:11elg‘lll)0l‘l100tl, as it will he, entire confitlenct-.
A fin
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is~—I don’t know what you call it, but it be-
longs to the caravan.’
‘To the caravan l—-why I wonder how it
got lost? Perhaps it will bite!’
' No, I guess not ; poke a stick at it and
see.’
Not at all afraid, the younger did run af-
ter it, antl coolly pokctl a stick at it.-
‘ You iinpciztiaent little rascal,’ exclaimed
the exquisite, turning suddenly round, ‘ de-
sist, or §l.’ll chastise ye, dam’me, if I \vill
not!’ '
"Hey Cl’ crietl tlie astonished urchin.
"H:-ti-yl——yes you low, vulgar, ill horn,
illiterate Scamp ; I’ll ahsquatalisc you in an
insta_nt’——and raising his foot too sndtlr-nly, to
effect his purpose, as ill luck would have it,
a seam gave way, and -one leg of his purita-
loons was entirely ripped apart.
‘Burst his boiler! burst his boiler I’
screamed the lads, and away they scampert-d.
":I‘he best ofthe joke was three ladies stop-
ped by the way, and witnessed the whole
affair, apparcntly with much gratification-—
Proci.-lcncc Jonr. —
The Tennessee United States .S'enn.to«rs.-——
The Nashville Banner says—-“ The lVhigs
of Tennessee will cert-.1-inly demand ofJudge
White and Mr. Foster, both, that they shall
not resign their seats in the Senate, until the
Van Buren majority in the Legislature shall
by a clear and distinct expression ofopinion,
show that they differ in opinion with our
-‘Senators in relation to the measures upon
which the latter may be called upon to vote.
“Should it become expedient or neces-
sary,’ adds the Banner, “ for Judge White
and Mr. Foster to leave the Senate of the
United States, our friends abroa-.2 may rest
assured that good will grow out of the cori-
tingency. With thcir names placed at the
head of an electoral ticket, and the state
tliorotiglily and ably canvassed, in every
may be roposed by our Whig friends in the
result of the Presidential election in Ten-
nessee in 1840 There will be such a wok-
ing up of the Whigs, and such terror and
trembling, and chattering of teeth. and slink-
ing of knees among the spoilers, as have not
been seen for many a day before.
'I‘l'i«.“ Wheeling Gazette states that sales of
wheat have been made there at 60 cents, corn
at 50 cents, and oats 25 cents. Flour is down
to four dollars, and will be cheaper.
N. E. Boundary scttlerl, almost.-—.-'\t a
metting of the Crrantl Aroostook Army on
Bull’s Island, in the grove behind the rail
fence, the following rtsolution was passed
item. can.
"Resolved, That Capt. Nye, Assistutit
Provisional Lind Agent, has possession of,
and exercises jurisdiction over, all the dis-
puted territory up to the treaty line. of ’83——-
and the assertion that Governor Harvey ex-
ercises jurisdiction over any part of it, is a
federal lie.”
S. S. Prcntiss.—-This gentleman has re-
plied to the committee appointed by the
\Vhigs of Madison co. Mississippi, to invite
him to become a candidate for the United
States Senate. His reply is in the Vicks-
burg \Vliig of the l-ll.l1;‘it is able, bold
and uncompromising; he acccdes to the re-
quests of the \Vhig party, and Prentiss or no
Prentiss will be the test question put to the
legislative candidates by the \Vliigs through-
out thc state.
,-Loss of Nine Lit-es.—'I‘lie brig Tilton,
.:Greenlaw, of Boston, from Calais for Provi-
dence, with a cargo of Lumber, and 12 pas-
sengers, went ashore on Marslifield beach, at
midnight of Friday, in the late severe gale,
a million of inhabitants are now exposed to
die of hunger. The“ roads have been so
neglected, and are become so insecure, that
the means of bringing supplies from other
places do not exist.
From the New - Yorker of the 4th inst.
I-lox HENRY CLAY reached the Fauquier
White Sulphur Springs on \Vt-xlnesday of
last week, having been met at VVarrenton by
:1 large cavalcadc of citizens. He was in-,,
troduced to the concourse in attendance, and
at 5 o'clock sat down to a public dinner, at
which Judge Scott, of Virginia, presided.
The fifth regular toast heing——
“Our Distinguished Guest——-Henry Clav:
‘The great Pacificator of the Union.’ ,VVe
welcome cordially to Virginia her illustri-
ous son”——was prefaced by the President
with some highly complimentary remarks,
to which Mr. Clay responded with warmth
and eloquence, avoiding all party reflections
in deference to the mixed character of the
assemblage. l\lr. Clay’s toast was:
“ Social Intercoursc—-—may it never be dis-
turbetl by religious or political disscnsions.”
The last regular toast, in allusion to the
birth-plzicc, of Patrick Henry and Mr. Clay
being in the same County, was:
“ O/rl Hanover and her TWO I-IENnvs.”
The correspondent of the Times of our
city says:
Mr. Clay could not hear this without emo-
tion; nine times nine were called for—tears
ruslicd to his eyes, and he sprung to the floor.
On recovering his self-possession, he poured
ft-.rth his gratitude for such a compliment,
and addressing his audience with deep-felt
emotion, they could not but perceive in his
reply the workings of a powerful mind.”
Mr. N. P. .'I‘~r-ist, U. S. Consul at Havana,
is now on trial before the high courtof Pub-
lic Opinion on serious cliargcs of tyranny
and cruelty to American seamen in that port,
abuse of power. neglect ofduty, abetting the
Slave Trade, &c. tic. The sea-captains of
this and other Commercial cities are the pro-
sec.utors. As yet, we have heard but one
side of the story; if this is not refuted, it
more l:irn.——Ncio- Yo/'/rcr. N
Dr. T. ll". D3/ott, the great Pliiladelpliia
‘ Manual Labor Bank’ swindlcr, has finally
been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
in the Penitentiary.——]b. r_;
“ '1/re Cry is Still T/ze_7/”——Rznt.’-—VVc
have before announced that the Postmaster
at Mobile has resigned, and that sundry drafts
had been protested. The Mobile Register
atten'rpt.s an explanation and denial, ala
G'lobc, from which the natural inference is
that tlze late, l’o.strnaster is a tlefaulter to the
triflingamount of t/zir!_r/ thou-sanzl dollars:
In relation to this business, the Madisonian
of yestertlay says: “Vile were made ac-
q-ua-inted with it more than tcndays ago.
tion of his alibcrations was detected, and he
then admittt‘tl to Amos Kendall that he had
ll.‘.‘£'tl the public. money for private speculation,
but -tliat -it would be ultimalcl_z/ sa_./L’ !.'.' VVas
zlillxle‘ man a.r,restcd on the spot? Oh no—he
was too -good a Loco-Foco to be dealt with in
that s'.truin:-try manner. That “ able and in-
«txu.s'{riou.s Q//ict-/°,” (whose moral-sense was so
much shocked at the discovery ofafew limi-
drt-d dollars when he was a mere auditor, to
induce him to persecute the poor delinquent
with savage antl unrc-leniting zeal,) merely
gave one of those cold and lifeless grins that
so peculiarly distinguislied his physiognomy,
and-replied, “he hoped it would be safe, for
the saint of dcmoc-racy .'!” It isjust ofiicizilly
announced that tho Postmaster at N. Orleans
and ni_ne.oftlie passengers, consisting of an
Irish woman and 5 children, on her way to(
New York to join her husband, and 3 child-'
ren of a Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, who were on
boar.d,-perished. After the brig struck, thel
sea quickly beat in her stern, and most ofl
the clothing, &.c. was washed out of the cab-'
in. _'I‘he vessel has also bilged, and wjllnot
probably be got ofi'——no i-nsurance. ‘T-lio
name of the woman who pcrishtd is Mrs.
Catharine Duress.
The National Debt.—'l'he Stcretary oil
the Treasury states the amount of the out-
standing Treasury Notcs, on the 1st Sept. as
follows:
Under act of-Oct. 183,7. $320,030 05
" jMay, I838, 53'2,5:2'.3 00'
“ M:1rch,‘l839, ..';3,0.58,37C> 21
Totaii am’t outstanding, .¢'§tl,5l,9,C 3,7 86,
Common SC/I.00fS. —The Secretary o.f the.
American Common School-Soc.iet_v.. estimates ,
that there are in the United States 3,500,000
children between the ages of 4 and 16 you rs,
and that 600,000 of the number do not enjoy
the advantages ofa common school education.
The number of common schools in the U.
States is estimated at 80,000. Number of
teachers in these schools, 05,000.-—ll'/ri.g.
M'e:t:i.co.—'I'lie New Orleans Courier de-
rives from Mexican papers to the 3d August
some items which have not before been no-_
ticed. I
It appears that shortly after Bustamente
returned to the capital, he made a clear
sweep of the old cabinct—-turning out the
bitter enemy of the U. States, Mr. Gorostiza,
and 21150 the other ministers who were the
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fa ultcr for thousands. Thus we go-—Balt.
C/L )‘()7.'.
A Slur.-c 7'21nning-——bac/l<.—The Alexan-
dria Czizttte says: “A runaway slave return-
ed to the Arlington Estate, in that vicinity, a
few .days since of his own accord. He de-
.clar.s that he had enough of it, and that
the Noutli is not the place it has been
cracked up to be, for the colored people.
W’/rig Mcctings.——It. is time to begin. VVe
have a hard battle to fight, and the prelimi-
nary stt--ps _ cannot be too soon attended to.
trust our Whig friends will not be backward
to meet the disciples of the “ Great Rohan”
of Loco-Focoism at the tlircsliold of the. po-
litical arena. V\"e trust the VVhigs of Con-
necticut will not be taken by storm, nor sur-
prised by any coup (la main of the spoilers.
——Nc2o-Hazrcit Hc rala’.
Rcgist2‘_z/ Law —A reference to the com-
parison of the Loco-I"oco votes in 'l‘ennes-
see at the late election, with those given by
the same party at former periods, we think
will satisfy
the great value of the Registry Law
enacted by the last Legislature. \Ve
cannot account for the violent opposition of
the Loco-Foco leaders to this law on any
other supposition than that they expect to lose
the next election, by the suppression of fraud-
-ulent voting, which this law will effect,—
Nero-Hat-cit ;Pal/adium.
'1‘/ic Sill: Btt.s'incss.—'l‘lio Northampton
Courier states that there are growing in that
vicinity at least one million of mulberry
trees, not including innumerable seedlings.
creatures and allies of Santa Anna.
These papers give some curious statements
as to the Mexican army. It appears there
are only 12,000 regulars under arms, and yet
the war department expends or runs in debt
. These trees are not owned by mere specula-
(tors, but by persons engaged in the manu-
facture of silk. Of the raw material more
lwill be manufactured in the town than for
,the last ten years taken together, as the
- and seventy-six lives!
phcs is fiv_e hundredand seventy-six. Ifonly
one soul had perished from each of the ves-
sels which have suffered from the above con-
tingencies, we number a loss of five hundred
Then add to these
four hundred and twenty four certainly
known to have perished, and we have a to-
tal. from all causes of at least two thousand
and six hundred lives l—or, on an average.
something more than twenty-one every day
during the period of four short months.—E.t-
press.
N@lR\MAlL.lK<.'.. or-iztsrire.
“DON'T GIVE UP THE suir.”
VVEDNESDAY. SEPT. 11. 1839.
NEVVS—PAPER ESTABLISHMENT,
AT AUCTION,
not preuioustgy disposed of at pri-
vate sale, the Press, T3/pas, Furniture, and
all the printing materials of this oj/ice, will
{I53 o[fercdfor sale at Public Auction, on ilIon-
dag/, Sept. 23, 1839, at 3 0’clocl.:, P. 111., at
the ]Vorwal.1.' Hotel. Terms, CASH, or ap-
proved notes at 90 days.
N. B. The above -may be e2:a'/ni-nod, and all
rcrfuisite injbrmation. will be furnished, at
any time previous to the sale.
STATE SCHOOL Co.\'vr:N'rioN.-—\Ve learn
from the Hartford Courier, that the meetings of
this body, in that city, on the 28th and 29th uh.
were well attended, and deeply interesting. It
was organized at the State House on \Vednes-
day morning, by the appointment of Seth P.
l-feers, Esq. President, and Rev. D. H. Short
mainder of the sessions were held in the Lee-
ture Room of the Center Church. Interesting
addresses were delivered in the course of the,
meetings, by Prof. Stowe, of Cincinnati, Mr.
Cashing and Hon. A. H. Everett, of Boston, and
Rev. Mr. Davis, of \Vestficld. A very able
dissertation, from Mrs. Sigouriiey, on the con-
struclion and location of school houses, and the
means of making the time devoted to instruction
pleasant and happy, as well as profitable to the
children, was read by Mr. Everett, on \Vedues-
day evening.
Several important subjects were discussed, and
resolutions passed in reference to the improve-
merit of our common school system. The sub-
Tlie tlr.-faultcr was in this city when a por- ject of Mr. Everett's address was, the progress
and practical application of Moral Science, its
agency in promoting the improvement of socie-
ty in pure religion. good government and genu-
ine libcrty,aud indeed as the foundation ofcvcry
improvement which has contributed to human
happiness. We hope, with the Courier, that
this Convention will be the means of increasing
the interest which is beginning to be felt in ele
varing the charatzter and condition of our com-
mon schools. A great deal is to be done, and
what is needed now is action. Vtfithout this, it
will be of little avail to pass good resolutions.
flf,-F’ \Ve learn that the Rev. Mr. Bacon of
i\'ew-Haven, who was fecenily appointed Pro-
Prof. Goodrich who has been transferred to the
Tiieological Department, left the matter of his
acceptance of the appointment to the decision of
his society; and that they do not advise adissolu
tion of his pastoral connection with them. Of
course he will not accept the appointment.
Bsioania 'I‘imi.\'ii\'o.--Iilvery body inthis vi-
cinity, wilh the exception of Colonels and Gen-
erals, are complaining of the intolerable hard-
ship of being compelled to “shoulderhoo I” for
two or‘ three days at Danbury, next week. VVe
posing the Brigade will have to march 30 or 40
and some of them are " high -enough about it."
We advise them to keep as cool as the weather
and their military duties will permit; and con-
sole the reflection that the
“ powers that be,” who order them out, are (as
we learn,) good Loco-Foco Democrats. Of
course,patr2'olism demands that they should wil-
lingly suffer in the glorious cause of such a glo-
llzeuiselves with
in the ranks! Forward march l—and charge
all your sufferings to the account of Loco-Foco-
ism l _
By the way, we do not know when we shall
have a more apt occasion =for publishing the .fol-
lowing anecdote, fort-he benefit of such military
men asthinkmore of the purse than they do of
the sword.
How he saved it.—-A military man “down
East,” knowing that he could be elected toacapr
taincy if he would consent to a nomination, call-
ed on a neighbor who had formerly served in
that capacity, to ascertain if the oflice was one of
pecuniary ,p_t'0fil. Being told by the retired vet-
eran that l1el1a(l'lll3l('l the oflice for 5 years, and
saved 3500. he gladly accepted the nomination,
and waschosen captain ofthe company. After
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for ablmt lhlneen mllllons 3-"“u“lll" lllelbounty given by the state will make _it a mostlsome three years campaigriiog in the way of
greatest confusion prevails throughout; some
battallions have more officers than soldiers,
and nearly all are badly aI‘t'nc(l and equipped.
The civil affairs of Mexico are said to be
in a condition equally unfavorable. lo the
Northern provinces, the armed bands of the
two parties have not hesitated to levy contri-
butions on the peaceable inhabitants, and trade
(lucrative species of employment. It is far-
Ether stated that five. or six cliflerent individuals
are feeding from one to two hundred thou-
,s-and worms each, and many have smaller
lquantities, besides the immense number
' which have already wound their cocoons.
l Appalling Statement»-From a statement,
has suffered greatly from the insecurity of, made by the British and Foreign Sailors’ So-
the roads. In the South, a whole State is un-
tlergoing the rigors of famine. Those who
have read Humboldt’s travels, will recollect
the glowing description he gives of Oaxaca-—
the fertility of its soil, the mildness of its cli-
piate, and the number of its towns and ham-
618.
It now appears that a long tl_rougbt has six ‘hundred lives]
parched up the holds from which the inhab-
itarits drew their supplies of grain, and the(heard of, &c. within the same period, the
cattle have pertsliedin great nmiibcrs. Ilall
’ciety, it appears that within the short period
lof four months and three days previous to
April last, there hrtdbeen wrecked one hun-
dred and sixty vessels, all of whose crows
had perished! “Averaging the crew of each
ship at ten, will give a loss of one thousand.
.,It is further shown that
of vessels stranded, fountlered, abandoned, not
“ company trainings" and “general masters.”
finding his office to be aheavy -bill of expense.
instead of asource of profit, he called" "on his old
friend again for information as to how he saved
$500, while he himsclflost $100 annually by the
same ollice. " Why"’ replied the captain, "I
was worth just $1000 when I was elected ; I
held the office 5 years, and lost $500 by it; so I
resigned and saved the other five hgndred.”
flu” We thank the Hartford Courier for no-
ticing the advertisement forthe sale ofthis press;
and will thank others ofour brother editors when
they have shown us the same courtesy.
_;.'Meelings.——Whatare the Whigs oftliis
T -about?" Do they intend to let these elec-
lions-Q-on water: the Loco-Foco presses say that
number of Vessels affer-.1».-cl by sncli cattistro-
the coute,-st_of next spring depends, go by dc-
milcs before they can -answer to the roll-call;
fault? If the‘ Locos succeed in carryingthe
town elections this fall, as they are determined
to do. if possible, they will doubtless make the
new Registry Law, a “Roguery Act,” as
they already call it.
The Ncw- Yorlccr. one of the ablest weekly
Literary and Political Journals in this or any
other country,commences a new volume on the
2151 inst. It belongs to neitlier of the contend-
ing political parties of the day, but presents an
impartial and accurate record of all the impor-
tant elections llH‘0U,'_'l)OlJl. the U. States. It is,
however, now so witlr-l_v known, as to render su-
perfluous any tletailetl delineation of its charac-
Terms Quarto $3 50, Folio
Subscriptions received at
ter and objects.
332 50 in at/-mnce.
this office. -
The Vermont Elcc.tion.—Tlie annual election
for State officers in Vermont occurred on Tues-
day, the 3d inst. Full returns have not yet been
received. It is however corisidered certain, that
the \Vhig Ticket has been elected by a some-
The cause of this re-
Particu-
what reduced majority.
duction is attributed to local causes.
lars next week.
013° \Ve have perused with much pleasure.
(as we do every thing emanating from so good a
source.) “ A Discourse” recently published, but
delivered in Norfield May 29th, 1836. by John
Noyes, atthe close of the Fiftieth year of his
ministry. It is for sale by John A. Weed.
Tun SLAVE Scuooru-.:n.—'I‘lie case of the Af-
ricans who were capturcdon board the Amistad
by the U. S. Brig Washington, and taken into
New London harbor on the 26th ult., some ac-
count ofwhich we published in our last, is excit-
ing a _very strong sensation throughout the coun-
try, and has given rise to many interesting and
important legal questions, which the press is
mooring with no little ingenuity and ardor. Pub-
lic curiosity is on the stretch, to ascertain. if pos-
sible, what will be the ultimate fate of these
seems evident that the President must re- and vpl,0m,,5 Dwgiass, secretaries, The re- caplivesh
The facts in the case are briefly these, as eli-
cited by ajudicial investigation held on the 29th
ult., in New London harbor by Hon. A. '1‘. Jud-
son, U. S District Judge:
In the month of June last Don Jose Ruiz, a
wealthy and noble Spaniard, left his estate at
Principe, and proceeded to Havana to buy slaves.
At Havana he purchased 49 slaves from a cargo
just arrived from the Coast of Africa. To for-
ward his purchase home, he chartered the st-hr.
Amisiad, Ramon Ferris master and sole owner.
Together with his slaves be shipped a number
of packages, partly his own and partly on
freight. The packages Eontained a regular as-
sortmontof goods tor the market. Besides this
cargothe Amistad received on board Don Pe-
dro Moiitcz. and four slaves, as passengers. The
slaves u!'Senor Montez were from the same car-
go asthose of Ruiz. and were all children be’-
iween the ages of 7 and 12. The crew of the
schooner consls:ed of the captain, his two slaves,
and two white men. The slaves of Ruiz and
;\lonlez were all Congolese ricgroes. only six
weeks from the coast of Africa. fourof which. at
least, had been spent on the passage. One ofthe
captain's slaves was a mullatto. and employed
ask.-ooke; the other a black boy, named Antonio.
On the 28th June last, the schooner sailed from
I-lavana for Principe. Among the slaves pur-
chased by Ruiz was one Joseph Cinquez, the
son of an African chief. This man possesses un-
usual sagacity and courage, together with as-
tonislilng strength and agility. Four days after
the vessel left Havana, the slaves, headed by
this Joscpli, rose upon the crew, and murdered
the captain and the cook. The two white sail-
ors escaped from the schooner in the boat. Jo-
has been superseded. and it is said he isadc- 035801‘ Of Rheloric in Ynle College» in place Of seph then ordered Montez, who had once been
masterofa vessel, to steer for Africa. He suc-
ceeded, however, in keeping the vessel on such
a course, as finally brought her into Long Island
Sound, where she was captured. The organ of
conimunicatiou between Senor Ruiz and the
Congolese, was Antonio, the captain's slave.—
He is by birth on African, buthas lived in Cuba
8 or 10 years. He speaks both Congolese and
Spanish. He had been employed as a cabin
boy. During the passageten ofthe uegroes died,
in consequence ofeatiog voraciousy and indis-
criminately of what they found on board.
Aftertlie close of the examination the Court
came to the following decision:
“ Joseph Cinquez, the leader, and 38 others.
Our town meetings are coming on, and we understand that many of the companies com- ,,5,mmed in the immnnem, stand commiued for
trial before the next Circuit Court at Hartford. to
beholden on the 17th day of September.
“ The three girls, and Antonio, the cabin boy,
are ordered to give bondsin the sum of$100 each
to appear before the said court and give evidence
in the aforesaid case, and for the want of such
bonds to be committed to the county jail in the
city ofNew Haven. These persons were not
indicted.
“ Lieut. R. VV. Meade, (the ofiicer who cap-
tured the schooner.) Don Jose Ruiz, and Don
Pedro Montez are ordered to recognize in the
sum of $100 each to appear and give evidence
the voters of this State of rious Democracy. Don't saya word--“silence in said case, before the said court.
“The court now finally adjourned, having
given an order for the U. S. Marshal to transport
T them to New Haven.”
The New Haven Record states that Don Ruiz
was a member of MI. Olmstcad’s school at Wil-
ton, a. few years since.
The Abolitionists have already manifested a
deep interest in these captives. They have re-
tained several distinguished lawyers as counsel
for them, and last; week appointed the Rev. Mr.
Leavitt, of New York, a committee to visit them,
and report their situation. He reports that he
found them in the jail at New Haven, “ as com-
fortable as is consistent with their situation.”-
He says, “great curiosity is felt to see these
victims of the slave trade, the first that have
been known in Connecticut for many years.—
Multitudes visit the prison,the keeper cliarging
each one a New York shilling, the avails of
which, after ajust compensation forhis trouble,
he purposes to expend for the benefit of the pri-
soners, or for some other charitable object.”
They are detained by the marslialon two pro-
cesses: one the commitmeut. for trial on a
charge of murder, and the other the claim upon
them as property by the Spaniards: who pre--
tend to be their owners, and by _t.he American
captors who have hbelled them for salvage.
The Anti-Slavery Society are making unre-
iniited efforts to obtain the means of communi-
cation with these unfortunate persons, who
have been committed to prison and bound over
to be tried for theirlives, without an opportunity
to say a word for themselves, and without a. word
communicated to them explanatory of their
situation. ,
Several Africans ofthe Congo tribe,from New
York, who speak its language, accompanied by
several abolitionists, says the New Haven
llerald, have visited the captives, for the pur-
pose of conversing with them, and to ascertain
their story. '
Vie fllC.lp, .
in their object, the prisoners’ being found to be of
the Mantlingo narioofantl not ableto converse in
‘he Contzolese. The boy Antonio is the only one
Uble 10 communicate with them. and that very
imperfectly.
A3 ”’ll“’- "l€ll*l0fany court ofthe United States
to detain and punish these prisoners. the opinions
“F ‘be W858 are widely at variance. The
CharlestonMercnry,says; '
‘f I! 15 VGFV certain that ifthey are not Spanish
subjects, they are no subjects at all of any recng-
mzed nation, and may therefore be punished by
any people as pirates. Brit thcv are clearlv
Slmlllsll Slllllccts as we understaiiil the case.—J
The instant a slave is sold in Cuba. he is recog-
nized by our government as Spanish property.
On: lav-' against the slave trade is only applica-
ble to the subjects ofour law—to say otherwise,
is to affirm the monstrous English doctrine
against which we are now protesting, that the
municipal law of one nation is a part ofthe law
ofuations. It is manifestly the duty of our go-
vernment to send back these negroesto Havanna.
as soon as it is proved that they were owned
there; and we have no more right toinquire what
punishment the Spanish law inflicts for rebellion
and mllfllef. than we have to interfere generally
to regulate the relation of masterantl slave in the
'«Vesi Indies.” ‘
On the other hand, the N. Y. Observer thinks,
that asthc slaves, were fresh from the coast ofAt'-
on, and torn thence by men whom the law of the
civilized world now brands as pirates; as they
were carried to Cuba in in violation of an ex-
press treaty between Great Brit..in and Spain ;
and as the whole detention of tl_icm tip to the
sessiori of the vessel was unlawful and piratical,
it Is ditiicult to conceive on what ground they
can be condemned or givtn u,i. Certainly they
seem to have done nothing which every man
who justifios the violent assertion of his natural
rights would not do under, similar circum-
stances.
The N. Y. Sun says, that although coni-
mitted for trial at Hartford, it is probable
they will be tried, if at all, in New York ;
as the place of their capture is within thatju-
dicial district. The same paper also states
that the Spanish Consul General, of Pliila-
phia, has applied to the President for their
surrender to the Spanish government.
To New-Englantl Publishers. and Ecli-
tors.-—'l‘he publishers of the Boston Alina-
nac proposes to furnish for that publication
for lS40,a complete list of all newspapers,
magazines, etc. printed and published in New
England. In order to get the desired infor-
mation, he requests the Editors or I’ublishers_
to send him one number of each of their re-
spective publications, for which be will s- nd
them in return (when publislied) a copy of
the Almanac, f0 1840. \-Vill Editors in the
New England States please give this an in-
sertion, and send a copy ofthcir publications
to S. N. Dickinson, Washington street,
Boston 't
Jlfost Infamous. \Ve most earnestly call
the attention of the people of l}’cnnsylvani.i
to the horrible disclosures tirade below. If
a baser conspiracy was ever contemplatetl,
we have yet to hear of it. It is equally iri-
famous with the lamous gunpowtler plot in
the times of James I. The person giving
this testimony is no partizan; a man of much
reputation and high standing, and was one
that officer marched to Harrisburg to quell
the rioters. Let the people read and reflect
leading member ofwhich woultl, for the sake
of aiding that party in its wicked purposes,
thus contemplate the destruction of lrurnan
life by the thousand. This discloses Loco-
Focoism. If its votaries cannot rule, they
will destroy the citizens of the land by the
cart load. Arouse, people of Pennsylvania,
to a sense of your danger. If Loco-Focoi;-in
in theory will not destroy every vestige of
your rights, its practicable application to
your lives by means of power, &.c. will—
Harrisburg Chronicle.
A. J. Pleasonton appt arcd before the com-
mittee, and being duly sworn according to
law, deposed as follows:
Quest.—-Please to state any convcrsati-:.n
you had with any person connected with the
late disturbance at Harrisburg : or a meni-
ber of either branch of the legislature in re-
lation to the intention of the committee of
safety, or of those who acted with them, tear-
ing up the rail road, or any other act so as to
prevent the troops under General Pattersoifs
command reaching Harrisburg.
Ans.—I do not know what the intention of
the committee or those connected with them
was, I had no conversation with any one on
the subject of the intention ofthose persons ;
I have no knowledge of any thing done in
Philadelphia, exceptsuch as is derived from
common rumor. It was currently reported
every where in Philadelphia before the
troops left for Harrisburg, that they would
be prevented from marching or would be ob-
structed in their progress to the state capitol,
and the means to accomplish this was said to
be the removal of some of the rails on the
rail way. There was much excitement in
Philadelphia on the reception of the Go-
vernor’s orders, and the rumors assumed the
complexion of -the political parties who
originated them. I had been informed by
were to have removed the rails were prevent-
ed from so doing by the interference of some
of the officers of the volunteers themselves,
who represented to them the injury that
would result to their friends from the execu-
tion'of such an intention.
Question by Mr. Barclay.—Please to state
whether you had any conversation with any
of the Van Buren members of either branch
of the legislature as to what the Van Buren
party, or any portion of it, designed to do in
order to prevent the troops under General
Patterson from reaching Harrisburg?
Ans.-—On the 20th of January last, I call-
ed to see Colonel M‘Elwee, a member of
the House of Representatives from Bedford,
on some public business, at his lodgings in
the evening. He was undressed and about
to go bed, but entered into conversation with
me on the subject of my business; and in the
course of which he referred to the character
of the volunteer troops from Philadelphia,
who had been in service the preceding
month of December at this place. He spoke
very favorably of them, and said that it was
Ufelll-_i0'l. them that so many of them were
Democ/rats, as otherwise they never would
have lived to reach Harrisburg. He then
stated thatonthe announcemeni here that the
troops from Philadelphia would obey the
ad-f’-8 “Dike-G.Qv.<2tIL<tr..§.I2.<i..t.'s2nlt1Jnau=.hi€tI
time when they killed ‘the captain and took p0s- .
of Gen. Patterson's rinci :11 officers when!
I
over these horritl disclosures; let them pass.
judgment at the next election on a p:ti‘ty, a :
General Patterson, that the persons who‘
_ be guilty of sending their sons to‘ dance at- ,_...‘..—A
.HarrisbuIjg, it was a reed by himself and _ .
fitwo or three_ others whom he did not name, to
: prevent them‘ arrival at this place at all t ‘
ilzazards, supposing at the moment that as the_ V .4.
(troops belonged to Philadelphia they were ’
gall Whigs and favorable to the state adminis.
To carry out this agreement, he
«
tration.
said it was determined to" remote a few
of the rails on-the rail road at the most dan-
gerous part of it, and also to form a mine
under this crrposed part, to be_/ilted with Gun-
powder, so that in the confusion to/rich would
arise from the train of cars containing the ~';-’=
troops being overthrown by thus running of j \
the trash‘, THE MINE ‘MIGHT BE I;
SPRUNG AND THE VVHOLE BODY
OF THEM BE BLOWN INTO THE
A_IR TOGETHER! _ For the purpose. he - S
himself had purchased three barrels of Gun- ’ C
powder, and said that he had paid forty dol-
lcf-rs out of /its own pocket for the purchase.
flp convince me that he was serious in‘what -
t. stated to have been their design, he fur- ‘
the!‘ said _that his associates therein were ,.
men of tried courage, and having been offi.
CNS of the army during the last war knew
how to execute the project they had con-
ceived.
This design was abandoned in conse-\ ..,;;.
quence of information having been received A
subsequently to the purchase ofthe gunpow-
der, that the troops then on their root from 4*
Philadelphia were not all of the same politi- i ‘ii.
cal party, a large_portion of them belonging‘
to the democratic party, to which C01“ __ p
l\l‘Elwee and his associates in this desirr » ' '
also belonged. He further said that it was riot;
this circumstance alone that the arrival of tho
Ctl’S from Philadelphia at I-Iarrisburrr will,‘ *..
out injury or loss was to be attributed.b The‘ -
tlusign wasabandoned because it would have’ .
been found impossible to have separated the’. I A
Democrats from the Whigs in its execution, A V i
and protcctetl them from the danger of the‘ :
explosion. A. J. PLEASONTON. 1
Col. Ptoaso7tto7z, in explanation; » -~
I tleem it proper to state to the committee, 7 i
lest some persons might suppose that Iliad.
been nistrumental in-causing my te_‘x_[i1nouV
on l.l]lS subject to be atlducctl, that I havi: .
never rnenticned this conversation before my
examinu'.ion today to any but to one gLiitle- l‘-
man lrom a neighboring state, who lives
casually here in attendance on public busi-
ness, and with whom I was in the habit ck
daily intercourse.
When on the eve of his dc;-arturc from:
Harrisbtng, he incautiouslv repcate the sub'- \
stance of this convcrsatioir to a ll)t.'llllJt'l' of
the Senate, and lIlt‘ftll(’;I)(-‘Ll my name as that.
of his authority for his Sliffclllvllt. Tllnt ..a
Senator c rused me to be strbposnetl as a wit-
ness bcfore this corrrmittt-e. \Vncn l l.arnetl.
for What object I had been thus subjozricd, I-
declined to give my testimony until I llutl
statt-d Illt"S:! circumstances to Col. i\‘l‘Elwet-..
This I did this morning. '
i _.:.R.. Z
) .
Col. lVl‘El\\‘ct:'
made no objections to my giving. his conver- _
[sation in evidence, and accordingly I hitvo -‘ff’
.unswcrcd the question which the (.'()HtITllllC‘L7' I "i
,huve proposer! to me.
' A. J. I’LEAS(;)N'l'ON.
T/ic Slarcs ta/rcn as’ I’ira/c.»'.--—i\lt-sst‘s..
lChoate of Boston, l3:tldwin of New I5-lavt-.n,.
:xn'l Staples oftltis city, are engaged as coun-
scl for the Africans taken on board the Amis-
itarl; and other ('ll}Il1('l’Il. nicmbers of the bar.‘ ' »
are expecttd to take part Ill their dt*fi-iict*.-4¥ ’
Although committetl for trial at Hartford, it
is probable that they will be tried ht-re, if;.t'
=all, the place of their capture being within.
" this judicial tlistrit-t.—E:rprcss.
Morris fllulti.::tulis.——-.'l‘lie liit-limond.
\Vliig notes a sale (by the Rev. J, S. Armis-
tead, of Buckingliam Co. Va.) of .i';0U,0Ut')i » ,.
buds of Morris Muhicaulis, to be tlt:ll\'t.’l‘t’(l.
this fall, at two cents a bud—amounting to. -1:
the. round sum of .‘?.l0,00f.‘. Also, a salt: by
(Mr. John l\t'lor1‘is, of the same county, oft
‘300,000 buds--— price not stated. Also, a
sale by Capt. S. Brooch of Carnpbell co. of :
,40,0U0 buds at same price. l\1.'lll_V_0l.llt'L'-'
lszilts are said to have been ef.l.I‘t'l€(l in Buck— 5;
gingham, at the general rate of four cents It.-.
lcutting, or two cents a bud.
The pop—til:it'ibh.of Ohio is now estimatetli
at 1,700,000. In 1800, she llUI‘(1l3<:l't'LllL'S.‘I'
than 50,000 inhabitants.
lllorc Burning to Death by Sprit Gas:-—
The wife of Mr. Van Bulskerck, No. 115»-
l\'la«lison stre:~t, on \\"etlncsta evening was
so terribly burned by her clotlics taking lire-
lrom cxplosionof a spirit gas lamp, that she
expired on Friday last after great sttllft-i'itig..
The unfortunate lady was trimming dl lialll
lamp, lighted with spirit gas, when it was
by some accident broken, and its contents
thrown over the lady’s person. This is the I
second death, within a few days, that has
been brought about by the use ofthe dan.gt r- -
ous rnixttire.-—-Gazette.
lllodern Democracy/.—The Albany Argus
publishes a letter from London, in which it
is stated that Maj. Van Buren, the son of our
President, has been received. by the nobility
of England, like his brother John, “as a.
Prince Rog/at”—“ admitted to the floor of '
the House of Lords,” &c. &c. And this
boast is promulgated in the state paper--the
organ of his “Democratic llfajesty” in the I
Empire State—and a paper which is filled
with professions of Republicanism! Presi-
dent Van Buren, we believe, has had one or
more of his sons or ".Princes Royal” flourish-
ing around the English Court for a year or _\
two past, where he probably supports them 1.,
in order to have them learn Democracy and . L
the habits and customs of a Reoublican Peo- .
ple. If'Mr. Clay or Daniel Webster should
tcndance upon the Court of Queen Victoria,
how would the welkin ring with Loco-Foco
exclamations of Aristocracy, Federalism,
Royalty, &c. but it is all right and pro er in
President Van Buren—the pretended] head
and origin of all that is democratic, to send
his sons to a foreign court to learn to play _
the Hypocrite, the Demagogue and the
Court-ier. Hail to the American “P'rirnce.s
Roy/al.”—Pntriot cf Democrat. . ,1;
Married.
In St. Paul’s Church. on Monday morning \.
last, by the Rev. Dr. Mead, Mr. Charles G. ' 4
St. John, to Miss Esther Ann Camp. both of this ‘
town. . ‘ '
‘ At New-Canaan. on the 2d instant, by the
l\ev._David Ogden,‘Mr. \Vm. Dauchy to Miss
-fla.LueLll..Ra;;giond. » " V 2 .
Norwalk Chronicler