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>? i, understood that the indv tment has been removed irtt'
Supreme Court ?>:" the State by -h? proper proceedii ??
? j>ur|K>*o, smd thai it ?? now competent for McLeod, '?
?ordinary proc?-s. ol habta* corpiu to brio*: bis case fin
ring l-efore that tribi ?
be undersigned hardly needs assure Mr. Fox that a
onaJ aoemmenti} disUngtrished for ability; nr.4 learning;a*
? Supreme Court ?f the State of New-York may be sali j
relied upon for tin- just j.-.d impartial administration of th?
law in this a* well as in (.ti--r eases: t?ndiho undersif-ned re?
peats the expression of tin- desire of this Government thai
no delay may be suffered to take place in these proceeding*
which can be avoided. Of this de-ire, Mr. Fnx will seecvi
dence in the instruction- above referred to.
The undersigned has now to signify to Mr. Fox that the
Government of the Dnited Stntes has not changed the ornn
ion which it ha? heretofore expressed to Her Majesty -
Government of the character of the act of destroying the
1 Caroline-'
It does not think th?.t the rxrmsaction can be justified by
ar.y reasonable application or construction of the rirh; <??
iself-djenre. wader the laws of natioi -. It is admitted that a
just right of self-defence attaches always t<? nations, a. well
as to wdividuals, ami is equally necessary for the preserva?
tion of bo-h. But the extent of this right i. a question :<. be
judged of by the? dreoiiwtanccs ol each particular .ease; aim
when its aliased exercise ha- led t-> tlie commission of hos?
tile acts within the territory of a Tone.- ;tt peace, nothing
lest djan a clear and absolute necessity can afford ground <>t
justification. Not having, up to this time, been made ac
qu'iintf?d with the view, and reasons, at length, whit h t, ? ??
led Invr Majesty's Government to think the destruction "f the
' Caroline ' justifiable a- an act of self-defence, the under
Bigri'd, earnestly r?*r.'-\s in^ tlte remonstrance of thi> Govern?
ment against the transaction, abstains for the present, from
anyextended discussion of the qu?* i.on. But it ;. di-eimd
proj>er, nevertheless, not to otnii t'- take some notice ??f the
generajj grounds of justification stated by lu-r Majesty's Gov
eminent in their instruction tu Mr. Fox.
H'-r. Majesty's Government have instTttcted .Mr. Fox to say
that th'*y are of opinion that the transaction which termina?
ted :n the destruction of the ' Caroline' was a justifiable em?
ployment of force, f>r the purpose of defending the British
territory fn-m the unprovoked attack ;>i a band ?f British re?
bels and American pirates, who, having been "permitted"
to arm arid organize themselves within the territory.of the
Unitect Stales, bod actually iuvaded a portion of the territorv
o< He] Majesty.
The. President i anno) suppose that Her Majesty's Govern
ment.jiy the u?c of these terms, meant to be understood as
iritimnji'it: that tliosc acts, violating the law?, of I ho United
States.'and disturbing tin- peace of the Briti-h territories,
were done under any degree of countenance from this Gov?
ernment, or wci rrgnrded^by it willi indifference; ur that,
under Jibe circumstunces of the case, they could have been
prevented by tho nrdinniy course of proceeding. Although
he regrets that, by using the term " permitted," a possible
inference of that kind might be raised, yet such an inference,
th<- President is willing to believe, would be quite unju-t to
tho intentions of the British Government.
That on n line i f frontier such as separates the United States
from Her Britannic Majesty's North American Province?
a lineTong enough lo divido the whole of Europe into halves,
?irr<-?uliii iri-?, violence, and conflicts should sometimes oc?
cur, equally against the will of hotii Governments, i- ccr
tainly easily to b? supposed. Thi- may be more possible,
perhaps, ia regard to the United States, without any re?
proach to their Government, since their institutions entirely
discourage the ping up of large standing armies in time
ef (?riir,-, awl toeir situation happily exempts them from the
necessity of maintaining such expensive and dangerous estab?
lishments. All thai cim he expected from either Govern?
ment in these cas ?- is goed faith, u sincere desire to preserve
peace and do justice, the use of all proper means of preven?
tion, and that, if offences cannot, nevertheless, he alwavs pre?
vented,' the uffemlcrs shall still !"? justly punished. In all
these respects, this Government ncl;:.ow l.d_'o* doiiiiqueu
cy in the performance of it- duties.
Her Majesty's Government arc pleased, also, to speak of
those American citizens who took pan with person.- i:i Ca?
nada, engaged in an insurreetion against die British Govern?
ment, a. ' Am ric-in pirate-.' The un ic-r-i^neii doe. not ad?
mit tie" propriety or justice oi this designation. If citizens
of tho United States fitted out, or were engaged in fitting out,
a military expedition from the Cnite.l State, intended toact
against the British Government in Camilla, they were clearly
violating the law* of their country, nml exposing themselves
to thejn-t consequences which might be inflicted on them if
taken within ? I'.nf.sh dominion*. But, notwithstanding
this, they were, ? rrtuinly, not pirates, nor docs the under
ied think that it can advance the purpose of fair und
ttdl) discussion, or hasten tin- accommodation of national
cultics, so to denominate then;. Their offence, whatever
as, had no analogy to cases of piracy. Supposing all that
Dttjgcd again.I them to be true, they were taking a part i:i
i Jthey ivga. led us a civil war, and they wen- taking a
ton the side uf the rehei-. Su.'eiy. Kurland herself ha
regarded persons tho- engaged ;is deserving ihe appella?
tion which Her Majesty's Gevertuneni bestows on these citi?
zens of the United States.
It is quite oot?riou: that, for the greatest pari of tho last
two centuries, subjects of tlie British Crown have been per?
mitted to engage in foreign wars, In th national and civil, and
in the latter, in uverj stage of thru progress : i yet :t has
not btvn imagined that England has :<t any ume allowed her
subjects to turn pirate-. Indeed, out own til \ , not o:.iv
have individual subjects of thai Crow i gone abn ad to ci. u e
in civil war., hut we have se n whole regiments opexlv re
cniited, embodied, armed, and disciplined in England, with
the avowed purpose of aiding a rebcllwH against ;i nation \w:h
which England was at peace; all hough it is true that subsc
quentiy,"an act ofParliament was ;? !-;? ! ent
actions so nearly approaching :>> public war, without licence
from the Crown.
It.may be said that there i- a diflbrence between tti" cose
ofa yivil war, arising from a disputed succession, or a pro?
tracted revolt of a colony against the thothei country, and the
case of a fresh outbreak, at the commencement el a rebel
l?s?.,".The endersigned does not dem thai such distinction
may^foi certain purposes, be deemed well founded. He ad
roiu that a Government, called upon to considei it- own
rights, interest*, and duties, when civil war- break out in
other countries, may decide on all the circumstances oi
parucular case, upon it.. own existing stipulations, on proba?
ble results, on what its own socurity requires, and on many
Other consideration., h maj he already bound to as-i-l one
party, or it may become bound, if it -~ choos? to assist die
other, and to meet the consequenci. . C such assistance.
But whether the rovolt be recent Ol long continued, they
whojoiu those concerned in it. whatever may b<? their offence
against their ow n country, or however they be treated, if ta?
ken with ai ms in their bands, in the territory of the Gdvcrn
mont against which the standard of revoh i. raised, cannot
be rjennminaiod pirates, without deptuting from ail ordina?
ry use of language in the definition of offences. A cause
which has so foul an origin a- piracy cannot, in i:? ; regress,
or hv its success.obtain aclaim to any,!,.-:,... 0f rcspecta
bility. of tolerance, among nations; and civil wur?, therefore,
are not understood to haw such a commencement.
j is well known to Mt. Fox that authorities of the !i.? li
e.minence in England, living and dead, lime maintained
L the general law of nations do - not forbid the cit?eas t>r
lects of one Government from tul.':i-: pan in the civil com
Uous of another. There some rcasou, iniced, 1" think
Lsuch may be the opinion of Hei Majesty's Gsvenimunt
iic present moment.
Xhu undersLgtie.1 lias made the.- remarks, from the cou
victibn that it i* imp.?:tai; to regard established distinctions,
and lo view the acts nttdjDffences of individual in the oxacdv
projjor light. But it is not to be inferred thai dv ir -. :.
patt ef this Government, any pttrpesc v f extenuating, a th ?
alighte?t degree, the crimes of those persons, citin ? - . f tbe
United Stntes. who ha\e joined ... military expedit ins
against the British Government tn Canada. Oi ? ? con:
ry, the President directs the umicrsigiied to say that ;; :? his
fix^ resolution that all such disturbers of tin nark -..d per.c.
an.J violaters of tho laws of the'.- country shall be brougl I i
?xemplary punishmont. Nor will the fact that they ate tn
sti^ted and letl on t- those excuse. 1;. 3 tisli subjeeu,
refugees from tho Province., he deemed any excuse or pallia
tiooj although it i. well worthy of Is ihg remembered that
the^prime movers of the-e dbtorhances on bord :- an*
swKie--t? of the Queen, wie. come within tin territories ? : tie
Uniu?il Still? ?, seuhtng to onlist ?.!.?? sympathies of the.: rii -
??n,?, by all th- motives which they are obli ; > address to
tJvc.ti. on arcosjn; ..f grievancos, real or imaginary Then
is iu> tvaat-n lo believe that the .s. any lie-- '?? :.
naeni from the I nited State, agaii ?: c'.si.ui.i has commcni ed
with citir.ens of the Uniti^l Stxu,. The tine origia ot --cr:
purposes and such enterprises i, f>1; theothet side of the Sn*.
B ->i tho President's resolution to prevent the- ?.r;.n--rv-sioi;.
use laws is o?t, on that xc^.-nt, the less strong It ;?
ejy, not only in conformity his duty under :hc provL>
? of existing raws, but :n full consononc? u-.ih the e*t*d>
-i pru?pfea ,uid practice >f this Govvrnm rat,
I The Goveniment of tie UaiteJ States ha* not. from the
first, fallen into the <!? obts, elsewhere enterttLUted, o: the true
! extent of the duties of neutrality. It hi- held that,boweri t
1 it mav 5>c-n ia lets* enlightened ages, theju-t interpre?
tation of the modem law of nations is, that neutral Suites
I are bona?! m be etrictK neutral: and that it is a manifest
j u-,,! jr.,-* impropriety for individual, to engage in the civil
j conflict, of other State., and thus to be at war. while their
! Government is at peace. V? ar and peace are high national
j relation-, which can pruperiy be established or changed only
I i.v nation- themselves.
"The United State- have thought. a:~>. that the salutary
I d'>c:rine of non-intervention by one nation with the aSalrs of
others is liable to be essentially unpaired, if. while G ivern
irient retrains from interference, interference i. still allowed
to its subject*, individually or in rna-ses. It may happen, iw
! deed, that per-..:.- rb?<o*" ?,, leave :h- ir ???> ::.'.r ?. ? ??r.lgrev
I other regions, and settle themselves on nni^uvated '.and*, in
I territories belonging to other States. This cannot be pre
j vented by Governments which allow the i tnigi iri< ?? ? eit
j subjects and citizens' j and such persons havi z voluntarily
j aland;:. ! the r own ooustrv. have no longer r!.ii:n ?., ::<
protection; nor :- it longei responsible f.?r their acts. Such
ra.es, therefore, if they ?c-nr, show no abandonment of the
; duty of neutrality.
The Government of the United States has not considered
Lit as sufficient to confine the duties of t.ciimatv ar.d non
I interference to the case of Governments who.c territories lie
j adjacent to each other. The application of the principle rnay
j be more necessary in such rase.. b?: the principle itself they
regard as being the same, if those territories be divided by
half the globe. The rule is founded in in* impropriety and
I danger of allowing individuals to make war on theii own
I authority, ir, bymingling themselves in the belligerent opcra
j tions of other nation-, to run the hazard of counteracting the
j policy, <>r embroiling the relations, of their own Government.
And the United States have been the first among civilized
nations to enforce the observance ot this in?: rule of neutral?
ity aftd peace, by special and adequate legal enactments. In
' the infancy of this Government, on the breaking out of
i European war- which bad tii.-ir origin ia the French Rovo
I lution, Congress passed laws with severe penalties, for pre
' venting the citizens of the United States from taking part in
' those hostilitie-.
By these laws, it prescribed to the citizens of the United
j States what it understood to hi; their duty,as neutral?;by the
law of nations; and the duty, also, which they owed t ? the
I interest rind honor of tleir own eountrv
At a subsequent period, when the American Colonies ot an
European Power took up arm- acain-t their S<e.> roten. < ?,
grcss, not diverted from the established system of the Govern?
ment by any temporary consideration?not swerved from its
sense of justice and of duty by unv sympathies which it might
natural]} feel for one of the parties, did not hesitate, also; to
j pass acts applicable to the ca.~- of colonial insurrection 01 il
I civil war. And these provision, of law have been continued,
revised, amended, and are in full force at the present two
i iiient. Nor have tbey been a dead letter, ;ls it is well known
that exemplary punishments have been inflicted on trios-- who
have transgressed them. It is known, indeed, that heavy
penalties have f?llen on indi.iduals, citizens ot United
State-, engaged in ttii- very disturbance in Canada, with
which the destruction of the Caroline wus coanci t- d. And
it is in .Mr. Fox's knowledge, also, that the act of Congress
of March 10th, 1838, was passed for the piecise pur:.of
more effectually rest.aining military enterprise* from tlie
United State- into the British Provinces, by authorizing tie"
I u-e of the mo.-t sure and decisive preventive mean- The
! undersigned may add, that it stand? on the admission of very
high British authority, that during the recent Canadian
troubles, although bodies of adventurers appeared *u the bor?
der, making it necessary for the people of Canada to keep
themselves hi n state prepared for self-defence, yet that these
adventurer- were acting by no means in ticcordai. with the
feeling ol the great mass of the American people, oi ?<: thi
Government of the United State-.
This Government, therefore, not only holds itself above
reproach in every ibmi: respecting tlie preservation ?f neu?
trality, thy observance of the principle of non-intervention,
and the strictest confotroity, in these respects, to the rules of
international law, but it doubt- not the world will do it the
jn-tice to acknowledge that it has s,-t an example not unfit
( to be followed by "then: nod that, bv its stea.-lv legislation
on the most important subjects, it has done something topro
, mote peace and good neighborhood among nations, and to
; advance the civilization of mankind.
The undet-i;:ied ttu.ts that, when 1 ler Britannic Majesty's
I Government -hall present the grounds, at length, on which
1 they justify the local authorities of Canada in attacking at d
destroying the ?Caroline,' they will consider that the laws -f
the United States are such us the undersigned has now re
! presented them, und that the Government of the United State
In- alway. manifested a sincere disposition to see those laws
effectually and impartially administered. If there have been
eases iu which individuals, justly obnoxious to punishment,
have es,v,ped, thi, is no more than happens in regard t<>
other law-.
Under these circumstances, and under those 'mmcdiatck
connected with the transaction itself, it will be for Her Ma?
jesty's Government |to show upon what state of facts and
what rules of national law the destruction of the 'Caroline'
is to lie defended. It will be for thai Government to show a
to'ee-sity of se.f-defence. in-tant, overwhelming, leaving no
choice uf means and no moment for deliberation. It will be
forii to show, also, that the local authorities of Canada, evi u
supposing the necessity of the moment authorized them to
enter ?he territories of the United State* at all, did nothing
unri aspnablc or excessive ; since the act, justified by the ne?
cessity of self-defence, must be limited by that necessity, and
kept clearly within it. It must be shown that admonition or
remonstrance t" the persons on board the ' Caroline' was
impracticable, or would have been unavailing: it must be
shown thai day-light could not be waited for; thai there
could bo no attempt at discrimination between the innocent
and the guilty; that it would not have been enough to seize
and detain the vessel; but that there was a necessity, present
aud ii. tvitnble, for attacking her. in the darkness of the night,
w ! moored to the shore, and while unarmed m.n were
a-'i'cp on board, kiiiinj some and wounding others, and then
drawing her into, the current; above the catarai r. setting her
n . lire, an i. circles, to know whctlier there might not Urin
her the ini)t?cenl with the guilty, or the living with the dead,
committing hoi to a fate which tills the imagination with
horror. A in ce-.m for til! this the Goveniinent of the Uni?
ted States cnnnoi believe i.? hove existed.
All will sec that if such things be allowed to occur, they
might lend to loody and exasperated war: a:.d when an in?
dividual com? s into the United State, from Canada, and to
the verv plusc on which this drama wn - performed, and there
chooses t ? make public and vain-gl irious boast of the part he
acted in it. i* is hardly wonderful that great excitement
should be treated, and some ieffce of commotion arise.
This Republic do-'- not wish to disturb the tranquil ly of
the world. Its .? 'ject i? peace, its policy.peace. It seeks
nil aggrandizement by foreign conquest, because it know, that
no foreign acquisition could augment its power and import?
ance so rapidly as they are already advancing by its own na
t ;r.i! grow ;ii under the propitious circumstances of its situa?
tion, iln: it cannot admit that its (i ivernmenl has not b-iih
the will and the power to preserve its own neutrality, and to
enforce the obsi rvancc of its own laws upon :;- own citizens.
It -.- jeal of i:- rights, and among others, and mos: espe
cially, of the right of tiio absolute immunity of ii* territory
agaicst aggression from abroad ; and these rights it is the
duty and the di termination of tiii- Government fully and a:
all times tu maintain; while it will, at the >.ime time, as
scrupulously refrain iro.n infringing on the rights of others.
The P usident instructs the undersigned to say. iucunclu
-ion. that hcconiklcntly trusts that this and all other ques?
tions of diSerence b< Uveen the two Governments will be treat?
ed by both in the full exorcise of such a spirit of candor,
just :...d o respect as ?hail give assurance of the
long coatinuaueo of peace between the two countries.
I'hc undersigned a\a.:is himself this opportunity to as?
sure Mi- I..\ of in- high consideration.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
ilex v -. Fox, East. Ac &c. Ac.
\>y I ?.. ....... Isabella, owned bv Messrs. A.Brown
?v Son, and '?apt. Graham, of PI iiad Iphia, was launched at
thai city oa Thursday morning last.
Mrs. SB iu; ? ? Philadelphia ?a- h.r
: Ihursday a;:d robbed of -ilk- t-i the
burglars havebeen artr.-t.d.
is_? The anniversary"of the Suj-'ay Schi?.Is frf the Pro
? ?-: int !_;?. ? .: Chun ' En i'i?;'.ad"lph?r. was ~el bratud on
\;.?:?.?; tv hist a tha: city.
?CT The slerunboat C'.sca.rs-, while lvir.g a: the wharf at
Gl iveland, Ov on Monday, the ?ii?i ait. took fire near the
chimney. The fiaroe* were extiuguisbed before any rnstenas
iojurv hr.d bees eSRfcte<3.
Tne iti re
sly itered
THE T R I B i: N E.
n'svv-york. Saturday morning, june 3, 13-si.
J For ? ity i atelligi ncf and other rrntdin; mat?
ter ?ce first p?sr.
ItJ" We surrender a rrva: portion of our columns this
tn rni:-.r to the Correspondence between Me*?rs. WesstSR
and Fos respecting the Case McLeo?. Let none oe de?
terred by its length front reading it: for it is ail pertinent, all
forcible, and of the highest National importance. We at first
wished to present an abstract only of its contents, but found
nothing that we could spare. Every American should be
'.. - i ?< i?'-.-i!'!y tec-.wvtrtthe grcitndi ef iai?
Controversy ; for events of the greatest magnitude and mo
:. nt may yr t I >rn upon it. Let us inquire earnest!), deliber?
ate calmly, and prepare to act a* becomes rational and sober
men. who :hori*h Peace a- the rir-; of ca.nhiy Lit iA^z-.
b 1: are not : i be a into dishonor by the seowSsg front of
ZT We do not coincide in sentintent with tho?., among
our Political friends who are disappointed and tiispiea.-ed at
the o: . a of distinct and urgent recommendations of a
General Bankrupt La? and a National Bank in the Presi
deat's Message. We looked forward to the elevation of a
Y> big President to mark the commencement of a new era, in
?? b the most important measures of legislation shoeM
J; to Congress a- fj.--ii.uici nor pocketed af?
ter passage by th*? Executive. We now confidently trust that
th< C iui try has secured a truly Republican Chief Magistrate
in SoHJt TVler, and the absence of partisan inculcation fiem
id. Message is i <;?n of promise. Lor.? enough already has
rii- i'i. -?;.!??!.:'- Annual Me--"c- :?????n made ui.fairiy the ve?
hicle of systematic party sophistry and argumentation. Let
us have no more of this; but in its stead a simply, im id
statement ??: tho actual condition of the Government, such as
Washington ami Jekfehsox used to give. A Whig Con?
gress will kn eii wh it to do without special .n~rrj<*tion fr>m
The PREStDEi'i Steamer.? Another rumor respecting
the fate of this luck]?vessel yesterday disturbed the peace
of our itizeru a brief hour?hut it w.t? soon seen to be
quite destitute of re liable ground ar.d far from affording room
for furthei hope. A slip was received in Boston from the
office of the Eostpert Sentinel, stating that :!;o Collector of
>;. John's, N. B., had received information that the Presi.
dent iriii -truck up<..i: an i.-el? a:..-! lh:.t i... wer.; d?wn ex?
cept Capt. Roberts and sixteen men, who had arrived at
some enstern port. There i.- . reason to believe this a
more bstox, as no such slip- cam ~ by mail although they were
received by severed publishers.
Another report, received at Halifax, said that a vessel
from France, just arrived at Fortune Bay, had picked up
- ime survivots of the President; bnt it has boon a-rertnined
quite clearly that these were the portion of the ship William
Brown who wen; on hoard the jolly-boat and steered for
Newfoundland. All these various rumors give but little ad?
ditional ground for hope.
The investigation of the abuses which grew and flour
ished in our Custom House while corruption ' ruled the
hour ' in the land, i- -till actively going forw ard. The Com?
mit ce have removed from their damp,unhealthy room in the
New Custom House to commodious apartments in the City
1 Hotel, where ;?;?? ? -eurching operation' is steadily proceed?
ing. Several days may ye; lie required to complete it.
! bZT We return our thanks to Messrs. Adams & Co. of the
, Package Express from Boston via Worcester and Norwich,
fir the promptitude and energy with which they brought our
K-.r ipeanadvices from Boston. Leaving Boston a; 4o'clock
nn Wednesday they were in our office by .'> ? ?fine following
morning. We are sure that any business entrusted to M-'s-r*.
Adams & Co. will be faithfully and promptly transacted.
VVe have by tin-.n rival two new ports of Bars uiy RfDor..
whirl: we cannot find room for iu-; vor. nn account of the
press of important matter from Washington.
Martlakd.?In accordance with die recommendation of
the Whig members of the legislature of Maryland tho Dele?
gate' from the several oounlie- throii^'ioui tin: Sti?te, assem?
bled at Baltimore on Thursday, the 30th iiist., for the purpose
of nominating a Governor fbr the next election. Gov. Sax
dkl Sprisg, of Prince Georgo's Co. wn- chosen President.
On the fir-t ballot f>r candidate for Governor, Hon. Wir.
iio: Cost Johnso.v, the distinguished Representative in
Congress of the Montgomery District, received ->l out of 100
\.,t,.?wlicreujion he wn? unanimously nominated by the
Convention. The other candidates were Richard Potts, who
received 83 vote-, John Lev ami 11. H. Archer, who re?
ceived each 30 votes. The Convention then adjourned ?ine
die.
Major Tochma.n is about delivering a series of lectures
at Philadelphia, on the History ..ml Fortunes of Poland.?
lie formerly served in tlie Polish army and is perfectly fa?
miliar with die history of his native Country. The direct
purpose of his lectures is to refute the representations con?
cerning that land, recently published in a series of articles in
I the National Intelligencer over die signature of Tacitus, writ?
ten by William Darby. E';. His lectures are said to be ex?
tremely interesting and instructive.
The Future.?The Third Number of this Paper, which
advocates boldly and with ai-ilny the doctrine of Association,
wi"! lot?u.-d ?'? . morninc from th? office, No. '.i? Ann-st.
CJ* SrRAwr.rrtRiEs from Lent: I-lanJ have made their
appearance at Pattinson's corner of Ann and Nassau. <i.?>.i
tilings have got a habit of Stopping on that corner to see if
they are not wanted.
[O* ? Littel!'? Museum of Foreign Literature and Science'
?the oldest ami best known monthly compend of European
Literature?is regularly published by Carrill rfc Co.. Broad?
way, who have just received the June Number.
XT M-. J. Preariss, lata President of the Collegiate Depart?
ment in the University of Maryland, has resigned, and will
be succeeded in office by Mr. Horace Morrisan, a graduate
of Harvard College, ami for tbe last feer years the associate
of Mr. Premiss as Professor of Mathematics.
?1* Prof, (ieorge James Webb has been elected President
of the Handel .X" Haydn Society of Boston, and How. Nathan
Mitchell President of the Boston Musical Institute.
EU* Altert Pike, one of die !:,-,; pos>ls in the Country, re
endj delivered an eloquent eulogy on the life ??f Harrison,
at Little Ko k. Arkansas.
SJ* The Editorship of the CorTJand County Whig, a spi
. i excelli at journal, has passed into the hands of H.
> Cons '. Esq.
H ( '..:;-:;;!! Ml SSengi r b .? passed into the hands of
William Brynn, Esq.
?The BaltimorerTrnnscript says no idea, can
be formed ? f the enthusiasm which pervades that city on the
? if Tempexaucea It id the all-pervading topic arid the
-? utj revolution which has been effected mainly Sy the
Ir mk r.i, themselves, i- almost pti-t belief.
CT" The Connecticut Temperance Society heid its annua?
meeting a; Hartford on tax -"oth uit. New officer* n<-te
eh xad a "sew Coa.-^Itut:on aJ-sp'.eJ.
lanjaaaai.mm.iiiiiiimii ma l?-'?
j Methodist Appointments ?TL? Amnal Conference of-the
[ Methodist Episcopal Chu-rh adjourned la..: Wediiesday,
j a: I o'clock, P M. Tho following is a of th-? Appoint
j mor.:. f r tit-- New-York and Long Island Districts
J .W-i -t //v.-!-.-:.?Phis'at Rani>. Presi ::t; f-irr-Cbv-Cn>
rr?r.. tV,rr?.p..B^,rf Secretary Of* ?m SocietT. Is-or,!"
f I-in-. Boot \rrnt. Fete* P. S^aJf-.r-J. A Mtrttnt P-sok- Aj-u'_ lieo.
j r?r*. i'-.:.--.r m" l.-vs Qmrtwiy Revieai rtsss's. ot the tieecral Cata
losae G eo?ge Co*-?. .\ v. mot i"-i-: r of tha Chri-urr. Advocate Bad
I J-w.r-'-w V^-Trri Crry?,k<r?--:r- :, V*'UGaaa K. ?opfoe-.i. For
J ?ytc-Nir*??, Jofc= C.-i?fbr-J. it Des - "(W. l-v:.:-.-- Luckev. A.'
Uz rtreet, Joie Poi-si. resifi>ni-.?.-?<?-. Rsnjsnrii Griffen, Soak
P..*- - --r-r:.-.-.J-v-'ph R Wakeles WiUett- ?.-?*.
I MirMi Kicss:-d?c... GreenA-rfr-ei. litaia Bines, Stephen CHi=.
? - .? - !!-->?i. Jor.e Lindsey. VestTJ-'.r--t Tlisru Burrb
M-jit--r,--rr--i. J:>tr_M Ii. P-srry. G D. Sutt.sc. -op K.i?tit*?-:,v
; ?tr-et. J-u-ri.-. Y?c=<>. Msr-.r.srs'Church. Hear} Civ--. Yoa<eraand
West Farm*, !>.-:-; : Wrsht, Hycptrry H j<rr-hr->-? White
, P'.ain... s-oectia? Ruck,sup. Kew-Rocbe Is, B.-idlry ^iHi.-'a. c:.v tea
F P-!-f?_ Korvalk x=d t-taaifoeti, Gvd N. Sm th, Seymour Vaado
: zsb. P-y-i-.! and N?? '.'.niar., Pr-Jer:. s W Stser.JohaA.
1 Sillick. Tweaty-?eeeath ac.l Fort} -Firstlets, Basateel How?
: Harlem, ."-urn.i si JJ. r'i-r-r Manhattan Mission, Richard Seauu
IVjmi.i.; s. Financial Secxstan of tiio American B.b> Society;
fVar-fshout DknriA?Stephen Martiadale, V-? :..??: Elder.?
S/w. F irat rr.-j eh, Per er C trailer, t-Wor-r I'hur-h and Ne-?
'. Utrecht, Seyatoer l.in.lor_ Twrd Ca?r*cb. Js:-<-s F! >y. Centenary
Church, Jv-vt- 7_ >?<:?)?;.. . ? . <i? -.--e Itro?r. Wtiliais*
boryh an ' R ?b? . k. J-.hn W. Le Ker-e. i harte. R Sttur- F.-.-.-?;.-.;.
tltVrr O-iwru. Huc:io;u>r.. Ortaixjo Ms-r, Jearr A. K. SOod
? Smithtowa ??<i:r.i~ \\. K:aj. Ti-nothy C Voang. River Head,
: South old, sr.l Gt?vr!>?rt. i>???a tSborn. Joae >.t.c. .' - y? HeOaOO.
Sar Harbor, J. Leonard Gilder. Brideet^orptno, Hoary F. Robert?.
: Wtuthamptotv K.:^iur>d O. K-.-.-.-. H.vtchorue. l/.u>c S..:.Jturd. Hoot
: iacton Sooth, Nathan Rice. H-^ep-:e*d, L?o?2 C Cheney. .'1^-. i a,
Tivru CKoors.
The foliowing ar* tho Presiding Kider? for '.h> ?yjTeraJ r>i?
' trict-i narr..'-i.
.V-.--Hjr-^ /H..*-??".?Tka.-i.-s V.. Carpenter
HtrtfotA Oiftricrv--Samnel D. Frrri-ir
fc-Z?kr?pfi( Diitriet,?Nit-hSa? vVhite
' /f?:a<ir,-; Dutnet? WlUiaai Je*.v.
/Vjivir: District.?John IS. s-t.-aiteu.
.%r^>>v.T ZKrtnctV?Daniel Ostraader
Supposed Murder.?A very respectable ~v named Ge->
, A. Forst, ?t..i had recently been stipointed to some office,
' ar.d who r-.-i.b. i in 17:1. i:r->ot N-.ir the 4:'r. Avenue, was
' yesterday morning about6 o'clock fuund in a dying state in
I a vacant lot near his hou?e He va." usually nea: and ;>art:
I ciliar ia/hi.- dress, vnd wao so when ho left his house, and
I also haJ a large sum of money ir. posse^ior:, which he
I bad received on Thursday?but when found-be was badly
{ clad, bad a miserably old and patched hat on hl-? head, and
all his money was eone except a hill that was found
I
i screwed up tn an <>'iA pocket-wallet. He w is in the city
during Thursday, and dtned, a- w.v< >tat??-J. at Stoucall's in
Ann .tre--t. whence be r't'irne-.l to his residence H wal .
ed <?ut araiu nfter dark, and went, u- ura.- a-cc-r'.aineJ, to a
porter-house m 19th -.tree: between the 'hi and "id Avenues
kept by an Iri-r. w;d...v n ie-..si Wood, where there w-cro a
I nuniber of Irishmen engaged in dancing, drinking, &c, 2nd
I tvo later trace of him w?- obtat.-u-'l tit-.t!1. he wx, :"-<utid uj
' above stated He was removed to his residence, whore at
j 12 o*cl-"-k (noon) he died.
Drs. Bawson and others attenje-i him, but > aid not at"
j ford any relief.
; The Cot oner was called yesterday evening to investigate
j the subject, and ?i- engaged -ip to a late hour in cndeu.vi.r
j ing to obtain witnesses, and if possible, f.o ascertain th"
names of the per*on? who hail evidently robb-ni him anc
caused hi.- death. \ post-mortem examination was to b-:
? made on t->- body in order to detect th? e-xtet:'. and locality ??
j the injuries ho had received. Tho re-?u!t will be gi'-er ai
loon as obtained
' TI%j- St. Louis Murderers.?We notieed yesterday th<
? conviction of Madison, one of the negroes tried for bearin;
; part in the terrible outrages at St Louis. The New Kra o
1 that place says that be heard tho verdict with great coolness
; After Ix-mg replaced in his dungeon at night his tortitudi
! gave way and he ss?nt for a gentleman in the city to whom h
j related the history of that night's Imrruts ii* acknowlodg
j ed the justice of lo.? scnteoce but said that I-'.nnis v.n rb
J most guilty of till It has been prove !, however, that Enntl
j wa? at ids bearding house !r..n: 10 o'clock until the fire brolu
j out and could have had nothing to do with tho affair. Mad
i?on denied all knowledge of Hrown. Shortly after theil
confinement in jail, the) w ere brought fivre to face at a mo?
ment when they could not have expected it; and the* eyet
each otln-r sternly, without betraying any visible eign 0
recognition: and after Madison hai passed into his cell, h
coolly asked who that m-gro ?1. whom he had -ue. sees
; It will be recollected that a Recorder in New Orleans ha
j declared that the Brown who is really guilty is in that city
Madison told sundry otln-r itorios which were however great
ly at variance an ! were therefore not worthy of credit
Dreadful Death.?A ma-- named J. Grimshaw, of Steubei
Oneida County, 77 yeurs of age, wa? recently killed in t
shocking manlier. He -.? j- -itting in :he st -rn '.f a rana
f>-..it, when .s<?me hor-c?at the watering place took fright an.:
ran in a direction opposite to that of the boat; the rope w hi,
was neartbebow broke at a point win-re i: was made fast,
and at the same time flew to the item of the boat, coiled
I tightly round the neck of the deceased and brought him sev?
eral foot from the h..at into the car.al; the hofsC-, ran with
I grvnt speed three-quarters of a mile, bruising and mal ?li
the body of the deceased in th-most shocking manner, near?
ly severing his bead frem his body, ntel literally tearing i i
clothing entirely 08 even to ?ne of his boots.
?dr. Gritn-huw i, said to have been a kighh 1 rspectable
; farmer, an Englishman by birth, a devoted m rt.b.-r of the
' Society of friends, wnd one of the first who commenced :i..
; miikufucturo of woolens at Oriskany, ami leaves a large cir
! cle of friend- a^d a nun.vroua family to lanvsn: hi- --. Id -o m i
j awful exit.
A Knee against Ti^nc.?A man, whose nanse we could no
learn, nio-i-- a bet the other day of SI.OO'J that he conld
ride ;tO? miles in 24 consecutive hours, on as many different
io>rs*-s, over the Beacon Course trc.it Hoboken, New-Ji rscy
; TU-bet was taker., and h- commenced at 6 o'clock >-n Th?r?
[ day evening?accomplished '200 miles in the first 12 ho r*
and yesterday at five minutes after S o'clock completed the
tmk?being .V? minutes within the time, a-;.i .? :::-;..^ the bet.
It is to !?? supji'-i-d that he suffered somewhat by the ?
[>rtre. This wu arc told is the ?reatc-t distance ever per
lortnesl in the -a:ne time in this cjuntrv. or we believe la
England, whe.-e i'70 miles 1- the .-real.--: ,ii.tj.v.. if v;.r .??
vice is correct, that hns ever been accomplished 2 < >-.-c
cutive hour-.
Cute of Eidndge.?The Jury came int.. 1 .,t j":
I ds-lj-hia, on Thursday morning, and r ported that ??> ?
! not agree, desiring at the same time that they tn ? - S dis
I charged,as i: was not possible fcr them agree 1' !
' directed that they should be individoally ?\?oth. ?,. ,vsi...
to th-_ probability of their agreeii g, and each oi there ??-. -
ing that he did :..-t f~-ii.-?.- r.hev .-. ?..! a-t, .- ...u- . . ..
son able time, the Judge inrdcred them In b?! -h?. > -.1. it
i- n.?l known whet action, if anv, i? ab.? : to ? ? . .
gard to the icfisndant
fy.-.<'--f?s-^. ? Mr John niakeney, a ?.?n ol Mars regularlv
enlisted in the .~-r?ic?- of the I'. itc.l States, a !o-4 day* ? ice
?' :-s?--iy deserted his ps?-t ?01I v ent ovxr i.? the camp ? t V onus.
I The charms of a rtcigbhor's wife proved too potent tor t.-..
I loyalty, so ho 1 -hot madtj frum In- sphere,' and eloped with
I th-- .?rrint fiiir rane.
I UarrisomYgk Business Coiucnfmn.?At this Conventiot
' '-n Wed leeday, the 'ioih, e.-,oiutions were introduced by lbs
j Cneomiltec in fiver of a n:??li rate tax or, luxuries, for pur
1 poses of n- senues. in favor of distributing to the States ti>
? pfoeeedH of the sale of the Public Lands, and ?eclaring tha
it was ii?e\r>,-dien'. for the C?>i?A-iintioQ to nonseler any part;
I rjii--tior
B> this .teil:'? Soulhern Rail
G?>:r.?.r>?.ni*oc.' c>>f The Trifeatar.
WasmsrcTo:., jwr . .
The Joint Committee to express :h- sens* off, ooktcm on
the death of Presides; Harri.on consists S Si i .:-r? aal
??j i'-t ??serttatt.e. The I..>x-K.>ci>- :r th" Su ,:? -.. .
ginrh-; to rr.onrj rr-solotioas inquiring into the causes of re
I raovaJ.. frota oflScc Mr. Cut to-day moved aresohuion
to instruct th-* Committee on Finance to bring inabtl'
his dtsposttijrt a? favoroi'le to the imm ediate repeal
of the Suh-Treasurj and the establishn*nt of a Nati n .:
Bank
Mr Wt:;) t uv? Mj C.t un opposed the bittet w.?ht?*
?J e i -w measures brought f rward beforo the Sub-Treasury
was repealed^ and declaring that there was no altetnattre
between fh-SjL-.T-ea.ur5 and a National Bank. Mr. Clay
welcomed the ct>r.:"-?.-i.->n cordially, and hoped the t: me fir
action had co ne
Mr Rive, ixpre-....i his A u ? \t firom the views of Me*>rs.
C 1 aun md Clay, ind referred to the Message as indica?
ting ot.-.-t - .:?-.??, be.ide tlnv-e tncr.tiunc i .. . those Sena
I ?rs, bl t v." ?d " at all might meet on the common ground
of a Repe al of the Srrb-Tretastpy. Mr. \V00dbury t?ok a
slight part a the debate; ho; the resolution passed. Tue
Di.tre; bank? have applied for a re^chatter. The several
! Committee* w -re appointed.
Several attempts were made in the House to-day to get -.r?
select ( ommittces n ^a:..".. subjects, particularly on a
?? Fiscal Agency." but nothing was accomplished. Mr
Adams' morioa ;?? rescind the 21st rtile of the House in re?
lation to AboKt 11 ? 'rittotts, excitod feeling indJutermitut
ble debate, a, ?>:,; ?ubjeet of Abolition usually doe., and the
I House -<: trned ever :?? Mondnj nevt, (skipping ?? ? work
I ing .1?;.-'. a tthout accomplishing a thing '.
j ! . tve befor.in MS. the 1 Report ..." Mr. Secreta?
ry i ? . Ft . much m re per>piciibu than those of hi*
' illust.- ? .-; - .i cci.or/and"exhibits a stateol affairs that
is any thing but Sattering to the late Ad luiUtration. The
Secretary states that?
Balance in the Treasury Jan !. 1340, was.$3,663,083
Receipts"! tl > year 1840. 28,850,820
Expenditures same year.27,863,475
Balance the Treasury, Jan. I, 1K41. j:'b'7:l|i
From the 1st 1 f January. 1837, to the 5th of March, 131.1,
the? appears an excess of Expenditures over current Reve?
nue t>f $31,310,014.'!
Tii'j.* and '..-n.'? -xt-'h'." .sy. the Secretaiy. ' ?ithin tue
last four year- were the expenditures pushed beyond the
amount of the revenues. They were made to absorb the iur
plus in the Tr ? is iry and the outstanding debts due the I mted
States; ?0 that, Treasury ?j-, on the 1th of March.
1841. exhausted if its means and subject to heavy and
immediate liabilities It was already burdened with a debt
incurred in time of] cace,*and without auy adequate resources,
except the authi eity gi u ted by law, to augment that debt."
Tltisis the Natzokai Dxp.t wc have anticipated as the
Legacy of Van Burenisn Mr. Ewing calls it s-> rightly.
!!??:? ommends that it be funded.
He recommends . U S. Bask as the best ? fiscal agent'
tiie T:"a?ury .verbid?the rep ttlofthe Sub-Treasurj?and
a Loan of'thc amount ofmonc\ wanted having eight years
He dio idvises 1 tax of 50 pei cent, oil valorem <??
? I 1
f I foreign articles now free .r having a duty less than '.0 [?'r
cent This would give in 1842 $22,500,000 in all from cus
toms, nnd add w th ? ? ??. .<? 1? the last quarter ef this seat
$.:>,HO0.000 Arocs
05* President Tyloi aas of? lolly reoognixed Duncan ftV
bertsoa of Niirfjlk Vice Consul >. Sweden and Norway for.
the State of Virginia.
OC/* A> Mr. Oi.U-rt Sloane, of Bayou Bocuf, was pi tti ?
a new cap on a pistol, v-r the purpose of pur. nor a runaway
negro, the pistol exploded, lodging the contents in th-- fact -I
his w ife Her recovery rrai considered doubtful.
The laying of the c inter ?tone of the 'Ashury ar.u M -
ECendrean Sunday School' building at Baltimore wu* attci I
?i with coi li lerable ceremony wi the 1st inst
Ar.ov--.t. b'r-Towx.?Directly apj <?n? Niblo's Carries, ta
Price street, .. ? ? >? exhibiting r-? ?> ?r Use most magnificent Pane
raren ever paint ? i?Rome ar.i New-Zealand. Strangers who people
oar HotelsdossB-towa ?b?ald aot leave thi cry fill they lisie -e^u
j this p easing and iastrnctive exhibition. Thej raay be teeo every
rjsy, ssil in the eveaiag, ?h"eii ? 1 explan itory lectm 1.- jrij^ :th..u?
tdditiooal :har?e
MONEY MABKET.
s/ils? ?t the ??lo< U J- ?? ban .j . 11? .
150 shares 04s Baak. 20?] SO shares 1M & Mud.U<i>
100 d.? do .bSOrls SO] 150 do do .1 ?de 102{
70 d? do.nextwh SOj 23 do Mechanics'Bk ... !?
100 Ho do ..I i- 20f 25 doNYSuteltk .... ?*?
50 da do. -.1*5 :?i do L I Bk. HI
3.*? ad.Ii I'' !. io II do Amerieaa Ex Bit... 6?
25 da do. 2M ; do .1.. B6f
I ' do . ' ? f ; 25 doMech ? Bk Ti
50 do do...... 20i do Bk-of Coat.
50 Jo !? . ?aexc wk 20 do do .b30ds ?1
25 uo .i ? .b 10 da SOj 70 do ViciubarjrBh. 61
50 do do.b30:ds 2uj 13 do Mohawk KK . .. 7ll
5a da do.i>!"i'., a.; n?j jo .7L
240 do do.. SSM de 1*. :e.,t.? RR. 55
175 r!o do.?10?-- 20 MO-t do.NJIIR_a *.v ii- J.'l
50 do N A Trust. lot Tai do . *. sii
100 da do.b.Tiids 10j;i0O ?>o .liSOda f2i
75 -Jo dt?. 10} Ton do I! -'?> .-? RR . 20i
50 do do .> .tu <is 10 ? 75 de ?lo.:evt:.k -i'.i,
50 do do. 101 list do .
.'.? i.> d-> ??? ??;. ! . i". do do. :S>1
100 d? d... _. :>'-. 25 i RR ??i
50 do do _ a.10.1. lOj -ej do Stonia;wn itR 31
5? do Deli Hud . l-rj- i". do ..... . 30;
25 d-. it.SOds 102 ? 25 .io do. 30i
?*4-c<?rid Itourti.
100 ,a?r-s >' A I: -i. 10 > -? - it ,?\ ?M
75 do do ..?ds 1 ? .- do 4fl. 5CJ
? do .1? .>3d- lu 100 do do. ?-*>
100 lo d< . 10ds I "?? do t. :n,', -j?
i aaussercinJ und 'i...- Tfstttens.
Frul?*. V. it.
Th.? .s'.e.?: th< R..\r.i t? Jaj~Tnrrr ..oi v:-u eateasive, and inni
.lr?-r,>tio-. fell ' sj Raak told at GO ?I he 5enoad Board?ade
<?! U ?*! i \>r: read; \ A Tr...t S tt eat j, Amrrican C< Bk I, Paiersoe
|, t%* -si-- .(?>?,-c Meva. ?er?
5 ? .v ? trans Dal bos-is .- C i
\JKQ *x A*..M mos 6"l
?
?? .VO lexers S.rrtit.t Rords. 60|
? ..\V ft* ,U..-flidays ?'t
T>.iK >i>,%? ? ;?tt ?iutkt rariatior. uO yesterday's,rate?.
V. its bs it-oued oxaiast rec'.i?iaa $3 bUU of the Merchants'
'.i,'.,i.r> rtai-'s iltervd lo $20?. They c:.r. lx- . Jrir-.trd 'vuui
.: ha tap ? sinele ?ru? of Mercury-in tin centre, die
fi i. -.: $.??. -i..!c ;h- genuine *20. has* a fm ire a*, i .< h end. The
base si-o a '.jck tutiuy apptura^c--.
At CiBcinaati, M?nr ?ai- act .(Kite ?o brisk, a?id the suppic.? *ere .
- Sales 2 or 300 Id-!, s; -375 a 3.7-'. S09bhU VVnis
ke> st 15 s 15j ct.-?drill. Th.- is the lowest price .' ?? - :hi I for
tea ? Shoulders 3-: Hams I -. \.+tl -,%.
At Croaoville, Tobacco Had decltaed slightly. Sates lit hi<d> ?t
S.45a7.10fer Not, 3.05 a 6.00 for fin 2.2.15 a ... 0 for No Eit
change, on New.Yerk S per cent. Oae. nf the Baaks xcassooally sells
-'. 7 ta cu.tonvr^
At Montreal, Atsericaa Ptoar ?-u* sellirig at 27.. Tl e supply vaa
snail.
Tht !st.?"a:u !. ourverciE! .a> ? ;iiai !>?.?? i.e.* tl.r '?).
has btr.n Hrir-H, ar.d that the amount <?( prodrte isceii d ? astoaitii
lariy l.i.-ec. Tbe whole number of arrivals St I .t- parlurr, :.t BuiTjIj
frorr. tlie We..', ?mce. tbo oie-o.r.); ?f na.isati .... is fi\* vessels l*ric
Cipat articles r<i<;^ivr>d rtunag tads period?r:...j>, \ 't.M'i tMs; P-,r?,
l?.VXIdo; Wh^at, 104,102 busbel?; Cora aad Oans, HJMS or* Bsrtttx
and Lard, t5.?Ct> ke?.; Haies ar,d Bar.>s: 2,451 - 5uves,464J)00!
Hidf. 3,117. The Coi?nyr:i.il s.ie1.?" THe rlou.- liarkss has I j,.
anothsr :Up up this week. ir. enasc juervee of s 1'Ciaud no* fl tisticr
alooj the line of the cscaL Four dodsn have b??a freeiy o^>r^d. la
Whsat we Unit tf ao ipers?an?, Cirn \? >-?t in deaasad, ia-J 'Js*
