fioreigtt ittwzltigeitrr.
NEW-YORK, J one 8.
‘By an arrival at New York London pa-
3
found several hundred -musliets, dz. in Wy-
grow a quantity of provisions.
All the right ban}. of theVistula is clear-
ed of the enemy. The army corps of
Generals Pae and Sierawsky have crossed
‘ ers have been received to the 6th ofMay. . . ,. 1, h d
as ,t;_- =!'_°°°“f,"‘;,,- 3:: ;,‘.:.:'.:.r:.t:t° ;.';..*;..;::‘;:,. t:::t.:
Theinsurrections in o ynia, an e where ‘hey am taking possession“-‘he
other Russian provinces formerly belong- RIM,“ magazine,“ Gem Dwemicki,
mg 1° ancient Poland’ grow every day who was detained for some time by the
‘"0"’ formidable’ and Marlhal Diebiiscm barlness of the roads in the neighborhood
°" ‘hf: accomr,’ lug loulnijjnllecsefsgfgg of Zamosc, advanced in order to deceive
mired across '6 ug 8 3 9 the enemy, as far as Zwierziiiec, in the di-
tho hands ofthe Polish army.
In Great Britain the electors are pro-
ceeding triumphantly for the cause of the
people, and it is estimated that the new
rectioii of the Visiula, where he gave or-
ders for collecting supplies of provisions at
Turobin and Zanow. His design of rout-
ing the enemy by aforced march succeed-
house of commons will show a majority of ed perfectly’ as is auested by the report of
from 120 to 150 in favor of ministers on
the Reform Bill. In the elections already
decided the ministers had gained 80.
SCOTL AND.—G'reat excitement in Edinburgh.
In Edinburgh the right ofchoosing the
representative to Parliament is with the
Common Council of the city. The peo-
ple, however, endeavorod to exert their in-
fluence, in the only way left to them, in
favor of Mr. Jeffrey,the Lord advocate for
Scotland. The following account ofthe
proceedings on this occasion is from an
Edinburgh paper of May 6.
The election of a member for the city
took place in the Council Chamber on
Tuesday, and we do not remember any
former occasion on which the feelings of
‘allclasses were so strongly excited. It
appeared as iftlie town had been agitated
by a violent contest, for though the
people-had no vote in the choice of a
representative, they expressed their 0-
pinion in public meetings; and me-
morials and petitions, nurnerously sign-
ed, were -laid before the council, for
thepurpose ofinfluencing their decision.
In this mamierthe excitement was main-
tained, and continued to the very last, ow-
ing to the very uncertain state of the vote,
and contradictory rumors that were circu-
lated. Early in the forenoon, a crowd be-
gan to assemble in the neighborhood ofthe
Royal Exchange, which continued to in-
crease as the hour appointed for the elec-
Field Marshal Diebitsch himself. Howe-
ver, Gen. Dweruicki profited by his halt
near Zomosc to provision the fortress more
abundantly, to complete its garrison and
the army-corps under his command, by
the men taken from the communal guard,
and the volutiteers who thronged from all
parts, and as soon as he found the roads
passable, marched towards the Bug. He
routed and took some enemy’: detachments
which were stationed on that river, which
he passed with all his troops. Thus the
noise of our cannon resounded on that spot
which had so long been subjected to a for-
eign yoke. Every where on his jnarch
General Dweriiicki and his troops were
received as dcliverers by our countrymen,
the Volhynians. The last report ofGen.
Dwernicki is dated three marches beyond
the Bug. (Signed) SKRZYNECKI.
Head-quartets at Igdrzciow, April 17'.
Rt-treat of a corps of the Polish Army.
A Warsaw article ofApril 21st says :-—
“Gen.,Skrzynecki [Skrejenetsky] has sent
aroport to the PolishGov’t,iii wli. he states
that a corps of 6,000 men, in their ardnr
attacked a Russian corps of 24,000 men,
and could not long sustain so dispropor-
tionate a struggle. The General-in-chief
states that the corps was compelled to cross
the Vistula precipitately, with a loss of
1,200 men, and two Lt. Colonels, one of
whom was drowned. The Geiieral-in-
Chief, giving an account of this unfortu-
' - . o = . .
"on approached ’ lmd “hm” 1"° °l"°k ml‘ irate event, endeavors to impress upon his
only the Exchange, but great part of the
High street, was filled with a numerous as-
semblage, composed of all classes of the
respectable inhabitants. Every opportu-
nity was eagerly laid hold of by the multi-
rude to give expression to the feelings by
which they were excited. Mr. Joseph
l\‘l’Gi-egor was enthusiastically cheered as
he arrived, carrying a roll ofpaper, which
resembled from its size, a webb of linen,
containing the petition of the inhabitants
to the Magistrates, that they would elect
the Lord Advocate for their representative,
and signed by 17,400 persons. The coun-
cil chamber being uiifitfro-.n its dimensions,
to contain a numerous audience, the com-
petition to obtain admission was very great;
the door, which was not opened till 12 o’-
clock, was besieged by a dense mass, and
the pressure was very great. A large body
of police and special constables were call-
ed out at an early hour, and by 11 o’clock
filled the square of the Exchange. The
great portion uefthe auditory present were
private friends of both candidates, who
were admitted early by a private door, as
were the reporters from the different news-
papers. The vote stood for Robert Adam
Honda: 17, for Mr. Jeffrey 14.
IRELAND. The elections in Ire-
land, says the Dublin Mail, are likely to
exceed, in their result, the expectations of
the most sanguine reformer—Every where
the most strenuous, and apparently suc-
cessful exertions, are making to secure the
return of candidates favorable to the meas-
ure. Dr. Doyle has written a long letter
exhoi-ting the electors in favor of the King
and his Ministers. Itis said that Mr. O‘-
Coniiell goes in for the borough of Don-
gatvin; and that Mr. Lamb willstart for
the county of Waterford.
POLAN D--—-OFriciAi..——-The follow-
ing is from an official report of the com-
mander in chief of the Polish army.
The enemy, whom our victory obliged
to abandon the right bank of the Visio-
la, and who concentrated his forces on
the Siedlic road, uneasy at seeing his com-
munications with Byalystock by the way of
Grame cut off, detached against General
Uminski the corps of Gen. Ugrowmow,
consisting of the 5th regiment of infantry,
onodivision of grenadicrs, one battalion
of sappers, two regiments of cavalry, and
two batteries ofarrillery, one of large cali-
bre. Atthe sight of so superior a force,
Gen. Umiuski thoriglit it advisable to re-
cross the Liwiec, leaving only one detach-
ment to defend the hastily constructed
bridge head, which the enemy attacked vi-
gorously. Gen. Uininski ordered the 1st
llulans to ford the river and attack six of
the enemy’: squadrons which were posted
on the opposite bank. This order was suc-
cessfully executed. Our cavalry repulsed
that of the enemy, killed 50 men, made
500 prisoners, and captured 200 liorses.—
Observing, however,that the enemy was
renewing his attacks on the bridge head
with continual supplies of fresh troops,Gen.
Uminski gave orders for evacuating the
post, and the Maj. Clawski and 50 wound-
cd soldiers were made prisoners by the Rus-
sians. The engagement terminated by a
heavy cannonade, and on this occasion our
artillery gave proofs of extraordinary cour-
age. having only a few field-pieces to op-
pose a numerous artillery of a large calibre.
Our loss in these affairs has been 20 offi-
cers, 160 sub-officers and men, and 20
wounded. On the 16th of April, General
Uminski again took Wygrow, where he
found 40 ofour wounded men, and was en-
abled to estimate the extent of the enemy’s
loss.‘ The number of his wounded Va-
mounted L3 400, among whom Lt. General
Tylle of the sappers, a major and 4 inferi-
or Officers. 0n.the field of battle-~-were
. ‘I. .
courageous brothers in arms the necessity,
whatever mayibe their confidence in their
courage, of not resorting to acts of temei'i-
ty, which may comproiiiit their catise.
Contirirted insurrection in the I.’ussinn-Polishprov-
i.trccs--Rctvrcrtt of Marslml Diebitsch.
The Paris l\'lessagei' des Cliariibres of
May 2d, says: “ The news arrived this
morning affords three extraordinary facts:
the occupation of Siedlec by the Polish
General Uminski, announced in the Q3‘?-
cial Gazette of Warsaw; the retreat of the
left wing of the Russians, stationed at
Kloclt, upon Viepiz and Radjiew ; and the
retreat of Marshal Diebitsch himselfacross
the Brig, announced hythe \Varsaw Cour-
ier of the 19th ult. Nothing can explain
these remarkable and serious facts, which
would decide the freedom of Poland, but
the insurrections of the Litliuanians, Vol-
liyiiians, and even among the Russians
themselves, which have obliged Diebitsch
to march to the assistance of the Empire,
menaced with a dismemberment by a rev-
olution, which appears to extend from Li-
vonia to Podolia, and which, perhaps, at
this moment, disturbs Pete-rsburg itself.”
Reported victory if the Poles.
A Hamburg paper of April 29th states,
on authority of private letters from Cracow
and Berlin, that Gen. Dwernicki [Dover-
netsky] had obtained a decisive victory o-
ver Gen. Rudegar, in Vulhynia, that the
greater part ofthe latter General’s troops
went over to Dwernicki, and that the pop-
ulation had risen en musse. The same ac-
counts, however, add, that the Russian
troops stationed on the Turkish frontiers
are advancing by forced marches towards
Volhynia. Wilna is held by 3,000 Russian
troops. There are large bodies of insur-
gents near Kowrio, but they they have not
attempted any thing against that placc.--
Letters from St. Petersburgh state that the
Russian Gov’t has taken up a number of
ships to carry (through the Prussian terri-
tory) provisions and reinforcements to its
troops in the revolting provinces.
LATER. In the secoiid edition of
the London Standard of May f)th,itis sta-
ted oii the authority of a private letter, that
Marslial Dlt:l)IlSCll .instead of abandoning
Seidlec andretrcating beyond the Bug,liad
recommenced offensive operations, &. was
marching towards Wai'saw. This may or
may not be true. There is a confusion of
dates in our last accounts from Poland
whicli renders it inipossiblv to ascertain the
true state of affairs.
By an arrival at New Bedford from
I-Iamburg, accounts from that city have
been received to the 8th of May. Up to
the latest dates from Poland no decisive
battle had been fought. The clioleia mor-
bus was raging in Russia to such an alarm-
ing dogree, that a protracted quarantine of
all vesels from Russian ports, had been on-
acted in Holland. Late letters from an
American gentleman in St. Petershurg, to
a mercantile house in this city, confirm the
distressing intelligence ofthis terrible dis-
ease.
BRAZIL.
Latcstfrom Rio Ja/ieiro.—By the brig
Virginia, Capt. Hugg, Rio papers have
been rec'd in Baltimore to t|ic'14th April.
They contain official intelligence ofthe ab-
dicationof Don Pedro in favor ofhisson,
and the appointment ofa Regency in fa-
vor of the young Monarch—-consisting of
the Marquis do Caravellas, 40 votes ;
Francisco de Limac Silvia, 35 votes ; Nic-
olas Pereira do Gampos Vergueiro, 30.—
the following oath was taken by them:
“We swear to maintain theRoman Cath-
olic Apostolic Religion ; the integrity and
indivisibility of the Empire ; to observe,
and cause to be observed,‘ the Political
Cotistitutioti of the Brazilian,Nat'ion,,t‘o the
l
%'
utmost of our power; and also, to Don Pe-
dro, ]I. do to deliver up to the Regency so
soon as another shall be legally installed.”
The immediate cause of the abdication
of the Emperor was the conduct of his
troops. Ho endeavored to head them for
the purpose of rriarching against the people
who had assembled at the Campo d’Accla-
mauco. The troops not only ised to
march, but left their barracks, joined
their countryineu. The consequence was
the immediate abdication of the Emperor
in favor of his son, under the title of Don
Pedro II. and histaking refuge with the
Empress and the young Queen of Portugal.
on board ofthe Warspite.
The Diaro Mercantil ofthe 14th, says
that public confidence is entirely restored.
The shops are open as usual, and Com-
merco is perfectly re-cstablislied.
—_ 1
illolitiral.
The ‘Washington Telegraph otr Tuesday
I‘
contains the following letter from anch,
the late Secretary of the Navy,
the request of several citizens
couuty,N. C. that he would conse. r'io‘3epre-
sent that district in the next Congress.
ENFIELD, May 24th, 1831.
Gentlemen :—A fevt days past I had the
gratification to receive yours of the 5th inst.
wherein you expressa desire to avail your-
selves of my services in the next Congress of
the United States; and in which you have
bcen further pleased to urge many consider-
ations why Ishould consent to have my name
“ held up”—among others, that it would af-
ford you an opportunity of manifesting “ an
tindiminishcd confidence in my patriotism and
zeal in the public service." I thank you,
gentlemen--most sincerely do Ithank you.
for your generous coufidciicc and support;
and in the fulness of my heart, with a thor-
ough consciousness of my inability to meet
yourjust expectations, I respond affirmatively
to you, as I have before done to many of my
fellow citizens. I do this with an approving
conscience, and I dare believe, an approving
country in the course zchich I hacefelt it to be
my duty to pursue in my intercornxre with the
citizens Qf IVashinglon city, during‘ my late
residence among l/Lem. I would faiti hope that
General Andrew Jackson may yet live to see
the day when he will be convinced, I have
not only (as he now admits) faitlifully dis-
charged my duty to the public, but at the
hazard of incurring ill’-l di.-pleasure, have tried
to guard his splendid laurels, the common
property of the nation, with the fidelity of a
true friend, and that too, under the most dis-
couraging and mortifying circumstances.
With the highest respect. I am, yours most
truly, JNO. BRAN CH.
The following is an extract from an arti-
cle in the National Intclligcncer ofJuue 2.
“ Our readers are apprized that a court,
consisting of three upritrht, dignified and con-
scientious Judges, has decided that the Uni-
ted States are in debt to the venerable, pious
and excellent Joseph Nourse, instead of his
being indebted to them ; and that an inde-
pcndentjury has pronounced the same ver-
dict in behalfof that respectable son ofa ven-
orable sire, Thomas Fillebrowu,Junior, an-
other of “ the reformed.”
To these cases we have pleasure in being
able to add a third. Justice has been done.
in due course of la.w, to another persecuted
but most. worthy man. George Mactlar‘-.iel, one
of the Clerks removed in the office of the
Fourth Audi'.or, and by him charged, in com-
munications published last summer in the of-
ficial papers here and elsewhere, with having
defrauded the government. He, too was sti-
ed by the United States as it defnulter upon
some absurb construction of the modern Re-
formers, and another independent jury has giv-
en a verdict which relieves him from reproach,
and fixes it, where itbelongs, upon his slan-
derers. To the accounting officer, whoever
it is, who has abused his trust to justify the
wantonness with which he has exercised his
brief authority, and betrayed the confidence
of the President F0 as to make him instrumen-
tal. in the eyes of all men. to prescription first
and persecution afterwards, the reproach at-
taches, by the verdict of a. Jury of twelve
honest men. of whom at least the halfwcre of
the Administration party, and upon whose in-
tegrity no man will dare to cast suspicion.
The following is taken from an article un-
rlcr the editorial head of the Nat. Journal.
“ The public ought to be apprised that
the allowances made in the cases of Mr.
Noiirse, Mr. Fillcbrown, and Mr. M’Da-
niel, were proved to be in conformity with
the practice of the Government under ev-
ery admiuistration, and in all its depart-
ments. Tire public documents of Congress
were exhibited in evidence establishing the
fact that such continued to be the practice
in all cases—-these documents bore the sanc-
tion o_f iilajor Eaton and of Illr. Ingliarri,
and the former gave a certificate that such
allowances are still made in the l"Vur De-
partment, which constitutes part of the
evidence in Mr. Fillebrowrfs case. Mr.
Cutts, who had for a long series of years
been the 2d Comptroller ofthe Treasury,
where the accounts of the Navy and lVar
Departments are settled, proved that such
was the practice in each. Mr. Ingham’s
communication extended it in those who
are in the civil employ of the government
with fixed salaries--In Mr. Mc Dauiel’s
case, it was proved that he had held the
office for upwards of2O years, and that in
every account which had been examined,
such charges had been made and allowed.
It was further proved. that they had been
specially authorised by Mr. Crowninshield
and by Mr. Thompson, while at the head
of the Naval Department; and that these
accounts were periodically submitted to
Congress; that they underwent the scruti-
ny ofa committee oftliat body, specially
charged with the duty, and that no objec-
tion had ever been made by that commit-
tee, or by the celebrated Retrenchment
Committee, to a single allowance.
From the Wuslrington Globe.
. story is going the rounds of the oppo-
sition prints, that Mr. Van ‘Burs-n, as See-
rptary of State, had writtena letter to the
lope, “ a copy of which was reported to
have been brought to‘ the;United States by
a gentleman recently from Rome and its
purport to have been, among, other things,
that the Catholics were very numerous in
this country, highly‘ respectable, and par-
ticularly favorable to the present Admin-
istration." _
Nothing can more strikingly illustrate
the character of those prints, in their ha-
bitual misrepresentation and perversion of
facts, than the fabrication and propagation-
for party purposes, of the absurd story re-
ferred to. Upon inquiry, we have be-'
come acquainted with the circumstances,
which, in this instance, probably supplied
a fouiidatiou for the tale in question.
Tlie'circumstances alluded to are sim-
ply those : Mr. Cicognani, Consul ofthe
United States at Rome, on being present-
ed, in his oflicial cliaracter, to tho ‘ late
Pope, Pius the VIlI.,soon after his instal-
latiou, was received by him, as he stated
in a letter to the Department of State,
with great kindness. In the interview
which followed, the Pope informed him
that he entertained very favorable and
friendly sentiments towards the govern--
ment and people ofthe United States,and
that he was the more favorably inclined
towards them because the Catholics ofthe
U. States enjoyed equal protection with
citizens of other creeds ; and he expressed
awish that Mr. Cicognani would make
known these sentiments to this Govern-
ment, wirh his earnest desire that they
might continue to enjoy the same protec-
tion.
Upon making this communication to
the Department, Mr. Cicogiiani expressed
a desire to be made the interpreter of the
sentiments which the President might
iliink proper to reciprocate upon the occa-
sion. -
In the iustrucrioiis which were accord-
ingly given by the Secretary of State to
that ofiicer, he was directed to express the
sentiments entertained by the President
and this Government towards him; but
not a word was said in them about the
present Administration, or the disposition
ofthe RomaiiCatliolicsofthe United States
towards it. All that was said in relation
to them is contained in the following ex-
tract from the Secretary ofstate’s despatch
to the Consul, which has already been
made public :
“ You will take care likewise to assure
His Holiness in reference to the paternal
solicitude which he expresses in behalfof
the Roman Catholics ofthe United States
that all our citizens professing that Reli-
gion, stand upon the same elevated ground
which citizens ofall other Religious de-
nominations occupy,in regard to the Rights
of Concience,——that of pt'fect liberty,
coiitrridistinguished from toleration; that
they enjoy entire exemption frsm coer-
cion, in every possible shape, upon the
score of Religious faith ; and that they are
free, in coinnion with their fellow citizens,
ofall other sects, to adhere to or adopt
the creeds and practice the worship best
adapted to their reason or prejudices and
that there exists a perf?-.-ct unity of faith in
the United States, illI)“'1~lgSl Religionists of
all professions, as to the wisdom and unfl-
cy of that cardinal feature of all our Can-
stitutions and forms of Government, both
those ofthe United states, and the separate
States ofthe Union, by which this inesti-
mable right is formally recognszod,and the
enjoyment ofit unviolahly secured."
.._¢—
NULLIFICATION.
It is known to the readers of newspapers,
that a complimentary dinner has lately been
given to the Hon. George McDuflie, a mem-
ber of Congress from South Carolina, by a
number of the inhabitants of the city of
Charleston. As is usual on such occasions,
when a toast calculated for the purpose had
been given, he made a very long speech, the
object of which was to shew the injustice of
the tarifflaws towards the inhabitants of that
state. This article is far to long‘ for republi-
cation in our paper ; but we have extracted
the last par‘. of it. with a view of showing to
to our readers the sentiments of this gentle-
inau, on the great question of “ nullification”
——in other words, the right ofa stale, and its
inhabitants, to refuse obedience to, and if
deemed necessary to resist,a law of Congress,
on the alleged ground of uncenstitutionality.
VVe have not room at the present time for re-
marks; but may hereafter bestow it little at-
tention on the doctrines and declarations of
this friend of the Vice president ofthe United
States.-—DrziIy .9r.’cerliscr.
“ I believe this to be one of those great
emergencies inhuman affairs, which im-
poses an imperritivo obligation upon the
sovereign power oftho State, to take care
that the republic receive no detriment. I
will not moot the question of Nullification
as a more question of constitutional power,
for I am aware ofthe efforts ofour oppres-
sors to make an issue upon that, in order
to divert public attention from the true is-
sue. I will readily concede that a State
cannot nullify an act of Congress, by vir-
tuc ofany power derived from the Consti-
tution. It would be a perfect solecism to
suppose any such power was conferred by
the Constitution. This right flows from a
higher source. All that I ‘claim for the
State, in this respect, necessarily results
from the mere fact ofsovereignty. Thank
God no one has yet been found bold e-
nough to maintain that South Carolina is
shorn of that high and sacred prerogative,
and reduced, politically to the condition of
a corporation or a colony ; yet many rea-
son upon the subject precisely as if this
were the case. The people of South
Carolina are subject to the laws of Con.
gress, provided they be authorized by the
Constitution ; but with no propriety of
language can it be said that the State, the
sovereign State _ofSoutli Carolina, is sub-
ject to Congress, or to humati power.-—
Accordingly, we find that the Federal
Government acts exclusively upon the
citizens of the states, having no constitu-
tional faculty whatcver, to operate upon
the sovereignty of the states. Whatever
position, therefore, this state may assume
in its Sovereign capzicil y, neither Congress
nor -all‘ the departments of the Federal
Government united, can constitutionally
do ii single act to change that position.-
If they could, it would involve the absurd _
contradictionthat the State is sovereign gigantic power of a mighty nation. And
and subject at the same time. In my view
of-the subject, the great advantage of a
confederacy of sovereign atates, over a
consolidated government, consists in the
existence of an organized . sovereignty,
competent to protect those rights and ju-
terests from tyranny and oppression, winch
under other forms or government, could
only be protected by unorganized resis-
tance, revolution, and civil war.
Vile hear our oppressors, and not un-
frequently our own citizens, very gravely
talking about the treason and rebellion of raw-head and bloody bones, which even
resisting the unconstitutional acts of Con-
gress, by interposing the sovereign power
of the state ; precisely as the English op-
pressors ofour ancestors, and the tories of How would the war commence ? Who
that day, talked about the treason and re-
bellion of resisting our sovereign Lord the
King. But -thanks to our illustrious and
heroic ancestors, the States are no longer
Colonies. Whatever sovereign decree a
State shall promulgate in protecting the
rights and liberties of the people from
outrage and oppression, every citizen with-
in its limits would be bound by the most
sacedtics ofallegiance, to carry into ef-
The citizen would, of course, be
exempted from the guilt oftreason. The ted counsels it will be in vain to liope.that
real traitor—he who would be log-.:lly and we shall ever be relieved from our opp;-es-
constitutionally srihject to be punished for sions. Those, therefore, who persevere
treason, would be the citizen of the State in .1 course which shall paralize the efforts
who took sides with our oppressors, and ofthe State to rclcive our citizens from
attempted to enforce the act of uncnnstitu- llllC(lllStlllIl‘lOIlitl oppression, will assume a
tioual tyranny. Vllliere, then, is the dif- tremendousresponsibility. Whatever may
ticulty and where the danger of interpos- be their mttllvus, they will make them-
ing the sovereign power of the State, in a selves the accomplices of our oppressors.
case of acknowledged injustice and op- We have but one course to pursue. Let
prussion, perpetrated in opposition to the us stand firm and immovable upon our
most solemn guarantees ofthe covenant of principles, holding out the banner of con-
Union? Allow me to tell you that there stitutional liberty to all who choose to ral-
is no real difficulty or danger in the mat- ly under it. If the State so wills it we are
ter, that a freeman should regard for a free. But iftlie public voice should de-
htinging out the imperial eagle.
Union, the Union is in danger.
resolve to resist that oppression?
federal covenant, than I am.
wh,£__iug bitterly in the next room, while I am
But disunion is
A miserable tax
Being dependant
their foreheads, rtobly disdaining to C0003
the costs of a contest, which, though they
sliould perish was to secure liberty to their
posterity, they fearlessly encountered the
with this glorious example before us,.
shall we basely surrender the inheritance-
of our children, from a disgraceful panic‘
excited by imaginary dangers I Shall we
be terrified by mere phantoms of blood.
when our ancestors, for less cause, encoun-
tered the dreadful reality? ' Great God E
are we the descendants ofthoso ancestors ;
are we men—-grown meu—-to be fiigliten-
ed from the discharge of our most sacred
duty, and the vindication of our most Sil-
cred rights, by the mere nursery stories of
the women of our country lnugli to scum!
The idea of bloodshed and civil war, in
a contest of this kind, is utterly ridiculous.
would begin it, and what would be the oc-
casion or the pretext of using arms 'l I
confess I am utterly at a loss to imagine.
\Ve have but one difliculty to prevent
us from achieving a glorious victory over
our oppressors : it is our own unfortunate
divisions. I have it most consoling confi-
dence that the intelligeucc and patriotism
of the people will overcome this. Willi
united counsels the State cannot fail to be
triumphant: but with divided and distrac-
cree otherwise, and unconditional submi-
Itis true that our adversaries, and their tioti to our doom, we shall at least have
coadjutors amongst us, have managed to the consolation of reflectingthat we have
fioujure upithle most lioplriljle pliziriltrilrjlis (pf hladldno ‘agency in forging cltaias for our
isunion, civi war, ant rarerna no - cit ren
This is the state artifice of tyrants.
.In all ages ofthe world, tyranny has eti-
deavoured to intrencli itself behind some The painful task devolvs upon us of
sacred barrier, or screen itself from scru- publishing in our readers the following dis-
tiny and responsibility by some sacred om-‘ tressing calamity : having taken great
A Roman Emperor,when surroun-~ pains to obtain correct information, the
ded by the seditious clamors of an indig- following are the facts, so far as we have
nant people, rushing forward to drag the been able to ascertain them.
detosted monster from his polluted throne, On Tuesday, the 7th instant, the steam-
could calm the storm of the multitude by boat Gen. Jackson, returning from Peeks-
A~._Turk- kill to New York, called for passengers 6:.
isb Sultan, besieged in his palace, and in freight at the dock at Grassy Point, hav-
imminent danger of having his reign ter- ing on heard about 40 passengers. Before
minated by the bow string, has only to ex- they were ready to leave the dock a sud-
hibitthe holy banner of the crescent, and den explosion caused by the bursting of
the infuriated _jan.izaries bow down and her boiler, reduced her to a more wreck,
In like manner, that most and sheiiistantly sunk.
monstrous and intolerable ofall tyrannies, Tire terror and heart rendering distress
an interested and mercenary majority, like thus occasioned may be partially imagined
the veiled prophet of Khorasin, seeks to but cannot be described. Three‘ persons
conceal its horrible deformity by interpo- were killed instantly, VVilliam J. Mitchell
.-ingihe sacred banner of the l._luion.- ofPeekskill, clerk in the store of R. R.
Those who dare_ not openly vindicate ty- Finch, Mary Dowe ofN. York aged about
ranny, and justify oppression, exclaim, in thirteen years, and Simeon, a coloured
the most patriotic agonres, the Um_gn. the man, a fireman on botird the boat. Three
. _ _ l‘4_V0fl If others have since died, Mr. John Glass of
l_l115 “'0?” "Ufa lflhe U910" _W¢’-F3 10 len Haverstraw, proprietor of the calico print-
times the peril that really exists, I would ing establishment, died of a contusion in
en.pliatr_cally ask upon w_'ho_m rests the reS- his head. Mr. Brady ofthe cityiof New’
ponsibility of br:ng_iug it into jeopardy 7 York died about one o'clock this morning.
Dpes thiittrpppogsrbilitfytfest up(rli.i~-tliose Jiphn 'Vantioe,enginoer of the boat died
w to via ti e ie ons l u ion, an pcrpe— 1 is 3 remoon,
:51": ‘;“-““§f“l’§;".’i"°’,‘il?{:' 2fl"§3;‘."~'$“§ l’“”"t"°‘”.l"*’.‘”.3.l“‘ °“*'° w°"w*
I . mm 8 0 3_ 2 I at 8 we lave rear 0 , ‘ ward B. Rathbone
by the example of their ancestors, nol1i\ly E53. elf New York, leg and arm broken,
'0 an or erwise badl in’ured- his le has
man is more sinc.erel_v attached ‘to the Uii- since been ampmafzd, JCaP[., V3,, \gV,mj
'0". millmiflnefl "1 ll"? ".09 Splélldotl bably scalded and otherwise injured, his
0 0|‘ I recover ver doubtful. Oliver Martin‘
that it should ever be dlSSOiV8d, can of N, Jg,cAsev,ybar-keeper on board, Ieg bfflc
bf? P"35€l‘V9<l consistenfly Willi 00!‘ 6011- ken & otlreiwise injured. \Villiam Smith
stitutional rights and liberties; but God cook, badly sc;,|ded_ Hi,-am s;;,nm,,,de¢k
forbid that it should exist a single year ham], jaw bone bfokan’ f,,o; mashed and
after it shall be distinctly ascertained that otherwise injurcd, Rufus 1\1o,-rig, cotou,--
it can only be preseryed by tho‘ sacrifice ed mnn, waiter on board, badly scalded &
°‘
Wl“-'" 3 lyrannlcal and °PP"°55lV0 '33- injrired. Mrs. Ann Maria Ells of Anus-
jority, throwing aside all the restraints of ville, dangerously wounded. Thomas W.
the Cvgistittpiofn. openjylpefgetfate robdbei Taylor Esq. of Putnam county, and Jona-
ery un ei-tie arms 0 egis ation, an than Morehouse Es uire, clerk of that
am called upon to recognize this as lll8.al:l- county, considerably q;,,_j.,,-ed_ M5,, M,-_
ljl0l'|l)_’ _0f lj19'?"1i0"s%53.i’23“‘}‘§56.m1l In James Birdsell, and Me-dad Raymon of
tie spirit o t e eca ogue, wi not Peekski]|_
bow down and worship this false idril.”—‘
The Union, such as the majority have
made it, is a foul monster, which those
who worship, after seeing its deformity,
are worthy of their chains. What! shall
a freeman, whose love of liberty is cher-
ished by the example of a glorious ances-
try, like the wretched and deluded victim
of Eastern idolatry, when the car of des-
truction is rolling over him and crushing
him to death, breathe out his last breath in
hosaunas to the monstergod who rides u -
on the car and revals in his blood .'
ever they may pretend, and whatever they
believe, those are notrlie true friend, ofa
constitutional Union.
not the worst of the spectral dangers that
have been conjured up by the artful devi-
ces of our adversaries. Frightful pictures
of warand blood are presented to alarm
the timid, and it is with deep morrification
I acknowledge that many have been im-
posed upon by so shallow an artifice. It
is impossible to contemplate the conduct
of our ancestors, when placed in similar
circumstances, without blushing for our
degenoracy. They coriiinenced the rev-
olution that secured our liberty, when
their oppressions were not one hundredth
part as grievous as ours.
of three cents a "pound on tea, was the ex-
tent-of their grievance.
colonists, they had no organized sove-
to or
,heir necks and the stigma of treason on
STEAMBOAT A CCIDENT.
badly scalded. ribs broken, and otherwise
Putnam Sentinel.
Extract of a letter dated,
G-nnssv POINT, Wednesday Evening
half past 9 o’clock.
‘F On my arrival here, I found the rooms
full of sick. Mr. Rathborie had his leg ta-
ken off to-day between 11 and 12 o’cloclc
-—he is remarkable comfortable, consider-
ing such an operation. Dr. Proudfoot
thinks he will recover; the symptomsjare
favorable-he is perfectly coiuposed, and
has greatspirits. C-opt. Van Wart is groan-
writing--liis case is somewhat doubtful.-w
"Seven deaths have taken place, one or two,
it is feared, will die this night,and two are
supposed to have sunk in the boat.”
‘ We learned by the steam boat Albany,
arrived last evening, that Capt. Van Wart,
and the fireman, a colored man, late of the
Gen. Jackson, died of their wounds yes-
terday morning. Mr. Rathbone, we are
happy to state, was more easy and better
yesterday afternoon, but not out of danger.
—¢-
Georgia Hail.--A Georgia paper slates, on
the authority of a gentleman of veracity who
resides in Elberton, that of the ‘nail: which re.
cently fell in that place, there were many of
the size of a goose egg! One piece the
informant measured, and found to be eight
inches in circumference. He saw. ,,the,._.,
that appeared to be equally as. large, Hail
of an unusually large size, also fell in Wash.
rngton, Wilkes County, of that State._ Sev-
1--1 and 3-8 ofa pound, and one. that tfigggyl .
balanced it half pound weight," if
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Norwalk Chronicler