AMERICAN ■ VOfi WTBBRr
' *■' Monday, May at, istr.
*
Jllajor a. Toehman’s JLccinrc#
on Poland.
At the close of the course -of lectures on
Poland, delivered by Major Oaspar Toch
man,• formerly of the Polish Army, in tlie
Methodist Episcopal Church ih Carlisle, and
terminating .on the night of the 22 d off May
1841, the assembly was organized info a
meeting for the purpose of giving an expres
sion of opinion in regard to the interest.and
importance of Major Tochnian’a lectures,
ivith reference to the present oppressed con
dition of Poland.-
Rev. Henry Super, was called to .the
chair; and A M'Ciintqck, appointed . secre
tary.
■The following resolutions were then-pre
sented to the meeting by the secretary, viz:
Jlesolved, -That the thanks of this meeting
are duo to Mai. G. Tochman, for his highly
interesting and instructive lectures up’on tlie
character and history of,the Polish people,
and the events of their last struggle fur lib-
erty.-' _
Jtesoloed, That we sympathise with the
■ inhabitants of Poland in-; their oppression,
and believe that the caus'e of liberty in that
country, is identified with the general inte
rests of Freedom throughout the world.
Resolved, Tliat-.as Major Tochman’s ob
ject is to diffuse correct information, and to
refute misrepresentations which have been
freely circulated in the United States, in re
gard, to his native country, fur which task he
Is abundantly qualified, both by education
and by the share which he took in her late
Revolution, we recommend'him to the fav
orable attention of the American people.
These resolutions were sustained by Pro
fessor Allen, in an appropriate address, of
which the following is a report:
Mr. President: I do nut rise at this laic
hour of the evening to make a speech. The
resolutions just offered by my friend, need
no advocate. --I presume no voice will be
heard against them. lam willing, however,-
%» express more fully than I could by my
vote alone, holy cordially 1 approve the sen
timents which they contain. I can truly
say, and I'presume every individual who
hasjlistened to the gallant exile from Poland,
„.„,.caa sayAlve iSame,-that.:l have„be.etk J ka.thins.
:. t -:,.,^:terested,:anddnatructediby.i&jOff^ectui'es;-
before; and that 1 feel a stronger indignation
for the Wrongs, a higher admiration for .the
achievements, and a more profound sym
pathy, for the sufferings of that brave- and
magnanimous, blit uqtortunate people, than
I ever did before.
Had Major Tqchnian -appcared- ainong- nS'
''{□“preacha crusade against Russia, calling
on our people to take up arms and follow
him to revenge his country, we might have
regarded him as we would Peter tlie Hcrm
it. carried away by the torrent of his own
fanaticism, and unworthy the notice, of a
sober,and reflecting people. Had he come
among us doling out tickets of admission, at
' fifty cents a piece, we might have suspected
that the fameof his patriotism has.bcen light
ed at the altar of avarice; and that he caretT
more for himself than for his country.. But
he came to tell us the story ofhis country’s
wrongs. He asks not fur men, nor arms,
■ nor money. That instinctive delicacy which
is always the true mark of a gentleman, does
not permit him to demand even the payment
of his own personal expenses. He came to
vindicate the character of his countrymen;
and to excite the sympathies of the frepst
people on earth, for the most oppressed.—
He points to the monument of Kesciusco'
that looks down upon one of our rivers, and
to the grave of Pulaski that hallows our soil,
and -asks us not to forget the nation that gave
birth to the heroes, who assisted our fathers
in their struggle for freedom. He came to
assure us that “Poland,is' not . dead, hut
e/eqps;” that her sons wandering in exile in
every land, have not forgotten the. soil that
contains the ashes of their fathers and the
blood of their brothers slain in its defence;
but that they are .ready whenever new com
binations in European affairs shall give them'
promise of success, to rally again with the
watchword "Poland forever,” and again
to argue with their oppressors as on the plains
of Cracow they-argued, - He came to con
vince ns by telling us the tilings which he
. has seen and knows, and in which he him
self acted.no mean part, that so far as the
fate of his country depended on the»efTurts
of her patriotic sons, “Sarmatia fell without
a crime;” and he asks us that she mnynot
have fallen “unwept.”
But.it maybe enquired, what possible be
nefit these expressions of our sympathy can
be to Poland? Mr. President, there is a
principle in the human breast which makes
ns revolt at injustice; anil, in the present
condition of. the. world,.no nation can long
resist the unanimoua rebuke of the'rest of
mankind. The world is now governed more
by moral than by. physical power; and if the
—; people~of al speak out, and
■ay we cannot considerjhny nation' safe, ,so
longas the subjugation and partition of Po
land shall stand as a precedent- on the rec
ords of history, the three despotic powers,
that have carved and served her up among
thetgselvjjs,. would feel too] uneasy, and too
nnsafe, long to clutch the .spoils of their"
irobb'ery. They Would be obliged to yield
to the remonstrances of an indignant world;
'?' ■ and Poland might again be restored to that
'place among the nations, to which her ser
vices to mankind, and the patriotism of her
people so richly entitle her. J
■' I am 'anro.i**are
prone jo- estimate the merits of nations, as
those' of. in'dwidiials, by>the results of their
actions. "Successful resistance to?tyranny
. Is applauded as a glorious reno/«/fon;"uhBuc
cessful resistance is branded, as .wicked or
foolish rebellion.■ Let us not lie blindedby
that fajse philosophy, whichte) lsus that the*
defeated party is ahyays in the wrong—al
ways the party which .ought. 16,.have;bee'ii
... defeated. \Vhat else is.this than telling ns
= that':*!mjght makes right;” and that-the
world (ias gone quite back to . ' .
“The good old role, the simple plan, ■
That he may take .who has the power,;
And hemay keep who can;” ; ; . .
... This rule, Mr. President, is doubtless more
agreeable to the robber than to fhe/robbed.
Tret thisToJej in all ;ite hdked.defofroity,js
-’’pwciaeljv the principle wh> c lt has beehprac
’ ?ldeB|!j r iohplj,o“
flagrant, arid injustice tbey m^
muter the specious name aihuman progress.
1 hesitate not to say, that I believe no peo
ple ever made more generous sacrifices for
liberty, or fought against fearful odds With
more determined bravery to secure -it, than
the Poles; and that no nation was ever more
worthy of success, "Yet Poland has fallen.
Her wrongs unfedfessed, call aloud to
Heaven for vengeance. Her soil, whitened
with the bones of tier slaughtered heroes,
sends up the cry of blood. Let us give her,
at least, the tribute contained in the resolu
tions.
Tho ,resolutions were then unanimously
adopted, together with the following:
-ffc.mi’ocd.-Tliat the proceedings of this
■meeting be published in the papers of this
borough. ’ 1
Henry Slicer, Prcs’t.
John RPClintock, Sec’y.
Prom tlie Boston Jlllas—Mm 19.
Jlr'rival of the Caledonia.
SIXTEEN TUI VS LA TER FIIOMEUItOPK
President not heard from—De
feat of the English Ministry-
Important Political Move—
Abolition of the Corn Laws.'
The cannon of the steamship Caledonia,
Captain James McKellar, announced her
arrival early this morning in the Bay. At
half past five o’clock she passed the end of
Long wharf, and in a few minutes was safe
ly fastened at her moorings at East Boston.
The intelligence she brings is of not much
importance, with the exception of that rela
ting to the unfortunate President, of which
there is no intelligence, excepting rumors,
of which the papers are ’filled. The Cale-_
donia left Liverpool on the afternoon of the
fourth inst. and brought London papers up
to the evening of the third, and the Liver
pool papers up to the,date of the fourth.—,
The cotton market was depressed, andjiad
declined j of a penny on a pound. -Flour
was dull. The money market had impro
ved. .
—FronrGhina we- have no -further-intelli
gence. The English papers, according to
their politics, insist that the Chinese-war is
ended, or is in no wise near an ending.—.
The adherents pf the Ministry strongly urge
dieahsQlute,cectaintv»that,all.Tiirtherlio3~
nife in ridiculing tne idea.’
The intelligence from Eastern Europe
still wears an unsettled and troubled aspect.
The reluctance on the part of the Christian
inhabitants pf Candia to be compelled once’
more to subjection to the Turkish yoke, still
threatens to
n(ijusfmtnTuf tliat question. It is a matter
.that the Christian potentates of Europe fear
to press in opposition to the known wishes
of Christian Candiarand the abhorrencewifH
which the idea of forcing Christians into
unwilling slavery is regarded by their own
subjects. •
• The Americans on receipt of
the news of'thedea-th.of President Harrison,
held a meetingiat which Mr; Stevenson, our
JNHnister'presidcd, and Col. Thomas Aspin
wall acted as Secretary. Resolutions were
adopted and directed to be transmitted to
Mrs. Harrison.
Major General Sir John Harvey has been
appointcd.Comniander-in-chief of the island
of Newfoundland and its dependencies.'
The steamship Acadia arrived at Liver
pool on' the evening of .the 2d inst: having
performed her passage in fifteen days. from
Boston and twelve from Halifax. The A
cadia beat the British Queen by more than
two days in her passage out. ,
PARLIAMENT DEFEAT OF THE
MINISTRY—ABOLITION OF THE
CORN MONOPOLY.
Parliament was still in session, but docs
not,appear to have accomplished much bu
siness since its coming together after the
Easter holidays. Lord Morpeth’s Regis
tration Rill was still under discussion, and
according to the Times, Tory. more obnox
ious by alterations than ever to the Conser
vative party. «
The Ministry have however met with
much difficulty in pressing this bill" through
Parliament, and it is doubtful whether it
will pass in any shape. On the evening of
■the-26th, the Ministry received a signal-de
feat; oh a motion relative to' the very- first
clause of the bill. The majority against the
Ministry was 21, a very .large and almost
fatal majority., The Tory press are in, cx
stacy at,these symptoms. The following is
the language of the Courier, Tory, upon the
occasion, .lit' ,nus t however be taken with
some grains of allowance:.
We rejoice not in this majority,.as a par
ty triumph, in which respect it will proba
bly be fruitless of results as all other and
funner ministerial defeats, but as the evi
dence.of returning., reason-among- some- at
least of the members of the House of Com
mons; as'rg. proof, not entirely conclusive'
thoughitbe,..that_there--are. thoseinjthat
House, and on the bfficial'sidebnt, not pre
pared to be d,ragged through the whole mire
of ministerial and revolutionary repeal.
And a most,disgraceful exhibition of min
isterial trickery, treachery; and_. imbecility
has been the whole of this affair of Lord
Morp?th’s Irish Registration,Bill. Con
cocted slowly and unwillingly at. length,
wlieh it wasplain the ajrocily.of Irish per
jury would no longer be tolerated, and that
Lord Stanley’s hill must, become 'law, the
intent and spirit is almost' Altogether affir
mative of the abuse anil perjury, of the.pres
ent Registration system. • /,
The Ministerial paperß,.hoWever, do not
manifest any alarm; nor do they throw but
anyHn.timations of the intention. of thc Min
'istry “to, resign. AThejGlobc .(Ministerial)
pronounces the exultation of the Tories pre
i mature and without good grounds.- > Lord
John Russel was, hotvever.evidentlyalarm
ed and on the' B£)th ,ipst.'withdrew 'Lord
Morpeth’s bill by moving ?‘that the chair-,
man do Ibave the chair without reporting
.prbgreaa.amiasking leave to sit again.” On
the followihgdaythe Ministry made a neW
nipve, and one of the boldest ever made by
Any iri England—no less than the
Abolition of the Corn' Monopoly..
. . • Ihe • London Chronicle (radical),of the'Sd
instant, says’—The sensation produced by
theGovernroeritnutrcc^pf-Friday'-night' on
the Corn laws.is rapidly extending through
the country. Every .where.Jt .iiMhe signal
of exoitementand deterOvinatiunirv -By thß
monopolists it will never be; forgotten. Min*
isfers have fairly thrown themselves on the
nutionforsuppurtinthcosserlionofa groaf
national right and interest. The response
will soqn be heard in thunder. The untax
ing bf the people’s bread is a prospect lull
in view; and'the people will' spring toward
it like lions on (heirprey; . ' . .
A spirit will be roused on which the Carl
ton Club may expend' its millions without
making an impression. We have argued
this corn law- question long enough. The
pressure on those who find work' for- the
multitude isbccomingtoo strong and threat
ening for prolonged reasonings. The sea
son of action is'arrived, jind it cannot come
more favorably for the. national interest.—
The announced purpose of the Queen’s Min
isters is as the setting in of the tide. Let
it rush on, and sweep away before; it all the
defenceless of this.inhuman monopoly.
If Ministers be but adequately supported;
if that national enthusiasm which their dc
tcrdiinatiun must produce be but evinced in
time by a pcoptc awakcrto their own most,
vital !ulcrest. wo cannpt biit'augur the hap
piest results., In theirpresent position, they
can sustain no Parliamentary defeat (hat
would not be equivalent to a victory. And
we should like to sec.a list of those who
would dare to take office on the express
grounds of disfranchisement for Ireland, and
perpetuity of the Bread-tax.
From the New York Herald.
Jfloney Jtlarhet.
Wednesday, May 19—6 P. M
The meeting of the stockholders of the U.
S. Bank, held resulted in noth
ing.-' Resolutions were passed accepting the
provisions of the new Revenue Bill; it ap
pears pnly to continue the corporate exist
ence of the institution in the desperate hope
that it will yet recover itself. The commit
tee were appointed to examine into, and re
port on, tlie actual present condition of the
Bank, instead of doing which they have
come forward with a long rigmarole answer,
to Biddle’s letfers iti continuation of their
quarrel,. We would ask what have the pub
lic or the stockholders to do with the mat
ter?- I twasevident cnouglrfrom~tlvc~fii§t
report that the officers had swindled, mis
managed, and plundered the institution; that
the directors and committee had counten
anced, winked at, and abetted this miscon
■d II ..-..r-.-.v—luta-.iv...-"-.-.'. '
country deranged—-business prostrated—
merchants bankrupted—stockholders ruined
—and widows and orphans beggared and
thrown upon the cold charity of the world
for their daily bread. All this the commit
tee endeavor to charge upon the officers, by
,?JI2A^ 1
Tiydhcm. They harp upon this string, and
strive to-conceal the account of the $29,-
000,OpO, which they themselves, as direc
.lors and committee the concern,
wheh-ja National Bank, squandered among
Congress men, legislators,, judges, lawyers,
politicians, speculators and gamblers of all
sorts. . Tips list they refuseto make public,
alleging that it would breakup personal as
sociations and social relations. We doubt
it not. What “personal associations” and
"social relations” were broken up on the
arrest of the pipe layer Glentworth? What
destruction of “privateconfidence” at the
arrest of the forge;- Mitchell? Party inter
est in these cases claimed that the exposure
should not have been made; but the laws
claimed their victim in spite of all the strug
gles of political partizans to smother evi
dence. The honor of the country, the good
of the public, and the interest of the stock
holders, all alike claim that the exposure
shpuld be made in.the case of the U. States
Bank.
W. J, Dunne, Esq., fearlessly anti ably
demanded die publication of the list, and
the majority were with him. •
The President, Col. Drayton, and his tail
of National: Bank advocates, became highly
excited at this demand. And how did they
meet it? 'By attempting to excite (he fears
of the stockholders of great ultimate loss,
and by acknowledging that “if you publish
the details of the suspended debt, you .will
diminish the assets bei/ond what you have
any idea of.” Kennedy, who is a National
Bank man, and opposed to a publication' of
the.listi stated—
“If you list,'you could .never
collect a cent. It was like a protested note.
A man should be allowed to nurse his cred
it. The history of this bank , had already
shown abundant evidence that large sums
had been given to favorites, to an enormous
amount. It was no'.use.tp multiply this dis
graceful evidence.”
. This Contains.the secret of the attempt at
concealment. -The- list of- (he Suspended'
paper, with the names and dates, will prove
incontestibly that the rottenness and decay
of the Bank originated while it was a Na
tional Institution.— thcn that t/ie mo
ney was sunk in bribing Congress men, in
fluencing elections, feeing lawyers, and pur
chasing voter. The commencement of this
$29,000,000 of suspended paper extends
back to l'S3B, and at each successive Presir.
dential election, it was swelled in amount
and deteriorated in character. Immense ef
forts are'making to keep this damning proof
from the people until they shall have been
wheedled and cajoled, into countenancing;
another bank Of a more extensive capital,
and therefore capable of mure'stupendous'
mischief. 'The thousand arms of the em
bryo monster, like the, t fabled Briareus, .are
at work in all sections of flip "country-en
deavoring to fasten upop the vitals,,of the
people, until, completely within its.power,
tHei| - liberty perishes ip ; its grasp. JVliHe
one set.of men at Philadelphia are,endeav
oring to smother the evidence of what one
National Bank was, another,, set at. Wash
ington, through a venal.press,- are trying to
raiab'cxpectation, ini the restorative powers
of a new one, The "National lritelligcn
ce'r-” of! yestcrday. in ita nrticle on a Na
tional Bank, has the following article:-
•‘The fate of the United States Bank has
settled the question, for the present at least,,
as to the competency of any State Bank to
become an nfficient regulator of the currenV
cy, and, as far as thatdemonstratibngbes,
a Holds an additional argument in" favor of
the establishment of a national bank.’.’ : :
• How remarkably this corresponds with
the attempts making in’Philadelphia to sup
press the evidence that the failure actually
took place ns-a national bank !
The promises held out ’'Are', that- a' new
bank will regulate the cunency. The peo
ple are told that the bank will do that which, !
by the constitution, Congress alone has pow -
cr to do, and which if'easily could do by
th'e creation of a bankrupt Ijjw including.in
stitutions. This it docs not choose to do,
but they make the deranged state of affairs
a pretextfdr the creation of a great monopo
ly, irt the hope that .that will do it. On this
subject, the Intelligencer has the following
specimen of wisdom:—■
“Can the State qf Virginia, or can the
State of Georgia, by any act of its Legisla
ture, bring up its notes to an equal value
with those of New York, or, in other words,
raise flfcWi' of specie? Confesscd
. If State Legislatures are so impotent in
currency matters; what peculiar potency is
there in Congressional enactments? or, if (lie
State banks are above State laws, how can
a national bank govern them? The fact is,
that any State can raise its currency to a
par'with that of New, York by compelling
specie pay ments, of an adherence to The 1
cqnstitu tional mcd iu m of..exchange.._lt is
true, the banks have become so powerful
that laws adverse to their interests cannot
be passed. An amusing instance of this is
found in oncef Mr. Biddle’s letters, where
he explains that the true policy of the bank
was, instead of renewing, to have braved the
State laws, which it could have done with
impunity, because the Stale being bankrupt,
was in the power of the bank. Again, at
the meeting yesterday, the following incir
dent occurred:— -
“John W. Ashmcad thought, that by ac
cepting the 17th section, this bank would
ultimately place its charter at the mercy of
the legislature.
Judge Bayard said this could not possibly
occur; and referred to the opinion of Judge
King, seriatim, as delivered.in the Court of
Common Pleas, and said the same reasoning
used there would apply to this, bank in all
future cases uf a like character.”
.This shows a firm and cool dependence
upon the supremacy of bank rule. - This’ is
as true in all the suspended States, as it is
in Pennsylvania, and would have been true
of the; federal government, if its connection
with- the United Stafes Baiik had continued
to this time; and moreover it will be true to
the federal government, if .the proposed new
blink is ever chartered.
In the situation and character of the debts
.Vl.k V, rIjX
due? By the speculators and politicians of
the whig party, those who are clamoring for
a national banki If the institution is crea-'
ted.under the auspices of these men, can it
be doubted that the suspended debt of the
old bank will-be settled only by its transfer
40-'tlio-n&w?-«Jti-fact--~tliia-very—liope-was
held out to the stockholders at the meeting
yesterday, when-Judge Bayard stated as
follows:
“At any rafe, we can but waif a little
while, and see what will be the action of
Congress, in relieving the people, and in
distributing the public lands, and so forth,
and then, at last, if there is uo'mthcr course
left; we can-but then make an assignment,'
and go into liquidation.” _
The debts of the present cabinet members
due the Bank down to the merest political
speculator, including the Wall . St. press,
will be paid by the new. bank as a reward
for its charter procured through their means.
The most material object now is, as we have
Stated, to conceal the debtors to the Bank.
For .this purpose, what a ridiculous farce
was played off yesterday—ruined stockhol
ders, broken merchants, broken hearted wi
dows, and beggared orphans, met to receive
the report of the committee appointed to in
vestigate the Bank, and'state how much of
$35,000,000 of capital was left to them, and
what they were to expect to,live upon for
the future. The committee appeared wrap
ped up in their impudence and charlatanry,
and amid an infinitude of words, all that
could be ascertained was, that after great
anxiety, labor and research, they had not
been able to discover that an item of $400,-
000 had been accounted, for. Of the $35,-
000,000 lost money nothing was said, but
the disheartened stockholders were conso
led by four columns uf abuse uf Nicholas
Biddle. '
From Ike New York Express,
NEW YORK SUPREME COURT.
; “ May 18,; 1841.
Chief Justice Nelson and Judges Cowan
and. Bro.nsPn presiding.'
THE McLEOD CASE.
Mr. Wood commenced by reading the,en
rollment of steamboat Caroline at the. Col
lector’s office, Buffalo, describing her dimen
sions and owner’s.name, Mr. Well—dated
1 Dec. 1837. '"
The license was also submitted, being the
same date.
The next document read was the deposi
tion bfGillinaii Appleby, taken before Judge
Bowen at the time McLeod was taken up on
habeas qorpus and motion made furdischarge,
12th December lasL
The witness was in command of. the Ca
roline at the time of the'attack-—he receiv
ed a'thrust as he was coming on deck—saw
the person who thrust at himi and thought it
to be McLeod—could not swear that hewas
the.man —the man who made the thrust had
a r flushed ’countenance. He was examined
the next day, but could not swear that he
was the man, although he believed he was
there—the only doubt hc had arose from the
want of the flush on the countenance”—knows
Durfee was killed, saw him after he was
dead, found hiin lying on the rail track about
40„or 50 feet from the wharf, shot with a
bullet.’
, The cross examination was.omitted.
Deposition of Leonard Anson read—Was
formerly.a resident of Lookport, but lived;
in .Canada, until after -the burning of the.
Caroline; saw McLeod at 'Chippewa during
the day previous and the morning, after the
occurrence; the men.were talkingaboutwho
did most, and LcLeud. boasted .that he had
killed a d—;—-d Yankee on board the Caror
line, and there is Ilia blood, producing a pis
tol; |ie,had also a.sword, by-his side. ■,
The affidavit of Norman Bu t nam was next
read—Was in the- Britjah encampment.at
Chippewa.and saw the Caroline’s pipes down
the river; there was a,great excitement at
the time, and a desire to take her. Heard
Col. McNab say, if the soldiers wbuld'giye
up their pistols he would answer for their
return. "■■
' A bout 8 b’clbck the expedition, started,
guided by ; the lights on board the Caroline
at ScholossCr—the peraons among'flic expb
dition were Ronald McDonald, Captain Ho
sier, anil Alexander McLeod,* he said his
.blood had drunk the blood of a person on
board. Prom what he heard at Chippewa,
during (he day add night, he had no doubt
Col. McNab was acquainted with and ap
proved of the expedition,
Mr. Hall then read tl c official despatch
of Gbv.-llead to Lord Glenelg, colonial se
cretary, containing an account of {lie trans
action—(hat the persons going in the expe
dition were only volunteers, ignorant of the
scrvicpS.thcy.were'going upon. Drew said
he only wanted a few fellows who would go
to .the devil with him.
The evening Star says— '
Joshua Spencer, Esq. counsel for the prir
sbner, commenced' his argument this morn
ing, .at 10 o’clock, and concluded n't 1L—
Mr, Woods, District Attorney for Niagara,
then followed as counsel for the people.
The.points urged by Mr. S. in the course
of-hls arguments were:
That the destruction of-the Caroline was
an act of the British''govcrmncnt, and for
acts done under it, prisoner is nut personal
ly responsible in any court whatever;,(hat
the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in the
case, and' thay therefore order a not pros.;
that the whole matter is in treaty between
the two nations, and the State of New York
cannot therefore lawfully interpose; that by
the constitution the power to declare war,
&c., belongs to (he general government, and
the act in which McLeod is said to have par
ticipated, being an exercise of the public
force of Great Britain, any interference of
the State authority will be incompatible with
the powers of the general government. If
the alleged offence were .cognisable by the
,U. S. Court, the trial would be incompatible
with pending negociations: and if the U. S.
Court would be found in a similar case to
forbear trial, so is the- State ,of New York
bound to forbear. -
ALL. THE ST. LOUIS MURDERERS
ARRESTED.
From the St. Louis Pennant Extra ef May 10.-
1“ The tale of hoi:ror_.is—completed.—.The
four monsters whose unparalleled outrage of
the night of the 17th ult. struck such an ap
palling chill to every heart, are all in custo
dy awaiting their trial. Of their identity
P.u!Lh.fi < ■
New Orleans, returned.on thp Missouri, af-"“-
ter the murder/and staid in New Orleans
until the morning of the 2d insf., when he
left on the Eliza, in the capacity of second
steward; when the Eliza reached Commerce,'
. a lit: Austin came on board an if.stated that- :
flic perpetrators of the murders were discov
ered to be negroes, and that one of them was
a slave belonging to Mr. Blanchard of New
Orleans.
- GaptainTji tile tori immediately suspected
it was the one'lie had engaged, and imposed
silence-upon all on board. So well was the
affair managed, that, the negro', suspected
nothing until the boat arrived in port. Cap
tain Littleton immediately sent word to the
City Marshall, who despatched his deputies,
Barclay & Dowling, to arrest him. lie has
made a, partial confession. -
By the Eliza, Mr. Pett'us also received a
letter, of the nature of which, (the character
of the contents being already known by ge
neral report) we feel bound to speak. The
The letter is from Mr. Blanchard himself,
and states that his slave, Madison, was ship
ped on board a bout in the first place for the
purpose of getting him out of the way, as he
was strongly suspected of having been con
cerned in the burning of several houses in
New Orleans! Good heavens! is it possible
that any man would let louse upon the world
such a monster as this, for the paltry sum of
his monthly hire!
i Constable Gordon returned this morning
—not half an hour ago—on the Embassy,
having met her at the mouth. He confirms
the intelligence that Brown was taken in
Cincinnati, and will probably be here this
evening on the A. M. Phillips. Thus, by
that fatuity whichever attends the criminal,
have been discoved the perpetrators (ihruugh
their own means) of this monstrous-villany,
which without the confessions of those enga
ged in it, afforded ho clue whatever, and the
mystery of which never could have been un
ravelled.
A Destructive Fire at Annapolis,
An Annapolis correspondent of the-B.dti
more Sun, writes under date of Tuesday:
“I hasten to inform you of (he most de
structive fire with which this city has been
visited formally years. It originated about
.!_o!cjpck_this._morning, in tbo-frame-build
ing of the- Annapolis and Elk Ridge Ra’d
,road Company, occupied by the locomotives.'
The building contained n quantity, of wood
for thc use of the engines, which added very
much to the fury of the flames. Both the.
locomotives of. the company were in the
building, and are very, seriously injured—
probably to more than half their , original
cost. It appears to be the general impres
mou that the fire was the work of an incen
diary, as there was no fire used ip the build
ing, and the engine'was put in (he house at
7 o’clock yesterday evening, with all ima'-
ginable safety. The fire, was confined en
tirely to the railroad buildings, aud was subr
dued about 3 o’clock, A. M.”
A Large Rewai d. —The Bank of Louisi
ana has offered a reward of $3OOO for the
apprehension and safe delivery of Jules L.
Daunby, late receiving teller, and Charles
Zenon Colsson, date discount clerk of the
absconded after robbing the insti
tution ofaconsiderableamountof money..
Jlforc Fraud til New Orlcans. —-TheNew
Orleans'“Crescent ;City’’of the 10th inst.,
states that'the examination gone into, and
f'tbbe continued’’ at the BaVikof Louisiana,
resulted bn Saturday last, in the discovery
of an overdraft to the amount of $60,000 !
Previous to this, the book-keeper having
charge of the accounts had 'disappeared, but
nothing was ■ though t to 1 be. proven - thereby,
save a peculiar nervous temperament.
JtftfincWy.—Tlie Cumberland. Md. Civilian
Btateshliat Mr. H knrt AVrioht of that town was'
killed on the 2d inabnearthattown, fay.'thb fall
ing of.a tree upon him.- - Ho was engagedin obn
.vemadan'.at .that time with Mr- Warren, when a
heavy tree was blown down,a limb of which struck
Mc.-Wrightand lulled'bimVi*iM r . ; aU,
so knpcltejl
gergiisly hurt; ' L.
Jin extraordinary Journey and Voyage.— An
English traveller) Sir George Simpson, who recent
ly get onl from Liverpool, and left Montreal on
his wild route a few days since, is now engaged in
.one of tho most extraordinary adventures of mod
ern times. Ho is on his way round the world,
and expects to trajrel in all, 36,850 miles. Thus,
he left Liverpool and arrived at Halifax and. Bos
ton by steampacket, a distance of 3500 miles. ‘
Thcnco he went to Montreal by water, a distance
of 370 miles. Holeft that city in a canoe, arid in
tended to visit French river, lakes Huron, Superior,
White Fish, Lake of tho Woods and Winnepeg,
until he reaches the Red River settlement, being a
distance of 2150 miles, all by canoes. Ho then
proposes to travel on horseback and on foot, to the
Rocky Mountains, a distance of upwards of 1300
miles, Ho will then proceed down the Columbia
River, a distarice of 1100 miles by boat, until ho' ■
arrives at Fort Vancouver. ■ He will then travel
entire Pacific Ocean by steamboats and ships up
wards of 15,000 miles; will visit the Sandwich
Islands, Kamschatka and various other places.
He will proceed to Siberia, and, travel .800 miles
on horseback-—then ajong the.Lena,-a.distancO'Of ■
2610 miles in boats. He will take horses, and af- /,
ter_visiting.variou» regions of the northof Europe;" '
will visit Perm, Oraa, Moscow, St. Petersburg,
and proceed homo through Europe, being a dis
tance 0f9500 miles in carriages and on horseback.
•His calculation is to be absent tho whole of this
year, and the greater part of next.— PhU. Inn, .
Another Outbade. —Tho Havana corrcspOn.
dent of tho New York Express gives an account
of aridthor outrage upon an American vessel, by
British cruisers, on the coast of Africa. ' The Bal
timore brig A. E., bound from Havana to'Cabinda.
Africa, was boarded off that place by two English
boats’ crews, who took posession, and so
cd themselves as to frighten the captain’s wife
and daughter into a dangerous illness.
“They treated tho captain with the usual inso
lence of such demi-pirates, arid took the vessel to
the Congo river, where they kept her 12 days’, pil
laging both the cargo of the vessel and the negro
canoes that passed. This conduct they pursued
until the negroes were exasperated and attacked the
brigs & boats, killing mu; of tho A. E. aiuTwound
ilig sevcral of the English.
“The prize crew, after this adventure, returned
precipitately on board, and getting the brig under
way, set Sail for Cabinda. They .found H. M. B.
brig of. war Persian, Lieutenant commanding Sym
mns thin came on hoard-with-an additional, boat’s
crew and commenced breaking out the cargo, with
out asking to look at the brig’s papers, or paying
any attention to Captain D’s protestations. After
ransacking tho cargo four , days; bursting open
bales and boxes, and knocking open kegs of pow
■der,^ridingmQlhirTg;.thewTo^wtot-ll)prtf.‘plehjedi'7sr
“ ‘Tor fifteen days,’ sayd' the Captain I liad 17
men onboard, eating and drinking the best they
could find,.and for four days more the commander
and nearly all of his men .pillaging my stores.and ,
drinkiftg my liquors, they beTngjitverv short allow
ancq on board their own vessel.’ Tho English
!>rls Jlying-M imt-p€ak,*~~~-
.The English officers declared they would seism
every American vessel they came across,.and break
Up the trade‘ entirely; and from our late accounts
from_.lhe. Sla.tes7 it seems they arc determined to
put their threat into execution.”
Extknsivb and Daring ftoßß&nv in Nkw.
York.— About half past 9 o’clock on Saturday
morning last, a boy apparently from 13 to 15 years
of age presented to tbq porter of the Phcenix JJank,
in Wall street, a slip pf* paper with the name of
“P, Adam, 02 Wall street,” written on it. and re
quested the ,trunk of Messrs. P. Adams. & Col bro
kers,’ which had been deposited in the Vault of the
bank tho evening before, in accordance with tho
daily custom ol the house, and of the brokers gen
erally, of depositing oyer night, for greater securi
ty, in tho vaults of the bank. The unsuspecting
porter nothing doubting the correctness of tho de
mand, particularly as the boy pointed out the
trunk to,him from among n large number of simi
lar appearance, as the one having a strap around
it, handed it out and delivered iuto the boy, who
he supposed had been sent for it, although at an
unusally early hour’in the morning, and was un
deceived only by surprise, on receiving a reqiiest,
at the usual hour, from tho house of Messrs. P.
Adams & Co. for the trunk. Mr. Adams, the se
nior partner of the firm, through whose name tho
trunk was obtained from tho bank, was and is out
of town, and may not yet have heard of his loss.
The contents of the trunk amounted to about s23,**
000 in money, notes and checks. A reward of
$5OO is offered fur the detection of the robbers.
A Painful Case.— A youn«r man lately com
mitted to tlio" jtjil of Rockingham* county, Va.,
charged with life murder of his father, has been
tried by an examining court in Harrisonburg and
acquitted. The Register says: “This horrible af
..fair, tlie killing of a father by bis son, was .the re
sult of n drunken frolic, in which lather, mother,
and son were all engaged! The father, it appears,
made an attack upon the son, who repelled the as
sault by striking a blow with a hoe which stove in
his parents skull and laid him dead at hisTect!
The young man has been acquitted by the laws of
his country; but remorse and anguish must and
will torture his spirit while life, and thought, and
being last.” ,
Bloody Scenes.-Tlic last St. Augustine Herald,
after noticing the cold blooded ' assasination of
Gen. Read, in Tallahassee, slates that great*'ex
citement existed, and that there appeared some dis- .
position- to arrest the' murderer, Willis Alston,
from the hands of justice. In a- postscript, it
adds:—“We learn that thesheriff of Leon county
was compelled to shoot a man, who is not expect
ed to recover,'and tliat Harris, the city marshal,
in another affair, was nearly cut to pieces by a ,
man nacaed Rogers.”
MR, WEBSTER AND THE WAR FEDEB
ALISTS.
The blue lights shines forth in all their splen
dor, under the auspices of Daniel Webster., ‘ln
Now England iii* particular, the war democrats
are prescribed, and the war federalists are reward
ed. 'Those wjip gave, aid and comfort to the ene
my and who forgot their country in the time of its
greatest peril, are duly remembered by the Hart
ford Convention dynasty at Washington, and are
loaded with the spoils of office, ;
' It is announced in the Woodstock Spirit of the
Age, that the democratic postmaster at Rutland,
Vermont, has been, removed, and Col. Jaw Gate
has been appointed. Col. Gove was a federalist
-in the days of Jefferson and Madison; nay-more,
he wasone of the moat bitter revilera of Jefferson, v
and an uncompromising opponent of Madison and
his, war measures. And a correspondent of the
Age says, when our. was invaded, and
when a proposition was made by_ a captain .who
commanded a company in the vicinity, to .volun
teer to go toPlattsburg and .assist in defence a
gainst the attacks of the, British forces, this, patri
otic ; Colonel replied—"R iVo curjed democratic :
war, and you may. do your oiimfighting,”
Mr. Webster acted oh-the same .principle, and.;
uttered similar sentiments, in and out ofcongress.
It is not surprising that bis confidence should ceh- *
tro on those who. liko himaelf, denounced Jef
ferson and opposed Madison and the war,—They
are’,congenial spirits.— ManyJlrgue... ;■ : .1 ,
■ Mau. RoBBERs AHREsrgo.'i-i-The Maysville
(Ky.) Monitor states that MrtColman.tho late
postmaster, of that,city, has' succeeded in appre
hending tyro.individuals charged •: with robbing
the mail between Maysville. and; Cincinnati.— j
Upon exammstion, tHe. eyldenco wasfound euffi--
ciontljrstrong'& J obitiniit > them Tor TurtnefuipT v ;^: