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their shrivelled arm to you and ask you to
look nt the plumpness of it as an incontrovertible
proof of their returning vigor. Such
hallucinations are too melancholy to he
trifled with in so grave a manner.
The reasons upon which f found my assurance
of the foasibilty oi this mode of
cure arc.
Fist, a man can breathe and retain his
health with one of bis lungs only.
Secondly, nature sometimes effects a cure
by drying up one of the lungs, .td this is
die only method in which she ever does effect
a cure.
Thirdly, the operation is neither difficult
nor dangerous.
And fourthly, the diseased lung mm* be
whollv removed if necessary.
L.F. WARREN, 438 Broadway.
IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISION.
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for
the County of Washington:
Tuesday, June G, 1S37.
? O.i the openingcf the Court, Chief Justice
Ckancii delivered the Opinion of the
Court as followed) :
On the 27th of May, 1S37, the following
Order was made by this Court :
The United States, on the relation of
William B. Stokes,
n ---O ^-prifrrnv I TY'TTV \\ S> "OP V.
iXlCHAKU \S. Ul?v rv n'.n v. . w . . .? . ? .
ton* and Daniel Mogul,
vs.
Amos Kendall, Postmaster General of
the United States,
The petition of me relators, and the afiiduivit
of Lucius \V. Stockton, oik- of thorn,
having been presented to the Co irt, setting
forth in substance that the said reia'ors, having
sundry claims upon the Post Office Department
of tiic United States, under contracts
made by them with the late Postmaster
General, William T. Barry, did apply
to the Congress of the United States for relief
in the premises. That the Congress ol
the United States did, at the prayer of the
said parties, pass au act which was approved
on the 2d day of July, 1S37 ; in and by
which, it was, among other things, provided
that the Solicitor of the Treasury do
examine into and adjust the said claims
therein specified, and that the Postmaster
General credit said contractors with whatever
sum or sums of money, if any, the said
Solicitor shall so decide to be due to them
on account of any such service or contract.
That the said Solicitor of the Treasury did,
in fact, make such decision and award, and
did therein and thereby find due to said relators
the sum of 8101,503 69 for principal
and in'erest. That said Amos Kendall, although
notified of said awards and decisions,
did omit and neglect, for a considerable
period of time, to carry tile said award
and the said act of Congress into execution,
and did, some time after, partially execute
the same, by carrying to the credit of the
said relators tl e sum of one hundred and
twenty-two thousand one hundred and one
dollars forty-six cents, (8122,101 4o ;) Ieavin?r
of the said principal sum, so award -d.
the sum of 830,472 47 sdl! due, which has
not been credited or paid, although requested.
That a correspondence took place be" "n"
t'l" rotators. ot some of them, and
l^v.v.11 , .
the President of the United States, and a
memorial was presented on their behalf to
the Senate ot the I a:tod S ates, wlio proceeded
thereupon, and upon the reports
of the Committee on the Judiciary passed
a resolution "that the Postmaster General
is fully warranted in paying, 'and
ought to pay, to W illium II. Stokes and
others, respectively, the full amount of the
award of the Solicitor of the Treasury."
That said Postmaster General, notwithstanding
the premises and other facts detailed
in said petition, still refuses, omits,
and neglects to execute the said act ol
Congress and said award, by carrying the
said sum, so withheld, to the credit of said
petitioners, wherefore the petitioners pray
the said Court to award the United States
writ of mandamus, to be directed to the
said Amos Kendall, Postmaster General
of the United Stares, commanding him?
1. That lie shall fully comply with, obey,
and execute aforesaid net of Congress ot
July 2, 183G, by crediting the petitioners
with the full and entire sum so awarded as
aforesaid, in conformity with said award
and decision; and
2. That he shall pay to said petitioners
the full amount so awarded, with interest
thereon, deducting only the amount which
shall be justly charged or chargeable to tiie
said memorialists against the same.
Whereupon, on nio:ion of Richard S.
Coxe, for the relators, and upon the reading
fthe said petition and accompanying documents,
it is the 26th day of May, 1S37,
ordered by the said Circuit Court, that the
said Amos Kendall, Post Master Genera!
of the United States, show cause, o:i
Thursday, the first da v of June next, why
the said writ of mandamus should not issue
as prayed by said memorialists; and that
a copy of this order be served on the said
Amos Kendal, Postmaster General, aforesaid.
Bv order of the Court:
'Test. \VM. BR EXT, Clerk.
May 26, 1837.
The Postmaster Genera! d;d not appear
to show cause, according to the rule.
The material facts stated in the affidavit,
upon which the rule was founded, are substantially
as follows:
By the act of Congress of the 2d of July,
1830, for the relief of William B. Stokes,
Richard C. Stockton, Lucius W. Stockton,
and Daniel Moore, the v'o!ic itor of the Treasury
was'autliori/cd u;iu directed to settle
and adjust their claims for extra services as
contrautors for carrying the mail under
certain contracts made with them, by Mr.
Barrv, the late Po.s'master Genera!; and,
for triit purpose, to inqu r m e mid determine
the equity of their dais, s for or on
account of any contract w ;h ike said Postmaster
General, on which their pay had
been suspended by the present Postina: a r
Genca!. and to make them .v.ie i ailo..
ces theivfor, as, upon a fuli examination
of a:i the evidence, might seem light according
to the principles ??:' equirv : cm;'
'jf J\vcf G'V\/. ' *, ?} , A
hereby, directed to credit such mail con!rue.
tors with whatever sums of manes, if am/,
the said Solicitor shall so decide to hs due
to them, for on account of am/ such service
or contract.
I he decided the sum of 81G1,
003 99 to be due to them. The Postmaster
Genoral has credited litem only with the
sum of?12'2, 101 40, and refuses to credit
them with the residue of the sum so decided
to be due to them, being 809, 4?"J 47.
riiosc facts, not being denied,must for the
presetp, be taken to be true: and the first
question is, whether this Court, in such a
case, has power and authority to issue a
writ of mandamus, commanding the Postmaster
General to credit the said mail contractors,
Stockton, Stokes, and others, with
the sum or sums of money decided by die
Solicitor of the Treasury to be due to them
for and on account of the services or contracts,
mentioned in the said act of Congress
of the 2d of July, 1S3G ?
The duty of the Postmsstcr G< neral und<*r
that act is clear and ohsolutc, leaving
him no discretion. It is a duty, in the
?f which f!io nrivate riirhts of
| .\CV.UUViI V? '? -.iV" ?... - J - v .
individuals are concerned; and the party
against whom the right is claimed is "resident"
within this District and county. The
right of the relators and the duty of the
I'ostmoster General appearing to be clear
and absolute, the question arises, do lite
laics afford a remedy?
If this had been a case against a State
officer, anising upon a statute of a State
in which the common law of England had
J been adopted, it wculd be a clear case for
a mandamus,* because the relators could
m
not have any other specific remedy, nor
any other remedy equivalent to a specific
remedy, recording to the forms of the common
law.
[The court next proceeded at at length to
i answer objections which had been made
to its power to issue a mandamus; a to
l which it concludes as follows.]
i nc suggestion iii.u iml* i i-.siui.-ih tsjiu
Heads of Departments are not responsible,
except by impeachment, for the exercise
of their ministerial functions, seems to imply
that the Postmaster General, like the
Heads of Departments, may shelter himself
under the authority or command of
the President. But it'they can do it, in a
case like the present, where the duty is
expressly enjoined upon the officer by an
act of Congress, this officer cannot do it,
for his relation to the President's very different
from theirs. They, in the very
terms by which their offices were created
and their duties defined, are to perform
such duties and execute such orders as
' they shall bo required to perform and execute
by the President of tlic United
States. The Secretary of the Treasury,
however, may possibly stand in a different
relation to the President, as his duties are
j better defined by law, and as there is a
j direct communication, establislied by law,
i between him and the Legislature, without
j the intervention of (lie President; but still
j he is bound bv the 21 section of the act
i of the 2d of September, 17S9, "generally
to perform all such services, relative to
'the finances,as he shall he directed to perform."
The act does not say by whom
he may he thus directed. It by the President
it is the samcas that of the other Heads
of Departments. The Postmaster (Ionoral,
however, clearly bears no site!) re lation
to the President. We cannot find a
word in the law under which lie was apI
pointed, or in the various laws respecting
the Post Office establishment; or in the
Constitution of tlie United States, which
inlmviloc .inv rnnnnviiin linhi'non him nnrt
. the President; or any authority in the
President to pi escribe his duties, or to control
him in the exorcise ofhis official functions.
It is true that lie is appointed, and
therefore may be removed, by the President.
But the President, if lie has the
power to control him, can only do it
through his fear of removal. If lie should
so control him, no act done by him under
that control couid be thereby justified,?
The Postmaster General, in the exercise
of the duties of his office, appears to be
legally as independent of the President as
; tiic President is of him. There can therej
fore be no pretence for avoiding responsibility
under any order of the President,
nor sharing the irresponsibility which may
be supposed to belong to that high officer.
That the refusal of a public officer, resi.
dent in this District, to do a ministerial
act, which by law he is positively commanded
to do, whereby an individual is
deprived of his right, is a case, eithei in
! law or equity, of which tiiis Court has
cognizance, by virtue of the fifth section of
the act of Congress of the 27th ofFebuary,
1801, "concerning the District of Columbia."
That the only adequate remedy,
in the ease presented to us, is a specific
remedy, and that the only specific remedy
is a writ of mandamus; which is a writ
"agreeable to the principles and usages
of law," and is necessary for the exercise
of the Jurisdiction" of this Court, in the
case before us.
If this Court has not jurisdiction of the
case, no Court has; and an individual who
may have been ruined by the refusal of an
officer to perform a ministerial act positively
enjoined upon him by law, will he
entirely without redress. Neither an impeachment
nor an indictment could restore
him his lost rights; and in an action upon
the case he could only obtain judgment for
damages which the officer might be wholly
unable to pay.
The Court will order a writ of man : *'
j mm to , command':v the Po-T ?v :? r
j O- . t . j;: <ijf ; . ]:i; O'S !;
' rem lining dm. to thorn. vreord-t.-g ;
; ?,J ;:;c ?*warJ --id !". pc: o* d-v cv:-,!
t-:i?; ' ' ?. C stmir 't J r il so'd' - -w
v .:..-" . . . / r- ! 4
| <i.:v
The que. 1'
shall issue, I . .. . t / i.m !
fivjv 1*0 tvcri'YC.j ''
1 si'( ration, when the result of the mandn!
in us fo credit the balance shall bo asccrj
tained.
I -nximncwu an MI apmp? mmtm
s* ^
- W.?da W?N i
1
EUROPE.
The anxiously expected packet eliip Pennsylvania,
Capt. Smith, from Liverpool arrivet
on Friday, bringing London dates of the 21th.
i and Liverpool of the 23th April.
The packet ships which sailed hence or
I the 3d of that month had arrived, and it wil.
j he recollected that they carried out intellii
pence of the measures taken here, in the vair
1 hope of arresting the progress of our comtner'
cial disasters, the most prominent of whicl
j was the issuing of Bonds by the Banks of th(
i United States. These had undoubtedly in.
I spired sanguine expectations in England
j which to our sorrow, subsequent accounts wil
j have disappointed. The high credit enjoyet
j by the Bank of the United States in the Lon
don money market, is worthy of remark, as i
j also is; that from the accounts we give belov
: it will be seen that a remittance of specie t<
i an amount we could well have spared, wouh
I have relieved the commerce of England fron
Tl?* nrul ntir Pnttn?
' crop alone, would have made a dilTcrcnc<
in our favor of at least thirty millions of dol
j law.
On the whole, tills arrival brings notiiin;
: decisive. A large amount of protested bill
! have been returned by the Pennsylvania. Ac
j counts have also been roceivcd by her of tin
failure of one or two Liverpool cotton mer
I chants. The cotton marked appeared to havi
J acquired some firmness.
1 A French ministry is at last formed. Num
j erous paragraphs have fallen under our obser
j vation, stating that great distress prevails
among the lo wer classes in France from th
i inclemency of the weather, as well as the stat
; of the times.
i There is nothing of material interest fror
; other parts of the continent.
X. 1". Cow. 4* I''*']Liverpool,
Saturday, April 22.
The intelligence received last night fror
New York, as soon as it became generall
known this morning, gave the greatest satis
faction to commercial men. The prompt:
tude with w hich the Bank of the United State
! and the Banks of New York and Philadclphi
, e .1 4^ * 1:4 ...11. 1...
Caiiiu lur\v tiru iu suppui i uruuu, wiiilii na
received so terrible a shock by the advices rc
ceivcd from lavcrpoool of the 4th March, i
the theme of universal praise.
Liverpool, 23<7i April.
! STATE OF TRADE?MONEY MARKET, &C.
, ( The difficulties at present existing in th
1 commercial world may be divided into tw
; classes, those arising from the suspension <
I commercial credit, and those arising from th
! ruinous decline in the price of all articles (
' produce, especially cotton and tea. The lai
j tcr though originally only a consequence <
i the suspension of credit, has now become
! cause of general embarrassment and. cxter
j sive ruin, and it is so much the more deplcra
I bio as if affects thousand who have been fn
! lowing the regular course of their busines
j without indulging in speculation of any kin<
' and inasmuch as it is in most cases irremedir
; bio even by the removal of the cause in wliic
i it originated.
During the last week there have been ?om
extensive failures, principally amongst the ho
\ dors of cotton .and other articles of depreciate
! produce. The dead loss ill lilOSt of these CC
! ses lias been frightful, and in the present stat
j of markets there is no reason to believe that
< would have become very materially less eve
: had the parties been able to hold out longe]
' We believe that nearly all the failures the
| have taken place for the last fortnight, or tha
; are likely to take place for some time, hav
i arisen, orTwill arise from this cause. Hie
j holders of produce may escape with the sacr
i tice of their property, but those who hold cor
siderable quantities'of produce without realize
wealth to fall back upon, cannot bear tip undc
a depreciation which no one could have antic
i pa ted or provided for.
livkrtool, April 23.
: It gives us the greatest pleasure to be all
I to state that the news received on Saturda
j last, by the New-York packel ships of thc30t
of March and the 1st of April (both of whic
' were purposely detained to the 3d inst.) ha
i gone very far to restore confidence in all pei
! sons interested in tiie American trade, and t
I remove the deep and settled gloom produce
i by the packet-ship of the 24th of March.j
These two packets have brought in additioi
too, considerable remittances in gold and do
j lars, and several hundred thousand pound
I worth of the bills of the United States Ban!
which are as valuable and as easily negociabl
:.s the Bills of the Bank of England; the higli
' iy grv hymg intelligence that the Bank of th
States, the object ofGeneralJackson'
urn- enting persecution, has come forward i
li.o u* ?rf 1cd of the mercantile classes, t
iiio: _] i1.' ,.i very possible relief and facility i
; ir.Uii i?Tf c:o-.es to England, and discliarg
. .! ; r*;:*:r.') vy liabilities to this country, an
' :h it in tho matin ?r most convenient to them
s sequences of this arrangemc
1 Will be that the New York merchants, instea
; of being compelled to buy private bills to b
i remitted to this country, which bills when the
| arrive are scarcely negociable on any termwill
be able to furnish themselves with the bill
of the United States, andother first-rate banks
on reasonable terms, which will be discounte
without hesitation by every banker and mono
broker in England.
STATE OF MANCHESTER.
We regret to say that ti e very serious dil
ficulties which have been for a length of tim<
pressing upon the mercantile classes of th<
; country liar#* at lact hnmm /-? tm-o/Iiioo i con
J ^ -V WVpUJI IV/ p UUUUU c? evil
ous effect upon the condition of the working
population in this town and neighborhood, an<
j that large numbers of weavers and othe
j workmen have been wholly or in great par
: deprived of employment.
Shipwrecks.?By Llod's Shipping List, it ap
' pears that from 1793 to 1829, (being a pcrioi
I cf 36 years,) the average number of ships
wrecked was 5o7 annually. In the lat
: ter year they exceeded 800; and they are be!
licved to have increased since that, time
! More than 2000 seamen annually perish thus
j in the mighty deep.
I British troops in Spain.?Deplorable. Con
j d it ion of the British Legation at Yiltoria! Ol
1 the dreadful state in which the British Legai
tion found itself at Vittoria, during the January,
February, and March, of las' year, a wriI
ter in the Monthly Repository gives the followI
ing most sickening and heart rendering acT.iO
vcrv atmosphere was impregnated
wi'h d:se.i-e: and ri.e ordinary morning salu'
s 0i '.rffcer to ctiWr v.-.*.-?"Well, who
' * Th ! Mcdva! r 'aiVwas almost
ur rv '. . ,r - ; \V VIml- - of it then
f ? ' i_>:' ? ihe same
:i v-, ... these who
. : to contend with
; voultieri liit-y nad to meet with. The
1 SnanisJi authorities refused them ewry des.'rirtv'u
cf assistan-'e: 'he nvm m
. wanted bedding?none was to be obtained;
the windows of the condors in the wretched
convents which were converted into hospitals,
, required to be glazed?nothing of the kind
was allowed?and l here lay the miserable sick
j on the stone or mud floors, covered with veri
rniu, with scarcely a rag or blanket to share
! between half a dozen of them; their heads
' laid against the wall throbing with fever heat,
! and their naked feet exposed, underneath the
open windows, which looked down into the
quadrangle court-yard, to the bitter inclcmcncy
and piercing could of the night air.
Hence, when most of the unhappy sufferers
began to rally from under the immediate danger
of the fever itself, their feet mortified
| many of them die, and a large proportion o
i those who survived, lost their toes and feet
either by nature itself throwing off dhe deai
parts, or by amputation. The mortality was
such that "for weeks thirty and forty were bu
; ried daily. Their bodies were thrown indis
. ; criminately into a cart, and carried to the place
t j of interment, which was a large hole dug h
/1 the ground, into which they were precipitatei
>I load after load, and which remained open un
j j til sufficiently tilled to allow its being easih
1 | covered over with earth. When officers di
! i ed, it was at first attempted to bury then
2 ! with military honors, and the usual dea<
. } march accompanied the procession ; so corn
j moil, however, did this soon become, that tin
T j little children in the streets caught the air c
g of the dirge, and it was affecting to hear tlier
. ; humming, singing, and drumming to them
j selves with sticks, as they played with eac
j other at the steps of the street doors.
D ! Disturbances in Manchester? Tuesday nigh
! The effects of the embarrassments in whic
" | so many great commercial houses have bee
j recently involved in this neighborhood, ar
unhappily extended rapidly to the laborin,
e classes. A great number of hands have bee
c thrown out of employ, and a still greater num
ber can only obtain a miserably limited pit
tancc, arising from two or three days of i
paid work per week. This is particularly tli
case with tiic hand-loom weavers of the coars
fabricks in this town and neighborhood : an
n j yesterday morning considerable assemblage
y of that wretched class took place in and aboi
5- St. George's road, a district in which the
i- principally reside. A good deal of excite
is ' ment prevailed among these unfortunate mei
a j and in the afternoon, about one hundred <
d : them formed in a procession, and madethei
j way towards the centre of town, preceded b
is I a man bearing a pole, to which were affixe
j two loaves, to indicate their want. The nun
; bers speedily accumulated until they amount
! od to hot worn two and throe hundred : an
\ j More of the same sort of passengers,
e j appears by the annexed letter from tb
y j Health officer, are expected.
?. Quarantine, June 2,1637.
s j Dear Sir : I have^t learned that th
> ! following British ships are now on their wa
d i here, with orders to land their passenger
y i at Ambov, viz. Phoebe, with 325 passenger*
Shcrbroolt, with 20: ; Harriet, with 242
773 paupers, to be sent into our city.
Yours, respectfully, &c.
B! WILLIAM ROCKWELL,
~ I Health Oilicer.
T Aaron Clark, Esq.
TIir Cnrnnrn-mn A ifnrnr v !m? rnmnirn
j r w ?
r I cod proceedings against Thomas Irving <5
t! Co. as the consignees of the British shi
" The Lock woods/' and Rawson & Me
. j Murray, for aiding and abetting this infrac
j tion of the Quarantine laws.
We take ir for granted tlie Pilot who car
r.'ed out the ship will aiso be held rcsponsi
hie to the law.
In addition to tljcse proceedings, we trust
as the ship is said to.have sailed lor Quebec
that Governor Matey will make a domain
' upon the Governor Gene, al of Canada foi
the surrender of die master of the Lock
woods, that he mav answer lo our laws foi
such a gross viokvicn reof.
The General Government also will, we
take it lor granrcd, c.ius" a prq?? r \mentation
to he made ? ; th.s tv: .:r> ;
Lt'iUal: L' JV! I.',; ! tk'. t:??*
er S!n|" s f." is;: -Gin;
ours?k r ofil; t s ! ''I:-.. L'riiiiia.
Stabs? vo.- V :y ensued on Satur1
night last, in lh:s county, between two aged
individuals, Sims and Tnmiu.es, in which tiie
former received gash across the abdemen
with a knife, of which he has since died.?
Temples is in < us tody to await h.s trial.
If vg?.v ',1 JoV7il>!T
e ; as they went along, parties of tlicrn entcre
0 ; the provision shops, and obtained, by intim
| dation supplies of bread or money, threater
e j ing violence if they refused. In the cvenin
jf! they dispersed ; but great numbers assemble
lm j this morning, but have been induced to n
jfjfrain from violence, by the advice of som
a ! gentlemen who addressed them, and a depi
[m i tation was appointed from them to wait upo
lm ! the boroughreevc and constables, with a in<
l_ j morial stating the distressed situation in whic
;s J many thousands of them were placed, and ei
j j treating a public meeting might be callci
.* ! that the gentlemen of the town might tak
l-l ? ?
]j | their case into consideration. They were d
; rectcd to call at the town hall this evening ft
? ....
e i an answer, wncn the authorities in qucstio
1 1 together with the church wardens and oth<
j I gentlemen, having r.nncultcd on the stibjec
! the deputation were informed that applicatioi
e | for relief from any of their body really rcqttii
j* j ing it, should be promptly attended to at tl:
^ | church warden's office. Whether this a;
. rangemcnt will suffice, remains to be seen
^ j but really considering the magnificent sun
: lately raised in this town for the relief of tli
u Hinddnnds and Islands '' and jfhrr rliaritl
^ | b!c purposes, it does seem strange that n
: ' thought has been bestowed upon those <
u ! home?those who are starving by thonsanc
j | under our very noses.
!r - From the X. V. Commercial Advertiser.
'* | Canton, (China) Feb. 21.?The Regist*
I announces the death of the Rev. Edwin St(
! vens, American -Missionary to China. 11
e i died at Singapore, ot fever, about the middl
v | of December.
h ! A letter from Canton, of Feb. 20th, sa)
h that intelligence is just received of the sui
^ ' den death of tli^ Rev. Air. Stewart, at Singt
*. j pore, who, having for the last five years bee
o j located at Canton as American Missionary
d I embarked from this for Singapore about si
- ! weeks past in the American brig Hemelel
i, Capt. Bazicr. And I regret to state, the
1. Capt Bazier himself lay dangerously ill nea
is Singapore, and but little hopes were entci
r, tained for his recovery,
e ???????
From the Now York American.
>g ' A gross violation of our laws iins bcc
n ; committed by tbc master of the Rriiish shi
o Lockwoods, who, having landed his paupi
n j passengers at A in boy, alier being notific
p i by the competent authorities not to Icav
(1 j the quarantine anchorage, went at once t
I* I en n
1 Rich Convict.?It was recently establish-' i
! ed before a parliamentary committee, that |
I there is a person now resident in one ot the ;
i British convict colonies, who was transported
and whose increase now is 40,000 pounds per ,
annum.
CHEKAW^AZETTE I
wi:c.m:s?av, jim; 14, 1837.
Presbyterian Church.?The General Assem
bly of tliis church in 1S01 formed a compact!
: with the Congregational churches of Con- (!
necticut, under which Congregationalists re- j
j- moving from New England to any other part j
, I of the Union, whether ministers or laymen, |
1 j have generally become Presbyterians, in name ;
'' and form at least. The Presbyterian church j
j experienced no serious inconvenience from
: this immense influx of Congrcgationalists, so :
1 j long as the New England churches generally :
' j harmonized with it in doctrine, as was the case '
f J when the compact was en'ercd into. But,
. j within the last fifteen or twenty years. Pe1
larrinnism nnd Somi-PelatrianiMn have spread
- , ?Q??? ? 0
' I very rapidly in New England, and have been i
* i extensively adopted by emigrants from that
f | region who have united with the Presbyterian
i j church. One consequence has been, much
-: controversy and agitation in that church for
I i the last few years. To suppress which, and
! to conform the church to its written standards
' the General Assembly, at its recent meeting
^ in Philadelphia, not only abrogated the comc
pact above refered to, which had been cont
stantly violated by those who came in under j
it, but also cut of}' four Synods, formed under j
color of its provisions, embracing twenty-eight
II j Presbyteries, and nearly six hundred ministers
c | and individual ciiurchcs. It has also sump
moned other Synods and Presbyteries to ap^
pear at its bar, for trial, during its next annual
j meeting, on account of alleged error in docy
trine and irregularity in government. Throe
j of the Synods cut off are in the Western part
Jj. of New York, and the other in Ohio. The
' * *'- ? c ~oKAlitiAn farfinn
j. J principaj sircnjjiu ui o.n auvuviw?? *v.Wv.w? .
y which threatened Fome disturbance to that j
d ! church lias also been cut ofTby this proced!"
jure
(| A private letter received at this place, dated
P I the bth instant, informs us that the Cholera
has again made its appearance in Charleston,
'* j of which the son of Mr. Joseph S. Payne died,
? in a few hours after the attack,
d Camden Courier.
c Latest from Florida.?From a passenger ari.
riveu yesterday on board the steam boat John
n Stonev, Capt. Floyd, which left Black Creek
| on Monday last, we learn that intelligence nan
h I been received there that an expedition, under
i- I Lieutenant It. II. Peyton, of the Army, had
J, been undertaken from Lake Monroe to the
e ! upper part of St. John's river?that Lieuteni
ant Peyton had discovered a large lake, here>r
tofore unknown to the whites?ihat the Ini,
dians were cultivating large fields of Corn?
;r that twelv e negroes (the property of Colonel
t, Rees) having discovered the camp of Lieut,
is P. had come in and given themselves up.?
. J The negroes state, that the Indians did not j
o ! intend to emigrate, but would re-commence ;
hostilities in a few weeks,??nd that Powell, j
; j (who has been represented to the contrary j
is ] bv all the Indians who have come into Gen.
e j Jcsup's camp,) is a man without influence
t-) among his people. We understand that the
o j fact is otherwise, and that Powell is a Chief
it of much influence with his tribe.
Is Charleston Courier.
Latest from Morula?More Murders.?A
i Iettor received in Savannah by the John S/o- I
J ney, from Carey's Ferry, says that on Monday
j last some teamsters arrived at that place,and
report that a baggage train returning from
c Fort Mellon to Tampa Bay, had been attack- '
e I ed by a body of Indians, and the wagon master !
(one of the late South Carolina militia) was j
,s j killed, with two teamsters, and some inhabi- J
* I tants in the neighborhood, who had returned j
l" j to their plantations, supposing the war was j
J11 at an end.?Ibid. j
% ! ? x
I . The New York commercial Advertiser is in
i> J error in saying that all the Banks in Georgia
tt have suspended specie payments. Up to our
r last advices, the Central Bank at Milledge
'* ville, the Commercial Bank of Macon, the
Bank of Columbus, and the Insurance Bank of
Columbus, had not suspended specie payments,
and it is understood here that they have no in- j
tcntion of doing so. I
Augusta Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
" ' T \ Ims Knnn 1
T | LOI. I^iianes UU?HIII^ Jiao Uttn V..HV.U
tl | delegate to Congress by the Territory of Flor- 1
0 ida.
ci :
0 ! 3T \\ c arc authorized to announce the
I Hon. TIIOS. BENNETT, as a Candidate
it ( for State Senator, hi the place of the Hon.
c ; JoEi. R. Poinsett, recently appointed Scci
rotary of War.?Char. Cour.
{ B1* THE EXPRESS M>
e New Orleans, June 7. $
Y We are happy to inform our readers, that |
s the passengers and crews of the American I
schooners Julius Caesar and Champion, lately j
; imprisoned in Matamoras, and for whose safety :
so many fears were abroad, arrived in this j
city last evening by the schooner Hellen, di- j
rnf\at nf tt'lmm arp in !
reel irom mm pun, i.?, ~
good health and spirits,?having been liberated
by an express frorrt the city of Mexico,
j Being once clear of loathsome prison, they im- i
mediately embarked, leaving, however, "their j
z: vessels and proporty still in detention. Their j
) liberation was not, as has been reported, ow- I
ing to the arrival of Commodore Dallas, whose
fleet, at the time of the Ilcllen's departnre,
I had not, as yet, arrived off the coast, but
! would rather appear to have rcsultcafrom the |
i private order received from the seat of Go- i
j vernment. The passengers speak of having j
i received very bad treatment during their im- !
. [ prisonment, especially in being nearly starved. I
J We have not been able to collect any other ;
j authentic particulars of the case, but those, ,
which are, however, of no consequence, as we I
expect in the course of a day or two, to re- I
'1 ceive a full account of the whole affair from j 1
' j Capt. Moore and his fellow voyagers.
At the time of departure ail was quiet in '
I Matamoras, with Utile doing in rhe way of bu- . i
' si joss, and money very scarce.?Bulletin: j
?'ro .) ! ii 'i\ :. '? -a groph, May 23.
tlx: fact. <-f a ie:t r troin Nashville, Milam (
. county.
Xvsnvn.T.E, May 10. f
Pkar Tr-ion: The news from here and ;
the vicinity is truiy alarming. A largo body I
j of Indians, supposed to be two hundred, pas
sod the lino of rangers the week before last,
and came within liftecn miles of this place,; (
and a small detachment of them to this place.
I Tiiev killed one man in s'ght of town, and the ;
tii'i'n 'ody of r Inn bv ing c roe o:i track of
some wagons that were going to the Fort on ,
Little River, they followed it, overtook, and
killed every man that was with them, live in
number, and also killed the oxen.
Mustang Frairie, May la.
The Indians have killed Mr. McLean and
Mr. tSheridan, and a Mr. Barnes, of this settlement.
The Indians have stolen. I think,
about one hundred horses west of Mr. McLean's
within two weeks past; they appear to
come down determined to take all."
A letter rcccved in Savannah from Jefferson
(Camden Co.) Ga. dated May 31, states
that a family of la persotis had been murdered
by Indians near Monticello, and that it is believed
there are some hundreds of Indians still d
in Oakafanoke swamp, who it is apprehended
will renew hostilities.
Departed this life 011 Friday morning last,
the 9th inst. at about nine o'clock, Charles
Lempriere Prince, second son of Lawrence
and Charlotte Prince, in the 16th year of his
age.
ci _ t 11 ? -
oevcrc inaeeu lias uc-en tins dispensation of
God to the friends that survive. The youth
whom he has removed from their midst, was
remarkable for those qualities of the heart
which are less observed by others, but well
known and valued by those who come immediately
within their influence. Possessing a
disposition more than usually amiable and affectionate,
and manifesting always for his family
and friends, an attachment more than usually
ardent, he could not be removed without
severe suffering to those that are left. And
removed too, so suddenly?only two weeks
before his decease, his prospect of life was as
fair as any, and but three days previously, he
was able to write to his absent brother, who
had been informed of his illness, that he might
have in his own hand the evidence of his
recovery. That letter was replied to, but
when the reply reached the family, he to
whom it was addressed, was never more, on
tnis side of Eternity, to receive the salutations
of this absent brother.
But if there has been severity in this dlspensation,
there has been goodness also, if
the cup given to these friends to drink has
been one of sorrow*, there has been hope
minffled in it. Thanks to thp Gmpp thnt hn*
" mercy on whom it will have mercy," a light
from heaven dissipate the darkness that
would else here gather around the grave.?
The wonderful calmness manifested by our
young friend throughout his illness while perfectly
sensible of his approaching dissolution,
his composure while speaking of his death,
thetenour of his conversation, the state of his
mind?proved that his thoughts had not been
unoccupied with the things of most importance
to him, which he had heard in the family
and been taught in the Sabbath School, as
well as in the Sanctuary?proved that his
heart had not .been unvisited by the Spirit of
God. And these tilings, in connection with
the silent change in his dispositions and chary
acter. which those intimately acquainted with
him, must have observed in the last two ynrs,
afford precious consolation to hearts that are
| now sorrowing with hope, and which but fcr
i this hope, must break.
At Bridgeport, Alabama, March 20th, Stro|
tner R. Gregg, of the firm of Gregg & Mcll|
vun, in the &th year of his age. His correct
i iife had procured for him the esteem of ill who
knew him, and his punctuality in business had
gained the confidence of those with whom he
traded.
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
No change in the C'hcr tw price current 9ince
list week.
New Orleans, 8th June,
cottc.v.?Sales vi Btordcy were 15 bales Missis
sippi 10$ ; 49 do. Mobile 10 cents.
Sugar?Prime, G a -. cents; inferior. 4 a 5? ;
moderate demand. Havana white, 10. a 10? :
brown, 7 asales.
Molassu.s?On Levee, 25 a 27 cents per ga'.
Ion, On Plantation,20 a 21 cents, sales.
Pork?Clear, 21 dollars per bbl., plenty; mess
i'j a L'U co. askco; AI. U, 18 a . - do. scarce ;
Prime, 154 a 16 do. plenty ; P. O. 14$ a*.. do.
do.; bulk 0$ a 6?.
Bacon?Hams cja 9 coats p-.r ib; canvassed
10 a 11 do; Middlings;a (Jdo; Shoulders,
6J a / do., limited sales.
Laud?Per lb. 8? a 9 cents,?Bulletin
POLS SCAT 332TRXSTTA.
fgHIIE above Boot will arrive hero from
JB. Georgetown, a! out the iLlnd instant, and
will be immediately dispatched. Persons wish,
ing to ship, will do well to make early application.
If a good down freight oilers, cotton will
be taken at .">0 cfs. per bale. Early applica.
tions for up freight will he necessary to secure
iu Persons down the river shall have a chance
to ship if applications ?tro made in time, say
20th instant.
J. MALLOY & CO
Chrrmv, 12th June, 1837 31 tf "
L3M0W S7P.TJP,
fi* DOZ. Bottles Fresh Lemon Syrup, for sale
O by JXO. MALLOY & CO.
June 14, 1837.
1S3AL1 LIEALi
Bushels Fresh Ground Com Meal for
O v sale by J. A. 1NGLIS.
June 14 ^ 31 3j
Entertainment.
THE undersigned respectfully inform the
public that they will open a Ilou^ of Entertainment
at the Rocky River Springs, by the
loth of July, and will be prepared to accommo.
date those who may wish to spend the summer
and fall months at this well known visiting phce.
They deem it unnecessary to say any thing about
the medical properties oi the above Springs, as
they are well known. The charges vt ill be ss
low as the times wiil justify.
J. Sc W. II. D. ORE EX.
Montgomery County, X'. C., May 3ls t30 .lit
"acoLAcm: ~
Uf Ili.'Is Cuba Molasses.
2. vj F 2'J Bbls. New Orleans do.
For sale by W. Si. T BAILEY & C>.
12th June, 1637. 31 tf
~r : o a.
AT Casks of Rice just received, and for sale
by W. Sc T; BAILEY & Co12th
June, 1837. 31 tf. (
SH23S3 JL"3 OATKiSS.
BOXES Spvrme, Charleston, Hall Sc
Qf& Son's Patent mould Candles; also5
Dtsks prime Cheese. For sal?< hv
J. M ALLOY Sc Co.
June M, 1837. 31 tf.
~ ri?Sr.331AS ?
Ji.IT9 ?.A.P..&.s3CiS.
gd DOZEN Silk and Cotton Cinbrillas: and
<.5 2 dozen Parasol < For sale by
T MALLOY ^ tTo. | >
Jxw i 1; 1-337 31 t'