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r(*unding it, four feet in height. The water j*»d risen to the (op of the mole before the ice began to move, which rendered the eitua t'on of the inmates truly alarming. Soon the immense fi. Id of icc above was s een to * w '»§ from iie mooting!, and rumi! g d-iwn with irresistible force, atiuck th/ Light .Mouse, which in a inninVnl was made a heap U ruins. 1 hfre v^e»e t at llie imt*. leu in divfinals in the building, luur of whom, mel -ochnly to relate, were buried under (lie crumbling walls. Mr. V.dkert Wit beck, the keeper of -he Light House, his wife, the daughter of Mrs, V;n H n sseii, and three other individuals, escaped from the fnllii g Minee, barely in lime to e ive iKeir lives. * hose who perished were two daughters ol Vir. VVi'beck aged lb and 18 years, and a o n of Mrs. Van Moesen, aged 14, and her infant child; All must inevitably have found a premature death, but for the intrepid ex rations of Mr. (Mias. M. Beecher, to whose praiseworthy effut» the rescue »f (he survi ■vors is mainly attributed, Mr. Beecher put ' ti m a small boat from the shore to relieve Mr. VVi’beck and his family from their, perilous situation, hut, owing to some delay in arra l ging the iu<niture, they were no' prep red to leave the btiiulii g until it! began to full—and then too late for some of the unfortunate imna’es. Since the above i'- f.innilion was communicated to us, we have received the following particulars in a letter from a correspondent. Sir: i am about br record one of the most afflicting and «i guiar providence 1 ever w itnessed. The Hudson river had beeni rising for more than £4 hours, when the ice began to give way. It was thought that the lighthouse standing about one mile above (he landing, was in danger of being ii joi ed by the iar ge bodies of ice winch were floating down the river. About two o’clock to-day I two gentlemen, with great difficulty, made ! the lighthouse in small boat, as it was now standing in and emirely surrounded by wa ' (er. I’ltey advised Mr. Witbeck, the oc 1 cupart' of the house, to leave i‘, together! wi h his family, immediately. They ac-j curdin.gly made preparations to do so, by! removing their fui niture into he uppar story, & making t comt >rlabie disposition of their cows and other stock. When nearly ready to leave the?r threa'ened home, suddenly a ; id with tenible violence the ice came rusli ing upon the house—'they were s'anled by one awful and tremendous crasli and in less than a minute the whole two s ory edifice wag a mingled heap of ruins, Ihe family, consisting of ten persons, wi h the exception ot one, were in the but ding when it fed. tour of theta disjppea.ed, and were either buried beneath the ruins or swept < fl'bv the impetuous flood. Two daughters of Mr. VVhitbeck—one aged i 3 and the other 13, and two ot his grandsons, one 14 , and the other 3 were the unfortunate vic.ims of this dire catastrophe. By the timely essla'aitcc afforded by th-? two g’nllemen above allud ed to, who were near in a boat, six persons out of tail weie saved. The survivors were bully bruised, avd on reaching the suore, S : chilled and exhausted, that lliey were unable o walk. I hey were laki-n tun bouse near by, and unde -is comfortable as cir cumstanc # Would admit. I am informed that it is not expected Mrs. Wi b ck will recover, and that the recovery of the other members of the family is con sidered very doub;ful. This family is now left in a destitu e condition to shrae the let 6f the utienng and of the poor. Yours, JOHN ALLEY. "i sum**- Flensing In/ormaliort.~~A letter receiv ed wuhin a day or two from the North, con tains the fndowing. The facts stated mr.y fee relied upon. “From information derived from the seve ral lines of Steam Boats ami Rail Road Companies, 1 have ascertained that by the first of May mxt, the Line f>r Passengers, between Petersburg and Philadelphia, wilt Ihe run in 35 hours, leaving Petersburg «• 6 A. M. arrive in Hampton Roads at 3, P. M. in Philadelphia, byway ol the New Castle Rail Road, at 5, P. M. of (fe next day—thus running a distance.of 412 miles in 35 hours, and (his without the least fait gue to the passeng*re. And as soon as the Camden Rail Road shall be completed, (and which will be done thin season.) they will reach the city of New Yotk in seven hours more, making 42 hours only from Peters burg to New-York, a distance <d 500 miles: and when the Rail Road from Petersbu gto the Roanoke shall be in operation, St which will not be a very distant day, 46 hours will fake the passengers from the Roanoke in North-Carultna to the city of New-Yark, an expedition nut surpassed in this couotiy. What strong evidence this exhibits of the i steady march of improvement in our cuun-| try, and how encouraging—how flattering loj (he enterprising ci’iz-eus ol Petersburg, who have so nobly persevered in their efforts to ; accomplish their great Work of Commnni-. nation to the Roanoke River ! I think that no one can hesitate, at this day, to believe but that it will be the great thorough fare tor our Southern neighbors.” [Petersburg Inttlligenctr, A Kentucky steamboat captain, com mending his craft, said, “ She trots off like a horse—all boiler—lull pressure—it’s hard work to hold her in at the wharves and landings. I could run her up acatar .ct. She draws eight inches of water—goes at three knots a minute—and jumps all the snags and sandbanks ■ CONSTITUTIONALIST. ‘ jnwusr.i: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1832. THE CITY COURT Cojimekckd its session on Monday last. No care of more than ordinary importance has occupied its. attention, but die present term is remarkable from ; the fact that a Special Jury was fur the first.time impannclled for (he liial of Appeal causca under 1 ; the provisions of an act Os the last session of th-j l-egi-latorr. Heretofore, appeals weie tried by 1 , the Superior Court mur.h to the delay of justice and to tiie embarrassment of ihai Court, whose i Dockets have been for a long time so thronged as I , to require its, sessions to he held at extraordinary ' length. How, when the Plaintiff commences his! suit in the Cd/Court, he will be able to see the 1 consummation and fruit of his labors in die pros- ' pect—an advantage not before possessed, and cer- 1 talnly not enjoyed by those who pursue their rights !—fancied or real, in the Superior and Inferior Courts 1 of the country. j We are happy to observe that (lie oath of the 1 Special Juror in the City Court is clearer and more adapted to the ends of Justice, than that of the Ju ror of the same grade in the Superior Court, A ■ gf-eably to ihe common form, the Juror swears to 1 decide " according to Equity and the opinion lie : of the evidence"- an obligation scarce jly to he explained by any fixed principles—and al- I ways tasking the ingenuity of bench, bar and juror. -to divine its true meaning. The Special Juror of, the Common Pleas is required to decide according ‘ “to Law ana evidence”—an injunction so plain that lie who runs may read. Wo have always con sidered the oath of ihe Special Juror the fruitful 1 mother of mistrials ; and our belief gathers strength ifrom the fact, that while mistrials have been nu |r.;erous in the Superior Courts they are of rare oc- Icu: rence In the City Court. They are a reproach . ;u any system, for where the Judge is responsible I tor the law ar.d the Jury for the facts—-there is no 1 I case so intricate as to make its decision insuperably j difficult. i i; | There is another salutary change introduced by j the new law. Where na defence is made or an 1 awer interposed, the case is not taken to a Jury, but ■'the Judgment is awarded by the Judge. The JuS 1 ry fee is thus stricken in such cases, from the Hill of ", costs and ibe lime of the Jury ia not occupied in listening to and deciding causes involving no dis 'j pute either ot law or fact. '1 Fop these and other enactments not now noticed, 1 the profession and the city are mainly indebted to a gentleman of the Bar as remarkable for his Indus try as.for his rapid improvement in the science he professes , Tfe trust it will not be very long before a crimin-! j “• jurisdiction of limited extent shall be conferred , upon the Chy Court. From such an addition to . its present powers the most beneficial results would , ur,questionably ensue, THE SUPREME COURT. , There is no longer doubt as to the course Jiulgej , Doi'chshtt pursued When he received the famous j . mandate of the Supreme Court. A Rule Ni Si was j , taken for a Habeas Corpus, which after argument was discharged, and then a motion was made to en , ter the mandate upon the minutes of the fjourt Which was refused. The Messenger taking affidavit j . of these facts set off for Washington —where fiis er-[ ; rand is made bootless, by the adjournment of the 1 Supreme Court before his arrival. It is then evident that the subject cannot be acted upon definitively , by the Court before January next, and we cannot i but indulge a hope that in this interval of lime, the voice of loud and indignant censure from the /‘topic, ■ from all those—no matter to what section cf the Union belonging—who value State Rights and State i Sovereignty—may induce some change! at least on I the Bencli of the Supreme Court. The insult and ; the wrong are not offered to Georgia alone—for were it possible for the Court to succeed in its pur pose—the appetite for sway would net be appeased. Georgia would be the sacrifice—but not the last. —The march of power is omoard, ami the Rights of a single Stats once under foot—the Rights of all are j in jeopardy and may not be rescued without ex ceeding difficulty- It behoves the American People seriously to consider the crisis—to rally around the' Rights of the States and defend them against judici-| al usurpation. As for Georgia— her mind is made up—she will calmly but resolutely perform her duty to herself—and evince to the last, her devotion to * those valuable principles, which gave birth to the Union, and in conformity with which the Union should be governed and conducted. i* Some suppose that the anxious and inflated ! Cherokses and Missionaries will not wait for the re-1 guiar session of the Supreme Court, but wdi apply j for a Habeas Corpus, to some one of the Judges out! juf Court.— When this step shall be adopted it willi be time enough to expresa our opinion of its pro priety and consequences—at present wc aay only tbit; if these men—these crusaders against the i Union and happiness of this favored, country—look . for aid from sucli a aource, their expectation! will be fatally and signally blasted ! There has been a great flood in the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers—the oldest inhabitant! do not re member such a "breaking up" and accompanied with so much damage. The Bank—investigating Committee with Judge Gusto* at their head, left Washington for Phils.- 1 delphia on the 21sl Inst. Mr. Aoims, who is one of 1 the Committee, declined to press his motion to be ’ excused from further service upon the Committee ' of Manufacture!. We confesa Mr. A. is growing upon our esteem. He appears to us *o give his hturt mora to tiis country than do mot' of our pr* atiuent statesmen. ft is sk-.I i!,e ultra Clay and Calhoun men , wished Mr. Adams to leave the Com-: mittes of Manufactures. A good tind pithy and brief article, ‘•ONK GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.” ' he people of New England sent Missionaries In the Cherokee l !, to tench them religion; and the Cherokee*, hi return, have s< at Missionaries to Uadi them politics -but the pc pic of New Erg-1 land are called upon to pay bold sets of teachers. 11 the authorities of MassaclitfsetU were to take up and imprison Hid)”' and his - Indian associates ,v.’ va n bonds, would the Supreme Court interfere an I release them ' [Globe, j | The Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of tin Unit- I .Stater, edited by Matthuu -V. Ciair Clark, Clerk of the House cf lh presentable*, and David A. Hull and published at Washington Ci ty, is spoken of in terms of the highest praise by; die Editor of the United States Teh graph. We are surprized at some of the criticisms level, led at Mr. bULivtri's last work. Some suppose it scarce!)" worth leading—while others who value it more highly, still j lace it hi low the other Novels from the same pen. Eugene is assuredly « work or great power and genius—even the moral it conveys—and morula seem to have been very much lost sight of hy our author* nowadays— is pure and impressive. There is a smack of profit! nhy in some parts ol the wutk which is indeed a blemish - but who can read the l ist chapter of the first volume or the concluding pages of the story! without owning and lamenting the prone ness of the best natures to error— without acknowledging the necessity of unremitting endeavors to rein the | passions from the way of temptation ? In our poor I opinion the work is the very best of Mr, Btdwer’s ! productions, I Mr. WILDE submitted the following resolution' 1 Resolved, That the Committee on Coins lie direct ed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing prompt payment to be nn.de in coin for bullion de livered at the mint, requiring a seignorage not ex- : eluding the expense of coming; imposing a stamp duty on bank bills of small denomination, for the purpose ot preserving an adequate supply of gold and silver coins in use, and increasing the specie circulation of the country. . Tel. | j Upon tliis Resolution we learn that Mr. Wilde 1 ;addressed the House in a speech replete with sta tistical facts and important information. The National Intelligencer says • “ No written opinion in thei Worcester caso was! delivered by Judge Baldwin. Yet, as he -had one prepared, we offered to publish it , but Judge H. dc-i dined, for the present, giving it to the Press.” I The last Huntingdon (Penn ) Gazette save I 1“ Mr. Maffet, the individual supposed to have been! murdered in the ssyen mountains in Centre, county,! made li'h appearance in Ueltefonle, one day last week, and upon his solemn declaration that he was not murdered, the person immured on suspicion of j having committed the deed \?a» released.” ! The public Library of Virginia, now embraces six thousand, five hundred volumes, in every branch of human knowledge. This library is of recent estab lishment, and by prudent economy has attained its; j present growth, without the imposition of a cent’s | tax upon the people. I Za 1 “ Hump-den” shall appear in oar next. flSarrict), I In Barnwell District, S. C. on Tuesday evening the 2Cth inst. by lira Rev. H. D Duncan, Ehwahd Jumps Black, Esq. Attorney at Law of this city, to j Mis* Auuusta G. Kiiiklanii, of the former place. ! (Q* Notice,—The permanent call given hy the Angus's Unitarian Society, to the Reverend Mr. Buliincr, having been accepted, the annual renting of the Pews will take place in the Church, at halt pas'. 7 o'clock on Monday evening the 2a April.—Say, for three quarters, commencing April Ist, and ending- the 31st December. At the same lime and place, a few choice Pews will be offered for sale. (Lj* Morning, afternoon, and evening service in the Unitarian Church, by the Rev, S. Dilmah, may ) be expected on Sabbath next.—-In the Morning, r. doctrinal discourse on the unity of God. Marcii SO f? Merchants' and Planters' Hank, MARCH 29, 1X32. AGREEABLY to the Rules of this Institution, it will be closed at two o’clock, P. M. for the dty, from the ft st of April, to toe first ol Octc- o her nest. o John F. Lloyd, l| Cosher . March 30 It Jl2 NOTICE. A N election for Mayor and Members of the City TV Council of Augusts, will be held on Monday the 9th day of April next. _ Fur District , JVo. i. At the Office of J W. Meredith, Esq. to elec! * three members, under the superintendence ot n Asaph Waterman, Piul R< aligned and James W. •' Meredith, Esquires. » For District , JVo, a. * 1 At the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, to elect llrrf s p 1 members u'.djtr the superintendanoe of John Ali-ore, Fielding Bradford and John H. Mann. ( j ! Esquires. t For District, J\To. 8, At the Planters’ Hotel, to elect three member* under the superintendence of Richard Tubman, Java Bow Ire and Charles Labusian, Eiquirea. 'I he Polli will be opened at 10 o’clock, A. M, and closed at I o'clock, ? M. When (he Pol a are closed, the Managers will , convene at the Council Chamber, and add. to gether all the ro ss given in the several Dis.rtc't. { or Mayor of the City, and thereupon declare the , person having the highest number of voles duly . eleattid; and make return of all the votes taken to t bamuel Hale, Mayor, ‘ , City oj Augusta, i March 30 82 __ t (fj* Nortu-Carolina Bank Noras will be received AT PAR in all payments 1 due ti» 1 Allens & Paddock’s OFFICE. March 11 <1 77 BY J. MARSHALL. I THIS 11 o’cVick, 1 ■j rnr.snr-ads Rugrr 2 do .1. Rum—high i roof S B gv C. ffi-e 10 Bair-rlg Will' ki-y 10 do Northern Din '■) Quarter Casks bwfict Uairgx Wine i.lO Parrels N 2 Mackirt’ I Ri X Loaf Ft .gar 3 U*ins’ll Cfgr.cc Brandy. &c ft :. —ALSO— JPurnillnwr, AT 12 O’CLOCK A Saddle <s• Harness Horse. After which within doom an Invoice of Staple and Fancy dooOis, Terms Cash. tfjuas niuiaßV, At AKVY.N* (VOLOCK., A GREAT VARIETY <-F STAPLE AND FANCY HARDWARE & CUTLERY, BOOTS & SHOES, Cl O tiling, WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. Terms Cash. March 30 it Wvg €rOOH.«^ JUST RECEIVED, BALES RllOv, N SHIR TINGS 2 Cases Blr-cb do. 2 do Phiids and Stripe* A do. low pried Pri lls 200 duzin white and cdorod Cotton half Hose A»ll 'A OKXLRAL ASSOBI'Mf.BT ■)» staple and fancy ; ID IB TT (B © © ID a a >nn szu ax J. Marshall. March 30 82 Wkwkq, Bln, • &c. &c. JUST RECEIVED, (S Philadelphia Rye Whiskey 20 Barrels j 'i 25 doN Gin 1 10 do No, 1 M rk' tai 25 Jo 2 do !0 n isra Loaf Sugar 3- Qtar er Casks swee! .Msiag--. Wins 10,000 "'"lanigh Nrg.rs FOR SALE ST J. iV?arsha.ll. March 30 82 PALuNi LEAP liAT&. Just Received, iOO dozen Palm La at Hats. FUR SALK BY j J. Marshall, j M.rch 30 ~ L ' 82 HAY. ~ A few Bundles Prince's Hay, 1 ?l)R SALE AT . Holcomlaa’s WaTfc-lUmaa. ( March 50 It 82 l (0* An Election will take place *j on the second Tuesday in April next, for a Justice | of the Inferior Court to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Holland Mclvue Esq. VAL WALKER, j. i. c. A. RHODES, j, i c. EDWARD THOMAS, j. i. «• March 13 77 isroTioL. UHE will attend (forthe l»«ttime) at the Office \FI of James W. Meredith, Esq. on the 50. h March instant, for the purpose of receiving the ’ ! names of those person* (who have not yet given " in) to JDaws in the contemplated Land Letter., c s at the City Hall on Saturday the 31st. at tin- ‘ Globe Hotel on Monday the 2d day of April ‘I next, anti Major Likens’ on Tuesday the 3d A- R pril. , Persons entitled to a Draw m the Lottery ore " desired, not to neglect these opportunities as lhe Books will be dosed as soon after as possible. Edward Thomas, j. i. c. r. c. Wm. Shannon, j. i. c. h. c. Augutia, March 28, 1832, It 82 TA X NOTIUB. WF, will attend at the office of J. W Mkbx- I utin E>q on Monday the 9ih and 23d i c April, and 7ih fir May—at the (lime HfiTEL or, J Tuesday the 10th snt) 24th of April, and Bih «•! 5 May—»t the PiAitTXu’a Hoti-J. on Vi’cd' esday S the IDh and 25 h ot Anril, and 9 h of May—and t at th>-Rieai* mo Ho-rat, on Thursday the 12th and 26th ol April, amt 10th of M»y— to Heceivf ;he Riturn* of Taxable property for the year 1832, and Collect the Taxes f oft he year 1831 |g All per-ons interested, are respeetfu'lv rfqu.red to attend, between the hours of 10 o’clock, a. m. ] and 1 o’ch cV, r » "n those days. , ' Oliver Reed, t. g. M. F. hoisclair, r. t. r. M»r-h rr a I ■TT' MK.'rM *r„, v*j ,* ■ | 30,000 JLtmars. j 815.000, of 81000. L It if Saturday Wight's ..»/1 ul. $ UNION CANAL LOTTERY, • i * i Class No. 6 , 60 Nuu r Lot i ry— y l).;mn Ballots. 1 I*. Z'i ul giOOUO 40 ICizes .d g|ooo t ilo . “ 15 000 40 do •• si’o 1 do ** 5,000 51 tin “ it 0 li. do •• i oro : Tit kefs SlO, Halves 85 Quarters 82 50. Ut\\ci».\ Vtizft List. Brawn run b'Ts 11 the Delaware and N. L. 4Juusoli.drtU*d L'U’e-y, Class, No, 5. «, 11, 21 39, 26“ 5, 31 34, 1, 1 OWKST Prize 84 Vi'Kini" S'aii- (Wheeling) Class, No. 3. 23, 34. 7. 37 41, 52, 35. 56. 19. Lowest Prize 84. Prizes Cashed ’.and I’nuiijit attention paid (o ordcis at ißJcaiua 9 Yt I wmitft LotWc^ No. 241, Broad Street, |cy Address \V. P. Beers. March 30 It VALUABLE TOWN LOTS' FOR SALK. Will hr told on the third day of April, be ing the first Tuesday in said month, on the premises : One Ini mired and ninety feet front on broad Street, and running' hack to Ellis-street, •n l bounded cast by Duller & Co. and west by Mrs. Jonea’and Cam ibeli’s Gully. The abr.vo front is divider] into five l.ots oi various .sizes, sc* cording to*.plan thai may be aeen at Stovall (k Sinimont’ W are Hour, or at the Office of the Subscriber. Iho above property will puaitiv, ly be. sold to the h ghost bidder on the above dale. unless previously disposed of at private Sale, I ems, one third cash, or an approved note at siaty days.—The remainder, at one and iwu years, it W'th interest firm the dole and mortgage on the premises. d dim P. King. ■« March 2 7 id bl IVxcVuwonA Stoexiffi’a &a\s. Will be sold on ihe fim Tuesday in May nest at the L wer Murker House in the city of Au. guda, within the legsl hours of sale— A Lot of Land in the city of Au gusts hounded on the west by Centre street, ca»t by so Aiicy, north and couth by Lots No. 8 and JO. Bridge Row, and know as Lot No. nine (No. 2) Bridge Row—alao, three Nfffrocs, to y wit: Ruben E.ster and Judy, levied on a» tho preper y of Walton Knight, to satisfy fi fas, John Hatfield and W. B. Thomas va. said Knight. Ai.bo A Lot of Land in the city of Au costa bounded on n-e n>nh by Broad street, and on all oilier sides by the property of N. Fox, and isving » front of Hrnad-sireet of slaty-five feet rrd running back one hundred and tblrly-three feet, levied on as the property of Thomas G. Mall to satisfy a fi fa George H Paddock va. .aid Hall, • —ililO— A Lot of Land tipper end of Au gusta, near Green street, j lining Harks, McKm ney and L.iburn, levied on as the properly cf . ilenry Byrd by Wm. Martin Constable, and re. turned to mo, to satisfy a fi f. from Justice Court, Samuel Haws vs. lie nry RyrcJ. —also— A Lot of Land bounded north by Lands of Wm. P. Oearmond, south ly Lands of Thomas G Ha.'J, cast by the new Milledgeville Hoad, west by Lands of Thomas G. Hall, levied on as tie property of R chard Mooney, to satisfy a fi fa on foreclosure of a Mortgage Isaac S. Tut tle va. said Mooney. U.SO— A Lot of Laud in the city of Au gus'a bounded west by Centre street, east by Ul of William Brux, south by Ellis street, north , by Luts of N, f;ox and Thomas G. Hall, levied . ’ii as (he property rr Nicholas Fox to satisfy e fi 'a, (he Bank of the Slate of Georgia vs, said s jFox. —Terms usual. ' Peter F. Boiselair, Sh’ff. n. c, March 30. 1832 x 82 Burlte w i/7i||ke soid on the first Tuesday in May next, at uio Court House door in the Town of Waynesboro’ Kurke county, between the ust>. si hours of sale, the following properly to wit t , Heveu Negroes, to wit; Sue and her child Abram, Jacob, Jesse. Anthony and Vio- - ’***• >cyicrl upon to satisfy Kxecutiona from the Superior Court, in favour of Stites & Fannin fc M H. Wallis, against the Ex’rx. of Peter Lc. i| cuz, and also one in favour of Baber and Ro* irrrs and one in favour of Jewitt fr. Godwise, vs. Msriliu L< q leux, property pointed out by VV4, liam Walker. 4190 -»•' One n«gro nun Dave, levied up., “n 'o satisfy sundry fi fas, from a Justice Court mfsv ur of Mary Uailai i vs, the Executors of F, Thomas, dt-cra ed, levied upon and rst jrned 1 1 me by Ctr stable. AU— O-190 Acres of Oak and Hickory Land, ad).lining Lauda of Wrig u, Murphey aiid others, levied upon to satisfy one fi fa, from a Justice Court, in favour oi the Executors of S.muel Bird, decessed, va. Nancy Bruce and Stephen Corker, s-4d as the property of ih.a |5». I ute nf Nanay ruice, levied upon and returned o rue by Gurmabie. •—AL^O — Levied upon the one fifth pari of 1240 Acre. Pine Land, more or less, being the 1 inierest of Thomas Floyd in said Lot, to sadsty ’ two fi fas, from a Justice Court, in favour »Vnj, Wynn, vu Thomas Floyd, levied upon and re urned to me by Constable, Thomtts H. Burke, «. b. c. > March 27, lb3J » 82 j