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I SAVANNAM ttivP IJStIGAN Jihuhuick- s. vi'i.L CITY PllIVTltli. „uti r>r:n. gaunt'—cyi;.<ii,,'*ix, rtWASX. r.ersBii ix anuses. 'iT- < im sr.w *3' asu ainr'r * r our: .f'.K— I saw. uitl a v.iiter i i tin- K; sign*; !i! u :•:!! .Mi ller (iwTl* ritiT.vi.iSf casern:. sw i! tys since. that ml Enquirer, who Sydney, has, un it JM’Cl’lUs gUIZC ul a 7.«nl for the li- nf bis-country ae>jii‘-'il with m’alevo- .•imiwnee the diameter aid rep’ita-, t.i isi <>} Mtajnr general Jackson. The mask, Sir, idp.itriotism, li^s been s» often essuin- -»>.I lijr garrulous imposters, tliat the shal low device oi a pretended attachment tn -inufitry, parted <H'ly by the ipse llixit uf the .asserter. ami found*'! alone on uiit-JsdiiJ appearance*, lias ceased fi.de- reive the public. The pvr-onal allusions a.nl acrimonious language made use of by this write--, betray at once that liis enmity is- leitrstled, not in teal fur the public.^cod, b it ms the base p»*sioiis of envy, ef fear, or <>( mclsce. . No, sir, nati.;ir:t! feeiing wic'sil new delimit to mangle Use icputa- of .t-nian uiho.u •irviccf, it pi ojierly ■reward*'.*!, would bankrupt the (.-latitude ■ ol his country; wlio iiev.r perlornied * public action tiiat was not diotvted by mo tives of the purest patrintiiLi; and who ■fee-ha no utliir rcwauls for ins important sendee*, Ilian the conviction that iic has be tie Fried "tin country am) .obtained the ap- Tr'ibariuii d! his cur.scscrioe. Sot, sir,.although t cannot restrain my -IndianaLiao Against tilut 4 belie\r to be tit.- ..otrvt'S ul Algernon Sidney, i nave no ' wish that this should form any part uf the defence uf general Jackson against his as- Sei Hons. Th»» lirstc.harge against general Jack- sin is, ttiat lie disobeyed an order direct- jog him to discharge ms volunteers, in the frniri'which the assailants w„hld hr. expos- t-.l to a double and cross fire. These for midable wotks" being earned by as tat It, teller'a r-’fusul In surrender, and when the rr./m'i after the work a wire carried, did tmt cer.se to resist, but fight to the last, the law* and usages of war among all civilized nations,justify the garrison being put to the sword. That vigorous measures were indispen sably necessary/ un man will deny. That -eneial Jackson never exceeded the lar.s •I war, and retaliation, is equally* unques tionable. I shall not detain you with any remarks -n the occupation of Pensacola, ami the destruction of a British Fort in Florida, in 1514, neither will I occupy your time with* any comments on liie transactions that have occurred in that quarter at a later period. An ample elucidation ul general Jackson’s conduct in those affairs, will be found in an official letter from Mr. Adams to Mr. Erring dated Novem ber, 28, 181.8, and permit me merely to r,- mark that when a military officer receives a positive order for the performance of a certain duty, he is no more rcpmisible for the consequences of its execution, than the bayonets by which it is effected. But if he acts without o-ders or authority lie is amenable for the consequences to his superiors; the moment however his con duct is sanctioned by them, the tor. oer relation between them recur, and his responsibility ceases; and his conduct must be viewed as if lie had acted unde positive orders. 1 will be equally laconic on the subject of the order of general Jackson, that has been so much discussed and distorted, and which Algernon Sidney, construes into treason. I will merely assert this fact, that the government are so wall con vineed of the irregularity of the mode of issuing orders, that general Jackson com plained of,that they have abandoned it, and ulopted the method recommended by the general! Turn sir, for a moment to the trans actions at . New-Orleans, in 1814-15. I do not pretend that there is any written Congrtsa if the United States. is SENATE. Thursday January 14. Mr. Ftirsytli offered forconsideratiunthe following resolution: 'Resolved, That the judiciary committee be instructed to enquire into the expedi- ency of prescribing by law the * mode ol quartering soldiers 'uuring war in the houses ol citizens when the public exigen cies may make it necessary, and the mode by wtrcii private property may be taken for public use, designating particularly by the last session, for the organization and discipline of the militia of the United States. The till was read through; when the committee ros.e, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again, leaving this the business of course for to-morrow; and The house rejourned. We recollect no -scsion of congress vhicli has been tiure distinguished for im portant reports from the beads of depart ments, and other state papers, than the whose orders property may ho taken, the I present. Another was yesterday trans- manner of ascertaining its value, and(„ m ted to the house of representatives, the mode by which the owner shall res] from the war depai tment, being a report -l *' ' '• " 1 ’ by Mr. Secretary Calhoun, in pursuance of a resolution passed at the last session, respecting the prosecution of internal im provements, by means within the control ol that department. As that report will be placed before die public indue time, we shall not now speak -of the tenor nor of the merits of it; but shall advert to one or two interesting facts, which a consultation if the documents transmitted with it have ceive with the least possible delay the just compensation for the same to which lie is entitled by the constitution of the United •States. The bill conceding the organization ol the courts of tli* United States, for the establishing!)!’ a diitrict supreme court and theappointnientofnew circuit judges, was taken up. tRftera debate, the question was taken*] on Mr. Roberts’-s motion, to recommit.the j disclosed to us, respecting the roadsjn ini bill with instructions to amend it so as to] litary ways now in. progress n! execution, provide lor tbf appointment of one or] under the authority of the war depart- more additional-justices, and A to alter e\e laws as to psivrde for die speedy ad _ ministration ol justice in the states of Ken-] harbor, our readers are already apprized tucky and Tennessee-—and deckled in the j of the progress, by publications in lit negative, asfblfqws?—Yeas'll; Nays 38. Tiic question was then takcii en order-. tjewspspers Of the road from Columbia, in the state ing the said bill to a third reading, and «lc-] of Tennessee, t> Madisonville, alluded to cided as follows—Yeas 25; Nays 14. So the bill wis ordered to a.third read-1 in a debate in the house of representatives the other day, fifty rtiiles have been com ing; and, after[lie consideration ol «xecu-;| pleted, by the troops, on the lower part Mississippi Territory. Obedience of or der* is u fundamental military axiom of j law-to : justify a "military commander the last iinportwjcc; J>u* like all other geo-1 placing himself above the civil authority: •serui mirr.iilis, it is liable to exceptions, and (but tbe good sense of, and the: practice ol examples cau be found in all times and ]all nations, have admitted, that durii ^ milries, of orders having been violated, j war, in moments of great danger and ■ nut only with impunity, but frequently | emergency, facilities must be-given to with applause; two instances occur to ] military operations,at the transitory sac- uiy memory in our own history, lo+riliee of'tlwiibertyjpVtVH6ge-»n<J proper I w*8, general Washington refused to obey | ty of individuals. The war <5f our rev’olu •tivc business, he senate Adjourned. : HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Smith rtported a bill tn amend the act “to contino in force the further to provide fur thecoileetion of duties on iiq ports anil tonnige,and for other purposes,” passed the 5d lay of March, 1-817; which was twice readand committed. On-motion o'Mr. Newton, the commit- te.e Of commerce aud mainifactures were discharged from the further cot)sideratiqti of the rcscduti.in instructing them toir.- ol the read, making maiiy causeways and bridges nf the mnst durable materials; and at tbe other end, about forty miles have been flia-lc south of the Tennessee river, making, ill like,manner, many bridges and causeways. The most laburuus part of the road, it is added, has been completed, and done in the best manner. The military way on the northwestern frontier, from Detroit to the foot ol the Rapids of the Miami of the lake, has pro gressed as far as Eight Mile Creek, th at is within eight miles of the Rapids, making in all adistance of seventy miles. Of this qmre into the expediency of fixing a st«n- roa(1> fte r t of tlie commanding gen (km fit WPlohtt uml mnatupnc '*• * 1 , . J-.. , °, D . era! say a it is an CRc^iicnt one, bt?inj [ eighty feet wide, the low places on it be- | iqg olTcausewayed, and bridges built wbt-re necessary. The number of causc- dard of weight) ami measures, The SpeaktHaid before the house a let ter from the secretary of war, transmit ting a statemvnent of the expenditure ami application of he money drawn from the j ou it excc *.,, 3 sixt arill the bridge treasury by tub, during the year ending ar / of C0IISI(l( > rable length; that on which i« i wj ui <r ajiiiH^iwii iciw?uu i u uucj ■ * no n at Ui UUl ICVU1U* . . . — , . — i Ml c in luitoiuuiuuit. twu^uij i"in »>ii wuivu an onici from con^r^A ilirectrng the btiz-1 ^°n affords nirnierous instances. to sane- 1 ^ under tlie. ®p?»the troops are now employed being 451) -ure of an escort coming out of Philadel- tion this theory. I will mention but three. P w «“>" s ^ and »f they.n- f , et in , th ci)nstruc{e u of timber in ... ° . .. .T. I-I _ i . .7. . exnerxled li.ltanmi.l former annriinriatiiiiis I .. * . . ° . pniawith clothing, etc. and directed lieu-1 In January,-'1776, ^general Washington ‘cnant colonel Smith, who lutf partially | ordered" general-Lee, to proceed with 1S00 V it-culcd tlie order, immediately to re- Jjnen to Ne.W.-Yprk, to put it in a state of lease the persona he had seized. Yet, who ] defence, to disarm and secure all those ^ P f, mled , b '? lintD : 0 ' ^! wr “PPropriations j in 03t aurubl e manner. These are the only military roads which ..tenant colonel Smith, who lutf partially | °rd erect general-Lee,“to proceed with 1900, f" r ,f lle . ,niiu * r y ^stsblJshmtrnt, rwuaiiiu.g , llc , cmc ” ’ ’ ‘ u. the treasury en tile first of-October Iasi; (mve bueu c i mn ,enced. which was ordered to lie on the table. The speaker tiiil -before the house a re etemleci to censure the conduct of this | whose conduct ordeclarations, renderthem illustrious maor—-During.tbe Iasi war ma-]j u *t!jf suspected of designs unfrieudlv to j'-r C:vgluo was ordered to evacuate Sail-j tbo views uf congress.’ a -dusky,be, however, disobeyed tiie order,] Jo 1776, general Lee compelled many * and uis.gullaut-delinice id- that place pro- If*/Altft ifllwbifipfs of Newport to- tak-e an miaadvaneement and appi.TU'se'. Joath, one article of which was, that tliey :s.:t to be considered as a crime in gen-H would take up arms in defence of tbe coun- ■ Jackson, tnut lie refused to obey the ] t r y» if oallcdtipon. tads of an order, (not the order itself,)] ’ in 1778, general • Washington ordered -issued at- 2000 miles distance, by a man j general Greene to inarch wita detach- ; . avhoprobably was unaware of iiis-situation, ] m “ nt ) an d procure a supply of pro . isions • -*directing.him to scatter to the winds of] **7 an S/ means whatever, Greene foraged • hcavuiia body ol respectable men, who j as .’ n * n enemy’T country, seizing every w^to arms at the call of their country, ] thing he could find! These improvements, besides saving to . . - .. . . . tne United States much of the expense ol pprt Irom the secretary of war, made in transpor , ation , are 0 f. great importance tv Ubedience to a /.salot.on-of this house, ol tUe community generally. F.Vr our , the 10th ol Apiil labt, instructing him to report a plan fir the application of such meins as are within the power of congress to the purpose of opening and constructing such roads and csnalsas may dcserve'aml requre tlie aid nf government, with.* view to military operations in time of'war; and also, * statement of the works, uf the gature above mentioned, which have been nity generally, tor our par we should have no objection to enlarging rather than reducing our military peace stabLishment, if it be ahvsys so usefully employed.—-National Intelligencer, 15th inst. The bill to establish a supreme court, under anew organization,and for appoint ing circut judges in place of those who commenced, the nrogress that has been I llow compo.-,e the supreme court, has pas- inade, and the means and prospectsof their seJ to a third reading in tlie senate, by i jwiv ui urmsai «»ie edit ui mcir cuunirr. | M,,M B 1,6 V » H1U 1. > r‘' , °r ^ I ; tQ r.««i and whom he h:ul marched 800 miles from] That the emergency: of hi* 1 situation at which was ordered to lie on j VI - „ ^ ^ * ib the table. The speaker also laid before the house a passage in that body.—it. We copied from a Baltimore paper the letter from the secretary of the treasury, I other day a statement respecting the ap transmitting the annua! statement of the | prehension and commitment of two negro men for embezzling money from a mail district tonnage, on the Sl6t ol December, 1817; which was also laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Va. it was. bag. Some of tlie circumstances having beeu indistinctly stated, we have made theirjt ones. Yva, sir, lie was ordered to] Ncw-OrUansfrequirfed measures of extra- - disband and disperse them to beg their j ordinary Vigor and energy, and justified way back like vagabonds, through howling | th e assumption of pov/erby genera! Jack- wildernesses, and through the Creek, the I s . 01 ** caisnot he denied- That he wag ac- Chickasawand the Cherokee nations, a t j touted-by motives of defence,and of pub- : i!)st time verging towards open hostility, j * ,c utility umbaised by ambitious’ views: or But general Jackson told tlie secretary | a lust uf power; that he exercised tlie of war, that his order was unjust and iin-1 authority hevassumedTwitli (yuLf.ir. proper, and this also is tortured into a |l)eaiifUCT,Ttii#‘nT!lyTvfien toe. public cm- —Ikit be true, sir, that words were ] er gencies required it, and that ne laid it .made to conceal our thoughts, and if our (down the moment the public exigencies '{republican language is to be exchanged | cca » c d to require ita exercise, are posi •f >r the. sickening affectation of European-! hnns proved by tlie Whole ten,or.of his con courtly phraseology, I will admit the |duct,andby the^^approbation, the.applause charge. -But Ijbrfteve the people of this| ani ^ enthusiastic attachment of the ■country will sanction a candid, mauiy and | popuiatinn over whom the authority was' ,-open expression of opinion, and that here, I exerciaed. I will raention one. too car of power will be compelled to li«. I Tne moment peacfcwaS6fficiaiiy*announ- - t., u... umu^ ten to the voice of truth, however unwel-1 ce “> Judge Hall was restored to his office.* !.„iI bT ,W ' * . r , - r“ ,e * of Ben ' | contained, contrary to his expectation, ,u - : j- . . . ... jamin roole, was read a third time.. 1 ••-- - - come may be its tidings. He immediately summoped gen. Jackson General Jackson is accused of having f as an ordinary criminal before him to an- .’fixaJ a stain upon the national reputation, I f° r having during the war suspended ' by the sevexity he exercised at the battle I hirf functions—tlie general cheerfully sub- •ol the Tallapoo.-e, in the Creek nation, in 1 mitted to the laws. He presented himself ] before Judge Hall and received his sen- A Oiaractcr of peculiar ferocity was j fence, although he had to use his influence given tC that war by the Creeks -them- J to the people, who burned with in volves. Li'«k, sir, at ttieirfii-st act of hos-1 dignation and a desire to prevent it. He' iility,a settlement called Tort Miras, on | " as fiu«d S1000; tliis sum was instantly the .Mobile River, was attacked; of 270.1 subscribed, by the population of New-Or- mcd, women and children, only 7 e»eaped, I leans, but the general with hiscftaracteris- the rest were massacred or burnt iu the j *‘ c generosity, paid the fine himself, and ji....... -i—Kou,„. l’nrsning ( requested the money subscribed might be their first saixess, they devastated the [g' Te n ‘® the poor. -dive.lings of settlers, to a number twice] Brave, generous, high minded, chival Resolved, that the president of the | some enquiry into the facts, and find them United States be requested to inform the to be as follows. On Christmas day, be- jtouse {tinless the-communication of tht ( tiveen Bi.vdensburg, and this place, the information be, in his opiniuu, incompati-1 small mail hag, used to contain the pack-’ ble with the nublic interest) whether any I e ts for the. intermediate post offices be- appucation has been made by any of tbe twixt Baltimore and Washington (but ■ nilcpen dent governments in South Acne-j j n which atso liad been put the letters for nca, to tohave a minister or consul general Georgetown), was Just from the stage, accredited•^by. the government of thej < V )thont the driver’s perceiving it. Mr. l !" Ue “. St * t f , > a, *|!- vvh .«t-the.-answer 1 Davis, the .worthy contractor, of this -city, Tho^ 'j._r cn jonlearning’fioui Baltimore, that this bag o ■ * -<• contained, contrary to his expectation, rxu . ..... .certain remittances of bank notes to llhis bill proposes to indemnify B.J Georgetown, proceeded to Bladensbur-g, roole, an assistant assessor in one ol the | a ud, after considerable search and •en- colloctton districts of N. Hapipshixe, Jor.] quiry found that a free colored man, by the amount of a judgement .given against j the name of Leonard Hupp, had passed at him in the supreme courtuf the state of (more than one store certain notes of a Alew-Hampshire, in consequence of his [Virginia bank, it being known that theie .._V tax on . the ^property of ] was a quantity of VirgiiKi paper in the as numerous as those of the whole Creek J coos, Jackson, in vain is your reputation nation. I forbear, sir, to instance other j assailed, the fame you acquired is founded K n. • ■ * acts of savage exterminating ferocitv; j ®n a reek that defies the efforts of tempest Uiejury, m such a manner a. to author iieuher wiil 4 futiguc your patience with ] or time-v-while the artificial mole on an enumeration of tlie difficulties of gen- j which some of your cotemporaries are ele- * rra l Jackson’s situation. The geographi-] v ated is lessened by every surge, and ■cal position of the Creek nation, offers ] dwindled by every torrent great facilities to extensive depredations, J l be troops destined to take possession and tiiffwarwaft rendered peculiarly dan gerous and annoying to the United States,, r „ - ,- - inasmuch as her arms had experienced re. j°‘ Penoacola,had net sailed from Havana, versesin other qmrters. and the war wiih (December 18. The Havana government Lngland gave full occupation to her phv-) P?P er contains the president's message on siral forces. General Jackson, .without 1 1116 °P en i u S®f congress, with the omission money, with the most seanty means ot | ^ relates to Spanish aflairs. subsistence, and with a force raised and] —— kept together by his own personal influ- j . Cons ets..—The New-York papers men- ■ence, terminated one of the most furmiila-J-l**® the catstrophc of a young hdyarsir- iile Indian wars, this country was ever] *t a ball, in consequence of engaged in. | the excessively tight lacing ofli But, sir, if (he war had been a-ainst s. I f be J L 3! e . ano , tber instance of a -civilized enemy, the conduct of ueueral ^y 'vhofai/Jteff twice under the Jackson at the battie of l 1 ! have occasioned no blush cor ms countrv o.i the cheek, of Algernon -Sidney. The Indians on tiiot occasion, had fortified the-sielves, witti considerable oH'i'Ila'poosefsS 1 0 ‘ lacin ^ wb,I . e Paring for a tali',"and b J h “ d ! de « m P to the Marquis La Fay- lush for his country W '° 6,1 * P erslst8 ,nthe practice. vJtte durMg the revolntionary war, passed - .v. ««cu . „ A i authorisinaand requesting skill, their t *’ e .S° v **n<"* of Ohio to procure five copies jponviip:! was admirably chosen, tliev were] , “ ."I s s °P‘ en did Edition of tbe JJe- «I !f.::nJed by a parapet of great compact- j c J* raUa,i °f Independence,” for thit state ties* ar*J strength, provided with a double I - rar f> P? sSet l lh?.houae of represinnta- cuw ol jnn t holes; artfully ai ranged, and j j, VCS of ^ 0B Mof-da v, Oeeclnber I — J _ — r* I-* J I- ** vjUMSlliij v»l viigtiM iu Ull clergyman, under sanction of opinion of] mail bag that was lost, Len was immedi- tne attorney of tnc United States, of the lately apprehended,'and his trunk at his distrtct court and of the attorney general, [ wife’s residence oeing searched, and not- that the real property of clergymen was (withstanding his sturdy denialof all knovv- Jiabte to the direct tax. j '•'.*• " [ ledge of the bag or its coutents, there . ..T 0 ® 1sl< l. era W® debate took place on this | were found in a handkerchief about two bill principally on tl>e naif ure of the judge-| thousand and fifty dollars ip tank notes, ment, which, it was contended, by Mr, j On this detection, Len confessed that his Mills and others, had been rendered on a j brother Peter, a slave belonging to Dr. case made up, without a' trial of the facts (Thornton living at Washington, had found by the jury, in such a manner as to author- ( the bag on the road and brough it to Iiim, ise congress to interfere. Thit objection ] and that they had jointly cut it open ami was answered by Messrs. Clagett, Liver- [ divided the money. Peter was then ap- more, and others; and j prehended, and questioned, but persisted The bill passed without a division, Jind [ in denying any knowledge whatever of the was sent to the senate. j affair. His lodgings, however, were search- 1 he engrossed lulls for the relief of(ed, and among a parcel of rags was found Henry Davis; for The relief ot Kci.-zie and I a bundle of hank notes amounting to Forsy th; authorising the payment of a sum j something more than three hundred dol- ot money to the officers and crews of gun- j lars. The two negroes were then corn- boats numbered 149 ami 154, were sever-[ mittejl.to Baltimore goal, to take tbeir ally read a third-time, passed and sent to | trial at the next session of the federal to the senate for concurrence. The speaker laid before tbe house qxe- port from the navy department in pursu court, for embezzlement of money from the mail-The amount of-money not fi nally recovered, it appears, was 342 dot- anCe of a resolution of the house, comma-1 tars, which.Me. Davis, as the mad-was lost mooting certain information in respect to *' f -- * *- r - navv hospitals; which was laid an the table. The bill for the relief of the Marquis Be Vien,.and that far the relief of M. Poire, through a committee of the whole, and, af ter^ tew remarks from Mr. Harrison; in theirfavor, wcre ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. -ORGANIZATION OF THE M1UTIA. The house then resolved itself iutoa committee ot the whole, Mr. Nelson in the chair, on tbe important bill/ reported at fiom -under charge of a person in liis em ploy, has promptly paid over'to the general post office-ri-sVaf. Intel. I4t/i )nsf. UjVIIED STATES BRMVCB B.1.VK. We understand, that-orders from the di rectors of the bank of the United 'States, were received last week,'at-the branch in this city, .to reduce the salaries of all the clerks to two . thirds nf their prescot amount.—JIT. f? Com. .Sdv. 12th inst. We are desired to state, for -the inform ation of merchants generally, that the- chamber of cemmarceai) thjsciy; tare de* cldoi tiint tlie .-iunvar.c-e at draft o n sales made by custom house weight, shall not be given to-the purchaser, unless by special bargin.—ib. The French legate Cleopatra,arrived at Brest in ten days from Newfoundland ! ’ ! [ Several New York ships have made the same distance in nine days.—ib. W c are much gratified to see, by ih* re port of .the proceedings ol congress, -that Mr. Mercer of Va. has introduced to .the house of representatives, the subject of the slave-trade, as carried on-tinder the act professedly intended to prohibit the traffic. That law, which prohibited individual*, under severe penalties, from importing and selling Africans, has been so constru ed, and the practice under it-has been suih, that the slave t*-ade actually is c->n- tinued, and the emolument, it would seem, is realized by the national government. As Mr. Mercer is from Virginia, and a distinguished member of the house, we cannot but hope that the present state of tilings with regard to that subject, so un just and disreputable to the nation, will be done away and the business be placed upon a footing more congenial with the principles of freedom which wo so loudly profess-—JV. T. Unity Mv. 1 lt!i insf Boston, January 7. TJte Old Exchange.—It was two months the 3d. inst. since the memorable fiic which-destroyed that magnificent struc ture, and live coals from its ruins wr-ry yesterday dug from the rubbish in the cel lor: so that the workmen, while engaged in removing the earth, had occasion to. extinguish them, as they proceeded iu their woik. rnox me boston tEim.trt. REVOLT OJV SUIT BOARD. Yesterday thirteen seamen, belonging (u the ship Clay, capt. Ditchings, bound to India, were examined before the honorable judge Davis, on a charge of revolt ajnl re- fusing'to-navigate tliat vessel to sca, after she had sailed into the otucr harbor; and were ordered to give bail in ilie sum of 500 dollais each, to appear at. the circuit court in May next, to answer to tlie charge. It was alleged in extenuation of their of fence, that the captain has discovered to wards them a tyranical disposition and had put one of them in irons for a'trifling cause. Not being able to find bail they were committed to prison; but it is proba ble that arrangements will be made be tween the district attorney,^ nd Mr. Knapp, their counsel, for liberating the to on their own recognizances, on their returning to their duty. In apprehending. them, the deputy marshal was promptly aided by c. detachment of marines from ’tho Indepen dence 74. MAIL ROBBERY. The mail from Salem of Tuesday even ings we learn is missing, and that it con tained a letter addressed to the cashier of the branch bank of the United States here, covering checks on various banks to the amount of 7800 dollars.—One uf these, for 150 dulls, was offered in paymeut ut a shop in CQrnhili, on Wednesd:ij*,lty a per son calling himself Moses .Gulden,aud stopped; and he made off. The descrip tion of this fellow, we learn, agrees with the peyson of one head, who on that even ing came with the mail stage from Salem as an assistant driver. Tire other letter- sent from Salem by Wednesday’s mail, and advertised as missing, tve learn has since come to hand, having-been delayed by some, circumstances.—ib. Lnk&JBrie has fallen about two feet and a half perpendicular, since the 1st of Au gust last. The prevailing winds have been from the west, and th; (IS , been retp:>rkp£djr Gry. A late Trench paper contains the fol lowing paragraph;—“A peasant of Dal- lonville, in the department of Euze, whilu digging in a field lately, discovered the remains of a vase which contained trom six to eight thousand copper coins the size of a franc, having the heads of all 4le Roman emperors, from Commoilus to Constantine, ft is, thcrefore’fifteen hun dred years that this treasure has remained in the ea-rtlp jt is -valuable only to an tiquaries.” J3altimo;:e, tan. H. On motion of Mr Eichelbcrger, of (he firsc branch of the city council of Balti more, on Tuesday, a resolution passed both brandies, authorizing “the 'mayor and -the presidents of (lie said branches,- to employ Mr. JGteuibradt Pcale to execute, from the best likeness that can be obtain ed,* portrait of our late gallant and dis tinguished fellow-citizen, commodore Joshua Barney, to be placed in- the cham ber of the first branch, as a testimony of respect for his memory, and gratitude, for his patriotic services.” -y, MRTE TREE OF -MEXICO. - There grows a tree at Mexico, in South' America, which the inhabitants plant and dress as we do our vices. It his. forty kinds of leaves, which serve for many nscs; for when they are tender, they make of the different kinds, conserves, paper, flax, mantles, mats, shoes, girdfes and cordage- On these leaves grow certain prickles, so strong and sharp, that they use them instead of saws; from thereof of this tree, comes a juice like syrup, which when set tled, becomes honey, if purified, it will be come Sugar. Wine anil vinegar may alvo bo made with it. The rind roasted, beds hurts anil sores, and from the tap boughs, - drops a gum which is an exeelleniXiitidole against poison.—London paper. . " Notice. AU person, haying- demands against the estate of Charles Stewart,late of the.district of White Btiiftl .deceased, will present them to the subsefi. her within the time prescribed by law; and those indebted will make immediate payment to Christian Larape, -O&m'or. TMth lift ma anr edit
