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cmauiqpsramLa & ammimsiiLa WILLIAM E. JO AES. 7ZT AUGUSTA, GEO., TUESDAY MOKATAG JUAE 30 IS ts WEEKLY Augusta Chrouicle & State Rights Scntiiie IS PUDI.ISIIEO At $3 pcrannuni, iu advance. At Bo 261 Broad Street. Published DAILY’, TRI WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad Street, Terms.—Daily pnpei. Ten Dollars per annum in advance. Tri-weekly paper, ut Six Dollars in advance or seven at ihe end ot Hie year. Weekly paper, three dollars in advance, or lour ut the end of the year. The Editors and Proprietors in tins city have adopted the following regulations : I. Alter the Ist day ot July next no subscrip tions will bo received, oul ol the city, unless paid in advance, or a city reference given, unless the name be forwarded by an agent ol the paper. a. 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Advertisements sent to us from a distance, with an order to be copied by other papers, must be accompanied with the cash to the amount it is desired they should bo published in each paper, pr a responsible reference CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUCJUSTA. Memlay Morning, June 25. We have seen a letter from Mr. Os. D. Lamer, addressed to his brother in this city, which arrived yesterday by Express mail, dated Wilmington, 22d June. All the sufferers who had not left that place were in a fairway to recover, although some were still sick and feeble. It is stated in the letter that Mr. N. Smith, of this city, was seen the explosion, alone, on a part of the wreck, endeavoring to make for land, but that as nothing more has been heard of him, it was probable that he was lost. Another Steam-boat Disaster* In our paper to-day will be found the particu lars of the loss of tho steamboat Washington, on Lake Erie, together with the loss of .fifty lives. The frequency of these disasters renders it a fearful adventure to go on board of a steamboat. Wc lake the cailiest opportunity of informing our friends in Savannah, that on Friday, imme diately after tho Northern Express had arrived, bringing the joyful news that some of our friends had been saved from the wreck of the Pulaski, an Express was instantly employed, and who left here at 12 o’clock, to carry to them the same glad tidings, but who, after reaching Jackson boro’, was detained, for the want of horses,which could not bo purchased for love or money. Bank Dividend. The Bank of Hamburgh has declared a divi denl ot the rate of live per cent, for the last six months, which will be paid to stockholders on and after the 2d of July. A postscript to a letter from our Washington correspondent,dated 20lh inst. states that Hender son, the individual who forged Treasury notes to the amount of $4,000, and was confined in the jail there,escaped last night, and lias not yet been caught. His trial was to lake place to-day. Arrival oTthc Sirius. “The Steam packet Sirius.” “says the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the 19th, “arrived last evening, a little before dark, from Cork, whence she sailed on the 31st May. She came up the East river in gallant style, thousands of persons having congregated on the wharves to see her as she passed. On nearing the pier at the foot ol Pike street three cheers were given by the multi tude assembled on the dock. The compliment was acknowledged on ihc part of steamer by the ringing of her bell. Compliments were also ex. changed between the Sirius and Ihc Great Wes tern, as the former passed the place where the latter is moored, The boat was brought to at the dock at the foot of Jefferson street, a short dis. tance above the place where the Great Western is stationed.” Tamt-TF. or Respect.—The shipping in lilt port of Savannah on the 21st. displayed (heir col £ ors at half mast, throughout ihe day, as a manifes lation of respect for the memory of those mcr chants of that city, and other sufferers, who per I ished in the Pulaski I tis I Fire. At New Orleans, on the 19ih inst., a fire broke out in the back store attached to Messrs. Morgan & Co s. wholesale drug and paint store, on Canal street, which consumed with nearly all their contents, the following buildings—store occupied by Morgan & Co., wholesale druggist ; W. M. Sergeant’s china anti crockery store; n Henderson dc Gaines’ china and crockery store ; J. Magee's wholesale saddlery ; Whiling & Clark’s wholesale cutlery and hardware store 0 loss estimated about $300,000, partly insured ; supposed to be the act o( incendiaries. j No less than lour steamboat companies have j been formed in London for strain navigation of e Atlantic. Measures of tho like nature are in ,j in progress also in Ireland. 1 * The Pulaski. f copy the following additional intelligence i * n 'Nation to the Pulaski, from the Charleston > Mercury, of Saturday, received by letter in that City; from which it appears the people of WiU | nfinglon Were making every exertion to preserve > any who might still bo floating on fragments of > the wreck. t We learn from a gentleman, passenger in the IV. C., and one of the number saved, that the fol. i lowing persons died on one of the rafts or frag, ments of the Pulaski, on which they had taken refuge: Mrs. D. F. Smith, of Charleston. Mr. Rowand, do. | Mrs. Slansficld, of Savannah, f Rev. Mr. Woarland Lady. : Dr. Ash, of New York. - A daughter of Mr. Robert Hutchinson, of Sa. vannah. \ Dr. Stewart and Master T- Lamar. 1 Mr. .Joseph Auze, formerly Merchant in Savan nah, and recently of Mobile, was killed in the 1 forward part of the Pulaski, by the fall of tire ' mast. 1 Ibe Rev, Mr, Murray, who had been lashed to a part of the Pulaski, was washed off soon after the misfortune occurred, and Mr. Hugh S. Rail, of this city, was lost in endeavoring to swim from the bow lo the stern of the boat, to his lady, whom he perceived in that part of the Steamer. We feel warranted, Irom all the circumstances, in expressing some ground of hope that a portion of the passengers and crew who occupied the stern ol the 7 J u/r/sA’r,just after the explosion oc currcd, have been saved. It will be recollected that the Captain ot the schr. Active, arrived here on Thursday from N. York, staled that he en, countered on the 19th inst. last Tuesday, what he supposed to he “a part of the after cabin” of the Pulaski . It is reasonable, therefore, to con clude that at least some portion, if not nearly the Whole, of the passengers who had resorted to the stern ot the P. for safety, were taken off by some of the numerous vessels going from Southern to Northern Ports, period'which elapsed from the time of the explosion, on Thursday night, to the subsequent Tuesday, when the schr. Active met with this part of the Steamer. A large portion of the Promenade deck of the Pulaski was attached to the af.er cabin and around the Promenade deck there was a rail three feet high, to which the passengers could cling or secure themselves to, without the risk of being washed off. In the period that elapsed from the explosion to the temporary submersion of tho stern of the boat there was also ample lime to have lashed all who were on this part of her. Our conclusion from these circumstances is that as the whole of the passengers, with the single exception of tho Rev. Mr. Murray, of Edisto, who were lashed to the bow of the boat were sa. ved, at least some portion of those who occupied the stern have been also rescued from a walerv ; grave. Extract oflettcrs received in Charleston. WILMINGTON, .tunc 21. 1 Extract. —“lmmediately on the arrival of tho , North Carolina, yesterday, the Directors of the t company ordered her to proceed to sea, in search of such portions of the wreck as may not yet have ! been fallen in with, and to take with her the pi ! lot boats belonging to Federal Point and Smilh i ville. The result of the expedition will be found in the enclosed report handed in to the Directors ’ by gentlemen who volunteered to go on the search. > I trust the hopes therein indulged may have been I realized.” Report. WII.MINOTON, June 21. The steamer North Carolina, arrived at the . New Inlet about 4 o’clock, p. i\r., and having as j certaincd that one or more of the pilot boats were at sea, proceeded immediately out. When off • the Frying Pan Shoals, discovered a brig and > schooner standing in ; ran down to them and as certained the brig to be tho Hibernia, Capt. Saunders, from Gloucester, Mass. Capt. Saun ; dors informed us that he had passed that morning, , two parts of the wreck of a steam boat, one of which he recognized to be tho stern; that he pas ’ sed suiliciemly near to see distinctly that no per s son was on them. , The captain of the schooner states that ho pas -0 sed several parts of the wreck, but saw no person 0 on any of them. From these facts it is hoped the sufferers were removed from the wreck by some steam boat or a vessel, as several had passed a day or two previ ous, in the direction the wreck had drifted. The Pilot boats are still at sea, and it is sup posed they fell in with the parts of tho wreck • about 9or 10 o’clock this morning. t (Signed,) .Times CASstDAr. t Geo. 11. FnEJtcn, T. W, Brow.v, R. Si.mpsox. 1 Mr. Kitchen, the chief engineer, who left this , city yesterday in the South Carolina, also ex presses a lively hope that those ivho look refuge 0 on the after cabin, the largest part of the wreck, c were taken off by some vessel. This fragment he even thinks might have drilled ashore, and then drifted to sea again. Mr. Kitchen confirms the account of (he Mate as to the cause of the explosion, and states that every thing was in perfect order when he left his t watch. Many particulars have been communicated ol c the sufferings of the wrecked and of tho condi c lion in which they were found, but is necessary s to draw a veil over a scene of human wretched ness too heart rending to be submitted to the nub lie gaze. |. The Express Mail Robbed. A letter was received on the 20lh by the Post c Master in Mobile, staling that the express mail between Nashville and Louisville was robbed on the 13th inst., near Uacon Creek, Ky. The bag, which contained letters that left this city on (ho e Bth and 9th, and those from Mobile on the 9th c and 10th. was carried into the woods and cut open. The letters were afterwards found cut n and otherwise mutilated. They are supposed to have contained heavy remittances. j C A Mark’s Nest.—The 11. S Land Office at Detroit was broken open not long since, ■ but nothing was found. The Cleveland Herald insinuates that the sub-Trcasurcr had eloped with all the funds a few minutes belorc. From our Correspondent. e Washington, June 20, 1838. n I* l Bie Senate to day, after the reading of the n Journal Mr. Adams resumed his remarks on the subject ot the Annexation of Texas, in which ho endeavored to show that contrary to the opin c ion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, there . was a distinct proposition on this subject, before . 'I |C House. The morning hour having expired, on motion of Mil Camihiki.ino, the House wont illto Committee on the Sub Treasury Bill. e Mr Uhonson having on leave submitted an _ amendment, • Mr Garland, being entitled to the door, rose and spoke at great length in opposition to the bilb e Mr Du omo non; followed in support of the if measure, strenuously urging the unconstitutional 1 Mily of government in appointing state instilii tions as depositories of public monies. Mr Prentiss followed Mr Dromgoole in a speech which sustains the reputation his former ! speeches have acquired for him. He gave a i rapid sketch of the origin of the Sub Treasury t Bill, which trite idea would have been dull com ing from any one else but from him, it was given with so much sarcasm, humor and fancy, ! as to hold the House and galleries in deep ntten r tion, while he poured out his scorching periods. In the midst of his speech ho gave wav to a motion for the committee to rise, which was carried. It is thought the debate on the bill will be prolonged till Saturday. In the Senate, Mr Buchanan presented three memorials praying for the passage of the Sub Treasury Bill, and remonstrating against the ostablisment of a National Bank. Mr. Hrvks from the Committee on Naval Affairs, moved to be discharged from the further consideration of a petition from an individual. Mr Knight, from the Committee on I’osl Offices and Roads, reported the bill in relation to the claim of Stockton Sc Stokes, accompanied by a report. The Senate then took up the bill for abolish ing imprisonment for debt in certain cases, amend ed by the Judiciary Committee so as to extend the abolition by the hi II to correspond with that in the respective Slates, when such imprison ment had in whole or in part been abolished.— After some discussion the amendment was adopted, and the bill was ordered to a third reading by a vole of 30 ayes to 4 noes. The bill for running the North Eastern Boun dary line, next came up. Mr Clat, of Ky., spoke Upwards of an hour in favor of the measure, which he wished to have referred to a Committee with instructions to make a report, embracihg in n lucid and con densed form, our claims to the disputed territory in Maine. He maintained that the bill could not,be construed into a hostile one, ns argued by Mr Buchanan. Mr Clay said that if the British Nation should not accede to the justice we de manded ;n this matter, there was no alternative but to resort to that last nppeal—War—calami tous though it prove to both nations. Messrs. Davis,Calhoun, Buchanan, & Williams also addressed the Senate on the bill, which was finally referred to tho Committee on Foreign Af fairs, when the Senate went into Executive bu siness, M. Washington, June 21st. 1828. In tho House of Representatives to-d.iy, after the presentation of a few memorials and petitions for and against the Sub-Treasury Bill, resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affaire, asking to he discharged from tho memorials, resolu tions. ami papers of different kinds, relating to the ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. Mr. Adams spoke with great animation and occasional vehemence, until the expira tion of the hour, and contended that the Com mittee, in reporting that there was no propo sition before the House, had not attended to the facts, as numerous direct propositions had been fur some time in its possession. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEHT. The Senate bill “abolishing” imprison ment for debt in certain cases, was taken up, read twice, and referred to the Committee on 1 the Judiciary. , srn-TUEAStTRY nir,r.. On motion of Mr. CAMnRBi-iNo,the House i resolved itself into committee of the whole, and took up again the Sub-Treasury Bill with the pending amendments thereto. Mr. Prentiss of Miss, took the floor, and replied at great length and with powerful elo quence to the remarks of Mr. Pickens, espe cially that portion in which that gentleman spoke of the advantages which the Sub- Treasury Scheme would bring to the South and South-West. The House takes a recess at 2 o’clock, and Mr. Pickens gave way at that hour. He resumed when the House re-assembled ; and took occasion to allude in a most touching manner to the dreadful catastrophe of which the news has just reached the city—the loss of the steamboat Pulaski on her way to Nor i folk. He paid a glowing tribute to General Hamilton, of South Carolina, who is suppos ! ed to have been on board the ill-fated vessel, r (He is still speaking when this package is • closed.) East evening, tho House concurred with the • Senate, in the amendment of the Pre-Emption ; Land Bill, so that now it only wants the signa ture of the President in order to Irccomc a law, A message was received from the President, staling that the offenders implicalcd in the recent outrage, on the Canada Frontier, or in the hands of the proper authorities: and that no nnx i iciy need be fell on the subject. It also stated that no demand had been made by cither Govorn ' merit for satisfaction. . In the Senate, Mr. Lumpkin, of Georgia, rose L for the purpose of correcting what he deemed an I erroneous report of his remarks on the Indian Hostility Bill, made on the 7th insf. and pub- i ! lisbed in the Intelligencer of this morning. The I only specified point of complaint was that he had j 1 been made to contradict himself by saying that the Executive had no actual intention of delaying 1 the execution of the Cherokee Treaty. The reporter of the Intelligencer declares in ' opposition to the honorable Senator, that he has nothing to correct. Mr. Pheston, in his pub lished remarks, shows clearly that he understood Mr. Lumpkin to declare or insist that the Exec, utivo had no real inlcnlion of delaying the cxecu t lion of the Cherokee Treaty. Other Senators say I that they understood him in the same way. ! It is but too common with certain gentlemen to complain of the reports; but the leading mem hers on both sides have been ever ready to attest , their accuracy and faithfulness. ( Mr. McKean presented the proceedings and I resolutions of a meeting o. citizens of the city , and county of Philadelphia, strongly in opposi tion to the passage of the Sub Treasury Bill. Mr, Nices presented resolutions of the Legis -3 lalure of Connecticut, instructing their Senators, • and requesting their Representatives in Congress 1 to use their influence and exertions to prevent the 1 passage of the Sub Treasury Bill. 1 Mr. Niles accompanied the present alien of this paper with sonic remarks pn the inconsistent ?* llleso resolutions coming from a Whig Legis. > bllura. Mr. N. (as usual) indulged in a sties ol comments derogatory to the present majority in tile state, end the means by which that ma jority was obtained. Ho also read a very long paper drawn up by himacif, as an answer to the instructions of his Legislature, the sum of which was that he would not obey those instructions. Mr. CniTTEjchKir vindicated the state of Con* nccticut from these unjust and injurious as persions, and some animated conversation look place between him and the Connecticut Senators. The Senate then went into Executive Session, and shortly afterwards adjourned. M. [hrom the N. I'. CommcrcialAdverlistr, June 1'.1.j Awful Catastrophe. The northern mail of this morning hs s brought ns the following melancholy intelligence. From the Buffalo Commercial of Sahnd nj evening. The steamboat North America is just in, by the passengers of which wo learn the particulars of a most heart rending calamity—the DESTRUC TION tfr THE new AJtll EUtOANT STEAM BOAT W ASHINOTON, by (ire, off Silver Creek, about 3 o'clock this morning, with the estimated loss of FIFTY LIVES! The Washington passed the North Ameiican while the latter lay at Erie, in the early part of the night, and was not again seen by those on board the North America until when within abotit three miles of this city, a bright glare of light was discovered by the helmsman, in the di rection of Silver Creek, and the North America was instantly put about for tho scene of appre hended disaster, Ob gearing the spot, about 0 o'clock, the burn ing hull of the large and noble boat was found drifting over the waters, three or four miles from shore, with not a living human being on board. The lake was literally covered with hats, bonnets, trunks, baggage, and blackened fragments of the wreck. The intense anxiety of tho witnesses of this foarlul scene, for the late of the passengers on the unfortunate Washington, was partially relieved hy the discovery of several small boats near the shore, in whiph the survivors of the disaster had been rescued from destruction. The alarm had been given at Silver Creek, as soon as the fiames were perceived from the shore, and all the boats that could he found wore sent to the rescue of the sufferers. There were only three skiffs, beside the yawl of the Washington, which could bo thus used. The North America took on board about 40 of those saved, many of whom, including all the ladies, remained on shore. There wore six dead bodies picked up on the spot —those of four chil dren and two women. One man died of injuries soon aficr reaching the shore, and one child was dead in its mother’s arms when she was taken out of the water. After picking up all the floating baggage which could be seen, ihe hull—which was still able to float the engine—was towed into Silver Creek, where it sank in 0 or 8 feet of water. The North America remained at Silver Creek, employed in this melancholy business, 0 or 7 hours, and cv» cry thing was done hy Captain Edmonds and his crew for the rclicl of the sufferers. Their prompt and efficient services are entitled to nil plaisc. The ill.-falod Washington was built'at Ashta bula last winter, and had made but one trip pro vious to her destruction. The lire caught near the boilers, and had mode such progress when discovered to defy all attempts tn extinguish j it. Tho helm was instantly put about, and Ihe boat beaded for shore, but in n few moments the wheel ropes were burnt off, and she was ren dered an unmanageable wreck. Had iron rods been substituted, as melancholy experience has taught on the Mississippi, this appalling loss of life might have been averted ! We hear that the surviving passengers of tho Washington unite in staling that no blame was attributable to Capt. Ilrown.lhc commander. We hope and expect that the reported loss of life, as staled above, may prove exaggerated. We have heard, since commencing this article, the loss variously estimated from twenty to sixty. Many of the survivors were badiy burned before they left the boat. We have no statement as to the probable amount of pecuniary damage susrained by this distressing event. Tho passengers must have suffered heavily. One merchant from Illinois lost $O, OOO in money. Below is a list of those known to have been saved, and of the missing as fur as could be ob tained: M. 1). Hosford, Clayton, Jell’erson, Co. N Y. Clinton Strait Marshall, Calhoun Mo. 1 David Gibson, Mundcc, Genesee. John M. Durgel, Florida. Ira Holmes, Leicester IN V*. Timothy Edwards, I’cru, O- Moj. Meach, Carlton, N Y. Giles 11. Hadley, Dewitt. “ Simeon Nicbolls, Penfield, " Wm. Nelson, Sumcrslon, “ S. O. Holbrook, Sparta- David Beardsley, Catherines, N. Y. H. Dorgce, Providence. Tyler Simpson, Woccslor co. Mass. N. B. Moore, Pembroke, N. Y. Henry Hart, Calhoun Co. Midi. J. W. Thurber, Lenawee Co. “ John Wiler, Huron Co. O, Simeon Tyler, Chenango co. N V. John F. Shultz, Clinton co. “ Israel M. Patty, Cayuga co. “ William H. like. N. Neely, Boone co. Illinois. George C. Hill, Utica, N Y. Ira if. Bennett, Lagrange co. Ind. LOST AND MISSINO. Capt. Clem ins, Dudley, Mass. Conrad Shurlz, Clinton co. N Y. Wm. Shurlz, wife and 3 children N Y. W- Shed,St. Lawrence co, “ Mr. Barker family of six. only one saved, A Scotchman, name not recollected, lost three J children, mother and sister. Since the above was in type, we have received the Buffalo Journal of Saturday evening, from ( j which x’c gather some additional particulars. The steamboat North America. Capt. Ed murids, came to the Washington. This boat was . within someciglitor ten miles ol this city, but j seeing the light the captain very promptly put J back, and was thus the means of saving many lives. Several of the passengers were picked up ] almost exhausted; among whom was a woman ( with two children in her arms, nl least a mile and a half from the wreck —the children wore unfor- ( tunately dead, however. The master of the boat and all the officers are among Ihe survivors. The porter, the harher, , one wheelsman, and two firemen ol the crew, arc ( known to be lost. I We select for publication the following names ( that were saved. ( , Martin fstrait, Marshall, Calhoun Co. Mich. ( John M. Duryec, Florida, Mich. Benj. Merrick, Carlton, N. Y. , Elias M. Dibble, Chili, ilo. H Duryce, Providence, do. Isaac H. Bennett, Lagrange Co. Ind. The above arc all Ihe particulars lhalwe have i , yet been enabled to glean. A vole of thanks • o (.'apt Edmonds, for bis prompt and human* exertions, wo understand was properly passed— • k».». k..„ m s. .1,1. 1. ,f, f„ Lff trom the ft. V. Com. Ado. June JB. Tlie Northern Frontier. Major General Macomb passed through Alba -1 »y. on Friday last, on Ins way lo the Northern frontier. The War department has assigned to mm the command, in person, of all onr military forces at the North. His head quarters will be at Sacked s Harbor. We learn from the Army and Navy Chronicle that the War department has ordered two steam boats lo be chartered—one on Lake. Erie, and the other on Lake Ontario*—each to be well manned and armed. The boat on Lake. Erie is to be un dor the command of Lieut. J. T. Homans. Sir John Colbornc arrived at Toronto on Mon day. We ropy the following paragraph from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of Wednesday. Oottuok.—We are mortified to say that Ma. jor Webb, the British ollicer commanding oppo site Black Rock, while on a visit loom city yes terday afternoon, was insulted and maltreated by a parcel of worthless fellows, who constituted themselves champions of the national honor ! The Court ot General Sessions, now sitting, have called a special grand jury, on motion of the district attorney, for the prompt investigation of the outrage. [Since the above was in type wc have received the Buffalo Commercial of Thursday, from which we learn that several persons have been indicted for (he outrage on Col. Webb, and six arrested, namely John O’Hricn.John Peterson, Elijah Kel logg, F. W. Emmons, Eli Troxcll and Benjamin Holt. Kellogg is a police constable! and Emmons one of the town constables. It is said that others ol the police wore present and looking on, who never interfered !] The Toronto Fall lot of the I'Jth has the follow ing paragraph: Another division of the pirates is at work on Lake Erie, where a schr. laden with merchandise belonging to Mr. Chrysler of Niagara, has been captured. A despatch announcing this new out rage arrived in (ho city Inst night, but nothing more Ilian the hare fact transpired. From the Albany Argus, Jam' 19. Bill Johnson, the Lake Buccaneer-Scenes on tin; Frontier. The condition ol the frontier, and the events (lint transpire daily, continue to cxcitu the public allcnlion mid interest. What may be the further designs ol the marauders, who seek either lo embroil the two governments or to gratify their desire of revengo or their thirst for plunder, unless arrested by the strong arm of both governments, well and spcedly put forth, may ho gathered from the following facts, which wc derive from authen tic sources. Eatly in the spring a parly of refugees made a lodgment on ‘The Thousand Islands,’ in the St. Lawrence. The leader of this gang is William Johnson—will known in nil that region as Bill Johnson—and known also , as the leader in the recent destruction of the Sir Hubert J’ecl. Ho is a Canadian by birth, is about fifty eight years of ago, of a power ful frame, an 'jp*;great fearlessness and ener gy or characl‘Y. Jic has four sons, who partake to a considerable degree of the char acter of the further. Jlcwns employed as a j spy in the American service during the last war J and in (be course of it performed ninny bold and hazardous exploits. He bad at. bis com mand a six oared barge, in which be roamed the lake and river, intercepting despatches, attacking the small craft, seizing properly, and harassing the British settlement. On one occasion he intercepted despatches twice in one day at Presque Isle. On another his boat having been driven on the British shore in a gale, and bin crew capture, ho elud ed his pursuers for n fortnight, ami finally made his escape in n hark cunoe, crossing the lake (36 miles in Width) alone in that frail vessel, and reached Sackutl’s Harbor in safe ty. Hmo the war lie has resided at French Crock, in the double capacity of trader and smuggler. It is said that he boasts of having a force under bis immediate command ol 150 men, - but Ibis is probably on exaggeration, although bo bos undoubtedly more limn those who were with him in the capture of the Sir Robert Peel) and could probably command, if necessary, a much grater number. The principal rendezvous and bead-quarters of Johnson and his marauders, is at a fastness called Fort Wallace, on an island at the head of Wells’s Island, and within the British lerri lui'i/- It is said to contain a fortification of much strength of position ; little is known, however, in relation to it, as Johnson refuses to let any one not belonging to the gang visit it. He boasts much of its strength, and ex presses the belief that with a dozen men lie could defend it against the attack of two hun dred. He has a second rendezvous on Abel’s Island, immediately below Wells's Island, and opposite Alexandria Bay. “The Thousands Islands” arc said to number about seventeen* hundred, and to vary in size from ten miles in length lo a single rock a foot square. Well s’ Island (from whence the attack was made on the Sir Robert Peel) is the largest of the group, and forms what is designated by the sailors the Upper Narrows, the passage bring, ging vessels within pistol shot of the island. They occupy more than twenty-five miles in the river, which in some (duces is more than 10 miles wide. They arc little else than rock, will) occa sional patches of fertile land. Their sides arc in many parts perpendicular rocks, thirty feel in heiglil, with abrupt shores, and great depth of water. They are generally covered with dense forests and thick underbrush ; and the passages between them arc narrow, winding and often rocky. It is scarcely possible to conceive of a place better formed by nature to afford a secure retreat for freebooters Ilian this cluster of islands. Johnson has several boats, every way adop ted to his designs, one of which is forty feel in length, hut of so light a construction as to he easily carried across the islands, and its speed is’ said to exceed that of the swiftest boats on the l ike. Shortly after the destruc tion of the Sir Robert Feel, he proceeded in this boat with a few of his men up the lake, made a predatory incursion upon an island near the mouth of the Bay of Uninle, and plundered the inhabitants, returning on the night of the 18th instant to the fist nesses of “The Thousand Islands.” It is not known that he has been on the main land since the burning of the Sir Robert Feel. He has had occasional interviews with some of onr citizens since that event, but they have taken place on the water. He, and those who attend him on these occasions, are well-armed. His own appearance, with six pistols, a dirk and bowie-knife in bis belt, is sufficiently bellige rent; and he has with him, ii is said invariably the colors of the Sir Rob-rt Peel. Be consi ders the, destruction of that vessi I »s an act of piowy, rirul that his life has become thereby lor felted, and nays ho shill -ell it at the dearest rale [Tfi-vrcckly.]— Vol. H.-iv© 76 » l .ko s n- ‘.? lmracl , er lbo buccaneer of the . kc sufficiently surely, with the natural and or e,x*Be crat ' on . U. he a subject 01 alarm to the border inhabitants. An alarm not altogether groundless, from the, fact that the - lodhv i :'r: ofthi8n “r ne, ° üß r">"pi n h«w. ' y .r r rac ,° of half bnndi, ' i ; *»ho wouM , scruple to join in nearly any enterprise , for Pander; who have perhaps one hundred . , t ' , ’ l l nd , VTh ° 3o nuniber has been enlarged con sldcrably by refugee accessions. It is supposed that there arc at least one thousand refugees and other persons on those islands, under the control a ll command of Johnson, and several ■1 dCburgh rcf t'gees; between Niagara and Og |[ .h not ," he imagined that (ho local militia, the local authorities, however well disposed to co operate with the officers of government in , '™ l ; ur c s 10 repel and prevent these incursions and to detect and punish the marauded, are ade 'isate to the emergency. The commerce of (hot river and the lake, the national character, and the Uvea and properly ol our citizens, require a gov ernment Imcc sufficient to eiplore the island* and expel the marauders; a considerable military force at several points on the frontier ; and the employment of an armed steam vessel or revenue cutter. r J hese matters, we understand have hocn fully presented by gov. Maiicv to the consideration of 10 Rcneral government, and judging from recent movements, we do not doubt that the requirements of the ease will receive all the attention which the limited strength of the army will in any man* net allow. * Ahollt thirteen hundred.— Com. .1,1 v. [For the Chronicle and Sentinel.] To Miss Virginia. \V hen the sun’s last rays illumined the west, W hen tranquil sleeps the boundless sea, When weaiied nature sinks to rest. Then, then my Jenny, think of me. When darkness cast her veil over earth, When beast and bird to covert flee, When far from scenes of joy and mirth, Ah ! then my friend, remember me. When nights mild queen over nature smiles. And seems to calm the stormy sea. When her faint light some heart beguiles, Ah, then my Jenny, think of me. When countless stars adorn the sky, | Ami shed their light o’er earth and thee j When sound of praise ascend on high, Ah ! then my friend, remember mo. • And when to darkness light succeeds, 1 When each upon the bended knee, To (sod his cause with fervor pleads, . 1 Ah! then dear Jenny, think of me. 5 A writer in the New York Evening Post, ’ Mr Van Biircn’e leading New York paper,) t adverting to the probability of Mr Clay’* t nomination Cor the Presidency, says: “All n the voters in my house, Wings though we be, a have resolved that we will not vote Cora man i, for President, who is a slaveholder. My - opinion is that the oboljtionists'will act in the . same \vtiy.” Ho adds, if the Whigs “do not 3 put in nomination a real son of liberty for - President, they will lose my vote, and the i votes of hnndieds of thousands of men, who r are for liberty in (he abstract, And also iti r o-> I ality.” B—J, COMMERCIAL. CIIAIH.ESTON MAtIKKT, JUNK 23. Colton. —The transactions ol the week were to a fair extent, at, n small advance on choice qualities, over previous rales. Late ndvires from Europe bus tended to increase the confidence and firmness of holders, t Jut door business is much retarded, by the constant imelemeiiey of lbe went her, and the anticipated news from abroad, has kept operators front eonting into the market, with any degree ol eenlidenee. There is a consequent reduction iri amount of sales of nil qualities, hut no prospect of n decline in prices. Received since our last to yes terday morning inclusive, 77 hales of Sea Island and 2310 hales of Upland Cotton. Cleared in the some lime, 958 holes of Sen Island and 6593 hales of Upland Cotton. On ship board, not cleared, 357 bales of Sen fstnnd and 10338 hales of Upland Cot ton. The sales have been 2452 bales of Upland, at from 7J to 121. Ol Sen Island, 191 bales bate bent sold nt from 35 to 02, and 92 Stained do at lironi 12 to 20 cents per lb. NEW ORT.RANS MARKET, JUNE 19. Colton —The market opened with a good de mand lor all kinds, the sales (yesterday) will reach 1200 bides at lull prices. We nolo 450 Mississippi (idly middling lair, a 10,;; 300 Tennessee middling hi a Hi; and oilers were made for large lists attics extreme prices of last week and refused. Receipts of I7lb and IHtb, are 8230 bales. Louisiana and Mississippi, 7 a Me. extremes; fair 11; North A tabamas, 0 a lie; loir 91 a 91e. I'rrifrhts are dull—three Am. vessels liaVo takoil at Id to Liverpool. MACON MARKET JUNE 21. Cotton. —Tim stock in the ware-houses is very small, and scarcely any coming in. Prices have not ehanged much liir several weeks—sales from 0 to 91 extremes. lIAVIIE MUIKKT, MAV 31. Cotton —Our market which wo noticed ns dull at the sailing Os the packet of 1110 24th inst, lina not yet recovered its activity, the demand being confined to a lew purchases for immediate wants. No change has however taken place m prices, not withstanding the large arrivals and increased slock and holders remain firm. The sales of the week ending 31st inst. are 3,777 boles Sloek on Ibo 30lli May, 75,890 bales,of which 71,060 arc Ameri can, TRIESTE, MAV J 9. Our (,‘ollon prices are looking dp, and onr stock is redoeod to lit,!.; (»r nothing. Those from this United States in current qualities have been sold at 38 a393. and Egyptian at 43 to 4 111 Onr letters from Alexandria of the 7ih, inform us that tin Pacini intends to bring into the market 20,000 hales of his old stock, and in June to begin with the new. Some of our, and also Vienna bouses scent to begin their operations, having already appointed their agents, and remitted funds to Alexandria. Antwerp, May 23.—1 n Cotton a good deal of business was done during lasi week, and fine qual tics maybe quoted at lie higher; 51 10 bales Mobile and New Orleans, and 500 Georgia, were sold at from 39 to 10! e, according to quality. Eeast India Colton, however, do not attract the notice of buy ers, lot) bales damaged Georgia (lotion were sold by auction nt 55 to 73e, and I f bales Surinam at 06 to 07c, rill in consumption ; 31 bates Surinam and 14 bales Surat wore withdrawn; no offer being made for them. We have from Liverpool received 300 hub’s American, and 33 bales Jlarngnan cotton . T« C.\TV-I IVE DOLLARS REDWAR ‘ RUNAWAY Iroin the subscriber ■Ck S while in camp, near I/amhurg, S C JBCfo a certain negro men named Prince, JESr* aged about 40 years, dark complex ton, ehunkey, heavy built, about 5 feet 8 or 10 inch s high, baa levernl of bis upper fore teeth missing; and tolerably brisk spoken. Said negro was purchased from the workhouse in Charleston. Any person who will apprehend said negro anil deliver him ro Mr, 8 is. turner of Hamburg, or secure him so that sard i urner can get him, xvi 11 rex rive (be above