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rrezutu-km Aorznce.
New-Yor*, Augu*t |.S»
The U*S brigjinrerprize, hi* hauled out
•.from the navy yard, and, tte understand,
■.'Will proceed to sea itnmfdwtely.
- Capt. Texidor, in 26 daysttom Vera
: *CraZ, inform* that a few day* ^ for f
.-MiHi Britivh-fn yte arrived there from
Havana, and was t.;«ke un boart *n»U-
V lioe* of dollar?/ «K»lhatlh* tradebvtween
. that province and Mexico WMUl.Ulaj^*-
. ed. Several oeutral vessels hod.lately ar-
-^liadalYrfaCni^tot the market was ve»
.y dull. ■
FROMBA^ATJA
The ship .Nancy-Ann capt. Q^gnod, has
it Salem »n.l03 days itom Batavia.
,-CapL O. informs, that the const.nMava,.to
.-tM eastward of Batavia, *»" infested by
*-pirates,who heard vessels from theii*rmca.
MPmws, *nd com nit various d. predati»i.s;
/.-ho advisesai^ veasela trading in thatquar-
-* .in «
■■■- vxieceasary lot nil., c jonhsoderi of vessel*
i imiItrgo to Sitav.Wto use lite greatest pre-
Trcrr. (he UcrTois Beacon, ISUutaC
Trial of pirates.
We have been favored with the our
$au, (N. P.) Royal' 'Gazette, of Tth" and
10th July, by a g-ntleta-tn who came
passenger-in the Artigae schooner Con-
ttaniia. from which we extract the Ibllow-
«,totfc taken in. Tie port regulations,
■ .wnifli W-re tom-ttlyjwttt on.b'-ard Aroeti-
t nan aailEngUsh vessel* printed. ih.br%lwn T ’
.‘•./nveihoenanaterially altered.and arc now
sent on board printed in .Dutch, .which it*
•v/hirttdMgib’.eio 49Sfohs ol’the Americans.
»in. visit piere. Abd-W tliit water-fiscal
'f, K , a port of-II fine* arid foifcilurea, he is
■ vj. j V-gifonl tovdetect any deviation froih
t'lein that may oqt ur. Two or three Amer
ican'captain* were fined several hundred
.riiiieea while capt. O-guod was there;
though the cA.ii and innocent deviation
they had committed was done through ig
norance, anil there was evidently no inten
tion of fraud, or contempt of the port regu
lations.” . -w .
Produce of the Island very f.igfi at Bata
via; very little of the old crop of coffee or
rice remaining on hand. New'crop nearly
The ls*t government sales of coffee, (ITth
April) wait At 29 dls perjricul.'op board—
had he'Mi as high a.v3f dla. It wa* got up
to the enormous prices by the merchants
there, who had consignments from the U.
. ft. and Holland, with unlimited orders to
..purchase cbffee. Acorgo of 6,000 picuia
'Stas shipped on board au American vessel
■While capt. Osgood was there; which cost-
bn boar i.3f dls per picul, or 222,000. dl«.
for the c*rgo, which at 1 $ per ct. gave the
^turchasjf the handsome sum of-'TI,160
commissions. ■■■»-'■
^ Before the sale of the 17th commenced,
. ’•It was'the.^)r«v«iriTii| opinion among the
merchiritStt woilld’n'ot go higher than 20
or 21 dollars, that is 24 or25 on board ship.
:8ut one who had ah order from Holland to
.purchase a Igrge quantity, with ’very' high
limits, took care to make'irknown at the
-sale, by which he succeeded in getting u
..nearly up tor his limits.
FROM HALIFAX.
The tchr. Cheru\atfloston, brings ac-
Coints to the31st alt. The Spartan frigate
■ailed in co. for England, with the commis
sioners of the dock yard. The dock yard
{laving been disbanded, the nevy hospital:
broken up, and all officers discharged ex-
’ cepting tlie storekeeper, in consequence pf.
having received fresh orders fromEnglah-r.
, All the mechanics have been dlscharg-
ed. It was expected that Bermuda would
'be the place of rendezvous.
\Vin. Bowie, esq. of Halifax, wag killed
in a duel on the 21st ofJuly- A coroner's
Jurv reported that he was killed by Rich-
ard* John Unia-.ke, the younger. Mr. U and
M’Swiney, have since been tried fur the
murder, aod acquitted. Mr. S. • D-'bois,
Second to Mr. Bowie, was charged with a
misdemeinnr} but (after the acquital of Mr.
XL) a nolle proxjui was entered.
TFlom the N. T. Commercial Advertiser, 18th font
We have received from our correspon
dent at Bermuda, aftle of the Bermuda
. Gazette, to the 28th of July, . fn tne pa
per of the 24th, we find the following par-
.■graph respecting the operations of com-
moiltSfeTerry:—.
“The .American-schooner of war.'Non-
suiilvwent into. Carlis|o_Bar, -Barbado*,
on.theSth inst.'hrUh dispatches Jp -admi
re! Campbill, .from Commodore, Berry,
who was cruising to wiadvralrdidf that W-
. and, in quest of some pirate*, ■cf-whotnit
would seam information haibein receiv
ed.” * \ , *,
The saute paper cohtat n* a letter from
Nassau, addressed to the'Bditor, of which
She f dlowing ia.a copyi— '.
“One pirate has been slreaJr executed,
ami two more will meet the same fate on
the lScu mst. The grand jury has brought
in < hid against the invincible sir O,'
M'tirvger, who stands charged witlr aid
ing trial and coodemnati^n of JohnDavU.
alias -Souti, -and Daniel Mercier, foi
piracy, on an American vessel, which it
appeared in evidence, was the Cotitr'adic-
tion: of -Baltimore.
Nassau, (N. P.) July
On'Wednesday last, in the court of
admiralty aesaiona, John D.vis, alia*
Souti. and Oaaiel Mercier, were -brought
to trial upon-the indictment found against
them At the .commencement of tlie *ea-
giOn for piracy on a vessel, name un
known. ■From the evidence it appearecT
that this veasel Was an American, and cal
led the Contradiction -of Baltimore-— her
rsirgo'eouaiating of logwood, coffee and
oranges—on her voyage from Aos Cayes
in Sl. Comigge to Baltimore; that she wan
taken possession of by .Davis, then corn
miindicg an armed felucca called the Fii
bustier, arid his crew, who dfep'dsed of the
cargo, and converted the vessel into a
cruiser, the same which afterwards |era«d
the sloop Saucy.Jack, and on board of
which such atrocities -were committed by
Jean Dupuis, ami hi* crew. In tite : 4,'*;
posal olthe cargo of ilia Contradiction, W
add with regret.that some persons bcl.bngv
vug to ih'-sif Hlands have been so far prov,
e>! -til harm been implicated, as to hav j:
bills ’of indictment, found gainst them for
aiding and assisting in tpe ’piracy. Da*is
(if.-,tended that he nod actwlinilex a com-
.iinigsion from Aury, but hS'to'uld prodocr
riod.e, nftf any aclhorily'ftfr hri acting as a
cruiser. The Fiibotlieri vyus previously
Commanded by 'doe. D.ufiui, otherwise
Dfftiily—this" f riMn,‘jt wa? said, hxld to,
GoiiimMsinn from AnVy, dated at (lalvus-.;
ton; but a mutiny of the crew having-isken’
(irtiil Wtisted in ^bi* pTafessiinta
of endm Innocence of every moral qnme„ -
t . -except that of profane.-swearing.-r'rith
ere* difficulty he was persuaded that ad-
ulrery was a sin; but to the last he could
,siot oe-convinced »hat his was * partt-
ouiariy agravated -offence. -He .per
sisted^untfl ‘the last day, when he con-,
lessed that he was preseut and aided
in the capture of La Guira by the patri
ots, at whtdlu he acknowledged that eve
ry woman wTs violated, every house plun
dered, and nearly every human being mur
dered; yet until this -very late hour he
could scarcely own that he had any great
er ubMt on his mind than that of lie»qg a,
general siuner. Hi* affection for bi9.com-
- ades appeared to be strong to the .last,
and it was probably from thinking that
thrirMUSitmtghtbe.injurcd.by any con
fession* of his, that made him. to the last,
Apparently nisensible of his heinous truns-
g!4*won«—These observations we have
given upon t':» best information. The
mu-der was collectively committed among
his crew, and D-ipuis, as their leader, has
ueetf jostly rustle to atone tor his partici-
pattern in all its euoiiiiity. *
, 8RIFIVRECK.
The Nassau, \N. P ) Uazstte, of 7th Jo-
It, received afthis office, States that the.
American schr. tiea Horse, mentioned iu
hi preceding nniujlea ol that paper to have:
psefi .car/ird to Crooked Island, by the •
1(ia 1 ericii!..iiclir- Wonder, of Baltimore,
had,been driven on shore there and bilged..
Half thevalue of this yessel and cargo wa*
there allowed as salvage, and cargo to the:
atnountJA'is given to .the master of the
Wonder? The remainder of the cargo
was wold there and the chief proportion of
itfjas been since brought to Nassau on
height. •;
Loiig-Island, the command of her wa* ta
ken from him and conferred by the'.crew
on Davis, who proceeded %* aea, and cap
tured the Contradiction.—Dotiljy,the for
mer commander o'f the privateer was left'
on shore at Long-Island, from whence, hr
got a passage Tor the United States. What
-became of his commission could not bi
t-hewn. Davis, in this case couid product
imne from Aury or *ny other person.—
The Flibustier” was manned chiefly by-
French mulattoes and blacks, and one of
her places of rendezvous was-in spme.part
of St. Domingo; the South end of Long-
Island was another, -whore -Davis, ivit.
Mercier, and other* Were apprehended by
a force sent from'this .town .for the pur
pose.
The jury retiredfhf a ihert time and re
turned into court -with a verdict of GUIL
TY.—On Thursday the* prisoners were
brought up for judgment, when sentence
of death was passed upon.them, tube exe
cuted on Monday, the 19th insf.
■ ' ■ . From the «*me paper of July 10,
Execution for Piracy and Murder.
The' execution of'Jehn alias John Laui
Dupui* for the murder on the high sea* of
Eugenio Nunez, a Spaniard, took place on 1
Monday forenootr, pursuant to the sen
tence passed upon him on Friday last.—■
Between 9 and 10 o'clock ha was take--
from the Jail, and walks' f.-mly to th-
plfice' of execution, a littl a v-
of the Water Battery He «■
led by the reverend Mr. tv
qf St.Matthaw’sp-u tr.li, s'nd
Mr. Turtle, , oittiiod -il mis
administered to him the.last
ceson the awful accusin'*'
in* <ud abetting pjracjr, by .Issuing com:
r.i*sion« in the Bahamas’ to ; subjects of
rsower* in amity with Spain— But I sup
pose tUiawillbo-acbase.affera wihlguuxe.”
(Translated for tbe PhjUi llamt*) -
^Gtinki *f o Uperjr** La Ouayo, July 23,2819.
**The Grand Margarita armada compo
sed of 20 armed vessels and 4 transports,
havinz on board 950 English and Germans,
and 200 Creole iroops, sailed* on the 13th,
from MaVgarita, aod on file 15th, effected
a <andi«g at PozueI-*a,3 leagues from Bar
celona, which place w%s taken onHft 18th,-
Our army ialtt some dwtaprlMn thv inte
rior, oat are eri; this* marching againsfthe
enemy. . Oar fleethaagonettr windward,
and iuhey Bill hr with‘tN»'ene«y .xri!l
give good account offhem. - The-greatest,
ttanqiiifity" prevAiIaTo ttui citjr, Caracdas,
B4d BttoNtntiy i.uidiJ—basmmfecjr’diilU ende*vours'«a-;eek thepardon of aa of-
PtoductiIii*h«KN8arce.2" . *■-- *'** ltiiS3*<lii^r«t1hrft cbaaWeiibfe time
Tlie-numcroas piracies committed o"
the high sea*, upon the. helpless, unarmed
place 'while the privateer was lying ..off citizvps,.there, .by breaking up their com
mercial arrangements, call for the prompt
and energetic interference ofgovernment.;
acarse a day passes but we hear of some’
shocking invasion of our -rights—of out
strips being plundered, the passengers and
jsrew abused and threatened, and in some
instances murdered by -a savage armed
banditti. VVehope a/c-w of our brave tar*
jnajr shortly-be sent out to suppress these
infeeling .desperadoes;—a few of our
tmall vessels would, quickly drive them
turn the ocean, an-l-exclusive of the great
V-rvice tvhrch would result trom tiie exer
tions of our navy, it would impart pleas
ure to,-and -gratify -the ‘pride of every
American, to know our naval heroes were
ecipi.-yed.in the active discharge of the
luties of tlirir highly honorable proSeasion-
—Jler. Ado.
eastward
-rcomran
itit. reclor
-e c verend
tnary, who
.ilcion offi*
vtiich seemed:
to be attended to with m coming devotion
He was ushered into eternity about half
past nine o’clock, persi-ting to tha last.in
asserting hi«’ innocence of the crima for
which be suffered. Bopuia, however, in
his different conrmnnications after bis con*
victioir'confessed circumstances relative
to his crime, which wera sufficient in the
eye of the taw to‘fully wnrant the judg-
mentjironounced against Urn. He was
the omrer in command—he stopped a ves
sel under British coloura,pekc«ably navi
gating these seasi -The then who boarded
bar committed the roost-inhuman brutality
upon a poo'dafcncless woman in the sight
other own husband. When the report
was made.to Dupuis, he expressed no ab-
horrence of the execrable fact; but ordcred
the husband and this outraged creature t<>
be' brought on board his vessel, not for the.
purpose of affording them protection, but
because the ovomsu was hand*ome. Short
ly after the husband camoon board whih
the - dreadful'Outrage Committed..on: his
wife was still fresh on his. mind; instead of
southing Iris distr*ss,he himself beat .him;
he struckdih.v the first Mow.'
The .scene of horror still continued on
board Dupuis’ vessel, and the- crew. heat
the unfortunate man until he was on the
very verge of death. Dupuis here says
that (ha'ctew were- in a state of mutiny
-and that he.made some efforts to protect
the man,-and was forced by fear alone to
give him up. If he had used him with
tihmanity before, perhaps this might have
been an excuse w orthy of . consideration;
but unluckily for him, ha had himself been
the very fiFstperstm who bad act the exam
ple of cruelty to tliainjured man. He de
nied having ordered rite man to be shot
iod thrown overboard; but he made no ef-
fortto prevent it, his reason was that be
was under the impression of fear from hi*
mutinous crew; yet the blood of the hus
band did not humanise him so as to-pre
vent his shortly afterwards having inter
course with the wifeao recently widowed.
There are, however, some causes for be
lieving that the evidencedtnied by him, at
his. dying' hour, was not on that account
clone incorrect. ' A'man eves in his last
m9«ea» mast speyVaad act inconsistent
ly to he taslievi d;—neariy the whole of the.
first- night after hi* conviction, wai span!
in rege aad-bfasphemy. Durhig the next
dajr.se begajt&vtto look for xu5 igio.as com-
r — J Vto-b«i sincere in his'
Often as W5 have bad.occasion to notice
thegrnuiaa.braycry nf- the gentlemen of
a'lr navy, yet it gives us equal satisfaction
tc record ti»e attendant virtue otgenerosi-
ty ainong them—for it is an established
fVt'th-it BaAVF.nv and GCxEnosiTt are in-
separaliic companions. 'V’e have been
led to this remark from a knowledge of the
fact,‘that the officers attached to tile Ame
rican squadron in the Mediterranean, sub
scribed the sum of gS,000 to erect a ma -
ble inonum-mt over the toroains of captain
Thomas Gamble, commander of the Unit
ed States’ sloop of war Erie, whp died at
Pisa, in Octoberlast.—■JV*. f". Col.
From -the Baltimore Trtriot, A Wfliait.
“TEitOiT REFER Ut BALTiMOel£^ eyes of sodietyj-Jieini
i, rl Jhefuie be fiivulgcd, that tho
___ _ will detect
dftoialignant fever, growing out
purity of Smith’s dock, we expected, to
find -all the newspapers,south andeastpf.ua.
filled.withietters, extracts, etc. decrying
our ‘till fated city’* in theinodern lashi”P 5 '
blestyle. Although we have been looking
for this pretty work to be pnt'in motion for.
in tiuth, becomes, bis interest <& observe
it .
We might, ■usefully, dilate on this topic;
hutthis is foreign to oor present ^purpose*
which js, simply to invite ‘tlie f attcninin of i
th|C public tu a measure th»t is, at any rate, J
werks past, we haveheen agreeably disap-! honorable, tb the motives o» the imtiiutioa
pointed until the receipt ofttfr. CiUmao? s1 which .t emanates.- It shou.d never
From. Vera Cruz.—By the arrival last
evening, of the biig Victory in 26 days
irom.Vera Croz, we learn, that several
oeutral vessels bad lately arrived at that
part, and that the markets were dull.—
The mercantile communication between
Vera Cruz aod Mexico continued unin
terrupted. A British frigate, last from
Havana, had arrived, and was ‘taking on
board specie to the amount df twovrillious
of dollars.
J\Teu>-Fork Post, Whioh cqnte to hand this
morning. . By the article we copy, it will
be seen that he has do.ie the thingln style,
and we really think his marvellous story i*
deserving a conspicuous-place in the work*
of Baron Munchausen. \* C> His asser
tion; that nothing has been said here upon
the subject; he is entirel y mistaken. At
die request of. the mayor of Baltimore, a-
committee of thn medicaf faculty made a-
special report upon the-hcalth of the_ city,
which has been .published, to -which' mayl
be added, the regular bill of martality, and.
remaks upoh^the cases offerer by several
correspondents, we believe in all our pa--
pers, but r.ertaiuly in the Patriot. A* to
reiterating the- disingenuous remark of
,J ill-fated city,” we think itnqt. only ui
concealed for by tlieqccasion, but i-streme
ly pitilul andtlissracefol. Thereapprar*,!
however, a prevalent disposition to caluir
mate, for the most unwarrant aula
tnis city, the place of the “free atd tae
home qf the brave.”
From the Nev-Vork Evening Port.
TeUoio Fever at Baltimore.—Several
letters received in town by yesterday’*:
morning mail, give th&alarming informa-
tion, that the yellow fever has at length
found its entrance into that JU fated city.
and the information is corroborated by
other letters by .the mail of this morning.
In vain, however, have we searched the
Baltimore newspapers -for tjie least infor
mation-on this important topic. Nut even
an editorial sentence can we find. We
confess we were not so unreasonable as tc
expect an official report of their board <>!
acaitli. By the bye, it’could be much near
er the truth to denominate these bodies,
wherever they have existed, ifthey still ad
here to what has-everjbe.cn (hcic practice;
a board for cuncealing.tlie.true state of the
city. Their exertions been- rather
directed to.prevent everyMc/nd of publica-’
tion that might expose-theiu to be^ quaran
tined abroad; considering any-interxuption
of their commerce, as the greatest of all
possible misfortunes. '1 he only, thing in
any of the Baltimore paper* relating to
tho -subject under consideration is a learn
ed communication under trie signature of
Benevolus, (it should havebeen Medic us.)
endeavoring to.convince ‘the Bal timoreans,
not indeed, “by force of argument,-a man’s
no horse,” but that the yellow fevei is not
contagious, and that, quarantine regula
tions ..re not merely useless, but in the
language, of the writer, “the mis-shapen
progeny of the dark ages;” “which havi
long disgraced and deformed oiir-codes.”
We cannot but think’that thirl information
and opinion-is remarkably well'timet|, just
at a moment when facts, at diametrical va
riance with the scientific theory of Benevo
lus are already beginning to Stare the citi
zens in the face, and threaten to depopu
late the town, or spread a death-doing pes
tilence throughout its borders. We trust,
nevertheless, that;however such doctrines,
which set common sense at defiance, and
outrage humanity, may obtain circula
tion at Baltimore, those who have .the care;
of our city committed to their charge. Will
tint relax in their duties at this particular
time, hot proceed to their discharge, with
a single eye to the public good. The -let
ters received from Baltimore represent the
fever as uncoOinundyfataU indeed, some of
them state that in no case has a recovery
been kuowa-”
never
be forgotten, that an i.uiicft of preVei.tion is
worth’*'pound ufeure.*
,fThc gentleman who favoured us with
the above art-cle, appears tuft tar-bp aware
that a rule similar to that Drove recited,
and, in sonio respect*,even more rigorous,
has been adopted by the bank of the United
States, for the government of that institu
tion mid its branches.. It is presumed the
rule wit) become general, a* thtll banking
institotion.’pta-wVfcf. Int. * •“
Trom the W*r.4ntd. 14;h.irt»t.
The following article, 'whichc it seems
first made it* appearance in tIArMarylaad
Gazette, is copied Iro'm PoOfton’s Amen-
can'Daily Advei riser, of theTOth inst:
SffAMtiFULOPJRASF.
* ■+>U**OUf*. A«*udt, s.
. AiivoccutFriue hr.* recently-WHcn pface
in this city, which iacaleulaXedto awaken
the deepest anxiety and strongest inilig-
nation iu the bosom of every man who
loves liberty,’and i* attached,to tiie con
stitution nf’his country. .1; is painlul to"
us to be obliged to notice a transaction,
which is likely to b-.-cope the subject of ju,
dicial iiivettigatiunj but \\fo find it impos
sible 16 repress foe indignation, which
every man . tmwt oave felt oh’. witnessing
the scene ’ which' was exhibited here on
Friday last. At the .approaching session
of our court it will he decided whether a
private citizen, who consider*'-himself ag
grieved by the conduct of a collector, r»
tn.be deprived of the right of demanding
redress for the .injury sustained, in the
spme peacefufand -legal marine! that he
would agsirist-any other individual. And,
above ail, whether the collector jof the
port is invested with powezto call out the
.troops of the UnitedStatei foc the pupose
of resisting Hie constitued authorities of
ttieHtete. These are serious and solemn
queriiooB, which will no dauhtbe deliber*
ately weighed, and impartially anil justly
decided, by..those to whom -.the important
duty of administering The laws is commit
ted. All that we ettf, is, that, if proceed
ings of this bind ary permitted to pass
with-impunity, tfe may prepare to bids
long fare well 'tmihe liberties of our coun
try. We hav« obtained from a friend tin
followingstatflknent of the case, which we 1 ]
submit to our readers without farther com-
. , Frem the.St Louis Euquirer July 9th
Tim postscript to the last paper, which
states, the re turn of the military expedition
is rncorr.-ct. No part of it has returned
The steam boats, however,get on slowly,
arid with many stoppages. The keol boats
go on rapidly, and pa*sed St. Charles (18
miles from Belle Fontaine) two days ahead
of thp former. The contents of the steam
boat9 will probably be transferred to fceets
arid barges, The river fo in fine order, the
July H--0-I is coming down, and swelling
the stream with the last of tho annual tri
butes. The failure of the steam boats is
•ttriuutable to the construction or manage
meat, and not to the rivers.
S;. Xibuis, July 14.
Military expedition to the Upper Mis
souri—Of the five steam boats prepared
by col. Johnson for this expedition, only
three (the Expedition, Johnson,and Jelfer-
6on,) nave attempted to ascend the Mis
souri. The Calhoun fell back from Cape
Girardeau, unable to stem the current of
the Mississippi; the Exchange returned
from St. Louis, to get some repairs made
upon her at Louisville. Those which un
dertook to ascend ti;p Missoori, left Belle
Fontaine Monday the 5th inst. and clear
ed St. Charles, distant 21 miles, on Fri
day and Saturday, the 9th and 10th.—
The river is still swelling with the July
flood; and presents a noble sheet of water,
eight hund'ed yards wide, and deep
enough for the navigation of ships <*f a
thousand tons. A multitude of citizens
were assembled at St. Charles, at the cir
cuit court, and had an opportunity of wit
nessing that the slow progress of these
boats wa* the exclusive effect of faults id
themselves, and not of the river.
The part of the expedition which em
barked in keel boats, passed St. Charles
on Tuesday and Wednesday, anti-.proba-
bly gained forty miles upon the “Steam
Fleet” by the end of the week. <■:
Col. Chambers, with a battalion of-the
rifle regiment, passed Boon’s Lick, all
safe, on the 4th day -of July, 200 miles
ahead of tiie steam boats.-—Bnyuirer.
Trom the National Intelligencer.
We understand that the directors of the
Bank of IVashington, of this place, influ
eneed by the unpleasant incident* which
have recently occurred insomeofthe banks
of a neighboring city, as wall as by gen
eral principles have adopted the following
rule.'
“No officer, other than the president,
shall deal, either for himself or for any oth
er, excepting this bank, in money, bills of
exchange, merchandise, stock of tho United
States, or stock of any coibnany, incorpo
rated or unincorporated: Provided, that
this resolution shall not prevent such offi.
cer trom selling any such articles as he
may now possess, or prohibit any purchase
thereof, which the board may sanction by
express authority, given antTentered on its
journals*” - - -M.’" -•
■ The-expediency of applying a similar
principle to banking institutions, generally
has for some timeb-en a topic ofdiscussion
in private -circles. Various, and in some
respects opp wife, aspects have been
given to it. Its abstract propriety does
not seem to have been quesl’oned, except
ing by those immediately affected by the
restriction, but it has been speciously said,
that the officers, of a bank will be either
honest or dishonest. If honest, no such
restriction of their personst rights will be
necessary; if dishonest, no such restriction
will be observed. *- There Is however, we
pprehend, great fallacy itrthrs reasoning
When the moralist, in the exultation of his
feelings, exclaimed, “An trouest man’s the
noblest work of God,” he pourtrayed a be
ing of a superior order, one rarely found
among us; a being a proof against the strang
est trials that endanger virtue. Thete,
unfortunately, are not the attributes of
common honesty. The possession of these,
too frequently, is not proof against strong
temptations. Hence it i* desirable to keep
him as much as possible out oftheir sphere.
Snch a principle, laid down as the guide
■of hi* conduct, and enforced by the sanc
tion of an oath, will have a powerful influ
ence on all minds not already pervert
ed. After the application of such a rule,
when tcashier or other bank officer as
sumes his appointment, ho does it subject
-o this principle; haappeals to God foe the
fidelity with which its will observe it; ud
A citizen ol Maryland, considering ':im>
self entiled .to. goods which he thought had
been illegally and unwarrantably wrested
from him by the collector of this port, sued
out a wi»t of replevin./rom, the court of
Anne Arundel county, fog the purpose of
trying the'tiffe to them! The writ was
placed in (lie 'hands of the high sheriff,
who delivered it to floe of his deputies to
be executed; ' When the .deputy proceed
ed to discharge his duty, part, of the goods
Were lying-6ri a wharf, in the neighbor
hood of the. collector's. Warehouse, The
officer of justice took .possession of them,
when they were ‘iramediatply seized, and
taken from him by a son" <jf tbs- collector,
and some other men with film.'' The sher
iff, on being informed of this. joutroge, ap
plied ia person to the collector for a de
livery of the good*. Hi*, request was re*
jecte(J. ' ..." ' i
' He foeriintimated to tiie collector that
heshoiilifhe under the necessity of per-
foruing'hy forcible means the duty which
was imposed on him by law and bis oath of
office,. To this 'intimation tho collector
rhplied that fie should resort to force in
order to prevent the execution of the writ
About an hour afterwards, the sheriff pro
cee'ded towards the warehouse, in which
the goods were contained, and on his ap-
'■roach discovered a detachment of United
States’ troops, drawn.up in military array,
with an officer at their bead, across the
street which led to the place.' When tiie
sheriff advanced to the spot.where they
were stationed,’ One of the soldiers presen
ted a loaded musket to, his breast, so near
that he was. almost tuu'ched by the bayo
net, and told him: that, if fie proceeded
another step, his life would be the forfeit
Tne sheriff, perceiving that it would bn
impracticable for him to proceed without
hazarding tiie Jives of many of,hi* fellow-
citizens in a contest with Atowican troops,
desisted from the attempt, and lodged *
complaint, .with thp chiif Justice of tite
stats. Warrant* were immediately inu-
-id -for the apprebensiouiotffome of the of
fenders, who we understand, have beena r*
rested and compelled, to enter into a recog
nizance for their appearanceJet the next
sessisn of the court, to answer fist the dar-^_
ingctttrsge they have committed on
law of the land and liberty of the free peo
ple of this country, 'fhisis qjsimple reci
tal of the facts that occurred. Comment
is unnecessary, aod would, perhaps, at
ths present time, be improper.—Maryland,
Gazette.
Tho following communication, from «
gentleman inthie city, whose veracity can
not be questioned, give* a very dincrent
account of this “shameful outrage.” Af
ter reading botn statements, the public writ
he aMe to determine where -file blame efr
this collisionjustly ties:; -
’. TO.TiiB- emrrons: •-
Haviug just" seente publication, copied
from the A!arj.laod*Gazettcr;;which con
tains a partial and false Matomeitt of an no-
currence which toolrplaco in-Annspalia, I
beg leave, throUgli-tire jnednufl of ya»rpa
per, to give a correct; viiw^ of tho aduir* -
and to remove the impteretotfldtefj to
made by aoifixaggcrateft S]
re latino of the case t
-:liable me to do-lhi*, It A
to mmke« very >ief >te.
facts, which the editor nf.l
disturltffjP
nven. To
cat!rely omitted* and whicftwilJ, i