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Th« Richmond Compiler iff 2.1 Inst. •'»}■•< ' ,e
cars had *rilvivl wlifii ni.r paper v ent to I" 0 * 1
\V| had n storm of mlnimd hMilyerterdsy.
evening ll turned vury cold, oml •I"*' 0
aidornl.lo sleet, which, no doul.l, p'*"
" Our Washington Irl'cr, we frnr, it Unveiling tin*
Richmond ll'iiul. .
TIIK CAHOUNB.
O.rn.^r. i,n. f.mili.r «i'h i’"- "I
llMMIukapan lln “ C»mllw," ’» Ui’cn'iAii'r,
1037. Ii »m « '>» nn '""_*“.■*.*
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Inff Heeds Iwfuio |>lnnilnc; ('tinker Worm, by Elijnh
Vim*, |)nerf I'Tuii Trees; Surprising vlfre.isnf
< 'nniphor on Vegetable#; Cot reel Inns relative lo 11n*
Agiiroliornl Hui try* of Society Hill, hy Col .1 N
Willi nn*{ Tiller, Ski-tclnt#,Ac.; Amleiil.iiiol Item#;
Mioct'lluiii'oi,* Items*
upon Amrrr.in citizens,
nn I n
which
of Net Ion*
rquiiud thi?
el m well us Stnuy Sovereignty
rreaiiinm lo pr. fcr • ru n, | | h , i'".
That c.irnn'.niti, wc lim, "ii '"K" 1,111 110
..li.f.cmry ,c|'ly I... *«•« c»mm.ml.-»"»l. 1» <
mctititinio line „flU Mru.r.l iiclt'n. lo ll» ™"«S'
|, mrrl'nl nml to «»•«■•' tlto
A Biiii-li .iililcci, lit) cltllTIK. tl tl'o'ty. *»>
fucnco »(Iii. Oovntnonnl, wliicli liiii »oei iono.1, it
teems, ihc outrage.
Our amicable relations will, her Majesty * c ’" v -
o,om.ot »o aotlro J«nv r, l"(l
li,v,1 ot III, ( HfCIC of Ill'll N«H..n»l » .(cl.
It .lniul.1 l(-.o, w, iruil ll U, li', lin'd oil
clllun, lo o|'l,ol.l. II ot.r(!nv,i"0i""l do.. 1""
0,0,0 oli,o hrr clldon, nro >nui.t,r. .l l.y •iil.|*cto uf
nnnrtirr country. Qomin 10,01 I not "oly
coiO|.rooii.o ,1,0 I nod .h|nll, idllie Aim-nroi,
poorlo.loil tliora would l„ no .rr-urlly for Ire ri'l
roo*. irl lioroo nr nlirood. II,ir C......Iry in.m do.lro
poocn with oil Nnlluo,, ..pri/mlly will, >l'”> wlin<«
Jitaroluro n™o lo ill, 1010, Ion,11 ,C. nml whom
.iilij.ru|unorally kmurr oml |,rooii.n llm cmirlrtlo
of III,, wldlo limy mo 1'dcU t" r,|,o| nny oir.irl lo
■cnit olilorjny upon llii'ir own Noli
IVo clmorrully nr n|i|n irliniinn of ill,
illgnlfleil Ictti'r of Mr. K,III,Till, will. In. on 1M0
ncoo.lnn oxlorird ,«,0 dm if Id' r" 1 ' 11 ™
iidv,r,iiI,,. W„ hop wlih dm 1'ro.l.dm llmt dm
.rlboormo ofMcl.,o.l from dm >„oi. or muy
Ini ..li.fnrmrily ,l.„, • hod,or cinliy or
'{norm,in, onolhor o'lr.don rooniin, lor dm lor,
Nolloni 10 ICIllo, mill Ini', wllfHi tliotild looj iinco
tiOTOlmon »nli,r,rliirily n Ij.ixtod.
IVo dnulit run dull, lo nny cimr.piinilrnr.r I,I,Sell
tony Imreflfirr Ink" |.loco, Mr. I'Vi-viIi will no td.ly
rrproirnl dm fnollnj" of III. riointiyioro. III.
rtucidiilliin of dm |irlnel|d.‘« of our r„i„|,l.i.
solution which recognise* in cu«>*» like llmt »f Me
Lend’* no right of iho President m Inlwpnw, b
•consistent with thnM of the Denn-cmira I'nriy t»
which hn i« altncbed, nml nnhlbit* tlmt pnqmr re
gard fur Still® Sovereignty, whirl* every Anioiienn
Statesman should bo proud to cherish.
TIIF.SOUTHERN MTKHAUY MBSSBNOKIl
For Jnnunry wi« yorluidny received. Thu run*
tent* Mppenr, n* tmiil, full uf intereal. W« ndmire
it* punctunlily nml •hull tiuticv it more fully here-
itfier.
A SPECIAL CIHCUIT COUKT
Dfiho Unhrnl Suite* weiuheld in Clmrle*tnn en
TuviHey—Judge* Waynu tnd GUchrUt, pte«iding
Judge*,
FnincU K Hive* and Geo. C. Drnmgn.ilw, Rep
Tn»entntive» in tlio pruMtnt Cnttgre** from iho Stnlo
Virgin!*, imvo both publicly declined being cntuli*
date* for welection.
81111* UEHCULKS.
Tho Revunue Cutter Ilumlltuii, Captain Jo»iuh
Sturgi*, nriived at Provlnceuwhnn Cbrhtmo* doy,
from a ctulie on tlin conat, the vend being encum
bered with ice—thermometer at two degree* Fab*
rrnheil, Tim Cutter rendered n«*i»tnnca to the
abip Herculei, from Suvunnali, which ve»»al nriived
ut Rotten otiSnturdoy.—I’liilud. Chron., 31 n/f«
ItlCM.MO.M) CUIJNTV.
The Ciiii«tltut'nnnli»i uf Tuoidny any* iti* n|«.
linn yeiteiduyVnt lliaCuUtt llniue and ill Cuntwr't
rnulied n« follew*:
For Cengrei*.
J.diu II. Wnt'iin, Wl
llilira Unit. j r . , .
Judge* of ti„. Iniexlnr Cnnrl—Viilrline Welker,
R.-iijiiuiii II. Win re n, Rebut Allen, dame* Her.
r, itml WiJmm 1'. liriilr.
'JnR Cu lector—Will in'li Kennedy.
Itereiver • f Tax ileinrn*— George M. Walker.
A* f*r ll« lieiini I'mlii Tni'i'i'* |)i*iriet, Wnl*«tli
receivid one vole, flnlt'J!), WinrnnSfl, Wulk»'i 2D,
Allen 22, llnrpei 2.*. Ilenle 2(1. I.finptiuet 2, K«R*
nedy 29, Wutkb.* I, Welker 20. and Dickinson 2
M«riflfc<d cargo,captiirid by Lieut. Mmntf.
rugaigrto Ibi* flintier ii appear* that tlio rnptain of
,tlie#Minnni r nbtaliied nn injunction Mini b ut iln*
•ale ►tepp.-d, after i| pnliiivn nldof fmin the Court
•if Admu il y iliai it »lii"ild lie tnnrii'. Tim t r.r.o
agent repaired to ll-fmito.i; nn.l requutted tlie jud-e
lo act u*idu the inpihciiou wbu:^ \vu« dnr.n, nml iliu
•niitrorntnandril in leo day*. Jim Mexiruncap*
•nin lignin obtained nu iiijunuitnu and mretted the
ailh', lit wldcli pii i'ediiie tl,e w lio'u *ii1>j"f'l become*
involved in litiffaiion. Tim conduct ol (1*0H*nli*»ri-
tie* u bo have lour lime* i*»ucil nml reverted lb"ir
tordnr* i*uoininunlittJ upon w «th morite.i tcveiity by
-til® pu e*.
Aeciilrnl.—On Saturday evening in«l, ntailur
named Gnnrgo tin board ship !lerculn*Jn*t
•rrived from Suvnrnuli, lying in tlio at ream, fell
fiom tlio top-gnllmt yard to the deck, breaking hi*
right wn«t, niuhig * largo gatii miller hi* chin,
nearly fion- ear lo vnr, and utlierwite *eriou*|y in
juring liLii. It i* relieved that be will reen
ftliough it i* reinnrkaliln that ho wut not (ntinntly
liiiJcdby *o great a full.—Motion Courier,'iQ/h u/t.
I.uuneh,—A et« nrncr, ofubeut 2C0 ton* liiiriben
• built for tlio Geneiul Gnveramont, under the taper,
intcndcnce ofCnpt. Milo* of the U. S, Army, and
deilinod for tlio Floridu service, wo* launched yo*‘
tetdny nfteriiuiui from the jard of Mr. L. R. Cully,
fuel of Federal Dill. Shu i« to bo fornitbed with
an engine uf titty liot iw power,conttriicted by Reed
or Son, and the boat it in length 13 j feet, breadth
ofb#»in 2(5 feel, depth uf bold H feet, nod, Irnft uboui
b feel. Cnpl. lVnrtnn, it i* tuid, wi I lake the
command uf her.—Hull. Patriot I it ini/.
FRESH SHAD.
Oil tlio lo*t day of tlio old year, nml til® first of
the present, wo were fowled with some of the fino*|
fietb Sliild that has ever been in this market. They
were caught iho day previous no'ir Savannah.—
Kvery day, fnrtlin lost tno month*, Millcdgcvillo
ho* been supplied with every vtitiety of “ten
*wr/rr*' fwhthat i*common to mir nun •eeport.—
Iiut'wu hod no idea ihnl Shad would ho telling in
our street» mi the first of January, ulthough, we have
been Ter two.mouths past, luxm inline tip- n Sivnn*
nab sail water “ > /krfns.” Tid* however D only a
forntnato of what tlioContial Rail Read I* to do for
W« “ up country folk."
To our up country friend*, a word. Our Mil.
Icdgovilla eating hunict, can furr.i»h you w ? th Ova*
ters ns finely fin voted, and with ll*h nsgoml, ns nny
bouse of a similar kind either in Clinriestnn or Sa
vannah. When yon visit the sent of Government, if
yon want "good eating” of tho kind alluded to lo
ua,fail nut to give one of tlmao cstaldDliincols n
irial.—Milledpevillt Journal, blk inti.
MISS TIGEUTAIL.
The Editor of tlio Apalachicola Journal gives td 1
the credit of tho Indians coming »n «r late, nnd tho
pro«prctnf pence lo n new Intotciusor. Hear him—
It in tni.l llmt llm prelitninniie* of pone*, an fur
they have progressed, wete brought about by n »i„
ter ofTigertnil.whoisrepiv-ented its the nine beau
tiful sqimv in tha niitiun; and who looked, when
ahe presented herself before Gen’I. Annistcad, like
« Royal Princess. She said tlmt tlie borne of her
fithrr’s, onre so sweet anil desimhlc ot a place of
abode, had been despoiled of iuprifiuo lioauiy.aiid
lost its charm forrvei—that shecame to the tent of
the white man lotuafut peace, and in tho name of
hrrtribe to proclaim that tlie tomahawk should
livnccfortlt be buried—uf couno she was (routed
with all callamry.
The Cherukro Delegation, in charge of Captain
Page, of the U.S. Army, had gone into the lienrl of
tlio nation, to bold council with tho different tr.be*
and endeavor to persuade them, turnii;iute, \\'J
■incerely trust, aud nre inclined to (relieve, that tho
limo draws nigh, when the Seminole war,long a
curse to fair Fiulida. will be htuught ton final close.
1 i» credit and glory, will of course, nil belong to
the beauttfol and persua.ive, Mi*« Tigert-iil. Doll'
your epaulrtts gentlemen, and let the n'mea hereaf
tar wear them.
/•Voni /hr. Pi itutyh'niion, 2d inti.
THE GENERAL HANKIlUPT LAW.
Wo nio afraid tlie Wh’g mo cbaiit* of N* w Ymk
il! s'tbjert ihem.elve* lo the elinjge of being 11 In
i fooos, ngniii ms, nnd l«vellcrs l ,, from cerlnin
pr. s e* in tliia qmirl-'i. Tin y have in tunlly [Mil in
iie*tlailoo n niemnrinl to Coagre*., nskin;; llmt lo
■ ho pii«*ago<ifti (h-ncinl Ruukropt Law, Imuka nml
poraliotissbwll I.|iv® the same iminunilioii* ami
hn siib|ert,<d lot li.* Haute penalries a* itidividooD, u
mearirc which wlfii propo*e<l by Mr. Von Rurce,
wns dentiuma-l a* the extreme of rndirnlitin.
“The mcmarnlitts," says tho Evening Post, ox
press tlioir convict ion tlmt nothing hut n hnnkrupt
law ap|dicidibt to li.iidi* “ ran pruvent coiitiaual
•uspon-lous of *f*ccio payment to the ruin alike of
pireigiriind iiiliMiml trade” They doubt whether a
bill which line* not include them would be of any
advantage; and declare that they prefnr n luwoper
tiling on Irani s nbore, lo a law which ilmiild exclude
thorn ami apply hr lire rest id tho community..'
Rood tlio memorial and observe in what strong mid
emphatic language il i* expro/eed,
Ynt llirso very rirermiraHsI* last winter addressed
Congress oil the subject of a hank nipt law, and
observed a pioliniml ami sliiilieil silooce on this very
topie. lilt iy ooo slimiiJ ask tlio reason, it i* lo ho
found in this meinmini. *''J'irnl tnlrjecf soy the
metnurulist*“ Itud heenniost iinpinpcily mixed up
with pony polities. 11
Ilmv was llii*maU«r mixed up with p.my poll.
tic.I Why. Mr. Van Rur'itrecommeniled tlmt tut
ding rnrporaliirns should bo bronchi within such a
piw, nml the democratic pnrty supported il. Th *
whig merchant* of N. York nllliotigh convinced
that tho niairsine was greatly for their own Ironelit,
and fur llm w -lfire oftliei oninnM|iy wiildicld their
soppoit heruU'O it wns |'r*'j»n*edT»y lltcilutm
puny.
Lot us givo one piece of advice, not only to tin*
whig meicliuo'.B of this t'iiy, Inti to men of all par.
Never lie a li ttiii to ‘‘mix tip"tou much of w hut
is gou.l wilh your "party politic*,", Ni-vorbo slow
avow n goo I principle, or tir support ii good men
to, liccuMSii it Dsimiio Iioiv nr other cmmecird
with the e.omroverdo* uf patties.—Entertain, no
oppielieuMons of being Ion strictly ju*l, too uhsu.
lutety fair, cult lid ua/l uiuiglti lownid* your politi
cal adversaries. Such thing* will never lie painful
ly on your conscience*.
On iliu contrary "mix .up with your party poll-1
tics" na tnitay of tlieso Ingredients ns you are able. '
Throw into tlio emit position it lilierul support of nil
uecnssny nnd truly useful ntetisure* l.y wltnntsonv
or >iin ftitil them proposed. Shed into ilia mixture
tliCMpliii uf just lee nml fairness, uf regard fur the
goiierul wnlfare ntiil respect for 11 in rights of nil
your fellow cream.r*. These uro all llmt is of any
vuluoln party polities—III® rest is base, undid,
ami selfish, the icsl is but foul scum or filthy scil).
me til.
Wo hope the lima will ntrivo when m.ut will no
lunger Itu deterred from doing right, hy the fear uf
mixing up tun mueli disinterestedness with their
party pnlltics." 1
Tlio following is n copy of a memorial lo Con
gress got up by whig nicrohunl* in New Yuik, ami
clrtu.'nio'! Ity them for signatures. •
MEMORIAL.
To the ifarmraldu ihe.Semilo itml the !Luisa of R n
prensmives oft|ie Uidlud Suite* of America in
Cnugreas ns«emlded,
Till* Memorial «f the undersigned Manufacturer*
Merchant*. Meclinmies, nml utliuis of tho city
of New York,
Re* lire folly re|i* ssrm—
Tlmt wo liuve nlreudy addressed n ntatnorinl lo
ur linitoraldo bodies, specifying thirteen .siipuln
lions, which wo believa to hn, cssanli.il to it good
llankrupt Law. In that mrmnrial, however, wc
purposely omitted any iiliosiun to Hanks, anti other
Hading corporation*, ihut subject had been moslim
properly mixed up with party polities, It is, how
■ver, of such paramount inportmten, tint wo date
not hn silent respecting itt nnd wa now, thoief'oro,
express our lull conviction llmt the tmtinnnl welfaro
requite* llmt all Midi institution* should be subject
ed ton bankrupt law, under spoeial provisions. It
is indeed quest ionttblo Imw fur any bill cuttld lie
nmdendvitmagi on*, witlmiit including them. In n
cltutca of dilftculties, wo would prefer it hill which
should apply in them a Iona, lo mm such us is now
prnpo«ed, excluding litem, nml operating on tho test
oft lie community.
It" is n ftilluey to assert llmt they nr® slate institti
ions, and, I here fora, nmcnulil® mtly to htnie laws
ft* regelate lit® cerreney, is uonlided to Congress
xclosividv, inn lo lo this L impossible, without
outrellinc the state Imnks.eu wliicli, iiiifortuunto
I)'the rendition ot'the coiniliy vii’<unlly depem|s;
ami wliicli litve,by their incrcdibio misconduct,
wie.a in little meio tltttu a yen®, caused imivu-stij
ment nml severe loss; nnd ntnda us the tip-
probrinm of the a imncrchtl wi rid. It is evident
that th* sintolegixinturc* nro eiflter utitib'u or tin
willing to reel re them, nnd they now feel thin they
may at any line step payment with impunity,
‘‘Nothing hut n Bankrupt Law can prevent continual
mpvnsioii*,lo tho sxiin ulik® of iiiternuland fmoign
n le." Congress i« also expressly empowered to
galatc eemmeico between the stales. Ret there
scat rely ouo hunk in tho union, that does not di«
count drafts hv pi<i*oiis in into stive, on pet sons in
another Sint®. I tided this I* n regular purl of
their business, nnd on this ground, likewise, Con
ow fins n right to interpose.
A hunktu j>t law is iiImi ieq<iited in protect solvent
nnd well irnnspsl hunks, iigniiisi the tuitions com
*•''*» «f “ M.».lvi*»..l»»t’t i „>^ t uK mat uvmnnttng
it’s
Wlmt mysterious virtue it there in banks, that
they should-he oxi-mpted from rales tlmt bin I nil
other classes! What mo the oflicer* of banks, leu
custodier* of lru«t fund*, exposed t«'peculiar temp
tations, and hcrofoie ivquiriug more watebful su
pervision tlutn merrlimit* trading on their own cap
ifnl, whoso losses nnist all be home by 'themselves,
W® tin-refote heseeeiiyoui htmorable Imdy.if it is
found tu lieexpi-dient to pass a uniform hnnkrupt
law, that hunks ami ull other trading corporations,
muy he sul ject in its oporntion.
CHARLESTON. .Inn. 5.
'l it.' elrcti'tu for Hennior lor thn-e l’itri»hes, it!
Il.o place of Ker Royer, resigned, co'iimencrd
yell*.* dev, uiiil wi.l cuntimie this day. Tite follow
ing was the state of tlie polls ut the time uf dosing
>«stordov nlterimun:
Ward No. 1 I H I
.. .. 2 17 „
“ “ 3 SB.*
« " 4 3/3
C'iintiestou Neck IDD
IJ7D
APPOINTMENTS RY THE PRP.SIDEN I'.
Ily iittil villi the *i*lrice mill routenl if the fjcitale.
Atiuiisii:# or Tint L'mtkii Statics.
James A. Ra>nrd, for tlie District of Del twore,
(reuppolnted.)
Duoi-1 Goodwin, fur tlio District of .Michigan,
(reappointed.)
D mid S. Sil.li y, for tin; Middle District uf Fieri
tin, fieappointril.) .
Frauds8. Key, for the District oTColitml/m, (te
appoimed.)
Nn b.ii.id lYill'ams,for the District of Maryland,
(reappointed.)
Moaigotnuiy Rluir.fnr tho District of Missouri,
in the plaro of Arthur L. .Mngeid*. resigned.
Solomon Cohen, for tho district of Georgia, in
the place of Ilnb-ri M. Churlioo, resigned.
COKSUI.1 roll TIIK l/MTKU STATKS.
Philip Schuyler, of New Ymk fur the Pori of
Liverpool, in ill** place nlTTuudit R. Ogdon, tesign
ed,
Louis Tittullc, uf New York, for tho Port • f 0-
porto.
Ftm.ris 11, Ogden, of New Jersey, for t! e I’oit
ofUristol, in tlio place of Tltmints Dennison.
Henry D. Gale, of New York, for dm port of
Velasco, in tlio place uf Slcwurt Nov.till, resign'
ed.
ral steamboat “ Coroiio**," in th" inontli of Drcem
her, HID?. Aft* r % t- dloo* and vi xsliou* nx imimi
lion, Mr. McLet d wns comroitlrd for iHul, nnd Iw
is m.v
fmpri
ed in I. rkpo
jail,
i the Government of
From the Tulhihtimcc Floridian, 2d hut.
PROGRESS OF INDIAN PACIFICATION.
We liiivn received n letter frail) Tampn,frum
which wo imtko thu following extracts:
“J AMPA, Dee. 23, 1040.
“Tiger Tail's son nml brother, with several otli
or*, hitle coitm in to Fort King, mid stirrenderud
theinsolvvs. Tiger Tail hiimulf is daily expected.
On his tirriviil, tlm patty will he tout to Tampa,
under mi escort, which is rnpiiivd us a 'seeau iiy
against intcri iipiiun from dm Miccti*ukies. Among
dm delegation i* a nepln w of Kclm-umnililu, tli,-
pilncipitl chief of the Talluhasscen. This mini w iih
sent ii'ii to bring in til'll Chief, and has ivlmm'd
with him, his von, nnd idx urni;lit ntliers, who uro
now nl Fort No. 4, near Cellar Keys. The Aon
has gone out nguin to bring in Ids falboi’s brother,
Inn luii* mu yet ruin rued. So fur, then, us dm Till
luhnsiim iiilm is coneitriied, the prospects nu
tuinly II iiieriiig. A portion of tlm Delegirtii
now in (he M‘ighhorli>-oi| of Phih' Creek, eolh cling
their hrethren—the Suminolcs proper. Seventy or
eight v of these had, somu time s lice, nlreudy col
1 clod, nnd were on their way in, hut were tin fort u
(lately nlurtneil and dispersed on seeing nu mined
bout's crew, who.wctn nut scouting. Stichusstirun
I cos hoy* been sent to them.nnd explanations muda
I ns to leave littleslsjiiht of their cnmit.g in now, nml
they mo expected ut Charlotte's Hurhtir In nliout
tell day*, where they will lie met by tlodr chief.
Hu|olooch<'e,(tho principal of the delegation,) who
bus promised to bring diem to Tnmpu limn therein
it stennilmnl.
“The delegation (fram Arkansas) hat also sent
to Cor.nhoocliee, one of the most uctive mid formid
nhln of die Miccnsnukiechiefs,Iiy one of his peopb
(who lately ernnnin with u (lax of truce and
•tervd htmswlf,) in thu Impe to iiidnco him b
in, This Coiti'huiu'heo has tin imelu in the delegu
tiott, who has sen) urgent entreaties to hint tot
mid listen to wind lie hits lo ray.
From tht Otter.po Gazette.
A FAMILY HUKNI.D TO DEATH!
Seldom duos it huenmo dm doty «f tlie pro*
r. cord nn occurrence so pnioliilly nfllieiivo nod
miehully in its ctiiirnclcr ns llm> which we uro nlmui
to ciimnmuicaiu. Early in dia .'norniiig of die 22d
ioMiiut, thu dwelling hoiiso owned nnd occupied nl
the time hy Mr Jesse Smith, of RciUhfr® in this
ounty, was consumed, mi I Mr, Smith, Ids wife mid
tlnnn chiidicn perished in the-Home*,
The fire wns diseirvereri by it neighlmr, hut not in
linn* to ri'iidernuy asriiinrce—die roof of iliohmi*®
iinviiig m tho lime Imgiiii to full in. It is supposed
that the uufoi lunate iiinnica won* siili'ncated hy the
sii-oko and perished in die llmues, Mr. Smith mid
hi* family hud spent iho evening previous to the
moining of'llieir death, ut the home of n neighbor,
front win-no: tlmy i-i-turned homo ubu'ii 10 o'clock.
The night being cold it is conjcctuicd llin.t nn nun
lly Imt 11 io was kindled, which communicated
itself to the dwelling hy menu* ofn stove pipe, tent
por.trily parsing out through the window ur side uf
tlie house
. feel it'my dpiv to in J up
the United .States to lake prompt nnd efl'cctuul slept
for Ibo liberation uf Mr. McL-od. It Dwell known
•hat iliu •lestioci.on of the steamboat “Caraline
whs ii public net of person* ifl her Mnje»iy's sot vice,
obeying ilot mder uf llieir supeiiur iinihqiitie*.—
'1 lint net. therefoiV. nccu'ilmg lo tlm oragi's »d‘ »>n
lions, can only lie me subject of discussion between
dm two Nmieiuii Governments: It emmet Justly 1m
mode the giouml of legal pr cccdi'igt in the United
Slum* hgirttui tlioindivbloa)# roNceini'd, who were
bound to obey the authorities appointed hy their
own fJovornmenr.
I m iy ndd that l believe it is quite notorious that
Mr. McLeod wis not ofte of the party encaged in
the dost rue inn of tho sl-tml>nnl 'Candioei" oml
tliut die pretended ehaigrnpon whieli lie bus been
impii oned rests only tipo» tho p> rjured lesrimony
of reitiiioCnlindiiin onlines nnd tU'ir iibeMors.whu,
mifortui nt'-|y for die pe.n|» ef tint neiglilmthood.
are still permitted hv ill® dmliorities of the .Statu of
New Yolk lo infest the Cimiflimi frontier.
/The question, howcvorpif vvhe
was or wns not roocroed io the duvtraction uf the
“Caroline," i*beside theporpoie if the preAiuil
rooiiini'iicatinh. That aft w ns the public net nf pm
so is nheying the e.msliti led authorities oi lier Maj.'S
ly's I'ruviiice. .The National Governtn nt of the
Ulii'od Suites thought llpmsrlves rnlied op
rnonsinno against ii; nul u ri-numstiniice whieli die
Ibesideut'iidneconiingl)'iHlilrevs to her Majesty's the spray rose uliovc liimtotho heighiofl
, «overmrient, f is still, I hhkevr; u p. n ling sohjecl •-!
dipinmnlir. dishus«iiiuliriwi-en In r Mujcsly'* Gov
eromcnt and the United Stairs Legation in London.
I leu I, l!icr»forn, justified in expecting llmt tlm 1'ro
•'deul’s (inv-inn.ciu will, see the justice mid the nu
cossit v of euu-ing the present inure dime release of
Mr. McLe>.d, as well ns of inking such steps ns
rniy ho requisite for preventing others of Imr Mnjes
ty's s dijects from being pernecuted or molested in
the United States in ii similar unit.ncr for-hefuture.
It nppn.-.r* that Mr. McLeod was arrested on
ill® 12t!i ultimo: thm nfier the nenminndon of wit
nesses, ho v as linully committed for trial on dm
1 Bill, mnl placed in conlVnemeiit in die jail of Lock
port, awaiting the assizes, w hich w ill he held there
ill Kuhriinty next. Ai^lin cose is naturally area
•toning n great degree of excitement nnd indigmt
lion within tlm Rritisli frontier, 1 earnestly Impe
linn it may ho in your power to give mo mi early
nnd »utisluctoiy answer to the present represent!!
liml.
1 avail myself of this occasion to renew to you
the nsraruncu of my distinguished consideration.
«. S. FOX.
Hon. John Foiistth, &c. &c.
Mr. Foityih and Mr. Fox.
Dkimutmknt ok State,
\Ynshingtt.n, December 2(5,1840.
Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge, and have
laid before tlm ('resident, your lei ter of llm I Dili
ant touching tlm nriest nml imprisonment uf
Alexander Mole od, n RrilLIt subject, nnd Into
Deputy Shurilf of tlm Ningiru Di-irict, in upper
Cminila, on a clinrgn of murder nml utson, ns Imv
ing lieert engaged in tin* rapt urn mid destruction of
tliu R’i-nmlmut “Caroline," in the nmmlt of Decent
r, 1037{ in l-osprct to which you stilt® that yim
.4 it your duty, to call upuu the Governnmninfihc
United Slate* to tuko piompt nnd ellcctunl steps
for i he liberal ion of Mr. McLeod, mid to prevent
other* of tlm Kujc<w« nf her Majesty, the Qimen of
Great Rrilitiii, from being pcncciitcd of molested
in n similar manner, fm tlm future,
. This demand, with tlm grutuids upon wliicli It is
mnije, litis been duly considered by the I'lonident,
vvi'h a sincere desire lo givo tu it such n reply ns
will nut only munifeti u nioper regard for the char
acter and right* of the United Stales, hut, ut the
smnn time.
ity oi* to the yard, when he exclaimed, “eeirta^lo*
morrow nnd you will *eemelmng myself ngsin. —*
lle'lhcn Imng to tho yard hy one f*w, with Ills bead
downwards, nnd exhihiti-d manymhersawics. All
tin* was dona with the greatest apparent indlfler
onre, and indeed M nppenrml the only unconcortivd 1
|K'r»on present. He staled that helnol jum|H*d ufl
a place below llm fall* of Niagnrn, n In-ight • f 197
fe.-t from the water, nml amongst Id* other exploits
Jm Irid leaped from a chiral I’ort Isaac, in Curnwull, •
DI7 feet high, into the sent from Rnngnr bridge, tlm
highest in Greet ILit rin,2I0 feet Iiigh, and repented
Iy from rim lopguihmt masts of Euglith nnd Amari
cun line of battle ship*.
At Jn«t he prepnied for iijs leap, first mnking fust
n leindkerebivTround Id* head, and seeming one
of his blind* with n rope, which he twisted about
hD'tktLt nml lingers. After doing lids hn held tin
Id* arm, mid exclaimed, “ I only use one hand;
the otner is lied up, and I entrl move it " Hu
then told the people that hi* head wns a* hard ns
iron, nnd to convince liie-o that il was so, he rntth’d
it ngaiiisl llm topmast ootii he actually made llm
lower mast shake. II® then made hi* last nfldrass
previous to tlm leap, by acquainting the people tlmt
it war erroneous to suppose that n man's hremh
was taken away l»y falling from n. grent height for
while Im wns de-c- tiding lie would speak something,
winch he Imped would not bo forgotten. He thefn
pulled ofl’ his slums, held them upnlmvc hit head,
and i-xc'niudng, “Now, hero goes," lie mado nfly
ing leap front llm end nf the yard into the vvuter,
Ring out ns Im descended, " G->o I by, don’t forget
I conrnnslmrp " When ho fell into the river
r ... . 14
feet ami in mi instant hi* bend nnd nrrns appeared
ahovo the Mirfjco of tlm water, waving the siik
handkerchief ho had fastened about his head while
on tlm yard. Loud cheer* greeted him frofn all
quarter*, nnd' Im shorn ashore, tlio people ns l-o
lauded rewarding him with money, which lie do
posited iii his shoos, and in a box carried by a-tnan
on crutches, for ids benefit.
Important Indian Treaty in Indiana —Tlm
Fort Wnyno Times stntesiliift. nt tho lute Indian
payment nt the Forks of thu Wubnali, tho Indians
made n proposition lo sell their lands; and that Gen.
Milroy (nlthough nvt nUii-ially niithorued by tho Go
vernmeni) took the responsibility, “while they were
in tlio humor," of ireming with them for about
50(1,OOt) urres, being tlm whole of the Mi.iwi lands
in this stale. Tlm price ngrord to lie paid is nlmui
$1 JO per acre, nnd the Indians to move west in five
yours. The lauds are worth $10 per acre, hard n»
llm times are, and there is little doubt tlio General
Government wiilconlirrii tho treaty. -
to a measure calculated to bn to ditattious ns tho
ooo under con *idcrati«n." Rut tlm resolutions will
pass—and tlm* n new inipuLu will Ira given, tindci
Mr. Clay's nuspioes, to the Federal* friends aTfSett
grrnl ILirriton in other Legislators and in Cun
gr®**/ 1 . Every sign indicate* that itki next Admiais
traiion it to he conducted on ilrutig, Fadcral, limn
iltuniun principles. A
A RANK CLOSED.
Tho Raltlrnom papers nf the 2<l Inst, contain a
notice of the closing of tlm Franklin Dunk of that
city. A letter to tho editor* nf this paper, iifflio
tntnu date, says: •* The Fraukliij Rank of Rattimoro
has suspended qperutduns, and greut excitement
prevails in the city."
Suit* Withdrawn —The lilml suits •commenced
by Muses H Grinnell ugninst theeditrfrend propria
tor of dm Rny'Smte Democrat have been disconti
nued, without costs nnd the nolle prosequi entered
in tlio crimimi I complaints.
MRS. KINNEY.
Tlm counsel of Mrs. Kinney, informs the edjtnr
of the Romoii Daily Advertiser, tjial sinen her acquit*
Ini, he bn* been honored us the hearer of donations
to her fiom ladies of the highest consideration, ac
companied by the strongest expression* of sympathy
for her us mi innneunt hut persecuted woman.
Coutet'cd Election Decided.—Tlio Eastern Ar
gus gives the nflhtiiil canvass nf the vn-es given for
n member nfCongro** in tlm ilmicock- nnd Wn*ir-
ington district, Maino, hy which it appears thut.Mr.
Lowell, the pro.<cnt Van Uuren member is re-clect
ed. Tho follow ir.g id the result:—For Lowell,3194'
Noyes, 5051; Wheeler; 133; sculioritigfj. Whole
number of votes, 10,3)4. Nucessary to u choice*
5103. Lowell's legal majority,ONE.
MISS SHIRRKFF*
IVe uro gthrifled to learn that this charming vocnl
l«i has quito recovered her health.' Tlm loses have
returned to her checks, and shu in as beautiful as
over. In two months mnrb site will take her final
leave of-ihe stage, and bo joined in lunula of holy
wedlock lo an English gentleman, ubeut thirty five
year.* of age, w ith a lino person hud good citato.—
N. Y. Signal.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 0, 1841,
OGLETHORPE COURSE
Wn learn that Cnl. Crowell's stud of blond
horse*, in charge of the well known trainer Mr*
Hammond, arrived on Wednesday evening nt llm
Oglethorpe.Course, with Omega at the head. Wo
have not jot.lonrnrd the names of the ether horses.
Mr. Lovell’s stuJd has also nrrivrd. Two other
Stahl®.* nre expected—those of Mr. Enckmt, of Vir*
giiiin, and Cnl Roe, of South CmoHiin, which will
hisuie good sport for tho lovers of tho turf.
DR. JOHNSON'S LIFE AND WORKS.
We havu received from Mr Thomas Purse, two
volumes of Harper's Ftimlly Library, (being Nos
109 and 110.)
These are a valuable! addition to n Library, with
out which no Bookcase cun ho propeily supplied.
The various erudition mid llm brilhint genius nf
" tho giant of Kugli-h Literatim^" with his greut
i mm- oi mu uiiiiini mint’s, uui, ui nm , , , . ... ,
, VIIJ lo f reicivi* llm umioblo Mu,ion. | P»«r «nH eloq„.nco .. » novel . ri.or, mill in.uro
whi.-h, so adviiiitngoiM.vly fur both, subsist belw> —• — " w '' !•■-
TIIK SOUTHKHN CA1IINKT
r.i N..,mUr mimlirr i, ■■ rich loll, cu.mm,
•• fifviou, numlmri. Cl. Wllll.m, I. il,.
. . , , , Cent/Hit.
A hurried visit to NowlHory District, by a Charles-
^ t , sif5 0un « of 0n,n * e by A; Stock Cat-
Stiff"?,"i C *» loipro..m,sT,;
DalrraltUfi^L’ ® Kniimily, Kin; Dutch
BlsmiSuXL'n. ‘I" Lo '"’ b y Dmultmy
«utland toilsi£2 , 7' ,m J! r r‘ ,WPn ‘" fw °rn
uiSI—toioTimir.!' ^ ,l1- H'i"r|Homatldrif
win# i wtwl. <>y C 111 Man.
iwralBoolaty, r fi^'Jha^tcS' 1 ’^ “ A * ,lrul
I»i»oii.o,ruMi.i„ l uf,'i-il'ir,!,'';; 1 ,',:!
NEW ORLEANS, Doc. 31.
Laterjecm Tcxat —Ry the steam packet Sit-
annuli, Cupt. Wude. front Galveston, we have ie.
drived ilsle* fiom that ci-y up t"Sunday lost.
1’resiiloul Lamar whs expected at Galves'im on
his way to the United States.
1 he Vice President Ira* already entered upon
lit® discharge of .Mr. Lamm’s duties.
Tha Galveston Giirettn soys, “Wo learn from n
gentleman jest returned front llm upper Trinity
country, ihnl tlm number of eni'granis who have
Cunm in m.d rallied in that section llii* fall, espeei
ally in tlm nrighbiuhoo.U of Swurtwout und Ala
oonia, exceeds v. ry largely that of the same por
lion of any past sexton. Inuitcmra mimheit of tie
greet It iv* been hi ought in, and llm ten lei* of this
u* well at previous season* are turning tln-ir alien
• ion nlinotl exclusively to tlm cultiv. lion ol Cotton.
Many Uige fields have Ie en und will Im upened,
and it is thought that the ainuuot ofcoltnii in culti
vation will equal ihutofiduiost anyuth.-r section uf
country of equal extent."
Hun Anson Jormt, of Rniierin,hat teen elected
President of ilmSemita.
John I’. Borden hut resign** I the olTmo of Com
ntissionet of llm General Lund Uflien.
A •Lirniiih look plaro n f*w day* since upon
lllnt creek, in MlDtneomi y, between two smnll
pmlier **f l.lptnl and ('amunplirf, in whirl* one
( aman.-hii wn* killed und left on tin* ground, and
one IJj'*n s*m* iitoiially wuttlided.
IU jupns mu bu*ily rnipluyuJ in dlKiusing lit® ,
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The f.illewing it th® rorrcspon lenro alluded lo in
(he proceedings of the Huiisunfllcpicscntatives nn
Tlmv*day. 31st nil.
To the iloute of Ileprcunl*Uive» of the United
Slates:
I hi'iewiih transmit to ill® House of Repies*-tilis-
live* a repitil' from tlm Secielary of State, with ac
iiiipiinyiiig papers, in answer to their r*solution uf
tlio 21st instant. •
M. VAN UUREN.
Washington, Doe. 23,1810.
- Dkimutmknt or State,
Wn-liiogiitii, Dec. 2D, HU0.
Sir—Tlm Secretary of State, to whim* Im* been
icfnriud the r* sidulioa id tlw* House of Hepnirenta-
lives, dateil tho 2l*t insUint. ivipo''stiog the 1’ie-i
dent “to eominmileate to that House (ifnot in his
opinion itiriimiiittildo with tho pnhlie. im.resi) all
liracoMcsponiivncu between this Goveiament uml
thntef (Rent Britain,or tlm ollleer«or agents nfeitli
er. nr tho 'oflieris nml agents of llii* (i-iverntneiit
with tlio President urmiy uf its DepniTuients, w hieli
has n'.t lil'rotuforo been communicated to ihnl
House, on tlm subject of the outrage oi hiiiaiug tlm
Caroline mi the Niagara frontim; ami w-lmilier iliera
is any pro-jmet of eompeiisaiion being made to the
owner of tniti boat fur tlm loss ilmieoi; ami. ul-o.
whether anyeomhiuaicntmas havclraen in-ole lo tliis
Government in regard to tlm arrest ami impri.ea
ilienl of- — - Ale Lei nl. by tho a ihuiilju m‘ the
Slulo of New York, lor being eenrerned in sai.l mil
rage; and, if so, that he coininiini.-nic a copy thrno
of to that House,'* lias the Inimn to report to tho
President, in untuur io that resolution, the uecum
panting papers.
Respectfully submiited.
JOHN FORSYTH.
To lit® President of the U. Stutes ui An erica.
Mr. Slerenton to Mr. Foity'h.—Extract.
Lkgatium or thk Unitko Statks,
London, July 2, 18.19.
• • • • s* •
I regret to say that no answer hn* yet been given
to my unto iri llm ease of tin* •' Caroline." 1 Imvo
not dot-mod it proper under llm circumstances lo
pres* the subject without further instructions from
your Department. If ii it tlm wish cf the Govern
ment tlult I simii'd do so, I prnv mho informed ol
it, und tho degree of urgency that 1 am lo Miiupt.
Mr. Fortylhto Mr Stevenson.—Extract.
Drpahtmknt t>v Statk.
Washington, 11 th September, 1039.
» • • • • s
Wilh reference io tlm closing paragraph of your
communication to tlm DcpmTitiqyi, dated ihc 2d of
July Iasi, (No 74.) it it pro|vr lo inform you that
no instructions are ut prcKanhif.t'quiird for again
bringing forward the question of tlm “ Caroline."
I have hail firquant ronvorsatkm* **iih Mr. F»x in
regunl to this subject—one of very recent dale—
nml from its tone,tint I'rasident expects llm Rriti-h
Govimnient will Rbswreryour application in lira cute
w ithout much fat liter delay.
Mr. Fox lo Mr. Forsyth.
Washington Dee. 13,1040.
Sir—I am Informed by hit ExeelUney tho Lieu
tenant Governor of ill® I'lorinri* if Upper CanaiD,
that Mi. Alexander McLeod, a RriiDh subjael.aiid
Li* deputy s||®iifl*of iho Niatara Disliirl in Upper
Canada, was xircslcd nl l.owisl.ui. in tin* Stale of
New,York, on tin* 12th of lu*l month, on a pr*l«rn|
rd charge .,f mender ai d arson, ns hiving hren
thiscouniry uml England, Of tlio roality of this
difpiMiiion, nnd of tlm uniformity with which ilhus
been evinced in llm many dcliciita nnd dillicult
quasi inn* w hich liuvo arisen botwaen lim two coun
tries in tho last few years,no one cun bn more con
'bused limn yourself. It is thun with unfeigned
regtet that tlm President finds himself mnblo tore
eognisii tho vnl ility of ndeinuiiil, a compliance with
wliicli yiiq decni so niiileiial toilm preservation nf
tho good umJerstomluig which hns been hulmrto
maiiileetcd hot wren tlm two cnutiitjos.
The jiirisdiution of rim several Slaty* wliicli con
stituto llm Union is, within Its iipproprluted hi hero
iii'rli'elly independent of :ho Federal Govurmncnt
i he ufli-iici! with which Mr. McLeud it elmigcd
was commiMcd wijhin llm territory,and against the
Inwsnnd eitisen- ofilH'Stato of New York, ami
onu that comes clearIy within thuconipeteney of her
trilouials. It dims liot, therofnro, pmsont an ocen
sioa allure, under iho coastiuitiun and laws of tlio
Union, the interposition culled for would lie pin
per, or for which n.warrant ran he foiinil in the
j.owor* witlrwhieh llm Federal ckeciitivo I* invest
eil. Nor woii'd ’the ciicunistanees to which yon
Imvo .referred, or the reasons yon have urged, justi
ly tho exertion of such a power, if it existed, Tho
transaction out of w hich the question arises, pro
seats llm ease ofn most iinjust ifiublo invasion, in
time of pfneo, ofti'pbriinn of the territory of the
United Stoles, hy a hand of united men front tho
adjacent territory of Canada, the forcible capture
hy them within our own w-uieis, nml the sill s®
queat destruction of a siciimhimt, the property of a
fit i/en of the United States, nml the murder of one
or tnoro'Amerlcancirixeas. If arrested at the time
tho otlicmlcrs might iniqucstintrahly have been
brought to justice hy the judicial authorities of iho
State within whoso imkmiwlcdgml tetritory these
crime* wera oommittid; uml llieir subsequent vn
luntniy cmrunen within that tetritory, places them
in the t*nm® situation. Tlm President is not n'wuro
of any priacipnl of iiiternatiouiil law, or indeed of
icaton orjusticU, which entitle* suclt offenders to
impunity lirfoto the legal tnhimal*, .when coming
v. luatarily within llieir independent uml nmloubtcd
jurisdiction, licc.iuse they acted in obedience to their
superior authorities, or because their act* have lie
conic llm subject of diplomatic di*cus«inn between
tin! two governments. Those methods of redress,
the legal prosecution of lira ollunders, and th® up
plication of ilmir Government for satisfaction, are
independent of each oilier, and may bo separately
and simultaneously pursued. Tlm avowal orjurti
iicnthm of tlio outrage by th® British authorities,
might Im aground of complaint with the Govern
meat of tlm Unit cl Suites, distinct front tho viola
lion of the territory ami laws of the State of New
York. The application of the Government of the'
Union to thin ol Gieat Britain, for thu redress of
nn uuiluirixetl nulracu of tho pence, dignity, nnd
right* of the United Stales, cannot deprive theStnte
ot New V.nk of her undoubted right of vindicating,
thibugh tlm'excrcise .if her judicial power, tlm pro
pony nml lives ef Imr citizen*. You have vciy pro
parly regarded tlm alleged absence of Mr. McLeod
from lira tctfiio of tlm olfenco at the time when it
wn* committed, a* lint nmtcriul to tho decision of
the present quest ion. That it u matter to Ira deci
ded by legal evidence; and he sincen* desiio of the
l’icri.Icni is, tli it it maybe satisfactorily .establish
ed. It tlie destruction o| the Caroline wns a public
net ot persons in her .Majesty’s seivice, obeying tho
order nl their superiornnihmltio*. tliis act bus not
I ecu before coniiniinieated to tho Government of
llm Unit'd Stutus hy u person nii'hnrizcd to make
tin* mlmis-ion; tud it will be for the court which has"
taken cognizance of the i.ftenco with wliicli Mr. Me
Lend is charged, to decide upon its validity when
leg illy ctluldislmd Imforn it.
llm I'ivsidcnt derm* this to be a propcroccasion
to remind the Guvvninmr.t «flier BrUuimic Mu
jesiy that the cu*p of the “ Cnrolinu" has been long
sineo brought to tl r •Mention of Imr Majesty's
principal Secretary of State for Foreign A flairs, w ho
uplo tliisdoy.hu* not comntunicnted iu decision
thereupon. It is hoped that lira Government of her
Majesty will perceive the importance of tia longer
leaving the Government of tko United State* unin
formed of its view* and intentions upon a mltjert
which ha* naturally produced much exasperation
ami which hns led lo such grave cmiscqucncct. '
1 avail myself of this occasion to renew to you
tlm assurance of my distinguished con*nictation.
JOHN FORSYTH.
II. S. Fox, c»q See. Sic. Sic.
a demand for those volumes. IBs siiignlaritics too,
as a mnit, pourtrnyrd io his life hy Gilford, which
the editor hns selected, will in-truct, whilo tlioy
exhibit the humanity ^so to s|>oak.) of a great intel
lect. -.
From a late London Paper.
SAM SCOTT, THE AMERICAN DIVER.
Tlm extraordinary tuun An Monday afternoon gave
n living lenp I'roirt the tapgkILniyntd oftlm coal brie
Wakefield, of IlljtV, lying off Hoiherhirim in lira
presence of an immenso concoiu so nf spectators
who lined lira shine* on both sides of Thames. ||c'
a*toni*hed tho spectators fur upwards of an hour on
the topgallant yuid hy his Luts, although u was
blowing a gale ut the lime. Oil mounting aloft | m
fixed himself nn tin top-gallant mo»t lirad,ondjw iih
his Lvl kicking in'he air, nnd liit head on lira top
of lira mast, mnaimxl in that piwition far tome time.
Ilo llien dosecndv.l to lira yard which v*a. braced
taut nnd nllliough lira ship vva* anything hut steady,
ran from uno rnd ef lim yard lo llm other, without
lodding on hy any n po, occasionally Imrnnguiiif tho
people, lie nudsx slip noo»n, which Im pLrrd
i ouud hit neck, and ihiew himself off lira ynn|. He
9 ... p ivmnlnr.l sti-panderi lura few seroniis, with lira rupo
lagcii In dm capitira and tlnuuciiwu of lira pirail J uml«i hi* chin, and railed himtull wtiii jirsidexu-r
MECHANICS’ BANK,
Tha following gentlemen wi re oi).,Monday elected
Diiectnrs of the Mechanics Bunk for tho ensuing
yenrH
A mm y Sibley, Marshall Keith, John M Adam*,
Thomas S. Motcnlf, James R. Walker, William P.
ltathlmn®, George II. Metcalf, Josiuh Sibley, nml
Enisles C. Scranton.
And at n meeting of th-* Bourd, Antory Sibley,
Esq. was ru*elt'clcd President,
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN.
A snvi'io rebuke ha* been given by a whig editor
in New York, lo sonm of his allies of tho pecs*
the sentence which fullowtK
“Let us show, Hay* he, tlmt wo nre gentlemen as
wollnsviciors."
The N. Y»Citm i-.ercinl (Fed.) has tho following
gentlemanly article—
‘•Small Easiness.—To continue personal attacks
in the newspapers upon President Van Boren. Wn
disapprove of the doctrines of llm message, and
have sai I so. But it is well and al.ly written; more
over it dignified document. Ami ns the President
Ims druwu bis robes around him to full with gract',
let us show that w« are gentlemen as well us vic
tor*."
Tho Republican measures nf Mr. Van Buren will
stand a severer test than that which the attack:
upon it, pregnnnt withpcrxiuinliries, impute. When
ijieehidlitions ofparlisun editors shall bo forgotten
** t|j)i vyud which %ufis them into existence passes
nwny, iho measures of Mr.^un Boren daring his
administration will ho hailed ns lira measures of onu,
who was studiously bent no rescuing lira country
from a National Bank, and other projects subversive
in their operation of tliut system of economical
pendiinrcs which should distinguish u Government
likujhi*.
That a National Rank will ho established under
lira auspices of the next Administration, no one,
unless blind to lira signs of the times, can doubt.—
The Independent Treasury must, in its incipient
stage of existence, ho suppressed, that lira Mam
moth Institution, nguin*t whieli tlio State Rights
men of Im South Imvo heretofore contended, may
bo charioted, lo disregard the liberties of a free
people.
Money is power, nnd men bow to this moneyed
corporation with tlio promise or hope of being tho
recipient of its I'uvurs.
How finely contrasted with the conduct of the
Senator* of Georgia, iccentiy lira exclusive “State
Rights" men of this State, is lira courso of Mr.
Wickliffe in lira Kentucky Legislature.
The first bowed to pnrty liicitilion, ns tlrav viewed
in the vi»ia tlra Rank charter, signed by thuirCan-
didote—Wm. H. IIurri*6n.
The latter spurned lists fiat which went forth
bneked by the influence of Henry Clay, nnd standing
nlono, us it were, asserted Iris political indepen
dence.
When such men fill our Hnllsof Legislation, wc
may expect a recurrence to fundnmontni principles,
hut not till then, for Harrison, sustained hy the po
litical influence of Clay and of Webster, must bo
watched, for his allies are tlie friends of a Bunk, a
high 1 arift', am] other measures, which will email
upon this country evil* which years cannot repair.
Tho subjoined paragraphs wo find in tb« Rich
mond Enquirer:
The Movement.—Tlra Federalists, who urn
about to take the rein* ofp nvor, must have a distri
button uf iho proceed* of lira I’.ddic Lands, nnd
augmented Tariff to supply the vacuum in tlra Tien
*ury. J lay must repeal the Independent Treasury
III uni,', lii v.tiibli-li in lion or il » Nuliunul Hunk.
riioj »ill him ini Kxtrn Ir ih.v enn bran
it about, to mature these und other Federnl mens-
ur®f. A hundred Signs show such to ho lira policy
or their measures. ' 1
Governor Wallace of Indiana, has just uterd in
nis met*ago thu distribution Governor Lctclnv
nf Kentucky | H ? . M bath „ Distrilnithm and a
National Rank. There is no longer n doubt ihni
n National llisuk r* to bernmo a lirvuiile measure
of the next Adminisimlirm. Mr. Clay's f. lends in
2? uT W *l* f ulinrsdy offered
resolutions in favoml n Bank. "Mr. Wickliffe took
V? 1 ? 'land u|ain*t it,and gave n desciip.
i min ihr.con*en",nc®* which retailed to lira West
M •’•••khshment of the lust one, w hen a
••••It* Irfeama lira
i **""*'• u, ’°" >*il«l that it was
« I «r'y aitature, a-ui that by t .king tlra course Ira
jlul, lie was opposing i|,« Hsrrisoii party lo which
Ira helonged. hu repliml that ha had voted for Gan
• • IxirUon b""ha. his ••isshmeaiio Ganaral .„p«r
' ,M ,0 " nw * induce him lo give hi* •uppon I g»«ncr.
Specie.—We understand thnt lira U. S. Rank hns
now in'her vaults, moro than $4,000,000 in specie.
All doubts a* to n general resumption hiive disup.
pen red, nnd wo begin to indulge n liupc that our
community will glide so grnduully from suspension
into resumption, that the affair will not creato a
momentary sensation. The truth is, very -Jittlo dif
ficulty is experienced even now w ith regard to smalj
change.—PAR. Inquirer.
A Slave. Trader.—The brig Tigris, Cupt. Fry.
sent to America by her Britannic Majesty'** algopof
war Water Witch, Cnpt. M.itsoe, for being engaged
1« the slave trading on tho'coust of Africa, arrived
in SnliTn, Mush, on Tuesday lust. .This vessel was
d.'S'iiird for l3o*tuu, but put into Salem in distress
ol ucuthor. An cxt'idiinlionof lira officeri* nnd
crew of tlio Tigris was in bn Imd nt Boston, in iho
U. §. Conn, Judge Davis, nn Thursday morning
last,'
Fatal Occurence.-While the person in charge
of the National Thoiitrn whs extinguishing lights tip
le'r the close uf tlio performance's lus't evening, his
attention was momcninrily lilt rum cd hy a sound
similar to that pint!need hy the concussion iff n fall
ing body, but supposing that it. wns Accflsibned by
some oiib on tho singe, he thought no more upon the
•ubj'Ct. On opening the Them re, this morning lira
lifeless body of n colored man « n* found in the p'nr.
queue in such n situation n* mado itcVidcnt thnt Ira
had fallen from the gallery above. It is supposed
ha whs sleep, and mistaking tlra proper direction on
nwuktiiing, Ira was precipitated over lliebnlustmilea-
Wo learn that Ira is tire property nf Mr.. Charios
Coltmnn, nnd wns nvulaabh servutA.^- Washing*
ton Globe, 2d it,si.
Rubeit White, Into Cu-hirr of tho Manhattan
Bunk.wn* sentenced in New York on tlra 1st. inst.
to lifioen days' imprisonment fn tho City Prison,
nnd a fine of $250, fornn ussuujt, und Lottery
Jonathan Thompson, E-q.
ELECTIONS.'
Ffiingham County —For Congress—\\n\t7Q-.
Watson20. Messrs. .1. Milllott, j. C. Wnldhneur,
L Wellman, W, Spier and A. Mulieit,were elect*d
Jiistics of the Inferior Court. John Charlion.Esq,
wa* ri-nppidnled Clerk nT.the'Comt nfOrdinniv.
Richmond County—Returns Complete.—Holt
038, 'A’ulsnti 302
Macon City Elections.—On Saturday Inst tlie
unnual election for Mayor nnd Aldermen of thu city
of Macon, look pint c in tlio sovorul Wards. Tlra
following is tho icsiili:
Mayor—WnsliingUm Poe, E*q.
Aldermen—1st Ward, U. J. Bulloch, G. A Kim
berley. 2-1, It. II. Washington, M. L; Grnyhill.
3d, Win. G Macon, H. Candler. 4rii.L. J. G.nce.
Macon Telegraph, 5lh inst.
The election for Senator closed yesteiday. The
following is n statement of the number of vote* pull-
ed: '
Ward No. 1 33Q
• “ “ 2 26ft
“ '* 3 443
* "4 573
CliurJnslon Neck 395
Total 2903
At the election for Senator in October, there were
2(535 vote* cast, showing a decieuso of G52 sineo
that time. Tltore !s no doubt that Mr. Boyce will
have a lurgo majority.— Charleston Coutier, Cth
instant.
-I
• ( Correspondence of the Republican.)
Ofkick or thk Nkws.
St. Augustine, Jan. 3,1041
An order has been issued by which a large esert
w ill leave this place and Picohita simultaneously
twice a week, Mondnys and Fridays.—Travellers
wilt bnvc 11,1 oppiirttmiiy ofcj.iylng it. iiniiKllun
on 1 he i'icolutn road. -
Tim steainer W. Gn*l..n, Cnpt. Barden, has just
urr ved irmn'tl.a South. By her wn learn tho death
Davidson, 3-1 Artillery, in conso
of Cnpt. W. B
I • - ■ ..i.lHMl, III VII"
qi|.*nce of|dlsen«® contracted in the eyergludc*.
Lieut. Col. Hnrney bus started nanin.in Conntu
turn with n detachment of officers mid sailors from
Lieut. MuLtioghliu’* command, nnd n party of Mn
rines, tinder Liouts. Slonh and Wil«„ii, f„ r Sum.
Junes camp. They uro nccnmpaniej by the negro
John, who was wounded in lira former excursion.
nn,| an Indian Prisoner. No achievement doting
me war, lias exhibited such patient end 11 ranee, phm
rout with so muclijmlgment, nnd followed with so
much success, a* this galh.nl officer, nnd those a,so
crated with him have accomplished. A pns.aco
across the Peninsula—lira destruction nf Chekika
the lender of tho massacre nt Cid.msnlmtcbic. nnd
Indian Key—nnd the fact, that the Inditin will now
learn that temporizing is no longer lobe resorted t.x
will go u l„ng way in breaking hi* confidence.
Extensive Robbery of the Western Mai/.—A
cm rosdnndcnt nftlra Philadelphia United State*
Guzotie, gives tlra following account ofn most cx-
tciiMvo robbery of the Western Mail.
There oro nccoHnts in thi* city thut lira Western
Mail, on us passage front Wheeling to Baltimore,
lias been robbed eight time* since tho 14th of Nov.
pust. 1 he robbery wns effected hy taking il,® „ nn li
poueh containing tha letters for New York, and oil
™“ “ r ll »‘ TIj. .H.niulim af il,. I*.,.,
Oir,«i. IWlnwIit h,. not v.i any nnc
n. h. (irnluliki rnbb™, Th, „ r
iii 1 1 " * u r^ 0 •“ ,, , 10 h .“™ In III. moil. , o!„n.
1. i.ry inn. il.rnbl. 11,„.„ „„
" 'l' "i, " Cnlaniliu. (Ohio) J.um.l, nnd
which I noticed on Monday, ‘
From Iho Pensacola Gazette.
NAVAL.
Tlra U. S. Frigate Macedonian, bearing tho
broad pcniiHiit or Cum. Jasiu Wilkinson, arrived •
Irani nn Monday last, nnd it now at anchor at tho
Navy Yard. On Weduesday she exchanged salutes
with lira French Corvoita Sabine. \Ve learn that
she will shortly cmr.e up and anchor off the town.
1 Ira U. S. Brig Consort, Lt. Com. Powell, arriv.
od Imre from St Joseph on Thursday last, having
completed iho survey of that harbor and Apalachi
cola.
Wo have been politely favored .with tho follow,
ing nrrmini of tlra cruito nf tho Macedonian. Wo
take thl* occasion in remmk, thut wa should firal
much obliged by frequent cnmmunicotion* of this
sort. Tho preparation,of them would servo to fill
up nu otherwise vacant hour on ship board, and
llieir publication would enrich our columna by ena-
b ing ut lo shew wlrat our friends oftlm navy aro*
doing, their w hereabout and all that.
** V. S. Frigate Macedonian. )
Pensacola Bay, Dec. 21, 1840. t
Sir: A* this, l lint is just finish'd; is in many re-
sp'-ct* tlra imiHt remarknlde cruise that nor ship hns
ever made, a concise ncrount of It mtyuot be unin
teie-tieg to some iff >lie reader* of iho Guzetto.
■ We were towed down from' Norfolk to Hampton
Rutidx hy tlra U. S. Steamer Poinsett on the J5th
tilt, where we were detained hy stormy wmtheracd
head winds lor four day*. At sunrise on the 20th,
wi* put lo sen with a fresh noriwuster nnd the wea
liter.wintry cold, but after ubnut tw enty four hours
good .inn on our courso, wo made fine wenther and
lost.our hroew; for hull a day we were baffled with
light airs, equivocal puff* nnd palpable calms. It
wn* not the season tu find a cominuance of calm
weal her,however,, in the neighborhood of Hatteias,
nnd we soon line! wind enough, but unhappily com
ing from lira southward nnd eastward, It was right
in our teeth. Six points front our courre, we stood
off to iho eastward and a* tho heavens frowned
with lowering tlircutr.Hs our Barometer and Svm-
picsomei* rlmt'.i indicated tho nnpreech ofn desper
nte conflict of lira elements, nnd a* night was rapid
ly advancing, our upper spur* cume quickly dow-q
on deck-, mir topmasts wero housed and undera closo
reefed muin-topsail (for by this timo the bteese bed
freshened to a gale) our gallant ship luid-too with
tlio graceful naso and beauty of thu Swan’upon tlra
lake. Torrent* of rain enmo down nnd the sea ran
madly high, while the wind in it* fury howled wild
Iy through the rigging, end the heaven* grow bluck
und still blacker in the conflict.
Every sailor ktraws thut d norm at sea is no
pleasant Hffiirat best, and that rainy weather ad
ded io heavy sen* which are dashing their sprays
over the decks, converts a mnn of w nr, usually n
cmnfi noble uboib*, Into any thing el*o but a place of
comf-rt. Just nt tlie time to wliicli I refer, bower
er, while ull was wnr and madness without, an un
itsuiil clicci-fiilncsj reigned within our shii : not on
oath nor an uugry word fould bu heard to esenpp
tlio lips uf un officer in giving his 01 dors, und not ft
man lequiicd lobe told nsocond time to “mnn this
brace," or “thut clew line." Hut nlmve nil, noons
could n void being inspired nt tho conductor our
Commodore. Hi.* self-pnssessiun was most perfect.
He stepp. d on deck for a few moments, and with
Mle calmness ofn summer morning, contemplated
lira raging of the sen. and the fury of the tempsst,
und wi limit opening Id* |i,„ t„ con fuse Ids officer*
in tho management of the shin, his placid demennor
und perfiVliraninunliko hearing, inspired every one
wi.licnnfi li ne® nnd set him ntense. Mildly observ
ing, “wo will Irav® n blow bcfoie it L over,” Ira en
tered bin ctihin, not Irevimting o moment to confide
in tlra Henworthjness of Ids ship and the trust wor-
tlilness iff It I* officers.—Tlw result proved with what
good judgment Ira nctrd, fur
Nor a spar wns sprung nhr a rope wo broke,
As nur ship u er the billow was hurried.
\\ iih ur.cdki.unn| lull*, intermissions, abatements
end veerings, lira guloconrinned until tlie 28th,when
finding nurselves in the neighborhood utilra Tntpic,
in longitude ulioul 07 deg. W„ we took 'th* tradea'
nnd enttin in flowing sheet* .through the Mona pai-
*ugcnn the first in»t., mnking in twenty four conte-
cn ive hours upwards of two hundred and forty
mile*. , V #
Ag we coasted on the South side of Hnyli nnd V of
Cuba, “tlio trades" gave us a fair i*ind and light-
breezes, and during tlra evening to walk the deck in
our light summei dress?*, breathing the blond and
elustia ntmiHphvro iff the Tropic* and gazing upon
lira myriad* of twinkling stars, and the soft and sen
timenml moon whose silvery brightness was mad*
but atlU mars bright by the traniit of 0 trade cloud
whose shad-w now and then passed fiver us, was
indeed n pleasure. But this wns not ail, for occa
•iunally 11* the bieVso* came over the land, their
balmy wings were freighted wilh the fragrance of
ten tliousand odorous flowers and shrubs, nnd as we
drank in this sweetness it required no vivid imagina
tion to.paint the brilliant lundfrfap®, wh> re nature
has displayed her generous boupiy hy a molt munifi
cent profusion of intermingled fruits and flowers end
budding trees und plants, us If the genial eeutons,
Autumn, Spring nml Summer were walking arm in
nrm * their spb ndid round," mnking “the earth
teem with riches nml the licnvciu smile with benefi
cenee. Ilow'deliglitfid was thekcene around us!
In the midst iff it, it wns difficult to realize thnt but
a few hour# before uml heartless,angry winterrnged
nlsmit us. But we could not dwell in this Puindise:
we duidiled Cape Antonin on the 11th itist. Light
'wind* nnd partial-calm* left us much at the mercy
ill l|ie Gulf Stream, which swept us nearly to the
Turiugns bunk* where a gentle wind came to our
relief on tlra IGth: sineo when wo Mood clnsehauled
on tho starboard lack until the evening of the 19th,
when “Land Of'Vavus cried from tho must head. It
somi proved to HR, ns we supposed it wss, Mobile
Point, and we finind ourselves a few miles to leeward
of tlra Fort. We itnmrd ntoly commenred tar best
lo ibis harbor, ami 11* byyeslcidny morning, the ship
was no'up within twelve miles of her reckoning,
which slra usually overruns, wc found that the east
erly wind had created n considerable westerly cir
cuit. We took our Pilot nt 9 o'clock this morning,
nnd nfier beating in with a fine breeze let go our nn
ch-T nff lira Navy Void about 12 M.
W.- Imvo been thirty one days at nco, tho longest
pnssnge the ship bus ever made,‘und during .which
slra has experienced her only gulu of wind. As,
however, slio'hu* made n good nverngeof ten knots
un hour during u period of favourable circunLTtm
ces, nnd ns slio 1ms repeatedly gono nine knots on a
bowline under leered topsails, courses ami top-gal
lant tails, wu think slio has clearly established her
claim to the character 1 fa fair sailer.
, The following i* a list of the officers attached to
tlra Macedonian:
Liciit*. J" ,|n Rudd. Frederick A Neville, Titos
W Brent, Jus C Walsh, acting do Jns W Cooke;
Mug Lieutenant, Richard L Page; Purser, Ed T
Dnnre,Serceon, M Morgan; Marino Officer, Lieut
J, r tvel,? Cnmfnudi.hi’H Secretary, Thornes
Miller, Esq { Assistant Sugcons, John A Guinn, J
Huntington; Professor iff Mathematics, J McDuffie;
Commodore-* Clerk, Wm Conner) Midshipmen. H
A Ctllii.on, .1 N Mon i, J \V Aipliy, V R Mor 6 »n,
J K Uuir .1 S Kennuni, J SI B Clin, J M w.in-
"ri»l«. J N Rrici-lnml, J U Creighlun, H K Dliven
port, C Bert,nly, J I, Not,on,. S Mnrcy, D Octiil.
inrt Gunner, J D Brnilmll; Snilmnknr, N B Bend!
Acting Buntswnin, Chti.tf I-rinn Curpcnler, D Cnn
Skip ,|„ p.„,
■ Ivor 1,nr lull ot life nml nrllvlty, Til. Imrl.nr.rirr
n nntil. ninrchnnlmen li.vnbrrn trccnlly |n|.|,_A
•plum ll ibip I, «n tlie ,t„eh. In Bruwn * Boll',
il '• , ‘ M - *■ »•
Porkit’t Steam (Inn.—Ono i.fih* v *rv • r **i*.i
j,| , .nl |,, 'i.nl'th.1.,|„' y »
Mr, lr"ltl",,nn»i" | iilni|i, | i„ IUill*fl,l|i| l la. Ini
it tlm nr ,U liuvilml nil. |i,||, pr, mlnm.l Till.
I. .np.r.eilm, imipuwil.r ky ,umn with n t,u
NAVAL.
From tlio cormpanrieneoijrtlio Journnl ofCom.
mrreo (ofOct. Hilt, 18-10,) Trent Mndtrvideo. w.
lenrn that tlra U. S. ship Potomac urrlved here from
Rio mi the.Oiii nit. in I7J day* passage, and Com
tnoduroJli. gely waited on board two days in expec
lotion iff n bout being sent from the French Admi*
tai t alilp.ni customary un tho arrival nf all ships
i *"n r ' cW,l ‘» nut having beon extended to
the I otomne, has prevented tlio interchange of sa
lutes, or nny communion'Ion betwoen the two squad
runs. *
On the I lib inst*Com. Ridgely,hoisted his broad
Pennant on boon! the Decatur Com. Ogden, and
sailed for Buenos Ayres, with a view of rendering
•urh prnteciiun to the pertuns nnd property of our
fellow citizens in that nuorter at may lie found nec
«*#saiy. Vho "Mamin'* sales to day for snma desti
nation. The Potomac remains near this port. Ofii
cm and errw nil well.
The French have now thirty two vessels of wnr
(all frem Franco) In this river, to which moybu it!
ded a vast number of smaller vessels.
Tlra Now York Herald of Friday, speaking of
exchange on lira South nnd tlra indications of a gen
oral resumption, has tho following remark*;
Tlra raiuttff premium un speclo indicate tha do
grro of ilepieelusion of lira local currenoitts through
out the Southland ilNMlIflbirat tlsureetof lnd»ut
rtlirass in lira oummernLI evniro of ih* Union. It
will traiditsrvvd that lira raio ufbilU nn England,
being In depreoriaivd cuirencies, ara gsn’iiully J#
ur lhan ui lid* port nml are In every It sianco lra"w
par for siirrla. Whtihrriho pmpored resutnpilon
will Misnd to nlhlraso [minis or not, is ysl probl*
mailpal, l.eiisii frnni New Orisans areconfidsn)
ihiili iinnoi hi sfiVeisd ih«r«, Tht mumpUoti