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I flic .mature grertar ’than the creator;
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SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN. ] [ and it is a creatare without feelings or re-
1 morse.
Certain facts hare just reached me from
a source in which Hi»ve as much coiifi
7 A . •— — dence at if the confession were made by the
Lt r^}» S3—cocsTHt y,6—rcm annum— j secretary of the treasury to me in person
FitE HE HICK 8. FELL,
CITT rniTKR.
STABLE in A OVA SC L.
XBOX JOCL*ON.» OAILT *DVS*TIU>.
I.OHD BYRON.
that the treasury of the United Sl ices i»
already in a subservient condition to the
bank- In April last, the bank resolved, that
it would not receive of government ITS
<) W N bills and credit them as cash, except
fh- tVitTwinc very elegant compliment toour whentendered at the places Ut which they
country is evr.ctcd | r om Hie New I'oem (Ma* r
C'Hinirv isn nwcn iroin i\trw » «»ctu i • # -* ;• ; i „,,i
„pp a j Of LOill) BYRON. published on Satur- "’ere payable;-that It would not pay rue
day last.
The name of Commonwealth is p ot and gone,
O'er the three frac'ions of the groaning globe:
^Venice is eAisl.M ami Holland deigns to own
A sceptre, and endure* the purple robe-.
If the f ee Switzer yet bestrides a'one
Hip cliaitdess mountains, tis but for a time,
'For tyranny of late ia cunning grown,
Ard itrifs cvhi good season tramples down
The spatkljs of our icdies. Sl.it jrr'..i c.ime,
Whose vi^-.ro'tsofi pring hy dividing ocean
Are kept apart and nursed in the devotion
0i* Freedom, which llteir.fatliers fought lor, and
neqoeath’1!—a heritage- of heart and .a d,
’“And proud Jistinct.on from e-ch title r land,
'T/h-.a: sons mast bow them at a monarch’s mo
tmu,
A* if his senseless sceptre were a wai d
Full of tffe mice of exploded se-e-ce—
S ill one |preat dire, in full a> d f ee defia"
Yet rears Iter cost, uucor.qtter’d and sublime.
Above the far Atlantic!—She has taught
Her Bs«u-brethren vital the haughty flag.
The fl citing fenc* of Albon’s feebler crag,
M iy strike to tnose whose red right hands have
bought
llights cheaply earn’d with blond. Still, still
. forever,
Better, though each man’s life blood were a river,
That it sh .uld flow, and overflow, than creep
Through thousand hey channel* in our veins,
iJs-nnVl tike lb* dull canal with locks and chains,
And moving, as a sick man in hi sleep.
Three paces, rh.I then faiiltering: —b-tter be
Where the extinguish’d Spartans still arc free,
In their proud charnel of Thermopi Ise,
Than stagnate in our marsh, or o’er the deep
Ply, and ore current tn the ocean add,
One spirit to the souls our fathers had,
' i.:e ii-Altun more, America, to thee!
Pr m V/e<’ Weekly Register,2I*f «&•
R. j.vff in<
treasury draws at anyplace *• required
except the public monies hud accumulate
thereto a sufficient amount, unless upon
notice given to alatw the bank time to do
Soon COMMERCIAL PRINCIPLES, A'C- It)
ALL WHICHTHESEoilE I'ARYtiUB
.Ml ri'RD!
Every bmlv knows and jeels the grand
deception at this institution, as to its pre
tension to furnish a circulating medium, n
>!) equal and certain value in all parts of
tilts United State*} but tilings like the pre
ceding, in regard to the government, were
hardly expected by any to happen so soon
Let us see what the charter ot tnc bank
says on this subject:
The following arc the 14th and 15th sec
tions of the act:
l 5i-c. 14. And be it further enacted.
That the bills oi notes of the said torpor v
ion, originally made payable, or whit
shall have become payable oil demand situ
be receivable in all pry n -nt* to tire Un
ted Slates, unless oinervvue directed o
ict of congress.
Sec. 15. dnd be it further enacted, TIi.it
during tne continuance of tins act, an’
whenever required by the secretary of th
treasuary, the said c..rp raiton shall giv
the necessary facilities lor transfermg tit
.uu.ir funds from plac to ju ice, wtirn
he United Slates or territories tlu-ieol
nd for distributing the same in piymcu
of the public creditor*, without charging
ouimissioris or cla’ining allowance on ae-
ouiit of difference ul exchange, and shall
also do and perforin the several and res
pective duties of the commissioners o ;
loans foe the several states. In any tin
or more of them, whenever required by
law.”
By the 14th section, lit ■ valuable prefer
ence is given t‘> the bills of tm- >.mk. ilia'
they shall be received in all pa,meats to
the United.Slates—it follows, tea', they at *
THE UX1TEU STATES-1 paid as cash to toe U uiiraccunlingiy to
the preceding regulation of toe mice tuts
if the batik, they are not cash tu the ljint-
<1 States, cxc-. pt at the places whereat
they are respectively payable! Thus, a
note issued from the office at New-Orican»
lay be paid a» money tor debts due to the
Uni ltd States at the office in Portsmouth,
-“When the searching eve nf hesv’a is'hid
Behind the globe an.! I -this the lower world,
Then ihicves and robbers range abroad unseen,
in murders ami in outrage bb-ody herei
Hut when from until r th.s terre a.al t:,.!!,
.If- tires tli- prou 1 ’ops of the cistern pine*.
Ami darts hit light through ev’ry guilty hole,
.Then murders, treasons, and d.tested sins.
The cloax of right being piucki from off their I .V. II which the secretary of the_ treasury
b* ok, > , , , ,, , I tan not draw for on Portsmouth, aB cash
Stand bare and nuked, trentjMmg at themsobc.” | fhe offi)Je thwe rec , ivtf9 the notes of tnal
it Nevv-Orleans as a special deposit, anu
Thod-velopements made since the matter | will pay the draft out of such depost* only.
Was fir-.; agitated, of the composition an | The embarrassinents to tlie people by til
character of tlie bank ol the U. States, jn*ti-1 top-sided conduct, have only one remedy
iirs the application ol our mottotoits course I ,i toe secretary continues to succumb and
of proceedings from the date o f its institu- thus unjustly To favor the bank: tilts reme
ti l l to the presen l day, except so far as tip- uy is, to protest the ilralts of the United
'last line of the abstract may be construed states, unless paid in each, as has happen*
into a she-.v of romo-tlti m f..r ollcnr-s I d at Cbillieolhe!* Ibis will bring tli
committed. The bank being soul-less,can-1 United States in for damages, ami we shall
Hot. feel shame! I see whether congress has spirit enough lo
Never dnl an institution exist that more I resist such outrageous proceedings, tlall
.completely blasted the public expectation. 1 a dozen cases or this kind will fix the bu
thin this bank lias done. Its polity, though J ness, and determine whether the bank is
■founded upon opposite extremes, lias been j to govern the government, or not; and cer-
cqtmlly inischevumx or malevolent. The I tainly half a dozen men dealing with tli
original purpose of its framers was tn (ref I United States, may be found Hint have in
Thoii’y—the object of its present managers I dependence enough to do what is right.
is to acquire power. The former- was a By the I5tn section, it was perfectly un-
desperate'set of speculators—the other is a | derstood that the bank was to become th-
conclave id tyrants. Gold was the gotlj agent of the United States for transferring
that the drat worshipped, the second gives the funds of the government from one j
tip all to ambition, Cccsar or nothing, j of the union to anuui-T, without de’av o
is the device inscribed on the entrance id J charge for so doing. Thus, it was suppr
possession what )s conclusive tvilence lo
me of thefattstkatl have insinuated.
Are the people prepared to bear this?-*-
Are they content to see their government
crawling at the feet of this abominable in
stitution? Will they stand still and see
4 monied aristocracy swallow up the dig
titty ol the constitution, and devour inift
viduals by its tens of thousands?
\Ve trust that some member of congres 1
will call for the whole correspondence be
tween the president of the batik* and the
secretary of the treasury, «n these sub
jeels. immense advantages have be
given to ttte bank, and inougn the peopl
have been cheated of their just exp eta
lions, it dues riot follow tint the gover
ment should be thus managed oy the creit
ture which intrigue (I will not say bribery
tti some cases) permitted the creation t.l
If at the presr nt tfme, tha bank can pre
scribe conditions to the secretary ol t„
treasury, what must we expect to be th
state ol the case very speedily, when tn
•‘ways and means”of government w ill be
muca less productive than tney are ntjiv,
and its revenue becomes more difficult t‘
collect—as every one sees must happen
withuutsoine material change in our inter
tial policy to foreign relations?
>Ve put the president of bank firs*, as being
the must important person.
their council dumber. That eight or ten ir- ed, tout tnc secretary ot the treasury, hav
responsible:and truly contemptibleindivid-1 iog a credit at Chillicnthe might, draw io
uals, unknown out of the street* that lead it payable a*. Boston, without further r.-re-
frotn thoir counting houses to the bank, tnony. But now he a.-ems tn tie reduced
may rule and will rule site government oi l to the necessity of writi. g a letter like tin*
the’ United States, is to me undoubted—if] to the president of the bank at Putladei-
the strong arm of the people is notspeedi j plna—
di'y interposed. I say of the people, for I
have little faith in the executive, or in con
gress regarding this mutter, unless urged
to action by public opinion, 1 am nu
about to charge any with corruption—out
do know that a great d al of intrigue t
going on, anil think tt not very delicate Itia
members of congress, being heavy stock
holder* in the bank, should,again vote on
their oion case, a* some did at the last se»
sitin.
When this bank was first started, enor-
CViuxly forced dividends nf pmliis wa» th<
grand object.—that the. stockholders u>h
had never paid for their slock might sell it
out advantageously; they therefore de
sired that about forty persons' might In
authorized to sign it* notes, to fill up th-
circulation of t ic countr*! Bat the might!
bubble bursted, ami me d*-votees ofavaric-
tuinhle.l pell-mell from the neaven whirr
they thought they h ive gained,—as ddilton
des rilies it. tint the spirit* Iroin the low
er wm Id were sent bark ‘*to the place from
Whence they came;”—but in their hill they
severely wounded the national reputation
and exhibited scenes ol individual tmedo-
. 4«g* thata*tuni«he.! usalt. Alter this a new
Bilmitttstration of the ufiairs of the bank
took place— a po’icy directly opposite to
that u( the « iginal makers of the bank, was
•peedily adopte I and is still persevered in
It now issues non- ol its own notes. Pre-
•ent pecuniary profit is sacrificed to con*
centratea power to command it hereafter—
to ngulate the transactions of individual*
.•—to govern the money matters ol the na
tion—to elect presidents of the United
Wiles and enact laws for the government
of the people, which judges shall declare to
be “constitutional,” though known to be
so enacted. Whether these magnificent
designs will be accomplished or not, a lit
tle time will determine. Wo have not
the Shadow of a doubt but that they are
Aimed at. Few have estimated the moral
Jfb'rce which a command of ibe circulating
jB^fdiuci of * county cqn/efs? 1 jt makes
“Honored Sir: The United State
“have the stun of g-300.000 (nr two >»i:
■‘lions) lying dormant to goveitiment.
‘•though discounted upon by your office a
■‘Chil'icothe—SH•'.),)(! are w i ”" i at "iSostoi
•‘to pay oil'the iiirchauics giployed m tn.
•‘navy yard. As these pe >[>:.• have fain
•liirs ami are badly oll'lo! money, be plea-
■ sed tu inform me. as soon as your a!ten,
■•lion to more important ojjairs will admit
-of. when a’id in what manner I niuy draw
••lor tlie said S-OGD un Boston.
(Signed.) W. II. C.
Wall—in two or three days, or two or
three weeks, as the case may be, a*ter the
•eceipt »f this not ice, Mr. Clieves might
say to the secretary—
“•‘tr—The baiance of trade between
••Boston and Chillicnthe are greatly in fa-
‘vor of the former. Therefore, on “coni-
“mercial principles,” you cannot expert
•‘us to pay your draft-at Boston on account
•‘of your deposit at Chillirothr; but tiaxing
•‘consulted the cashier of the Branch at
••Boston, and being greatly disposed to
‘ accommodate the government, you are at
••liberty t-> diatv for the S2000, as desired,
•‘three months hence!
. (Signed,) L. C,”
What a delectable correspondence have
we supposed!—But upon my honor. I so
lemrily believe it is nothing more than a
fair type of what may happen, nay perhaps
of what has really happened;—tor the fi.-
cal concerns of the government have beet,
exceedingly embarrassed by the regula
tions of the bank, and the acnuiesenjfe of
the secretary of the treasury to them, i
have reason to speak thus—I have in uiy
From the Augu.ta Advertiser.
The writer of oue rif the papers in th.
Spectator, if we recollert right. Me ntion
that while walking in ins room, one morn
ug. he heard one of the hawkers under Ire
vindiw. crying a littie paper, entitled “th.
Ninety -Nine Blagues ol an Empty Purse.”
lariety of pieces on tin) various
ijrues, wi.ich ballad singers and Grub
> ! orator* had in their way introduced
pu me notice, had found a ready sale,
and “the Plagues of an Empty Puis.-,” it
cuiiclutied bv the author, would also
t a liberal support. Bur however sale
able such a printlutton might have been at
he period tvheil the valuable numbers el
lie Spectator fr -t appeared, it is not iikt -
y tint the nineti -nine, or even the hun-
ired plagues, of an empty putse, however
elegantly delineated, would meet with
mtKli patronage at the present day, as (lie
xperimeot it acquaintance with tilts sutl
er has presented more, leelingund exten-
ve illustrations of it, thin could possibly,
c furnished bv the must fanciful gctitu-
If, however, a correct description could
(u-nished of the five million plague.
nn*-quent titioii a h inking qi.ima, it i.
■o^ahle some entertainment would Be at
rded and some good elfected. But <li>
seitalions oo thi, suiijec.Jtre continually
becoming le*s and le s necessary. Exp.-
ne.e, that great teacher, has futnisiied a
son completely within the comprehen
sion of even ordinary capacities. The
rage for banking establishments is happily
subsiding. It is not I tig since an opinion
seemed to prevail that a community lion
ri.hed in proportion a. Banks were muili
tilled—anti consequently, in some parts
our country, pigeons and banks appean
to increase with similar rapidity, and
fine curient of paper promises flow*
through the various channels of a specula
live community. Tins opened the un
lor an acquaintance with thosen<nv plagu
which almost daiiy visit us in the account
we receive of bank stoppages and ban
failures. These plagues, it is to be hoped
may elfect a more radical change in the
"pinions of our citizens, than those
Egypt wrought in the mind of 'Tltaroa
for so transient was the influcoce of t!
ivo,..ieis wrought before his eves, that
■ ttrough his obstinacy and folly he rushed
heedlessly on to destruction. We hop
iora more happy result from the pa9stn
occort encies ol Jie day, and that in the ba
li.liment of every ficticious representative
o’ tlie p t-cious m ia s, we shall be suppli
d with that otilv which rests upon a solid
.'"•ndation, and the possession of which
• v! enaole every individual to calculat
■vith accuracy, what proportion the value
■I the bills in- holds bears to the amuun
*'ey pi * tec.! oily r. present,—a kind ol
■ tb ulatio.'i which at present seems to
-y in every place, and to change with
!an ival and departure of almost every
mail.
anderlhe protection of fTie Emperor of
Austria. This is (he second continental
confederation of which we have kecently
heard. The German confederation is di
rected against the encruachmeots of Rus
sun influence. It is nut so obvious what
can be the design of that which is forming
in Italy. The Emperor of Austria propo
ses to have an interview with the king ol
.Sardinia, with a view to the latter’s becom
ing a confederate.”
The greatest exertions are making by
the friends ol the Independent cause, in
this country, to turn to the best account
the short time which is yet open to tlufct,
before the Foreign Enlistment bill is to
take effect. A last sailing vessel has.
within these few days, b"en dispatched to
Porto B .din, with a piantilu’ supply ol
inis, ammunition, and clothing, for the
• r.itipa ol New Grenada.—Hell's »!lessen-
An article from Stockholm announce,
rite assemblage ol m eat bodies of Russiat
Coluniho. with every demonstration of joy.
The Madras troops' arc under orders to •
return. The surrender of arms through
out every Province of the inb-.rior seems "
to be general; more than 8,000 muskets,
with other arm*, have aircaily been collect
ed. HeOrel'iEdera, tlie only rebel chief
of consequence n* t taken, is supposed to
have anticipated the sentence ol Jaw, by
committing suicide.
The late London papers contain numer
ous proceedings ol meelieg*, i-, different
parts of the kingdom <0 Great Britain,
which serve to shew the feeling* of a great
portion df the laboring class of lliat com
munity, produced by the pressure of the
times. In sovie ohnehith. a spirit nt in*
*ubord ; <ation is waoifested, 'which, wire it
not for the sfmngarin of government would
breakout into open violence. At cure of
these meeting, held at Stockport, on tins
‘.28th June, sir Charles VVoLley, a Britisli
rnnef, toux the chair, supported by Ilia
troop* in the neighborhood ol Petersburg!!, [ rev. pastor Harrison. A flag wav exhibit*
anil the Dtni-h military officets on lea
>1 ab.-enre are said to have been sutldeol
recalled to their duty.
1 he London edit rs exaggerate the ac
counts ot commercial etnharra**metitA
B’is country. One of them states, that'
I, bearing on one side the >, veial in-nip*
tions of “■Annual Tarlialr.elltsf' , —“Uni*
versal Suffrage'—*•Ballot by Videf* at.d
upon the oU'.er, “Ao t orn LuwsJ' i liis
flig was crowned with t e notable instgna
of the'red cap ol liberty.—A concourse -f
•in New. I ,,rk. upwards of forty houses ir, j people, probably exceeding the aggregate of
the cotton ,}iie failed to the course of seven | any previous occasion, were picsent; and
days; and another, that “to Charleston, | shout four o'clock the Business of the d.r
lie whole street had been shut up ” They ] terminated, after passing a series of vio-'
add, that ’‘1110 greatest distress prevail* | lent resolutions.—jV. T. Uve- Fust.
throughout all the great towns iu Ameri-
^Extract of a letter to a gentlemen in Bos-
VV e are happy to learn, that a resolution j ten, dated
has passed the house of commons, grant-1 Oporto, June IS.
og 60001. to remunerate gen. Boyd, of this Sir—Since our last advii e* the govern*
town, for losses sustained by him, in the ment have thought proper (without giving
confiscation of s»lt-petre at the Cape of) any notice whatever) to impose u duly o'?
Good Hope many years since. 80 reis Ley per Alquieie on fuieigu wheat,
After referring to the movement of Stve- and 100 rets Ley per Alquieie un forei n
is!, troops toward the camp in Scania Indian corn, wiierebyuilimpnitutiunslrun
Bell’s Messenger remarks, “The king of the 20th tilt, art charged with this lax.
weden is evidently engaged in more se- Only three ships with Indian corn have
rious difficulties than tiie precise execu-1 arrived at this port ftotn the U S. since the
tion of the treaty ol Kiel. A very singu-1 above import was laid on, and one ui the
'ar document, signed by the ex-king, has | cargoes from Alexandria was sold yester-
sen sent to this country for publication.] day at 820 ret* metal per laquire, a pr|ee
_ The letter from the ex king of Sweden to ] which after deducting the abuvemrntiuncU
the fiditor of the. London Courier.] It ] duty and charges, leaves about half a du!-
scarcely throws any distinct light upon the [ lar per bushel to pay the invoice const, in
politics of the north, but it shews that there ] surance nutl freight. We therefore as re,-
is ao under current, the direction of which | commended in our last cannot encourattc
; s to restore Prince Gustavus to the inlicr- you to make shipments of corn to this inur-
tance abdicated by his father. The Prince | ket for the-present, but immediately, on
: m*clf cherishes the hope of the crown, the stock on hand being reduced, and
<1 there are some op near a net's from this j when any favorable change takes place,
icoment, coupled with otner circutustan- ] you -bull be advised.
.’that lie is countenanced in some de-1 Wheat, flour,etc. remain as per our last
•Dtiroit, July 30. The United States branch
bank at Ohificothe has recently refused to pay a
draft to the amount of about glO.OOO in specie.
The specie was as we are informed, wanted by
gov. Cass, lo fulfil a-stipulation contained in tome
of the ind.an treaties- Mr. Robert A. Forsyth of
this city was the bearer of the draft, and having
learnt that the money would not be paid to him
he bad tha daft raorcsns.
From the Rost n Pa riot, August 19.
FO a TIG V A U VICES.
We this day continue our extracts from
English papers received by the Herald.
The Loudon Courier ridicules tin* idea
d American artists being employed t.
manufacture plates fur the notes nf tin
umk o! England, and denies that such i
the fact. The Courier then accuses th<
Americans of “silly vaporing.” and ol
overrating the talents and exploits of thei
countrymen. This same paper, houjever,
i day ui two previous to flu's publication,
in speaking of the manner in which the an
niversary of the battle ol Waterloo had
oeen observed at Brussels, says—“Wh^
••du we stiller tlie great day to pass by un-
•‘iintiled ia the march ot time? Why i„
••not some national solemnity appointed
•‘to mark its return? Some public scene
“at which children may leftrnta lisp the
••name if Wellington, and prattle, even in
■•their sports, ol Waterloo! We alone—
“WE—by whose right arm the fight was
Won—leave it io a few Clubs, to pluck
trie Bright gem from the tide of time as it
“roils past us, aud hold it up to the view
“of an admiring world. Let us iu pe that
••tins reproach may-yet be effaced from
"our character.”
After this, .et us hear no more of the
“suly vapnring”of Americans. We should
like to know how tlie allied powers reus'i
this bombastic stuff:—tiie Russians, Bius-
sians, Hanoverian*, Belgians, etc. who
stood the brunt of the baitie, and whus.
idood flowed quite as freely as that of the
inviociDles under Wellington.
We should be obliged to our friends in
Philad. turiufuimation as tu the iactufHte
abovemeutioned artists having been actual
ly engaged to engrave plates'fur tne bank
of England.
“The French Journals (says Bell’s Mes
senger) speak of an Italian confederation
r*‘e by ‘lie Etnp-ror Alexander.”
A Storfch.dii. article of 28lh May, state*
it a notifirction has been sent to the Co
in house* in Norway.fe put ships beiot'j
2 to the North American States, vvitu
*pect t" the duties both r.n ships
errhandiz-.. on the same footing as those
th most favored nation.
A Hamburg paper give*, as the total of |
he armv and navy of the Russian Kilt
ie’. 863,00(1 men—of which numbei
5.000 are seamen.
If is said that gen. Vandatnme intends to
Ivtces. Exchange on London, 57d per
lUOO rs: Agio 18 57 per ct.; dolli rt 850 rs
each. We are. etr.
■Campbelz, Bowden &, Ta¥lor.
N'e.w-VottK. August 25.
TitOJl TttAJb'CT.
By flie b'ig Ann, we have received
French papers of the 1st ult. from winch
we have trx'.slated the foliu’vitiE articles.
From tlie !7tlt of April to the olst of
May, 1161 persons passed through May-
ettce. on their way to A mci ica. i iie grea-
idenre at Ghent, where he had j test part were Swiss peasants,
lrrivad from Vienna. | A motion was tuatli in the chamber nf
Among other resolutions adopted by th" j deputies, to have the import duties for cot*
inner foe the navigation* o! the [ ton reduced iiom th liluf"September, aud
:>e, was one, that the Elbe, in the whole ] be established as follows:—
xtent of it* navigation, shall be consider- From French colonies, pet French
• d a* one whole. [ vessels, pit 100 pounds, 2f. 50
A Paris paper states that the duke of | Foreign long staple, from India, per
ftihelieu intend* to make the tour of Eng-] French vessel.*, 7 50
land and Scotiaud. (Do. da. per foreign vessel, 15
Foreign short st.ple,per Fr. vessel, 5
Baltimore, Aug. 23 | Do. do. da. per foreign. IO
To the politeness of capt. Hobson of the ] Hamburgh ship Two Brothers John
Belvidera, arrived yesterday, in 45 days I sn fl Henry, capt Christian Haims, Iiom
from Ltreipnnf, we are indebted for Liver-f Hamburgh to New-York, with 101 passen-
pool papers to the 4th July inclusive, 2days | ?‘ frs i was cast away 9 miles eipit of Calais,
later than per the arrival at Boston. Oo a | tr, e latter end of June. The passtngeis
cursory perusal, we find nothing of suffi-j were sent to Dunkirk. Tiie ship it was
cient importance in them, to detain the | expected would not be got oil',
iress. The following is the only article j Sales at Havre the last week in June.—
worthy of extract. j India sugar, good 4th quality, 70c. duty
H'anton attack of a Spanish Frigate on a I paid; 234 bags fit. Domingo coffee, fair
British Merchantman. j quality 125 in bund; 20.000 ibs. ilavm.n
Our readers will perceive, by an article ir. | 1 324, do ;50bales Georgia upland, 1624
our ship news, that while our legislators are] duty paid. ^ ..4I1
*nakin;it criminal for enterpnzmg men to] Paris June 28.—10,000 Ibs. St. Dom’in-
•lssist in establishing freedom in South Arne-] 20 coflee, sold deliverable in August, at
rica, and in rendering that country a friend-] 1 ST'i-
!y market for our commerce, and armed ] Very little doing, St. Domingo coffee
ship belonging to the wretch* d man arch of | only is steady. Sugars seem rather flat.
Spain, has dared to attack a British trad- S. Island cotton is 25c. lower. Bank
ng vessel,and in the unwarrantable as*au|r. | shares, 1450; exchange on London, 24 85.
as killed onu passenger, and lias wound
A two others Such an event, at such a
period, will awaken mu*h indignation and
nucit surprise, and in the minds ot thinh-
ng men, it will be strongly contra-ted with
le circumstances adduced bv mini*-1
ters in support of the foreign enlistment
bill.
J/ONDON. July 2.
kX&CU TlOvY.
On Wed need a y morning at a verv ear!
hour, an immense concourse of people as-
emhled in the Old Baily, to witness the
xecutioii ofN. B. Aibvn and T.Jefleot,]
for secreting letters coiitainingbank notes: j
C. W rig til, for burglary; \V. Ambrose, tor
mal ciously sho*.tirig, with intent to mur
der; and G. Price (or uttering ful-ed
notes
Extract of a lotter froi
brig 1 Homer, c
capt. Wm. Stiles, of ibe
rt'i.imore, dated,
i t'iVia, *6th Jip' if, !PI9
“I passed the l*iat,il of Aoj-tvnlani. at
11 p. M. with a fine breeze, it appeared to
he all in flames, and I a:n perfect y con
vinced it is vofeante—the sight was truly
magnificieiit— it appeared to have three
‘fllereiit eruptions at pioper dt, lance*. *
Balt. Tat.
FROM GIBRALTAR.
A private le.tter from Gibraltar, of ^to
9tli July, to a gentleman in this place
states, that notwithstanding the united et-
torts of the governor of the garrison, and
commander ol the United Stales’ squadion,
to preserve the peace nr.d prevent the ofli-
. . _ ... , ct-rs of the 64th legiment, and those of the
A Horning against Gambling—An tn- Erie from renewing their quarrels, on the
quest was held a tew days since on the bo- return of the squadron to that place, a meet*
dv of a gentleman found hanging from one! ing bad taken place between iieut. Stink-
of the trees in St. James IVk. fhe evt- t 0 „ an d rapt. Johnston, which terminated,
(leuce went to esUoltsli tne fact, that the | (n an amicable adjustment of all disputes;
eceased was in the habit of visiting gamb-J j„ consequence of which ail restrictions
mg houses, and that lie sunk into a state | had been taken off on both sides, and that
if great dejection on account of his losses, tranquility ivas entirely restored, lhe
erdict, insanity. letter states also, that an unfortunate u.is-
Ualcutta, January 28, ] 1.otlerslaniling took place at Naples, he-
" P . " ave ** * a!> ^ Bte satisfaction of an- tween com. Stewart and the couimaudeis
tiouncing to the public the return ol l.is j of the ships of his squadron, relative to the
-xcellency t.ie governor, lieutenant gener- j proceedings of a coui t-martial, which, 0*
I Brownrigg, to Coluiubo,after an absence their arrival at Gibraltar, led to a suspen*
I 15 month*, during wmeh eventful peri-] sion from coiniiiand of five officeis.
>d lie 04s effectually crushed the alarming j A very current report prevailed at Ca-
nsuerection wh,ch had so long distracted diz, that the troops of the expedition had
0.at country, and establislud the British | positively refused lo embark, saying loud*
lominiun 00 a firmer b.v*i* than ever | ly they prefer marching to Madrid,
throughout the whole of the Kandian Pro-1 The treaty was not ratified, anil a great
vinces. He was met at the Grand Pass.] diversity of opinion prevailed, whether it
by almost the whole of the population of ] would be or not.—iGevrgetvicir .Vesf. &d