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Uciici'aV Anil’s AVv.uuuvs,
Os the Campaign nf the North Western
Ann:/, in the i/enr 1812. Addressed lo
the people of the United Slates.
No. XXIV.
The motives of So' George Provost, in
senTni ' liis Adjutant-General to the hea«l 1
,I(i liters ol General Dearborn, at this tiuu*, I
think, must lie evident (nan the statement ol ■
facts in the preceding numhers, and troiu'
considerations, which I shall now otter. At I
this time, no part of the enemy’s
was invaded, exeep ing l»y toe forces from.
Detroit, under mv com n vnd. I’o repel this,
inv.ision, must have lieen a desirable object,
of the commander-in-chief nf the British l
army, lie could not withdraw his forces
from the east part ot Upper Canada, con- 1
sistenllv with the safety ot bis posts, at Fort ■
Erie, Kort George, ICmgslon and Montreal
because lie well knew (1 oieral 1) Miboru had
collected, and was collecting troops opposite
to th >»e stations lie therefore found it neces
sary to devise s one plan, by which his troops,
on those stations might be withdrawn, and
employed under the command ol G niei al
Brock, for the support o( Malden, and the
protection of the part >1 live pr ivi ice invaded,
and in a mm ier consistently with the safety
of th'* posts which have been mentioned, I’hc
stratagem, which has here been describ’d
was form ’d bv (In* one ny, an I assented to!
bv G ”ii*i•. l l Dearborn, t id iis success was
c i mil’ te. II ‘w is induced to enter into an
air,ve nmi Ih it his tr io is should only act. on
the defiMsiv ’. it those stations, from which
General Brock wished to withdraw his
troops, and. indeed which extended to the!
whole frontier, excepting where ‘lso invasion!
was made.
In pursuance, of this plan, all the forces|
were withdrawn from tin* stations I have]
m ■ vtioned, excepting a few invalid soldiers]
to take care of tin* fortifications, cainnm, &c.j
Tnew* firc.es, with the militia of the province,!
and ill the savages which could he collected,
were immediately transp irte.l by water,
over the lakes lo Malden and Suidvvich, un
der the co mu aad ot General Brock, us re
enforc.em -nis to the eoe ivy’s army at those
stations. General Brock arrived at Mal
den on the 14th of August, during the sus
pension of hostilities bid >w, and on the l.jth
marched to Sandwich opposite to Ditto'd,
from which place I had retreated, lor the
reasons slated in the form *r numhers of
these memoirs. About. 11 o'clock on the
1.511 v, I received ale ter from Gen. Brock,
by Lieut. Colonel McDonnell, and Majo
Gregg, of th* Brilish army, who came under
live sanction of a (lag of truce.
“ 11i: \o QuauTBRS, )
Studwiek, August 1.5, 1812. £
Sir—The force at my disposal authorizes
me to require of vou the im nediatc surren
der of Km I Detroit ; it is far from my incli- 1
nation to join in a war of extermination ; but
yon must be aware that the numerous body
of Indians, vvlnv have attached themselves to
my troops, will be. beyond mv controul the
moment the contest commences; you will
find me disposed to enter into such condi
tions us will satisfy the most scrupulous
sense of honour. Lieut. Colonel McDon
nell and Major Gregg, are fully authorized
to conclude any airangenient that may pre
•vent the unnecessary cllusion of blood. I
have the honor to be your obedient servant.
r His Kxcolleiicy, Brigadier Gen. Hull,
commanding at Kurt Detroit.
Signed ISAAC BUD IK, Major Gen
eral, commanding his Britanic Majesty’s
forces, Upper Canada.”
To thi-letter, I immediately returned the
following answer.
“ Head Quarle s, Detroit, Aug. 15, 1812.
Sir—l nave no other reply to make, that
to intorni you that I a n prepared to mce
any force which may be at your disposal
and any cons -queuces which may result frou
an exertion of it, you may think proper t
make. 1 am, &c.
llis Kxcellencv, M dor General Brock
commanding his Britanic Majesty's forces
Sandwich, Upper Canada.
Signed, WILLIAM HULL, Brij
General, commanding the North Wester
army of live United States.”
I his letter was the first information tin
I received ol the at rival o( General Broi l
with the forces Ir mi Fort Erie, Fort Georg
and the other stations on the east part i
Upper Canada. Indeed it was hardly po
sible for me to have received the inform,
tion, in he came by water with his re-ei
fore ’incuts, and had the exclusive commai
of the lake.
Bv my former numbers, it appears, th
belore I reem-sed the river, I had reocivt
letters liom Generals Hall and I’orter, wl
commanded the American forces on the!
Niagara river, that the British forces had I
moved from their stations on that river, and
the east part of the province, and were pas
sing over lakes Erie and Ontario, towards
Malden. In those numbers, I likewise sta
led how mysterious this information was.—.
The arrival ot General Brock, with the for
ces, still added to the mystery. It will be
remembered, that I had received no infer
mation from General Dearborn, or from any
o.her quarter of the suspension of Untilities ;
and 1 knew that a large American fore? had
assembled, and was assembling on the Nia
gara river, directly opposite to the British
posts. it was likewise well known to me,
that that part of the province was of much
more importance to the British interest than
Malden, and the territory on the Detroit
river and its vicinity. It appeared lo me
certain, that the British forces could not
have been withdrawn from those stations,
without exposing them to an invasion, and
tube taken possession of by General Dear
born’s forces on the Niagara river, directly
opposite to them, and only separated by the
river. I ask you, my fellow citizens, to re
flect on my situation, and consider for a mo
ment, the embarrassments at this time oc
casioned to my army.
General Brock was not only the Major
General of the army, but the Acting Gover
!nor of the province. Could I have believed
I t hat the Governor of the province would
ihave left the most important part of it, with
|out the means of defence, exposed in the
Imanner I have stated, and liable tube itt
jvaded.aml possessed by the A nericati for
;ces? Such an event would have been the
|most disastrous of any which could have
(happened to him. By possessing both sides
! of the Niagara river, we should have com-!
manded the water communication to Mal-j
(leu, and the whole country above, which!
.jwas the only communication on which hat,
Jj-ost, S'. Joseph’s on lake Huron, and iu-
Ideed the whole North West Company de
i| pended lorsupp ie*. Had we therefore ta-
I! ken possession of Fort Erie, Fort George,
and (In* other posts on the Niagara river (heir
communication would have been obstructed
’|aml they must have perisued for the want
of the means of subsist mce. I again ask,
on what grounds I could have possibly con
pceiv *d, that General Brock had left that vi
tal part of his province, and drawn his
troops from siinations on whose protection
their very existence depended. Had it
been possible for me to have imagined the
cast*, wide i actually existed, that Gen
jerat Dearborn had agreed to a suspension
of host ilities, I should have believed it cer-
Itain, that he would have stipulated, that all
I the troops, which were parties to it, should
tern iit\ in the same situation, they were, at
1 the time it was made, and expressly, that
(none bound by the armistice should be em
j ployed, against those which were not in
’ eluded in it. If he had possessed any
knowledge of his duty, he would have known
this to have been the invariable practice in
similar cases. But in fact, I did not even
imagine, that it was possible a measure so
1 fraught with the certain destruction of my
| army could have been adopted by him.
J Bitso it was, and almost all the enemy’s
| most important posts were perfectly safe,
when only gu irded by a few invalids, to take!
-j care of the barracks, &c. The Secretary of
VV n, it will he seen by liis letter referred to
Iiit a former memoir, stated, that by General
’ Dearborn’s letter to him, the General had
informed me the measure, and had pro
posed a similar one to my concurrence. .If
(it were sent, it only reached me before the!
I capitulation from the mouths of General
1 Brock’s cannon ; after that event, he,
1 (General Brock i informed me that it had
taken place at Niagara, and all the other
posts below were embraced in it. Perhaps it
may he asked, when I perceived the forces
of the enemy, of all descriptions cmice-H
--• trating and bearing upon me from every
! quarter, why I did not retreat from Detroit,
I and save my army from capture? as 1 wish
’ to answer every inquiry, and, if possible,
’ remove every doubt, with respect to the pro
priety of ny conduct, I will here state the
' reasons, i’o those who are unacquainted
■ with the situation of the country, tins would
i probably be a natural inquiry. In the man
• tier in which these memoirs are published, I
• cannot present a map of the country which
was the scene of my operations. I fear it
' will be difficult to describe it in such away
s that it will be perfectly understood. I must
ask you in this case to examine some general
e maps of the country, from .Detroit to the
foot of the rapids of the Miami of lake Erie.
The distance is about seventy miles. The
II only road through which I could have re
■' treated, runs from Detroit as far as Browns
'• town, on the banks of the Detroit river, a
m bout twenty miles; and from Brownstown to
to Bn* foot of the rapids, about fifty miles-; in
some places on, .did in others near the bor
k. ders ol lake Erie. This road was very dis
,!i > Ii cult to pas-, a great part of it being through
a wilderness, and had only been opened by
g-| my army, when advancing to Detroit. Its
rll .cotirse, for seventy miles being on the mar
jgin ol a navigable river, and the lake and
:| t General Brock with his arniv being opposite
k. to Detroit, with a number of irnied vessels,
t,e. gmi boats, and a sufficient number of lia s U
ol move his troops nu the water, would have
>s- had such an advantage in attacking aretreat
l, 1 mg army, especially when aided by his
m iiiiiierous tubes ot savages, that I thei
ml thought and I now think, that an attempt o
the kinil would have resulted in the tutu
iat instruction ot the army. With his boat
ml protected by his armed vessels and gun
iu> boats, his troops might have 'been moved ot
.those smooth waters with the greatest celeri-j
Ity, and landed in the front, rear, or on the
Hank, and harrassed my march in sucli a
manner that it would have been impossible to
have effected it; besides we must have en
countered the difficulty of passing a number
of rivers without boats, and oyer which there
were no bridges. The only places where
some of these rivers could have been crossed,
were near the navigable waters commanded
by the enemy’s naval armament, and no 1
.boatscould have been provided for the pur- '
pose. There would have been no oilier '
mode of effecting the passage, but by swim- -
ining or constructing rafts, in the face of the 1
enemy. Situated as I was, after the arrival 1
of General Brock with the re-enforcements, I
I think you must be satisfied, that nothing' l
could have justified an attempt of this kind, 4
especially when the nature of the country, 1
and the character of the enemy, which would i
have assailed my army durin«- this long *
march, is considered. The reasons which '<
prevented me from retreating and taking a\
position at the Miami, immediately alter re-1*
crossing the Detroit river, have been stated j*
in a former number of tnese memoirs. I
presume this will be considered as a satis-|l
factory answer to the inquiry. |(
In my next number, I snail proceed to a|<
consideration of my situation at Detroit on!
the 15th of August, when I received Gene jl
ral Brock’s letter, and the position, and '
numbers of the enemy ; after which I shall i
state the reasons which induced me to agree)
to the capitulation on the 16di. Before, )l
however, I close this number, I must ask 1
your indulgence, my fellow citizens, in ma- I
king such ottservations and reflections as '
will naturally arise from the facts and docu- 1
ments which have been presented m the last i
| numbers of these memoirs in relation to the •
icon. 1 net of General Dearborn. i
Alter considering the facts and evidence 1
,which has been adduced to prove them, lit
lask who has been guilty of the vile and base If
jcharges which have been im.uued to iner t
I Who has been guilty of unofficer-like con
duct? If /had been in Geacial Dearborn’s <
situation, and he had been in mine, and J\
had received the sam .ordors from the gov- 1
eminent which it has been proved he receiv- t
ed, respecting the in. sjoij of Canada, would
you not have had a rig.it to have sam that / I
had been guilty of uhoflice>-like conduct? f
it thus situated, / had received the same or- I
der.s he repeatedly receiv -d, to m ■!< ■ diver- '
sions in the enemy’s country, to attack their
pus's and to co-operate wit i him, /had not <
only neglected to obey Jiese orders, but had |
agreed to a suspension ot hosMlitie-’, from I
which ids army was excluded, I ask you,
whether/ could have complained of he siiej l
charge at cowardice being imputed <omer|l
If further, /had agreed to a suspension of j i
hostilities, in the manner and under tr.ejt
circumstances General tearborn did, wheih |l
er it would not have afforded s- me colour to)
have supposed it was with treasonable iews? i
I wish it tube distinctly understood, shat 1
impute nothing criminal to him, and have ■
made these reflections with no oilier vow;
but to exhibit in a strong light, that ih -re ;
was nut the least foundation lor criminal ,
charge against me.
For the present, I shall fake a farewell of j
him, and it the facts and documents which i
.have been presented shall cause any unplea- l
sunt sensations in his mind, I regret that J
can offer no balm to cure the stings and ■
wounds which his own reflections must inflict. .
Before these memoirs are ended, be will
again be introduced, as President of the .
Court Martial before which 1 was tried, and (
his conduct in that character will be parti
cularly examined.
As you, my fellow citizens, are the legit- i
imate and final tribunal, if you are satisfied |
that the-facts which have been here stated,
are proved by the evidence which has been j
ottered, and that the measures he adopted |
were the cause of the misfortunes ofthe cam- c
paign, and the disasters which attended the
army I commanded, it is to be hoped, on ac- |
count of his age, Ids respectable connections ,
and his revolutionary service, your demon- (
cy will be exercised, and the punishment| t
which would be justly due to such conduct 1 (
will be remitted, | t
For the same reasons here expressed re-j
commending him to your mercy, in a former' |
number, I stated that it would have been a!
happy consideration, had it been in my pow-j,
or to have exhibited the truth in vindication j
of my own honour, without any impeach-'
; inent of his character,
i «•»###»>-
■ Planting Trees, —He who plants trees
. upon Ids paternal estate, repays a debt to
• Ids posterity which he owes to Ids ancestors.
- A gentleman whose lands were more exten
sive than fertile, used to plant 1000 trees,
- on the birth of every daughter, upon Ids
t waste grounds which were, on an average,
i worth one pound each, on her coming of age;
thus enabling him to give her a fortune ot
- .£IOOO without any extraordinary ecouomv
i on Ids part, the regular thinning of the trees
V at proper seasons, with barking, &c. paying!
s off all the current expenses, besides yielding
- him a small rent for the land. In the year'
1 1758, ninety-two fir trees were planted)
e upon a piece ot ground about three quarters)
>. ‘d un ac tu in extent. The land was wiutei
o Ami p oi, i'» no extra expense was incurred,l
eland no further attention was paid to the I
- young trees. In 1813 they were cut down,l
is md yielded ninety tons of timber, then!
n worth £4 per ton, giving a round sum ot!
if £.360, which was equal to a rent of 306 10s.|
d during the intervening 55 years. Can a)
>. more convincing proof be given ofthe facil-j
i- ity with which a man may save a fortune fori
n Ids grand children.
Mail.
Latest from Europe.
By the packet ship Howard, capt, Hol
dridge, from Havre, whence she sailed the
Ifiihult. the Editors of the Commercial id
vertiser have Paris papers to the 13th of
April inclusive, containing London dates
three days later than have been previously
received here.
Great /ifituin.— Notwithstanding the re
duction ot nudes, the increase of the Ex
else during the corresponding quarter end
ing on the oih of 4pn|, over the correspond
dig quarter of last year, is £ 179d>83. To
tal, £3,575, 448, Mr. Canning is confined
at Gloucester Lodge, wilh the gout.
Great Sympathy seems to be felt for Mr.
Savary, who lias probably ere this fallen an
other victim to the blood} code of England.
It is reported, that even in the highest
Ecclesiastical quarter, (the Archbishop of,
Canterbury) so ne relaxation of Anti-Ca
tholic feeling has taken place.
Orders have been sent from England, to
Russia, to purchase larger quantiles of Rus-|
sian goods than can be remembered fori
many ye o s. j
A most extensive forgery has recently
been practised upon the Bank of England,;
which succeeded to a large amount. Bills, 1
bearing the signature of John Black & Co.
O O
were sent up through the Post-Office of
Limeri k to that Establishment, purport
ing to be accepted by Nicholas Mahon, Esq.
of Dublin. They were cashed by the Bank,;
and the money remitted according to di
rection. A second time the same trick
succeeded; but, in the third instances, in-1
quiry was made, and the entire transac
tion discovered to be a fraud on the Bank.
On the stu of January, 1825, 408,788 lbs.
of Tobacco remained in the King’s ware
house in Ireland. In the last four years,
1,453,217 lbs. of tobacco were seized in
the King’s ware-house in Ireland.
A Noble Earl it is said will shortly lead
to the altar a lovely Syren from the boards
of Covent Garden. And a noble Peer of
Ireland U about .o institute “a suit of a
very peculiar and delicate nature.”
Corn Laws. —A Court of Common Coun
cil was held in London the. 6di, for the pur
pose of petitioning fora repeal ofthe corn
laws. — There w•- but one dissenting voice
A grand pub ic dinner has been given by
die Whigs of Glasgow to Sir James Mac
kintosh, on ids retiring from the office of
L< rd Rei tor of the Ministry, after having
given his casting vote to Mr. Brougham as
his successor.
France. —The debate upon the indemni
ty law was continued at the last advices.
A law fir the punishment of sacrilege was
also before the Chambers.
The congratulations ofthe Chambers had
been offered to the King, on the anniversary
ot his return from exile.
Sixty banking and commercial houses
have petitioned the King to send Consuls
to Soutli America, after the example of the
United States ajui England.
One of die handsomest actresses of the
Lynns Theatre, is about to exchange (he
stage for a convent.
The most magnificent preparations are
still making for the approaching Coronation
of the King at Rheims,
Prince Metternich yet remains at Paris.
The Head quarters of the troops arriv
ing from Spain were expected to be at
Bavonne about the 22d.
While they have had an early spring in
France, letters from Naples mention no
thing but burricans, showers, tempests, and
cold weather.
On the Ist of April, a fire broke out at
Premieifait which was still burning at 8
o’clock in the evening, at which hour, the
church and 34 houses were reduced to ash
es, and an old man perished in the flames.
Only 15 houses were left standing, but
these it was h >ped would escape.
Letters from Sweden announce a rise ip
the price of iron.
At Perpignan, a habitual usurer has been
jsen'enced to pay a fine of 34,000 fr.
Spain. —Gold and Silver mines are said
to have been discovered in Estremadura.
'The King has taken measures to encourage
'the people to much further examinations.
The editor of the Cadiz Journal of Com
merce lias been arrested for praising the
conduct of the people of that city on the
memorable 16th ot Match, 1820.
Much wretchedness prevails in Andalu
sia, in consequence of the scarcity of grain.
The project of an Aulic Council seems
likely to be. carried into effect by the King.
'The Constitutional Guerilla, which secur
ed Valladolid, it is said have retired towards
ithe confines of Portugal.
| The downfall of Ugarte, it is supposed,
| will be the downfall of all his financial
i plains.— The Ki"g adheres to all ol Ids old
favorites. —O’ her‘letters say, the affairs ol
the ex-minister have taken a favorable turn
j The Bashaw of 'Tangier has refused to
hleliver up the Spanish Refugees, and the
I Emperor of Morocco approved of his con
duct.
An attempt had been made to poison the
fountain used by the Royal family, and a
man was about to be tried for the horrid
■ 1 offence.
There is a rumour that Don Vives is about
■tohe recalled from Cuba.
Among other sentences to death, was a
man for having a green ribbond in his house
with the words “ Constitution, Cortes,
Liberty or Death.” Vnother has been sen
tenced to the gallies, because a copy of the
Constitution was found in his carriage.
The sailing of the ship with a new Captain
General for the Phillipine Islands, has been
suspended, in consequence of important
news from Manilla. The present Captain
General is said to have 8000 troops devoted
to him ; and he declares he will not obey
the mandates of the absolute King of Spain.
1 The Government is establishing Primary
schools for both sexes, throughout the king
dom.
A letter from Spain states, that the Span
ish government appears to consent to young
Murat being set at liberty, and that the ves
sel which is to convey him from Algesiras to
the United States, is expected in that port
from Gibraltar.
Affairs of the East. —We find, as usual,
a great variety of reports from the Archi
pelago, Constantinople and Egypt. It is an
nounced from Alexandria that Ibrahim
Pacha has returned to that port with his
' fleet. [Another letter says he had sent his
transports home.]
Great attention is to be paid in Egypt to
the cultivation of Sugar,
i Egyptian transport vessels are said to
have supplied the garrisons of the strong
fortresses of Coron and Modon with provis
ions.
I Nothing positive wgs known at Constan
tinople respecting the surrender of Patras,
j though such was the rpmor.
Letters from Alexandria announce the
disappearance of the plague.
Extract of a private letter of the 29th
March, from Augsburgh :—“ Intelligence
has been received at Trieste of the Greek
squadron with a number of fire ships having
jsuddenly re-appeared in the Archipelago and
having approached the Isle of Rhodes, where ■
Ibrahim Pacha was with the Egyptian fleet.
A letter from Constantinople, March 4th,
says—“ The Janissaries have positively re
fused to march against the Morea, and their
refusal is to be declared alopd by their Aga
to the Sultan, when he goes to the Mosque.
Several of die men of this turbulent soldiery
have been heard to guy : “We will not be
• quiet, and we will do nothing for the Gov
ernment till we have the heads of the Selic
tar Aga, the Kiay Bey, and Hussin Bey.
A tremendous fire has taken place at Var
ma, by which the greater part of the town
has been destroyed. The Pacha’s son, 22
yeafs of age, and several Turkish officers,
perished in the flames in ..endeavouring to
afford succour.”
Other reports are in circulation, and a
mong them, that Odysseus, who had joined
| Coloctorini, had thrown himself with his
parti/.ans, about f 500 men, into Negropont,
and joined theTurkg.
Holland. —The States General have grant
ed 8,000,000 of florins for rapairing the
damages of the late inundations.—2so per-
I sons 14,000 head of cattle, and 1500 houses,
were destroyed in the single province of
Over Vessel. The damages elsewhere were
incalculable.
’ In the Provinces of Upper Hesse. 9or
' 10,000 people are about to emigrate to Am
erica. An agent is there from Brazil.
Sales ai Havre , Jlprll 9.
27 bales Sea, Island Cotton 4 30; 461 Georgia 1 95 a 1 97 1-2 ;
2.18 Alabama I 90; 333 Louisiana, 208 9-4 a 21f.
11 th —l6o Georg ia M 1.95 a2; 41 S«a Islands 450a4 60 ; 52G
Louisiana, 2 a 2 15 ; 400 Mobile I H7 1-2.
12M—250 Pernams, 232 1-2; 887 Mar. 220 a 225; 200 bags
Jrt Domingo Coffee 77 12; lOObbls. Pol Ashes 44 25.
1.1//.—413 bales lyou. Cotton 2 05 a 2 20; 12 St. Dom. 2 to 2 05.
14oU-80 Sea Islands 4a4 70 170 Lou. 207 1-2 a 212 1-2 ;80
Mobile 205 a 210; 63 Mar. 231 1-2; 147 ceroons Guat. Indigo 16.
\bth— 75 bales Pernams 2 10 a 250 ; 45 Sea Island 4 50; 60
Lou. 225 ; 660 bags St. Domingo t offee 76 1-2; 15 ccroons
Caracas Indigo 15; 11 Guutimala 16 1-4.
MARKETS.
The Cotton Market had advanced at Havre from 3 to 4 sons
|<er lb. \
LONDON, April 8.
The markets Imre have been dull, partly on account of the
holidays, but more particularly owing to the high prices of al
most every article of commerce having been forced up by the
late .
JJP. Sugar. — Nothing of consequence done; prices without
alteration.
; To-day 400 hhds. sold at full former rates, and the market
appeared to he recovering.
Hejined Sugar. Seine business done in Lumps at 03s pet
«;wt. and there are buyers at 82s per cwt. for ordinary. To
day more inqu ry, and several offers at former prices refused.
1. Cojf'ee. —The market inactive, uo public sale, and little dis
position to purchase by private treaty. St. Domingo sola at
various prices from 75s to 77s clean grocery sorts met with in
l .qnirv for the home trade, and prices fully supported.
Cotton Wool. —The sales consists of upwards of 32,C00 bags,
at 2d perlb. advance on Pernams, and l-2d on East India, viz :
to !sd. 6000 Egypt an 15d to 16 l-2d, 200 Smyrna, 12d, 800
Bourbon, 16 to 21d, IJ3uO Surats 8 3-4 d to 11 l-4d, 6000 Bcn
. gals H 3-4 dto lUd, 800 Madras 9d to 10 l-2d, 70, Deracrura I6d
1 to 18d per lb.
J Asiatic Sport. —The long contemplated
contest between the Whitehall Boatmen
- and the Castleton Boat Club, will take*"
! place on the 20th inst. at 10 o’clock in the
' forenoon, for a purse of two thousand dol
lars. The boats are to start from Robins’
- Reef, near Staten Island, and row to a stake
• boat which will be anchored in the North
• River oppssite Castle Garden. Each bout
will be rowed by four men, with a sitter or
- helmsman. Two rpore beautiful boats were
s never put together, and from the. known
skill of the oarsmen on bo h sides, and the
, good arrangements made by the commit
11tees, an interesting race may be safely an
-1 iticipated. The boat belonging to the Cas
t tleton Club was built by Mr. John Baptis,
*■ and will be rowed by Staten Island water
<* men. The Whitehall boat, so called, was
e built by Mr. Montagnie, for Major How
- ard, and will be rowed by Whitehall wa
termen. [.V. V. Gaz. Uth inst.
e
Superabundant fFcalth.—We under
stand, that on Tuesday, twenty millions of
lt dollars were subscribed to the Morris Ca
rnal and Banking Company.—Capital only
one million, [AT, V. Oaz.
