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FUBK PRESS.. *
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rtsxwi._
f>AII nolle— miCiwi iniontrt, Trusts—.
AdwHMlralon, or Eueotor*. must either be
I "id for »f tbr tin— of ndrerti-ing, or itamo
ditehr aHoriftie.
|> for nil chancery publications, tha At
•or—y far tbo plainliff in each case will bn
held rcaponsihla.
CLOUKlt, Ur .Vurdrrvr 0/ Mrt. /#—,Wi#w.
The following it the Sr—c—r if lKnib »» pro
noMot—l an (Jlaugh by tbr Chief Junior of \«*
JtlWJ.
Joel Clough—efter as full, fair and
deliberate a trials* I have ever witness
eil in the experience of thirty years
practice at the her—yow have been
convicted of the meitier of Mrs. Marv
W. Hsmillon.—In the histery el this
trial ven have had the benefit of able
and distinguished counsel, and if you
had been their brother insteed of their
client»the tender ties of such a connec*
tion could not have added to the on
tiring zeal, the Jahorioue and honorable
efforts, the exertion of professional ta
lents, iho thrilling and soul-subduing
eloquence with which you have been
defended. The jury wao literally of
ynnr own selection, you were not cap
t Kras and troublesome in makingthat as
iM-iinn KuT vnn'iliil >I Milk kpm.Immmmmm.I
iliscreliaa, and not a juror was elected
tut in accordance witn jour own feel
ing*. The counsel for the State coo
ducted the cause with benignity and
mercy—but with thosa talents for
which they are distinguished, and that
firmness for which as men of virtue
and of honor they dare not relax.—
Your triers, the jurors, have, in the
most patient manner, submitted to al
most unexampled privations and con
finement for the period of nearly eight
days, until some one of them at least
almost sunk under the pressure of his
confinement and his feelings, and by
their fixq^, solemn and patient atten
tion to every word and suggestion,
must have given you the assurance that
they desired n«t your blood, bet most
ardently and ferventlv desired to find
you innocent, if that innocence could
be found even in the negative virtue of
a ruined and distracted mind; and as
to the Court, it may not become mo to
speak—but I think in view of that bar,
before which you must shortly appear,
1 can say for my brethren and myself,
that we have endeavored to to regulate
and control the trial, as to secure to
you all the advantages that the fair and
impartial administration of justice can
extend to the accused. .
The final and fatal result has been
recorded, and that record speaks while
mind and memory and judicial records
last, and will continue to apeak you
citm.Tr, ol'ilty, ouiLTT—of the mur
der of Mary W. Hamilton, in manner
and form aa you stood charged by the
Grand Jury of the Coonty.
And who was Mary w. Hamilton r
Was sha your enemy r Had she done
%ou wrong? Was it her crime that
DCnoty had spread her charms and
smiled forth in all the loveliness of
virtue, in every feature ef her count*
nance, in Mis delicacy sad elegance of
her form, in the chaste and winning
manneea ef her life ? And was it be
cans* you could not maka anch a prize
yoar own. that you resolved in the
madness of your heart, that the should
never live tu bless another man and
maka him happy—aa aha had mad# the
former and lamented husband of her
first and earliest love? But I press
thu inquiry no further. You say you
loved her—and yet mysterious love—
you mined the unsuspecting moment el
her kind attentions, when sickness,
feigned or real, wa fear the former,
drew her, at year own request, with
kind attentions to your chamber tu ad
minister to your comfort—you seized
thst moment to plant tho fatal dagger
in her bosom-nernetrated the horrid
deed. Sim lived to say—“ O! mother,
mother, 1 screamed, and screamed, —
you did not come, and Clough has kill
ed me because I would not marry him.
1 could not, mother—i could not, you
know —| must die, I mast die.”
But I forbear—I desire not to ex
tract the dagger from her bosom and
plant it in yoor own. I know your
Worn! will wet atone for hers—But I
have said this much, that you may see
and feej we have a just abhorrence ol
your crime, and to banish from yoor
bosom all hope of a favorable interfer
ence by the Court, with that depart
ment of the government in which it
lodged the pardoning power. Banish,
then, we entreat you, from yoursamd,
every hope and espectatien—pat out al
•nee the faintest ray of hepo that may
penetrate into the darkest recesses ol
your cell, and prepare to meet veai
f*od! The Wewdyoe shed was erecioei
blood, but infinitely, infinitely mors
precious is that Mood which was ahesl
•a Calvary i and an that, aad that a
kune, wa commend 7me fta leek for par
4ss aad eternal life. *
I* remains only for ss to srsnssnr<
the sentence af the Law—ami it 11
considered and adjudged that you Im
Ul<rL!!*,,C# ** pri—n of thia ceun
ty, from whence you came, and then
”* •** clone aad secure ceatody
•atd Friday, tha 8f>th da? of inly
V'**’ ***»•«« tha hours mi eleven n^
cluck m the morning, and three o’clock
in the ifUrmui, you uken |c Um
place of public execution, and then
be hanged by the eech until you an
dead, aod may the Almighty Cud ban
mercy on yuur seal! *
MRK. HAMILTON.
A writer ia iMNumb Daily Advertiser,
Riving a dearripOww of the tevltmoey develop
ed In the trial of dough, the' eaurderer of
Mn. Hamilton, eleaee with tba aMccting
statement:
| “The description of her (Mr*.
Hamilton's) delicats person—her ami
able character—her piercing shrieks,
and her death-struggles, while he bald
ami pushed still deeper and deeper,
(he murderous dirk into her bosom, was
truly affecting. Bui when the trunk
was opened and ths btootf-stained dirk,
ths broken breast-pin, her bloody gar
ment*, and especially her earsets/pierc
ed with teo holes through that part of
it which covered her left brrast, and
stiffened sod red with the cold blood
of her that had worn it, aa if if had
been literally dyed in blood, it accru
ed too much fur every one but the pri
soncr. He looked upon the Woody cre
dential, with a steady, gloomy gaze,
discovering in his countenance, how
ever, no internal emotion, nor in the
least changing his position, which he
uniformly occupies, reclining on hi*
•I bow, and resting his heaa on ths
nalm of ki. Land- nn whirh ha aMril
black glove. But the effect of this ex
l.ibition, followed up hv the physiciae*s
glesoiiplien of bar broken ribs, and al
most riddled heart and lungs, produced
a gust of feeling and emotion in the
crowded audience, that ceold not be
suppressed. Every eye was suffused
with tears s-mnd for a few momenta
the investigation was suspended.**
mom
rOLOl RK|> CONVENTION'.
I The Convention of coloured parsons,
assembled for ths purpose of devising
means to elsvsts the character and
promote the prosperity of the African
race in this country, are still in session
at ‘Philadelphia. Ths President, as
we learn, conducts the proceedings
with great gravity and decorum, and
discovert by ths precision with which
his decisions are made,ns little prompt
itude and aeuteneas. He has studied
well the philosophy of rules and amriert,
in regulating the proceedings of a de
liberative assembly.
Some of the speeches that art being
'delivered, art said to ba good, and |
jeven eloquent—whilst others partake
I somewhat of the ludicrons. >Ve re
gret to learn that a representative from
oar sister city Albany was pat down,
a few days since, by one of the repre
sentatives from Virginia,in a somewhat
unceremonious manner. The Albanian
in a stentorian speech announced him
self with great emphasis as follows:—
“ Sir, ! am a representative from the
Empire State,** kc. The pride of the
Ancient Dominion took fire, and as
soon as opportunity was offered him to
take the flobr, he repelled the lofty
airs of the New Yorker as follows:—
“Mr. President—Ths Honorable Gen
tleman who spoke last, boasts that he
is a representative from the Empire
State. But, Sir, that Honorable Gen
tleman should remember that in the
Empire 8tatehe cannot ait down at ta
bic. nor ride in a stage coach with a
white man—whereas in Virginia we can
do both.**
The lofty hearing af our doughty
Albanian withered under the rebuke,
and ha hung down his bond in silence.
£iV. T. Cons. jidv.
FROM LIBERIA.
The arrival of the schooner Edgar,
from the coeat of Africa, has enabled
at, thro* the kindness of a friend, ta
famish intelligenee from Liberia to the
Mth of April. Within two months
previous to the publication of the Libe
| ria Herald of that date, there had been
.entries into the port of Monrovia, of
|twanty-fiva vessels—of which one was
a ship, eight were brigs, fifteen schoon
ers, and one a sloop. They were from
■ Boston, Salem, New York, and Nor
, folk, in tha United States—Liverpool
, m England—St. Thomas, in the West
Indies ; Prance, Cape de Verda, Grand
*od the leeward and Wind
ward Coaeto. Theee are testimonials,
; which it weald be difficult te contro
vert, of the prosperity of the colony.—
j It indicates a greater extent of com
mercial bo tines* than the city of New
j York coeld boast of in nearly and per
hape more than half a centery after its
settlement.
In adverting te the erection of two
or three wnrehenses on Water-afreet,
to Monrovia, tha Herald save—“The
pee Vise of property in this part of
tha town weeld astonish many across
tbs Atlantic.”
An anneal meetiag of the Baptist
Missionary Society was held ou the
t of April—a collection taken op—
end moaeerea adopted to engage, forth
with, n seitable person te teach and
peeach among the sorroending natives.
A sermon was preached on the occa
sion by the Rev. Mr. Waring.
Much gratitude and sensibility were
manifested on receiving intelligence
that Frederick Sheldon. Ksq. of this
. tity, had placed the asm of &2000 at
I'r* #f ,K* Bo•r,, •* Managers
> J* *?• tnlnnhcaflnn Society, towards
,iferming a fend for the aopport of ■
,j High School in that colony. ‘Mr.
.{Sheldon's donation,* stye the Herald.
11 • Oob,« f*«>«d*tioe on which to be.Id.
and long may he live to witness • 7ht
ShHdtm f/igh. AVAeof of lAhrrW in
fell operation.*— /b.
i A eoechman in F.ef land wee lately kits
•i*f his fneonte horse, wboo Ibo emrusl
wishing to return hi* fotxjoess tenfold, bit
•ff his oo«s aoif swsAowod it—kissing goes
by favor.
0m enernt Intelligence,
IVmn MW .NWmaf hUtUIgtnetr, Amm 11.
AFRICAN COLONIZATION.
It will be gratify ing to many of our reader*
to learn that application* for passage to the
African Coltfflf continue to flow in to the
Board of lflaiiag irs, both from free persons
of color, and on behalf of slaves, qnlfb as fast
a* the Board can find mran* to cofepiy with
them. Notwithstanding the large number of
emigrants sent oat by tha Manager* during
; the la»t season, tha following additional ap
CMentions for passage to the colony are now
rfore the Board, a large portion of them for
j alavea, whom their owners propone to liber
late, if the Society will incur the expense of
| conveying them to Liberia, via :
j From Georgia—liberty county, . 13
Aiiiuinth, • • W
From Virginia—lhwk«*r»h«»rg, - A
Springth Id, - 7
HteiiMnn, - . IO
'Moorfichl, - 7
WsTtuinMiT, - 5
Lynchburg, • t
From Tcnnessc—III. uni *»ilJr, - 19
Kroro t '.anrriiriH—lilrlifii-bt, - J
From Maswtit, tt*—Njinnufi, |.l, • 3
Ih khiTtos n, • I
Fmm Oliio— F.ikton, ... 1
Philmb l|4.ia, .... |
Washington City, .... 3
We wish the Board had the ahdity to fur*
i ni»h immediate passage to all of these appli
rants, because the influence of example is
srreat. and every emigrant thst mn
I other* to follow. But we are mhtj to learn
that the ability of the Society does not keep
pace with the number of applications, or its
I own anxious desire to meet them. The hea
vy expenditures consequent on the large ex
peditions of the last season, have not only ex
I hausted the funds of the Society, but involv
[ ed it in a debt of »erjr serious magnitude,
which it is now struggling to discharge. As
soon as this object is effected, and its treasu
ry replenished, it* operations will be resumed
with renewed vigor. Thev farts appeal for
cibly to the friends of the cause throughout
the country, and should induce a general ef
fort to supply the means of carrying on the
good work.
Rieusan Smith. Esq. to whom the Ameri
can Colonization Society has been indebted,
; during the last thirteen years, for his oble,
faithful, and gratuitous terriers as it* Trea
surer, haa resigned that office. The Rev.
Jamks Unit, D. D. has bees appointed
Treasurer till the stated meeting of the Board,
to be held on the first Monday of July next,
when a Treasurer will be elected for ike rr’
sidue of Mr. Smith's term.
[,1/ricon Repository.
—
Prom the National Intelligencer, June 10.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COM
PANV.
At an adjourned General Meeting of the
Stockholders of this Compeny, lie Id on Satur
day, at which were represented the United
State*, the State 0f Maryland, the State of
Virginia, the Corporations of Washington,'
Alexandria and Georgetown, and a majority
of the individual Stockholders, the following
resolution, proposed by Mr. McCciloh, on
behalf of the State of Marx land, waa adopt
ed :
Nrtobrrtl, That the thanks of the Stockholders
of ihf CWetapeoke sod Ohio CmiK Company, are,
in the opinion of this meeting, doe te Ciuklia
Kkutou Maacta, for the seal, abilitv, care, aad
fidelity, wkieti he haa diipUyed io diaeharrior the
duties ef the office ef President of this Compa
ny , and that, in consideration of the attention be
stowed and expense* interred by him, whilst ren
dering many services to thia Corporation that did
net pertain to that office, the Presided and DL
rtctsrs W, and they are hereby authorised and
directed to pay to him the sum of Five Thou mod
Dollare, in addition to his pay as President.”
ThU resolution received an unanimous rote,
except the Corporation of Georgetown, who
preferred a different sum for the extra allow
ance, bat concurred in the spirit of the reso
lution.
A motion waa thea made from the same
quarter, to rake the salary of the President
of the Company, to begin at thk date, from
two to three thousand dollars; and also to es
tablish the oAce of Superintendent General,
or Engineer in Chief, to the Canal. These
propositions were, after considerable debate,
postponed to August next, to which time the
General Meeting was then adjourned.
So fer a* concerns Get Mkbckb, iarsnnal
Ij, the proceeding* of the Canal Company,
on Saturday, are highly satisfactory, aad can
not but be very gratifying to him and hi*
friends. It k acknowledged, unanimously,
, bJ ,bo*« who deposed him from office, that
tth**r tl'enka are due to him for the zeal,
ability, care, and fidelity, which he haa dis
played in discharging the duties of President
of the Company. In addition to which, bis
disinterestedness, in refusing heretofore to re
ceive indemnity for extra ententes, ard extra
official service*, is acknowledged in the hand
somest manner. The sum voted to him is not
more than due for those arduous exertions of
his which we have all been sensible of, in ju
dicial and financial matters—at the bar in the
higher Court* of Maryland, and before juries
all along the line of the Canal, kc., for which
he would never, whilst President of the Com
pany, ronseot to receive a farthing of com
pensation.
An extract of a letter from Washington,
H in the New York Journal of Com
merce, states that the contemplated granite
bridge across the Potomac, of 43 arches, had
been let by contract to a company from Penn
sylvania, lor $|,400,fg)O. The writer add*—
Thrre were 1 . offers, which ranged from
that sum to #7,300,000— and I am of opinion,
that the highest ie too low. In some places
the water is 43 feet deep."
Tli* public will be glad to perceive, by an
advertisement which we insert Wrdav, in*rt>
! ing proposals for the erection of a Bridge over
the Patapsco. that the Rail Road Company
i are making arrangement* for an early com
mencement of IIa«<ii between fieRi
• ,r*d ir—k*mg*n — [ ffsJf. psper.
.further karat—We leara from
“** Nashville Banner, that the steamboat #W
, nter was destroyed by fire, on the il*tk m*t.,
| while on her way up from Cumberland, a few
mile* below Clarksville The flame* are
, said to have been romaaunirated from the
, cooking stove, and were not discovered until
11°° late to check their progress The greet
er pert of the cargo, consisting of salt, was
roos<ia»e<l, but no live* lost.
A matt shacking murder was committed
at (*r«a«villot a village situated at the di*
tanea of about a mile from Norwich. Coo
aactiewl an the evening of I be Btb last It
was dan* by om Dav.d Rharmen. open
the bodies of hie wift mmd ekiId. in cold
I* , waaaa axe, with which
l*e deliberately eat thou heeds epea.
Tbs vefr Waled bovse L Kt.rfr. lb*
M u III I „ , s^sr.wvpsymj
, ’ " " J«w»».*oo, wI \ r/i»„ a ^,.1.
} dridv o*. the *th •
k
TIIK RECEPTION OP TIIE PRESIDENT. I
raw m>, j«*B 13.
The arrangement* made by the civil ami,
military authorities to receive tbe NnWini tf
tkt United States, wrre fully carried into effect'
Csterday, and ia a manner that could not but;
gratifying to bis feelings. At 9 o'clock tbe
•team-boat North America, Captain R. U.
Cruttendea, left tbe city for Perth Amboy,
having on board the members of the Common
Council, the Vice President of the United
States, the Ward and Military Committees,
Revolutionary Soldiers, Delegations from (
Rhode-Island, Connecticut, kc.. United States
and Stale Sr oators, and Members of Congress
and Assembly, Foreign Ministers and Con
suls, officers of the Army and Navy, ami in- <
vited guests—making altogether a company •
of about five hundred. The boat reached {
Perth Amboy about 11 o’clock, and at I o'
clock precisely the steamboat New Vork, be-1,
looting to the People's Liue, hove in sight)
with the President and suite on board. After ,
passing the North America, three cheers were
given, which was answered Dorn the New j
York, tbe President himself standing unco
vrred, in a conspicuous situation on the upper |
deck, and bowing to the thousands on board
the steamboats and on shore. On landing at {
Amboy, where be was met by a committee of
tbe citizens of that plare.be walked through’
tbe main strret, accompanied by a civil and ■
military escort, and in half an hour repaired
•>n board the North America, in company w ith !
the delegation from the New York Common
' ths un« body, the dr legate* from Philadel-,
phis. New Brunswick, and Amboy. After1,
i reaching ths quarter deck of the North A«uc- j
rira, he was received by Aldennan Cebra, the
President of the Board of Aldermen, and
t 'hairman of the committee by whom he wa* 1
introduced to the member* of ilia Corporation,
lie tlien walked through a double line of the
civil and military authorities, foreign consult, 1
btc. to whom ho was personally introduced,
and shook hands with each. Shortly after i
leaving Amboy, the company wa* in', ited te-1
low to a sumptuous dinner, which was pre
pared in the best *ty le by that »ill-known i a-t
tirer Mr. U Wliaui Niblo. With respect to*
♦hi* p»rt of the proceeding* of the day, it i* i
impossible to give any description which can
convey an adequate idea •>! the reality_
There were two rows of tables, extending al
most two hundred feet, and rapabls of ac
commodating nearly five hundred person*_
The roup d'seti was very beautiful, and ex. i
ted the admiration of all on board.
On passing the narrows, salute* were fired
from I'ort* Hamilton and I^ifayette, which
was the signal for the company to leave Ihe
table. The General took hi* station on the
upper quarter deck, where he appeared to be
highly delighted with the beautiful appear
ance of the bay, harbor, and fortification*_
After lying to a few minutea opposite these
fort*, the boat crossed over to the Staten
Island shore, and passed through the shipping
at the quarantine, all of which w ere decora- i
ted with flag*. Here again a salute wa* fired '
from a Spanish veasel, and another at Tomp-!
kinavillc, under the direction of Col. Gridin
Tompkins. Immediately after leaving Staten
Island, the boat passed the Revenue Cutter
‘^*^1 * *pG Howard, which commenced fir
ing a salute, but we regret to say that a seri
ous aeeident occurred to interrupt its contin
uance. One of the crew who was engaged
in ramming down a gun, lost both his hands
and his eyes. The disaster was witnessed by
many on board the steamboat, and Doctor
Wastervelt, the Health Officer, and Doctor
\tn Znndt, on being made acquainted with
the fact, immediately repaired on board the
cutter, and aiorded such relief at the neture
of the case would admit. The poor fellow
was taken to ths Hospital, whers he wUl have
to undergo amputation. The sympathy was
•o great on board the boat, that three gentle
men, Washington Irving, Esq., James Bucha
“B» i British Consul, and Myndert
>an Schaick, Eaq. undertook to make a col
lection for the unfortunate individual, which
resulted, in a few minutes, in the obtaining of
/**r henfoed defiers—one gentleman
having givan fiftv.
Altar the small boat returned from the eut
Ur* the iteamer again proceeded on her pas
wga to the city, and landed the Presideaton
tha west side of Castle Garden. On leaving
tba boat, a salute of 33 guns waa fired by the
Netherlands ship Asia, C«Pt. Booth, lying at
•nehoc in the North River, which also display
ed tba American ensign at her misen.
On entering Cnetle Garden the President
waa escorted to tha Saloon, where he was re
ceived by the Hoa. Gideon Lea, Mayor of the
cite, who delivered a neat and appropriate
addreae, to which the President made a suita
ble reply. He was then escorted u> the Bat
tery, m here the military were drawn up to re
ceive him ; but on ha way thither, a most ap
palling accident occurred, which neai ly prov-*
ed fatal to many. I iu mediate I v after ihe Pre-1
sident and a very small nortioti of H,nH I
reached the Battery, one of the ticket offices
situated at the head of the bridge, the top of
which was covered with peeple, gave way,
and its fall carried with it atx»ut twenty feet
of the bridge, precipitating nearly one hun
dred persons into the water. Among them
were Secretary Cass, Secretary of War. (iol
ternor Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy
Col. F.arl, and Major Donaldson, private Se i
cretary to the President, all of about received ■
slight injuries. Several other persons, whose
names we could not ascertain, received more 1
venous wounds, but we did not ham that any
: person was killed, although it waa reported
: that two lives were lost.
| In concluding our account of the reception
1 w# oo|y remark,
that the day was remarkably pleaaaot, with a 1
gent e breeze from the westward, and the
w hole proceedings were conducted in * mari.
ner highly creditable to the managers
I In addition to the steamboat North kmrrira '
j there were the Ohm, Hercules, and Rufus
I ^,nf» whirh icfotnpftriltij tlir former to Am
boy crowded with passengers, and relumed
with her, and all were beautifully decorated
with Hags Oa approaching the city, numr
r.«us steam and sail boats were plying about
the river, which, with the crowd* of men and
women in the ( astic and Battery, and on tbs
house tops in the neighborhood, gave lo the '
whole Scene » brillianey of effect that we
have never before witnessed.
We have learnt, since writing the above,,
j that Mr. M Lane has keen in com pan > with *
the President since he left the Capital, but
that Mr. W oodbury joined him yesterday at
Amboy, direct from Washington.
[AVw-keel Ctseffi
The New Vork Aiwerican states, that the
President pwwl a rM of friendship and re
spect to Mrs t i WTos, Die widow of Dm lale
iMiveraor t.lmiow. Kpeakmg of the meaner
of Dio President's reception, the editor sty* . 1
|*‘lpon Die whole, there waa less adulation
aahihiud here than in Philadelphia towards
the President, Ihoogh ton much i* avimed ^
everj where Th« whole matter and man
ner of rreening ami shewing Die Present
I here, and we bclwve it was so in PUiade)
: »►“». of a party origin and manage,
meat. I he me»s of eili/ewa, the oiergy, lie
learned professions, aa<l Die great midu r
rlas*. cwuid »^»t epj roat 1. him a', ail,**
*
MR. K%MMU.rfl or R.
W* uinknUiMl that the will of Mr. R. vh
iol prtwaM for probat at tha lut Charlotte
Court. At Judge Tucker was not present,
Vr. H m. Leigh dee Iteed opening too will,
which vat left in kk possession by Mr. K.
kr/err ke wont to Russia. A* the papers hove
not set been ransacked, it ie impossible to toy
whether be boa left a later one behind him.
A schedule has been taken of bis slaves and
horses by bis steward, since ke death—from
which it appears, that be waa in possession of
318 slaves and 1*0 horses of which, about
lift) are blood homes.
Mr. B. W. Leigh denies the report that Mr
R. requested of him to writs bis life—but the
public have looked to bun, or to Judge llenry
St. Heorge Tucker, for a collection of the
speeches, and extracts from the correspon
dence—along with a biographical sketch of
Uiie distinguished man. Hi are aware tl.at
many of his valuable papers, and among them
probably his “ Cwogreasiona,'’ were burnt *
long with his house at tiizarrr.in 1*10 or U.
l*it then there are parts of his correspon
dence, yet extant, which, if it were culled
with taste and discretion, might form a bril
liant addition to American \nnals and English
Literature. [Rirkwond KnquUtr.
H'n'K Hir.elr (/ (a.— In noticing the siot of
niack Hawk and his companion to tlic Navy \ ard,
the Norfolk Herald observt a:
4* 3 hry did not ap|iear to Wn particiitsil»«fru(k
aith any dung they vaa, until they were carried
on Sfftnl (he? Ilrliwirr ? L •!>< **. ik«» ___ a
their astonishment and ih-light tv llirir gestures
ami rsrlamalions, and Hlsck Hawk Himself, even
mure aft rted at the wonders of the nwl>le »},■].
thaw bis more youthful sumiaoioss, s»ke«l tn be
shewn to the man wholunl iuk!s this *• great ti
n'le,” that he might take him bv the hand • It,
teasing the bow of the lb la ware in a Urge, oo
their way bask, the ligurr-hrad, which i* In* re
plantation of a colossal Indisn warrior, attracted
their attention, and elicited tr.„n them the n.r..|
estravagaat tuanifi stations of surprise and n|,t.
sure." ■
BLACK IIAWK.
, . ast-Ttwosr, jvkk 7.
rhe celebrated Indian Chief Hi^k Ihnrk.
m<l the othrr Indians belonging to his parts,
panic passengers yesterday in tbe steam boat
Columbus, trom Norfolk. * There was a »rr>
large assemblage of spectator* upon the wharf
in expcctatHMi of their arrnal. The motions
of the i oitimiMis, on approaching the wharf
created some surprise, as she stood off and oii
without landing, and there were evident
symptoms that some utimmmon occurrence
had taken place on board. On inquiry, it was
found that a robbery had been committed,
and the passengers had requested that thev
might not be landed until a thorough search
had been made for the thief and the pmpcrtv
A gentleman of Alexandria, whose name si
understand is M h.te, had lo*t a pocket book
containing $360 m notes. The agent of the
steamboat, and several police oflieera, were
on hoard, and arrested several persons upon
whom suspicion had fallen. They were ta
ken before a justice Car examination. While
they were under examination, the pocket
book and contents were found ia the chain
cable box, where the thief had thrown them
to escape detection. It was fully identified
by Mr. t\ hue and paid over to him. TLe per
sons under arrest were diecharged.
that the Indians, on being inform
ed of the affair, insisted on being searched
with the rest of the passengers. They are
under the charge of Major Garland, and
lodge st tbe Fountain Inn, Light street.
_ (Gasrtte.
__Foreign,
ENGLAND. “
The important debate on the subject of the
repeal of tbo House and Window Tax, and
on the result of which depended the continu
ance in office of tbe present British Ministry,
enme on in tbe House of Commons on the
30th April. The Minister, obtained a l.r£
majority, and in consequence retain their
seats. The effect of this vote is to rescind
that given on a previous day in favor of the
repeal of an obnoxious Ux". Ito repeal, there
fore wes again moved on a following day, and
on this oeaaaioB. ministers were onoe more
strongly supported in their opposition to it,
and were victorious.
There is thus no immediate probability of
a change in tbe Councils of tbe British King,
though their unpopularity is Tery apparent
Sir John Cam tlobhouse, the Chief Secretary
for Ireland, had resigned his office in conse
quence of an unwillingness to voto for the
continuance of the Ux above alluded to. lie
had also resigned bis seal in the House of
Commons, where he represented Westmin
ster, and had taken the sense of his constitu
ent* on his conduct, by appealing to them at
a new election.
3 he plan of the British Government for the
emancipation or the slave* in the VVe*t In
dies has been communicated to the public_
It had caused the greatest excitement m |.on
«1on. It would probably he brought before
tli« tlouie of Coiudichi* on the 14th Hoy.—
Sugars and coffee, it is stated in an accent
from tha city dated at l‘J o'clock of the 11th.
had advanc' d, in consequence, and a decline
in the money market had taken place
The accounts from Oporto are more fa
vorable to tha causa of Don Pedro. Kern
foreeincnts are flocking to him in considera
ble numbers, and it is »atd that desertion*
from l)ou Miguel's troops are becoming every
day more frequent. Tha cholera prevails to
a considerable extent in Lisbon.
n.e Itussiana continue to maintain thnr po
sition in the vicinity of Constantinople.
IRf.l. AND.
Dt atm, May 8.—The indictment aga«*:st
the proprietor of the newspaper, fur
publishing Mr ti’t onnell s first letUr to the
Irish people, v barges him with bringing the
set of legislative Union and the Irish Dis
turbance Hill into disrepute. This is a novel
accusation, and involves an extremely im
portant point as regards Ike agitation of the
question of repeal Mr Rarrett is to be tried
in the sitting* after the present term, if the
crown can sue reed in bringing forward the
trml so soon ; and | have heard that He intends
♦o mam amongst the counsel for the defence,
Mr Midland \|r pigott.
The question at issue is a vary interesting
one. and excites niurh(eperuiatiuii as to tbs
result. The third letter of Mr. O Tonne 11
appears in .the ffv# Sun which arrived this
day. I have heard that few of the Dublin
journal* will give k publicity, lest, on ae
eount of the prosecuturn already instituted,
ttiey ilesiM expose themselves to the artillery
of the Attorney l.ei.rrsl Far the same rea
son the Messrs. Johnstone, new* agents m
•bis city, have abstained from vrudihg the
True Hun this day.
.Hurt , frrrs/t in kdt'asy a-Twrnlj^gU
in#n who were regaling Uvrmselves mi a nub
ile house n«.ar llravge. after their ratwm frum
a funeral on H Fn.Jay avemng, wsra arrested
and conveyed to a neighbor mg police bar res k
Light of them acre vubseqoaotiy liberated,
but the remaining twenty were detained d<*»
rrag the mght. and tna MSI d»y transmitted
A** ibf • VMIklf J»fl
A mi-ImI a bile on the guard •» run
inm kuuw MMltiJ, betwctn **r* *...
| o’clock on Svttirdaj momir r. w », iCf
by n daccntly attired man. who. after rr
ing what tha boor was. pull.- !
which he fimi lt the scntim 1, *>.) ti • <*.
camped. The ball entrnd the baud
Caeaed oat at the elbow. The guard .
y the report, immediately n-p* rt,| t t
spot. but no trace of ttie a»s*s. ,,i ro j.:
discovered.
TV Indurate— The HTV/r f'K Ur , p
last epidemic has nearly di*np;.e.>*-»t
metropolis, perhaps m con- <pience ot .
' vast change that has talu-n j.U. c i;i <•
a rather during the last week. Ti t- !.*• it *
7tl drgrees in the shade last Saturday, h : * „
since decreased. The diseae.- rages, however
in the Nor'.h of I'.ngland, and ha* apj • 4 •
I’uhlin ; the vulgar call it th« 11 \\ hiU 1
ra, ’ and suppns* it the forerunner <.
blue disease. Notwithstanding the *ai.
of the weather, the disease of the thf
wind pipe, soil lungs arc *lili prevalent.
, l.'HuI >n .til (hi 1X1 mtd -\l r J,' Jj ,
I.OSWV, May It—The metropolis ha
been in a state of unprecedented i omiuot
; for the Isst twenty-four hours, in cov.seque
• of a meeting in Spalicld*. which ended
violent conflict with the authorities, in w u
bhmd has hern shed. Dur.iig the i .1 ■
peaceable inhabitant* were in a stat. i t •'
greatest alarm, apprehensive of the r* * n.
mcot of the dreadful scenes « l' 1-17 1: .-.
this evil is, perLaps, not withi ut some n.
rfrr.arnt to their true position . and it i« «
retilly reported at Itir west enj ..f U*c l
that they hare at length roii-es ted to
some strong measure with t!ir view *f ;>t*tt •
down tl»r«e peftrirnt a«*orul.or>«, which .
now adinigrj h> the (>eareahl<* :ind lojai
all parlies to bu vvhoi'y incompatible with tl.c
public peace.
There are no foreign arrivals to-day, ex
cept tbe esprr** from Paris, wtih h eootau.,
tho official tnnnism rnirnt of the Mcouch*
mi nt of the ltnche«« de Herri. She is tl«
wife of Count l.m hessi Pa!Ii. an olfrer in
the boost hold of the Kin- of the Two Sieilir
In tbe city, the alisorbing tuple of intere-'
is the West India p'an announced by Govern
ment. It ts universally denounced by men ot
business as utterly imprarticable. It has al
ready been the source of inurh misehief i r
ders in Kami for the West Indies have bci i
in many instances countermanded, and m.
India Bills coming to maturity. K is at.iioun< .
cd will be gvuerally dishonored.
IPomtBiir.
CHOLERA.
% The Wheeling Timet, of Wodoetdor.
elves th« daily report* of tbo Boar# of
Health, for tbe preceding seven daye—
l‘b« deaths by cholera during this period
aroouetrd to 27. Within tbe laal few da> »
tbe diseaao had deelioed in malignancy,
and became much more manageable —
i Tbe new case* contained numerous ; but
I few,however, terminated fatally. On Mon
day there were 11 new eaaea. of which or.n
bad terminated fatally; two remained
doubtful and 7 were convalescent. On
Tuesday, of 11 new enses, there wna but I
denth; ten of tbe number being represent
ed convalescent
JBridftfpwt, O&to.—Tbe-disease badbro
ken out with great malignancy, in tkn
eillaga of Bridgeport on tbo oppoaile bank
of tha river. Tha inhabitants had been
^seized with n sudden pnn*c and fled —
Thor* were not enough loft to minister
to tho siek and dying, or to bury tbe dead
Soma humane individuals from Wheeling
crossed over, and performed the duties
whirh bad been neglected by tha flying
inhabitant*. Tbe disease broke ent there
•n Saturday, sad oa Sunday evening the
visiter* from Wheeling found 14 deed,
none of which bed been buried. Mea
i sure* ware taken et Wheeling to afford all
necessary assistants; and tbe Tunes of
Wednesday stataatbat there were then hut
0 case* renaaieieg at Bridgeport, all likely
to do<woU. The death* op to that period
bed amounted to tf.
Le-ring-row, (A'y)—From tbe Observer
of Saturday last, we leero that the dis
case had eemmitted great rev ages in I.ez
) in**on during that wrek From Monday.
»o Saturday, inclusive, there bad been 61
; deaths. Tli* disease wet et ifa height a
bout the middle of tbe week: On Wed
i nerday the deaths were l.t, end on Thors
, day 13. It began tu decline, or at least
.become more manageable. The deaths
' *n ffriday were 5, and G on Saturday.—
, ■ «« » number ot curt *mce the com -
menermriit of the di««»aa it Mated at a
hout 150. Thu* it wcnld appear that
about one third of the number terminated
fatally. I he Globe of thia morning men
tion* the receipt of letter* from Lexington
nlneh atate that the di*ea*e «>i abating.
Fidiitwr, at the l*tt account*. eontin
ued healthy I here hail l;rrti no caie of
cholera originating there.
( inuimiili —1 he Gazette of June m,
—The caae* of thole ra, in our niy f
are few and of a rjurationn! le character
I Halt Pat. June 15
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In tain fre Air, Ae rirtlo.g ■-»«.,« r.
And l.hanorng earth, and !,..«* Mir att—t—.
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And vaatMg taaaa .*.#). >11 hrr gnrg.4a.aa.
’ Now. front tt*rv erattrl• a l.rrr t.o.| rlinul p.-igtta,
Ik i.d l» mi aw.| »..d it-ark I ha M-aaa-r.lt Mp*m*v ’
" ha* Win »« (Mar, iimwirtd aprrrt, «e,
" h»l *in<t*iu'.t, * hat year* of iott repot I
In that dark ah. tt Mr-r* .Awttoa fell,
\nrl life rrttgi. d »hr lorn. it lot’ll aO till
VV ho |«M A. a- furtitu.tr th> dv«-k Ut War
\.al an lop'd lha ttrtnr M hit m-rta a log l«» -
\..d n.a) the darbnrat <4 that ^
j ’hr fb-ein* of * Imr rhtlra^
I ..a Am .1. »T OMnr. W .u, th, tW, bar.
\Haer*|y 1-th.rfaU n ,u»„ rr« i,, ,.
»hi <pnM nnmm’4 be »b mwdng bl—I,
Aril ITi O' H o, ,4
1 nu ml!?*T V*—"' waf,
‘jfc *V> *"»* *■"•« •im. da.n anlnoM. .
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N'al MH1 in glort on the lomtatafy ,A.m
Orfim hr t.ir bmrrd a bit- ftfr at^afl
Tby It.id aril ,kj ,-r f-.rr-i, bTlladli pc.
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