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POLITICAL.
FOR THE IRISHMAN AND DEMOCRAT.
Mr. Editor—I ask leave to submit a few
j ; um questions to Robert J. Turnbull* «vho
: <‘tns to be a leader of the Disbmonists in our
d y.
1st. When did you Mr. Turnbull, ever take
a part with the country in which you live, and
which protects you against its enemies'! 1
jould like this question answered categorical
ly. No shuffling, Sir—no evasion.
2d. Did you not always side with the Fede
r lists, against the Republican institutions of
• he United Slates'? Don’t forget to answer
t.’is
3d. Were you not the enemy of the Gov
ernment of the United States, during the late
■’ar with England? Did you not rejoice in her
victories, I mean England, and sympathise with
’ter in her defeats? 1 pray you, Mr Turnbull,
to forget these questions
4th. Did you not hate the venerable Jeff r-
con, with an unextitiguishable hatred, on ac-
v >unt of his Republicanism? Deny this if you
r m—if you dare. If you do deny it, such
tuning proofs will be brought as to make e-
ve. you to cower.
And you, Sir, are the friend ot Mr P nek*
rev. You, sir, are the friend of Stale Rights
—and the enemy of Mr Pringle the undevia
ting and consistent republican-
The American public will know how to ap-
• ••eciatc your friend Mr. Pinckney, supported
' y your ‘ Dread not Disunion!!’' Does not the
iade of Washington haunt you on your pillow?
Ae has solemnly enjoined it on his countrymen
as a sacred dutv, to distrust tu'li men as you
A DISCIPLE OF WASHINGTON.
Disunion.—A Kingston (Upper Canada) p »-
*>nr says: “We have given farther extracts
from American papers, illustrative of the ill*
Mood which reigns in the Southern States.—
We hope they will be attentively read and
f.onsidered Whenever the crisis of separa
tion arrives, which we think not far distant,
(here will be enough for all hands to do; it will
entirely alter the relation of Great Britain with
this continent, and the change will be, to her,
immensely beneficial.”
THE WEST.
There is no doubt, that the coalition has been
premature in their Io paeans about Missouri —
A majority lias been elected, who will sweep
off Mr Barton and his revels into retirement
—Even the St. Louis Times of the 14tfi (<■
most loyal Clav paper,) is compelled to scmcii
down its tone into the following table of Ute II
of R :
In favor of Mr. Barton, 29
Opposed to Mr. Barton, 21
Uncertain, 15
Not heard from, 1
15 Uncertain!—Good!
Illinois has elected Reynolds as Governor
—an avowed Jackson Candidate—In truth,
both the Candidates ran upon Jackson's nam«.
In Indianna, it is given upon all hands, that
the late Election did not turn on the Presiden
tint Election. The Centerville Times of the
7th says, that “we n«ver heard any man ex
press an inclination to be influenced in bis vole
by the Presidential question nor to the best
of our knowledge, had that question any bear
ing whatever on the election Indeed the vote
in the d fferent townships will show that it
Was not considered.” <
i In Kentuckv, the war of words and figures
is still maintained with er< at spirit. Both
sides claim the victory. We repeat, that it
will turn upon the votes and pledges of the
Olay members returned from Jackson counties.
The Frankfort Argus and the Louisville Ad
vertiser produce proof, that two ot those men
who have been claimed bv the Opposition will
vote for the Jackson Senator—But when
the matter is brought to so nice a question as
this, the fact i9 clear that Mr. Clay has losi
ground in his own Stale—as, in the Iasi Legis
lature, he had a majority ol 22 or 23—Ric’/i
mo ad Enquirer.
The following scandalous libel os, the Gov
eminent of our country, is contained in a I tier
from the notorious Thomas Cooper of Co
lumbia, to the committee. of the Sute&biirg
dinner What American who knows the cha
racter of the man, and his career both id his
Dative country and iu this, but must blush at
the infal nation of party, which can give curren
cy to sland r9 so insulting?
“Our government is not now a government
according to the mutual contract ot Indepen
dent States, but a consolidated government, in
which the majority claims to he omnipotent
and denies to the minority anv rights whatev
er! The Constitution is annihilated by con
struction; for the majority put upon it that
Construction which best suits their own inte
rest, and most efficiently extends their own
power. I know of no definition of tyranny
but government unlimited, uncontrolled. Such
is ours.”—Charleston Courier.
The agitators in this State, may evhn now
perceive the frmis of their labors. Good citi
zens, alarmed for the safety of their property,
are beginning to look to other States for that
security and repose, which they seriously fear
may not long be enjoyed in this!
A gentleman writes from Cheraw, under
d»te of August 27, as follows:
“The people in this section of the State are
greatly dissatisfied. Yesterday a wealthy plan
ter in this district said, if the Nullifying Doc
trines were adopted, he should leave the State;
and so will hundreds of others.”—lb
74 within. The signals werd ahswcied, and
the ship got immediately under why hid sail
ed out to meet them, After approacting and
communicating with each other, they (Reeled
their course into the harbor, toward tie very
spot where our frigates lay. The pitchof an-
lety was now at its height, and every aypear-
ance tended to establish the truth oft^e ru
mor Not a moment was lost in preparing the
ships for action; springs were put upon Vheir
cables, and every arrangement made to give a
warm reception even to such unequal odds, if
an attack were made. As the leading 74 ap
proaclied, her band struck up “Rule Frittun-
nia,” and “God save the King;” upon which
Decatur gave instant orders for the bands iu
our frigate to give them in return. “Hail Co
lombia,” and Yankee Doodle.” The band
continued playing, and the men stood by their
guns until it was clearly evident that the ma-
nceuvre of the English ships was only a rust,
and did not proceed from a renewal of hostili
ties between the two countries.
—.-0000000;—
How to hang a Scithe —While Mr. Webster
was in College, he and his brother being on a
visit to their father; the old gentleman gave
each of them a scythe and set them to mow
mg. Daniel took a few sweeps and stopped
to consider the matter while he wiped the
sweat from his brow. “What’s the matter
Dan,” asked the old man. “My scythe don’t
hang right ’ he answered. His father tinker
ed it for him, and he tried it again, but again
made what lie sometimes makes during a
speech in Congress—an “emphatic- pause”—
when the father getting a ti.tle fretlui, told
tin to hang it to suit himself Whereupon the
incipient Senator very gravely hung it uu
•i tree, and toid ins i toer it hung penectly lo
hi- mind there.—Camden Journal
or and everlasting life, for the )>ath9 ot % «vc
and profligacy which lead to ignominy
death.*
”Be not deceived by their enticing appear-
enees. At their begining. the rose buds of
hope and passion may appear, but they end in
aoguish, poverty and destruction.”
«Oar fervent prayer for you is that you may
be prepared, by sincere repentance, to appeal
before the Judge of all the Earth. And wc
would urge you to apply to those pioui men
whose doty it is to teach our holy religion, to
help you with their prayers and instructions
during f he few remaining days which may be
allowed to you; and may God grant success to
their endeavors
It'dnly remains for us tc declare the sentence
of fhe Istw—which is, and inis court dotn ac-
o dingly adjudge.
That you be carried from hence to the prison
from whence you came—and from thence to
the place of Execution—and there be hanged
by the neck until you shall be dead And
may God of his infinite grace have mercy upon
your soul -
In performing this oppressively painful du
ty, Judge Putnam whs much affected, and sob
bed audibly after he had pronounced the
Judgement of the 'Court. The prisoner t-n
t he contrary' maintained his unconcern through
out. Indeed there wa« apparently not a spec
tato; who did not suffer more than he who
was the most interested On leaving the bar,
he put a quid of '.obacco into his mouth, with
the utmost nonchalance
great it>n.c<iMy escaped. At two or'of thrfoteth prepared from 't^rpaWl o
three different times. Mr. Eldridge had his son fifth of an inch in dtam. ter; cords, also, ot a
thickness may be twisted of the same roaten
DOMESTIC.
Senlence of John Francis Knapp.—The Bos
ton Patriot contains the following sequel ol :he
proceedings in this extraordinary ca*e.
This wretched young man received his sen
tence at Salem on Saturday At 9 A. \1. he
was placed at the Bar. The crowd was as
great as at any firmer time oflbe trial. He re
mained throughout the solei-tr ceremony as
unc ncerned and immovable as ever. YVhen
asked by Judge Putnam, if he had aught t"
say whv sentence of death should not now be
prvnvuncco upon him, he replied with great
energy and firmness:
‘ 1 have only to say, that I am innocent o<
the ciiurge—and 1 now declare to the world,
that I shall die innocent of the crim , lor which
t nm to suffer ”
Judge PiPn.im then proceeded to pronounce
the dreadful -enfence of the Law, in the fol
lowing manner and term^:
John Francis Knapp—Y u have been in
dicted tor the crime of mu der and upon your
Destructive Flood- Our-N rtbern papers con
tain inte-1 gjncu of a sorrowful na:ure. One of
the most severe and dreadful storms ever wit-
n. ssed in that part of the country, visited the
neighborhood of L ike Champlain both on the
Vermont and New-York sides. The most se
nous and fat al injury suffered happened to the
town of New-Haven in Vermont, other place
however ha ve seriously suffered by this over
whelming flood, which is said to have raised
the current, of the river, from ten to fifteen feet
higher (ham they were ever known to be before
—overflowing vast tracts of land and destroy
ing every thing in its course. Not only has in
calculable damage been done to crops, mills
bridges and factories, but many persons have
become the unsuspicious victims of the raging
element, and lound a watery grave. The
towns of Plattsburg Bristol. Wevbridg, Lin
coln, Clmtonville, Kecsviile, New Swieedei
and New-Haveu, are mentioned as among
those which have suffered by this distress ng
aud awful calamity. The Middleton Vt. Re
publican, gives the following painful descrip
tion of (he scene presented at the ill fated
town of New Haven:—JV. C. Spectator
“The most distressing part of the general
calamity has fallen upon the town of New-Ila
v vn At a place cubed the East Mills, one or
'iV»o dams, a bridge a woolen factory, a cardii.g
Naval Incidents. .—.After the Treaty of
Peace had been sigued by the Dey of Algiers
npon terms satisfactory to Commodore Deca
tur, the Frigates Gnerriere, Macedonian, and
Constellation, sailed toward the Italian Coast,
and cast anchor for a few days in the harbor
of Cagliari, the Capitol ot Sardinia wher>
they fonnd an English 74. They were there
startled by a report, which obtained general
Circulation, that England bad declared war »-
gainst the United States Amid the anxietv
consequent -upon this rumor, our little fleet hi
ing almost at the mercy of the supposed 4b
another British 74 and a frigate, suddenly aj
feared off .he harbor, and made signals to the
arraignment have plead that you were not \ machine, tan works, a sawmill, a new stone
grist mill, and two or three dwelling houses
have all been destroyed. The loss at this
place falls the heaviest on O Jewilt and D. P.
N ish, E-qrs.
At New Haven West Mills, is presented as
a scene that baffles ali description. Not oblv
has a flourishing lit tit? village, consisting of
dwtlhng houses and stiops of various dsscrip-
(ions, been literally swept away before the de
vasting flood, but fourteen persons have all a-
scarcely remains to tie doubled, been hurrie-i
wjih the general wreck into eternity Parents
and children have separated, and parents and
children have gone to the grave together,
without a moments warning, in a manner to
which not even the colorings of fancy can do
justice The family of Mr* Nathan Stewart
a blind man, consisting of himseif and w*ife—
s x children and a young man living with them,
ire all missing with the exception of two chi!
•Iren. The wile of Mr. John Wilson—his
'v.te’s sister and three children are all lo t —
A sun and tenant ofLemuel B Eldridge E^q
are also gone. A scene of devastation pre
--mis itsoif altogether unparalleled, ami taken
in connection w th the destruction of human
l.ves, a scene of desolation ami woe ofthe most
appi King aed distressing character. It is esti
mated that upwards of t wenty buildings have
been destroyed in the two last mentioned pla
ces. The water rose between six and twelve
feet higher than was ever known before.
Two families by the name of Farr were
taken from their houses on rafts, one of them
in the midst of the storm and darknes, from
the windows of the second story ofthe hou-e.
The family of Col. Wm. P N.oh whose wife
was confined to bed by sickness, Remained all
night in the upper rooms of the house, while
the lower part was filled with water, and with
out all was darkness and doubt — A state of
suspense and dread more horrible cannot well
be imagin d—placed in the midst of a fl-od
threatning to sweep all before it, danger and
death staring thorn iu the face, without any
ro< anes or possibility of escape.
The situation and escape of Mr. C, Clafin
was still morefeaful and singular Mr. C. was
aroused in the night, and upon going to the
door found that the water had air ady risen to
such a height around !he house as to prevent
his rsrap/ from it: lie accordingly took a
cord tfi |i a bedstead, and having conveyed
his chil fren into the top of an elm tree that
stood near, fisiened them to it by means of
the rope. He also succeeded in getting his
wtfe and a young infant a few weeks old, into
the same place, where they awaited in agoniz
ing anxiety tbe return of light. They were
rescued from their situation with much diffi
cultv the next morning
The circunstances in which (hose who were
carried away were separated from their friends
and neighbors, were heart-rending in the high
est degree. Mr. Eldridge and his two sons,
with Mr. Somers and one or two others, went
to the assistance of Mr. Stewart and his family
in the house. The water rising rapidly, the\
all fled from the house to the bjirn which stood
on higher ground, and while engaged in pre
paring a raft ofthe barn doors and such ottu
guilty, and put yourself upon God and vou.r
Country for trial. Able and learned Counsel
have been at your request assigned hv tie-
Court to assist you in your defence. Your
case lias been committed to a very intelligent
and impartial jury, selected by yourself, who
have for six days patiently and aifei.j!jvely-lis
tened to the evidence and tile argur/ients. Ad
that learning a-;d industry, fidelity and talents,
could suggest, has been urged vn vain in vour
defence The tru h has prevailed, and the ju
ry of your country have established your guilt,
the Court is satisfied with their verdict, and
vou come now to receive, the sentence of the
L iw
Before we proceed, to that last and painful
duty, we are desirovjs of doing you all the go-ai
in our power, by awakening your mind to a
consideration ofthe awful doom which awaits
you Wou’,d to God that any thing we could
say would have the effect of softening your
heart, and of leading you to sincere contrition
and,
repentance.
The horrible murder of which you have
been convicted, stands in bold relief and de
<ormity in the history of crime.
The victim of your ferocity, in a few years,
according to the course of nature, would have
sunk into his grave in peace, but for tbe thirst
or gain which corroded the hearts of those
who conspired against his life He was living
in the midst of as peaceful a community ns ex
isfs upon the earth, surrounded by his relation-
and friends, upon whom he had lavished his
bounty In the stillness of the night; while he
rested his ag<*d limbs upon the bed; while he
was in the arms of sleep; in his own house; in
the centre of this populous town; the assassin
of your procurement committed the deed of
death, while you, in the judgment of the law,
were present and aiding him in the fact.
The circumstances attending the conspira
cv. exhibit a cool, deliberate design to take the
life of the victim, merely for the sake of gain.
There was no other passion to be gratified
The conspirators were all young. They
were connected with respectable families.-
They were horn and reared, and educated a-
mong us. They had the means of living with
in their own, control, if they had pursued the
course of honesty and industry.
But they forsake this course, and resolve to
cat their road to fortune through blood and
murder.
Our peaceful city stood aghast at this dread-
mi deed. The very foundation of our society
seemed to be shaken; and the shock was not
confined to this vicinity or State, but extended
throughout this land.
Suspicions too horrible for utterance were
• xcited in the breasts of reflecting men. The
sense of security which the law inspires, was in
• great manner lost No (nan’s home was con
sidered a safe castle: and men seemed for a
time disposed to trust to their own arms rather
than to the protection of the law for their
safety.
But there is a providential watch constantly
over us The murderers have been detected
by means as extraordinary as their crime was
atrocious. The assassin has perished by his
*wn hands; and the tremendous punishment
tor your crime is about to fall upon you.
But there is in these awful events a warning
voice which speaks to a'l, and especially io the
voung, as with the sound of the earthquake
-n every breeze which wafts the news of this
orrid tngedv—‘Forsake not the ways <»•
truth, and honest industry ,-which lead to hoo-
who was lost, in hi* arms, but was torn from
him each time by the violence of the current
and the wrecks of (he buildings.
Cries of distress were beard by those who
were upon the banks ofthe stream, and as they
continued, seemed to pass down with the cur
rent. The deep darkness of the night and
the fury of the iuundation, shut out every
thing from their sight and precluded the possi
bility of affording any assistance, and they
were compelled to hear in silent agony, the
shrieks and supplications of their perishing
neighbors and friends without being able to
afford any succour. Mr. Wilson at tbe time
his house began to give way before I he water.
I tie ctuiuucT having allcndy fallen, •»»« stand
ing with his son near a door—the remainder of
tbe family were above, and as the building
fell into the current, his son and himself plung
ed ioto the water and swam towards the land,
while the wife and children were hurried to de
struction by the rushing torrent Mr. Wilson
heard the cries of his family as tney were
swept away and swallowed up by the devour
ing flood A separation more agonizing is be
yond conception.”
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL.
The IValker Pamphlet—Some excitement
having taken place in Georgia against Mr
Pollull, the former partner of Burritt, in conse
quence of the publication of a letter from th*
i' ite of Burritt, attempting to exonorate him
from any guilty connexion with the Walker
Pamphlets, and attempting to throw strong
suspicions upon the motives of Mr Poltiill.
who had disclosed Buritt’s agency in the bust
ness, he has published an appeal to the peo
ple, in which he proves to entire satisfaction,
that he acted only as became a Citizen, a Pat
not and a man of honor. He declares the fact
t fiat he found sixteen ofthe \Valuer Pamphlets
upon a shelf in the office, jointly occupied by
Burritt and himself, and also received through
the Post office a letter addressed by the negro
tVulker to Jiuritt on the subject of the pampn-
lets, all of which he submitted to the proper
authorities, by whom proc9ss wa9 commenced
against Burnt
We have heard that within a few days, sev-
e al negroes in the vicinity of Wilmington, in
this State, have b en apprehended, having co
pies of the Walker Pamphlets in their posses
sion Tin se are the first of these cut throa T
incendiary publications, wh ch we have heard
of iu this Stale, but there is too much reasos
to fear, that their circulation has not been lim
ited to Wilmington Would it not be well tor
the inhabitants of this Town to make search
for them here?—any person, black or white,
'laving them in possession, ought to be pun
ished with the extremest severity of the law.
By the bye—what kind of charity or poncy
is that, which leads some of our white citizens
to take pains to instruct colored people how
to read? The thing is wrong. It is demand
ed neither by religion or common sense.—-
It is forbidden by every dictate of prudence
and self preservation The practice ought
to be discountenanced
1
Let those whose own goodness of heart de
ceives them into the belief that uo fellow being
r.add b- o;,n lty of the monstrous crime alfadg
ed against Burritt, read the following:—Angus
hi i uronicle
Yesterday, through the vigilance of the
Mayor, MILOW MOWER late editor of
paper ent it it led ‘The Liberalist” published in
tbis city, was arrested and committed to prison
charged with having printed and published, in
contravention of an- enactment passed at the
last *e«sion of the Legislature, a seditious am 1
inflamatorv circolar | addressed to the free peo
ple of color in Now Orleans. The object of
this address is the re-eslablishment of the Lib
eralist, which was discontinued some time ago
for the want of patronage 4* which this north
ern enthusiast thinks again to revive l»v ap
pealing to the feelings and passions of a par
ticular class of our population, who we trust
have to much good sense ajid prudence to be
come the tools of a designing reformer. To
Milo Mower and his coadjutors they have to
attribute the coerc ve measures adopted bv onr
Leg sSatuve at their a->t s tting.—Louisiana Ad
vertiser
FROM THE NEW YORR EYENIVO POST.
USEFUL INVENTION.
Some time ago we published an article from
an Erglish paper, giving an account of some
successful experiments that had been made ie
fire dresses of a material that preserved the
wearer from injnry by fire in the mulst of a
conflagration. The latest number of the Lon
don New Monthly Magazine contains under
t he head of ‘Journal of a Parisian Resident ”
the following paragraph in relation to this cu
rious invention.
“At the last dinner of the “Revu Encyclo
pedique,” the Chevalier Aldini exhibited his
last improvem nts in the materials ot which
the fire preserving gloves and masks are to be
formed The principle ha- been adopted for
entire dresses by the Pompiers here. .1 drew
on one «*f the gloves, and took up a bar of iron
heated red hot. At first no heat whatever
was susceptible, but on closing the, fingers
tight over it, the caloric made its way in a
slight degree, but not sufficient to occasion in
jury The invention appears entirely calcula
t* d to answer the purpose intended; the com
position of the dress, though apparently meta-
lic. is not sufficiently weighty to encumber the
wearer, or prevent active exertion. The Che
valier announced that, having only the interest
of mankind generally in view, he had renoun
ced any right of patent, and only wished the
invention as extensively circulated as pugsi*
Sle”
The fire-dress spoken of in tbe (ihove para*
graph, is described as a union of the powers
possessed by a metatic tissue to intercept
flame, with the incombustible and badly con
ducting power® of amtmyttiiis or other substan
• way by tbeJorce oftbe Cut rent
.Spine jA is Supposed, were killed by the fa
•t the barn—all with the exception of one hoy
ho caught hy a brush aod was subsequent i
>ved, were carried down by the stream. t«
ie river meets the Otter creek, where Mr. E
dndge and one son, and one or two others,
materials as were at hand, the barn was Carrie*, .^ e p. The dress consists of two distinct sys.
k ” terns of clothing, tbe one to-be worn oearest
he body composed of the non-conducting, and
-combustible substance. ’ For this purpose,
'e Chevalier Aldini, after a long succession of
xperiments, has discovered a method of spm-
•ng and weaving abeM'os without previously
mixing it with other subranges. The thready
The portions of the under fire dress which
intended for the protection of the head, t
hands, and feet, are formed of this cloth of !•
best os; those for the rest of the body
merely strong woollen cloth, saturated in a si
lution of alum. Tbe asbestos cap ha? apef
ture9 for the eves, nose, and mouth, these bj^
ing guarded by a very fine copper-wire g» u 4
The overdress is of a metallic tissue, and con
sists of five principal pieces, a casque so l ar f
as to allow considerable space between it »■
the asbestos cap; a cuirass; a piece of armor
for the waist and thighs; a pair ef boots
double wire gauze, aqd a shield five feet Ion
formed of w«re e aU9 ° ctrotchf ' < * over *
wire frame. A great number of exceeding
curious experiments have been made by pet
sons armed in this fire-dress, and son|£ of thl
stories which are related would seem vital
incredible, were it not for the respectalnlity-of
the authority on which they are given.
have before us a paper detailing a series of ex
periments which have been publicly made; ba
at present have room to copy only on* or twej
of them.
‘A fireman having bis hand enclosed in 8
double asbestos glove, and guarded in ihe palm
by a piece of asbestos cloth, laid hold of a
large piece of red hot iron, carried it slowly to
tiie distance of 150 feet, then set straw on fire
by it and immediately brought it back 4o tho
furnace. • The hand was not at all injured ic-
the experiment.”
Another experiment was made to t«st the
security of the defence of tbe head.
The fireman pnf «*«» ‘ u
wire gauze cap, and the cuirass, and held the
shield before his breast. A fire of shavings
was then lighted and sustained in a very large
aised chafing di*h, and the fireman approach-
ng it, plunged his head into the middle ot th©
flames, with his face toward the tuel, and io
that way went several times round the chafing-
lish, and for a period above a minute in dura
tion The experiment was made several times,
and they who made i» said they suffered no
oppression or inconvenience in the act of respi-
ration.”
The mode in which the Chevalier Aldfn*-
contrives to spin and weave asbestos into cloth,.
without mixing it with other fibrous substances,
is not given The action of steam, however,
is said to lie essentially necessary io the bend
ing and t wistiug of it.
“4—®—►
United States Troops.—Two hundred U.
Infantry under command of Lieut. Walker,
sailed from this port on Sunday morniag|l»at,
on board the Steam Boat Shelton Thompson,,
bound to Green Bay, and destined to reinforce
that and other western posts.—Coi'n. Sent.
—:ooooooo:—
Mtilitary movement —About sixt j of the Soldiers at the
U S. Ar-enal, near tills place—leirg all the healthy and
able-bodi d men lately stationed there—I ft that post on
Wednesday Iasi, for the Western frontier, under the com
mand of Captain Gardiner, and Lieutenants Fowler-
and Chambers, in consequence ol a late order to that ef
fect, from the War Department. Tbe object of this
movement is, we presume, to strengthen the force alrea
dy occupied in the Indian country, in preventing hostili
ties, and intrusions upon the territory and the gold mines.
—Augusta Chronicle.
New York, Aug. 24.
Fall of Algiers.—Another rumor of the fail
of Algiers has reached us. and we see
reason to doubt its accuracy. The brig Indus-
!ry, Captain Beecher, arrived at New Haven
on Saturday last, in thirteen days from St.
B.irts, where he reports that a Swedish ship
bad arrived in a short passage from braliar,
(25 days) bringing intelligence ofthe Capinre
f Algiers by assault on the 4th of July by the
French. Tbe loss on the part of the French,,
is stated at 3 500. and of the Algerines at 5000.
It is said that the first attack of the French
was repulsed. The D'V had retreated into
lie interior. It is also m^ntToned that letters
inve been received in New Haven from St.
Bartholomews, confirming the statements pf
Capt. B ocher.
As we observed before, we see no good rea
son to discredit the correctness of this news
Tbe Swedish vessel had a short passage to
St. Barts, but not shortr-f than are often made;
and the story is told with so much particulari
ty that it is either a’correct report of news re
ceived at Gibraltar, or a sheer and utter 1‘abri-
cation. For this latter supposition there is not
the slightest ground. There is nothing im
probable in the fact stated. Th ' fall of Al
giers is an event which, for sometime past has
be» n expected to take place,, and vve have
looked for the intelligence by every arrival.—»
At tbe last accounts the army of the expedL
tion was at a distance of about five miles fretR
the walls, and indeed, there was a story cur
rent in Paris on the 3d ultimo, of wlijch we do
not yet know whether it was true or false, that
still later news from .Count Bourmont had been
received, dated.under the walls of Algiers.—
There was an arrival at this port yesterday from
Bordeaux, the Ship Francis, Capt. Browfr
which brought a Bordeaux paper of 5th of Ju
ly. Capt. Brown did not leav& the Garocn©
until the 1 Itb, and heard nothing prior to his
departure of the alleged fall of Algiers; but this
does not invalidate the 9tory, for the Bulletins
of the 2Gth had not reached Bordeaux at the
date ofthe latest paper brought by the Fran*
cis, (the 5lh July) 90, of course, un account of
the capture of the city coukf scarcely havo
been received on the IKh* two days shorten
time than the other.
Very awful Belligerency—A French paper
says that those tremeoduous naval powers, Sat
voy and Geneva, are about to engage in a
maritime war upon the lake of Geneva) Well
that will be a tempest io a tea-pot sure e-
nough. The Battle of the Kegs upon- the,
scale of one inch to tba league. These migh>*.
ly potentates had better after all, moor their
fleets in a punch bowl, put springs to tt*eirca«
bles, and fight it oat yard arm and yard arm
with pop guns. Tbe Savoyards must he tre*
mendous in marine tactics.—Camden Journal<
The amount of commutatv>» money receiv
ed by the Corporation oj! New-York from em
igrants arriving within the fortnight ending Au
gust 9, is $1,435 5Q. The amount received
within the fortnight ending on 16. is $1,81,1.
The sum now received Irotn each emigrant
anding is quo dqlfar.—Savannah Georgian,