Fovi th Stw Ynrk jP",rw
linHml I1ellteie..r'lTij n , ibnrd n
L. s. lit lg f Ww. .
We rr.-civo-l i-rf 'r:ni:ion Y4tiMif wrini-MU im.
re-: s-t trnnsa-tton on beard the 17. S. Biig of
V i, S.hji'-'-s, Capf. McKiirsj, Which rur readers
vtid recollect arrived at 'his. port on Wedueaday
In I fmm the Coast tf .'.din, Where ahe had been
ci f'T or:a intuitu, tn ordet lo protect A-
rrrrienn merchant vessel frnm tbe isrtrTwprion
S Hrridt cruiser e urchins for daree. The So
m.-u'lol Li'-erin cm the 21th of November smd
t rc! i-. Tho-nn on her voyage hither. She
:e''t i. Th tm.ia nu the 8'h ef Cecember ; and on
thiil d iv the catfisj observed disorderly nigv.cmontu
niTvinj the crew, which excited hia upi.4i of
intended mutiny. He saw nothing JrBtiitef'lniw
,ivr, or sufficient to warrant, the arrest of any. Tin
vontrn eJ hinirelf, therefore, with ordering all his
office to Wear thou side-arms, and jjr..Tccedcd on
hi voyage.
He h-ul Veen out hut two 3sya when some Of the
cr informed him of the rVi.-louca of a plot n
boat J, whick was immediately to be put iei execu
tion, Ttie plan wa to murder the Captain, the
higher fjiicern and all other u-ho wnld not juin
tkn'i.tontise Ike vctttl and convert her into a
jiratt thif. She ia one of the iwifest jailers in
the -tervice : and it waa tbu irp.psetl that ahe
would I e moot C'iBp1rtt,fitted for the purpose to
which they designed ahe ahould be applied. They
juicidtd first to watch fot tone on of the Liver
pool psckcte -expert! id tailYg -out large quan
tity of specie to seiie upon and plunder her, and
PteR ari I tor orse m(i.t remote portion ot tli sen.
This information waa given to the Captain by one
of those who had heen originally engaged in th
!lot, hut had subsequent! ...Kiieisted and betrayed
their murderous uWgn. .'. " V
Thia waa on the 7lh of "Brccmlier. The Cap
lian immediately ordered all handa on deck, and
nrdcied those of the crew who wcie opposed to him
10 go tprin the forward deck. Vanned Midship
nan Sratcsn, son of Suhn C. Spencer, our Srcre.
fury of War, the flotitsitahi't Mate end the Ma
i r at Arm's immediately led the terry, and were
followed hy thirteen apprcnticca, and about fixtv
( the new. They arrayed thenwelvea upon the
fnwqrd derk, without douU fUpoaing that thfy
J i e followed hy a great propnriian of thf
v. ITuptin McKeraiio ini'latitiy onlered them
i i ut in iron Thy were ibg. kl d and eeci.re
Iv I'orrmed.
In t.ia evening a Court Marti.d waa aumtnonel
Sil hfw fllirt liia I WA fAiiiriati! ilia a1ill,rp rincr.
' " "" - ' 1
lrnd?iH, were tried, cnnyicJe&anef $rtilrn-eJ. and'
VXCt N'lrif Vrttll ipit AT THE TlHD-tKM.
i.e. fi-at woie hroulit 1n irona to thi port, whire
they are '.ill ke,it ic ahacklca aud doa fniCm
iiient. -i !
'l'hu, hy the prompt, fearleta decision and enrrgy '
of Cipl. McKen e, one of the moat hold and daiing
c.im.iracics ever formed waa fruvltatcd and cruah
td. The wholo crew on board nuinheted we be- j
lie, not fai ftom four hundred ; and h id the plot
hern 'ucceanful, a day'a delay mit;ht Lave mnOii
it. c'eedii i i I oJ and flf fearful etrcctty, wU mi
j"iMl'.ed in llie.horrij recorJ of pirucy and miir.
lrr w.itiM l.ave hlui k' ned the era and carry turr ir
to !h"9 heatt of the n vld. We presume th .t "ffi-
ial arrouiila ef thia nMouinliiig atTnir Rill1.epce
lily riven, when mora of ita particulars will he
aprrnd lfore thepnhlic.
Iinm' di.itiy upon the arrival i.f the Somern, we
undrrtaiid. a mc-aet'ger wa deep itched to Vah
inut'tti wli'i the in'elliijenc. tl haa been thua fit
k'-p! a ocr.-t hi-ie. we presume, in order that it
r-.'it no' fi at re.u-h thecar of Mr. spencer rhronph
0 t c 'mni.a'of the prna. An tilii-UI iuveatigation
'!' ol'r u e ho immediately onlered, and all the
p iilicol ,r of the nutier he a on inado known,
'i'bere are a.rua puriiona of tl.n uccouiit vvh ih le.id
dp to HHj-frt hi entire accuracy : but we give
ii t I: ...- told to r. opoo acthsiity, which we
Jv;-8) tnna! reliaMe.
two of t'-c h1.! ah.iuld a! ilf-i get irt a pr.
fendj.i fyht o'i tire f.recvK ; that th-y oa h
cil ed aft 'y hn ofi-eM of (he w.itih ! line
what that noine waa aSout,
They were then ti ire'end t en'er irrt i exptana.
tiona with him, and wh3 he wa 1itctiing to
tltean. lo aeire him wnanre and fhrw liim oer
fcnard. The remaining offieera he'inn below, might
it wm rt'ppoed, he etriy murdered, aa we!3 i.aany
one it who ad not joined them. All tliia w ra
foririrl nm Tig fpeneer'a papera w.th a planfort'ie
thviainn of th? antieip ited p-vd. and for tbe nflnt.
me'it amfmg them of the worm-n that might full
inti tbe'rr power. When tho'tnii wa rtrtbetTe
tnrn from the eoat of Africn, and about 500 mflca
THE AMERICAN.
finluiUmy, Dec, 31, !643.
Cj" We bae juat received aixty teama of print
ing paper, eimilar in aiie and quality to the sheet
upon which thia ia printed. Alao SOreama of u-
distant from St. Them.ia, rweituret were ma.leby j pe' Royal 51 by 2S inchea, winch will be eold at
one of the conpiratora to tbe puraer'e clork to in
duce him to jo'-n them.
lie f icne.l acqnieacence, and 1oo"k tbe rtatba ;
they at ill niixirnati'd him, 1mwi?ver, and to'41 him
that he would be w. itched, nnd if tbey aaw any
thing in hia rondoct to excite suspicion, they
would at nnre throw hirnaverhoard. Jle dared
not communicr.tc lo CT "Iveiir.ie, but found an
opportunity of divo'ginwrf-whole t ) the rurrr,
wboin hia tnrn repetc.l ft to the fapt:iin. He at
once determined upon bia comae after conau1ttion
with hia offici-ra, of which there waa hnl one above
twenty-one yeira of age. and thia w.in to eeite the
iaiileTa and Intig them at ike yard arm.
fer . 1 nlrlcera o i not aeem lo have Been tmlnceil
(oiaTte Una atep ly any apprehen'n for tlietr
own aafety niw that they were forewarned, but hy
a fcelii-g that aucb an atroeiuu attempt, an di
graooful to the charaetee of the flag, ahould be in-
atantly revenged by an ignominious death
cost wi J carrifige, for cth.
(Q A pehlc imination will t ike plaoo art the
female aemin ary in tin place, under t'oe charge t(
MiKa Brook, on Saturday next. Th cit'tena and
ntlicra interested ar reapeclfully invtred to attend.
fljT There aeprnato l Imt little dorna "m Pon.
giva thua fir. A atreitiouaefTorl ia making to ap
pnnl the Bankrupt Law.atidibe ctmral opinion ia,
that it will be effected.
Mutiny on tnard the C S. Brig Sumrrs.
tVa -have devoted a csnaiderahta portion of our
ealumna tbia week, to seoeral accoirnta ef a most
liorrllde mutiny on board the U. 8. Thig Somera,
which waa fortunately frustrirted hy the prompt and
energetic tondact of the commands r, Captain He
Kenaie. In addition to the ftntemcnta puhlta'hed
in another column we hirvt obtained no me addition
al facta from the N. Ir. Ceurrier and Enquirer,
which the editor aaya Can be relied m as aubitnn
tialry ftre aame aa the official report. The Sumera
ia the faateat veet in out navy, commanded by
Alexander Slidell McKentie, well known aa a most
exemplary officer, and to the li erary world aa the
author of a "Tewr in Spain." The-crew coni1ed
of abcrut 100 pcTanrra, hrdiidmg npprenticea. Mid
ahipmnn Spencrt, a aon of f!ie Secretary of War,
who, txom all account, prove to have been a moat
recklera villain, waa the leader in the rrrttiny. He
waa nineteen yews old, and h & Irein pre-rioasly
disrbarped frem rba Brazil aquadrtm for bad on
duct. There-is reaaonln 4lieve that Spencer bad
conferred whh accomplioea "jef.re foiling from N.
Teak, aa a rumor was circulated a few weeka ago,
thattbo Sotnorahad l-cen alii p wreck ett. -Spenoer
aVotold aome rf hia fellow midshipmen tnat they
bad not long to 1;vc, -wlion going out. The man
ner of accomplishing their object, waa firat to gag
and throw oveMnrnd midshipman Rogers, in com
mand of the deck.
tXj" The Tliila lelp'.ia fiatetto ha been eon?i
deraWy r-nlargrd and other wise imjnoved in appear
ance. The fi.i7.elte ia an e.trrilent tinner, wiir in
politic, and moat savagely aerero on all tranfgrrs- 'l" bn to enter fhe tabin and Vtll
aor. whetlr in morale or politic.. McKe, li8 were appointed to be
- j "tationed at the main hatch, through which the
QTj We slated a short time since, that I'ol. John- rTw muatpajslc get on deck, and at lha storage
aon waa out of employment, and would, as it was i bat' h, through which afl the officers exceit the
(.'upturn mast paB. All the officer except the
si.id. anend thn winter at Washinrtion. and devote
Accordingly the C iptain and all his olTicera, and j I,;, iimc lo P, c4ionrering. Thia has aroused the
Tlia Naval Mntln)-.
The following letter from New Vori eontaina
another veraicinnnd additional paniculara nf the
ia: mutiny rm.iio.ird the 17. S. Brig Somers r
Correrpoiidenre rf the 17. 5". f!utette.
Nrw Yobk, Sunday V. M.
TnF. SOMERS MUTINY CASE.
Tn my hull ii.fonnel you ol the reported muti-
thse on whom he could depend, rr.sstered on the
quarterdeck armed totketoelh, aa yon may sup
pose. Among them was aa old Sergeant of Mi
rioea, who came out uf a sick berih when he heard
what waa going on, and who returned to it when
all was over. All hand. were piped on deck ; the
Captain addressed them depictii g the enormity of
their crime and hia detenuin ition instantly lo pun
ih with death th ringleaders.
Thry were all dumb struck, and Spencer, Crom
well and Small were told to prepare themsekea for
the yard arm. They admitted their guilt, but Spen
cer asked for time in order to obtain the pardon
of Small, who he said ho seduced into the crime,
ai d t'jat he could not die happy unU-sf tie forgave
him. lie did not want to write to hie fither or
mo her he n il. lie wov'd raider 1 executed there,
and apate them (hia parent') the pain they would
eiitTer if he was cairird to the United States and
tried
This, it ia aupposed, waa a concerted plan In tae
of discovery, 1 1 give time to the crew lo rescue
them. They did not attempt it however. After
the lapse of ;in hour the three were hung, and their
(todies given to tho waves ; of course, such further
pre -a'ition inr m a-ures ereuel d'l'Hg ,h -ov
age as ver exp. 'It. til nd on arr vi I o . th r
teen of he aearn i. were s.'nt .-nhoird 'h N.trf
l'ar.ina in iron. The apprentice. I e'.iv
vtiil n:i t-osr.l he S niers, under strict H'l ltd Tlietv
ar. the innin f lets of 'he cme. f tn.f'it bo ntoie
ii to detail, but have not the twite before tin; until
l .
fir. C. lllckrita.
This pcnllrtnan ha btn pretty pcveridv
liandh-d tor his notos on this country. His
rjrre.'io vanity led liim in the belief that 1?-
catiso he could sketch F;lifti row life trpor-!
fcotkm, theri'tre lie con). 1 scan and nieture
the colops.il limbs of tlittt frreat country at a
single fjlance. Mr. Sclnxilcraft ia a nxrnt
lecture in New York, deale him the following
fevere blow :
Travelling liria thia peculiarity, t'nat in addi
tion to the never ending ch.trm of novelty, it
enubles one to eeleet and x tijioii nny onv, two,
thrceora dozen rubjeet.', to which tho mind,
hy a natural hias, or education, lenns. But it
too often hnppena 1 think, at least for the
cause of good lieoks or useful knowledge, that
travellers in foreign countries allow these se
lections to fall upon the merest evey day tri-
flea, things of which it ia of very little cen-
aecjnonce for the present age, or fir pieteriiy,
to be informed. Perhaps this ailttsirni will be
butter underwood, and 1 dare fay, the Society
will pardon it, if 1 iiu-taince the case ot an
ire of our g dlant IVierid, ('ol. Beat, of the Danville
Intelligencer, who withes to know who "said it,"
ot whether the American did not "invent" tin; at a.
Surgeon, were to I nvir.W.-d and thrown over,
ttoard i and tlie erew, wbo were ltelow, were to be
mustered on deck. The two after guns were to be
pointed forward, to secure the mutineers from an
t'ovr of lha men who appeared to be most deep
ly nrplicsted, were "placed in front immediately up
on the icoTry T the frojeeted mutiny ; ban the
other suapeeM to bo concerned, were permitted to
go to duty until they reached thia port, when they
were alao ironed and acnt onboard tho North Car
olina." The mtjtiny was discovered on the 59 h of No
vember, an9 tthe eutptii execatcd an the let of
Deoemher.
(O A Ban Bmnio Up. A Mr. Henry Bring
ing was brought ap bofnro tlte session nf Union
eouaty, atfho ljt term, and convicted of aaealing
cMi'ken.
Cj One ofthe Santa Te prisoner, a young man
by the name f Uirehard, from Brooklyn, N, Y.,
ia now teaching chord "in Sanla Ana"e dnmirrinn.
Among hi pupila, is the daughter af Sunta Ana,
wo ia about sixteen year old, and coald not write
Iter name wlren ahe commenced with kim, but haa
improved rapidly.
I)alltaf Mentbrra Of Confi'taa,
Siece the elecrion of Meralwra of life, present
Congresa, ten deaths hive occurred among them, as
follows :
Samuel I., Southward, Senator from New Jersey,
Richard W, Habersham, Irep. 41 Georgia
Win. 8. Hasting, " " Massachuai tl,
Jsmcs W. Williams Maryland.
Lewi Wifliarns, ,4 " " North Carolina
Davia Dirnock, Permaylvania.
W. S. Ranwcy, "
Joseph Lawrence, s
Chailea Ogle, mm
Henry Black,
A larger fiumlter, we believe, than hare orer
died from the Mem'er of any preceeding Con
gTesa. Commtttia! Adv.
MitTott J. Atmtuiu. The jury in the easvj
of this unhappy man. brought in lira verdict on
Tuesday aftirnoon a week, at 4 o'clock; we give
lielow tlte nrTKiing scene, as reported for the Uni
ted Statea G.i7.cttc:
Q3 Tlte mrmagers of the Vermont Asylum for Before that hour, the jury aripeiired in the hot :
the. Inaane, have a news-paper establishment in ,hat fact was taken by those veraed in such
ftiafinsm.ilion, which ia ediied ami conducted en- j mnVf.t ?ndieation that they hrnl agteed,
tirely Iw the inmate of th Asylum. Their re j wllich ,,,,,;, llT0Vpj to be correct in thia cas
marks would norm-times do no di-endit to the j i,. ....,;. e ,i
1 nm tin' iiiv wing ia voum j n.in mu
following venlicti "We find Milton J. Alexander
Tha following
aane cotemporaries of the Pre.
ia an et'ract:
"In all our exchange papers we find that the
would be called sane people ore killitiff tliein
aelvea every where. Wc tire tart so big fools
hare. There has boon no suicide at the Ver
mont Asylum since it wu opened."
ry. Now we sawthefjet stated that Col.lohnson attack, and aueh of the crew who had not yet join-
would fxnd Uie winter at Washington, m a lium
biT of papers. Had we, however, reflected a mo
ment, that the Colonel waa a member of the Ken
tucky legida'ure, o circumstance we did not think
of at the time, we ahould at once have seen our
error. We woulJ not, willingly, any one woid dis
parting the character of Col. Johnson, whom we
believe lo be an honest, brave and patriotic old sol
dier, and we cordially coi cur with the Inlell gencrr, i
that "Ci I. JotiDson ia the last man who would no- j
giccf his public duties to promote his privaie intc-re-tn."
CCy The State Capital O.itette complins that
pilea of wood are lett on the pavement at M arris,
l uig, during tbe night, to the great damage f the
bins and noaea of passer geis, and advices all 'nrrdrj
peron$o steal all the wood left on the pavements
at tiighl." Now thia might be some consolation to
the really needy, but what are those who are not
needy to console themselvea with, unless broken
shins irdudr nil wit! in the cr.tr gory of .we-dy 1
Ijr" n ari'v'e in tie Msdisminn sicned S.,
ceii ri!i n' iS"' t ile ff m the veil of Scri'ts
'v v,u.r,rvt :f c.o deiui.a in strong teims the
c.o dun o i " . VeK ntie in fxiciniog young
Spenr. r mi l I i wo -ocint. s. He talks of the
mutiny as ii --it wss all s joke," the "mete m
niiince of a bei dies Itoy." A Court of Enquiry
halen ordered in the case. The Midshipman
was the third son of Mr. Siencer. Of his guilt, and
tbe justice of his puni Jiioeut, tlw'ec aeems to be no
douU.
ny on bond of the I. S. (nig Somar-hut as ihe
officers on this station appeared not to know or be j Kngli'ii writer of popuhir fiction, of celebrity,
willing to give, any ii.foraiatien on tho su' ject, I , who receully favored this country wiaji a vimt,
had doubts .ATll aulhe.r.tieity ; tltese, however, are
removed, s e to itiy the parnculata liefore
you.
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a week during ihe session, at or edodsr. Thelu
tel'igeneer, (whie,) two dollars for the aession or
f 1 per annum. The '-Aurora ' an eicelK-nt demo
cratic germm paper, at one do'lur r annum,
fj"j" They have their joke in Congieas as well
as elaewhere. It appears, a few d.iys after Mr. Sy
mooton tl Pennsylvania, who had returned home
a tk, hail left hi se.it, Mr. liiddings, a raving abo
litionist from Ohio, took it. This seat adjoin that
(f i ut meinU'r, the H.mi. Juhn Snyder. The next
tlieecopeof whose olervation was, in a great
nienfureonfined to tlte comforts of his upne-
Th ff(t ii ICbton 10 Uo1iV! ihut it CQUtlHt i i',tn At Ia nipr nninml n r f iTtrn fia-tn Anil n
ty waa plar.n.d here before ahe sailed that It wr.a j;.! () t(lii ,.ei,,ertt under the force of a piece morning a IkwhI, fivo or six incbt s high. aparcd
conceived by Midshipman Spencer, and that he sc. ; cfcrjt.j1,al once ,llade on the poet Blitckniore, j be: v.een the two uV-ks. aa a parlilion. Thia exei
lucd into h a vievtatwo seamen. Cromwell and j ,i(lt t, J considerable amu-mei,U Oliver Oldschool,
Small, who hiH.eJ on b,rd two day. alt r he j tf n anJ rmiuenttb, correspondent of lire United S.a.e. Utu. tte.
)omei her. . j,;raut kitvu l' dr." I wh though he write an niterta;n'ni b tier, could
The crow con.i.led mainly of .nntiee boy, j j lWover ,y vilUu. w M ,, ,ne nslli.
who.repukcJ upin our large cur. and M ho , - hot ., of j liments of a pliu democrat, b. l.W. Mr. Snyder
wer jcat tn -character to l. rul a wiling ear to , wi,h in,ry rl,tieN ir he re.tlly knew the man
.ill: ,
Ivaid ol a pita'e ol ine woairn tliey wo
fain the ict they would get, and then their f.at
. . . . .... ... . i i i: in iiuv. ill.- iiiii ii ii M iv niinuiin ill
Pp, -i.ctsra alone ot (be tine lile ney woulil leal on . ... .... c whose char rler he i,r. tend lo deaenbe so minuie-
voutj OO J t- - 1 1 i l J,...,;!.,- Mr. Snv.br s morose, unsn.
blue j-iv, and tietrv ofl three thousand miles I '' , . .. ,
r . i cinl, ai.d politically hieotted. while Mr. ttiddings
.oiling Ulgw.ul-lrluJe.il piitsuil. Among the : ie .,. iuu.e-.uci.. ,. , ,tlfrJ ni:i(lI nJ
, ,prr. f ,und on U.arJ in po re-si m of,re, was 1 " 4"W"X prar.e vvfiat. , , j roalu,r of (ursf
Ftt-: Drars The debt e.t Louisiana divi- ' To ihitse who are acquainted with Mr. Knyder, i every mail baJUitU hi hand on ihe ropes.
ded among the fee white population of that State, j thia will be news indeed. Ilia generoua dispnai- bout one o'clock, (aea time,) on the 1st of Derein
isnlt e rale of 1.10 for e.tch while man . woman lb n-Lh. kind and social qvmhliea, are univerwlly brr, the aigi.al for execution was given by fii.ng a
.1. :.. l -i 1. . Tl... k... ou l.waiil an I lint iril:llv i-teo w el e Klllll! Ult.
..r ,- , II The it. hi of A I ,K-,n nil i r.l nf .!., . aoinnnu wnr(rrr lie 1. uu-n. mnc ii. m . - o-w - t
Alter lunging attout an nour ine iouiea were
io their immediate neighborhood for their kind and
toe.al qualities, than Mr. Snyder. Tbe poor and
. . i.. .i- ..i.. t i ... i t: l, .... . -
poe tieii.iung t:m vt u.'i.i t-i ur inr, w :u. it w, tu t.e
ihe vts-tl al er tbe h il vie'unlled an I waleied at i
buii.t 't h . as, mi I e.irty her to the le nf Pines, j
r'r t-u'ii.', v-here tlu-y were to I met by c ti- '
fcdti.U., wlit tt i presumed. I ft lure aficr the;
attjtu r - csiitViClvd for iUk f n rcsa of joining :
l(em there.
As.oou ..s the vc sclsiihdf rtila to. t ofAfi
ci t'lencrr i pt ned his plan gradual1. t.i the rr w
1'iii gmg tl r oi one .y i n u hi tititvs, aari'
lha.r, to a r cy, mid i(hing them a kind of t
ih.airt wliiih relud to lha obligations they ha I
e .mt.ac eJ, and lis plV they had io view.
JIu li.rn m-.(Jev4jflits of their name, one of
which wat hi led certain, and the otlier d.iubtful.
hia own ijafii appearing firiton the form r ; these
etl,tit who then elected to come in with them,
were lo be admitted, while the others were to be
thrown overboard.
They were then to gel out a'l the boat and light
en the voael ; afier which they weie to mnke for
the Isle nf Pines, where tiny were to meet a con
federate. They were then to cruise in se.irch of
merchnnt esels, trading l!ween thia (Ytrt and
Euro ; which, after ling plundered, and the
male on hoard kifle I, were to be indiscriminately
sunk ; and if there chanced tn be any female, they
were to be taken on board the Soiners, violated,
and retained so long a Ihe Pirates might deme,
when rhiy a'so were lo be Committed lo the deep ! j
The arrangements for ihe division of tho spoils, the
allotment of the femilc, the various offu-ea on
board, dec, weie all completed, and drawn up in
detail in Spencer' hand writing; and he assured
Mr. Wales that he had twenty of the crew wiih
him sore."
Tbe conduct of Cspt. McKenzte, on thi Irving
Decision, meets with universal approbation. There
were but I wo commissioned officcre on Imard, and
the law tequirea firt to constitute a court martial.
It became hia duty, thtrelure, as commander, to de
cide upon ide fate of ihe guilty wretches. After
addiesaing the crew and warning them of the aw
ful consequences of this act, the Cnquirer adds .-
"Cspt. McKcnzio then addressed a circular Id
ler lo each nf the officer on board ihe vessel, except
Actiso Mid-hipnitn, requesting their opinion as to
the course of conduct which should be pursued to
wards Spencer and ihe two men who had been ar
rested with him. Each onerilurnej for anawer
that they deserved immediate death, and Captain
McKrnxio opinion coinciding wilhthirt r f hi offi
cers, it was determined to cany the punishment
into immediate execution. All bands were accord
ingly called lowliness ihe punishment. Whips were
ihen rove into each end of the fire yard arm, and
one of the inner pjrt of the yard. The prisoners
were then brought on deck and innvnvd of the
punishment nboot to be executed upon them.
s-m,i!l at once fully eimfes-teU hia fault, and asked
most penitently the forgiveness of hi commander
and the officers, which waa at onee accorded to him.
He then obtained pet mission to addresr the crew,
which he did, warning them against permitting
them Ivea ever to be seduced aa he had been, into
the committal of ihe ciimu for which he waa about
to MiiTer death.
Spencer asked a respite nf tl minu'e for him
self and companions in guilt, in order that ihey
might prepare to die. Thia waa granted, and, he
waa asked if he w ished to write to hia father or mo
ther ; but he replied (h it he pis aor. lie then
acVnowhidiied hi guilt and thejistice of hia pun
ishment, and remarked tint he would rather meet
such a death there (at eea) than to lie au jeeted to
the infamy ef ex mure on shore. The ten minutes
a.-k'd for by Sjiencer, waa extended to upwards of
an hour, nearly the whole of which lime wss em
ployed by him in endeavoring to obtain forgiveness
of Small, for having seduced him into the commil
t:il ef a cime for which be waa ao aoon lo expiate
with bis life. Small withheld hia foigivenesa for a
length of lime ; but at Inst, in, reply lofpencei'
oft reiiernted request of -Do f rgive me 8tr.aH,' he
said thai he fully pardoned him.
Every thing bring in readiness, the no se w ia pla
ced around the neck ofeich of the culprits, and the
olHcers wre stationed aUiut thedeeka to aee that
A-
siisrEum.
Kttltorlnl, Condense cl stmt Srlrrtett.
.Vfio Cnntrrftit. Exchange Dank nf Pitt
hurg. l'a and 2', altered with a pen from Tow- j
and.1 Relief notes. The genuine are rgned W. i
James, jr or J, U. Murray, Clerk, with th names
of Prevalent and Cashier enruced on the . ft.
The debt of Great Urilain, in silver, would load
20f!,2o0 wagons, allowing ench to carry 2 000 lb.;
and allowing each team 30 feet, would form a line
over 1 .700 milea in leneth. If reduced to cents, it
would load 8 8i7,.ri00 wagons, and form a line
twice round the globe.
77ic Lnst Lie. The T.ondon Morning Chroni
cle ssvst 'Slaveholders in America nvike a prnciicc
of feeding swine with the dead hodiea of their ne
groes
Joel Hotehkis. of Cuilford, Conn., whs recent
ly fined f 100, and imprisoned six months ft whip
ping hit wife. Certainly not rery severe for the
offei.ee.
A gentleman of Kentucky is about lo ru'tivote
Indian corn for stig ir. He any KHH) puuiitla of
sugar can be obtained to the acre.
Castor De.ina are selling about Alton at 37j a 40
cent per bushel. Last year they brought a doll.ir
to a doll.ir and a half a bushel. II .a the tn mu pic
tured aiticle fallen in like proportion! If it has.
not guilty of the felony of muider, but guilty of
manslaughter."
The prisoner, who haxl been standing, aa ia lha
form, no sooner bend the last woida than he fell
bitckwards in hi chair in a paroxism of grief, hi
obs were long and loud, but were fsr exceeded by
those whieh burst from bis aged and agonixed
parent, and hia tlder btother, - The spectacle waa
a most slteeting one: from the moment of the ren
dition of the verdict Until we left the court room,
(at nearly five o'clock,) Ihe f ilher had not taken
his bunds fiom the body of hi son, which he clasp
ed ns convulsively as if he was then to part from
hi in forever.
The II- v. J)r. DiKnchet was busy in pouring tha
w rSs of coh-olation tn o the l .ther'a ear ; but tip
to the moment in w. hi.-h we . ft, with but little ap.
parent ill'. et. The brother, too, remained inconao
l.ible. Mt'ton, however, had partially regained
his composure at thi time.
Kuiici to Porh. lh .Ni Voik E
vening Post, in an article in favor ef reducing pos
tage, il'uslra'ia the extravagance nf Ihe pres. nt
rates in the following pithy manner:
The fieight on a letter weighing one mince from
New Or'eans to New York, ia one dullur on a
pound of cotton from Niw rk lo Liverpool, one
half ptnnu.
The fnight on a barrel of (lour from R.tchester
to Albany, spirt from ihe toll, i fiurlern cents of
a elr, eighteen and thrco-quarter cents.
The freight on a p.i-enger from New York to
Albany, in summer, ia SO cent on a letter 1$
cents.
At f'hicatf-i, wheat ia 37 cenla a bushel. To
babie look out your careful uiothei will double j wn,J . (, iter hy mail from Chicago to New York.
4'i (IS for ea h whit prron ; ihe debt of Mary,
hit d, f 10 f f eech while pirson ; the debt of Perm-
lv,.ni i. f?0 40 fir each while person; thul of
.. Yo.k ? 'JO; th.lofOeirtjia.fS 10; thai of
Ohio, 7 18.
' Oiiu.iN of Tite IIumn IWr. The N. Y.
j nvjtrt is haa on file an entirely new hypothetiia
lowered down and deliterej to theii seveial mess
mates to be laid out and sewed op ; and in the e
veniug they were committed to ihe deep. Cap'ain
McKi iuie reading the service usual n lh occa
sion of burial at 4. S load's Isrst woid were to
invoke a ble-ing on the Amercan flag, and to ask
tlt dosaa.
.4n Agt d Eel. An English paper relates that
a farmer residing on one of the highest hills in the j
Ards, hi clearing out a well, found an eel iiiivcand
kicking, that he dad placed there 40 yejrs b lore, j
Tu mil the Timt Tt i stated lhat the low
price of produce, and competition, have reduced
board in Washington fr m f It! and f 15 a wcik to
$3 and f 4, at which price many of the members
are a:d to have contracted for the wmleT.
Xew York Iiihle SorrVy. 10,000 Tiihlea nat
been distributed by thia i.oeiety during the past
year. Receipt f 5,800, being about 3.000 les
than btsl year. Thia decrease is attributed to the
pressure or the times
The Ssvannah Tlepubfican of Pec. lfith, says:
The first shad of the season wis served up at the
Pulaski House, yea'erday mornini;.
Hemp in Miimnuri. Mr. David Myerly, former
ly of Philadelphia, states that there are about 200
farmerain MiasmiM, engtged in water-rolling hemp,
and they will produce from 400 to MI0 tons.
Sentence. William Stewart, convie'ed of perju
ry , swearing to be worth f!700, in order tt bail
W'm. E. Km in the sum of f 1200, waa sentenced
to the State Triton foi two yrars.
!(io?. A modern writer, who probably 1 eiv ait
ted by experience saya : "Don't lend book. On
thia ioiiil be inexorable b th to friend and foes
Horrowed booka never get fair play. They are ei
ther loat, damaged, or kept. Not one person in fif
ty ret ii ins them to their owners in the state in which
they were given out."
A'a Reciprocity. It is a curious fuel, that while
portrait of Napoleon have Wen eitcnsivelv purcha
sed in England, no instance can le found. of;tr
I cateful inquiry among ihe print and book aelleis,
of a single portrait of Wellington ever having been
aold in F ranco.
The Hon, Dm it E. llinsa baa been elected
by the Igialatuie of South Carolina lo the I'uited
State Senate, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Mr, Calhoun, who peiirea after the
4ih of March next.
Jcr. A dealer in Cincinnati during the cold
snap of the Grtt of December, laid in more ice lb in
be was able to collect during the whole of last
winter. It was seven inches thick, clear and
bri.ht.
A Town in Wi'sroKsiH. Milwaukee contain. .1
present over 3,'tt 0 inhabitants.
The Louisville Journal state that thr;e are uow
eiht or ten consumptive in lha ','ammoth Cae
m Kentucky, whu de;,n ,em,in;.g there for the
winter. 1 h- proprietors ol" the Cava have announ
ce lhat they will no( ,e si,a to accommodate any
and rH-ive ati answer, c.xta one ant onn-third of
a bu liel of wheat.
In a part of New Jersey, laborers can be had at
'i- cell's a day and their board. Should one of
these laborers receive a letter from a distance, it
wojld require the whole of a day' wages to pay
for it.
An old sub-crilr, a farmer in Illinois, lately
wrote to have hi pajier discontinued. He had
read it, he -sid, with ph-aoure, for years, and it was
Kh lh" utmost reluctance that he should now
cease to peruse it. lie was dependent upon the pro
duce of his firm for cahsisttuce, and what else
could he do than to lop off all his luxuries in view
of the following prices, which he stilyimed a the
cuirent ra'ea at the place afhi residence:
Whi-a', ba-lu I 25 ct. Beef, per 111.
2 els
1 "
i"
6
$3 a:
tho un'orlunale hare alwava found in hua) warm
and geuerou fientl. We have noth ; tauay in
regard to Mr. Oldaehooi comments tak-csVYoliii-cat
sins, . thia is hia vocation, but Mr. Snyder
must be big ottd Indeed to eontTt so unfavoiaMy 1 forgiveness for having so dishonored it j bi', ihe o- I ol,"r The lima to come.
uiiih llr fllAAinr 1ia rank.-al iittolilion wb'ff in
of the origin and uproad of tho hit man rHce. Itfhe house, who on uvt-ral ocraaionsset the llousa
... a i .. i. :.. ri. t. .-.it..i j,i..-ii.
t ami 'irgt ti v.nn ititirii m"nniiiy. . h.t complete wrn rm vtiin ni lire oranu .iittoii , t-,er,ui, . ,j ihree cheer were given, fot the ..
arjni.ent In lhat Adatn , a torn fc -..ifytng lijis.irr.. We will v.nluie to say, however, ao ...,,.,,..,... hrh ,illn , h. ..ir.
rid the u-
therdied without any mark Imme,.
ately after iLe -T.cuii -n, all hand wr, f,nt.j ta
wtia also ftonJ on him. Aflrr lading St. Thomas 1 men, rt!.er ttian t.ue man, unJ tut a rute t.f . Mr. Snvder was concerntd, th whole Wji , j uM .h Ut)i U w ,fe Jow(
es I hs- le ,'ere r.if i.iione.1, to them taas that J rjieo ivtio created !ieo Adaut br;,rfl. I g ,oJ hum i( J j if, I ,!!! dutie of lb vs ,e, feaumtJ,
Practical U nt roltnce. Th New York Com
nieiei.il Adveitiaei mentions thai Mra. Jttoa Sar.a
ou, of lhat city, haa contributed to the Orphan Asy
lum at Blttomingadale no Irs than six bundled and
fifty puir of yirn atoikings, all ht-r own b.nJi
wo k.
Com, o.B Pork, 44
Oas, " 6 " Stock hogs per IK
Potatoes," 6 " Butter -H"
Fowls per dor. bO " Steers, each
Eggs 3 ifi " Cum. AJe.
A l.rcKT EniTOH The uli'or of the Cleve
land (Ohio) Plain Dealer ba secured a handsnnu
fit-out by bell'n; on the result of the elections.
Just hear the lucky f. How's rejoicings :
"Shannon is elected, thia secures our hreechrt
Botick is elected, this secures our (Vneer ; and
Morton ia cb'tte.l, the bi! are ours I Jut thin
what a figure we shall cut with our M'irton IrnJ
Shiumx piuitu, Rnuck hearer. D n't know as w
shall berecoguix-d by the 'dirty-shirt doin tcracv
prn'talily ihey will misuke ua for one of tha 'rich
and well Korn.' "
The Mother nl Child.
fStiethe rela'ea that he met, in the Campajn
nf Rome, a young woman nuraing her child, se de
on the ri mains of an ancient colum. He question
ed her on the ruins with whieh her dwelling wi
surrounded. She was wholly ignorant of ever
thing concerning them ; being wholly devo'ed
the affections which ti lb d her sou I. She lovee
and lo her the present moment was the whole .
existence.
Tentiles and monununt, and crumbling fines.
Alters, und brokt n shall-, .tie araiti r, d round :
Ages I ug past have sand fled tl ese plains.
And a aoipedth a saered spot aa hallowed groury i
While Ait and (Jvuiua her there homo baft.
found
Buts.e! where iheae old sculptured '-..rtdtw !
........... v. .... nito '., uiealt
She w.ks nut btr,,0 n hi niiltU unWnrtw
leaned .at-se in'-)(l0lU ,-,,, j Lushing tone ;
finite in joy upon her infant fair,
nd that sweat babe to her glad spirit seems
Holier ihtn aculpiured form of poet dreams ;
And in sueh bliss, Uli ! wheietoie should aht
caie
Who reused ih se shafts 1 by whom those towen
were piled I
The present fibs her soul her heart is with hoi
child !
A Cakk is a NiTbiuxu A very wealth;
planter in Woodford county, Ky.' saya : 'I hai
rather b taxed for the poor boy 'a educatiot
than the poor man' ipnorance ; for one or th
otlier I am compelled to be.