' rlmipectivlely been appointed at primary
- Knapp, Henry S. Hubbard and Samuel
' Jowiis composing the 12th Senatorial Dis-
. in this state circulatiiig in the‘ 12th dis-
h but the duty of American citizens, iiiter-
~ whenever and wherever assembled on
5 citizens‘ of South Carolina, leading in our
.liumble opinion to. disorganizc and on-
’of our ancestors, and formed into one
"pledge our lives, our fortunes and our
l Martin V’onBuren in the late contest, has
. Those man—worgl1ippers, who pretend to
j? ————:,_...
__.._?.._.
DlS'l‘RlC'1‘ CONVF.N‘l‘I0l‘3l
At :1 Convention‘ of Delegates from
several towns comprisuig the 12th Sena-
torial ‘District, for the purpose of nomin-
PUBLIC SENTI.\'lE‘i'T.
VVe’ are gratified to find that the l'i'ieiidi‘s
of the protective system are not asleep.
In many places public meetings are held
to adopt such measure as should be con-
ating it c=mdidi1t1= for state S°"““" rm’ -‘sidercd expcdient,cxpressive of their feel-
I
said District, held at Mrs,Seel '5 at D111
tion, J:|iimu‘)' .16: 1.833: ll-‘DD’?-V»-'!'
Bici.i., of Darieii was chosen Chuirinan,
mid Joiix W. Lvviis. of'St=mil'ord. 560-
retary. _
Oii’ motion, credentials of appoint-
ments df delegates were called for, and !
it appeared the following gentleman had
meetings ,—-
6’--recnwi'cl2.—-,-Samuel C1099, Ht‘-DY)’
-S. Hubbard, Albert Knapp and Arba
Smith. , . ‘: \
Stamford.-_-Diiniel Lockwood, Eben-
ezer Smith, Jr. VVm. H. Holly and John
W. Leeds. “
Darion.—-Thaddeus Bell and George
T. Bolleij. _ «
Norwallr.—-Daniel Platt, Fbcnezcr
Stevens, Sylvester Stevens and Wrn. J.
Street. ‘-
, Ncw- Canaan.—Erastufs»
Sephen Seward. , ». _; —- ._
On the roll being called by-the Secre-
tary, all answered excepting Albert
sect; 5 had
Close of Greenwich, who were absent.
On motion" the convention proceeded
to ballot for a candidate for Senator, and
on the first ballot BARTOW F. \Viii'ria,;
received a unanimous vote, whereupon
it was resolved,-That this convention re-
commend to the electors of the 12th
Sentorial District as asuitable candidate
for State Senator at the approaching e-
lectiori “
BARTOW F. WHITE, of Greenwich.
On mot’on, the Convention proceeded
to appoint delegates to attend ii General
‘state Convention to. beheld at Hartford
on the last_'Wednesday of January, inst.
for the purpose of nominating a general
state Ticket, and. members of Congress.
\Vhereupon Samuel Close, of Green-
wich Wm. H. Holly. Of Stamford and
John Burrall, of Norwalk, were appoin-
said delegates and Arba Smith, of Green-
wich, James S. Davenport, of Stamford
and Stephen Smith, of Norwalk, ' were
appointed their substitutes.
-‘ On_motioi'i, the following. address was
read, unanimously adopted and ordered
to be engrossed with the doing: of the
_eonvc_ntio_n. ‘ ' ‘
‘The Republican Electors of the several
"- trict.
__ '0 Resolved,‘ That the proceedings of
'tl'iis.C_onvention be superscribed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and published
in the Stamford Sentinalvand Norwalk
Gazette,‘aiid all the Democratic papers
,-trict. _, ,
Rcsolcied, That the Convention be ad-
journed sine die. _
THADEUS BELL, Chairman.
JOHN VV. Lssns, Secretary.
The Convention having adjourned
and the doors being opened. several gen-
tlemen from Darien and the neighboring
towns entered the room of the Conven-
tion,when the following preamble and-
resolutious wcre unanimously adopted,
Thaddeus Bell, Esq. in the chair.
Whereas, it is not only the privilege
ested in the perpetuity of the Union,
political occasions, fearlessly and frank-
ly to ‘express _their sentiments on all
subjects connected with the interests of
our common country.
And whereas, having examined with
deep solicitudo the extraordinary proceed-
ings of a late convention of our fellow
danger the perpetuity of our happy Re-
public, purchased with the dearest blood
solid compact by the wisdom of the sa-
ges of the Revolution.
Therefore Rcsolverl, That the “Ordi-
nance of Nullfication,” adopted by said
convention on the 24th day of Nov. 1832,
meets our most decided approbation ;
that the doctrine inculcated by that doc-
umentare ‘inoonsistant with the letter
and spirit of the constitution of the Uni-
ted States, iiievitahly tending to civil war
and disunion. .
Resolved, ‘That the sentiments and
principhls set forth in the late Proclama-
tion of Preaident Jackson ‘meets our
warmest approbation and concurrence
and that in them we recognize the out
pouringl of ii mind identified with an
enligtened and'pataiot_ie statesman.
And Resolved. As our reverend sites of
'76 plcdgd their all to obtain the indi-
pendenee of these United States, so we
sacred honours -to support our worthy
Chief Magistrate in such melaupcg as
may best conduct; to the preservation or
their Union and their entire Union, un-
nillied and untcrniah.od-
‘The success of Andrew Jackson and
been cele bated hythe party throughou t
the country,byfeatials,bonfires,and shows-
call themselves democrats, evince a sur-
vility which has no. parallel in.thc annals,
of any country. Added t0 tlllfirllle P07‘
yersioii of the scripture, to 80011 P|"l’-05'
as as they are ‘applicd,is blasphemy of the
ings in relation to the alarming change
in the national policy, now pending be-
fore congress. Below we copy the reso-
lutions unanimously adopted at a meet-
ing recently held in Boston. VVe hope
that ourlfellow citizens of this. state will
not be outdone by their Eastern breth-
ren. Let every man feel that he is indi-
vidually concerned,—that it becomes his
solemn duty to obstruct in every possible
manner the passage of the bill ol"=Mr.Ver-
planck’s. Let us show to our rulers at
\Vashiugton that we will not coolly sub-
mit to the measures taking to mar our
prosperity. ‘Vs trust they will be made
to feel, that the passage of the tarilf bill
will create discontent and arouse a spir-
it of opposition throughout the Eastern,
\Vestern and Middle States.
1. Resolved, That the tariff bill now
pending before Congress threateus_ im-
minentperil to national interests of im-
mense value and importance, which have
been created and thus for sustained by
the deliberate polieyofthc Goverment.
2. Resolved," That the people of Mas-
sachtisettsowe it to themselves, to their
character and principles, to prove their
immediate action upon tliisvital question,
that they are neither to be deceived, nor
betrayed, nor intimidated into a surren-
der of the rights mid privileges which
they deem essential to the constitution
and the Union.
3. Resolved, That in the event of the
‘passage of the proposed Tariffbill, heavy
as may be the charges to be sustained by
the proprietors of manufacturing estab-
lishments, they will bear no comparison
with the distress arising from reduction
of wages and want of employment, which
must be experienced, directly or indirect-
ly, by every class of mechanics and la-
borers, from the diminution of demand
and value of the products of agriculture
and the fisheries, ‘as well as foreign im-
ports,—-and from the consequent depre-
ciation of real and personal estate,— the
prostration of entcrprizc and credit,-
and the wide-spread evils of bankruptcy
and pauperisin. ' ‘
Ritoni: IsL.i.\‘n vs.Vsai5LANcK‘s BILL.-
Tlic following resolution, with others
equally strong, has passed the Legisla-
ture of Rhodc Island, by aunanimous vote.
Resolved, That this Assembly does not
perceive in the present juncture of the af-
fairs of the Union, nor in the suggestion
submitted in councxtion with the afore-
saidpropositions, any sufiicieiit reason
for a change in N ational policy of a char-
acter so comprehensive, and fraught with
consequences widely disasterous to the
Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufac-
tures, the population, power aiid happi-
ness of a now prosperous people. ‘On the
contrary this Assembly being convinced
that under existing circumstances, the
sole path of safety, is that of calm and
persevering firmness, cannot but view
with equal surprise and disapprobation
all suggestions that countenance the sub-
stution of the will of a very great ma-
jority of the people ofthese states ; and
protest against the ratification of any
such suggestions by the adoption at this
time of any national measures affecting
the National Industry, Resources or
Revenue, in conformity thereto; and
this protest it marks, under a solemn and
irresistable conviction that every such
measure would not only tend to intro-
duce into all our couneils,weakncss,irres-
olution and inconsistency, but would
paralyze every just power of govcrinent
and create it far greater and _more imme-
diate probability of I disolution, both of
the Govermeut and of the Union, than
any which otherwise exist.
Speaking on this subject, the N. Y.
Advocate of the 25th inst. says, — —
By a letter from a highly respectable
source, we are informed that the meeting
to be held in Philadelphia on Thursday
next, to adopt measures .to prevent the
passage of Mr. Verplank’s bill, and to
sustain unimpaired the Protective system,
has been‘ called by upwards of 1,800 sig-
natures, and our correspondent assures
us that 10,000 could have been bad if
necessary.
From the Connecticut Courant.
THE NEVV ROAD TO RUIN, ‘On,
1 The Proposed Ta:-if; This is a long
ro_ad,_renching from Maine to the Missis-
sippi. It is as broad as the belt of free
States in the Union. It is I downhill
road. fornino millions of our people ; the
Farmer's road to ruin, the Manufactur-
ers’ road to ruin the Mechanics’ ‘road to
ruin. It is a road leading all freewliite
laborers down to the level of a slaves’ or
a_ paupers’ comforts. “We are now to
divide the fruits of our fathers‘ toil: and
sufferings, and our own exertions with the
Imscrnble, overworked, underfed, op-
GTRUVBS of Manchester and Bcrmingham.
‘Vi’! Blwuld white laborers have gener-
°“3_“'“lI°3o good houses and warm clothes
whilst slaves work for n'othing,l'm, in cub.
his and go little better than naked 1 and
whilst British operatives feed ‘on potatoes
or starvel Down then with woollen man-
iifactories, and away with farmers flocks.
Down with cottcii Imaiiufactories, paper-
mills, and mechanics shops.
,5“; ._.,,,‘_ilusliiiig character.’-{Hm’£f0rd
Hertu.-ry. - .
who feed and clothe them. Down with
the }')l‘3Ce-' Of meet and bread, butter and
elieesc. Eiigliiiid, kind’ mother! can
make our hats and hoes, our coats and
shoes, our scythes and axes, cheaper
than we can possibly make them ourselves
South Crolina, kind sister, can raise Rice
and Cotton enough to pay for all the
British goods wanted to supply our9,000-,
000 of people lllr the free States. What
right have we to make cloth and books
and liiirdware, when Britain can make
enough for us all, and South Carolina
South Carolina! If we make our own
clothipg and tools, what shall Carolina
doffor a purchaser of all wliicli her Cot-
ton pays for in England? ' p '
The rich niercliants of the sea ports
tell us, and the planters tell us, that cur
country is not yet ripe for manufactures.
Let every man who earns his bread by
the sweat ot' l'I|8 brow, whether in the‘
field, iu the factory, orin the shop, mark
that word ripe. Wlieii wages fal|,the far-
mers product’s fall, as well as the com-
forfs of those who labor in factories and
shops. Now why not ripe. VVe have
capital eiiougli,ricli nieu enough to build
factories, and pay for the niachincry—
Indeed they are already built. We
have meclianics to make every part of
the nmcliiiiery. ‘V6 have hands and
skill to use it. Why not ripe ! I will
tell you——our laboring people love beef,
and pork, and. wheat :bread, and warm
clotlics,-tand good shelter, and they love
to rise in the world, and to lay up for a
rainy day: that is the reason we arenot
ripe. -But the operatives in England
have learnt to do without meat and
bread—to be born paupers, to live pau-
pers, and die paupcrs. They are ripe,
and when the tarif is rcpoaled,our coun -
try will begin to ripen. She is already
ripe in every thing but ldw wages and
pauperism ;—aud without manufactures
she will fast grow ripe in these. __Anrl
who are they that say we are not ripe for
making our own clothes? The rich
merchants with his ten or twenty ships,
and who would have ten or twenty more,
if all our manufactured articles were
brought from foreign’ countries. '1‘lic
great planter with his fifty or a hundred
slaves, who would add fifty more if we
must buy all from abroad, and pay ‘for
all in rice and cotton. But let them be-
ware how they destroy the demand for
work-men’s labor, and take away tlie_
-poor man's -comforts. Hands out of
work,arc aptto be in mischief,and univer-
sal suffrage is a weapon whose temper
should not be too fiir tried. It is .not
wise, it is "not safe, this’ forciifg largo
capitals to remain in a few great cities——
to forbid it profitable employment in the
country towns and villages.
T
FOREIGN.
By arrivals at N. York, on Thursday
last, London dates have been received to
the 8th and Antwerp to the 9th. The
last summons having been sent to the
citidel and rejected, on the 4th Dec.‘ the
French batteries" were opened and the
-cannonading commenced at .11 o’clock,
and was carried on with considerable
spirit on the 4th and 5th, but with less
effect thau._.inight have been expected.
The number of guns employed by the
French are stated at 60 cannons and 22
morters and howitzers. The citidel al-
ready shows marks of violence. ‘Its fire
is rather slack, and it is therefore supposed
that its defence is weak, and that in a‘
few days Gen. Chasse will thicaten to
burn the town unless permitted to retire.
_ HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
Attack on the Citadel of Antwerp.
A letter from Antwerp Thursday Dec.
4. I2 o,clock at noon, says: The French
opened their batteries on the Citadel this
morning at eleven o’clock. The first
salute was from 87 pieces." Chasso in-
stantly returned the fire and both parties
are now actively engaged. The fire of the
French commenced from the centre bat-
- tery and fort Montebollol. The’ first vol-
lcy took effect on the einbrasures of the
Lunette St. Laurent. The greatest fear
is entertained that Chasse will fire on
having resolved. to avail tliemselvcs of
Fort Montebello. Yesterday evening Co-
loncl_Buzoii and the Regency placnrdcd
the ’sticets with hand-bills informing the
inhabitants that the attack on the citadel
would eommeuce at 6o’clock in the inorn-
ing. “Strangers were informed that if
they left the city they could not return
again. The French are close under the
Lunette St. Laurent —the zigzag reaches
to the glacis. ' »
The fire from the citadel, though very
brisk, has in the first hour, been vary in-
effective. The Dutch do not seem to.
have yet exactly measured the range
within which the French cannon are pla-
ced. Nothing could exceed the order
with which 'tlie French soldiers worked
through the night to get every thing
ready for this,morning. Cliassc did not
attempt to interrupt them by even at sin-
gle sliot, and the weather being" much
more favorable(or rather less tempestuous
for it was still bad,) nearly the whole of
the cannon were plticed in battery.
Flight of the inhabitants of Antwerp.
A letter dated Brussels, Tuesday,Dcc.
4th, 4o"clock, P. M. says: The accounts
which have just arrived’ from Antwerp
give a melancholy picture of the state of
D9“?! With the roads between that place and Mech-
the *’;mPl°)'me“l5 Of half a.‘ million of lin They were almost blocked up-with .
W0fk|"!."m9l1s and with the profits of all crowds of men, women, and childi-en,on smoke, which the incessant fire of the
can pay for them and we can buy them of ,
Antwerp in consequence of the Freucli ‘
great distance.
foot, on horse-back, and in every kind
of conveyance that could be procuretl.--
The roads are almost impassable, except
in the centre, which is taken up by the
carriages ; _tlie _sides,which are knee
deep, ai'e.crowLled with pedestrians W110
have been unable to get any conveyance,
many oftlieiii aged men and womeu,an.tl
not a few eliildreu of tenderyears, who
were literally Wading through the mud,
iiuder heavy rain. VVlien Cliussc bom-
barded Antwerp before, he had no shot
fired against him, so that he had not a
gun to s'leiice. He will now have to.re-
"tern the -fire of nearly 300 pieces of can-
noii, besides 120 mortars.
The conduct of Cliassc in not availing
himself of the power be bad to interrupt
the operations of the workmen is still
unexplained. It was calculatedby some
of tlieFrench militaryautliorities that they
would lose 500 men per day in the con-
struction of their works, but up to this
moment the total uumberkillcd does not
exceed 40.
A’ Brussels paper of Dec. 4th, says :
The ground around the Citadel ofAnt-
werp appears to be tlioroughly soaked.-
Three batteries of artillery were almost
entirely buried in the mud; the whole of
yestesdny was employed in getting them
out, which was not effected without great
difiiculty. ‘ v
A great part of General Sebastiani’s
divsion has passed the Sclieldt at Burglit.
The French occupied the fort St. Maria
yesterday evening, and placed (1 battery’
in it. There are no indications’ at pres-
ent that the French will attack the forts
situated on this side of the Shcldt, which
are protected by vast inuudations, and
must naturally share the fate of the Cita-
del. .
London, Dec. (ith.-——According to ac-
.couuts'-reccived this moizning, the citadel
of Antwerp was siiimuoned a third time
on the forenoon of‘Teusday, 4th iust.——
Geiieral Chussc answered the summons
"as became him, by the mouths ofliis cau-
nou. The , French returned the fire
from Fort; Montcbllo, according to some
accounts, according to others from ‘a bat-
teru raised upon the glacis of that Fort.-
Tliis, though the distinctioii is evidently
made in apattifogging spirit by those who
spcakof the battery on the glacis, really
makes no difference. Montebello fort
is an integral part ofthe millitary works of
Autwerp——it is a luucttc, covering the
Ports des Beguines, on the south-east
of the city; and, as such, it is part and
parcel of the city. If a single shot have
been fired from Montebelo,‘~'.vlietlier fired
from rampart or glacis, Antwerp, by all
the laws and usages of war, lies at the
mercy of Gen. Cbasse. On the evening
of Teusday he had. not, however, fired
upon the city. [Tory Paper;
The apparent indolence ofthe besieg-
ed during the past days may now be at-
tributed to their hopes that we might
have been led by ourconfidcnce of suc-
cess to commit. some great error, but they
have deceived themselves, for our works
have been continued as they were begun,
with the utmost prudence. During the
last two days the engineers and artillery
have been exposedto the musketry of
the Citadel, and six of their ofiicers have
been wounded more:orless severely.
ANTWERP, Dec. '7, eight o’clock in the
-morning The Lunetta St. Laurent is
said to have occasiouedgreat loss to tlie‘.?.':3
regiment, which attemtcd yesterday to
carry it at the bayuoet’s point, but was
repulsed. This fort does not appear to
be reduced to such extremities as was
said, since last evening it answered the
fire of the assailants for an hour and a
half. , ,
At 11 o’clock last night a brisk can-
nonade was ‘seen and. heard from the
tower of St. Aiidrew’s church at the
forts Calloo and St. Maria; in the neigh-
borhood two forms were set on fire. In
the -course.-of the night a powder caissien
explored in the Citadel. ’ -'
Eleven . o'clock.-—_Tlie 52d regiment
_lost yesterday 17 grenadiers, and had
some. wounded. Alshcll, ill aimed by
the French army, has just burst in the
town, in the quarter of St. Andre, but it
is not known whether it has done any
mischief. The inhabitants of that part
of the town are fleeing with their effects.
Bcchem, Doc. 8, (evening)-The at-
tack and ,dcfcnce go on with energy
which will be memorable.‘ Night gives
norespite, either to the besicgers or be-
siegcd; noitherjs the fireing intermitted.
The construction of new batteries on the
second parallel has been commenced,
and the cannon will soon be put in th_eir
places. ,
Two approaches .by sap have been
made in the covert-way of the Luuetta
St. Laiirent, -with a daring which aston-
-ishes the imagination, and of which no
idea can be formed without having wit-
ncsscd it.
A passage has also -been commenced
which lceds‘ from the "right of the para-
lel to the battery of Albe. The progress
of this work has’ been rapid, and we are
now.near the covert-way of the bastion.
This morning] seven Dutchman left
the Citadel to have a brush with our sol-
diers ; the whole seven were killed.
At 1 o'clock, the fire broke out afresh
in the principal barracks of the Citadel.
A half an hour afterwards thick volumes
of black smoke announced that this time
the besieged wercnot able to extinguish
it. The fii"c,'soon [raged-with such vio-
leucc, that --notwithstanding the bright-
ness of the day, it could be seen at a
small arms and mortars of the besieged,‘
served to increase. On our part, the
batteries at all points rcdoubled their
fire, in the hope of augmentinggthe con-
fusion of the place. I l 1
Our whole loss, tothe present moment,
does not exceed 200 men put her: de 507}:-
bat. A _ . _
Ai\"rwr.nP, Dec. 8,3 o’clock,‘ at night.
-—-A smart firing is going on between the
soldiers posted in the trench of the coun-
ter-guard, and the Dutch posted ‘in the
curtain of the bastion ‘of Tolede.
8 o’clock.—Tbe firing of the batteries
is renewed with vigor. ‘ ‘
9 o'clock.—Bombs are thrown from
_the citadel upon.Fort Montebellb.
Noon.-—Montebello tbrowns 'boinbs_
upon the the Citadel. '.
1' o’clock.—Tbe principal barracks _of
the Citadel are on fire in two places. ‘i
3 o’clock.—Tbe barrcks are complete-
ly a prey to the flames. ' It is impossible
for the besieged to subdue it.
4 o’clock.—Tbe French redoubling
their-firing of bowitzers against the Cit-
adel, in order toprevent the Dutch from
trying to extinguish the fire. Some
small vessels are also on fire.
News from the Sguad_ron.—All the
Dutch ships of war have "left here this
morning to go down the river. There
remain in the Lil!o'Roads only the frig-
ate Eurydice, and a small number ofgun
bouts. All the others, viz, Zeeuw, Com-
et, prosperine, Medusa, and Dolphin,
are out of sight. .
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN l\’I.utsnAi.
GERRAD AND GENERAL Ciusse.
Copy of General C'liassc’s Third Letter.
.Marsliiil,—'.l-‘lie calamities which your
aggression may bring down upon the city
of Antwerp, whilst negotiations are still
pending for the maintenance of peace,
appear likely to be realized in - all their
rigor, in consequence of what I will flat-
ter myself to be the effect of Jimpruclence
tated by your will.‘ ',Notivit_hst:indiiig my
answer of Nov, 30th, to the second let-
ter which you did me the} honor to ad-
dress to me, the firing against the cita-
del from fort Montebello, and even from
rampart of tlie'town near the gate dos be-
guines, has been frequently repeated.-
the arrangement which your Excellency
proposed to me, as well as of those stated
in my answer. I deem it, therefore, my
_duty to inform your Excellency of it, to
prove that} do every thing in my power to
prevent a disasterous eonflict. lts con-
sequences can only recoil ‘upon the au-
thors of an aggression wliicli, having
been made at the moment when etforts
were employed to carry the negotiations
for peace to a conclusion and when these
efforts had removed all but a few obsta-
cles, compromises such impcrtant'inter-
ests, and which, although undertaken
with means so considerable "against the
point which I occupy, does not hesitate
well as by liumauity.
I am under the, necessity of "applying
to your Excellency for explanations on
the subject of the grieveuces which I have
had the honor of pointing out. ’ Fort
_Moutebello is so compltcly a dependence
ofthe city, that I could abstain no longer
from returning any shot that might _be
directed against me from that fort, or
from the ramparts of the cnclosure.—
The inhabitants cfA ntwerp know me too
well from the‘ conduct 1 have pursued
since I came totliis post-—conduct which
was also duly appreciated by their Ex-
celleiicies the French and English Coin-
missioners at the Conference, not to feel
to whom are to be attributed the calami-
ties which threatcn tlicni, should similar
provocatioiis force me -to inflict them.
Accept, etc. CHASSE.
Marshal G'crard’s answer to Gen. C'hasse’s
‘tltird letter. A
HsAD-QUAa'rni:s,Antiverp, Dec. 5.
Geu’l—Iu the letter which ‘I had the
Nov, 30th. in reply to yours of the same
day’s date, I cleaijlystated to you the
line ofconduct pointed outto me by my
instructions, relative to the siege of Ant-
my Goverment, the ’ execution of the
Treaty of Nov. 15, 1831, a treaty signed
and guaranteed. To attack the Citadel
which you ought to,’ deliver .up to me, I
only resort tomeans placed without the
prccints of the town of. Antwerp, and
I have cited the precedents andithe rights
which justify my conduct in that respect.
By my preventing your being fired upon
best proof of my wish to sparethat town
and its population, _ since it. offer: me
ineans and a‘ position of attack, which
would speedily effect your ruin, my in-
tention being. to cut"ofi"froin ‘you all cem-
mmiication. If, in spite of your profes-
sions, you inliumanly sacrifice the city
of Antwerp, I am prepared to convince
you that your conduct will not be less
contrary to your interest than to hummi-
ity, and that you will regret the conse-
quences.
Accept, etc. Co/unt GERARD.
Bsnciisiu, Dec. 6, eight in the .morn-
iug—“Yesterday afternoon Marshal Go-
rard received .11 communication from
General Chasse, and had scarcely read
it half through, when oijumplii-ig~ the let-
ter in his hand, he exclaimed, Ell bieii -.'
tant micuz .’ A report immediately spread
that the Dutch General had again threat-
ened to burn Antwerp lffitllé firing was
continued from Montcbello, and from
The whole Citadel was enveloped in
the woi'ks nearer the town. Fort Mon-
ltebello soon after qeased tocarinonade
These are transgression _oftl1_e bases of
to expose a city, the ppegefyation of of sucizess iiitlie next Parlio_meut..
which is called for by its importance as »
from the interior of the_town, I give the _
/.l
/'I
the Lunette St. Laurent, but continued
to s'end its balls into the Citadel, taking:
the bastion Pazietto,. and the half-moon.
-battery that protects St. Laurent, as its
objects.” ‘ '
Four o’cloch iii the aft¢rnoan.‘——-Tlie'
military authorities of Antwerp have been?
made ucquaintedwith the Marshal's in-
tention of occupying the.=-eou'nterguard.-
It had been hitherto ‘neglected, _or con-:
sidered as neutral, by both parties, and
the occupation of it cannot be deemed,
any more than that of Fort Montebello,
as a violation of the neutrality of the town.
In the evening orders were‘ acccordingly:
giveii to occupy this post, and at the-
same time to drive the Dutch out of thc..
Lu_nctta_ _St. Laurent. Early this morn-g
iiig the firing was redoubled, which
seemed to indicate ' the intention of-' the
- »Marshal-tovnialie some decided progress-
in the course’ of the day. The fire from:
the bateries increases every minute, and:
the ground isiplouglied up by the ball.1..
The shells,wh‘ich at first went beyond the»-
mark, all now fall in the Citadel, anti‘
create great disorder.” , _.
Six o’cloclr in the evening.-“The fire
has been much brisker to-day and -we
have had some killed and woiinded.-—
Last night the Dutch made and unsuc-
cessful sortie. Their object was to des-
Luuetta. St. Laurent, and take possession‘
of them. The firing of musketry with
which they wercrcceived was so warm
tliatthey were forced to retire _immcdi--
ately, leaving some killed behind them.
Nevert'rieless,tliey did not lose their cour-
age, for they employed part of the night
in rcstoringsevcral of the batteries ‘dis-
niouiited on the previous day. To day‘
they have rccommenced their fire but
this eveiiiing ithas partly ceased. Mar-
shal Gerard hasjus: given the strictest or.-
ders that no vessel shall pass the Citadel,
either to go up or down. General Se-—
bastiani, whose troops occupy a fort on
0“ the Pa” “ll Y°".l’. "OOPS! ‘md 1”" ‘-ll°“’“tlie Slieldt, has orders to fire on any ves-
sel that may transgress. this order...-—
'Illius Gen. Chassc will be cut off from
all communication with Holland .by,tho
Slioldt.” _ __
F RANCE.—LoNnoN, Dec. 7.--Last
night we received the Paris papers of
Wediiesday, 5th.
rleaux paper that the French Govern-
ment intends to submit to the chom-
bers, in the course of session, a project of
ibefore the Chamber of Peers. I.'fa"tl1o
law pass, the trial will commence; alter;
the close of the session. Meanwhile the-
Duchess is to be detained at Blaye~,,undeE’
the responsibility of Ministers.
LONDON, Dec. 9.-—Tlie moment of‘
trial for Great Britain has come ; the e-
lections are commenciiigundcr the reign
oftlic Constitution. If we may judge
from appearances all tliepcrsons elected
will’ be either Radicals or 'l‘-‘cries. As
to ‘moderate meu,they have little chance
l1_.__ ‘
CONGRESSIONAL.
\Vn.\*sD.u', Jan. l6._._Iu Scnat'c;.After
the Message had been read, Mr- Grundy
moved that it be refered, togetherwiththe
accompaniug documents,‘ to tlie- ‘Com-
inttee on the Judicary.. .Mr.. Gallioiin
rose,‘ (apparetly undeitsdccp excitement,
says the Globe) and in a short and_velie-
inoiit speech contestedsome of the state-'
moms and views contained in. the Mes-
sage. The whole subjectwas referred to-
tlie Committee on the J udica_ry {and-
3000 copies ordered to be printed.
been read, much time was spent in deci-
ding upon a disposition of it, a_'iid it was-—
referred to theJudic'ary‘committee and‘.35,,
000 copies ordered to- be printed.
Correspondence of the Journal of ‘Commerce.
' VYAsu1.\'c'ro1s,.22d Jan. 1833. -
I send you in docuinentform, the bill!
reported yesterday from the. Judiciary"
been refoi-iced the late Message of the-
houor of writing to you in the evening of P"-”idem__ The bill was réad ‘ S-“and,
time to-days postponed, and made the;
special order ofthe day on Monday next..
On the motion. to postpone, arose I ve-
ry sharp discursive d'ebate,;in which Mr..
WP’ I°"1Yd°""*"d» *"~"'° name 0'" Miller, Mr. Bibb,. Mr. Poindcxter, Mr‘:
Clay, Mr. Fr.e}inghuyson,..M‘r. Wilkins,.
Mr. Smith, Mn. -Brown,“Mr.iKing, cndj
Mr. Mangum,, tofak part. There was,
an attempt made to postpone the con--
sideration of the bill. to next Monday
ordered, and stoed‘,.—-ycas 0, nays 37.---
I am sorry to leamthat Mr- Webster was.
'zibsent,frotn— indisposition. .
been disposed of, Min, Calhoun rose, and;
after a speech of’ his usual. eloquence-
and veheinence, introduced a series of
resolutions, dcclar_atory‘and elementary
in their nature, going to the vindication
of the courseof S. Carolina- The_ res-
olutions were received’,.read’, and order-
ed to be printed for the use ofthe Senate.
Mr. Calhoun on this occasion ,commar_i-
ded the most remarkable and universal‘
attention, not only of the gr’-eat assembly '
present, but that. of all the Senators
and a large number of Reprcsentoti,ver—._.
He has lost’ nothing in spirit, elo nation
and earnestness, since he quit theilhouso.
of Representatives in 18:17, when. he was.
the most influential and efiiciem debs-.
ter in that body on -thesids of the them
Administration. After'the_’lapse, of 15,
years, three out of five of the most prom-
mean’_Mr. \Vebster, Mr. Clay, and; 3,137,:
troy the works in .progres,s' before the .
It is stated in I Bor- '
law for-tho trial of the Dutclics dc Berri;
In the Ilouse, after the message bait‘
Commitce of the S'euate,; to whom hadz‘
week, on-whichirhe yeas-and nays worm /
The bill above mentioned’ having\.~.
ineut Representatives" have, met in the ,
Senate, neither having‘ ‘abated in tho‘. .
least the "qualities by which‘ they ‘were’: _
distinguished in the other House._ ..
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