Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 25, 1838, Image 2

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Domesic News. THE CANADA DISTURBANCJEW The following letter from the Secretaty of State,.and Secretary of War, acconpa nied the President's Message in relation to Ike disturbances in Canada, communicated to Congress on' the 8th inst. -Mr. Poinselt to Gn. Scott. Dx&r.TMIENT' or WAit. Jan. 5 1838. . Sir:-You will repair, withotat delay, to tile Canada frontier of the U. S. and assume the military Command there. Herewith you will receive duplicaie let ters to the Governors of the States of New York and Verment, reqcuesting then to call 'Into the service of the U. States such a military forcee as y*utt may deem necessary Ifr the defence f that frontier of the United States. Tis power has been confided to you in the full persuasion that you will use it die crectly, and extend the cil only so far as circumstances may seem to require. It is imllortant hiat the troops called into the service should be, if possible, exempt fron that state of excitement which the late violatiou of our territory has created, and you will therefore impress upon the Governors of these border States the propriety of selecting troops from, a portion of the State distant fromu the theatre of ae tion. The E xecti live is not in possession of legal tlority to employ the military -force to re strain persons within our jurisdiciiou, and who othMit to be ttdcr our control, for vio latinlg the laws, by mll:,king inetrsions into theiterritory of neighboring and friendly na tios,wish hosttile intent. I can give you, therefore, no instructions on that subject; but request that you will use your influence to prevet such excesses, and to preserve the character or this Government for good faith taid a proper regard for the rights of friendly- powers. Thc militia will he called into the aer vice for three msontlis, unless sooner dis charged ; and in your reqtiisitions you will designsate dhe numnber of nmen, and iake care that the oflicers do not exceed a due propoion. Tihe disposition of the force, with regard to tihe points to-he oeenpied, is conlided to your discretion, military skill, and intimate kaoi ledge of the eountry; and the amount ofl the force amust depenad upon the charnce ter and duration (if the coatest now going oat in Caanada. and the disposition mianifes ted by the people and the public authorities of that colony. Thu President indulges a hope that out rages. similar to I hat which lately occanrred at Schlosser, will nuot be repeated: and that vou will he able to maintain the peace of thatm froitier without being called upon to ujse the force which has been confided to -yOU. Very respectfully, your most ob't serv't, (Signed) J. R1. PO1NSE T. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, Wash ingtoni City. 711r. Poinset .u Gov. Marcy. DEPARTM.ET OF WAn, - Jiat. 5th 1838. -Sir. The territot v of the U-nited States having been violated by a party of aried ment froatm the Cnnada shore, aud appre hietsions beiing outertained, fromt the htighly exeited feelings of~ both parties, that similar outtratgos may lead to an invasiton of our soil, thec President: has thoutght proper to exercise the authority vested in haim by law anrd call otut such a military force as tay be deemed tecessary to pirotect the frontiers of the U. States. I ami, in consequence, instructed by the Presidenst to retiuest yot wvihl call inito the service of the Utnitedl States, and place an dler the comtmatnd of Brevet Major Giener ali Scott, such mnilitiat force ais lhe may re qhuire to lbe eamployedon the Canada fi-ontier for the purpose~ set forth. Ve'ry respectfully, your most oht't serv't -J. Rt. POINSE'TT. Ilis excellety W.-L;Maarcy,. Cov, of New York, Albany N. Y. (Sante to Ihis E xcellency, Silas H1. Jetn nison, Go vernor of- Vermiout, Moni tceiier 1Air. Forsjth to M~r. Fox. DEPAARTMgNT OF STATrF, WVAismhzNTo, Jan.5 1838. A ~~ Sir: By the dlirectioni of~ 4he President of thc United States, I hsave ite honor to conm mnitnte. to you a copy of the evidence for mishaed to this dlepartmtentt of an extrasordina - -ry outrage coammitted . from H ecr. Blritansic Majesty's province of Upper Canada, on the peros and' property of citizens of the, U. - tates, within t he jurisdiction of the State of N. York. The distruction oi'.the-prop crty. mid toas ilns of citizens of the PUmted States in 1soil of N. York, at thme amomemnt when, at isiwelh known to you te Presiden; was antxiontsly,endeavoring to allay the exciteme~nt, and earnestly seek itng to preventany-uinfortuntiate occurrence on the fronttier of-Canada, has prodneed uponi hismitnd the most pamfaul emnotions of suarprise andc regret. It ni ilI necessarily fotram the subject of~ a demand for redress upon her Pilnjesty's G"overnmuent. This -coamnsticatiotn is made to you tunder the - expiectation that throumgh your~ instrusmen tnlhty, an early exlaniiation mtay lbe ot~am ed from thteauthorities oIf Upper Canada of all the circumstances of thte tratnsaction; and thiat, by youtr advice to those uahiorities snehl dkeisive- precautions may be used as will retnder .thie repititiont of similar acts heas enfter imapossible. Not doubitting thae dis -po)Sitionl of thse-Goveraninent of Uppo r~an udat to do its duty in puntishting the aggres sors attd prceenting~ future outrage, the Presideant ntittthsidin, ha. deied it nedcetssatry to order a sttllieient force on the frontier to repel .rmj atiemipt of likolebar - acter. and to make~ kntown to you that f~jt -should occur, he eannnot lie answerablhe for2 -he effect of the itndignation of the neighie boring people of the U. States. I take this occasioat to renew to you the aissaranco of mty ditiishied consaidera tion, JOllN PORSYTif. TJo Henry S. Fex &c. The New E xchatnge H lotel a t Newv Orle 1l:1n8, an esttablishment said to lie suirpas ed by nonet int the Unioni was openmed on thoe FrouneaArmupence o 4'kkt4aen ?.fo. WVtamua-fozsJan. 8,'1838. Tbe.Senate are ktill engulphed on the suh'ectrof Abolition, and the last, of Mr. C 'ous tesolutitons was disposed of by being laid ou the table'by a vote of 35 to nine. Mr. Preston addressed the Senate at length against it, and he himself made the motion to lay it on the tabie. - Mr. Allen, of Ohio, then moved the Res olution heretofore moved by hiirV as an a mendment to one of Mr. Calhonn's, de elaring that nothing contained in these res olutious was to be considered as restricting the liberty of speech, impairing the right of Petition, &c. Mr. Smith. of indiana. moved a substi tute declaring affirmatively in favor of those rights, and that all petitions should not only be received, but also considered as adjudicated. On this a long discussion en sued. Mr. Allen opposed the amendment, be cause it did not discrimuinte between what Petitions should be considered. Mr. Allen wasdisposed to receivo Petitions, but to compel the Senate to consider and adjudi cate upon all that might be sent, might be to compel the Senate to consider whether they should perjure themselves. For in stance th'ey might be called upon to consid eiand adjudicate on what was so obvious ly un1cotjititutionnl, that no man could vote for it, and yet they must tnder this propo sition, be forced to discuss it. The discussion is still going on, but the final question is espected to be taken this evening. Law for enforcing Neutrality.-By a law of the United States. pAssed April 20 1818, it is evacted that - ifany person shall,with in the territory or thejurisdiction of the U. States, begin or set on foot, or parade, or )r(pare the means for any military expe dition, or enterprise, to be carried on from thence, against the territory or domi nionsor any foreign prince or state, or of any colo n1y, district or people, with whoim the U. S. sire at peace, every person so offiending shall be deemed giilty of a high misde Ieanior, and shall be fined not exceeding $31)00, and imprisoned not nore than three years. By the same act it is provided, that any person ncepting a comimission in such ser vice, smihl be liable to a penalty not exceed iig 2110 dollars, and to imprisonment not exceeding three years; und any person en listing in such service as a sold ier or sailor, or hiring or retaining another person to en list in such service, shall bo liable to a liue not exceedinig 1000 and to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years. Nmtw YORK, yan. 10. The Aurora Piracy Case.-Yesterday, Judge Beuis decided that the prisoners Sheriden, Crocker, and Morton, should be ranoved for trial :o South Carolina, within the jurisdiction of which State ho judged iheir olfltice was committed. Of the three, Crocker alone is committed for the capital oflence, of feloniously wrecking the Aurora. Capt. Sheriden is committed onily for rob-' biins her, inasmuch as though he had agreed upon the wrecking of the schooner, he did not purpose is aclcomplishe"nent at the time it w as carried into effect. Morton was con mitted as a wittiness, bnt his admission as states' evidence here will not bind the Court of Soutth Carolina to receive him as such, and' extend to him thme imnmnunity which it would .have secured to him, had the~ prisoners been tried here. Oneo of the Marshals has recovecredl up wards of $3000, which Shieriden leil with a respectable citizen~ of the city. Sheriden says that h~e hell it with a view to induce the metn to go bail for hiim-but no hail has bee-n taken or- offered. ,It is suspected that thmis is a part of the booty.-Sun. K Ew YoaK, Jan.. 10. This has been the fin-est bright day for the owners oif Real Estate that: we have badi for more than a year; During t'hat pie riodl, of all property Real Estate has been considheredl the poorest; and to be knownt as a specutlator in this description of property was tfatul to any man's credit. Yesterday the large pr-opierty oif the -Estate of .lordon WVrighat wats brought to the hammer, and the-wvhole of it was perempjtorily sold Great siit~ was manifested, and the prices ob tained were perfecedy satisfactory to the Executors. -We have never seen so large a cotnpany -on any similar o'ecasiori, and tmatty were obliged to leave, being unable to obtain an entrance inato the sales room. Thme sales were positive, and none of the heirs were purchasers. We tunderstand. (says~ the Tallahassee Floridian of the 6th inst.) that the fugitive Creeks in WVest Florida, have at length been induced to submit, and'hnave come in utidegbie conduct of. their chief,Co-a-ha-go, ah8~utlibetewbd,E.qoho ind-been. sentby Gov Call, :to treat with thoem, T'his inteltligence is commnutnicated by nm let ter,'rc t? Ffy since by the Gov ernor-. froum Mr', Richards ;-who states that the Creekc radians to the number of seventy which is supposed to- be all who are out, nre now at Walker's Town on the Apalach icola. A Maniffe.-The New Hampshire Ga r~ette records the following and states it as a fact. Somec htunters recently fotund, near the liwcllinghotnse of a Mr. Veits, in the neigh borhtood of Newgate, a htuman beitng a ama sine, shut tip in a cage about 4 by 6 feet, partly tunder grotund. where lie had beetn aonfined by a chaitn for 7 years. lie had 2o fire, was alnost naked, his beard was inearly a foot long, atnd his whole appear mmee resembled that of Nebuchadlnezzer, ifter his d welling was with the heasts of the jeld.. -His wrete ~lcondition excited N ympaties f th unters, and we are tobi hatsom epro ~itestfiold have dleter Mjinedl ti : pioni of the ptublic ttitlhorities of Eto7 fConnectictnt to the mbject. Jo~n R andolph Esq r. a planter residitng nn the highlands of East Bnton Rogtte, ans mutrdered on the twenty first tilt. The orizette states that twg of his slaves a tw ~ro tman and woman hatve been tried, otutnd gtuilty of the crime, and have been etnteed to be htung on tlso public square n that town on WVednVleh th o~tb ju.. "te detailsof t ojwiving stockin oecurrqee. are frnuisvhle Advfoi the 6th isst. Attempt atRobberk-Vurder-anist. cide.-The-Mechapie's Saving Instliatioia was drenehed-with-blood vesterlay evening The Treasurer, H. S. Jolian had gone ln diner. leaving the, Vjprk,(9. At. Parkerin the Bank. After the Treasurerleft, it seems that Clender E. Dick, was admnitted into the Instituti'on by Mr. Parker, *ho had becti acquainted with Dicks from boyhood. Under what pretext Dicks entered, 'or how he acted immediately after obtaining ad mission, must lie tmatter of conjecture. 11 appears, however, that Mr. Parker was kil led at his desk by a blow with the hammei used in cancelling notes paid. Ilel wat struck on the top of the head, and the ham mer bdied to the handle in - his brain. Al this instdtt it' opposed Dicks commene his search for mo ts a drawer in whiclh batik notes are usua Neptwas found part ly drawn out-when Mr. Julian, 'he Treas urer arrived, and knocked at the door ol the building. Dicks opened the door, admitted Julian, shut the door again, and contuencemd an nt tack upon him with the hanniner witi which Parker had- been killed. Julian, unapprised of what had occurred. pnrried the blows aimed at him, and begged Dicks to pause, assuring him that he was mis taken. Dicks continue-] his assault-mak ing blows after blows- until M. Julian had an opportunity to seize the hammer, when, in struggling with his.adversary, Jt.lian Iell but not without wresting the hamner from Dicks. Deprived of the hamner Dicks he gan to feel for his pistol. The aim of D. Was seen, and as Julian rose from the floor, he discovered Parker lying dead tipon the room. Suddenly Julian raised his chir threw it at Dicks, and thus gained time a rush out or the door, and gave thealarn to twoortlhree persons in the immediate neigh bourhood. At this moment Dicks finding that dete (ion was inevitable, raised his pistol to the side of his head, and shot himself. Mr. Julian, we ar hnppy to learn. tho' wounded in the head and i the face, is not considered in a dangerous situation. Blut poor Prrker, lie wias cut ofl' in his prime, leaving an interesting wife and three chil dre,-and is for Dieks the robber, murder he was he victim of' Gamtling. We knew hin for years, when clerk in one of' the first hauses in this city-when he had not been corrupted by at association, and was above suspicion or reproach-liandling thousands daily and giving entire satisfaction to his employers. In 1831 or 32 he. wa4 master of -a steamboat, which proved ant improfit able concern ; and here'it is supposed his carreer as a gambler commenced. In 1833 lie obtained the situation as clerk of the Philadelphia, which boat was robbed of five or sixihousatind dollars. whilst Dicks had charge of the key of the irot chest. Sus picion rested on him, and it was therefore difficult if not impracticable for him to obtain employment. Having lost what money lie had at the gaming table, lie was driven lo desperation-ad hence lite bloody occurrence we have just letailed. Front the Charleston Atercury. FROM FLORIDA. E xtract of a letter frot St. Augnetiine, dateda Jnnuarv 3 183S. "Our W~ar hans again comumenced ini good earnest. Th'le Indians certaitily have ex-. hiitedl some considerable tact in selectitn the~ir hattle ground ini the late engagetment withCo..Taylor. As I have beetn infortm ed the place selected wvas a horse shoe ini form. Tb0 Indians posted themselves ont thme right a'id left and as soonl as onir forces httd marched itt, the~y received the i ndiatn fire on each flatnk. T'here must have been at least one thousand men ofdur forces en gaged. The Itndians have learned sonic lessotns of wit fe mtan's warare; they retre'at ed thtronigh the hammtiock attd formed out sidle, and as soott as out' forces renehed the outer edge, they were received by a deadly fire front the Indians. How long is this war to last?-General Jesup certainly des all that lhe ean to close it ; but it is believed that he is fettered by the intterference of' Governmflent--the Cher okee D)elega lion. and such like -matters, a nd I nevier have beclieved in the close of t he watr at a blou'. It must he closed trough a long course orsuccessive operationis, well fbllowed up. It is after all, more like a f-or hunt-yon must kill them ol' one by oneo, after a lo.ig chiase." WVe copy the ibllowing extract from the correspondence of the Savannah Gleorgian dated, FOr L A NE, E. F. Jan. 1. "We have news also frotm Charlot te liar hour or vicinity, of a hankl having beedn fought in rhe early pairt of last wseek in whlich five hidints were killed and nine ta kent prisoners, and Lieut. Hlardint of drag oons, being, dangerously if not mtortallv wounaded. "Thle express from General Eustis' eanmu (Fort Christmas) who arrived here yester day .ornihg,.,saes that upon his- leaving ihe mfip, an express hand jtust arrived from Col. Twiggs, wvith the intformation that am sitmilar engaegemient hjud tamket place be' twveen a porsion of his command atnd the Inidians, and that thme same tnumber were killed and taken prisoners, as in the battle of' Lieut. Hlardiam. Trhis news appears toi be correct,.. butt the express htas proh~nhly confounded Col. T ,~oe'wnd Col. Twigg's expuresses, bty ~f~bcans or other. We will hanve the tr d'orf. shortly, andI I will gave it-you."~ T1hec following particuilars of the late dis astronas aetion with Col. Taylors r'egimenmt, we .!opy1 fromt the N. 0. True Amierican of the 10th inist. "Col. Taylor haaving with him a part of the 1st, 4th atnd 6th regimetnts of infantry, amounsing to ahboye 600 meni, 300 Mhissotii Volutntee'rs, andI htotut J100 Indiatns, wias matrchaing itt pursuit, ofna large party oflhos siles, sutpposedl to conisist of fromt 200 to 400 Seminoles and Miensukies, undacer Aligaom' and Sam Jones, came up ilth theum near Lako -, trear whtere the Rtiver Kisuimmi etnmpties itself, lHe hai learned their positiotn fromt two prsnr taken ont his route, iad an reconinoiterisng found the enemy con 'eel in a thick hammock, only accossible by a passage over a morass of a quarter oft m mile wide. Perceiving no other way to riproach them, Colonel TI gave orders to he 6th, regimentt Io advantce, tuppourued by the Missonri vohintcers arrd the Intdian. i: pTassage oveti , were frequeni ly piged-p,uo t , itudbe one my now cnen eneea marderous. fire i thi was about I o'cloclk. The 6th, under Col Taylor himself, continued to advatce mot gallantly, although offiecers and inen ivor fallin-g in great numbers. At this menion . 3Gentr was not able to pass, owin to their bein mostly mounted men, and tbat.tho Missou Indilns had turined and led, Col. T. ha ordered Col Foster to Pring. up the 4th and with this force,'a balitnt charge wa then made, driving the Indians towards thi lake, and clearing the hammock. The It diants returned to the fight three seven times, but at leigti 4ere completely route escaping by the lake and river, where the had a great many pirogues and canoes. They left8 deed on the field, but it is out ppsel many inure must have fallen. On our side the loss was very great-ibhe being 27 killed and I II wounded.. Amon the former wore Col.Gentry. or the Missoui .corps, killed in the first advance, and *L Col. Thompson. Capt Van Swearengen, i Lient Brooks and Center, all of'the 6th it fantry. Of the latter was Capt. Andrewi of the Gilb and others. Compaiy 'K' f th 6th infant ry, commanded by Lieut. Caric was cut to pieces-not more than 6 bein left! The first regiment was not in action, be ing stationed as corps de reserve. As I the volunteers, it is to lie regretted they di not partake ofthe glory of the achievemeni especially beenuse if the reculars had bee supported by them, it is believed a larg number of the enemy could have been mad p;rison rs. R Navy YAR, CHARLESTON, S. C.-Let tr ;fro, the Secretary of the Navy, in re lation to the establishnient of a Navy Yar, at Charleston, S. C. December 27, 1827 Referied to thi Committee on Naval AffairE NAVY DEARTa-mNT, Dec. 26th, 1837. Sir-In obedience io the resolution of th, House of Iepresentatives of the 14th c October last, directing the Secretary of thi Navy to report to the House, at its next ses sion, his opinion as to the expediency c establishing a navy yard for sloops of war and other ships of a similarelass, at Charles ton, S. Carlina, or some other portion a the Southern coast, together with any in fornation lie maly possess upon that subject I bev leave to report: That, in a printed dlocument of the Sen ate of the United States, of the 6th of Mai 1836, (24th Congress. Ist session, No.36, will be found a report of the Secretary c the Navy. communicated to the Senate o1 the 23d of January. 1836, with two letter and a report from Captain Learney, of th, U. States Navy, and an extract from ti report on the survey of the coast of Floridn made by Licut. James Ramage, of saii Navy, together with documents accompany ing the report of the Secretary of the Navy containing valtiable information as to th propriety of establishing a Navy Yid a Charleston, for the building and repairiu sloopIs of war, and smaller vessels; upon I consideration of nich, I have heretofor expressed the opinion that the harbor o Charleston might lie judiciously seleatel for a-Navy Yard for the buildingi and ie pairing of such vessels; uninhat '.'the p10 .ition of that harbor, !with respect to on squadron in the West Indies sind Gulf v Mexico. al'ords a strong argument in favo of selecting it as a naval stationi, innsmnuel as it is often important to obiain recruit of seamen and suippilies of~ provisions ati stores for our vessels, wvith~ont the incon venietnce and delay of visitini; otur Northier. ports." It appears to mxe diat the harbor c Charleston-.presents many ::dvantages, a ristig from the wvenlth and business of th. plauce, its number of mechanics and latbor ers, its facilities for rceruitmug senmeni, ant for obtaining supplieb anad provisions for ti, navy; all which are enmitled to mouch cou sideration in selecting a propJer stationi. Th~ie growiing imphortlance (if eamploying large squtadr~on in the West Inadies afrn additional evidence of the expediency e establishing a navy yard at Charleston, ii some other portion of the Southern cons betwveen the Chesapeake and Pensacola. The selection of such stationa must depen< uplon a view of all the comparative adlvan tages of the dilferent ports examined atid ti be examined. I beg to refer to a report from this De parmnt of thme 28th of .Decembher last, t< the Senate of thieUnitedl States, (24th Con gress, 2d session, No. 194,) undler a resolta tiona of that body of the 24th of May, 1830 reaiuesting the Executive to cause to bi made the necessary examlinahions and stur veys of the several harbors south of the Chesapeake bay, and a report tipon ilb compjarative facihities anid advantages c the same for the establishment of a iiav' yardl; under which resolutions, Commuodori Woolsoy, Capt. Claxton, and Commnande Shubrnick, of the Navy, were appoinwe< commissi~pers to make such examinationm togethier with their repurt upon thme samec by which it wvill appear that thoso conmmis sioniers gave a preferece to the hatrbor c Blrunsicik, Georgia. Th'le dot-uments referred to contain th information called for. Licut. Wilkes, of the Navy, is now etn gaged upon a survey of the harbors of Bean fort tand Wilmington, in N. Carolina, amnd survey of M~ay river, from Tybee bar to thi II unting Islandl. llis report, as soon asi -can lie obtained, will lie cozmmunicated t Congress. I have the honor to be, Sir, Very respectfully, your adh', serv't. AIIlLON l)ICKERSON. Hin. James K. Polis, Speaker of the HI. of Rep. U. S. Thea SIramer Caroline.-T he' history e fewv vesseh, is so event ful as that of the Car oline. She was bunilt of iive oak som< years ago at Charlestmn, "S. C, atnd wa brought to Albany, between which plac and roy she plied for some time. Shb was then sent by the Erie antd Oswveg< eanals to Canada, when a new keel wa given her, andI made a British bottom. llaving heena engaged its somo smugglin1 transactions,she was condemned & soll thu making her an Atnmerican boat again, A f ter plying from this to various ports on th lake, sihe wvent oni her ill-f., ed (:xpedlitioi Idlowni thle river, anid imet with an end, lih stublimiity of wvhiebi can scarcely be paral heled, FROM CANADA. t The bilowing is from the New York Courier-and Enquirer.ofltaturday the 13th ' instant. V, "In our columns this morning will be 9 found the Canadian account of the capture I of the Caroline which-we copy from the Ll Toronto Patriot. At will be seen thal the expedition was fitted-out by order of Col. s NaeNab and commanded by Capt Drew of 0 the Royal Navy! This places the whole aff'air in a far more serious light than we expected, and we fear,renders its settlement more difficult than was anticipated. It will Y also be found, it is alleged that the British - forces were actually fired upon fron our -shore previoisto the capttfre of the Caroline. We can scarcely believe this possible, as e no rumor of the kind has ever bees pub lished, and surely if it had occurred, it 3 would have becen known long before this time. We indulge the hope that the whole af - fair will he pronptly disavowed and proper 9 reparation mande by the British authorities 0 as soon as the facts of the case are obtained. r Theto can no longer he any doubt but all the maisaiig were killed, ab they appear to havo defended the boat with spirit. ~ From the Toronto Patriot Jan. 6. We have received from a friend at Chip pewiu, the following gratifying intelligence: On Friday last the 26th ultimo, a steam er called the Caroline, which had been given, lent, chartered or sold by the Buffa lonians to the Pirates oir Navy Island, drop lied down from Bufl'alo to Schlosser. A roject was immediately fruned to cut her t . and nine bouts with nine Volunteers in each were prepared in Chippewa Creek, with intent to start on that service at nine o'clock, but they did not depart till tetn. 'lhe enterprise wits connanded h'v Capt. Drew of the Royal Navy. Four'only of the boats made good their way to the steam er, which as they approached was hailed by f a centrv, when no answer being given, the centiry again hailed,and the answer returied - was Frieiids' but the countersign bcing de r inanded and not given, the cenmrv fired at the leading boat. which lie mllissell, and was - instantly shot dead by a young sailor of the f name of Arnold; 12 or 15 of tur brave Vol unteers were instantly out on deck of the S:eamer, Capt Drew being site first on board, when commetnced the tug ot 'Var. - The Pirates, lost 5 men killed several of their wounded got away, so we made but few prisohers. The uniber of pirates on f hoard was about 30 well arited but a great : numiber of them were otn shore firing rifles s in the dark, regardless whether they killed friends or foes. Such is the cotrage of e criminals. The saic young sailor who shot the centry was wounded in tl:e left aril .1 the motmeut he reaclied the Ieck, but lie gu;l - lantly with his right knocked down the pi rate who had wounded hbl, and killed himlt wt It tlie bu!t of his pistol. t The Pirate flag, beog a tricolour, with 2 stars, was taken by a gatll~ant young gentle a man of the uame of [-'nlai-mn, of Ie co hourg Voinnteers, a uephiew oftho veteran r Cat. flatti mmnd of 11atlimannd. Cnyt. I MeCormick, a Lake Captnin, ihao coml, inneded the second hoat, was severely, tho' - thanuk God, not danrerouslv wounded. Two r hallk pSsCd through his left wrist, and one I etitered the let, shoulder. lie had, how rcver, the ~stifctioin or ki!hinti on the aSPOt the pirate whlo'shot hima in the 51e.o'.lder. The gallant Capt Warrent, late I (of the (6th Regimen:t, whot was itn the - satme boat with Capt. leCorieC, we are besrry to say was also womedc hv two sabre ents and a plstol shot. Capt. Zecaland and1( f Mosier were among the most gallant of the galhmnt I carders, indeed all are far above : tir huimble p)ower of praise. - The Piraticatl Steamier w"as towied a short I distance ottt. and in abouit an hotir, emtit ting a hind light around, wenit thundering - over Niagara Falls. andi hetr fragmnen.s are - nowv s'rcwed ont the hanks (it'tie N iagatra a River. This glorious atchiievemem, has noat I cost us a single muan. The, Caroline was C rauther old, antd not sup posed to be worth over ?1000; a smtall damiage whIitch the rich and generous Btaffalonians cnn easily make up to the Pirates, ror whom their I amiable sympathies gain daily strentgth. - Thnts perish every I10e to liritain and to > Rational Libert,?'. - Copy of a letter from, A. N. M'Nabb,Col. > Conimuanding, to thme lion. Jonias Jotnes, A. -1). C. - HEAD QU'ARTERs, ) , Chippewva, D~ec.30, 1837. Satuird ay morning, 3 o'clock. - Sir: I have the honor to report for the information of his Excellency the Lienj. Gove'rnor, that having received p~ositive in f fomto that the pirates and rebels at Na " y [sland had putrchiased a steaam boat cal 3 led the Caroline, to facilitate their ititended r invasion in this county, and binig confirmied I in my information yesterday by the bout ; which sailed under British colors) appear ,ing at the Islaind, [ detrined to cut her -out, Capt Drew of the Royal Navy, in ia miost gallant mnnter, with a crew of Vol tuateers, (whose names I shall hereafter a mention.) performned this most daingerous service, wvhich, was indeed hiandsoimely ef - feeted. In conisequence of the swvifl cuirrent.it wvas a fomnd to be ittpossible to Act the vessel over a to this pilace, antd it was therefore tecessary tto set her ona fire. H er colors are in my pos session. A. N. M'NAB Colonel Commtandmng. P. S.-We have two or three wotinded -iand the Pirates about the name utnmher killed. A. N. M'JNABB. Accotipanying this letter are statemnents and aflidavids, that both from the min American shore, near Fort Schiosser, and f Grand Island, British boats wero fired on -thai the Caroline belonged to McKenzie; Sthat artillery taken on hoard at Fort Schto , losser had leen handed from her on Navy Island, and that her flag wvhich was taken, was tricolor and two stars, to irndiento the y two states of' Upper Catada and Lower * Canada. All this tendse to embarrass the qtues Son ; but as there is wrong on both sides, neither shmot.ld be unduly pertinaciouas. As P etroit, on thme 28'h t it the A rmory of the Brady guardshi was broken epon. ati ari t fled ofsomew forty muiske.s, by "per-soni. n~ knowni." . omne uneasiness a~pearedl to, be felt tat IDetroit,- lest the citizeits should be led into h-sp0 the revolt oi'un ada. No menoi w ever, or allusion, is made to any revolted force in arms at Mal- - den, or any where else in the vicinity. Gov. Mason issued on the tihe 28th niti-no a proclamution of tuetrallity, "in comlpli auce," as the instrument states, "with the request of the President of the United States." Nzw ORLA.ss, Jan, -10, LATEST FROM TEXAS. The following intelligence conmmtucicated by Dr. Moore, editor of the Texus Tele. graph, to Capt Auld of the steamer ship Constitution, which arrived this morning, in forty hours from Galveston, confirms the account brought by the Watchman, of Mexican troops being dispatched towards the Rio Grande alier some ~indians, who had committed dep Iedations on the it habi tants. Dr. Moor lad arrived a few hours previous to the sailing of-the Constitution. fron St. Antonio which place he left oin the 4th inst: "The rumor afloat relative to an invasi on from Mexico, originated from some spies who discovered near Sun Patricio, a body of several hundred Mexicans. Their trail was large, apparently that of several hun dred. Their horses3 cropped close four a cres of grass each night. Each cucamip mcnt exhibited umarks of* about a hundred fires. They had five waggons, and possi-" bly some cannon. "It was generally supposed at San An tomio, that they had been seut out to pro tet the herdhonen, who are driviug in cat tle towards the Rio Grand," Tihe hialowing report is in circulation, but we think it lets entitled to confidence: A passenger in the Constitution reports that mnch excitement prevailed in Houston on account of a recent eigageient with a party of Mexicans, near Conception it& which the Texians under the command of Col. Karens, obtained the victory. January 12th. Te.ras.-The steam ship Columbia Cap tain Wright. 44 hours from Brazoria, arriv ed yesterday at our port. From a gen ticnan who came passenger, we have re ceived tle most cheeriug intelligence, as to the strong confidence which anitates the hearts of the Texians. They have no fear of an invasion frot the Mexicans. Mr. Daniel O'Connelland the U. States. -A great Anti-Slavery Meetitag was re- i cently held in London, at which Daniel O'Connell appeared and made a very great speech, im the course of which he be stowed the following flattery upon the U. States. "The Britislr nation shouild be foremost in the work oi freedom, and set an exama file to the world. America should see that she was no longer tiae first country in the seale of reptulitcanism, but that she had le. come the basest ofthe base, mhe vilest of the vile. The lettined gentleman having allu ded in very strong and tmimneastireel ]an guage, to the conduct of the United States and ie government, and expressed his hor ror and detestation ofslavery and oppres sion, iti every forma and every clime-hav iugpronouaned tho h,"aatnity or the AFmaor icans of the United States a swindling hiu manity, & alluded to the late breach of faith by that goveranent with the Seminole In dian chief, called the attention of the mieet inag to tia fact, tint one of oar present Queen's first acts was a treaty with Colm bia for the total abolition of slavery, and conceluded wvitha moving the resolution ith which lie had beena entruscedl, ad sat down amdst rapituouas cheers, which continued for several minutes." . We are coinstanitly called tupon in this country to consider O'Connmell as worthay of all our :adhiuirationa and good will, atad this speech is aboumt a fair specimen of his claims upion themat. It is ntot lay aty mnaa so omut rageouts aus several of~ his former favours in thec same tnay, but qutite sullicient we sup uose, for all fraternal purposs.-N. Y. Paper Extract of a letter dated CITY or MEXIco, Nov. 8. ''We are on the eve of a Revolution, the object of which wall donaway with tlae pres ent oldjetionale C'onstitutioua, and re-es tablisha thme old one of 1824. There will be ned blood shied in the miatter ; it will he ef iee ted by thioso in power by whlich thevy will be kept ina. This is the way we manatge in thtis country."-Nat. Int. Pugdlists.-it has been disptuted whether Pugilists are aeally brave men or not. Among the Liberators we had an y pro finssiomnl brutisers, and on this day, (S ept.lt) 183')1 saw an instance of sheer cowarndice in one of themi. lie pretended to be drunk and did not advance, le was a very stronag mani. I was in a fury with haim; I seized haim by the collar, put my usword to his mouth, threatened to run him throuigha ifhbe did not advmance ; at length lie came for ward like a ltamb, totally powerless from terror. This evening, to accustoma him to shoot, I placed him as themnostexposed sen try ; but lie was ineurable. Ona the 1 7mh Novembter, when the enmy hand driv'en tns sharply in, and I had formed thec mten behinad a wall, to stop ihe advance, thcy kept up a very lint fare omi this spot. Two of my fellows, close togethner, were faring over this wall, wheni the powder of the fire loek of the onie hutrt thae cheek of the othier,. who gavo him a blow for it. lIn a mnoment~ diownt went their firelocks, oflf.wenmt thecirac coutremuents, and a regular ptagilistie ena counater comimetnced. I triedl to separnie thenm by hitting them with thae flat of my sword, bt it was of no use, and the firitng heimg very haot, I left them -Shaw's war int Spain. Mysiiterious~.-Mloney, faund on Brooklyns Ihci;ht.---Several th'ossand dollars were lately fotitd on the property of Mr. M'Coy, on lirooklyni leights. While the work-.. nmn were emnployed to digginig, they founatd bumried in tihe earthI, a handkerchief fll of silver, and1 on digging a ittlo further a tian box was dug np conitainaing sovreigns andl Armerieaut gol. We have noct learuned nal thme circaumances, Th'ere is little d'oubt, however, but it bielnged to an Irishman, who arrived here from New Orleans, cmn his waiy ro Irelacnd, amid who wans mnurdheredh ill the neighborhood oft Ih spot from wlideh the money was taken. Theb discovery has cre Qtedl a good degal of cotnversatoion mBrook lyvn.-N Y& &im.