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Os the Campaign of the North Writer it
Army, in the year 1812. Addressed lo 1
the. people of Ike. United Stales.
No. XVU. !
I shall mw ask your attention to the 1
reasons which finally in-lu ed me not to 1
mike the movement ami a'tick oi the for- j
trend at, M ilden, according to the arrange- *
meat I had mile, but to recross the rivei j*
with the principal part of toe army, on toe '
evening of ih ■ 7th of Augu* . I’hit utter 1
no in I received two letters Irom Generali*
Hill, who commanded the Amcri an troop-!'
oi the Niagara .8 trails, and one from lien. l '
P ii’ter, fro n 111 ick 11 >ck. By these letters (
I wis informed tint a large numb-r of *
boats, filled with British troops, had pass
e I over Lake A itiri», to the west part of it, '
and vere directing their course to vl ilden, '
an I likewise, that the British forces, with 1
tlu Canadian militia, and savages, on the
opp (site side of the Niagara river, were
moving by water, to the same point ; and
wn it wis more decisive still on my opera
tions, by the sa o • letters 1 was infirmed,
that nothing w mid be done there to check]
this* n iv.mien ts, anil that no assistance or
co-op‘ration would be alluded Iron tint
quarter, to the army I commanded. It is
impossible tor me to express the disappoint
meat which this information occasional
what possible events could have taken place,
which would have authorized Gen. Block
to have withdrawn the troops from fort
G • irge, fort, Erie, and the otner posts on
the Niagara river, 1 muld not conceive ;
especially, as I had grounds to believe that
th- whole strength of (he Am uican forces!
were posted on the opposite hank—ami as|
the Secretary of war had informed Gen.
Dearborn of my situation, and had order-)
ed him to make diversions in the enemy’s
country, at those very stations, from which
[ was informed they were withdrawn, anil
were bearing on me. The real and true
causes which enabled the ene oy to with
draw lnstorces from those stations on the
Niagara river, and concentrate them, and
lus other troops, agtinst I lie arnn I com
manded, were then unknown to me. I’ne
mystery has since been unfolded, and the
causes are as apparent as the sun at noon-j
day without a cloud. It, was the armis-j
tice, or cessation of hostilities, which Gen.;
Dearborn, the senior ollicer of the army,
agreed to the beginning of August, and)
which lie communicated to Hie Secretory of
War, on Ihe Btli of the same in nth, as ap-j
pears l»y his letter its that date, in which]
the army I commanded was not included, hut
which, extended lo all the oilier forces on
the northern borders. I his convention, or
agreement entered into bv G-neral Dear
“ . v . . i
b m, and its consequences on ins situation,,
will be c msidered in my future numbers. 1
It now appeared that the whole war a-"
gainst Canada, was to be carried on with
the 12 li) )luo militia, and three hundred
regular*, which were placed under my com
mand. L will be remembered belore I
crossed h- river, and took a positing in the
enemy’s c matry, I stated to the Secretary
of war, in my letter of the 9lh of July,
which has been before referred to, that 1
did not consider my force adeqmte to the
enterprise, and in a former number, have
staled the reasons, which induced me to
cross the river and take possession of Sand
wich.
When I received these letters from Gen.
Hall and Gen. Porter, the expectations
which 1 hail belore entertained of my com
munication by the lake being opened by a
naval force, and ol assistance and co-ope
ration, from our armies on the Niagara li- 1
ver, were at an end. These letters from
Generals Hall and Porter, were admitted
in evidence on my trial, and the time and'
circumstances of receiving them proved,
bv the testimony of t'olonel Miller, to
tviumi 1 communicated the contents. (See
Col. Miller’s testimony, page 117, Lieut.
Col. Forbes’ report of my trial.)
Alter this information, and thus situated,
I determined lo recross the river with the
principal part of the army, not with an in
tention of relinquishing the object of the re
duclnm ol Malilen, and offensive operation
against Canada, but of waiting until mot.
favourable circumstances should prese
themselves, ami i,i the mesiitime of attempt
ing to open my communication through tin
wilderness.
I had now, no communication with m
Country, and it was not possible to obt.n
any through any other channel. On th
security of this communication for the pur
pose of obtaining supplies, 1 considered tlu
very existence ot my army depended.
If I had believed that an attack on Mal
den, with a probability of success, w«ul«
have effected the object of opening tin
communication, or of even giving facility
to it, I should cheei fully have undertaken it.
As I have before observed, my own fame,
and the gratification of my officers, were
powerful inducements to the measure. Si
luated, however, as I was, it was rny opin
1 ion that it would have been a useless waste
of blood, and success would have been at
■ tended with no advantage. i
The reduction of Malden could have had I
no effect on the naval force of the enemy, i
unless all the harbours on the Canada shore, I
and among the islands, had been in our i
possession. It would have been utterly i
impossible to have maintained the fortress. I
It must have fallen for the want of sup- i
j plies. I’he waters of the lakes would have i
remained shut against us. If, therefore, *
the road through the wilderness to the set- .
tlements of Ohio could have been opened, i
still no supplies could have passed into (he I
fort without crossing ihe water, and that I
wmld have been prevented by the enemy’s
naval force. t
As Michi li na'kanack had fallen, if we |
had possessed Malden, in a very short time
it would hav • been assailed by all the Ca- a
nadians attached to the North-western s
Co npany, with the numerous and power- v
lul hosts of savages of that region, and by t
th • British force, which had landed on the f
w-siern part of Lake Ontario, with the s
militia and savages ot that part of thecoun- n
try. Die naval armament would have co- e
operated with these forces tlie supplies t
would have been intercepted, and no relief a
0 assistance could possibly have been as n
forded. tl
If, with the knowledge I had of the for- d
ces which were march) ig against me, I had c
made an attack on M ilden, it would have t
been as great a crime as any of which 1 r
was accused by the adinnistration, and I li
ceitainly should have wanted Ihe consci- t
oisness ot hiving acted fiom the purest '
motives, a ul according to my best jmlg- li
dn -nt, which has been my consolation in all e
1 ha»'e suffered.
Thus it appears, that the little army I
commanded was entirely cut oft’ from the
country, and could receive no more susten- c
unce Iron it than the arm can receive sus- t
jtenance wuen cut off ami separated from c
the human body; and rein,lining in this si- -
tuati m, it must as im-vitu ily h ve perish- i
ed a* the arm would perish without receiv- f
iug sustenance from Ihe source on w deli i t
depend d tor life. As I considered the --x
--is ence of my army depended on opening '
[the coin nu licati m through the road to 0- I
I bin, and as no oilier possible mode presen- (
ted ot affecting it but byrecrossing the ri- »
ver with the principal part of the army, it t
I was adopted on the evening of the 7lh of'
August. (
these, fellow citizens, as I observed in
my defence, were the grounds on which i t
made a retrograde movement with a part f
of the army to Detroit, ii was from thence i
1 could open the only channel, through s
which it could derive the means of its ■ x
istence. II my judgment then misled me, I
it continues yet to mislead me ; for every i
day that I have lived 1 have become more i
confident that I did right to leave the ene- \
I uiy’s country. Had 1 followed the dictates i
|ol my own judgment I should have made i
my retreat to the Miami, and there wailed t
for co-operation and assistance. The dis- s
lance from thence to the settlements in ()- *
hio would have been comparative!v short ; (
I should have had no enemy in my rear but jfc
savages, and it might have be. n possible to
have preserved my communication, and ob
tained -applies. Tie day liter I recross- '
led the river, (the 9ih of August,) I propus* 1
| ed this measure to some of (he p ineipaljl
| officers i will li re give tlie answer of '
Col. Cass. It was, that if I did, under the f
existing circumstances, every man of the *
0 do volunteers and militia would leave me. s
His language was, as e states it himself, J
that the militia would retreat with me it *
they thought a retreat necessary. But as '
they undertook to judge that it was not then :l
necessary, they would leave me, and not a '
man would retreat under my command. *
Colonel Cass’- testimony on this subject is I
in the following words: “I recollect a*
conversation, after the retreat from Canada, 11
and before we went to (lie river Busin, in I
which General Hull suggested, that as he 1
heard of no co operation from below, it *
might be necessary to t ike post at the Mi- t
ami. 1 think 1 told Gen. Hull that, if uu- *
der existing circumstances, he took such a 1
; step, the Ohio militia would desert him to a
man. Whether I told Gen. Hull so or not, '
1 am confident it would have been the ’
; case.” This, among many other tilings 1
which might be mentioned, is evidence if*
| the insubordination which was among the *
, troops. That this spiiit was encouraged Lh i
the principal officers is evident, from' the I
confessions ol some ol them on mv trial. (
The officers were indebted to the s Idiers •
[ for their stations ; th--y were their neigh I
bours, and were elected by them. Th-y •
lived together, in camp on Habits of perfect :
equality, and before this campaign, neither I
dicers nor soldiers had ever seen anv ac- •
oil service, and had never been accustom I
d to any military discipline excepting com
ianv trainings ab nit 'hen doors. It is un
it-cessary for me to describe the di iculiy ,
I commanding troops of such a character ;
•r of performing any military operations J
there ouedience to orders is essential to ,
access. No better exemplification can pos (
nbly be given than the conduct which Doth (
officers and men exhibited on inis occasion, j
It may probably be asked, why did you
iot arrest the principal officers who had
»een guilty of this conspiracy, and who had
■xcited this insubordination ? i answer,
>y asking another question. Whether you
believe these volunteers from the militia,
who composed more than two thirds of the
army, would have suffered the leaders they
had chosen, to be deprived of their com
mand ? VVhe:her an attempt of the kind
would riot have produced a civil war in the
camp ? This aame spirit had been mani
fested from the commencement to the end
of the compuign. It was manifested at Ur
banna, by a part of the milit a refusing to
march when ordered. It was manifested
at Detroit by one hundred and eighty re
fusing to cross the liver when ordered ; it
was manifested on the inarch, by conduci
towards some of their own officers, too ri
diculous and cdsgraceful to be repeated.
And it finally appeared that a Cataline was
in our camp, who had formed a conspiracy
to deprive me of the command, with which
I had been entrusted by the government.
This fact appears by the lett-r of Colonel
Cass to the Secretary of War, which is
published in my trial.
Under the events which hail taken place,
and w .ich had come to my knowledge, I
should have b*en wanting in the dudes
which I owed to my station, had I not re
treated from Canada. 1 retreated for the
purpose of raking me most effective mea
sures in my pow t for opening my cuininu
ideation. Its importance I haveende ivour
ed <o explain. Indeed it was s<> obvious
that the administration was sensible of it,
and one of the articles of charges against
me was, for not keepingit open, and iiio
tber for withdrawing the army li m Cana
da, tin- only measure by which it possibly
could have Deep effected, limy letters to
the Secretaiy of war, nn ne.lintel/ after the;
retreat, I stated tin* same reasons which 1 !
have here given. Likewise in inv letters
to Govern >r Meigs, of 0 do, Governor
"’cott, of Kentucky &■■. These letters'
bear date the Bth, 9*h, and Nth of Au
gust, and were in evidence on my trial.
All these letters, written at the tim vsliewi
hat I retreated Irom Can da because 1 had'
ascertained that 1 -mould soon be s n iouod-!
i*d by an overwhelm ng force ; because
there was no pos-ibi t* f opening mv
com nunicati in from tint station, and be
cause 1 found the few re ulars and militia
under my command, wer to b left <o car
rv on, without any as» sta ee or cu-opera
tion, the offensive war, which the L ; i ed
Stiles had declared against oim of the
most powerful nations on earth. By are |
ferrcnce to my trial, it will appear, that
Colonel Ca-iS and others of my Hi er-,
were sensible at this time of the difficul
ties of inv situation. In a I tier in Mr,
'Si I liman, ot 0 jo, me br-ihe in law of the
Colonel, he savs,“tha provisions would
become necessary for the existence of th ■
troops lo a letter to' tin; same, a Her Hi
fdl of Micldlliinackaii ii k, he says, “ hat
me impression pnai*,, |,y that, event c uld
scarcely•mc**ived.’’ A cording to Mr
'silliinin’s (es'lmony in his letter- to him,
(hdo el C iss pressed him to use his i H i
dice to iirocure re-enfn emeu - f n the ar
mv, and expressed his surprize that we
vv re left without co-open I ion, by putting
to liis correspondent (lie following inlerro
Ration, “ Is there nothing to be done in
die lower end of the lakes to make a diver
sion in om fivour ?” in a letter to the
'.nne gentleman on the 1-2'h of August,
Colonel Cass says, “ think our situation as
bad is you may, i is still worse,”
The inteival between 40 and dO has al
ways been considered as a dangerous period
in the life of women and, on -hat account,
has been caked their critical age. Impressed
with this opinion, all women come to that
time of life with apprehension, nor do they
think them-.! Ives secure'ill they have pas
sed it. Some writers, indeed, had expies
sed their doubts as to the truth of this opin
ion, but as the facts tliry brought forward
were local, M. Chateanneuf undertook to ex
amine the qu-'Mion upon a large scale. He!
did not, therefore, confine his inquiries to
Branee, but extended them to Switzerland,
Berlin,' i weden and Pefersb trgh, selecting
the most authentic records, and collecting
as large a number as possible, amounting to!
140,000 women. Then comparing their;
mortality at d fferent ages ever five years, 1
Irom 3 > to 7U, ie found no particular in
crease of mort lity at the period lo iked up
on as critical, & no other than such as is the
natural consequence of the dei line of life.
l itis was qually the case when lie ennsi-:
dered dvm either collectively or separately!
with regard to their respective countries,!
whether in Hie bustle of civil life or in thei
tranquil retirement of religious seclusion.
Such a conclusion is highly gratifying, and
if properly inculcated into the minds ot the
fair sex, will dispel those gloomy terrors that
cloud and harrass so great a part of their ex
istence. Another remarkable fact, arising
tiom a similar comparison of the different
ages of men, is that mortality is proportion
ably greater among them between forty and
lifty : so that what was erroneously consi
dered the critical period for women, is real
ly the critical age of men,
A young man previousl y of excellent cha
racter, wassmt from the State of .Mississip
pi lately to New-Orleans to sell 77 bags of
Cotton. After transacting the business
w dl, and receiving pay, lie was bes* t, in
toxicated and seduced by gamblers, and lost
the whole of the money. He afterwards,
in despair, enlisted as a soldier.
£ irom lAyex^ooV
y
From th« New-York Evening Post, April 20.
| We were yesterday enabled to give ac
counts of the London and Liverpool markets
L ‘ to the 22d ult. This morning we have been
favored with the following copies of letters
from Liverpool, of the 24th and 25th March,
received by the Corinthian, and from which '
’ it will be seen that another advance in the
price of cotton had taken place. The Co- '
rinthian put into Martha’s Vineyard last
1 Saturday, then only 21 days out from Liver
! pool, w iere she landed six passengers, who
passed through Boston the next lay, on (
• their way to Canada. Since then she has
4 had to contend with a strong head wind, and
did not reach this port until last evening.
1 Liverpool Circular, of March 24.
. The sales of Cotton last week amount to 29,900 of which l •
I 18,000 wi re chiefly Egyptian. The principal business, however, j
was m the early part of the week, and toe market, towards its ’'
) 1 I -se, became heavy, though with little variation as to prices. \
Si nee then, a very good demand has appeared again at advan- i
cing pr es. and the s .l»*s up to last night, say from the 19th to 1
th»* 23.1 inclusive, amount to 14,000 bags of all descriptions. Os (
* these, a tit 10,000 i £s were taken yesterday at an advance of
[ 1-2 to 3- Id per pound in good uplands, which are the qualities'!
I chiefly s aighl after, and holders are keeping back. j
*, M ARCH 25. I
j The d'-tnand for Cotton at the commencement of the week. I
| was limited. file sales amount to 3838 bags. Yesterday the 5
- demand revived, and u, w rds of 8000 fmgs were sold, of which v
4000 vere uplands at Isd, and 30 bags it 16 l-4d, making a gene- 1 |
ral advance m 1 Id and on up lands l-2d,on the lo iv»*sl depression .
of iVtond *y. Spe u ators are at work again, and some individuals *
are san/uine of seeing Uplands at 2s before September next. The i
present stock in Livurnool is estimated til 92.000 ba s of all de-j
I scriptioii', and bold rs are not offering freely. 1000 bbls. of I
I I’urpentine sold "at 13'Hd Ashes are dull without alteration in •
, prices, Tobacco heavy ; Iso urain and Flour. Rice 20s a 225.
. i Very little doing in Dye Woods. J
Erom the New-York American. '
The arrival of he Corinthian furnishes t
some other matter, which will be found be- ]
, b»w, as also some late letters under the ]
Commercial record. (
Fhe Law granting Indemnity to French',
, emigrants pa-sed the Chamber of Deputies!,
. on (he 13th of March, 259 to 124. . I|
,| The Catholic \ssociation was dissolved \
lon the 18th of March. A final meeting
held on th t day, it which a letter wa» read s
ifiom Mr. O’Connell. jt
| A physician of Hamburg, named Duller, s
h is invented an instrun.ent by which a limb |
jean be mu utated in a second. L
Lett is Irom Leghorn, I'd, ste and An- f
cona in'iifom that Patras was delivered up l ,
to th • Greeks on Hie 6th February, but do! e
not mention the terms. L
The Ash nt‘e war is at an end; their a
army hiving suff red dreadfully on thrift
retreat to the c pita 1 by small pox, dysen-jn
jtery, famine an > the attacks ~f tin-Qteen of, I
1 Vkim who commands the powerful naiion|
if 11 Bentookies. It was very unhealthy ]]
.it Sierra Leone, [’he Engli-,h vessel Maid-jt
stone, released about 2000 slaves along the g
coast, f om Pofugucse slave ships. t
Price of Am rica i Storks, Vlarch 22. h
Bank Hi ire- M A 15s a 17s 6d ; Sixes for s
1814, 96}; New-York fives, 101 5 ; threes
81; sellers.
liritish Stocks, March 22. Three per v
Cen’s, 93} Consols for account, 93.} f.M
Mr. Charles Phillips, the barrister was s
dangerously HI at >Sh ewsbury, of an inflam- a
matorv attack, and was not expected to live, d
Me.v'>ro. —Accounts from M xico lo the r
19th ult. have been received at Philadelphia, fl
The >un of that date mentions that the a
Secret.nies of Foreign Affairs and the Trea- >
surv had been appointed by the President d
of \1 xico, to negociate a treaty of com- v
tnerce between (ireit Britain and Mexico, n
In Guatamala the first Federal Cong!ess v
was installed on the sth of March.— Com. b
Ailv. ,1
By the brig Clarion, arrived at Boston, d
from Porto Rico, we learn that a Spanish “
brig, which had been captured by a Columns
bian privateer, and a prize crew put on'fi
board and mdered for St. Barts, arrived atjb
St. Johns a few days before t 1 e ('larion v
sailed—the prize crew having killed the p
prize master and carried her in. Eight sail si
of transports, with French and Spanish fi
troops, under convoy oftwo French trigates, l ll
had arrived at St. Johns, besides which, a'o
! frigate and a man of war brig, were at an- tl
efior in the harbor. [/6id. I;
Apiul 21. i t
Fire. —Between 10 and 11 oMock last S
night our citizens were alarmed by the cry, 11
lof fire, and in a few minutes it was ascer- n
j tained to be of some magnitude. The wind 11
was blowing very fresh from the north west, 8
and fears were entertained that the destruc-| a
lion would be very great. The lire coin-| v
menced in a three story building in Canal- a
street, and such was the fury of the flames, I 1
■that in a short time the whole building was (
I level with the ground In less than half an 4
| hour the lire had extended through to Lesp-1*
jenard sweet, and for some time
destitution of the bb ck between Church, 11
street and Broadway ; and, indeed, from
the great distance the burning flakes were
driven, it was believed it would not be ar- a
rested even at Broadway. About forty en j 8
I gines were soon in operation, and we never,"
saw the several companies more actively en-T
gaged than they were during the fire. About *
' 12 o’clock, and when the supply of water
was nearly exhausted, the fire was fortu
nately subdued, but many of the companies
were compelled to remain on the ground un- 1
til day light lids morning. We again urge A
. the necessity of having public cisterns. Last i
. night, tiie chief supply of water was from (
f private cisterns and the public pumps. (
The following are the particulars as far c
. as we have been able to ascertain them : v
The House in which the fire originated, a
was the property of the occupant, aMr.ig
Reid, and was, together with its furniture, 1
completely destroyed. The house adjoining
the property of Mr. Michael Queen, and
one occupied by Philip I. Schuyler, and
owned by Dr. Samuel McCauley, were
greatly injured. Considerable damage was
done to the house of Mr. Harsell, sash ma -
ker, of which he is owner and occupant.-
In Lespenard-street, the sufferers are Dr.
McCauley, Messrs. Benjamin Rutsell, Ed
ward Fisk, Andrew Colvill.and Mr. Jones.
The loss cannot, at present, be'ascertained,
with any tolerable degree of accuracy ; but
it is understood that the property was, in
■general, insured. It is believed to have
'originated from a spark having accidentally
fallen among some shavings in the cellar.
OOC- II hid.
Savannah, April 29.
A man named Michael Nugent was kill
ed in an affray on Wednesday night last,
at about half past eleven o’clock, at a
Grocery Store, near the eastern end of the
Bay. As many stories have been in circula
tion, we give the following particulars.
Nugent, we understand, was a discharged
soldier recently arrived from St. Augus
tine. The dispute originated in aSO cent
bill given by him lor liquor, 8r for which he
demanded the change of a d . r It
refused, and an al tercarion ensi' * when h
was ordered and ultimately 10. ! mt
by Farr, the keeper of the store
soon after returned, the di ••ute
newed, and he was again rocd o
by Farr and his wife—the latt ''coining
to a part of the evidence bef< <. Din
ner’s Jury, striking him \ a
The parlies were now on the o
front of the door, when Nugt m ko
Mrs. F. down. Furr immediate) J ;<
to the house, ami returned with i
had been previously loaded will .-cot
Nugent was at this time a few yr t . m
of his door, and with his back inclining to
wards it, conversing with another indivi
dual, when Farr from the door levelled his
piece and discharged its contents at the
head of Nugent, who fell without uttering
a word. The head of the deceased pre
sented a shocking spectacle, the left side of
the upper part of it having been carried off
and a part of the brains literally b own out.
It is stated that all the parties were more
or less intoxicated ; and that Farr express
ed his willingness immediately to surren
der himself to justice. He was apprehend
ed the same night with his wife and com
mitted to j dl, where he will remain for trial
at the next term of the Superior Court in
this city the latter having been discharged.
The following is the verdict of the Jury of
Inquest
" That the said Michael Nugent came to
his death by the discharge of a gun tired by
the hands of John Furr, on the night of the
27th of April, 1825, in the city of Savannah,
the charge from which said gun entered the
head of said Michael Nugent, which occa
sioned instant death.” [Georgian.
The Stomach Pump. — This instrument
was successfully employed in this city on
Monday evening last, in the case of a per
son named llyley, who drank off at one
draught a pint of raw gin, and, whilst en
deavoring to swallow two glasses of rum di
rectly afterwards, fell as though shot to the
floor. The man was instantly carried home,
and put to bed, and the assistance of Mr.
Weaver, surgeon, and Mr. Leet was spee
dily obtained. The power of swallowing
was completely destroyed, so that the usual
method of administering emetics was una
vailing ; neither could vomiting be produced
by exciting the sauces with a feather. Un
der these distressing circumstances, it was
determined to send to the infirmary for the
‘ stomach pump,” and the use of that in
strument on the present occasion, fully con
firmed the high expectations which have
jeen formed of this novel, though really ser
viceable apparatus. A strong emetic, com*
posed of 15 grains of sulphate of z,inc, dis
solved in a tea-cupful of warm water, was
first passed into (he stomach by the instru
ment and immediately afterwards two pints
as water were injected ; the flexible tube of
Ihe pump was now withdrawn, and after a
lapse of five minutes, the whole contents of
the man’s stomach, having a strong odor of
gin, and of the color of whey, were vomited
into a wash-hand basin, which was thus
nearly filled ! In the case of this individual
it was found easier to inject fluids into the
stomach than withdraw them by the pump,
although it would act either way when tried
witn water, passed into or withdrawn from
an open vessel. It is, however, highly im
portant to know, that this new instrument
(when the patient cannot swallow) aflbrds
the readiest method of injecting emetics in
to the stomach, both in a concentrated and
diluded state, and by the quick excitement
of the organ, copious vomiting is effected.—
It was thus that the pump, in the instance
before us, proved its value and utility,
and the life of an intemperate man was pre
served.—[Chester Chronicle .] The papers
of the week contain the cases es two oilier
persons who have b en saved from the dead
ly effects of poison by this instrument.
fiV. Y. dimer.
During the last weeks, says (he Rich
mond Enquirer, the case of the Bank of
Vitginia against Lemoine, (a former Clerk
in the Bank) came on before the Circuit
Court of this county. Ihe Bank sued him
for permitting a dealer with the bank to
overdraw upon it. Several points of law
were involved in the case. The Jury found
a verdict against him and his security for
SbOOO, the amount of Ills bond :—An appeal
lias been taken.