
the vessel and cargo to be sold, and the
proceeds deposited in the bank, subject to
the future order of the court. The follow
ing we understand, is the final decree of
trie judge, (Tucker) pronounced (luring
the pending term of thecourt:—Five sixths
of the whole amount to be paid over to his
Catholic majesty’s consul for the state ol
Virginia, for the benefit ;>f the Spanish
owuers; the remaining sixth to be retain
ed and held at the disposal of the court,
as salvage, should any legal claim of that
sorj he put in within 12 months; but should
no such claim be preferred during that pt •
noil, or being preferred and the court
should deem it insufficient, then the sum
so retained to be.paid over to the Spanish
consul as in the first casA.—Herald.
The U. S. frigate Macedonian, John
Downes, esq. commander, weighed anchor
in Hampton roads yesterday morningabout
1 i o’clock, and probably got to sea about
o’clock in tbe afternoon, as she had a fine
breeze from ar. w.—Beacon.
From the Wathington City Gazette, 9.A im*t.
REFOLUTlOjX.iOTSPIRIT OF MEXICO.
Late foreign news furnishes an extract,
under tlie Madrid head,dated August SO,
of a convulsed state of the M.uican interi
or, that we (Jid not expect Coming thro’
such a channel we may - reasonably attack
to it uiure thjn ordinary Credit, We ha(J
no jdea^nat the independents were in such
and western districts of Pennsylvania, forwvshd capable o! doing so much mi*-
chief, ia the very heart of what.are consid
ered the most loyal jirovinces of Ferdi-'
iianit: the Mexicans, atrfr all their boasted
tranquillity, can be little better oft* than
the V“ne Z ue!ians, whom we know to be en
gaged iti the most active hostilities. The
letter is dated Mexico M y 22, received
in Cadiz from Veru Ciuz by the brig Chur-
“The peace whicfovcc-have been so lqng
“promised is not yet arrived, and 1 fear is
*-far distant. We continue to'be'
* I .1
“roKndei with parties of insurgent*, that
“we 'cannot venture Out of town. It is the
“same with dll the other tpvns of tbe king
“lam. They still tlo mischief atBaxio,
.“and Guanansnuafo supers exceedingly
“from their disorders. gV goyernmeui
“promised to dispatch a convoy and cou
•‘rier twice a month for Gyanaruato,kut
•‘that has not yet been done. Nearly two
“months have elapsed since we had any
“news from thst place. The last letters
“cuuiplain of the wait of quicksilver and
“the difficulty of obtaining it, as the expense
“of carriage in so extremely dear that the
“cost of that mineral absords nearly the
“whole profile of themines. There was
•‘only from 50 to 60 arastates (mills for
“the ore) working, whereas in ordinary
“timesthere are 1, 500. Many of the works
,,for elabo ration have been burnt.”
The members of congress begin to as
sembleat the seat of government. Mr.
Gaillard, the president pretempore of .the
senate, arrived here a day or two ago.—
Messrs. Wilson and Fromeirtm, of the sen
ate, have also arrived.—Afet. Intel. 10th
inst.
Bunk robbery —It is reported that the
Branch. Bank in this city has been robbed
of 840,000 by a person employed therein;
the rogue was pronitly discovered, ami
most of the money recovered.—JT. V. Col
umbian, 6th inst.
After .experiencing a long ilrought and
a very unpleasant smoky atmosphere, this
city was visited last evening with some
most welcome showers accompanied by
lightning.—JV*. ¥. Mer. Adv. 7th inst.
The .Bxchange-Coffee-House, lately de
strayed by fire, covered 12,753 feet of
ground, measured 84 feet on the east front
and 132 feet on the north, and was seven
stories high. The principal floor was one
.lory from the ground, and from this to the
Dome, which covered the ceutre of the
building was 83 feet. Previously to the
ulling down of the-walls, it ia said the
uins bore some resemblance to those ol
Jie capitol, at Washington.
On ,lhe same eyening, the rppe walk at
the Charlestown was destroyed by fire, and
liit eottnn manufactory at Waltham.—
Huston t'atriot, 6th inst.
A valuable bed of plaster has lately beei
discovered within a few miles of the vil
lage ot Clcaveiaml, Ohio, equal in equality
t.» any in Canada, or in the known world
—l’hil. Freeman's Journal, 9th inst.
TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
The returns of the late congressional
election, in Pennsylvania, have come to
hand, except those .from Greene County.
and exhibit the aggregate democratic mu
j-iiitv of twenty .eight thousand five hnn
dred and forty-sin-. Wuunderlul to re
late, this proud majority is given without
the aid of Uuahe and Lieb, or the Aurora
all three being now enlisted in the cause of
federalism. Although it may be a“curi-
iiu* phenomenon," as Duane says, that the
federalists and h'tnself should think alike,
yet it is no phenomenon that the democrat
ic cause should be strengthened, in conse
quence of iii* desertion from it* ranks.—
Franklin Gazette, 9th inst.
The carrier of the northern mail was
thrown from his seat on Thursday evening
last, when about 1C miles from George
town on his way to Charleston; and when
ibis paper was put to pres*, nothing had
been heard of the mail, horse or chiT/r.—
The horse had received a-fright, and was
running at full speed when the rider etas
dislodged.—Georgetown Intel. ,Voc. 14.
The Northern Mail of yesterday, which
in the regular course, was due at 9 o’clock
n the morning, did not arrive until 4
o’clock in the afternoon. The mail not
having come to hand at the S2 mile house
on Thursday evening, as it ought to have
dnne, Mr. Jones, tbe contractor, immedi
ately proceeded on towards Georgetown
to ascertain the cause of its -failure. He
had not proceeded more than five or six
miles, when he met the sulkey with the
mail and in charge of another person, who
tated that it had been found the night pre
vious, near midnight, passing along the
road without the-driver. Mr. Jones imme
diately took it in charge, and with that
taudabie spirit which distinguishes him in
the execution of his duty as a contractor,
brought it to town, express. Nothing has
since been heard of (he driver, and the
cause* which induced him to this desertion
are perfectly Inexplicable; more-, partitu
.aily, as the mail itself was entire and un-
tuched.—Charleston Times, I4thinst.
New-York, November 4.
To the Editori of the Jimo-T^rL Daily Mveriirer.
Gentlemen—
If you think tbe following information
likely to be useful, you will undoubtedly
give it publicity. The terrible evil ol a,
confirmed-dancer, renders every commu
nication advisable, which may give addi
tional erf ditto a medicine, certainly., very
.simple, and probably, if not beneficial in
every case, at least a* harmless, as any
thing, not absolutely beneficial,can possi
bly be.
"For a number of years, mv wife was
troubled with an eruption (apparently can-
erous) upon her.nost'. Not daring to in
dulge the idea that Jit was a Cancer, the
ippluatious that were made- to it, from
-pie to time, by different physicians ami
Urgeons. were made with the professed
iuter.t to prevent-rather than to remove a
Cancer; hut almost every aoplicatfon ap
peared to produce, ultimately, more iu-
dammittiun Unit it removed, and the pa
tient was nothing, bettered, but rather
j-rew worse. The.last j.hysician.who pre-
criur.i fur her, after having applied. altet -J
atcl* caustic and cooling poultices, with-
hav.ii.-! luodbced any good effect, as-
ribed i difficojiy to the bail state of the
et-t i. consequence no less than
0,i. tera teeth wo* extracted, to prevent
the dreaded Cancer. JPhe earn* difficulty,,
nevertheless,stillexisted, and gloomy was
the prospect, until a friend nf oars having
read in some newspaper the beneficial ef
fect of Pipcisseva, (called in your paper
oCfoesday.moi qing Pipsissemay, bat more
properly called perhaps by its vulgar name
Wintergreea,) Informed us of it* suppos
ed virtues. I searched for it, in the shops,
a long time, without effect. At length,
having learned the vplgsr name of it, it
was spoa found. A tea iyas made-of the
leaves, and used freely;'both as£ drink
and as a wash, at the same time. After
many applications, the erroption appeared
to be diminishing, and now, fur a number
of months, it has ceased to be troublesome.
Being strong! vpersuaded, that the plani
called in medical books Pipcisseva, or Uva
Uroi, but most commonly known by the
name of Wintergreen, possesses very pow,
erful virtues in pt eventing (if pot rcm.ov,
ing) Cancers, I have thought it my duty
to state these circumstances to you, leaVr
ing it to you to make what use of - them
you may think proper. I am, gentlemen,
yours respectfully, E. \V. “
THE REPUBLICAN**
T
MTinuo.vmnui svxxtiro, xovemsis 1.8,18 Iff.
Skits Th-.xpsox, esq. -or New-York, h** • bee*
appointed by the president of the United States!
Secretary of the JCavy, in tbe place-of Benjsuua
IV. Crowninslueld, of Massachusetts, resigned.
The president of the United States has rtcog-
nized the Marquis de Fenstus as the consul ed
his most Christian majesty of France, for the port
of Charleston. 1
A writer in the Baltimore American, proposes
tha’ centt be substituted fur dollars as a dreqta.
injr specie medium, to relieve the Banka from the
pressure for dollars; which are only wanted for
exportation, and not for the purpose of ctrculw
tic 0.
thom oca coaauroHoiKTa.
Office of the -A‘. T Mercantile Adv. Slfftaff.
We learn by our Boston ietter, that 400 rnpo
were about to sail from Havana, to take pocca
sion of Pensacola.
Captain Anner, in 14 days from St Croix, in
forms that a temporary Embaigo was laid on all
vessels at that Island in consequence of an at.ack
made on the government sch r si. 1'homss, by a
brigantine under tbe old Mexican flag. The St.
Thomas being short of hands, was ■ bilged to run
into Bass Ena harbor, where she was reinforced,
and on the 23d till, proceeded to ;ea in pursuit of
j he above bi- g. Capt Anuer passed them next
jay in sight of each other.
Pricet Current at Augusta, Aott.'U.
Cot'on z8a2di; tobacco 10 to 15; flour lie 13;
corn, hush. I 50; corn meal 150 a I 75; salf i .50
a 1 75; whiskey 75 a fl'J.
frier, at Darien, JVeo. 16.
Flour, Pliilad. hi $33 a 13j; corn, bush 1 K>s
I 124; sugar. Georgia, cwt 12 a u ; molasses,
Georgia, gall 6j a 70 els; bacon, Georgia, cwt. -JU
cts; pork, b! Z6 a 28; beef, bl 11 a 20; salt,push.
75; tobacco, leaf, cwt, none; ranging timber, per
lOOJft. $8 a H/j scantling, do I8 # boards, pitch
line, do. 22 a 23; do. white do. do. 25a 30; staves
,V O per 1030, 20; do. K O da none; shingles, 5*
Pricei at Charletton, JVov 16.
Cotton, sea-island, lb 55 a 61, nominal; do up
land, prime 30 u 31J; coffee, green, lb 34 a 35;
Corn, prime, bush 1 12 al 16; flour. Phi lad bt 10£
a 11; do Camden, none; do Richmond and jhdt.
sweet, lUj; rice, 100 lbs prime, 87, scarce; to
bacco, per 100 lbs. leaf, 1st, 2d & 3d quality. 212.
II and 84. scarce. Er change —on England, real
par; un Boston, New-York and Fhiladelphia, short
sight, 4 to l |.r ct advance; on Baltimore, 4 to t
prctarlv; Georgia banknotes, 4*1 per ct. dis.
scarce; N Carolina state bank do. 1 a 14 pr-cent
dis. scarce; Dollars, .4 pr ct premium, scarce.
Pritesat Georgetown, f S CJ JVov It.
Cotton, short staple, 30 cents; middling!, none;
rice, prime cwt. 25 50 a 6 6i; middlings 6a 6 5Q;
flour, Phiidad. sup. bl 13; Fayetteville Tl; jpom.
81: tobacco, (Charleston inspection) tOil lbs gB
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF SArAJTffAH.
CLKAESD, V
Schooner Decatur, Wheeler, Boston
Schooner Moxa, itoger*, Boston
Sloop Bright-Phebus, Ketulmm, Danes.
The brig Eliza. Adams, was to have sailed fros*
Boston for this port on the 8,th inst.
The brig Triton, Baker, was advertised at Bos
ton on the 6tlt ins:, to sail for this port in the
course nf ten days.
The brig Almyra, Atwood, arrived at Bostae
1 tbe 6th inst. from this port.
Port of Darien, November IS. (.•
Arrived, schrs Paragon, Brown, N York, 12 ds;
Harmony, Barnet, do. 15 days; Bright TbcrbuS,
Smith, Savannah, 2 Jays; Turn Boll, Philips, dh.
6 days; sloops Rosetta; Hathaway,' Freetown
(Mass) 17 days—& mechanics are passenger*. 1
Sloops James, Vincent, Charleston, 3 ds; Tes-
zer, ltuss, St Mary's, 1 day; Gold Hunter, Stole*.
bury, Savannah, 5 days; Maria, Potquet, do fr
days. . ■ - , • f
Port ef Charleston, November fS.
Arr. brig-Gen Ripley, Tlrew, Rum-key, (Bat»-
ma) 9 days. On the 2£lb and 27lli ult a, tre
mendous hurricane was experienced at-the Ba
hama Islands, which proved Very destructive 40
the wreckers on tlie coast During the gate on
the 27th, (he Spanish schr Yaboiato, capt Fran
cisco, from the coast of Africa, with IQ0 slaves
un board, was stranded on tlie Baliamas, and ztt
bands perished except tlie captain, 1 seaman, and
18 -laves. Thera were saveral o'her vessels cost
aw ay on the same day, (he wracks of which weae
to be seen-floating around the island several days
vrevious to the sailing of (he G R The Jay
jeforc capt Drew left Uumkey, a New-Prow
dence wrecker arrived at that place, and report
ed that the -above mentioned gale was very se
verely fell at Nassau, and thst considerable dam
age bad been sustained along the coast.
Steam-boat Charleston, .Utley. 36 hours-frutp
Savanna’>,via .’ienufort, (inland)
-Cleared, ship Rising Stales, Church. N Yutfc
brig Arettmss, Helen.?, do; sefirs Hero, .Hunt,'
Bath, (Me 1 ; Zeno, Howes. Riston; Cormfx, At.
wich. St Augustine; alpop* .EX; resa. Hammett,
SnranuaM Anna, Forman, do; Mechanic,
Providence. ■ f
Pert of Alexandria, November 93
Arr. c!ocp fluntre-s Spencer Si Thomas, C
days Left at ol Thcmai, (Jcl^ ship Boras ntha,
K.-bmaiu . -S’, ru-1-,- ^ di-c. vr n.j;; brig G, n North,
of Barbados Jiul'in in distress, dismasted in the
jib- of the 20th Sept, with the toss of fifty-seven
toiues.
Clctred, brig Dove, Barret, Bermuda.
Port of BaStinur e, Novembers.
Arr. ship Gen Smith. Sevan*, St Pen raburg,
(long passage). Fjjcke -7lh ult 1st 37 4 V ' 74,-
achr Ttviiis, from Savannah, for. PhiUdel; dJi, Joet
ber mainmast 17th in x gate. 1 ^ s ”. .-*