Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 8, Number 47, 1 December 1838 — Page 2

From th Madiaoniaii.

THE: JNtiW XUKtV UMAli.AllJ. liltTREASURY DEPARTMENT. The like of tho lato defalcation in New Yo.k baa never occurred since the formation of our Government. We have a:en heavy losses to the reveuue from failures of merchants; an J also, by failures of bank; but, we have never before ha J a defalcation of one of the officers of the Federal Government of liko magnitude, which probably exceeds double the sum ever lost by any merchant, and goes beyoud the sum 1 t by nil the Btnks put together. Tho attempt i alrotdy ma le by the ofii:i il organ of tho Administration to implicate the '.Merchant" and the -'Federalists;" and even goes w) far as to suggest, that had Btnks never ben employed as depositories of the public money, such "abominable speculation" could never have occurred. The objoct is plain. It id to divert and draw off the public mind from those who, through delinquency of their official duty, have been the principal causes of tho defalcation. Who that has the least knowledge of tho manner in which the public business at tho Custom Houses is conducted, and the laws and regulations provided to govern the business between them and the Treasury Department, but must be sure, that there has been neglect upon neglect of the most reprehensiblo character, that has permitted transactions of the kind that have nccompanied this defalcation to go undiscovered? Where ha the Naval officer been whoso duty it is to operate as a check on tho Collector in nil his transactions? It is said these defalcations commenced is early

as 1830. What has the Naval officer been doing that ho never detected themf Above all, what has the Second Secretary of the Treasury been occupied about, that ho has permitted the public monoy to be secretly abstracted to the amount of more than a million and a quarter of dollars? Tho writer of this knows well, that what has occurred, was predicted by more than one person, within tho wl!s of tho present Treasury building nearly four years ago; and, that prediction was often repeated, not as mere speculations but founded on strong reasons then

existing. It is said, the defalcation was managed in the

cash account, until it became of too great magni

tude longer to keep it easily concealed; when it wm changed from that to the bond account. This

it is said, occurred principally after tho general suspension and extension of payment of bonds in 1837. It is well known that under the regulation.", the Collector was required to deposite once a week at the credit of tho Treasurerol" the United States the money collected by him, and foward a certificate of tho same to the Treasury Department. Where was the Secretary of the Treasury, that after the depositcs were made for which cerlifi cates were forwarded to him, that ho permitted balances of hundreds on hundreds of thousands on thousands of dollars still to remain in the hands of the Collector? This alono was sufficient to have awakened his suspicions, and led to an investigation, even without a prediction of defalca- . . . .. . . . . i

tion, which might have reaencu ms ears at ine timo made above referred to.

It is notorious that for miny months in 1S37,

the Treasury Department was obliged to send from hero money to pay tho expenses incurred at the New York Custom House, or payable there. This too, ata timo when the Collector held unaccounted for a million and a quarter of dollars of the public money. What a commentary on the sagacity of tho head of the Treasury Department. This is not all. The Secretary in his annual rcDort in December. 1837, estimated the ftmount

of oostponcd iKinds at four million dollars. Thus it stood until May following, when, behold, it was discovered there was an error! In place of the amount being four millions, it whs said by Mr. Jones, of the Committee of Ways and Means, that, it would amount to six millions, "but bolioved to bo nine millions." Probably it was the change of the amount of the defalcation from the cash"to the boud account, together with an addition to it under tho latter account, that led to these discrepances and this confession. But where was the Secretary of the Treasury ail this time? Where the monthly, or even tho quarterly list of bonds unpaid, as well as running to maturity, that the Collector by the regulations was required to forward tho Department? Are the accounts of the Treasury Department kent in that loose irregular manner, that it cannot

be ascertained whether postponed bonds amount to four million or to nine million dollars? It would seem so from Mr. Jones' speech, who was a member of the Finance Committee. No wonder then tho Deposite system failed. No system whatever could be devised, however perfect in itself, that could withstand such bungling and neglect. As to the sureties in this case. Will any one for a moment suppose they can be held liable to the extent of a single farthing?- Common sense forbids it. The culpable neglect that the affair carries on its very tace are enough to exhonorate a thousand sureties. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury made to Congress last session and printed, (Document 291,) furnishes evidence of Mr. Swartwout's irregularities in his busi-

ness that were complained of as long ago as 1S35. If any thing had been wanting now, to satisfyany one, of the many who have entertained the opinion, that the present Secretary of the Treasury has shown himself wholly incompetent to manacre that Department, and that the whole course

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From tha Maasdloa GazitM. 1 B ANK REFOR M Capital Seccsdo. j Ohio is a happy state happy in the intelligence and honesty of her citizens, and happy in the supremo wisdom, and superlative patriotism of

her civilian". After a struggle, the most invete-;

rate, and efforts, the most herculean and astound-j ing, tho friends of BANK REFORM have succeeded in legenerating the State. Wilson Shan-j uon, a man, w hose name is associated with all J that is sublime in patriotism, and with all that is

profound in nuance, has condescended to accept the reins of government, lie will drive the moneychangers from our civic temple, and prostrate ihe Dragon of the banks in the dust. The genius of paper money will tnke to his wings, dis :omfiteil and abashed, and flee to tho northerrnost parts of Ihe earth. The Credit System, that rascally impersonation of uil that is socially monstrous and individually destructive, will no longer be permitted an abiding place in our liberty-loving, knowledge-seeking state. Wilson Shannon will find himself the most favored of all our Buckeye sovereigns. Unlike his predecessor?, he will not be subjected to the mutinous declamation of a refractory Senate, nor tantalised wiih the nonsensical philosophising of a quid nunc House of Representatives. King Arth, when ha pronounced those memorable lines inscribed of yore upon the round table, ".Vo luiring conquered all our foes,

"4ni gireu peace to 'til our wide domains: ' Having, by our good arms, subdued intestine broils, ".inrf gained, by bribes, a supple Parliament Wlty, tlu-n tcCU go to breakfast!"

was, by no means, a more favored mortal than Wilson Shannon. The Governor elect, of Ohio, hi Pirrv thinr in his favor, every thinrr to

But Wilson Shannon, and his coadjutors, of; Bv the President of the V. States of America. theSenate and House of Representatives of Ohio, A PROCLAMATION, will labor under no such silly qualms of conside j lVnrBE . . lhere : too much Tcason to believe

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Tate SeiUSnness. Alley wiii piuaitetit: me mu&iu I

svstem they will annihilate credit they will

bring us back to the halcyon days of Cedric the

Saxon and Isaac of York. We shall have but two classes in society the enslavers and the enslaved. Rare times wo shall have! Those of us, who possess more brains than the rest, will become priests and usurers ami those of us, whom nature shall bless with thewes, and sinews, surpas

sing those of the ignoble vulgar, will be honored with the illustrious cognomens of cut-throats and t

robbers. The sill v multitude will be content to

that citizens of the United States, in disregard of

i the solemn warning heretofore given to them by

Ttoox the Ogiensbarj Times and Advertiser Extra. ,: , TrtsDAT, Nov. 13. CANADA WAR. After six o'clock last evening, things remained pretty quiet through the night. There was, however, some reports of cannon during the evening at long intervals.

the Telegraph came in,

Daring the evening.

the proclamations issued by the Executive cf the

General Government, and by some of the Governors of the States, hate combined to disturb

ihe peace of the dominions of a neighboring and! bringing some United States troops with Marfriendly nation: And, whereas, information has j shals, &c. Tbertook possession of the United been given to me, derived from official and other ; States. Our citizens held a meeting during the sources; that many citizens iu different parts of ; evening to take measures for defence, but us our

the Uniied States are associated, or associating j work bad been much delayed by the confusion of

for the same purpose: i the day, we could not find time to attend.

And, whereas, disturbances have actuary nro- Early this morning it was discovered that the

On Sunday evenlnjr the -hoi, of tha w. y ubove Lapra.rie .resented ihe

.-,. ui iurro name, nut t

ed that uot a s.oglo rebel house, ul standing. God ot.lv knows what ii to the surviving Canadians, their wive. TS?'

Still the supremacy of tha Ua" ned inviolate, the integrity of h" mj asserted, peace and prosper;,!-

labor patient mamici.on, atw ooeu.en, ., do,.- anew ,u duferem part9 of the lwu CiUla , RrmeJ slemmW3 Cobourg and Traveller had ar

uaS. . r. V i Idas: Ana, whereas, a nostue invasion nas icen far when tho credit system, the mainstay of -'"-j rnade bv Cltizen3 of tha United States, in con

ization, snail nave been anoiisneu, wuo w in care ; . nctio wiln Canadians and others, who, after ulw.ur ihn useless accomnlishment of readme. J. . . i r .u

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There is a blissful, a glorious era before u

Wilson Shannon and his compatriots have decreed it therefore, on the eve of its advent, let us sing paeans to the spirit of extermination, and laud the mighty achievements of tho destroyers. Chaos shall come again. We have said it. And thus concludeth our second chapter on "BANK REFORM."

of policy connected with its management has been both imbecile and paltering in its character; 1

should think there is amplo proof furnished in the

case in question. When all the circumstances connected with this transaction are taken into consideration, it cannot be otherwise, but the public voice will demnnd

a thorough investigation by a committee of Con- J ne?is 0f mankind, when compared with the stic-

gress. The people, whoso treasure has Doen no-

slractedjrom their Treasury, will expect ana nave

smoothe the path ot gubernatorial greatness.

There is a Hank Reform majority in the senate.

miH Il:ink Reform majority in the House of

Representatives. It is Bank Reform every where

and Bank Reform shall become triumphant

ihnui'h the Buckevo state perish. Who dares to

suppose that Wilson Shannon will prove recreant to tho arent interests of Locofocoism? Who dares

t intimate that he will euact the shuffling politi

cian, and plav false to his friends? lo such an

one. if such an one there be, Wilson Shannon will

reply, in the indignant language of Ancient Pis

tol "a .' shall I tlien enact tfie inglorious prank "Of sylvan ape, in mountain forest caught.' "Death rock me asleep, abridge my doleful days, "Jlnd lay my head in Fury's lap! "Have ice not Hiren here!" Wilson Shannon is a Bank Reformist and palsied bo tho tongue that dares to wag a doubting or a gainsaj ing syllable to his prejudice. Wilson Sh'innon, too, is supported by the concurrent political sympathies of one of the most outrageously bank reforming legislatures that ever ornamented

our little Ohio. A happy man, is this same Wil

son Shannoo. The work of Bank Retorm will go

on swimmingly, during his reign, for there is no

thing now that can interpose an obstacle to its

successful accomplishment.

It would be p.easant to know the modus operan

di, by which it is intended to work out this glori

ous redemption of our state, from the fangs of the

banking monster! liat all will bo brought to pass in good time, and, it is not the business of us young converts to batik reformation, to pry into the political mysteries of Wilson Shannon and his legislative coadjutors. Of one thing, only, have we the right to be certain that is that, ere another summer, we shall be blessed with a Bank Reform, at which wo shall all have occasion to stare and bless our stars. As wc eirtiU iiiuui lasi, vu x - T form-st, of the first watsr. We are also a Wilson Shannon man and we are determined that Bank

Reform and Wilson Shannon shall have fair play. We go for any and every kind of reform for it does not become us to be particular and we shall hold up to merited contempt and detraction all Senators and Representatives, elected on reform Drincioles. who shall dare to deviate one solitary ,

inch from the plain letter of their electioneering pledges. If the utter extermination of all tho monicd institutions in Ohio be the word why, then, it is "off HATMwith us, and most humbly shall we bow to tho annihilating fiat.

It is very true, that this stupendous project of

Bmk Reform, of which we have become sucn a

iealous advocate, will be attended with some disa-

greeablo circumstances, it win piay ino aevn with the monetary affairs of the state. It will leave us without a circulating medium, It will bankrupt all our business men, and paralyze the

efforts of all our agriculturists. It will check,in mid action, all works of internal improvement. It will convert our canals into solitudes, and cover our turnpikes with the green herbage of the valleys. It will effectually cure the prevailing mania for building up town and cities, and throw out of employment some thousands of masons and carpenters. It will put a quietus upon our manufactories the ehuttle of the weaver will pause in its methoric traverse the hopper of the miller will rest from its eternal clatter, and, in

the expressive language of inspiration, "tke grinders shall cease, lecause they are few?'' There will be queer times, rattier ugly times, when we shall tret our grand reformation scheme

fairly afloat. But, who cares? No true patriot should ever condescend to enquire into tho amount of practical misery that may result from the successful application of a political theory. Wo, whose business it is to reform mankind, whether mankind will or not, must not stand shillyshally.on the threshhold of a great political experiment, for fear that its operation may procure the ruin of two thirds of our neighbors. We have souls above such paltry considerations.

The banking system mcst and snxLuall though

From the New York Star. Late and Important from TEXAS. We take the following from the New Orleans Bee of the 12th: Texas is involved in hostile commotions with the bands of fierce and intractable Indians, that hover on her frontiers. The Houston Telegraph of Nov. 3d, states that 10 Americans have lately been killed within three miles of Bexar, and six Mexicans captured almost in the precincts of that city, by a large bedy of Commanches. These Indians made their appearance near Bexar on the

20th ult. Being discovered at a distance, and im-!

mediate notice being given, a party

went ou

of thirteen

Iill iieigiiuor lui mo jujipt'au vi ciiciiiiji ittdt unlawful designs, are now in arms against the authorities of Canada, in perfect disregard of their own obligations as American citizens, and of the obligations of tho Government of their country to foreign nations: Now, therefore, 1 have thought it Decessary and proper to issue this proclamation, calling upon every citizen of the United States neither to give countenance nor encouragement of any kind to those who have thus forfeited their claim to the protection of their country; upon those misguided or deluded persons who are engaged in them to

abandon projects dangerous to their own country, fatal to those whom they profess a desire to relie ve, impracticable of execution without foreign aid, wbich they cannot raiionally expect to obtain, and giving rise to imputations (however unfounded) upon the honor and good faith of their own Government; upon every officer, civil or military, and upon every citizen by the veneration due by all freemen to tho laws which they have assisted

to enact for theirowu government by his regard

or guilty

be maintain

be secured to Britih mlU-i..

penso of the entire 'uatioo Canadieuoe. We have not barrel the narticul.r. r.L

rived with troops. About seven o'clock this morn- I her of houses burif. k.it ik. .

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the armed steamboats opened a fire on ih this subiect. we arc nnril l.v i . ..

vation from hungor and cola stares lhm R face. It is melancholy to rWt - W

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of rebellion, of the ir., '"

ruin ot so many human beioea. h.ik..

consequences

t to reconnoitre. Having proceeded a few I r the honor and reputation of I

miles, several Commanches were discovered. Gen. Dunlap proposed to retire to the timber and fight under cover; but Col. Cage, who had been w-ounded by the Indians a few weeks previous, was anxious to engage there at whatever disadvantage. The party was soon attacked in the open prairie by more than a hundred Indians. An attempt was made to charge through the savages this succeeded, the Indians making way for them; but as soon as they had passed, tho enemy closed in behind them, and kil'ed eight of tho 13 with a volley of arrows and spears. Four out of

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me remaining nve were wouw.eu, uuu leatucu Bexar with great difficulty. The next day, the

bodies of the eight Americans, ns well as those of two who had been killed out of a party of five,

attacked bv the Indians the day before, were dis

covered, brought into Bexar and decently interred.

We furthermore learn that the Commanches

remain in the vicinity of Bexar, and are resolved

to exterminate tho Tcxians and spare the Mexicans, who unquestionably have excited this powerful tribe to these outrages. The Houston Telegraph says: The present is a most opportune season to carry on an expedition into the Commanche country the buffalo are returning from the north the

air is mild and bracing, and the Musquit grass offers an inexhaustible supply of pasturage. The Lcpaus, Conkowas, and Tonkewas are enemies to the Mexicans, and friends of the Americans. Castro, the chief of the Lepmis, is now at St. Marks, with the main body of his tribe, and has recently made several visits to Bexar, to ob

tain a small lorce ot the citizens to accompany A loMor frnm Hon Riisk. d.tted rtt bail AllffUS-

tine, Oct. 23d, gives the particulars of a recent j Clncln"f engagement with the Indians, near Fort Houston,; A Iton, J.I., it . . . Sf I nine

us country dv

his love of order and respect for that sacred code

of laws by which national intercourse is regulated to use every effort in his power to arrest for trial and punishment every otfender against tho laws providing for the performance of our obligations to the other powers of tho world. And I hereby warn all those who hav e engaged in these criminating enterprises, if persisted in, that whatever may be the condition to whh h they may be reduced, they must not expect the inteference of this Government, in any form, on their behalf; but will be left, reproached by every virtuous fellow citizen, to be dealt with according to

the policy and justice of that government, and without the shadow of justification or excuse, nefariously invaded. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington the twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the sixty-third of the Independence of the United States. M. VAN BUREN.

By the Preident: Johx FomvTii, Secretary of State.

THE PRICES OF FLOUR. We are indebted to the N. Y. Express for the annexed table, giving the prices of Flour up to the

latest dates:

Western Ohio

New York, do New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, Baltimore,

! Philadelphia,

u-hirh wa announced some days since. He state

that he arrived at the Fort Oct. 14, and immediately set out, accompanied by Major Mabbitt, with about 200 men to the enemy's camp at the Kickapoo town, which he reached the 15th. Alout 10 at night the Indians attempted to fire tho woods,

which failed, and the next day they made a spirited attack. Gen. R isk says at this point of his

letter, what will sound strange to many ears, and j seern to infer that the organization and tactics of.

these remote tribes, are even more European than that of thorough Anglo-Saxon conquerors of Texas themselves the hunters of the West. "The enemy's cavalry were stationed on a hill, out of gun-shot, evidently with an intention to fall upon us, if we attempted to retreat. "A very brisk fire was kept up on both sides for about fifteen miuutes, when I ordered a portion of

the force to remain and protect the camp, and with

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the remainded charged the enemy, who precipi- .

ouild. aituiiwiiu,

the whole state should perish in its crumbling ru-

! What are the lives, the fortunes, the happi-

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sl rirrht to know, all the particulars attending the

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transaction. Thev will expect to nave u maae unDhi!osonhical objections ot inose craven neanea - . . i . ' . . i t i i i r.

cessful demonstration of a political theory? Nothing absolutely nothing! It would be prepostomn. ridiculous, to listen for a moment, to the

clear to them as the bright sun at noon-day, that

the sentinels in tho watchtower have been true to the trusts confided to them. This is an affiir in which the whole nation is interested, and therefore, ought not to partake of party. These considerations it may be reasonably supposed will lead the House of Representatives, as one of its first acts after it meets to appoint a committee to investigate this matter and probe it to the bottom. That it may not partake of a partisan character, it were better the committee should he chosen by ballot. Justice to all those implicated,, seems to demand such a procedure, the people will expect it. Another subject intimately connected with this, might well be inquired into. The manner in which the Deposite Banks performed their duty prior to the passage of the act of June, 1S33, and the mtnncr which that law was carried into execution by the Treasury Department. Many intelligent men do not hesitate to believe, that it was the indiscreet manner in which that law was carried out, connected with some injudicious steps previously taken in regard to the public money, that led to all the disasters that befel the country in 1S37. So heavy have been the charges against the banks and so great the ef?rts to create an excitement against them, as tl.ough they had been the principal authors of the -atastropbe, it would seem to be doing no more ta. is required by justice to

mem to investigate tht matters also.

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upoiAki. who would prefer food and apparel for

their wives and families, under a system of demonstrable utility, rather than enjoy the glorious consciousness of starvation and nakedness in defence of a sublimated political abstraction! Have we not the forests and prairies of Missouri and the Great West? Have not those forests and prairies abundance of game? Have we not got rifles to shoot, and legs to travel? Have we not got hearts of iron and sinews of steel? Can we not become Indiaus, in habits, in manners, in the faculty of endurance, as well as tho best of the Sacs and Mandans? If we have not then are we a most degenerate specimen of the rrmus homo! Destroy our banking system deprive us of all the adventitious appliances of civilization can we not live in the woods? Can we not mount the highest pinnacle, of the highest crag, on the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains, and there, with primeval Nature spreading her uncontaminated, her uncultivated, her unadorned vesture before us, sing, in joyous chorus, ".1 hfe in the vo&ds for meP If we cannot then, adieu to philosophy adieu to oetrv and let us return, crest-fallen, to the drudgerv of the plough, and loom, the anvil, the countermand the axe. But enough of this. 3Iany an excellent theoretical patriot has hesitated to take the plunge of reformation, when common , sense held up to his mental vision the telescope of, truth, and pointed out the corporeal difficulties of the adventure. j

lately fled, leaving eleven dead on the gro

They bad, I have no doubt, during the action, carried off a number of their dead, (which is their custom,) and all their wounded. From the blood upon the ground thjy must have suffered severely. The charge was continued for about three quarters of a mile, when I formed tho force, and marched them back to the camp." The force of the enemy occupied near half a

mile in length. The Texians had cloven men severely wounded, and 23 to 30 horses badly shot. We learn from another paragraph to what tribes the Indians belonged.

"Amongst the enemy's dead were tound Cad?os, Cooshatties, Boloxies, one Cherokee and two Mexicans. They dropped on their flight, guns, blankets, cloaks, Scc." Since this engagement the alarm in Houston has nearlv subsided. The Indians are retiring northwardly. Gen. Rusk, says the Telegraph, has just raised a new corps of mounted men at San Augustine, and will proceed immediately to re-join the troops at Fort Houston, with the intention of pursuing the retreating savages to their villages. Gen. Felix Houston is also on his way to join Gen. Rusk.

A irentleman from .Mcogaocnes, Dnngs iniorn , ... .

mation that Col. l'otter was Kiueu a lew weeKs since near the boundary of the Arkansas.

A "talk" had beeu held by Gen. Rusk and Col. Horton, with Bowles, the "Cherokee Chief, the rnlt of which has been, that one half of the

Cherokees are to j in Gen. Rusk, in pursuit of

futritivehosliles who recently gave battle to the

General near the Salt Springs, while the rest of

the Cherokees are to accompany Col. liorton for the purpose of running the Boundary Line conformably to the treaty made with the Cherokee tribe, bv Messrs. Houston, Forbes, and Cameron, in Feb.'. 1S30. The Texian Congress were to meet the 15th instant. The persons killed near Bexar, in the conflict with the Commanches, were Col. Cage, Dr. M'Clung, Mr. Lee, (of Houston,) O'Boyle, Conrad, Pickering, of Bastrop, King, of do., Green, and Messrs. Larophan and Jones, Surveyors. Gambling. When this passion once gets firm

ly enorafied in the human breast, it is like the

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party at th Wiud Mill, hich soon brought a large lody of spectators to Mile Point the nearest American territory. m The point on which the Wind Mill stands is one of some twenty foot elevation above the St. Lawrence. The ccuntry back rises gently for about one hundred and fifty rods. The land about it' is highly cultivated and presents a charming landscape, with orchards, shrubbery and substantial stone buildings. The Wild Mill is a circular, massive stone building affording ample shelter against any shot that the boats were prepared to throw. The cannonading between the Wind Mill and the three armed steam boats continued to be the scene of attraction till nearly eight o'clock, when a line of fire blazed along the Mummit of the hill

in rear for about eighty or a hundred rods, and the crack of the rifle and musket made a continuous roar. The scene was oao of most intense excitement and solicitude. Tho reflection, the men full of high hopes and ardent expectations, were falling by hundreds, was calculated lo awaken the most painful emotions. Tho action on the brow of the hill continued some twenty or thirty minutes, when ono party gave way the other followed, and the combatants passed out of view over the brow of the hill; but the contest raged fiercely, as was evinced by the continuous roar of muskutry.

Another scene carno iu view a party marched down by the river road, and opened a warm tiro upon a stone building in which the rebel forces were quartered. This battle continued with spirit for some time, when the loyalists retreated.nn I the combatants over the hill became fainter nnd

fewer, till about 9 o'clock, when all seemed hushed for the moment. The rebel forces were left in possession of the ground, but they seemed to bo in no condition to follow tho retreating party. From nine oMock till three there was not much of excitement in the scene. An irregular firo was

kept upon the Wind Mill, and a body of regulars j sent an occasional volley at a stone house in which

a body of the assaulting party were sheltered. At three o'clock P. M. a barn a short distance from the Wind Mill was consumed by fire. This was probably done by tho rebels, as the barn afforded a shelter to the loyalists. 7 O'clock, P. M. We have reports from the field of battle this evening. It is stated that six hundred regular troops were engaged, besides the volunteer malitia. Major Young, the officer in command at Prescott, a brave and excellent officer in the British army, is supposed to have fallen. The report is

that the commanding officer fell early iu the morn

ing, and that several tfWts have been made by

the loyalists to recover his body, but without suc

cess. The rebel firees wore in three detachments

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building, and ihe third wero posted on the brow of ihe hill, and sustained mrit of the morning's work. It is reported that the field is covered with the dead and wounded soldiers of the government, while, so fur r.s was known, but thirteen of the

rebels hid fallen. The schooners which brought the invading forces down, were taken this morning by the officers of the United States for breuch of neutrality, though we uuderstend that ono of them was a British vessel.

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subject, we arc assur-d, by good .uthorur b over the mark; for Sir John issm i

the property should be preserved and coajj afterwards rather than destroyed. Thi a ery desirable arrangement and would itoj! more burnings, if the loyalists were coo vinery? government would confiscate on a aufneie.?' extensive scale.' Concerning the punishment of tho capuirWbels, the Montreal Herald savs: r The punishment already inflicted hat severe, but it is not enough. The hanging of tJ ty leaders will have more effect thin the kilW of two hundred men in action, and if an ,J7

j be spared from the gallows, they ought to UnaI tenced to hard labor and chained together mirA

amising the roads on the island of M oaf real D.-s. Nelson nnd Cote, when last heard ftm were iu Vermont, putting at great a rfintaoes ti possible betwrtn themselves nod CuruJa. General Vmi Urn'-selaercamenown from Bur. lington to Whitehall on Tuesday, finding it Utaid that it whs of no use for h:m to go farther Not tb,' Bait. Transcript.

Romance amd Rkautv. If we remember rigk wo copied, some time ngo, from a Wtat.ro pap,, an account of a runaway affaur, in which atra,,' girl and a coward lover wrre the principal cUf. ncters. The scene was a ferrv time,

ler; and the point of the story was, that the ftv f.il lov er had not courage enough tu trust hisfrt. ci;us person toihe fi rry bo&t,&. the d.ingeriof ib ice-inciim!creiJ stream, nit hough stimuUi4 br the exhortations and example ot his intended, kt

whom nngry waves and floating masses of h-i kttl no terrors, when matrimony and the tt4vnct rf

a clergy m. ui on the opposite bank wtrefu'Jii view. She was willing to dare the penTs or the voyage, but his nerves were weak; nadatUngui, with a jast contempt of a lover so cowardly, h gave bun bis diniissal on the spot, and with btr hriJemaid returned, unmarried, to the houttaf hor guardian, whose opposition to the maUbU

luriven iht to i no cuoice oi an eiopeinciit.

Another number of the same "far weat" pnr iu which I hu story first nppeored, hasfouaVu way to ihe Atlantic border; and in it we Eat the sequel of the talc, which we give iu Iht ba-

guiige of the writer; who, by Ihe way, aver, wiik all solemnity, that it is no coinage of the Iraia,

but strict, though quite poetical renlity. Ttt story is related by a correspondent of lh Backwoodsman, published somewhere in Illinois. A. Y. Com. Adr.

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Destruction of Race Horses by I-ire. The Louisville Journal of Monday last, furnishes the following: Between Hand 12 o'clock, on Saturday iiijrht the 27th ult. the stables of Milton King.in Burksville, took fire, and iu a few minutes burned to ashes, together with six race horses and all their equipasres, a negro man, and several out buildings. The following is a list of the horses consumed: Van Tromp, 13 vears old; Sir Oliver by Wag- . . " I 1...

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So far "the patkiot" force has sustained themselves against fearful odds with signal success. What the result will be, it is impossible to predict.

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A BATTLE. PATRIOTS VICTORIOUS. Oswego Palladium Extra, A'oe. 15. By a gentleman who arrived from Sackett's Harbor this morning, wo have received ao extra from the Sackett's Harbor Journal, furnishing the intelligence given below. The steamboat United States confirms the statement. The steamioat Oneida just arrived from Og-

densburg brings the following news:

A severe battle took placo at Prescott yesterday; commencing at 8 A. M. and lasting seven hwurs, between the Patriots and British. About 500 Patriots nnd 500 British regulars, together with some militia were engaged. The latter took place about a mile below Prescott, the Patriots having possession of several stone buildings. Several were killed and wounded on both sides, the British, however, sustained by far tho heaviest loss. Col. Young, the British commander, was

amongst tho killed, bis body being pierced bv sev-

! en bans. 1 he British were twice repulsed by the

Patriots, and finally left the field lo wait for reinforcements, for which an express was sent to Kingston. During ihe action the British put their

"You will remember enclosing to me, about tw

months after the story appeared in the IWkwoodamnn, a letter from a young man in Bonlon, earnestly requesting to be made nccjuan led wiih her name nnd residence, "if," a bo expressed M, has a local habitation and name, and the account is not tho coinage of sumo ferule imnitmn-" I I gave the n formation he requeued, sod lbs I

Hi. . r J mnriy lrfm my tninc, nrrfi when recalled by seeing the story copied ioloVU

various periodicals of the day. Shortly after business called me to Galea, whore I remained till within the last four wetk I was descending to St. Ijouis with a cargo ofkwl, and delayed the slcamer ne irly an liobntifct lauding where the lovers crossed the .Miiip Inst winter. While talking on lmd and fcWiaf

freight, I received a polite note signed uy I Wi,

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ICM'IUOICU IHO H. I nil MS. ...

of the Fulton, another loui, which waa alr cciving passengets and freight. 1 accepted 6 invitation, nnd to my surprise, wns met all

door by rny old ncqunintance,iii heroine vftbtn away match. Seizing me eagerly and i&ctiaaately bv ihe hand, he introduced ms lo Mr bs her HUSBAND! 1 was taken by urpnet

in a moment recovered mv sc I f-poaesioo, M

cordially accepted the prolfered hod. in!' ly recollected that his name wai thaliAM"

gentleman of Boston, whose letter of inqarj I

had received from you, nnd answered.

I will spare you the incidents ol iheir urai qumntanca. It is sufficient to sy that ho eatna to Illinois immediately after receiving my le'Wj obtained an introduction to Miss A presented lo her guardini unquestionable " donee of his gnod character, ihe high sUnCiif nnd wealth of his family. In short lie won btt heart and hand, wiih the full approbation of btt prulent guardim. I soortivcly asked her why sho did not wait ta the ice ran in the river, when she could m-ks trial of the courage and disintercsiedueis of btt caro sposa. She cast a look filled with tedr-no-s and confidence upon her hunband, and

in a nlavf.il manner, "I urged iviwaro tow.-

winter, but be uouhl not. They were on their way to Bostco.

fener s

iter 3 vears old: (Rattler stood at Oakland course

last season;) Kosciusko, G years old, by old Kosciusko; Wandering Willie, 3 years, by same; Miss Softly, 2 years old, by Diamond. The three first named horses belonged to Edmund M. VVag.nPr. of Adair co.: Wandering Willie to Dr.

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StOner,Ot UarKSVllie; ouiuv iv jus. om, j ucau uuu nu.jnui.u mm a w. ii ii, ueiiiiiu WHICH lllf.-y of the same place; Kosciusko, to James Nelson of j sheltered themselves, and the Patriots, to dislodge Adair and II. Grey of Burksville. Waj-gener's i tbem, set it on fire, when it was consumed togelhloss cannot be estimated at less than 100). i er with the contents. Immediately after that the Van Tromp is represented as having been a J British retreated to Prescott for the last time, breeder of rare qualities. He was got by Eaton's r

i.1 Vm Tromn. that once distanced Henry, the I L,UVK CA.NADA

competitor of Eclipse darn by Sir Arcuie, grand dam by imported Diomed. The fire was caused by an old drunken negro

groom of Mr. Grey, who, coming in late, stuck a j harnoi. where

candle on the wall of his sleeping room and lell t ' oqueni ana repcc..u. ,.uu.. oasleep. The candle melted down and set fire to The Tj of c,, was FaaaA desert. !?ir. thc straw on the floor of the room. ed when it emered b; ,h rolunteers and ln. fVe "

I i . " him.

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Ifdhe will, t will; If aha won't, aba woo't. And there's ihe end oo't. A Woman's Fibm.xess. A case of a o0'1 acter occurred yesterday in the United Circuit Court at Providence. The Pro"6

I Courier stys : A young lady of a very i: 1 I . 1. 1 character.

ing nppeamiitc, aim ir,-vvi... - .

Tho Wfinfreml r pt r i o . n I Wr? n a 't-. ir 1..I i - n

- - - - - - ------- " " . -'j brought up DV trio mirsnai ir i" , it was in error in staling that the Brougham had Lw an(J . ' y- iier testimony before the rT

hfcn f ii.' nl sfnwa In T .!-li i n . it g! tit ! n I Kum. - t t Z . rV

the patriots sunk her. in C feet - ' j .r.i A ith the '"

Canadian Meeting N. York. The corres- j

nondent of the National Intelligencer savs that a , I .. .- ii,? t- i i tr:n )

Canadian meeting was neia i n tne aiciiawuu nm j ge

Inr., l... that knivr na in fill to

It was reported at Montreal on Tuesday, that a ; . , ff nn Hlr,ion r.r him to eierc;

en t the Bermuda (Canadian) exiles Wolfred Nel

son and M. Bouchettc, ex-Lditor ot the ijuotidien-

ne, made addresses, Mackenzie delivered a lecture. Fanny Wright, being present, was called for, which led to a row. Fanny however made a speech, contending that the democracy of the country should enlist heart and soul for the democracy of Canada, dec. Sec. Theller and Dodge, who escaped from Quebec, have arrived in N. Y. city.

ge rebel force had made its appearance on tho j lhat jfghe pcj,, ifl her refusaf,the Tf2 ucherville mountain. ! ht vuM nursue. was. to commit her f",rT!

to keep her there till she should cooee

Theatre on Tuesday night, at which were pres- . ,etterfrornQ.Jebec. dated the 11th. mention, ! ZZf:

The Illinois Statesman announces the appoint

ment of Jams Turnev, Esq. as Register of the

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Cancer. HOI tO De exiirpatea wmm mere rcuiaiu . . . -. - , , fT,,, .l 7: "a . r,A it-for thouirh some ner- landoffce at Galena, in the place of Traett, who

Hit? m i.u ciiug ' " - 1 I sons have fancied a reformed gamester, they have fancied what history has never produced. St Louis Gaz.

The Supreme and District Courts of the U. States have been in session in this city, during the present week Judges M'Lean and Holman in attendance. The Supreme Court of Indiana commences its session on Monday next. Indianapolis Mechanic, 3or. 24.

was lately tried for murder.

Potatoes were selling at Natchez on the 3d insU at fifty cents per dozen. The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin of the 14th instsays it is feared that the sugar cane has been materially injured by the heavy frost which fell throughout the State on Thursday night last.

the oath.

True to her woman's nature, sne "r--

iintor nit without Hesitation. u

the arrest of Dr. Rousseau, on board the steamer Canada. From the Montreal paper of Wednmday.

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a nine ueiore noon, toe rrincess viciuria orougni ; n to jail rather than De iwornnu jgajfjf-

over trom L&praine ninety-one prisoners who ej accordingly. It seems that a yo"BsM y. were taken from Napiei ville, iu:. With the ex-; man whose addresses she waa not IBe''j7JJr ception of a few who appeared to be sympathis- I yor, had written ber two letters which she ers. they were a miserable looking set. ed to remain in the post office. -lT Capt. Vorin, formerly of the Eagle steamboat, gentleman took one of the letters fror Jrit and son, were among the number. This man, we j office and delivered it to the Udy, wl

understand, is nearly related to Cote.

it with the seal broken, and the younf

j u i"i . - tntec1 About two o'clock some twenty prisoners were faummooed by the letter tenter, as a w marched into town from Lacbine, escorted by aiingt the letter bearer, mad from ... r . i t v : i rn i , r i ir mmfnmiX ta ajaaa , .

in arms at Chateauguay, and were secured with

ropes as usual, but as there were some distin

guished characters among them, the respective ranks they held in the Patriot Army, were conspi

cuously exhibited by play-cards on their backs.

ur. -ewcombe, nis son, and several wnose ap

pearance denoted tbem to be sympathisers, were among this lot. Both the Doctor and his son are

high in rank in the Patriot Army.

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young lady has been liberated, JtJT to her friends. Boston Transcript of S-'

"Look oat for fires in Washing bo,lt

days." Baltimore Ckremd- : M ; Korniae theTreasary

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