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ifrcapr ofTheiler au J lrom Quebec.
The escape of the Canadian “Patriots,” Thcllcr
and Dodge from the impregnable fortress of Que
**'’> and subsequently from the hot pursuit which
was kept up alter them, has excited the wonder of
all who are acquainted with the strength of the
fortress in question, lioth of them are now in
the city of New \oik, and the former has pul>-
lishcd in Mackenzie's Gazette the following ac
count of the manner in which the escape was ef
fected :
We arrived in Quebec on Sunday the tenth of
June, and were received at the wharf by a strung
guard of the Ist regiment of Grenadier Guards,
Her Majesty s Household Troops, and escorted hy
them to the citadel, amid the groans and hisses
and execrations of a Tory mob, prepared for the
occasion; spat upon, reviled unit tormented by
them in every way their ingenuity could invent,
they followed us all the way, until the gates of
the fort shut us out from them—from their abuse
ot us and at our country. We were confined in
one ot the lionih proof, cjsemutcd rooms, that
served as the prison for the military prisoners. It
was furnished us an ordinary prison. Iron bed
steads. iron staples, on which was placed hoards
for a table and the ordinary benches—it waa about
twelve feet broad and fifty feet deep—two window s
in the front, strongly barred with iron—and in the
back part were small loopholes for musketry—both
in front and in the rear were placed board' fences
of twelve feet high, inside of which was stationed
a sentinel who could watch all our motions.
Another sentinel was placed outside of the fence,
two others were placed in the rear, and one on the
top of the roof on the wall. These five were
put on for our especial protection and kept on still
after. Wc had some trouble at first and some
little hardship respecting provisions, but owing
to the industry and zeal of the Town Major Fraser,
and the representations of this good hearted old
man, wc were very liberally supplied, viz:—we
had no complaints to make. We lived in daily
expectations of hearing something respecting our
late, but when two inomhshod passed and nothing
had taken place, we began to look around to see
what could be done in the way of making our es
eapo. Many were the plaits proposed, but at lust
it was decided that the most dangerous one of ch
etping hy the front window and climbing the
lenre in the presence of one sentinel and in the
view of the other, was the most probable way and
one that would he attended with more likelihood
of success; besides the very boldness of the
measure would prevent suspicion ever entering
the mind of ihe guard. It was then resolved, that
we woold try and procure some implements to
cut one of the bars of the window, and taking
advantage of the first dark and stormy night win n
the sentinels at our doors as well as those on the
different other parts which wc must unavoidably
piss, were hy the ruin obliged to keep in their
Imhcs, we would venture out, get to the walls and
try our so; tune in gelling over them.
M e walked out each day lor hail an hour, three
si a lime, guarded hy six soldiers with fixed bay
onets, and as We generally stopped for some lime
on the saluting batteries, we saw' occasionally a
Iri one of whom was slipped a paper ex
plaining our plan, ami begging his co-operation,
by supplying us with tools, and in directing a
place where they might be laid. The next day
w c received the tools required, wrapped up in one
ot your Gazelles with u fine, saying that if we
t oulj accomplish tln* plan proposed, we need give
ourselves no trouble after wc would get out, as a
b lend would, when wc gave the signal of being
ready, he at a certain spot pointed out, to guide
us to a place of safely. This was taken from the
place und secreted on my person, while the ser
geant s and corporal s attention, w ho were standing
beside us, was occupied hy the other two who
were out with me.
\\ c began the work with i d >ur and every
anticipation oI success, although to look at the
matter now calmly. 1 wonder how vve possibly
* enld liave escaped detection, saw oil’ a bar of iron
without the knowledge of the guard, and lie
w ithin u few feet ol us.—Yet such is the fact,
I "alonel Dodge, with one of the men, kept at work
at the one window, while 1 at the other, was ex
erting my talent in keeping the sentinel in con
versation. Occasionally it would squeak rather
hard, anil I could hear it plain enough, hut the
men would walk about, would dance and sing,
Ac , and thus drowned the sound we did not wish
to have hoard. A fife waa procured, and in we
hud in the room the boy who had acted ns lifer on
hoard the "Schooner Ann” his noisy services
were frequently iu requisition. At this rate we
continued, with occasional interruptions from
some sulky fellow who would he pul on guard,
who would not cuter willingly into conversation,
or some time some more smart than others whom
we thought w o could not ho easily hoodwink. In
deed it was rather a hard business for mo to find
out the calibre ot the mind ol those moving
blocks, that w,- might lead him to the conversa
tion that would suit him best. How to discern
the difference between living here and in London
■London porter—BareJay ale—beef, Ac., were
always the general topics on which they all could
converse.
in the esnine of a lortnight the sighal w us given
to Oar friend that all was ready for the firs! dark
and rainy night, which we waited for with the
greatest anxiety. In the meantime I had hoard
of my being about to be sent to England and after
some time, by a loiter received from Mr. Secretary
Butler, I was informed (hut a merchant vessel
called the Koyal Ado aide, had been chartered to
take me there, mid that she would sail in a few
days. Phc Guptain ol the vessel was brought to
see me by the new Tow n Major (for Major Fraser
had been displaced) and he informed me that lie
had not got all his cargo, nor would he be ready
to sail for some time. I found out w here his ves
sel lay, and each day when w e went out, we used
to look well at the vessel and think when she
would be ready—then at the clouds, und wonder
if the fair weather was alway sto last. A watch
was regularly kept every night looking out for the
slightest appearance of rain; at last, when wo
were almost worn out with watching, the good
time seemed to have come. On Monday night
the 15th October, about seven o’clock, it rained
hard, and the night was dark; we began to make
uur preparations. Colonel Dodge and I had our
rloaks rolled up, and each taking a change of linen
and what other little necessaries he wanted, ma le
ready for the start; three out of the seven of the
men contiuued w ith its volunteering logo with us
and share our fate; the rest remained. Although
the bar had l«cn saw ed through, und had been so
lor upwards ot six weeks, yet it took up a great
deal of time to pry it oil' and to work the lower
part out of the socket in which it was placed, so
that wc were not ready until eleven o'clock. Wc
then gave the sentry a draught of porter, iu which
was put a *mni! quantity nf laudanum, lest our
going out might disturb his slumbers, and the min
hiving soused. and he began to get stupified with
the effects of the opiutn. tottered about; and the
bar being then off. wc had no alternative—go wo
must; and calling the sentry to me 1 told him that
the little drop of porter I had taken had made me
leel stupified and cold and that 1 should try a little
brandy, we ha I got a small bottle for the occasion)
so we drank together—l got him so stand near
me leaning against the imrs to protect me, as I was
undressed, from the cold.
By this time I had got his hack turned to the
window, and kept him talking and drinking until
I 01. Dodge and others went out and over the
« »ec. I got one of the men who remained to
lase my place at the sentinels side, who did not
perceive the change, w hile I followed mv com
rades ; the place which wc passed through was
rather tight for roe, and I had to crawl through
fentTl 1 T' M - CO#t V ' hf “ ' bulbing the
Xr ■d? ,e ; 1 m “* th - I «ot do« non ,1...
“ »o si.nets which Mr.
had fastened to the bar™, and which aided
us much in our descent. Noiseless wc crawled
iiehind ft hmalt cook house alwul fifteen pares
from our room, and scarce had we got there when
wc heard the relief guard pass within a few feet
of us. \\ e all, however, crouched low, and they
passed without discerning us. We were obliged
to remain until they had changed guard, and I
had seen with pleasure my boon companion, the
last (ile marching, although with difficulty, to
wa'uls the guard house. Again wo moved for
wards on our hands and knees, one after the
other, when wc were again near being discover
ed by tba noise made by one of our number
which attracted the attention of the sentinel on
the wall above our room. On hearing the noise
he moved down towards us—we all lay flat on
the ground, alter he hud come within a few paces
he turned round and marched back to his post.
Again we moved forward and passed the store
houses, behind which is another sentinel, and
had passed opposite the sentinel at the magazine
and were in the parade ground, when wc were
alarmed by the noise of a soldier running from,
it appeared, our late room across the square to
wards the officer's quarters—he passed near us.
hut did not perceive us. Mr. Dodge enquired of
me what I thought it meant, and 1, more to en
courage the men, than from any belief I had in
what I said, answered that I supposed some of
them were sick, and that he was probably going
to the Doctor’s quarters, where it seems, he did
go. Forward we moved again, but Parker was
stumbling 1 mentioned before, (for what reason
we know not) broke out of the line and marched
in another direction. The noise he made (and
it was not a little) attracted the attention of the
sentries placed on each side of us, ami by
whom we were immediately challenged, hut as
wc made no answer, and us they could hut see
our forms distinctly, we passed on quickly, hut
without any noise until wc gained the walls.
V\ e placed one of the men at the corner as a sen
tinel to give us the alarm if necessary, while we
made the lour to ascertain if our friend was at
his post. VV e searched—he was not there. Wc
were also alarmed ut hearing some one conversing
with the man whom we had placed us a sentinel,
which, by the remarks we overheard, wc con
jectured it to he the officer of the guard. He ap
peared very anxious to discover who the n.nn was,
and still kept advancing upon him, which he us
anxiously strove to elude by keeping at a proper
distance. Wc heard the officer say, “ Conic,
come, let there ho no more of this foolery. I
know that you arc one of the officers, but you
know it is my duty to sec who you are. You
have passed the sentinel without answering their
challenge, and I am resolved to wc who you are."
He then sprung towards him hut our man leaped
upon the wall at a part railed the King’s Hastion
—tho officer followed—Culver then leaped buck
again and ran for a little distance, then darted
int i one of the embrasures ol the guns, or ukind
of half sully port.
The officer thinking he hud passed straight
forward, followed on and made towards the offi
cer s barracks, us we thought, to alarm the garri
son. We had now nothing else to do hut Jump
from the wall, us the noise made in hauling down
the rope would unquestionably direct them to us.
It was a dreadful alternative, but we could do no
thing else.
Death or Liberty was our motto when wc start
ed, and none of us would have submitted to have
la en taken alive, i took the lead, letting my
sell over the wall. I hung by my hands for an
instant—then let go—Cods what a shock ! 1
thought every bone in my body was broken to
pieces. Culver followed me—then Hull. I 1
called on Mr. Dodge, to throw down the piece of I
rope he had cut off us we still had fifteen feet to
g > down. He did so, and followed himself. We
lay for a little while sprnuling in the hard ditch, j
all more or less injured. I had discoluted my ,
right uncle joint, ami splintered ike lower part ,
of one of the bones of my leg. Culver, I’beljcve, ,
dislocat 'd his ancle, or otherwise badly injured
his foot. Hull and Dodge hurt, hut not so bad (
as we were. One of the men held on by the *
piece of rope, and I went down the second de- 1
scent followed by the other two, while the fourth i
let himselt drop and was caught by Mr. Dodge, f
who, hy that means, sprained his wrist. We
then clambered up the precipice to the glacis, and
descended (he turn stile into the street.
As seeing so many persons with bundles in 1
their hands might look suspicious, if we met any ,
of the prowling bauds of police, we hft the two
men in the Governor's Garden with the bundles
to remain there quiet until wc would go and find
out some French person who would direct us to
where one of our friends resided, and on no account
to stir from where we placed them until one of us
returned, or sent some one to bring thorn to us.—
We passed on through the streets without meet
ing any one whom v\ e could venture to ask. One
discovered who wo were partly hy guess, and
when 1 perceived that he did, 1 made a virtue of
necessity, and mfonned him who 1 was. He told
me he was a magistrate, but as 1 hud been so frank
with him, and thinking (I supposed from his
looks) that he might not escape scatheless in a
contest with us, he told us to go our ways, and
pledged his word of honor that, us wc confided in
him, ho would give no alaim. A young gentle
man w ho accompanied him, pledged himself also.
We left him—passed the sentinel ut Sir John
Colbome’s door who challenged us. We advanc
ed I oldly, and he, mistaking us from our caps and
cloaks to be some of his own officers, carried arms
to us as wc passed.
Not relying implicitly on the promise given us
by the Canadian tory gentleman, wc changed our
course, and a few moment’s walk brought us to
otic of the gates of the city, (1 believe Hope Gate.)
We p issed through and got into the Lower Town,
where, after a little wandering about, wo met w ith
u poor Canadian who, at that hour of the night,
was returning from bis w ork, be carried a lantern
with him. I accosted him, and entered w ith him
into a shed, where he laid his tools. I had no
trouble to prevail on him to take me to our friends.
He said he would willingly risk bis life in the
service of those who risked so much for his poor
country.
He took us to the house of a gentleman in St.
Docks, who received us with kindness, and went
himself along w ith Mr. D. to bring the boys, but
before they got to the gales of the tow n, the alarm
of our escape had been given and all were shut,
and no person could get either out or in until
daylight—soldiers and police were stationed ut
the gates and scouring the streets in all directions.
General McDonnell and staff os well as all the
other military officers, were rushing through the
streets, and lanes like madmen—spurring their
i burgers, and as the poor man, who had got in-
I side, said, knocking the lire from the stones of the
streets w ith the heels of their horses, and swear
ing said he, just like soldiers.
The next morning the two poor fellows, who
were stiffened and cold, crept out of their hiding
places, and craw led into a tavern, w here they hud
not been long before they w ere discovered and
taken, while we were concealed by our friends,
and the most active search was made for us. and
a reward by the officers of the guards and hy Lord
Durham, £'.5,000, was ottered lor our apprehen
sion ; but they might have saved themselves the
tumble, for those w ith whom we were, and many
who knew our plan of concealment, although iii
the poorer and lower walks of life, could not be
bought. N\ e suffered of course much by the i
plans and manner in which we were hidden, for
the first week, and so hot was the pursuit, that
one night lictween eight o’clock in the evening,
and one in the morning, Mr, D.—for wc were 1
separated for the first two days—had to change I
h.s quarters five times, and w hen the pursuit was I
the keenest—police and soldiers taking up every i
one that was either short or tali—or who wore i
I glasses, or who were blind — opening the coffins 1
of the dead— examining all the old women they
met w ith—wc passed through the streets disguised
i in as simple a manner as possible, and eluded their
i search. On the Monday morning we escaped
we went to the house ofa respectable family where
we were treated as if belonging to them; nor did
I we leave them until we were ready to take the road.
1 We could see the placards on the houses giving
• a description of our persons and offering the re
• ward, and hear every day the numerous reports
• that were circulated concerning us, how we were
seen at some place, and how we were lying sick
at another across the lines, Ac, &c. When the
r excitement had somewhat subsided, and numcr
i ous guards which were placed at the different
' thoroughfare* of the city, and the roads leading
i out of it, were somewhat relaxed from useless vj
-1 gilancc, we thought it then time to start; and as
■ wc had partially recovered from our lameness, and
were fit to undergo the fatigue of the journey*
Saturday night the lid November, we fixed for
the occasion. Good horses and a guide were fur
nish us by kind friends—well armed with swords
i and pistols, we crossed the river at Point Levy,
where we mounted the horses that w ere at an ap
pointed place awaiting us. Wc mounted—and
I I will say four more determined men never before
look that road—we travelled by night and slept
by day. On Tuesday morning a little after day
light wc crossed the lines, where our hearts boun
ded with joy at the night of the sign post of the
I eagle and stars advising us that we were now in
the State of Maine—that we had gained the hav
en that had so long by us been so ardently desi
red.
As we could not keep the direct route all the
way, to avoid places where guards arc stationed,
we were obliged to take more circuitous routes,
which almost doubled the distance; and though
we dashed boldly forward and were ready to face
any force that could lie brought at the instant
against us, yet wc were never met by any guard,
nor were we challenged by a single individual.
Wc were obliged to pass, notwithstanding, pla
ces where we knew guards were placed to inter
cept us; but onward we pushed, while they, with
their accustomed vigilance, were snoring away in
their beds. Wc hud intended to pass for a small
squad of volunteer cavalry, sent out at Quebec to
pursue deserters, or ourselves, if wc had been
questioned by any casual acquaintance wc might
pick up on the road. And as either Mr. 1). or
myself hud seen enough of the swagger of the
volunteer officers while in Upper Canada, we
had an idea that either of us could have personted
the character to perfection ; however, wc had
not the chance, meeting no one but a few poor
Canadians whom we tried our authoritative man
ner a little upon, t>y the few questions we tho’t it
prudent to ask them, and 1 think by their manner
they look us to tie the real Bitnon Purcs, as none
but a Canadian volunteer officer would have had
such eonsumntc impudence.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2U.
Wc are requested to say that Mr. J. 13. Fitx
a Khali}, general agent of the New-York Truth
Teller, is now in this city, for the purpose of
collecting dues and receiving subscriptions,
In our paper to-day will he found an interest
ing account of the escape of Thellor and Dodge,
the Canadian Patriots from the prison of Quebec.
Wc perceive by a letter in tbo Savannah Geor
gian of Tuesday morning, that Gen. Floyd, to whom
was entrusted the command of the troops to drive
the Indians from the Southern Counties of thi s
State, that he has penetrated into the interior of the
Okefmoke Swamp, where no white man was ever
known to have been before, and where he found a
large Island, high and dry, containing fine arable
land, some of which had been cultivated. He found
no Indians, We shall publish his letter to-morrow.
In yesterday’s paper wo published the resolu
tions of Col. Howard and Mr. Alexander on the
subject of the currency, and summed up the main
positions occupied by each. Our readers are al
ready aware that on some of the points touched
upon by each of these resolutions, we differ with
both the gentlemen who introduced them. The
best reflections which we have been enabled to give
this intricate and complex question, have led our
mind to the decision that the safest and best plan,
both for the people and the Government, of
managing the financial affairs of the Union, and
preserving a National currency, is through the
agency of n National Bank, “which” in the lan
guage of Mr. Calhoun, in 1684, “in.some shape
or form and under some authority seems indispen
sible.” In coming to that conclusion, we have
been influenced by no hope of reward, no pros.
[>ect of personal promotion or pecuniary benefit;
for it brings us into collision of opinion with
many of our best personal friends, and a large
portion of the Stale Rights’ party, under whose
banner we have struggled through evil as well
as good report, “in weal and in woe,” if no t
w ith equal ability, at least with a zeal as unabated,
a devotion as uncompromising, and a firmness as
unflinching, as any man over whom that flag ever
waved its proud and spotless folds. We have
been with that party and of that party, when
overwhelming defeat seemed to consign it to per
petual inferiority, and wc forsook it not. We
have toiled with it in the conflict, stop by step
and through struggle after struggle, until the sky
of its triumph is unobscured by a single cloud,
and wc are with it still. Victory and defeat
have alike brought to us no rewards for the past.
wc expect none, we desire none for the future.
Should that party in the Union, with whom we
agree upon the currency questions ever rise to
pow er, wc have nothing to hope or expect from
its hands—we cannot hope or expect that in the
distribution of the “ spoils,” the light of the palace
would ever shine upon the humble station wc
occupy. Following then, no sinister views in
coming to the conclusion at which we have long
since arrived, that a National Bank is not onlv |
constitutional, but highly necessary and expedient,
to further the best interests of the people of every
section of the Union, and influenced alone by the j
j dictates of our judgment as formed from the ex
perience of the past, while wc shall independent
ly and firmly maintain our own opinions, we i
shall impugn not the motives of our political
friends who differ with us, or seek to make this
a sundering question upon w hich to dissolve the
State Rights’ party.
The several sets of resolutions introduced into |
i the Legislature, upon the subject of the currency, !
| indicate a singular and very unsettled state of !
I public opinion upon the question. Each mem- j
iLr seems to have his own peculiar notions his
'own peculiar and favorite project, and scarcely
any two agree upon some main anil material
points. The issue of Treasury notes is the
“ Philosopher's stone” of Col. Howard's plan,
while it is denounced in the most unmeasured
language by Mr. Alexander. Col. H. is in favor
of receiving the bills of specie paying banks,
while Mr. A. is silent upon that point, as if afraid
to touch it. They all agree upon the question of
dispensing with the agency of a Bank or Banks
in the collection, keeping and disbursement o)
the public funds, but disagree among themselves
as to what should be done. In this Babel con
fusion of opinions among the friends of “deliver
ance and liberty,” wc think we see the unerring
indication of a return to a sound and healthy
state of public sentiment, and a return to the
will-tried system of u National Bank ns the dc.
pository of the public funds, and to give us a
N ational currency worthy of our country and its
institutions. The people will soon become tired
of this multiplicity of tinkering projects, which
promise neither more safety for the public reve
nues, nor a better currency for the country. The
Sub-Treasury has now been under discussion for
about eighteen months, and its friends cannot
define what arc to be its prominent features and
characteristics. It is yet a political nondescript,
and we think likely to remain so. More anon.
Legislative Proceedings.
The proceedings of our Legislature come to us
through the Milledgevillc papers in such shape as
renders it almost impossible to give our readers a
correct idea of what is done or doing. The last
Southern Recorder, for instance, contains four
closely printed columns of “bills introduced,”
“bills read the first time,” “bills passed,” and
“bills lost,” being in many instances a repetition
of the same things over for both Houses. Now
it is out of the question for us to publish all this
as we find it, and therefore give the following brief
statement of what has been done.
Bilb passed by balk Houses.
To compensate persons who took the census.
To change the time of holding Bibb Superior
Court.
Bills passed in Senate only.
To incorporate the Georgia Steam Packet
Company.
To alter (he made of computing time in cer
tain cases.
To provide for the authentication of State
Scrip on Certificates of State Debt, and to punish
those who may conterfcit or fraudulently use the
same.
Bills passed the House, only.
To alter and fix the time of holding the Supe
rior and Inferior Courts of Baldwin and Mor
gan.
To prescribe the mode of making gifts of slaves.
To alter and (lx the time of holding the Supe
rior Courts of the Southern Circuit, and for other
purposes.
To amend the 2d section of an act passed 23d
December, 1837, so far as relates to the compen
sation of the Grand and Petit Jurors of the Su
seriorand Inferior Courts of Elbert county.
To authorize Justices of the Peace to appoint
constables in certain cases.
Bills Lost.
To alter and amend the third section of the
fourth article of the Constitution.
To shorten the time for fortunate drawers in
the Gold Districts of the Cherokee country to
take out their grants.
To exempt from ordinary militia duty, persons
engaged in works of internal improvement.
To attach a portion of the county of Hall to
the county of Lumpkin.
To amend the eleventh division of the Penal
Code.
To authorize county surveyors to administer
oaths in certain cases.
To amend the 2d section of the 3d article of
the Constitution of this Slate.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser, Nov. 23.
Arrival of the Liverpool.
Ten Days Later from Europe.
It is with no ordinary pleasure that we announce
the arrival of the steam ship Liverpool, Capt. Fay
rer, from Liverpool, last from Cork.
The Liverpool took her departure on the 20th,
but after making 950 miles, against extremely
rougli weather and high seas, sustaining, howev
er, little damages she put back on the 26th, on
account of the great consumption of coal, which
created what appears to have been a just appre
hension that her stock might fail her if her voy
age was then continued.—The engines, it would
seem, had not been sufficiently tried before start
ing. The result was that she put into Cork on
the eighth day.
There she remained a week, taking in full sup
plies, and started again on Tuesday, the 6th hist. 1
She arrived oil'Fire Island yesterday afternoon,
at 2 o'clock, where she remained for several hours,
in consequence of the fog. She reached this city 1
at 9 o’clock this morning, and anchored in the 1
East river, a little above the wharf appropriated I 1
for the use of the Great Western. i ‘
As soon us it was announced that the Liver- ! 1
pool was coming up the riv er, hundreds were to be i *
seen wending their way to the wharves, and wc ’
doubt whether more people were assembled on the
occasion of the arrival of the Great Western. The
docks, with the vessels lying at them, in the neigh- 1
horhood of Pike and Rutgers streets, were crowd- J
cd this morning with those who were anxious to ,
obtain a sight of this noble steamer.
In external appearance the Liverpool does not [
differ much from the Great Western, with the ex- ,
oeption that she has two smoke pipes, that her J
sides arc not relieved by the white streak of the (
latter, and that she has only three masts. We i
took a hasty view of her cabin this morning, and
have only lime to say that it is very neatly furnish- ■
cd.
Wo are indebted to our esteemed friend B. B.
Thatcher Esq. for London papers to the 4th of N o
veniber inclusive.
Wo arc also indebted to the consignees Messrs.
Abraham Bell & Co. for Dublin papers to (lie 3d '
of November and for Loudon of the latest dates.
The Western Luminary says that the rumors -
of divisions in the cabinet were true. That Lord
I Glcnclg resigned, and his resignation was accept- !
| ed ; that l.ord Spencer and the Duke of Rich-
J mond were successively offered the Colonial sec- [
i retary’s portfolio, but both declined it; and that I
j lls . vot successor to Lord Gleuelg had been ! '
found. 1
j The London Morning Herald contradicts the *
j report that the Queen had written an autograph }
j letter requesting Lord Durham to remain in Can
i ada. It says there was no foundation whatever I
} for the report. '
j It has been ascertained that the steamboat f
; Northern \ acht is lost. She was seen to sink 1
j lU)d il is supposed that all on board perished— ,
I twenty two in number. 1
It is rumored that the Marquis of Normanby
is to be the governor of Canada. c
A terrible explosion had taken place in a coal- !
pit at Lowca, near Whitehaven, by which forty
ot the workmen were killed. Two men and two
boys were blown out of the meuth of the pit, like n
-mlkts trom a gc.u. Three of them were not t,
killoJ, although severely wounded, hut the fourth
fell back again down the shaft, and was dashed to
pieces.—Thirty four of the men, who were at
the bottom, were found crushed together in a
mass, horribly disfigured.
The .Storm in England.
The city of London was visited by a tremendous
storm on the night of October 28th—the same
having swept the whole Northern and Eastern
coast ol England with fearful violence. In Lon
don, rain fell without intermission until midnight,
when the wind incieascd to a furious gale, whiih
at 2 o eloek in the morning became a hurricane,
and raged for four hours with dreadful furv.
(■real numbers of chimnies were blown down—
the leaden coverings of roofs were stripped olf and
rolled up like paper—some roofs gave way under
the weight of chimnies falling on them—and in
the outskirts o( the city many small tenements
were prostrated. Great numbers of trees were
torn up by the roots, and Hyde Park was com
pletely strewed with limbs and branches.
On the Great M estern rail-way four ofthe cars
were driven along the road by the force of the
wind, two of which did not stop until they had
traversed 25 miles.
Among the trees blown down in the storm was
the famous “ Herne the hunter’s oak,” in Wind
sor Park, immortalized by Shakespeare,
I he packet ship Sheffield was to soil on the 3d
from Liverpool, with a number of the Liverpool’s
passengers.
London Citt, Nov. 3.—Thera has been
rather more activity in the British stock market
since our last, and money stock lias been in more
request, while the commissioners for the savings
banks continue their daily purchases; these com
bined circumstances have therefore given ni*re
tone to the funds, and in most instances the nota
tions have slightly improved.
Money continues tolerably easy, and, although
the much increased advance in the price of w heat
hole will most probably cause foreign wheats and
other grain to be imported to some considerable
extent at a reduced scale, of duty, and thus indi
rectly turn the exchanges upon the continent
against this country, the continued importation of
bullion from the I idled Stales will, to a consid
erable degree, countervail these operations; for
'vc find that the Wellington and Washington
have brought to this country about $260,000 in
specie, chiefly in gold, whilst the Emerald, for
Havre has brought $200,000.
From the Cork Const Hut ion rs Nov. 2.
The Liverpool Steamer.
’Phis vessel still remains at Cove, After her
arrival on Monday, an express was despatched to
the agent. Prom the violence of the weather,
her paddle-boxes received some injury, and a boat,
her jibboom, and her bulwarks were carried away.
The damage, however, was trifling, and was speedi
ly repaired, "feiio had been out 10 days, and had
consumed, wo understand, little lass than 400
tons of coal. As she had but about 170 lons re
maining, there was no alternative but to turn back
and run for Cove. This she d’-l on the 27th.
She was then in long. 21 deg. 50 min., and lat.
40 deg. The unusual quantity of fuel consumed
is attributable, we believe, to the improved prin
ciple on which her machinery is constructed, and
to the high degree of pressure of which it was
requisite to keep the steam in order to enable her
to make head against the violence of, we may
say, the storm, with which she had to contend
during the whole of her progress (about 900 miles)
to the Westward.
From the Albany Argus Nov. 22.
Capline of “Bill Johnson 5 ’ flic Buccaneer
of the Lake.
From a letter to his excellency Gov. Marcy ; da
ted, Ogdcnsburgh, November IS.
“William Johnson was yesterday arrested by
Charles T. Burnell and A. B. James, about three
miles above Ogdcnsburgh. He was traced and
found in the woods by Mr. B. and driven from
his covert towards a bay in the river St. Lawrence,
where his son lay in waiting for him with a row
boat, ready to convey him away. Mr. James, how
ever, had got young Johnson ashore, taking pos
session of his boat, and secured his oars so as not
to allow a chance of escape. Old ‘Bill’ rushed
down to the river, closely pursued by Barwell,
where he was met by James. He called aloud,
‘my boat!’ ‘my boat!’ He was ordered by Mr.
J. to surrender, but he declared he would never do
so while alive. He had a pistol in each hand and
swore that he would sooner die than he taken, and
threatened to shoot the first man that approached
him. James and Burwcll attempted to seize him,
and took hold of him several times, but he broke
from them and retreated.
“His son advised him to flee to the woods, he
would help him away if in his power, but that his
boat and oars had been taken from him, and he
had no means of giving him assistance. Johnson
then attempted to escape to the woods, but was
prevented; and when lie saw there was no chance
ol escape, he came to a halt and offered to surren
der, if his pursuers would allow his son to have
his arms. They replied that they did not seek
his arms, but his person. After a parley, consid
erable delay, and a vast deal of threatening, he
gave to his son a Cochran rifle (12 discharges.)
and two large rifle pistols, and then started with B.
and J. for Ogdcnsburgh, still, however, retaining
two small pistols and a large Bowie knife,hut which
in the course ot a few minutes he gave to his son.
They had proceeded about one third of a mile,
when they were met by a file of U. S. soldiers, a
deputy sheriff’ from Jefferson, and a deputy U.
S. marshal, to whom Johnson was deliverd and
conducted on board the steamboat in the employ
ofthe government, under Col. Worth.” Thence,
as will he seen by accounts from Oswego, Sack
etts Harbor, &c. lie was conveyed to prison in
Jefferson county,”
Iliiuiiin Munii kb, —The Bulletin of Grenada
Mississippi, dated the Bth inst. narrates the par
ticulars of a bloody tragedy recently acted in our
sister State. The circumstances were as follows:
A planter of Warren county, Mr. Gideon Gibson
sold some time since a tract ofland ou Yazoo, to
gether with some fifty negroes, on a long credit,
to Wilson and Simpson, w ilh an agreement ou
the part of Wilson and Simpson, to give Gibson
the proceeds of their crops annually, in liquidation
of the debt, and a lien on the whole property as
security—and Gibson agreeing to furnish them
with open land to cultivate for a few years, until
they could by degrees get a plantation open on
their own land.
For this purpose Gibson rented the plantation
of the Hon. Franklin E. Pluraer. Finally, soma
misunderstanding arose between the parties, Gib- '
son demanded to have the contract rescinded.
To this Simpson agreed, but Wilson refused to
give up the property. On Friday, the 2d instant
Gibson, Simpson, Clarke, Morrison and Bcvlt,
wont on to the premises and took olf the negroes
by force. Wilson was in his own house armed
w ith a rifle and a double barrelled gun. As they
passed the house, he fired upon them killing Mor
rison dead and severely wounding Boy tt; the com
pany rode on with the negroes, leaving Morrison’s
body on the ground. Wilson re loaded, cut thro’
the field, got ahead of them and fired again, killed
Clarke and probably Gibson. Gibson and Boytt
and three negroes got off and arrived at Dr. Fish
er’s neighboring plantation. The other negroes
look to the woods. Gibson’s horse arrived at Ur.
Fisher s. It was believed Gibson was killed.
The sheriff and his posse were soon out in pursuit
of Wilson.— Hull f.'n.
MARRIED.
In Appling, on Sunday evening last, bv the Re v.
Thomas H. Lawson, Mr. William L. Blunt, Esq.
to Mi*s M earn «. S. n u;xv, both of Cob.mbia ~o. 1
Consigners per South Carolina Rail Roaj,
riarw x.r »r • « / .^ AM ® URO > November 2$
i.irkt, McTeir & Co., Davis. Grinins #
Bones & Carmichael, JJ. C. Bryson & Co Vll’
KaiJe, J. P Seize, Geo. Lott, W. & J. M e j’ 0 I '
V\ airier, J. S. Hutchinson, Jf. W. & T S c’.? 1,
Kathhone & Baker, J. Kent, r. Lamback c. t
W &V i E - D i Cool:c > T - I);i '-is, !>: (0l .-
U.E. & J. 1,. Jackson, J.M. &R. T Adam. ’
land Risley & Co., May k Burnett, M. Frederick" (
mVm (, T lni ' r ’ K - burton, Kerrs & Hone ( 7 I
J' a er > Moore & Davis, Baird k Rowland Roe/V
Beal, Stovall & Simmons, J. F. Ben^fet
/eirers, Geo. Parrot, G. Walker Porter
Hemmg, Dr. Uenj. Douglas. ’ mter
~ COMMERCIAL.
Augusta Market.
Cotton—The demand for this article remains in
about the same state as last reported, although there
appears to be considerable demand for the finer de
scripth n;, we quote 10* a 12$ cts as extremes of
the market.
Gbocehies—The trade with the country continues
heavy, and the market is well supplied with all the
leading articles wanted. Several lots of Country
1 lour have been sold from the wagons at $8,50 a 19
auout 2000 lbs new Lard sold for 16 cts cash. ’ ’
Exchange—Checks on New-York have gone
down to 1 percent, prem. and many believe that
they will go to the old rates of sound currency times
which were * per cent prem. Checks on Charleston
i per cent prem.
Freights—Continue at $1 per bale to Savannah
and are now quite dull, our river is again too low
for steamboat navigation.
~ , Liverpool, Nov. ,7
Cation Our market continues to present a steads
appearance, and full prices arc obtained. The sales i
on the Ist mst. reached 5000 bales, and yesterday
.000 were taken, the market closing firm. The a’'
rivals tram the United States for a week past have
been very limited.
Not. I. Ihe sales have been large for saecii’a.
tion, at |d per lb. advance. ° P
Postscript ofu letter to a gentleman in this city
trom a .Mercantile House in New York, dated
Friday, November 23.
“It is said that one House has advices from
Liverpool to the sth Oct., stating Jd more ad
vancc on the lust day’s sales of 14,000 bags, in «
addition to the above 32.000. Cotton goods had
greatly advanced at Manchester, and large orders fl
for twist from Russia. \
„ Mobile, Nov. 24.
Cotton-—W e reported in ourlast 7,789 bales as the E*
stock on hand, including all on shipboard not clear- II
, Sll } e ® t |‘?“ wc liave received 7,963 bales and
shipped 272 bales to New-York, and 288 bales to
1 residence, making in all 560 bales—leaving the
stock on hand, including all on shipboard not clear
ed 10,192 bales,against 16,432 bales the same time
last year. \V e quote, strictly line at 15c.; good
lair, Me. ; very little done in fair; some Middlin'’
has been sold at 12c., and one lot of Ordinary at 10c!
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, November 27
Arrived —Ship Merchant, Cunningham, Boston
ship St. Lawrence, Chaco, Philadelphia; Ini- Au-’
gusta, , Newport; brig Clinton. Lyons! New
tork ; schr Avon, Widgeon, Hartford; steamboat
Charleston, Hubbard, Black Creek.
... . , Charleston, Nov. 28.
Arrived yesterday— Line ship Niagara, Posher, \
\; U. L. bug Sun Brown, N. V ; line brig Langdon
Chevcs, Baker, Philadelphia; steam packet North
Carolina, Davis, Wilmington.
. in ,?£ sllip -Anson,•Sinclair, New York
bi g John C.Calhoun, Smith, St. Jago and a market;
s Manon ’ f ranklin, Providence, R. 1.
Went to sen yesterday—Une ship Anson, Sinclair,
New 5 ork ; brig Powhattan, Laurence,Marseilles ;
packet North Carolina, Davis, Wilmington.
Benevolent Society.
The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month
arc as follows : 6
No. L—Mr. James Godbehere, John
Knight, Mis. O. Smith, Mrs. Wsitorman,
Division No. 2.—Mr. Benjamin Hall, Dr. B. Har
ris. Mrs. Mary Morgan, Miss Morrison.
Division No. 3. —Mr. P. Flemming, John Cashiu
Mrs. B. MeKmmc, Mrs. Collier.
novJ2o C, F. STURGKS, Sce’y.
RE, MARTIN, DENTIST, has returned to
• this city—Room No. 46,in the private part
of the U. 8. Hotel. ts nov 27
I| ICHMOND ACADEMY.—The Trustees of
ft.- this institution will, on the 16th day of De
cember next, proceed to the election of a Rector,
and first and second English Teacher ; also, for a
Teacher for the Branch at Summerville. Appli- J|
cants for either of these situations will please ad
dress tha President of the Board of Trustees.
ALEX. CUNNINGHAM, t
nov 20 td President.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Ns*w Strayed or Stolen, from a lot ii
, the upper end of Broad street, Au
kj “VKgusta, a bay PONY, with a bridl
Ul and saddle; his hind feet up to th.
< I f 2 J fetlock joints are both white, and hi.
. v-grad left eye is out. He is well knowt
in Augusta, having formerly belonged to L. P. Du
gas, and Mr. Wilcox. A reward of live dollars will
be given for him. JOHN M. C. EVANS,
nov 26 dim
Paper. —2O reams fine Medium Printing Pa
per for sale, on consignment, ut factor’s prices
Apply at this ofllce. June 13
IVTEW BACON, HAMS AND MIDUINGS-
N 120 new Bacon Hams, 140 new Bacon Mid
dlings,just received from Baltimore, and for sale by
ISAAC MOISE,
nov 17 No. 311 Broad street.
TO RENT—The three story dwelling
\**m and office, at present occupied by Dr. Rob
| 111 Li Hill Cl prison. on Carimhell-st
'i b.e store and dwelling, fire proof, No. -1 Bridge-
Row. Apply to McKENZIE & BENNOCH.
N- B.—Notes payable quarterly, and the occupants
paying lor the use ofthehydrant water on the lot-.
ang 17 ts
DRUGS. —Having purchased the entire stock ot
Drugs, &c. of VVM. HEWSON, his customers
are in vited to continue to call at the old stand, where
exertions will be made to accommodate them upon
i as liberal terms as heretofore. Ethers are invited to
call and see if they cannot do as well there as else
: where. A. CUNNINGHAM
j Charleston Insurance A- Trust Com puny
Capita! One Million Dollars—all paid in,
agency, at gusta.
ran HE subscrih r is prepared to take Fire amLMa-
JL l iiif risks at the current rates of premium.
Robert McDonald,
i oet 30 3m Agent C. I. kT. Co.
TOJ OTICE. —The undersigned have this day
N ciatej themselves for the transaction of the
Avholcsale and retail Grocery business, under the
firm of I. S. BEERS & Co. Having purchased the
interest of N. Smith St Co., they will continue the
business at their old stand, and hope by choice se
lections and reasonable prices, to merit the patronage
of tlie public. I. S. BEERS,
RATHBONE & BAKER,
nov 7 lmd3mw d
REAL ESTATFAM) BANK STOCKS
At Auction.
THE subscriber will sell at auction, on the in* l
Tuesday in December next,
His House and Lot situated on the soutli side el
I Broad street, the dwelling occupied by Mrs. C. h'J
| her, and the two stoics of Mes ws. Wyatt £c Co. aB“
Mr. V. Crepu.
ALSO,
! 126 shares stock in the Bank of Augusta,
26 '• li “ Augusta Ins. k Bank’s Co.
5 “ “ “ Eagle & Phomix Hotel to.
7* “ “ “ in the new Augusta Waif*
house, fronting on Mclntosh and Reynolds stieeb.
The terms of sale will be cash for the stocks
one-third cash for the real estate, the balance ij 1
| iwo equal instalments of one and two years, with
i Interest. [no. 26 tdj GW'. C. K. \VMFI E.