list-is real estate shall be made fo the court of .pro-
hate in that district in which such real estate is
situate; and whenever application shall be made
for an order to sell the real estate of any minor,
pursuant to this act, it shall be the duty" of the
court of probate to cause notice of such applica-
tion to be published in some public newspaper,
near the place wheresuch real estate lies, three
weeks successively, at least six weeks before
making such order, and also such further notice
asthe court of probate may deem proper. A, _ V .
§-4-. Jfncibeitjizrt/’1cr enacted, That a certain
statute law ofthis state, entitled ‘An act to auth_or-
ise the courts of ‘probate to order the sale of real
estate of minors,’ passed by the General Assem-
bly. holden on the second Thursday of October,
is l7, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
DA\fiD PLANT, syieam qft/2c
H0zz.v:7 of Re/zrese7z.zatives.
JOi\?'.~ 'i'liAN INGERSOLL,
.Z'):"t"‘8l.(l\C’l'l£ qft/zc »3'cnatc.
.Approved May 13, 1820.
. OLIVER ‘WOLCOTT.
.:"tn act in further‘ addition to an act entitled an
..tc.t to regulate the inszpection of beef and pork,
intended to be e:<port«.:(.l from this State-
Ifczit L’/‘.'.’.'C:’L’([ [lg [/16 Senate and House o/'Rrfzrc-
sentatafivcs in G'rrz.~ra-Z as-.s~en2b.’y con‘az'1zrrl,Tl‘.:tt all
barrels and half barrels containing beef or pork of
any description may hereafter be made of good
seasoned white oak, rock oak, orwhitt: ash slave:
and heading, not free from sap, and hooped with
;w,_~‘,ve hoops which shall be well secured with not
less than three pins on each bilge, any thing in
said act to the contrary notuithstanding.
C-'e7ZC7”£.‘f L'1’ss:'r_z2£'u’,z/, Ploy t'>'c.vs-ion, 1). lS20.
DA\»"lD PLANT, S/Maker‘
q.r"I,’ze Flozzs-c of I\’r]Irc'sc*.‘1!t':l5'vc's'.
.*-o:vA'rI-l.«.N I.\'GERSOLL,
f‘rc.s~7'(lcnt of the Senate.
x.‘lppt"ovc<l, lune 2, 1820. j ,
()LlVl:JR "\VOLCOTT.
An act pro-.*:<ling for the appointment of li'.lc:ctcrs
0-;-' 3,2,-.,,£_«_t,g;~,s; anal Vice President of the United
stittczs. .
13¢» 1‘; 572/zctra’ by z‘.7.:.r2 3:710/fr? am.’ Hozmra of 2~?c_..-‘m3-
:5‘f’7lt‘(II'.5-Ct"-5‘ in —z'.~zerczt'-'{.sscn;Hg/ cc.-mic-225/1, That the
Cotistablcs in the s»:~:er-al towns in this state, shall
warn the electors in their respt,-.ctiv_c townsto meet
toL’eth-er, on the first M vnday of November next.
aging g<u_;;.,l place of holdin_o; elections, or at such
01hg1'p1.}cQ, as may have been previously tlesig:-ta-
t;-d iv: an ztuntial town meeting, in such town re-
§,pg.c,_'~f_-.-9:,-. nine o"cl«=ck in the mortiing of said
g,,;.-, which warning shall be given at least five
(Jays previous to said meeing, by posting notice
thereof, on the sign posts in such towns, and in
such other places as they may deem necessary.
Q “. 13cz‘zfurz/zcr c-nczcted, That__ the town clerk
and selectmen in the several towns, are hereby
authorizetl ifthey deem it expedient, to designate
the person who shall preside at such meetings of
the Electors, but in case no presiding oilicer is
designated by the town clerk and sel-ectmlen, the
Electors shall choose the presiding__ol’Ecer, in
which clinic»: the town clerk, or in his absence,
the eldest seleotman shall preside. ,
§3_ Be ;‘:fz.-rt/ter mztzcml, That the Electors
present at such meeting-shall be called upon by M
the presiding tr-fficcr, to bring in their ballots for
.lé‘.lectox‘s of Presltlent 'J'.t(i Vice President of the
United Statcs,und -.-:.tch elector present maythe_re-
upon deliver to such presiding officer, his vote or
s-_2lli"t-age, for a number of persons not exceeding
nine, whom he wozld choose Electors lor this
-,e_;,t9', Of ,D,~¢g;itl<~ ti‘. :'~.r.,_l Vii:-; President of the Uni-
ted ‘States, with tltcir n::i;:es written on one piece
Be: it fzzzl/'.rcr ~.".*;.::z.;:t’, That the presiding
-,,"";,;,-,3 3351-_,~:c,-d by the sel».c.tmcn, shall count the
t and :l::lare them in the public meeting of
the electors, ar.««;l sha‘-.l til;-vi make duplicate lists
of the votes for electors of l’t‘csi(lent and Vice
President of the United l‘}!.atc:s, one of which list
clvtll be seulctl by the presiding oflicer,
gin;
.5;
of votes
directed to the .‘£~ecretary of this Statc,' and re-;
turned to him, or to the Sheriff of the county in
which the term is situated, within ten clays after
such meeting, and the other within three days af-
ter such mcetin§::. shall be delivered to the Town
Clerk, and each Sll(‘l'lli', receiving said votes, shall
-,~,-=,¢_l,’,n {-‘-,{'uecu dztys after said meeting, return the
same, or cause them to be returned to the Secre-
taty of this '5-tzitz-.; wl~.i«:l1 votes shall be counted
by the Scci'e'.s,x-y, 'i‘rcz:.surer and Comptroller, on
the 22d rlzzy of I‘-Iowztnbc r next, and the nine per-
5,,,,g i,_g:,-irg the gt‘-ezttcsz number of votes, shall be
1,‘. .,t_»,c,-1, (_lc(;l;11u.”.'l to be appointed electors of Pres-
ident and Vice l’resi<_lent ofthe United States, and
in case afar, egrjal vote, the treasurer, secretary,
and comptroller, shall determine by lot, from the"
persons hating s‘ucl~.- equal number of votes, the
person or persons chosen, and shall publish the
names of the persons so chosen and appointed, in
two newspapers printed in the City of Hartford,
and shall immediately thereon, notify by mail, the
persons so chosen, of their appointment.
§5. Be isfurlher emzctctl, That the said Elec-
tors shall meet at Hartford on the first\Vednesday
of December next, on the business of their said
appointment, and proceed therein as required by
the laws and constitution of the United States.
—§6. Be it further cmzclcc’, That the presiding
officers in the meetings of the _* lectors, in the re-
spective towns in this state, for the choice of elec-
tors of i’res':dent and Vice President, shall make
out the c-srtiiicates of the votes and proceedings
ofthe Electors in such town according to the form
hereafter‘ prescribed ; that is to say,
At a meeting of the Electors in the town of
. lvgally warned and held on the first
M'ond'ay of i‘~i'ovember, A. I}. 18 '30, the follow-
ing persons recei"ve'd‘,tVli'c‘ number of votes annex-
ed to thcir names respectively, fog‘ electors of
Prcsidertt‘ and Vice President of the’U. States.
Narncs. Number of votes in words
at full length.
Duplicate list of votes f<>r'F.lectors, certiliediby_
Presiding Officer.
§7. Be 2': further erzrzrrczl, That the presiding
OiTIlC€l‘S in making out said ccrtiliecl lists, shall in-
sert the number ofvotes fo1‘caCh pers-312,Vin words
at full length ; and that the supersct'iption on
each of said cer'.ifietl lists to be returned to the
Secretary of this state, shall be as follows _: .
To the Secretary of this State.'_ .
Votes ofthe electorsin the town of
lthe United States taken and sealed up by A. B.
_ ' Presiding Officer.
§8. Be it furtfzcr enacted, That the Secretary
of this state, shall, on or before the first Monday
of October next, transmit blank forms for the re-
turn of votes for Electot's to the town clerks ofthe
various towns in this stateyfor the use of said
‘towns. j . ., -
§ 9. ./1nd be it further enacted, That the Chair-
man of the Electors of the President and Vice
. President of the United States shall certify to the
Comptroller, the compensation for the Electors,
at three dollars -pcr day, and the travel shall be
the some as is provided for the members of the
General Assembly of this State; and it shall be
the duty ofthe Comptroller, upon such certificate
being presented to him, to draw an order on the
Treasury for the payment thereof.
General ./Isscmbly, Jllagj Se.v.9io7z, J. D. 1820.
DAVID PLANT, S/zcakcr
qf the House of I{'cjzrcsc7zlatz"ue.9.
JONATHAN INGERSOLL,
Prrsiclcrzr oft/zc Senate‘.
A/tpproved, .ltme’2, l820. ‘
OLIVER VVOLCO'l"|‘.
Release (J ./1/)zerz"z'an fzrzls-oncrs.——l\rll‘. Forsyth,
our Minister at ill-udrid, for about a year past, has
used every exertion with the Spanish government
for the liberation the citizens of the U. States,
who have so long been held in confinement in
dill‘ereut portions of the Spanish dominions; but
to all his several applications on the subject, he
received no reply till after the recent glorious
change in that govermnent, when he received the
following letter ft om the acting Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, in ztnwer to his note of the
3 t st March.
Don Juan Jabat, ./1c.’i2.-jg 1l1i'nz'ster of State, to tile
./l"1z'2z:'.s-£e‘7‘ Pr-2.2/lot.-nzmy oi/'5/zc Um'.tcd »S'tatc's.
:31u—-I have the satisfaction to communicate to
you, for the inforniadon of your government, that
the King of the Spztins, desirous to give to the
United States of America continued proofs of his
friendship for thrm, and of his wish to evince it
more strongly, at a period, when, by the princi-
ples of their governments, both people have more
nearly appi'oxi1nate<l to each other, have resolved
to set at liberty all the Americans of the United
States, made p:'is«:-.n_cl‘s within the dominions of
‘cipz.-.in, for hating taken part in the disturbances
of his American colonies. .
His majesty,incommanding me to make known
to you this communication. has further charged
me to express his hope that this generous pro-
ceeding will be duly appreci:.:ted_ by your govern-
ment ; and the rather, when the injuries resulting
to Spain. nor , a conduct so unjustifiable, are taken
into consideration ; and that it will, in future,_ex-
ert its whole 1-znthority and influence to suppress
ever-_v hostile or piratical ac‘: derogatory to those
principles of sound 11': rs-lily. which should form
the rule of conduct of all nations ,2»,-overned, as in
the case of Spain and the Uliiteti States, by a con-
stitution founded on wisdom and justice.
I heieupon renew to you the assurance of my
high re;-‘pect,and I pray God long to preserve you.
. , JUAN JABAT.
Madrid, 12th April, 1820.
[lilere follows a copy ofa Royal Decree, grant-
inor an act of pardon, and for setting at liberty all
such citizens of the United States, as have borne
at ms v.'i'tli the insurgents, Etc. and been made
prisoners. And circular letters to this effect were
to he immetliately clispatcliecl to all competent
officers in America, in Spain, and in the garri-
sons abroad]
Ilfr. 1"oI‘e-y .2
InA.n:"t:o, April 12,1820.
Siin-~l ha‘-so ii.’-’..’l Elli: h=,-nor to receive your
-:ellcncy’s no:o of this (l;—x._v"s date, giving me in-
form.ttiot> that t':,«.- _l*L3'ng -in the Spains had deter-
mined to 'tiberat.': all the: f';x;1t:z'icat'is, prisoners in
the Spanish tlciziinionz, for having interfcrecl in
the ditsturhances with the Americans. I shall
hasten to t:';tr.smit thi.-5 piesasitag intelligence to the
government of my Cf)lJllil’_‘y‘, who will find in it new
znotivcs to pt-etent all t l(Ii2lll¢')l‘tS of that neutrality,
w itiiln the strict limits of which it resolved to con-
fine itseifat the con:n;cr-cenietit of those distur-
bances. -t is with iu‘siui=e pleasure I shall per-
form this duty, as I well know this fact of his
Catholic Z‘vE.tjest§/ will be highly grateful in itself
to the iill]€l'iCLlll goverrnucnt, and be considered
as the pres:;ge of future harmony between Spain
and the United Si£.1it.'?.——-l be evidence of the spirit
of generous friendship which is ll(:i'c:ttllCt‘ to ani-
mate and regulate the intercourse bL'l.\Vt2Cn them.
I rejoice that the policy antl the circumstances of
his government hav ,c-ermittezl the indulgence of
his Majesty’s l)ene*»oler.t disposition towards my
suffet*i2ig countrymen. I renew to your Excel-
lency the assurance of my high respect and con-
sideration. JOHN F I-lS‘l’TH.
-‘,".--:su-—--
FROM f:9Ol.l3"}l A.?;.liLRl(_‘..-X.
.3.-‘\L’I‘1}.IO1t'zi‘., June 10.
Through the kind attention of ‘st friend who ar-
rived hexe this rnornlng in the brig Virginia, cap-
tain Reynolds, from Buenos Ayres, the editor of
the Federal Gazette has b-.~:«:n favored with files
of papers and oilicial documents to the ltth of
April. The following is a brief summary of the
events which took place ‘at Buenos Ayres down
to the 9th April, being the latest intelligence re-
ceived at M-;>ntevideo previous to the departure
ofthe Virginia.
Bocnos Ayrcs continued to be agitated by the
jarringelements offaction. An attempt was made
by Gen. Alvear, in the latter end of March, to u-
surp the command of the troops,displace the gov-
crnmcnt, and substitute another more favorable
to his views ; but his designs proving ineffectual,
he llt--d to the quarters of Gen. Carrera, who
commanded a corps ofthe Federal Army, and on
being; demanded from the latter-, sought refuge
with Gen. Ramirez,_govet'nor ofthe province of
Entre Rios. ‘“
it was officially announced. that an election
. would be held on the 20th of.April, for members
to represent the country in the Federal Congress.
An investigation of the conduct of the present
administ.rations,,developed an interesting corres-
pondence with the French‘ government, on the
stibject ofa‘ proposal, made by the latter, to form
.a.’mon‘ar'cl1ical‘government in the provinces of the
Rio de la Plata, to be directed by the Prince of
Lucu, a descendant of the Bourbons.
The Patriots‘ had possession of_Rio de la Hacha,
May 3»0tli,_.but were cut oil‘ daily by the royalilsts}
for Electors of President and 'Vi'cc"Pi'e§idcrzt' of’
who were in strong force in their neighborhood.
. -“The Chili Gazette ofthe‘-17th I-‘ebrtiary, 1820,
contains the despatches of Lord Cochrane to the
minister of war and marine of Chili, detailing his
successful operation against the royalists. Lord
C. captured and took possession of Valdivia on the
.4111 of February, together with all the forts and-
batterics, and the frigate Dolores, with the loss
of two killed and eleven wounded. Valdivia is
one of the largest cities in Chili, and his lordship
pronounces it the most beautiful port in the Pa-
cific, the fortifications of which he calculates must
have costa million of dollars. They mounted
70 pieces of cannon. Lord (Iochrane had pre-
viously been off Guayaquil in quest of the Span-
ish lrigate Prueba, but she eluded his pursuit by
landing her guns, and ascending the river. His
Lordship communicated with Bolivar, who was
in Cuito, at the head of.8000 men, the principu.l
part of whom had joined him on his march from
New-Grenada. Gen. Santandar with the advance
guard of the Patriot army, occupied Cu«;~nc=.t, dis-
tant about 50 miles from C-uayaquil.
There is a strong Patriot division near Carac-
cas, and the inhabitants were rallying under their
banners, determined to drive cvery Spaniard from
the fertile soil of Columbia.
A plot had been formed at Palentia to poison
Murillo, and thereby effect their emancipation ;
but it was unexpectedly discovered by the min-
ions of that sanguinary royalist. The principal
magistrate of the place was shot, and the suppos-
ed confidential friend of Morillo, by the name of
Zabeleta, who was to have administered the fatal
potion, it was supposed would meet a similar fate.
Upwards of a hundred. individuals of the greatest
respectability were apprchentled, among them
twenty females.
_.......
Franz t/ze Mercantile ./1r.l-uertzisrr, June 13.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The Criterion, Capt. Avery, brings London pa-
pers to the 3d ult. inclusive. The execution of
Arthur Thistlesvoocl, James in g-s,'l'l1omas Brunt,
Richard Tidd, and ‘Wm. Davidson, took place on
the lat of May. The remaining six, who plead-
ed guilty to their indictments, were respited (lu-
ring the King’s pleasure. A subsequent order
directs the transportation for life ofStrange, ‘Wil-
son, Bradburn, Cooper, and Harrison. Gilchrist
has been respited without mention ofthc com-
mutation of punishment. That part dfthe sen-
tence tvhich directed those who were executed,
to be quartered, was remitted.
A minute account of the execution is given in
the London papers, occupying. live columns.—-
The crowd assembled to witness it, was beyond
all calculation. In the event of a riot, the Lord
Mayor was prepared with large banners, ready to
be exhibited should it become necessary to read
the Riot Act, with these words inscribed upon
them—-‘ The Riot Act has been read-—disper-se
immediately.’ But no occasion offered to have
recourse to them.
At 8 in the morning, the Rev. Mr. Cotton, who
preceded the prisoners, ascended the scaffold.-—
Thistlewood i£nme(l.iately followed with a firm
and resolute step Mr. Cotton endeavored to en-
gage his attention, which he declined. The rope
. being litstened round Thistlewood’s neck, a sig-
nal was. given and Tidd came forward. He ran
up the ladder in a hurried but firm manner, and
appeared perfectly indifferent to his fate. Ings
next rushed up the step ladder vith impetuosity,
and gave three cheers, in which he was joined by
the throng. He_afterwa:'ds said, while the rt-ipe
was aliixed to the beam, ‘ here we go my lads !—
You see the remains of James lugs.’ Blunt run
up the ladder, He appeared disposed to address
the crowd, but they were at a great distance, and
the e:-zecutioner was quick at his work. , David-
son appeared last, his conduct was the most de-
corous, and he was evidently making the best use
of his time. _ _ .
During the preparation, there were several ex-
clatnations from the crowd--—such as ‘ It was
Monmcnt brought you to this ;’-—-‘ Murder ;’——
‘ God bless you,’ Etc.--in other rcc-‘peels all was
quiet. A
At 5 minutes after‘ 8, the drop fell, and the
wretched men wort: launched into eternity. They
all died without a struggle, excepting lugs, who
was it little convulsed. 4 j
The ceremony of cutting off the heads and hol-
ding them up to view, with the exclamation,
‘this is the_hea|_d ofa traitor,’ was then perform-
ed. At this display, the hises and hootings ofa
part of the mob were vehement. _
Next day, the friends of the families of the un-
fortunate men petitioned Lord Sidmouth that the
bodies might be given up to them for the purpose
of exhibiting them for the benefit of their fami-
lies, which were literally starving. The request
was refused.
A reward of 3001. has been offered for the ap-
prehension of Robert Fulton and John Hutching-
son, printers, apprentices in an ofiice at Glasgow,
who were charged with high treason, and had ab-
sconded. They were suspected of having used
their master’s types in printing the late treasona-
ble placard, which was posted up in that place.
On the evening of the 11th April, George
Reid, who was committed to Kirkwall gaol, for
housebreaking, escaped by disguising hirnsclfin
his mother’s cloak and hood, by which the gaoler
was deceived ; the affectionate old woman being
snugly in the bed, while the son walked deliber-
ately out of the prison, passed the gaoler,and ef-
fected his escape.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has propo-
sed that there should be granted to his Majesty,
a revenue of 850,000! per annum for England,
and 270,000 for Ireland, to commence from the
demise of the late Kinrr.
Letters from Lisbon state, that the Regency
has adopted the most vigorous measures to pre-
vent the introduction of the Spanish newspapers
into the realm.
General D’Evereux sailed from Liverpool on
the 27th April, for Columbia. He was accom-
panied by several oflicers of his staff, his chaplain,
and about 30 young gentleman. who have conse-
crated their lives and swords to the cause of South
American freedom.
In the House of Commons, an interesting de-
bate took place, on‘ the motion of Alderman VVood
for the House to investigate the charges against
Edwards, the chief instigator of the late conspir-
acy. He stated that application had been made
to him by seven persons of unirnpeachable char-
acter, to receive inl'orrhation_ot‘ high treason as
gainst said Edwards, which he, in conjunction
with a fellow magistrate, felt it a duty to take the
examination in private. The deposition wentto
show that Edwards went from public house to
public house, inviting persons to unite with him
in various plots to overturn the government; and
that the most important of these plots, was the
the contemplated destruction of the King, and
also of the members of the House of Commons,
whilst sitting, which Edwards informed them
could be easily accomplished. The method he
proposed was, that they should go in with books
or cases, filled with gunbarrels, ‘cut down to the
length of 3 or 4 inches each, and charged with
gunpowder, phosphorus,8:c.. to be thrown into the
body ofthe House. In the course of several con-
versations which took place with r~;—.spect to the
plan, and the means of executing it, lL‘Ldwarcls de-
clared that ‘ Thistlcwood was the boy to doit.’
Two days after Thistlet'.‘ood’s liberation from
gaol, Edwards was introduced to him. It was
clear that Iidwards did get the cases made to
which he alluded; that he prepared the books,
gtmbarrels, 8:c. and that he seemed to be supplied
with money for that purpose ; for although he had
but very recently been compelled to lie on straw,
and was unable to procure a pot of beer, he had
all at once means soilicient to purchase those and
other it-2'ruments ofdestruction. Alderman \-V.
said as the parties to their account of trans-
actions had taken place in the county of Middle-
sex, he thought fit to convey the depositions to
Lord Sidmoutb, who returned for ansv. er that it
was not thought proper to bring Edwards to trial.
He maintained that when such a man went about
with so much boldness, inciting the people to en-
ter into plots and conspiracies, it became the
House to investigate the charges against him ;
and he pledged himself, if the inquiry was gone
1nto,to produce such evidence as, unless the man
escaped out of the country, would most assuredly
lead to his conviction. The motion ol'Aldermao
'W'oc-d was, ‘that George 1".dwards do immedi-
ately attend the bar of this House.’
Mr. Home seconded the motion of his Hon.
friend, and said ‘ when Ministers refused to no-
tice an application like that he des(_:til)etl, it was
time, he thought, to appeal to the blouse as the
last resource.’
Although the opposition members; made no di-
rect charge that Edwards was employed by the
government as a spy, it was openly admitted by
Mr. Bt'CUghman, who said,‘ As long as such men
as Tl]$it,l'."tVO(=(l existed in the world, governrnerst
was not only justified but called upon to employ
such a spy as 1“-Idwards.’ Rut, said be, ‘if it
should appear that this man Etiwartls had gone
beyond his 0ii'lC8, and not only instigated those he
was commissioned to watch to the furtherance of
their designs, but even formed a new one, he con-
sidered he was most highly amenable to the in»
terference ofthe laws.’ ..
Messrs. .Bathurst, Brougham, and Canning
spoke against the motion in its present shape,
when it was withdrawn by Ivlr. Vi/oo-J, who ‘said
he should introduce another in a day or two, and
should also move for a Secret committee to invcse
vestigate the case.
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l\"1sw-Yonlt, June 16.
The steam ship Robert Fulton, Capt. Inott,ar..
rived at this port on VVednesday night, 14;h inst.
in about 80 hours from _Charleston,with ?'0 pas-
sengers. She left New-Orleans on the 28th nit.
stopped two days at Havana, and four at Charles-
ton, so that she has made the passage in ten days
of running. Ten hours of the time from Charles-
ton, the machi:'ier_v was not in motion, and?!)
hours only ‘one wheel was in operation. She will
depart Llgfllll from this port on the 20th inst. for
N. Orleans, to touch at Charleston and Havana.
To all tlzose who have doubted the ability of
steam ships to nzuig:tttc_ti.e ocean, the following
paper may not be uninteresting. ;
..'\"v'e the uiidersigned, passenf.rers on board the
steam ship Robert _Fulton, sati:sfit'(l as to theatri-
vantages wlnclrshe possesses over every other
vessel u_a_vig-ating the ocean, unanimously join in
recommending .ll{:l' to the attention and patronage-
of the public. _ . , ,
Having e:~.'peri.-zncrzci on our passage, several
heavy blows, we have had good opportunities to
judge whether any good cause c:-;ist<-cl for the
apprehension at first entert.'iint.jc| as to her safety
in rough weather, and do not liesitate to declare
them groundless. Being uniincumberezl with that
heavy weight of spars and rigging, she ¢_of,5e.'
quently rolls and labours much less than it vessel
rigged in the usual way, and propelled only
sails ; and the manner in which she contended {of
several days with a heavy head sea and wiritl, con‘;
vinccs us that the duration of her passage will
never be materially affected by the weather she
has t0‘encou11tt:1'. The certainty then, of her?
performing the voyage within a stated period,
gives her a decided superiority over every other
packet; and the advantage of being able to view
for a few days the picteresque scenery, and en-
joy the ftuit and various productions ofthe most
beautiful and richest ofthc Vi/est India Islands,
as well as to visit the hospitable town of Charles-
ton, is an additional recommendation, which can-
not but carry great weight with it.
Knowing how much the public are inclined to
consider all improvements as useless innovations,
until time renders their advantages manifest, we
have deemed it incumbent upon us to offer this
public testimony of our approbation, and to do all
in our power, to remove the obstacles which igr.
norance and prejudice may have thrown in the
way" of an undertaking, which does honor to the
city of New-York, and from which the citizens of
that place, as well as those of Charleston, Havana
and New-Orleans, may anticipate the most bene-
ficial results. VVe consider these experiments
as conclusive, therefore, offer ou1'cong1-atulmiuns
to Mr. Lynch, the projector of this plan, and trust
he will meet the reward due to his enterprise. _
As doubt frequently arises as to the reports of
seamen, relative to the length of their passage, it
may not be unnecessary to state that we left it";-
city of New-Orleans on the 28th‘of May, and go:
within Sandy Hook on the, 14th of June : being-
in all 1?’ days and 1'2 hours, of which time twir
days were spent at Havana, and four at Charles-
ton. [Signed by the passengc,.5_-‘j
The steam boat Jlfissouri Packet has met win; 3
serious mtstortune ascending the Missouri river
- ' . " I
having sunk about eight miles aim,-e Frankym
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