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uiul »omotimn ut quartermasters, P™
firing supplies, and luruwliiUK n ‘ uu,tl0ni
°* Under these circumstances, it is K -
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tliev were placed upon an ei| i J
the outlasved red-sucks, or lug.tivc no-
groe., who were.« «state of open rebel.
Sou. Indeed, their criminality » l
deeper die than that ot H> e ll,d ! i,n f ||U ,9 ‘
scalps ; and to dwell .rge that lugl* •
Lad exiled the,..selves from llie * r
Lind ; plunged ...to the recesses ol he
wilderness, and groped tneir way to the
Indian camp, for the express purpose of
working upon the feelings ot the igno-
ruit and untutored savages ; to instigate
them to lay waitetke abodes ofiudus r>
ami innoccuce, and shim oiu ^oi 1 •
the blood of slaughtered women and chil
dren I Enjoying the lights of education,
vet devoted to this infamous employment;
the active agents in a war winch was
marked, in its progress, by plunder and
massacre !. Should merry have been ex
tended to wretches who excited such a
war, and who, within a short period
would have renewed the same tragical
scenes ? As associates of savages, who
respected none of the laws ot civilized
warfare, they could not claim the benetit
or protection of those laws, for they
were not parties. They were as much
outlaws, to all ils provisions, as a pirate
on the ocean. Such wretches arc tiiore
criminal than any painted red-stick ; and
to pardon them would be treachery to
mankind. If, in the ordinary course of
justice, it has been deemed wise and po
litic to take the life of an offender, tor
the murder of a single individual, both
religion and humanity must recommend
the indiction of the same penalty upon
Lim who has been conspicuously instru
mental in the murder of every age, sex,
and condition. Although retaliation might
Lave been employed upon the innocent,
for such horrid crimes, yet, in these ca
ses, it fell upon the guilty. Let it he
Lome in mind, that the Indian chiefs and
British outlaws, were the monsters de
manded to be surrendered by the Treaty
of Fort J ackson ; the terms of which liud
keen antecedently settled by the govern
ment, ratified by your honorable body,
and carried into effect hy the Congress
•f the United States : and let it also be
recollected, that these were the prophets
mnd instigators of the tear, upon whom
was ordered to be indicted “ exemplary
punishment, for hostilities so unprovok
ed."
The two British incendiaries were not
executed upon the general charge alone
*f “ exciting the Indians to war,” as stat
ed by your committee ; but upon that
and other general charges subjoined
thereto, which they omitted to notice ;
but which may be seen by a reference
to the proceedings of the court of enqui
ry on that occasion.
The case of Arbuthnot and Ambrister
was net Jpithin tiie reach of any rules or
articles of war. The rights and privi
leges here secured belonged only to our
own countrymen : and as the offences
charged were committed by foreigners
beyond our own territorial limits and ju
risdiction, our municipal code contained
nothing by which to test the offence. To
it the principles of national law was alone
applicable, which attached no penalty to
their crimes other than death. In or
ganizing the court of enquiry, it was on
ly intended (as,in councils of war) that
the opinion should operate directory,
and as advice, not to become binding.
In the second sentence pronounced by
the special court upon Ambrister, there
was a departure from the rules of that
lav upon which alone it was believed ju
risdiction was had of the offence. Nor
was it less a violation of the rules and ar
ticles of war ; for those rules had de
nounced corporal punishment. The sen
tence, therefore, was void, because
known to no law. Your respondent,
therefore, conceived himself authorized
to carry into execution the first sentence;
because it a.vardqd the oniv punishment
that was legal to be inflicted ; and be
cause his lawless, guilty conduct, entitled
bun to die. Besides, Ambrister was the
most criminal. He had commanded, in
person, a corps qf Negroes, with the
view of anticipating your respondent in
the occupation oi dt. Marks,_and was ac-»
tuullv taken in arms against the forces of
the United Slates.
The general commanding, as in all
such cases, possessed the right, by the
•Jaw of nations, to retaliate and to punish ;
nor could the organizing of the court de
prive him of the power. The court of
enquiry derived its existence, and its
whole authority, trom the order for its
organization ; and no more could they
exercise a power not delegated to them,
than coulJ a committee of vour honora
ble body enquire into matters not con-
tuined in the resolution which created
them. I he order culls it a special court,
and directs it to perforin special duties.
It only asks for opinions ; and gives no
right to carry those opinions into execu
tion. It details a recorder, by which a
court of enquiry is ever distinguished
Trom courts martial ; the latter having a
judge advocate, without which no pro
ceedings can be had, and no sentence
pronounced.
Censure is endeavored to be attached
in consequence of the withdrawel of the
regular troops from the posts on the
Georgia frontier, and concentrating them
at Fort Montgomery, on the Alabama
ru er, a considerable distance west ofthe
Georgia line. In the commission of thi
military error, your respondent had no
participation ; it was done in pursuance
of an order of Mr. Crawford, thea Se
creturv of War—an order which he was
bound to obey, although contrary to bis
own opinion. •
Upon the subject of raising and orgn
nizing the volunteer* of West Tenncs
«oc, which has called forth the severest
animadversions, your respondent did not,
us he conceives, “ disregard ttie orders
ofthe War Department, the constitution
and laws.” Ilis orders were, toculi up
on the Governors of the adjacent states
fur such additional military force as tie
might deem necessary to beat the enemy.
The order was entirely discretionary, as
no number or description of troops were
mentioned. In the language of the Se
cretary of War’s letter to Governor Bibb,
your respondent was “ vested with full
powers to conduct the war in the man
ner he might judge best.”
When his appeal was made to the ci
tizens of West Tennessee, the frontier
settlements wore .threatened on every
side with danger and distress, as well as
our troops at Fort Scott and on the Ap-
pulachicola. Major Muhlenberg was en
deavoring to ascend that river with pro
visions, kc. and was arrested in Ids pro
gress, and surrounded by U or 1200 In
dians. Cot. Arbuckle,.commandant at
Fort Scott, was also about to abandon
hi£ post for want «f supplies. The 1000
Georgia militia, who had been called out
for fO days, after advancing forty miles
from Hartford, to the neighborhood of
Fort-Farly. were returning home, leav
ing the command of Cal. Arbuckle, as
also the Georgi i frontier, in an exposed
and perilous condition. Not only from
the public journals, but from the com
munications ot' Col. Arbuckle, bad this
intelligence been received. Under these
circumstances Major Fanning was des
patched to Georgia, with a request that
the Governor should coutimie those
troops in the field for an additional pe
riod, or supply the deficiency, as early,
as practicable, hy an equal number ot
volunteers.
[To be concluded.]
LY SENATE, March iX
The Senate took up the resolution
submitted yesterday by Mr Harbour, di
recting the laud committee to enquire
into the expediency of making provtsioi
for satisfying the unlocated land warrant
issued to the officers and soldiers of the
Virginia line, on state establishment dur
ing the revolutionary war.
The resolution was adopted item con.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the resolution of Mr. Ofti, fixing a day
for the adjournment of the present session
of Congress : which was modified by the
mover by inserting the 17th instead ofthe
10th April as the day proposed.
This proposition was discussed at some
length, the result of which was the post
ponement ofthe resolution, to Thursday
next.
HOUSE OF HEPRESE.YTATlVES.
-THURSDAY, MARCH 23.
As soon as the sitting was opened,
Mr. Randolph rose, and aftersomcfeel
ing remarks, expressive of the grief with
which he was filled, by the recent melan
choly occurrence, of the death of that
distinguished Naval officer, Com. De
catur, which he rather alluded to, than
announced, called the attention of the
House to sundry resolutions, the import
of which was, that, when it adjourns, it
will adjourn to meet again on Saturday:
that it will attend the funeral ofthe late
Com. Decatur on to-inorrow ; and that its
members will, in respect to the memory
of the deceased, wear Crape on the left
arm, for the remainder of this session.
Mr. Taylor, ofN. Y. required a division
of the question on these resolutions, to
take it separately on each.
Mr. Randolph, intimated that, if there
was the least objection to the resolutions
as moved, he should withdraw them.
Mr. Taylor, ofN. Y. said that, in op
posing this motion, he felt it due to him
self, to state that, in respect for the me
mory and public services ofthe deceased,
he yielded to no member of this house—
not even to the honorable gentleman from
Virginia. But it is with the most painful
regret (says Mr. T.) I am constrained to
say, that, be died in the violation of the
laws ofGod and his country. I therefore
can not consent, however deeply his loss
is deplored by this House, in common
with the Nation, to vote the distinguished
and unusual honors proposed by these
.resolutions.
Mr. Randolph, than withdrew the re
solves be had offered—and moved that
the House do now adjourn.
The question on this motion was taken
by yeas and nay's, and it was decided in
the negative, by 03 votes to 60.
PROPOSED TERM OF THE SESSION.
Mr. Nelson, of Vir. in the hope and
belief that the adoption of the following
proposition would have the effect to ac
celerate the progress ofthe business of
the session, submitted it to the house :
Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed, to join sach committee as may
be appointed by the Senate, to take into
consideration and report what business is
necessary to be acted upon before the
close of the present session, ami also to
report on what day it will he proper, con
istently with the public interest, for tin
Congress ofthe U. States to adjourn, and
close the present session
Mr. Baldwin said he hoped the reso
lution would not he adopted. The house
ought, before adopting such a resolution,
it least to have progressed so far as to be
able to sec its course clear. We have in'
fact, said he, but just commenced the
main business ofthe session. He was not
willing to talk of adjourning, until some
progress forward bad been made, so as
that a reasonable prospect might upp- arof
such a dispatch ef the public business as
might justify an adjournment.
Mr. Hardin opposed the proposition—
At a future day, he said, he should have
would yet remain in session for 0 weeks
—and to raise a committee now to report
what hill* it is necessary to puss before
ndjourment, would he at once to legislate
out of the house all hills of a private na
ture, so important to the. individuals con
cerned in them, and many other in liters,
already reported on by committee, lie
therefore moved that the result j should
lie on the table.
Mr. Livermore objected to the resolu
tion’s lying on the table, desiring an early
day to be appointed, for the adjournment.
The question oil laying the resolve on
the table was decided m tiie affirmative,
by a large majority.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24.
Mr. Newton laid on the table sundry
statements respecting the extent of our
trade with the British, West-1 sdian and
North American colonies, which were
referred to the committee of the whole
to whom the bill on that subject wits re
ferred.
The routine of morning business hav
ing been gone through—
Mr. Randolph rose, and, after a speech
of some length, principally growing out
ot' the remark of Mr. Taylor, on the pre
ceding day, on the manner of the death
ofthe late Commodore Decatur, moved
a resolution to this effect:
“ That the Speaker, Officers t Mem
bers of this House will attend the fune
ral of the late Stephen Decatur, F.sq.
of the United States’ Navy, from his late
residence, at -1 o’clock this afternoon.”
Mr. Randolph's remarks were of too
much Jeuglh to be reported to-day. As
soon as the motion was stated from the
choir,
Mr. Holmes rose apprehending, be
said, that the proposition might not re
ceive an unanimous vote; fearing to
hear either yea or nay or such a qnes
tiou ; and at the same time wishing to
give every gentleman ofthe house an
opportunity of indulging his own inclina
tion, un this solemn and melancholy oc
casion, he moved that the House do now
adjourn.
This motion the reader is probably
aware, supersedes all others, and pre
cludes all debate.
It was derided affirmatively, without
lebate, and the House adjourned.
MONDAY, MARCH 27.
The Speaker presented the Memori
al, Keinon-trance and I’rotest ofthe Se
nate and House of Representatives of
the State of Georgia, detailing several
violation* ofthe territorial rights of that
State ix» Treaties concluded between the
United States ami the Creek and Che
rokee. Indians, as ulso violations ofthe
articles of agreement k cession of 1802,
an 1 remonstrating and protesting -against
an article iu the treaty concluded
1817, between the Cherokee nation and
the United States, which invests « fse
simple right to land* in certain Indians of
that nation, end soliciting that Commis
sioners may he appointed to treat w ith
the Creek and Cherokee nations of In
dians for further cessions of territory-for
the use of Georgia, which memorial, re
monstrance and protest, was ordered to
lie on the table.
Mr. Williams ofNorth-Carolina,from
the committee of claims, who were, on
the 28th ult. instructed to enquire into
tiie expediency of providing for the com-
sation of losses occasioned by the im
pressment and application of private pro
perty to the military service ofthe U.
States in the late Seminole war, made a
report, concluding v.ith the following
resolution :
“ Resolved, That it is inexpedient to
pass any general law on the subject, and
that the committee be discharged from
ils further consideration.”
Mr. Cobb moved to strike out the word
inexpedient and insert the word expedi
ent.
After n-short debate. Mr. Cobb's mo
tion was negatived ; and the report of
the committee was concurred in.
Mr. Williams, also, from the commit
tee of claims, to whom was referred the
Senate's hill for the relief of the officers
and volunteers engaged in the late war
with the Seminole ! mlians, made a report
thereon, concluding with a recommenda
tion that the bill lie indefinitely post
poned.
This report was opposed by Mr. Jones,
Mr. Allen, and Mr. Cannon, of Ten. Mr.
Me. Lean cf Kentucky, Mr. Warfield of
Maryland, Mr. 'Stephens of Con. and was
supported by Mr. Mercer of 1 irginia,
Mr. Cuibrrth of Maryland, and Mr. Wil
liams and Mr. Culpcpper-ot N. Carolina.
The arguments on each side of this'
question have been already pretty fully
stated, on another occasion. It is suffi
cient now generally to state, that the
compensation allowed for the use of
these horses was said to be intended to
cover also the risk of their loss ; ns was
evident from the fact, that the allowance
for the use ofthe horse wo« greater than
that allow ed to the rider of him for his
services, anil was at the rate of double
the average cost of human lalirr in that
country,kc. On the other hand, it was
said, that, when these volunteers entered
the service, there wuis certainly an impli
ed contract that the United States should
furnish their horses with forage, and
should not cause the horses to he rode
to death by forced marches ; and that the
losses in question were caused in this
manner, &.r. ; that the rule which had
been applied to the Kentucky volunteers
the Tennessee volunteers had a right to
expect to he also applied to them.
Other considerations mingled in the
Debate. Mr. Cidbreth, for example was
in favor ofthe postponement ofthe bill,
because he believed the persons embrac
ed in the bill to have been unconstitu
tionally in service.
The question on indefinite pospone-
. no objection to the mtoption of such a ment of the bill was decided, by yeas and
proposition.—In all probability Congress I ntiys, in the negative, 84 to 73.
The bill was then referred to a com
mittee of the whole, such a reference
being required by the rules ofthe I louse,
us the bill contains an appropriation,
FROM TIIE VVTIO.NVL IXTRt.LtOF.NCCR.
MISSOURI EXPEDITION.
The following remarks are not our own,
but are from the pen of an esteemed corn s-
pmidtnt, for whose opinions we have greet
respect. The Western papers received by
the last mails contain earnest remonstrances
against the expected attempt in Congress to
ai rest the expedition. At tin- same time
our readers will have seen that the gentle
men in Congress from that quarter ure near
ly equally divided in opinion respecting it.
For ourselves, we have already said, that we
consider a great part of the object of the Ex-
prditiou to be already achieved.
The Missouri Expedition.—-The treaty of
178.4, negociated hy John Jay, with the Brit
ish government, secured to that country tile
privilege of a free trade with all the power
ful nations of Indians within our North Wes
tern Territory. By tiie due establishment
of military posts, of trading compuuics, and
houses, and the distiihution of presents, that
nation obtained not only the trade, but so
complete nn ascendancy and influence over
the warlike nations, that she could (and did)
excite them to make war upon us, whenever
a spir ? of ambition, interest, or rapine, dic
tated the step.
In the negociafion at Ghent, in the fall of
till t. the British commissioners, so anxious
to perpetuate and increase tills preponder
ance over tiie Indians, made each ofthe fol
lowing propositions a sine yua non, or indis-
petisible condition to treating at all : That
her Indian allies, (these very Indians she had
excited to shod our blood,) should be includ
ed in tiie pacific ition ; and that there should
be a permanent boundary between us and the
Indians, although they wen included uiitliin
our territory.
The last proposition our Commissioners
rejected with disdain, not only as unprece
dented, but as fixing, beyond tiie possibility
of alteration, the influence of Great Britain
over those powerful nations. '17<is presump
tuous demand, the British commissioners,
however, finally abandoned: and the Con
gress (if the United States, in Jtslfi, in pur
suance of the spirit evinced by our distin
guished Commissioners, and having before
-ts eyes tiie dreadful scenes of blood which
these Indians had been excited to shed, du
ring the then recent war, passed a law ex
pressly providing,
1st. That no license to trade with tiie In
dians w ithin-our boundary, should be. grant
ed to any foreigner.
2d. That all goods carried into our said
boundaries by foreigners and all J'urs ami
peltries,-purchased by them, should be for
feited.
Sd. That any foreigner going w ithin our
said houudarirs, without a passport, should
be severely fined or imprisoned; and
4th. That the President was authorized to
use the military force of tin: Unin-d States
to earn/ the provisions yf that uct into effect.
Now, in strict conformity- to the spirit and
provision* of this act, anil constitutionally
charged,too, with the pioleetioo and defence
of tile country, t‘» - President did, in his mes
sage at the commencement -of the last ses
sion, distinctly announce to Congress ilia in
tention to extend our military posts a* far
up the Missouri as the Mandan Villufxes,
and to some other corresponding places on
the Mississippi river, and the Lakes. This
plan was also as distinctly announced by the
.Secretary of War to the same Congress, in
two reports,the cme on the state ofthe ar
my, military posts, Jko. and the other on a
scheme, to secure and regulate this Indian
trade.
Congress, so far fro in disapproving tiie
plan, did vote the money requi^d for that
year, to’go on with it. Considerable pro
gress has been made, and the principal part
ofthe. expense necessary to effectuate the
system, already-incurred.
The objects which would Vive been ef
fected by tlii* expedition, if conducted with
reasonable prudence, would have been,
1st. Tiie gradually securing to us a consi
derable and lucrative trade with the Indians;
and, as a consequence, of this trade and in
tercourse, and which could not have been ef
fected without it,
Id. A ino,3t important ascendancy over
(hose tribes, taken from the British, and se
emed to ourselves : an influence indispcusi-
tile to n lasting pence.
3d. The protection of our most exposed
frontiers; and
4th. A more accurate, survey and know
ledge of an interesting part of our own coun
try, at present but little known.
At this session the House of Representa
tives have, by a majority of eight votes,
deemed it expedient to deny to the Execu
tive any money for Hie further prosecution
of this system of defence. Whether this is
tiie provident course of wise and sagacious
statesmen at this crisis, let tile American
people judge.
TEXAS.
The following is an extract of a letter from
a gentleman in Virginia, well acquainted,
from actual observation, with the province
of Texas, to a Member of Congress, dated
Li-.xinuton, March 12th, 1820.
“ I will with pleasure, give you a descrip
tion of the province of Texas, so fur as my
information extends. It is hounded on the
south by the Gulf of Mexico, extending a-
long its const front the river Sabine, by com
putation, 700 miles—the latitude you will
easily discover from Melish's map.
“The sea board, so far as 1 pi net rated the
province, which was within ail hundred miles
ofthe Rio del Norte, is rather a prairie coun
try, &v) was informed it continued the same
to that riter: it is waving, yet not so steep
any whereas that it cannot be cultivated to
advantage.
“ Tlte soil is far superior to any thing I
ever saw, the Mississippi bottoms not except-
ed. The climate is peculiarly adapted to
the culture of sugar and cotton, fur an hun
dred and fifty mile* From the Golf towards
the mountains. After yon have travelled
about that distance, on an average, the coun
try becomes more broken and a little, •'filly,
in some places the rock is to be seen, on the
surface. Ne.viv-theiess, that part of it is well
calculated for farming and grilling, the latter
particularly—in many places salt is found in
great abundance—so much so, that I have
seen rallies so completely covered with it.
that it resembled a large white frost—conse
quently, your cattle get what they want of
it, and the grass being so exceedingly flue,
that, without feeding them, they continue
fat winter anil summer.
“Taking the province of Texas generally
it certainly is the finest part of the world!
ever beheld : ns it combines all the advanta
ges of grazing, farming, nnd planting. I hav«
seen up the St. Antonin, as fine sugar cane
any where. Tiie weather is always mild k
pleasant—I never felt the heat oppressive,
or the cold si vere—in two winters 1 never
-aw the ice an inch thick.
“ From thi! Trinity river tn the Rio del
Norte, there is n good deal of prairie, except
on the water courses, where timber is al
ways plenty—the rivers of that country run
parallel to each other, from north to south ;
some approach the mountains, which may
be distant from the sea perhaps 000 miles.
“ Some of the rivers afford considerable
navigation, and all of them for a short dis
tance. The Rrassos is distant from the
Trinity about 70 miles, and is navigable up
wards of ;1U0 miles—from thence to the Co
lorado is fit) miles, the finest clear wa'er you
ever saw, mid the most beautiful river—also
navigable between two mid three hundred
miles.
“There are many other good rivers, hut
that on which the capital stands is called St.
Antonio, and is navigable but a short distance
—it falls into the hay of Matagorda, about
120 miles from the town, which contains n-
bout :>UOO inhabitants. Labihia is also situ
ated on that river, about 80 miles below it,
containing perhaps 4000 inhabitants, tv may
well he called the garden spot of the pro
vince. The Bay of St. Bernard, Matagorda,
and the mouth of the Rio del Norte, are all
said to lie good harbors.
“ The Timber of Texas differs hut little
from that of other countries where the soil is
fertile, with the exception of live oak, which
you find in great abundance all along the
coast of the Guipli, extending a considera
ble distance up the rivers into the country.
“ The dye-stutls, which came within my
observation, were indigo and cochineal—the
former can he cultivated to any extent—the
latter abounds without anv care or attention.
“On the Trinity and Colorado, there are
immense quantities of sen coal, nr stone coal
as it is called. The other minerals of the
country, consist of gold, silver, iron, copper,
nnd lead.”
ON TURNIPS.
8POTTS VI.VANI A, April 1st, 1819.
Dear Sir: I beg the liberty of communi
cating to your-snciety the result of nn expe
riment I made the Iasi year in the culture of
Turtdps.
A small patch of ground containing one
fifth of nn acre, which had been a covvpen
the preceding year, I had thoroughly plough
ed and harrowed about the m'ddle of July.
On or aboutthe 10th of August, immediate
ly after a heavy rain, it was again ploughed
and harrowed and laid oil'by a hand plough
both ways in furrows twelve inches distant,
crossing at right angles. At the intersection
of the furrows, I had the rominon summer
turnip seed dropped (three or four seeds in
a bill) ami covered with the hand nearly nn
inch deep. A top dressing of plaster of pa
ns was then given it. In forty hours the
plants made, their appearance. On the 10th
of September when they had from five to
seven rough leaves, about six inches long, I
had the ground thoroughly hoed, the weeds
removed—and the hills thinned, one plant
only being left in each. On the first of Oct.
they covered the ground and measured about
two aiida half feet in length. At this time
the roots were not larger than a thimble;
but they soon begin to grow rapidly and the
outside leaves gradually t>> fall off. By the
last of the month they had got their fuii
.growth. On the 13th ofNovomber, I mea
sured the product of one square rod, taken
indiscriminately, mar the centre nf the
ground. It yielded seven and li half bushels
of exrdlest turnips, all nearly of the same
•i/.e, t,he smallest weighing about two, and
She largest not mope than four and a half
pounds. No difference was disceriinblc
throughout the patch. Admitting therefore
that every part was equal, (and 1 have no he
sitation in asserting the fact) the. whole pro
duce was tiro hundred a,.d Jbity bushels, in
the proportion of tivelre hundred bushels to
the acre. A product considerably greater
than I have ever known in this country, and
•not inferior to what Sir Joint Sinclair says
ihe best mltivatcd lands in Great Brituin
ought to yield.
My principal object in making this com-1
muuicntion is, to remove the erroneous idea
entertained by many intelligent agricultural
ists, tint the soil nnd climate of Virginia arc
unfavorable to the growth of turnips ;—and
at the sain*' time to make know n what I con
sider the best method of planting and culti
vating them.
With regard to the comparative value of
turnips fur stock and culinary uses, it is un
necessary to express nn opinion; but 1 do
not hesitate to say, that farmer* in every sec
tion nf our country, who will pay some at
tention to the cultivation of that vegetable,
will lie richly remunerated.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant. Benjamin Coleman.
Peter Minor, Key. Secretary
Agricultural Society, Albemarle,
VVVVVFAftX.
New-York, March 24.
MTEST FROM EUROPE.
The fast sailing ship Belfast, arrived at this
port yesterday in 24 days from Antwerp—
xhe made the Banks in 9 days, nnd ha* been
off our cost five days, having in fact made
the passage from land to land in 17 days.
Capt. Bunker has politely favored the edi
tors of the Mercantile Advertiser, with a file
of Antwerp papers to the 24th nit. containing
Paris dates to the IBlh, Madrid to the 7th,
and Cadiz to the 1st. The London dates are
to the loth, same as received from Liver
pool.
Judging from the complexion of things as
they appear in the Antwerp Journals, now
before us, a storm is gattn ring iu France,
which may disturb the penct* of Europe. It
appears that the minority -are so near getting
the ascendancy, that tb'o Count Eli Decazes,
the king’s favorite mi’.fister, has thought pru
dent to resign hi* 'power, and retire. This
step indicates the approach of a new order
of things in that devoted country.
In the setting of Ihe Chamber of deputies,
at Pari', on the 14th Feb. a member, C. de
Goviergues, •caused M. de Gazes, the mi
nister of state of having been an accomplice
in the assassination of the duke ofRorri.--
This circumstance occasioned much ferment,
in Paris, nnd it was reported on the loth,
that I)e Cazes had tendered his resignation
to the King, which was accepted.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on the 16th
February, M. Clause) de Coussergues assert
ed thnt M. Decaze had beeu the means of
plunging the nation into the calamity they
now were suffering, and that lie would prove
it. He was immediately called to order,
and afterwards presented to the chamber the
following letter :
“ I have the honor to propose to the Cham
ber to bring an accusation against M. I.e
Count Decaze, minister of the interior, as
guilty of treason, according to the terms of
| the Mith article of the. constitution. 1 re-
•’ • Cha^ibq- jnay appoint to
morrow lo Iiwtr me, if I cauuot be heard
day.
Ci.ai'sel i>e CoussaaecE*
Feb. 15, 1820.
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A Paris paper of the 16th ult. states, that
Hy ml order of the king, the duke de Berri
has been opened by three surgeons, by whose
report it appears that the dagger ofthe as
sassin penetrated the lungs, ami passed into
the lobe of the heart.
The same paper remarks, that the person
who perpetrated this horrid deed was to be
secured in the palace of Luxembourg, in the
same room in which marshal Ney was con
fined.
All (daces of amusement were ordered to
he closed for nine days. There were nume
rous speculations as to the cause of this as-
sassination.
In this paper, we also find the following
highly important and portentous articles:
“ The editor of the Drapcau Blanr, (M.
Martinville) has been arrested and his paper
suppressed—[cause not stated.]
Many young men, wearing in their button
holes white ribbon, entered in the evening
the Lamblin Coffee-house, (Palais Royal,]
where were assembled a number of citizens,
whom they insulted. M. de Corcelles, mem
ber of the Chamber of Deputies, who was
in the company, was also insulted: but as the
conduct of these young men was not at the
moment resented, no scuffle ensued. A guard
soon arrived and cleared the house. An of
ficer ofthe peace, decorated with the Legion
of honor, but notin active service, was chal
lenged by some of these young men, who
gave him their name* and addresses. Nu
merous pat roles paraded the streets all the
evening in the neighborhood of the Palais
Royal.
A Paris paper of 17lh of last month, states
that the preparations for the. funeral ofthe
Duke do Berri, were to continence next day.
A Paris paper of ICth lilt, states, that count
Elie Decazes is no longer Minister. Yester
day morning all the family of Decazes, step
father, stepmother, wife and sister, prostra
ted themselves at his feet, w ho for niorethan
18 hours had been in a stale of dejection,
and supplicated hint to fiy from the stoiw
vvhich was gathering over his head. Moved
hy their attachment, and overcome with fear,
ihis favorite Minister went to the Thuillcries
at I o’clock, and begged the King to accept
of his resignation, acknow ledging that this
measure was indispensable to the safety of
the Monarchy.
Paris, Feb. 10.
The alarm in the public is such, that a
great number of Foreigners quit Paris with
precipitation, being fearful that a revolution
is about to take place. Yesterday and to
day, it was almost impossible tn obtain post
horses. 'No doubt the assassination or the
duke of Berri is the first cause of this alarm—
but is it not probable that it has been increa
sed hy the imprudent remarks ofthe news
papers, and Ly the measures proposed by
the government to the chambers ?
Antwerp, Feb. 21.
The passage of messengers is still very fre-
auent through our city. Yesterday 4 passed
through, two from Amsterdam for Paris,
and two fiom Paris for Amsterdam.
Paris, Feb. 17.
It is said the committee of the House of
Peers, charged with tiie examination of the
law on the. free circulation of the journals
terminated its tabors yesterday, and that it
resolved to reject the project—The project
of the. law against the liberty of the press,
resembles so much the despotic resolution
that the Congress of the German Diet has
caused to he adopted, that we cannot avoid
thinking that it emanates from that source-
anil that the Holy Alliance has for a long
time past, been taking measures, that
throughout the continent, tlte press should
he equally shackled.
When Loi vf.l was interrogated on Mon
day, by the minister of the interior, why, if
lie did not fear death, he bad tied after assas
sinating the Prince—he replied coolly—“ In
order that he might be able to kill another.’*
These answers of Louvel are astonishing,
but the, following is still more horrible.—
Wretch, said a magistrate to him, do you
know that the prince has been so kind as to
ask the king’s pardon for his murderer ?
I do not, answered Louvel, shedding tears:
You are moved, continued the magistrate,
with so generous and noble an act. If this
excellent prince could revive, you would not
commit again so great a crime ?
Yes I would, answered Louvel.
It is said that M. de Cazes, has dared to
present himself at St. Cloud, the residence
of the Duchess de Berri. lie was not intro
duced, and it is added, that as soon as she
heard his name pronounced, the Princess
eagerly caught her infant in her arms and
fled to her apartment.
Further particulars of the assassinatiou
ofthe Dukcde Berri, from the Journal des
Debats.
The assassin is about thirty years of age ;
Ilis name is Louvel. It appears he was one
of those who went and returned w ith Buna-
pat te from Elba, and has since been employ
ed, up to the very time of the fatal deed, iu
his majesty’s hunting establishment.
Tlte prince having expressed a desire to
see his infant daughter, when she was
brought to him, in Her cradle, at 4 o’clock
in the morning, he kissed the babe and gave
it his benediction, pronouncing these re
markable words:—“Poor infant, I wish that
you may he less unfoitunate than the rest of
my family.”
The Dutchess de Berri fell senseless wltrO
her august partner expired. She was tori)
from the side of her departed husband.—
When site recovered, she threw herself on
her knees before the king, and implored
him to grant her leave to return to Naples.
The assassin’s name is Pierre Joseph
Louvel. He has been examined before the
ministers, when his replies where as follows :
t{. What induced you to commit tins
crime ? A. My opinions, my sentiments.
({. What are they ? A. I think the
Bouillons are tyrants, and the most cruel
enemies of France.
Q. In thnt supposition why did you at
tack the Duke de Berri in preference to the
rest? A. Because he is the youngest prince
of the royal family, and seemed to be des
tined to perpetuate that race hostile to
France.
Q. Do you repent your act ? A. No.
Q. Had you any instigator, any accom
plice ? A. None.
Yesterday, (14th inst.) an individual, a*
inongst a group on the Place Carousel, ut
tered many seditious expressions, and
to exhibit a ferocious joy, at the deed whin'
had plunged France tn mourning. The pc'-
•ions around him, whom sentiments of gru
had induced to repair to the vicinity or t e
Louvre, took hint into custody, and escort*
him to the. police office. ,
Our nest accounts from F.ngland must
interesting. It seems that Georg-' l * • "'f 1
he another Henry VIII. Already he hs»
talked nf beheading his Queen, mul has
tuallv had the Church Litany altered, so e»
;e omit the prayers for tha Queen.
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