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Copy of a Letter from Mr. Secretary Webster to the Senators from Massachusetts, whilst the Fiscal Corporation bilU which had passed the House of RejfrcseiUaiiccs, teas depending in the SeiiiUe. avgcst 25, 1841. Gentlemen: As you spoke last evening of the general policy of tire Whigs, under the present posture of affairs, relative to the Bank Bill, I am willing lo place you in full possession of my opinion on that subject. It is not necessary to go further hack into the history of the past, than the introduction of the present measure into the House of Representatives. That introduction took place within two or three days after the President's disapproval of the former hill ; and 1 have not the slightest doubt that it was honestly and fairly intended as a measure likely to meet the President's approbation. 1 ftoawt believe that one in fifty of the Wlhrgs had any sinister design whatever, if there was an individual who had such <lesign. But 1 know that the President had I^cen troubled in regard to the former bill j Being desirous, on the one hand, to meet rhe wishes of the friends, if lie could, ???d, on the otlier, to do justice to his own opinions. (laving returned this first hill with his objections, a new one was presented in the House, and appeared to lie making rapid progress. i knew the President regretted this, nod wished the whole subject might hav? hcen postponed. At the s me time, I believe he was disposed to consider, calmly and conscientiously, whatever other measure might b< presentee to him. But, in the mean time, Mr. Bott's von exlraoid.nary letter made its appearance Mr. Botts isa Whig of eminence and in. fiucnce in our ranks. I need not recul to your mind the contents of the letter. It is enough to say, that it purported tlia the Whigs designed to circumvent then own President; to "head liini" as the expression was, and to place him in i condition of embarrassment. From that moment, I felt that it was the dulv of tne Whigs to forliear from pressing the Bank bill further, at the present time. I llw.itrrkf if n*acv knf Ulcf in llipm til A lilWllgllfc li WW HQ !/ ?? jMi?? , give decisive proof that they entertained j no such purpose as seemed to he imputed ! to tliem. And, since there was reason i to helieve that the President would be i glad of time, for information and reflec. ! tion, liefore being called on to form an opinion on another plan for a Bank?a plan somewhat new to the country?1 thought his known wishes out to be coinplied with. I think so so still. I think this is a course just to the President, and wise on < behalf of the Whig party. A decisive rebuke ought, in my judir- j nieiit, to l?e given to the intin ation, from j - - " - ^ ? j: i wnaiover quarter, 01 n uisptwouun <wuwn^ ; the Whigs to embarrass the President. This is the main ground of my opinion; and such a rebuke, 1 think, would he found in the general resolution of the par. i tv lo postpone further proceedigs on the subject lo the next session, now only a little more thaa three months off. Ti?e session has been fruitful of impor. tant acts. The wants of the Treasury have been supplied; provisions have been made for Fortifications and for the Novy ; the rep'-al of the Sub-Treasury lias piowed ; the Bankrupt Bill, that great i measure of justice and benevolence, has In-en earned through ; and the Land Bill seems about to receive the sanction of i Congress. In ail these measures, forming a mass of legislation more important. I will venture to say, than all the proceedings of Congress lor many years past, the Pres. ident has cordially concurred. I agree that the currency question is | nevertheless the great question before the ; country ; hut, considering what has al- i ready been accomplished in regard to1 other things?considering the difference , of-opinion which exists upon this remain-j jng one?and considering, es|tecially, thai j jn is the duty of the Whigs effectually to i f-Cjpel and put down any supposition that j jthef are endeavoring to put the Presi- j ilent in a condition in which he must act jinder restraint or embarrassment, I am | fully d entirely persuaded that the Bank subject should be postponed to the ! next session, I am, gentlemen, your friend and obe/dient servant, DAKfgL WEBSTER. To Messrs. Bates and Choate, Senators from Massachusetts. r - . itm .LJBV TIIE J'EESIDKNT OF TH? UNITED STAES j OF AM*:kica., A PROC LAMATION. Whereas it has come to the knowledge the 4?overJM?icnt of the JJniKed States tiort secret Lodges. Clubs, or AsMtrjurtions exist on the Northern Frontier; that tfhe *rvxnWa of these Lodges are hound together hy secret oaths ; that they hnve coheotcd fire.arnis and other mili. tary materials, aad secreted them iesundry places,; and that it is their purpose t<? violate the laws of their country hy making military and lawless incursions, when opportunity shall offer, into the Territories of a Power with which the United Stales are at peace: and whereas it is known that travelling agitators, from both sides of the line,-visit these Lodges, and harangue the .members in secret meeting, stimulating jijein to illegal acts; and w her pas the ' same persons are known to levy contri. but ions on the ignorant and credulous for h their own benefit, thus supporting and v enriching themselves by the basest means: si and whereas the unlawful intentions of o the members of these Lodges have already a been manifested in an attempt to destroy p the lives and property of the inhabitants o of Chippewa, in Canada, and the public p property of the British Government there t being: Now. therefore, I, John Tyler, t President of the United States, do issue t this my proclamation, admonishing all r such evil-minded persons of the condign \ punishment which is certain to overtake f them ; assuring them that the laws of the s United States will be rigorously executed t firvoinot fkoir illorruI nr>tu> anrl lliat if in nnv 1 . "ivgu. ?VW, ; I lawless incursion into Canada they fall g into the hands of the British authorities i thpy will not be reclaimed as American I t citizens, nor any interference made by J f this Government in their behalf. ! \ And I exhort all well-meaning but de- j s luded persons who may have joined these j v Lodges immediately to abandon them, j and to have nothing more to do with their ? secret meetings, or unlawful oaths, as they ? would avoid serious consequences to them- ? selves. And I expect the intelligent and a | well-disposed members of the community r to frown on all these unlawful combina- [ tions and illegal proceedings, and to assist ^ the Government in maintaining the f peace of the country against the mischie- ( vous consequences of the acts of these j violators of the law. t Given under my hand, at the city of s Washington, the twenty-fifth day of ( September. A. D. [l. s ] one thousand | eight hundred and forty-one, and ol v the Independence of the United States |] the sixty-sixth. JOIIN TYLER. ^ By the President: Dam el Wkbstkr. Secretary of Slate. the president's pkoclam itiox, dtc. j ' F.om the Time* and Evening Stir. We subjoin the Proclamation of Presi lent Tyi.kh calling upon all evil-minded * persons on the Northern frontier, who J tave any designs against the Canadas " to disperse, and requiring of every good o (citizen a course of conduct necessary to ti maintain the relations of amity existing ? with Great Britain. There is a fitness c and propriety in this step at the present l< moment. It will not only serve to satisfy 7. England of the pacific and friendly dis- r< position which governs our councils and b intentions, but, on the eve of the McLeod is trial, should any outbreak occur, show g that the Federal Government has not ^ been unmindful of its duties. We fear, o however, in this mattcj. that paper procla- a mations will not prove more efficient j p than paper blockades have in times past. I' An efficient military force along the lines, authorized by Congress, will be the only ft moans to check the movements of these ri Canadian sympathizers and the erectiou tt i\f thf.jp hunters' lodrres. We Certninly d have no disposition to censure Mr. Van ! a Burkn unnecessarily, now that he is in j n retirement, but much of the troubles of. li this Canada outbreak are to be traced to ) p his wavering, unsettled policy. At the J \ verv commencement of this affair, before r? Van Renssalaer occupied Navy Island, d and consequently prior to the burning of fi the Caroline this paper repeatedly urged p the President to adopt strong measures h to arrest the ringleaders, and terminate a the difficulties then on the threshold ; but s< Mr. Van Burkn was a candidate for re- : b election, and he calculated the hazards of j u checking an outbreak in the Western Dis- [ w triot and in Michigan as affecting his po- j ti litii'nl ornsnects. He sent agents to look | fi ; r* r Y ?=> into the affair, but it was not until Cana- ; ii da had been invaded and serious mischief j h ensued that he could be prevailed upon to issue his proclamation, which, however, A produced no effect. Thev had greater g apprehensions of the British forces in Up- e per Canada than from any threats of tl condign punishment from Washington, h Since that time, the leaders in the revolt have not been idle, and persons of des- n perate fortunes have associated together si to renew their attempts on Canada at a suitable period ; and they believe the trial of McLeod offers an available opportuni- t ty to get up a new sympathy should he be r acquitted, and, if convicted, to raise n i w clamor for his execution ; and, in either > case, to assume a position calculated to si involve the two countries in war. It is i? not proclamations, therefore, that can u prevent this issue?it is a powerful mili> ti tarv force, which should he placed along n the lines. Not only the disposable troops of the United States should he ordered in t that direction, but the Governor should a he requested to call out a regiment in each county on the borders of Lakes Eric and Ontario, to be kept encamped and ready to unite at any moment for the preservation of peace and the dispersion of the insurgents. The State may confi- * ^ * r (lently rely on L/Ongrwss u? iiwivc IIIC IIU- I c.essary appropriations to defray the ex- 0 penses, and the Governor has both energv and capacity to carry nut such f instructions successfully. There is no ( question between Great Britain and the United States but this which threatens \ any. interruption to their nmicable relations, and this single question is fraught * with danger, and must be met with ' promptness. It is expedient, therefore. J to prevent the evils, and this uncalled for issue of war, at any cost, by the presence ( of a powerful military force until this vexed question is? settled. Rent ok Land.?It is stated that in ' England, in agricultural districts, the rent of land has increased since 1775 from four to ten-fold, and this excessive in- ' crease in rent has extended to even the ' Western Isles of Scotland; for in a late ' advertisement it is stated by the {teller 1 that one of the farms in the Island pf < North ITist, which is let on lease, wherepf * 38 years are still unexpired, at ?16 2s.' 5 4d. would now let at ?2o0. ' ?WEB? BK3M The Shower of Blood.?Prof. Troost as published a lung article in the Nashtile Banner, with reference to the recent bower of blood which occured at Lebann, Tenn. on the 17th ult. Theexplan. tion which he gives of this remarkable henomenon differs essentially from that f Prof. Hallowed. He took especial ains to investigate all the facts and in he case, and says there can be no doubt hat the drops of blood found upon the obacco leaves did really fail from a smail ed cloud passing swiftly from East tn Vest. The extent of the shower was rum forty to sixty yards in breadth, and ix or eight hundred in length : it was binly scattered, probably a drop every en or fifteen feet irregularly dispersed. ivliiph fp 11 ivprp nnaflv ;UIIIC HI I IIV/ J/H-vvv ? VM W.? v?v j wo inches long. Prof. Troost believes lie fragments to be animal matter, bill loes not consider any part of them to be lood. There was about them an offensive smell of putrid matter, and the Hbrea vere distinctly visible. On exposing the articles to the action of heat, they were iffected precisely as a piece of beef' There is no doubt," says the Professor, 4that this substance is animal matter, ind belongs to our globe." Hethenenunerated many instances in which remartable showers have been observed, from he year 472 to the present day. If the acts as stated by him are correct, there :an be no ground tor the explanation ol *rof. Hallowed that the matter was hrown off hv insects in their ehrysalit tate. Prof. T roost ascriber it to the acionofa hurricane whicn,if minks m:?} lave taken up part iifan animal wlucl was in a state ol d' 'otapusi'iion and have rought it in couiai i with an electric loud, in which :i w.i> kepi :n a siaie ap. roaching to a p.irtiai limdiiv or %?scosi(y, Phuad. Gazelle, rom tin: new yohk commercial advkrtikkk. Kidna rt'im?.?Accounts have reached lew York, live ugh various channels, that antes (xrogan. one of the Canadian refgees, who has been living for the last two ~ r? r three years at A!burgh in Vermont, ear the Canada line, has been seized by party of dragoons from Canada, and onveyed to A/ontreal, where he has been )dged in prison. He is by birth a citien of the United States, but was long a usident in Canada, took part in there, ellion, and fled after its suppression. He i hollered to have been an active insli. atorofall the border forays, burnings, :e. that have taken place since the final verthrow of the rebels. The following ccount of Ins arrest is given by acorrcaondent of the Express : kankmn County. Vt., Sept. 22, 1841. On Saturday James Grogan returned oiti Michigan to Alburgh. When his Mum was known across the lines, Cap. itn Jones, of her Ma jesty's service, or. ered the dragoons on Sunday to go to dhurgh and capture him. Grogan that light slept at his brother-in-law's, Wilam Brown's, who is a farmer of most res. octable standing. About two o'clock on londay morning Brown's house was surxinded by a detachment of British sol. iers, his house.forced, and himself and imily forbid to make any alarm under enalitv of death. They proceeded to the ed-rooin where Grogan slept, who, awakened by the noise, defended himself till ;verely wounded in the legs and thighs y bayonets, when he was overpowered, rapped in a buffalo robe, thrown into o -agon, nnd carried across the line, some >vo and a half or three miles distant, and rom thence toClarensvillc. On Monday e was carried east to Missisquoi bay, eavilv ironed, nnd sent to Montreal. Last evening the news arrived at St. Jbans. A public meeting was held, or anized, and a committee appointed tc xamine into the transaction, and report lis evening, to which time the meeting i adjourned. I have not time to write more. In my oxt I will givv you the circumstances, as upported by legal proof. Yours, X Y. The other accounts are substantial!} he same. Brown's house, where the ar est was made, is said to be four mile 'ithin the boundary line?that, is, on thei Vermont side. The merits of the tran. action depend on this. If Brown's housi ? in fact on the Canada side, our Govern *ent can have nothing to say in the mat' er; if not, Grogan will of course be de[landed, nnd no doubt given up. One of the accounts says that the cap ors were not soldiers but volunteers, ant icted without authority. STEAM TRAVELLING ON COMMON ROADS. A London paper states that onoofthi jeneral Steam (vf i. *e\ Y oac'iies rocer. Iv performed a purc.? y ot from 7 to : niles in 25 or litj minute*, or at the ran >f 15 or 10 mil. ?an hour. It is added hat, but for obstructions that were en . wintered, in the shape of dorks of sheen arts and horses, 20 inilcs an ho.tr vvoult tave readily obtained. Thcnccoun rroceeds: * One fact, however, seemed to be es ahlished?namely that the new steam loach is capable of running on ordinan oads with speed, economy, and safety The noise of the engine is scarcely per :eptible; there is neither stocks nor a visi >!e escape of steam, and the boiler is con ttrued of numerous pipes, so that if one jr even two, should burst, the (toiler is re ieved and all danger avoided. Toente ntoany description of the carriage wouh le foreign to our purpose, hut we canno ivoid noticing the extremely ingeniou 2ontrivance which blows and keeps th< fire nlive. The facility, too, with whicl the engine is managed is truly remarks j)je, an instance of which appeared in lh< descent from tho Camden Villas. A coi iuddenly rushed across the road when th< joach was ut full speed, and had tho *ve hide been drawn by borsea a collision mo must have taken place, and no doubt seri- soi ous consequences would have resulted ; ter whereas the engineer, with a precision ed which must be seen to be duly apprecia- me ted, steered, we cannot say drove, the coach clear of the animal. We may also mention, that though several flocks of fn( sheep were met or. passed, yet, without signally checking ^he speed, the engineer Id i drove through them. To describe the of I carriage we have only to say that the , wheels are very broad, and t..at in the cii i portion allotted to pasxengers it resembles be I the open carriages on the railroads. The of , stokers sit behind, and the whole comple. ment of passengers was 16. Several th< members of Parliament were passengers, and one lady." wi , en The new revenue law will go into ope. mi | ration on the 1st proximo. It may produce sa changes in the state of our trade, of which th ' the extent cannot yet be foreseen. At wi present, our trade with the Continent of ce | Europe, and with France particularly, is th in f, nnnditinn irhirh. it WOllld seem. un? on I wise legislation can alone have brought of about. It is almost altogether in the th , hands of the foreigners. Of the packet in I ships recently arrived from France, with It/ (I very valuable cargoes, four-fifths of these, ini , certainly, and perhaps nine-tenths, were ur , for foreign account, or consigned to for. C< r eign houses here. With the intelligence, di, | industry, and enterprise of the American G . merchant, it is quite impossible that any ar equal competition should have shut him on . out *ocompletely from the French tradei jo i ani therefore it is we soy that unwise leg. | cr ,' is'ation must be at the bottom of it. On in , j fiiis ground, as well as many others, there j or j must be a general revision of the tariff at} L< j the next session of Congress, to com. te mence on the first 3/ondav of Decern- Cr ber. sh In anticipation of new duties on silks, Vf ' and other merchandize the produce of, ^ France, now free, very large assortments I have arrived and are arriving; so that the calculation of revenue from this source J ' will, for the first portion of the current i w I fiscal year, he disappointed, tiie country ! II being stocked with free goods. < w ? N. Y. American, I Si - j a Tiew York, September 27. , it Naval Reception of the Prince de : ol ' Joinville.?The reception of the Prince | qi de Joinville hy the officers of our Navvjal has been marked with all the courtesy c, due to so distinguished a visiter. On the jr arrival of La Belle Poule a salute was ^ fired, which was promptly returned by the United States ship North Carolina. The ^ I Prince soon after visited the North CaroJ linn, and the visit was next day returned 1 n 1?- mKn in lhp mean. oy UOIIIIIMHlinc I Cllt, n.iw - , time had directed the civilities of the port j " and the conveniences of the dock-yard to j P' be tendered for the use of the Prince's ^ ships. On Saturday, agreeably to invitation, h the Prince visited the Navy lord and pi Brooklyn, where a salute of 21 guns was a fired on his arrival* A full garrison of tl ; marines and a volunteer company, who ri | had handsomely offered their services, tl ( were drawnup in the yard to receive p< him, the band playing a national air, and gi the tri-colored flag flying on the ships of ri wnr. After visiting the commandant's ir quarters and receiving the hospitalities of pi the Navy, the Prince visited the ships in sc ' ordinary and the steamer Missouri, the w ' workshops, rope-walks, 6cc. with all of * 1 which he expressed himself highly pleased, w 1 and with the general arrangements of the u yard. On leaving the yard, a salute due to the naval rank of the Prince was fired, * which was duly acknowledged on his ar- n rival on board La Belle Poule.?Express. j' Hunrs in Central America.?For M some time pnst the Chevalier Freder- 0 : ichsthal, attache of the Austrian Lega- ^ * j! tion, has been exploreing the rnins of CenI tral America. Perhaps no one better fit. ? I ted for this labor thanthis gentlemen, could 11 have been induced to undertake it. Be- v longing toa noble family ofeminent attain- v ments in science, his labor was undeita- v ken merely for the advancement of sci- v 9 I 'I <ence itself, and with the expectation of | j * no reward but the reputation that should ' 8 follow his successes. I ' This gentlemen travelled by himself, ^ 5 lived like the Indians, and at night en* *camped on the ground as one of them. He n ' has spent the last nine months in that ^ ' time has been among the ruins of cities M'here the foot of man uever was before, ' ' and which are unknown even to the * most recent travellers. He mentions the a ruins of one colonade, where there are 0 ! vet ten rows of columns, in each of which ^ j are 48 columns? in all 480 columns.? r' , j He had with him a complete Deguerrco- ^ ; type apparatus, and with it has taken a j great number of excellent impressions.? 11 Tbts often required two Indians to hold his table against the force of the wind, two also to keep steady the apparatus, oth era to protect it from the sun, <kc. We j had yesterday the pleasure of seeing these 0 t impressions at his hotel, and they surpass any tiling of the kind which we have j n seen, in distinctness and excellenc. From t( the impression, when magnified, he has .. i made drawings which show the original, j by their richness elegance and finish, to j, be the work of a highly cultivated peo. / Ple* . P The impressions of Uxmul when com. ^ pared wish the sketches of Palenque, show a for more advanced state of cultivation a r by the inhabitants of the former place.? n \ The ornaments on the temples signify j( t that their religion was of a most sensual 0 s kind. b B In some future years it is expected that \ this invaluable collection, with the result of these labors, will be given to the pub- c e lie; And when it is to be recollected that M v Austria has in her possession theoriginel y e manuscripts, and the drawing of the Cortez v who invaded Mexico, with which these a ??M??gmwwM???? > iy be compared, it may be hoped that an< ne light will he thrown on the charac- On of that wonderful people who preced- for us on this continent.?Jour* of Com tho rce. on ? ; ; dei In a sort of general review of the do. ;stic and foreign policy followed by the e Ministers, the London Globe, has the j lowing temperate remarks on the case to 3fcLeod. The Globe% it may be re- sig smbered, was Lord Palmerston's unoffi tin il organ, und the remarks we quote may tas looked upon probably as an exposition bii! his ideas.?Com, Adv. no 'Theonly real difficulty with which ''iJ e Tories will have to contend, in refer. Pa| ce to our position with foreign States, rel II be the affair of Mr. McLeod ; and evwith respect to this the Whig Govern- a i ent has so well prepared the way, that a at fe and honorable issue from the dilemma at treatens may be calculated upon m th a confidence almost approaching to tainty. There is no doubt that, should e tribunal at New York pass an unfav- s able verdict, the General Government the United States will at once demand ho e prisoner's release, though it cannot 'J\ terfere until the verdict has been given. ) inability to take this step in the first stance may be?indeed in our opinion idoubtedly is?a defect in tho American - ? u.-. u .1 i__ insuiuuon ; mu wouiu mere we cmrei gnity or policy in our demanding of the 861 eneral Government the performance of "ll i act which it cannot accomplish with- it risking a civil war in its own domin- n0 ns, and which it could not refuse to Tl imply with hut at the certainty of the in imediate commencement of hostilities pr< i the part of the British Government? is ard Palmerston has already communiond to the American authorities the no- to ssity f*r the instant release of MoLcod, muld he he endangered by a hostile j ;rdict of the court where he is about to | jjr : tr:ed. (.j, " But nnv further stop, while it would j,;, it bettor the condition of tho prisoner, ould assuredly involve the Government' ' the United States in immediate war pa ill) us, or a conflict with one of its own Lates that would he placed toward it in position of defiance solely by an impel- e(j ic act of useless precipitance on the part w| F the Englisu ministry. The present ^ nostion of u demand on our side, and the tiililv of'the United States authorities l > l}' imply with it has been compared not *d laptly with the demand of the Russian cl avernment, in the reign of Queen Ano, for the release of the ambassador from le Court of St. Petersburg, who was g, infincd for debt, but whom by the law ^ f England the Sovereign could not set at ^ lierty. Russia was satisfied by the exlanation .of the difficulty, though ?* le object of imprisonment was no less inn the representative of the Emperor imsolfand an act of Parliament was very fi' roper!v passed to prevent a recurrence of: g; similar circumstance. We agree with i pj te Tim's, that England may have a j aj ghl to demand such an enactment from j le American Government, to obviate the ratability of such another cause of disa. rceroent as that which has unhappily a- rn sen; but we are not justified in demandig a violation of its own laws as the ^ rice at which our friendship is to he pre?rved; for the offier of an alternative hich it is known could not he complied 'ith, would evince a determination foi 'nr inconsistent aliko with reason and ^ rith policy." ci An arrival from Rio Jankrio brings ccnunts of the coronation and consecrn. a' on of the Emporerof JSrazil, Don Pedro 01 I. ci The Commercial Advertiser's Letter f Jtilv 30. from Rio Janeiro, contains the w allowing additional information : "On A/onday 198 emigrants, hound from ,fl England to New Holland, were brought nto this port, hnving been taken off a rreck, 300 miles from Rio, by a French c< dialer?18 persons were lost. The ship ran set on lire bv the second mate, who /ent below with a candle to draw spirits. They lost literally every thing but their ; ives and what they had on at the time. They are now on a small island in the ny, where they are receiving every at. ention from the English Consul and be. evolent friends here, both English and j ^ kmerican. j t( " You will also see a notice of a young i c Englishman, of 19 ycors of age, who, af- | er making use of his employer's money, c nd losing by gambling. &c? some 7,090 r 9,000 milreas, blew his brains out. He ad been ever, to this time, regarded as a espectable and honest young man. He j 0 ad had a good education, having been si leased with pious parents, his father be. tig a clergyman of the English Church. from the northern frontier. ol frtrrosiifwirlenca of tlic N. Y. American. 8 Niagara Falls, Sept. 21. The patriots have, since the removal f the United States Aimy from Buffalo, (( gnin made this neighborhood the scene) ^ f their operations, in order, if they can, J r> embroil both countries in war. Last week they made an attempt to low up two of her Majesty's steamboats ping at anchor in the Niagara river, at ? /hippewa. Lett had laid this nefarious n lot, and since his arrest is said to have 0 oasted to Gov. Seward, at Auburn, ^ thai he had been recently in Canada, nd would have been successful if he had ot been captured!" He also acknow- a 3dged being the actor at the destruction ti f Brock's monument, and of a recent ^ lowing up of one of the locks on the Velland Canal! a The machine consisted of two cases h ontaining 150 pounds of powder. They a ^ere each placed on a frame one hundred a ards apart, (but connected by a rope,) pith a leaden pipe and fuse therein inertcd, and thus towed from Grand Island, * ??? J% j sent drifting towards the vessels. ie only of the casks exploded, but, mos^, tunately, prematurely, being 300 yardr H of the mark?otherwise every soul board, with the vessel, must have been troyed. A SENSIBLE WOMA*. \ newly licensed Grog-seller, anxious have something new and striking as a n for his establishment, asked his wife Jevise one for him. as she possessed fine te. 44 No," said she. 44 it is a dirty siness you are going into, I will have thing to do with it V* The husband listed, however, and told her that he had id for his license and was determined te tail. 44 Well, then," said his wife, "just paint jreal big horn, and yourself crawling out the little end of it." S. C. Temperance Advo, rM cn i w KiKKTTU WEDNESDAY, Octobkr 6,1841. We had a light frost in this neighiiorod, on the mornings of Monday and tesduy. The trial of MeLeod did not commence 2 early part of last week as was expec1. Tiie delay was owing to the ahnee of witnesses both for and against e prosecution, it was tliougiit probable persons on the spot that the trial might it commence before the present week. \ere seems to be little or no excitement the neighborhood. The general imi1 ssion there is said to lie that MeLeod innocent and must he acquitted. The rdcr "patriots" may suhorne witnesses testify fulsely against him ; bill the itimony proving that he could not have ^ cn present at the attack ori the Carole is represented us being clear and ? onisivc, and the witnesses umuipeaclia2. See Mr. Bell's statement on fourth ? k'eThe Hon. John Greig, who was eloct. ! to Congress in place of Mr. Granger hen the latter was appointed Post Ma* r General, has resigned to give the peo^ e of his district an* opportunity of agaia nxtinrr !?1 r H rnii(ri>r u lln N t It 11* hfrit CVUIIg ??. g>-., loice." The National Intelligencer of the 24th. cpt. says: "We understand that the on. Thomas D. Sumter has been de? ined in this city, since the adjournment ' Congress, by severe illness." So:nn children, at Gorinnntnwn, P*., idmg an old box of shoe blacking in a uret, tasted and relished it. They alt irtook of it and were made sick, hut they I recovered except one who died. Lord Sydenham, late Governor Gene* 1 of the Cnnadns, died at Kingston, on te 19th. Sept. of lockjaw, caused bye acture of the leg. A most WAitTo.t outraof,.?The free neks connected with the Methodist hurch, at Maysville, Ky., lately built n lurch mostly at their own expense. A ^ lob assembled around it a few days since, ad tore it down, without provocation of ay kind. Some outrages previously aimnitted by free blacks at Cincinnati, V which some white persons were killed as probably the cause which excited the 10b against the blacks. The population of South Carolinn, ac* ardincr to the late census is as follows: Whites, 259,002. Free colored, 8,279. Slaves, 327,158. Total, 5Q4,439. The " News 4c Planters*' Gazette," or Washington, Ga., has announced its de?rmination to support Hf.xry Clyy as a undidate for the Presidency at the next lection. SAFETY OF sm-TRKASUBrSa. E. S. Prcscott. Receiver at the land Ifioe, at Chicago ! as issued a handbill :ating that the land office at that place ad been entered, and the sub-Treasury ifo opened by false keys. The amount f money taken was 811,488, nearly U 1,000 of it in specie. It is understood, says the National Inslligencer, that the Hon. John McLean as declined accepting the office of Secre* iry of War. Mr. Cla v, on his way home, was met, ays the Wheeling Gazette, five or ail liles from town by an immense concourse f our citizens accompanied by the City Hues' Brass Band, and escorted into :nvn by a large procession. On their rrival at the hotel, the assembled mtiltl* tide were addressed by Mr. Clay and lr. White of Indiana. Such was the nxiety of the people to see him that n irge number assembled again after dark Ki-.nt the hotel, when Mr. Clay again ddressed them, as did some of the other aembcrs of Congress in obedience to calls rom the crowd. /