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0,0 re al the Foley'? rash nrires,
THE OYSTERMAN.
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There Was a tall young oysterman,
Lived by the river side ;
His shop it ,was upon the hank,
Fits hoat'was . on thelide.
•
The dangh4
er ()Fa fisherman,
So very eat and trim,
Liv'd over it the other aide,
Rilht op .osite to him.
tall yonne oysterman
this lovely maid,
.mer'sevening„
in the shade,
It wna this
That so
All in Evi-en
A sittin
wave her handkerchief,
He P a cs he
as if to say—
As pne,
like to
And dad!
hut, vnune oyslernien,
is gone uway.
Then r se this oysterman,
Arid to ifimsell said he.
I guess VI( leave my skiff at home,.
For fear as folks should see.
I've read i b a story book,
That fort e to kiss his dear,
Leander . s4vam the Hellespont,
And I till-swim this here.
O then he plung'd into the wave,
Arid then he swam the stream,
And then he clamber'd up the bank,
All in the moonlight gleam.
O then wete kisses soft and sweet,
And winds as soft as rain, •
Until theyOleard her father's step,
And in he plung'd again.
Out spake thla ancient fi:herman.
O what was Obit, my daughter ?
9' was no, ing but a brickbat, sir,
• I chuck cl into the water. •
But what is that arc critter there,
.- • That Idles off so fast
'Tis g hut a porpoise, sir,
That's
b een a swimming past.
•
Out spake[that aucient fisherman,
0 brine roe my harpoon,
I'll get int my fishing boat,
Antlfic the critter soon.
Down fell tlos'lnvelv damsel,
As fulls the slau.rblet'd lamb,.
Her hair . 11/110•110 An her pallid cheeks,
Like se weed on a clam.
tinqe Iwo lovyers !
'a r ot 'torn' her sound
'ken with the ernrnp,
the water drnwn'd.
na tnetainorpt.oe'd them,
Alga ! fin
'-She w a
He was t
And in
But fat.
In litv or their v.o,
And now ltieV lte.p an oyster shop,
Far: m • molds down below !
Errd4 the Lou; srilly !I'•u's Let er
THE FALL OF MARINO FALIERO.
nr "Dnrin.",
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The Grand Duke of Venice, on entering the
Council ChaMber, on the eiihth of March, 1355,
found written on the Royal :Chan', the following"
word,
*, Marino Fit hero, husband of the lovely wife ; he
keeps, but , nth t ers kiss herl"
tt Whit; incians this assemblage, friend l" cried a
youth whThned the throng.
tt The Grad Duke. has been basely and rudely in
sulted," Was the ready answer.
By, Wlt,tre and for what F' eagerly asked the
young cavalier, reddening to the'very temples.
"It is not yet known, but I'll lay my life that ere
to-morrow's dam:), the ruffian will hang between
the Red Pillars." And the speaker turned to ob
serve the; cbtintenance of his interrogator, but, he
was gone—hi gatittola waa sweeping rapidly down
the Choizia.
The circu
stance, trivial as it was, did not escape
g gaze of Heretical° Israello, for it was
Per the Arsenal, with whom this young
been communing. He jumped into
ridola, and calling on all the friends of
e to, follow, he rowed off after the fu
n overtook him. Tying a small cord
his gondola,.and taking the other end
nd, he turned and proceeded again to
iace, amid the shouts of the multitude
allowed. ' •
the serutinizi
the Admiral
nobleman ha
the nearest g
the grand dulf
gitive, and so
to the head n
in his own ha
wards the pai
which had fci
Michael t.. 4
t eno had been tried. and sentenced to
for two months and banished from the
unprisonmen
state , for one
On the da!y following this sentence, the worthy
Seignor Berthccio Isreallo, Admiral of the Arsenal,
came to prefer a complaint before the doge. Ascer
tain nobleman had•dishonored him by a blow ; l and
it was in vain to seek redress for such an insult
from any bu t t the highest perstvnage of state. The
doge, hrooditig over his own imagined wrongs, glad
ly seized thi ioccasion to descant on his own person.
al insignificarce..
2 .• What can't do for you 1" was his answer.—
" Think of 4e gibe that has been written concerning
ine„aml think of the manner they have punished
the offender.b See how the Council of X respects
our persons:.
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114 My lord Duke," replied Bertuccio, "if yuu
would wish to make yourself a prince, and to cut
these treachrTius 4entlemen to pieces, I have the
heart to helpF you to the throne."
" But hoc can such a thing be affected r And
they discussed the subject.
Bertuccio Faliero, a nephew of the doge, and Fil
lippe Colen3aro, a seaman of some repute, were
,summoned to the council immediately. They then
agreed to commit the design to six others, and they
met fur sevel i el successive nights under the roof of
the ducal) palace, to consult the entire destruction of
the Venetian aristo-racy. They finally concerted
that sixteen !or seventeen-leaders should be stationed
in varioui, parts of this city, with a number of men
armed and equipped, they, the followers, not to
know ; their destination ; that they should, at the ap
pointed tithe, announce the arrival of a Genoesa fleet
tiff the Legilne, as a pretext for ringing the bells of
San l'ilareo,' at the sound of which they were to as
semble in the San' Marco, and when the nobility
came) to ; learn the cause of the alarm, they were
to fail hpoh them and slay them to a man. This
, 1
~being donei they were to proclaim Marino Faller,
lord of Venice. These projects were to be carried
' into 'execution on Wednesday, the 15th of April,
'1355i . 1
In Order ie raise popular feeling against the Cimn
cil, they l pifehed upon this stratagem:—Parties of the
constiirators w liked through the streets of the capi
tal,l at the ead of night, stopping at the windows of
the plehian , insulting their females, and then retir
ing with rude bursts of laughter—calling oae another
by. the names of the principal noblemen:
scl far eery thing had succeeded beyond their
/ • ;
brighteit eirpectatione' Their plot had been concert
ed Within me month only, and this despatch was
prot;biy Idle reason of their hopes of unbounded
success'. very thing had been done to the purpose,
and I t had t not been for Marco Vitulli, one of the
earl:irate , who was an adopted son of Francisso
Nouveili, ho went to him on the morning previous
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"I w i l l teach you to pierce the bowels of the Earth. and bring out from the Caverns of Ipuntains. Metals which will give strength to our Hands and subject all Nature to our use and pleasure.—Dn. JOHNSON."
VOL. XVII.
to the execution of the plot, and begged him to re
main at home the day following, all would have been
well. But this excited some suspicion in the mind
of his patron ; who accordingly forcibly detained
Vitulli, arid extracted from him a full confession of
the conspiracy.
The gates of the Ducal place were shut. A mul
titude of the plebians had gathered around as if await
ing some great event. The Duke, the fountain and
the source of all law, had committed a crime worthy
of death. The Council of Ten had conde nned him
to be beheaded on the landing place of the Giant
Stairs; thus the scene of his mighty elevation was
to become the scene of his destruction.
The ; day arrived. The Council of Ten were as
sembled .op the Giant Stairs The president took
the royal tap from off the head of the chief person
age of state, and raising the sword of julitice, let it
fall upon the devoted head. Then going to a win
dow, he held up the bloody weapon to the view of
the populace, end cried out— ,
'• Death has deservedly fallen upon the Tyrant.•"
The gates were opened, and the populace rushed
in to get a sight of their once beloved, now lament
ed Duke.
before your eyes the just judgment that
an all-wise Providence has sent against a foul con
spiratOr, an aspiring ruler, and as unfeeling mon
ster:"
Again had the multitude assembled around the
Red Pillar. The accompliCes of the Grand . Duke
were all condemned tol?.eath, with the exception of
Marco Millini, who on account of his youth, was
only banished fur, life. When Bertuccio Isreallo
came to the block, he pointed to the blood which
flowed in streams around him, and said—
Bertuccin Israello is proud to mingle his blood
with that of so many martyrs to the noble cause of
liberty !" and he then laid himself calmly down and
give the signal to strike. The executi finer obey
ed, and severed his head from his body at a single
blow. .
Their bodies were interred the next day, without
any of the ceremony usually attendant upon a Ve
netian rimeral.
The above is a true copy of the conspiracy of Ma
rino Faliero, Doge of Venice. He. like many other
haughty rulers, thirsted for greater honors than he
then possessed, and was willing to saciilice 'every
thing to obtain it ; but it was otherwise ordered ;
his plans were defeated, and he and his wretched
accomplices suffered the death which they justly
merited.
•
• Thesd ibells were rung only on great occasions
by the order of the Grand Duke alune.
A Woman worth having.—ln Mr. Morrison's
centennial sermon at Peterborough. N. H. he says—
. Early in our history, the hand card, the little spin
ning wheel, and the loom with the hand Shuttle, were
almost the only tristurnents of manufacture in this
place. The grandmother of General Miller paid
fnr four hundred acres of land in fine linen, made
entirely (except getting out. the flax) by her own
hands." 'rite Gen. Miller here spoken of, is the
hero of the Battle of Niagara, and of Lundy's Lape,
in the last tsar ; and Should war again threaten our
borders, or our institutions be placed in danger from
cau's,..s, within or without, it will he the children of
such mothers, the free, uncorrupted, hardy sons of
the country, that will prove its safeguard. From the
feeble, enervated children of luxurious idleness, men
cannot be reasonably expected.
Marriage in Lapland.—lt is death in Lapland to
marry a maid without the consent of her patents or
friends. When a young man has formed an attach
ment to a female, the fashion is to appoint their
friends to meet to behold the two parties run a race
together. The maid is allowed in starting the ad
vantage ar,a third part of.the.race, so that it is im
possible, except willing of herself, that she should be
overtaken,t If the maid overrun her suitor, the mat
ter is ended ; he must never have her, it being penal
for the man to renew the motion of marriage. But
if the virgin has an affection .for him, though at first
she runs hard to try the truth of his love, she will,
(without Atalanta's golden balls to retard her speed)
pretend some causuality and make it voluntary halt
before she come to the mark at the end of the race.
Thus, none are compelled to marry against their
own will ; and this is cause in this poor country
the married people are richer in their own. content
ment than in other lands, where so many forced
matches make feigned love, and cause real unhappi
ness. It is to be regretted that our fah sex have not
alwys equal opportunity of accepting 'or rejecting
the suitors, in order to insure their future happiness,
although there is little doubt but most of our married
ladies would have managed, under the same circum
stances, to have fallen down or otherwise been pre
vented running to the end ; nevertheless, too many
have been forced by their friends, for. sinister ma-
Lives, to marry those they did not love ; these would
have run fast to prevent their lives being made mis
erable,.and to avoid, perhaps, premature death.
A 'GOOD NEWSPAPER
The Rev. Mr. Durnap in his "Lectures-to young
Men." says;
'Perhaps I ought to beg pardon of the shade of
Herodotui when I avow, that I consider the yearly
contents of one good newsnaper, as more valuable
than all he ever wrote.' reason ter this high
compliment to the press k that the history of one's
own tames, to be found in the journals of the day, is
more important to him than the history of past ages.
The latter is not without its , share of importance,
for though the history of the past, no matter how
remote. may be accounted curious reading, yet it is
'not merely so. As a,discipline of the mind alone it
is useful ; but it is in the lesson which it teaches,
the revelations of character which it hangs out for
the guidance of States, showing the havens to be.
sought, and the shoals, rocks, whirlpools and quick•
sands to be avoided, that its greatest importance
consists. Apart from these uses, the perusal of the
history Of tbe past is no better than novel rending ;
but viewed as aid, in shaping present conduct, stud
ied in connection with current history, it appears
to us not only important, but indispensable to both
the Statesman and Motaltst—to all whose position
and abilities enable thdrn•to affect the public mind
and the public interest, for weal or 'o. And we
have no doubt. that the reverend author himself is
of the same opinion; while we agree fully with him,
that historical reading `should begin not with the
ancient, but with the men of our own times.' Here
then we are brought back to the newspapers. It were
unnecessary for us to waste words in giving any
reasons additional to that mentioned by the author,
for agreeing in his opinion relative to the opinion
relative to the value of a 'good newspaper' Such a,
one—one truly worthy of the name, does contain
the current history of its own times. To deserve
the character, 11 must be impartiali- industrious,
seeking truth and only, through every 'wadeable
avanue.—Ales Gazette .
AND PO
weekly by Benjamin Bannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
To Me Stockholders of Me Schuylkill Navigation
Company. .
The President and Managers of the Schuylkill
Navigation Company, have the plea Sure of offering
to the Stockholders, their accustomed Annual Re
port, and congratulate them in the continued prbs
perity of the Company.
A concise statement of their concerns, also of the
business transacted upon the navigation are annex
ed ; froiri ,: whiai it will be perceived with gratifica
tion, that - notwithstanding the embarrassments ex
perienced throughout the country, yet the transac
tions of the company have continued to maintain
steady course, and have equalled the expectations
entertained;
The whole extended line of their improvements,
except that portion between Fair-mount and Mona-
yunk, have afforded to the trade, an uninterrupted
chain of.water communication during the past seas-
On, to boats averaging about fifty-five tons each,
with the exception of a few days of unavoidable de-
lay, at a new dam erecting a short dtstance above
Norristown
The Fair-mount pool above referred to,.embrac-,
ing a distance of about five and a half miles, has du
ring a portion of the past season, been unusually
low, in consequence of the imperfect state of the
dam; the water in the channel above, having been
reduced several inches below its usual depth, (of
four feet in the shallowest parts,) thereby causing
very serious losses, inconvenience and vexatious de
tention to the boatmen trading wtth their craft, to
and from the city.
To remedy these serious detects, as it was under
stood that the watering committee of the city coun
cils, were desirous of increasing the power of the
city water works; a negotiation was entered into with
them for the purpose of raising the dam about eight-
een in , hes, which would have accomp&hed the oh
ject had in view by t'ie committee, and at the same
tune afforded to the Navigation Conn:laity the full
depth of water required in the pool above.
Such propositions were made by the managers, as
they believed would be highly advantageous to the
city corporation, and also would fully accommodate
the trade upon the CompanY.'s works; but as the ul
timatum of the watering committee contained stipu
lations entirely inadmisAble. and watch would have
beep in direct contravention of the chatter of the
Schuylkill Navigation Co:L:pany, it was deemed use
less to protract the negotiation, and it was therefore
reluctantly brought to a close.
Having thus closed their negotiation with the wa
tering committee, the only alternative of remedying
the difficulties, and of obtaining the additional depth
of water contemplated, was the removal of the obsta
cles in the boat channel. On a careful examination
of wsich it was ascertained, that a considerable por
tion of the whole distaiice was of the required depth;
that the obstructions were only in 4etatched parts;
and that the whole could be removed, py formin g cof
fer dams, and takin g out the rocks, c. that formed
the impediments.
As soon as it was discovered to be practicable,
though late in the season for undertaking/nevi work,
yet the Baird of Managers determined to engage the
Messrs. Hankins, two of the most experienced men
in their employ, immediately to commence the work;
with instructions to form a perfect continuous boat
channel along side of the towing path from Fair
mount to Manayunk, of forty feet in width at bot
tom, with five feet depth of water throughout, at the
lowest state of the river. This work was com
menced about the first of October, and considerable
progress has already been made ; it is expected that
the whole may be accomplished, by the early part of
next summer. The expense it is confidently believed
will be much less to the company, than the plan
originally contemplated in the
.proposition to the wa
tering committee.
_ .
The breaking up of the ice in the river in Februd.
ry last, caused some damage to the guard lock of the
Manayunk canal, and destroyed the house occupied
by the locktender, which was built in a very exposed
situation , a new dwelling house has been put up in
a side location, and the lock has been repaired ; the
whole is much improved and in a better condition
than before the accident.
The new dam a few miles above Norristown, at
Jenkin's Island, mentioned in the last Report as in
tended to be erected the past season, to complete the
important improvements commenced the preceding
year at that place, has been nearly finished, founded
upon solid rock, of which there yet remains about
100 feet of its length to be put in ; around which
portion a coffer dam had been made, and the water
pumped out, ready to lay in the timber, but the fresh
et of November last, swept away tnt temporary cof
fer dam, and suspended for a while its final comple
tion ; a new ene of more permanent character has
been constructed, but from the uncertainty of the
weather at this la!e season of the jear, apprehensions
are entertained that the remaining portion of the dam
will not be completed before the nest spring.
At the head of the Oaks canal, nearly opposite
Phoenixville; where new cut-stone twin locks had
been built the preceeding year, a new dam and abut
ments have been ergcted in front of the old one, and
raised so as to give five feet depth of water in the
pool above ; the whole is finished in the most per
manent manner.
.:- The new dam at Lewis' falls, at the head of like
Girard canal, a few miles below Reading, a part of
which had been unfinnished when our last Report
was made, has been completed.
Dam number 14, a short distance above Port Clin
ton, that was considered weak, and for the erection
of a new one, preparations had been made two years
back, has been completed, with nevi stone abutments,
all finished in the best manner, and .raised so as to
give five feet water in the pool above.
A new towing path bridge across the mouth of the
Little Schuylkill at Port Clinton, has been construc
ted ; the towing paths have been raised in places
where they' were found not to be of sufficient '
heighth. and the works throughout have been much
improved.
The Board of Managers, sat eded of the importance
of increasing the capacity of the Company's works,
so as to admit of the passage of boats carrying from
eighty to one hundred tons burthen, have adopted
the plan, where a new dam was to be put in, or a
new front to one was reql;ired, to.make them of suf
ficient height to give the , requisite depth of water in
the pools above; and having already completed nine
of their dams agreeably thereto, and taken measures
to have the Fair-mount pool made of corresponding
depth, embracing altogether about one fourth the en
tire length of the Company's works; it will be a
subject for the consideration of the stockholders,
whether the board shall continue without delay,
SATURDAY 'MORNING. JANUARY 16. 1841.
REPORT.
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gradually to progress in accomplishing that desirabl
object.
On the loans heretofore authorized by the Stock
holders for new works, there yet remains to be dis
posed of, twenty 7 ,one thousand eight hundred and
four dollars ; which amount, it is believed, will be
nearly sufficient to finish those portions of new im
provements already commenced.
On the Ist of January, 1842, $402,7b6 03 of the
loans authorised in 1823 and 1828, wilt fall due.
For the purpose of enabling the Board of Managers
to renew.' or pay of the same, they suggest that a
new loan ; be authorized, for which the draft of an or
dinance has been prepared for the consideration of
the stockholderv.
• The whole quantity of Anthracite coal sent to mar
ket in the year 1840, by the Schuylkill Navigation,
per Reports of toll, collectors, is as follows :
At the Mount Carbon office there was
toll received on Tone,
Of which 25,952 tons were shipped at
Schuylkill Haven.
At the Schuylkill Haven office, in ad
dition to the above,
At Kernsville Office,
To which add the quantity on hand on
the landings at Philadelphia,as per Report
of January, 1840,
Making the whole supply of 1840, Tons, 466,291
Which has been distributed, as near as c,u be as
certained, as follows :
Delivered between Port Carbon- and
There has been sent to New York, on
board 1.14 , canal boats, passing directly
from the Schuylkill Coal region to that
city
There has been shipped at Philadelpgia,
on board of 2174 vessels bound for dis-
11=1
tant ports,
There:has been eold at the city for home
consumption,
And:there remains on hand at the
Philadelphia landings on the Schuylkill,
Ist Jandary, 1841,
There was brought to market in 1840, 3,087 tons
of bituriiiiious coal from the Susquehanna mines, via
the Pennsylvania, Union and Schuylkill canals.
The amount of toll received on coal
in 1840 + $373,400 50
The amount of toll received on all
other articles, , 94,979 58
$468,380 08
The whole amount of rents received
in 1840 drom real estate. ground-renti,
end water-rents, including arrears of
1839, $14,293 73
The arrears of rents due and uncol
lected on the Ist January, 1841,
The estimated income from rents,
from real estate, ground-rents and wa•
ter-rents for the year 1841, 19,750 00
The Whole quantity of anthracite coal sent to mar
ket in the year 1840, by the several canals is as fol-
owe:
By the Schuylkill navigation, 452,291
By the Lehigh Canal as follows :
From the Lehigh Compa
ny's mines, 102,264
From the Beaver Meadow -
mines, ; . 43,619
From the Hazleton Com-
pany's mines, 50,366
From the Sugar Loaf and
other mines, 29,039 225,288
By the Delaware and Hudson Canal. 148,470
By the Union Canal, 128
The Tate of toll on the article of anthracite -coal
was, inthe early part of last year, reduced to ninety
cents per ton for the whole distance, from Port Car
bon to Philadelphia, and in that proportion from oth
er less distant points. A suggestion has been made
from piarters entitled to respect, whether the present
i. the proper period for a still greater reduction;
a deliberate examination of this highly iro-
I. I - übject, in all its bearings, the Board of Man
: . deem it inexpedient to make any alteration in
tLe rate for the present year.
In cfesing their Report the Board of Managers
have much pleasure in stating, that the whole of the
Company's works are in better condition than at
any prnvious period.
All which is respectfully submitted',
By order of the Boatel,
JOSHUA LIPrINCOTT,
President.
Office of the Schuylkill Navigation Company,
Philadelphia, Jan. Ist, 1841.
C.
Tonnage of Articles Descending the River in 1840
Coat, T/ns 452 291
Flour, 10,933
Whiskey, 782
Luniber. 8,551
Leather, 256
Blooms and Castings, " 2,440
Wood, •' 6,388
Irori, •' 6,600
Iron Ore, “ 2,120
Grain, " 28,049
Butler, ! u 248
Bacon, Pork and Lard, 276
Nails, 4 4 900
Sand, 552
Rags, 61 158
Staves, a 393
Lime, 41,741
Litfiestone, .. 35,674
Bitliminous Coal, 3,087
Shingles, " 1,534
Marble, 519
Stone, •• 1,412
Lead, 314
Bark, 11. 174
Anthracite Coal from the U. Canal, " 128'
Suiadries,
VERTISER.
288,597
144,666
19,028
452,291
Tons,
19,000
41,223
64,388
244,684
90,000
26,000
'rocs,
466,291
10,779 77
Tons, 826,177
Tone 609,860
Tannage of Articles Ascending the 11;ver in 1840
Merehandize, Tons 11,679
Fish, 1,329
Salt, .4 3,743
Plaster, .. 10,833
Grain, ‘• 1,799
Iron, .4 1,598
Hides, 486
Iron Ore, 1,996
Bricks, 280
Tar and Pitch, 44 158
Blooms and Castings, 142
Lime, AI 809
Limestone, •. 3,279
Clay, , 123
Sand 895
Nails, 311
3,292
472
339
167
106
298
• 289
120
914
1,105
636
114
126
366
924
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Lumber,
Marble,
Stone,
Manure,
Cemcnt,
Hay and Straw,
Staves,
Whiskey,
Coal,
Rails,
Wood,
Pork and con
F)iur,
Sundries;
Later Foreign Intelligence.
The packet ship England, Capt. Waite, arnved at
New York on Wednesday evening, having sailed
from Liverpool on the 9th of December. The three
leading matters of intelligence are—the cerruita or
TUE CITY AND ISLAND OF CIIUSAN, on the Eas - tern
coast of China, by the British fleet ; tne adjustment
of the Jyrian question, by the submission of the Pa
cha of ED pt to the terips of the Allies ; and the de
feat of Dust Mabomed by the British forces in Air
ghapistan.
At Liverpool, Cotton waa about stationary, and
during the week ending Dec, 4th the sales amounted
to 25.590 bales, 4,800 of which was Upland at 5 a
6.td, 6,000 Mobile, Alabama and Tennessee at ‘q
a 9d.
American Flour, duty paid, had advanced Is per
barrel, 34s 6d a 336 per barrel having been Old rui
prime sweet parcels. Foreign Wheat was also rather
firmer.
We find the following letter in the New York
Courier and. Enquirer
LONDON, Dec. 7, 1840.—The debates in the
French Chamber of Deputies ended on Saturday
last in a majority of 82 in favor of the present ad
ministration—which is considered a e ushing blow
to the warlike proceedings arising out of the recent
follies of Mons. Thiers.
The overland mail arrived this morning from the
East Indies, China and Egypt—bringing a great
mass of important information from all those parts
of the World. The formal submission of Mehemet
Alt to the conditions of the Five Powers is announc
ed in despatches from Admiral Napier—the Pucha
consenting to the enure evacuation of Syria, the res
toration of the Turkish fleet, and the possession of
the sovereignty of Egypt for his life.
From China the overland mail has brought des
patches to the 4th of August, to the effect that the
capital of the island of China had been captured by
the English fleet, without material resistance on the
part of the Chinese, or considerable loss on either
side. The general tenor of the accounts from
China is, however, that the government of the Ce
lestial Empire was preparing an obstinate resistance
of the passive description—the population appearing
to be with the government against the foreigners, and
there is every appearance of a potracted and finally
verp uncertain result, from this distant and very ill
advised, ill-arranged, and, in England, unpopular
foreign war.
From the north of India the same mail brings ac
counts that Dhost Mahomet is again in arms, and in
considerable.force. From another quarter of India
there is intelligence that the King of Siam has es
poused the cause of the Chinese, and threatened the
extirpation of all the Europeans in his dominions, ii
the Chinese junks in , his waters should be attempted
to be attacked. It is therefore by the American
merchants to be regretted that the proceedings of the
English government should appear to be interrupting
the trade, not only with China, but in all the eastern
EM3
In monetary. affairs there is no alteration within
the last three days—but the foreign exchanges re
main favorable towards England, and there is uow al
most a total cessation of the exportation of specie,
with the commencement of small importations of
gold. The English funds have been advancing
slightly ; but the business is certainly not extensive ;
nor in any of the English or foreign securities or the
stock market, is there the prospect of more than a con
tinuation of the present improved rates, until the
opening of the ensuing year, when a large amount
of dividends will be paid on the largest of the Eng.
lish funds.
The American securities are all sustained at the
former quotations ; the shares of the Bank of the
United States—the principal sales at £l4. -
The North America arrived at Liverpool yester
day, with letters to the 19th ultimo, containing the
official account of the election of General Harrison to
the Presidency of the United States. The North
"America brings no intelligence of the arrival out of
the British Queen or the Caledonia, though there
certainty is no reason for of prinsion, the winds
having been westerly and unfavorable for some weeks
past.
IN DI A.—An engagement took place on the 18th of
September, between a British furce under Gen. D, n
nie and Dost Mohamed, the dethroned ruler of Cabul,
to which the later was defeated and fled, and about
500 of his men were slain. Rumor announced the
death of Dost Mohamed, in consequence of the wounds
he received.
DISASTER IN SPAIN.
Another terrible explosion of a powder magazine
took place at Acre three days after the bkttle; which
proved fatal to many of the victors. The London
Morning Herald says:'
o The number of killed and wounded amounts to
280. The sufferers are , chiefly natives, including
many women and childnin ; but we regret, also, to
add that there were about 20 British seamen and
marines killed, and several; officers and men wounded.
Among the latter wail Brigadier Sir Charles Smith.
commanding the land forces.
The greater part of the British fleet were still on
the Syrian coast, but dysentery and fever had begun
to prevail amongst the men. I
On the sth of AugUst, the city and island of Cha
ser., on the Eastern coast of China, were captured by
Brig Gen. Burrell, after a brief resistance. The
British arrived in Chosen harbor on the 4th, and in
the eveningA summons was sent td the Admiral, who
was also governor oldie Chusan group of islands,
calling upon bun to surrender the island, and solicit
ing him to do so that blood might not be shed in use
leas opposition. No satisfactory reply was given, and
on the morning of the sth the opposite hill and shore
were crowded with a large body of troops, and from
the mastheads of the ships the city was seen at' tbe
distance of a mile from the beech, the walls of which
were also lined with troops. On Temple-hill, the
landing place or wharf, and a round tower adjacent,
there were twenty-four guns of small calibre, inde.
pendent of a number of war junks, and from their
proceedings it appeared that resistance wus to be of
fered.
NO. 3
The British troops, were landed, and while tlaii
was going on, a gun was tired from one of the ships
according to a previous arrangement, in order to as.
cPrtain the spirit of the Chinese ! No one was in
jured by this first gun. As the whole of the guns
on shore were manned, a return lire was instantly
given from them and a number of war junks, - which
brought a fire upon the batteries and junks from the
whole of the ships of war, but of very short duration,
the guns and hills biing abandoned and suburbs
evacuated in a very few 'ninnies. The British troops
then pushed on to the city, which was fortified by
walls, which, although in a dilapidated state, were
extremely tormidaLlv and difficult of access, being
surrounded on three sides with rideep'canal of about
25 feet wide, and a continued flat of inundated:paddy
land.
The Biitish ordnance was stationed for attack
upon the city and a few shots were tired ; but soon
all opposition ceased and the 'victors entered and
planted the British flag on the principal gate otTing-'
hae-peen, which is the Chinese name of the city. The
loss of the Chinese is estimated at 25. The Engtish
suffered no injury.
The city of Ting-hae-heen is extensive, the wixlla
being about six miles 111 circumference ; they are
built of granite and brick of inferior quality, and with
the exception of a hill, where the defences are unu
sually high, there is a deep ditch or canal about 25
feet wide round the wall at the distance of a few
Tons 48,684
arils. There are numerous bastions in the works,
and with good troops, in its present state, the city is
capable of making a good defence.
The ordnance captured, at Chusam(on more) con
sists of 30 iron two to three pounders, 40 jron four,
to six pounders, 15 iron six to eight pbunders, 5 iron
nine pounders, one brass 63 pounder—total 91.
The guns, with the exception of the brass one, aro
all apparently of Chinese manufacture, and of a very
inferior description. The brass gun has the date of
1601, made fq Richard Phillips, place not mention
ed.
A considerable quantity of gunpowder was found,;
and three nrtgazine., containing an extensive sup-
ply of iron shot, jinjals, matchlocks, swords, bows
and arrows, &c., with steel helmets and uniform
clothing for a large body of men.
The troops seem to have conducted in a disorderly
manner subsequently. They had partaken freely of
a liquor called samshu, distilled from rice, and coo•
nutted great excesses.
At Annoy the Blonde's boat, with a flag of truce ;
was tired upon ; and the Blonde in return battered
down the fort and destroyed the junks there. The
effect seems to have been to rende'r the Chinese
courteous. The Governor of the Chikean province
conducted his correspondence upon terms of equality
with the English, calling them the honorable officers
of the great foreign nation. The letter to the Em•
peror was not formally sent by the Governor, but an
open copy of it was shown to his Excellency, who,
it was believed, would immediately des.patch an ex,
press to the Emperor mentioning its purport. The
blockade of the Ntngpo river had been established
-50 or 60 junks were turned back, but 110 attempt at
resistance is as made by this accommodating Governor,
although the boats of the squadron, constantly em
ployed in enforcing the 'blockade, were close in shore.
The Admiral only waited the millsl of the Blenheim,
when he would proceed to the mouth of the Peaho,
to delivei the. ultimatum of the British Government,
and the documents of which he is the hearer.
It appears by accounts from Macao, that the block
ade of Canton had not been very rigoicMsly; enforced.
In the mean time Governor Liu was making very ac
tive demonstrations of hostility. Captain Elliot is
represented as in faviar of conciliatory measures; but
he is in the minority.
CANTOS.-With respect to the blockading squadron
off Cauton o the Singapore Free Press Extra and •
Postscript, of the 11th of September, states from its
correspondence : o Six men of war proceeded to the
Bogue yesterday morning (the 3d of August) early.
and by this time have doubtless succeeded in redu
cing the batteries, and clearing the passage up to
Canton. We have just discovered' that the men of
war which went up the river yesterday are in sight,
making fop Macao. What it means none csrviay.
The Chinese have blocked up the passage with chains
and stones." The six men of war alluded to, adds
the Singapore Free Press, ore the Druid, Nimrod,
Lorne, Hyasinth and Columbine, with the steamer y
Enterprise.
Much dissatisfaction prevails at the very inefficient
manner in which the blockade is said to be main
tained. It seems that such junks as are taken laden
with salt are restored, but the cargo detained, as tho
article forms one of the government monopolies,
while rice and other grain pass free, the Macao pas
sage being left open; and the exports from Macao re
main unmolested, apparently with an understanding
to that effect. The force is also considered too small
Railroad'.—ln the last number of the Journal of
the Franklin Institute is a detailed account of the
Railroads in several of the States, with their length,
cost, amount of motive ,power, dcc. , by the late Che
valier de Gerstner. From his tables the National
Gazette takes the following :
In Pennsylvania, the number of railroads already
opened. is thirty-six, their length five hundred and
seventy-six miles and a half; others graded, one
hundred and sixty-one miles and a half; not yet con
structed, one hundred and twelve miles and a quarter;
making the total length of roads eight hundred and
fifty miles and a quarter. -The amount of capital al•
ready expended is 15,650,450 dollars.
In Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia,
and Florida Territory, are twenty-three roads; num
ber of miles opened, nine hundred and ninety-four;
amount expended, 18,442,000 dollars; total length
of roads, sixteen hundred and seventy-five miles and
a half.
In Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennettsee
and Kentucky, number of roads twenty-seven ; miles
in operation, one hundred and ninety-five; already
expended, 9,621,000 dollars, total length of roads
eleven hundred and forty-eight miles and a quarter.
In 011ie, Indiana, Michigan; and Illinois, number
of roads, twenty-nine; number of miles in operation
one hundred and nicety-six ; amount expended 3,-
523,640 dollars, total length of roads, two hundred
and twenty-one miles and a half.
Cuacuremsess . .—David Home declared he would
rather possess a cheerful disposition, inchningi al
ways to look on the bright aide, than with a gloomy
mina, to he master of um thousand a !rem '
CAPTURE OF CHUSAN.