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n i H g 1 " ““ 1 • SAV.vN'NAil HBPUBLICAN <PJUEDEltlVfC 3. WELL, •- • • ciTf mints*. i/uuy paper &H—country &6,,per annum, .mmt ti» ADVANCE. •' nM ^ "** Advertisement* »ppt»f in p>pcr«—«sd'(t«pt by order only.£D s£UHOPB.tA T1EHS or AMtUtlCAM A f- FAIRS. Front DrlTt London Metierfer oj Mur<4 S& TfiAtnte week baa produced two foreign 'article* of intelligence, of considerefile' iniportvicr—indeed one of them 'much •more pregnant with consequences then it ’n.ij iki* tppeir- These events-are, the 'fii.il cession->f Florida, by the court ol M idriil, to toe government ot tiic-'U. State* '■end the projeitnf tne law for governing the French press. , As re-pr/ta the cession of tile Florida*. %ve have long been per*uad>.-d Ihst thi- Spanisl) government -would at length con- • •«rit"totHi» cession, aott'would make the bent bsrgaio/for a prufifibieexchsiige, for -what had long become only burthi-usoine The FlorhUs,-however -valuable in thcui reives, were net of mature to become of ■ »uy value to agnvernment like that ofFei- dinumi, whose tip,ritts to reap what oili er* aow, aud io procure its revenue an en 'ormMi t.ixafhni "upmi commerce and mine*. Florida, ih»Jgl. a Vast and unbro- kcnoiMie of (grricnltoral produce, has no mines of-silver-mod g"bl; it wants capital to commence'it* agricultural operation*, and industry 'to continue them; it wants good ivy*, enlightened magistrates, and a reformnd religion. But Kerdinaii'l and -his government rouhl eupjny nothing o. Theve tweessities. Florida, therefore, in 'Uiurr'bands was tne vineyard of the slug Its hedges' were broke* down, or -Wilier not plant'd; its fi Id- were UNtiile-!. -fend'its noble waters and rivers were choak- cd with aiud. Spain, under these cireum- atances, lus ced-.d little in ceding the Fi-ir idaa.. 1 We have often had occasion to say tha: the Americans are a very acute people, and ace their interest at as long e distance as tire most profound politicians of Europe. Il was with a view in the present cession that they sent a mission •long thv Snath A meric in Coast, dur- ■ing tke la-t summer. The avowed obj-c el that mission was to enquire into the ac tual rulatiniissif the einai.r ipated cities and provinces of South Am rica. The real purpose was to hold out a very intelligible menace to the government ol Madrid, and thereby to convey a hint, which, in the r> - cent negociations with respect to Florida, hat not been lust upon the Spanish minis ters. This policy is equivalent to that o' a private dealer, who, desirous of geHiri; ■a good price for In.- c -in.nudity, puintsi.nl • second bidder, whilst lie is dealing with the first. “Do you as you please. 1 think my self hound in honor to give y ou the rc- tusal; but you see auuther chapman is at the door Nor vv 'll the republican ambition of the American people remain satisfied, eves, with this acquisition, though the immedi ate result of it be, tint in any future wai with England, it exposes our West Indian Islands to such rapid and successive invas ions, as must exliaustauy llcvt we can send to save or recover them. With the single exception ol Jamaica, which root sufficient -extent and resources to provide for her own defence,all the Cainbean Islmdsar.- at the mercy of the Unit'd Stat. s; and up on this simple principle, that they will not be worth mt expence n(succe-siue re-mi,- quests by a government so remote as tea* ol Great Britain This is our cnitudeia- tion,bnt we do not think it of much iinpoi- tauce. Another consideration is the pn»- ? ;ressive spirit becoming daily nio/e inani- est in the American people and govern meet. The acquisition of Florida has al ready excited tome avowed longings with re-pect to Mexico itself. Their populai writers, end i-ven tne American Senate begin to speculate upon the comparative value of Mexico to A merit-aim mi to ti e Spanish government, :tnd under these feel ings wished to posh the fri'iitn-r boundary of the United Slates towards Mexico. It is thus Mated in the Gazette ot the gov ernment, and may be therefore deemed al most official that there was a stiong inili- p.isition in the Alltel ican Senate to relin gui,h Hie territory between the Sabine and the Bio del Norte, the line of demarcation originally contended for, a league ul wliufi isjustly deemed of more value to tht L Slates (and which would include a consi derable portion of seaboard on the Gulf ol Mexico) than the whole teriitory west ot the Uocky Mountains, which, toi centuries to come, can be of very little importance tt> the United Slates. The other principal article bf foreigri intelligence, is the French project tor a new law to regulate the p.eso. \Ve think, ourselves, that these intended regulations got little loo far, and rather lead to the servitude of the public press, t' an to the due regulation of its liboty. But perhaps the French press may, under the present State of things, rcquiie this greater degree of legal control. Forties and passions still tun very strong—and we understand th.t some ut their political pamphlets are Written with a most audacious contempt of the authority ol law and government,— Wecannotsay that we feel much sympathy forth? French writers—for in no kingdom in Europe is the public pres* mure scanda lous, indecent, and ir.-eligious. fro* mi rciNCJircc irmw. MADAV.K UK STAEU’S. cu.m.icrEli Of ROAifpJRTE. On Napoleon’s relurn from Egypt it was snderstond by every body that lie was to ■'iiirrrt.'.Jiie existing’constitution. But be |t».ed five week* i;i a quirt and apparent- isundccided wav—ami, with all this study, beaded his part very badly after alt— Nothing can be tdtlre curious than the fol lowing passage:—Uevitw: “He presented himself at the bar ot the council of ancients, arid Attempted to draw them over with animation anil dignity; but he cannot express himself in sustained language; it-is only in cuversation that lu> biting and decided turn appears to advan tage; besides, as he is destitute of all true enthusiasm, lie is only eloquent in abuse —and nothing could b-- mure difficult fur him than to confine himself, extempore, to that sort of respect, which must necessari ly be shewn towards an assembly we wish to convince.' lie made an eBoit t> say to the council of ancients, “Z am the God of ICar, follow me/’* But r.e only made us. of tuus.* pompous words Iruin embarrass ment, instead of the following, wnich be would have preferred using: ‘•i on are a pack of miserable wretches, and VU shout you if you don't obey roe.’’ *'(>■1 the I9t!i Brumaire he went to the. council of five hundred, entering it with a gloomy air, liis'arnis folded, ami follow ed by two tall gienadiers, woo protected his little person. The Jacobiu deputies uttered the most dreadful yells on seeing him enter the half; his brother Lucieu, very fortunately lot him, was at tnat tune presi dent, ami in vain called to order; Ibe cries of traitor! usurper! resounded from ev. ry quarter; arid one of the d' puues, Le Gorse Arene,« fellow citizen ul Bunaparte, seem - ed him firriny by trie collar uf l.iscoit. It has been said, but without lou:.d,;n>n, that heh,id a dagger, ro krli iiim tils conduit, however, te-iifi d Bunaparte, and be said to the granOitr* wno were by ins side, Id ling Ins head lull on tiie shoulder’of one in them. “Take me hence!’’ the grenadiers raised him from tire midst of tne dipuln-s who mirruu id;d him—they bore him •ut uf tie ha., into the open air, and, as soon as he was there, hi* presence • I mind returned. He mounted Ins horse lie same instant, and galloping allong the ranks vf Ins grenadiers, lie S"0u determin 'd them to do What lie wanted. In this instance, as in many others, it has been re- iiarK.d, that Bonaparte could be dis composed when he was confronted by any itber danger than ilia*, of war, and soiu. •■ave concluded from this, but very ridicu lously, that lie wanted courage. Unques tionably, no one can deny ms audacity; out js he is nothing, not even brave, in a gen -rows manner, it follow* that he never ex poses himself but when he thinks it useful, lie would dislike to be killed,because tnat is a reverse, and what he wishes in eveiy tiling is success. He wltuld dislike it, al so, because ins imagination revolts at the idea uf death: but li- dues not hesitate to hazard his life, when, accuiding to his way ■d thinking, tne spurt is worth the risk o’l the stake, if 1 may be allowed so to express uiyscil.” Although lie failed (hus strangely in the theatrical part ot :h>- bunn- s»,the substan tial pait was effectualiy dune. He set In a column of grenadier-, with fixed bayo nets, at one end of the hall, and made them advance st.-adi'y lo the othe.; diivmg the unhappy s-nators in their fine classical diaperies, before them, and forcing them to leap oul ol the windows, and scamper through theg.ir' ens, m theestraneehabili ments. Cuionel Pride’s purge, itself, wa» not half so rough in its opciatinn.—Me rit w. “To the prelates, with whom he arrang- e"l hi- ci lehrated Cuncnrilat, lie sp >ke in the most seiious manrer ..I tli" iruin a-ol fie artfulness ol the gospel; and to t'a'.a- nis md 'he philns p:.ers, l.e ,a1.1 ihe sa'iie evening—‘-Do v<-u k;o w«h.-t< 11 is t ■ i.r. i- d it i-r I: is vaccination fur religion—;ss fitly years it w ;i: he ininh- al ,n.-e ' lie icsolv»d. huevi-v- r, to prof: by it, wiiic it i'aslee'; anti iuil the biasphenn-Us aud .ci ty to put tills, atr.ong otlo r things, into ! 'ie national catechism, appron-ii bv the whole Gallican ehuir- 1 Q ieslinn—\Vhai •lUglit we to think of tints.- ev.i-i t.il in their duly toevaids tliei-mperor rs ipiii.-on? An- steer—Tha' they would resist the order established by G'-d liii?i»-j!'; and would remler thenietlvcs wertuy of eternal dam nation.” With the actual tyranny of the sword began the mure imilul pe-ise. ution of the slavish journals; the wanton am! merciless infliction uf exile on wonu-n and men of letters; ami the perpetual, re-itiess, insta'.i- ahle interf-.ri riee in me who.e life and conversatinn ol every one ol the slighle-i note or importance. The following pas- »:iges an- written, perhaps, enlli more bitterness than any other in the bo.,k; but they appear to us to be substantially just. —iteview. “Bonaparte, when he was di«po*ing nt t million ot arm*-d men. attached no less importance to tne art of directing tne puo- lic mind by the G izettcs. He citten Cil iat ed. himself articles for the journals, which could be known by the violent j> iks of the style It was evident, that had if been possible, he would have pul blows, instead of winds, into what he wrote. The're i* in his whole being a groni d work of vet ginty. which even the gigantic cast of his ambition cannot always ,oiiceal. It is not that lie is unable, on u fix d day, tu ajipeai with great propriety; but he is only at ease m despising others, and .« soon ..s lie call enter upon that lie- is satisfied. H'-wcver, it was not merely liom taste that.m his notes in the Moniteur. he indulged in the ses'tmatic rudeuees of the revolution for tie <nai-.tenance of his pow er. He per mitted mi ether Jacobin but himself to ex ist in France. “I was the first female whom Bonaparte exiled. But shortly after, he banished a great number of those who were suspected ol disaffection. W hence came this pro digality ol wickederss, if it was not from a sort of l.aind towaids every independ ent being? As the women of the one par ry couid eio nothing tu promote his politi cal designs, and as tiiose of the other were l -SS accessible to the fears and hopes ol wh.ch pow-r ts the dispenser, they cr-nt eu as much vexation to him at if the/ had been rebels, and he took delight in addres sing them with vulgar sarcasms, lie bat- etfxs much the spirit of chivalry, as he hunted after points of etiquette; which was certainty to make buta poor chuire among ancient manners. Theie still adhered to him, also, some of the prejudices which he had contracted during the revolution, a certain jacobin antipathy to the brilliant sucietv-fof Paris, over which the women exercised a very considerable influence; he feared that art of pleasantry which i* generally allowed to be possessed in an eminent degree by the ladies of France.— If Bonaparte would have confined himself to the pioud rank of a great general, and first magistrate of the republic, he could have hovered, with all the sublimity ol genios, lar above the little piercing shafts of drawing room wit. But when he set out for a king, as soon as the plain citizen mounted thetlunne, he took the most to- fallible means oPUrawing dowu upon him self thu riuicule ot high life, and he never could have repressed it, as he has done, but by the aid nf terror, aud hired infor mers. •*He had more than any other the secret ot producing that cold detached state of society, which only presented men to him or.e by one and never hr.itcd. He did not wish that a single individaal of his time should existbv nimself, that he should mar ry, possess a fortnne, choose a residence, .■zeroise a talent, or resulve on any tiling whatever without h|s permission; ami strange to tell, he entered into the details of every individual's affairs, so as to unite the empire of a conqueror with the inquis ition of a g-iss!fi, and to hold in bis hand* the most delicate threads, as well as the strongest chains.” Tito following remarks, though not at all applicable to the same period, appear to us to be admiraole.—Itev. “Bonaparte had read history in a con fused manner: little accustomed to study he had profited much less from what he had found in honks than from what he bad gathered from observation of man kind, There remained in his head how ever a certain respect for Atula and Cnar- iem.ague, for the feudal law s and oriental despotism, to which he appealed at ran dom, never mistaken however as to what immediately served his power; but as for the rest, quoting, blaming, praising, and arguing as chance directed. lie would speak in this way for whole hour9, with so much the greater advantage as no one in terrupted him, unless by the involuntry applause which always b.oke out on those occasions. “He i om mi tied the management of his palace to ni-blemeo ol the ancient regime; he thus flattered the new race by mixing them with the old: and he himself, uniting the vanity of an upstart with the gigantic ■ acuities of a conqueror, was pleased with the flattery of com tiers of other times, be cause they understood that art better than the new, however zealous the latter might o«. Every time that a gentleman of the ••Id etiquette of former days proposed ah additional bow, a certain mode uf knock ing at the door of an antichkmber, a more ceremonious manner of presenting a dis patch, ol folding a letter, of closing it by such or such form ol expression, it was treasured upas if some important progress bail been made in ameliorating the condi tion ol mankind. The imperial code eti quette is the most remarkable document .ii the servility to which the human species may be reduced. W icn there were 400 persons in his drawing room, a blind man would have ibougnt himselt alone, so profound was the -deuce observed by all. The marshals of France, in the midst of the fatigues of war at the in 'm.’nt of the crisis of a battle, en- s-re.i tne Emperor’s tent to receive his order* and Wire not permitted to seat tbeinst-lves. His ow n family suffered no less than strangers liom his pride and des potism. Lumen rhose rather to live a prisoner in England than to reign under ihe indeis of his brother. L»uis Bona parte, whose character is generally esieem- • d, found himself compelled, by hi* pro- b;ty. even to renounce tne crown of Hol land; and, can it be believed? when he ar gued with ms brother, two hours in pri- iu*.e, forced from ill health to support him- *elf piinliilly against the wall, Napoleon did not utti r iiim a chair: he himself kepi standing lest any one should entertain the idea ol being so familiar as to sit in his present, r. “ I be terror that he inspired at last was Mich that no one addressed the first word to him on any subject. Sometimes he en tertained himself with the greatest sim plicity in the inid»t of hi* court and in the ■ iiuncil of state. He permitted contradic tion, he even encouraged it when adminis trate oi judiciary questions were discus sed that had no relation to his power. It was then extremely curious to ubserve the movements of those to whom he had for a moment restored freerespiration; hut when 'he master re-appeared it was in vain to .i-k ol ministers to present a report to tlir Etnperor against an unjust measure. He was less pleased with just praise jthan ser vile flattery, because the former only aiu-wedhis merit while the latter attested nas authority. On the whole, he preferred ,,oWer to glory; lor he had too much satis lactiou in the exercise of force to much oc cupied with posterity, on which force can nave no influence.” * The fcllowii.g anecdote is curious and to a* i liginal—Uev. •‘lie left the Isle of Lobau in the war w ith Austria in 1809, when he thought the battle lost. He traversed the Danube in company only with Czernitcbef, one of die brave lids de camp of the Emperor of Russia, <&'MarshalBrrthier. 'lhe Emperor remarked to them, quite coolly, that after having gained forty battles it was not sur- prisingto have lost one, and, wnen he arri ved at the other ?ide of the river, he went tu bed aud slept till next morning, without informing himself of the fate of the French army, which his generals saved while be was asleep.” Mad. d? 9. mentions toveral other in stances of this facility of »l**pi_ n R in mo ments of great apparent anxiety. The most remarkable i», that he fell fast asleep before taking the field in 1814,_ while en deavoring to persuade °he of his miniiters that he had no chance of ancccas in the approaching campaign, bat mast ineviubly be ruined! PLATTSBURGH AMD HOUSE'S POIMT. We are happy to have it tn our power ti» contradict a report, published some time since in this paper, stating that Platts burgh was on the British side of the boun dary line, between the United States and Canada. Gar inteliigentinformantstates, from unquestionable authority, that the town of Plattsburgh, ever memorable for the naval achievement of commodore Mac- Donough, during the late war witn Butain, is at least twenty miles south ot the paral lel of 45 degrees; aud that House’s Point, also, where the United State* are erecting . extensive military works, is thought to b< situate only some yards on the south sid, of the above parallel, but it w.is not yet positively determined.*— Washington City Gazette. We have e rumor, by the way of Geor gia, vf a cession of the Island of Cuba by Spain to Great Britain. We hope,as the Augusta Chronicle surmises, that the ru mor is “entirely unfounded.” But such an event is not impossible. The incie rumor of it is pregnant wit.i considerations of vital importance, connected with tin- existing peace with foreign nations, and with the tranquility of the onion. We have never heard but with regret the hints which nave been turown out oc casionally in newspaper discussions, in political orations, aud it recollection serves us right, even on the floor of con gress, respecting the acquisition of Cuba, or any other insular possessions, lor tlu United States. In thi- recpect, our opini on probably differs from thatof many of our renders, as we know it dues Iruin that ol tome of our leading politicians. Bat it is nur opinion still, and we cannot divest our selves of it. Out appetite for territory is sated by the acquis .tinns wc have atri adj made. We desire no greater p pulalio: within our federative system than we hav already territory eoougn to accoinmuil.it> with an affluent sopp y of the necessaries ■ nd comforts of lite. We particularly covet no traos-m irine po-sessiuus, requit ing extensive military and naval establish? ‘neats to maintain tnem, and territoiial governments ot despotic eueigv not soil'd ta our free institutions. We can iievat forget the lesson our boyish reading taught us, of the inconvenience, not to say dang er, to a republic, of province* aud provin cial governments. W’ithout enlarging, however, on that head, we cannot hut confess, much as we should deprecate the necessity ol our ac quiring possee-ion of Cuou. we wnu.d yet rather it should be ceded to us tiian t. Great Britain. In process of time, if it do not become independent, perhaps ii must belong to us, and we must Uo t!u hast we ran with it- At present, in the nanus of Spain, it is innoxious, from the weakness of her marine; and its markets are equally open to us with the rest ol the world- In the hands of Britain, with her marine swarming from its harbor* over tin- gulf of Mexico, this island would be, from its locality, a source of continual collision, a provocative to hostilities; which would be little less provok- d, by the system of colonial exclusion which Great Bntaiu might be expected to establish in reg&id to that, as to her other colonies. We nope the report of the transfer is not true. If it be not, we have no occasion to say any thing more about it .—National Intelligencer, 4tk inst. The letter from an American in France, which >ve copy from the Baltimore Federal Gazette, is stated to be from a source on which entire reliance can be plaod. In deed, without ihat avouchment, the letter carries with it internal evidence of its general truth. No event has occured in Europe, since the voluntary surrend r of Napoleon to his enemies, so rem&rktbie, and so leading ii. his character, as that which the last ac counts from Paris have announced—the creation of sixty to eighty new peer* from among the ablest citizens uf France, aim those most distinguished under the late government. For France, we have no doubt, it will be attended with happy et- fects. It will disaffect tome of his ancient friend* and confidential advisers to the person of the king, but their loss will be more than compensated to him by the ta lent and the encreased confidence of t ie people with which he has surrouud.d him self. It is not seen, at present, how a chinge of dyaa-ties could improve the condition of the French people; and n<* revolution in that country, at the present day, could be expected, after the experience we have had, to terminate in any other point. Ii no more important object than the substi tution of one family on the throne instearl of another, is likely to be accomplished by auuther revolution in France, we look with no anxiety for such an occurrence. The march of free principles, however, is dis tinctly perceptible over the whole comm ent of Europe; and we hail, with pleasure, every indication of their growth and pro gress. We are particularly pleased with every thing which tends to ameliorate the condition of the French people—-to unfet ter their industry, and enlarge their right*. —ib 5th inst. The United States ship John Adams, captain Wadsworth, anchored in Hampton Roads on Friday evening last, in 14 days from Havana. The following intelligence has been politely ^communicated to Mr. Lyford, keeper of the Reading Room, by an officer of toe John-Adams: The schoontr-Retrieve, of New-York, J Lewis late master, from Cadis for Vera, Cmz, was taken potieuiob of by the mate and crew, who murdered the captain and took the vessel into Omoa, in the bay of Honduras; the mate and two of the crew are in confinemsnt there. Cagtain Samuel Brown, and Mr. Dulet, mate of the brig Holktr, ot New-Ynrk, and captain Humphreys, a passenger, were murdered by the crew about the 9th of January last; about the 4th day out from Curacoa, the crew afterwards scuttled the brig and landed near Jacquemel, in St. Domingo: one of them a black, has been apprehended at Havana, and sent to New- Orleans. The John Adams spoke, April 19th, in lat. 24 55, Ion. 79 50, ship admittance, M‘Laughlie, of Duxbnry, 10 days from Nrw-Oi leans for Antwerp; April 2*4th, lat. 33 20, Ion 76 40, passed an American ship painted with two narrow white streaks, standing to the southward—she shewed a black ball under her ensign and a jack iJjove it; spoke brig Rebecca, of and for .Salem, II days from Havana.—A orfolk Herald Sd inst. We have heard severs! a .founts of the mysterious disappearance uf»wu men from -i little sloop called the Ilomp, belonging to this port, wluio it anchor in James rifrer, a f>-w days ago, and umv give the following particulars upon the best mlorination we have b.-en able tu collect:— The Romp was own- d by Tliomos Par ker, who k.-eps a kuanling house in this town, and uavignt. d by Imn and an Irish man named Eugene 8ul!ivau; she lud been for some time einp!oy> d m tradiug;Up and down Janes riveraml irequ ntly to Peters burg, lor which place she d -parted hence on lhe lOtii ult. but came to incliar oppo- ite the house of Pleasant Wammack, a brother in law nf ParKcr’s, who resides at Cannuu’s marshes, on the Charles City hnre. Here she remained s veiai d-iys, during Which Parker and Sullivan were ■ ivqneutly ashore at Wammack's, who rates that they left his h.ius - one evening and went on board their Vessel which lie b.ervrd the next morning at anihor on tie opposite side of the river, with her sails ouse l; thi* however did not excite any apprehension; but as she remain- d in that .ituation the whole day, amt no person was tu be seen on buard. he tliousht it ra ther extraordinary. The mxi day a ves sel coming down the river from Petersburg Mirhored near the si,-op, and some of the people knowing her w nt on board. '1 hey were su p-ised 0> find t-e dnk a good deal stained with blood, and not a soul on board; they then went ashore at Wam- inack’s, and from information given by him they concluded that cither Parker and Sullivan, nr move probably both of them Had beep mu‘dere<t; this co jer.ture was confirmed wh n on go ng nil hoard they found the Vessel’s cabm completely strip- p-A of every arti- les ,.f furniture, baggage, -*tc. and nin e of thr inhabitants on either side of the river : ould give any intelli gence of the two men. It was believ d that an imprudent dis closure whicu Parker had made nfhis hav- inir a large sum hi bank nates about him, induced ail attempt to rob hun, winch could only be affect -d uy the murder uf Iiim and his companion. Another report states, that Pin ker aud Sullivan weie observed by Mime person on shore to hate a si uffle on ooard their vessel, in which both feii aver- •oaid and were never seen afterwards, caving it to be inferred that bolli were drowned; and it i* also believed tnat the •dood ou the vessel’s deck was from stur geons, of which there were several on board.—ib. We understand that the British frigate Forth, with Mr. Bagot, will depart to-ruor- ow from Annapolis Kurd-. Mr. Graham reached the city of Anna polis on Satardiy witn his family and suite; and will embark this day on board the frigate. Cnngres, John D- Henley, esq, commander—expected to sail to-morrow• —Balt. Pat. 4th inst. W ,KOH THE NEW-Toax EVEXINO ran. BAD BXCICU.VIA'G. Captain U heeler, of the brig Resign, ar rived at this port yesterday torctmon, from Liverpool, and stated Ins passag- to be 19 days, and that be lett that place the 9th ol April; but, the fact turns out to be, that he Saded the 4tn ol that month. Had he stopped heie, perhaps no one Would have taken the trouble to have detected him in a falsehood. But he weut on and stated that the article of cotton, in the Liverpool market, had fallen to 9}d for Georgia Upland and lOjd for New-Or- leans, which was a reduction in price of two peuce sterling per pound, since our former advices from there. This, as was calculated, no doubt, produced a great sen-ation among the dealers in tliatJarti- cle, and will probably be the means of in juring the holder* abroad, before the con- tradiction ol the news ran reach them.— What could be capt. Wheeler’s motive for t ius misleading the public, we know not, but we can assure him, io nautical lan guage, that in this instance he has overrun his log, and we advi»e him tu get the com pass <>f Ius mind corrected, before he puts tu sea again. POSTSCRIPT. The above news has no foundation. We now state fact*. The Resign being be calmed below yesterday morning, her com mander came to town in the steam boat Nautilu*. He reported the above news— we put it in type,ar>dsent proul-sheetssjby the southern mail, '*efore our boat return ed with the contradiction: We were not Satisfied even with the contradiction of our own news-collector. In company with a respectable merchant of this city, on the arrival of the brig, we weut on board uf her, the captain being present.— Alter conversing with him—asking him question*,and receiving unsatisfactory an swer-, we examined the iog-buok, front winch it appears that the resign tailed from Liverpool on the 4th si April; that uu communication was bad with the shore afterwards, and that on tht 7th. she foot
