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held at Dtmlitiry, Sept. 6. -18%-
Mrs. Weed, in the indictment of. the grand
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jury. stood charged with exercising various
aw‘ M cmehy mwai-ds Eliza Jane Blake, an
' orphan girl aged about 9 years, which i'esulted_
in her death. It appeared that this child was
‘bound out to Mrs. IV. by the town of Pouiid--
ridge, about the 1.8.! °.f.J.ut1ei-|82§z Jthete Sh“
contliiiierftti live till the time of her death.
the 22 ii ofFebruary.,13Qt3, during which pe-
riod the alleged acts'o'l'cruelty were coniniit-
t'eU'-- - '
’ COIIDSIQ-l for the -State‘—-State’s Attorney,-
and Swift. Esq. ’
Counsel for-‘the Defendant’--R. M. Sher-
'man N. Smith, and T. Betts, Esqrs.
‘Irena I\'orthrop, tesiified that she went to
live at .\l 'r.Wee'ds the Tuesday before Thanks-
giving. :ind‘sttiid 5 weeks. . She saw the child
whipped very severely. At one time she saw
-her whipped with a large whip. till the blood
ran out of her mouth. Mrs. Weed was 00!
at the door ; she heard the child cry, went to
the door, saw Mrs. Weed whipping lter ;—~
weiit in staid ten minutes, went out again and
saw her mouth full of blood, and her lips very
much swollen; This was on the day she
went away. She believed she was wlitPPed
b,3c,,,,,,_. she am not sweepthe water front the
door stonevquite as quick as Mrs. Weed wish-
ed. At another time she -whipped her upon
the legs, with the lash, without_the stalk. ofa
wagon whip. She was whipped upon the
nalmrl skin, till the blood ran down from'her
legs upon lllt? floor, St) that she tracked II.-—
Shrs had heard Mrs. Weed tell the child vei~y
Ollutl. .0 go to the barn and get retitly beloie
she t"«‘.me there; had seen Mrs.Wee.d go there
very l'requently,and heard the child cry when
the doors and windows were shot. The child
came in one day from the barn. and said that
Mrs. Weed had been whipping her very se
verely ; she untied her cloths and the blood
was running ‘down her back. She made this
exziiiiiiiatioii twice. The reason stated by
,Mrs. Weed, for whipping her on the naked.
skin, was, that she did not wish to wear her
clothes out. She did not think there was
scarcely a rlay passed, btit she was beaten.-
She saw her 'oii the cold Tuesday very thinly
clad. Sometimes she wore a gingham frock.
with the sleeves of? at the elbows, or a very
thin flannel frock. She was frequently sent ,
. abroad, by Mrs.Wec-d, without shoes or stoclt
ings, when the ground -was frozen. While
the weather was remarkably cold she had old
pantaloons and coats, for the covering to her
bed—-an old blanket for a short time. but that
was taken away. The child used to eat bread
and milk; once in a great while a piece of
meat. She did not think the child had enough
food for a child of her age; the child used to
coinpluin that she had notenough. Mrs.Wee-i
said she meant to keep her as-cieap as she
‘could. She saw marks ol whipping upon the
child when she went there and when she went
away. Once Mrs. Weed sent the child ofaii
errand, and she thought she did not go as
quick as she ought ; she took her‘ at the door
by the hair, shook her about and beat. her
with the broom They raised the sick child
up and he took both liauds and pulled her hair;
this was on account ofthe errand. When she
tracked the blood she was whipped for milk
ing the wrong cow.
Edward Jiuslin. He went to Mr. Weed’s
the night batoreihanksgiving. and worked for
him 3 months; saw ttie child very severely
be-~t‘i=.ii. On the cold Tuesday he was shelling
corn in the barn and his hands got so cold tha~
he could not hold the ears. He then started
to the house to warm him, and just before hr.
got to the door he saw the girl, with a basket
of chips ;slie wasiii a light gingham frock. fat.
a large blanket over her head,-and witlioutany
:=.lio+>£ i-r stockings on her feet. In the latter
part or the day Ill! saw the girl in a good com.
io t.-ole woolen f. ock, good comfortable shoe.
and sto’cking-, well comfortably dressed as f.ir
rsloihiiii-.. He would follow on to the frozen
heel. and, likewise to the serious situation in
which her heels were frozen. ' [Here was
some ii:terruption.] His Honor has been
speaking and he had lost the story——he miisi
Wall and recollect it. He would follow
on to the serious situation in which he found
her frozen heels. He stated at Fztfrfield tlia.
he could see the bone, or something which
Eookied like the bone. This was after the cold
Tuesday itself, as near as he could get for the
‘correctness of time. This was a solemn sight;
then this little girl spread her fingers a’part-—
look here, says the little girl, Mr. Austin, and
she then clapped her fingers down opposite of
her ancle bone and herheel, says she, look
here and see, I have frozen my foot. He
would now leave this wiihiii their memories.
and would now turn back to the severe whip-
ping, likewise to the severe beating. He once
saw the little girl whipped with a horn beam
whip, over the head and eyes so that it looked
‘ as thougli the blood would follow. He once-
3
' the face, not aboiii..th,et»-ye.
‘was knowing to Mrs. Weed’s whipping her
. very severely with a wagon whip; once Mrs.
- Weed declared positively, she would whip her
to death. No, says Mr. Weed, you would not
whip her to death, no, not for the world. Af-
ter. Mr. Weeil had thus spoken, he passed
along out at the door. After Mr. Weed had
gone out at the ddor,she repeated these words
' -—“I will either whip her to death, or I will
conquer. Iwill do one or the other,” says
Mrs. Weed. He once was knowing to Mrs.
VVeed’s sending her into the bed room, telling
her to strip every rag of clothes, she had on
her back. Mrs, W. then waited aconsidera
ble time. for the little-girl to strip herself, and
followed her, taking along with her a spruce
whip. having 4 or 5 prongs to it. He heard
the little girl making a dreadful ado,and Vlis.
Weed repeating the blows. He had known
Mrs. Weed when she had been wanting to
send her abroad tell her to put on shoes and
stockings, and when she came back to put
them off, because she tread so heavy on the
floor. '
Cross examined : He never saw Mrs.Weed
put her iiiio the even, nor did he ever say so.
He had stated, that they ‘hoisted herap into
the chimney, and smolted her. Mrs. eed’s
daugl ter did it, if they \ anterl the English of
it. He did’nt think there was any ill will
shewn. ‘Mrs. Weed’s daughter used to set
fire to parts of her hair. He thought it was
done to torment her. He did not say before
the Justice, that it was done in sport. He
~ never kiiewthat Mrs. Weed had. put her el-
bows out, nor- had he said so. The night be-
t fore he left there, he miserved marks about
' _ Mrs. Weed said.
she feared she had‘-whipped out oneeye, and
3‘
if she had, she did’nt care, for she was a good
for nothing trrillop. .
Diodale‘ Davenport} He had seen her on A
very cold day, picking up chips, without shoes
or stockings, in the‘ gingham frock- At 80-
other time he saw her about [00 rods f|’0m
Mr. Wéerl’s, on the way to the upper place.
without shoes or stockings ; but with acorn-
fortable frock, and a liandkerchi'efarouttd her
"901!-T-Cross examined: H6 Md 593'‘
the sick son several tiines--*-the m0$f dl5t"f555'
itigbbject he ever saw. Hér attention seemed
to be devoted to him-. He could not set UP
at all. _
Betsey Weed: She had seen the child sever-
al times, soine distance from home, ba'l'ef00tr
on the frozen ground. She was present “'_he"
the child was laid out. Saw sores on the Sides
of the child. She did not see the eyes because
they were clothed.
Zara Weed. "He had seen her at his house,
always witliout shoes or stockings. Had seen
her at Mr. Weed’s as he went by, with good
shoes and stockings, and frock. He was at
Mr. Weed’s on the cold Tuesday, and saw
stripes on her left arm. His first thought was
that they were burnt. But Mrs. W.’s daugh-
ter coming oui,and stepping between him arid
the girl, he came away without asking any
questions. , A
Mrs. Young. She was thesister of_Mr.
We---d. Had seen the girl a number oftimes
without shoes and stockings. She was at Mr.
VVeed’s when the child died. She laid down
the clothes, and saw her hands together, tied
with a tow string. She asked Mrs.Weed why
tliey'weie tied. She said they were nottied.
She told her they were and she did not like 1!-
"ts. Weed then cut the string. She saw a
mark on her right arm of the length of her
fiziger, also on her right cheek. Both of her
ll~"t-‘-.lS were entirely raw.
Dr. flu-gar. He was present at the disinter-
men! of the child, and examined the bod)’-““
The skin was off from the heel, leaviiigthe
rnuscular part bare. On the ham of the right
leg there was an iiicriistaiion formed on the
ulcer. On the thigh there appeared to be 2 or
or 3 ulcers ; some of them were "P8" 3 “°_“"
ofiliein very large. There was an exteiisive
one over the whole of the left hip; the skin
was -ilfin part and there was an opening; this
was in ~riil'ying, and there was a watery dis-
charge from it. There was one on the right
side of about the bigness ofa dollar ; this was
a fresh, open ulcer, those on the back appear-
ed to be fresh open sores ; one on the right
hand was black and mortified. There appear-
ed something like a film over the eye ; it ap-
peared as though there had been some injury
is: it. The stripes on the back ran in different
directions but the lines wt-re straight: some
appeared to have been heated; all appear. it
to be marks of violence. It "Ias his uplliittii
tllal the death ofthe child was from inoriifii-.a-
tion caused by external violence. External
violence and exposure to the cold, may pro-
duce a decayed state ofthe systetn ;and when
the system is decayed, mortificaiion will arise
from slighter causes. Considering the form
and shape of the marks, he did not think they
could have been caused by the shavings.
Ezekiel Seq/icld. He was present irlienthe
child was taken from the coffin. The first
tiring he noticed was the eye, which was sunk
doivn,arid part of it appeared to be gone.—-
'I‘here were sores on the liips,.and one on the
.-boulder, and on the sides. The stripes were
geiierally horizoiiial,or rather sloping down
They extended nearly across. He should think
-they were morksinade by a whip across the
S|.l0lll(Iel'S. Both heels were off; he did not
tff thr-inselves. _ _
Abisha Scofield, Ezra Stevens, Jacob Ste-
vens, Jared Ayres, Gould Raymond, Isaac
Scolield, and John Curtis testified substantial-
ty as above. '
Testimony jbr the Defendant.
Edward Hoyt. He had heard Austin say
that Jane came itito the house, and complain-
ed of being cold, and that Mrs. Weed put her
intoihe oven, and put some brands of fire in
front of it, and said she wouldwarm her, He
had heard him say that Eliza told him that
Jane had a rope or string tied under her arms,
and was run up to the rafters so that her toes
woulrljust touch, and staid there all night: he
had heard him say that Mrs._\’Veed took a whip
with a lash on it, and whipped her over the
head and in the eye, and that was the way it
was put out.
Betsey Weed. She heard Austin say about
the same that had been told. She said that
Albert struck her across the eye; also that he
put out ilie elbow when he whipped her.
John. Leeds, Esq. He was with Esq St.Johii
at the Court ofliiqiiiry. Austin testifiedthere
but said nothing respecting the oven : he tes
tified that the child was held up chimney to
smoke her; that Eliza was in the habit of
lighting a candle and burning her hair: also
that she caused her to haul out fire and hold it
in her hands. These things he tesiified to as
done to torment her ; afterwards, in cross-ex
airiination he said these things were done in
sport. The_tivo girls were standing in-the
corner; Eliza took Jane tip to see how long
she.could holdher. Elizapui. the candle to
her hair to singe it, and then put it out. That
she took fire into her hands, and held it, and
then said to Jane do you do so. _
Cross«exai'nined. He entered these things
upon his minutes as acts of cruelty. After-
wards he struck them off as done in sport.
Zenas Weed.—-After the death of the child
and before it was dug up, the Pound Ridge
people were dowit and Mr. Austin told them
what he had seen. He represented every
thing as very bad. They asked him ifit was
not done in folly, and he said it was not by
no means.
Peter Weed.-Zenas Weed said that Austin
said, that Mrs. Weed put the girl into the 0-
veil, and put brands of fire in. Also that
Aus'in said that her eye was put out, that she
was up to the barn, and when she went there
she had two good eyes, and never had butane
aficrivards.
David Jones testified to the same conver-
sation. A
Sally Chich¢ster.-- She was at M rs.Weeds,
when Mr. Austin came in with a whip, and
said that Jane deserved whipping. She came
to the fire; Miss Northrop told her to go back
for she was not fit to live on God’s earth :-
she had got drunk and fallen into the wash-
iub or overit.
Dr. Ive.t—He observed a good deal of dif-
fe-..'-,iit-.F.- bi-tween various parts or Miss Nor-
llttt.-.o’- testimony lioiv aim - -i- former trial
.8 '- --‘ll -rt s-iiiieiliiu-.'s now M .-rated tiefore,
-no -llilI~l"‘ some flint’ sir. -3 ‘ before; she
stated milking the wrong, cow, asttie reason
1
itssow whether they were cut off, or had come.
for being whipped, and for the son's pullingl
9‘-t-=-' 'L=,ttti- now, that she was hipped. Oti 30'
005: ‘t of the errand. - He tlicught she stated
-roan.-. times of being it hipped now than before»
and hisimpressiori was more severely. He
thought that before she confined going to the
barn to one occasion. She said nothing be-
fore about the cliild’s being whipped every
da.V- He thought‘ that before there was very
little said about the diet, and nothing from
this girl. "She said nothing before about strik-
ing '18!‘ with the broomstick.‘ *
Dr. Knight testified ‘generally to the same
facts. ‘ Dr. .N'oyes. She sfated either at Fair-
field or New Canaan, respecting the chi|_d’s
not having food. She was asked the question
whether the child could not get food in the
milkroom. She replied that the child was not
allowed to get it. and stated that the shelves
were so high that the child could not reach
them. Dr. Richmond. It would have
been a difficult thing" to have raised up the
sick son, his legs were so located that it would
have been like taking life to have raised him.
He began to visit him in October and contin-
lied Until the last of December.
Dr--Noyes. He commenced visiting him
again the 16th of Dec; at ihat time he lay
upon his back with his liandsjdrawn up, he
could not be changed from that postlltm 3 3f‘
terwards there was a very sudden change in
him: and he was turned upon his side. After
he got upon his, side he could not stay upon
his, back: he wished to be raised. up, 3:. could
sit «ipon the side ofthe bed. This was about
the last of January.-————[Shoes were here
shown to the Jury made in October, 8:. which
-had been soled once.]
Peter Weed. He made those shoes the 99th
of October. ‘~:"l‘liey could not have been worn
by Mrs..Weed’s__daug’hter.~ They were spo-
ken for Janp. ' ~
Abisha Weed, Jr. He was at Mr. Weed’s
watching with the son. In the morning he
got upon his horse to go home. Mr. Austin
came and toldfiiiiii that the ox was dead.—
They went out; pretty soon Mrs. ‘Weed came
out without ' ,3, 5nd shortly the little girl
came out it , rs. “feed asked her why she
came out ivitli ptslioes, and told her not to.
go out witliou fslioes. -'
Sally Chichesfen, Mrs. Weed sent the girl
of an errand perhaps halfa mile andfafter she
returned, found she had been without shot-.s,_
and observed to her not to go again without
shoes ‘to any iieiglihoiir’s; in the kitchen it
would not hurt her to be without them ; but
not to go out doors without them. She was
at Mr. Weed’s frequently during the winter ;
had staid half,a day at a time, perhaps twice
‘rt week; never .saw any whipping going on
while she was jliere. About the middle or
November the girl was clothed with a flannel
truck and pettiroat, and she never saw her
about without
Cross examined. She saw the child the
night before she died. There was a film Over
the eye. A small portion of the sight, was
discerned ; there were no marks of violence
about it ;tlie back ofthe band and the fingers
were covered with small blisters ; she lay with
her hands crossed ; they were not then tied.
.N'atIiun Chichester : He was in at Mr.W.’s
very frequently, 8 or 4 times a week. There
was more distress in the family on account of
the sickness oftiie son, than in any other he
ever saw. He often saw the girl sweeping
house washing dishes, km; in a conifortabie
Sltllfltlon. She appeared to be a neglected
ctvilrl. “ He call. in at .Mr. Weed’ the day
before the child sdeath. He asked i rs.Weed
what ailed her; she said she appeared to be
mortifyintr. Mr. Weed mentioned to him,
whether it would not be proper to have a cof-
fin made as soon as convenient. He told him
he thought it would be proper and also to call
upon ;V.lr.Fiiller to attend the funeral. He
saw the girl after death,saw no marks of brui-
ses—no marks across the eyes.
Jllrs. Chichester: She had seen the child
in cold weather oftenor without slices than
with them. She never saw her doing any
thing more than once, that she called hard,
and that was churning out doors in a cold
day, with a gingham frock and flannel petti-
coat, pinned on, without shoes or stockings.
The reason was that she made so much noise
in the house. The child did not churn till
she had fetched the butter. The day before
the child died she found Mrs. Weed in the
room with the child. The child asked for
wioe——slie gavelier wine mixed with water.
——She had milk and water several times, and
lU=.il( a tea of cream of tartar.
Cross examined‘: She assisted in laying out
the child ; Mrs. Weed wanted her to see the
child-—sh_e_ looked and saw appearances of
niortification. A little under the hip, it look-
ed as though it had been lanced. She discov-
ered no ltlal‘lt'S about the face o arms.
, Mrs. Finch: She was at Mr‘. Weed’s fre-
quently (ltlflll: the winter. _The victurils in
the milk rootn, were not on high shelves; they
“were so that a child of two years old could get
them ; and the milk room was open. _ The
child went in and helped herself as the restof
the fariiily, and eat meat, pie, &.c. as they did.
She lay in the wiirmest part ofthe house, and
had blankets folded down and was covered
with blankets, the only time she ever saw her
bed. Her frock was a good flannel frock, not
worn thin. I "
Cross examined : She had seen her abroad
sometimes barefoot. She had seen her at her
house without shoes, and asked her why she
did not wear theni-—she said her feet were
sore and she did not like to wear them.
Dr. Richmond here testified to the distres-
-ed situation of the son.
Cross exai-niiied : He thought the child
was not a healthy child ; noticed nothing but
tier countenance and her hair.
Dr. Noyes, the attending Physician here
described iiiintitely the appearance .of— the
child, at the several times he visited her, until
her death.
Cross examined: There was no appear-
ance of external violence except on the arms.
He might have made some such remark as
this, that he could do the child no good, and
if he could, he did not think it would be his
duty ; but it was made without meaning. He
never said that if he had sworn one half of
what he knew, the woman would have been
hung. After the death of the child, reports
from Austin and others, were dying about
‘rapidly, and it was not safe for him to tell his
deliberate op? flan. . It was his deliberate opin-
ion and ever .. . ' '.’.ti‘.. that the child came to
its death byr‘-«.. _ =- . 2-fe assisted Mrs. Weed
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round the left elb_ow.of-the child girlie banda-
gcs were tied with clumsy tow-strings. From
the right arm the string had slipped down be-
low the sore near the wrist‘; she supposed she
might have got her hands-in the situation dc’-
scribed: -
Dr._Smith. From the evidence it appeared’
to hitn that the child died from disease. There
had been no evidence to satisfy him that the
child died from violence He had known
such appearances arise on theskin without any
WOW" 03058 . _whatever—considering the
syniptoinit he should think the disease a ma»
ligiiant fever, tending rapidly to gangrene.-—.—
A5 *0 the indentations, it was certain to hts
mind that they were made by something upon
which the child lay. The very circumstance
of their being indented was complete proof
that they were after death.
Dr.Km'ght : ‘His opinion was that the child
died in~-consequence of general disease of the
system ; ofa fever ofa putrid nature, termin-
ating in these extensive gangrenous sores. In
all cases that he had known. the gangrene had
commenced in the places where the violence
had been infiicted, and had proceeded to the
other parts. ,
Dr. Ives. It appeared to him that the child
died from constitutional disease, that might
have been a termination of typhus fever.-
From Dr. Noyes’ description, he should think
the swelling on the hip a malignant carbon»
cle. Were he to examine this body and find
it as described. he should suppose that the
inortifications were independent of any blows
given. And even graniiiig that the child had
been severely‘ whipped, he should‘ not have
supposed it would have brought on this dis-
-ease, because he had never seen such cases.-
Iii a single instance lie had seen gangrene put
on the appearance of stripes up and down the
legs, -and directly across.
Dr. Sill-iman. (Who was present at the dis-
interiiieiit ofthe body.) The scarf-"skin was
in some places gone, not in every place. The
l|.‘d8ll[a[l0IlS were on the surface. There
were no indentations where there was a loss
of substance. The real ‘skin was not gone
where the scarf skin was not. [The reporter
was absent when he first testifierl.]
Dr Knight. He understood Dr. Silliinan
(at a previous conversation) to say, that in she
places where the stripes were, the scarf skiii
was gone, but the true skin remained entire
Ifthe true skin remained, there could have
been no loss of substance. Il theie was no
loss otsiibstance, the marks came after death.
The ezaiiiinatwn of witnesses _/or the State
was resumed.
dnn Mills. She heard Dr. Noyes tell‘ Dr.
Richmond, at Dr. Noyes’ house, lllul ifhe had
told one half of what he knew the ivrmiaii
would have been hung. She was living with
Dr. Noyes. '
Samuel Carter. Soon after the trial at Fair
field, the report was about. that Dr.N-iyr.-s had
not told the story twice alike; he astteii the
Dr. about it. Why Mr. Carter, it I liii.l lt)l(I
the story exactly alike it would have tiuog lllt‘
wotnan. This was on the parade ground at
New Canaan.
Lorana Weed. She heard Dr. Noyes say
at her sister’s that he did not feel it to be his
duty to do any thing to raise the child to
health if he could, because she had suffered so
much in .the world. Abigail Peniioyer, testi-
fied io the same conversation.
Dr. Closon. He was present at the disin-
ti-riiieut of the child. He noticed several inor-
tlie child. There appeared to be several marks
running transversely on the back wliich ap-
peared to be marks of a whip. There were
also marks that appeared to be occasioned by
the body's resting perhaps, on the folds of the
cloth made use of, in laying out the child ;—
but very distinct from the other marks. He
could not say whether the death of the child
was occasioned by violence.
Dr. Perry. He-should think it possible for
the mortification to appear in stripes. Sup
posing (he testimony to be relied upon, the
appearances were uncommon. -Ifthe disease
actually existed in the system, these causes
rnightaccelerate it.
Joseph Waterbury. He knew the child ; its
health was remarkable ; it had fared well,liad
shoes and stockings, principally the year
roitiid; its hair was remarkably smooth, and
lay very straight, 5 or 6 inches in length.
Dr. JVoyes. He presumed Mr. Carter rnis
understood him, for he didnot recollect of
saying any such thing. He never had any
such conversatiouwith Dr. Richmond when
Aim Mills was present.
From the .N'ati'onal Inlelligencer.
Col. Brearly, the Agent oftiie Government
for conducting such of the Creek Indians as
may choose to emigrate beyond the Missis-
sippi, left this city some days ago for Georgia.
It is hoped that the additioiial instructions he
has rec’d from the War Department for his
guidance, and the remonsirance which it is
understood the Department transmitted tliro’
the resident agent to those Chiefs of the Na-
tion who had opposed the emigration oftheir
countrymen, (even forbidding it on pain of
death) will remove the obstacles which Col.
B.encountered on his first visit, in carrying
into effect the provisions of the Treaty, and
the act of Congress respecting the eiiiigraiioii
of the M’Intosh party. . .
As to the survey of the Indian lands, we
are glad to see, by the following paragraph
from the lllilledgeiiille Recorder, that the
course adopted by the Executive of Georgia
threatens.iio unpleasant consequences, bu. is
likely to be acquiesced by the Indians tlieui
selves without difiiculty.
" We are informed from an undoubted
source, that the President ofthe U, States,
expressing a disposition to promote the wish-
es of every member ofthe Confederacy to the
utmostof his power, has directed the Creek
Agent to use his best efforts to reconcile the
Indians to the survey ofthe land. The peace-
able and friendly conduct ofthe Indians to
the Sectional Surveyors, is the best security
that no molestation will be experienced from
ihein, unless they are instigated by white men
who have influence over them.”
_ _ New Yoxx, Ocr. 10.
A letter from Guayaquil, ofJuly 12, rec'd
by way of Carthagena, states that, a_wli_ale
ship arrived there, reported the loss ofthe fine
ship London. Captain Alfred P. Edwards,
which was cast ashore on a [eefal Otvyliee.
The captain andcrew. had got ash0t'6. a_ttd=the_
specie o_ri bo.;..u was -supposed to have-‘ been
saved. B s:i‘_le~‘: the pl’0l7t‘etlS of tier oiittvard
in taking iii? 1.‘ -. :'-N‘.-; and-saw the back, and
saw no -m: as rs. ‘I. She did not appear
to have -,u._.- ,eut. about it.. _
Manfc, a plaster a- '
car.-._o,she 2..-.1: 840.000 on reiglit on board
bid appearances about the body and limbs of
took on board in the’ Gulf of California..-
Capt. Edwards was on shore. and the ship was
in charge ofthe mate at the time she got a.
share. .
The same letter -says -“ General Bolivar
remains at Lima, and it is said intends to
make that place his future residence. "He in-
tends to unite Peru-and Colombia, and divide
-the whole into five provinces or states,
The Tampico, which arrived yesterdai-,-
sailed from Carthagena on the 29th olt.C.
Capt. Palmer informs that a courier had just
arrived from Peru, by way of Panama, with
despatches from President Bolivar, announc.
ing that he should be at Bogota on the 12th 0 f
October. A vessel had also just arrived from
Porto Cavello, and brought a report that Gen
Paez had left Venezuela-—Ib. ' I
I 7 t‘ -—
We understand the British sloop of win-
Harlequiri, which arrived yesterday from Car-
thagena, brought $385,000, in -doubloons, in
22:?’-av
Fnoiu BRAZIL.-—AdvlceS have been ‘rec’d
from Rio Jiineiro to Sept. 5th,
Cont. Biddle had effected the release 50";
prison ofthe Captain and siipercgrgo of the
brig Ruth, wliich was sent in for adjudication,
lltttuglit the Patriots will soon make an attack
‘"1 ‘he 310 Gmtltle. and apprehensions are
entertained that they will be successful tho’
the iiuiperial forces are numerous. Anbther
e”g"g"n18N l0_ok place in the River Plate,on
the sort. July, in which they lJ0lll’sufTt:red_ se-
verely.
It appears that the Patriots have begm, to
keep up the serge of Montevideo more "rigor-
ously. Nothing is permitted to enter or to
come out. _A few days since two men were
shot for haying attempted, in defimce of “,3
orders of Col. Orive, to bring cattle into me
town : and a quantity ofnierchandize brought
out by some foreigners was confiscated,
Notwithstanding the Brazilians have de-
clared all the ports of the River La pram,
which are in possession ofthe Repiililicam, to
be under strict blockade, and have sixty ves-
sels of war to enforce it, not a week pas;-es in
which the national army in the Bmda 0,-‘L
eotal does not receive some reinfotceinerft
from Buenos Ayres.
The editor ofthe Buenos Ayres Mercantil,
gives to Mr. Forbes, the merit of having first
protested against the iinagiiiary liloclmrle of,
lllt’ C035‘-‘3 and PDNS. of that Rfigtiililir-. and
that, in doing so, he only acted in Ct'»l”illlj‘iIiitv
with the “ principles asserted mzil t_lt:i(,‘ll(lt‘.a
by the U. States, during tivemg, y,_.,.,,,_, af Com-
motion with Europe.” It is not uniroprirtaiit
that the efforts of our cttnntry n«:=.:~. in or-lirilf
ofthe freedom ofthe seas. are l-Illznt fl and up.
pi'eci.ited in these rising Rep-ililirts. In ('0!)-'
forniity with this protest ofoor C§'i..r;;e, Capt;
Elliott, then cominanrliiig on that 3s".?ill<)il. dc-
mzinded and obtained l‘orAineri-.-:.n 'u't»‘..°.5i;.’_, thg
privilege ofa previous fl]Olllllir-n, --iidor:-i-.rl on
their papers, before they could bucoiiie sub-
ject to capture.——We are not aware that the
flags of any other nations, attempting to en-
ter the ports ofthe Lu Plzita, have obtained
the same indulgence. On the contr-ar_v,niim-“
bers of English,French and Dutcli merchant-
men liad been ordered to Rio for adjudica-
tion, without any such previous ivarniog.--
The attention and ability of our Charge, and
ofthe Naval Ofiicers on that station, is spok-
en of with high coniiiieiidation by the Ameri-
can captains tradiiig to ilie La Plataf ''
[Baltimore .r?mr.-ricrzn.
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A gentleman from alexico. in E:-gland,
says Mr. Poinsett, the American Minister,
most grossly committed himself in the a-fi"air
with Mr. Ward, the British Charge'd’Alfairs,
at a public diiitier, respecting the Catholics---
and that the amende iionorahle is due, to Mr,
Ward, who merely resented a most improper
interference, on the part ofaii intriguiiitz For-
-cign Envoy, in a concern exclusively British.
Respecting the above occurrence, the Na-
llllllal Gazette furnishes the following coni-
miinicatioii from a respectable American in
LVIL-xlcu.
MEXICO, March 31, 1826.
Dear Sir-——An occur-rence latelv took place
here of which I dveni‘ it proper‘ you shoulo be
in possession ofthe particulars. Mr. Poinsr-it
and myself were invited by the Irish gentle-
men in this city, to partake ofa dinner on the
day before yesterday," given in celebration of
St. Patrick’s day. There were eighty or
ninety persons at table, of which at least four
fifths were English. A toast was given highly
complimentary to the United States, and was
received with_applause and enthusiasm. Mr.
Poinsett feeliiigliimself called upon to reply,
immediately expressed himself as follows.
“ The generous sentiments which dictated
this toast are neither new to me nor unexpec-
ted. The Sons of St. Patrick have been
long known to me. They are lobe found in
the land which has been emphatically and;
truly called “ the land of the free,”among our-
most useful and distinguished citizeiis. I-’
have lived with many ofthem on terms ofin--
timate friendship, and have learned to appre-
ciate their worth. The interest with wliich
the Irisliiialion has inspired me—an interest.
growiiig out oftheir frank and generous and
manly _,character——induces me to indulge 2).
hope that thatlay is not far distant when that
Irish Catholics will be placed in the full e --
joyinent ofthe s-.;ii_ie civil and religious rights,
which are enjoyed by all others of their fellow‘
subjects, and to whom their many nine‘-‘
ble and excellent qualities so 8llllllPllII_Y;€f-!-
title them. In uttering this wish, I do but-'
echo the sentiments of the most liberal arid.‘
enlightened statesmen of Great Britain, who
have la‘.ioiired to produce this desirable and;»
important result. It isindeed a coosninma-»
tion devoutly to be wished. And while I re.
turn youmy most sincere thanks for the sen--'
tiinents contained in the toastjust given, and
for the cordial manner in which it was receiv-
ed, I beg leave to express ti hope, that the’
Sons of St. Patrick whether they dwell in the-
bosorns of their native country or in a -foreign"
land—in Europe or in America‘—'may enjoy’
the liiestiinable blessing ofeivil and religious:
liberty." - -
These sentiments were received with loud
and long continued applause. After the lapse
of fifteen or twenty niitiutes, Mr. Ward, that
Briiisli Charge d’Aff‘-.i'ires, ivlir-.t.~ he was-about
to retire, together with me. llJt.‘:SI6|'8 of this-
governmeiii, remarked, “that he regretted.
from the brig.Nile,, of Boston, Which‘ 8118
5. .' f_:- . * '
tliat—tlie only subject opon-rittiicli- in ,pfi'ercnce
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