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WEDNESDAY MOItNING, JUDY n.
CaUe or Watkins.-TUo Washington
Telegraph, under dote of Monday, Jane 99lh t
snys—The opinion of the court on the motion
of the counsel for tlio United States, was not
delivered to-day. It is probable that it wilj
be givon to-morrow, or the day after. A now
presentment has been mode by the grand ju.
ry, founded on the evidence of Mr. Cursor
Hamblcton, who has reccnily arrived in this
c'\ty,*tit\d who, wo have been boon informed,
was examined to-day before the grand jury
Uy a recent ordinanco of the Charleston
City Council, all ptisans to negroes granted
hereafter, vntist designate the name oftbo
street, and the name oftbo ownor or occupant
of the premises, tho placo from which such
persons have permission to go, and also ex
press the name of the place to which they
are going.
The Crops in Virginia, according, to ac
count s from nil quarters, arc excollont ns well
nu abundant.
Passengers in tho Btoam boat line between
Philadelphia and New York, can now break
fait in one oity and dine in tho other. The
S ur ohiepartUQ is 6 A. M. f and of
IfptaVflP. M.-tnaking 95 milei ini fifhe.
Parti Lite or tiie Grape Vine.—An nc
circuit is given in the American Former, of a
vine of the ‘ JersoyGrape,’raised from a lay
e£ planted in 1022, by John Willie, of Ox
ford, Md. seven year* old, which was loadod
wit h 13,315 clusters of gropes, on the 23d of
Mo/jait. The number is certified by three
juntlemenwho counted them, and who state
tnl? nearly half of tho bunches nro double
although reckoned as single in the enumorn
U?n. __
According to the Intelligencer, in Iholato
election for tho choice of Representative in
Jjocusts. —Tho Locusts have appeared o t
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in vast numbers,
tho first time in seventeen years. The or
ebards and woods are litorally swarming with
them. In on orchard adjoining that (owd
were seen at the root of a single apple tree,
between n peck and a half bushel of shells,
which they had shed, and as many ns eight
sticking to a single leaf of the same tree-
The papers of that placo says their periodi
cal oppearanco ia every seventeen years—
others soy every seven years. During the
heat of the day, it is added, they keep up a
most deafening clamor, whioh is distinctly
marked with pauses, and regular swelling
and sinking notes. Tho female is provided
with a kind of sting with which it perforates
the tender branches of trees in which it de
posits its eggs. This process is very des
tractive to fruit trees, in many instances
killing tho branch. We know of no other
injuries committed by them. They ore said
to live not longer than six or seven weeks af
ter they assumed tho winged form, during
which period the females are engaged in de
positing their eggs, and the males in doling
out their discordant music—they siug ’till
they die. They are not migratory.
Tho Duke of Wellington by recent pur
chases had greatly ndded to his estate in En
gland. Somo idea may be formed oftho ex
tent of his property in Hants, when it is sta
ted that its circuit will bo at least thirty
miles, and that an approach or avenue
tho house may bo formed upwards of eight
miles in length.
^ A militia captain in FoBier, R. I. has been
fined $20 and costa, on complaint of a private
for taking tho company and treating them
with rum. Tho captain has|appoalod.
■—
The editor of the Mootpelior Watchman
haa tested (he experiment recommended by
the New England Farmer, to secure certain
annual vines fron^bugs, by soaking tbo seeds
in a decoction of tobacco. His success was
overwhelming: the tobacco had got the a'art
of tho bugs ; the seeds, and vines also,
main snug under ground.
A writor in the Philadelphia Aurora, who
sings tho praiscB of tho township of Mona
yunk, speaking of tho hotel, says, “Tho pop
ular luxury of catfish and coffee, can be had at
all oflhom, at the shortest nolico.”
Congress for tbo Hancock nod Washington, i^ft Hob been ascertained that of 11,700 pa
District, Maine,.thero were six principal can
Vlidatcs, no one of whom had half tho number
‘of. votes necessary/Of a cliofc* This is the
tjjijd of fourth.unsuccosBful trial.
he subscription books of tho Canal Bank
ayTUhaiiyiroro closed on the 24th ult. when
appeared that six thousand four hundrci
aeighty eight shares, were subscribed for
Htyrond tho capital, which is only $300,000.
A letter from Lexington, states that the
(rjnlof young Wickliflb for tho murder of
Mr- Banning, lata editor of tho Kentucky
Cazettc, was to take place on the 30th _ ull
Henry Clay, John J. Critteadcn, and R. II.
Chinn appear in his defence.
Bunker Hill Monument—This work
has boon arrested for want of funds, tho buil
ding committee having expended tho amount
which was famished by tho Association—$51
(133. Tt is ostimoted that $30,000 will be re
quired to finish it, which is proposed to be
raised by subscription. Three thousand
three hundred tons of atone have boon dress
ed nod delivered on the hill, of whioh 2000
tons have bcon laid, being about one half op
tbo whole number of tons which will bo ro
quired. Tho obelisk is now about 40 ft. high
when finished it will bo 220 foot high, 30 feet
square at tbo base, and 15 foot at the summit
A distiller iu Pittsburg has invented, and
obtained a patent for an improved pttffmra
tion of whiskey, which ot least in description
is something new under thq^fun. Ho callB
U Hughes’s Arrack, completely edulcorated,
dfcphlcmoted and dcphlogisticatcd, whereby
tho empyreumatic oil, poisonous concretions
apd noxious effluvia of common whiskey, are
entirely separated and discharged—thusren
dering it tit for tho various mixtures and
compounds of the apothecary and confection
or, and a wholesome beverage for tho uso of
private families and individuals—much eupe
riw to any imported spirits.’’
Accounts from Africa, received at Pliila-
dclphia, state that the Dutch scttlemont oh
the Oriwt of Africa was attackod by tho Fan-
tees and Il&isaas on tbo 2d Octobor, by 8000
mcn< Col. £arf, tho Dutch Governor, repul
end them and forced thorn to retreat. On
tjiB ,19th oftho tamo month another attack
wflB made by 20,000 men under the command
of King Dinkira. Col. Last who had
7000 men under his command, repulsed the
JjHtig arid drove him and his forces before
him for two mites. An immenio quantity of
provisions, &c. foil into the hands of the Dutch
commander.
Tho Geographical Society of Paris, Baron
Cuvier, President, at its last meeting of the
S7lb March, adjudged its annual prize of
gold medal, value 1000 franco, to Captain
Franklin, R. N* for his second expedition to
{Jio Polar Seat End have likewise enrolled his
name on the list of their foreign correspon
denis*
tiems who applied at the Dispensary in Bris
tali England, with complaints of the eye, no!
ono was a chimney-sweeper, although their
occupation would seem to induco opthnlmia
and tbo Surgeon oftho eye Infirmary (or £0
yonrs docs not remember a case ofopthalroit
j ja chimney sweeper
j^Pheatrical accident.—Mr. Forrest
ono-of the managers of the Albany Theatre,
in playing Sir John Rnmorney, in “Blood
for Blood” on. the 22d nit. was much injured
in’lbc breast, by tho uso of a dagger, which
was supposed to bo a spring one Tho wound
was near the heart, and rather deep, but bo
is now considered out of danger, though fi)i
a time, there was great fear that it would be
mortal.
Tile Hudson (N, Y.) Gazotte, says that
there is at this timo residing in tho county oi
Grceno, three farmers, whoso location is
within half a milo of each other, that can
number 39 living children. Ono has 12, ano
tlmr 13, and tho third 14.
Several incendiary attempts have been re
cently made in Albany, N. Y.
A robbery was committed d'n tho Post Of
fice in Nntcht'z, (Miss.) on tho night of tho
3d ult. by taking tbo bricks from tho wall
immediately under the window whence let
ters were delivered. The robbers appear
to have had a groat deal of troublo before
they got within tho office, and then got only
ten dollars to pay them for tho risque and la
bor.
Tho Montronl Herald, which announced
tho discovery of a valuable Quicksilver Mine,
and some gcullemen who bad gone to explore
it, now says :- ‘Wo regret that our expec*
tations relative to a Quicksilver Mine near
Tbrco Rivers, aro not likely to bo realized
The portion brought by the Indians to that
town, we understand to have been dropped
last year from o broken barometer of Col.
Doucbetto, who was exploring this part of
tho Province.”
A Boston paper says this.is about equal to
the quicksilver mine, discovered not long
gincc in this city, near Capps Mill and which
turned out to be the sweepings of a looking
glasses factory in that neighborhood.
Suicides.—On tho 10th ult. a journeyman
shoemaker, named Horace E- Gilbert, com
milted suicide io Brockvillo, Upper Canada.
He abruptly left the workshop, leaving a shoe
partly made, and ns bo went out, picked up a
piece of a rope that was lying ot hand On
Sunday morning he was found dead, with a
rope about his neck, suspended from a small
tree. Ilis body was extended on the ground
his neck being in the rope but a little raised
from it. An inquest was called by the Cor
oner. After investigation, the jury came to
the conclusion that the said Horace E. Gil
bert, feloniously, and of bis malice afore
(bought did himself kill, strangle and murder.
The Collector at Newport, R. I. has com
pleted & contract for building a new Custom
House} which will be commenced forthwith.
Oil the lGtb inafc. tho v»ifbofIVfr. P. Smyth,
of Elizabethtown, U C. was found on the
floor near her bed, with her throat cut, sup
posed to have been done by herself. She
was not, bowever, dead, but the chance of
recovery was considered extremely small.
The Cincinnati Liberty Hall Gpzetto.con
tains an advertisement cautioning the public
against a villain by. the name of Isaac Jen
nings, a fiddler, dancing master, dentist, hav
ing divers wives, &c from tho village of
Black Rock, N. Y.—A knowledge of Jen*
ning’s character, renders it a query how be
could ever have obtained consequence a
nough in Cincinnati to render such an adver
tisement necessary; for a groater blaokguard
never went south.”
Cruel and unnatural.—A mqn and his
wife, lately from Europe, at Albany, Ni Y.
have been.committed to jail, on a charge of
having attempted to take the life of their son,
a young lad, by hanging . him. It appears
that the mother (the father remaining pas
sively by) placed a rope round the neck i)f
the boy and*drew it so tight, by suspending
him in the air, that ho became black io the
face, and it is apprehended that she would
have kept him in that situation, till life de
parted, if some persons who happened to
come in, bad not interfered. On their re*
monstrating, she said it was no one’s busi
ness ; that he was her own child, and she
had a right to kill him if she pleased ! The
reason she gave for the act was, that he had
some money which belonged to her, which
ho would not give up.
Speaking of the use of roasted acorns in
Germany as a substitute for coffeo, the Phil
adelphia National Gazette says “Domestic
Coffee has fallen ioto discredit here, after
having injured we know* not bow many
sound and unsound stomachs.” He odds,
an anxious and habitual watchfulness about
small savings, and a.minute self-denial from
close calculations of cost ■ o; gaio, contract
and impoverish both tho heart and the
understanding, and are pardonable only in
ihoBe whose circumstances and resources are
so Blender as to render the moBt rigid thrift
indispensable.”.
Tho Chronicle, Kingston, U. C. gives ano
ther version of tho circumstances attending
the suicide of the wife of Mr. Willis, portrait
painter, which we published some time since,
representing (hot when he married her she
was involved in debt, and that he found .it
necessary to leave tho place to avoid paying
them j ami that they had agreed to separate.
When she came to Kingston, Willis insisted
upon her returning in the next boat, and she
seemed willing to comply ; but her troubld
proyed upon tier mind and induced the me
lancholy act. The physician Btutcd that she
had taken an punco ofcrscnic, enough to kill
240 people : that she Appeared perfectly col
li S MILITARY ACADEMY, >
West Point, Juno 1829. $
To the Secretary of War,
Sir:—Having been invited by you to at
tend tbe examination of the Cadets of this in
stitution, as a Board of Visitors for the pre
sent year, and having in that capacity com
pleted our observations and inquiries,we beg
leave to submit to your coiisideration the re-
Balt of our labors.
1 i The examination commended with tbe
Mathematical Department, and nothing
fcould surpass tbe proficiency of the Cadets
in whatever was connected with the science
of calculation* The most complicated diu
grams and fignrea wore draw with’ the great
eat nealuess, dexterity and precision; and all
the required demonstrations, bowever ulab
oruto or involved, were conducted with a
promptitude and correctness which quite as
tonished some members of the Board of Visit
era, whose previous experience enabled them
to judge of such exhibitions. Nor could ihoro
be a fallacy in this or indeed in any other
part oftho examination, since ia addition to
the questions proposed by the examining pro
fessors. many queries, and some qf them ol
the most abstruBO, character, were’propound-
ed by the Visiters themselves. All wore an
Iwered with equal readiness, propriety and
exactness.
In Engineering, military and civil, the at
tainments of the Cadets, were no less satis
factory. In reference to military operations,
the raodo was exhibited of constructing and
arming fortifications, whether, permanent or
temporary, and whether such works wero dp
signed for attack or defence, either in the
field or on the sea coast.
In the civil department was stated tbe man
ner of collecting and preparing the various
materials used in masonry and carpentry, in
architecture ornamental and useful, in the
structure of roads, bridges aod rail roads, in
remedying-tbo obstructions in rivers, amfin
Ihe formation of canals and artificial harbors.
While on the subject of Engineering,how
ever, the Visiters are bound to remark that
at present the civil branch of the science can
be more thoroughly taught than the milita-
ry ; tho models, &c. belonging to the former
being more complete than those appertaining
to tbe latter. But this school is primarily
and essentially military. To secure, conse
quently, not only the equality, but the just
superiority of Military Engineering, the^ Vis
iters would recommend that the appropria
tion, which has beoh some years annual, bo
continued for the purchase of models and the
employment of a modeler. If this be done
for a short time, whatever may be requisite
will be obtained, and then the expenditure
lay cease.
To the Mathematical sciences, and their
various and important applications, succeed
ed Natural Philosophy, embracing Meehan
ics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism, and As
tronomy. On these several subjects the ac
quirements of the Cadets were highly credit
able : but two deficiencies were noticed.—
First, (he entire ohiission of Acoustics,*they
not being contained in the text boobs which
are used. Secondly, the course of instrfic
tion is not sufficiently practical. Tho laws
regulating tho propagation of sounds are of
vious connected with military manoeuvres,*
and every Cadet should bo able to illustrate,
by experiment, tho truths which has been
tuught in physical science. Bui this cannot
do with the apparatus at present possessed
by the Institution To remedy this defect an
appropriation was made the lart ygar, which
nltliu’ judiciously disbursed, has. been found
inadequate, arid will be in a great treasure
, . ... . lost, unless.it be further extended 1 Tho vis-
Icctcd, vm anxious to r*co»«, aodeaonojBK would recommend that a
led her husband from blamo.
From on intelligent correspondent at Mo
bile, we have been'put in possession .oftho
following facta in rela’ion to the appointment
of Mv. Owen, as collector of that port, in the
room of Addin Lewis, whoso term of service
expired on the 3d of March ; and which suf
ficiently prove that, in this case as in others
to which the hand of reform has been extend
ed, the present administration has been go
verned solely by a regard fhr'nublio opinion
and tho public good. «
••Mr. Lewis, ns he has himself stated, has
been in office for # about fifteen years, in which
lime, from a situation of comparative pover
ty, he has amassed a large fortune, principal
ly front tho omolumdnt8 of office. Having
married a northern Indy, he has settled his
family in New Haven, where be himself
spends four months of every yoar, leaving
his office early in the spring aud returning to
it in the fall- Perhaps there Would have been
no great impropriety in the collector thus ab
senting himself, had ho previously obtained
leave of absence fiom the Treasury Depart
mont, especially bb the Deputy Collector, an
efficient officer, whom Mr. Owen has con
tinued in office managed tho businets with
out detriment to the public service ; but, for
this, the merit belonged to the Deputy and
not to the Collector. Under our republican
institutions wo ought not to countenance one
man’s receiving thd emoluments of office,and
fanning out the duties to another. Indeed,
it is doubtful whether the late administration
would have continued Mr. Lewis in office
had charges been made against him Much
stress has been laid on the removal of Mr.
Lewis, and the appointment of a member of
Congress as his successor. The truth is, Mr.
Lewis was not removed—his term of service
expired on the third of March, and the Pres
ident, instead of reappointing him appointed
Mi Owen ^who was not then a member of
Congress, for his term of service also expired
on the third of March, and ho had declin
ed a re-elcctian.) to an office then vac&nt.—
There is no doubt, such is tho popularity of
the now Collector, t^hat had the appointment
been mode immediately by tho people of
Mobile, a large majority of the votes would
have been in his favor. With regard to the
dinner given to Mr. Lewis, to which such
importance has been attached by the Intel
ligencer, it was by no means a po’ical affair
nor calculated in the slightest degree to
shew any preference of the guests for Mr. L
over his successor Mr Owen himpelf at
tended the dinner as en invited guest, and the
Vice Presidont of the day was one of our
leading Jackson men ”
Washington Telegraph.
Major Gates.—It is highly gratifying to
us to learn that this officer, who has hither
to cemnianded with so much reputation at
this Post, has been honorably acquitted by
tbe Court Martial, which sat upon his caso,
and that he resumed h1a command.
Military.—Wt understand that tbe mi-
litery post established at 'he Florida Agnn-
«-V» and called Camp King, is io be broken
up. We regret this determination of the
Government; and consider it very injudi
cious, until the Indians shall be removed from
within our boundaries.
Sf. *&ugtutine Herald,
small suni be granted, and a very small one
indeed is nil that is required, to complete in
this rospect the experimental department of
the Academy-
In Ethics, Natural and National law, &c
the Cadets proved the excellence of tho in*
siructiou which they had received, and the
valunble uso which they had made of (hat in
struction. Under this head, consequently,
the Visiters have only to advise, first a strict
adherence to tho directions of the law, as it
at preseot stands, with regard to the subjects
which the Professor of this department is to
teach ; and secondly, • that this Professor
have an additional Assistant This last re
commendation involves no increase of ex
pense, and would, if complied with, be very
advantageous.
In teaching French, the object ij not that
the Cadets should speak the language with
tho strictest propriety of i.cceut, but that
they should be able to translate with correct
ness and despatch any work written in thoj
tongue. . This end the Visiters think is at*
tained.
In Chemistry no regular professorship has
been established by the Government, until
lately an officer of the Medical Deportment
of tho Arpiy, specially detailed for that pur
pose, discharged the duties of this chair.—
Those duties, since the resignation of Dr
Torrey, have devolved upon Lieut. Hopkins,
and how well they have been performed, the
admirable preparation of his class fully evin
ced For his year of toil and responsibility,
Mr. Hopkins receives, in additon to bis ordi
nary pay as Lieutenant, the sum of eight and
forty dollars■ Surely this statement of the
fact will at once induco Congress to correct
so manifest an impropriety, by erecting and
endowing a Professorship of Chemistry, Min
eralogy and Geology. These sciences are
exceeded by none in utility, and surpass nil
others in the rapidity and extent of their im
provement.
While spenkingof the improvements of the
Professors, the Visiters would remark, that
one of these gentlemen (the Professor of
Natural and Experimental Philosophy) is
much more highly paid than his colleagues.
This inadvertence, for such tt is understood
to be, Bhould be rectified. All the ProBsors
should have assistants in proportion to their
respective wants, and be placed upon perfect
equality both as regards rank and remuoera
tion.
Io the examination hall, and daily in the
field, the Visiters bad ample evidence of the
skill and dexterity of the Cadets in Infantry
tactics. Equal attainments were manifest
in drawing, and in this department, which is
fully provided with every requisite, it is wor
thy of observation, that on making tbe com
parison, the class of each year surpasses that
by which it was proceeded.
If any one subject taught at this institution
deserves superior attention, that pre-emi
nence the Visiters conceive should be be
stowed upon the Department of Artillery.—
The value of instruction in this department
results not only from the intrinsic importance
ofthisarmof the publio defence, but from
the peculiarity of the knowledge which it re
quires—a knowledge not to be elsewhere
very readily atttained. Under these impres
sions, the Visiters are bound to state, that
this branch of instruction, though conducted
with gfeat zeal and talent by Lieut. Kinsley
labours under great disadvantages. In tbe
first place-, the appropriation for tile erefflibn
of buildings, &c. although not exhausted
from tho great economy observed in its ex
penditure, ia nevertheless inadequate. Se
condly, more time should be bestow.ed upon
tbe management of great guns, tbe prepara
tion of ammunition, and tt\e study of pyro
teebny generally. Lastly, merit in this de
partment, should be more highly estimated,
in determining the relative standing of tho
Cadets, since those studies wifi always bo the
most eagerly pursued, in which rank is con-
ferred by proficiency.
Haying thus, Sir, disposed of the subjects
which are taught in the Academy, of the
manner in which instruction on those sub
jects is imparted, and of the acquirement of
the Cadets, the Visitors will next call your
attention to the general .concerns of the In
stitution. And here tbe Visiters, with great
pleasure remark, that the police aud disci
pline which prevail in the establisment are
admirable in themselves, and are faithfully
and impartially administered. But tbo offi
cers, to whom are confided such important
trusts as police and discipline, labor under
a difficulty which tho Visiters would earnest
ly represent cannot bo too speedily and effec
tually removed. Tho evil alluded to arises
io this manner; to enforce the regulations of
the Academy, to keep the Cadet iu all
things, and at all times, to his duties, is a task
which admits of no relaxation,is never agree
able and frequently becomes odious. It is
not to’bo supposed, therefore, that officers
will either seek such employment, or remain
in it longer than they are obliged, unless
there be something to compensate them for
the irksomeness of their situation. So far
is this from being the case, however, that an
officer whose days and nights are devoted to
the unpleasant duties whiqh have been men
tinned ; duties, it is almost needless to say,
affect not only the the prosperity, but the ve
ry existence of the Academy, is actual y in
a worse condition than-if lie were at his post,
since bis chance for promotion to staff ap
pointmentsia less. And it must, too, be
borne in mind, that those officers who are so
looted for tbe duties of which, we aro speak
ing, are precisely those whose merits would
lead to the promotion mentioned. Compul
sory service, consequently, on the one hand,
and what is worse, frequent changes on the
other, are unavoidable, and -constitute the
most serious evil to which the Academy is
at any time subjected. The mischtef may
be, in part if not fully, remedied by a more
liberal, and it is believed, by a juster con
struction of the law, granting officers of coin-
pan*eB, whether Captains or Lieutenants,
extra-pay for extra-services. Than this,
nothing can be more proper, and well aware
of its weighty importance, the Visiters can
not too strongly nrge it upon your early aud
most favorable attention.
The management .of the Academy, as it
regards tho diet of the Cadets, their supplies
of clothing, necessaries, &c. has not escaped
the attention oftho Visiterb. All these sub
jects have been enquired into, and were found
in every r’espoct, well regulated.
The last topic to which the Visiters would
coll your attention, is the wants of the In
stitution. A large number might bo cosily,
enumqrated, but the Board well knowing
that a sound economy should ever character
ize a Wise administration, will mention but
two—a bouse to preserve the health of the
Cadets, and a building for the worship of
God.
With regard to the first, it is well known
to all who^have attended to such inquiry,
that severe mental labor,'.‘without correspon
ding corporeal excrciso, will undermine the
•strongest constitution. The cause of trim
need not be boro investigated. The fact is
notorious, aod has been observed in this
place as welt as elsewhere. True it is, that
mauy of the Cadets do not die. the mortality
being as low ns the one sixth of one per cent-
But Is believed that some, after leaving the
school, have ultimately fallen victims to the
sedentary habits which have unavoidably
been acquired nt this establishment. A cala
mity, moreover, of this kind it must be re*-
membered, is much more likely to befall
those who are the most emulous of distiric
tioo- With regard to all tho Cadets,, how
ever, it may be averred, that they are con
stantly tasked to the utmost in tbe way of
mental exertion, while fiom the nature of the
climate, for very nearly an entire moiety of
the year, they are, for all the purposes of
recreation, debarred from the U9e of their
limbs. A bilding sufficient for the purposes
contemplated, may,it is understood, be erect
ed for some six or seven thousand dollars, a
sura altogether insignificant in comparison
with the magnitude and the importance of
the object.
The apartment at present used for divine
worship, Was originally designed to a newer
n different purpose, for which indeed it is
much needed. If this were otherwise, how
over, more room and belter accommodation
are wnnted for religious exercises; and a
mere expression of the fact, i* all that the
Christian rulers of a Christian people can :e
quire, when those rulers alone are compe
tent io rectifty evil.
In coosclusion, the present Visiters con
cur with their predecessors in bearing cordial
testimony to the zeal, ability and devotednesB'
of Col. Thayer and tho Academic Staff —
From tho Colonel himself, and the various
gentlomen connected with him, the viditers
experienced individually every courtesy, civ
ility and attention. And the different mem
bers of the Board will now return to their
respective dwellings, fully persuaded that
this institution, even in peace, more thnn
repays its 6ost to the nation. They are yet
moro thoroughly convinced, should the
storms & perils of war assail us, i hat among,
the graduates of West Point, would still be
found tbe appoipted and efficient defenders of
this, our country, so favored and so beloved.
We havo the honor to be respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
(Signed) PIERRE VAN CORTLAND,
President.
J. BURNER,
W. J. WORTH. Lt. Col. U. S. A.
WM. M. DAVIS,
CHRISTOPHER E ROBBINS,
J. AUGUSTINE SMITH,
TIM. WALKER,
E. 8. DAVIS,
THO. S. BELL,
LEVI FOWLING,
THOMAS CLELAND,
F. W. HATCH,
WM. ROSS,
WM LAW,
ROBERT ARCHER.
Secretary to the Board.
(lg&ittPHTHUK atemnstf rftakittff tawcoiiHO.
Haiti, escaped all penalty undor a eon,true-
tion of low bj the Recorder, as it baa been
represented to us, that it was no offence to
counterfeit foreign coin. From what has
been intimated to us there is reason to be
lieve that doubloons of a spurious origin have
been offered for circulation in this city, and
that nn|ido& is going about; that individuals
are at liberty to coin foreign money, at least
if tbey make it or tbe proper valuo.
Either of tbe above principles if allowed to
go into operation, would produce most un
friendly effects on other countries, and tbro*
them upon us. It would tend greatly to im
pair tbe publio confidence in ourrent coins,to
abridge its circulation and to impair its value,
particularly as a medium of exchange among
merchants of different countries
JV. Y. Daily Mv.
Law.—Shaw v. Andrew Blanch.—In this
case it appeared that tbe sheriff bad summon
ed tbo defendant in the usual manner to ap
pear as a Juror io the Superior Court, and
that the terras of tbe summons were not com
plied with. Another summons was tsssuod
against him, calling upon him to show causa
why he should not be mulcted in damaged
for hie non-attendance.
Tbe Court fined the defendant $25, and io
the course of their remarks on imposing the
same, stated that every summons calling up*
on an abseot Juror to *show % cause for his
non attendance, must bo served personally i
otherwise the, party disregarding it, would
not render himself open to a punishment for
contempt.
Assignments.
Sullivan v. Redmond—An action wad
brought at the Circuit by the plaintiff against
the defendant, aud a verdict given iu favor of
the plaintiff During the pendency pf the
suit the defendant made an assignment of the
whole of his property to certain of bis Cred
itors, aud according to the writing* drawn
up he was to receive no farther interest from
tho same than one dollar a day for bis super
intending the Hotel. The question submit
ted to the Court was, whether a party to a
suit has a right tq make over bis property to
others during the pendency of the same. |
It was the opinion of tbe Court that a debt
or had a right to dispose of his property to
any o'reditbr that he should prefer, and that
should a sale be bona fide, the Court woqld
protect the perebaser . In this country ther*
were no bankruptcy laws, aod the common
law steps in and authorizes the debtor to
make whatever transfer he shall choose.—
He has a right to pay one creditor io prefer
ence trf another, and even to sell bis property
iFhe thinks prudeot. The owner retains bis
pqwer over his estate until a lien, either by
judgment or execution, is laid upon it.—
There was nothing but traud that would viti
ate an assignment; the pendency of a suit
could never affect.it.
Judge Oakley coiocided in the same opin
ion. Tjte law was settled on that subject,
but he doubted the wisdom of it.
JT. Y. Journal <f Com.
As the most surprising intelligence the
English papers'furnish, and at the same time
that of most immediate interest to ourselves,
we copy the following stateihents, which we
find diffused over the Kingdom in the latest
journals. . It is on the authority of Jamaica
papers, which take the news from Havana-
“ War, they say, was on the eve of taking
place, or had nctually commenced, between
the United States and the Republic of Mexi
co. The Americans are said Jo have taken
military possession of the Province of Texas,
and the Mexican Government to have sout
au expedition to dislodge them. An action
ensued in which the Mexicans were repul
sed ; and the Americans, encouraged by
success, seemed determined to retain their
newly acquired conquest.” The London
Courier' vindicates Gen. Jackson from the
charge of imtigatng tho measures, os the
occurrence took place before he had entered
on the exercise of bis executive duties.
\ M Y. Atlas.
The editor of the Philadelphia! 1 Aurora puts
no confidence in the common* opinion that
the firing of a cannon will cause a dead dody
(drowned,) to rise to the surface and float on
the water. He says, ,l we venture to say
that such an operation never was performed
during the hundreds of years the nation hna
existed, andthp thousands of times, the ex
periment has boon tried. We have been
present on a number of such occasions, and
on some when the power of powder was fully
tested, but the dead did not rise, and yet it
was clearly established that the body was in
the water and near at hand, and'as far as hu
man research could discover, was detained
bonenth the surface by the mere force of
gravity and nothing more.”
WWBRAl*
PORT OP SAVANNAH.
High water at Tybuc,
Do. u Savannah,’
11 49
1 19
Counterfeiting op Foreign Coins.—
There is a question which it appears to us
important to be settled by .high authority, as
it will prove of great importance to tho inter
ests of the country, and more particularly to
commerce. It is stated that on a.trial which
occurred in this city « few weeks or months
CLEARED,
Schr Sarah & Priscilla, Travers, for Balti
more. Sorrel & Anderson.
ARRIVED.
Ship America, Kelson, Liverpool, (sailed
10th May) With Salt to the master.—Mer
chandize to Low. Taylor & co. R Campbell*
and to order. Sailed in co. with ship Hanto-
nia Watson, for this port Ship Superior,
Thompson, for this port, aailed 5 days previ
ous.
SAILED,
Sloop Mill Maid, Willett, for Darien.
DEPARTED,
Steam packet, George Washington, Carry,
for Charleston.
Steam boat Savannah, Lcwia. with tow
boats for Augusta.
The ship Macon, Porter for New York, ia
still detained below on account of tbe tides.
CLEARED EOR THI8 PORT,
At New York, 27th ult. ship Helen Maf»
Harrison.
ARRIVED FROM THIS PORT,
At Charleston, 3d inst. sloop John Cbg-
valier.
SI. Augustine, July \—Arrived, schooner
Elvira, Mandeville, Norfolk, 10 days. June
23d, lat. 35, 30, spoke British ship Kingston,
from Montague Bay. She struck on a reef
near tbe Isle of Pines, vessel leaking bad*
making for the first port, probably Norfolk.
Schr William, L. Seuthwick, 36 hours
from Charleston.
(D*The Health Committee of Warren ward,
request an interview with tbe writer of a note
on tho subject of cleanliness, signed “ your
fellow-citizen,” before 12 o’clock this day.—
Their names are left with the Editors of thid
pB&er. July Cfli.