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[Snpplemrnf to Mi* London Gazttr, March 28th.]
Declaration of War.
It is with deep regret that Her Ma
jesty announces the failure of her anxious
and prstractril endeavors to preserve for
he: people and for Europe the blessings
cf peace.
Toe unprovoked aggression of the Em
peror of Russia against the Sublime Porte
has I ren persisted in with such disregard
of consequences, that after the rejection
by tht Emperor of Rtfssia of terms which
the Emperor ofAlfStm. the Em pet or of
the French, and the King of Prussia, as
well as Her Majesty, considered just and
equitable, Her Majesty is compelled by a
sense of what is due to the honor of hot
Crown, to the interest other people, and
to the independence of the States of
Europe, to come forward in defence of an
ally whose territory is invaded, and
whose dignity and independence are
assailed.
Her Majesty, in justification of ihe
oonrre she is about to pursue, refers to
the transactions in which ller Majesty has
he r. engaged.
T.oC nperor of Russia had some cause
of complaint against tho Sultan with re
ference to the sett'ement, which His High
n ss had sanctioned, of Ihe conflicting
claims of the Greek and Latin Churches
to a portion of the lloly Places of Jeru
salem and its neighborhood. To the
con.pLint of the Emperor of Russia on
this head justice was dune, and Her Ma
jesty’s Am’tasador at C ns*. B inop 9 nail
the satisfaction of promoting an arrange
ment to which no exception was taken
by the Russian Government.
Rut, while the Russian Government re
peatedly assured the Government of her
Majesty that the mission of Prince Men
sclnkoff to Cons'antinople was exclusive
ly directed to the settlement of the ques
tion of tho Holy Places at Jerusalem,
Prir.ce MenschikofThiinself pressed upon
the Porte other demands of a far more
serious ami imjtortant character, the na
tureoi which he in the first instance en
deavored, as fr as possible, to conceal
itom her Majesty’s Embassador. And
these demands, thus studiously concealed,
affected, not the privileges of the Greek
Church at Jerusalem, but the position of
many millions of Turkish subjects in their
telatiors to their sovereign the Saltan.
These demands weie rejected by the
p maneous decision of the Sublime
Porte.
Two assurances had been given to Her
Majesty, one, that the mission of Prince
MensHiikofT only regarded the Holy Pla
ces; the other, that bis mission would
he of a conciliatory character.
In both ies|crts Her Majesty’s just ex
pectations were disappointed.
Demands were made which, in the o
piuion of the Sultan, extended to the sub
stitution of the Emperor of Russia's au
thoiuy for his own over a large portion
of bis subjects, and those demands were
enforced ty a threat; and when Her Ma
jesty learned that, on announcing the ter
mination of his mission, Prince Menschi
kofT declared that the refusal of his de
mands would impose upon the Imperial
Government the necessity of seeking a
guarantee by its own power, Hct Majesty
thought proper that her fleet should
leave Malta, and, in co-operation with
that of his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, take up its station in the neigh
borhood of the Dardanelles.
So long as the negotiation bore an am
icable character Her Majesty refiained
from any demonstration of force. But
w hen, in addition to the assc nblage <f
latge military forces on the froutier of
Turkey, the Kmhassa-J<r of Russia inti
mated that serious consequences would
onsue horn the refusal of the Sultan to
comply with unwariaulable demands,
Her M j?*ty deemed it right, in co junc
tion with the E nperor of the French, to
g;ve an unquestionable proof of her de
termination to support the sovereign
rig’ t< of the Sultan.
Tho Russian Government has main
tained that the determination of the Em
jieror to occupy the Principalities was ta
ken in consequence of the advance of the
fleets of England and France. But the
menace of invasion of the Turkish terri
tory was conveyed in Count Nesselrode’s
N >te to Redschid Pasha of the 19th
of M ty, anJ restate I in his dis
p itch to Baron Brunow of the 20th of
May (1-t of June,) w hich announced the
‘•termination of the Emperor of Russia
to order his troops to occupy the Princi
palities, if the I’orte did not within a week
comply w ith the demands of Russia.
Tiie diftpatdi to Hor Majesty’s Em
bassador at Constantinople, authorizing
him iu certain specified contingencies to
send for the British fleet, was dated tht
•list of May, a id the order sen, d’rect from
Eiglani to Her M ijesty’a Admiial to
proceed to the neighborhood of the Dar
danelles was dated the 2J of June.
‘i’l*e determination to occupy the Prin
cipalities was, therefore, lakea before the
orders tor the advance of ihe combined
squadrons were given.
The Sultan’s Minister was informed
that unless he signed within a week,
and without the change of a word, the
Note proposed to the Porte by Piince
Meuse In It off on the eve of his departure
from Constantinople, the Principalities of
Moldavia and Wallachiu would be occu
pied by Rus.tan troops. The Su'tan could
i.ot accede to so insulting a duin rnJ; hu.,
u lieu the actual occupation of the Prin
cipalities took place, the'Sultau did not
i he might have done in the exercise of
his undoubted right, declare war, but ad
dieased a protest to his enemies.
Her Majesty, in conjunction with the
sovereigns of Austria, France and Prus
sia, has made various attempts to meet
any just demands of the Emperor of Rus
sia without affecting the-dignity and inde
pendence of the Sultan; and had it been
the sole object of Russia to obtain securi
ty for the* enjoyment by the Christian sub
jects of the Porte of their privileges and
immunities, she would luve found it in
the offers that luve been made by the
Sultan. But, as the secuiity was not of
fered iu the shape of a special and sepa
tate stipulation with Russia, it wusrtjecl
ei. Twice has this offer been made by
the Sultan, and recommended by the
F iur Powers —once by a note originally
t reputed at Yteuns, and subsequently
mutinied bribe Porte, and once by the pro
posal of a basis of negotiation agreed upon
a; loiHtanimople oi the .‘list of Decem
ber, and approved at Vienna on trie 31st
of JauU-r., us ofieiing to the two parties
the iiiwen* ot arming al au undatsiatultng
in a becoming and honorable manner. |
It is thus manifest that a light for
Russia to mteilere in the ordinary reL-j
tloni of Tnik’sh *ubj?e's to their Sorer-[
eign, and not the happiness of Ciirinlian I
communities in Turkey, was the object
sought for by the Russian Government;
to such a demand the Sultan would no’
submit, and His Highness, in self-defence,
declared war upon Russia, but Her Ma
jesty, oevertheless, in conjunction with
her allies, has not ceased her endeavors
to restore peace between the contending
parties.
The time has, however, now arrived,
when the advice and remonstrances of
the Four Powers having proved w holly
ineffectual, and the military preparations
of Russia becoming daily more extended,
it is hut too obvious that the Emperor
of Russia has entered upon a coutse of
policy which, if unchicked, must lead to
the destruction of the Ottoman empire.
In this conjuncture her Majesty feels
called upon, I y regard for an ally, the
integrity arid independence of whose
empire have been recognized as essential
to the peace of Europe, by the sympa
thies of her people with right against
wrong, by a desire to avert bom her do
minions most injurious consequences, and
to save Europe from the preponderance
of a power which has violated the faith
of treaties, and defies the opinion of ihe
civilized world, to take up arms, in con
junction with the Emperor ol the French,
for the defence of the Sultan.
Her Majesty is persuaded that in so ac
ting she will have the cordial support of
her people; aod that the pretext of zeal
for the Christian religion will he used in
vain to cover an aggression undertaken in
disregard of its holy precepts, and of its
pure and beneficent spirit.
Her Majesty humbly trusts that her
efforts may be successful, and that, by
the blet-dng of Providence, peace inay he
re-established on safe aid solid founda
tions.
tVestmins'er, March 28 li, 1831.
DB'JLAK ATOM OK WAR BY FRANCK.
Paris, March *3l, 1834
The Minister of State read to (lay
to the Corps Lcgislntlf, in the name of the
Emperor, a message announcing that the
final resolve of the Cabinet of St. Peters
burg has placed Russia in a state of war
as regards France. The Emperor also
declared that the who’c responsibility of
this rupture rests on the Russian govern
ment.
The message was received with energet
ic measures of adhesion by the whole le
gislative body.
M. Bilault., the President, then went on
to say that the Emperor relied on the sup
port of the legislative body, as well as on
that of all France, under this grave as
pect of affairs.
This intimation was also received with
loud cheers, and the assembly broke up
with shouts of “Vive 1’ E.npcretir.”
A similar communication was also made
to the Senate, where it was received with
the same enthusiasm.
The Minister of Commerce has just in
formed the various Chambers of Com
merce throughout France that letters of
marque will not be granted to American
vessels, and that the federal government
had declared to the French minister that
acts so contrary to the rights of nations
would not be tolerated iu the territory
of the Union.
Paris, March 28, 1854.
The Moniteur of this day contains the
following declaration:
Article 1. Six weeks from the present
date are granted to Russian ships of com
merce to quit the ports of France. Those
Russian ships which are not actually iu
our ports or which may have left the ports
of Russia previous to the declaration of
war, may enter into the French ports, and
remain there for the completion of their
cargoes until tho 9th of May, inclusive
Article 2. Those vessels which shall be
captured by French cruisers, after having
left the Russian ports, shall be released,
if they can establish, by the ship’s papers,
that they were proceeding direct to the
place of destination, and had not yet ar
rived there. DROUYS DE L’JIUYS.
Paris, March 27, 1834.
The Moniteur also declares that the
subjects of Russia may continue their resi
dence in France, under the protection
which the law provides for foreigners, the
only condition being that they respect
those laws.
The last accounts state positively that
4,000 Russians from Sebastopol had landed
and seized the large island of Dunavicz, be
low Sultsehn. It was also said that the
Russian tieet threatened an attack upon
Varna. Ihe Russians are razing all the
fortresses in the Dobrudsha.
A lie Russian loss at Turdukvi is ’stated
at from 2,000 to 2,500 men
Tlie Nebraska Bill,
We hear many members enqu’ring
when this measure is to be brought up for
consideration in Committee of the Whole?
These are, for the most part, gentlemen
who are desirous of being absent from
Washington for a brief period, who very
properly hesitate to he absent while there
exists a possibility that they may lose
their respective votes on a measure of so
great importance. It strikes us that im
mediately after the Deficiency hill shall
have been disposed of, the Nebraska
question will be formally taken up by a
decided majority vote; and that the dis
cussion upon it will not continue more
than a fortnight thereafter; thirty hour
speeches having already been delivered
upon i. This is, perhaps, twice as many
us is considered necessary for the proper
elucidation of any great question, before
the English House ol Commons.
So far as the prospects of the bill are
concerned we deem it certain that the
Clayton amendment will be voted out of
it by a large majority, and that as thus
amended, it will surely past;. We think
that the ’‘intense southerisni’’ of two or
three very Hards will induce them to hit
the South u back-handed blow in dispo
sing ot ibis measure; though we have no
idea that Mr Cutting will be of that num
ber. The signs all point that way, just
remember. On the other hand, the re
jection of the Clayton amendment will
secure the b.ll perhaps ten votes, which
it would not otherwise get. As far as
we can perceive, the speeches of Messts
Hunt and Cudttm have tailed to secure a
single f-outheru vole with them, which
was not their*, past paradventure, in ad
vance. ‘Their effoils have undoubtedly
had the effect of affording one ot two not
them gentlemeu grounds to stand on
when i. shall be necessary to explain their
voles in favor of the hilt, to their consti
tuents; gentlemen who dreaded to vote
for it, ou the ground of the previously
supposed entire unanimity of the South,
in ihe House, in its favor.— Star,
i nth.
THIS JIMEBONM.
GRIFFIN. APRIL 27. 1854
Griffin Lrctrn
The Introductory lectu'p hefor* the
Lyceum will he delivered o.i Thursday
evening, the fonr'h of May, t the Baptist
Chuich, ty W. F. Wightman
Subject.— Death.
C. P. B. Martin, President.
Fire at Warrcnfou.
We understand a very extensive fire
occurred at ‘Anrrenton, in this State, on
Tuesday las?, which destroyed the court- 1
house and every store in the village. On
ly seven dwellings, says our informant, re
maiu of the whole village
More Netv Goods
Wc call the attention of our readers to
the large and fashionable stock of new
goods just received by C. H Johnson k
Cos. .See advertisement.
Darien Hank Committee.
The Committee meets on Wednesday
the 3.1 of May, instead of Monday, us sta
ted in the Advertisement on the outside
of to-day’s paper.
f *’Ue People’s Journal
We call attention to an advertisement
regarding the above work. It is publish
ed in New York, is full of fine wooden en
gravings, and a large amount of miscella
neous reading o:i agriculture, science and
mechanics. A number may be seen at
this office. Price $1 per annum.
Assault with intern to Murder.
On Tuesday the 18th inst. on the first
day of the sitting of Henry Superior Court,
the citizens and court assembled at Mc-
Donough were startled with the report
that a man near that place iiad just shot
itis wife and child. With praiseworthy
promptitude a number of those present
immediately turned out, procured a pack
of dogs, aud went in pursuit of the crimi
nal; who was soon run du-vn, arrested
and brought up before a Justice of the
Peace and committed. He proved to he
a man by the name of John Terrell, a shoe
maker. He at once admitted and con
fessed the eficos. It appeared that lie
had lived near McDonough a short time
previously; had gone to Jonesboro, where
he staid but a little while, and then went
out to Tennessee, lie was much pleased
with the latter place, aud returned to car
ry his wife and child out; but the wife
would not consent to go. He had pro
cured a pistol and loaded it with a bullet;
and while passing towards his home, his
brother by his side and the wife and child
tn front, he drew the pistol and shot at
the two latter, the ba 1 penetrating just
below the skin on the thigh of the child
and entering the fleshy part of the thigh
of the mother. Neither of the wounds are
considered dangerous. The prisoner as
signed no reason for his inhuman conduct,
and said he had nothing against his wife.
The act was supposed to have been done
in a fit of insanity, produced by the use of
intoxicating liquors.
On Thursday the prisoner was arraign
ed before Judge Stark and tried for the
offence. The court assigned him able
council, Messrs. McCune and Moore of
this place. The prisoner plead guilty. -
Col. McCune iu a short speech, full of
sympathy and feeling for the unfortunate
prisoner, put his case iu tire best light it
could be placed; spoke of the prisoner s in
dustry and peaceable disposition when not
under the influence of liquor, and strongly
appealed to the leniency and mercy of the
court.
Judge Stark, after some feeling and ap
propriute remarks to the prisoner touching
his crime, and good advice as to his fu
ture course and conduct, passed sentence
that he be imprisoned in the Penitentiary
for the term of five years.
The prisoner passed Griffin on Sunday
nignt, and arrived, we presume, at Mii
ledgeville on last Monday. Urns in one
week has a gross violation of law been
committed, tite perpetrator arrested, tried,
sentenced and put to work in the Peniten
tiary, all the result of the too free use of
intoxicating liquor.
Interior Bank of the State of Georgia!
It will be Lome in mtnd that books for
the subscription of stock in this bank will
be opened at the Store of Win R. Phillips
k Cos., in tlii* jilacc, o:i Monday morning’
next at 10 o’clock It >s not to be denied,
that a local bank is much needed by the
mercantile community of Griffin; and one
nb ! y conducted (as wc have no doubt, look
ing at tlie list of corporators, the one pro
posed will be,) would be of large advan
tage to them and to the public generally
These considerations will make the bank
popular, and its popularity will make it
profitable. The stock will start at par,
and in less than three years, unless our
judgment deceives us, will be at 120, be
sides current expenses and a handsome
dividend iu the meanwhile. It is a fine
opportunity for a safe and profitable in
vestment by capitalists, not often offered
at home, which should not be neglected
Bit*. Fillmore.
This gentleman, late Vice President and
ex-oflicio President of the United States,
has lately been on a Southern ramble, en
joying the hospitality of his Southern
friends and admirers, and the respect and
attention of others that ware not so much
of either. Ho started out West, went
down the Mississippi, and took a fair start
with the green peas and strawberries at
New Orleans. He is now eating his way
up, and has got so far as Charleston, pass
ing through Mobile, Montgomery, Colum
bus, Macon and Savannah. He ap|>earK
to have been kindly treated wherever he
went, as Southern gentlemen aud ladies
ever will treat their visitors. VVe hope lie
will attribute such hospitality to its true
cause, respect for the office he once filled
and due attention to a distinguished stran
ger, and not to any extraordinary desire
to have him I’rcsiJentof the United States
again.
Fire in Charleston,
A dis.is'.ious fire took place in Charles
ton on Tuesday ruouiugthe 13th inst.
which tlesUojpad nine of the fine store j on
Hayne street, at the same pleace where
the fire occurreJ three or four years ago,
together with nearly the whole of their
contents. It co mnenced in the third sto
rv of the drug store of P. M. Cohen & Cos.
and is supposed ty L>s the work of an iu
cemlinrv. The loss is estimated ai nan a
million,, for which most of the owners
v ere fu ; ly insured. The Messrs. Coben
offer a reward of one thousand dollars for
proof and co. viction of die incendiary.
The Charleston Hotel was in imminent
danger, and was only saved by the extra
ordinary exertions of the servants and
boarder*. A large amount of the insu
rance, il is said, is in agencies of Liver
p o! and Lo d.oi houses “pe e ! in Charles
ton.
The Gadsden Trcaly.
The treaty lately negotiated by Col.
Gadsden with the ‘government of Mexico,
for a portion of that territory, and to set
tle disputes grovipg out of the treaty of
Gaudalupc Hidalj|o, lias been debated at
much length in secret Session of the Senate
of the United States, and, it appears, has
been finally rejected.
It is u'.iderttfoO'dithe President has de
clared, that in the event of the rejection
of the treaty by the Senate, lie will feel it
‘ds duty to take possession of the Ma.silla
Y a.iey forthwith, “peaceably if he can,
forcibly if he must,” and hold it on behalf
m the United States; I his will Ire nuts for
the Northern Whigs and Frccsoilers who
have been mainly instrumental in opposing
the treaty for the reason that it will give
the South peaceable possession of the
Masilla Valley, a few more leagues of
land, and an easy route on our own terri
tory for a Southern Rail Road to the Pa
cific. Rather than grant these privileges
to the South, they are willing to plunge
the country into another Mexican war,
and remain under engagements to Mexico
by treaty, which this government is una
ble to carry out without an annual expen
diture of ten millions of dollars.
Aft. r writing the above, we received
the following cheering account of the fu
ture intended action of the Sena e, copied
from the Washington Star, of the 19th
inst.
i its Treaty with Mf.xic>.—We un
derstand that this treaty is to be reconsid
ered by the Senate,* preliminary action to
that end having taken place yesterday.—
It is confidently believed that it will yet
b * ratified .by that bgdy, in a form that
will adjust'permanently the most impor
tant questions with Mexico, so as to pre
clude tlie possibility of a war between this
country and that- It is of the utmost im
portance that the Mesilla Valley difficulty
should be speedily arranged, and we pre
sume there is not a Senator wh > does not
join iu this opinion. In a pecuniary point
of view, it is of equal importance that we
should be released from the lltli art eleof
the first treaty, which if not abrogated,
may involve us in hundreds of millions of
costs; and scarcely less in importance than
either, as far as the great interests of the
Union are concerned, is it that we should
obtain a good practical route to the Pa
cific, on soil under our jurisdiction. Were
these objects accomplished, our relations
with Mexiro would create no more uneasi
ness for years
In full Senate, it is believed that the
treaty, so far a* it relates to the three
stipulations mentions l would h ive more
than the requisite majority. With the evi
dence before the minority, we hardly think
that it will be disposed to persist in its op
p isitio’i to a manure demanded emphati
cally by the nation as a safeguard to the
preservation of its peace. Recent
investigation in tire history of the treaties
made during-trhrVM ashington. an l Polk ad
ministrations, fhaVe satisfied us that the
Senate had tlio.wgh.t. to amend treaties;
and, wc learn, that it has amended mate
rially the one now before ii. In the on
joyineut of this right, it has seldom for
ma ly rejected a treaty; never where inter
ests of immense magnitude were at stake.
Until we took occasion, of late, to look
closely into tho history of the Senate’s
action on such subjects, we candnlly con
fess we entertained erroneous views of
that body’s rightful powers and obl’ua
gations in such connection.
l lic Ciirpct il.ig c ue.
A gentleman from the West recently
canto down the State Road to Atlanta
with a carpet bag filled with gold. The
rate of freight for gold can ied on the road
is one tenth of one per cent, or one dollar
on oue thousand. It was ascertained that
the carpet bag contained about seventeen
thousand dollars. The freight was de
manded and refused, and tlie carpet bag
aud contents detained until the demand
was paid. The owner brought an action
for his m m -y, bit it was adjudged lie
could not have it without first paying the
freight. Thenreight has been pai l under
protest, and €he case, it is said, will be
carried to the. Supremo Court of the Uni
ted States.
This is a novel case, and presents some
knotty points. Regular and legal charges
on the road should be met and paid, and
if not paid it is customary with all compa
nies to keep tlie freight until it is. But
then it is contended, on the other hand,
that this carpet bag was uot freight, that
it was a part of the baggage of the own
er, so treated by being kept iu his posses
sion, and if lost the company would not
have been responsible for it. We shall
leave the question for the Court to decide.
Cnba and the United States.
The difficulties between Cuba and the
United States appear to thicken. The
Government organ of Cuba lately appear
ed with an attempted explanation of the
Black Warrior affair, in which the Presi
dent and Government of the United States,
as well as the captain and owners of the
vessel, come in for no s nail share of a
busc and vituperation; in consequence of
which Captain Newton, of the flagship
Columbia, who arrived at Havana on the
first inst., refused to salute the Spanish
tlig, or cxchauge salutes with the forts,
requiring that the language should be re
tracted or fsf|ifettncd before he could
consent to an interchange of the usual in
ternationnl courtesies and civilities, ihe
Captain General, Pezuela, on the other
hand, it is said,'is quite active in a person
al inspection of ali the fortifications and
harbors of the island, and seems to be a
ware that it is time to prepare for difficul
ties.
Skvehb Storm. —The late storm of Sat
urdny ltith inst. was very severe at the
Delaware Breakwater. Houses on the
main land were unroofed, and several ves
sels were driven ashore at Absccon Beach.;
Amongst others the emigrant ship Pow
hattau, front Havre bound to New York.
She went ashore with three hundred passen
gers, all of whom perished. Many of the
bodies have since been washed ashore.—
The schooner Manhattan was also wrech- ‘
ed at the same time and place, and all but
oue person on board perished,
from Hie C/llltrleiMoii iVlcicin y. i
F. ights of Neutrals. j
We alluded yesterday briefly to the ex
emption from seizure, which has been ex
tended to the property of neutrals by En
gland and France in the opening war.—
There is another point, about which we
confess some doubt. The declaration of
her Majesty, Queen Victoria, which we
published a few mornings since, contains
the following clause:
“Her Mujesty will waive the right of
seizing enemy’s property laden on board a
neutral vessel, unless it be contraband of
war.”
Now, this seems to be clear enough,
aud is a practical concession of one of the
points asserted by this country in the last
war with Great Britain But Lord
Clarendon, the Foreign Secretary of State,
has issued a circular in reply to an en
quiry of the merchants trading with Bus
sin, which appears to conflict with the
Queen’s declaration It is as follows:
Sir: lam directed by the Earl of Clar
endon to state to you that since his lord
ship had the pleasure of seeing, on tin:
20th iust, the deputation of merchants
connected with the trade with Russia, his
lordship has further eonsidere 1 the ques
tion put to him by the deputation, wheth
er Russian produce brought over their
frontier by land, aud shipped from thence
by British or neutral vessels, will be sab - J
ject to seizure by her Majesty's cruizers, ‘
and to subsequent confiscation in the
High Court of Admiralty.
Lord Clarendon conceives that the
question will turn upon the true owner
ship, or the interest, or the risk in, and
the destination of the property which may
1)0 seized or captured, and th it neither
the place of its origin nor the manner of its
conveyance to the port from whence it was
shipped will be decisive, or even, in most
cases, of any real importance.
Such property, if shipped at neutral risk
or after it has become bm i file neutral
property, will not be liable to condcniua
tion, whatever inav be its destination.—
If it should remain enemy’s property, not
withstanding it is shipped from a neutral
port, and in a neutral ship, it will be con
demned, whatever may be its destination.
If it be British property, or shipped at
British risk, it will be condemned, if it is
proved to be really engaged in a trade
with the enemy, but not otherwise. The
place of it origin will be immaterial, and if
there has been a bom file and complete
transfer of ownership to a neutral, (as by
purchase in the neutral market) the goods
will not lie liable to condemnation, not
withstanding they may have come to that
neutral market from the enemy’s country,
either overland or by sea. Lori Claren
don has, however, to observe, that circum
stances of reasonable suspicion will justi
fy capture, although release, and not con
demnation, may follow; and th it ships of
Russian produce, may not improbably be
considered, under certain circumstances,
as liable to capture, even though not lia
b!e to condemnation.
1 am, sir, your obe lient servant,
H. U. Annixerox.
Foreign office, Marc'a 2 >, 1834.
According to this, property
laden on board a neutral vessel,” will 110*7
as stated in the Queen's dccl .ration, be
exempt from seizure; for his hardship, ex
pressly says, “if it should remain enemy’s
property, ‘notwithstanding it is shipped
from u neutral port, and in a neutral ship,
it will be condemned, whatever tiny be its
destination.”
Lord Clarendon rests the liability to
seizure on the question of ownership. If
the property belongs to the enemy it will
be seized under all circumstances: if to
neutrals it will be exempt.. This appears
to us to be in The teeth of the Q icon’s de
duration. And if wc be correct in this
inference, the rights of neutrals in the
coming contest are far from lacing settled.
It wili be remembered tint tin iloetrine
asserted by this eotiutry in the war of
1812, was that the tlig protects the car
go. Lord Clarendon, however, has de
clared that the English G over am :nt in
tends now to act upon the contrary, and
tile London Gazette contains t!ie following
striking remarks upon it:
Perhaps it may be of use to remind
Lord Clarendon that this was one of the
causes of the last war between England
and the United States of America; and it
is our belief that, if the same regulation
be had recourse to in the war now declar
ed, it will result in a similar oeeurrance.—
Forty years have elapsed since the war
with America, and in these forty years
the United States have increased wonder
fully in their wealth, power—both
moral and political—and in their com
meree ilnd navigation. Can we suppose
that they will uow submit to a restriction
on their commerce which they repu Hated
forty years ago?
Let us suppose a ship under the Amer
ican flag taking in a cargo of Russian
produce at Hamburg or Meracl, for a
port in the United States—will the ship
be subject to seizure if fallen in with by a
British cruiser, and condemnation, before
a prize court? Or, will the American-) suf
fer their ships to be detained and searched
while the ownership of the cargo has to
be determined? The United States, it is
well known, will not submit to any such
•nconvcnicncc. These are matters which
must be considered in time: we cannot
have one law for American ships, and an
other for other neutrals. The trade of
England with Russia amounts to several
millions in the year, and it must not be
supposed that it is carried on for the ex
elusive benefit of Russia; on the contrary,
it will be found that British merchants
have the greatest pecuniary interest in it.
This ought to be strong inducement to the
Government not unnecessarily to throw
difficulties aud impediments in the way of
our commerce. We again, as ou former
occasions, recommend the policy to be
adopted for which the United States eou
tead, aud which we hope eventually to
see the established law of nations for ev
ery maritime country—that the neutrality
of the flag shall protect the cargo If it
be adopted by England, in the present
war, it will *avo much of political difficul
ty and bickering, and it will secure to En
gland the support and friendship of every
commercial country in Europe.
In the House of Representatives, on |
Tuesday, Mr. Walbridgo asked leave to
submit tlie following:
Resolved by the Souato and House of
Representatives, That the United Stetos,
as a maritime power, having neutral rights
to maintain, deem it proper, in view of
the existing war in Europe, to declare and
make known that every American vessel
engaged in the lawful pursuits of com
merce is held by this Government to be .
protected by the flag that covers her, and j i
which shall bo the evidence of her nation- J
ul.ty; t!i?l we attach U all such vessel* a !
character of sovereignty, considering me 11 1
a pirt of olr territory, invioliblo, an l’
clothed with corresponding immunity, j
that our rights, and thus declared, rest up-’
on no precarious or temporary basis, nor
upon the concessions-of any- power, but
upon the public law, ns insisted upon from
the cmly history of the Republic: and that
any attempt to enforce an absolute right
j of impressment, search, detention, or visi
! tatio.i in regard to such American ships,
j will lie regarded as an act of hostility to
j the United States and a just cause of war.
Be it further resolved, That as the ex
isting conflicts in Europe may lead to the
change of political sovereignty in some of
I the European powers, and the destruc
tion of political sovereignty in others, wc
deem it proper for Congress to make
known to them that we ntfinn the doc
trine that wc. should consider any attempt
on their part to extend their syste nos
government to any portion of this licmi
sphere, as dangerous to our peace and safe
ty, and from tiie geographical and com
mercial position of the Island of Cuba to
this government, we will never consent
that her sovereignty be transferred except
to the United States, to which she seems
naturally to belong.
Objection was made
Mr Walla ridge novel a suspension of
of the rules, saying his object was merely
! to have the resolutions sent to the comm’ *
1 tee 0:1 foreign affairs.
The house refused to suspend the rules
for the reception of the resolution - yeas
43, nays not counted.
I Mr VValbridgc referred the resolution,
under the rule, to the committee o.i foreign
affairs.
Communicated.
Mi. Editor —Pic se suffer me through
your cidu iiiis to s. v I have *e>n a piece
published mi the l a h ins', ovei the sig
na ure of Mr. John K Duke, and finding
(list myself was the particular object of
his malicious and uncal eJ-for public ition,
and lest he should stdl be left in doubt re
specting my knowledge of, an 1 opinions
concerning i', and the feus tnet milita
rise about it, my name is Daiiel.
Intelligent retder, you hive nbe* ly
discovered that somebody i mad; and al
so, lament.tb! eas it is, ifij.-a |)3s been a
f>tts in the Ch'irch, an I that somebody
It s signally failed to rule, which may
have given tise to his coin on tic .ition.
With all the circumstances by which 1
am surrounded, I cannot cosnist<*qtly with
my own feelings, as a man desiring peace
and w .siting to m lintaiii an honorable
character, attempt to attend to his char
arcs or hold myself bound to follow him In
Im vain delusion. And, for reasons to me
good, beyond the sha low ofadeibt, for
they that keep clean hands is to wax
stronger and stronger, mi l if I h ive to
handle hint much Ish ill entertain fears
(I now give the reason why,,) Some-time
previous to his publication, not In private,
but publicly in the church, lie roundly de
uie 1 his own saving, an 1 it was proven to
his face.
I feel sorry an 1 to lam jut, th it lie h is |
made it my duty to do that which 1 think ;
very seldom becomes a political o gin, or j
the members of a Christian Church And
be it known to all, that, though I m ly,
yet I do not, liol l myself boon 1 ta pursue
him any farther in his vanity, but only try
to let him alone; believing lie is joined to ;
his idols. DANIEL GOJARI).
April 24th, 18bf.
Dei b of Hon Joasp'i Stur.i*
Ihe long expected blow has at length j
fallen, and this dist inguished citizen is no
more. He died in the city of Washing
ton on the 17til inst. after a severe and
protracted illness of over six months.
Joseph Sturgis has been a man of mark
among us. He commenced life with none
of the advantages of station, wealth or
education; but br the force of an induin'-
table character lie rose to the highest dig
nities, and possessed, to the last, the
sympathy of the masses. He was emphat
ically one of the people, and had 11 kind
word and an open hand f r every one who
needed then. 11 is late election to the
Senate of Georgia, from the county of
Muscogee, over an able and popular com
petitor, is a shilling proof of the cstima
tion in which hs was held by his f How
citizen*. But lie is gone No doubt he
had his faults ami his enemies; but the
cold grave will cover the one and recon
cile the other; and our whole community
will join with us in this sad tribute to his
me nory. —Ctln.n'Kii Tin's.
Spirit 11 ilisin.
In the Senate of the United State*, on
Monday., April 17, Mr. Shields presented
a petition ou the subject of Spiritualism,
which was signed by Id. 00) names, asking
that a committee of scientific men be ap
pointed to investigate the subject. The
Senator read some extracts from the peti
tion, in which the phenomena attendant
therewith were cnumcratcd-and explained
that as he never refused to present a peti
tion that was properly worded, he lmd fol
lowed out that course in the present ins
tance.
After quoting the words in the petition,
that there were two opinions as to the
cause of the phenomena, the Senator said
lie would give a third opinion, lie be
lieved that it was one of those strange
delusions that had occupied the mind of
pconle in all ages.
The Senator then entered minutely into
a history of similar popular delusions,
beginning with the Alchyinists of the mid
dle ages, and concluding with the last
most celebrated one, of a period prior to
the French revolution, which was pat
ronised and believed in by the nobility of
the French Court; the old ladies going to
the professor of spiritualism of the day to,
purchase immortality, and the young la
dies beauty.
I lie honorable Senator made a most
humorous speech, replete with much re
search upon the subject, and amid much
laughter, handed over the petition
This latter was a long fold on a roller,
made, as wc aro informed, of paper with a
linen back, and appeared to be written with
much neatness The Senator presenting
it said that it was well worded.
Mr. Weller moved that it should be re
ferred to the committee on Foreign rela
tions.
Mr. Mason at first proposed a select
committee, the preseutor to form one;
but afterwjrds moved that it lie on the
table, which was agreed to.
We sec it stated that one of the Fox
girls is iu New \orlc, holding rappinu
soirees at a leading hotel. Another Fox
girl, it is said, is being educated at Phila
delphia, as the affianced of tbe famous Dr.
Kane, now is search of Sir John frank
lin,
to I tltC JchoawUa..,
I*.ilneology and Neology—Ancient
null Vloilcrn ‘B'imes-
Dear Sir: - We nuke some remarks on
ancient and modern people and nation*,
their wars and conquests, which changed
the Geography of the World as far as tho
boundaries of races are concerned; from
Noah's deluge, more than sixteen hundred
years after the creation of nun, of which
all nations and tribes living now on con
tinents and islands have a traditional
knowledge. All distinct races, however
now mixed by migration to and fro on the
face of the earth, have yet some of their
descendants in occupation of countries, in
habited by them three thousand years cr
more ago. This is especially true of an
cient Asia and its people, and this fact
makes the Geography of the Bible and its
prophecies relative to those ancient coun
tries and people most interesting to Chris
tians Here we sec the truth of tho say
ing: “The philosophy of History teaching
by example.” leaching what? political
and ethical science, individual, social and
national. Teaching any thing more? Yes
indeed, the veracity of Divine Revelation,
relative to man’s temporal and immortal
being, his never dying relationship and re
sponsibility to his Creator. Therefore, all
, the wars that have taken place between
1 nations, have taken place to carry out and
I fulfil some wise design, to accomplish soma
: great cbject within the prescience and*
providence of Go I in the administration
of his moral empire. Tie finite min i of
I man sees it not till the event shows it to
j his astonished view Man thinks he is
I the great prim in mnbiU, takes great hon
i or aud glory to himself for his skilful strat-
I ogy, ascribes to his own ;*.r n great power
ian 1 prowess, exults in hit victories and
! exclaims ’tis I. But it. is God, who
j brings go >d out of evil and praise to liim
-1 self out of the wrath of nun.
| It would seem that all Europe and A-
Isi a are about to decide tho fate of their
| reig ling m anarchs by the sword. They
(have appealed to arms, the wager of bat
tle, and to the God of the Hosts of Hea
ven. Have they any idea that the ques
tion of antagonism between republicanism
j and despotism, popular rights and liberty,
j and royal will and prerogative, is about to
Ibe decided once for all? If so, may our
fcaunt'-y, the United States, the mission*-
Iry nation of the whole earth bear its arm
and draw the sword on the side of the
| former When the world is republican-
I ize-l it will be christianized, then after
I both events, com :s the miUeuiu n.
’ Take up any modern map and cast your
j eye over the countries an l seas, which are
now the seats of war and fields of battle.
‘L’iiey arc the oldest known to sacred and
| profane history, to ancient and modern
j Geography. Here, mre wars than any
■ where else, have desolated cities, coun
tries an 1 people, since the flood. Here
was the first, and probably in the design
of Providence, will be the last. II ‘re the
j existence of min twice began, from Adam
.’and Noah, and them*: covered the earth,
j Here it is rational by analogy to bdiev*
| the drama of human life will have its 1 .st act.
Trace the m ip. The countries within
j the boir.i id of the field of contest, 1.1 -
pendent Tartar/, Persia, Circassia, Geor
gia, Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, uartF: of
Arabia and Egypt, and Turkey i t Eu
rope, Orinm and the southern p.rt of
• Russia in E trope, all constituting the
most ancient, portion of the world, and the
i mo t interesting in its vicissitudes and i..s-
I tory for three thousmd years, which wo
! will s*e presently. The seas are the A “a!,
Caspian, Azaph, Eiixine. Bosphorus, Mur
j mora, oEgean, and Mediterranean. Sum:
j few of their rivers are the Tig* is, Enphra-
I tes, Oxus, Jordn, Pactolus, Araxes, Nile,
1 Danube, l) lieper, Don, Volga, Ural mi l
j many others, with all their town-, cities,
j m irts, harbors and havens for commerce.
I Now tarn to the ancient Geography of
the Bible an l c ompare uhd locite alt the
j above with iu.l on its map, an 1 you will
i bo able to draw some interesting deJnc
tious, as develope I in history and sacred
writ. Many of tho inh ibit.mts of the a
bovc countries and cities a'*o, at the pre
sent era, and ascend ants of these ancient peo
ple upon wham many prophecies wore pro
nounce 1 an l recur led, and are in the
course of fulfillment.
We will now recite to you some of -tfe
most ancient countries which j/e ‘within
the limits before specified, wjrb.se people
arc the progenitors of the races. —
The country settled by Shell, is bounded
ou the north by the Tauriw Mountains, ou
the cast by Mad li or Mwlia, Persia and
the Persian Gulf, on he south by the
; mouth of Red sea, ou the west by that
sea and the Wediterfyn-iui. In the ex -
treme north of this very uhl region we
find Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Assyria...
dial lea, Syria, Uz and SiifSaTaTadw as li
ed by the Mediterranean, and rivers Ti
gris aud Euphrates, &e. their sources in
i Taurus, &c. Who does not know these
countries were celebrated for populous and
rich cities, and warlike inhabitants?—
North of Shorn stretched out Japliet, trout
the Caspian sea, to modern Austria, lu
his boundaries lay the two seas Euxina
and Caspian, on the south and west the
. JEjCiV.i aud .Mediterranean, embracing an
cient Greece, Thracia and its provinces,
■Gomer, now Cimmerians and their cty
Sebastopol, and Riphath; that terrible
j prince and country, Gog and Magog ha
■ ted and feared by all tho neighboring peo
ple, as their descendants are the Uui
-1 sians an 1 Cossacks, occupying the coun
try now called Circassia and Georgia be
tween the Caspian and Black sea, tra
veled by the Caucasian mountains; To--
garmah, part of Chaldea, Mcsheeh, Ste
•pharad, where the solitary and sublime
Mount Ararat stands wrapt in its awful
solitude, and many other countries wash
ed and traversed by numerous rivers and
mountains, all famous in biblical Instory.
The Bible is full of prophecies relative
fto these places. Bonaparte too, imprison--
ed on St Helena, uttered many remark
able anticipations about Russia and Eu
rope. In fifty years, ho said, Europo
would be either Republican or Cossack.-
He strove to cut down her power, but
England prevented; now she experiences
the consequences. Lot mo turn your at
tention to the prophocy about Gog ams
Magog, the sound of which alarmed my
imagination, when reading the Bible in
childhood, E*tkiol, chapters 38 39, —
Revelation ohap. 33th wore the
people called by the Greeks and Romans
Scythians, now Russians. I hate prolixi
ty, and conclude with this wish: If our
country become involved, as it seems she
must be from tho declaration of England’s
Premier against neutrals, let her draw
the sword and strike, for her God, her
rights, and tho rights of the people a
gainst tvraniMpal kings and princes.
* F. V. C-