Froiit the Pmis Journal Des Debate, Jart.1 1.
{‘loit'i~ir W551‘ COAST.—-If it be true that
a tlisciissioii is likely to arise between Russia,
Englaiid, and the U. States, relatively to the
Not-tli-west Coast of America, the following
letter, in which some observation and illus-
tratiotis are addressed to us, in reference toa
note wlticli we published upon one passage in
the Message of the Presidetit to Congress,
may be of some interest. Vlfe shall follow it
by some observations of our own :__ _, .
“ Sir—In adverting to some expressions in
the Message ofthe President ofthe U. States,
relating to the North-west Coast of America,
tlte English Courier has stated, soitiewhat
doubtingly, iiide_cd, that this coast was first
explored by Captain Cook. You have recti-
licd this error upon tolerably good grounds.
It is certainly a fact, that before the- voyage
of Captaiti Co_ok to the North-west Coast,
whit-,li tlitl_ii9_t takeplace uiitilthe year 1778,
rtiapy Russian atid English navigators had al-
ready visited it more than two centurjes be-
fore. Ihe-lieve_ it was Cabrillo, a Spanish
navigator, who first visited.it in 15,43.
“ But you add, that“ England, as you be-
Iieve, ceded in l789,‘all the clairiis resulting
frotii prior ‘discovery, if not in pouit of right,
at least in point of fact, by renounciiig the
project of foriiiing an estahlishiiietit at N00!-
kgi Soiitid. This is not correct. _
“ in 1798, England manifested the inten-
tioii of forming a perinaiietit establishment at
Nootlia Sound, wliére .her subjects 11ll'93(l.V
carried oti a considerable trade in furs,- &Lc.-—
Spaiit not only forniallyopposetl lieyself to
this project, hnt_she seized all tltc Lngltsh
fuctiit-ics employed in tire trade along that
coast, aitd she ercctcda fortress at Nootka.
The Eu:-'.li..=‘lI. G<.>Y<3“."“8!?P._‘lll'.‘3¢led, ‘ll .‘_l’._“'_
time by the celebrated Pit, expressed strong
reseiitinent, fitted out large aritiattien_ts and
threatened to declare war agai_iist Spain ifs_hc
did not itot give satisfaction to Etlgltlilltil.
“After many negociations, which it would
be too tedious to rccap_itul-ate lieie the Cabi-
net of Madrid, liaving al)a1ltlOl‘l_e(l all hope of
being supported by France-(wlio was tlieiitoo
iiinclt occupied-°with-lier owntroubles,). and
being in no condition to struggle single band-
ed with her powerful _advcrsary, she was obli-
ged to yield to the iiiipcriouslaw of necessi-
l.Y- 0“ Lllt-‘. .-‘3.3I.ll.£’_l:..O°‘°be.'v .l.f90i-.‘.‘. p.9.'.*’.
ventioii was concluded with l'dii.g_laiid_l-iy \Vlitolt
all the points at issue were dec'ide_d' in favor.
ofthe latter Power. The first article oftliis
Cotiveiitioii states, that tlie‘b_uildings and dis-
tricts situated ori the Noi'tli_'W'c‘st Coast of
North Anier'ica,_;o_r_.oii the jitljacellitg Islaiids,
of which the siibjectsof his Biritaniiic Majes‘-‘7
ty llilil been dispossessed towards the inotitli
of April,_l789, shall be restored to his Britan-
nic t‘vlajesty’s said subjects, Sec. V _ n
“ Thc_cxecutioii of this convention expert-
cticed difficulties which were iiOt fillally 3*"
i-ztnged until the 23d of March, 1795. The
Sp-.itiisli._fort was razed to the grollltds Elle
Ettglislifiag was planted at Nootka, asasign
of posscssioti, and ever since Great Britain
has retained this important place, which se-
cures her the fur trade ofNortli America atid
the fislierics of. tlie.Sou.th.Sea.. .‘.‘I l1'<1V0lll€
liotior to~be, $50. _“ L. D.” . -
The éxplatiation given by M. D. L. exhib-
its,witliout contradiction, the exact triitli Wllll
respect to the establisliiiieiit on the isle of
Nootka Sound, consirlercd in u‘sel_f; only it
must be~retna'-rked, that England has not kept
the slightest garrison on that point. It was
not tillafter 1t:_16, that posts of fur hunters
belonging to the United Companies of the
NortlfVVest and Hudson Bay, after having
passed the Rock Monntaitis,established them-
selves iipoti a part oftlte Continental coast,
to which they have given the naiiie of New
Caledonia. The existence oftlicse establish-
ments was only known at London, from the
2lcC()Utll ofa voyage prititedin the'U. States.
New Caledonia exicndsto IheNortli ofNew
Georgia, so named by Capt. Vancouver, who
iuade a map ofit, and took possession ofit in
the name ofEitglatid,iii17ti5.
‘ The U. States, on tltcir side, pretend by the
acquisitioii of Louisiana, that they have ob-
tained riglits to ‘Tl‘t'e"Tziiiiti'ii§"W'esTi'i ve r," ex-
plored by the French, and named by the A-
inericans Columbia. They have explored
the course ofit with ntuclt success, and they
keep up iiiilitary posts at the nioutli and on
sortie other points. _
The coiirseoftlte river llils-llllS~f){l-lillclllélfl-,
ty in it, that it is formed of two great‘ri\"ers,
one frotii the North, which unites almost all
the waters of New Caledonia, and the other,
fl()‘~.\ iug' from the South, receives many rivers,
t-oiiiing from New Califortiia ; so that the ba-
sin of the COl't.lll‘il;»l&1, very narrow on the mar-
itime coast, takes an immense developeineiit
in the int'e.i'ior. Tiiis district of Oregon,wlticli
the United States consider as their property,
iitc:;;i:;cs at the same time both the Spanish
and English frontiers. '
A third nation has advanced into these un-
citltivatetl cotintries. The Russians have for-
nicd in one of the isles adjacent to New Cal-
edonia, tlteestablishmcnt of Sitka, or New
Archztngel ; they have treated as subjects the
insiilar Indians to the 51st degree of latitude,
and passing before Nootka Sound and the
iiionili of the Columbia, they have established
a pernntiieiit Post at Bodega at'thirty-eiglit
ticgt'cc~,in California. There has, therefore,
been confusion between all these occupations.
But, disitiissing fora iiioiitetit the Riissiaiis,
the English, and the U. States, we ask when,
5 and lio.iy3the King of Spain has renounced his
:titcicnt‘“i’ight's to the whole ofthe coasts from
the 58th degree north, as far as" Calafornia—
coasts discovered and repeatedly visited by
Spanish navigators in 1543, in 1588, in 16451,‘
atid in 1774? The King of Spaiti ceded, in
1789 and 1795, the single point of occtipatioti
of Nootka; but the ccssion of one spot does
not carry with it the cession of all the rest,
aitd respecting which the Treaties cited by D.
L. are silent.
Spain appears to us, therefore, to have .a
right to be included in the negociatioiis opeii-
ed between Englaiid, the U. States, and Bus-
sia, on the subject ofthcse disputed countries.
From the .N'. Y. ./Iinerican. = —
SPANXSH Lii;i3r>.'rir.——A kitid friend hand-
ed us, some days ago, an Havana paper ofthe
1‘::tli tilt. contaiiiitiga decree of King Ferdin-
and, for the establishment througliout his
kingrloizisuiider the tiaitie of police, ofa civil
iiiqiiisitiott,wliicii exceeds and outrages, in its
details, all that we have heretofore heard or
read of the ll‘tSOll:tlC8 ofdcspotism. We have
tratislated such parts oi" it as relate more ini-
mediately to the personal liberty of the sub-
ject, and comtnciid thctn to the attention of
our readers. Late events give us,indeed, but
little reason to expect any thing from the
Spaniards ; yet if there be any of that blood
utispilt, which once eiinobled the Castiliari
‘name, we should hope it would kindle into
resistance against oppression so grinding, so
relentless, so inevitable, as that ineditated in
the decree before tis.
Iti the very worst periods of the Roman
Empire, wlteiifb'lood flowed‘ like water, and
wlteitthe fi'owri‘of the sovereign doomed thou-
sands to death; it was only in the capital and
around the court that such scenes were tran-
sacted. The inliabitants of distant cities, the
peasants who tilled the soil, lived in happy
and peaceful obscurity. ’1‘liose only who, at
the seat of power, played for the splendid
prize of imperial favor, were subject to the
perils ofimperial wrath. But in Spain, the
liumblest man is to be inscribedon tablets, and
his conduct is to be watched and recorded-
distance, tiay banislinient, unless it beforever,
cannot save him from the terrible supervision
ofthe Civil Inquisitor ofMadrid. Here,even,
on our _sliores, where man walks erect and ac-
knowledges no earthly superior, the toils of
the Spanish police are spread for any iii_ifor-
tunate wanderer of that iiation,\vhotii chance
may have thrown on them; and, unless he
coitduct liiiriself so as to be entitled to a cer-
tificate of good behaviour front‘ the ambassa-
wo he to him on his return to his otvti coun-
try. * It really almost imparts a feeling ofde-
gradation to a fre._e-born Ainericuii to reflect
that the. courtesy of nations compels us‘ to be
accessary, even in so distatit_ a degree as by
the etitertaititiient among us ofsucli ziutlioriz
ed agents, to so ‘great a crime against politic-
al liberty and personal rights. But, perhaps,
there is no one feature of this decree which
“will so forcibly bring its atrocity lioitte to A-
mericans, ac-custoined to circulate as freely as
the air they breathe, as that provision which
requires that every itiaii shall be provided
with aicertificate ofsafety, by means whereof
he is secure at home, and may go as far as
fifteen miles froiti it ; but if further, he must
have a pussportll
- -Letus only imagine the case, that the citi-
zens of New-York were obliged annually to
pay ltalf adollar each fora certificate allow-
ing them to stay quietly at home, or, if any
uoiie pleased, to go as far as Kingshrirlge to see
a frie'tid—biitifsucli frieiid lived at Sing-Sing,
he must apply to goveriiittent for a passport
besides ; and that, iffoiind at any time \'-’ltl]-
out one or botlt of these dociiiiietits, he was
to be c_lapped'up by the police and punished
at discretion. But the odious features oftliis
decree are_as‘nuitierotis as its provisions——we
refer it ‘en masse, tliercfore, to the perusal and
iiidignaftioii of our readers. _
The police ofniy doinitiions shall be direc-
ted by a superior niagisirate, under the title
ofSuperititeitdzitit General of the Police of
the Kingdom, who shall reside in '.‘iIadrid.-—
Then follow eleven other articles, establish-
itig the subdivisions all in subordination to this
chief, tliro’out the kitigdoiii—their fuitds,8:.c. «
The following are the particular attributes
of the p0lice——lst, to foriti exact lists ofthe
itihabitaiits of the kitigdoiit, specifying the
age, sex, state, profession, and nature or dis-
position (iiaturaleza)ofcach individual, accor-
ding to printed forms, with wlticli they will be
furnislied. :”.‘d, to give and to coutitersigtt the
passportsoftiutivc travcllci‘s,circulating with-
in the kingdom, or about to leave it ; to take
care tltatall Spaniards returning front foreign
countries shall bring with tlietii aitd present it
verificatinii of their good political conduct
front my Aiiibassadors, Miiiisters, Charge
d’Affaires or Vice Consuls; to verify and
cotiiiteisigit the passports of stt'angei's; also,
the furloughs of itiilitary men, absent front
whatever motive, from their corps; to give
certific_ates ofsafetytoihe individualsinscrib-
ed on the lists of their viciiiity——aiiti to those
strangers who may reside fora time in places,
not their ordinary duitiicil; also to grant li-
censes to pe(ll'.\rS,l.tlVCl'll keepers,liack-drivers,
mouiitebanlts, foe. and particularl_v to persons
desirous of litiiiting or shooting.
Art. 14, specifics many other attributes of
the politic; to watch servants otit of place, ar-
tisaiis without work,iiidividi.ials without ineziiis
or trades to iitaiutain tlieniselves, or who hav-
Eng some means, or useful eitiployitiént, tiiay
be suspected of not being able to maintain
-theniselves bythe product thereof; to take tip
vagabotids, 8:.c. p'.irticul:irly gipsies, beggars
able to work,'ruiiaway children, and freqiieii-
ters ofiinlicensed taveriis;to take care that
neither by land nor’ water he inrrodticcd any
work, in whatever language, tinlcss the party
bringing it have an express order frotii ttie,or
a permission front my council, grained after
seeing-a copy of the work previously trans-
iiiitted to it, and the officer of the press atid
libraries ofthe kingdom being" first heard ; to
iiscei'ta'iii by secret means what books intro-
duced in defiance ofthe above regulation may
already exist in the kingdoiii, either in the
hands of printers or booksellers, or communi-
ties, or iiidividuals,ltowevcr highly privileged,
and to deliver persons guilty of these infrac-
tions to the competent authority; to prevent
the entry, circulation, atid reading ofperiodi-
cals, fugitive pieces, satirical pictures, cariczt-~
tures, or any other papers or prints in which
my person, or royal privileges are attached,
or the doings of my governuient censured or
ridiculed—atid to seize all such objects, as
well as the individuals who may introduce or
possess them; to arrest all persons uttering
.obsceiie or blaspltenious cries,‘ or expressions
injurious to my royal person ; also all drunk-
ards, &c.; to prosecute all secret associations,
whether they be of the popular faction, (com-
uiieros) or freemasoiis, or-carbonari, or ofatiy
other dark sect now existing‘, or which may
ltcreaftcr=cxist, or whether they meet" for a-
ny other object, concerning the nature of
which the clatidestiiiess of their proceedings
may excite suspicion l " ’ - ‘
Art. 16. étll individuals arrested ‘by the po-
lice, tiiust within 8 days he handed over to the
judges or tribtiuals oftheir respective districts,
whose authority is not intended to be deroga-
ted frotii, except as to persons suspected or
conspiring agaiiist the state, and as to those
who may have contravened the police regula-
tions. Persons suspected of conspiracy,‘ shall
remain at the disposition of the police all the
time that may berequired, in order to enable
it to verify the raniitications of their plans. ll
A fund is reserved frotii which extraordinary
gratuities are to be given to those individuals,
who make revelations important to the trait-
quility or security of the State, fszc. And a-
tliis establishment is the annexed iteni. Four
dots, ‘or plcriipotentiaries, or consuls of Spain,
‘inong the ways and means for the support of
reals (half a dollar) per annum, for every cer,-7
tificate ofgsafety; a documetitby means where-
of each inhabitant may travel 6 leagues(abotit
_15 miles) from his dwellin , without 1l1eJ16-
cessity of a passport ! l an which ‘document
all persons over 16 years, including widows
and uritnarried girls, if not livitig with their
fathers, are obliged to take out, attd to renew
annually—-except lfillllaI'._V men in actual ser-
vice, priests, day laborers and patrpers.
HAVANA.-—VVe have freqiietitly to record
the outrages contini‘-.tcd upon the persons and
property of Anieric-an citizens in the port of
Havana, and deem it the duty of our govern-
m,ctit to look after the itiatter-. We liavea
Consul residing in that port—but he is not ac-
/cnowlcdged by the authorities ;-—tliis we‘know
to befizct, for we have seen the original-letter
received by Mr. VVariier from the late Gov-
eriior, in answer to his notification of arrival,
in which it is stated that the Governor has no
instructions to receive an American Consul :-
Mr. VVat'nei' i'esitTes there, but possesses no
influence wliatever, and it might be person-
ally daiigerous for hitti to attempt any inter-
ference.-—.Frceman’s Journal. ‘
BRAZlL.—-Letters from Bahia of Feb. 3d:
are received in this city. Tlie niarket for A-
niericaii produce was cxtrcitiely dcpressed—
Flour being down to 6 and 7 doll.u‘s, and large
qiiantities of this article ordered by English
houses, was coming in. The cotisiiniption of
foreign flour was confined to the Portuguese
inhabitants, and a mandate of the Emperor
was ltourly expected directing them to leave
the country, and preparations were ttiakiiig to
convey them to I1lSl)()ll.—-.'l‘f€I‘C. ./Itlv.
BALTIBIORE, April 3. ,
Colombia and Peru.--By the sclir. Good
Return, frotii Jamaica, we have received our
regular files ofthe Kingston Gazette. Front
these papers we learn an interesting fact for
Colombia, namely, that the treasury in one
ofhcr important departments, which hitherto
scarcely ever equalled its expenditure, has as-
suiiicda very flourishing aspect, and presents
a considerable overplus, beyond all necessa-
ry payments civil atid military, for the pre-
-vious four nioiiths.
The recent very satisfactory news frotii Pe-
ru is further coiifiriiicd. '
Extract of a letter from Prmrzmrt, dated Jan. 4.
“By an arrival this day from Peru we have
leariied, that that couiitry had fora tnonieiit
been in danger. Riva Aguera, the great Ri-
va Agiicra, the idol of the people, the Piesi-
dent oftlic Republic ofI’c-ru, had been a trai-
tor, and had friendly correspondence witli the
Spaitiards——but Bolivar, the genius of liberty,
saw tlirough it, and Aguertt and his satellites
were secured, and are now pi-isonei-5; in Guay.
aquil. Every thing seems again to tevivc
and to be taking a new aspect. Tore Tzigle
has been named President ofthe Rcpnblio——
but, both the civil and military comiiiatid has
been placed in Bolivar, witlt unlimited pow-
ers to act and carry oti the tr-at‘. Tlie other
news froiti Peru was most satisfactory——oiir
"troops had destroyed several parties of the cit-
emy. The Libcratorltas now under his coin-
tnaii;l1."i,000 men, hcsidcs 5 or 6000 with Gen,
Sucre. He is aiiniitg-;igt'cat and sure blow,and
there is not the least doubt ofhis success.”
From (lie .l;'oi2l)'cril T.-"mes.
WK: are credibly i_nl'orincd, that a person
who had diiveti a pair ofliorscs over the line
between New-York and this Province, iiiadc
liiinself liable to pay an ml vaforeiii duly tipoti
ilicin. This duty was collected, although the
horses (lid not stay (iii the Aiiiericaii side
more than six hours, and were avowedly and
openly driven over by the owner, not for "sale,
but on busitiess, with an intention ofreiuriiiiig
with them. Vfe have heard, for some time
past, that such an arraiigetiient was about to
be itiade upon our frontier, but could hardly
believe it, until we _were iufornied that the
plan had really been carried into effect. This
uianiier of proceeding cannot but bring on a
rccitrrctice of diflicnltics and v_ex:itioi:s which
we had hoped were fast fading away. Thei-
dea we conceive to he the most abst'.rd,of tax-
ing the animals by itieitns of which we keep
up a frictidly intercourse with our neighbors ;
and we believe will lead to a retaliation oti otir
side. Should it he continued, we should not
be surprised to find that the entrance ofsteam
boats and sloops at the port of St. Johns will
be obstructed by the adoption of siniilar tneas
tires by our govertinieiit.
. FREDONXA, N. Y. March 31.
Dislressirzg .Alfl7:di'.—Oii '1‘liiirsday, £1.-‘itli
iiistaiit, Mr. Scott, a deputy sheriff of the
couiitv ofWart'eii, (Pa.) went to the house of
Mr. Jacob Hoe/.1, (alt-.)t-it four miles frotii the
village of Warrcn,) for the purpose of arrest-
itig him oti a charge of perjury; bttt Hook re-
fusing to go with liiiti, Mr. Scott returited to
the village and procured the assistztncc of five
men. It was evening when they reached the
house, the door of which they found fasteiied,
and on demanding adinittauce, Hook desired
to know who was there, and when inforiited,
he told them to keep away, and that if they
entered he would kill them. The oiiicer push-
ed againstthe door with such force as to break
it suddenly open, and he fell on the floor—2
iticn followed close upon him, when a gun,
loaded with four or five lcadcn slugs, was dis-
charged at them, three of which passed thro’
the arm ofthe second iiiati, (Mr. Perry G.
Sliereiiian,) and entered the body of the 3d,
(Mr. lVallace,)wlio felland expired with-
out uttering a groan. The accidental falling
of Mr. Scott when -the door flew open, was tin-
doubtcdly the means ofsavitigltis owit life.—
The offeiider was secured the iiext_mot'iiiitg.
He is an old bachelor, and is said to be worth
twenty thousand dollars.
S1‘. Louis, Mo. March 8.-—Thii'ty-eight
hogsheads of Missouri Tobacco," with the
stamp of ‘Binghaui & Lattib, Boon’s Lick,
i\Iisso_uri,’ were sold, in the city ofNew-York,
soiitetiine in January, at the ltiglicst price,be-
irig pronounced superior to any other descrip-
tion ofTobacco in the niarket. Missouri To-
bacco always bears the highest price itt New
Orleans, and has frequetitly had the prefer-
encein Pliiladelpliia and Baltimore. What
will they say, when they see our Hemp? We
would not be surprised to hear them exclaiin
that Russia had been practising an imposition
on the world, when they come to examine the
Hemp of Missouri.
Tlieiietv road, recently reviewed, marked
out, and surveyed, through the interior ofthe
State, coniinences attlie Iron Banks, oi) the
Mississippi river, and terminates at Cliariton,
on ‘the Missouri. The surface of Ille‘C0tlnlr_V,,
over which itpasses, admits of an excellent
_road, without great expense, _,ex_ce-pt from P0-
tosi to Jefferson, where it is broken and une-
ven. Tlie whole distance, by actual adnieas-
iireinent, is three hundred and a lialfitiiles.
From the .N'ew-York Observer.
JOHNSON.-—-Tlie most cotilnitlictory
‘stateiiients have been published respecting the
coiiduct and confessions of this unhappy man.
Some represent him as a hardened wrctcli, rc-
sisting to the last all attempts to make an ini-
pression upnii his feelings; while others state
lllzlflie tiiiifurittly niauifested astrong attaclt-
me‘n'_t to his family, and listened attentively
to the iiistrnctioiis of the;clergyitieti who vis-
ited_-liiiii. If we may believe soitie persons,
tlii_s~niui-demyas Jolttison’s first flagrant Cl'll'i:8,
tvlijlc-otliers say itwas only one of a series of
ca~pit.al offences——that he. had before been
guilty of iiumerous thefts, robberies aiul inur-
ders. In this divided state ofthe public opin-
--ioii, we liavc-fakeii some pains to ascertain ilie
truth, and the result has been a firm convic-
tioii that those stories which are calculated to
exasperate the public against the uuliappy
criminal are priticipally forget'ies. A reve-
rend clergyinan, who frequently visited John-
son during his confiiietitciit, assures iistliat
the following relation ofthe Rev. Mr. Omicr-
donk, wli_icli was itisertcd in the Eveiiitig Post
. ofthe Sal inst. is worthy ofitnplicit coiifitlctice
and is the best account that has been published:
“ A ‘short time aftcrJohtison was confined
to aivoit hjs ti'ial, I was itiforiiied hy'tlie Rev.
Mr. Stanford, Chaplain oftlie-Bridewell, that
Ilte prisoner, having formci'l_v attended Trini-
ty Cl'llIl‘Cll, wished me to visit him. I coitip|i-
ed with his request, and visited him frequent-
ll’ Pl”eVI0usly to his trial, and until within a-
hoiit a fortniglit oftliat event. At these sev-
eral visits he confessed himself to be the on-
ll’ one who was guilty ofthe murder of Mur-
ray. On my first visit after his trial I expres-
sed iuy surprise and displeasure at having
heard that he had then told a different story,
and iiitputcd to a man by the name of Jerry,
the guilt of ha viiig inflicted on Murray the fa-
lfll bl0W._ __He replied that he had indeed told
a story different frotii his first one, atid gave
as his reason for the first, that if he had itot
taken the whole respoiisibility of the traiisac-
tioti upon himself, his family, whom he [mew
to be innocent ofany participatioii in the itiur-
der, would have been confined, on suspicion,
for the ivliole winter, to await their trial with
hint iii the spring. 'I‘lie story which he tiow
told was,. as iiearly as I can recollect, as fol-
lows: Oit Tliursdaty ni-_;lit (I believe Nov. 21)
Lllurray was,for the first time .1 lotlger in John-
soti’s house. Jerry had come there as a lod-
ger,tlie preceding day; until wliicli time John-
son had never seen him. On the said Tliurs-
day night, Johnson and Jerry were together
engaged, I think in some game, but certainly
both of them inebriated. One of tltciii said
to the other. that Murray had been very fool-
ish in expressing great concern about his trutik
because there was a coiisiclerable sum ofitioit-
ey in it. Jerry reiiiarked that they must have
that nioticy. Johnson expressed a fear that
if they cottiinilted a robbery they would be
discovered and setit to the State Prison. Jer-
ry tcplied that they could avoid this by killing
the man. It was then agreed between them
that Murray sliould he‘ killed for his money.
Jerry urged the iiiiitic_diate execution of the
design, as Murray was then aslccp. Johnson
objected that watchmen might be near, and
would be alarmed by Miirray’s cries. Jerry
advised him to go into the street, atid see if
there was any one near. Jolitisoit went ac-
corditigly,and itt returiiitig after a walk ofsev-
era] minutes, foutid that Jerry had killed Mur-
ray. The two theii conveyed the corpse into
the cellar. On Friday morning, Jerry, with
a part of the money (Johnson believed about
3100) went up the North river. Joliiison then
finding himself deserted by his colleague in
this iniquity, and left with the dead body in
his house, conveyed it, oti the following night,
(Friday,) to the place in the street where it
was found, hoping that its being found there.
would not lead to any particular suspicion of
him.” i ’
Mr. Oiiderdonk states further,thatJohnson
ttttiforinly persisted in this story; and that he
also uniforiitly declared that the suspicious
which were afloat respecting his guilt in other
inurdcrs were unfounded, and that the crime
for which he was to suffer,was the only offence
rendering hint anienable to the laws,0f which
he had ever been guilty. “With regard to
the murder of Murray, except in the incident
ofliaying inflicted the blow, he acknowledged
his guilt to be full, and professed his pcttiteiit
sense of it in a way which left no room to siis
pcct ltitit of insincerity. He acknowledged
farther, that he had, for along time before
that murder, been addicted to habits of iiiteiii-
peraiice, ofganibling, and of profane cursing
and swearing ; kept bad company; atid iicg-
lected his church, aitd religious exercises sev-
erally. For all these sins he professed the
truest repentance. And independently of
these great offeiices, he often expressed a con-
trite sense of his siiifulness and unwortliiness.
When speaking oti these subjects, he manifes-
ted every appearance which could possibly be
expected of genuine religious feeliiiir.”
On the V-Vednesday preceding the day of
his execution, Mr. Ondcrdotik visited John-
son for the purpose of adntiuistering to him
the Contiiiuiiion, and at this solemn season he
repeated that the statements which he had
made to Mr. 0. were true; and again at the
foot ofthe gallows, after the religious exerci-
ses had been performed, and as he was just
ascending to the fatal platform, Mr. O. beg-
ged liim to say whether,at that awful moment
he persevered in maintaining the truth of
what he had said. He replied, that before
God, he did. V -
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CONGRESS.
On the 1st and 2d inst. the Senate was prin-
cipally engaged in discussing tlieapproprizi-
tion bill ; and both of these days the House
spent iti discussing the general principles of
the Tariff bill. Mr. Rankin, Mr. Webster,
Mr.Wood, ol‘N.Y. Mr. Garnett, and i\'Ir.Wil-
liains, participated in the debate.
Senate, flpril 5.—The bill to provide for
the extinguishnient of the debt due to the;U.
S. by the purcltascrs of the public lands, was
passed, and sent to thellouse for coucurreiice.
The bill “ to abolish imprisonment for debt,”
was takcti tip, and amended, so as to provide,
that the creditor shall have a right to hold his
debtor in bail, without proofof fraud, when
he is about to leave the state iti which the debt
is contracted-tltat no debtor shall be held to
bail except in the state where he resides ‘c.‘.~
:the state where the debt was contracted. on.-
less the debtor shall ltave-absconded to evade
the payment of hisdelits-—to authorize the
creditor to put interrogatories, and to make
suggestions in relation to the case, and,-ifthey
are not satisfactorily answered by the defen-
dant, the charges therein contained to be ta-
ken as facts—atid to provide that the billsliall
not extend to any suit brought to recover itin-
neys_received by ilie defendant on account of
the United States.
' The bill was then ordered to be printed, as
amended ;and without taking the question on
“S lllild |’6-Itlitta, the Senate adjourned.
‘ I-Iouse of ' Represerilalivcs, ./)pril‘5.—--Mr.
{"“'5SV'llli frotii the committee to whom was
referred the I-‘resitleiit’s Message on that sub-
ject, reported a bill inaking fiirilicr appropri-
eitititis for the exriiiguisliinent of the title of
tli~e_(,reel_t 1itdi;tns._t_o land lying in the state
of {:‘eorgi-i. " .
In On ijioitoii of Allen, tlielIoiis_:e_agreed'
\..-l- to J0) to consider a resolution fiximr the
time for adjoiirrinient. A motion witsotlieti
made to fill. the blank with the 3,1 of May .-
Mr. Tod proposed the cunt of May. But be.’
fore any question was taken, the debate was
5“l’e"5‘3‘l*3‘l lit’ the Speaker passinv to the or-
ders of the day. ' “ 3
RC’”i3f°’l Qf 1/46 T!l7‘I:173‘—-On motion o'fMr.
Tod, the House lllt-.'.'l went into coitiiiiittee of
the wlioleon the bill ‘to ainend me sever,”
acts laying duties on imports.’
Mr. Isacks modified his motion of Satur-
day, for striking out the uiiiriintitii oti cottons,
so as to leave the present miniiniiin 'nittouch-
ed, viz: by inserting 25 cents instead 85 cents
as the riiiiiitttiini valuation.
Mr. Jarter,of S.C. delivered his sentiineiitg
at large on the bill; when the question beincr
put on Mr. Isacks’ amendment, was decide?!
incthe negative. Ayes 792-Noes 96. '
Mr. Gazley moved to réport the bill as 8-
inended, but before the question was taken,
Mr. )'l’Kim offered an amendment laying zi
duty on certain articles ofniorocco leather.——-
Tlie aiiieitdiiteiit was rejected, only 40 rising
in its favor.
Mr. Clarke of N. Y. then moved to amend
the duty oti iron, by reducing it from 31 192. to -
90 cents. Mr. C. supported his iuotioii bv a..
speech, but gave way, at lialfpast 4 o’clo-ck,
for a motion to rise.
Senate, Titcsday, ./Zlpril 6.—Tlte unfinislied
bu:-iness of yesterday, being the bill “ to abol-
ish iinprisotiitient for" debt,” was I'eSllme(] ;
Mr. Ruggles in the Chair. The question was,
upon passing the bill to be engrossed atid read
the third tiiite.
Mr, flayne spoke at considerable length, in
opposition to the principles ofthe bill, and in
aiiswerto the remarks heretofore made iiisup-
port of it, by Messrs. Johnson, of Kentucky‘,
and Barboiii‘. Mr. H. cottcludcd by ntovinv
the cotninitment of the bill, to the Colllllllllez-"‘
(iii the Judiciary, with instructions to inquire
itito the expediency of providing by law for
the release ofall persons who may be arrest-
ed for debt (by virtue of any process issued
from the State court or court ofthe U. Statcs,)-
when sticli persons shall render, on oath,a
seltedtile ofall their property, and execute an
assignment thereof for the benefit of their
creditors ; and that the committee do further
inquire how far it may be expedient to pro._.
ride, by law, for the release of such debtors
frotii ftirther liability: making, at the same
time, suitable provision for the prevention and
punishment of fraud and concealment.
Mt'.Noble moved the indefinite postponinent
ofthe whole subject. This motion was put,and-"
decided in the negative. Ayes 19, noes Q0.
'1‘lie question oti committing the bill, with
the instructioiis proposed by Mr. Haytie, was
divided ; and first taken on comiiiitting merely.
This was carried in the affirmative, 18 to 17.
On the question upon instructing the coin-
mittee, as proposed by Mr. Hayne, a few re-
marks were made by the mover, and byMessrs.
Mills and Van Burch. The latter part oftliose
instructions (whicli respects the inquiry into
the expediency of releasing those debtors who
make assignments of their property for the
benefit of their creditors from further liability)-
was agreed to, and the other part rejected.
House of Representatives, ulpril 6.-—-Mr.
Randolph gave notice, that, having been pre-
vented, by indispositioti, frotii calling up his
resolution respecting analteratioii in the com-
pensation of members ofthis I-louse, heshould
call up the same on Saturday next. ,
Revision of the Ttjn'i_'_,fl'.—Mi‘. Hamilton, of‘
South Carolina,coninieiiced aspeech against
the priticiples of the bill,wlticli occiipietliieat'-
ly three hours in the delivery.
The question was then taken on Mr.Clark’s
tiiotion to redtice the duty on Bar Iron from
one dollar and 19. cents, to 90 cents per cwt.
and decided in the affiritiative, 99 to 90.
Mr. Vlfebstcr, of Mass. tlieti itioved, as an a.
mctidineiit to the bill the following, to come
in at the end of the 5th section :
“ And be it further enacted, That from and
after the —- (lay of next, the duties now
imposed atid payable on the wines, licreiu
mentioned and described, shall, at their ini-
portation into the U. States frotii any foreign
port or place, cease and detcrtiiiito.; and, in
lieu thereof, the following rates of duties, res-
pectively, shall be laid, levied and collected,
on all such wines, at their said importation,
that is to say : Upon all Madeira wines, 70
cents per galloit ; upon Sherry, St. Liicar,Lis-
boii, Oporto, atid all other wines of Spain and
Portugal not liereiit etitiuicratcd, 50 cents per
gallon,on Teneriffe and all other wines ofthe
Canary Islands, 40 cents per gallon ; onFayal
‘and all other wines of the Western Islands, 40
cents per gallon; on Sicily wine, 50 cents
per gallon; oit Malaga wine, 30 cents per
gallon ; on all other wines not eiiunicraied in
this or some other law, when imported in but-
tles or cases, 50 per ceiituiii advzilcreni ; "on
all other wiiies,wheii imported otlierwise than
in bottles or cases,-10 per centum ad valoreiii : ’
Provi(lecl.'l‘liut the zimount of duty thereupon
shall, in no case, exceed I00 cents per gallon,
After some brief debate oit this motion, it
was decided iti_ the afiirinative, ayes 110.
Mr. Cotitior, ofN. C. then moved to strike
out eighty cents, the proposed miniitiuiii valu-
ation ofiinported woollciis, and insert, in lieu
thereof, forty cents. This qiiestioii was de-
cided in the negative by the Chair, 94 votes
to 932; btit, a new cotiiit being dcntanded and
taken, there were ayes lot), noes 95, so the-
ntotioti was decided iii the affiriitative.
Mr. Uerccr moved to strike out ofthe bill
the 80th day of June, (the day on which the
bill is to go itito operation,) sd as to defer it
to a later day ; which motion was negativ-
ed, 92 votes to "‘
U u
The question was taken on the coitiitiitteels
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