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From W» N- Y- Daily -4d”"’"s""' ance of the laws of civilize
‘X1115 PROPOSED RESIDENCE on THE INDIANS-
So much attention has been excited in ref-
erence to the proposed removal of the Chero-
kees from Georgia, that every fact on this
subject becomes inter--istin,-;_r.
The resolution of Congress directs the
iiiittee to provide a place for them wes
Arkansaiv territory-from the obvious
that to place them on this side of the Missis-
sippi, or in the state of Missouri or Arkansaw
territory, which lie irninediately beyond it.
would involve them in the same difficultit-s as
they now feel in Georgia. It is also to be re-
,,,;,,-1.;ed, that they are air agricultural people,
since “ there is not a family in the nation”
that subsists by hunting. In 1819-90, the
Vice President, hen If.-oretar_v of Vl/'ar, de-
spatched Major Long, with an exploring Par‘
‘.5’, to examine the tract ofeountry lying be-
ti.veen the Mississippi and the Rocky Moun-
tains. Thejournal of the expedition and ex-
tracts from the oflicial report was published
in 1823, and ‘furnishes us with unexeeptiona-
ble testimony concerning the country which
is proposed as the future residence oftlie sou-
ihern tribes.
On his return from the Rocky Mountains,
Major‘ Long passed al_i_ng the Canadian river-
wliich passes through the tract designated in
the resolution. After be had entered the U.
S. territory, he observes in his journal, p. 139-
"By our computation of distances we had
travelled more than 150 miles along the
bed of the river, without once having found
it to contain running water. We had pass-
com-
t of
fact
‘ ed the mouths of many large tributaries,
but they like the river itself, were beds of
naked sand.” For some weeks they had
not friund water enough to wash tlieix:
clothes, which became offensive both to
sight and smell. By scooping in the sand
on the bed ofihe river, “not more than at
pint could be dipped up at a tnue”—- p.141.
"On the 4th,” [Sept] he observes, “we
met with nothing interesiiiig except the ap-
pearance ofruniiing water in the bed of
‘the river. Since this 13th of the prccc_-_
diirg month we had travelled constantly a-
long the river, and in all the distance pass-
ed in that tiine,\vliiclr could not have been
less than five hundred niiles, we had seen
running waterin the river in one or five
instances only-_-of those, one in it had
evidently been occasioned by recent rains,
and had c-‘xte"nd‘ed but a mile or two when
it disappeared.” p. 157.
On the 6th, he says--“Ii would appear
that all the water which falls in rains, or
flows from springs,iii an extent of country
for greater than Pennsylvania, is not
sufficient to supply the evaporation of so
extensive a surface of naked and heated
sands." p. 160. '
On the next page, he adds-—“We have
little apprehension of giving too unfavor-
able an account of this portion ofthe coun-
try. ‘Though the soi_l__is_ in some places
- for-tile, the want of timber, of navigable
-;.t!‘ean‘.S, and ofwater for the necessities of
life, render it an tinfit residence for any
but a noinade (waiiderin,-_=) population.
The traveller who shall at any time have
traversed its desolate sands, will, we think,
join with us in the wish that this region
may forever remain the unmoleszed haunt
ofthe native linnter. the bison, the prairie
wolf and the marmot.”
In the extracts from the official report
— he says of the whole section lying between
the Rocky Mountains and longitude 94,
05 1-2——“The intervening space occupy-
mg
longitude is asterile, desolate plain, des-
titute of timber——scorched in summer by
thereverbration of the rays of the sun—-
chilled in winter by the freezing west winds
from the Rocky Mountains.” p. 385.
In page 389. he remarks :—“Fr.2m the
minutoaccoiint given in the narrative ofthe
expedition of the particular features oftlie
region, it will be perceived to bear a man-
ifest iesemblance to the deserts ofSiberia.”
He accordingly styles it “The Great A-
merican Desert.”
fn concluding his report on the section
in :,;i_estion, page, 391, he thus expresses
his ultimate opinion to the Secretary of
.war. “In regard to this extensive section
ofcountry, we do not hesitate in giving
the opinion that it is almost wholly unfit
for cultivation, and of course uniiiliabiiable
by a people depending upon agriculture
for lheir subsistence. Al=hougli tracts
of fertile land, considerably extensive, are
occasionally who met with, yet the scar-
city cfwood and water, almost uniformly
prevalent, will prove an insuperable obsta-
cle in the way af settling the country.”
Fnom the J\"ew Orleans aflclvcrliser.
Recqptured A fricarzs.-It is well known
-that the African negro:-s brought to this
port by the officers of the United States
schooner Grampus, were held by the U.
States’ Marshal by no other authority than
the verbal direction of the District Attor-
ney ; since their arrival the ruffians who
tore them from the bosom oftlieir country,
have made several attempts to recover pos-
session of them. They tried to bond them,
but could not got any person to become
their security. \Ve wish New 0,: loans
may never find within her bouiids men
base and mean enough to lend their names
in support ofsucli miscreants.
The United States’ Marshal was placed
soinewliat in jeopardy with regard to these
an extent of near twelve degrees of
humanity, should be declared Freeman and
entitled to their birtliright; as such sec-
ondly, inat being declared Freeman the)’
should be declared under the pr0leCl|0“
ofthe government of the United States,
and to be disposed as the laiv of the U. S-
siioulddirect; and thereby, that for the
indemnification oftlie U. States’ llldrslifll
these things were necessary as well as they
were for the interest of the Africa_n_s. _
‘The Judge delivered his opinion in
which he stated the case as it really was
with great clearness and precision. Hesaitis
am--ngst ollieriliings.tlia. a case Ol “"5
kind had scarcely ever before occurred»
and that on this occasion the proper cm-
cor f the government had been applied to,
and as to the future disposal of these per-
sons, he had no doubt the gov’t would dis-
pose oftliem to the best advantage to them-
selves. The Marslial had suffrcioiit. air-
ihority to detain these Africans as they
were delivered to him by an officer of the
U. States Navy. A law was passed in 1808,
which prohibited the introduciioii of for-
eign ncgrocs, and in case any sliould be in-
iroducerl, gave the different States the
power to dispose of iherii as it seemed best
to them. Louisiana had uniformly sold
them; buta law had been md(.l(3Slll)S(-!ql.l€lll-
ly,taking from the statestliis power, t\’: au-
ilioriziii_g the government ofihe U. States
to send all such negrocs to Africa.
Since this was the case, he thought they
could not obtain their liberty at present.
lfthey were made free now by the United
States Court, the State ofLouisiana would
seize on them in pursuance oftlre law pass-
ed at the last session of the legislature,
compelling all free people of color who
have come into this state since 1828 to
leave, and they would be driven off per-
bapsinio rrnotlier state which had similar
laws: thus these miserable beings would
be liuriied like wild beasts from one state
to another. They were now protected by
the United States, and their ultimate fate
would depend upon the determination of
the Cabinet a‘ lvasliirigt:-ii.
From the Aiiwrirtmi Farmer.
LAF:\YI".'l'TE ON IIIS FARM. »
Everytbiiig connected wiili tho patri-
arch ofL-r Grrriigc is iiiteri-sting to the 5;-
mt-rican people, for whose indepeiid-.:iice
he came, when a siripling, :0 fight liy the
side of \V:ishiugton; whose confidence he
always enjoyed, and whose virtues he has
as constantly emulated. Heiice we are iii-
duced to offer the following extract from a
familiar letter written by an American la-
dy in France, to her liusliaiirl in America,
giving some .rcc-cunt of his farm, but with-
oui any idea ofits l)Pl.lg published. Such
details someiiines serve, as well as more
public acts and du-‘ies, to illustrate the in-
dividual inaii, and to some of our readers
they may prove more interesting than po-
litical speculations.
La Grazigc. ‘film; 2.0. _ _
weather has been so wet since I have
been here, that yesterday was the first day
lcotild get out. The dear old General
took me entirely thro’ his farm yard; your
can have no idea ofilie perfect manner in
which his cattle are taken care of-the
comfortable houses and beds, the cleanli-
ness and regularity of feedingaie astonish-
ing. He lists there a flock of 1200 of iliI;'
fittest merino sheep, all of which I saw
turned out, attended by two shepherds and
four (logs. The cows are iuucli larger
tha.i ours, geiierally, and are treated more
like human beings than l)l'Ul(.'S. They are
turned out in the morning, and brought in
in the heat ofthe day, fed, suffered to rest
a certain time, and again turned out until
sunset, when they are put up for the night.
In one ofthe stables there are 22 cows and
2 bulls. The veal they have here is the
whitest, fattest and nicest I ever saw. The
calves are attended by women, and fatten-
Od by a peculiar process; they give them
eggs, four a day to each calf, which are
put down their throats whole. This, with
their allowance of milk, I ai:i told fattens
them in a very short time. Each cow is
confined with a halter of suilicicnt length
to let them he at their ease: their hides
are nicer and cleaner than many of our
geiitlenieifs c:irri.~rge horses. In another
stable were lliirteen cows, amongst which-
wese those of the Devon breed, given him
by Mr. Patterson of Baltimore; also nine
half grown calves, all, as he told me, were
--ftbe same stock. The horses in the Gun’
eral’s stables are attended witliequal care.
There were in ihe stables fifzeeii liorscs,
besides his carriage horses and three doo-
keys—one large one for farm use, the oth-
er two for the yr.-ting ladies and children
to ride: I assure you iliey go quite pleas-
anily, as yestcrdayl rode one all round the
park, and to the ial.e. The piggery is the
most complete you can imagine, contain-
ing a great number of hogs ofall sizes, a-
ges and breeds, but the one you gave the
General is the largest ever seen, and is
much more esteemed than any 01 the urn.
ers. The General relates with much ap
parent pleasure, that an English farmer of
great wealth and knowledge, on seeing this
hog, s2iid—-Well,sir, you may boast ofhav-
ing the finest boar that ever was sent from
England-——and would scarcely believe him
when, with pride, be told hiiu, it carne
from the United States, and not from Eng.-
land. The farm-yard is a very large
stpiare, with buildings extending round it.
[he house for the sheep occupies an en-
1S30.——--Tlie
us iuopen defr i , _
d nations and. of Since his._fall on the ice,_he cannot_ride on
inaii. There are at leas
. i 6 ~
nit; he walks as nearly over it as he can.‘
liorseback,which is a great pity, as he was
in theihialiit-._of riding entirely over his farm
vglien the weather admitted. You can have
np idea ofthe benevolence of this good old
t twenty poor fain-
ilies who are daily supplied from La Grange
with every thing that can make them coin-
fortable, besidesl know ,nut- how many
others that are provided for.
i —'0'--
THE GRAND SEIG-.\‘l(;)R.
Ecttracl of a letter from an Amerir:r1na_t Cory¢-urtina-
plc, dated April 26, 1830-
Lzist Friday I had a fine View of the
Grand Seignior himself, as he '\\'.lSlg(.illI|g
to and from the -mosquc. Five 0!‘ $1-‘K
iliousandtioops were out upon the OCCR.
sion, and on each side of his person as it
line of solrliers with drawn swords, and be-
liiiid him a body ofsoldiers -wi:li niuskets
and bayom.-is fixed. Before him, eleven
beauziful Arabian horses were led, richly
(25i[)it"lS0ilCfl,zllitl each guarded by tw9.sol-
dicrs witli drawn swords. He was on
liorsebzick. The breast ofihis cont was
iliickly wrong-lit with jewels and gold, an-"i
his cap, ivliicli was of a bcautifiil red, was
set with clianioiids, and fronii the ‘top a
l'ing,gulv.l iasselhuiig around its side. He
wo: c a black cloak of rich l)l‘«itlfl(.‘l'iim'4;‘.‘t.’.f.
his dross, so lllil! we could see but little of
ii. llis saddle and bridle triiiiméngs Wcri?
very hoavy,and allof gold. lie r':ers‘«1'i\:-
r ' .~~'olid- and ii.-tclligcni COll!‘llCil;lll(‘_t3 and a
piercing eye. \Ve were very near him, ‘Vi:
bi-. gazed at its sometime as" he grassed.-—
He has cert:-iinly ZlCC0lil})llSllCtl"5fidf'.l'S,
by way ofreforni, during his reign 7\.l_'-Ii‘,
and lliave no doubt he is the gr-caries; man
that now sits upon a tlironc. \\7otild that
he were good as lie is great ! It is heari-
chilling to reflect upon the quantity uf
blood he has been the insiruiiient'of shed-
ding among his own subjects, to say noth-
ing of his cruelties to the Greeks. It is
supposed that byliis order, at least sixty
iliousand persoiis liavr-. been beheaded or
strangled. This includes the Janitisarics,
thirty thousand of whoi__n were uiasszrcred
in one day. I regard it as a special prov-
ideiice that we arrived here at"tho time we
did. \~Ve had been wishing to get pass-
poris as A_IllL‘I’lL‘a7r'3; but as the Ulilftffi
States had no treaty with the Porte, we
found this would be very difficult if not
impossible,:ind we came here w_i=li the ex-
pectation oftaking lunglisii protectioa,_as
our missionaries heretofore have done.-—
We had not been lie.-re half -n hour lie-
fore a inessonger came from Mr, Rhind. U.
S. Consul Giiiieral for Odessa and the
Black Sea, saying that he would be happy
to see us at his room. l.Ve bad a letter of
ioirodurtioii to him, and be had b_eard.of
our coming, and had been so kind as to se-
cure rooms for us--a very difficult matter
in this place. It seems that he was eru-
potvered by-the United States to treat with
_.l.I.lC_I)_tJ.l‘.Ill.._2.lJ.Ll..ll|i1l liu _liuc barigflsggiccyssftll:
ilizira treaty is actuaily Cliib"i°-‘(I_’,'“&¥"l")‘£'l‘il'l(')\V
only awaits the :-'ign:-iiures of Com. Ilibblo,
who is at Sinyrn:-i, and Mr. Ofllri.-y, Aiiiei'-
icau Coin-nri'i‘i:iul Agniit there, wfio were
associated with Mr". R. in this cornin.issio;i.
The Englisli——-to their disgrace be said
-—liavc used every means which intiigiie,
{and I doubt not ir.oney,) could rlictate, tn
prevent this treaty from being formed.-
Mr. R. has maiiagr.-d with niucli wisdom,
and has baflled all the attempts oftheEng-
lisli, single-liaiided and alone, although he
might have had the aid of Russia, who are
all-powerful ‘here and at the same time
warni friends to the U. S. One ofour na-
iional vessels is expected here within a
weak or two, with Com. Biddle, and we
have determine-d to wait to witness cere-
monies of the occasion.
From the United States Gazcttc.
FRA:‘\’ClL.——A gcnilemaii of llll.<i‘Clly
has received a bitter from a relative in
l“rance, dated 27th June, which contains
sortie particulzirs of the French invading
army near Algiers. It would seem that
tlielfivrncli t)=l'l(2f‘S have not given an'cx-
act accouiit ofevr-nts as th“‘e_v'liave occur-
red. - The invaders have experiencx-d
much annoyance from the Arabs, and‘ on
our: occasion were warmly attacked by ilie
children ofilie desert. The French put
them to flight, but unforttinati.-ly pursued
their victory too farand had one regiincnt
entirely cut off. On another occasion, in
a skirmish at night, in o French regiments
inisto.-.i-. each other for Arabs, and a mosi
awful carriage ensui-.rl ; and such has been
the tlestrtiction oflife in the French army
iliaiilie coniiiiuiirliiig gene-al has been coin-
pelled to order‘ his men to throw up ‘in.
treiiclimcnts, and patiently aw-aittlic airi-
val ofre.inforccinents from France. This
loss of rim 3, in that climate, may prove fa-
tal to the remainder of the army.
E.r.trac£ of a letter to the editor of the N. Y. Daily
A.-lzicrtiscr. rlatcd Marseilles, June 30, 1830.
“Tire public attention bore is en'rircly
ciigrossetl by the expedition to Algiers.-—
The coiitest there has been severe, and
the French loss l|:lS been great—repo:-t
says between 3 and 4000 nven. But the
army has secured its foothold on the soil.
and without the commission ofsonie great
I saw the Dcy not long since, and had «'1'
Very iiitercsiirig conversaiioii with him. --
This I’ believe to be one-lialftlic battle ; of Ohio, lllichigsin and Upper Canada...
b_lnnQler, zl.llgit.-i's inns: ftill,iliough the rc- iagcsto Osivogolioiir ihestupendous work,
sistance wi.l be desperate and sriiiguinary. as well as to the city of New York and the
BUFFALO.
‘ Asa point_—for iliaconcourse of strangers
and voyagers, passing to and fro for pleas-
ure or business, Buffalo" in the ‘summer
season presents a singularly busy -and
active scene. - The daily ingress and egress
ofsucb per-sons, by c:iiials,s.ages and Stan m-
boais, woiildiseeni incredible for a place pf
its size, as iiiucli for variety r.~ftlit-.iro.~rgin
and destination, as for their numbers. .-‘ill
the world, in variety scents to be passing
lzcre. Besides the busy hum and anima-
ting effeci of business, the love of nature
aiid ofpleasure will ever keep their swarm-
ing devotees hovering over such a stupend-
ous and attractive object, as Niagara’s ev-
erlasting cataract. Aud Bufliilo seems to
be the principal place of repose, in ap-
preaching in and receding from this Scene.
And the daily pziiiorania of grave pliiloso-
pliy, of bt-,au'._v, offnsliioii, and ofplciisuic,
exliibiicd here, as if about to bend in ad-
oration before the iiiiposing spectacle of
tlie mighty waters, thundering from the
heights above into the ever raging abyss
below, or as ifreiiirning stiiiiilu from ll"-'
deafening «Sc ceaseless roar of this wonder-
nus water-fall,presen:s so shifting and vari
cgazed a picture as iicvcr to tire the look-
ers-oii. ' _
It is a place, 100, where the forms of
ll1lVlg..lllOll entirely change from those pe-
culiar to liS small and artificial cbariiicls,
from the canal born into the lofty and proud
ship, wlir.-to stoaiiilioats oftrre largest class,
and most comniodions, come and go to and
ll'til1'l,lllC distant ripper regions, giving an
opportunity to pass every day. Tlir-re are
now seven steariibo:-its plying regularly bo-
twccn Buffalo and l}ctroii,eacli [)l:ll‘llil‘.lll-
ing an eniire voyagre once a week, inzrking
a daily line, beside some smaller craft of
ibis discriptiou upon llI(’ lake.
Agood trip by steam fr‘om Buffalo ti-
Dctroii, occupir-s forty eiglit lioiirs. To
see sliippiiig, and all the ozher niarks ofa
busy Atlantic port, out -in these woods, is a
novel spectacle, a truly iv-niaiilick scene.
An Eastern man, or an European is ready
to sympathise wiili a ship upon these wa-
ters, as being out ofplace, away from home.
ll feels as if some strong: illusion _ had
got possession ofliis senses, and before he
is aw;-.re, he begins to calculate how these
stray things can make way down the Niag-
:-rra plunge, and the rapids of the St. Law-
rence, out into the briny deep, which
seems to him their own and proper ele-
ment. But here they are imprisoned for-
ever. And ilien again let him embark
upon the bosom oftliese lakes, and in an
hour or two he look out upon a slioreless
tract of waters, and he will with difficulzy
pcrsuzidv himself that he is not catching the
lingering and last view of a continent, and
laurrcliing‘ u;.—on an ocean. And -let. him
calculate that "he may pass in one of these
great hottoriis, which at first glance seem
unbefirting such a region till he has reach-
r.-d a place as distant front his starting point
as New York from New Orleans, and then
he may casil_'_v believe, that his bark is not
astray, but familiar with and proud of her
lirsrito, Let him once conflict with the
elements ofstorm upon these waters, in
their maddest moods and roughest shapes,
and all the fury of the widi-st oceans is
mrtrc inockery to their piety.-[0bsci'vci'.
7':-mii the i'Is2or:g:; P.-zll-rdium.
Arrivul frmn Lalcc l-Irie. - It will no
doubt be graiii"ying=.o the friends of our
rapidly inipr-ovin'g village, to learn what
we with so much selfgratulatioii and plea-
sure announce, that this morning arrived
in the l’lal‘l)-)|‘ the schr.Erie, from Cleave-
land, Ohio, by the way ofthe WellandCa-
rial. This event, sojoyous to our citizens,
as having an important bearing on the
prosperity of our village, was hailed by
every individual with expressions of nin-
iual congratulation, and diffused an univer-
sal feeling of contentment and satisfaction.
The fact that an intercourse with the ex-
iensivc, flourisliing and productive states
ofthc west, is thus opeired to our enter-
prise, and that we shall without doubt,
have the pleas-ureable satisfaction of be-
holding our safe and conimodious harbor
moored with vessels from Lake Erie, pour-
ing in upon its from ilie west, is establish‘
red beliond a doubt.
As iniglii justly be expected, an event
so conducive to our imniediatii welfare was
C0lCl)l‘:llC2l by the citizens of our village
with becoming expressions of regard. At
1.2 o’clock a discliarge ofartillery and dis-
play of flags from every point ofemineiicc,
aiinoiinced this occtirreiicc, so pregnant
wiili fiiturr- benefits, and at the hour of
three, a collation at the Vl"elland House,
as a welcome to-the good news and its liar-
binger, the commander ofthe Eric, frilly
evinced the sensations with which the
l1Il!l(iS of our citizens: were possessed.
l'Vclz'aIi(l Cmi.a.l.-«The Oswego Palla.
diiiin of the 11th inst. remarks that ilie o-
pening oftlic: llfrilland Canal, which con-
nect the wateis ofLako Erie and Ontario
on ‘.ll-‘i British side, gives iliat vill.ige access
to 1000 miles of coast, (in addition to 600
which it had before,) comprising the most
Western Counties oi"NcwYoi-k,tlie Coun-
ty of'Erie in Pennsylvinia, and the shores
I
The liditor anticipates important advan-
Siate at large. “The navigation of‘ the
St. Lawrence is closed from one to two
47 counties were ‘represented in this body,
107 delegates present. _
of Ontario ‘was nominated for Governor.
on \Vednesday, by an unanimous vote.-
Urrca Co.\'vt-:rsTxoN.—We -learn that
Francis Granger
Samuel Stevens ofihe city of New York
ieceivetl 86 votes for Linut. Governor on
the first ballot, and John Cr-ary of Wash-
ingioo County 17. On the second ballot
Mr. Stevens received all the votes. It
ztppears that tlicsc caiididaies will be sup-
poried by that now formidable party,ttliicli
counts, and we believe not liyperbolically,
one third ofithe voters in this state as bu-
iug enlisted" in its ranks. . Tlicrc is one
great feature oftiicir priiicitiles, in winch
every lionest citizen will paiticlp‘-I“?-A Tl'f‘."
are opposed to all dictation and seem‘ Ill-
fluenco in ‘I’.-IilIC'(KI measures of every de-
scription. The people oftlie state gener-
ally were prepared for M r. G-ranger's imm-
irration; and he will receive a large sup-
port from those who belong to no part_Vo
and kiss the fi.'nianofiiodemagogue what-
ever. The nomination of./tlriez nianStcVi*-RS
to the oflice of Licnt. Governor is one of
great respectability. He is well known
as the son of Gen. Ebenezer SieV(:l]~'-, of
the Revolutionary Army, and has 0i‘ W0
years been particularly distinguished as
the able and fearless champion of the peo-
pic in the Common Council of this city.
for the firmness he has displziyedin breast-
ing himself against the dictators of the
swamp and Tammany Hall. This nomi-
nation without regard to the minor qiie.~;-
iions of iiirisoni-_v or anti masonry, we con-
sider as highly judiciziiis, and we have no
doubt it will prove highly acceptable.
The Officers ofthe Uiica Convention
were:--Judge Price of Monroe couiiiy,
President; Siukcly Ellsworth of Otscgo
county, and Samuel Si. John, ofN. York,
Vice l‘rr,-sideiiis; Robert C. i\‘icholas of
Ontario, and David D. Spencer, of Toni-
kins Co. Seci'ctai'ies.--(lmri. Ado.
Tm; SALEM TRIALS nave. tcririiiiated in the
..is:1greemcnt and conseqtient dismissal oftlie
or) . The Salem Gazette says-’-
“ The Jury have submitted, apparently
with the utmost clieerfuliiess, to the neces-
sily ofilicir confinement. Ten entire days
and nights have elil;‘S1:(l since they were
lmtitlll'iCll(id, during all which time they
have been kept toigotlier, either in Court
or out ofCoui»:, undr-r charge of two offi-
cers, so that no person has been -uffered
to speak to them. At uiorning and eve-
uiugthey have occasioiially taken the air,
«riiended by the ofli-:ers. ’
“ The Court l'0l:l1l has contiiiually been
throngcd and filled, and multitudes have
retired from inability to gain entrance. ~
While Mr. Webster was closing the cause,
we observed that the windows of the lions-
i.-s near the Court House were filled wirh
attontivelisicners. Ilundreds of individ-
uals were also gatlieriiig around the house,
being enabled by the powerful voice and
distinct iznuiiéiatinn of Mr. \V..to bear the
greater ‘part ofhis address to the Jury from
the street." '
A correspondent of the Massachuscts Jour-
nal furnishes the following description of the
three criminals:
John Francis Knapp is a well made, full
faced youth, of 18 years of age, and five
feet seven inches in height. He was dres-
sed rieatly in a gray frock coat, and a co-
lored and fashionable neckcloth, fastened
with a handsome breastpiii. His face was
deadly pale, showing more plainly than
color would have done, a very coarse skin.
Hiscraiiitini appears to have nothing re-
inarkable in its form. It is a regular up-
right parallelogram, with the upper corners
rounded off; lrisforcliead, a strip of white
an inch and a half wide, surmounted by
thick, dark and straight hair, growing low,
par‘-ed and coiubed smoothly; the. nose
strong and blunt; the mouth rather large,
and checks full, but very pale. On enter-
ing the dock, be folded his arms firmly,
assumed a fixed, downward, and sullen ex
pression.
Joseph Jenkins Knapp was in the cen-
tre oftlie group. He may be about thirty;
certainly not above thirty-five, His coun-
tenance is not displeasing. _It is thin and
pale, and his hair long and brown,his nose
sharp, and his moiiili Stfi'lll. His look is
iiitellectual, but I understand‘ his mind
does not correspond. He is a little short-
er and slendcrer than his younger brother.
He appeared to be more listless than the
latter, and was coirst-an:ly biting srimetliiiig
which he held in his mouth, probably a
clove. Both the Knapps have dark eyes;
both have been |lliiSlel‘S of vessels, the
youngest having made a voyage in this ca-
pacity in his father’s service.
George Croiviiirisliield is the tallest and
best looking of the three. His features
are quite singular, but may be classed.—
liis cheek bones are very high and broad;
his forehead narrower, though still ample,
and somewliat sloping; his hair bright,
flaxeii and curly. His size is large; his
limps strong and moving gracefully; his
eyes gray, his mouth small and delicately
colored, and complexion florid and fine.-
There was an air of more case and free-
dom about liirii than either of the others.
He also folded his arms until the prisoners
were directed to hold up their liauds ; each
presented a white and full liaud, ilio palm
being turned completely outward. In
this posture they reiiriined while the iii-
rlictnient was read except that J. J. Knapp,
unconsciously, I presume, gradually con-
:1
only save himself, but all his ct’-mfederates.
Up to the time tliat Knapp told the story,
he always exhibited the utmost ‘coolness
and self-possession.
in his letters to his sister, _Sll0WS siiigular
adroitnciss and activity of mind.
deeds have-been characterized 7wlili"dar-‘
ing, hypocrisy, cnolr_iess,defiance of all law,
and acalculation and ingenuity that would - 3
have raised him to eminence in society,
had he received a proper direction in his.
infancy. His recent letters, writieu during.
his coiifmcineni, are but the part» ufa plan!
.0 rescue not only himself, but a'll'his,asso"
ci:-ties in crime. An incident is told in this
place, which marks the coolness and pre-
caution with which he moved in his crimi- .
nal pursuits. On the night on which the.
murder was committed, he complained ofu.’
slight indisposiiion, and went to bed, as-
seen liy_'.he family, about 9 o’clock. At’
1). o'clock, two hours after, he wakcd up.-
some menibi.-rs of the family, and request-
ed xi pi'eparaiion of medicine, -for the pur-
pose ufullevizviiig his indisposiiion. During’
the interval that elapsed between . ‘these
two events, he had left his room privately,
rode to Salem, perpetrated tho fotil deed,
rcturnr;d,an_d placed himself in the same
sittiatiori. It was about ten minutes after -'
ten rfclock that the murder of Capi.\Vhitc
was rrccoinplislied, according to the evi-
tl(!llCl'. of persons who S‘d\V,lllll| and Knapp.
sltulltirig bond the buildings. ()iie icinale~
lie-.ri'oi Knapp,‘ fit is’ supposed, say to the
oilrer. ‘.‘ lrave you done ii P” “ Iliave.dono-
ix !”’w.-is :lic' sliortdziid rapid reply.
The precaution taken by Richard in
coniphrining of iiidisposi=ion, and taking
cumstancr.-s, would have formed vcry ini-
portam facts. attested by several tviinesses,
showing that he was innocent. ' To any
jury, it would irave amounted to an alibi;
and had the principal br-.eri~ rescued from
ilie clutches ofthe law, by a concurrence
of such tesiim-'my,it would have been easy
to defeat the ends ofjustica as it respects
the other associate-s. '
Ebb voluntary confession:-l'Ka1pp, du-
ring his continenieni.put out ofjoint all the
plans ofC«owninshield, and urged him to ‘
the des,.er.-ii.-. alternative ofsuicidc. 'l'liis
C()IllitS.ilt)ll was made to the Rev. Mr‘. Cole-
ni:m,ofS.iloni, a clergyman 'ifconsiderable
pictyand loarniiig. Joe Knapp, as he is
-:alled,was not exaczly counted on as one of
iiu.-coiifr-:il<-i'acy headed by Crowninshield.
He was jrqalons of the personal popularity
oi Dir.-k,aniong sncli men as'Palmer,IIatcli,
Selittzin, Chase, &.i-. He managed his
ci-iuiinal concerns on his own book, and it
was inert-.ly the necessity of the case that
made him apply to the leader, for the exe-
cution of a plan, from which, through his
connections, he expected to reap the exclu-
sive bencfit. Knapp possesses ii is said,
much vanity and Sl.lpel’Cll'.0U‘ll(‘SS.
wife is consider-cal one of the liandsomest
fcnialos in ~Essex county. He had been at
sea, but latterly was not particularly enga-
ged in business. After Knapp made his
confession,implicatiiigRicliard as the prin-
cipal, the latter lost all hopes of saiety.—-
Over all the restofhis associates,’Ricbard
exercised unbounded, sway ;, and it is cur-
reutly reported "tlrat-non'e -of these iwotsfil
have dared to facebim-, even in a" c1_z_ort‘of
justice, as a witness against him. Knapp
was beyond this influence, and hence’ his
revelations. A shoittimc before his sui-
cide, Richard Crowninshiold dropped sev-
eral liints in ' relation to Knapp, which
mark his feelings towards that individual.
“ I only'wisli,” said he, “ Iwas in .re:.~ch of
him for one minute-—only for one minu=e'.”
“What would you do?” be was asked.-
He smiled, with a singular expression of
countenance—“not much’-—-not much.” ‘
During the confinement of Ricliard, his
cell was in the second story, under wliicb,
in separate cells, were confined one or «two
more of his associates. In the cell imme-
diately under, was Palmer. When several
individuals, belonging either to the grand
'rrry or to the conrinittee -;»fvigilance,visit-
ed the latter for the purpose offiiitiing out
what facts be knew,ihey had taken the pre-
caution to have every hole and crevice in
the ceiling between the_upper and lower
cell well examine-d and filled up-
C-rowninshield himself was famous in
forming coniinunications with the different
cells adjoining his. He had got suspicion
that Palmer was confined in the cell under
him, and fortliwitli he set himself to work
in finding out the fact. The visitors ofPa.l-
uier had notbeen long there, before a noise
was heard in the ceiling like some one bor-
ing a hole. Immediately something fell
through. One .~fihe gentlemen wentand
picked ii up———it was a common lead pencil.
In a short tiiiie,a string came througb,wiih
a small pic-"e of paper aiiaclied to it. This
was 'also examined. On it was writen a
question, “Is your name Palmer?” One.
ofilie visitors present, in order to see what
Crowninshiold was at, requested Palmer to
reply. He declined, however. Some one
gave a slight pull to the string that dangled .
through the aperture. This had its effect.
It was immediately pulled up. As ’a last
resort, at low, deep whisper proceeded from
the aperture, distinctly heard over the cell,
--“Palmer” ~- '-"Palmer”--“Palmer,”-—-
“speak, Palmer.” 4
At this period,lhere is no doiibtbutRieh-
nd was full of the belicfilrat he would not
Ilis calmness, visible
Si-:coNn TRIAL AN1) Uozvvtcrroai OF Kane.
-——The Boston papers inform us that this trial
terminated on Fridav. The case was given
mcdirtine, alzliough apparciitly trivial cir— ’”
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negroes supporting them witlioutkiiowinn ri~e ‘d f,’ - . . - - , _
r _, r si e 0 be square, the buildings art, ,0 we jury at one oiclock‘ P_M_ and ,,,_,we,,_
who was to pay lriin—wliether the United all ofsionc and built as if to endure forcv He was perlecuy mlommd Mme amount "mums earner’ lmdiconmmes fmm We in
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States or the Spaniards, orwlietliorhe had er. The General has a rep ,,,,,,P, 1, find spc.creslo.fforce,tlie French were br'ing- iwo rnorrtlilis liter ilian the Ere Canal.—-
any right to be paid at all, An ,,,,,,“c_r,_ birds’ pouhw and Aimemgmhee; afiy o ingpgpiusi rim, and was f(.‘S'('lV'(!.t}l to op- Under such cii'c,umst;inccS, not onlyUppei
tion was made to tlir-“Fudge ofihe United vided with tli; nicest iossib'e accoin pdoi pdm’ “em at a“ points. He lsa honiheim. b"7l"we'. C""“d““M°"”e“| l""'S°“.""‘Vi“
States, by Alfred Haneuii and John Marc- lions, \Vere vou herd I amisu .9 mi: ii. 9 "ill gemleniaiis *”"_l .Y°" '“f'Y "’lV 0" ti probably receive lierfall and spring surr-
fready, Esqrs. for a writ of Habeas Gorpu.~ dd,-;gn;ne m;,,',_y ,|,;,,,,S’,|,.,, wm‘,,dyb°(:'v'T‘;3 " l":'”‘r)‘”, ""‘l_“" g,",°d I“? “SS0i‘ll0nS? but ll plies vi.i ofNew York. The present iii-
:11] the name nfthose negroes, for the nur- 1,1,, f,,,. 0,,”-m_mm_s ,,°) ,“’]'OW The ‘l'”,:‘‘ W1 ‘ 8 ip vain. _lho science ofihe Frerrcli judicious restrictions on this iiiierc-i_ui's‘o,
pose um, “,0 U_ S_ Co,_,,,shnu,d firs, de_ cheese here as we“ as U fi 1 EV um i must, I s iould ilirnlf, crush to pieces all the cannot in reason be contiiiued,s_].0fC0in.
dare ma, mew A,-ricans bang uuiusu", H‘ ever tasted a Tm. dim re 5105." ‘other’ rude and undisciplined force be can ___.
legally: 65 °Pl”°°53lVel)’ drugged from llieir .-"aflgerl ' indeed the Wlll "HM ))f fir‘ hr”-lg mm me field; and ihough A!I~‘ne.rSi" A Branch of ‘he U‘ S‘ Bank is to be M‘
mfive cmmtry and ,he,r,wme5 and their “weenie”! a) m -l'§J:l'll(?rll aim; self .l)l.‘i,"3I'lil'll bi-obably ivillstand a siegv, tablished at Utica. The Directors have
gp . rs to ta 1. great pleasure it will be of sliori durationin my opinion.” already bccn appointed.
:15, figgers’, .un3i_ ms fist became ly minutes past sixlhey they returned a ver-
‘ ' (‘ Ie ’ ‘m 'em‘“""’ “°' _ dict ofGou.'rv. Sentence would be pronoun-
RIC!-IARD CROWNINSIXIELD, who committed cm] on sa|,u)-day morning at nine 9'c1'ogk,...
the murder, and afterwards destroyed his own This trial, says the Ce-atinel, was (thrice, ini-
rar-. in prison, is described in the following go;:a::»,;lga:;3;:*;:sigpngiggggfictigg 1232;-
. , - . - '2 ' a
:.i.tnner by the editor of the Courier and En- we wmpnot my me conjicfiompbué die bare’
quircr in a letter from Salem, dated July 28.
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trial of the two accessories, who but for a con-
‘Richard Crowninshield,’ was 1Ind0|lbl- Victim Of8 Pfiflcipnl. might have laughed to
edly one of the most singtiiarbeiiigs of the scam both Court and Jury,and evaded justice
.- :'ia‘riiiral profession which liistoryori fiction bl‘ 5la"d‘_“3 "mlei ".9" “'00:” We °" ‘l“"“
cam show. ‘Ever since his boyhood, his “ad l""""°“31Y °°“fe53°d me‘ d‘“i‘°5"‘ °.l““l93
of guilt as accessory. ,
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