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defended, result in the security of a fleet from
the attacks of a superior enemy, and affords
the strongest inducements to provide for its
scientific*! survey, and the determination of
all the points connected with the subject.
It is respectfully recommended that an ap
propriation be made, authorizing such survey
by the proper Engineers, of the harbor ol
Newport, o" other positions on Narraganset
hay, with a view to the selection ot a site offer*
iog the greatest number of these advantages,
an/i cnsropi ikio of defence at the least expense
to the nation.
Some difference of opinion having taken
? face between the Commissioners of Navy
ards, who were appointed to examine the
sites nt the Navy Yard in Brooklin and Gover
nor’s Island, to determine which of the two
positions was more eligible for a naval depot
and building yard, no selection had been made
/of (he buildings which were required for the
several purposes of the establishment. This
yard had consequently remained unimproved
to the great injury of the store of materials
which had been collected there, as well as the
general operations of building and repairing.
Tiie subject having been referred to your
consideration, and all the documents explain-
lug the relative advantages of the two sites
having been laid before you, it has, in confor
mity with your opinion, been ordered that the
timber-houses shall he erected at the old es
tablishment at Brooklin, until further surveys
can be made, affording such minute informa
tion as will justify a final disposition of the sub
ject.
The papers herewith transmitted, marked
T. furnish statements communicated by the
Board of Navy Commissioners,
jjj. No. I. shows the number of vessels of war
in ordinary, at the different stations, their pre
sent condition, and the progress which has
been made in protecting them from the effects
of the weather, and the expease which must
be incurred for th«ir thorough repair.
No. 2. shows that there are now on the
stocks, well protected from the weather, and
m a very advanced stage of preparation, five
chips of the line and sev^n frigates. These
eanbe readily finished and put in commission,
whenever the exigencies of the service may
demand an increase of the naval force.
An important circumstance attending this
condition of the vessels alluded to, is, that
fhey may be retained for any length of time in
their present situation, without material injury
from any cause of decay, and that this i- effect
edat an expense scarcely worth estimating.
No 3. exhibits the measures taken for the
protection of the vessels in ordinary from lur
(her decay.
The list marked 4, giving n view of the quan
tity of materials for the Navy collected at the
several places of depot, shows that, making all
due allowance for that portion which has been
rendered unfit for use by their long exposure
to the weather, there is still remaining a large
supply of the most valuable qualities
The great loss which has been suffered from
ibe causes mentioned above, has made it ne
cessary to urge the adoption of measures to
pvoiranf afe fill urn nf/*t!rfftnr.PI! and instructions
Cessiry houses and timber-sheds, so as to guard
against the injurious exposure of the materials
to the weather, after they shall have been de
posited at the respective Navy yards.
The accompanying extracts ofletters, mark
®d G. addressed to the Department by the of
ficers of the Navy, who have had opportuni
ties of witnessing the employment of canvass
made from cotton od board their respective
vessels, are herewith presented for your con
•(deration.
The results of their observations go f»r to
confirm the favorable anticipations which have
been entertained of the value of this kind of
canvass. And the opinion may now, with
some confidence, be offered, that this article
of domestic production will ultimately super
sede the necessity for the importation of for
eign hemp, for the manufacture ofn large por
tton of the canvass required for the United
S:.»tes* Navy.
The laws for the government of the Navy
are believed to require revision. Under the
:Vague and indeterminate provisions of these
laws, it can scarcely happen, that similar de
grees of punishment will bo awarded for simi
lar degrees of offence.
The tribunals invested with the power of
tryiug persons charged with violations of these
jaws, may, in many cases, (if the party has
been found guilty,) sentence the offender to
suffer the severest penalties of the law. or dis
miss him with the mere nominal punishment
of reprimand—the words of the law, in seve
ral of its most important articles, being that
the offender shall, on conviction, 4rc., “suffer
death, or such other punishment as the court
•hall adjudge."
Among the evils and odious features of the
law, as an institution, this very uncertainty has
been cited as one justly meriting the opprobri
um which has been attached ta i!; and, per
vading, as it does, almost every part of this
system, it.furnishes, independently of other de
fects, an urgent motive tor a reconsideration
of the subject by the National Legislature.
Believing that the usefulness and reputation
of the Navy are connected essentially with it&
obedience to the laws and regulations enacted
for its government, the Department has been
assiduously engaged in endeavoring to pro
mote their proper observance, and to cause
the duties of its officers, especially of its junior
members, to be discharged in alternate rou
tine, thus imposing on each a share of the bur
dens, and giving to all the advantages to he
derived from a practical attention to them.
In a communication made to the honorable
Chairman of the Committees of Naval Affairs
in the Senate and House o/ Representatives,
on the 16th February last,, proposing a peace
establishment, some remarks were offered,
supporting the opinion that it was just and ex
pedient that an increase in the rank of its «»ffi
cers should constitute a part of the naval sys
tem
While the United States* marine was con
fined to a few frigates and smaller vessels, no
advantage could have been gained, in any
point of view, firom higheT grades in the naval
set vice than that of Captain. But since the
£reat increase m the number and sine of the U
nited States' vessels of war, and as occasions
arise in the service for their combination into
fleets or squadrons, other duties, arduous and
responsible, and requiring the possession of
superior nautical science and general intelxi
gence, devolve Upon their commanders.
These higher degrees of qualification for the
service, the fruit of long and unremitting de
votion to their acquirement, merit a corres
pondent elevation in professional rank and dis
iinction.
It has been supposed, also, that superior
rank has a tendency to secure the enforcement
of discipline, inasmuch as the orders of a supe
rior are more readily and faithfully observed
than those of one^ofequal grade.
The increase may certainly obviate some
causes of irritation in the intercourse of the
officers of the Navy with those of foreign na
tions, the least .powerful of which have, higher
grades than are known in this service, and uni
versally claim honors and precedence accor
ding to their rank.
These must either be yielded, or intercourse
suspended, and this could not but result inju
riously, should it be necessary tor the United
States' vessels to co-operate with those of oth
er nations in any difficult naval enterprise
The subject of an increase of the pay of the
officers of the Navy has heretofore been
brought to yonr consideration; and you are a-
gnin respectfully referred to the suggestions
offered in the report made to you ou the 1st
December last.
In anticipation tha£ this measure wil re
ceive favorable consideration, estimates, found
ed on the scale of increased compensation pro
posed at the last session of Congress are here
with transmitted.
The authority which is given to the De
partment to make allowances out of the con
tingent fund to cover the expeuscs of.the offi
cers of the Navy, for various incidental pur
poses, forms an important item in its duties
and powers. The deposit ion of this large
fund is wholly within the control of the Secre
tary of the Navy, and its application only lim
ited by his sense of justice and expediency.
Without urging ttiat this discretion has, at
any time, been improperly or unjustly exercis
ed, it may be said that it unquestionably offers
the meaus of committing great abuses by ex
travagant grants or allowances to .-ouie, while
these beuefils may be wholly w.tubcid from
others.
As far as is practable. these allowances, now
contingent, should be specifically designated,
securing without the abuse of the fund, a jti»t
return to the parties tor the sums necessariaily
expended for such incidental purposes.
This, in many cases, may he effected by le
gislative enactments, particularly- as relates to
travelling expenses, attendants on courts mar
tial, either as members or witnesses, the pay
of Judge Advocates, and to officers engaged
on extra duly beyond the limits of their sta
tions, 8tC
In the absence of precise legal provision on
these points, the tdlowances iu future will lie
confined strictly to the sums believed to be ne
cessary to meet the expenses of officers so em a
ployed.
In the report made to the honorable the
* .l- ulf.ir.
it the House of Representatives, on the 21st
of January last, recommendation was offered
proposing some modification in the powers
and duties of the Board of Commissioners oi
the Navy.
The Department has not found cause to
change the opinion then expressed, that a di
vision of the duties of the Navy Board would
have a tendency to secure the discharge of it-
various duties mote for the public benefit
that it would especially favor this, by direct
ing “the undivided attention of the officer to
the class of duties which may be confided to
his management;” “that . this exclusive d< -
votion of his time and talents to a single trail
of services would enable him to attain a
more intimate knowledge of their interests,”
to adopt a better system for their executbm;
and “that it would secure a stronger, individo*
al responsibility for their faithful discharge "
The considerations enumerated above offer
their own recommendation; and being m oc
currence with the Board itself, a body which
from experience has derived t he means »!
forming correct opinions on the subject, it may
be fairly presumed that the adoption of the
measure will result in much public utility.
The documents marked II, I, K. show the
number of deaths, dismisuls, and resignation-
which have occurred within the present year.
The estimates for the year 1831 arc here
with transmitted, marked L.
The appropriations for the present year
have been found more than sufficient for its
current expenditures; and there will remain ol
them an unexpended balance, probably excee
ding one million of dollars.
It has been doubted by many able and ob
servant officers ef the Navy whether the ma
rine corps, as constituting a part ofthe naval
force, might not be dispensed with, without
materially diminishing its efficiency. On tlbs
point the opinions of many of the superior offi
cers of the Navy were called for, and present
ed to the honorafde Chniman of the Commit
tec on Naval Affairs ofthe Senate, during the
last session of Congress. These, it appeared,
were by no means in accordance with each
other; and this diversity of sentiment amongst
persons best qualified to determine the ques*
tion has induced the Department to withhold
any recommendation on the subject.
The laws authorizing the establishment of
this corps provide that it shall be governed
by the “same rules and articles of war as are
prescribed for the military establishment of
(he United States, according to the nature of
the service in which it shall be employed,” &c.
Under this provision, it has been ..determined
that marines, while serving at Navy yards,
shall be governed by military regulation. Bv
this decision two systems ol discipline are
brought into operation On persons emptoved on
duty at the same establishment^ The incon-
venn heesof such an arrangement,'must be
apparent. The perfect preservation of good
order at the Navy yards demands that the
commander should have the exclusive go
vernment of all persons employed in service
within the limits of his comhiattd;
As a measure tending to give reputation
the minds ©fthose who pw to compose its BCj
live members is a subject ol great national in
terest. It is a fact which will not bg question
ed, that the early education ofthe officers of
the Navy is entirely unequal to the charaeler
they have subsequently to sustain.
Few appointments under the Government
involve a necessity for more general and scien
tific attainments. As officers of the Navy,
they are required to act as judges of th law
and evidence, on trialsof their brother officers
for offences affecting the Iwes and characters
ofthe accused: as commanders of ships, they
should possess not only a practical acquaint
tions of the principal capes nnd promontories;,
the depth and direction of the channels ol the
hays and harbors, &C;, is a subject intimately
conta cted with tfie security and prosperity ol
the United States’ Navy. To these your at
tention is again respectfully invited
JOHN BRANCH.
FOREIGN.
From the JV*. F. Commercial Advertiser of Dec. 27.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
Twenty-three days later from England.
Since their iast publication, the Editors of
a'nce with Vemmanship, but an achate know 1-j Commercial Advertiser have received co-
edge of those branches of mathematics CO n- ! P'ons files ol London> and Pans papersi the for
nected with the science of navigation, with as-j ^er to the ~3d of November, aud the latter
ironomy and geography: aid, as commanders j to the 18th ol the samei month, with shipping
offleets or squadrons, they must be well inform j^isK Prices Current, &c. •
med on all points of international law, having!. Pohttcvl Revolution in England:—Tb* Gen.
reference to the rights of neutrals and belliger*.! . ‘dltelorm has shaken h,s wand over Great
ents, the often recuring question of the-rights Britain, and the Duke of \\ ellinglon and his
of blockade, ami other interdictions of inter- colleagues have been driven from their place*
course between powers standing in this rela-j*/ wresigtable force of.public, opinion.—
tion to each other; to possess an accurate £ n<3 '[ ( } e rumors, a* to the reformation ot th<
acquaintance with the modern languages, to New Ministry prove correct, (lie \\higs have
M ,Mni.ntor /Whc*i.msfm nninisiat least obtained full possession ol the strong
holds of patronage, power, and place. Tfie
following extracts from the proceedings of the
and efficiency to (be Navy, the cultivation oi
enable them to enter into discussions on points
of difference which may arise with the repre
sentatives of foreign Slates speaking such forr
eign language; and it may often happen ttiul
the communications can ODiy he advantage
ously made in the language of the party with
whom tiie subject of dispute may exist. The
sons ol the wealthy may obtain these adv-am
(ages from the bounty of their parents; but,
without the aid of public, instruction, how are
the sons of the less affluent to become quali-}
fied to command in the naval service? j
It may he further remarked, that, while a
school, oo the most libera! and comprehensive
plan of instruction, has been provided for the
military talent ofthe country, and has been en
dowed with ev*ry attribute for the advance
ment ofthe education of the youth, who aspire
to a share in the toils or honors oi a military
life, the only provision which has been author
ized by law for the instruction of the midship
men in the Navy is to be found in the allow
ance of $25 per month to the schoolmasters
retained on board the larger vessels of war.
The reports on the concerns of the Navy
hospital and Navy pension funds will be trans
mitted as soon as the a coo a uts-of the several
Agents are received. The remoteness ot
the residence of some of (he Agents ot the
pension furd makes it difficult and iuconven
iHBt to obtain complete statements ot their
transactions to be rendered within the time
prescribed by the act of 23d April. 1800.
In presenting views ai the policy which it
may bo lor the public interest should be pur
sued in reference to the naval establish
ment, it may be observed that the rapid in
crease of the population and general resources
of the nation, which lias already taken place,
and is daily advancing, leaves little to he
dreaded from invasions of its territory by an
external foe, detached as it is from the great
warlike powers of the world.
It will be un the ocean and in the transit of
iis mercantile enterprise to distant markets,
that the nation may be regarded as the most
vulnerable; and to this point should its efforts
tor (tetence De briefly directed.
The grant expense attending tbo cwppotl of
so large a naval force as may be occasionally
required to give security to the cpmmcreial
pur-mils of the country, and to protect the ac
cessible portions of the coasts from invasion
and attacks from a foreign foe. makes it a mat-
ier of leading importance that, a system be
pursued which shall piace the resources of the
country in a condition to ho readily brought in
ip action whenever the necessity presents it-
elf, without incurring the expense of maintain-
ng such large force when its services are not
wanted.
This doubtless, will be found to be a task of
much difficulty. It may, however, it is be
lieved in some measure be attuiued by stearii
ly ndhereuig to trie course suggested to you in
a for pier communication—to provide for the
colb ction of the supplies of all the materials
lor Ihe construction ol a Navy, which require
much time to put them in a condition for esc,
and which can be preserved without material
deterioration or decay; to the preparation of
there by seasoning and other piocesses, mid the
preservation of them alter being so prepared,
until required to he used: to .retain no more
vessels ol war in commission than are required
1 >r the immediate wants ofthe service, arid to
< a use-those which it may he. judged proper
shoH-d he built io be preserved on the stocks,
properly sheltered, until their services are cuff
ed for by the national want*-; to provide for
the off-dual repair and pie^er vat.ion of the
vessels in ordinary; to appoint to the service
no larger number of junior officer! than can be
kept actively employed, either at sea. at the
stations on shore, or io the acquirement oi* a
knowledge of the various branches of their
professional education . On this latter point,
it may he remarked, that to keep in the pay
of the Government a gr ater number of these
officers than can be usefully employed, is not
only a prodigal waste ol the public money, but
a prodigal abuse ol the character of the youth
of the country. When thus appointed to the'
Navy, and taken from the guardianship of
their natural friends, and thrown without re
straint or occupation, upon society,, it can
rarely happen that they escape the dissolute
and enervating habits incident to a life of idle
ness and indulgence.
Every day's experience gives confirmation
to the opinion, I hat the worst effects to (he
moral and professional characters of the Mid
shipmen of the Navy result from (his state of
emancipation from parental guardianship, un
restrained by the^active discipline of the ser
vice to which they nominally belong.
Should the exigencies ofthe Ration demand
a sadden increase ofThe corps, it would be for
safer te resoit to appointments made for the
occasion than te rely upon supernumeraries
thus become negligent ami insubordinate, aud
who, if brought into service, would rather tend
to weaken than to augment its strength.
Other subjects believed to have a claim to
consideration are, (lie state of the unsettled
accounts of the disbursing officers, a general
survev of the coasts, babors &c. The former
was brought to your notice during the last ses
sion of Congress: the latter,- as a measure af
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two houses of Parliament, of the 18th of No
yerober, contain (he official annunciations of
the resignations of the Wellington Ministers:—
House of Lords—Tube's bay, Nov. 16
Their Lordships met m considerable num
bers at a quarter before 5, and several mem
tiers of the House of Commons appeared un
der the throne. The Ministerial bench was
vacant until the Lord Chancellor occupied the
Woolsack, when the Duke of Wellington, Earl
Bathurst and the Earl ofRosslyu, took thtir
usual places. After the presentation of a few
petitions against negro* slavery, _ .
The Duke of Wellington advanced to the
table and said—“1 think it proper to acquaint
your Lordships', that in consequence of What
occurred last night in the House of Commons,
I have felt it to be my duty to. wait on his Ma
jesty, and to tender my resignation of the of
fice which I bad the honer to hold. My Lords,
has Majesty has signified his pleasure to ac .
cept ot that resignation,-and f now only hobi
the office until my successor be appointed." —
The Duke after pronouncing tlvese few word.-',
which were heard, with marked attention, re
sinned his seat for a few minutes anti then with
drew.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
[Before the Ministers bad arrived in their
seats, the House was engaged m receiving and
disposing of petitions. Among those present
ed in favor of parliamentary reform, was oiie
from the Lord May dr and Common Council oi
-Loudon. Mr. Aldermam Wood was making
some explanations, in regard to the petition, m
the course of which he spoke very strongly a-
gainst the Ministers. Before he took his
seat Mr. Peel came in, and immediately upon
his silling down, the following proceeding*
were had J
Resignation of Ministers.—Sir R Peef now
rose* aud the deepest attention prevailed in ev
ery part ofthe House while the Right Hon.
Gentleman addressed the Chair as follows
“Sir,—The unieigned respect that I owe to
this House induces in* to take tho earliest pos
sible opportunity of publicly stating, in my
place, that, in consequence of what occurred
last night, 1 felt it my duty to wait »7pon the-
King, and humbly and respectfully to inform
his Majesty that I no longer- found it in my
power to administer public affairs (so far as
those affairs depended upon me,)'either with
satisfaction to my own feelings or- advantage,
to the Country—(loiid cries of hoar hear; I
therefore tendered to the King my resignal tot
which his Majesty hds been graciously'pleas
ed to accept, and I now hold the Seajs of the
Home Department onfy till my successor
shall have been appointed. In hko manner,
my colleagues the other Members of (he Cab
inet, hold office only till other indi-. iduiffs shall
have been appointed to succeed them”—
(Hear hear.)
The following is beKetad to be ffie new ministry, the
official annunciation Ot ivhich «vas to appear in the Ga
zette of the 23d
Lend firey, li>st Lord of t!ie Treasury.
Marquis of Landsdown, President ef'Council.
Mr Brougham, Lord Chancellor.
Lord ‘ftlthrop,' Chancellor ef the Exchequer and tend
er ef the Commons.
Lord Palmerston, Foreign Affairs.
Lord Holland, Duchy of Lancaster.
Sir James Graham, first Lord of the Admiralty.
Lord Melbourne, Home Cilice*
Mr. James Grant, Board of Control.
Lord Durham, Privy Seal. >
Lord Goderich, Colonics.
Marquis Anglesea, Ireland. ’ . '
Secretary far Ireland; Mr. Stanley. - •
Duke of Richmond, Master of the Ordisnec.
Air. R. Grant, Lodge Advocate or 4>ecVy al War.
Mr. Denman, Attorney General.
Mr. Horne, Solicitor General.
Lord HiB, Commander in Chief.
Lord Auckland, of the Board cf Trade.
The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain, Lord
Plunket, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Air. Pen octal her,
Attorney General of Ireland, \lr. Edward Ellice, arid
Mr. Spring Rice, are to be joint Secretaries of the Tree- a
sury.
Mr, Pautelt Thornton, Tret*urer of the Navy and
Vice-President of the Board of Trade,
Mr. Punsonbf, Lord of the Treasury and Irish Vice
Treasurer.
Lord John Russell is to be the Paymaster of the Army.'
Sir James McIntosh, according to some of the papers,
is to be Judge Advocate.
M. Serrurier, formerly minister tatbis country, under
Napoleon, lias been re-appointed, nnd with his 'family
waste sail from Havre ou the I0|h December, in the
Louis PbiUp, for Philadelphia, M, Lastcyrie, a grandson
ot Lafayette is attached to his. Legation.
FRANCE.
Marsha! Sdutt, according to ih, Monitcur of 1 Tib Nov.
is created Minister of War tide Marshal Gerard, retired!
Gen, Sebastiani is at the head of Foreign Affairs ; and
Count D’Atguut-of Marine. Marshal Maison has lib
erty to proceed on his mission to Vienna.
Paris dates of the evening of the 20th Nov. had been
received in London. The -French Funds had -fluctuated
in consequence of large failures, and of the feverish
state of the money market, produced by a general stag
nation of trade. ^
The Ports correspondenTof the Morning Herald, says
that the Count d’Espagna bus been defeated in a battle
with the Spanish Constitutional forces, and is dangerous
ly wounded.
FRANCE AND fHE UNITED STATES.
By a Royal ordinance, a commission has been formed
for settling the claims ef the United States upon the
French Government, which have ao long been urged by
the American Minister. The same commission will also
consider the counter claims against America, and then
form a basis of an equitable and finnl adjustment of each,'
The Commissioners are, Viscount Laine, President—
Messrs. George Lafayette, Beslay, and Delessert, De-
SPSECUOP TflEklNfi OP ENGLAND
4X THE-OPENISO OF PARLIAMENT.
My LoelL and Gentlemen: It is with tbe
mosst lively satisfaction that I see you assem
bled around me, to aid me by your counsels.
Since the dissolution of the last Parliament^
events of the deepest interest have occurred
on the European Continent.
The elder house of Bourbon has ceased to
reign in France, and the Duke of Orleans has
been called to the throne, with the title of
Kmg of the French.
Iiav»ng received from the new Sovereign
assurances ofhis ardent desire to cultivate thcr
most fri« ndly relations, and to maitain invio
late the engagements made with this country,
1 have not hesitated to continue the diplomat*
ic relations and !h« friendship, which existed
with the preceding government.
I have seen with profound regret the stalw
of affairs in the Low Countries, t deploy
that the enlightened administration of Ktng^
Wtilium has not liccn able to preserve the
States from revolt; and that bia wise re-olu-
iod ta submit the desires and conaplamts of
his people to the delrberat-ion of a special ses-
r,it>nof the States’General, has not brought a-
b ut any satisfactory results.
I shall exert myself, in concert v.ilh my al
lies’. to re-CMtah ish tranquility, by t»ll means,
which are compatible: with the good slate of
(be Netherlands.government, and the society
of other governolenls.
& ra plains of tumult and disorder have ere*
ntod anxiety in various parts of Europe: bot
assurances which 1 continue to receive ot the
amicable disposition of foreign Courts, give me
just gfoustd to hope that my people wilt con
tinue to enjoy tire blessings of peace.
Penetrated at all times with the necessity of
preserving inviolate the engagements which
have been made in the named the nation, I
,im convinced that my determination to main
tain, ia connexion with my allies, the treaties
upon which are founded the gcn< ral system of
Europe-, wdl appear to you the best guarantee
for '.he tnainiaicance ofthe peace of the world.
Up to the present tkne I have not accredit-
d the Ambassador otUie Court of Lisbon, but
(he Portuguese government having resolved
to satisfy the claims of justice and humanity
by h liberal and general amnesty, I thick the
time has come to re-establish, in behalf ot my
people, the friendly relations wRich for so long
a tune have existed between the two nations.^
My profound solicitude tor the welfare ot
toy subjects, induces roe to recommend to the
immediate attention of Parliament, such ar
rangements as will secure the exercise of the
royal authority, if it should please God to ter
minate my life before any successor shall have-
arrived at mat are age.
i -hall be most ready to concur with you in-
all the measures whrch may appear to you
proper, for preserving inviolate the dignity
anffstability ofthe crown, and to assure more
and more thefguarantees of cavil and religious
iiberty to my people. ,
From the Rhode Island Jlmtrican.
From several recent instances ofthe extra*-
ordinary disappearances of persons - io No'wv
Yurk, the horrible suspicion is excitod that
there are a gang of wretches in-the City who
carry on a similar trade to that of Burke and
hi9 associates, in Edinburgh - v Tbe other day
a young lady left herresuieoce for the xMiihne-
ry where- She-worked and has never been
heard of since. * Tbcr following paragraph Iron*
• he N Y. Courier of llie 20* h. if true can only
be explained by the supposition.that the mur-
dT'ofibe'in tended victim was designed either
for the purpose of plundering the clothes &c..
.or to dispose of the dead body kr anatomical
purposes. • -
Misteriom circ'umstiiuce—Con-iJeralde ex
citement has been created io the city by the
fultowing abt ot dahng viita-ny, the motives for
which are still enveloped in mystery. About
half past J1 o’clock ‘on Thursday night, 9 re
spect able young fody a ^ v d IB years, was re
turning down Pearl streat from Broadway from
a. p&rty with her parents- -and some oilier
JFien'ds: the young lady had got 10 advance of
her companions about one hundred vards*
when wit hin a few }>aces of the corner of J2im
and Pearl, a-man started from behind a large
cask, threw a -rope around or^ov-er her bead,-
and immediately fled, while some persons at
tbe other end of the rope commenced hauling
it with* rapidity towards Elm street. The
young lady was dragged along some distance,
but fortunately her bonnet, below which the
r<»pe bad not passed, was dragged off, and her
friends -and several olhersu alarmed- by her
shrieks, rushed to the spot—the ruffians of
course fieri The young lady swooned, away
from exhaustion, and excitation. Tfte rope
was found attached by a noose re the bonnet,
and litir reticule, which - -she had dropped in
throwing-up her bands to- protect her neck
from tho rope, w«« found at some distance, or
where the assault was made All this was the
work at- atr instant, ami had the noose got h-
roon i her throat, a very few moments would
in ail probability have sufficed to strangle
her, • ,
The person who first found the bonnet did
net mention that a.rope was attached-to it,
and a gentleman whcr advanced towards him,
observed bun coiling up the rope hastily; the
gentleman a-;kt-d for the rope (hat h might be
left at Mr Knapp’s store until noxt tnorpiug^
and the other expressed an attention to leave
it elsewhere-. - The rope however was 4aken,
aod is now in the Police Office. It i^ubout 2€>
or 26 yards 10 length* and bas on each end
a large ranning noose.
When we couple^ this circumstance with
tbe facts that within tbe- last two or three
weeks two young females have been missed and
not yet heard from; and that yesterday infor
mation was communicated that two other per
sons, one a man named Moffat, the other a lad
named Harrison, are also absent from their
friends* who knew not where they are—-tire
subject is calculated to excite alarm, and
should be strictly investigated* •-*
*
lording information .a ° f Ac ‘
w . WOTXGE. ■
T DO HEREB Y forewarn all persons from trading far
a certain Note of hand given by myself ta one John
and James Joyce, for Thirty dollars, dated the 81st day of
August, tS3d, due the 19th day of December, 1830..as
tbe consideralionfor which said Note was given ha vine
entirely failed. L. BERRY liKEEN.
January 9' fly " St