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NEIV-YORK, John 5. .
The sloop Alert, which sailed from this port
in December last, with a cargo of provisions, Ste.
a donatlon‘__fr'om some of the inhtibitahts of this
city, to the’ distressed -inhabitants of, St. Johns,
A‘ Nttwfouiitlland, arrived here ycstertlay in 16 days
from that p_laee,‘,with-‘<36 passengers.
‘VG have
St. Johns papers of the 5th and 17th May, from
which we learn, that the "Alert finally reached
ijthcre on the 4th of May; afterencountering ma-
ny dilliculties antl dangers, which Mr-.\Vetherbee,
the owner anti supc.-rcargo, thus describes in a
letter to the in habitants : '
“-W7hile. I was using every possible exertion to
u get refitted [tit t’ope’s Harbour] with sails, ex-
' ' ‘ A r .
pt-‘cting every moment to be-frozen up, the mate
of the vessel, John B, Clement,,tog-ether with
some of the cruel inhabitants of that place, I
prcsmne, cut the jelly boat adrift, and committed
other depredations; and on the night previous to
the intended sailing of the vessel, cut. both our
cables as we lay at anchor in the harbor. The
vessel then drifted on shore, but there being lit-
tle wind, she was got off again without sustaining
any material damage. The conduct of the in-
habitants‘<gave me strong reasons to fear for the
vessel and cargo. I. therefore travelled 30 miles
tlirotzgli woods and snow, at the most inclement
season, to procure mento bring the vessel out of
the harbor, as no person would do it _the_re at any
-price, although most of the people were idle.-—
‘vVhile I was absent, the inliabitatits raked the
small schooner, andmoored the vessel to a stage-
wharf near a ledge of rocks, where she must
haveimmetliatel y bilgetl had she gone ashore.
The captain, who -was mosfof the passage unwell,
and at this time very sick, with a black man, were
tlie only p‘ei'sons on board, and finding the vessel
tliaggctl, and the only means of saving" her was
to slip the cableland put to sea, did so immediate-
1,-‘ ; but the next day the vessel grounded on Lis-
(‘.(.)l3"i‘l)‘t:"S liar, where__she remained 3 days till the
deck load was discharged, when she was brought
to t\l-ttry-Joseph, where the ice closed her in the
same night; These circumstances, with head
winds. and meeting the . Gulf ice since leaving
Mary-Josepli, has caused my unpleasant and long
delay." _ ,
At :1 general meeting of the inhabitants of St.
Johns,May 15, it was Resolved, that the thanks
efthis meeting are due to the inhabitants of New-
York, who have in the true-' spirit of humanity,
forwttrdcd supplies of provisions,8tc. to our relief;
and that an address of thanks be drawn up, ex-
pressive of the senseof this meeting; and that,
sympathising with Mr. VVetherbec, in the dis-
tress which must have been occasioned him by
the great perils and disasters he and his "crew
have encountered during so long and hazardous a
passage, Ste. a subscribtion be immediately en-
tered uponto defray the expence of a Plate of
the value of 25 guineas with suitable‘ ins_criptions,
be p‘_resent'ed to him as a small testimony of their
gratitude. The Governor subscribed 10!. to-
wards the purchase ofthis plate.
.E.L‘tT(1CfS from the St. Johns address, to the .N'e'w—
York Committee of 7‘L'lz'(-fj A ,.
“ 'VVe discover in‘ this kind actof the citizens
of N.Yorll:, all the peculiar features which mark
the charity of Christians. Bound to the objects
of your benevolence by no tie, social, political or
commercial, but separated from us even by nat-
ural boundaries, you beheld us‘ your neighbours,
because you beheld us in distress. Laying aside
all sense of past animosity, consigning to oblivion
every jealous distinction of sentiment and party.
upon the broad and common ground of our na-
ture, you‘ have hastened to our _succou-r. Your
liberality has been cordial and effecttial ; and! we
only express the sincere feelings of our hearts,
in saying we consider it no fess honorable to you
as men, than’ as citizens of an’ enlighenednation.
But if it be true, that “ it is more blessed to give
than to recei-"ve,"’ you are then already bfessed in
this deed ofmercy, far beyond any recompence
that can be derived from the expression of our
feeble, though truly grateful praise." ‘ _
Gentlemen, it seems as if a new era were open-
ing in the History of the world. No sooner do
contending nations lay down their arms, than be-
nevolence begins to shed her benign influence
over the hearts of men ; and in cases of distress
every other consideration vanishes before that of
an ardent desire t_o indulge the kindred feelings
of humanity. Thus it was England, our parent
country, beheld the sufferers of Ptuss_i'a and Ger-
many,$‘c thus has America be‘h‘eldtlic sorrows of
Newfoudland. Longmay this guild spirit pre-
vail, and widely may its'inlIuence' be extended!
May the’ world be’ the field of its triumphs-, and
its trophies be found in the blessed results of the
united benevolence of every nation under heaven,
Gentlemen, be assured that the recollection of
your kindness will never be cifaccd from our
minds. , Indeed’, intlepentlanlly of those feelings
which our own‘ personal_iuteres't in your bounty
cannot but have excited’, such pleasing" proofs of
the existence of “ good will” amongst-men, de-
serve a conspicuous place on the Records of ime
—they should. be kept in rememlirance when the
laureled brow 5,5‘ the conqueror has mouldcred in-'
to dust, and his glory, however dazzling, faded in
oblivion‘: and should never be forgotten by any,
who on the scale ofhtiman virtues, have been ac-
customed to give the highest station to t'he dis-
plays of genuine Phi‘l'anthropy.”
Sr. Jo/ms, May 5.--'—Th_'e schr. Assistance, on
board of w_hi_ch part of the money sent from
York and "N". Brunswick, for‘ t‘h'e?relief of the sui-
ferers by fire in this ‘town, was‘ shipped-, being
wrecked in St. Mary’s Buy, and there being nea-
son to suspect, from the accounts which reached
this place, that part’ of the sum had beenembez-'
zled by the crew‘, on their arrival here, an ac’-
tive enquiry took place; and‘ upwards of 3002.
ofthe money recovered. '1"hrce persons belong-
ing to the Assistance, have been’ cot'mnitted*,
charged with being principals‘ or acc'essai'ies in
this nefarious transaction.
At St. Vincents, 2147. wassuliscribcd by nine
individuals for the relief of the‘ sufferers‘ in this
town. At Halifax, 3761. was raised; ‘
. . . Z’7i:_'rzdz'i1a,.7l/I T. May 12.
Sfzockiflg‘ -flccz'dcnl.——'l‘his day will be interred
in this village, three of__the children of Mr. E-
lisha Harris, who ‘were yesterday drowned in a
mill-pond,"situat'e within a few rods of Mr. Har-
time, and not being heard by the mother, she
left her work andwent to the door and called for
them. No answer beipg given, she immediate-
ly repaired to the hill!-pond. It is impossibljc to
describe the anguislfof this ‘affectionate mother,
on beholding her little favoritedaughter floating
upon the water near the shore, while two of. her
sons, the eldest about nine years old, were at the
bottom——thc water being about three feet‘ deep.
All efforts‘ to resuscitate them were iinavailing.
Ralcig/1, N. C. May 29.
Pu/2lz'c r.rccutz'on.<:.——Benjamin Gray and a Mu-
latto named Brayboy, were executed, pursuant
to their sentence (heretofore noticed.) at Fayette-
-‘ville, on Friday last. A man named General
Dawsoh, convicted of murdering his own son, a
boy of 8 years of age, by_whi’pping him until he
died, has been executed in I/Vashington county.
The crime was committed in Bertie county, from
whence the cause had been removed. Two ne-
groes have also been executed ; one in Pasqua-
tank, for the murtler of $3 white man ; and the
other in Franklin for a rape. So manylives have
..not been ‘forfeited to the laws of our Country, in
this State, for many years ; and we trust, for the
honor of human nature, it will be a long time be-
fore we have again to record so black a list.
Catskill, Juéze 3.
EXECUTION.--Al)m. Kesler, convicted of the
murder of his wife, whose execution was suspen-
ded by the Governor, was hung at Schoharrie,
on Friday last. A large concourse of people
witnessed the scene. '
From (In? Richmond Enquirer of Jllay 20.
Most Distre.9sz‘ng.—-Seldom has it been our of-
fice to record any indivividual calamity of a more
distressing nature, than is presented to us in the
death of‘Dr. Jolzn Ujzs/zur, of Northampton. He
was just 27 years of age ; a young man of most
amiable and respectable family, of very rare tal-
ents, of a dispositionopen, frank andgenerous,
of a soul as warm and true as ever animated a
human heart ; and what is remarkable, even from
his childhood, he was so signally exempt from
the ordinary foibles of youth as to have been ob-
served with distingtiished approbation by all who
knew him through the short career‘ of his mel-
ancholy life. He was a favorite not onlyin his
family, but with all of his acquaintance. _VVith
a heart as susceptible as it was constant and kind,
he formed an attachment to a young lady in his
thirteenth year, which grew into a rom_an';ic and
unextinguished love, suspended by no absence,
altered by no Caprice, but cherished with recipro-
cal fidelity -for more than 12 years. He was mar-_
ried to the object of this long and ardent p«.,-5.-ton,
on the 17th of April last--—a day which _pro;rr.isedj
fair to the happiness of_t_hem both--But the “ A-
pril morn was clad in a wintry cloud.” ‘En-jt few
‘_=,,,days, his wife who‘ had just blossomed into ex-
"pansion, began to fade_—-The rose ~svi_t_h;its beauty
audits fragrance, bathed in the dews of heaven,
grew sick and fell--and in 12 days after their
marriage she was a corpse. The poor -husband,
unable to bear the loss of an object to whom with
undivided affection he had devoted the long and
blissful morningof his life, stung almost to fren-
zy by the consciousness that every day would
add to his misery--unrestrained by moral con-.
siderations, nor the more awful detiunciations of
religion, (for he thought it justi’fi’able.),put an end
to his existence on the 15111 May; He laid him.
self on a bed, put a gun to his breast, and with a
yard-stick touched the trigge r-—the ‘contents were
blown through his heart, and he expired before
a person sitting in’ an adjoining room could reach
him. For many days after the death of his wife,
be summoned‘ all his resolution and endeavored
to bear the wretchedness and pain which finally
overwhelmed hi'r"n.‘ So long as he had hope of.
against its throes; How hard a task; it is, let
those speak who have, like hirn,had every hopes
of cat thly felicity blasted in a moment. He
soon became convinced that life -could only pre-
sent a succession of torments, and on the 14th
May he wrote a letter to two of his asbent broth-
ers, containing an apology the most tender, and
meant to be the most consoling which he could
offer for the wound he had inflicted on‘ their sen-
sibilities, their hopes, their pride,‘in losing a con-.
nection endeared by every‘ quality that can con-
secrate the tie of brotherhood‘. How unavailing
alas I are such irritating balms.-—Li'ttle did he
imagine that the more than fraternal tenderness
_with he sought to miti‘gat"e the pang would aggra-
vate the sense of their calamity. ~ Ill fated youth, !
he leaves neither to them, nor to an aged moth-
er"no'r toany human being, reason’ to regret that
he has lived‘, but his untimely and distressing
death: "
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Dedlzam, 1Waas.M'ay €21"
HTendernes‘s of Con‘sc‘z’cnce.-—On Thursday the
l'4lth current, Ebenezer Seaver, Esq. and another
"gentleman, were ,_chosen by the town of Roxbury
representatives tothe general court". N] r. Seaver
immediately rose, and in the elegant manner so
natural‘ to him, expressed his gratitude to’ the
town for the honour they had bestowed upon him
by electingrhim their represcntatve, whose duties
he never had more leisure, antl but for one cir-
cumstance, never more inclination‘ to perform.
After long and deep research, the christian reli-
gion appearing to him the fabrication of impos-
fers,necessity compelled him, however reluctant-
ly, to decline the ollice tendered» him, because he
could not conscientiously subscribe the follow-
ing‘ declarati‘on»requircd bytlie constitution of
every representative--‘viz-." -
“ I do declare, that I‘-‘believe the Chris.
tian Religion, and have a firm persuasion of its
’."I‘ul.h.-2’: .
up tj
ris’s house‘-;‘ ‘The children were missing for seine ‘
being able to endure the agony, he struggled a-_ .
LATEST 1f‘I;‘0M‘TiIE sr,.1T 91: node.
v ST. S'rr.1>in«;1~is,(Alabama) May 9.
Governor Bibb returned to this place on Sun-
day last. An expedition against the hostile In-‘
dians having been arranged, a detachment of vol-
unteers mar'che'<l from Claiborne the day previ-
onsly. It is understood that the Span‘ish_ terri-
tory will no longer furnish an asylum to {he en-
emy. , _ ' ‘_ -
Yesterday the Gover_no'r received intelligence
front Major Youngs who connnanded at Fort
Crawford, that he had organized a force consist-
ing of regulars, militia from Camp Montgomery
and Choctaws, proceeded dowh the Escainbia in
boats,‘ attacked the hostile Indians on Pensacola
Bayvwithin oné mile of the town of Pensacola on
the 27th ult. killed 9, wounded .12 or :3, and took
8 «prisoners, withjthe loss on his part of one man
only. Lieut. Allen commanded the _militia.——
The expedition was so cautiouslyand, properly
conducted, that the enemy were not apprized of
danger until the attack was made.‘ The day af-
terwards the Governor of Pensacola issued a
Proclamation, forbidding the inhabitants to sell
or give any supplies to the Indians, and infornied
the chiefs that they should not be protected. He
advised them. at the same time to surrender and
sue for peace. ' ' ’ ,
Major Youngs speaks in high terms of the
good conduct of the detachment under his com-
mand. , .
It is highly probable, therefore, that the period
is not far distant when our fellow citizens on the
frontier may safely repose in their habitations.
SAvAivNAn, May 22.
On the 1st inst. Arbuthnot and Ambristie,
who were taken at the capture of fort St. Marks,
were tried by a court martial, in pursuance to or-
-ders from Gen. Jackson, of which Gen. Gaines
was president. Both were condemned to die.
The former was sentenced to be hung—the lat-
ter to be shot. They were executed on the 3d
inst. agreeably to the mandate of the court. It
is said that Ambristie died like a soldier--he was
cool and firm to the last moment—A_rbuthnot
was much agitated, and evinced great fear. A
man by the name of Cook, one of the accompli-
ces of Arbuthnot and Ambristies turned evidence
against them, and on his testimony they were
convicted. The charges and specifications alleg-
ed against them were, 1st, for supplying the In-
dians with arms and munitions of war ; 2d, for
stirring them up against the whites; 3d, as spies.
Ambristie was a lieutenantin the British army,
and was an intelligent fine looking man. Ar-
buthnot is an old offender, and has been often ad-
vised to desist from exciting the savages against
the frontier people of our state. He was the bo-
som friend of the famous Woodbine.
One hundred and six of the Georgia troops ar-
rived here yesterday from Fort_Gadsden, a small
fortification on the Appalachicela river. They
have been discharged from service, and are now
on their way home.
A-letter, dated St. Stephens, 4th of May, from
the Governor o£ Alabama Territory, to a gentle-
man in Milledgeville, says, “ I have sent a force
to attack the Indians beyond the Spanish line,
which will give security to our frontier in a short
time.” .
We understand that acourt of inquiry has been
ordered to investigate the conduct of Capt. Obed
VV right, relative to thedestruction of the Chehaw
town. '
.. _ Monun, May 12." ‘
A number of gentlemen of respectability of
the army, have arrived here from Appalachicola.
Gen. Jackson has ended the Seminole war; all
their provisions are -destroyed as well as cattle
driven off. They have fled towards Tamper bay,
and must inevitably starve unless relieved by oth-
er exertion than their own.
‘ The machinery for a steam boat to ply between
this place and St. Stephens, has arrived in the -
Nassau from N ew-York.
—1—-
‘ NORFOLK, June 1‘.
Capt. Fairweather, of the British schr. Sir
few days before he sailed a Spanish cutter had ar-
rived there from the Main, and reported that
there had recently been considerable skirmishing
between the Patriots and Royalists, and one or
two battles of -consequence had been fought, and
that in every instance the Patriots had come off
victorious. Capt. F. did not learn the names of
the commanding officers, or the particular places
at which these several conflicts took place.
‘ _ , _ A HEROINE.
The following is an extract of a letter from a
young American, resident at Jamaica,'publi'sh-
ed in the Charleston City Gazette.
I cannot avoid noticing the heroic death of the
immortal female Salabarri‘ctt‘a, of the kingdom of
New Grenada, a‘ youth interesting for her beauty
~ eluded her 17th year, and shortly was to have
been united by the ties of an honorable matrimo-
ny,was dragged from the sacredretirement ofher
family and friends, and shot in the public square
_of Santa Fee, by the command: of savage despots,
only because her correpondence with the patriots,
who were threatning to attack said Capital, had
been intercepted, advising them of its situation,
so‘ as‘to hasten their atlvancement, and thereby
‘snatch or rescue her surviving suffering country-
men from the last fatal plringe of theircruel ry-'
rant's uplifted dagger, ready to destroy‘ whenev-
er danger should approach. The unprecedented
case of this unfortunate but unrivalled heroine,
who, while passing to the awful and last scene,
amidst thesilcnt crowd, exclaimed (tliough deni-
ed absolution by the priest unless she would ex-
pose her accomplices, which‘ she indignantly re-
fused todo) with athoughtful smile of contempt,
asif bidding defiance to the terrors of her inhu-
man butchers, “ weep not forkme, but for the sla-
very and oppession of your dejected fellow soun-
l
r
tfffhélls 3153 by iiiy fate rise to résistthé vii
_ Joa_b Griffin and insert that of Plin
Thomas Hardy, from Trinidad, informs that a1
and‘ accompishments,‘ who having scarcely con- N
Y?“ 50 unjustly suffer ;" and when about to ex:
PVC: she turned towards her exccutioners, say:
mg, with an audible voice, “ assassins tremme 4
consumate your horrid deed ; quickly shall come’;
those wlio will avenge my deathj’ ‘ p
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Connecticut Legislature.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
‘. ‘ Friday, Jlfay 29. A if,
Various subjects of minor consideration hav.:
ing been disposed of byithe bouse, _
The petition of Jedediah Johnson ' and many
others, and on behalf of the Society of Friends‘
was again called up. The petition prayed that
this sect of christians should be wholly exempt;
ed from hearing arms or paying military fines."
A. T. Judson, Esq. was again’ admitted upon
the floor to advocate the petition. After exam-’
ining a npmber of the society of Friends, .Mi'*;'
-W550": In a. luminous, impressive and eloquené
address, advocated the petition. Butas the de-‘
cision of the question upon the petition was post;
p0n6§l ; and a_bi_ll fgr a public act upon this sub‘-
ject was introduced, the address is omitted.
Bill for the appointment of Justices for New-’
Haven county was taken up, and, after much de- ‘
hate, and no alteration, passed. . ‘
Bill for the appointment of Joab Griffin Judge
of Probate for the district of Granby was taken up,
M13 Griz‘!-“'1W01d moved to strike out the name of
_ y I-Iilly__er.
Mr. Austin. Mr. Speaker--We have arrived
at a new era. From time, immemorial, it has
been the invariable practice to re-appoint_»a_ll-our
judges fmd‘]l]StiCCS,' until a good and suilicient
reason is offered to" omit them‘; and why, he ask-’
ed: Should this good old rule be departed, from at
this time ? Icertainly see no reason for ‘it myself.
The re_-appointment of oflicers is one of the stea-
dy habtts of Connecticut'——it is as much a part of
the Constitution as if it had been written with a
diamond. Are political considerations to have
any influence upon our legislative conduct ? Are
men who differ from the prevailing party to be‘
turned out of oflice 3 This would bepersecution,
Mr. Speaker ; religious persecution i‘s intoler-
ance, and so is political. ‘ It is disagreeableto a
man that has long been in oliice, to be driven in-'
to private ltfe—it is, sir, a degradation ; and it is
all broken down, and that we may all become
like brethren of one family. But to turn out the
old officers is no way to do it.
got: Federal Republicans, and Democratic Repub-
licans, but we are all Republica‘ns—all friends to"
the country. Political considerations, sir, never
had any influence upon me ever since I have had
the honor of a seat in this legislature—-I neve.
voted to turn a man out for tlitit reason. '
Mr. Stevens said he perfectly agreed with the
gentleman from New-Hartford iri one position he
had laid down—and that-svas, that a new e'rii‘§':§d<
commenced. Yes, Nit‘. Speaker,‘ ‘an era has ar-‘ «
rived, in which the voice of the Republicansof
Connecticut demands to be heard, and that voice
must p%evail. Sir, the time has come when those
who ha‘ Te-' :-twenty-five years" been denounced
as unworthy of all confidence, are now in posses-'
sion of the government of Connecticut ; and those
who have so long deprived them of all participa-‘.
tion in the power of the state must now submit,’
in their turn’, to be governed‘. Tliis‘ may be
thought hard,‘ but if is fair. I have no idea that
the powers that now be, will, as has been done in’
many states, swecfz t/ze board ,- nor will they treat
the minority, as they did us, when they were a
majority. The gentleman from New-Hartford,
is mistaken about turning out civil officers—to o-
mitto re-appoint, is not to turn out. I think I5
remember, sir, when 'Wm. Judd and many oth-
ers were turned out before the time for which
they were appointed was expired. This] call»
turning out : turning out witho‘ut any" reason...
These men who were victims, said the state
was without a constitution, antl this was the only
‘offence alleged against them. ~ Now every body
says, without fear, what these men said. I agree
with the gentleman that in latter days, they have
not been governed by political considerations, in
turning republicans out of oflice, and for a very
good reason-—there were none left to turn out.--‘
I do not believe the party towhich I belong wish
for anarchy, misrule, or disorder; but they will
demand a portion of power firmly-firmly~Mr:
Speaker, and they must have it. _ R V j
Messrs. Griswold, J. W. Edwards,‘ Mann,-
Keyes and McClellan severally remarked upon
.this‘motion‘ :' but as their remarks were in sub-
stance similar to those of Messrs. Austin and Ste-
vens, they are omitted. '
The motion‘ to amend was lost; and Joab Grif-
fin, Esq. wasappointcd Judge of Probate for the
district of Granby.- I
I
hundred" copies to be printed.--‘I-'-Adjourned.
Saturday, May 30. A
A number of, bills; for‘ public acts were hand-'
ed in.
Bills concerning the Judiciary and corporatiorfsr
and manufacturing c'ompanies,had their first read-‘
‘ing and were postponed. ,
Bill for the relief of the society of Friettds, had
a second reading-—was debated at’ considerable’
length by Messrs. 'Wil‘ley and Stevens, in oppo-
sition to it, and by Mr. Merwin, in favor of it.
Adjourned to Monday .—M'ercury.
Colonization Socz'ety.-Letters have been recei-
ved’ from Messrs. Mills and Burgess, the agents’
of the American colonization sbciety-=-they"arri'-
ved in London in Decembenafter a very boister-
shipwreck on the coast of France’.
received in England with the greatest kindness
" and attention, and every‘fat:i_lity given tbemlfor
prosecuting their researches in Africa, by- soflw
early
x ,,.,'
‘try. Tlie_y sailed for Africa,
I
angers.
unjust to degrade a man who has been guilty of ‘I
no offence. I hope, sir, that party spirit will be 1'7 \
I suppose we have""""
Mr. Stevens reported a Bill for a. public Act, "
concerning Taxation, and the house ordered five K.’
ous passage, in which they narrowly escaped _. >
They were.—*, — .
of the most distinguis-hetl charactersain that coup-. ._
Norwalk Chronicler