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THE PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.
CONTINUED.
Fort St. Mate*. 28th April, 1818.
The court convened-pursuant to ad
journment. Present
Major Gen. E. P. Gaines, President
• Members.
Co). King Colonel Dyer
‘Col. Williams Lt Col. Lindsay
1.1. Col. Gibson Lt. Col. Elliott
Major Muhlenberg Major Fanning
Major Montgomery Major Minton
•Cant. Vaslion -Capt. Crittenden.
Lt. J. M. Glassell, Recorder/
When the further examination of the
■witness Peter B. Conk, took place, viz.
Question by the Prisoner. How long’
*tiave you been acquainted with the settle,
rnents on the Sahwahnee ?
Answer. Between six and seven months.
(fues. by the P. For what term of years
'•did you’engage to Bve with the prisoner ?
For no stated period—1 was ta
ken bv the vear. v «
(fues. by the P. Were you not discharg
ed trom liis employ?
,9ns. He told me he had no further use
' for me after I had written the letters to
, Providence.
Quest. YVhere did you stay after you
were discharged ? . *
Ans. I staid in a small house belonging
'to a bov called St.John, under the protec
tion of Nero.
(furs. What was the subject matter of
the letters you wrote to Providence ?
Jins. After being refused by the prison
er a small venture to Providenco, I wrote
my friends for the means to trade by my
self.
(furs, by the P. Ho you believe the pri-
’ soner had knowledge 6f the ventures be 1
ing «n board tlie schooner?
Jins. 1 don’t believe he did. It was
small, and in my trunk.
(furs, by the P. I>o you know that Am-
brister was -the agent of the prisoner ?
Jins. I do net.
(files. Do you think that the powder
and lead shipped, Woidd more than sup
ply the Indian and negro hunters?
Jins. I did not see the powder and lead
mvself, but was told by Bolegs that he had
a great quantify he had there keeping to
fight with.
(fue*. Did the Indians reside on the
east side of the river? Ans. They did,
(files. You were asked if the negroes
and Indians, when tire letter marked A.
mini: mnviir.W-rt.- 1 l Y?uSW?,<fakr, UB
the defeat of tne Indians at Mickasuky
prior to that time?
Jins. It was afterwards, 1 believe, they
received the information.
(furs. Did not Bolegs keep other pow
dcr 'ban that got from the prisoner?
Jins. He had some he get from the Bluff
■which was nearly done ; lie said his bun,
ters were always’ bothering him about pow
der.
(files. Did you state, that at the time
Ambrister ascended the river there was
■no other vessel at the mouth of the river?
.4us. There was none other there ; there
"was one had sailed.
(files. There is a letter A spoken of;
how do vou know that the son of the pri
soner had that letter in bis possession ?
Ans. I saw him with it, which he drop
ped, and a bov, called John, picked up
■and gave to me.
(fries. Yon stated that the Indians and
negroes doubted the fidelity of the prison
er in sending letters to the" Prince Regent
—do you think the prisoner would have
been punished by them had he not com
plied with their wishes?
Aha. 1 do not know.
(files. Do you believe the prisoner was
■compelled to write the Indian communi
cations ?
.hi*. He was not compelled.
William Hatnbly.a witness on the part
of the prosecution, being duly sworn, and
commencing a statement of what he heard
the chiefs sa v. ami the prisoner objecting
to nearsay evidence of that kind—the
couri was cleared in order to take the
question : when they decided that the pri
soner's objection was not valid. The wit
ness was therefore recalled, and stated,
the fifteen or twenty days after the pri-
Sc i 'r arrived at Ocklorkhee the Seminole
Indians began to steal horses from the U.
Sta'e* settlements, and committed nmr-
jj. rs on the Satilla River, which, he Was
informed by them, was at the instigation
of the prisoner.
The Chiefs of the Little Villages in
witness's neighborhood then desired him
to write a few lines to the prisoner, stat
ing those reports, and that he did not
know that those Indians he was exciting
had long been outlawed, and cautioned
H him against such proceedings, or he might
be involved in their ruin. ’This the wit
ness did. when the prisoner wrote him a
lone and insulting letter, which Was lost,
upbraiding the witness fur calling those In
dians outlaws, and accussing him of excit
ing 'hr! ndians to cruel war. The witness
Was told by Chiefs and Indians who had
seen the prisoner, that he advised them to
go to war with the L'uited States, if they
did 'lot surrender them the lands which
he I been taken from them, find that the
British government would support them
ill it.
The Indians that took the witnesi and
i certain Mr. Doyle prisoners, which hap
pened on the IStn December last, told
them 'hat it was hr the prisoner?* order ;
’ were taken and robbed—khi their arrival
at riuwauey they were told by the Indian
and negro Chiefs who sat in counsel over
them, tnat the prisoner had advised that
he should be again up to five orsix Choctaw
Indians who were savedfrom theNcgroFnrt,
who would revenge themselves for the
loss of their friends at tliat place. On
their return from Suwaney, the Chief
King Hijah told them that he had got the
prisoner to write several letters for him,
one to the Governor of Providence, one to
the British Minister at Washington, one
to the Secretary of State in London, and
one to the American Agent for Indian Af
fairs, protesting againt the proceedings of
the Commanding officer at Fort Scott.—
While the witness was at Suwaney, the
Indian Chiefs told him, that the prisoner
had arrived at that place with ten kegs of
powder on board his vessel; and whilst
at Fort St. Marks, some time in March,
Hiilisaja or Francis, brought an order
from toe prisoner to the commandant for
two kegs of powder, with other articles
which were in his possession.
(hies, by the Court. Were any murders
Or depredations committed on the white
settlements by tlie Indians previous to the
prisoner’s arrival at Ocklocknee?
.Ins. None, except one murder at Fort
Gaines, which was before or about the time
of the prisoner’s arrival.
(fues. How long have you resided among
the Indians; state to tlie Court whether
you are acquainted with the Indian Ian
guage, and how long since you learned iti
Jins. 1 have resided among them four
teen years, and have understood their lan
guage twelve years.
(fues. Do you believe the Seminoles
would hate commenced the business of
murder and depredations on the white
settlements, hail it not been at the instiga
tion of the prisoner and a promise on nis
part of British protection?
.Ins. I do not believe they would, with
out they had been assured of British pro
tection.
(fues. by the Court. What w f as the light
in which the prisoner was received by the
hostile Seminoles: was it that of an au
thorized agent of *!ie British government 5
Jins. The different chiefs always repre
sented him to me as such.
Tlie witness recognised the letter mark
ed G, and signed A. Arbuthnot, as being
a copy of the one alluded to in his testimo
ny as lost.
(fues. byi the Prisoner. Are you ac
quainted with the prisoner’s hand write?
Ans. I have seen it but cannot say 1 am
acquainted with it
(fues. Is that which you have just seen
and say is the copy of the one you lost,
the prisoner’s hand write?
Ans. It looks to be his hand writing, but
I cannot say positively.
(files. Was the prisoner considered as
the airentof the Seminoles at the time those
murders were committed?
Aus. I had not seen the prisoner at that
time; the Indian Chiefs told me that the
prisoner had reported himself to them as
an English .Agent,
prisoner lo be when you’were
and Jti their arrival at Mickasuky (as pri
soners) King Hijah and all his Chiefs told
tjbcm it was by the prisoner’s orders they
Ans. The Indians told us that lie had
gone over to Providence, but was expect
ed back by the time we should arrive at
Suwaney.
(fues. Did you not request King Hijah
to prevail upon the risoner to give you a
passage in his schooner to Providence ?
Ans. Y es, but was told that the prisoner
refused it, stating tliat, if we were forced
upon him, he would blind-fold us and make
us walk overboard.
Qiies.YVhat were the reasons given by
King Hijah for the prisoner’s not granting
your request ?
Ans. King Hijah stated that the prison
er was fearful of meeting with an Ameri
can vessel, where we should be taken out
and he thereby loose his schooner.
Edmund Doyle, a witness on the part of
the prosecution, being duly sworn, was
questioned as follows:
(fues. by the Judge Advocate: Do you
knoiv any thing that would lead to sub
stantiate the charges against the prisoner
now before you ?
Ans. I know nothing but from common
report.
William Fulton, an evidence in the pre
sent prosecution, being duly sworn, testi
fied the copy of the letters from A- Ar
buthnot to General Mitchell, Agent for
Indian Aflairs,dated Suwaney, 19tn Janua
ry, 1818, and marked No. 6, as acknowl
edged by the prisoner, to be the same in
substance as one written by himself at
tliat time—an extract from tne letter was
then read.
No. 6.
E.xiract from a letter icfitten by A. Ar
buthnot to general .Mitchell, American
agent for the Creek Nation of Indians,
dated Sah ah nee, 19th January, 1818.
_ In taking this liberty of addressing vou,
sir, in behalf of the unfortunate Indians,
beljeve me I have no wish, but to see an
end put to a war, which if persisted in, I
foresee must eventually be their ruin,
ami, as they were not the aggressors, if
in the height of their rage they committed
any excesses, that you will overlook them
as the just ebullitions of an indignant
spirit against an invading foe.
I have the honor, &c.
A. Arbuthnot.
Bv order of King Hijah and Bolegs, act
ing for themselves and other chiefs.
(fues. by the P. YY here did the prisoner
acknowledge the letter just read to be a
copv of the one written by himself?
Ans. In the encampment before this
place about the 6th or rth inst.
Qnes. by the P. YVas not the acknowl
edgement when he was a prisoner?
Ans. It was.
(furs, by the P. Did tou hear a gentle
man say to the prisoner whilst in custody
that those who recommended the scalping
knife and tomahawk should feel their
keenest edge ?
Ans: I did hear a gentleman say, that
those who excited the Indians to th*e mur
der of the unoffending should feel the
keenest edge of the scalping knife; but,
as well, as I reccollect, that observation
was not made until after the repeated ac
knowledgemerits of the prisoner of having
written tvktter. -
(fues. tffle C. YVas not the con
of uic prisoner to this letter made volun
tarily and withoutanyconstraint whatever?
Ans. I conceive it was.
The evidence on the part of the prose
cuti^^ging closed, the prisoner request
ed dHritness Robert C. Ambrister as
one oWiis witnesses, against whom crimin
al charges had been filed, and who was in
custody on account thereof, to which the
Judge Advocate objecting, the Court was
cleared to take its sense—when it was de
cided that Robert C. Ambrister, now in
custody for similar offences with the pris
oner, cannot be examined as evidence be
fore this Court.
John Lewis Phenix, previous witness,
now on the part of the prisoner, being again
sworn, was questioned as follows, viz:
(fues. by the P. Was there any other
vessel at the mouth of tie Sahwanee River
when Ambrister seized your schooner?
Ans. Yes.
(fues. YVhat vessel was it ? YVas it not
the vessel which Ambrister came in?
Ans. It was a sloop, and I understood
Ambrister came in her.
(fues. Did Ambrister ever mention to
you who recommended him to seize the
prisoner’s schooner, or who assisted him
in stimulating the negroes to do so?
Ans. No. 1 understood he came on board
of his own accord.
(fues. by the C. Have you since you
commanded the prisoner’s vessel, ever
brought any arms to that part of thecoun
try?
Ans. No. I brought a quantity of lead
ten kegs of powder’in the last tnp.
John YVinslett, a former witness on the
part of the prosecution, being recalled on
behalf of tlie prisoner, was questioned as
follows, viz.
(fues. by the prisoner. Are you not of
opiuion that the letter which you say was
written by the prisoner to the Little
Prince, is now in the *posses8ion of the
Little Prince?
Ans. After reading it, 1 returned it to
him and belive it to be still in his posses
sion, as Indiaus seldom destroy papers of
that kind.
The prisoner requesting some time to
make up his defence, he was given until
to-morrow evening at four o’clock.
Congress of the United States.
IN SENATE.
Monday. December 8.
The president laid before the senate
report Irom the secretary of the treasury
embracing a plan for the final settleineir
of land claims in LouNana and Missmi
together with the drafts of a bill tor that
purpose; which were referred to the com
initteeon the public lands.
Mr. Macon preseuted the petition of
sundry inhabitants of North Carolina,
, , r-;*"* n “ the establishment of a no.st
derstanu tne route between Oxford auu Louisburg, in
that state.- - Refer red.
Mr. Burrill gave notice that he should
on to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill
respecting the transportation of persons
of color, for sale, or to be held to labor.
Mr. Noble’s motion of tlie 3d instant,
conct ruing 4 poste route in Indiana, was
taken up and agreed to.
The senate proceeded to the considera
tion of tne report of the committee on the
judiciary, unfavorable to the petition «f
Matthew Lyon, who prays the reimburse
ment of a fine inflicted oil him under the
sedition law, and other damages by him
sustained by that sentence.
Mr Crittendan moved to amend the re
port by substituting the following resolu
tion for that ut the committee, declaring
that the petition ought not to be granted:
Resolved, That ail persons who were
prosecuted and fined under and by virtue
of the second section of the act of congress
commonly called the sedition law, appro
ved the 14th day of July, 1793, entitled.
“An act ip. addition to the act for the pun
ishment of certain crimes against the Uni
ted States,” ought to be reimbursed and
indemnified out of the public treasury, to
the amount of the fines imposed upon and
.paid by them respectively.
Oil this motion an animated and inter
esting debate took place, (which shall be
further noticed hereafter,) in which Mes
srs. Crittenden, Burril, Barbour, Otis and
Macon entered. No question was taken;
when, at a late hour,
The senate adjourned.
without infringing on nutters not refer-1 States, His commission to take'date from ‘
red to its consideration. He alluded to | March 5, 1817, and to be ndtobered 2hx
the subject of the Seminole war. That I the commissions of that date.—16.
war involved our relations with a foreign I ■ r, .
pow.-r, which were committed to the com-1 ARBUTHNOT AND AMBRISTER,-
initt-e|->f,forcign relations; but no important I When we first heard ol the execution
.incident in that war, the execution of Ar-1 of the sentenceof death on these miserable
buthnot and Ambrister, was confided to I men,_we suggested the propriety of sus-
the military committee; and, in proceed-1 pending our opinions on this subject, up-
ing on one subject, they could pot well I til all the facts should be oOiciall before us.
avoid the other. The- committee of foreign I We have laid them before our readeis,and
relations did not, therefore, known well I ziven time to make up their opinions, be
low to proceed, unless they had the whole 1 fore we obtruded upon them any sugges-
matter before them; and, in offering the I lions of ours on this subject,
following motion, it was not done without I An attentive perusal of the documents,
an understanding to that effect with the I and considerable reflection on the sub- '
committee on millitarv affairs. Mr. H.lject, have confirmed the opinion we ex?
then submitted tlie following: pressed, some months ago that the rasfc
Resolved, Tliat the committee on mili- of these persons neither required nor per-
tiry affairs be discharged from tlie further I mitted the intervention of the British ok.
consideration of so much of the president’s I any other foreign government. It is theft
message as relates to the execution ot I a question entirely between ourselves, be-
Arbuthnot and Ambrister, and the con-1 tween the officers ol government and the
duct of the war with the Seminole Indians; I people.
and that the same be referred to the com-1 YVe wish we could say, with equal,con-
mil tee of foreign relations- fulence, that we entirely approve of the
After considerable debate, the resulu- proceedings of the court by which these
tion was laid on the table. mer. were condemned. YVe mean not to
The engrossed bill making a partial palliate their offence, but to express our
apnropriation for the support of the mill-1 doubts whether their punishment waspri^
tary establishment for the year 1819; was I perly administered. YY’e express oqf
read the third time and passed. J thoughts on this subject with much diffi-
The house then. 011 motion of Mr. Ilur-jdence. Being ignorant of the taw martial,
risen, resolved itself into a committee of I we are guided to our decision by esta^-
the whole, Mr. Wilkin in the chair, on the 11ished principles of national and of civil
bill concerning invalids, [conferring on I law, applicable, we presume,to all crimin-
the secretary of war, the power of placing I al trials, by whatever court, in our coun
invalids of the revolution on the pension I try.
roll, in the same manner that lie is now I Arbuthnot merited punishment, doubt-
authorised to place on the pension list in-1 less, for liis officious intermeddling with
valiils of subsequent wars.j I the Indians, and for having, under pre-
The bill was explained by Mr Johnson, tcncc of trailing with them and consult-
of Kentucky, on whose motion it received I ing them to assert their rights, excited them
some amendments, rendered necessary b; - 1 to hostilities against us. It is another ques-
acts passed since the bill was trained at tion, whether his offence was a military
the last session, and was afterwards re- one, or properly cognizable by a military^,
ported to the house, by whom the amend-1 tribunal. It is at least certain that thftT*
inents were concured in, and the bill or- I power, and that there was no danger
dered to be engrossed for a third reading I person was completely within our
— I of his escape, or of his effecting any
The following letter from the Secretary of Sute, I thing, whilst in confinement prejudi-
to Mr. Newton, chairman of the committee ofJ cial t0 the opera tion9 of t | ie a my
commerce and manufactures, was read in tlie I . P . . _ , , . n .. /
muse of representatives, on (he 7th in.t. by Mr. LT 0 have . held him in confinement, there-
Nuwton, in ihe course of bis discussion on the I fore, subject to the directions ot a higher
foreign sermen bill:— authority, it appears to us, would have
Department *f State, been, if an error at all, an erroi on the
IFaefiinytin, 3d January, 1818. I safe side of the question.
Thomas N. wton. esq, dial-man of the committee I With respect to ihe evidence bpfore the
of commerce and manufactures: • I c „urt,in this case, our respect for the iliar-
Sir—In answer to the enquiries in your ilc ter of the officers composing it obliges
letter of the 25th ult. with relereuce to us , little conversant as we liave proirs-eil
the subject of the resolution enclosed in it, I to be (and may we long be!) with militery
I have the honor to state, that in all the I law, to presume it was such as that law
maritime states of Europe, with which I admits. Anil this is all we shall say of it.
have been personally conversant, there are l„ the case of Ambrister, the evidence
magistrates invested with authority to ar-1 i 9 conclusive enough. He has found in
rest seamen, deserters '.rum foreign mer- I arms against the United States, and plead
clmnt vessels in their ports, and to restore |<guilty to the charge of leading the Lower
them to the masters of the vessels to which I Creeks to battle, lie identified himself
they belong, conformably to their cun-1 with tlie enemy, and subjected himself to
tracts in the shipping papers. The pro- their fate. But when taken, did l.e not be-
cess in such cases, is, as by their nature I come a prisoner of war, and was he not
it tnust be, to prove efficacious, immediate I entitled to the privileges of that character?
iind summary; anil the masters ot Amcri-1 if S(lj ( |j ( | he become properly tlie subject
can veisels have the benefit or it, in com-1 of trial by a court martial?
■non with others. In the city Loudon, the I YVe are under the impression, that the
authority is vested in the lord mayor; and offences of both these individuals were such
other places in Great Britain, in the or- a , it would have b.-en better not to have
unary police magistrates. I ilonotrecoi- committed to the judgement of a military
lect having ever known an instance in tribunal: but, having been so committed,
which masters of American vessels were that it would have been expedient to have
denied the benefit of such process, unless submitted the sentence, before execution
in cases when, by the laws of the country, to the highest authority kunown to the’
the deserting seaman was, on other ac- constitulion, for itsrevision.
counts, liable to be detained. The prac- On the prmciple of rdafmtion, reco-.
ticeis, so far asil have known, the same in Li^d by all nations, these persons, we
every part ot the European continent. conceive, might have been lawlully put to
I am, with great respect, sir, your very death. They had indentified themselves
humble and obedient servant, with the Indians; and though claiming to
John Quincy Adams. b e British subsejects, did not prove tl.era-
—-»®o»— I selves to be such, and were, according to
?v o“ r doctrine on the subject of allegiance,
YVe percc.ve, from indications hardly actually expatriated. The military prac-
to be mistaken, that the disoder of our tices of the Indians contrary to thelaws of
currency, and the pressure on our monied war, the commanding general had a clear
institutions, created by the lavish expor-1 ng ht to retaliate. He did so in the case
fr P ri rn?-’ “ ra P" '.V d “7'"g of the Indian chief Francis Hornathlemee, -'
to a crisis. At Baltimore, a letter from am j he might have done so in the case of I
that place states, money continues very Arbuthnot and Ambrister. In being
6 V ,me "i£T , , r ? brou e ht t0 t!,e bar ofa court martial, how?
some aid from congress. From Ph.ladel- ever, did they not become subject to the
phia, >t appears, representat.ons have also operations ol our laws applicable to their
be *" “f dr “ -V. ,nV ° kl,,g a,d r the case? An<1 « there any law on our statute
same quarter. The pressure for money book which embraces it?
there, the Democratic Press says, is grea- f —
ter than ever remembered, and the want
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Smith, of Md. from the committee
of ways and t&ean», reported a bill to, re
duce the duties on certain wines, and to
declare free of doty books printed in for
eign languages} which was twice read and
committed^ s
The speaker laid before the house a re
port from tne secretary of war, of “a sys
tem providing for tlie abolition of the exis-
isting Indian trading establishments of the
Uuited States, anil providing for the open
ing of the trade with the Indians, to. indi
viduals, under suitable regulations,” made
in obedience to a resolution of tlii- house
of the 4th of April last; which was referred
to the committee on Indian affairs.
The speaker also laid before the house
a letter from the secretary of the treasury,
containing a plan for the ‘final adjustment
of claims to laud in the state of Luuisaua,
and territory of Missouri, accompanied by
the drafts ol a bill providing for that pur
pose, prepared in obedience to a resolution
of tiiis house of the 16th of April last; which
wa» read and committed to a committee of
the whole.
Mr. Ilolnes, chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, rose to submit to the
house a difficulty which embarrassed the
proceedings of the committee of which he
was chairman. Io the investigation of
some of tiie subjects referred t» that com
mittee; it found those subjects so intimate
ly connected with some confided to another
committee, that it was difficult to proceed,
The whole subject is full of difficulty.
„ r c , - I 1° regard to the decision of the general
of confidence even greater than the want with respect to the sentence on Ambrister,
of money. In New-Y ork tlie same dis- which appears to have attracted much no-
le« e «a'i- bUt i 4 ^ S3 de g ree 5 and tice, it is proper to observe, it was no
still Jess as we proceed North, or return I ( | (lul)t dictated by a regard to the wishes
farther South. For these evils, the reme- 0 f the prisoner, Who preferred death to the
dies recommended are numerous, and as I ignuminous punishment for which that fate
various as numerous. One advises the I was commuted by the court. YVhethef*
P ™ l' b ' l '" n °. f the 7,P°“ a *'°n 0 s P ec i e M‘ his was a efficient justification of the
another the issue of treasury notes by the discussion, we shall not undertake to pro-
goyeriiment; and a third the virtual in- I nnunce. ib. 9th inst. *
terdiction of the East India trade, by aug- 1
meriting the duties on manufactured goods
from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and I SPECIE PAFNENT8.
shortening the credit on the duties. Of YY’hile the banks in some of the states
whatever nature the aid desired, there is are suspending their specie payments it is
no doubt but applications will be addres- gratifying to know that the banksofBal-
sed to congress, requiring the axercise of timore are fully competent to meet all
all their firmness, and of all their discre- demands which can be made against them,
tion. This wilt be added to the subjects Owing to the prudent manner in which the
ot their deliberation, and will demand (tanking operations have been conducted io
more of their attention, we fear, than was I this city, the banks now stand on as solid
anticipated, or is to be wished at tlie pre-1 a foundation as any institutions in the un-
sent session. ... I ‘“n. This information is derived from
In Baltimore, a public meeting is ad-1 sources which may be relied on .—Bali
vised in a morning paper, “to take into | American, 7th inst.
consideration the expediency of a suspen
sion of specie payments on the part of the i , , ... „
J 1 A meeting of a committee from each of
the state banks in this city took place on
Banks!” In the evening papers, the' ne
cessity or propriety ol a suspension of
specie payments, is positively denied.
In Ppiladelpbia, a public meeting of all
the merchants and traders is actually cal
led, to take place this evening, “to consi
der tlie propriety of petitioning congress
on the subject of prohibiting the ejeporta-
tion of specie from the' United States, as
the oaly prompt and efficient means of
relieving the community at large from the
existing pecuniary pressure and embar
rassment.”—Nat. Intelligencer, 7th inst.
YYolcott Chauncet is promoted by
the president and senate, to be a master
commandant in the navy of the United
Friday, which resulted, we are informed,
in a resolution to increase the amonnt of
their discounts, at.the rate of 20 pr. cent.
on their receipts for the first week, and 10
per cent, for the 3 successive weeks, pro
vided tlie bank of the United States *MI
come into the measures. YVhether it will
be adopted by that bank, and the resoln.
tion be earned into effect, we have yet t»
learn. A greater pressure, we are confi
dent, has seldom been experienced io thia
city; and unless an effectual remedy shall
be provided, and that speedily, it will be
difficult to say where the disastrous conse
quences will eqd.—me. Adv. 7th inst.