vARIOTIS MATTERS, 'i From "the'Saturilav Chrmi'irln. . ' Baring an A Atrocious Piracy 77ie Packet Ship "Susquehanna" captur Kcd by Freebooters qff' the Delaware. v c uo uoi ueiievc mat any event since the late war, lias excited so much alarm and indignation in our city, as the capturo of the noiiesi 01 our ijivorpool pacKcts, Uic Sus quehanna, by pirates, at tho very month dl tii" uelaware and witlim sight ot land. ThVpainful, and wo may add, the incrcdi ble intelligence of this most daring deed, reae.ncu mo city on nionuay about noon. It (lew from mouth to mouth, from street, to Bireet, Willi tno rapidity 01 lightning; anu a large concourse of our citizens assembled .is if by common consent, at the Merchants Exchange. l he husquchanna put to sea irom the Capes, on Saturday last; and while yct in sight of land, the weather being fine and the Wind N. W. Was observed to be pursued by a schr. elipperbuilt, and full of men. They boarded life .Susquehanna, when on Five Fathom Batik, aiid in a very short cpace oflime she was seen to steer away in a southerly direction, In full possession of the freebooters, and With their schooner in company. The parties who brought the 8ad and fearful intelligence, do not appear to have ascertained whether the Susquehan na made any resistance. Expresses were sent from Wilmington and New Uasllc, direct to PMorloIlc, requcs ting that an armed vessel might be instantly despatched in pursuit ol the buccaneer: but the danger is, that thc Wretches will have made their escape, before the arm of jiisllco and an outraged community has overtaken them. The deepest anxiety is felt for the fate of the passengers and crew ol the bus quehanna. The following is the official announce ment of the piracy. .Lewes, Oct. 22, 1837,? Sunday Evening, 8 o'clock; 5 Mr. J. Coffee, Wb have just iceeived information by the pilot boat Mary, per Mr James M." West and Mr. Edward Maul, two good Pilots, that the packet ship Sus quehanna, which went to sea at two o'clock yesterday, was captured by a piratical Rphnnnfir. off the live' Fat hfitii Hank. The wind being at the ridrtfi, slid bore off to the southward, and at dark was olt inui an River. The ship was by the wind at tha t me of capture. 1 he wind has been from the southward to-day, and I have emnloved ah express to go to Mdtord and nnd New Castle, tb send thq news' to Nor folk, so as to enable art armed vdssol to cut her off. It ought to be sent to New York at once, as with the shift of the wind the pi- l-ntns mav shift their course. The wind is light, at S. W., or I would send uii d pilot boat as it is. I have be tome responsible for an express by land, ami (.ent a communication to the P. M. at Norfolk. In great haste, yours, &c, II . F. RODNEY P. S. The pirate vessel was a long clip per forctopsoil schooner, painteu oiacii full of men1 Mr. T-evi Lihcro. the pilot who took the Susquehanna toseaj has returned to the city Up to 2 P.M. on Saturday, ..the last time In- desired her. he saw nothing to warrant a Rimnfninn of meditated piracy; but as the capture tooKpulceai ermuliiuur,JMUY.r 1 p , . - I tain wrinner.wi ui ...... rnnnl. saw iinthimr of her in coming m on the following day, we are inclined to believe 'ili:it tlin dreadful tidincs are but too true A report also reached Norfolk to the same nflV.t on Sunday An active pursuit has been commenced. On Monday night, the steamboat "Pioneer" left the Navv Yard With oOarnied men, to board "the Revenue Cutter, at Wilt- mincrtnn: and such was the feeling of our cMtizfcns. that any number of volunteers mi"ht have been obtained to follow in pur suit. Revenue Cutter Gallatin, passed 1 liu 10 A. M on Tuesday. There ni Ip-.ibi four armed vessel in pursuit of the buccaneer: One from Norfolk; the T'nrnnisn from New York; the Gallatin, from Witmifigtloiii and tho Pilot boat from Numerous rumours are in circulation, as to the pirato Captain having been recently in this city. Uis name, jj . inrlv mentioned, and his person accurately Tin is snid to be a "m"m about forty-five years of age, tall, stouly and of fe rocious aspect. Ho was confined two yearsin our Penitentiary for bigamy; and tried in New Orleans for piracy but acquitted, owing to infor mality in tho evidence. , A respectable eit ;,. ,hn keertir of oncofdurmost Irequen ted hotels, called upon us and stated that sometime ago, M . visited his house, and whilo there, he boasted of hayhrg been u htrato, and of having received wbunds in nlratlfal engagements. It is also s,.id jt.A i., limn since, he purchased a amntf slooo. which he subsequently exch.in .i r... c...ilin.r schooner at Hallimore ...i.:!, i,nnnpr. it is believed, was fitted . . nf NTrrtt.- and manv suppose it i$ ,i'.A f,l,....,.l .Mmnnnr that offeCtOll the' cap UU iiiviiiivm ' w . I .1 lure of the Susquehanna. It w state I, that while m this city, he obtained ll possible ir n i.i the vessels which ivuuiu lohkely to have specie orrl-oard- Orridc. oran Daily, Eoccs, J? Piilladclptiitt , qm 27-1 o' clock, Af: THE PinXOYH-S-FURTIIEIt'NEWS. nltlTr! AKOTrlTMICCT. hut "community have been on the tin-toe of expectation this few days past. Yester day afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the minds and expectations ot the citizens wore greatly excited by the report that an examination ol two persons, reported to be concerned, was to take placo at the Mayor s nilicc. TltcTdom Was accordingly crowded with anxious citizens at an early hour, and irom what tolloWeti; it appeared the report was not without foundation. The District Attorney, John M. Read Esq. opened the matter by stating that in formation was received ol a suthciently strdng and positive Kind, to warrant the most of two individuals then in the office, viz: Capt Blankmau and son, who had ac- cordingly been arrested. He proceeded to statu that sullicicnt evidence had been elicited d1cilb.w that Capt. Blaiikinan had fittdd out, or been connected With the httmg out, of the port of Philadelphia, about three weeks since, a vessel ol suspicious charac ter, named Mitshcl, a sailor and but late ly an inmate of the Eastern Penitentiary who was supposeu to uc in tno vessel can ed Commodore Perrv, while Blankman tc- maincd .here behind. He remarked that with reference to the Susquehannah, her her owners were men whose scublcs did not allow them to keep arms on board their ship, and that, upon the whole, the circum stances were sufficiently strong to warrant the arrest of these individuals. Capt. Blankman is a man of strong muscular build and Herculean frame, and had for his eonds'ol 1); P. lif'flwn and several other of our mdst distinguished Iawydr3. After the District Attorney sat dowili Mr. Brown arose, and stated that it was not his intention to make a speech; that his time had not yet come; but he demanded, he said, "upon what charge was Mr. Blank man and son there: and upon whose? with what crime were they indicated? He said that, under the influenceof the present state of excited feeling in the community, he would say nothing of the fact that Mr. Blankman was there without having been arresieu upon a warrant a privilege guarantied by the constitution to the mean est citizen hd did not question the motives of the Mayor, ndr stop now to notice the fact of the matter, but he wanted him to tell him, and to tell him explicitly, upon what ground was a citizen ariested, and what was the speeihc charges against mm. The Mayor in reply, said that he had knowledge of the sailing of this ship, and that Captain Blankman was concerned therein previous to its sailing; and as it was certainly a suspicious affair, when taken in connection whith the recent capture ol the Susqullartnah, he, more as a citizen than an officer, ordered the arrest of the captain un der these circumstances. The first witness examined, was Mr. Augustus Davis, who stated in effect tiiat Blankman, Mitchel, & a man named Huff niastcr were speaking to him frequently about proruring a ship for the purpose of proceeding to Galveston hay, but he Knew nothing about the sailing of the Perry. The conversation betwceii him and the persons referred to took place in July last. In regard to a question put to Mr. Head, whether any proposition had been made to him abodl going, Mr. iJrown arose add ob jected to the course pursued by the Com monwealth. According to the testimony ol 1-1...:,. -'.,. oi,, i:,.i,i ,i, i ,, I la, Wduiutti ,iiiiw, HIU lllu I juuai oui" .os(u,to)ein coninnnd of the plratical vessei( wa3 j. in this citv a few weeks since, and was very bad off, Mr. Iluffmastcr was induced to lend him some money to sup port himself decently, which he did un derstanding that Mitchel was possessed of property in the West Indies. Another witness was called, whose testi mony did not vary the above any. Mrs. Roberts sworn. She stated that Mitchell came to her husband and said that ho had about one millon of dollars buried near Key West; acquired during last war. Her litispand was invited to oin in titling out a vessel to go after it. Each man was to pay down two hundred dollars as an out fit. Mitchell stated that five or six others had agreed to go. Her husband put down one hundred and tweqty-live dollars. A day or two after, Mllchell came to his house-and wanted more; said that the one hundred and twenty-fivo dollars had been stolen from him' after some dispute her husband gave one hundred more; and then she subsequently, on the night of sai ling, gave thirty-five more on Captain Blankman s promising to let his son return" it, 1 hp son however .returned and said that ho had purchased large quantities of diamonds, for a vessel which he expected to owir, to the amount oi about one thou sand dollars. Capt Blankman and some o'f his sons sailed in this schooner, called the Com. Perry. After sometime the schoo ner repaired to I;ewistown to refit, a"nd Airs. B. went down there. After this, she knew no more of them, excepting letters received from her husband. Here the lear ned counsel hoped the letters would bo pro 1111.' cd. She slated also, that in the crufse pofcrrcdto, the Com. Perry liad touched" at ! Norlolk, whore, upon somo undefined charge made by Blankman andMitchcll, the whole crew had been sworn into pri son, Here the matter closed for yestorday; to day, at four o'clock, the examination of witness and testimony will bo resumed. In the meantime, whatever tho general impression may ho, (for' there is an opin ion among tliq-citizens upon tno suujcci,; every one, will sec tho propriety and justice of not exptcssing their sentiments, or of forestalling or prejudicing the public mind, pro or con. Justice, and its administrators, will do all that is required,' will protect the innocent and reward the guilty; if innocent, it is not for tins or any other community to entertain unjust suspicion towards an inno cent man; if guilty, it is not for the citi zens to administer law. With respect to the course (tho illegal course as termed in effect by Mr. Brown) of his honor the Mayor, we believe, illegal as it may be, he will, under the circum stances, be sustained in it. Those circum stances are peculiar; they ate of a kind, as was well remarked by the district attorney, such as has notcaitsed such an excitement in this community for twenty years. They exist under peculiar aggravation, rendered doubly painful by the uncertainly which attends the fate of many of our most respec table citizens, including females. Wc conceive this (Whether it should eventual ly prove a mistake or not) to bo one of those extraordinary emergencies which some times occur in tho aflairs "of iijen, calling for immediate and decisive action; and un der these circumstances, the Mayor may he assured that he has but responded to the voic'c.of the citizens in doing as he has, and that ihey will appreciate Ins motives. INTERESTliN G STATISTICS. A statistical account ha3 recently been published by the Scientific Association at Ijivernool, which contains many interest ing statements. It appoars from this docu ment, that ih 1821, the proportion of Brit ish to American vessels entering the ports of ine unneu oiuics, was v.ai per ceni.j in 1820, -13.02 per cent.; the mean for the sixteen years 10.07 per cent. Returns arc also given of thu proportion of the whole trade of each country, to that with bach oth er from 1821 to 18.15. In the founer year, the proportion of the trade with England lo the whoio foreign tradcof the United Stales, was 35.95 per cent.; m 1835, -11:70 per cent.; whilst the proportion of the trade with America to the whole foreign trade, was to. uo in itszi, and 22 31 per cent;; m 1835 The proportion of the traJe with the United btates to the whole expdrt trade, was, m JBU5, 28.01 per cent.; m 1800, 30.21 per cent.; in 1807, 31.80 per cent.; and m 1830, 22.28 per cent. The shipments of British produce in 1830 a mounted, according to the declared value, to 53.308,571, of which America took 12.- 425,005, or 23.28 per tent The total shipments of 1835" amounted to 47,372,270, of which America took 10,508,455, or 23.30 per cent. With out admitting or denying that this state. ment gave evidence of over-trading, the writer called attention to the circumstances of the two people; their mutual wishes and wants; to the circumstances of this country being the cheapest market for goods, whilst it was tho best to the raw produce of Amer ica, and in conclusion asked whether, l me iraue oetwecn me two countries were put Upon a proper fooling, that amount o Y I . . . . iraiuc ougui io do considered excessive which gave annually to every citizen of the United btates articles of British growtl and manitlacture to the value ol only lus UJU. The committee appointed to report on the condition of the workinir classes, re ported that they had visited, in Manchester and the other manufacturing towns, 322, 800 persous. No houses wore visited which rented for more than 25 fS120 year,) and the number or house's and divel lings examined were, in Manchester 28, 180, Sallord 9,538, Bury 2,755, Ducking iium i,uuu, oiaiy-unugc, Ashto 3,835. I he houses were also classified as well furnished, chairs, tables, a clock, chest, of drawers, c, not well-furnished, comfor table. 1 ables of the average renjs, of th miiiiuui ui persons in eaon lanniy, tneir occupations, oreeds, country, &e., wore given, but these were so exceedingly volu minims iuiu exumuuu io sucii minute par ticulars inai we cannot pretend to giv even an abstract. In Manchester, the number of persons lllllill)llllr IIUUNCS VlSIICd Wag U-,2QU do, rooms 9351 do. boardinir 0071 do: eel lars 14,721 mall 127,990 persons, living in luiiemeniH ruining inr IC3S man '25, out !... 1 . oi n population estimated at auu,UU0. Among these 127,900 . persons, 00,185 only are reported capable of reading and writing. Tho avorage numher to each fam'ily was rainer more than -li, and in manv instaVr- ccs there were three, four, five, and rn somo instances, six persons to each lieu, Tho religions persuasions of tho familfes visited in Manchester were as follnws' Uiurch or England heads of families 14,517, lodgerr, &c. 4.730. Rnmnn Catholics heads of families 5,509, lodgers 1T12. No religious profession heads of famines l,bai, lodgers 907. It appears that tho number of persons living in uuiiurs m mancucstcr, was 1 1 percent, of tho wholo population; in Sal ford, tho next largest town. 8 ner cent. Mr. Langton read a statement respecting Liverpool, from which tt appeared that in the parish, or old borough, there wero 0 500 cellars, 1.05-1 courts, and 25.73.1 iKvpI ling houses, for a population of 100,000; in iuu (iiusKiris, o.uui, nouses, 988 ccihr anu d07 courts; population, 40,000. Few 1 of the courts possess any,oittlots, and of the cottars me greaim . i'"lllV "u, f damp, and without ventilation. . rjietavcr- age was lour persons 10 cacn cujim,, b'b a total of 30,000 occupants of cellars out oT a population of 230,000. StaliHtics. Flour. 'It is estimated," says the Essex Re gister, "that thcpeoplc of the United States require lor uioii; sustenance io,uu",-" barrels of flour annually. On the ratio used bv the United Slates Army, it would be 21,000,000, but tins i9 too large for the whole population, and probably. 18,000, 000 is a near approximation to the actual consumption. As there -was planted m the United States about eight millions of acres of land in wheat, intelligent men estimate the crop for 1837, at 25 bushels to the. acre, which at 80 cents the bushel will b's worth 100,000,000. Estimating 5 bushels wheat to a barrel of flour, this will give 40,000, 000 of barrels, or a surplus for export or lo rema n m barns o 22.00 .000 barre s. At the least calculation there is uo doubt wheat enough raised the present season to sup ply the country two years, and if it is not monopolized by speculators, or the gram kept back by the growers, the price of iloui ought the ensuing winter not to exceed $5 per barrel, the price of 1823. In the spring of that year, good superfine flour was sold in Philadelphia for 83.25 per barrel None are inbrc liable to make 'ureal mis takes than those who treat upon statistics and jrolitical economy: Nor have wc, in our humble judgment, noticed any calcula tion of the present day which has wander ed lurthcr Irom the truth than the above at tempt at estimating the wheat crop and the consumption of whcaleii flour in the United Stales. We believe the United Stains ration of Hour is one pound, and this we know from experience, is so large an allowance, that it is not unusual for the soldier to barter a portion of his bread with tlie Sutler for tea. chocolate, &c. and when it is considered that the soldier subsists entirely upon wheatcn bread and beef that he uses no turnips, potatoes, rye, buckwheat or corn meal, the consumption of the camp can mini nu uuia io cuiiipuut me quantity ol wncaiuu iiour consumed by lhe whole pop ulation of the United States; a3 potatoes, rye uour, rice, com and buckwheat meal, and many other vegetables used in families as articles ol lood, greatly reduce the con sumption oi wheatcn bread. Taking the wholo population of the United States at fourteen millions, if we allow onn-fi'iurtb of a pound per day for each human being, it wuum iiinou ii io ncriy a barre ner vcar. or 14,000,000 barrels (lour (or 70,000,000 bushels wheat,) which' wc consider, not only sufficient, butan abundant e are not prepaied to sav tlirrn w.,. nr inure was noi eigiu millions of acres oriand in wheat the last season; but if there were, mo estimated production is vastly too liMi at 2ft bushels to tha acre. O of Lancaster, which is admitted to be one of me best wheat OTOW1IHP Pnnntrinc in tlin Union, does not average 20 bushels in the mviiiuiiiu j'c.iib, ami wc miiiK we go to the extent, if wc admit the average crop of 1837, was 15 bushels to the acre, being 120,00,000 bushels, or 24,000,000 baarels flour; leaving only a surplus over consump tion, for future supply or exportation, or TEN jUilions bf barrels, instead of twenty two millions; Calling very far short of a sup ply for the year 1838. As the scarcity and high price of wheat, has induced econo-iomisis, and taught the poor, through necessity, to substitute large ly, corn and buckwheat mr.al, & rvc flour, for wheatcn, the estimate or consumption, which I have ventured, may still be too high: Yet I think it not only economical but a dictate ol sound policy to continnn ibn wholesome fiiod, which no family, howev er rich, should be too proud to introduce at their tables, in all the forms.of cakes, pud dings, mush or bread. The valuation or80 cents per bushel fo'r wheat, the ensuing season", is fallacious; The price or all grains may, and proba bly may rail; but wc know agreements have been entered into in this county by millers, who know their business, tor the produce or wholo rarms, deliverable between the present lime and the first.6f March, 1837, at $1.70 per bushel for wheat of 00 pounds, 70 cents for corn and 30 cents for oats. Wheat may fall in tho ensuing spring considerably, admitting there should be. a surplus and no extraordinary foreign de mand, which tho great crops throughout Europe, particularly in England, Franco and Germany imh'.-alo: But' this will de pend entirely on tlib appearance of the gram m March and April. Should the season open favorably, and our fields pres ent au encouraging appearance of a bounti ful harvest, the stock on hand will fall in value; but even fn that case we do not think it will sink below one dollar per bushel. Lancunler Journal. A correspondent of tho Phifadclnhia II. S. Gazette, writing from Ilarrisburg, says "I learned from a friend yesterday, that Mr. Campbell, tho engineer of PliiladeU phia, Jias invented a plough and a harrow, which may bo effectively and most profita bly worked by steam. A gentleman of tho west has expressed his belief that tho for- our win piougn xru acres a daw Ifthis in tho case, the wilderness of our great ,.....ww c iuuu io blossom HKetliu .CONGENITAL G-ATARACT. The case of 'Miss Margaret, daughter of Mr. JamcsjLman, of this . ccfunly, now sixteen 'years ofngc, prcfShls one of tho most extraordinary instances' ol the triumph of science Si skill over the diseases to which naturo is subject, which wc have on re cord. This young lady was born blind, being afflicted was congimilal cataract from the birth, the centre of the pupil of both eyes bcingfilled with an opaque spot, entirely excluding the rays of light., flic late Doctor Handford attended the child, when about eight years old, enter taining a belief or being able to afford hope lo her anxious parents; out alter havin-r stated lhe pase to Doctor P.iysic, lid deemed it unnecessary to subject her to suffering without a prospect or giving relief. Tho parents still anxious for the liappi ncss of jtheir.jchild, whose calamity gave her additional claims on thc.ir affection, consulted our townsman, Doctor John fi. Rohrcr, on her situation. After carefully preparing the patient, tho Doctor ventured upon the operation, which we believe is termed couching, and, to the joy of the parents as well as to tho happiness of the interesting sufferer, was completely suc cessful, , . ;t , Ve arc glad to understand that the health of the young lady has not suffered in s least. That she is now capable .of distin guishing colours, anil enjoys that degree of unspeakable delight, which the gilt of a new sense, pouring upon tho mind all the beauties ot a hitherto hidden world, iscapa blo of bestowing. Alter having penned the above, we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lcman, the father of the young lady who has been so happily relieved by the surgical skill of our young friend, who assured us that his dau ghter has so lar recovered that she visits her friends in the neighborhood, without requiring a guide. Lan. Journal. The following beautiful eulogy on "the law" is extracted .from an article in tho Southern Literary Messenger: "The spirit of tho law is all equity and justice. In a government based on true principles, the law is tho sole sovereign of a nation. It watches over its subjects in their business, in their recreation, and their sleep. It guards their fortunes, iheir lives, and their honors. In tho brrthd noonday, and the dark midnight it ministers to thci'r security; It accompanys them to lhe altar and thuir festal board, 'it watches over the ship of the merchant, though a thousand leagues intervenes; over tho seed of the husbandman abandoned for a season to the earth; over the studies tf the student, the labors or the mechanic, the opinions of ev ery man. None are high enough to offend it with impunity, none so low that il scorns to protect them. It is throned witli the king, and sits in the seat of the republican magistrate; bin it also hovers over the couch of t the lovely, and stands scnt?f)cl at the prison,' scrupulously prcservinfj to the fel on whatever rights he not has .forfeited. Tho light of the law illumes tho palace and the hovel, and surrounds lhe cradlr and lhe bier. The strength of the law laughs fnr fcilncss to scorn, and spurns tho intrench incuts of iniquity. The power of the law crushes lhe power of man, and strips wealth iff unrighteous immunity. It is the bread or Dtedahis to guide us through lhe laby rinths or cunning. Ii is the spear of Ithu'r iel to detect falsehood and deceit. It is the faith or the martyr to shield us frmn the files of persecution it is the good man's reliance tho wicked one's dread tlie bul wark of piety the upholder of morality the guardian of right the distributer of justice its power is irresistible iis do minion indisputable. It is above us and around us, and within us wc cannot fly from its protection we cannot avert its vengeance. "Such is the law iri its essence; such it should be in its enactments; such, too, it would be, if none aspired to its administra tion but those with pure hearts, enlarged views, and cultivated minds." Quarreling. The reason people quar rel about religion is, because they really have so little of it, and the more they quarrel the more abundantly do they prove it: A man has a right to stand by his re ligious faith a right to insist upon it a right fo present it respectfully, on all prop er occasions, to the consideration of others, but he Jiris no right to quarrel, and any man that will quarrel about these things, in my opinion, has not much to quarrel about. Politicians need not quarrel. Whoever quarrels with a man (or his political opinions,- denies the first principle of freedom rrnntin. r .1 I1. I ,.l i.. ui wiougiii moral ihjuiij v ........... .Hum mure is iiuiuiiig in jijMiii" worth a groat; it is therefore wrong upon principle. You have on this subject a right to your own opinions, so'havo otlVers; you have a nglit to convince them if you can, they have the same right. Exercise your' rights; but again I say Don't quauhul. Trenton Emporium. A few days ago, a man was arrested in Boonville, Indiana, and three men were ap pointed to keep him safe through the night In the course of the night, however, tnj watchers got drunk, and tho thief stripped them of their clothe, stolo a valuable horse, saddle, and bridle, and then made his es cape, leaving his guard in all tho gl"iy ' etaik-nakcdness.
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