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square of enclosure, mammded by a low] «* •** **■*???
ornamented stone wall whiclfba enters by a J d^Uynh regard to to
neat wooden gate-This is the family burial f^g 89 - ‘’W'”’”* T /?Zf
", e ^ from him, lias, v/e btlieve, ever been a decided ad-
ground, containing l f" °J .f^ h 0 " vacate for .he pursued by Gov. Trnap: an
none of them marked by epitaphs and only avowal which> 3tandirtg as a Mndidate for the Pre -
a few distinguished by any memorial. *1 sidency, he would not have made, unless impelled
one side of this simple cemetry, is the rest-1 ^ principle; for no motive of policy could have in-
ing place of the patriot and philosopher. 1 duced hi m a t that time to have thrown himself upon
When I saw it, the vault was just arched, the current of ill-timed prejudice which deluged the
and in rei.diness for the plain stone which is I country. Such, we believe, is the opinion of the
to coyer it. May it ever continue like I republican party generally.—-We apprehend, what-
Washington’s, without any adventitious at-1 ever may be his principles, that discretion which is
tractions or conspicuousness; for when we considered the better part of valour, would, at least
or our posterity, need any other memento have prevented him from becoming the victim of his
of our debt of honour to those names, than own authority, by placing himself in a situation where
their simple inscription 011 paper, wood or defeat and ruin would alike attend continuance and
stone, gorgeous tombs would be mockery I retreat. As our prepossessions are decidedly in fa-
to their memories. When gratitude shall | vour of Gen. Jackson, in preference to Mr. Adams,
Cease to consecrate their remembrance in ]
the hearts of oi^r citizens, no cenotaph will
inspire the reverence v/e owe to them.” *
we will thank the Courier to correct any mistake
upon this subject into which possible false report may
have inadvertently led us.
A new mode of conveyance, by an air-1 ■ j""*!! of 1 °°
light Tunnel, recently laid before the public Government for services ren-
u w r u V n ' • * ; ntn dered by the militia in the years’92,’93,
by Mr. John Yallance, is likely to come into / J\ nwa A ul
i .. . ’ , r , . • and ’94, have at last been allowed by the
early operation; many applications having ’ Renresentatives The amount
been made'to that gentleman, for estimates House ?* WKStSJFIq t,, +
of expend.ture. for the purpose of adoplmg | oft| , e whoIe wa3 p to 62 . ln
the House 102 to 73. Very little appre
the new method in lieu of rail-roads and ca
nals. * A distinguished civil engineer, in the
service of the Russian Government, tho
roughly inspected the cylinder seme few
weeks since, at tho time the Duke of Bed
ford, Lord Lauderdale, Holland, &c. were
riding in it, and has most strenuously urged
his Government to an immediate contract
with Mr. Yallance, to lay a cylinder down in
Russia, from St. Petersburgh to Tsarsko-
'' selo, th£ river Volga, Moscow, and the
Black Sea. The project of a canal to unite
hension is felt for the fate of the appropri
ation in the Senate. Should it pass there,
one great cause of dissatisfaction with the
General Government will be removed.
There will then remain no main subject of
contention, but the extinguishment of the
Indian title to the Cherokee Territory with
in the limits of this state.—Journal
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ters baw, that during fke yeafs previous to
1820, they received more money for Tine
hundred pounds pf cotton, than for one hun
dred and sixty-si? pounds, during the five
succeeding years; yet they persevered with
increased energies to increase the quantity,*
which was only augmenting their distress
and hastening theft* ruin. this policy
be pursued, andtt&tiirieis not distant, when
plantations and slaves will be a tax to the
proprietors—when the proceeds will not de
fray the disburseftiSnfe. It is like “ carry
ing Coals to New Castle.” The planter
says he can make nothing but cotton for
sale. True, but cannot he make many of
those articles which he now purchases"with
cash 1 the production of which, would be
more profitable than raising cotton at five
or six cents per pound. He now makes
mord cotton than can be consumed and at a
loosing price ; and he buys every thing but
cotton. .* '
Is it not apparent, that he is pursuing a
ruinous policy ? In our ne:A we shall show
the expediency of changing this policy, and
if we do not succeed in convincing our rea
ders of the propriety of attempting to grow
some new article of. expert, we hope at least
to be able to convince them of the policy of
withdrawing apart of their force from the
culture of cotton,' for the purpose of raising
and making itabh articles as they now pur
chase from foreign Slates.
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Improvement of the Savannah River.—VI e
itTp'robJbte I 1 gj? ,ificd *° l earn from the Constitution,
will bo superseded by a cylinder, which will al,st > ,hat . ac “ vc °P e i ra(,on “ for g? ™prove-
not cost more than one fourth of the ex
pense of a canal; several of the Mining j
Companies are taking up this important dis
covery very warmly.—Brighton Gazette.
mentof the Navigation of our River are a-
boutto commence. The Commissioners
to whom this important business has been
confided, are General Holt, Judge Hale,
and Mr. Bennock—gentlemen it is added
Whose known enterprise and activity are an
ample pledge to the community for the faith
ful performance of the duties assigned to
them. It is also stated that Mr. Fulton is
now acting under the orders ofthe Commis
sioners, and that he thinks the means ap
propriated by the Legislature are sufficient
to^accorop’ish the important work. This
opinion was expressed to us by Mr. Fulton
when here a short time since.—Georgian.
Athens,. Mar/9,1827.
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Fire.—The steam saw mill in the upper
I part of the city, on the margin of the river,
, - - - - . .. .. Several applications have been made to
iep«.rtare ofthe Milledgeville mail will c f ught Saturday night about hagptfiti the Greek Committe&itt N;ew-t«5rk, from in-
'ftom Thursday until Friday morning, so before efficient assistance could diyiduals and companies of young men, de
ans to that effect shall have been be aio . wa ? entire V destroyed.—None s i r ous of adventuring in the service of
the Postmaster General, whose assent to I pftb© buildings in the neighbourhood were in- Greece, to be furnished with a conveyance
SSe arrangement has been obtained. Papers con- j J are ^’ . The fire is presumed to have ori- to that country.—Among the applications
ve^ed by this mail will then be forwarded on the day Seated through accident. The mill was Q f this nature J is one from a company of
of pdblicarion, instead of remaining, as heretofore,
* ; days in this office.
lie drawing of the Land Lottery, is stated by the
papers, to have commenced on the
ffi&.inst.
owned by John P. Williamson, Esq.—cost
originally $30,000—was supposed to be
worth about $15,000, when destroyed, and
was insured for $10,000. Lumber to the
value of about eight hundred dollars was
also destroyed.—Georgian.
The committee to whom was referred the Presi
dent’s Message upon lhe Georgia controversy, were
in session at the latest dates from Washington. No
report had been made up to that time,
From the Huntsville, (Ala.) Republican.
Prospects of the Cotton Planters.—These
We hope to I are gloomy beyond all former example, and
be able to satisfy the anxiety of our readers by an the price is depressed below the wishes or
exposition of its views upon this important 1 question, J expectations of our worst enemies. No sen-
m our next.
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“ Desertion of Mr. Forsyth—An article in the
Macon Telegraph, under this head is news to^us.
Mr. Forsyth, from the resolution introduced for an
appropriation for the purchase of an interest which
the Indians claim, (by no means an acknowledgment
that the land belongs to them,} in the land in dis
pute west of the Chatahoochie, only evinced, as we
sible man would have ventured, five years
j ago, to predict, that upland cotton of fair
quality, would ever fall below six cents per
I pound ; -but this sad reverse we have wit
nessed and felt to our astonishment and
| mortification.
It is well understood, in cotton growing
| countries, that the article cannot be grown
conceive, a desire to effect an amicable adjustment and yield a reasonable interest on the Capi-
6f the misunderstanding between the two govern- tal employed, at less than eight cents per
ments. Perhaps the appropriation may have been pound, and that the actual disbursement, in-
intended as a passport for the President from the dependent of4he interest on the capital em-
Tock on which ho is about to be Wrecked, unless as-1 ployed, nearly equals the present price of
sisted by the humanity of his political enemies, as C0 tt O n. Under such circumstances it is rea-
well as his friends. For further particulars of his sonab l e enough to presume, that the evil
abandonment ofthe cause of Gov Troup, we refer W U1 correct itself in process of time, but
our readers to Ms recent fearless defence of the ngbts ^ CQtton J, M other H ,
tf Georgia on the floor of Congress. I i. i *,,
culturists, their habits being established by
The Charleston Courier of the 28th ult in an sdi-1 long usage, it is extremely difficult for them
tonal article, accompanied with an extract of a let- to abandon those pursuits with which they
ter from Gen. Jackson, to Gov. Rabun, during the are most familiar, and adopt others of a to
Seminole wr has, in the true spirit of opposition to tally dissimilar character. But the experi
Georgia, inferred the fate of Gov. Troup, were Gen. ence of this season will convince them of
Jackson now acting in the station occupied by Mr. the necessity of changing their present ruin-
, 9 Adams, from the letter above referred to, which oils policy, and it becomes every friend to
must be distinctly recollected by many of our rear the prosperity ofthe country, to contribute
dors, with the circumstances which produced it We 1 y g m j te 0 f knowledge towards ameliora-
would premise, for the information of the Courier, tion of jtheir condition. Upon casting our
that General Jackson’s letter to Gov. Rabun, was e y es t0 the situation of the "Cotton trade in
written under an impression that the pledges of pro- England, we areat no loss for the cause of
tection wluch be had extended to the friendly In- the depression of the raw material. The
"KrtS have ruined themselves by
than that of the self created power of Major Wright, ,.
to whose inhuman raentaenTtte Morn rell L. “ ak “« ti^n tbrny can odl and the
tims. Goo. Jackson, n.,<i e t a miaoicn view of the | P>»nters are pursuing Uie same courso.whirh
subject, and from a belief that this outrage upon the W1 ‘* inevitably lead to the same result, by
rights of humanity and war, had been made in bbe- j gfowkig more than can be consumed. Ac-
dience to orders issued^ by Gov. Rabun, penned his cording to the customhouse books, the
letter of the 7th May' 1818. Information of this quantity exported for five years, previous to
transaction, which reflected disgrace upon Major! 1820, averaged 86 millions of pounds annu-
’Wright, and in which the state must have partici- ally, and was valued at $22,000,000. From
bated, had it been sanctioned by her, was no sooner the same accounts, it appears, that the ex
communicated to the authorities of Georgia, than port for the five succeeding years, averaged
caders for his arrest were given and executed.—A 142 millions of pounds annually, being an
owledge of these facts, it irweD known, changed I increase of two thirds, and whs valued at
General’s views in relation to this affair; while a $21,000,000 only. During the same period
pf that ho acted under a misapprehension of the * ‘ ~
tru‘>- sta .c of^hings, and from'an impulse of resent-
mer i, which, though not directed to the proper ob-
ject,'.\ns in. Itself creditable to his humanity and
the C
fromj
jndJ
his \ie\
may]
the increase of consumption in England was
but a little more than one third, although
the prica was so greatly reduced.
Notwithstanding this unparalleled state
of things, and with these remarkable
facts staring them in the face, the planters
_ st crop ever known, in the
spring of 1826. It is true, that pecuniary
embarrassments had not then reached the
e degree of distress, but at the height
of England’s manufacturing and commercial
” were Gen. Jadgibnfcow acting as cxc- prosperity, there would have been no mar-
Wh&teyer may have been ket at an adequate price, for such a supera-
however much disposed he bundance of a raw material, which the civil-
in question the authority, or ized world could not consume. The plan-
he on that
if Georgia.
to
our maou ty to di lw any con*-!usion
^circumstance by v.liich we can correctly
the fate which would await Gov. Troup
high-handed mcarures against the authority
Stage, by great exertioh and much risk; I’be
mails are much injured, but the Postmaster
is Using exertions to preserve them from fur j
ther injury. The letters he has taken out,
ahd'drying them, and will all be saved and
forwarded t/0 the General Post Office, per
haps to-morrow, as they cannot be dried in
time to-day. The newspaper packages are
nearly all destroyed The loss of Messrs.
Stockton & Stokes ia serious, being one
of the finest teams on the road.”
Billups; that of the Maryland member, Ran-
leigh.—-JVat. Int.
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The Lady of the Lake.—This little barque,’
so well known upon Lake Ontario, during
the late war, has met a most disastrous fate-
She left Niagara, in a gale, on the 31st of
December, for Oswego, and has not since
been heard of. The Rochester Telegraph
says there is no longer reason to hope for
her safety. All on board must have perish
ed. The passengers were a lady from Os
wego, her two children, sister, and father.
The crew consisted of Captain JohnRogers,
and three hands.
Long Speeches — Mr. Jefferson has said,
li I consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust,
and Tacitus s pre-eminent specimens of
logic, taste, and that sententious brevity
which using not a word to spare* leaves not
a moment for inattention to the hearer. Am
plification is the jwee of modern oratory. It
is an insult to an assembjy^pf reasonable
men, disgusting and revoltirfg^nstead of per
suading. Speeches measured by the hour,
die with the hour” These words should be
written in letters of gold, and placed over
the Speaker’s chair in every Legislative body
in the country.
Dredging Machine.—Judge Wright, the
Civil Engineer of New-.York in a letter upon
the subject ofrimprovrtig the navigation of
the North River, near Albany, mentipns the
following machine, which should any thing
of the kind bo-necessary in improving the
navigation of the Savannah, might* on pro
per .examination, perhaps, be considered
worthy of adoption.
“ The Directors of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Caned have lately built a dredging
machine, which is moved by an eight horse
power steam engine. It is made with ma
chinery on both sides, s<f as to have both
worked at the same time, if neccessary. It
has been used bat little—but from that lit
tle I can say that with good management, it
can take up wfifi l^e .two sides 100 cubic
yardsjbf eafth in 8 or 10 feet water, and de
posit it in boats along side, in one hour.
* I have believed that a good dredging
machine would, in. two or three months, cut
a passage through ^tlie Overslough shoal of
90 to 100 feet depth in water.”-—Georgian.
In consequence of the fire which took
place in Division-street on Wednesday, the
keeper 5f the menagerie in the Bowery, be
tween the former street and Bayard, was ob
liged to remove his live Stock, pro tem.
elsewhere. The docility of the animals on
foe occasion was remarkable.—The ele
phant, after taking a sagacious squint at the
flames as they curled into the air, moved on
ward, to the word of his master, and the
king of beasts, the lioil, though he wa gged
his tail with more than usual vivacity, suffer
ed himself to be led by the nose as quietly
as a hound in the leashes. The subordi
nate quadrupeds could not, of course, but em
ulate so striking a pattern of good behaviour:
and the whole business was done with a fa r
cility, and a safety to the people around,
which were rather to have been hoped than
anticipated.—JV*. Y. Statesman.
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sixty young men in Belchertown, Massa
chusetts, who state themselves to be dis
ciplined in cavalry tactics, and are desirous
of offering their persoiial services in de
fence of the rights of an oppressed people.
Oqe of the applications is made with the
further offer of paying for their passage.
Such offers^ however, says the Mercantile
were not expected by the committee, and
no arrangements have been made to convey
volunteers for that service. Greece, it is
added, does not want for men. It 13 the
means of paying and clothing her own heroic
troops of which she stands in need, and it is
for this object that the Greek com
are now engaged in obtaining
tions.—lb.
iomiryjtee
ctfS.nbu-
Contributions for the relief of the suffer
ing Greeks continue to be made with liber
ality and spirit in the eastern states. The
A letter received from a friend this morn
ing, touching newspaper affairs, after refer-
ing to s previous letter which the writer
supposes might have fallen into evil hands,
contains the Toll owing humorous admonition
to all whom it might concern :—0^*To any
“ rascally postmaster,” or the deputy of any
such, who may have opened this letter with
the hope of a little pitiful plunder:—You
see, sir knave, that you are disappointed !
Now I advise you, for once, to do an hon
est deed. Seal this up again with all due
care, and forward it on by the next mail.
What, sir ! don’t you see what a world of
vexation you will be guilty of creating by
detaining this! Shame on your knavery!
never broach a letter again without being
sure of your mark. But of all things never
break the seal of a letter addressed to an
Editor. Why, villian—instead of a bank
note, you may stumble upon great secrets,
on their way to be published; or may rob
the printer and the world of some learned
and laborious essay, worth more than a re
mittance for ten years arrearages ! If you
find money be assured it will riot be enough
to pay you for one hour’s pricking of a guil-
ty^conscience. Besides—the meanness of
robbing; 8 printer!!—He that will do this
should have some unheard-of-punishment
contrived to equal the enormity of the crime.
The poor fellows have trouble enough in all
conscience, without having the very spoons
overset in their way to their gaping mouths!
Go to, man; repent and be honest; or if
you must plunder, rob letters of the brokers
and lottery dealers. The act will savour
more of just retribution. Again I say-
touch not the sacred seal of a Printer!—ib.
Automata.—Mr. Maelzel the proprietor
General Greek Committee of the city of ofthe automaton chessplayer, is engaged in
New York have now on hand a fund ofnear
ly ten thousand dollars, and it is caluliud of his Ingenious pieces of mechanism. A
iUn 4 1 An ni 1 1A a wnnlJ mjv'J ' RlTk. TIVT — J _ A — J A. I — - A
that at least-dollars will be realized.
The fund in Philadelphia amounts to about
10,000 dollars. A vessel has been charter
ed which it is intended to despatch with
2,000 barrels of flour, besides a variety of
other provisions and clothes.—Ibid
Increase of Canal Trade at Albany.—In
1824, five thousand three hundred and'se
venty-two boats arrived and departed, and
15,877 tons of merchandize were cleared;
the amount of toll collected was $67,231.
In the year 1826, twelve thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six boats arrived and de
parted, and 19)965 tons of merchandize
cleared; the amount of toll collected was
$120,410, being an increase of $53,179 in
favor of the year. f
Mr. Parmentieu, proprietor of the Agri
cultural Garden, at Brooklyn, Long-Island,
states, in a letter io lhe Editor of the New-
York Daily Advertiser, that he has ascer
tained, by actual experiment, that a great
variety of the choicest Pines of the North
and South of Franee, have been able to re
sist, unimpaired, even the severe weather
of the present winter. He considers the
question so important,to this county, whe
ther the vine can withstand the severity of
our winters, as thus conclusively settled.
Charleston Courier.
Iccn to cail
Mail Accident.—On Friday the 10th
Feb. the mail stage Was canted away while
attempting to cross the Big Elk Greek on
Friday morning. A letter from Elktop,
dated Friday, says t “ The stage and horses
were swept dpwu the purrent, the guard and
driver from tiieir gwrts, and miraculously
saved; but the -sfa^Q- and horses earned
down for half a mile. The horses were all
drowned, and the stage broken to pieces.
Every exertion was made thai could be, by
a number of our citizens, as soon as inform
ed of the accident, to recover the mails, but
without offect,/ until this morning about 10
o’clock, when they Were all taken from the
a controversy in Philadelphia on the subject
FROM THE NEW-TORK STATESMAN.
Messrs. Editors,—Allow me a comer of
your paper, and li I also will shew my
opinion” on the Tariff.
1st. I believe that it is in a great measure
owing to Domestic Manufactures that goods
are at this time so low in this country, ancf
that they are lower by 25 per cent, than
they would be if we had no large, factories.
If any one doubts it, let him reflect on the
very low price of satiuetts, calicoes; sKirt-
ings, &c. occasioned, undoubtedly, by ddp^-*^
mestic competition.
2d. I believe trade will be increased ten^
fold, as far as relates to woollen goods, by
the passage ofthe bjll now before the U. 8-
Senate. Does any one doubt that a great
increase of business must be occasioned.by
raising, transporting, carding, spinning ,and
preparing the wool, and making it into cloth,
together with all the necessary materials
connected with the manufacture of the ar
ticle ? 1 say, does any one doubt that this
will make a great increase of business T and
does any merchant believe that his trade in
selling will be less, because the goods may '
be manufactured in our own, instead of a
foreign country'! Instead Of ten, it would
not be extravagant to say, business would
be increased One hundred fold.
3d. Of all classes of our countrymen, I
believe our brethren of the Southern states
have the least reason to complain of the,
new duties as proposed by the bill under
consideration. Do you ask the proof?-—I
answer that it is well known to all who are
acquainted with the course of trade in the
South, that their wants require but a very
small proportion of goods of the middl
qualities, such as are principally “
this bill. It is known that
quire goods prin
coarsest quality
the four irilf
are not at all
Which come
will be made ^
consequently,^lijby wiU s«*rcely be affected
Lastly. While I am Writing {and, by the
bye, it is qui(e a thing with me to write
for a newspaper) a$& that we
merchants have lo contain of;;
of quite as much consequence to tie as tho
success of domostic.mriBufactures; I allude
to the evils growing out of the auction
monopoly, the continuance of which, I con
sider a standing reproach to the rulers of
our country. The effect of these evils is,
that we American merchants have to stand
back and see nearly all Foreign goods im
ported by foreigners—British goods by Bri
tish men, Scotch goods by Scotch men*
Irish linens by Irish men, French goods by
French men, and so on through the whole
catalogue, with the exception of China
goods; and how long it may be before the
Chinese will also come in for their share and
push us still further back, the Lord only
knows. A MERCHANT.
J
ST;.
Mr. Mathias Snyder, in an advertisement,
offered to, construct such an automation as
Maelzel is at present exhibiting.. To this
the latter replies*:—“I am somewhat incli
ned to. think yjornfeasoiilike the vulgar and
uninformed mechanics, who imagine' all
thingsj^be easy until they have attempted
their copstructkm! The ingenious and the
learned have admired the machine which
can articulate sounds. I cannot say the
same of the ignorant. As you offer largely,
you may perhaps accomplish small things.
I will not ask you to construct such a ma
chine as my trumpeter, but to make the
smallest and least difficult of all my mechan
ical contrivances. If you will make a
puppet of any size whatever, which will say
mama and papa as distinctly as mine, in the
course of one month from this day, a thing
which I can do in three days. I will give
you $500 for it. If you cannot do this, you
will permit me to consider you a mere boas
ter. If you accomplish it I shall beg pardon
of the public for exhibiting as a curiosity,
what is so easily obtained. I profess to
exhibit what is not to be found in the world,
except in my possession, and of my inven
tion, and I now offer you a good price for
the trouble of undeceiving me, if it is in
your power.”
[By an answer on the part of Mr. Sny
der, it appears he has accepted the banter.]
It is a circumstance of rather curious co
incidence, that, on the same day of Iasi
week, the popular branches of the Legis-
tures of the States of Virginia and Mary
land should each have been engaged in ex
pelling one of their members; for tbe^ same
cause, and that the vote against the expul
sion should, in each case, have been just
two, against the otherwise unanimous vote
of the two Houses. The ground of' expul
sion was that the expelled members were
Ministers of the Gospel, who are, by the
Constitution of each State, disqualified from
being members of the- Legislature. The
name of the Virginia member expellad is
At a public meeting ofthe Freeholders of
Prince Edward County, Virginia, for the
purpose of expressing their opinion of tho
measures of the General Government, and
of the course to be pursued to ensure the
election of John Randolph to represent the
'T >w '*’ r ict in Congress, the Committee ap-
ed to prepare resolutions,/soon after re- ^
jd several, with a preamble, in which,
they «ate, that “ the Panama Mission, the
Tariff, scheme for Internal Improve
ment, th^Sjmplqyments of [ministers and
agents in number and at an; expense with
out a parallel in the history of opr govern
ment, “ the doing every thing by diplomacy
and nothing by common honesty,” thebe-
stowment of the public printing on their
friends and supporters exclusively) and the
late tear message against our feUoto-eitizxns
of Georgia, are a few of the subjects tp
which your Committee beg leave tp rdfer, J
for illustration and proof of the charges ex
hibited.”—Ib.
A society has been formed in the No.....
under the name of the American Society for
the promotion of Temperance. Seven thou
sand dollars have been subscribed in Boston
for the object, which is specially “ to per
suade the sober part of the community to
continue sober by avoiding entirely the use
of intoxicating liquors.”—Drunkards, \ye
presume, are deemed irreclaimable.
A duel was fought at New-Orleans on the
4th February. The parties were Mr. Pay-
son and Mr. Stagdon. The latter was kil
led on the first fire; the former it is stated
had fought a few days previous.
The police ofthe city of New-York, who,
have fot some time part been investigating
a charge against the officers of a vessel ar
rived in that port for throwing a seamdu
overboard on the passage, have fully com
mitted both captain and mate.
The Life of ^Napoleon, tiy the aufh
Wavtrly, will be published in E
French, and Gerihan, at Edinburg,
don, Paris, Leipsic, Berlin* and Ymaxsii
thesame day.
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