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the 4theuarter of the present year^clude, as it will be perceived, the sum <An05,? 4T4TO, being the amount of outstanding 'warranto h?iel prior to tho ltt Jnnumy, 1042. It is presumed, however, that a like sum will remain outstanding on the that instead ef the, apparent deficiency, as stated above, there willlb in tho Treasury an the lawam?iry,1843i of at loast 0224,* alen, that a~ like. 0mount Ot warrants may bo outstanding ?a <he J|Hh4unev l^t3^ apd at tho pnd efthfapccoeding$*cal yoar. U? prqpv to mmmcIi tfcftt, at the time j JhMfffmH-'Vy ?r th? i 4tW*iarlerw?up prapvwl. by tho several It WW behoved that the exjieAdiMiffke fur tho current quarter would to tho sum already fttuted ; but it f? Mcert*tn*d that Ihoywill full considerably short.ot that amount; yet, as they will -b^pcxpf a charge on the Treasury early in tile nexjt- y?"* * has not been 4eemed neqyssary to a^ter the uinount as first oatiinaUuL. . , t //? ' Qf. ikm of. the public revenue and ' tapnmiiturr* for the half calendar year ending . 4*MA/iim, IJU3. ... Tho Npwyh for tho half year are estimated as ibfomt Asm eastem 87^00,000 00 Vrem hemic 1,000,000 00 dfrom TwMury noteeand Iwu 5,53d,l 13 45 llMl iimll?niw sumccs 50,000 00 913,^63,113 45 Air Oiehaif cak-n.? dar jmraoding Juno 3d;-1843, ,, . are estimated nt 10,331,186 76 -Htn ;vi *4? I Creil mieecllaniuna and foreign in. ten cow ? ?. 3,972,796 80 meat of Indian tree tic*. wppreoiaf of Indian bnatilitMS. dec., 3,033,829 50 Kami acrvioa ,-r . 4,019,060 46 hUBi i ilqn public dshtdtTYjr notes 605,500 00 ? . Wis?Of the estimate* of the public reoemae and expenditures for the fiscal' year ending SOtA j - I - The nccipttfertlwfceal year ending 3Jth June 1844, me eMintated ma Mtow: ? Frnrn cuatoina 8' 6,000,000 00 Fmmr lenda ' 2,700,000 00 From miscellaneous ssuroes 150,000 00 j r?- > r ' i. I j.. 18,830,000 00 I i * tW.Wi# ?v nihwN 1 1 The expenditurrs Tor (he focal year ending (lie 30th June, lSl^ue estimated at 30,945,408 76 VjB: Civil, miscellaneous, and foreign intercourse 3,804,431 44 Army, fortifica|jp<^fM?(ni? 8Jkl3,043 61 Naval service.r VH w? ? 7.318,031 71 Interest on public debts A Tr* j notes 1,311,000 90 : r ; ,y.:: >; By the foregoing statements it will appear that adtitiawj Will exist in the Treasury on the 31st Dc- . ? I comber, 184?aC 1 575,556 93 1' ' i i1 > . The receipts for the ball calendar yoar ending 30th June, 1843, are estimated at 14,688,113 45 And tlie expenditures for the same period at ' T ? .10,331,186 76 ? Leaving a balance of < 4'3JO,936 69 From which deduct'the amount of deficiency as above, and the balance remaining' in the Treasury on June 30,1843, will be 3,731,369 79 The receipts islq the Treasury for for the Aseal year ending 30th ( June, 1844, are estimated at 18,850,000 09 1 * Utel u Makiifg, with the balance as above 33,581,369 77 From which deduct the estimated , expenditure for th* fiscal year 30,945,498 76 .And the balance in theTrcasuiy on 33th June, 1844, will amount to 1,635,871 01 Assuming, ns is highly probable, thnt the balance hf the lonn authorized hy the acta of 21st July, 1841, and 15th April. 1842, ainouiitiog to #>.539.113 45, will he negotiated prior to the 15th April 1843, the limit of the term within which it enn bo taken, it has been included in the re* ceipts of tho next half year. Sitou'd, however, this reasonable exDectation ho disito. , - - r " % r pointed, at to tho whole amount of such ha la nee, th<J deficiency thence arising may be supplied by the issue of Treasury notes under tho authority of the act of 31st August last, io the amount of 93,500,000; which sum, together with that realized hv the solo of stock, wiff, it is believed, place in the Treasury an available amount ad. equate to meet all the anticipated demands up to the 30th June 1844 ; and if the whole of tho balance of the loan ho taken within the period limited by law, tho several balances remaining in tho Treasnry on tho 30th June, 1943, and 30th June, 1844, will be as indicated in the foregoing exhibit. It will be perceived that, in the estimate of expenditures subsequent to 1st of January next, the redemption of Trensury notes is not tsken into account. Rut few notes have been proxented at tho Department for redemption since the passage of the act of the 31st August last, and nearly the whole amount cancelled since that day wcro taken in payment of public dues. Should I ho notes issued under the art above mentioned Iks placed on (hcsaino fording with jsrevious issues, so as to bear interest after maturity, payable half yearly, until catted in for redemption, it is helievod but a raw# amount would fall into the expenditure* for the ensuing eighteen months. It is recommended, iherefnro, that this begone ; otherwise the expondiI urea dpaiog tho period last mentioned must ndeesanrily be inrreasod to the amount of probably three to four millions jni dollars, in redemption of issues under the act of 31st August lost. But, for the i? K fev- ' Sff,,ard^j| unforoagpl iing<jg*. ?t rther r?*miiiie**ed thdMfXfstingfwbuthoritjr to re-tasue Treasury notes should bo extended to the 30tli of June, 1844. , { Tlio Ionn of #5,072,078 88, borrowed under the provisions of the net of the 2lst July, 1841, will bo rodeecnuble on the 1st January, 1845 ; and, on tlio assumption that tho reissue of Treasury notes, as above suggested, shall ho authorized by .Congress, tbo whole amount outstanding, together with that of the issues that may bo horcafter made under tho net of tho 31st August*lust, will full due prior to the 3'Jth June, 1815. Although payment of those notes may not be at onco demanded when due, and the time of repayment of tho loan of 1841 is placed at the pleasure of Government, yet tho ability to pay inoso several nmounis must cxisi, ana ino means to provide for tho exigency can be afforded only by farther legislation. The present taiifT, in its main features, rosombles so nearly the bill submit ted to Congress by this Department on the 9th May last, that tho views expressed in the roport which accompanied the bill may be considered ns applicable, to a great oxtent, to tho system of duties now established. The period within which tho tariff has been in operation has been much too short to furnish any dccistvo evidence ns to its permanent influence upon importations. Tho foreign tradu of tho country has com tinued to decline, and importations have bean comparatively small since tho puss, ago of tho act. How far this state of things may haro boon influenced by the existing system of duties it is impossible to determiuo. The sinullness of the im. portations may he we I accounted for by tho ombnrrussed condition of tho country and extremely limited moans of purchase. The amount of foreign commodities in our markots is still found greatly to exceed tho demand ; and tho fall in tho prices of merchandize since tho 1st September, is supposed to he, on nn average, not loss than 10 por cent. This fact will bo found verified in a letter from the Collector at New York, to which reference is respectfully made; nnd it is deemed conclusive to show that the declino in the importations since the 1st September cannot justly be referred to our system of duties; and that the effect of the existing tariff remains to ho determined by farther and more satisfactory experience. The importance of adequate provision for revenue cannot be too often or too strongly urged upon tho attention of Congress. The resources of the country are abundant; internal taxation, either direct or indirect,ha? not of late years been found necessary, and it is stilt txdicved that a system of custom house duties may he made sufficiently comprehensive to yield an income commcnsuruto with all the wnnts of tho country. There arc various articles of import, several of them of very large and universal consumption, at present untaxed, or subjuct to duties extremely low, nnd some of which, without, perhaps, in any consider, able degree lessening the amount of their consumption, might bear imposts yielding an nggregntc addition to the revenue acnriiintr tnwlnr lltn nviuliniv t-i mo f Inuu than $3,000,000. These offer themselves for selection, and it re>-ts with tlio wisdom of Congress to make th.it selection, or nd opt any otiicr inodo of securing the receipt of such an amount of revenue ns shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of ?n economical administration of the government and afford the means of sustaining measures necessary for the defence of the country ard the maintenance of the puhlie credit. This last object is of infini'o import, anco. The honor ?-f the country, its just solf-respect, the pride which every citizen must feel in the high chnrncter of its Co. vcrnment?all these require that tho public faith and tho credit of that Government should bo placed above dooht or question. Deeming it highly probable that the policy of establishing a warehouse system might engage tho deliberations of Congress at the present session, the attention of collectors nnd other officers at various ports was called to this subject by a cir. culur issued from the Department on the 24th November last, n copy of which, togather with tho nnswers received nnd a table of exports of foreign merchandize, is annexed. It has been thought advisnhlo, also, for the snko of convenient rcfcrcnco in n matter of such general interest, to attach to this report a copy of the statute of the 3d nnd 4th William IV., which embodies the warehouse system of Great Urituin in n form matured l>y a long experience. In ; connexion with this will he found n copy j of regulations established under authority of the statute above mentioned, by the commissioners of tho Treasury, which will afford a satisfactory view of the practical operation of the system as it now exists in that conn try. I am, very respectfully, sir, Your obedient servant, W. FORWARD, Sec'y of tl?n Treusury, Hon. Willik I*. Manoum, President of the Senate. IHI? ELLANEOIJ?. Tub Unknown Nation, near Yucatan, of which Mr. Stephens received some intiinations during his first visit to the cclchruted ruins of our continent, is also spoken of hy the French traveller Wahlcck. Mr. Norman thus speaks of the re. ports concerning it in his recent work on Y ucstan and the ancient ruins : " There is a district of country situated between Guatemala, Yirmtan and Chiapas, (hut has never yet been subdued. This section is surrounded by mountains, and is s lid to be inaccessible, except by one way, and that not generally known. No one yet who has had the lioldness to follow the in. huhitants to their wil 1 retreat, has ever returned to rentier an account of his journey. The inh ihit.uils arc represented as speaking the Maya and TcIk?!j I languages, and many of Ulptu |?o versing well in ' SpmWi. Fftnn thnJkttn eicMttiaUncc, they aro ' ' enabled nitiat tlieMaM alias acll their toltacj co, the prihcipal article they cultivate, and after* I wards return to their retreats. They aro constituted of the Lacandrus and otlior savage tribes ; ' they are expert warriors, remarkably athletic and j very cruel. They are worshippers of idols, and their religious ceremonies aro said to have under, gone little or no change. " lVilcnquc is in the neighborhood of this settleI mont; and Waldcc.k, who aays he has conversed , with some of these people, understood that there I were white pcrsous among them?but whether they stay voluntarily, or are detained as prisoners, lie j lias not mentioned. The same nation is spoken of by Mr. Stephens. Their number is estimated at I thirty thousand. Thero is scarcely a doubt that I a complete knowledge of the former inhabitants of | the immense ruins scattered throughout the pro! vinees would be revealed. That their temples and ! records remain in safety, and arc capable of speak. 1 ing to posterity, there can scarcely be a question. " 1 doubt if the above be a true estimate of their j numbers, since they have bocn enabled to sustain I . incmscivcs ior ages, no one Knows now long, against enemies and intestine want and dissolution. ' | It would be more reasonable to suppose that they i j arc the outcast Pclasgi of some invading nation, | : and the remnants of a power that onco defended j those wasted towns that now lio a huge mass of scattered ruins. The gathered fragments of Pa. < j lenque, and other conquered places of equal importance, may have concentrated theirbroken strength ! within the boundaries of those hills, and under the strong impulse of desperation, they may have pre. served their nationality in defiance of all the force j that surrounded them. It may excite universal j | astonishment, when the fact becomes known, that | there actually exists within a territory of live hun- ' j drcd miles, a district of people, that have governed , themselves for ages, and that they continue to do [ ' so without assistance or protection. It would be ? lesson to mankind to ascertain how they havo managed their self-governing principles, and how they have preserved tho national individuality.? . Three centuries have transpired since the conquest: and if neither Yankee nor Irishmati have found his way among the Laenndronos before this, it deserves tho careful consideration both of the phy. chologist and the statesman." RADIOGRAPHY, OR IMPRIXTI.VU BY RAYS. Dr. Charles G. Page, of the Patent Ollicc, has ' repeated, with perfect success, experiments relating to the interesting discoveries of Professor Moser, of Konigsburg, in the production of pictures in total darkness. A highly polished silver plate was placed at u I very short distance (say one thirtieth part of an inch) above an ornamental design upon tlic cover of a book, and allowed to remain in this condition in a dark place ubout eight hours. At the end of this time nothing was visible upon the plate, nor could any picture be perceived by brcathiug upon it. The plate was then iodized, as if for n daguerreotype impression, and then submitted to tho vapor of mercury, when the wltolc picture ap. poured with distinctness. The design was a stamped vignette upon the cover of a book, enclosing the words, " Year Book of Facts, 184'd," all of which were legible upon tine plate. Images of seals and cameos were also obtained, perfect in the minutest details, and it was found, when the first condition of the plate was sufficient, ly prolonged, that simply breathing on the plate dcvclopod the picture while tho moisture remained ! upon the plate; but that the impression remained permanent by submitting it to the vapor of mercury The picture may be produced by mercury, without the intervention of iodine, or even by iodine without the mercury. By iodizing the plate in the dark and then exposing it to diffuse daylight, or still better, to direct sun light, the image ap. pears and is rendered permanent. | Dr. Pugc proposes to apply the term Rudiogru. phy, or imprinting by rays, to this new art, as it I involves no hypothes's, experiments having proved | that the pictures arc obtained in a manner in strict | accordance with the law of radiation. The most pel-feet pictures arc produced by direct : contact, and in the shortest time; while, as the j distance increases between the plate and the oh. I jeet, the image becomes weak and diffused, and is ! finally lost entirely when the distance is great. Mjditonian. GLASS WAISTCOATS, i The very ingenious discovery of working glass I into a subs'ancc resembling the richest silk, is now 1 brought into very general operation, and in vari' OU9 ways, such as gentlemen's waistcoats and ; stocks, ladies' dresses, and many other articles of ! decoration, in the most splendid patterns. It is | suporior even to silk in flexibility and the durabili! ty of it (a point, however, of no consideration with tho haul ton, among whom at present it exclu. sively is,) as a matter of course, vastly superior.? ' In process of time, when the manufacture has ar| rived at a more perfect state, and all its little defects remedied, and its wastings discovered, it | will in ail probability come within the reach of i most classes of society, but at present its cost is ' its only drawback. The magnificence of its np. : pearancc is quite remarkable, and when used in any considerable quantity, such ss window cur. tains, Ate., it should be seen before a just apprcci. utiou of its richness and elegance can be enter. iuiiicu. l Pkari.s.?letters from Norway mention that \ there has been found in the l)cd of tlic great Htrcatn that runs through Jeddcren, in tho diocese ' of Christiunsand, and which fmm the executive I heaU liceainc dry, a great numlier of bivalve shells containing pearls, HOincof which were so large uud fine, that they were valued at $6(1 apiece. rkmcoxtrk kxtr aos dinar v. The following anecdote whi frequently reluted in tho Court circle of the late Kmpcror Alex, under of Russia, and the /est with which Ilia Ma. jesty enjoyed the joke, never lessened by rc|>cti. tion :?In 1814, when the Allies were masters of Paris, the Autocrat was established in the hotel of M. 'Pulley, and was ace.ustomed to take an curly { morning walk, as far as the garden of the Palais | Royal in the strictest incognito. On one ocea. | sion, his .Majesty of Russia, met there two otlmr august personages, and the three returned, arm in I arm, to breakfast at tho Kuc Florentin. On their ! road they were uccoeted by n gentleman from the I south of Fruncc, a stranger to Paris, who had lost ! his way, and asked of them tho direction to the Tullcries. " This way," replied Alexander; "we shall pass it, and you had better follow in;." Our pro\iuciulitd, overflowed with acknowledgements, "i * .??. and with si tho we of Klrtnchmaft ???'mcne?djr?onf#Rt>oii How?ver, tlio poipA where tho POfip Wo?M have to J^lMatc vra* speedily reached, and tho stranger Wtt? directed to turn to tho left, whilst tho otliers took the right, "Par bleu !" suddenly exclaimed tho gentleman, " I slwuld be dolightod to know tho names of pontons to whom 1 am indebted for so much civility." " My n a mo you inay, perhaps, have heard of before," said the first. 1 am the Emperor Alexander." " Good?good?thank you," smiled tho Gascon. " And yours I" said he to the second. " You have probably heard of my name also. I am tho King of Prussia." " Very good?excellent"?" and your name r- turning to tnc intra. - i?am tuu Emporor of Austria." " Upon my word?capital!" roared the querist; holding his sides in extacy.? "And you, Sir," suid Alexander in his turn, " perhaps you will oblige us with your name 7"? " Oh certainly, replied the gentleman from the country, springing across the street, still laughing heartily?" I am the?Emperor of China!" An .Eriai. S rr.am Carriage.?This is tlicnamc which has been given to a new machine, for which a company has taken out a patent, and which is to convey parccngcrs, goods, and despatches through the air, pcrformirg the journey from London to India in four days! and to truvel at the rate of from 75 to 100 miles per hour! A com. pany of gentlemen is really formed, even of mechanical men; the patent was formally scaled on the 29lh of September lust, and systematic arrangements are in progress to complete the design. In January the machine will be thoroughly orgunixed, and until then we take leave of the sub. jeet, and only trust that this alleged invention is neither exaggerated, nor an Utopian project; and from the conversation we had with those in con. ncction with the design, we have every reason to believe that neither is the enso.?Ltndon Atlas. Steam Power ok Great Britain.?An English publication?the Tablot of Memory?intiniatrs, from authentic data, that the steam power in constant employment in Great Britain, is equal to five hundred millions of men. THE St) ME IIS M UTIN Y. The following condensed report* of the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in this tragical affair, enihR.ee all the principal facts ho far as developed. The rtatomcnt of Commander Mackenzie, as forwardtd to the Secretary of the Navy, is very minute n its details, and too voluminous for insertion citirc. Court of Enquiry?Second Dai/. Re for ted for the Courier and Enquirer. Thursday, Dec. 2.1. The 'Jourt assembled at tlio usual hour, and after a cuisiiltation in private, it was opened about 12 o'clock?Mr. Hodman then proceeded to read the nirutivc of Captain Mackenzie, dated Dec. ID, 1842. He stitcs that he had long been engaged in preparing tiis narrative. After making the Azores, lie proceeded to Liberia, but not finding the Vandalia, to which vessel lie was charged with despatches, lie sailed for St. Thomas, leaving tlicin with the American Consul there. On the 27th of Nov., Lieut., (lansevoort informed him of the mutiny, uiid that information had come from Mr. Wales, the purser's steward. Mr. Wulcs stated to Lieut. Gansevoort, that on the night before he wan called *n the b joins by Spencer, who asked him if lie was afraid of death, or if lie was afraid to kill a man. Mr. Wales thinking that something was wrong, with great coolness dissembled his real opinions, and Spencer then went on with the do i.uin ui mo j/iwji ui, uiiu wiiiuu wt* iiiivu iicrcuj.orc correctly published. Spencer stated that lie had the father d. tails of the plan in his cravat. CI ipt. Mclv. thinking this was only some romantic fieak of Sjicnccr'B, but that duty required li.ni to he on his guard, and the 1st Lieutenant w.is directed to watch him, but without appearing to do so. lie was seen in conference with Cromwell and Small, and had given monry to them, and hud distributed tobacco frequently to the apprentices. He had corrupted the ward-room steward, and induced him to steal brandy, which lie gave out to Uic men and drank himself, and he was al. so often detected amusing the men by making inn. sic with his jaw. Tlr officers in the ward room had their wine, but the siccragc officers were not allowed to have spirituous liquors ; but while on the Coast of Africa, the ward-rooin-mets had laid in some brandy, which by accident as was thought, but afterward* discovered to be by design, brandy was ordered by the steward from two grocers, thus doubling the quantity, and affording the steward an opjiortunit) of giving it to Spencer, as none of it was ever us. i > I al- - i cw ?vy inu fycnncr had often among the men vituperate I ('apt. Mackenzie, and 6aid it would be pleasant tc roll him overboard. lie had also examined the hand of Midshipman Rogers, and predicted a viol cut and speedy death, and he had drawn a picture of a brig with a black Hag, and asked the Midship men what they thought of it, and what kind of a pirate the Somcrs would make. When Spencci first came on board, ('apt. Mackenzie received him in a friendly manner, but having heard ?f lib previous misconduct, and that lie was dismissed from the Brazil station, he thought that he would inukc an cflort to have him ordered from the vessel Mr. HoHinan here suggested the propriety ol not reading any more of this narrative, as it cvi. dently had not been compared with the original which was sent to the Department. It was then passed over temporarily, to be resumed upon a fu turc occasion, to be received mine pro tunc, unc meanwhile ('apt. M'K. would compare and correcl j' by the original draft. Reported for the Kerning Poet. Tuino Day, Friday, Dee. 3(1, 184:1. T ie Court assembled pursuant to adjournment and the Judge Advocate having read the rninutci of yesterday's proceedings?("apt. Mackenzie pro duccd a correct copy of his report to the Secretary wiiicii wax rcuu by me Judge Advocate. Aftci going over the name ground an that contained ii yesterday's rcjiort?the date, however, on whicli the (dot wax first disclosed, being stated to Ik* tlx :2Glh Nov.?it went on to state that ('apt. M. liar observed Kjicnccr to have little conversation will the officers and much with the crew, and had ob served also his general behavior and demeanor and he determined to secure his person, ('.apt .M. then made his urrungcmcnts, and taxed Spen rcr with having made the communication to Mr Wales, which lie admitted, but said it was a joke and, after some conversation, lie was confined, an 1 put in double irons, with orders to the guard tt take his life if lie attempted to speak to any of tin crew. The lockers of Mr. Spencer were searched, ami 2 %taaat cam found with a paper ir^i with Greek i , characters thereon, wbttlk wore trelated by Mid. 1 ehiiXmn Bt^Kogem. It wait a lisit of li*S crew? M i those certain and uncertain?those to be retained' i and those to bo destroyed?lliooo to keep watcli ( and those who wcro to commit the murder?with v i many ether particulars. The appearances of a Cromwell and Small was strictly observed.? n Cromwell appeared cool and collected, but Small a ill at case; the former being very pale but appa. I; renlly vory determined, and the latter very ghastly in appearance. On Sunday the appearance p of the crew, at Divine service, was narmtvlv oh. * (served, but nothing seen to ularui the commander, c After service, by the management of Cromwell, c the top-gullunt-mast was carried away, and it was 1 observed that tlioso men mentioned most particu- t larly in Spencer's manuscript wherever stationed, \ collected at tlio top.mast. It was not considered ( safe to leave Cromwell ut largo during the night, r and he was arrested and being asked what tho I conversation was which lie had with Spencer the ? night previous, he said it was not me, sir, it was c 1 Small. Tho suspicion concerning Small being t ' thus confirmed by an associate, he wus likewise \ 1 arrested, and both were put in irons. Cromwell c 1 was tho tallest man on board, and Sm ill ?lir* lo -.st. n The next morning two crimes of theft appeared oil ? 1 Muster at Arms report, and after they hud been investigated and tliq men punished, Capt Mackenzie thought lie would see what effect he could u produce on the crew, and proccodcd to detuil such Y an account as lie thought best of the conspiracy I1 which lie had discovered. t This produced various cfTccts on the men; some s wept. Some appeared horror-struck, and sup- t 1 pressed their emotions in various ways. Obscrv. ^ ing S|>cnccr, endeavoring to communicutc with t the crew, he ordered the crow to be turned with t their faces aft. He afterwards ordered that Spen- c cor and the two others should be deprived of to- I bacco, and the next day Spencer appeared much t depressed. On Tuesday, the twenty-ninth of No- o vember, the men apparently most deeply implied- f ted, appeared to bo gathering together in knots, t and to be contemplating some blow to be struck ; and some, who had been thought to be less impli- v cuted, uppcurcd to be as much so us the others.? i Several of the principul men in the conspiracy |> missed their muster, apparently by concert; and 'I never having done so bc'orc, it was supposed they c intended to collect round the officer, when sent f< for, and commence an uttack. Every thing seemed s to be growing worse. With every fresh arrest ti there appeared to be uit addition to the ranks of h the conspirators, and it was suspected that a rescue il was intended. In this slate, Cupt. M. addressed r a letter to the officers, calling for their opinion.? tl Before Bending this letter, quarters were called on fi Wednesday, t?t U o'clock, the 3Jlh Nov. At this, k Master Wilson came forward, made u lame con li Cession, and requested not to bo put in irons. He c was arrested and ironed with Mr.kinlcy und Grim. v On Wilson was found a knife of u peculiar form, c sharpened und evidently intended for killing. It b was ulso ascertained that he. had boon secretly n sharjiening his battle axe. The officers culled on, then assembled and took testimony, swearing the li witnesses, keeping an accurate record of the tcsti. p mouy, and each witness signing it. On the Is1, u Dee., the officers presented a communication to '1 Captain .Mackenzie, stating that they were con. c viuecd that Spencer, Small and Cromwell, were s engaged in a mutiny?that it would be impossible if to convoy them safely to the U. S., und that tltey >1 were of opinion that duo regard to the safety of c the vessel and their own livos required that those I) three should be put to death. Tnis opinion they v gave, they said, after due. consideration and regard n to their duty, to their Cod, their country and them, ? selves. In this, Captain M. coincided, and also in ( the opinion they expressed th it the o her prisoners v could be carried to the United States, as the three ' n chief conspiralorsonly, were capable, of navigating the vessel. The men were then united, and Cupt. ' 1 ' .Mackenzie addressed them; preparations were <J made for hanging the three chief conspirators ut f ! the main.yard arm. Captain Mackenzie then ii put on his full uniform, arid communicated to s I Spencer his fate, giving him ton minutes to write | v j any communication lie might please, for any of j li j his relations, lie then told Cromwell and Small I their fate. Cromwell protested his innocence, <1 and called on the name of his wife. Spencer also said so ut first, Imt on another communication | taking place, lie s tid no more of his innocence, it B having been told him that it was ascertained Crom- 1 ' I well had only intended to in ike use of hiin perhaps 1 I as u secretary, or otherwise dispose of hiin if he i ' j found him refractory. Spencer refused to write , ' I any letter, but Haiti lie wished his father and mo. ! ' titer nil happiness. lie said also it woultl kill liiti , I | poor mother, and this, Capt. M. said wan the first ; i I time he knew Spencer had a mother. He Haid I I that It; was afraid it would injure his father.? t j ('apt. M. said it would have injured him more if he had succeeded, and in ti long conversation, I said it was better he should die then, as if he went ' to the United States, ho would eseajie, as there j 1 was no justice j.,r those who hud friends and mo. \ I neij in the United Shite*. He also confessed that j ) I he had had the same project on board the John j Adams and Potomac. Alter further conversation, 1 1 . I I lie asked how lie was to die ; and objected to being ' I hung, and wished to be shot. He also wished to | 1 be allowed an hour, and was not hurried. He I J. was furnished, at his own rcqii: st, with a Bible and prayer-book ; mid after upwards of an hour had elapsed, they were led out. Spencer asked Mr. Wales to forgive him for 1 h iving attempted to seduce him, which was grant. ' j cd. He asked forgiveness also froin Small, on ' J which Small drew back with horror, and refused, ! 1 with an exclamation, saying they should meet ut j the bar of Ciod. Afterwards, however, on the so. i licitation of Uapt. M., Small did forgive S|?ciiccr, 1 and Cupt. M. asked Small to forgive hint if lie had | * done any thing to him which In: ought not, on ' which Small said that t'apt. M. " was right and 1 ' was doing his duty lie then requested that his ' top.mates would give hint a quick and easy death. ' SjH-ncer also asked to be allowed to give the word u> nrc me gnu which was 10 lie Hie signal or Iiik j 1 death. This wan acceded to. Small also asked to address tlic crew, which was granted. He then ' protested that he had never been a pirate, that lie ' had never killed u man, and was to sutler for liav' ing intended to do so, and that he was brought to this end by having been in u (. tiincu ship, asking tlicin to Ircwure of u tiuincu man. When lie hail done, and the word wus expected from Spencer, " lie said he could not give it, and requeued the ' commander to do so. lie did so, and the cxccu' tio.i took plurc. ' ('apt. .Mackenzie then addressed the crew, enlarging on the causes which hud led to this catastrophe, and the ' li nucleus of llio.-c who had plan t, paihting out to tliem that they could only i*i*? hqprhre* by >t rict attention to their duties. Tho inailrtverc then piped down from witnessing pun. *>*?, t.Md all hands ordered to cheer ship, and 7apt. M. gave the word for three cheers, which vcre given with a hearty good will he had never ecu excelled. The crew were then piped to dia. icr and tho Commundcr observed with pain that is Bomo of the boys looked up to the yard arm, they auglicd and jeered. After dinner the bodies were lowered and pre. tarations made for burying thctn, and a heavy quail just then coming on. tarpaulings were hoist, id over the bodies. After tho preparations were :omplctcd nil hands were called to bury the dead. Phis was done, the procession line formed with he ranks reversed. At the conclusion a prayer vas read for the safety of the vessel, and thanks, riving for her preservation from a fate to which ho row found site had been destined previous to her caving New York. On the 4th December divine crvicc was performed, and Capt. M. addressed tho rew on the late occurrences, and referred to a letcr from Small's mother, found in his bible, filled villi affectionate endearments, and also to the cirlumstances of the other sufferers and their friends aid relatives. ' ? MITKDKR OK 8IXTKKX PKRSON8. By llic .South Sea wliulcr. the Offlcy, which arrived in I<ondon on the 27th Nov., accounts vcrc received of the dreadful massacre of sixteen tersons, a portion of the crew of that vessel, which ook place in the month of May last, off* the Trea-, ury Islands, in the South Seas, by Uio natives.? lie following particulars of the catastrophe arc ta. xn from the ships log:?On the 23th of April he vessel arrived at the Treasury Islands, when lie second mate (Mr. Belcher,) and the boat's rcw went 011 shore to obtain water; at that time I icy observed two natives only, who seemed to ake no notice of their appearance, in consequence f which they left the water casks on the beach i>r the night, and the following morning brought hem on board full. They repeatedly visited the shore afterward for rater and wood, und did not receive the slightest lolcstution from the natives until an affray took lace between one of the chiefs and the captain. Three seamen having deserted from the ship, the nptnin and the rest of the olhccrs went on shore tr the purpose of discovering their retreat; they uccccdcd in finding two, but of Hie other no idings cauld lie obtained, and they supposed that c had lieen murdered. The natives were asked f they had seen any tiling of liini to which they cplicd in the negative. On the following day, lie 3d of May, while the s!ii|?? crew were engaged ishiug on the beach, the chief in question stole n nife, or razor, from the captain : refusing to ?le. vcr it up, lie was detained, and, in attempting to ouvey him to the ship, lie jumped overboard,and ms swimming for the shore, when Mr. Lake, the hicf mate, fired und shot the chief through the ack. No notice was taken of the affair by the nt'lVi U f 11 lltn ui*nooi?rll??.? - - K ""} tier itliip'H crew were Hailing, having previously tuled the boat up upon the beach, when they ouretl down in grout number*, armed with bows nd urrow* and woapena of every description.? i'licy lirst tooli p'issc.Vion of the boat and then omincneed attacking the crew. Three were inlautly killed by arrow*, and twelve otlicrs per. tlicd by their hand*, but in what manner it was mpoKsiblc to ascertain. The remainder of the rcw plunged into the sea and saved themselves y swimming to the ship. Amongst tliosc who rcrc murderrtl, are the following :?The chief lite, Mr. I,?ke ; the tlii d mate, Mr. Chase; tho hip's carpenter, the surgeon, George Pcinillu, linrles Williams, George MeK> nzic, T. Grcenrool, F. Jones. J. Ferngeni, and another seaman tamed Jurbs. An attempt was made tho next <? by Mr. Iclcher, the second in ite, to d scover tho remains f the unfortunate parties; in so doing lie nc; r!y orfcitcd his life, for several natives, who w re ly. ng in ambush, pounced u|kiu him and inflicted cvcrc injuries about bis laxly. Wlien rescued, vhile swimming to tlie ship, it was found that he tad been shot?for the arrow was still sticking in lis breast?and he was in a most exhausted coll. lition. He has since perfectly recovered. Sum: PuxisiiMKvr.?A number of "uproarious pints," convicted at Albany of gelling up a riot it the Alms House in the precincts of that city, cacivcd their sentence, the other day, according otlin report of the ' American Citizen,' in tlio bllowing words:? " (iriitleiiicit, you have have cucli ami all of you >ccn fairly and impartially tried, ond fairly sad inp'irtiully convicted before this court, of an ofencc disgraceful in both extremes, and da igerous o the peace of the city of which I am n g lardian. l'lie court is disposed, in consequence of your ap Kircnt penitence, to In* lenient with you. There, ore, gentlemen, we let you go thia time.; but let ne tell you, gentlemen, and I desire you to rnnciii. jer what I say, that just so sure as 1 ever catch pou in such a scrape again, 1 shall double the mniahmenl! The worthy magistrate forgot that unusuul and :ruel punishments arc expressly forbidden by the institution. TKMI'Flt INCK A OOOl) AIIOUMKXT. Some of nur citizens who have not yet ogned the Pledge. although satisfied that total nlnlinenco from all intoxicating ilrinks is the only true doctrine and pine, tire of temperance, nro still romnrknbly nod most unreasonably fcnrful, and sensilive at the thought of the possible notoriety, thnt may he incurred by their publicly signing (he same. Wo happened to he conversing, not long sinco upon this very point, with ono nf this respectable and highly influential class of our citizens?one who lina, however, 'broken the ice,'?is immersed in cold water to the lips, and is now an active and efficient NVnsliingtonian teetotaler. 1 He fore I signed tlio Pledge.' raid li?. 1 I had n great horror at the idcii of having it publicly Imndiod about, that I had become n Wushinglnnian. I was sensihie that occasionally,?now and then? on Nome groat occasions, I look a little too much, and I began to find, for 1 was not nlone in those sncinl indulgence*, that the public knew as much about my habits, as I knew myself, and perhaps a littlo more. I saw that there was no neutral ground,? that every man in the community, myself among the number, was becoming, by the pcculiui circumstance* ul the tunes, pub- 1