Is ' ' .
Thk McLeod case.?The following is
the part of Mr. Buchanan'* speech in
the Senate in which he takes exception
to Mr. Webster's interpretation of the law
,y af nations applicable to this cause. A
few sentences of mere illustration are
omittad for want of room.
I shall now offer a few remarks on the
question of public law involved in this case,
then close what 1 have to say I sincerely
believe the Administration of Mr. Van
Buren was perfectly correct on this doc.
trine, as laid down bv Mr. Forsyth. If I
had found any authority to induce me to
entertain a doubt on that point, I would
refet to it most freely. I now undertake
to say that the only circumstance which
has produced confusion and doubt in the
minds of well-informed men on this subject
is, that they do not make the proper
distinction between a state of national
war and national peace. If a nation he
at war, the command of the sovereign
v?
power to invade the territory of its enemy,
and do battle there against any hostile
force, always justifes the troops thus
engaged.
Wheitany of the late invaders are seiz_J
a! J i __ r
ea, ir.ey are considered as prisoners 01
war, and as having done nothing but what
^ the laws of war justified them in doing.
In such a case they can never be held to
answer, criminally, in the courts of the
invaded country. That is clear. The
invasion ?>f an enemy's territory is one of
the rights of war, and, in all its necessary
consequences, is justified by the laws of
war. But there are offences committed
even in open war, which the express command
of the offender's sovereign will not
shield from exemplary punishment. I
writ give gentlemen an example. A spy
wiHbe hung, if caught, even though he
acted under the express command of his
sovereign. We might cite the case of
the unfortunate major-Andre.
Now, let me tell whoever shall answer
me, (if, indeed, any gentleman will con-!
descend to notice what I have said?for
it seems we on this side of the House are '
to do all the speaking, and thoy all the'
voting.) that all the authorities concur in
declaring that the law of nations protects
individuals while obeying the orders of
their severeign during a state of open and
flagrant war, whether it has been solemnly
1 1 I 4 1 1_ - iL 1 I
ueciaren or nor, ana wnerncr u r>e general
or partial. These authorities go no fur.
tber. But, to decide correctly on the
application of this principle in the case before
us, we must recollect that the two
belligerents here were England on the
one hand and her insurgent subjects on
the other, and that the United States were
a neutral Power, in perfect peaca with
England. But what is the rule in regard
to nations at peace with each other ? This
h the question. As between such nations,
does the command of an inferior officer
of the one, to individuals, to violate the
sovereignty of the other, and commit
murder ot arson if afterwards recognised
by the supreme authority, prevent the na-;
tion whose laws have been outraged from
punishing the offenders? Under such
circumstances, what is the law of nations?
The doctrine is laid down in Vattel, an
author admitted to be of the highest authority
on questions of international law ;
and the very question, totidem verbis,
which arises in this case, is in his book
stated and decided. He admits thai the
lawful commands of a legitimate Gov
eroment, whether to its troops or other
citizens, protects them from individual
responsibility for hostile acts done in obe
uiviwo iuouvu vwiiiirifiicua, w m 191 in asiaic
of open war. In such a case, a prisoner
of war is never to be subjected to the criminal
jurisdiction of the country within
which ho has been arrested. But w hat is
the law of nations in regard to criminal
offences committed by the citizens or subjecta
of one Power, within the sovereignty
and jurisdiction of another, they being at
peace with each other, even if these criroinal
acts should be recognised and justified
by the offender's sovereign ? This
is the case of the capture and destruction
of the Caroline. The subject is treated of
by Vattel, under the head 44 of the concern
a nation may have in the actions of;
her citizens," book ii, chap. 6, page 161.
1 shall read sections 73, 74 and 75 :
u However, as it is impossible," says
the author.41 for the best regulated State,
or fof the most vigilant and absolute Sovereign
to model at his pleasure all the
ll l i
ttcuwi* 01 ins suujaiH, anu to connne
them on every occasion to the most exact
obedience, it would be unjust te impute to
the nation or the Sovereign every fault
committted by the citizens. We ought
not, then, to say. in general, that we have
received an injury from a nation becnuse
we have received it from one of its members."
44 But if a nation or its chief approves
and ratifies the act of the individual, it
then becomes a public concern, and the
iniured party is then to consider the nation
as the real author of the injury, of
which the citizen was perhaps only the
instrument."
44 If the offended State has in her pourr
the individual who has done the injury. she
may, wilhotit scruple, bring him to justice
and punish him. If he has escaped and
returned to his own country, she ought
to apply to his Sovereign to have justice
done in the case."
Can any thing, in the world be clearer?
The author puts the case distinctly. The
nation injured ought not to mpute to the
Sovereign of a friendly nation the acts
of its individual citizens: hut if such
friendfy Sovereign shall recognise the
act# as his own, it then becomes a nation.
. . al concern. But does such a recognition
wash away the guilt of the offender and
release him from the punishmensf due to
his offence under the jurisdiction of the
couatry whese laws he has violated ? Let
Vattel answer this question. He. says:
State has in her power
the mimdval who has done the injury, she
... * . *, vsi*.
.4 % ^ * *
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may, without scruple, bring him to justice
and punivh him" There is the direct
plain, and palpable authority." And
here permit me to add, that I think I can
obtain a "disavowal and disapproval of
the act, and also such redress as the nature
of the case required." Notwith.
standing the enormity of the outrage, as
painted in this very communication of
our minister at London, drawn up in con.
formity to instructions from Washington,
the late Administration, the Senator's
political friends, in whom he thinks there
was no want of energy in prosecuting the
demand for redress, actually slept, over
this national injury from May, 1838, to
March, 1^41, when they went out of
power? Andso profound was their slumber
that, in a late debate to the House of
Commons, the British Secretary of State
for Colonial Affairs (Lord John Russel)
stated that the complaint of the American
Government was, for a long period,
considered as dropped. It is true that
Mr. Stevenson, who could not but feel
the awkward contrast between the lofty
tono of his communication to Lord Palm
erston, in May, 1S33. and the patient acquiescence
which followed in the long
continued silence of the British Govern
ment, did, in July, 1839, write to Mr.
Forsyth to know if he should renew the
subject with Lord Palmerston, and if, ?o
the degree or urgency he should adopt.
To which Mr. Forsyth replied no; "the
President expects, from the tone of Mr.
Fox's conversation, that the British
Government will answer your application
in the case, without further delay."
But, in point of fact, no answer was given
by the British Government down to the
period of the late Administration's exit
from power.
All this while, then, the destruction of
the Caroline" stood unexplained and unanowed
by the British Government, and
there was nothing of a conclusive nature
to determine whether it was to he viewed
as an unauthorized act of individuals or
as the public act of the British authorities.
In this state of things, MoLeod, in Nov.
emher last, came into the State of New.
York, and having, from his idle, and, as
is now universally believed, false boasts,
incurred the suspicion of having been a
juilty and conspicious actor in the dertruction
of the Caroline, he was arrested
md indicted therefor upon a charge of
murder and arson. Mr. Fox, on the 13th
J j-j -r n i
at uecemoer, uemanaca 01 mc uuu-iu*|
ment of the United States the liberation j
of McLeod, on the ground 11 that the de- j
strurtion of the steam boat Caroline is |
well known to have been a public net of j
persons in Her Majesty's service, obeying J
the order of their superior authorities."
The demand was refused, because the
Government of the United States had no
right to interfere with the judicial tribunals
of New. York, which had taken cognizance
of the case ; and in regard to the
declaration of Mr. Fox, Mr. Forsyth stated
that44 if the destruction of the Caroline
was a public act of persons in Her j
Majesty's service, obeying the order of i
their superior authorities, the fact has not |
been before communicated to the Government
of the United States by a permn
authorized to make the admission,
ind it will be for the court which hns tak;n
cognizance of the offences with which
McLeod is charged to decide upon its valditv,
when legally established before it."
Mr. Fox. recurring to the same subject,
in his letter to Mr. Forsyth of the 29th
Decemder, 1840, stated that 44 he was not
* - is
authorized to pronounce the decision ot
Her Majesty's Government upon the re.
monstrance which had been addressed to I
it bv the United States against the act in
question."
Thus stood the question at the accession
of the present Administration. The
destruction of the Caroline had not as
yet been avowed by the British Government
as a public and authorized act.
But on the 12th of March, eight days
after the inauguration of President Harrison,
Mr. Fox addressed a letter to Mr.
Webster, Secretary of State informing
him that ho was instructed by his Government
to state that " the transaction,'*
(the destruction of the Caroline within i
the territorial limits of the United States.) J
" on account of which McLeod was arres- '
ted, was a transaction of a public charac- j
ter, planned and executed by persons duly |
empowered bv Her Majesty's colonial au- j
thorities to take any steps and to do any }
acts which might be necessary for thede- !
^ ^ i/tati/ a f Am tr\ru?a e nrl f/\*? 1
ItJIJCt? U1 ilCI iUCIjl'SlT O U>IU IV!
the protection of Her Majesty's subjects;
and, consequently* that those subjects ot
Her Majesty who engaged in that transaction
were performing an act of public
duty, for which they cannot be made.personally
and individually answerable tothe
laws and tribunals of any foreign country.'
Upon these grounds, he was instructed to
demand again from the Government of
the United States tho immediate release
of Alexander McUeod.
This communication of the British
minister gave a new aspect to the subject,
and presented for the consideration of
the American cabinet a grave question, of1
the first importance in the intercourse
and responsibilities of nations. The destruction
of the Caroline, for a supposed
nnrtirination in which 3fcLeod had been
, , ^ ,
arrested and indicted iu the courts of
New-York was now avowed by the British
Government to have been an act of publie
military force, planned and executed
by competent public authorities, in alleged
de.fence of Her Majesty's territories,
and a9 such, was justified by Her Majesty's
Government at home. However unwarrantable
the act, from that moment it
could be viewed only as a national wrong,
the full responsibility of which was assumed
by the British Government, and in
which the individuals concerned were but
irresponsible instruments, acting under
orders which they were implicitly bound
to obey, ?
Under these circumstances, the present
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Administration was called on, within the
first week of its official existence, to decide
what course was due to the national
honor in this new attitude. They could
not but admit, that, by the principles of
public law, as recognized and sanctioned
by the usages of all civilized nations,
persons engaged in military or naval enterprises,
under the orders of their lawful
superiors, could not be held individually
responsible for what was done in the execution
of those enterprises. McLeod,
however, was in the hands of the judicial
tribunals of the country, and by regular
process only could he be discharged. The
Executive authority had no right to interpose
its arm lor his release. What, then,
was the answer of the Administration to
the communication of the British Government?
It was such as Mr. R. believed
the Senate would feel to be its accordance
with the honest national pride of every
American bosom. It wa?, in substance,
this, for he had not the answer of the Secprove
that, according to sound reason,
the principle is correct, and that the question
would now be so decided bv our
courts, even if the law of nations had
been silent on the subject. This not only
is, but ought to be, the principle of public
luw.
Mr. Webster, in his letter to Mr. Fox
of the 24th of April, tells the British Minister
that the line of frontier which separrates
the United States from Her Britannic
Majesty's North American Provinces
44 is long enough to divide the whole
of Europe into halves."
This is true enough. Now, bv admitting
the doctrine of Vattel to be incorrect
and unfounded, on what consequences are
we forced ? I heg Senators to consider '
this question. The line which separates
us from the British possessions is a line
long enough to divide Europe into halves.
Heaven knows I have no desire to see a
rebellion in Canada ?r the Canadian provinces
annexed to the United States; hut
no event in futurity is more certain than
that these provinces are destined to be
ultimately separated from the British empire.
Let a civil war come, and let every
AfcNahh who shall then have any command
in the British possessions along this
long line be permitted to send a military
expedition into the territory of the United
States whenever he shall believe or pretend
that it will aid in defendingthe royal
authority against those who are resisting
it, and war between Great Britain and
the United States becomes invariable. A
British subject marauding under the orders
of his superior officer on this side
of the line is seized in the very act. Well,
what is to he done ? I suppose we are
to wait until we can ascertain whether his
Government choses to recognise his hostile
or criminal act, before we can inflict
upon him the punishment which he deserves
for violating our laws. If it does,
the jail door is immediately to be thrown
open ; the offender, it mav be the murderer,
takes his flight to Canada, and we
must settle the question with the British
Government. Such is the doctrine advanced
hv the British Government and
our own Secretary of State. This principle
would, as I say, lead us inevitably into i
war with that Power. What can be done j
in a state of war ? In that case, the laws j
of war provide that persons invading our
territory who arc raptured, shall be con. 1
sidered and treated as prisoners of war. I
But while the two countries continue at
peace, a man taken in the flagrant act of
invasion and violence cannot be made a
prisoner of war. McLeod, however, is
not to be treated on this principle, and
punished under our laws if he bo guilty,
lest we should offend the majesty of Eng.
land. The laws of New York ore to be
nullified, and the murderer is to run at
large.
But if the principle laid down by Vat.
tel be sound and true, all difficulty at i
once vanishes. If such an offender be
caught in the perpetration of a criminal
act. he is then punished for his crime.
Let him be tried for it at least, and then,
if there are any mitigating circumstances
in his case, for the sake of good neighbor,
hood let him escape. There will then he j
no danger or war from this cause. Let]
me suppose a case. Suppose Colonel !
Allan MeNah should take it into his head |
that there exists in the United States a j
conspiracy against the British Govern,
ment, and should believe that he could un.
ravel the whole part by seizing on the
United States mail in its passage from
New York to Buffalo. He places himself
at the head of a party, comes over the
line, and seizes and robs the mail; but in
the act he is overpowered and arrested
and he is indicted before a criminal'court
of the United States. Will it be maintained
that, if the British Government
should say, We recognise the act of McNab
in robbing your mail as we have atalready
recognised that of his burning
your steamboat, and killing your
citizens, would Mr. Webster he justified in
directing a nolle prosepvi to he entered
in his favor, and thus suffer him to go
free ?
I do not say that the British Government
would act in this manner : hut I
put the case as a fair illustration of the
argument. There was one case in which
something very like this might have happened,
and it was even thought probably
that it would happen. It was reported
that an expc lition had been planned to
oivo thp npronn of MrT.eod snd fo rsrrv
him oft* to Canada ; [and I believe that a !
very distinguished and gallant general in j
the United States service, (Gen. Scott)?
an officer for whom in common with all
his fellow citizens I cherish the highest
respect and regard?went, in company
wilh the Attorney General, to Lockport;
and it was conjectured that he had rereived
orders to hold McLeod and defend
the Lockport jail against any incursion of
Sir Allen McNab or other person.
Suppose now that such an expedition
had been set on foot; that it had suceed
' ' "
<s ' * *
ed, and that McLeod had been seized c
and carried off io triumph, the two *na- 1
tions being still in profound peace. The f
rescue of a prisoner is a high criminal of- (
fence. What would hare been done with y
McNab if he had volentarily come within j
jurisdiction aod been arrested? If he could f
be indicted tried and punished befora the ^
British Government should have recognise
his act, very well. But if not, then, at
the moment of such recognition, he would 8
he no longer responsible and must fourth- 1
with be set free. The principul of Vatal *
rightly understood, absolutely secures the 1
territorial sovereignty of nations in time f
of peace, by permitting them to punish all \
invasions of it in their own criminal courts {
and his doctrine is eminently calculated c
to preserve peac among a!1 nations.?
War has its own laws, which are never to (
be extended to the intercourse between t
nations at peace. ,
The principal assumed in Mr. Fox's letter
is well calculated for the benefit of r
powerful nations when contending I
Rgainst their weaker neighbor. But in
saying this I do not mean to admit that
we were a weak nation in comparison c
with England. We do not, indeed, wish J
to go to war with her, yet I arn confident }
in the belief that whatever we might suf- y
fer during the first period of such a contest
would be amply compensated by our *
success before we reached the end of r
it a
x
Ills sniu mac one grcai puij>?w7 *n mr
laws of nations is to protect the weak
aginat the strong, ind never was this tendeney
more happily illustrated than by
this very principle of Vatel for which I am
contending, I therefore believe that the
Sectetaryof State was as far wrong in
his view of international law as in h s
haste to appease the British Government,
in the face of a direct treaty, bv his in.
structions to Mr. Brittenden. The communication
of these instructions to that
Government, we know, had the desired
effect. They went immediately to England;
and no sooner were they known on
that side of the water, than in a moment
all was calm and tranquil. The storm,
portending war, passed away, and tranquil
peace once more returned and smiled
over the scene,
[Mr. Rives's reply next week.]
CHER AW GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, July 7, 1941.
To allow the hands in the office time
to partake in the festivities of the national
anniversary we lessened the quantity
of reading matter in this week's paper.
We roturn our thanks to Messrs. Cal.
houn, Campbell and Sumter for valuable
public documents. I
The National Anniversary wascelebrated
in our town on Saturday with the ceremonies
common on the occasion. The
Declaration of Independence was well
read by Mr. Jonx Lorro, and an oration
very well prepared and replete with sound
nntriotir sentiment was delivered by
Alexander Gregg, Esq. *
The bill granting $25,000 to the widow *
ol Gen.'l Harrison has been signed by the
President and has become a law. I
A
petition from the city of New York I
fur a national bank has been presented to '
Congress signed by between fifteen and *
twenty thousand persons measuring 250 }
feet in length. }
c
Cattle and Hogs. r
Mr. Samuel Sands, Publisher of the '
American Farmed, Baltimore, offers for
sale the following stock: Several Devon r
i
heifers;?A half Durham Bull, one year r
old. large size, by an imported bull, out; a
of a cow which when fresh generally 1
made 10 lbs. of butter a week, and gave i
last Summer, on grass, 23 quarts of milk 4
per day?Price of the Bull $35;?three j f
Durham heifers, 12, 7 and 2 months old , c
at 7n 50 nnH 50 Hollars:?four Devon ' ^
u. , WW 7
heifers, 2 years old;?0 do. from 1 to 2 J
years old?very low, price not stated. 1
He also offers for sale a great variety J
of pigs and hogs; among them Berkshires, c
Woburn, Irish Graziers, Thin Rind &c. ?
Some of the Berkshires we saw a few '
weeks ago; they are very superior? *
some from the stocks of Lossing and Bement,
and others the progeny of direct y
importations. f
CONGRESS.
The two houses are engaged in debates ,(
on important subjects which may occupy ^
some time. In the Senate the morning f
hour is consumed in debating a resolution r
moved by Mr. Buchanan calling for the h
names of all persons removed from office (
since the 4th. of March last; to which an
amendment is proposed by Mr. Mangum
to include the names of all persons re- _
moved since the 4th March 1829. Af- j
ter the morning hour the order of the
day, which is the bank bill, is taken up.
The opponents of the bill postpone the v
1 _ J * ! a.!ll r _ 1 1_ _ It
regular discussion uii us irtenas snail s
have passed over it section by section, I [
and perfected it. Upon this they were e
engaged as late as the 30th June. Among >
the amendments adopted was one by a
vote of 33 to 16 to exclude foreigners
from holding stock. A motion to allow
"resident foreigners" to take stock was d
lost bv a vote of 24 to 25. 1
In the House of Representatives a bill J
has been reported from the Committee of ^
Ways and Means authorizing a loan of
$12,000,000, at an interest not exceeding ^
5 per cent, payable at the of the Government,
after June 1st. 1850. e
Mr. Floyd, ofN. Y.'introduced ares- g
>lution on the 24th. June calling on the t<
President for information on the subject c
>f hi9 having despatched the Attorney c
general or any military officer into N. ^
fork at any time on the subject of the a
HcLeod case. Mr. Floyd, Mr. Ingersoll b
ind others made speeches condemning *
he course of the Administration in this
rase* and were replied to by Mr. Cushing "
ind others. The resolution lies on the G
able after two day's debate. The de- ^
>ate on this question in the House as tl
veil as in the Senate, assumed a decided
mrty character. The only exception o
vas that in the House, Mr. Holmesofthis
State, in a brief speech supported the
:ourse adopted by the Administration.
The House now spends its time in dis- ^
ussinga bill to distribute prospectively
he proceeds of the public lands among
he States. The bill embraces a provision t
granting the right of pre-emption to
icttlers. f
? p
Remains of the late President.?A g
rommittee from Cincinnati, among them t
Fudge Burnett and the Hon. J. C. [
Wright, formerly in Congress, arrived in c
Washington week before last, to attend to
p
he removal of the remains of Gen. Har- j,
>on to North Bend. The committee c
iddressed a letter to President Tvler re- ^
. r
|uesting his concurrence. The President r
eplied in appropriate terms and commu- 1
licated the correspondence to Congress. {
Sach house appointed a committee to su- c
lerintcnd the removal of the remains o* '
r1
he deceased patriot from the Congression- \
il burying ground, which was done on '
Saturday the 26th. June. They were
arried on the afternoon of that day to
Baltimore, and thence on Monday pro- r
eeded for the West, accompanied by the
Cincinnati committee, the son of the da- j
leased, and a detachment of marines, by (
>rder of the President. The cars were ]
ippropriately decorated with emblems of t
nourning.
The jobbery of the frederick CoFN- <
ry Bani??The robber of this bank has ?
:ompouiided with the directors, and was
flowed to retain the gold and the bills of ^
ither banks than the one robbed for doivering
the bills of the bank. The
mount retained was about $23,000. The ; {
legotiation was conducted through a New } (
fork lawyer. Query: may not the said |t
awyer have been the thief, or an accos. ,'
ory? Ought he not to be indicted? He ' j
:harged a commission of ten per cent. ,
or his agency; whether on the amount j
etained or on the amount returned is not
tated. ^
The Canada Parliament commenced *
ts session at Kingston on the 14th. ult. 'r
Austin Cuvilicr, a Reformer and opponent I f
>f the union of the Canadas was elected
Speaker over the famous Sir Alan Mc
1
The New York Sun publishes a remedy
"or Hydrophobia, and other respectable j
jnperscopy the paragraph. The reme.
Iv is represented to have been "success, j
'ully used by several persons." Andic
vhatis more, "it cured an animal which p
vas bitten by a mad dog, when another t
>n which it was not used, which was hit- 1
en by the same dog, died." This looks a
ike pretty strong evidence, and doubtless *
i.xcites some curiosity in the mind of the |
eader ns to what so valuable a remedy can r
I
>e. Well, reader, we will not keep you in
luspense; it is "elecampane." But
nind, you must take just "one pound j
prated fine.,11 And then boil it in one ^
|uart of milk just one hour over a slow , *
ire ; and then you must take just three j
loses; that is to say, one every morning f
or three morning*, and no more; and f
ust after getting out of bed. And then
f you don't take the hydrophobia, why si
mu have never been bitten by a mad j T
log, that's all. Or if you were, the saliva "
if the animal was in some way prevented *
rom coming in contact with your flesh, 8
hat is certain. ?
Gen. Macomb of the Army died in g
iVashington, on the 25th June, of ap.
iplcxy. J
P
The National Intelligencer observes, ?
' Little did we expect, when we attended
he funeral of Gen. Harrison, on, which j[
iccasion Gen. Macomb commanded the 5
*ko* U70 fill nil Ifl SO SOOIl
Uliliaijr C3VVIH tuui "W ?
iave to follow the remains of the living
jeneral to the tomb." C
C
Another Honorable Forger?The Cl
Ionorable Asa Child, of Norwich, lately *
'resident of the Norwich, and Worcester ^
lailRoad Company, has absconded with ]
AAA nVitoir>A/l frrtm thnM ,1
.UUUl v Vf Ujl/UVf ? W... M
nstitution by peculation and forgery. He 3
ras last in Philadephia, en route it was o1
upposed for Texas. He was appointed 0
district Attorney of Connetticut by Gen- Cl
ral Jackson, and was a candidate for
fan Buren Elector of President last fall. r}
T
From the St. Augustine Herald, n
The following is an extract from an or- *
er issued by Col. Worth commanding w
he Troops in Florida, fdr the purpose of ^
ecuring a safe communication between gJ
his city and Pilatka : e
Iead Qrabters, Abxt op Florida, > w
Pilatka, June 16, 1841. \ h
)rders, No. 13. T
III. A daily mounted patrole will be
stablished on the Picolata and St. Au- ^
;ustine Road, consisting of not less than
?n men, exclusive of an officer, or non
ommissioned officer, to command, as the
ase may be. These patroles will start j
rom each post at 5 o'clock A. M., meat ^
t a point as nearly equi distant as may
e convenient to water, halt not less than
wo hours,, when each detachment will reurn
to its post. These detachments are
ot to have the high road unless in pur.
uit of the enemy, They are to give es.
ort and protection to the mails and also
3 all citizens travelling the route* and
tieir effects.
The district commander will cause this
rder to be carried into effect.
By order of Colonel Worth.
G. WRIGHT, Capt. 8th Ret.,
Act'g. Ass't, Adj't. (Jen.
?he Burial Place of General Harris*
on.
A letter from North Bend to the editor of
he Lebanon Star says:
"I am at present engaged in preparing and
Hitting in order the mound or burial place tor
lie reception of the General. It is a very
levated spot, a short distance west of the
iwelling house, and opposite the mouth of
he tvnnel of the Whitewater Canal, affording
i very fine view of the Ohio River. We are.
tuildiiig a vault on the top of the mound?
tearing off the undergrowth, leaving only a
ew scattering trees?fencing it in with a good
ilain, though neat and substantial fence;
larmonizing in this particular with the life and
haracter of hiin who is to repose within iti
i.de. I think it quite lik?dy the funeral will
aki place on the 4'h of Julv, or the day that
nay be kept as our national anniversary, for
he 4th comes ou Sunday. Of the time, how*
tvcr, the committee will make a public am*
louncement. I sha'l expect to see a large
:oncotirse of the citizens of Warren county
iresen. on the occasion, for it is presumed that
ivery Wh'g, and many of the opposition
larty will be desirous to pay the last tribute
>f respect to the departed hero, patriot, End
age."
Bantc Defalcations.?Rumor was +
ife yesterday founded upon the outhority ^
>f private letters received in this city, that
Wucon has been the theatre of another
mnk robbery, which has just been detec*
ed in the Branch of the Central Rail
[lond. Bank in Macon. The Cashior of
he Bank is said lobe the individual, who
lisregarding the plain precepts of the
jighth commandment, has lined his pock*
its wilh the needful. We have not been
tbJe to l^arn the precise extent of the deicit
in his cash account, but all seem to
:oncur in the opinion, that it is quite large,
irobubly twenty thousand dollars.
PEFKBKD rORP.ION fiEWP.
The overland mail from India arrived
it Marseilles on the 30th of May, in 30
lavs from Bombay, being the shortest
ime it was ever before accomplished- in..
[t brings Bombay dates to the 1st of May,
Constantinople to the 21st, and Malta to
he 24th. The important intelligence
vhich it brought will be found under its
iropcr head.%
The President Steamer had not fcr
ived, and no certain news as to her fate
i?d been received, yet at the time the *
Columbia left there appeared to be inTeasing
hopes of her safety at Livertool.
LrvRBPooL, June 4.
" We hare had a great many arrivals
?r Iinoaalo r.nm PnrDInn fVArta frudnv. and
' I f I I Will |i/l ^ *? ..
imong them the Fortitude, from Boettoa
lyres: the captain, (Arhurthnot,)of which
tates, that on the 27th May, at 5 a. nv
nt. 47 N. long *24 30 W., abont ten miles
listant he saw a very large steamer steerng
to the N. E. without a funnel, a
Tippled foremast, and large paddle boxes
minted of a dark color, with a large sqna/e ?
opsail set on the inaintopmast a topgal- ^
antsail on the forefopmast and with for?
ind aft sails. The steamer was making
ery slow progress."
We confess upon the whole that we do
?ot indulge much hope for her safety from
hese rumors.
The relatives of her victims had genrally
put on mourning, and many col.
actions of money had been made in Lotion
and elsewhere for the more destitute
arnilies ofthecTew.
- - . - j
Two vessels of war had been sent out
rom Lisbon in search of her, but with
hint hopes of success.
An American gentleman from Canton
nys the.citv is doomed to the flames,
""here are 200,000 Chinese starving in the
eighborhood for want of employment,
rho are as ready to :ack the place as the
ailors arc.
Accounts from Constantinople are to the
7th ult.
Accounts from Belgrade state that the in.
urrectton in Bulgaria bad been quelled.
The plague continued in Alexandria and
losetta. In the latter the cases were 25
er day in a population of only 8,000. The
ases at Alexandria varied daily from 18 to
f. The official returns since tbe plague be.
an in December, 1840, to 18tb May* 1841,
mount to 1,084 persons attacked ; oi these
&0 are dead.
CHINA.
r T...-11:?.....
4ijOHl lUiptiriitiH iuiriMj^fsiuc iivui vmw
lapture ot the Bogue Forts and the City of
lanton by the British.?The intelligence re*
eived from China during the last month ia of
highly interesting and important nature,
hr latest news from Macao is to the 31st.?[eshen's
continued procrastination baying at*
mgth exhausted Captain Elliott's patience,
ie Nemesis steamer was despatched from
facao od the 14th of February, with the drafc
f a treaty for the approval, t?nd ratification
f the imperial high commissioner The
nmmander of the steamer was ordered to ji
ait at the Bogus for a reply until the 19th,
nd in the event of his net receiving one by
lat day, to return immediately to Afacao.
'his he accordingly did on the 19th, Keshen
ot having made his appearance, A circulsr
as then published, stating that the squadron
ere then moving towards the Bocca Tigris.
In tne following day Captain Elliot received
message from Keshen, in which the latter
:ated his willingness to sign the treaty, and
xcused his delay in not coming to the Bogne
hile, the steamer was there, by alleging that
c had been detained by some piratical boats,
his appears to have been t mere ruee to
unfime. On the 24th of February anotifiition
of the renewal of hostilities was issued
i her Brittannic. Majesty's subjects.
Towards the clove of the morning of ?