_-—-- ..—«.,._..___...__ _. i. ll .4 i, l :1 '1 ,.. l ,. . 1.: f * Front the Cliartiistou Courier. .i\t'ov. I6. GEORGIA" LEGISLATURE. The election ofMr. A. H. Powell. 35 Pres‘ idciit of the Senate, and Mr. Murray, as Speaker of the House, show that the friends of Mr. Clark have it decided majority ip joint ballot, and it is supposed they. Wlll avail tlremselves ofit, tor elect their friends and supporters to fill the various offices under the state government. _ _ On the 8th instant the following resolutions were introduced by General Hardin, and two hundred copies ordered to be priiited. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the State of Georgia, in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the situation in ivjiicli Geo.gia finds herself, in regard totlie "nited States is paitilully felt and seriously regretted. ’ . That tliefierirls for which the Constitution ofthe United States was instituted, “ to form at more perfect niiion, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare and se- cure the blessings of libertyto ourselves, and our posterity,” are no where more fully ac- knoti ledged and appreciated, than in the state of Georgia. The father oftliis country has solemnly iri- fririiicd us that the constitution was “ the re- sult ofainity, and of that mutual defereiice and concession, which the peculiarity of our political situation, rendered iiidispensible ;” iliat in its formation, “ the difiicnlty ol.'-draw- ing with precision, the line between the rights which must be surrendered and those which may be resolved,was increased by a dilfererice among the several states, as to their situation, extent, habits and particular interests.” We readily admit the powerful influence of sncli consiilcrations, and admire the happy rnaiiuer in wliieli these obstacles were sur mounted by the adoption of the rules of gov- ernment, contained in that instrnriieiit so well calculated to answer all the purposes for which it was intended. Nor are we unaware, that “ it is obviously impracticable in the fed- eral goveriii-neut oftliese states, to secure all rights ofindependeiit sovereigiiiy to each, St. yet provide for the interest and safety of all.” But we confidently believe and earnestly iii- sist, that _an adherence to“ original princi- ples,” would strictly confine the action of the general governtnent to the sphere marked out and limited by the express provisions of the constitution, and that no other powers than those granted in direct terms, and not depeii ding upon the uncertainty of consiriictive iii- fercnccs or implied admissions, slionld be as sumed, or exercised by it. The plan upon wliich the General Gov’i. was formed, and -inteiidcd to operate, is as obvious and evident in meaning as it is sim- ple and excellent in structure. Any deviation from its first intention, by destroying the fine symmetry and proportion ofits parts, would derange its most iinporniiit fniictioiis, and give a wrong direction to the whole touchin- cry of governmciit. The impulse which first gave rise to it,would be entirely changed, and its main object and effect iiiarrctl and spelled by irregular and convulsive rrioveriieiits.— Piililic opinion would no longer act as a bal- ance wheel,io regulate its riiotiori, wlieu either too much accelerated or retarded by all these ujrcumsiances, which might tend to the pro- duction ofsiicli a state of things. An easy and uniform operation ofthe gov- erntiieiit of the Union is only to be attained by the mild and gentle, yetefiicacious influ- tznce of those rules of cotiduct, which oti one liand secures to it all necessary powerto effect its proper ends; whilst on the other, itis cori- fined by certain nietes and bounds, to its ori- ginal object and intention. To extend its paternal and protecting care to the external or foreign relations of the country, uhilst the state goverutnerits are deemed wholly conipetent to control and di- rect their own iiiteriialor municipal concerns. To preserve the confederate character and foice of the union, whilst a consolidated or })a|j()n',\I form of goveiniiient, is to be avoided, by all the guards which are provided against it. With such views and opinions, ofthe pn w ers, duties and liinitatioiis, ofthe General Go veriiuicnt, we are constrained to coiiiplain— Tliatyany of its acts, aided and upheld by the decisions of the Supreme Court, 8:. ready to be supported by the influence of the Bank, and the force ofthe “ tiriuyofthe U. States,” are destructive to “ State rights’? according to the true interest and meaning of the con-’ stitiitioii. That wliilst sncli tendencies are perceived, and deprecated, we confidently tiiist, that a recurrence to “ fundamental principles” by those tvlio direct and control the destinies oftlie country, will speedily rec- tify the errors which have crept into the ad- rniiiistration.ol'tlie governnieiit, and restore the condition ofirieii and things to that state of political feeling and action, wliicli distiii gnished the nieinorable period of the demo- cracy ol'1798--so that the purity and beauty of otir admirable systciii ofcivil policy may be only equalled by a fixed determination to preserve ulltl niaiiilain it. It is, tlierefore, further resolved, that llllf Senators and Represeiitatites ofGeorgia, in the Congress ofthe United States, he, and they are hereby requested and advised, to stand firm to the support rift-he “Rigliis or the states,” and to oppose at the very thres- liold, tlieleast atteiiipt to encroacli upon lllt’nl_ liy the General Govcriiiiieiit, always l‘t‘lllClIi. beriiig that it is against slow and site": aii;,._-1,, tli.it a nation ought to be paiticiiliirly or-i its guard”-—,iii which coiirse of conduct they may implicitly rely upon the ardent and stead- fast support of the whole body of freetrieu of Georgia, who are equally and alike disposegl to risk all that is dear to them, in the support and defence ofthe Union and sovereignty 01 the states. Gav. Troup’s Mrssage.-—Tlie message of Gov. Trotip upon the opening of the Legisla- tu.re is of great length, and piiiici-pally occupi. ed with the difficulties betweeii that state and the Gen. Goverrirrtetit. We have room but for a few extracts from the concluding parts of it. In the paragraph Wlllcll follows, the President is arraigned in language very like that which has before proceeded from the Sallie source. The answer ofthe President to the deiuaiid of the Governor of Georgia, tor the recal and . arrest ofGeiiei‘al Gairies,is as little creditable to the luiictioiia_ry from which it comes, as The President is bound, byevery constitu- tional obligation, to execute the laws. One of these laws declares, that “any officer or -soldier, who shall use coiiteiiiptuoiis or disre- spectful words against the Chief Magistrate or Legislature of any ofthe states, if a corn- iiiissioned officer, shall be casliiered.” The President acknowledges this officer to have used contemptuous and disrespectful words, for which his conduct is simply disapproved, and lie is itiforrried that, iftlie Governor 0| this state had not previously used towards him offensive language, the demand would have been complied with. So that, according to this construction ofthe President,liis military oflicers ‘may conduct themselves as they please, within the jurisdiction-of the respec- tive states—-—no matter how exceptionably,aiid the least repreliensiori or censure, by the chief magistrate of a st-ate,is tiieir sufficient warrant to retort in abtisive and insulting language, 8:. to gratify their resentzneiits even at the ex- pense of the independence of the elective fr-ancliise-—-a construction which makes the laiv a iiiility, because it privileges the military officer to do that which, but forthe law, he might legally have done-—insu_lt the chief magistrate of a state as he would insult a pri- vate citizen for any real or imaginary griev- ance ; a privilege which the law was intended to prohibit to liiiri. But the fact asstinied by the I’residerit as trite, is not true. Nothing offensive was written to this officerbeforo he had, three several times, offended the dignity of this government, viz. by his approbation ol the offensive terms of the letter of the other special agent, by his disrespectful treatment ofthe COlltmlSSl0l'l8|'S,’ and by his procurement and publication of the false statement ofMar- shall and Edwards. .Tliis expositioti of the law, by the Executive of the U. States, will satisfy you pf the expediency ofde'-pending on your own measures for defence against the repetition of sticli outrages. , The Governor of Georgia denies the right of the President to excuse orjustify his officer in the violation ofa law of the United States which he is bound to execiite because of any act or supposed act ofthe Governor which is in violation of no law. The President, by such excuse or justification, takes the place of the agent, and when in one of his authorised coiiimiinications, he says, “there is no part ofliis duty, which the President more aiix- iously pursues, thanthat of inaiiitaining the most scriipulons decorum in his ofiicirl iiitcr- course with the state authorities, a line of conduct from which no circumstances, liow- ever aggravated, have or will tempt liitii to depart,” he only means that what he does not choose to do by hirnself,lie will do by his agent. The published addresses of the different a- gt-iits are siibiiiittetl with the rest,only to shew the tiiiity of feeling, sentiuierit, and action, which has sigualized the dcportment of the United States officers ofevery grade in their intercourse with the governtnent of Georgia. It can be submitted to no longer ; the sove. reignty, independence,aiid dignity of the state must be niaiiitained, and to support tlieiri you must depend on your own means. I advise you,theiefore,to have recourse to those lll£‘rlllS: no matter whom you place in authority, all strangers must be compelled to respect, in their exterior deirieaiior at least, those autlior- ities. ’.l‘lie sacredness of the elective franchise can be protected by regarding every private person not a citizen of Georgia, who interfere with that freedom, as an alien and stranger, violating a right ofsovereignty, and exposiiig liitriself to puiiislinient. If an oflicer ‘of the U. States, not being a citizen of Georgia, he renders li-iinself the more obnoxious from the double capacity in which he offends that sove- reignty; and if an officer representing his goverrinient in a diplomatic character before this governniennlie can be nrade ameiiable under the sanctions ofyour own laws, and the laws and usages of nations for offences coni- iiiitted agziin.-st eitlier,and to this end you have only to define the character of the ofi'ence, and to prescribe the punishruerit. In the expose of the state of our relations with the General Goveriimcnt, other griev- ances, riiiiior and secondary in importance, are adverted to, not for the purpose ofaccu- inulatiiig wrongs into a foriiiidable mass, and lrlillilllg an appeal the louder and deeper to the justice of that goveriiriierit, but to satisfy our fellow citizens that if we have complain- ed in vain, we have not complained without cause, and that our cup of bitterness is al- most full. The militia claims for services rendered 30 years ago, in defence of the state against in- dian liostilities, by authority of the General Goveriiineiit, are yet unsatisfied, altliougli constantly urged,whilst similar claims of other states, but ofinore doubtfuljustice, have been recognized. The claims ofour citizens against tlieCrcek nation, admitted by the treaty of the Indian Springs of 1821, to the amount of $250,000, although rendered for a larger aiiroirnt, have been curtailed by arbitrary rules prescribed by,tlic U. States for the settlement of them, to Sl00,000, by which she places in her own treasury, in defiance of our repeated reman- siiaiiccs, $150,000, thus depriving the claim- ants of a benefit totliat aniount, which, ac- cording to every rational coiistrucliori of the instrument, was intended by all the parties to it, to crime to t_lii:ru only,:ind which could not by any coiistruction be carried to the credit of the U. States. To our repeated reirioii- straiices against this decision, it has been an- stv cred, that the dccisioii was made and could not be rtrctinsiilerctl. (use their coiicurrence and co-operation in the running ofthe line between this state and the state of Alabaiiia. lst, because they were proprietors ofthe soil on one side ofit; and, %d, because Georgia was concerned that the presence and authority ofilie U.States should be a sectiriiy to the lirdians, that their rights should be respected ; a security which would save to Georgia the expense of a military force in the prosecution of the work, as the liidians, in the absence of that security,niiglit be excited by evil disposed persons, to inter- ruptits execution. The Piesrdeiii in the first iusiaiice sigiiilictl no objectioii to a co opera- iioii but the one, fouiided on a inistakc in fact, that A labania had not given her assent. Sub- steqiieiitly, however, the co-operation was de- l.‘llll(‘Ll, it being,as was said, a matter in which -Georgia and Alabairia were alone couceriietl, and with wliicti the United States had nothing to do. More recently, a_s you are informed, the state has been absolutely lo'rbiddcri,at her peril, tot-nier her territory for the purpose of satisfactory to the one to whom it is addressed, rtiiiuiiig it line or i.-iialtnig gt survey ofany de. The Goveriinieut of Georgia had reason to f expect that the United Sluice would not re- i scription,-the sum ofall wlilcli is, that the States claim for themselves the power to en- ter upon their territory, wherever the soil and jurisdiction are in tliem—-to settle there whom they please, and to expel whom they please, even at the point of the bayonet, but denythe same power to Georgia, where the S0" alld jiirisdiction are in her, and forbid her-,2-under the pain of military cliastisenient, to run a line or make a survey there. The late cor- respondence with the Governor of Alabama will shew that we may soon expect the cori- currence of that state in our resolution to run the line, and it is very desirable that no fur- ther obstacle should he suffered to prevent its execution. , l transmit, as a matter ofdiity, two resolu- tions ofthe Legislatures of Connecticut and lllinois, received since the late extra session, reconirriending to the Congress and to the states the abolition of Slavery. Nothing has transpired to change my sen- timents on a subject to which uiore than once it has been made my duty to call your atten- tion. It is my settled conviction, and the tiiore confirmed than ever, that neither the other states, not the Congress have airy right to bring that subject into question before them in any form, and that every attempt to do so by either should be regarded in the same manner as an attempt to destroy your sove- rcignty of which it is air essential part, and that you will have no security for this proper- ty against the efforts which will be made from time to time to impair its value, and e- veritnally destroy it, but in the equally settled conviction on the partof the assailaiits that you will defend it as you would defend your lives. Independently ofariy precautionary measures which you may deem proper for the permanent safety of this property, every pro- position which may be addressed to you on the siiliject, either by the state or the United States authorities, being uiicoiistitutional on the face ofit, as it cannot be rec’d otherwise than offensively, and,‘ conseqiieiitly, ought not to be received at all, should be returned to the authorities from which it einaiiated. Return ofthe Jllissorrri Expeditioit. ST. Louis, Oct. 22.—-General Atkinson, and Major O’Falloii, Commissioners, accom- P'dIll€.d by Lieuteiiant M’Ree, aid to the Gen- eral, Captain B. Riley and Lieut. Rodgers, arrived at this place in the barge A|llel0pe,Ull the evening ofthe 20th inst. all in fine health. The Expedition left Fort Atkinson on thi- l6lh May, and after the necessary delays in treating with the iiiterniediate tribes ofIiidi- airs, arrived at the Mriiidaii Villages, where the Conruiissioncrs waited for the arrival of the Crow Indians, who cauie in on the 3d of August ; and on the 4th, having concluded a treaty with the coiriniissioiiers, the expedition embarked on the 6th for the Yellow Stone, and arrived there on the 17th of August. At this Point, Generiil Ashley, who had spent the previous winter in the Mountains, will) a detaclinient ofliis party, arrived in two large sltin canoes, tiitli one hundred packs of Bea- ver. General Ash|ey’s party rernainetl at the mouth ofthe river, and Captain Riley, with two ofthe largest transports and 150 men, be. ing left in coiniiiand, the C0lllllllSSlOl')€I‘S_ pro- ceeded tip the Missouri on the Sloth, and reached the mouth of 2000 iriile creek, 19.0 miles above the Yellow Stone, on the 24th, 35 passing that point 8 miles, on the morning of the 25th of August, the expedition coiri- iiieiiced its descent ofthe river,having accom- plished every thing that was practicable of conseqiieiice, and arrived at the rrioutli of the Yellow Stone, again, on the 26th. Here, Gen. Atkinson, to afford that prolec. tion to our For Trade, which he has alivays maiiifested the strongest disposition to do,and to relieve Gen. Ashley atoiice from all further apprehensions, received our enterprising and worthy fellow citizen. his party and rich car- go offurs on board ofthe transports, and on the 27th coritiiitied descending the river.- Tlie Commissioners as they were descending. halted at the villages ofthe Mandans on the Slst; on the 4th of September at the Arrica- ras ; at Fort Kiawa, Great Beiid,oii the 9ili; at the Poiicar village on the l9.tli, and arriv- ed at the Council Bluffs on the 19th of Sept. Here, the Coinmissioners reiriaiiied until the 7th of October, for the purpose of having an interview with the three bands of Pawnees, the O’Malias, and the Ottoes, who pll came in and concluded treaties ; making in all, the tiuiiiber of nations treated with, seventeen, to wit : Ottoes, Mahas, three bands ofP.iwiiees. Poncars, Yaiiktoiis, Tetoris, Yanktonas, Si- ones, Htinkpapas, Ogalallas, C-lieyonnos, Ar- ricaras, Mandaris, Croveiitros, and Crows. When we take iiiio consideration the great distance which the expedition moved up the river, in perfect good order ; the short time in which -it reached the point ofits destina- tion, after the llllll)el‘OllS delays to treat with the Indians, we cannot withhold from all, in- strumental in the execution of this duty, the praise which is justly due. The duties ofthe commissioners, General Atkinson, and Major ()t1i‘allan, must have been arduous indeed ;-— and never was aii important public trust, tnore i prorriptly and satisfactorily discharged. Such a discharge of public duty is highly creditable to the Commissioners, and tiiust be duly ap- preciated by the General Government. To Gen. Atkinson, who acted in the two-fold ca pacity of cointiiander of the Expedition, and -comniissioiier ofthe Governiiient, we are un- der particular obligations, and the people of Missouri, will not be uniiiiudful of his servi- ces and devotion to their best interests. NORFOIiK, Nov. 16. It will be recollccted, by some of our read- ers, that in the int-inth of January, 1823, the Spanish schooner Niiifa Catolana was cap- tured otf the Bavaria by the U. States brig Spark, aptai-ii Wilkinson, on tlie_cliarge of piracy,and sent into this port for adjudication. The vessel, at the ll'lll8'Of the capture, was laden witlia considerable cargo, and on her arrival here, was put itito the liatids of the Marslial, and the riiaster, officers, and crew, conducted to prisoti. They were all after- wards liberated upon a ti rit of liabe-as corpus, and, at the May terrii, 1823, ofthe District Court ofthe United States, a. libel was filed on behalfoftlie captors, praying cond-eirina- tiori ofthe vessel, and at the same time claims were interposed by*Don Pablo Daunes, mas- ter of-tlie 1\'infa Catolaiia, for the restitution ofvessel and cargo, with tlauiages for the cap- tiire'and detention. During that teriri the vessel was delivered up to tire claimant upon his stipulatioii without security,aiid the cargo was also restored to him without prejudice to the qtiestioiiofdauiages. In that condittoii ‘covered at the first glance his rriistalie. He came forward and in some irieasure relieved i . the cause was continued until the intersessio_ii ofthe District'Court at this place, when it was argued in a very able manner, by Gen.R. B. Taylor, on behalf ofthe captors, and by A]- bert Alliiiantl. Esq. for the claimant. His honor Judge Hay, delivered his opinion in the case on Moiiday last, dismissing the libel at the cost of’ the captors, and decreeing coiri- pensation by them for all damages and losses in-person and property, suffered by the claim- ant in consequence of the capture. From the Jl/‘cw York American. 00!‘ lowrisiiian, Browere, who calls himself 3 5CUllJ'0|‘s though we do not know that he ever used a chisel in his life, lias,as will be seen by the annexed extract from the Rich» riiond Inquirer, by his process of‘ poiilticing,‘ (as a corresporidetit of t_l_ii"s-paper, speaking of his method, called it) the he_ad;ofMi-.- Jeffer- son,exposed that venerable iirdividtial not on- ly in much pain, but to some danger from stif- focatioii. The itch for iniiiiortality,(siich irri- niortality at'least as plaster can give) must be very strong, that can prompt a man to submit his face, eyes, nostrils and ears to be filled with dirt, and thus remain cased up till the mixture takes such a consistency as to pre- serve the inipressioiis ofthe feattires. Fidel- ity oflikcuess as to the mere outline may thus he trbtaiiied, but always at tlrcexpense ofspj. rit, intelligence‘, and grace. Browere, the Sculptor.-—Wc have ptiblislied a letter fioni this artist, giving a description ofthe manner in which be procured a cast of Mr. Jt‘tl'ersoii. The N. York Nat. Advocate pronounced him to be an “ eccentric genius.” Ofliis genius. of course, we coulduuot judge. btit it struck us from his letter that lie was siifiiciently ecccrifiric in his tnanners, & course in liis_ taste of composition.--Yet the Char- lotiesville Gazette commented on his letter in teriris of a little more asperity than we should have done; it called him “ a very im- pertinent fellow ;” and referriiig to the ad- venture at Moiiticello, the Gazette adds :- “ we hold him indebted to that imspiramy which he so wantonly violates, for nor having found his way through the n'iiidiitv.’7 l~V-.- have since heard soinctliiug oftliis adventure; and we confess that the rcseiirment ofthe Ga- zctie is not without foundation. We have re- ceived from Cliarlottesrille, the following ac- count of the matter : “ Mr.Bi'owere carried letters to Mr. J. and one from Mr. Madison, the latter had submit- ted to the operation, and represented it as not patiifiil ; and the artist assured Mr. J. that his who had already taken his bust. Hc submit- ted to the operation. Instead ofpursuingtlie usual course oftaking the face at one opera- tion and the rest ofthe head at another, the whole was attempted at once. The plaster was pcrrnitted to get too hard, and Mr. J. was nearly suffocated. He had no other mode 0! giving the alarm but by stamping with l'iisl'eet. This noise alarmed the fenizile part of the family who ran into the rooui in a riioiiierit. the plaster was so hard that it had to be bro- ken into pieces by ineans ofa liairriiier and chisel. The strokes were necessarily ha rd and the jars exceedingly distressing. Even after the mould was broken, the plaster had taken such firm hold on the ears that Mr. J. was doubtful whether they would be pulled off or the plaster would break. It had to be separated from other parts ofthe neck and skin byriiniiing a knife between. This oper- ation independent oftlie snfi'ocation,you will easily conceive triust have been very interest- ing. I understand that M r. J. says he had his arm broken and his wrist put out ofjoiiit at the same moment, and the pain of setting ilie one and putting the other in place, was far less than what this operation occasioned.- Would you believe that this ' eccentric’ artist and letter writer neither synipaihised with the pain he had occasioned nor participated in ilie solicitude of the faiiiily. On the contra- ry, he was congratulating himself, with the «exactness of the likeness, and unfecliiigly jissled about the pain and distress. His sens-_ ibility was alike blunted to the evidences oi displeasure occasioned by hisuntiiriel’ humor. From the A/‘cw York Gazette qf'.;Vov. E21. Uiijiirlmiate 0ccrrrre1tce.—-On Salurdu y morning last, at 6 o'clock, before it was yet day,two steam boats filled with passengers for this city, started from Pliiladelpliia. Owing to some mismanagciiieiit or to the darkness the boats had scarcely left the wliarves, when they came into violent contact w'nli each oth- er, excitiog a great deal of confusion 8:. alai-iii on board of each. Fortuiiirtcly no niaterial damage occurred to either vessel, and they proceeded on their voyage. On board of one ofthe boats, in which there were about 100 passengers, was at young lady of Philadeiphia, ofabout 20 years of age, and ofgreat beauty and accotn-plishirierits. She was in charge or a gentleman who was to accompany her to this city, and who, after the alarm occasioneo by tliejarring ofthe vessel had subsided,beiiig deceived by the diuiness of the light, mistook for her a lady similarly attired, standing near hitii. Of course, he was under no apprelien sion for the safety or his charge. On ap- proaching her, after breakfast,to learn wheth- er she had been properly attended to, be dis- iiiiniediiitely iiistitnted an inquiry for the lady, who had accoinpaiiied him on board, but on thoroughly searcliiiig the vessel, she was no where to be found. A great excitement, it will readily be sup- posed, ensued,aiid it was generally feared that she had fallen overboard unseen, and was drowned. A person, however, at this time, the iiuiversal anxiety by stating that when the two boats struck each other, he had‘ observed a lady standing by the railing ;—_that being apparently excessively alarmed by the shock, and unconscious of what she was doing she threw herself into the lllalel‘-'-lllill the buoyan- cy of her dress, caused her to float lightly on ilie waves, and that a boat being let down for. '-the stcariiboat that followed in the rear,lie had seen her conducted safely, as he believed, on board of her. He reniarlted that he had rela- ted the circumstance to one individual, who appeared to think it impossible, and to be of opinion that the darkness ofthe hour had de- ceived him, and that as nobody appeared to be inissing and the lady was most probably in sal'ety,lie had said but little about the remark- able occurrence. When the two boats arrived at Bristol, the gentlcinaii’s narration was ful-_ ly conftruied,tlic urifortnriate lady being found onlboard ofthe boat that arrived latest at that iriode was more easy than that ofan artist ' \ being her situation, it was thought advisable to return with her to Philadelphia, where she accordingly arrived in the afternooii, . her wretclied conditioifexciting among her rela- tions and friends the acutest-distress. "Conlest2'1n't7r a iS'harlc.‘-—[ii‘rom the Jamaica Royal Gazette, ofAirg..Q0, 13915.]-We have be_eri made acquainted with the following Sul'4 prising instance ofthe resolute struggle which a youth of tliirteeti successfully sustained it-‘ gainst the all devouring jaws of this marine monster. - « . ‘The circumstance occurred last Sunday so uuiglit. The hero of our tale, accompani- ed by two other lads, of eleven and twelve Years Ofagei Went-to bathe outside the Fort at P9" °.Val ; they had been diving and swim- ming about some time—‘tivo of them, Win. Malldei a free mulatto boy, and John, a negro Slave 10 lvmk Robert Waugh, Esq. were lati- ding on the beach, when William Low,_a free iriustee, called to iliein to return, and ride‘ the waves, a sport of which they were fond, and which consists in mounting the. waves, which carry them rapidly to the shore. He had scarcely uttered the request,\vhen he felt him} self seized by the small of the leg, and trua- gining it to be one of hiscoiiipiinions, called" out “ John, none ofyour fun ;”-—bi.ii, looking rotitrdat the some moment, beheld his foot‘ gone ;- he called _to his companions, but the shark again caught him above the knee, when he struggled to disengage hiniselfand bravely fouglit the monster with his fists till his coni- panions reached him, when they lent their aid_ to tear him from the voraciotis auinial, with the loss of his litnb. In this state they con- veyed liiui ashore, where they laid him on the beach. A servant of Mr. Waugh, named Cromwell, coming up at the riioiiieiit, took him in his arms and carried him to at house in Port Royal, to which Dr. Laing, of the Naval Hospital,:ind other niedicalgentlenien, iniiiiediately repaired to give assistance, and amputated the thigh a little above the bite of the shark. Just as he was laid on a.bed,'sorne of his coziipaiiioiis went in to see him, when he pointed to the stump, saying, “ Yotrsee what I out come to,"land fainted; after which the operation was performed, and the reader, we are persuaded, will be happy to hear that this cotirageousyoutli is in a fair way ofte- covery. We believe this is only the second‘ instance known where any liunian being ever preserved his life in a personal stitrggle with a shark. The first was that of Sir Brook “fat- soo, at the Havaiiriali, who also lost a leg in the contest. ‘ FROM" ENGLAND.——-Liverpool papers to the *.’3d ult. were received at New-York on ‘the 26th inst. Cotton was in good demand. Capt. Party has arrived in Scotland in the Hecla,discovery ship. The Fury, was lost it: August last—creiv on board the Hecla. No discovery ofimportance was riiade by the ex- pedition. _ V The Haytien Coinmissioners at Paris, have proposed for a loan ofthirty millions of francs to be paid in 25 years, with 6 per ct. interest. It was reported that a serious uiisundcr- standing had taken place between the govern- ments ofRussia and Turkey. An in,surrec—' tion had broken otit at Jertisaleni and Beth- lehem, in consequence of the extoriions ofthe Governor. ' ' ' In Spain, at this late day, a coiri-niissioir has been appointed, to inquire and report the best means by which tliecolonies may hepa- cified and reduced to the subjection of the M other country-.' The same coirimission is to, report w-lietlier an Amnesty is,adviseable..--- The. King was about to make a new claim on the clergy for pecuniary aid. ' The Baron ofRenl‘rew, from Quebec, went‘ ashore on Long Sand, near Harwicli, niglit_,_of the 13th, tvlierer she eniaiiied on t_'i_ie 18th, without any prospect oflier being gotafloat. Some of liercargo was landed at Harwicli. The King of Bavaria died on the'1£Zth'.ult. in the 70th year of his age- , Died at PariS,llic Prince de Carigriai_i,aged7 36. He died in his carriage. ' ‘ ‘ II is stated that propositions have been made to the King of Spain, by the Ambassa- dors ofEriglaiid and France, for the recogni- iioii of the indepeiideiice o.fSoutli Ainerica 7 but the offers were declined. _ . The Pope was dangcriiusly ill ~23th Sept. A fire broke out at Liverpool on the 16th,’ in a warehouse in Giadwell street, occupied by Cropper, Benson 81. co, filled Will! -2709. _l)illCS of New Orleans and Biiiigal.cottoii','val- ' uerl ar40,0(l0l. which was destroyed or dam--' '.|ged._ A few days previous, about 1400 bales‘ of cotton were destroyed by another fire. FROM, PE-RU-.—By an iiitelligent pas'—._. seiigcr in the brig Hamlet, arrived at Phila--‘ delpliia, froiir Cliagres, which place he left our the tltli Oct. we‘ are iiiforiiied says the Nat. Gazette, that at the date of his departuif_e'fr:__ Lima, (Aug. 20.) Callao still held out,but that sickriess prevailed to a great degree among the unfortunate inhabitants who had retired within the royalist litres, and that the scurvy raged among the troops, in consequence of their having nothing but salt provisions to live. on ; that many of the inliaibitants had left the place, and thrown tliemselves on the mercy of the beseigers : and that the desertion from the garrison was considerable daily ;yet such was the obstiuacy ofGen. Rodil. llw R’-iyalist coiiiniaiidcr, that it was s_up'posed he might hold out till November. ifiiot s-.icrif'rced by his own troops previously; the rigorous treatment which he had been compelled to adopt,-'liav- irig created great discontent among the l,l'0l‘l!J5. Bolivar was still in Upper Peru, tho’ daily expected to return to Lima. . At ‘Panama. part of-4tll)0 troops of the lib- eratiiig army of Colorntiia had arrived‘, and die rest were daily 9Xl.l8l.‘l~.(.l, on their return to Colombia. These troops are composed cliiefly of blacks, iiiulattoes and indiaus, and: it was reported, they were to proceed from Cliagres to Carthagciia to join an eXp(.‘.(l‘lllUl|_- preparing there against Porto Rico, or Liiba. One of the Coiiiniissioners trnui Bogota, appointed by the Coloriibian goveriiuieiit,liad , reaclieil Chagres tr. Carthagcna, on ll‘lS_“"2ly - to Panama, to attend the Congress or ~.ilniis--- ters about assembling tliere.—-The Coniinis-- sinners. from Lima were already 2”’ P“""“"“i waiting the arrival of-the others. The last letters received here. from Havana expressed a belieftliatfi the two Spanish tri-- Que!’ me C,,5~,m,,’ and A,-emu“, which sep- lirated from the Sabine,‘ would be czll’“”ed by the Mexicans. A letter received at._W'c_I5ll“. iiigion, st_ates~iliat the two ll‘lg3le5s-wllh “'9 place, in a state of perfect.inscn5iL-ili1}’- .5’-'0“ transiio-its. :irri'.'c.t.l of?’ the Casil.c;0l' 31- Juan it
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