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McLeod Indicted.—Th* Rochester Kvrttfa* Ad.
vocal* uf Thursday savs: "On* of the witnesses re*
turned from Lockpvirl, fetatt* that a I rue bill !»••
been found by ilia Grand Jury, ajalnit McLeod, for
murder."
The Albany correspondent of the'Journal of Cum
mere# *■) »:
V.itbUe sltentlrm here begin* lu bn drawn towards
the McLeod affair at Lockjmn, and tlm serious cm
Iroglio tint I# likely to grow nut of ll. Information
has been received here, that the Grand Jury of Nl
again have found an Indictment sgnfa*l McLeod fur
murder. HI* trial will come off on the first or «n
cond week In March. I »ee tlint a " mas* meeting
of American citizens'' I# colled at Rochester to take
into consideration ll n prevent situation of our tela
lion* with Great Britain. Effort* art* nl*o being
made to get up a ilmilar inerting in tlii* city. At
the present delicate podtlonofnur negotiation# with
England,such expression* of feeling* should be di*
countenanced n* only toudingto embarrass nod ro
'lard an amicableaetilcment ofotir difficulties.
ajIVitKSfilUlJU
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ait. 1041.
Floe of the free! still tienrtl.y away,
Uudiuim'dthrough aye* vet utitnM ;
O'er earth's proud realm* thy stnrsdhuilny.
Like morning'* radtiflil'rh'uida unrolled.
Flag of the skies I still perries* thine,
Through ether'* mure vault unfurled,
Till every hand andheart entwine.
To *wee;» oppression from the world.
■LAST CAST OK TIIF. CABINET ACCORD'
IXG TO THE BEST CONJECTURES.
Daniel Webster, Secretary of StuTe.
Thomas Ewing. Secretory of tlto Treasury.
John Dell, Secretary of War.
George E. Badger, Seeretury of llio Nuvy.
J. J. Crittenden, Attorney General.
Francis Granger, Postmaster General.
We understand that the greutesl trouble I ns been
about tho Treasury—and wo marvel at it. Where
is that greotest of financiers, whose name nlnno nt
the head of Treasury, according to Mr. TVestOn.
wuuld huve added tin hundred millions to the* vulue
of lbs property of the tuition 1 How was Mr. Bid
die forgotten in this Htrangoment ofnn Administra
tion which wnsbrouglit i"to existence to pot no end
to tho derangement ofilio cttrroncyT It i* possible
that Thomas Ewing, who first got his licenso end the
tnesns of speculaiiun in land scrip from Mr Biddle,
should supersede Ids master in the greut science of
finance, nftortheochievement of the victory to which
Mr. Biddle and his Bunk led the way? It is thus
often, however, that great gonitises ruin themselves,
,o make the fortunes of tho merest dunces.—IF.
Globe, 12/A inti.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR
IN MICHIGAN.
Thu Legislature yesterday, in joint convention of
both Houses, and on the first liullnt, elected hi* Ex
collcncy William W ondbridge, "United Suites Seim
tor for six year* from the 4th of March next, ns the
successor of the Hon. John Norvell. Tile majority
of Governor Woedbridgn wus ten over Lieutenant
Governor Gordon (the Whig cnucus canduhtcjntid
right over ull persuns voted for. Thu vuto in joint
convention stood ns follows.
Woodbridge Gordon Welch Conger
Democrats 23 1 0 0
Whigs 13 25 1 1
Total,' 3(i 26 1 l
From this it will ho seen rant Governor Wood-
bridge was eleciod by the Votes of the De/nocraiic
party in the Legislature.—Detroit Free Press.
Tho Dnmocrntic party of Michigun elected Mr,.
Woudhridge, wo understand, beciusc ho Concurred
with them in regard to the disposition of the public
land*. He will oppose Mr. Cluy's distribution at
fill points. Ho goes farther than uny of the Demo
cratic metnbur* in Congress in repudiating tho pre.
texts under which Mr. Clay justifies Ids proposal*
IF. Globe, 12/A inti.
Tills Institution is one of the most deadly hostility ex
istlng neainst the principles and form of our Constitu
tion. Tile nation {■ at this time, so strong and united
in its sentiments, that it cannot he sliAti at this mo
ment. But suppose a series of untownrd events should
occur sufficient to bring inti doubt die competency of a
H6pulilican Government to meet a crisis o| great dan
ger, or to unhingo the confidence of the people in die
public functionaries; nn institution like ihisjiciietrndug
i.y its branches every port or the union, f?2og by com
maud and in pholan*. may in a critical moment upset
the government. I deem no govorrnent s..fc, which
is under die vassalage of any scll'cimst* .uted nutlmrities,
or any oilier authority dmn that of die union, oritsicg
ular functionaries. What an obstruction could not this
Bank of die United States, with ull its branch banks, bo
in time of'wltr? It might dictate to us the pence wo
should accept, or withdraw it# aid. Ought wc then to
give Luther growth to nn institution so powerful, so
hostile.—Thomas Jtfcrson.
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OUR RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
We did not yesto/duy receive letters or papers
from Washington.
Tho Charleston Mercury of Thursday say*—
" In Congress on Saturday, Mr. l’ickens presented
a Repott from the Cammittco on Foreign Relit-
lions about the offair of thii 'Ca'rolinennd M'Lcod,
in which tho positions token I.y Mr. Forsyth, in
Ids orrespondence with Mr. Fox ure sustained,
concluding however with an expre*sion'of wish and
belief that war may not grow oat of it."
We find in an exclmngn paper tins following,
which gives the substance of n publication (ve have
perused:—
McLeod.—'Tho NiitgarA Courier publishes It
long letter from the counsel of McLeod, confirming
in all es*entiul particular* the statements already
given of tho outrage upon law and order committed
by tin* citizens of Lnckport, in connection with Ids
admission to hail. They stuio moreover that they
have no doubt McLeod is entirely innocent of the
ofiunro with which lm is chnrged; nifd tlint in bail
ing him no design existed for a moment of thus
avoiding n trial.
'Shipwreck.—Qn Friday tho 5'lt, in the morning
nhout 4 o'clock, the pilot bout United Stare*, of Ual
’timore, Copt. Smith, went nsliore nboni iliteo miles
t o tho southward and westw.iid of Smith's Island,
ill a snow storm, and wilt totally lust. All hands,
seven in number, immediately talking to the small
boat, and nfter much difficulty and danger succeed
«p in landing safely on Capo Charles, saving noth
ing hot what they stood in.
Cnpt. Smith nnd crow return tli**ir sincerencknnto
ledgcmeiits loCupt. Hallet and family for their kind
nest and attention during their stay on Cape
Chnrles.—Norfolk Beacon, Wthinst.
Exploring Expedition.—A letter from an officer
of the Peacock, dated Honolulu, Sandwich lslunds,
Oct. 20th, says,—" It U probnlile that so soon ns
lira season will permit the Squudinn will rommenco
the survey of tho N. W. const of America and Co
lumbia River, which will bn u long and tedious bu»l
ness, end not until it* completion will our faces turn
humoward.—N. Y. Jour, of Coth. 10/A inti
American Goode —We are told, and we tldnk
there is something In It th.it tha Eastern mnnufac
tutors liuve been ordering huge quantities ofgobds
back from Philadelphia, since tho third suspension,
unwilling to take the chance* of what may happen
there. Western merchants moy be willing to give
notes payable in Philadelphia, thinking that the
chances are in favor of a worse currency whan tho
notes full due. This runs m, however, operates ex
nelly the other way with tho manufacturers.—N Y.
Jour, oj Com. 10/A inel.
THE PENNSYLVANIA BANKS.
In tho Senate of Pennsylvania on Tuesday,(Oth)
a resolution wa* introduced by Mr. Ewing, requir
ing the commitleo on Bunks to examine into the
subject, and report what action Ought to bo had in
relation to the present fitmnciAl embarrassments
No action was had On it before the Senatd adjourned.
Money Mattetrk.—Tllo Philadelphia Inquirer of
Uth inst says:
Wo havo renlly but littlo change for the honor to
note in our business walks, though it is evident thut
tho meeting in relation to tho currency, held at the
United States Hotel,has had n favorable effect. The
furor of the pnnio m ly be said to hnvn passed over.
—Money out of doors remains at tho rate repot t
ed by us yelYeraay, arid U.S. Bank Stdek left off
■t28.
V. S. Bank.—Tho fnlbnVlng notice wa* publish
ed ia Thursday’s Philadelphia U. S. Gazette.
Meeting of the Friend* Of Equal /lights —Tho
mechanic*, laboring men nnd others, of the city nnd
county of Philadelphia.tci/Aorr/ distinct ion of parly,
who are in favor of extending equal right# and pri
vileges to corporations, as well as to individuals,
and who wish to have (ho United Status Brink pine
ed on an equal footing with the other Banks of tlm
city nnd county, before tho Legislature, are requests
edto meet nt the Merchants Exchunge.this evening
at 7J o'clock.
The Inquirer any* thul “tho object in view ertlbhi
Cos mnny momentous points for tint consideration of
our citizens, as connected With the bommeree, cure
rency and welfare of our city}" and further remarks
thut "it i» the bounden interest and duty of Our mer
chants nnd traders, to prevent an utntcesinry dis
credit from being cast upon nn institution, With
which the currency of PetuuylvanU is st) deeply in
volved."
Prom the Richmond Whig.
THE RICHMOND BANKS
Continue to pay specie with every prospect of
continuing. It is highly desirable that they should
do sojbul there is another thing still more desirable;
■till more indispensable—and that is that the com
manky shall not be mado tho sacrifice of the opera
lion. If the line of discounts is to be contracted to
enable the Banks to continue the payment of casli
—if by this means, dealers who depend on them are
to be deprived of Bank facilities and driven from
the market, and ns a cansequance country produce
is to fall from the absence of competition, the plan
-ler injured, the large cnpilalLi only benefitted—
then all except that capitalist will exclaim to the
Banks, follow the example of Phitadr/pkin and
Baltimore. It is no time to grind ihe face of the
community by curtails and contractions ofdiscounts.
It is no time for Banks, already sioggering under u
load of public oliu.it to increase that odium by rtia
king the rich richer and the poor poorer—far such
it the direct effect of contraction ut this psriod the
line of discounts, of necessity driving small den lei*
from the warehouses, and giving n monopoly to
those who rely en their own resources.
But will it be necessary for the Banks to contract
their line of discounts, to enable them to maintain
specie payment*! We understand otherwise, end
we state it with much pluasute. On tho other hand
tome of them we hear havo exten led it slnen tho
iciumplion. Those institutions wl'l deverve nobly
end win golden opinions, if in ilia face of the dilfi
cullies nf the limes, they shall both maintain specie
payments, extend relief tu the community, and en*
tile the farmerend planter to leap the just reward
qlfclt toil.
The Landou and Havre packets which sailed
from New York on the 1 lilt inn., uwk owl $100,
000 in specif.
• (Correspondenceof the Pnvannnh Georgian.)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 15.
The Civil nnd Diplomatic Appropriation Bill is
still tho topic nf discussion in the House, nnd there
norm* a disposition on tho part of mnny to reduce
utmost nil the items In it. Some of these nre of
very littlo Importance, nnd occupy more time in bo-
ing talked about, than llie nmount involved would
warrant. Tints, nn appropriation of $1500 for tho
Hilary of a Cfaik to sign land pntenia, brought up
half a dozen Whig oYatnrs, who prated about econ
omy nearly the wholo morning to empty benches
Thu IIouso wa* in Committee of tha Whole, mid
Mr. John Beil, of Teimnssue, our Secretory of tho
Trontuty elect. v» ns Cliui'rmnn. Tho hill will not
pn*s for ndfty or two, from present appearance*.
In the Scnnto, the bill milking appropriations for
revofatiuuury And other pensioners, with It pns*cd
the Hotiso lust fireuk, was culled up this morning,
nnd tho nmciitlme t providing $100,000 for tho
removal of the Indians in Florida, led to o lung di
b tle, which wa* finally cdncludo I by the pussngeof
tha Amandmnri't nhd bill.
The Bankrupt 6ill I* passed over inf>>rtnally for
the present, nnd there seoins no deposition to act
nn it. Tho near approach of the end of tho session
and Mm certainty of n called ono in u short time,
precludes the possibility of uny bu*inoss other than
the ordinary appropriation bills passing now.
About sevnn hundred private bill* now temainon
the calendar of tho House, where they will doubt,
lest stay for some years to come, if the future will
ut ull resemble tlm present.
Gun. Harrison wu* promenading nround the
House of Representatives, tho Scnote, Library,
dtu. all the morning. Ho was uccotupnnied l>y
Messrs Todd nnd Chamber*, two ofliis oiiginul
keepers, wlm it i* said, will he L«rd* of site bed
chamber nftrriho 4ih cf March. Gen. II remains
hei'e until Thursday, when Jho leaves for Vir
giniii, to sen his relation*. Tho old gentleman is
very d (farem in his nppeninneo fiom what nimt
people who do not kmUv him, suppose. His height
is hot little mure than fivo feet and a half, und his
form is spate in tho ex rente. Hit dinner with Mr.
Van Buren on Saturday, went off wiih much eclat*
Jcihn Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, is suid to he
about receiving tile appointment of Minister to
England, much to llm chagrin of TliadcusSiovi-ns,
and his clique, who h .vo been trented witii signal
neglect os well us tho G.-orgin people. It was at
tempted to farco this ambassadorship on Mr. Pres -
ton, of South Carolina, but ns the Federal put ty
fear tho power of Mr McDuffie, Mr. P. has refus
ed to accept it;
For the minor offices, ll vie nre a great many up.
piicanis on hand, but it is said that no idluratiou’s
will lako place in the Stuio ot other offices, until
llm extra session shall have met. The offices of
Collector ami Post Muster of New York City ore
cifluting quite an interesting kick up between the
editors of the Cornier & Enquirer, and tho Ameri
can, who ure both applicants. Mr. Wetmore, how
ever, it is saiil, will bent them faith. /
^Prial of Scmme's.—Wo lenru from the ^ii«,
l ittesvillo Advocate, thut the trial nf young Scnimes
before the Examining court on the charge of murder
ing ProfesAor Davis, Was brought to ti clove fate on
Wednesday evening Inst after ti two duyu iiive.'tign
lion. It was decided that the prisoner should bo
sent on for farther trial, to be had before the Circuit
SuperiorCdurt in May neki. The base wu* ubiy
ami cfahurateiy arguedim faith iide*.
Sad Accident.—Two persons were shockingly
mutilated recently by nn occidental explosion nt the
•tone quarry cf Mr. John Van Boron, near Kinder
hook Villuge, (N. Y.) While Mr. Vuti Buren and
hi* nssistum, John Uuvnnier, were in the net of
rlmrging forn blasioti Monday, the priming Wire
broke off, and nn the following day, they imprudent
ly commenced drilling nut the chargB.—Din ing tho
operation, nn explosion took placi*, by Which they
were both thrown u considerable distance, end
dreadfully lacerated. Cavaoier lie* in a precari
ous slulP, while Mr. Van Buren’* injutios nre such
u* nut to endanger his lifp. That thoy were nut
both killed outright, is astdaUhing.
Great Iron Shaft.—Ono of the large w tough
iron thufts constructed ut the wui ks of Me*»r*. II
Abbot 5t Co., 14 mile* from ill's city, intended for
tho Russian steam fiiguto now building in N. Yuik,
was brought in yesterday und taken to tite w harf
lor shipment. It wa* placed nn two wagons at
tached together, end drawn by fourteen horse*.
11.0 weight of this immense piece of wrought iron
is about 18,001) lbs. Its diameter is 18} inches,
und its length 2*1 feet 8 inches. It will be shipped
un buard thea.-hr. Sarah Augusta.
Bull. Amer. \3ikiust.
Money Matters.—The Now Yuik Time* of
riiutiduy #uys—
Money is in graut demand. The Uanks, under
lhell cunimen Jatdtf policy of extreme caution, are
doing all that ciicunisiance* will purniii. They
luvt largely inrro«i«d Hour imonnt of »p«cb , and
•r*pt*f»f«4 for any eittor|*nty,
rgiau to tin* latest mo'nent, to
eudet* ihetrpori on the en*n of
t'li- Caroline and Mel.ro,I, vulnlil ted last Saturday
lu the House, nnd r. reived this fan-noun. It gavo
risa to an i»ti-n-siii,g i|i«i-ii«Vioa, which was rom-lu.
dodby the Huutr indciing the report prin'.eil—yon*
103,nays 68.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Satuiday.,
Alexander Mcl.eoJ and Ihe Steamboat ,
Mr. Pickens, from Hip Cotruiittee on Fi
fair*, asked leave to tnuku a report from that mint'
mil tee in relation to the cot ru*ponden«# between tlm
Govpriinient* of ilteUtiitrd State* ami Greut Britain
in lelutitm to tlie destruction of the -teumloint (him
lino dining tho t'mulde* on tho Ciimula frontlet in
(lie . tiler of 13.18-0; u«u Iso in lel.ilioiitolho'ii resl
und iiiipri«oiiiuent ol' Alexander McLeod, a Biiii-h
suhj-ct, far being concerned in ihu dcitiucliuu of
that bout.
No ohjct-iion being made—
Mr. Pickunt sent iu tho report, n* follow*:
Tlm Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was
referred the Mesragn of tliu Piesnleut,tinn*niitting
a corfospondeiiru wi-litho British Minister in relu
tinn to ihe lontihigol tho stenmliont Cnrulinc, und
the demand miulo far tliu lilinrniiou of Mr. AU-xun
der McLpinI, ruspecifully tvp'ui:
It appeals tlint tliu •teainli->at " Cnrid’ne" wn*
seized und destroyed in llio month of Deremher,
IQ37. The committee nve induced to fa-liuve that
the fuct* of the cuso nre us fallow>: Tliu houl wus
owned by, und io possession of, u ciiir.cn of New
York. She wu* cleared from the city of Duil'ulo, and,
on the morning of llio 23th of December. 1837, she
left the port of Buffalo, bound for Schlusser, upon
the Amaiicaii sido oftho Niagara river, und within
tho territory < f the Uni ed States. Tho original in
tcnliun seemed to be to tun the hunt between Buffalo
nnd Schloxter, or perhaps from Black llock datn to
Scliio«sur, und, vliould it seem profitable, it wn* in
tended to uni her uUo to Navy Island, and touch at
Grand Inland und Tounwundu. Her owner was Mr.
Wells, -aid lobe a respeclnblc citizen ot Buffalo,
utnl it i* obvious his intention in putt ing up the bout
was one ofapecul tion unit profit entirely. The ex
cilcment upon that portion uf ilia frontier, nl tlii*
period, liad collected u greut many in the neighbor
hood, some from curiosity, some from idleness, and
oihers from lulling an interest in tho unusual und ex
iruurdinury collection uf udventuruns men gnthoied
tugeth-r lit that time on Nuvy Island. Navy Island
wus '* nominally” in tho British 11 territory."
Tho owner of tho C'uroline took advantage of
tlicsacirciinistunces to tnuko sumo money with his
bout, by running lier u* u ferry bout over to Navy Is
hind. All these liiets uppeur from testimony regu
lurly taken,(*eo H. ll. Doc. No. 302, page* 4Uund
39, 2d Sesdun, 25tli Cungtos*,) und tho committee
know of no legal cvideticu to contradict ilium. Them
i* no proof that nny mm* or munitions of war were
curried in tho boat.excopt, perhups, uno small six-
poundi-r field piece belonging to u pa*songcr. The
principal object was tu ran the boat ns a ferry boat
fiom Sclilosver, on tlto American side, to Nuvy Is
Inml, un tho Uiirish si !o. I- i* bolievi d thut,even
in wut, u iii-nii'itl Power liu* tho riglit to trade in
oontruliund uiliclo*, subject, tf course, to seizure nnd
coniitcntion if tukun widniith.-jurisdiction of t-iiher
of the com. tilling puriius. What is cimtrubutid of
war i* not always cerliiin. Treaty siipulations fn
quently include soino article*, ana exdudu others
rucogniBi-d in llio faw ui nations. Trading in con
irubundiiriicli-sls tiut-xcusn fur invuding the tern
toiyuud suit of u in-utral und iiidepi-ndi-nt Power,
w Iiokc pi ivuto citizen* may chuute tu run t he liazurds
uf such n trade, fn this instance there were no two
foreign Powers engaged in wui^ but ell c. ncemrd
iu tlm outbreak or exciterm-ut within llio British
jurisdiction claimed to be Briti.li subjects,iu reiia
lance uf tlm authorities of Canada, a proviunce of
u man fii tn most and linpii*unmrni far ulleu
re* rliatgr tl to lm rornmllied tigainet th-"pence
and ili|tdt)" uf tt State, berau-e lot Is a su'-jret of
Grvrtt Btiinlti.iirllerau** Int tointtillled llterrlitto
at tl e inaiignilon <»f t/tiHdr tin Authority nf Dnii«ti
Provincial ofiWrs': tnurh ml do we kn.iw nf nny
law tlint would justlfv lbo Pr/sident to deliver Mill
without trial,nt the den^nml, nnd upon limns-
tint! s* tu furls, of any ngent nf llio DrilLli
Government. If wo had been ut open war with
Great Britain.and MrLrikUind committed the of
fences i-lingcd,thru lm might tune fallen under the
rules and reguiatlnn* of war, nnd been Irwited
■s n prisoner of tlm U. Stutes Government, und
wuuld havo linen subject to tint law* uf nii'iot* In
war. But ns the alleged criminal arts, in whirli
Mi-rLeud l^c.|inrged to bo implicated, were commit-
teilfli |trofnutid pence, it is u crime, n* fur u* lie
arnm
generous itwlk-y, conyetilal tu tli*s
inteiests und rH-liKAVullHnlt People, fetal ruinpsli*
Willi tliu spirit nihI grnlusvf an pull|liisned age
Chivalry of the IIV*/—Tlmra Was quite ■ rhar-
•rleilstiu sirno in the court nf St. Louis on lire* 19th
A prisoner, charged with ciuititrtf. iiing Cat*
linn Gold pieces, « fellow of Herculean pm|iutloii*
jumped from (lie box Into the middle of tint Hour o
court room, and claiming his tight of wager of
'tile, declared lilmtolf ready to meet Ids accuter.
After n great deal of trouble, lie was secured end
tied off to the county jttil,
lie
may he oiincerned, solely agniml llio "pence nnd
dign'ty" of tin- State of'New York, undhercriudnu)'
jurisdiction is rompleto and exclusive. If tho
ciime* eorttmittvd bo such as to inuken mini hostls
Autnanf genus—nil mtlluw—u pirate,lu tlto legal
urceptiitiiinof tha term, then, iunler the law of na
tions the V*had Suite-colitis and uilmnul* Would
have jitri-dictiot.. But tint ofT-nco chnrged io lids
case, committed as it wus in tituo of peace, u* fat
u* this iriillvi.faiil wus cunceined, wiis i-nv purely
against iho/r.r fart, utnl coming exclusively within
the ciiminul jutisdictiots uf the Inluiuuls of New
York.
Tho Minister, in Ids letter of the tSih Deoetnher,
1840, says: "It is quite notorious iliut Sir. McLeod
wus not ono of tho purh engaged in the destruction
of itiesleumbuiu Caroline t und that the pretended
chin go upon w hich lie has been imprl'solu'd re*rs
only upon tlm peijiurd testimony of certain Cana
diuiis, outlaws, and their abettors," &c. This may
perchance, ull lie se{ but it would fat asking a great
deal ;o require un A/neTicnn couit to yield juiisdic
. und surreiiifar tip a prisoner clmrged with of
fences uguinst the lu'w, tipon tiie moro ipse dixit of
any mmi, no matit-r how high in authority. Wholli
er McLeod be guiliy or not guilty, is lint very point
upon which tm Ameticonjuiy alone Imvo u right to
decide. Jurisdic ion in State trlbimalsovercriin
inal eases, and trial by a jury of the venue, arc csscti
liul points iu Amoriciin jurisprudence. And it is u
und misapprehension us to the nniore of our syx
i*m tosupppso that tliero is nny right intheFi deral
Executive tonrrest tho virdictof the one,or thwart
the jurisdiction of the other. If such a power exist
ed, and went exorcised, it would effectually over
throw, und upon a vital point,ilioscpurmu sovereign
ly und independuiicc uf these Stales. Tlm Federal
Executive might bo clothed with power to deliver
up fugitives from justice for offence* committed
uguinst a foreign Suto, but even then it might not
be obligatory to do so unless it were mu.lo mullet of
treaty stipulation. Till* duty nnd right in an Exec
utivo lm* generally boun considered n« d-irinunl. un
til ntude binding by treaty nrrangemeut. But w lieu
the mutter is reversed, nnd demand is made, not of
fugitives from justice fur offences cumulated ugniiist
n foreign Power, but for tho liberali-n of u mini
charged with offences against llio pence and dignity
ol ono of our own Stales, then it is tlint tliu demund
becomes preposterous in the ex rente. The Inc
tlint the offence* were committed under life sunr.il.oi
of provincial authorities, dues not niter- iliu c.iso, no
less we wore io it statu of war. In such case* us
the present,the power to deliver up could not ho con
forced upon tlm Federal Executive by treaty stipule
lion. It could only bo conferred in (huso case* ovnr
which jurisdiction is clearly delegated by llm 1-Vde
rid Constitution; such, Tor instance, n* treason, which
isun offence again.t tlm conjoined sovereignty of
lim State*, n* defined In tiro Constitution. Over oil
cases except llfflso defined in tlm Constitution, and
those coming clearly aiujor the laws of nulions, tlm
Snnos have t-xrfaiivo jurisdh lion,und tin- ni si end
punishment far offences against i Item ure incident to
tho British empire. Even admitting, then, that the 1 their sopututo sovereignty. It fa not pretended in
Caroline wu* engaged in cunwnliiiml trade, yet it ilifa ease thut there is uny treaty stipulation under
which ihu demand fa made; und* llie F« dural Kxecu
with citizens who claimed to be subjects nf tlm
sumo empire with tiiosu wlm were styl d tho Irgiii
mute officer* of llm Province. Abstractly speaking,
how was u private citizen to decide who werejriglil
and wh wrung iu these lociil disputes? And which
portion of citizens o( tho same province must our
ciiizutis rcfiiMJto havo any communication with!
But the bout was merely used for one duy us a ferry
boat, utnl on tlm night of llm duy slm cuminunced
running slm wus scizi'd, while trio-tied at tliu wltuif
in Scltiosser, und burnt. Several men werea**u*si
uted; certainly ono, who fall deud upon the doc!:.
Now, the. insinuation of tin* Dri fall Minister that
Schhmser was " nominally” within the teriitoryul
ilia United Stutes inny well bn rulortvd, as wo cun
with cqinl truth sny that Navy Island was " nominal
ly" wi.liin tlm" territory"of tho British Govern
rn'-nt; for, at tlm period to which we allude, tlto
people cnliucied limro Imd us effectually defiud Ca
imdu nolhoiitic* os uny inn tion of our peoplo hud
disregarded ours. Yet JJiitish authority thought
proper to pa«s by Navy Island, then in its '• noini
ual - 'territory, nod. in tho plenitmlo of its power,
to cu*t tlm tegis a( British jurisdiction avur Ameri
enn soil. 1'iiis wn* truly extending over it* that
kind giiuidiunship which lil'-y haii not ihu ability at
tlint time to extend to a portion ol their own terri
lory, and which recommend# itself to u*, fail ns much
from it* useumpiion ns from itslovoi f ligln or law.
The Biitidi Minister is pleased also, to call tlm
Carol.no u "pi in lieu I steam bum.” The loose epi
diets uf nny one, no mutter how high in place, cun
notmuku that piracy which lm law of nulions doe*
not recognize as such. Pirates mo freebooters, enn
mles of the human race; nnd eminent jurists describe
them ns ravaging every sen und const, w ills no Hug
ami nnliunie. Pitney c--tnc» under tho concurrent
jurisdiction of ull nations. Even in llm worst pom
of viuw that it cun lie com-idered, those connected
with tlto Mtemrihuni Caroline wore hut oidets ond
abettor* o other* engaged in rebellion. And the
commiileo are totally at a h>*« to know upon what
authority rebellion is recognised at piracy. Such
confounding iifierm* is resting ilia cute upon epi
diets, instead of sound law or fuels. But even sup
posing it to be a '*piratical boat," a* the Minister
asset la it to he, yet tlio moment it touched our soil
it fell under our sovereignty, und no power on earth
could rightfully invudu it.
There Is nodoctrine more cnnsecrftied in English
history limn that every human being who touches
the s- il of Great Biiiuln fa immediately covered by
British law. Suppo*o one of her vessels were cut
from the banks of die Tlmmiis and burnt by Freneh
men. nnd British citizen# were ns4n<*inntrt!ut night
und tiie Freneh Minister were to nv'ow that thfey
acted under the orders (if Isis Government, and that
the vessel was "piratUMl/’ and tlm citizens murder
ed were outlaws—then tliero is not on Englishman
whoso heart would not bout high to avenge tho
wrong, und vindicate tho rights of hi* eountry.
•Thelaw there is the law here. And there is no in
turmitional law consistent with the separate inde
pendence ol'n itiiins, dim sanctions tho pursuits uf
jveo pirates tu murder uml arson over die soil and
urisdiclion of ono nf dm States of tlii# Confederacy.
No greater w rong run no done to a count y than in
vu«iun of soil. It it ban bo done with impunity at
one point, und on one occasion, it can he done ut an
other, arid the nuliuii that submit* lu it finally sinks
down into drivelling imbecility. If u representation
of ti e stuio of things at Scliul **<-r,nm| the rondiict
of those who hud control ol the Caroline, imd first
been made to dm proper nudioiities of New York,
or tho United Status, then tliero would lulve been
somo show* ul least of respect lor our sovereignty
and independenc-, und u disposition to treat o* ut
nn equal. But in this case, us if to (rent our author
ities with contempt, there wss no prt-iiminaiy da
mand or ^presentation (nude.
ll was hoped that tlto outrage was perpetrated by
a party io sudden heat nnd exriiemem, upon their
uWn responsibility. But (lie Uiiiisli Minister noW
avows that "dm act was tho public act of p>-t*ous
obeying tho constituted uu hoiities of her Mnjcidy’s
province," and dguih tlfiirm that "it tl-ini a publifc
act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying tha
order* of their superior authorities."
If ti is had bueii dm first and only point of colli
sion with Great Britain, it m ghl not hove excited
such interest; hut there faun u*«umpiion in most of
our intercom sc with tlint great Potter, revolting to
the pride and spirit of indrpend.-nre in a free peo
ple. ll it lm her desire to preserve pruev; her true
policy would bo to do justice, and show th-tt cotir-
tesy to equals which she has ulwny* demanded
from other*. Tl.o c->nt:nittee do nut desire to
pre»# views on this part uf the subject, particularly
u* a demand lus been made by toir Government
upon the Government of Grant U.ituin far rxpfa-
nu;ion its lu tlm outrage committed, dm urnwer to
which, It Is hoped, w ilt prove saii-factory.
As to tha utimr points presented in the demand
made by the British .Ministet far tho "liberation” of
Alexander McLeod, die committee believe tha
fact of the ettto to be,that the sieamboat wn» seised
and burnt a* tinted before, and that u citizen or
ttiiisen* of New York ware murdered in the affray.
And there were reasons to iiduco the belief difet
McLeod wu* particepseriminis. lie wu* at first
arrest.d, und upon vurinus te.iitn iny being taken,
was then discharged, lie was afterward* arrested
a stcoiid lime. Upon llm evidence then presented
he was impr.soiled iu await Id* trial. Ihere was nu
Invasion ul British ten (lot) in ssit« or lake him.
Bui, upon Ins Umg wduniaiy within our trirnery
a liberal and genrtou#
live, under our system, bus no power but what it con
Icrierl by the Constitution, or by special luw of Cun
6re##, in the fanner, it is declared that "llm Exec
olive power is vested iu u President uf tho United
Suite-," und that power is then to be pointed out
und defined by special laws putted from lime to
time, imposing inch duties u* ure thought proper
und expedient by Congress.
Your commitico deem it dangerous for tho Exe
cutive to exon-far nny power over u snhj -ct matter
nut conferred by nuuty nr by low; und to rxeremo i|
in any ease in confiict with State jurisdiction,
would be worse tlmn dangerous; it wuuld be turn
potion
But your committee forbear to press these point*
further ul prorent, and they would not have said ns
much on such clear qijrstiuu«'i.fir.ieinriiiimullnvV,but
that in this case llm demund f <r libetiiiion lias been
modi; by tho urcrciliird ugrnt of a great Power, und
under circumstance* uf peculiar eggruvuifan and
excitement.
Wo havo other point* of difference with Grant
Britain, which udd interest to every question thut
in isos between ut til present. Neither uttr North
eastern ur N.-riliwosioin boundaries are yut smiled
with ln-r, and the subject It not entirely free from
difficulty. She lias recently seizor! our vessels nnd
exercised a power involving the right of starch,
under the pretext uf suppressing the faxign stave
trade, which, if persevered in, will sweep our enrn
morco from the roust iff Africa, arid which fa iuei-rn
putiblo with our rights as u rnarutimo power. .Slm
ha* recently, in her intercourse with us, refused in
ifainnhy und denied our rights to prbpeny, un u sub
ject muilMi viiul to neui one hull' the Siuics ul ilii*
C*iifedoriicy, and which, considering her military
position ui Bermuda and her growing power iu the
West Indies-, js-of Clio lull inipurtunce to our nation
ul indepettdeiMP:
All liieso jfaUfecft ttiuke every question between
us, ut thi* psHUittr juncture, of tlm durpest interr-st.
Beside* tijjfcw'.' ure fanb permnnently destined
lo have, perhff|S, the mint extenslvo commerce of
modern nations. Our flag* lloil side by side, over
nveiy *co. an.I bay, qmljfilrt of the known globe.
She move* sren-lify up-ui her object* with an am
bilion tlint knows no bound*; and wherever »ln* has
h id a conflict of iiili-rest sbu bus idrely yielded lo
any Power.
At tld* moment she present! tfl the civilized world
tliu spectacle of tbe greatest military nod cummer
ciul power in combination ever known.
From her van pussi/ssions in every quarter of
tho globe, nod her peculiar commercial system she
has been made ilia reservoir of llio wcultli of nu
tion*. t
Her internal resources, skill, labor, nnd tnoclii
ne y, with her cnpitul, ntn fa-yund calculation. Her
nniurul position being about midway the coast of
Europe, giveS her greui control over the outlets und
currents ofcotnmnrce.
Her militufy occupation of Gibraltar, Malta, ill •
Iordan islands, und rorvntly of St. Jean d’Acro.
gives bur n»c-i.iinncy on the Mo Utvrriiuthio nnd the
Levant, while St. Helena and ilia Cope ul Gitod
Hope give her |ios*i:s*ion over the current* ul trade
along lfa.se extensive coast*. Then Bombay, Cal
cutta, nnd her immense po**es-ions iu the Ea-I In
dies, together wiih Iter recent movement* in the
China *eas au-l islands, nnalilit ln-r to ext.-n I iter
power over lliote vast regions that h ive siumfa red
far ages in snhlniy und enervated rnagnifi -rnco Slm
possesses Fidkland island but to citnlnil tbn com
murrotlmt pu**<-s nround Cojm Horn, while Trini
dad give# her nil she desire* in the tar-bbenn sen.
Halifax alone paint, nod Bermuda nl another,
stuud out in great fa ce overour own const from one
extremity to the other.
Her positions nil over lbb World uro nt thi* mo
ment, in a miliiury point of view, equal to a milium
of men under arms. Her continual cni.fl-rl* in the
mighty regions nf the East only enable lier offihers
to fa-comn skilful nnd to improve in ihe nrt uf war,
while her great armies nnd extensive fleet* draw
their support from the imm>-n*eroiiiiirie*suited end
occupied. In the present juncture nf affairs, no smre*
men can ovcilook diese things. Steam power lias
recently brought u* so nenr together dial, in die
evnnt uf nny future conflict, roar, ssith Us effects,
will bwpreripiiuied upon us with much tfioro iap:dl
ly than formerly.
Avarice and ambition are the ruling pulsions of
rh.-dein times, and it is in vuiu^o shut our ryes to
the state uf thing* urnund its It remains fa bo
seen what effect steam puwi-r is to have upon chan*
ing and modify ing the whole art of di-Imre und
w-u». It may Ik» a great engine for again faVHImjj
mmki.'d, and reducing evi-ry thing lu a contrst «ff
mere physicul force. In tint oven! it might be
difficult to conj-cluru what system of national de
fence will stand llio lest of time und experience.
We have a deep stake in peace, and fondly hope
the repo«e of the wnr d will n4 be disturbed. We
have crrtuinly not the lunst desire for any rupture.
Firmness, a/idu wl-o preparation, will luhg presetve
us from such fecatastiupb/. But While nu lempta-
t on should ever prompt i,s to do injustice on tho one
band, so no conviiieraiioo, nnibo other lot ml, should
ever induce us to submit to pvimstwnt wrong from
any Power oneurlh, no matter wdiat the consrqucn
ce* may fa*.
Your coinmiiirn would conrlnde by expressing*
firm belief that all our pointa of difficulty miy lie Lor
orahlv end amicably adjusted, and that harmony
may long be presetted by teib /Jo\eminent* pur id
PUBLIC MEETING.
At a mrpting of dm citizen* of Athens, and llio
iljuiiii.q* county, In Id ut the tow n hall in Adiflld’on
tiirduy tlio lllli imt., Judge I Inn ia, Chuiimaii
4 John Billups Esq , Secretory, dm fallowing pro
antlifa and tesolutions were ndopn-d.
" The disastrous failure of dm cotton crop in G.-ur
i, l* now ascertained beyond all doubt; nnd the
consequence* tliereiff are manifested from llio u*
motini iff propel ly siild by tlm sheriff, io almost evo
county, as well ns from llm amount of new littsi
ne*» ut die Coitttv, nt tlmspiing riding just common
cing. In this slate of things, tho people, lusted uf
tlm expected indulgence from onn fa nnutlicr, and
the expected uid from tho Honk*, nre pressed, in
llm farmer cn«e, fur payment; nnd, Ih the |btirr, by
the nrcessnty exactions Of life Bunks, in coti-u-
qiienre tif the nrt requiring n resumption of specie
payments. Tlimigli our Bunks, in good liiidi resum
n* required by low, wo are surprised by tint sud
den suspension again of all the Bank* between N>
Yotk nnd Charleston, and by tlm recent decision ol
tho Wesretn nnd South Western Banks, in Conven
tion nt Cincinnati, not to resume fur the present'
The consequence nf these events must hetorhukc
specie nftnln, ‘hot a measure of value Imt no article
of infaclmndire in a'great porih-h of the ‘United
Stales, commanding a (.rim that will uinply Vrpny
tho-c who may choose redraw It from nur Banks,
mid cm ry it diitlmr. Wlm can doubt dial if tlm bnnki
Georgia coniiiiue lo pay, orery dollar in their
vaults will bedrawn out lo supply this deinimil.ftnd
that thn people will Iml.-ft with scarcely tiny circula
ling medium, 'i he * fleet of such n course of things
on tho Inter »t of thorn whoso property must coma
into dm maikri, us well as on that uf dm creditor*
must ha must disastrous.
To remedy all this as fir a# possible, this met- 1
ing hi-licve* that unoihrr crop is necessary; thut
another average crop trill make nil tiling* easy; —
tint in the mean time, by industry, economy utulfar
hnnrunco.ihn evils ol tho crisis may be greatly mill
uiml; dint llm currency, instcud of lm ng suddenly
contracted,a* it nrcessariiymust bo, by pi-rsevcranco
to rcfiimpiinn with stispens'oti all around Georgia,
•lionld, if possible, lie kcqitin n state of griufaul con
trncthm, ut it was dining llmluto siitpension; that
dm people owing llm Bunks double ttlmt llio
Banks ow e the people, must be, by the sudden con
traction of dm currency consequent on resuniptioii,
really injured.
Resolved, therefore, while wo di-plurelhe nn
entsity which urges us to this conclusion, that tliu
Bunk* itt Georgia, surrounded ut they me, by a pen
plo etnhnir-isred by a failure of their crops, and in
the midst uf Stutes in which the Banks have either
recently suspended or huve demitninrd tint to to
tixnw, ought not, in this untorsevu state uf things fa
cutidmiciii a slate of resumption.
Resolved, Tlint wll tliu Bunks io Georgia ought
in tlm opinion of dot meeting, to suspend immedi
ately llio pa) moot uf specie.
"Rasolvcd, That nil tho Bunks in Georgia should
deni as leniently lit possilda with their debtors,until
tlm proceeds uf another crop shall lm realized,which
result it fa confidently beliuved, will put ull thing*
uusy again.
"Resolved, Thill all creditors should, in thenpin
ion of dlls im-eting, exercise tiie forbearance tow aid
dtuir debtor*, demanded by tha crisis.
THOMAS W. HARRIS, Cfiaiitnan.
Joint Billvvs, Seeretury.
A a fr nsta Chronicle, 18 th ihtl.
Hlflh Rol only iltglrrvl-tdtvi ami filftid#, hut the
country atrl the Expedition lm* sustuined ill Im-h
derrasf*
I take leave tnoipress my satisfaeiion i f dm nc
•ivliy and tcaldisplnyttl Mr LifeulenantCurninBndani
Ringgold, ifat urtlcvn* and rroasof tho Pm poire,
Flying Fish, ami iIihw hofelfe from this ship iff dm
Peacock, who went rngaiml lit the attack; alto of
ilmlr stiir.t uhsmanco of die orders fa protect lint
women and children front hat in.
blindly after my ferritul lit ilia F«|eegroup, I was
eorivlnoed that tlm native* were lint to fat misted
under any ciriuittslancus, and required dial oil ho
lunging to tha expedition should he armed when
visiting tiie shot a.
1 also issued tut ordrr on die second day nfter my
utrivnl applicable toall engaged in faint duty among
llio islands, mi extinct iff which Is annexed; and 1
mmi confident that strict alttnlh.ii lo thi* order dm ins
thn thren months wo have heentonrduou-l) engag
ed ia suivoying nil part* nfdiLoxtutiiire group, lm*
prevented llio occurrence of many other scriuu* uc-
idem*.
I huve tho hunor to he, sir,
Very respectfully, your nlm-licnt servant,
CHARLES WILKES.
Commanding Exploring Expedition.
To tho liun.JAiir.8 K. Psui.nixo,
Secretary ul the Nuvy, Washington,
SOUTH SEA EXPLORING EXPEDITION.
UkitkP Status Ft.sd Sure Vincunnna,
Fejee islands, August IV, 1840.
Stitt It be’ronfas my painful duly to report to you
tliu death of Lieutenant Joseph A Underwood and
.Midshipman Willre# Henry, of tho Exploring Expo
dniun, who wore tnniclinrou»ly killed by dm natives
ol tho island of Mu Hole, ono of tlto Fejt-n group,
oil die 24th of July, while engagud with oihers on
surveying duty, rind within a distance of 2099 fact
of u I'oreu under Lieutenant Aldeti, who wus iu
charge of tlm puny consisting of dinar hunts, faur
ollicrrs, nnd thirty men, completing ilia survey of
llio island, it fa ing the last uf dm Frjeo group to
ho i-X'iinined.
I rnrlo.e, herewith, Lieut. Ahleo's report, de
railing dm ciiciinHlunces.
I wusnt llm limn engaged, nbout lire miles di*
tunt, with tlm render Flying Fish, making ubs- rvu
Huns ution island# in tho vicinity
At 5 o'clock, p m. of the 24tlt, Linil, Alden
came alongside llio Flying Fish with llm In,dins,
and lenortcd dm ciicuiustunco lo mu I tlmn pro
caedcd lo .Mullein for dm purpose of making ur
rung) merits for avenging their dentlis, null inflicting
upon llio natives a severe chastisement for IIwir out
rugcau* conduct, und disputed of thn bout* around
llm i-lund, to as to prevent llmirctcupu (rum il du
ring tho night.
(Jn tlHt25.li I per farmer I ilm nio'itncholy duly of
ittlening dm remuinv nl the two i-flicet* ution an
uriinhaMted island, ton miles distant from Alsllofa;
after which, on Iming j dned fiy tliu Porpmsn, I
roturned und luraled un llm lute* r i-iankl, on dm
28th, wldi adllm force at my disposal, uml c Hi
rnrnci-d an attack upon die town uf buulcb and
Aria; lire farmer b-ing well fintiHud >>y ditches,
stockurlcs, etc. after tlm F*’jec tnorle, offured re.ist
unco wiih their inu.kols.spuar* mill clubs, but both
was soon oveicorrm, dm wii'nla teduccri to ushos,
mnny warrior* killed nnd wotinded, ami dtcir pro
peny and proVisions'destrOyeil. Among thuso kilt
ed wore the i-.hi.ffand principal ab'uis in llio attack
upon the nlficerl.
No injury wus sustained on nur side,eireptby
two of lire men who (Vera slightly wuiilidcrL and ull
w ere safely umbel lied tit -Unset.
On tlm succeeding day I received a message from
the dative*on shore, il.hingli ifal- interpreters, to
gdtber With fell the a nicies taken from llm deceas
••tl, begging far |mar r; but as I desired to make tlm
lesson as rffoclivo a* possible, 1 refu-i d untd limy
had begged pardon und sited for mercy, iifibr die
FvjeecU-tom. I -o informed ibvin, and landed
with our force lo a wuit their coming far dill |>Ur
pose. bo»o lifter, alioot fifty of their princi pal men
nppr./acberl us iu the most supplicating manner,
upon llmtr hands ami knees, begging pardon, und
suing far mercy; at the same tirho giving us llm
m«st positive us-uraoce uf llreir future good run
duct tOwahi* ihe whrrs, upon which it was grunt
ed; w ith the further condition of supplying u* with
wood, water and fruit, on llm -iicc-eiliug dry. Af
ler which I liberated a chief who bnd been captured
llm preceding day, reccitirig many promises from
hint neverugairt re p tmit Our countrymen to be
molested.
I flatter myself thn wh*d • affair bn* terminnterl
not Only io sui abiy avenging dm Heo-lr ofilm ofli
nets,but mfliciing un exvmpiuty phrdshmvht, tern
[a-red with mercy, and a due regard fa its Imnelirinl
t-fled*, upon the w bole gh.up ill lire F- jees, by con
vincing them that their iri'srMrtilln nets will not go
linpimi-fa-d; ami I have reason to tmlinvc it Ira* had
iia beneficial effect upon the natives of the group.
It i* difficult far me to surmise the cause which
led to this melnnrfady catastrophe, ns no sHtisfacio
ry bne could bo obtained fiohi dih natives who sur
vital, It may Inivo originated from a.lesiroon
llreir part to obtain tire far* arllrl.-s of truffle winch
Lieutenant Uralerwood had; The attack coinmene
ed, as is llreir custom, irport the officer *. Times
rnpu ifflheh'Stage at thn nionmut, is fa far tegrrt
led, and renders it possible that lire Knack wus
-uinewhat prrmeditaied by the natitus, encouraged
in part by tlm over confidence of the pally, diet no
stuck or treachery wuulJ be attempted ujninso
large a force.
It is a sour- a of much satisfaction dint ilia bodiss
of the deceased were so promptly recovered, and a
•nimble cp|Miflenity aff.ff.ied of paying ilwmevery
insik of rc*. fa their interment upon an Island
of a small group, which' Imd t.ot dmn hern natnrd.
1 tin-reion' called the f-inm-r"Henry's Island," fend
the fa:tec "Undarwuod's Group,"|U a testimonial
uf (air regard far lire deceased.
In hearing testimony to thn vxfabU servfotM.Mal.
and sbil ttf* evinced nt all tltfrai by the«« oflirvrs, 1
have, m comrrtl/ft «it It all, faUmcutdi-rply ill# faf»,
Extract from Bout Ordur* for tho Exploring Expe
dition.
Fkjkk lst.AMM.May 8, 13 10.
Tiie fofimving instructions w ill bo observed, nnd
in no. ii-o deported from miles* il is licett-ury lor
tho preservodup ui the part):
1. You will avoid landing any wlimn un tho main
land ur itlunds, unless llio lultvr should bu uiiiuliubi
ted.
2. Every precaution must Ihi olucrvnd it treating
wait natives, and no natives mu.t bo si-ilVrerl to
rome ulongstdn, or tmur your bouts, without your
hoarding nulling* bring up; nnd nil trade must ho
crarii-d on over tho stern of lit t boat, nnd llm urmt
und howitzers tt-udy to n'tml liny ntnick.
3. You will avoid uny disputes with them, nnd
tiu vet bo off your guard or free iVom suspicion; lin y
lire in no caso tolm trusted.
J. Boats must never lm separated at night, hut
anchored us tiuat t<-gether n# possildo-
U.S..Sure VdtcRKKRS.
1-Vjeu Island*. August J, 1849.
S r—In compliance with ytiurhitiiiicdo..s, I havo
the lionm tosuh.nii re you tlm following report of
trniituciioiM,which fall under my observation l-u
tween tlto 2l*t and 24ilt o|t.
At day light, on thn iporning uf tho 22d, die Fly
ing Fish stood at sea from tlm nncliorugo pear llio
south end of N'nbole Island. Bonn after, 1 I'ol'ow
ed with llit; boatsnnrt ntudo llm best iff my way to
waids my desliniitfun. At sunset, tho wind failing,
nnclinri-d under onn of dm small islands to tho mu th
of Moljolo. N'ex morning got under way, und ul
5, P. M fennh-aed in tlm harbor at llm oust sido of
that bland. Supposing it possible that llio Pur
aii-u hud nnchured oil tho other sido, wln-rn you
lad dirt clod me to join Imr, I despatched Lieut
Undei woud, with directions lo land near llio open
ing hot ween lim island*, where, by , ascending n
slight eminence, lm would huvua view of her an
chotngo, cointnuiiicttdiig to him my doubts of dm
good leuCstf of the nuitvcs, with which I Imd been
impressed in die sli-ttl time 1 hud hud of observing
their conduct mi my previous cruise; also, that wo
hud held no intorcouise with them; directing him
n't the sumo ditto to bo well armed, und return bo
fare sinisei. A few minute# uftur lie liud landed, I
saw him return to his bout with ono of hi* crew,
who had landrd witli him, und a native. At tlm
sumo lime I observed flermin muvements among n
party of nntives, who at the moment upprured
nround llio point near wldch Lieut U's bout wn#
lying, and with whom lie nppoared to hold conver
•ution. i immediutelv hoisn-il Ills recall, wliicli lm
promptly obeyed. After repariing no vessel in
siglit, he iqftivmed ms ul the following plrtMimtlfetico
wlde.li hud occurred during Itis nlmrt obssnee. .
As ho sic ndi d llm lull already tefoired to, hu
suddenly coinaup»n w nu-ivu carrying an armful of
clubs, who,tha momenth« perceived Lieut U.threw
iluwn hi* Ian limn, and ullcmptnd fliglit; but wo* do
l lined, and made to follow tliein rewards tlm bunt.
WIioii ha arrived on the beach, tlm putty of whom I
have spoken upprO-jclo-d and appeared much di*
cone Tied ut finding tl.'oir comtudo without arm*,
and in .his power.
Alter sumo, ronvarsullon with LloUtU.Ontlio
subject, w» naturally agreed dial in our endeavor#
to procure prevision*, of which we were in much
need, it would bo necessary to adopt t-veiy precuu
dull. . , • • _i
Next mnriiing, tlio24ih, wn di covored a iclmon
er nt anchor, nhout eight miles to tho cnstwur-1;
nnd at 9 o'clock, Lieut. Emmons joined us with
llio I'eucuck's first cutler Several unlive# cumo
off willi a few yams, und two small pig-; and in ip
nly loqtjr nnquirie-, inliomrij ns tfiiu their town
was loo uislunt to firing uff'jirwvitions in great qmui
ill Ins, and ifiel wu must go tfi.-rp, if wo desireii
more. J lii--ngrivo John Sue, our interpreter, pur
mission to visit dm town, to ascertain if provisions
tumid bo obtained; ha suthi returned, und informed
me that lie thought wo couJtl get what wo wanted.
Limn. Underwood immediately requested pet mis
sion logo and ninku die imcessaiy put chases, which
* giunit/d, informing him )hut I would follow as
soon (is tl o lido pumiiltml; when ho -limed cff'for
lh« pussuge helwenu ihu islands. Almiit tho lime
Lieut. Eiuimmsdeparted for the purnose of making
observations mi dm smaller isliuid. I soon per
ceived that Ihe Imopurd grounded on thn pu-.si.go,
and that a nionher of imlives,|icrhaps 15 or29, had
collocted ubsu( her, uml joining their song with
tlint of tho bout's cio w, were assisting to drug ltd
ilnough. As.llm number .of natives appeared in
Ci easing, and impelled by apprehensions of somo
danger, I ini mediately lUtuinplcd lo foilmvhiin; hut
the cutter being much heavier 1 wus unithlo to dp
■o until ufter u detoniioti uf tho lido, of perhaps 20
minutes. After getting into die bay, 1 found the
Leopard nt anchor, about 2900 fret jroni tho shore,
in just sufficient water to prrrpit rna lo get ulong
side, and ,1 waf inform- <1 l>y tin* crew thu( Lieut.
U. hudgono ashore, leuvmg u loistuge, whuin 1 im
tm-didtely trnik into my boat. With dm uid of my
gluts, j taw Limit U. with several ofliis crew, rip
purcnily in conversation with n party of 12 or 15 nu
live-.
Nothing accut rod f#r tho Spacv of half nn hour,
when Robert Furitiuu wus sent off by Lieut Under
wood to inl'mm nm shut tho uulive* wuuld not trudo
unless far mu.ikt-t* «r puwifir. I dir< cted Fuimatt
lo return to tfie shore, and say to Mr. U. Unit I
could not consent lo tilth tin rxzlniiigo while the
srhoonrr wus within reach; hat we could bbsoppli
ed by has; nod to hony oil', ut 1 thought ho had bran
quite long enough ab-cut to purchase ull w ereqm
td.if tho uudveft were disposed to trade.
About this time. Midshipman Henry obtained
my permission und h ft for the shore. A lew minutes
utiei, a .in ill cnniw with three natives, mine along
side, nnd tillrr an exchange <ff somo wui'ds w-iththu
"hiMingr,” he displayed a little anxiety to return
with them fa llio shore., At limy pushed off. he at
tempted lo leave tho bolt, when I look him by tliu
arm, and directed him lo sit down, giving him to mi
derslund, a* well us possible, that he must keep qui
el till the return ufoli- party. Bhoilly alter, Lieut.
Emmons rejoined fat', und mo..o Ins buHt fust to
tnin«.
In about half an hour, Jerome Davis came off to
say that with another liui< Imt.Mr. 0. could puichnso
all required. 1 dim-fad Davis lo tuko il to him,
umlsiiy to Mr. U. dial I desiital to see him wi.lniut
delay; to come off with what he could get u# soon us
possible. In the mean time thn wutei having risen.
I ordered the Leop ird to drop in as near llm landing
us possible, Slm hud In-en gone about fan minute.,
when the hostage jumped oveihourJ und mado fay
llm bench, which was llm fir.l inlifafeiion I UiceiV
eddfany thing going wrong on dm shore. I immo
dialely seixed my rifle and directed it at Mm, when
ho slaNened hi* |mc*-. I limit ordered two men to
fallow end seturo liiml lm tlmreopon resumed his
course, when l determined to shout him, hut stayed
my hand, h-tt his dentil should bring destruction lo
oailahSent people. As I ...rn.-d to d tcvl my boat to
In- g -i ii.-.iler way; I noticed .Mid-Mpinan Clark in
lh>4 act iff firing and ordered him to fire over hi*
In*u>l—-at the same time directed Lieut Emmons lo
poll nfter and tuko hirh if pos.ild.-, dead or alive.
Tlm report offire armsdu-o roacln d ut from tlm
bench, to which rniued n general melee, the na
live* having suddenly incraased lo about fifty.
By ibis lime my bout wav flying before a fresn
breeze fa the siege of conflict, und t called to Lieut
Emmons to fol.ow me. In a lew moments wc
passed the Leopard slmviut out, when l was inform
fd nf ilia death of Lieut Underwood. Tho boat#
had nut got grounded, but we immediately jumped
overboard, and whit all speed husletmd to the beach
opening a fire upon tlm native* as toon a* within
range, when they iriintedfately dispersed, carrying
off their dead afid wounded. Before wo got upon
ihe fa-ach, wc found J S Clark (seaman) badly
wounded fend delirious. I directed *otnu one to
take him to dm Iniet, nnd combined my course.—
When l reached dm beurh pmhing living w« lob#
seen. About fan paces from tl.o water, I found
Lieut Underwood, lying upon In* back, partially
•trippsl olh • clothing. I r*i**d hi« fa'fed upon
my atm, aixl Imp# was far a nmmei‘1 flattered, on
|H-tf»i v mg sume *igb» tffl'fi f but, ales, he breathed
IWKf only.
Turning aibin froiq lira mn nnehnly #pvft»t^», mj)
evo fell upon Matshipiii.ni IL-nrv. who lav vmy
(Il'ich In dmsanta situation in whiff) 1 Imd found
Lb-m U. Jills was tlm eat In-*t inlimadmi limit
hod of hit being m,« oftha sufferers. I talvfd bun
in my arms, and liiq ew«sagain flatletadt Ilhmikl.l
1 pi rcrlti d him biradm. A native lav a ft w p .c. s
from himl. M Jly wtniudcd. 1 mdeted him dcfliialih
ltd; nnd wi fi lit-nvy In-mia we bora our tturdnetl
comrade* to dm hunt,and made suit for llteschoun
ec. which «e reuched in about an houV-^aV fiva
o'clock, P. M.
Vety n-sprciftdl.v, I am, sir, .
Your obedient set vant,
JAMES ALDF.N,
Lieut. U. Stutes Navy.
ToCltAnLKS U’lf.KKS. Errj.
Coin’g U.S. Sur. titnl Ex. Expedltlm.
From the Charleston Courier, lUlnst.
Washington course.
First Days Race-Four Mile Urals.
Tho spoil* ui ilieTutfootitmeiicodjesierdny with *
much rpiiit. Tim uiminlitiice vvu#'rall).*r limitfd ut
im mil*-1 s, hut ihtfjocki.it wore well represented, ,
and appeal; .I to lake a deep interest u* lo die result
oftho contest. The folio,ving hors,a hud been c.i
iciod ii* compclltor-t
Col. W. 11'iini ton's rli. h. Santh Anna,6 Veer* •
old, by Bfi‘triitid, jr.oui of Daisy, by KuscIu-ko.
Col. Crowell'* gr. m. Umcgii, 9 y«-ur# old, by Tl
muh-n.-i, dam by Oscar.
Mr. Wm. hi-ikh-r'- cl». m. l.-tdy Cuvn, 4 years
old. I.y Old Buitraud. slum |)i-ts y Eel. *.
Tim threecume up nt tlto regul .r cult,and nil in
"good fix." La.ly Cava luiduot a placo in dm
hook* ii Mich u* b.i.l ri»k«'d tln-ii pewter on thofaui-
nii'o tiny, mui.y of whom had Ico.i !..*• rs and win
lier* in A'iigii»ta f wlmu tlm itiiil race of lo ir mile*
cumo uff bet ween tho sitit.n c.impilitors, u third
Iioi sti Iif ing i.t that ti mu I.iAkviI on as ii more amu
tenr, ulmiu ihern wu*known tolm*..muchscience,
I wo, throe, uml in mime .-use* f ur to one worn f rur
fi'tcd mid closed, in fuvu- of tlm chesuut horse, mid
they, who had tlm hardihood to baok tho'* gr< y
maro" w-i-ro at on.:o booked at" fl its." Tho ' Old
Bcitiaud" di'scondam vv.is u'ccn-ionully ntludfd to.
os owe that might settle tlm affair, a* tlto legal R»»
tlfinaii decided tlto case of the o.sler, the ownsi.ip
of which was dispurad, to sw-ullow the meat him
self, and givti rncli client q shell, mid we ure not
prepared to say that dm Intly would not have mado
u very hold attempt to have so m ranged dm maltol,
Imd die two proml-.enl steeds stuud i and 1 in the
1'irst heat —Thn judges, nftor iinn.itincing that
Lady Cuva earned three poiilid* ovrr weight, guvo
ihe signal to "go,” m.d Unifgii nnd Santa Anno,
(llm luttur huv.ng tlm track, nnd the former outside)
‘hot off' ingoilicr at it dm how string had sped two
ilnndtuiinmis arrows from tt crescent, leaving Ludy
Cuva .somo length* in ihu rear. I ho spirited llltlu
dame soon got under w uy, liowt ver, mid took op the
position winch it wiis vmy iippiirent it was intundi-d
tlm -lm tlinuld occupy—tiuiiii'g, hot within good
touching distance, ami din 'whole swung into tlm
qiiurtor stretch in dint style, making tliu ml!u fa 2m
2*. Tlm second round was run in much tliu mimo
imitmer, Lady Cuva dropping oil' n littlo on tho
buck stretch, hut making up before llio string was
passed, 2 minutes being tho linn*. Tint third tnilu
wus tuti ill nu increased speed, ill somo period* if
fort was evidently utadu to alter positions, but with
out tiindu-ired result Thu mile wu* made iu lrii
59*. Tho l.itiith round was no\v a mutttcl uf m’o
ineni—llio •loot' of Omega wits known, nnd lit
liuckur* of the Muxieuu bail ntudo up their minds
limt ihu lots of tho lii*t hu*t wn* no certain indicn
lion of tlto result, ilm cunteat boing 'foul' ngninst
'hottom;' tlto first wnsnrcorded to tho grey mure,
hut supremacy in tlm oilier was claimed for llm
horso. A fetv seconds, however, sliuwcd that till
was not right. Tl.o hor*p fell off. swayed in tho
Sliidt', wii* evidently pu-hod far it brush without
succe**, ospiciul-y tu the turning nf tlm quarter
stretch, mid cumo within tlto distance t>ost,u length
or two liuliiii.l dm grey maro, LaHy Cava being in
immediate vicinity. I lore nil pulled up, making tho
Brno Hutnc w-cuiid* longer tlmn it would liavn been
hud dm speed lu en kept up to tlto starting putt.—
Time uf lioul 8m rjs.
Thu euaso of ihu unsteady running of the hurra
wu* now Icui nuil—Gilpn rick hud oh A " strait jack
el," dial in hi* jacket wus too strait, fur Im luund
tlint hu could not give hi* ttrongih fa the requisitn
jiull on liia Imt so, without dutciuiiiig Ins murolct to
such nn extent u* to Im confined in their play by lira
liclitnes* ui his jaeki-t—ho therefore detot mined tu
rido dm rext ln-ui jackot less.
Second heut.—Tliero w a* now a stand still among
tho jockics, as to wlm would win. Tho -'grey
mare" bore tliu marks of punishm'ont, but was, if
any thing tho favorite. Tho physiognomy of *nma
of tlto buckets oftho Mexican, begun to lengthen,
Uii.J In-ar a trifling re*omldmico to a portion oftho
figure# in our friend Porter'*engraving of " Settling
at Dm by" In tho last Turf Register,
All cooled off well, und staried together at the
•void, running the fit *l round just na it each desired
to get there first, and Omega succeeded in dulng so,
Cnvn about a length in tho rear, and Santa /tuna oa
copying qliuoi tho itnermndiuto space between thn
two, a few lout outside. Tlm second inilo wa* run
fa the same manner, wiilnfho earno result.tied there
wn* little cliaego in tho third round. Now cmno
tlm tag, und at a killing puce^ullthrou wont offl'rom
llm string. C'avn smut concluded to lie bnrk end
(vilnes* u light, in which ihu littlocarrdwhich whip
pod, while the Mexican was making ttemrfldm.e
exertion* to collar dm grey. On llm hack sttefah
it wns p.-rceived that it wus "all up," and the tu
iente.1 eflbttiofGilpatrieJt to conto up proved use
o*s, tho "grov maro" proving, as nt Augusta, tl.o
" better linrseami vtiidiluiiing the tvutlt of Hnm
mohd'* temark at il.oconimei.renient ol tlmcoulo«t,
tlint ' helling long odds never won u taco," Time
it. 2s.
After thp four mile bent* cumo i IT tho tecond
lace, mi'e heats—purse $109, lor which iwohurret
were entered, viz* ,
C'upt RoWo's b f. Suliknlintchee, 4 years old, by
Vertiimilus, dutn Sully Ricbardson.
Mr. Siukler’s rh It. Duy too, 4 year# old, by Tor
men'er, darn Tuckalioe.
Both animals went off together n» milers should
do, without liuslinnding their speed. Sallknhatclieo
won llio first hunt in Im'dOs, closly pressed by Day
ion, who whs under whip and spur. Tho second
mile, and consequuntly ihu race wus ulso taken by
her. with case.
Tlm following linnet are entered for ll.U day’s
r ce, thieit mile heat,:
Col. Hampton’* clt. f. Fanny. 4 year* nhl, by
Eclipse, uut uf Maria West (Wagaeis dmn) by .Mu
rioii.
Col. Crowell’s bi f. Nntcy Clarke, 3 yenr* old
by Bertrand, out uf Morocco Slipper, by / fimo-
Icon.
F« r tlm second rare,two milch uts, purse $159,
tlm following horses have been entered.
Mr. Sinkb-r's cli. f. Ruwlonella, 3 years u!d, by
Rowfan.diim Sully Hopkins. .V
Mr. Ilnmmundsch. h. Highlund Henry, 5years
old, by Henry, out of Highland Mary, hy Ec ipse.
THE GEORGIA RAIL ROAD BANK.
Tho Augusta C'hroniclo uf 18th itist.ub-erve-:—
"Since mn lust rn <ney mutter* Imvu not improved u
whit. 'J he tr.uiket i* in n stuio cl* most pcrfeti c.in
fusion, and there npprur* lo bo no regular rates for
nny thing, except ilie exchange between specie and
New Yotk funds which is »tiil 14 u 1} pet evtik
sight and short sight.
Letter* from Athens d.-ted on Men day, slute
ihnl person* having apncio demund* against the
Georgiu Ruiln.uJ Bunk, were awaiting the return
of the President, when it was supposed that the
Blink would foimui.y suspend spi-cio payments.
This has caused quite a panic among the hill
holder* Imre, who have puid as high as 19 percent
far chrcksoo New York uurlCharleston, ‘ihe city ’
bank* con mum to tuko tho notes nt heretofore, und
the must ofilmm will no doubt continue to icceivn
them io puymunt of debts due themselves, ifiri.
pay tln-m uut aguiu fur drafts on Savannah , nnd-
Charleston.
They will thus form, es they have done, tie
general circulating medium und basis for all traps
notions. It is to be eiiprrhendi-d that other Banks,
fa the Stare will readily fallow in the wake of Um
G. II. IL, but our City Banks will, beyond que#
thin, continue to pay the'r Bills,no mailt r by whom
presented, or In wbnt amount*.”
FROM WESTERN TEXAS.
The schooner Henry, Cupt. Auld. arrived bu m
nine from Unviile. nnd other ports on Laban Bay,
bringing u full cutgo r.f cotton, hides, «fa.
On the Mill sod 15th ul/- the rain fs said to havo
fallen in torrents on Labsea Bay, but on tha 19th
tho wind changed to the North, and lb# westber bw
came unusually cold. A smoll srhOdnat ealfad tha
Wave, Copt. Bry. went feUtow at CoM-falM, and
,|| ,.n board perisTied. “ .
Mr Hubert Dsvis, a rrtpeettW# merebaat of Mom
Antonio, was rubbed ond niurdeisd on tire SSd «4r.
near ihe Rio Cofleto. A Mr Dlega Taylor, lawr
chant of Vlmuilo, h-d also been murdered bf Mfe
partner, Win Failarnm. Tire latter ludbeeasr
rrstrd, and was in plson to await nisi. -
Tho weaihar hsd barn so ckctmIv*ly aoldM
coast, that tiesrly all the raid* m Um mM Im
died,—A* O' Pkaj/vnti mum.