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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.