Copy of a Letter from Mr, Secretory
Webster to the Senators from Massachusetts
whilst the Fiscal Corporation
bill, which had passed the House of
Representatives, was depending in the
Semite,
At6CST2-% 1941,
Gentlemen: As you spoke last evening
of the general policy of tlm Whigs, undcr
the present posture of affairs, relative
to the Bank Bill, I am willing to
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 bill ; and I
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
WHitgs had any sinister design whatever,
if there was an individual who had such
design.
But 1 know that the President had
keen troubled in regard to the former hill
being desirous, on the one hand, to meet
rhe wishes of the friends, if he could,
?i*?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 he making
rapid progress.
I know the President regretted this,
nod wished the whole subject might hav
been postponed.
At thes me time, I believe he was disposed
to consider, calmly and conscientiously,
whatever other measure might b<
prcsenteu to him.
But, in the meantime, Mr. Butt's ven
extraoid nary letter made its appearance
Mr. Boils is a Whig of eminence and influcnce
in our ranks. I need not recal
to your mind the contents of the letter.
It is enough to say, that it purported tha
the Whigs designed to circumvent then
own President; to "head him" as tinexpression
was, and to place him in v
condition of embarrassment.
From that moment, I felt that it was
tin* dutv of the Whigs to forltear from
pressing the Bank bill further, at the present
time.
I thought it was' hut just in them to
give decisive proof that they entertained
no such purpose as seemed to be imputed
to them. And, since there was reason
to believe that the President would be
glad of time, for information and reflec.
tion, l?efore being called on to form an
opinion on another plan for a Bank?a
plan somewhat new to the country?I
thought his known wishes out to be complied
with.
I think so so still. I think this is n
course just to the President, and wise on
behalf of the Whig party.
A decisive rebuke ought, in my judg- |
meiiL, to l>e given to the intie ation, from
whatever quarter, of a disposition among 1
the Whigs to embarrass the President.
This ?s the main ground of my opinion; '
aind such a rebuke, I think, would he
found in the general resolution of the party
to postpone further proceedigs on the
subject io the next session, now only a
little more thaa three months off.
Toe 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 rpp'-al of the Sub-Treasury
lias parsed ; the Bankrupt Bill, that great
measure of justice and benevolence, has
been carried through ; and the Land Bill
seems about to receive the sanction of
r*
In nil these measures, forming a mass
of legislation more important. I will venture
to say, than all the proceedings of
Conn re* for many years past, the President
has cordially concurred.
I agree that the currency question is,
nevertheless the great question before the
country ; hut, considering what has already
been accomplished in regard to
other things?considering the difference
of opinion which exists upon this remaining
one?and considering, especially, that
>i is the duty of the Whigs effectually to
repel and put down any supposition that
Ahey are endeavoring to put the Presiden.t
in a condition in which he must act
jinder restraint or embarrassment, I am
fully *rd entirely persuaded that the
Bank subject should be postponed to the
next session,
[ am, gentlemen, your friend and obedient
servant,
DAXCjEL WEBSTER.
To Messrs. Batks and Choatf,
Senators from Massachusetts.
- 1 -I'll c.
?Y TIIE 1'RESIDENT OF TH$ UNITED STARS
OF AMERICA,
A PROCLAMATION.
Wh ereas it has come to the knowledge
M the<*overnv\e?t of the .United States
tiiM ayadiy secret Lodges. Clubs, or AsMw^alions
exist on the Northern Frontier;
that *he jRw*n'?e;s of these Lodges are
hound together tiy secret oaths ; that they
have coliex-tid fire-arms and other milltary
muleftaL, afld secreted them ie sundry
places; and that it is their purpose to
violate the laws of their country by making
military and lawless incursions, w hen
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.
Jine,< visit these Lodges, and harangue the
members in secret meeting, stimulating
tfhein to illegal acts; arid whereas the
same persons are known to levy contributions
on the ignorant and credulous for I
their own benefit, thus supporting and \
enriching themselves by the basest means: a
and whereas the unlawful intentions of c
the members of these Lodges have already s
been manifested in an attempt to destroy j
the lives and property of the inhabitants r
of Chippewa, in Canada, and the public j
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 i
such evil-minded persons of the condign 1
punishment which is certain to overtake |
them ; assuring them that the laws of the s
United States will be rigorously executed i
against their illegal acts; and,that if in any \
lawless incursion into Canrda they fall <
into the hands of the British authorities |
i they will not be reclaimed as American |
- " ? .?i.. i...
j citizens, nor any mierrerence muuu uj | (
this Government in their behalf. I
And I exhort all well-meaning but de- ,
luded persons who may have joined these ,
Lodges immediately to abandon them, |
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 ,
J well-disposed members of the community (
to frown on all these unlawful combina- j
| tions and illegal proceedings, and to assist (
the Government in maintaining the j
peace of the country against the mischie- (
vou9 consequences of the acts of these j
violators of the law. I
Given under my hand, at the city of ,
Washington, the twenty.fifth day of |
September. A. D. [l. s. ] one thousand |
eight hundred and forty-one, and of ,
the Independence of the United States |
the sixty-sixth. ,
John tyt.::r. ,
By the President:
Daniel Wkbstkr. Secretary of State.
the president's pkocl am xtion, &c. . 1
F.om the Time* and Evening Stir.
We subjoin the Proclamation of President
Tyler calling upon all evil-minded J
persons on the Northern frontier, who J
lave any designs against the Canadas. '
fo disperse, and requiring of every good <
citizen a course of conduct necessary to ?
maintain the relations of amity existing *
with Great Britain. There is a fitness <
-ir*d ni-/?nrif.iv in thiw ston nt the nrosent
....V. J , - , . .. moment.
It will not only serve to satisfy ?
England of the pacific and friendly dis- r
position which governs our councils and t
intentions, but, on the eve of the McLeod '
' trial, should any outbreak occur, show ?
' that the federal Government has not
| been unmindful of its duties. We fenr, c
; however, in this mattej, that paper procla- a
! mations will not prove more efficient j p
J than paper blockades have in times past. I
An efficient military force along the lines,
authorized by Congress, will be the only f
means to check the movements of these r
; Canadian sympathizers and the erectiou t
i of these hunters' lodges. We certainly d
I have no disposition to censure Mr. Van .j
Rirkn unnecessarily, now that he is in r
retirement, but much of the troubles of. li
this Canada outbreak are to be traced to I p
his wavering, unsettled policy. At the J A
very commencement of this affair, before r
Van Renssalaer occupi'd Navy Island, d
and consequently prior to the burning of fi
the Caroline this paper repeatedly urged p
the President to adopt strong measures | f
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 v
checking an outbreak in the Western Dis- v
trict and in Michigan as affecting his po- ! t
litical prospects. He sent agents to look j f
into the alfair, but it was not until Cana- ; li
da had been invaded and serious mischief li
ensued that he could he prevailed upon to
issue his proclamation, which, however, '
produced no effect. Thev had greater o
apprehensions of the British forces in Up- e
per Canada than from any threats of t
condign punishment from Washington, i:
Since that time, the leaders in the revolt
have not been idle, and persons of des- r
perate fortunes have associated together s
to renew their attempts on Canada at a
suitable period ; and they believe the trial
! of McLcod offers an available opportuni- t
! tv to get up a new sympathy should he be j
! acquitted, and, if convicted, to raise n v
' /-li.innr fnr hi? evpmtmn : and. in either }
I case, to assume a position calculated to s
: involve the two countries in war. It is i:
not proclamations, therefore, that can n
J prevent this issue?it is a powerful mili- t
I tarv force, which should he placed along n
| the lines. Not only the disposable troops
I of the United States should he ordered in t
! that direction, but the Governor should j
he requested to call out a regiment in
J each county on the borders of Lakes Erie
'and Ontario, to be kept encamped and
| ready to unite at any moment for the preservation
of peace and the diversion of
| the insurgents. The State may confi- *
i dently rely on Congress to make the necessary
appropriations to defray the ex- f
< penses, and the Governor has both ener- *
gy and capacity to carry out such '
instructions successfully. There is no '
question between Great Britain and the '
I United States but this which threatens I
. * * ? *1?: - : i.i. i?
I flDy, IQKtrrU|)llun uj mcir uiiiiumimo icii(ions,
and this single question is fraught '
with danger, and must be met with (
j promptness. It is exped'ent, therefore. 1
| to prevent tiie evils, and this uncalled for
issue of war, at any cost, by the presence 1
of a powerful military force until this vexed '
question is settled.
Ivk\t of Land.?It is stated that in '
Rngland, in agricultural districts, the rent 1
of land has increased since 1775 from
four to ten-fold, and this excessive in- 1
; crease in rent has extended to even the 1
West ern Isles of Scotland; for in a Intel1
advertisement it is stated by the seller
that one of the farms in the Island ,ot* >
North l-ist, which is let on lease, whereof
118 years are still unexpired, at JCIO 2s.' !
4d. wouId now let at ?250. 1
The Shower of Blood.?Prof. Troost \
irs published a long article in the Nash* r
dlle Banner, with reference to the recent c
ihower of blood which occured at Leban. i
m, Tenn. on the 17th ult. Theexplan. i
ition which he gives of this remarkable I
>benomenon differs essentially from that <
>f Prof. Hallowed. He took especial f
mins 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 fall from a smail
ed cloud passing swiftly from East to
West. 1 he extent of the shower was
>om 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. 1
Some of the pieces which fell were nearly 1
two inches long. Prof. Troost believes
the fragments to be animal matter, but
Joes not consider any part of them to be 1
>lood. There was about them an often. *
jive smell of putrid matter, and the fibres 1
were distinctly visible. On exposing the !
jarticles to the action of heat, they were J
iftertftd nrerisplv na n ni<.#?<? ??* 1
? --- ?'J ?W %m U| l/W?" |
4 There is no doubt," says the Professor, j
"that this substance is animal matter,;!
ind belongs to our globe." He then enumerated
many instances in which remarkable
showers have been observed, from
the year 472 to the presept day. If the '
facts as stated by him are correct, there
:an be no ground for the explanation of .
Prof. Hallowell that the matter was
thrown oft* hv insects in their chrysalis
state. Prof. Troosi ascriber it to the action
ofa hiirrioin..'. which, in: thinks, may
lave taken up part of an. animal which '
vas in u state of dirompo.sition and have j ^
irought it in contact with an electric!
i
;Ioud, in which :i w.?> kept in a state up- (
jroaching to a partial liouiitv or viscosity.
Phuad. Gazette* ^
prom the nkw york. commercial ad- (
vkrtiskk.
Kidmappino.?Accounts have reached |
^iew York, through various channels, that (
lames Grogan. one of the Canadian ref- ,
igeos, who has heen living for the last two j
>r three years ut Alburgh in Vermont, i
lear the Canada line, has been seized by |
t party of dragoons from Canada, and
:onveyed to ,1/ontreal, where he has been
odged in prison. He is by birth a citi.
:en of the United States, but was long a
esident in Canada, took part in there. (
icllion, and fled after its suppression. He |
s believed to have been an active insti. (
fa tor of all the border forays, burnings,
tc. that have taken place since the final j
verthrow of the rebels. The following j
iccount of Ins arrest is given by acorrcs- ]
>ondent of the Express : I
"ranklin County. Vt., Sept. 22, 1841. |
On Saturdav James Grogan returned 1
rom Michigan to Alburgh When his ,
~ ~ I
eturn was known across the lin?:s, Cap. |
nin Jones, of her Majesty's service, or.
lered the dragoons on Sunday to go to I
Uburgh and capture bim. Grogan that ,
light slept at his brother-in-law's, Wil*
iam Brown's, who is a farmer of most res- |
cctable standing, About two o'clock on .
londay morning Brown's house was sur- j [
minded by a detachment of British sol. |,
iers, his house ;forced, and himself and j |
lrnilv forbid to make any alarm under ,
enality of death. They proceeded to the ,
?ed-rooin where Grogan slept, who, awa- (
kened by the noise, defended himself till ,
everely wounded in the legs and thighs j (
v bayonets, when he was overpowered, J
trapped in a buffalo robe, thrown into a !
ragon, and carried across the line, some
wo and a half or three miles distant, and
rorri thence toClarensvilic. On Monday ;
e was carried east to Missisquoi bay.
eavilv ironed, and sent to iVfontreal.
Last evening the news arrived at St.
Ubans. A public meeting was held. or.
[ani/.ed. and a committee appointed toi
xamine into the transaction, and report j
his evening, to which time the meeting J
s adjourned.
I have not time to write more. In my !
text I will givM you the circumstances, as
upporled by legal proof. Yours,
XY.
The other accounts are substantially
he same. Brown's house, where the ar ,
'est was made, is said to be four milevithin
the boundary line?that, is, on thes
/ermont side. The merits of the tran'l?n-.??l
nn cl-iiu If Rrnwn's hnilse
tlVHWII uv punu >| .. ..
s in fact on the Cuauda side, our Govern- ,
nent can have nothing to say in the mater;
if not, Grogan will of course be de- ,
nanded. and no doubt given up.
One of the accounts savs that the cop- ,
ors were not soldiers but volunteers, and ,
icle?J without authority.
STEAM TKAVKLLi N;' ON COMMON* ROADS | 1
A London pain r stalo ;i??t on>- r.i
."Jeneral Stean* Get;: ?:* V .ci?es recer.- !
Iv performed a ;:s:r- ? v from 7 ?' . |!
niles in 25 or minute*, .a at the ram
>f 15 or 10 mil.-?an hour. It is added. 1
hat, but for otKfructui thai were en- 1
wintered, in the slrt|?e oftlocks of sheep. '
arts and horse?., 20 miles aft iio.tr would '
lave readily beet, obtained. 'I'iie account 1
jfoceeds: 1
' One fact, however, seemed to be es- 1
aldished?namely that the new steam,
coach is capable of running on ordinary j j
roads with speed, economy, and sait-iv. i
The noise of the engine is scarcely per-1
cepttble ; there is neither stocks nor a visi-11
tile escape of steain, and the boiler is construed
of numerous pipes, so that if one, I
or even two, should burst, thelmiler is re- 1
lieved and all danger avoided. To enter 1
1
into any description of the carriage would
he foreign to our purpose, hut we cannot
avoid noticing the extremely ingenious
contrivance which blows and keeps the
fire alive. The facility, loo, with which
the engine is managed is truly remarka- (
^)je, an instance of which appeared in the
descent from tho Camden Villas. A cow
suddenly rushed across the road when the
coach was at full speed, and had the *vc.
licle been drawn bv bortet a collision i
nusthave taken place, and no doubt seri* 'i
?U5i consequences would have resulted ;
vhereas the engineer, with a precision i
vhich must be seen to be duly apprecia*
ed, steered, we cannot say drove, the
:oaeh clear of the animal. We may also
nention, that though several flocks of
iheep were met or; passed, yet, without
tignally checking the speed, the engineer
irove through them. To describe the
:arriage we have only to say that the
vheels are very broad, and that in the
*
xrtion allotted to pasxengers it resembles
:he open carriages on the railroads. The
itcikere sit behind, and the whole complewent
of passengers was 16. Several
members of Parliament were passengers,
ind one lady."
The new revenue law will go into ope.
ution on the 1st proximo, it may prouuce
changes in the state of our trade, of which
the extent csmnot yet be foreseen. At
present, our trade with the Continent of
Europe, and with France particularly, is
in a condition which, it would seem, unwise
legislation can alone have brought
lbout. It is almost altogether in the
hands of the foreigners. Of the packet
ships recently arrived from France, with
rery valuable cargoes, four-fifths of these,
certainly, and perhaps nine-tenths, were
for foreign account, or consigned to forsign
houses here. With the intelligence,
industry, and enterprise of the American
merchant, it is quite impossible that any
?.qval competition should have shut him
nut *o completely from the French tradei
in.; therefore it is we say that unwise legislation
must be at the hottom of it. On 1
this ground, as well ns many others, there J
must he a general revision of the tariff at {
lhe next session of Congress, to com- i
mence on the first A/onday of Decern-1
her.
In anticipation of new duties on silks,;
and other merchandize the produce of,
France, now free, very large assortments
have arrived and are arriving; so that the
calculation of revenue from this source)
will, for the first portion of the current i
fiscal year, be disappointed, tiie country 1
being stocked with free goods.
N. Y. American.
i
iYet/j York, September 27.
Wfc _
Naval Reception of the rninck de ;
Foinville.?The reception of the Prince j
le Joinville hy the officers of our Navv;
lias been marked with all the courtesy
Jue to no distinguished a visiter. On the
irrival of Lfi Belle Poule a salute was!
fired, which was promptly returned by the
United States ship North Carolina. The
Prince soon after visited the North Caro- '
inn, and the visit was next day returned ;
Dy Commodore Perry, who in the mean-1
lime had directed the civilities of the port j
ind the conveniences of the dock-yard to
be tendered for the use of the Prince's
ihips.
On Saturday, agreeably to invitation,
the Prince visited the Navy Yard and
Brooklyn, where a salute of 21 guns was
fired on his arrival. A full garrison of
marines and a voluntee. company, who
bad handsomely offered their services,
were drawn up in the yard to receive
bim, the band playing a national air, anil
the tri-colored flag flying on the ships of
war. After visiting the commandant's
quarters and receiving the hospitalities of
the Navy, the Prince visited the ships in
ordinary and the steamer Missouri, the
workshops, rope.walks, <fce. with nil of
which he expressed himself highly pleased, j
and with the general arrangements of the i
yard. On leaving the yard, a salute due
to the naval rank of the Prince was fired,
which was duly acknowledged on his arrival
on board La Belle Poule.?Express.
Runts in Central America.?For1
?l 4i__ r?u I
some IH11C piUtl inc v>iic * a nr:i ? icucc
ichsthnl, attache of the Austrian Legn.
lion, has been exploreing the rnins of Ccn.
tral America. Perhaps no one better fit.
feci for this labor thanthis gentlemen, could
have been induced to undertake it. Be-1
longing to a noble family of eminent attain,
jinents in scieuce, his labor was undeita- j
ken merely for the advancement of sci.
once itself, and with the expectation of
no reward hut ths reputation that should
follow his successes.
This gentlemen travelled by himself,
lived like the Indians, and at night en.
camped on the ground asoncofthem. He
has spent the las: nine months in that1
l ime has been amon? the ruins of cities j
? o
where the foot of man uever was before,
itnd which are unknown even to the
most recent travellers. He mentions the
ruircs of one colonade, where there are
yet ten rows of columns, in each of which
iue 48 columns? in all 480 columns.?
He had with iiim a complete Deguerrco.
iy.>e apparatus, and with it has taken a
great number of excellent impressions.?
fhis often required two Indians to hold
liis table against the force of the wind,
two also to keep steady the apparatus, oth?rs
to protect it from the sun, dsc. We
bad yesterday the pleasure of seeing these
impressions at his hotel, and they surpass
iny tiling of tho kind which we haveI
seen, in distinctness and excellenc. From i
the impression, when magnified, he has
made drawings which show the original,
by their richness elegance and finish, to
he the work of a highly cultivated people.
Thi* imr?rrssions nf ITvmiil when com- I
pared wish the sketches of Palenque, show
\ for more advanced state of cultivation
by the inhabitants of the former place.?
The ornaments on the temples signify
that tlieir religion was of a most sensual
kind.
In some future years it is expected that
this invaluable collection, with the result
r>f these labors, will be given to the public;
And when it is to be recollected that
Austria has in her possession theoriginel
manuscripts, and the drawing of the Cortez
who invaded Mexico, with which these
may be compared, it may be hoped that i
some light will be thrown on the charac- (
ter of that wonderful people who preced- I
ed us on this continent.?Jour, of Com *
merce. c
? c
In a sort of general review of the do.
mestic and foreign policy followed by the
late Ministers, the London Globe, has the
following temperate remarks on the case I
of JfcLeod. The Globe% it may be re. *
membered, was Lord Palmerston's unoffi I
cial organ, uud the remarks we quote may <
he looked upon probably as an exposition '
of his ideas.?Com. Adv.
44 The only real difficulty with which '
the Tories will have to contend, in refer- I
ence to our position with foreign States,
will be the affair of Mr. McLeod ; and ev.
en with respect to this the Whig Govern- (
ment has so well prepared the way, that a <
safe and honorable issue from the dilemma
that treatens may be calculated upon
with a confidence almost approaching to
certainty. There i9 no doubt that, should
the tribunal at New York pass an unfav
L I . I' . iL. f I .
oraoie veruici, me uviit'rm uuvcriimcui
of the United States will at once demand |
the prisoner's release, though it cannot 1
interfere until the verdict has been given.
Its inability to take this step in the first
instance may be?indeed in our opinion |
undoubtedly is?a defect in the American ^
Constitution; but would there be either
dignity or policy in our demanding of the :
General Government the performance of 1
an act which it cannot accomplish with- '
out risking a civil war in its own domin? 1
ions, and which it could not refuse to
comply with but at the certainty of the i
immediate commencement of hostilities |
on the part of the British Government ? j
Lord Palmerston has already conimunica. |
ted to the American authorities the no. ,
cessity f?r the instant release of Mc.Lnod, (
should he he endangered by a hostile 11
verdict of the court w here he is about to |
be tr:ed. (
" But any further step, while it would |
not better the condition of the prisoner,
would assuredly involve the Government'
of the United Slates in immediate war |
witli us, or a conflict with one of its own
States that would he placed toward it in
a position of defiance solely by an iinpol- (
itic act of useless precipitance on the part (
of the English ministry. The present
question of a demand on ourside, and the
ability of'the United States authorities to
comply with it. lias been compared not 1
inaptly with the demand of the Russian <
Gavernrnent, in the reign of Queen An.
ne, for the release of the ambassador from
the Court of St. Petersbusg, who was
confined for debt, but whom by the law
of England the Sovereign could not set at
lil?eriy. Russia was satisfied by the explanation
.of the difficulty, though
the object of imprisonment was no less
than I tie representative of the Emperor
himself and an act of Parliament was very
properly passed to prevent n recurrence of;,
a similar circumstance. We agree with |
the Timrs, that England may have a
right to demand such an enactment from
the American Government, to obviate the
possibility of such nnother cause of dtsagrcemerit
as that which has unhappily a.
risen; but we are not justified in demanding
a violation of its own laws as the
price at which our friendship is to he preserved;
for the offier of an alternative
which it is known could not be complied
with, would evince a determination fm
war inconsistent alike with reason and
with policy."
An arrival from Rio Jankrjo brings
accounts of the coronation and consecration
of the Emporerof Rrazil, Don Pudro
II.
The Commercial Advertiser's Letter
of July HO. from Rio Janeiro, contains the ;
following additional information:
"On Afondav 198 emigrants, hound from i
England to New Holland, were brought
into this port, having been taken off a
wreck, 300 miles from Rio, by a French \
whaler?18 persons were lost. The ship |
was set on fire bv the second mate, who i
went below with a candle to draw spirits, j
| They lost literally every thing hut their j
I lives and what thev had on at the time, j
Tliou oro nrtiv rin a umnll ivlnnrl in the '
I ..v^ .
bny, where thev are receiving every at.
tention from the English Consul nnd he.!
nevolent friends here, both English and
American.
" You will also see a notice of a voting i
Englishman, of 19 years of ng<\ who, af. i
ter making use of his employer's money,!
and losing by gambling, dec., some 7,090 |
or 8,000 nnlreas, blew his brains out. He !
had been ever, to this time, regarded as a J
respectable and honewt young man. He j
had had a good education, having been .
blessed with pious parents, his father he. I
ing a clergyman of the English Church. I
FROM THE NORTHERN FRONTIER.
Correspondence of the N. Y. American.
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The patriots have, since the removal
of the United States Aimy from Buffalo,
again made this neighborhood the scene)
of their operations, in order, if they can,
to embroil both countries in war.
Last week they made an attempt to
blow up two of her Majesty's steamboats
Iving at anchor in the Niagara river, at
Chippewa. Lett had laid this nefarious
plot, and since his arrest is said to have
boasted to Gov. Scward, at Auburn,
" thai he had been recently in Canada,
and would have been successful if* he had
not been captured!" He also acknowledged
being the actor at the destruction
of Brock's monument, and of a recent
blowing up of one of the locks on the
Welland Canal!
The machine consisted of two cases
containing 150 pounds of powder. They
were each placed on a frame one hundred
yards apart, (but connected by a rope,)
with a leaden pipe and fuse therein insorted,
and thus towed from Grand Island,
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ind sent drifting towards the vessels.
3ne only of the casks exploded, but, moe^
'ortunately, prematurely, being 300 yard?*
rhart of the mark?otherwise every souk
>n board, with the vessel, must have been
lestroyed.
A SENSIBLE WOXAX.
A newly licensed Grog.seller, anxious
to have something new and striking as a
lign for his establishment, asked his wife
to devise one for him. as she possessed tine
taste. "No," said she. "it is a dirty
business you are going into, I will have
nothing to do with it!" The husband
i nsisted, however, and told her that he had
paid for his license and was determined to
retail.
44 Well, then," said his wife,4 just paint
a great big horn, and yourself cradling out
at the liUle end of it."
S. C. Temperance Advo.
C H EBAVV GAZETTE.
" WEDNESDAY, Octobkk 6,1841.
We had a light frost in this neighbor*
hood, on the mornings of Monday and
Tuesday.
The trial of McLcod did not commenca
the early part of last week as was expected.
Tiie delay wns owing to the absence
of witnesses both for and against
the prosecution, it v.is thought probable
by persons on the spot ihat I lie trial might
not commence before the present week.
There secm9 to t>e little or no excitement
ill the neighborhood. 'The general impression
there is said to lie that McLeod
is innocent and must be acquitted. The
border ^patriots" may siiborne witnesses
to testify falsely against hitn ; but the
testimony proving tn.it be could not have ^
been present at tne attack on the Caro
line is represented as !>eirig clear and t on.
elusive* and the witnesses ummpeacttahie.
See Mr. Bell's statement on fourth
page.
The Hon. John Greig, who was etoct.
ed to Congress in place of Mr. Granger
when the latter was appointed Post Mi**
tcr General, has resigned to give the pco?
pie of Ins district an opportunity of again
electing Mr. Granger, "who is their tirst
choice."
The National Intelligencer of the 24th?
Sept. says: "We understand that tho
Hon. Thomas D. Sumter has been detained
in this city, since the adjournment
of Congress, by severe iilness."
Some children, at Germnntnwn, Pn.f
finding an old box of shoe blacking in n
garret, tasted and relished it. They all
partook of it and were made sick, hut they
all recovered except one who died.
Lord Sydenham, late Governor Gene
ml of the Canada*, died at Kingston, on
the 19th. Sept. of lockjaw, caused by a
fracture of the leg.
A most waxro* outuaob.?The free
blacks connected with the Methodist
I
Church, at Mnysville, Ky., lately built *
church mostly at their own expense. A ^
rnoh assembled around it a few days since,
and tore it down, without provocation of
any kind. Some outrages previously
committed by free blacks at Cincinnati,
by which some white persons were killed
was probably the cause which excited the
mob against the blacks.
The population of South Carolina, ac?
cording to the late census is as follows:
Whites, 259,002.
Free colored, A,279.
Slaves, 327,15*.
Total, 594,439.
The 'News Ac Planters'' Gazette," of
Washington, Ga., has announced its determination
to support Hf.xry Clyy as a
candidate for the Presidency at the next
election.
SAFETY OF SI B TKK ASfli fCH.
E. S. Prcscott. Receiver r: ihc land
olfi<*e, at Chicago . as issued a handbill
stating that the innd office at that place
had been entered, and the suh-Treasury
safe opened by false keys. The amount
of money taken was 811,488, nearly
$11,000 of it in specie.
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It is understood, says the National In*
telligenrer, that the Hon. John McLean
has declined accepting the office of Sec re*
tary of War.
Mr. Clav, on his way home, was met,
says the Wheeling Gazette, five or six
miles from town by an immense concourse
of our citizens accompanied by the City
Blues' Brass Band, and escorted into
town hy a large procession. Un tfteir
arrival at the hotel, the assembled multi.
tude were addressed hy Mr. Clay and
Mr. White of Indiana. Such was the
anxiety of tho people to see him that a
large number assembled again after dark
about the hotel, when Mr. Clay again
addressed them, as did some of the other
members of Congress in obedience to calls
from the crowd.