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TUESDAY, BZATT 5, 1846,
Vol- 4. No. 25.
bailing ong.
BY J. n. MATTHEWS.
Again, my lads, our vessel carves
Her way with easy motion;
Again we ride the merry tide
To lands beyond this ocean.
We leave,' perchance, a mother dear;
A sister's arm, or daughter's:
Fcrchance the love revealing tear
-Is mingled with the waters.
We leave behind each earthly home;
, The friends that boyhooh found us;
We break, the careless seas to roam,
' TThe dearest ties that bind us.
The wind shall agitate the sea,
The waves be wild and frantic,
But let us trust in God, as we
Float on the blue Atlantic.
And as we freely dash along
Among the waves that know us,
Let's rouse a cheering parting song,
And join in hearty chorus.
PL
A LEAF FROM HISTORY. -
TIIE 114TTLI2 OF
THE MOODKEE.
The very river Sutlcdgc, on the banks
of which occurred the bloody fight be
tween the English and the Sikhs, of
which we have just received the intelli
gence is the llyphasis which proved
the boundary of Alexander's conquests,
and beyond which his army would not
follow him. ;
The easy victories and profuse pre
cious spoils, which in the softer & sunnier i
plains of Persia or 'Western Asia, had
rewarded the valor ond satisfied the ava
rice of the Greek soldiers had jndis
posed them for fiercer cenflicts, unre
deemed by captured treasures which a
vaited them among the hardier and poor
er tribes of India. Yet for a time and
While there seemed some definite limit to
the ambition of their leader, they follow
ed Alexander without murmuring, even
lo the foot of the Himalayas.
. On the banks of the Hydaspcs the
northern tributary of the Iudus the
Macedonians encountered the great King
I'or'us, who reigned over the region south
of that river, and whose ambition was
dreaded by all the Indians dwelling on its
northern banks, and between it and the
Indus. These eagerly hailed the ap
proach of Alexander as a protection a
trainst tyranny real or apprehended )f
Porus; just as England at this day makes
battle now against the Afghans, and now
against the Sikhs, to avenge some real or
supposed wrong to some native tribes or
princes, vindicators like Alexander ol mi
nor wrongs by the infliction ol wrongs
tenfold greater.
On the left bank of the Hydaspes Po
rus sat down with his army, composed of
40,000 foot, six thousand horse, lour hun
dred war chariots, and more than two
hundred elephants. The force of Alex
ander, like that of England in the late
battle, was largely native, but with a Eu
ropean basis and core; besides his Mace
donians and other Greeks, he had the cav
alry of Asia, from Bactria, Scythia, Sog
dia, fcc, and a considerable force of na
tive infantry. His main army however,
was cavalry.
Not daring to cross the river in front
of so formidable an army; and especially
dreading the effect of the elephants upon
his cavalry, Alexander, by favor of a dark
and stormy night, and of an islaud hap
pily interposed between the banks of the
river, above the position of the enemy,
and which had at once the advantage of
concealing and facilitating the attempt of
the Greeks, threw five thousand horse
and as many fool across the river,& leading
them in person turned the flank of Po
rus's army and utterly defeated it, with
great slaughter to the Indians; making the
barbarian king prisoner, and himself lo
sing differing therein very much from
theEnglish battles only eighty fool sol
diers and two hundred and twenty horse.
A new city ,eallcd Nikea, built on the
spot of the battle, commemorated this vic
tory, and another, called Buccphala, be
came a monument of Bucephalus, woun
ded in the passage of the Hydaspes, and
who died there.
Porus brought before Alexander and in
terrogated how he expected to be treated,
answered, "like a king." He was not
disoppointed; for Alexander made him a
friend and ally and greatly increased his
dominions. The fame of such generosi
ty united to such valor, opened the hearts
of the Indian nations of the Punjaub to
him. He was every where submitted to
and welcomed, and having organized a
naval expedition to descend the Indus one
thousand miles to the sea and proceed
through the Persian Gulf to the mouth of
the Euphrates and ascend it (the famous
voyage of Nearchus) he continued his
inarch through Punjaub, aiming, as he
professed to reach the Ganges. But when
the armv came to the banks of the lly
phasis, they refused to cross it and enter
upon a region of unknown extent and
endless conflicts. In vain did Alexander
argue, implore, entreat and promise.
"Follow me," said he, "but to the Ganges
and the Indian Ocean, while our fleett
shall circumnavigate Africa and then
the bounds of our empire will be those
which God has made the bounds of the
Earth."
The Greeks were immovable, the
thoughts and longings of home had come
over them. They resolutely refused to
cross the llyphasis and Alexander after
erecting altars on its bank to commemo
rate his progress thus far East wept that
he could conquer no other world and
turned his march homeward.
These backward glances will not be
without interest lo our readers, since
the same theatre is now the scene of like
events, except that in the recent battles
the barbarians, if so we may - call tne
Shiks, were the assailants. . They it was
who crossed the llyphasis or Sutlegc,
and on its left bank the English received
the assault and so fearfully struggled for
the victory they won.
In this case as in all like ones our
sympathis are with those who defend their
own home, and the rivers, and mountains
which God has assigned to them and
whether it be AbdelKader in Africa or
warriors of northern India we feel that
victory should be with them.
That such will be the result may be
possible in both cases. . As to Algeria, it
has cost France millions of treasures and
tens of thousands of lives and yet the
great Arab chief is as little subdued as at
the beginning. So though the field of
battle and the trophies of Moodkcc re
mained with the British, it is far from
certain that the victory is final and de
cisive. A passing glance at the relative
means and numbers of the contending
parties will show this.
According to the last authorities upon
which we have been able to lay our hands,
the total number of European troops in
all India is about 31,000 whom 20,000
are of the reeular army, and the residue
recruited in Great Britain for the Compa
ny's service. This European force is
distributed throughout the vast posses
sions unsular and continental of the East
India Company.
The Native troops in the service of the
Company, amount, it is believed, to some
thing like ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
thousand men. These are composed
indiscriminately of Hindoos and Mussel-
mans mixed up together m the same re
gimcnts, and under the command, as to
Company officers, of their own people
though superior command is wholly in
Europeans, to such an extent that the
youngest ensign of the British army takes
rank of the oldest Native officer.
These Native troops are brave and
faithful. It is a point of honor with Na
live artillery men. never to desert their
guns. . The Cavalry are as adventurous
as, and much better riders than the Eu
ropean Cavalry, and take better care of
their horses.
The army of Runjet Singh, the Chief
of the Sikhs, was computed by the Brit
ish authorities some few years ago at
seventy-three thousand of which more
than one half were Cavalry they have
also a numerous artillery as was made
manifest in the late conflict.
When it is considered that the region
of this contest is far away from supplies
that it is strong in natural features for de
fence that it is inhabited by a brave and
warlike race, and that the sympathies of
all Northern India must be with the Sikhs
and when both Russia and France may
possibly sec their interest in permitting
means lo be furnished that may prolong a
war so costly and perilous to English su
premacy in the East, it docs not seem
quite clear, notwithstanding the firing of
the Park and Tower guns in Ijodon over
the victory of Moodkee and the vote of
thanks in Parliament to the Conquerors,
that the work is decisive or complete.
The next late accounts from India cannot
fail to be looked for with great interest.
N. Y. Courier.
FROM CENTRAL AFRICA.
Letters from Fernando Po, of Novem
ber 9, have been received in England
from Dr. King and Capt. Becroft, giving
the results of their new attempt to open
a commercial traffic with the natives of
Central Africa. The expedition had re
turned from the Niger to that island, hav
ing remained on the river nerly 4 months.
They found the aspect of things changed
for the worse, in consequence of deaths
and feuds and wars among the chiefs.
Rabbah, the largest and most flourishing
town on the river in 1840, is now deserted
in ruins. The mission has consequently
been less commercially - successful than
was anticipated.
Conn ecticjt. The New York Tri
bune of last Friday, states that the allied
powers of Liquor and Loeofocoism have
triumphed in the election for Legislature
of Connecticut,, and will "be 'enabled to
elect their minority Governor. Some of
the liirneyites voted openly for the Loco
foco ticket at the last trial.
The Legislature will stand Senate;
Whigs 10, Locos 11. House Whigs
108, Locos 114. "Loco majority on joint
ballot, 8. . . .
i rr
"WHERE IS HEXRY CL.AY."
The U. SI Gazette in answer to this
question flippantly put by some oppo
i
nent ol Harry ol the V est, makes an ex
cellent reply, which we regret to have
mislaid. The Gazette thinks they will
have occasion to ask, hereafter, in many
an anxious crisis, as well as now,
Where is Henry Clay?" If any thing
more is necessary to answer the question,
wc will try to gratify the curiosity of the
inquirer. i
"Where is Henry Clay?" At present,
sir, he is in New Orleans, pursuing with
lhat system and energy for which he is
distinguished, the duties of his profession.
You will be glad to learn that, though an
old man, time deals kindly with his con
stitution, and that the winter of advan
cing years, while it scatters snow flakes
upon his brow, has not chilled the genial
fountain of his generous heart. His
lrame is still erect, his footstep firm, and
that same frank, noble and impressive
face continues still the faithful image of
his fearless soul.
A few days since the people of New
Orleans were assembled in a spacious
church to witness the inauguration of
their new Democratic Governor. There
was a great crowd. Statesmen, orators
and men in office attended. There were
beauty wealth and fashion; military pomp '
and civic display congregated to do honor ;
to the Governor elect. In the midst of
this gorge ous r cene a door is gently o- j
pened. An aged citizen, in plain garb, !
unattended and alone, quietly enters. In
stantly, and as if by some electric im
pulse, the whole audience start to their
scat! The rafters ring with their enthu
siastic shouts. The old man becomes the
center of a thousand burning eyes.
There was Henry Clay!
"Where is -Henry Clay?" We said
he was in New Orleans but no, that is a
mistake. He is not there alone. In the
frozen mountains of the North, in the
vast prairie of the West, in the crowded
cities of the East, in ihe sunny plains of
the South, go ask the question. "Where
isllenry Clay?" and a million hands will
be clapped upon warm hearts, and a mil
lion voices will answer, here! Tell us
not that he is out of office; that he is a de
feated candidate; that he never can attain
the imperial purple. It may all be true,
but here.'deep in the brcst of the patriot
ic people, he has an empire more pow
erful and enduring than any office cn
earth could give. We love the man, and
in loving him, wc feel that we love our
country, truth, honor, courage all that
can ennoble the human race. We love
him now even more as his glorious sun,
every cloud of calumny vanishing from
before its face, goes down in calm and
majestic beauty. Alas for the country,
when that luminary descends, and the
shadows of night close upon the scene,
with nothing to irradiate his gloom but
the feeble light of glow-worm politi
cians! "Where is Henry Clay?" Above and
beyond the aeach of his unforgiving foes.
His History is identified with that of his
country. She will point with pride to
the statesman who has twice saved the
Republic from the yawning vortex of civil
discord. Future patriots, when assailed
by persecution, and tempted to despair,
will remember the unshrinking fortitude
of Henry Clay; in the face of desperate
opposition how, in the forefront of the
fight, trod thct man of mark, his head
towering above the conflicting hosts, his
broad breast a target for every loc, while
the poisoned arrows of vindictive adver-
saries rattled in vain upon the bright
shield of his spotless fame. . The Repub
lic will point her young men to his exam
ple. Poor, friendless and unknown, they
will recall his early career How in ob
scurity his young days were passed; like
some gem hidden deep under the-ocean
waves, and tossed and buffeted by many
an angry billow, but brought at last from
its concealment, and atter being polished
and made more brilliant by the rude as
saults of adversity, placed as the crown
ing pearl in the diadem of the country's
glory. "AY here is Henry CIay ru
ture ages will give the answer pointing
to the highest name upon the scroll of
American statesmen. , Where then will
he his traducers? Where the petty poli
ticians who now fume and fret upon the
stage of public affairs, endeavoring to car
ry a continent upon their Lilliputian
shoulders? Echo will answer "where?"
Their very names will have passed into
oblivion, or if they are remembered, it
will only be to crimson the cheek of pos
terity with the thought that for them, and
such as them, an immortal patriot, world
renowned for his wisdom and virtue, was
ostracised and condemned.
GALLANT.
"A gallant wag was lately sitting beside
his beloved, and being unable to think of
any thing else to , say, turned to her and
asked her why she , was like a tailor.
"Don't know,", said she with a pouting
lip, unless it is because Taiix .-sitting DC
side a goose.
From the Richmond fVhi
The President's Message.
We copy the following abstract of the
President's Message relative to the Se
cret Service Fund, from the Baltimore A
nierican: The message was read, beginning with
a recital of the resolution calling for the
items of the secret service fund. The j
President says that, with an anxious de
sire to furnish the information, if it were
consistent to do it, he must decline. The
foreign intercourse Act of 1810, in pur
suance of which information was com
municated, was stated.
The law required the public items lo
be given publicly, and the private items to j
be given privately. The President's j
certificate onlv was reouired to be nre-1
sented to the accounting officer to secure '
j J. J.
the payment of the same. Had the pub- I
lie items been called for thev would have
111 '
been commnnicatcd with great pleasure.
But the secret expenditures cannot be
made public without injury to the pub
lic interest. Some of his predecessors
have not specified for what the secret
service fitnd was expended.
His predecessor had declared that the
sum of $5,450 was expended for foreign
intercourse. Mr. Polk says the ques
tion is whether the resolution can be an
swered at all with propriety. As a gen
eral rule, it should not be done, and
whether it could be done under any cir
cumstance or not, is a subject of serious
consideration. The President may keep
the information in his own hands if he
chooses, in which case the items do not
become public records by beingkfiled a
way. They are not seen by the account
ing o fleer.
The provisions of the law of 1789
were then stated and explained, when
Mr. Polk says that if called upon to an
swer ihis Resolution, he would be under
the necessity of answering all such calls,
whether under one administration or a
nother, or whether in Peace or in War.
The President says that he is aware of
the prejudices against keeping anything
secret, but there are.circumstanccs winch
may require it.
While in office, says Mr. Polk, I have
had no account settled upen the Presi
dent's certificate, and it would be an ex
treme care that would allow him to use
his certificate. Still, if there was a ne
cessity for this, he should most cheerful
ly take t ie responsibi i y of doing so.
The House, as the Grand Inquest of the
nation, have a right to inve ligate the
conduct of. all pub ic officers, but it must
alwavs be by a committee. Such com
mittee would have the right to dem:nl
the appearance of every public and pri
vate paper, but they would not commu
nicate what was done to the injury of the
public interests.
No communication is found upon the
files of the Department, in reference to
the special mission to England, says Mr.
Polk, and therefore this part of the infor
mation is not given, as desired, by Mr.
Polk. AH public papers (and they cover
forty or fifty pages) are communicated.
Important Arrest.
Bogus Dealers Caught. On Satur
day last, E. V. Root and L. W. Brown
ing were arrested in this city, on charge
of selling, making and operating in Bogus
money. The circumstances attending
this importrnt movement are these:
Some three or four weeks ago the
above men called at the tailoring estab
lishment of J. &. S. Colby, to get some
inending &c, done; at their different calls
they showed Mr. Colby some well exe
cuted half do lirs, and Mexisrn c'ola-s,
and at last told him they could be pur
chased at a certain price, affording a pro
fit. Mr. C. gave information to the
Marshall and was informed how to pro
ceed in order to "trap" these would be
speculators in eountcrfieit coin. The
proceedings closed by their arrest, as be
fore stated.
We saw, in the possession of Mr. Col
by, several pieces of the spurious coin.
It is pronounced the most perfect ever
seen in the city, and was considered good
bv one or two of the banks! It stood
the test of acids has
a good
'ring,
and
is said not to be deficient in weight! It is
doubtless made of some new composition
which it will be - important to enquire
into for the safety of the public. Cin.
Cora. - '
FROM CHINA.
The latest overland mail to England
brings advices from Canton to January
31, ten days later than the sailing of the
Rainbow, which arrived last week at
New York. The latest instalment of
the Chinese indemnity was paid, and by
the terms of the treaty the English were
to evacuate the Island of Chusan. But
the Chinese had refused the admission of
foreigners into Canton, who arc pelted
with stones, piled up at the gates for tne
purpose, if they attempt to enter. A
notification in the Government paper in
timates that Chusan will be retained un
til the city is opened, and that a despatch
from Sir John Davis to Keying, the
Chinese Commissioner, gave him notice
of this determidation. . . ;
MR. 1YERSTER.
As we, and no doubt all our readers,
anticipated, the Tory Ingersoll has totally
failed in making good his charges against
Mr. Webster. On Tuesday last, a Mes
sage was received from the President, in
answer to tne resolution of Mr. Ingersoll,
requesting information in reference to the
disbursement of the Secret Service Fund,
during Mr. Webster's administration of,
the Secretaryship of State. The message
simply states ihe amount expended du
ring the time Mr. Webster was m ofllce.
some $5,000, but docs not say for what
purposes the money was used, alleging it
to be improper, and not campatible with
. i . it i t .
ine puDiic interest, to divulge tne pur-
poses for which this fund is used
ter the reading of the message,
Af-
t a
wnicn
very evidently floored Mr.
Ingersoll in
his lame and impotent attempt to excul-
pate himsell Irom the miserable dilemma
i ' hinh l 1 mnlit v I tr-r- nl n - s I
in which his malice and malignity had
placed him, he rose and said that "the
President had not answered the call as
he had expected," but that "he could yet
make good his charges." This stouting
DO o
it out against the facts and the opinions
of the House, but excited the pity and
contempt of all honorable members. He
! persisted in asserting "that Mr. Webster
had written to Mr. Adams and Mr. Cush
ing, then members of the Foreign Rela
tions Committc, rcqusting the adoption
of a bill creating a special mission to Lon
don to settle the Oregon question, and
stated that his researches in the Depart
ment had led him to offer the resolution
of inquiry."
Mr. Adams stated his disbeliet that
Mr. Webster had sent to the commit
tee any letter or letters, as charged, ask
ing for this mission. He had never seen
any such letter himself, or heard of it,
until this charge was made.
Mr. T. Butler King adrressed the
House in reply to Mr. Ingersoll. He
affirmed Mr. Webster stood clear- and
triumphant against each and every charge
brought forward by the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, (Mr. Ingersoll,) and he
was only astonished that after so complete
an overthrow, the gentleman should still
insist that he could make the charges
good !
Thus ends the miserable attempt of a
driveling demagogue to tarnish the repu
tation of one of the most illustrious states
man our country has , produced. It has
ended as everv true-hearted American,
from the depths of his inmost heart could
have wished it to end. The fame of
Daniel Webster belongs to his country
to that country it is sacred, and the man
wh ) perils his reputation byassailing it,
deserves to meet a fate as ignominious as
that which has fallen to the lot of Charles
J. Ingersoll, Wash. Rep.
oveI Mode or Emigration.
Our attention was arrested, on obser
ving moving through our streets, on last
Saturday afternoon, a frame shantec, of
the proportions of some 10 by 10 feet,
placed upon wheels, and drawn by four
Conestoga wagon horses, in admirable
condition. This unique dwelling . con
sisted of one story, adout 8 feet high, and
was inhabited by the family ten incum
ber of Abraham M, Eplcr, of Mount
Harrison, Dauphin county Pa., and des
tined to Indianapolis, Indiana. It con
tained the beds, furniture, and necessary
cooking utensils, with a stove in which
a cheerful fire glowed, and which, in the
absence of a better mode, answered very
well for cooking. At evening, if remote
from a dwelling, or public house, Mr.
Elpler has but to unhitch his horses,
kindle a fire on the road side, cook, and
partake of the evening meal with his fam
ilyand retire to rest iu his own humble
domicile! This comparatively comforta
ble mode of emigration was entirely new
to us, and we could not but admire the
ingenuity and persevcrence which origina
ted and carried out the plan. This fami
ly, when once arrived at its place of des
tination, have nothitg to do but to dis
lodge from tl.e wheels their fragile dwel
ling, and they are t at home ! A safe
journey to them, and may health and
prosperity attend them in their new home!
Wash. Rep.
FINAL ACTION ON TIIE OREGON
QUESTION IN CONGRESS.
Congress has at length made a final
disposition of the Oregon subject, and in
a manner which, next to have refrained
from any action at all, will receive, we
doubt not, the general approbation of the
country.
The two Houses yesterday settlad
their differences in regard lo the form of
authorizing notice, by adopting (with
two unimportant changes in the phraseol
ogy, recommended by the conferees) the
Preamble and Resolution of the Senate.
These changes consisted simply in sub
stituting ihe words "all proper measures"
for "renewed efforts," and the word "ad
justment" for the word "settlement."
These changes, if they affect the sense of
the resolution at all, strengthen rather
than impair the force of the Senate's
original proposition. Thus reported, the
recommendation of the conferees was
agreed to by the Senate by a vote of 42 to
10; and by the House of Repmsntatives
bv the very decisive vote of 142 to 46.
I Nat. Intel,
The Subtreasury BUI.
Our readers and the whole commercial
and business community will feel indebt
ed, we doubt not, to Mr. Webster, for
his important and very opportune inqui
ries made in the Senate, yesterday, of
Mr. Lewis, chairman of the Committee)
on Finance, respecting the Subtreasury
bill, and obliged to Mr. Lewis, also, for
his ready, frank, and very important re
plies. We look tfpon this conversation,
as one of the most gratiying occurrences
of the whole session, thus far. It is as a
bright light sprung up in the midst of
gloom. 1 he information given by Mr.
Lewis is highly important in itself; 'and
we trust, moreover, that we may regard
it as an indication that rash and ruinous
measures will not be adopted, at least in
the Senate ; but that the proceedings of
that body may be marked by deliberation
rnd prudence, and a proper regard for
the publie convenience and interest.
Truly did Mr. Webster say that the
general prosperity of the country was now
great; and all will agree with him that the
adoption of any measures by Congress
calculated to check or to depress this
prosperity is greatly to be deprecated.
Nat. Intel.
Mexico.
The New York American Sentinel
gives ihe following extract from a letter
from a young officer, dated
"Poixt Isabel, April 1st.
"The Mexicans are about to fight us.
They have crossed the Rio Grande, to at
tack this post with 700 men.
Major Monroe has only one company
here.
Capt. May started from Gen. Taylor's
last nignt, with two companies, to rein
force Major Monroe. We are expecting
an attack every .moment. The Sutlers
have formed a company to defend the
goods.
If the Mexicans succeed in taking Point
Isabel, Gen: Taylor will have no line of
retreat. I have been on guard two nights
out of the picket. Our guard went out
four miles from camp,fclay in the grass.
An express has just arrived from Gen.
Taylor's company. He had all the army
throwing up works the whole of last night.
His camp is only three hundred yards
from Matamoras.' The Rio Grande runs
between.
The Unied States ship Lawrence has
sent all the men she can spare to man the
fleet. Dick Ogden has four men on
guard.
P. S. I open this letter to say that
the wagon has just come in from Gen.
Taylor's camp. There is nothing new,
except we are certain of a fight. We
will send three wagons up with the re
turning train. Two hundred wagons in a
train two miles long, is a fine sight. We
have intrenched ourselves."
Hon. Daniel Webster. Again.
"The following statement," (says the?
National Intel.) "which we find in the
regular Washington correspondence of
the N. Y. Tribune, agrees substantially
with what wc have related here, and have
reason to believe correct:"
"When Mr. Webster left the State De
partment, in place of being a defaulter a3
has been charged it appears that there was
a balance paid over to him long after he
left. When Mr. Webster left Mr. Ty
ler's Cabinet, he requested the clerk, who
has the care of the contingent fund, to set
tle up the account and see how it stood.
The clerk wrote to Mr. Webster that there
j was the sum of $1,000 for which there
' was no voucher. Mr. Webster said the
j proper voucher would yet be found, but
in the meantime he wished the accounts
of the Department fully settled .up, and
for this purpose he sent on $1,000, and
the accounts were settled. The proper
certificates afterwards appearing, tho
S 1,000 were refunded to Mr. Webster.
So that, in place of being a defaulter, he
had actually overpaid the Department,
and tnis overpay was refunded."
The citizens of Monrovia (Liberia)
gave a Public Dinner to Captain C. II.
Bkll, and the other officers of the United
States ship Yorktown, on the 17th of
January ,at the Govornment House. This
dinner was given a3 expressive of the sen
timents the Libcrians entertain for Cap
tain Bell's vigilance in seeking out and
putting down the slave trade on the coast
and especially in capturing the late slave
ship Pons. The invitation was extend
ed to the officers of the Dolphin, who
were in port at the time; but, having mods
arrangements lo depart the day previous,
thev could not attend. Says the Lumina
ry:
"Captain Bell's conduct cannot be too
highly lauded for the immense benefit he
has conferred upon all in'eresled in the
suppression of the slave trade, upon the
great and important results that will af
fect the colony here, and upon the hea
then that now ogain breathes his irtive
air.
The United States brig Dolphin re
turned to Monrovia on the 3th of Februa
ry, from a cruise to the windwarJ; officers
and crew all well.