Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,718, Cornelius Comegys, Md.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Md.
Conegys Cornelius Catharine
N. 6,718
CONTENTS

1254 Pennsylvania • Phila. Catharine Comegys widow of Cornelius M d Comegys who served in the Revolution.
var, as a Gravate,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Nov r 1860 and sent to
John Clayton, Phila. Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 152. Vol. H

Application of Catharine Comeqys
Widow of Cornelius Comeqys For a Pension etc

State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia
On this Fourteenth day of May Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and sixty (1860) personally appeared before the undersigned the Honorable Oswald Thompson, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and County of Philadelphia. Catharine Comegys a resident of the city of Philadelphia. State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty three years, who cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court, and who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848 entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. That she is the widow of Cornelius Comegys deceased formerly of Kent County State of Maryland, who according to the best of her knowledge and belief was a soldier and Ensign of the Revolutionary Army. She said Cornelius Comegys in the Spring or Summer of 1776 joined as a volunteer, in Kent County, Maryland she thinks, an auxiliary force raised for six months by Congress in the Spring of 1776 denominated a Flying Camp, and soon after joined the Company at their rendezvous at Charlestown, Va. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel William Richardson and being ready to march by the 1 st of July 1776 was ordered to Fort Washington on the north river above New York. She said Cornelius Comegys, in said Regiment, on its way to Fort Washington reached the City of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July 1776 (he being eighteen years of age on that day) and within ten days thereafter was at Fort Washington. Upon the subsequent surrender of this post, Cornelius Comegys was ordered to Hackensack, New Jersey, to take charge of the invalids of the Regiment aforesaid; with them he remained until the army was about retiring into Winter quarters, and the Flying Camp was

discharged when he returned to his home in Kent County, Maryland.
In the year 1777 Cornelius Comegys joined the Army again, was an Ensign in a Company of Maryland Militia commanded by his brother Cornelius and joined the army with his company at White Marsh, Pa. in the year 1777 soon after the battle of Germantown
She Gunther declares that she was married to the said Cornelius Comegys on the Eleventh day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety four (1794) that her husband the aforesaid Cornelius Comegys died on the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty four (1844) in the city of Philadelphia aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January A D Eighteen Hundred viz at the time above stated
She Gunther swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before
Osvald Thompson Presiding Judge
Catharine Comegys

State of Pennsylvania
City and County of Philadelphia ss 2
I, Charles D Knight Esquire. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, a Court of Record, do Certify, that the Honorable, Oswald Thompson Esquire, before whom the foregoing application was subscribed and sworn to, whose name is thereto subscribed or annexed and which I certify to be his genuine signature, was at the time of making thereof, and still is President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, a Court of Record, duly Commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court, this Fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Sixty (1860)
Chas D Knight
Protho. C.C.P.

Affidavit of Ella M. Gillmer as to service of Cornelius Comeaux as Ensign etc.

I, Ella M. Gillmer of the City of Philadelphia widow being duly sworn depose and say I am sixty nine years of age and a daughter of Cornelius Comegys who died in Philadelphia in the month of September 1844. I have a distinct recollection of hearing my father the said Cornelius Comegys frequently speak of his serving as a private soldier in the Flying Camp of the Revolution, in which he was enrolled in Kent County Maryland and proceeded with the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Richardson, or a part thereof, to Fort Washington on the Hudson river above New York. This was in the year 1776, as I have a very distinct recollection of hearing my father speak frequently of his arriving in Philadelphia with his comrades in arms on the Fourth of July 1776 on his way to Fort Washington, which was the anniversary of his own birth day (he being Eighteen years of age on that day) as well as the birth day of his Country. This coincidence I have heard my father frequently allude to. From him I also learned that after the surrender at Fort Washington he was sent to Hackensack, New Jersey, to assist in taking charge and caring for the invalids of the regiment numbers of which were sick with fever and ague induced by their exposure and light insufficient clothing.
I have also frequently heard my said father speak of serving as an Ensign in a Company of Militia raised in Kent County Maryland in the year 1777, commanded by an elder brother of his as Captain, and of his joining the American Army in the autumn of 1777 at White Marsh soon after the battle of Germantown. The name of my father's brother who commanded the Company I do not remember.
For several years during the latter part of my father's life he with his family boarded a portion of the summer at Willow Grove on the Old York Turnpike Road about sixteen miles above

Philadelphia, and I distinctly remember when riding about that section of country my father's pointing out scenes and localities in which he had figured as an officer in the American revolution during the fall and winter of 1777-1778 while General Washington with his army was at White Marsh and the British in Philadelphia. I remember very well his account and description of their rout on one occasion when he and other officers came down in the night on a scouting party with four hundred men within three miles of the city making a march during the night of twenty five miles from Head Quarters down through Jenkintown on the old York road and back. The object of this expedition was to capture British officers who it was stated frequently sallied out at night for a frolick at taverns in the country, but was not successful in this particular instance though a report of the expedition made the British more careful afterwards.
I have frequently heard allusion made, by those to whom my father happened to be recounting his participation in the Revolutionary scenes and actions first as a private soldier and subsequently as an Ensign, of his undoubted right to a pension; and his reply invariably was he did not need it and therefore would make no application for one. And I am satisfied no application would have been made by my mother Catharine Comegys his widow for a pension, had not her pecuniary circumstances within the last year experienced such a change as to render the same of very material assistance for her comfortable maintenance and support.
Sworn and Subscribed
Ella M. Gilmer
Before me this 17 th day of November A.D 1860
Williams Ogle Notary Public

State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia. ss.
D. Charles D. Knight
Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Philadelphia. Do Certify that Williams Ogle Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Ella M. Gillmer was made and subscribed, was at the time and now is an Alderman of the City of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations, and to take acknowledgments as provided by Act of Assembly to and to all whose acts, as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this nine-tenth day of December A.D. 1860.
Chas. D. Knight.
Prothonotary

Joannah B Mason (late Comegys) aged sixty four years residing in the city of Philadelphia widow being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the daughter of Cornelius and Catharine Comegys who according to the Family Record made in the handwriting of my father Cornelius Comegys, and the general belief and reputation were married on the eleventh day of October A D 1794. That said Family Record endorsed in the handwriting of my Father on the title page of the 1 st volume of the Family Bible of my said father printed according to said title page "at the Press in Worcester, Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas - "M D C C X C I". it is believed is the only record proof of their said marriage. The back of said Title page now produced & marked Exhibit (A) H B M - A. L. H. W.O. commences with the following entry "Cornelius Comegys and Catharine Baker Daughter of Jacob Baker Esquire and Hannah his wife were married at Philadelphia on the 11 th day of October in the year One thousand Seven hundred and ninety four by the Right Rev d Bishop Asbury"; that said original entry of which the above is a copy is in the handwriting of my Father the said Cornelius Comegys. I being acquainted and familiar with his handwriting from early life. I reside with my mother in the City of Philadelphia and said Family Bible has been kept in my possession for many years past and I have been familiar with it as my father's family Bible from my earliest infancy. My father Cornelius Comegys died in the city of Philadelphia on the tenth day of September A D 1844. he never having applied for a Pension. My mother Catharine Comegys is a widow and has remained so since the death of my said father on the 10 th of September 1844
Sworn to & subscribed
J. B. Mason

Before me this 26 th day of May A D 1860
Williams Ogle Alderman
Abram S Hart of the City of Philadelphia aged seventy years being duly sworn according to law deposes and says I was well acquainted with Cornelius Comegys in his life time and his family as well as his handwriting having been employed by him as a clerk in the year 1816 and continued in habits of frequent intercourse with him until his death in the year 1844. I have examined the paper marked Exhibit (C) H.B.M. - A.S.H. - No. 1 being the back of the title page of the 1 st volume of a Bible "printed" according to the impression on said title page "at the Press in Worcester Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas, M.D.C.C.XCI," and now produced, and the first entry thereon being a record of the marriage of Cornelius Comegys and Catharine Baker his present widow. I find to be in the handwriting of said Cornelius Comegys. I have no doubt whatever about said entry and the subsequent ones on the page in question being in the handwriting of said Cornelius Comegys. I have often seen the Book in question and the entries aforesaid at the house of Mr Comegys in his life time, and he has referred to these entries as the record of his marriage and the birth &c of his children made by him. The said Cornelius Comegys died in the city of Philadelphia in the month of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty four. I was in habits of familiar intercourse with him up to the time of his death, and have often heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary Army

I have known Cornelius Comegys and his wife Catharine Comegys since the year 1816. The said Catharine Comegys has remained a widow in the city of Philadelphia from the death of her husband in September 1844 to the present time, and is now nearly 84 years of age
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 26 th day of May A D 1860
Williams Ogle Alderman
Abram S Hart
State of Pennsylvania
City and County of Philadelphia ss.
J. Charles D Knight
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia. Do Certify that Williams Ogle Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and subscribed (being those of Hannah B Mason and Abram S Hart) was at the time, and now is an alderman of the city of Philadelphia duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations, and to take acknowledgments to as provided by act of Assembly & and to all whose acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this Twenty sixth day of May A D 1860.
J. Charles D Knight

Copy of an Obituary Notice of Cornelius Connegys.

Obituary
In the death of our venerable townsman, Cornelius Comegys, the community have to deplore the loss of a citizen distinguished for the qualities which can be the less easily dispensed with as they are at this time so seldom possessed. Unsullied purity; a life devoted to usefullness, and a heart, even in old age glowing with the ardent patriotism of youth, combined with that retiring modesty which habitually shrinks from the public gaze, secured for the subject of this notice, the affection and admiration of all to whom opportunities made them familiar with his merit. The old residents of our city will not be reluctant to retrace a few of the incidents of a life which won their regard. Mr. Comegys was born in the State of Maryland, on the 4th. of July, 1758. He removed to the City of Philadelphia in September, 1778, and received an appointment as Clerk in the Treasury Department, the duties of which he faithfully fulfilled, untill the commencement of the year 1782, when he entered the counting house of Messrs. Willing, Morris & Swanwick. Prior to his removal to this city, his patriotic ardor induced him to embark in the military service of his country. In the spring of 1776, Congress, at the request of General Washington, had resolved to raise for the space of six months, an Auxiliary force, to be denominated the Flying Camp. Mr. Comegys joined the regiment commanded by Col. William Richardson, at Charlestown, and was ordered to Fort Washington, on the North River, twelve miles above the city of New York. The fort was compelled to surrender, and Mr. Comegys was

ordered to proceed to Hacketenachie in New Jersey, with the numerous invalids of the regiment to which he was attached. On the expiration of their term of service, they returned to their homes, but Mr. Comegys again took the field as an Ensign in a company commanded by his brother, and joined the army of General Washington, at Whitemarsh, soon after the battle of Germantown. He then participated in numerous perilous and fatiguing expeditions and fulfilled all the duties of a soldier with the zeal, enterprizidity and fidelity with which he afterwards, in civil life, inspired confidence and won esteem. Although he was entitled to a pension, none was ever obtained or wished by him. His services to his country were gratuitous. His reward was happiness and freedom.
His moral & mental qualities soon acquired for him distinction & prosperity as a merchant. In the year 1799 he was elected a member & in 1800 President of the Board of Health.
In the year 1804, the condition of a mercantile house with which he was connected induced him to remove to Baltimore, where he resided for twelve years, & then returned to this city, where to the age of 84 he enjoyed the blissful rewards of a gentle & useful business, & a manhood of industry & integrity.
To dwell on the numerous attractions of a life so entirely devoted to Country, to friendship & religion would be impracticable in this brief & imperfect sketch. Mr. Comegys was an earnest & active member of the Episcopal Church, but was as liberal to other denominations as he was zealous in fulfilling the duties enjoined by his own.
In domestic life his habitual cheerfulness & kindness endeared him to the happy society by which he was encircled, whilst the instruction derived from a memory

rich in the recollections of more than half a century furnished constant sources of pleasure.
The youth who are now ascending the eminence of life can no where look with so much instruction as to the lives of those unobtrusive citizens who have assisted in conferring on the Country all that it possesses, that renders it an object of admiration. The path they pursued will be found in the way of honor, social order, & religion. In paying a tribute of respect to the departed, we may perhaps stimulate others to follow their example.
. B.

Rev. War Section.
June 24, 1919.
Captain Joseph P. Comegys, M.C., U.S.A. Debarkation Hospital #3, 6" Ave. & 18" St., New York City, N. Y.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the twelfth instant, you are advised that in the papers in claim Widow's File No. 6,718 Rev. War, it is stated that Cornelius Comegys was born July 4, 1758 in Maryland where he resided in Kent County, when he volunteered in the Spring or Summer of 1776, in Colonel William Richardson's regiment of the "Flying Camp", the name of his Captain is not stated; he was stationed at Fort Washington, on the Hudson, until it was surrendered, and then at Hackensack, New Jersey to take care of the sick until discharged- date not stated.
He joined the army again in 1777 soon after the battle of Germantown, as an Ensign in Captain Nathaniel Comegys' (his elder brother's ) company, Colonel Donaldson Yeates' 26th Battalion of Maryland Militia, and joined his company at White Marsh, Pa.; the length of his service is not stated.
It is further alleged that he would not apply for pension.
In 1778, he removed to Philadelphia where he was married by Bishop Asbury, on October 11, 1794, to Catharine Baker daughter of Jacob Baker Esquire and his wife Hannah Baker.

Cornelius Comegys resided in Baltimore, Maryland from 1804 until 1812 when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there on September 10, 1844, and his widow Catharine applied for a pension May 14, 1860, while eighty-three years of age and a resident of Philadelphia where she died January 25, 1861.
The claim was allowed.
Only three children are referred to in 1860, viz Julia A. wife of John Sargent of Louisville, Kentucky ; Ella M. Gillmer widow, aged fifty-nine years and a resident of Philadelphia; and Hannah B. Mason widow, who was sixty-four years of age and resided with her mother Catharine Comegys.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Death of Widow
Philad a 717 Walnut January 28 1861
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Dear Sir.
Mrs. Catharine Corneqys widow of Cornelius Corneqys died in this city on Saturday last the 26 th inst. Does not this event put an end to all further question respecting her pending claim as respects the annuity, supposing that you were of opinion that her case has been sufficiently made out? These would be of very material assistance to her widowed and destitute daughters. The arrears of the pension of Decem r 27 th 1860 have not been drawn, as first the Pension agent here had not sufficient funds when I called upon him early in Decem r . and in the second place I felt confident that her claim as the widow of an Ensign would ultimately be recognized.
Very respy Grafton S. Smith John Lawton.

Catharine Coneggs - widow of Cornelius
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Admitted, Act July 29, 1848 at rate of $20 per annum Commencing on 1 st March 1848.
Declared part of Infantry 6 months.
Certificate to
John Clayton Esq Philadelphia
Penn a

No. 1513.
Catharine Connolly, widow of Cornelius Connolly Philadelphia Pa
Let. M. Ashe Feb. 21. 1836 " Mr. Crosby, March 23. 1860 " John Clayton, May 21. 1860 " Hon. R. Mallory, May 25/60 John John Clayton May 28/60 Same June 11/60 Wm. H. Gouge July 23/60 John Clayton Sept 22/60 Same Nov 20/60 Same " 22 "
Act July 29. 1848

Philad a 717 Walnut St
Jan. 16 1861
Hon. George E. Whiting
Dear Sir,
I enclose you herewith some additional documents in the matter of the claim of Mrs. Catharine Somegys for a pension as the widow of Cornelius Somegys an Ensign in the Revolutionary army, consisting of
1. Extracts from Stark's Washington & Irving's Washington showing the arrival of 200 Md: Troops between the 1 st (date of battle of Germantown) & 7 th of October 1777 &c &c II. Affidavit of St Brewer Jr & Certificate of Mr Seabrook showing that Lieut Col Bowdrey's return of Md: militia containing name of Somegys as Ensign was made on after May 20 1778. III. Affidavit of Ella M. Gillmer proving frequent declarations of her father Cornelius Somegys that when he left the army of Gen Washington he abandoned the profession of arms & betook himself over afterwards to civil pursuits in consequence of impaired health induced by previous exposures therein
The arrival of these 200 Md: Troops corresponds with Mrs Somegys' frequent declarations of his "serving as an Ensign in a Compa-ny of Militia raised in Kent Co Md. in the year 1777 commanded by an elder brother of his as Capt. & of his joining the American army in the autumn

of 1777 soon after the Battle of Germantown" (Affidavit of Ella M. Bellmer Nov 17 1860.) I would submit very respectfully, that there was no apprehension in the mind of the Commander that these 200 Md troops would leave the army, whatever his fears of others may have been. The presumption is a strong one that they were not included in the 1986 from Da Md. who were expected to leave as their term of service was about expiring (Minutes of Council of War Oct. 29, 77) as these had not been in service much more than a month. These 200 are expressly excepted from the forward tendencies of the Md & Va troops in the letter of Washington of Novem. 1 st 1777 wherein he says "The Militia from Da & Va are no longer to be counted on. All the former (those from Md) except about 200 , are already gone & a few days I expect will produce the departure of the whole or a chief part of the latter" (i.e. those from Va). Mr. Irving at page 329 of vol. 3 in describing the occurrences of the 7 th of Dec 1777 says "The day wore away with nothing but skirmishes in which Morgan's Riflemen & the Maryland Militia under Col. Gist rendered good service" These Md militia could it is submitted have been no other than the 200 with which some days came up, as Washington says on the 1 st of Novem all the Md. militia except about 200 had left the army. I have gone carefully through Washington's letters, to the Summer of 1778 in 5 th vol of Sparks & find no allusion where Md troops (militia) having left the army
It is submitted that the said 200 Militia either went into Winter quarters at Valley Forge or retired with the Md artillery to Wilmington & remained in the service of the U.S. until after May 20 th 1778. and the officers from Kent being still in service were very properly & justly

retained and continued by the Company formed in that County in the ensuing spring, and returned as officers of same by Lieut. Bowley after the 20 th of May 1878.
Thus I would suggest as a fair & reasonable presumption arising from Mr. Conegys name being found on Lieut. Bowley's return & his declarations that when he left the army he abandoned the profession of arms thereafter betook himself exclusively to civil pursuits in consequence of impaired health induced by exposures therein -
Trusting that the additional evidence which I now transmit may in your judgment be sufficient to warrant the belief that Cornelius Conegys served as Ensign in the Army of U.S. for at least 8 mos (say from letter and of Sept '77 when he must have left home two days subsequent to the 20 th of May '78) if not nine mos. as he didn't go into the Pension Department until Sept 1878. according to the Obituary, and that the few remaining years of his widow, now in her 85 th year, maybe made more comfortable by the allowance of a pension to her as such.
I remain
Very respectfully Yours
J. M. Clayton -

Brief in the case of Catharine Comegys, widow of Cornelius Comegys Philadelphia County and State of Pennsylvania. act July 29. 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The husband of this claimant is shown by record evidence, certified by the Register of the Land Office at Annapolis, Maryland, to have been a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wm. Richardson, called the "Maryland Flying Camp." This service was, by law, of six months' duration, and the office has frequently recognized it for that length of time in applications similar to this. The parol (If for increase?) proof in the case fully sustains this view.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage, October 11, 1794, proved by duly verified entry in Family Bible.
Allowance accordingly.
John Clayton Esq. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Name and residence of Agent
W. G. Duff Examining Clerk.

Washington D.C. Dec. 4. '68.
My dear Sir,
I recd the enclosed from Mr. Sargent, the son-in-law of Mrs. Cummings, yesterday, too late to answer it, if I had been able. May I ask the favor of you to cause the information he desires to be communicated to him through Mr. Dayton of Phil o . I would not trouble you, but as I know nothing of the Pension Law, I trust you will not consider me unreasonable in making the request.
Very truly Yours, F. Crosby.
Geo. C. Whiting Esq., Counsel of Pension.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Cornelius Comegys , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 6,718
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. or June 1776 soon after battle of Germantown 1777 ✓ Private ✓ William Richardson "Flying Camp" Maryland.   ✓ Ensign Mathew Comegys (his brother) Donaldson Heatly Md. Mil.        
Battles engaged in, ?
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kent Co. Md.
Date of application for pension, Widow: May 14, 1860. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Philadelphia, Penn. with dau. Hannah B. Mason
Age at date of application, she was 83 yrs.
Remarks: settled in Maryland Dec. 4, 1758, removed in 1778 to Phila. where he mar. Oct. 11, 1794. Catherine Baker dau. of Jacob Baker Esq. & Hannah his wife. Soldier resided in Baltimore, Md. from 1804 to 1812 when he returned to Phila. where he died Sept. 10, 1844. and Catherine who died Jan'y. 25, 1861.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

To Major W. H. N. Y. City, N. Y.
1919 June 24. History to Capt. Joseph P. Comegys M c Corps.
6718
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6718
Catherine Garvey Widow
Carrollus Garvey Pr. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2, 1848
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
January 26, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Cornelius Comegys, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that his widow, Catharine, made an application for pension on May 14, 1860, at which time she was 83 years of age and residing at Philadelphia, Penna., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Maryland troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of six months; a part of the time he served under Col. Richardson. He enlisted in Kent County, Maryland. It appears that he also served as an ensign in the Penna. troops, but this service is not described in the papers on file in her claim for pension.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Major W. H. Somegys.
39 Whitehall St.,
N. Y. City.

Rev Se XXXX u Hud XXXX U.S.A. Debarkation Hosp.# 3, 6th Ave. & 18th St., New York City, N.Y., June 12, 1919.
From: Captain Joseph P. Comegys M.C. To: Bureau of Pensions, Record Division, Washington, D.C. Subject: Record of Revolutionary War Soldiers.
1/ Requesting military family and possible pension records of the following Revolutionary Soldiers in the United States Army.
no Cosden Cosden, Jessie, Capt. Cosden, John, Pvt. no 6718 Comegys, Cornelius, Pvt. of Kent County Maryland. Also no Marim Marim, Charles (Officer) Kent County Delaware.
2. If the above desired information is not addressed to the proper Bureau will you advise me as to the proper channels.
Joseph P. Comegys, Capt. M.C.

Paymaster's Office, U. S. Army,
New York Jan 14 1898.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Sir:
I have the honor to request I may be furnished with all information in regard to Cornelius Comegys of Caldwell's Company of Haskett's Delaware Troops on file in your Office, and also any information as to his Widow Mrs Catherine Comegys who was pensioned on account of his service giving residence and any information available. Also any data of anyone named Comegys serving with Maryland Troops during that war. I am looking up records of my family and for that reason require the information.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Comegys
Major and Paymaster up.

Philad a Nov 30 th 1860
F. Crosby Esq. Washington D.C.
Dr. Sir
Have the kindness to drop me a line and give me answers to the following questions
Will the acceptance of a pension under one law debar any claim for service under another, provided proof of service be obtained as "Ensign" for 6 mos -
Is there any pension for "Privates" as low as $8.00 per mo "Rev. pens"
Under what law of Congress is the $8.00 per mo - Please ask Mr. Whiting if he rec'd Mr. Clayton's letter of 24 th inst & if a paper from his def. d dated 28 th is a reply, our Mutual

friend "Ames" told me to ask you any questions. I thought it necessary upon this subject if you would reply if not on my own act, on his - I think you will see
Mr. Clayton rec'd this morning a document from W. which allows $5 per mo to Mrs. Caneggy as Widow of a Rev; Soldier as a private, amt to Sep 1860 $237.00 This will not pay for our trouble to serve the old lady, but if it is all under the Act of Congress we are content of course. Your early reply will oblige
Yrs truly W. S. Sargent
I leave for the "west" on Tuesday morning early train

Philad a 117 Walnut St
November 24 th 1860
Dear Sir,
I am this morning in receipt of your letter of the 22 nd inst. very kindly informing me that you had allowed Mrs Catharine Conegys claim as the widow of a soldier in the F ty nefants, but that Mr C's service as Ensign cannot be admitted upon the present proof, as you are without evidence of its duration.
I am not familiar with the various acts of Congress respecting the pay of revolutionary soldiers & officers, and amount of pensions to the same. Will you therefore be so kind as to inform me 1 What is the amount of the Pension and its arrears now payable to Mrs C under your decision? 2 Supposing we succeed in getting proof of Mr Conegys service as Ensign in 1777-1778, for 6, 9 or 12 months, what would be the amount of it? 3 And would it not be in addition to that which you allowed as the widow of a soldier? Answer to these three queries will oblige me - Mr Conegys was appointed Ensign in Sept

or Oct 1777. and in Sept 1778 he was appointed Clerk in the Treasury Department according to the Obituary in U.S. Gazette.
Perseverance has thus far accomplished something and may do more, at all events I am willing to expand the field of inquiry no matter at what inconvenience to myself in behalf of my estimable old friend Mr. Conegys.
I have written today to an old relative of Mr. Conegys in Kent Co. Md. & will also write to Wm. Brewer of Annapolis again.
Very respy Taylor Ho No. Clayton.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions.

Philad a 717 Walnut Novem 21 1860
Hon Geo C Whiting
Dear Sir
I received by this morning mail the enclosed affidavit of the Jno Sargent of Louisville Ky. which I beg leave to file in the matter of Mrs Catharine Conaway's application for a Pension, which seemed superfluous Yours Truly Jno Clayton

Phila a 717 Walnut St November 19 th 1860
Hon. George C. Whiting
My dear Sir.
I enclose you certified copies of two documents found in the Land Office of Maryland at Annapolis by my friend J r Brewer Jr Esquire, showing first the enrollment of Cornelius Comegys in the Flying Camp and subsequently his appointment as Ensign in his brother Nathaniel Comegys' Company.
Mr Brewer writes me as follows "I have devoted two entire days to making a personal examination of all the records & papers in the Land office having reference to the army of the Revolution. — I have searched carefully for the pay rolls of the Flying Camp & for the pay rolls of the Md. Line prior to 1782 and am forced to believe that if they ever were in the Land office they are no longer there. I occasionally came across a loose payroll for a particular battalion or company but could find none for Capt s Perkins or Comegys' Companies or any pay roll on which the name of Cornelius Comegys appeared."

I enclose an affidavit by Mrs. Ella M. Gillmer a daughter of Mr. Boneguy, of declarations and conversations of her father respecting his service as an Ensign &c in the Revolution, made at times when no interested motive could possibly have actuated him in recounting the scenes of his early life. Also a copy of the United States Gazette, a leading newspaper of this city, at that day, of Saturday September 14 th 1844 (Semi Weekly Edition for the country) containing an obituary notice of Mr. Boneguy, showing to some extent the prominent and highly respectable position he held in this community. The obituary in question was first published in the daily edition of the United States Gazette of Thursday September 12 th 1844, as I find today by examining a file of that paper.
I trust that the documents now enclosed may be sufficient to satisfy you of the justice and legality of Mrs. Catherine Boneguy's claim to a pension as the widow of an Ensign of the Revolutionary Army, and fully to justify you in making the necessary order for the payment when of the same together with the arrears thereof.
If you desire Mr. C.'s family Bible to be returned to Washington I will forward it immediately. Hoping to hear from you favorably at your earliest convenience I remain Respectfully J. N. Clayton.

Philad a 717 Walnut St May. 24 1860
George C Whiting Esquire
Dear Sir
I am in receipt of your kind favor of the 21 st inst. and immediately wrote to the Register of the Land Office at Annapolis, for some proof of Mr. Comegys Revolutionary service, but have no reply from him as yet. I am in receipt of a letter since writing you from Mr. John Sargent of Louisville, Ky. a son in law of Mrs. Comegys stating that there is proof of Mr. Comegys' service on file at the 3 rd Auditor of the Treasury's Bureau which was filed by him in the Spring of 1855 having been obtained from the Army Roll. I presume some of Mr. Sargent's friends have written to Washington to inform them and that the desired proof will be obtained for your office. And I therefore enclose Mrs. Comegys' application for a pension, with the affidavits of her daughter Mrs. Wannah B Mason. T

W Abram S Hart, proving the custody and genuineness of the family record of the marriage of Cornelius Catharine Comegys referring particularly to the Bible which I forward today to you by Adams Express. Together with the death of Mr Comegys in 1844 and the widowhood of Mrs C since =
Please take good care of the Bible and return it to me when it has discharged its mission to your office.
Dr Sargent suggests that a power of attorney from the children of Mrs Comegys who are living will be necessary to enable the widow or her agent to receive the money. Is this so? If so I should like the widow join therein?
As soon as the proofs are completed may I ask of you the further favor to let me know what formalities are necessary in order to obtain the money, and the amount of the same.
Very respectfully Faithfully H. O. Clayton.

Philad a 717 Walnut St
June 11 1860.
Geo. C. Whiting Esquire
Dear Sir,
I am this morning in receipt of your kind letter of the 7 th ult. in the matter of the application of Mrs Catharine Comegys. and have communicated its contents respecting Mrs C's lack of proof of Mr Comegys service, to Dr S r Sargent. If necessary I will visit Washington myself to serve my old friend Mrs Comegys. but presume this will not be necessary upon the return of Dr S 's friend Mr F. Cosby to Washington.
I have also a letter from Mr Seabrook Com r of the Land Office at Annapolis. stating that nothing can be found among the Revolutionary papers of his office to show the service of Cornelius Comegys.
I am very much obliged to you for your kindness in directing inquiries to be made in the 3 d auditor's office of the Treasury for the evidence

referred to by Dr Sargent as having been sold by him in 1855, and trust that it may be found.
Very respec tfully J. H. Layton.

1 Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office June 4, 1860.
Sir:
I herewith return to you the letter of Mr. John Clayton, which you transmitted to me under cover of your letter of the 28 th ultimo, with a view to obtain such evidence as may be on file in this Office in relation to the services of Cornelius Conway during the war of the Rebellions, and I beg to inform you that the records of this Office, so far as I have been enabled to examine them upon the information furnished, afford nothing in relation to the services of that individual, nor does it appear that any papers have been filed in his case in this Office.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt a James Auditor.
George C. Whitney Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Philad a 717 Walnut June 9 1860
Geo C Whiting Esq
My dear Sir.
I received intelligence yesterday afternoon from Mr Sargent of Louisville that he had been misinformed about proofs of Mr Comegys service having been filed in the Treasury department. and immediately wrote to Nicholas Brewer Jr Esquire a member of the Annapolis Bar to have a thorough search made for the evidence in question.
As soon as I receive definite intelligence from Mr Brewer I will write you again.
Very respectfully Your obliged Servant
Ho
Clayton.

Philad a 117 Walnut St Sept. 13 1860
Geo. W. Whiting Esquire
Dear Sir
My friend N. Brewer Jr Esq of Annapolis writes me at last. that no evidence of the military service of Cornelius Conegys. is to be found there. and I am therefore compel- led, very reluctantly to abandon all hope of sustaining poor Mrs Conegys claim for a Pension.
I presume therefore that her husband's family Bible may as well be returned home. Thanking you for the kind interest you have taken in the matter for the trouble I have occasioned you I remain Very truly Yours H. C. Clayton

In re Application of Catharine Comegys widow of Cornelius Comegys, dec d a soldier of the Revolutionary Army entitled for a Pension.
Fourth Eastern Shore Battalion. Cecil (1) Kent (2) Queen Anne's (3) Talbot (4) Caroline (5) + Dorchester (6)
   Col. Wm Richardson  Adj't Robert Campbell  Major Wm Hopewell    Lieut Col. Jos Earle   Drillctn Sam d Edmundson    Captains.  First Lieut s  Second Lieut s  Ensigns      Joshua George (1)  Wm Veasey  John Stockton  Richard Bird    Walter Alexander  Andrew Porter Jr.  Bartram Arrants  Geo Hamilton    Isaac Perkins (2)  Andrew Falconer  Jesse Cozden  James Henry    Thomas Smyth  James Williamson  Nathaniel Kinnard  Josiah Johnson    John Dean (3)  John Hawkins  John Leville  Sam d Earle    John Dames  Theo. Sane Emory  Sam d Wright Thomas  John Jackson    Greenberry Goldsborough (4)  Woodman Gibson  John Inno Thomas Jr.  Perry Benson of James    Isaac Potter (5)  Theo. Wyer Sockerman  Scrim Handy  Philip Calson    Philip Fieldeman  Henry Downes Jr.  John Reynolds  Theo. Mason    Chas. Burk (6)  Beckit Falcon  John Synch  Jas Woolford Gray   

copied by Jno Beayton Novem 2 1860 from McSherry's History of Md page 382.
Published in Baltimore 1849 by Jno Murphy now in Philad a Library Co ty .

State of Maryland, sct:
Land Office of Maryland I, William L. W. Scabrook, Commissioner of the Land Office of Maryland do hereby certify, that there is on file in this Office, a list or roll entitled "copy of 26 th Battalion of Militia under the command of Col. Donaldson Yeates of Kent County," and that in said list or roll the following entries appear, viz;
Seventh company
Nathl. Conegys capt Jam: Wilmer 1 st Lieut Fran: Wallis 2 d Lieut born Conegys ensign John Bray 1 st Sergt Charles Rolliston 2 d S Thomas Sapping 3 d S John Woodson 4 th S Lambert Flowers 1 st C Robert Young 2 d Corp Dan l Gm d Parker 3 d C John Dugan 4 th Corp.
Exhibit from L. William Scabrook Return of the Militia in Kent County 1798
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Land Office of Maryland this 10 th day of November 1860
W. L. W. Scabrook Comm r of the Land Office

We the subscribers do hereby enroll ourselves to serve as militia of Maryland, in the middle department, that is to say, from this province to New York inclusive, until the first day of December next, unless sooner discharged by the honorable Congress, according to the resolution of the Convention of Maryland, held at Annapolis the 21 st day of June, 1776.
Sambert Boyer
W m Harmon
John Cosden
Cornelius Comegys
John Finley
John Woodall
Matthew Smyth
Harley Sappington
W m Smith
Samuel Eades
Daniel Sevell
Edward W m Johnson
John Smith
W m Willkie
Camer Beyley
W m Hill
Camer Greenwood
Johnson Brooks
Joshua Vansant
Camer Copper
Being appointed by the Committee of Observation for Kent County to review the two Companies of Militia ordered to be raised in this County for the Flying Camp, I hereby Certify that I have attentively viewed and examined twenty men agreeably to the List above, enlisted by Lieutenant Jesse Cosden and think them well qualified for the purpose for which they are intended —
Thirteenth of July 1776
William Henry
W m Cosden has made it appear to my satisfaction that he enlisted the last of his men on the Fourth of July 1776.
William Henry,

Land Office of Maryland
I certify that the within is a true copy of an original paper endorsed "Capt Perkins's Ret — St. Leonard" now on file in this Office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Land Office of Maryland this 10 th day of November 1868
William L. M. Seabrook Comm r of the Land Office

the. By the Convention of Maryland, June 25, 1776.
You are empowered to enrol twenty effective freemen, to act as Militia of this province in the middle Department, according to the resolution of this Convention, and the Form of Enrollment herewith delivered to you, on your coming which, and their passing as effective, you are to be entitled to, and shall receive a commission as Second Lieutenant of a Company to be composed partly of those you enrol.
Matthew Tilghman, President.
To Joseph Cozden Jr.
of Kent County.
Land Office of Maryland, I certify that the above is a true copy of an original paper now on file in this Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Land Office of Maryland this 10 th day of November 1860 William L. W. Seabrook Comr of the Land Office

Philad a 717 Walnut Novem. 2 d 1860
My dear Sir,
The necessities of my old friend Mrs Comegys, and the painful contrast between her present contracted pecuniary means, and her easy circumstance some 18 months ago have awakened afresh my interest in her claim for a Pension, which I believe to be so just & meritorious.
You have already been very kind & I beg leave to trouble you still further by asking the favor of a search for a Pension to some of the officers of Col Wm Richardson's Battalion of the Flying Artillery or their widows. Hoping that the papers accompanying any such application may contain a muster Roll of the Comegys' Company.
Sherry's In the appendix to Mr McCoy's History of Phila. page 382 published in Phila. in 1849.

I find a List of the Officers of Col. W m Richardson's Battalion which I have copied & enclose.
Captains Isaac Perkins & Thomas Smyth seem to have commanded the company or companies from Kent County, and most probably Andrew Fulco- ner & James Williamson were 1 st Lieuts and Jesse Cozden & Nathaniel Kinnard 2 nd Lieuts. with James Henry & Josiah Johnson as Ensigns were from the same County.
Unfortunately Mr C. Coneygys was not an Ensign until the year 1777.
In the proceedings of the Convention at Annapolis on the 25 th of June 1776 under the resolution to raise 3405 militia as a Flying Camp is the following order "That the several companies shall be mustered & passed by some one of the field officers of the County where such company shall be raised and the Captain shall return two copies of his muster roll certified by the field officer who musters

the men, to the Council of Safety, who shall transmit one of the copies to Congress."
Maryland Conventions 1774. 5. 6.
Published in 8 v Ball. 1836. page 172.
From this order it would seem that the muster rolls ought to be in possession of the Govt.
Begging your indulgence for again trespassing on your kindness
I remain Yours truly Jno Clayton =
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pension

Philad pa 714 Walnut St May 26 1860
Geo. C Whiting Esquire
Dear Sir
Since writing you this morning & mailing Mrs Comegys' Application for a pension. I received by this afternoon's mail a letter from Dr Sno Sargent covering the enclosed from the Hon. G. Duncan, to you.
Any assistance which you can render Mrs. C. in her present application will be gratefully appreciated by this very estimable lady & her family. Nothing but stern necessity induces her to make the application. Hoping to hear from you favorably soon
I remain Very truly Yours J. H. Clayton.

Louisville Ky., 22 May '60
Geo C Whiting Esq
Dear Sir
Some time ago I wrote to Flotky Jr in behalf of D r Sargent of this City who is a son in law of Mr s Conegys of Philadelphia to ascertain what rights Mr s Conegys had as widow for the revolution- ary services of her husband - He promptly replied to the letter, with the information desired, and stated that you were so kind as to search the records for the evidence of Eugene Conegys service & found in the department complete proof of it -
Upon that information Mrs Conegys has been prevailed on to make the application - John Leeky Esq Esq of Philad a has prepared the papers and has probably written to you or Costy on the subject - In a letter from him he says to Mr Sargent that the

Proof of the marriage is in com- plete but they did not have the Proof of Service in Philad a .
Mr Coshly left here a few days ago for Paducah to meet his son Lieut George Coshly - Before starting, he told Dr Sargent, to ask me to write to you, about these papers, that will be forwarded to the proper bureau at Washing- ton, by Mr Clayton for Mrs Conegy's - because you know exactly where to lay your hands on the proof of Service, having recently examined the matter for him, & upon my request
For your aid to Mr Coshly in procuring the information that I desired for Dr Sargent you will please accept my thanks - and you will serve a worthy family by taking the pains to procure it for me pay in another bureau

Mr. M c Comys application for proof of Service & forfeiture action upon that application
M c Comys said powers of attorney might be necessary on the part of the heirs of Ensign Capt. Comys - This I think is probably not necessary as the service is for the benefit of the government afforded the widow
of however there is any thing due to the heirs, I most soon would enclose to me, the appropriate blanks, for John Sargent and Julia at his wife, and they will be completed here
The other heirs (besides Mrs. S) are Hannah B Mason, and Ella Ann Gelmer, both of Philad a & both widows -
I should not be surprised if my old friend Sullivan of Washington knew this family - Mr. Comys was about 1800 a clerk in the head department & afterwards in the Post Office

department in charge of the dead letter office & some of the old officers there might know the family - Do not mistake & suppose that I think Sullivan might know them so far back, as that, for I know he is a very very young gentleman.
Truly Garnett Duncan

Philad a 717 Walnut St May 14 th 1860
Mr Geo. C Whiting
Dear Sir,
As a friend of Mrs Catharine Comegys widow of Cornelius Comegys who was in the Revolutionary Army (from Maryland) I have prepared an application for a Pension under act of July 25 th 1848
A son in law of Mrs Comegys Mr John Sargent of Louisville Ky. under date of May 2 nd writes to Mrs C. as follows "Mr Cosby of the Auditor's Office Washington City who is visiting a daughter of his here, called on me this morning. He said I must write you not to employ an agent as they charge exorbitant fees of no use, but simply to have the papers prepared at once and send them to Mr Geo. C Whiting U.S. Pension Office, who will remit you the amount due your late husband and also the Land Warrant"
The application has been to today - but I presume it will be useless without some proof. We have no evidence respecting Mr Comegys service but presume the records of the War Department contain enough for the purpose.
As respects the marriage of Mr & Mrs C. the entry in

The Family Bible is in the handwriting of the Comteess. Could an affidavit be made of the handwriting of the Book forwarded to your office by Robert for inspection - without the expense of sending an agent on to Washington for the purpose?
An affidavit of the time of the C.'s death can be procured. Please give me the necessary instructions respecting the preparation & authentication of the affidavits respecting the marriage & death - widowhood, as it is very desirable to avoid the expense of the employment of a Pension agent in Washington.
I think it likely that Mr F. Corby of the Auditor's office knows something about the services of the Comteess.
Yours sincerely Robert E. Lee
I remain Very truly Faithfully Wm. Clayton.

I hereby certify that on this seventh day of January in the year eight hundred & sixty one before me the subscriber a Notary Public of the State of Maryland in and for Anne Arundel County personally appeared Nicholas Brewer, Jr. of the City of Annapolis, known to me to be an Attorney of good standing, and makes oath that from frequent examinations of the evidences of military service during the Revolutionary War deposited in the Land Office of Maryland, he has become familiar with the same; that he has examined the annexed paper marked "Lieut W m Birdley's returns of the Militia of Kent County in 1778", and particularly with reference to an Act of Assembly of Maryland passed on the 17 th day of Mar. 1778 Chap. V th entitled "An Act to procure troops for the American Army"; that said Act required that Kent County should furnish one hundred & twenty eight recruits towards making up the number of two thousand nine hundred and two men required from the State of Maryland and further provides that - "If in any County it is justa  shall not be raised before the 20 th of May next "there shall be a general muster of the Militia which is to be divided into as many classes respect being had to property as there shall be men wanted, and a draft is to take place in every class that does not procure its recruit within five days &c" That in the said "Return of Lieut W m Birdley" the privates are divided into classes as required by said Act. a peculiarity not observed in the muster-rolls of a date prior to the passage of said Act; that on enumerating the classes contained in the statute returns  (turn over)

of Lieut. Wm. Bortley, of which the annexed paper forms a part, to wit: the muster-roll of the 7 th Com- pany; he finds that the number of classes into which the men named in said "Return" are divided corresponds with the number of men required by said Act to be furnished by Kent County - and that in view of said facts the Deponent is satisfied that said return was made on or after the 20 th May 1778 in conse- quence of Kent County having failed to furnish the required number of recruits as first pro- vided by said law
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal on the day & year first before written.
Thos. M. Pinal, Not. Pub.
Annapolis, Md.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

copy of 26 th Battalion of Militia under the Com- mand of Col d Donaldson Gentes, Kent County
* * * * *
seventh company
Capt. Leamey's capt
3 d class
6 th class
Lieut. Palmer 1 st Lieut Lieut. Wallis 2 d Lieut Com d Leamey's ensign John Leary 1 st Sergt. Charles Holliston 2 d Thomas Sapping 3 d S. John Leeder 4 th S. Lambert Flower 1 st C. Robert Young 2 d Corp. Wm. Parker 3 d C. John Dugan 4 th Corp.
Phillip Warner William North James Hicks Henry Pennington Frederick Arnington Reuben Harding William Wilmer Russell Sillard
Johnson Brooks Edward Tiller John Wallis Doctor 10 George Runis James Porter John Elk Bawant Nick Riley John Sappington Francis Sherard
1 st class
4 th class
7 th class
James Gully Samuel Tiller Hugh Pearce Henry Wyatt James Wilson Josiah Shinal James Kaly 10
Christopher Bilbean Henry Wallis 10 George Denning Ensam Brooks Nath l McBlannan William Keating William Walley James Denty Mealsiah Ambrose
Richard Green Isaac Walters Samuel Wallis William Berry 10 Jas. Sappington John Greenwood John Findley
8 th class
2 d class
5 th class
James Gynnon John Haley Jonas Denning William Mull James Steele Stephen Denning Samuel Malt Isa Stewart James Butcher John Wallis 10
Hugh Wallis Joshua Vansan jun r . Jas Leeder ser t 10 Robert Mansfield William Wyatt Nath l Gerring David Gerring Wm Steene Thomas Douting Robert Maxwell
John Brooks John Harvey John Woodland Sam Mansfield Abraham Freeman George Black Nick Denning Rich d Murs

Land Office of Maryland; I William L. W. Seabrook, commissioner of the Land Office of Maryland do hereby certify that within is a true extract from an original paper on file in this Office, endorsed "Lt. William Bowley's return of the Militia in Kent County 1778" I also certify that I have Carefully examined said original paper with reference to an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed on the 17 th day of March 1778, and believe that it corresponds in all aspects with the requirements of said Act and differs materially from returns made prior to the passage of said Act - in that - in the said paper the list of privates is subdivided into Classes, as required by said Act in certain contingencies; and I further certify that from such examination I am satisfied the said paper was prepared in conformity with the provisions of said Act, and on or after the 27 th day of May 1778
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Land Office of Maryland This 7 th day of January 1861 Wm L. Seabrook commissioner of the Land Office

State of Pennsylvania City of Philadelphia ss.
On this Twelfth day of January A.D 1861 Ella M Gillmer a witness residing in the city of Philadelphia aforesaid, known to me to be entitled to full faith and credit came personally before me Williams Ogle an Alderman in and for said city and state, and made oath in due form of law
That she recollects very well hearing from her father Cornelius Comegys, that when he left the army of General Washington, wherein he was an Ensign in a Company of Maryland Troops, he abandoned the profession of arms, and betook himself ever afterwards to civil pursuits, but she has no recollection of the year or the season of the year when he left further than that it was subsequent to his joining the army of General Washington soon after the battle of Germantown and that her said father always assigned as a reason for leaving the army, impaired health induced by his previous exposures therein.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me This 12 th day of January A.D 1861
Williams Ogle Alderman
Ella M. Gillmer
State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia ss
I Charles D Knight Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the city and County of Philadelphia aforesaid, DO Certify that Williams Ogle Esquire before whom the above Affidavit of Ella M Gillmer was made and subscribed was at the time and now is an Alderman of the city of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations, & to take acknowledgments &c as provided by Act of Assembly &c

and to all whose acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of January Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred and Sixty one
Chas. Knight Proth. Clk.

Extracts from Spark's Washington and Irving's Washington - Showing arrival of 200 Maryland troops between 11 & 17 Oct. 1861. etc. etc.

Battle of Germantown fought October 4 th 1777.
5 th vol Spark's Writings of Washington, p. 78
3 rd vol. Irving's Life of Washington p. 282
"General Varnum with the detachment from Peekskill amounting to about twelve hundred including officers, would be last night at Coryell's Ferry. About five hundred militia from Virginia, and two hundred from Maryland, together with Colonel Gibson's State regiment consisting of two hundred and twenty six effectives have already joined the army" &c
Letter of Gen. Washington dated October 7 th 1777
5 th Spark's Washington p. 83. 84.
"Washington remained a few days at Berkiumen Creek to give his army time to rest and recover from the disorder incident to a retreat. Having been reinforced by the arrival of twelve hundred Rhode Island troops from Peekskill under Gen. Varnum, and nearly a thousand Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania troops he gradually drew nearer to Philadelphia, and took a strong position at White Marsh within fourteen miles of that city"
3 rd vol Irving's Washington page 291
This was his whole force, and it was likely soon to suffer a diminution of Nineteen hundred and eighty six militia, by the expiration of the term of service for which those from Maryland

and Virginia had been engaged
Minutes of the Council of War October 29 1777
5' Sparks Washington p. 122. note.
"The enclosed return will give Congress a general view of the strength of this army when it was made, and a particular one of the forces of each State which compose it. By this they will perceive how greatly deficient the whole are in furnishing their just quotas. The militia from Maryland and Virginia are no longer to be counted on. All the former, except about two hundred are already gone; and a few days I expect, will produce the departure of the whole or a chief part of the latter, from the inopportune applications which some of them have made"
Letter of Gen. Washington, dated Novem 1 1777
5' Sparks Washington p 127. 128.
"The day wore away with nothing but skirmishes in which Morgan's riflemen the Maryland militia under Col Gist rendered good service"
3' Irving Washington p. 329 describing occurrences of Decem 4 1777
"Exclusive of the Maryland troops sent to Wilmington."
From Letter of Gen Washington to Pres of Congress Dec 23 1777
3 vol. Irving Washington p. 336

State of Kentucky } Jefferson County } ss
This day Nov 17th 1860 John Sargent a witness well known to me to be intitled to full faith and credit, came personally before me Saml Mallett a justice of the Peace in and for said County & State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he was well and intimately acquainted with Cornelius Conaggs late of the City and County of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, from the year of One thousand eight hundred & twenty, up to the year One thousand eight hundred & thirty two, never knew him to be a man of truth and veracity, of high moral character and incapable of uttering an untruth, and that during his said acquaintance with him, has frequently been entertained by him in hearing him relate his fatigues & trials in the Army and during the revolutionary war, have heard him speak particularly of their (the Armies) suffering at White Marsh, on the North River and in New Jersey, with the inuendos of the flying camp, and that he merely believes, from the oft repeated conversations that he has had with, the said Conaggs, that he Conaggs is justly intitled to a pension from the U.S. Government for his services in the Revolutionary Wars,

affiant further states that he is now in the fifty fifth year of his age, a Resident of the City of Louisville in said County and State aforesaid, and that he has no pecuniary interest in the application of the parties applying for said pension, shown to subscribers } before me this 17th } Notary Public day of Nov 1860 }
Saml M'Callack J.P.G.
State of Kentucky Clifford County } I Ch. M. Thruston clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that Saml M'Callack whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County duly Commissioned and qualified that full faith & credit are due his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 17 th day of November 1860 Ch M Thruston

Copy of "The United States Gazette" of Philad a . of September 1st 1844 (Semi Weekly Edition) containing Obituary of Cornelius Comegys
Same having been published in daily issue of that paper of Thursday, September 12 th 1844 -
Cornelius Comegys Ms. File 6.718 Md.

The United States Gazette.
SEMI-WEEKLY—FOR THE COUNTRY.
VOL. XLIV.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1844.
NO. 6,709
UNITED STATES GAZETTE.
Published every Wednesday and Saturday morning, by JOSEPH R. CHANDLER, No. 66, Dock street, at Four Dollars per annum, payable in advance.
THE STORM RISING.
At the commencement of the last session of Congress, the Whig politicians, and the Whig press, began their systematic efforts to keep up an enthusiasm in their ranks for the benefit of Mr. Clay; and while there existed some uncertainty as to how , in the Republican party, previous to the assembling of its Baltimore Convention, the Whigs were, for a long time, permitted to have all the shouts to themselves. Thus many of our opponents became confident of success, and seeing the "ominous calm" which continued to pervade the Republican camp, even subsequently to the decision of the National Convention, this caused them to shout the more, of course, until they have become hoarse and quite exhausted, and are utterly unable to keep up their zeal in the cause, and are now in a state of complete exhaustion and premature action is characteristic of the Federal Bank Whigs. They invariably begin too soon , and find to their horror, when the battle begins in earnest, that their annihilation is inevitable .
The above beautiful paragraph is from the Messager . That paper, we suppose, has not heard of any recent election in Louisiana, recent election in Louisiana, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Vermont, &c. So that it is, indeed, of course, the Whigs who shouted too soon, indeed! Of course, the Whigs did. If they had not shouted, Mr. Tyler would have been elected, in his treason to the party, all that he intended. He would have, indeed, given up the citadel of the Whigs, and redeemed a portion of his disgrace by the success of his treason. But forewarned by the true Whig press, the Clay party was on guard, and when Mr. Tyler attempted to betray them to the Loocs, he gave the latter party what the Whigs would "most gladly part with all." The Whigs now like Sinbad on the island , having got clear of the "old man," can take care of themselves.
MAINE.
The State election in Maine has taken place. We are yet without returns, but we do not hope for much from that State this month. Local circumstances have operated in a way to disturb or paralyze party action. On the Electoral Ticket, we may look for some earnest effort, and favorable results.
VERMONT.
The following is the result of the gubernatorial votes in Vermont, in 108 towns. We think there are about 240 towns in the State.
1844. 1842. Slade, [W.] 24,838 Mattock, [W.] 24,702 Kellog, [L. F.] 18,411 Kellog, [L. F.] 19,730 Scattering, 4,855 Scattering, 4,855 In the 108 towns, the returns of which are comprised in the above table, the Loocs and scattering votes of the last year exceeded the Whig vote.
This year, Mr. Slade, the Whig candidate, has a majority over all other votes, amounting to 2,723. Making a net Whig gain of 2,723. It will be seen by the above statement, that the Whig candidate for Governor leads all others over 1,300 votes in the towns heard from. The towns from which returns are not yet received, will probably increase the majority to 3,000. Of the four Congressmen, three Whigs are elected. In the Fourth District, Dillingham, the Looc candidate and present member, is defeated; and it is confidently asserted by the Whigs, that they can carry their candidate, Mr. Chandler, at the next trial.
THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD.
In a late letter from the Rev. Mr. Cuan of Hilo, Sandwich Islands, is the following graphic account of a communion scene at the largest Church in the world, comprising more than seven thousand members: "Once in three months the whole Church meets at the station to eat the Lord's Supper. In our last communion five thousand were present, and April. Perhaps five thousand for the occasion, were met in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, on the sea shore. The assembly was immense, and the scene overwhelming. Before us was the wide Pacific, heaving its broad breast to the breeze of heaven. Behind us were the everlasting mountains, rearing their snowy summits above the clouds, and forming an eternal rampart against the western sky. Beneath us was a little islet of earth, once ignited by volcanic fire, rocky by a thousand earthquakes, and more than once swallowed by a flood. Above us was the vaulting sky, that glorious mirror, that 'woven looking glass,' spread out and made strong by the hand of Omnipotence. Around us was a land-scene of inimitable beauty, clothed in verdure. The sun..."
PHILADELPHIA REFINED STOVE AND IRON WORKS.
The above works are situated at the upper end of the improving village of Cohoesink, at the junction of the Germantown Road and Sixth street. They are owned and carried on by Messrs Charles W. Warnock & Co., and are deserving of more than a passing notice. The main building is probably not less than 75 feet by 100, to which there are several wings attached. The foundry for castings covers the whole of the south half of the first floor, in which are made stove castings, tea kettles, radiator stove plates, and pots and kettles, for the celebrated "book's favorite" cooking stoves, ornaments for the various office and parlor stoves cast at this establishment. A visit to this room will be richly repaid by the skillful industry displayed by the numerous workmen engaged, especially in casting the common tea kettle, an article with the manufacture of which most people are ignorant, however familiar they may be with its use.
The north-east wing is occupied by an engine of eight horse power, which is the prime mover used for "producing wind enough" to put the furnace in blast, at the distance of from 20 to 30 feet, other "wind," passing through a tin conductor, raised to the height of the first story, down to the furnace below. In connexion with this part of the building is a room appropriated to the business of "cleaning" the sand from the various articles cast in the foundry—often or always are constantly at work in this apartment.
The upper part of the building is used for stove finishing rooms, rounding house, &c. Specimens of the different kinds of stoves, castings, ornaments, radiator plates, tea kettles, &c., are constantly to be seen in the general room, while in the rooms adjoining, various individuals are engaged in the work of finishing and preparing for sale. Attached to the whole, is a blacksmith shop, in which are manufactured handles for tea kettles, &c. The whole number of workmen employed is from 70 to 100.
A visit to the above works cannot fail to be gratifying, while it will be the means of instructing those unacquainted with the process of iron founding. At the same time it will afford an unanswerable argument in favor not only of a tariff for revenue but a tariff for legitimate protection to American enterprise and industry .
The Hon. W. C. Pressly, of South Carolina, is to address the Whigs of the city of Baltimore this afternoon.
Charles M. Brown, Esq., the newly appointed Marshal for the Territory of Wisconsin, passed through New York on Monday, on his route to Madison, Wisconsin.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
Our friends the mechanics, manufacturers, and their agents, must not forget amidst their numerous and, we trust, profitable engagements, the exhibition of the Franklin Institute, which will open early in October. We know how many, when pressed with business, will postpone to the last hour that which they know must be done , we issue this our advice, in order that our friends may be saved the chagrin and vexation incident upon delay.
We say to them, have your specimens ready to deposit at the proper time, for we look for a most glorious exhibition this fall of American skill. We can assure our friends that the Institute is now providing the most liberal means for the perfect display of every species of American skill, including the most enlarged accommodations for models and working machinery.
INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
As frequent allusions are made relative to the Institution for the Blind, for the reception of visitors, to its constitution, inquiries, and the reason to state that the Institution is open for visitors every afternoon, Saturday and Sunday, excepting from 2 to 4 o'clock, and every afternoon will be given to gratify the curiosity of those who may feel an interest in the progress of the pupils and their arrangements of the institution.
NEW YORK.
A circular from the Albany Journal says that the New York Convention Nominating Convention has decided all the advantages to the party which occurred to itself in the coming...
Correspondence of the United States Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 1844.
Dear Chandler:—I have within a few days past had the pleasure to receive several letters from different sections of Virginia, and seen others, all of which speak the most encouraging language. The campaign is being carried on in that State in the most animated manner. A large number of the ablest Whigs in the Old Dominion,—and she has many of those talents and standing she may be truly proud,—are on the stump, and nothing can resist the force of their eloquence and the cogency of their reasoning,—perhaps I ought to say, nothing can resist the powerful rays of the light of truth which they throw upon the minds of the people. In every instance I have heard of, where a Loecoco speaker has encountered a Whig, he has been completely unhorsed and defeated, in the presence of the people, and glad to escape with dabbled plumes. Wm. C. Rivers, always powerful, low irresistible, A. H. H. Stuart, a host in himself, Geo. W. Summers, a perfect Bonaparte, and one of the first men in the nation, as he is one of the most unassailable, and many others of your acquaintance, are among those who take the lead and bear the Whig flag even into the very strong holds of the enemy. I do not wish to encourage hopes that may not be realized; but I assure you I firmly believe the vote of "the Old Dominion" will be cast for a son of her soil,—who drew his nurture in infancy and boyhood from her bosom, and left her to enter upon that brilliant career which now confers honor as well upon her, as upon her child and his disappointed mother, Kentucky,—for "Harry of the West."
Yours, sincerely,
HOOKER'S WORKS.
The Appletons have had the hardihood to publish a complete edition of the works of Richard Hooker, styled by the common consent of ecclesiastical writers, the "learned and judicious divine," with his life, by the celebrated Isaac Walton. The book is edited by Keble, Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, and is printed from the best Oxford edition, with copious indexes, and all the references and quotations in the original languages. This seems a bold undertaking for such an age of cheap literature and sectarianism as that in which we live, but the publishers, of course, know what they are about, and it is really a comfort to one born half a century ago, to know that readers can be found for an old fashioned book, such as it takes a genius and a scholar to have whole life to write. Hooker's "Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity" has long been a classic among theological books. His learning, piety, and ability, are universally admitted; and these voluminous works afford the most convincing evidence of his untiring industry and research.
Mr. G. S. Appleton, No. 118 Chestnut street, is the Philadelphia publisher.
THE DOCTRINE.
Many years ago, say in 1820, persons in New England, now favorable to a protective tariff, were then opposed to such a measure, and the Journal of Commerce, now a leading Loecoco journal, took occasion yesterday to copy some remarks of those anti-protection men, and added the following:
"Thus solemnly did the assembled citizens of Boston declare their condemnation of the protective policy which Mr. Clay was then pushing into existence. They declared that their growth was natural and spontaneous, that in this way all manufactures adapted to our character and circumstances, will be introduced and extended as soon and as far as will promote the public good; that taxes imposed on the people for the sole benefit of any one class of men, are equally inconsistent with the principles of a free government, and the supposition of dependence on foreign nations is absurd; that the protective policy is a system of favoritism and partiality, that the protective system favored great capitalists rather than personal industry, and had no tendency to promote national industry; that protection compels the farmer to pay more for all he buys, and results in loss for all he sells; that the protective system is a system of monopoly, and that the proposed Tariff was calculated to 'encourage the industry, increase the prosperity, and secure the independence of the people.' These principles, in our deliberate judgment, were then, they are now, and will ever remain true."
The Journal of Commerce is a little more open than some other Loecoco papers,—but then it has...
Correspondence of the United States Gazette.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10, 1844.
The greatest political meeting which has taken place in Baltimore since the May Convention, was held last night under the auspices of the Whigs of the 12th, 13th and 14th Wards, in Lexington Market Square. There were present not less than fifteen thousand persons, many of whom were ladies. It was decidedly a gorgeous spectacle. The meeting was addressed by Col. William C. Preston, of South Carolina, in one of the most eloquent and glowing speeches I ever listened to. He spoke over an hour, principally upon the qualifications requisite to characterize a man who is placed in the Presidential Chair of this Union. All these were possessed by Henry Clay, who was made to appear so far above James K. Polk in intellectual and political acquirements, that the latter could scarcely be seen with a microscope. Mr. Preston went for Clay under all circumstances, and for every measure of the Whig party unequivocally. Nothing but death could separate him from the cause, which, upon this occasion, had advocated. Reverdy Johnson, Chas. H. Peabody, John Weatherhead, Wm. W. Watson, and others, also addressed the meeting in powerful and eloquent language, and all for Clay.
I am glad to inform you that young Francis Fairbairn, of this city, who was reported to have been accidentally shot near Carrollton, Ky., some weeks ago, is still alive and well. It was a cruel blow played off on his friends by some foolish anonymous letter writer.
Hughes, the man mentioned yesterday as being injured upon the railroad, has since died.
The Loecocos who stole the 3d ward Clay post flags, have been arrested, and will undergo an investigation this afternoon. Their names are William Staten and Alfred Buckeney.
The total amount at the stock board are as follows:—50 shares Chesapeake Bank 22 9 16; 11 do Susquehanna Canal 7; $1400 Maryland 6 78; 40 shares Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 51 3/4; 10 do Susquehanna Canal 7 1/2; 10 do 7 1/2; 10 do Western Bank 10 3/4; 450 Maryland 5 1/2; 10 do 6 3/4.
New Howard street flour is now selling at $4 12 1/2, and in better demand. Speculations in City Mills are what takes place at the same price. Good to prime red wheat sells readily at $0 to $1 1/2, and ordinary to good at 78 a 80 cts; white corn $0 to 41 cts; yellow 42 a 43 cts; oats 20 a 21 cts.
Whiskey in bbls sells at 24 cts, and in hds at 22 1/2 a 23 cts.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 11, 1844.
The extensive lumber yard of Messrs. Cooks & Glenn, situated in west Pratt near Green street, took fire yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, and was totally destroyed. It contained from 25 to $30,000 worth of lumber, upon which there was an insurance in the Franklin Office of Philadelphia of some $9,000. There was also a slight insurance in some of the Baltimore offices. The actual loss however of Messrs. Cooks & Glenn, will be from 15 to $18,000. Six or seven small houses surrounding the yard were likewise consumed, but their contents mostly saved. There seems to be but little doubt that this fire was the work of incendiaries. A colored man has been arrested and imprisoned, on suspicion of having perpetrated the deed.
The persons who stole the flags from the Third Ward Clay pole, on Friday night last, named William Staten and Robert Gamble, together with William Harrison, accused of being an accessory to the theft, for offering the two first named offenders $10 to commit the deed, were tried yesterday at the police court, before Justice Schmucker, and the two former were found guilty in default of $500 each, and the latter guilty at the Criminal Court. The latter (Harrison) was released on $300 security for examination on Friday next. A person named Albert Blasey, implicated in the matter, turned State's evidence.
STATE CONVENTION OF NEW JERSEY.
The Whig State Convention, to nominate a candidate for Governor of the State of New Jersey, met at Trenton yesterday. A preliminary meeting was organized in the forenoon, by the appointment of Dr. Geo. Gage, of Warren, as Chairman, and Robert E. Horner as secretary.
A committee to consist of one member from each county was appointed upon the organization, and a like committee upon resolutions. The meeting then adjourned to meet at 4 o'clock.
At 4 o'clock the Convention met and organized by the appointment of the following gentlemen as officers:
DR. GEORGE GAGE, of Warren.
Vice Presidents: James Stewart, of Warren. Samuel Miley, of Essex. Mr. Van Dorn, of Hunterdon. John P. Kirtland, of Burlington. Joseph Balder, of Gloucester. John H. Reynolds, of Somerset. John W. Marshall, of Sussex. Alexander Stewart, of Oberland. Thomas M. Doremus, of Essex. William Westcott, of Sussex. D. F. Dummel, of Essex. Lewis Howell, of Sussex. James C. Smith, of Sussex. James C. Smith, of Sussex. Andrew Paterson, of Sussex. A. O. Zabriskie, of Sussex. J. P. Kirtland, of Sussex. Samuel Miley, of Essex. Samuel Miley, of Essex.
MR. POLK AND THE TARIFF.
While the leaders of the Polk party are attempting to humbug the people with the idea that Mr. Polk is favorable to a protective tariff, let some of these people read the sentiments offered and received at a recent Polk and Dallas dinner in South Carolina:
By Owen Burton, Jr., Colleton District.—She was the first to proclaim that adulteration was the rightful remedy . Let her still be in the van, and declare to our brethren of the north, that we will no longer submit to the present onerous tariff, though it costs us our life.
That is pretty well for the Junior; he seems to have been well brought up. But if these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in the dry? Let us see:
By Owen Burton, Sen. Secession or disunion —The one or other is inevitable, so far as South Carolina is concerned, the sooner it takes place the better .
And here are a few more:
By Henry Costine. Texas— Annexation with the Union if we can, without it if we must .
By C. Lining. The State Resolutions of '41 and '42—We stand pledged to support them. Let us not, like dastards, retreat , but let our course be onward, onward .
By C. Lining. The present unequal, unjust, and unconstitutional tariff—Let South Carolina resist , though it should lead to disunion .
By A. Dr. Gage. Sen. James K. Polk—May he be triumphant in the ensuing Presidential election.
Are the sober people of the middle States prepared to herd and harmonize with such a set of would-be traitors? If not, let them avoid identifying themselves with them in the political campaign.
Yesterday, Mr. Parker preached to his congregation at Roxbury, for the first time since his return from Europe. The fact seemed to cause quite a sensation, as I am told by a gentleman who was so fortunate as to be one of his hearers, that the church was completely full long before the hour of the commencement of service, and that there were more than one hundred carriages about the edifices, from Boston and the neighboring towns, the owners of many of which were compelled to return without having heard the eloquent divine.— Letter to N. Y. Ev. Post .
Had the owners of these hundred carriages from Boston and the neighboring towns no service in their own house of worship, that they should be driving about the country on Sunday, to gratify curiosity?
MR. CLAY IN FASHION.
Mr. Mahan, in Chestnut street, has published a lithograph of the Fashions, in which males and females, old and young, are represented in the dress which fashion, at the present time, prescribes, in color and shape. Prominent in front, stands Henry Clay, wearing the same coat which Mr. M. sent up to him. Mr. Polk is at Mr. Clay's left hand, for, of course, Mr. Polk is to be left. He seems too well dressed, and we think he will stay well dressed. The picture is handsome, and does credit to the taste and liberality of the publisher.
THE ISSUES.
The Hudson N. Y. Loecoco Gazette, in answer to a question propounded by the Republican, Whig, says that it is in favor of re-establishing
THE SUB-TREASURY.
In favor of
REPEALING THE TARIFF.
And in favor of the
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
The Whigs are against all these. Here, then, are the issues.
NEW BOOKS.
Mr. J. W. Moore, No. 138 Chestnut street, has for sale all of the publications of Winchester, of New York, some samples of which, of a peculiar nature, are now before us, viz:
Brown's History of Illinois.—This is a history of that State, from its first discovery and settlement, to the present time, by Henry Brown, Esq., Counsellor at Law. It is an exceedingly interesting work, replete with instruction upon the history of the West, full of information concerning earlier times, and abounding in facts necessary to a proper understanding of the aborigines, and of the relations in which we now stand to wards that interesting and injured people. One author writes like a man of observation—one that can look at the suffering people with sympathy, and yet comprehend the great law, that mind must rule matter, and, consequently, the savage must perish in the presence of the civilized, as the morning mist passes off before the rising sun.
Correspondence of the United States Gazette.
RIO JANEIRO, July 10th, 1844.
I find myself with a leisure moment, and I know not how I can better employ it than writing to an old and esteemed friend. I am enjoying most excellent health, and am in the finest climate, at this season of the year, (winter) that can be found any where. The delightful sea breezes that rush into the harbor every day, makes it so agreeable and healthful, that they are called the "Doctors," here. Winter clothing is not uncomfortable, day or night, though nearly all dress in summer apparel. The harbor of Rio is famous for its beauty and extent. The commerce of the world might well nigh ride at anchor, sheltered from the winds, in perfect safety. The belt of mountains that surround it rise in broken spurs, some fourteen, sixteen, and eighteen hundred feet from the Bay, giving to the whole panorama a most beautiful and grand appearance. The harbor is crowded with shipping of all nations, that trade and carry on commerce to this quarter of the world, to the East Indies and the Pacific Ocean. See its advantageous geographical position, midway between China and the Pacific Ocean, from Europe and the United States—the grand stopping place for all vessels bound thither, to get refreshments and supplies, or to refit their vessels to again contend with the storms of the ocean, in the progress of their voyage.
The political affairs of Brazil seem to have settled down into a perfect state of quiet. The excitement that existed for a time was owing to the Emperor having dismissed his Ministry, and dissolved both Houses of Congress, of course the Ministerial party took exceptions to this, and for a time were clamorous and noisy; at no moment was there any thing in the excitement to produce great uneasiness. The Emperor is strong in the affections of the people, and when he made known to them the causes that induced him thus to act, and to form a new cabinet, they were satisfied, and all is quiet. Brazil is yet in her infancy, particularly in the forms and diplomacy of government; consequently, it cannot be expected that she will progress very rapidly, or without some difficulty and occasional excitements. I think they are getting on very well. They certainly have one of the finest countries on the globe. If they can keep themselves out of wars, and other retarding difficulties, they will do well enough. It is a fine field for the commerce, manufacturing and mechanical products of America. They are very favorably disposed towards the government and people of the United States, and I trust will bring to an early conclusion the treaty now under consideration between the two countries; it is one, I think, that will be beneficial to both parties. I see much in Brazil to make the commerce and trade hither of great importance to the people of the United States. I therefore hope that our government will do what is right and proper to retain the present good understanding and good feeling that certainly exists.
England and France seem to be actively engaged in settling their new conquest —in the East Indies, on the part of England; and the Marquesas Islands, on the Pacific, on the part of France. Several English and French transports are here, on their way to the East Indies and Pacific Ocean, filled with troops and emigrants. If we do not look out, we shall see England in possession of the Oregon and Texas, and then, if the United States is ever to get them, it will be at the expense of much blood and treasure, resulting in a long and destructive war.
An English ship came in here a few days since that had been on fire ten days, at sea! Fortunately, the wind was favorable, and she reached this port at a moment when the fire was bursting forth.
Capt. Gregory, of the U. S. frigate Raritan , with his officers and men and some cargo, went to her relief, with numerous others, and the fire was extinguished. I have said that the Brazilians are friendly disposed to the United States—I will mention one little instance as an evidence. On the 11th day of July, I am told, the chief of police issued an order that all the citizens and seamen of the United States in Rio Janeiro should be indulged and kindly treated by the police, in the event of any indiscretions, or little breaches of order, as it was their (the Americans) great fair day of national independence, so that all seamen, or others, who were found during the night in a noisy conduct, or any such thing.
ENGLAND.
Professor Wright, who addresses his friends from London through the Boston Chronicle, thus speaks of England:
"After all, I pronounce material England a paradise. It is not large, too hot, nor too cold. It has no noxious insects, nor none which good housekeeping does not dispose of with a very little care. It is full, naturally, of all conceivable beauties of mountain and plain, land and water, except perhaps frozen water, and all within a space which one might travel round in a few weeks on foot, and any one not a dolt and a punk-hammer—a mere concocting alchemist of pork, cabbage and vinegar, would love to do it. Talk about poetry—why to live where Southey did at Keswick, or where Wordsworth does at Rydal, is enough to make any man—even a Dutchman—a poet. He has but to make the first opening in his soul-case, and the poetry flows in till presently it overflows. By the way, I had an introduction to the venerable poet of Rydal Mount, from Thomas Clarkson, who is his particular friend, and was at one time his neighbor. He lives upon a beautiful little bowery hill of the mountain, where he can peer out between the green, rustling laurel and holly boughs over the village of Ambleside and down the fine vale of the silvery Windermere, with its mountains around like flowing curtains of soft green and figured velvet, pinned above the clouds."
The New York Journal of Commerce says—Mr. John Taylor, of Albany, the President of the new steamboat company organized there, is about contracting for a boat to be built in this city, of larger dimensions than any now running on the Hudson. Her length will be 340 feet, with about 40 feet beam. She is to have a 72 inch cylinder, and every thing else to correspond. She is intended to be ready to run on the opening of navigation next spring. The Albany Knickerbocker says, that Mr. E. C. Delavan proposes to build another boat to run in connexion with her.
The following is the result of a trial at rifle shooting, which took place near Savannah, Ga., a few days since. Mr. E. H. Rogers, a member of the Savannah Rifle Club, was the main success. Result of Second Trial .—Distance three hundred yards—size of target or bull's eye, sixteen inches—number of shots 12, at a rest—measurements of balls, fifty four inches —being an average of 44 inches for each ball.
The Ninth Anniversary of the New York Anti-Slavery Society is to be held Utica on the 15th and 16th inst. A ticket for Presidential electors is to be formed, and four candidates for Canal Commissioners to be nominated.
No DEAF OR BLIND INDIANS.—Dr. Smith, of the Boston Medical Journal, who has recently visited the Forks of the Mississippi, in an article on Advantages of Iowa , and other matters, gives a singular fact, by stating from good authority, that no person officially associated with the Indians of the Upper Mississippi, ever saw or heard of a deaf Indian, or one whose eye sight was materially impaired, or whose teeth were essentially decayed. No initiation of the Sioux tribe ever required spectacles, or discovered any advantages from trying those of travellers, because their vision was not impaired, even in extreme old age. Mr. Reed and Mr. Dow, the principal factors employed by government in each their agriculture, both concur in declaring this to be true, after a residence of six years in their midst. Ophthalmia, however, is a common complaint, from which they suffer very considerably.
MASONIC.—The Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Kentucky, closed their deliberations at Lexington, last week, having been in session all the week. The Order is now in very flourishing condition. Among other things, they have appointed a committee of education, with power to organize a seminary, for the support and education of destitute children of deceased Masons, to be called, "The Masonic Orphan Asylum." The amount of funds for this establishment, is expected to be made at Lexington, Oldham county.— Frankfort Commonwealth, September 3 .
A SEAMAN'S MORTHE.—He will be here to vote on Tuesday, repeat a lady of this place, the other day, to a suggestion that her son, who had just become of age, would not return in time for the election. I have argued him to be may , continued she, and he will never do honor to his mother by so flagrant a neglect of the duties of a freeman. Saturday evening brought nothing of the day. Sunday passed—Monday morning came—and the noble spirited matron was gratified to find her son, severely bruised, but bringing him in time. He had returned in due time and voted.— Washington City Post .
A most unfortunate occurrence happened last week at New Bedford. Mr. A. Pillsbury, thirty miles above that place, in a vessel which had been fitted for the U. S. steamer Union , and in which he was engaged in conveying a party of gentlemen, was found during the night in a noisy conduct, or any such thing.
THE NEW YORK COURIER AND ENQUIRER.
learns, that as the cars were passing through New Market, between New Brunswick and Rahway, on Tuesday evening, Maj. Ayres, one of the delegates to the Whig Convention at Trenton, in stepping off, fell upon the platform and fractured his skull. His recovery was considered doubtful though medical attendance was immediately procured.
A lad about sixteen years of age drowned himself in the Mississippi, at New Orleans, on the 11th. The act was committed, it is understood, under the impulse of feelings of desperation, occasioned by his being utterly friendless.
GOV. FORD AND THE MORMONS.—The Quincy (Ill.) Gazette says, that it is reported upon good authority that Governor Ford recently wrote to the Mormon leaders from Nashville, where he was attending the Loecoco Convention, that it would be would

Our last communion was on the first Sabbath in April. Perhaps five thousand were present, and for want of a convenient house for the occasion, we met in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, on the sea shore. The assembly was immense, and the scene overwhelming. Before us was the wide Pacific, heaving its broad breast to the breath of heaven. Behind us were the everlasting mountains, rearing their snowy summits above the clouds, and forming an eternal rampart against the western sky. Beneath us was a little spot of earth, once ignited by volcanic fires, rocked by a thousand earthquakes, and more than once submerged with a flood. Above us was the vaulted sky, that glorious mirror, that 'nolten looking-glass,' spread out and made strong by the hand of Omnipotence. Around us was a landscape of inimitable beauty, clothed with verdure, teeming with life, and smiling in loveliness. The softer and sweeter features in nature, blended with the grand, the bold, the sublime, conspired to render the scene enchanting.
The heading of the article is incorrect. The Church at Hilo may be as large as any other, but it is not the largest. There were, in very old times, churches of the same size; and we have before us the report of a sermon preached in a church quite as large indeed, the whole service is set forth. It seems that on the occasion to which we allude, there were distant shores in view, the outspreading waters of the Levant, and of the little Tiberius; and on another side, the illimitable desert swam in the heat of the sun, like molten sand. And as if to shield it from unfriendly winds, mountains piled on mountains stood an impassable barrier, clothed with eternal snows. And down below, lay on swelling hills, the walled city, and by its side the valley, in which rested the dust of the great men of other times; and one eminence, yet little distinguished, bore that tomb in which no man had ever laid, and its rounding summit seemed to await in awful stillness, the stupendous event that was to sanctify it to remotest time. And here was gathered a multitude. About and within their inner ranks, were the few standing in reverence, yet leaning to catch the word of instruction; and in the centre of all, sat 'the Teacher.' His eye could take in the whole horizon, for far beyond even that, the limits of his church extended. His was not merely what the circle of the heavens, seemingly bowing to the earth, enclosed, but above, within and around, his spirit dwelt; and in the majesty of greatness, and amid the glorious scenes that only He could comprehend, He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
'Blessed are the peace-makers.' We have heard of no larger church, no such audience, never before nor since such a service, and never beside such a teacher.
A meeting is called in Boston, to consider the propriety and means of constructing a railroad from Massachusetts to Vermont. It is signed by Thomas H. Perkins, Abbott Lawrence, and a column or two of others who, if they set out, would construct a railroad from Long Wharf to Macao.
The corner stone of a Baptist Church, and one of an Episcopal Church, were laid at Baltimore yesterday.
The Whigs of First Ward, Baltimore, have erected the tallest Whig pole in the United States, it being 220 feet from the ground to the top of the flag staff.
In accordance with a previous call there was, last evening, a gathering of Whigs at the Whig Reading Room, for the purpose of listening to Governor Pennington and Senator Miller, of New Jersey. The room was filled to its utmost capacity, and at the conclusion of Gov. Pennington's speech an adjournment was had to the street, and Senator Miller took up a position on the steps fronting the Mayor's Court, from whence he spoke long, eloquently and effectively. The crowd assembled in the street was swelled in the course of the evening by a delegation from North Ward, where a meeting had also been held. The speeches of both these distinguished Whigs were listened to with pleasure and profit, and they were frequently and loudly cheered.
The bells of St. Peter's Church rang out in merry peals yesterday, in honor of the arrival of the noble packet ship Thomas P. Cope, Capt. Miercken, at our wharves. The bells were brought to this country in the Thomas P. Cope, free of charge, and her arrivals here are always honored with a peal from the chime.
The reception of visitors, we have instituted inquiries, and we use the occasion to state that the Institution is open for visitors every afternoon, (Saturday and Sunday excepted,) from 2 to 5 o'clock; and every attention will be given to gratify the curiosity of those who may feel an interest in the progress of the pupils, and the arrangements of the institution.
NEW YORK. A correspondent of the Albany Journal says that the New York Locofoco Nominating Convention has destroyed all the advantage to the party which it promised to itself in the nominating Mr. Silas Wright as Gubernatorial candidate, by appending thereto a ticket for Canal Commissioners, of the most offensive kind to the party. The writer adds:
'But I have but a moment left me to write. The nomination for Canal Commissioners has blasted every prospect of success, so confidently hoped for from the nomination of Mr. Wright. The ticket has been received here with a burst of execration. Hundreds who attended the Convention, to influence a different result, have gone home firmly resolved to oppose it 'tooth and toe nail.' It is as good as five hundred votes to us in this county. But Silas Wright possesses ten times his imaginary popularity; this outpouring of Locofocoism would sink him past recovery.'
SERIALS. Scott's Bible.—Mr. J. M. Campbell, in Chestnut above Third street, has issued the fourth number of the folio Bible, with Scott's Commentaries. The work will be completed in fifty numbers.
WEEKLIES. Lalla Rookh.—This inestimable poetical gem has been set in the shining casket of the Mirror Library, and to it is added several of Moore's delicately imagined ballads, written while he was in America.
The New Mirror.—The weekly New Mirror contains a handsome engraving, and a noble gathering of poetry, not trashy, milk-and-water stuff, but rounded, full and swelling lines—filled with graceful imagery and the overflowings of intellect. The prose matter is not a whit less worthy.
The residents in the vicinity of Pearl and William streets, New York, were unexpectedly treated with a view of a very elegant jet d'eau of water which suddenly burst from the ground. Their deluged cells quickly changed their pleasure to chagrin, and messengers were sent post haste to the proper officer to say that one of the large water pipes had burst, and that the Croton was being wasted in an unlawful and disagreeable manner.
Mr. Still, a vocalist of great merit, and a skillful musician, advertises to give lessons in his favorite science. We cannot doubt his success in procuring and instructing pupils.
The Albany Daily Advertiser contains a glowing account of a speech to the Whigs of that ancient city, by General Leslie Coombs, on Saturday last. The General is doing glorious service in the cause.
We stated some months since, that the U. S. Steamer Princeton would go around to Boston for the purpose of being taken into the Dry Dock and examined. A Boston paper says that this will be done in the fall.
I am opposed to the Tariff Act of 1842. I am in favor of revealing that act and restoring the compromise act of March 3, 1833, by which no article after 30th June, 1842, to be subject to a duty higher than 20 per cent.—James K. Polk's letter to John K. Kane.
In supporting Mr. Polk we take the only method of procuring a repeal of the present unjust Tariff.—N. Y. Eve. Post.
'Opposition to the protective policy is clearly and unequivocally a Democratic doctrine.'—Mr. Eastman in Congressional Debate.
'We shall never rest satisfied until this bill of abominations is expunged from the statute book or completely changed in its enactments. Repeal, repeal is now the word.'—Richmond Enq.
'That the oppressive tariff of 1842 has been condemned by every true Democrat—that its provisions are viewed with abhorrence by Gov. Polk, and all his friends, we need not repeat.'—Nashville Union.
The sword to be presented to Captain R. K. Scott, of this city, is now being manufactured by Messrs. N. P. Ames & Co., of Springfield, (Mass.) It is said to be a very elegant affair—and so it should be.
that the supposition of dependence on foreign nations is altogether fallacious and fanciful; that the protective system favored great capitalists rather than personal industry, and had no tendency to promote national industry; that protection compels the farmer to pay more for all he buys, and receive less for all he sells; that the imposition of duties, deemed by a large portion of the people to be unequal and unjust, encourages smuggling; and that finally, the proposed Tariff was calculated to 'diminish the industry, impede the prosperity, and corrupt the morals of the people.'
These principles, in our deliberate judgment, were true then, are true now, and will ever remain true.
The Journal of Commerce is a little more open than some other Locofoco papers—but then it has a foreign interest to serve.
TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES. From the indications in the large States, there can be no doubt but that Colonel Polk will beat Mr. Clay this fall by as decided a majority as was General Jackson's in 1832. Since 1811, some twenty States have been carried against the Whig candidates. In each and all of those States, the anti-Bank Harrison and Tyler men united heartily with their Republican friends, and most of them took an active and conspicuous part against the candidates, and opposing the enemies of the administration. There is not a man who voted with the Whigs in 1840, and has since supported a Democratic candidate for Governor, Congress, or Legislature, who has not been marked for political destruction in the event of Mr. Clay's election.
The above is from the Madisonian. Now the 'some twenty States (probably only one twenty States,) that have been carried against Whig candidates since 1811,' are being carried back again. Massachusetts was carried against the Whigs; North Carolina was carried against the Whigs; New Jersey was carried against the Whigs; Pennsylvania was carried against the Whigs; Louisiana was carried against the Whigs; Indiana was carried against the Whigs; Connecticut was carried against the Whigs; Ohio was carried against the Whigs; making about one hundred and fifty seven electoral votes, to say nothing of those glorious States which never turned. Now every one of the States above enumerated will as surely go for Henry Clay in 1844, as they went for Harrison in 1840, and on the same grounds.
Why, then, did they not adhere to the vote of 1840? We answer: few of those who voted for Harrison, have ever given a vote against the Whig party; but disgusted with the wretched proceedings at Washington, under Mr. Tyler, (if any thing could be under him,) and mortified that they should have been cajoled into a vote for such a person, a large number of the Whigs of 1840 have abstained from the polls. A few did, indeed, stand by Mr. Tyler, hoping something for themselves, if not for the country; but seeing that he has been waived, like the October gossamer, to the other side, they stand by the Whigs again.
How does the Madisonian know that any man is 'marked for political destruction?' Does he suppose that there is a small committee to hand up the newspapers to Mr. Clay, to see who advertises? Does he suppose that Mr. Clay will make it a matter of high executive inquiry, whether a tide-waiter takes a particular newspaper, or that a public officer under him will have to look about him when entering a newspaper office, or will be dismissed, if the corner of an opposition paper is seen sticking from his pocket?
HE STANDS MUTE.
Our readers are aware, we suppose, that a number of Democratic citizens of Dickinson township, Cumberland county, (Pa.) some time ago addressed a respectful letter to Governor Polk, asking him—'1st. Are you in favor of the Tariff Act of 1842?' and, '2d. Would you, if elected, support that act as it is, without modification, or would you be in favor of such modification?' To these inquiries the Carlisle Statesman, a 'Democratic' paper, says Gov. P. has not deigned to reply.
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual exhibition of the Horticultural Society of this city, will soon be opened, and in order to insure facilities for an unprecedented display, both the great saloons of the Museum Building have been engaged. The season has been unusually propitious, and, therefore, the gathering of the fruits of the earth will be unusually various, beautiful, and extensive. Great preparations are being made, and the choice floral and other decorations will show in elegant contrast with the rare collection of the animal kingdom, amid which they will be displayed in the great room of the Museum.
A man named James Ladensberg, a boatman, was badly stabbed at Pittsburgh, on Wednesday last, by a man named Michael Delaney.
DR. GEORGE GREEN, of Warren. James Stewart of Warren, Vice President. Samuel Miker, Essex. John G. Dorr, Burlington. John Emery, Burlington. Jacob Bodine, Camden. John B. Hillyard, Gloucester. John W. Marshall, Salem. Alexander Stratton, Cumberland. Thomas Van Gilder, Cape May. William Westcott, Atlantic. D. C. Dummer, Hudson. Lewis Howell, Sussex. Josiah S. Worth, Mercer. James C. Stout, Middlesex. Andrew Parsons, Sussex. A. O. Zabriskie, Bergen. Ferdinand S. Schenck, Somerset. Samuel Mains, Monmouth. William A. Duer, Morris.
SECRETARIES. Daniel Dodd, Jr., Essex. C. O. Davis, Cumberland. The following named gentlemen were placed in nomination, as candidates to the office of Governor: James Porter, of Camden; Charles C. Stratton, of Gloucester; Wm. Penn Robinson, of Warren; John C. Smith, of Gloucester; Peter J. Stryker, of Somerset; Jerse Richards, of Burlington.
But one ballot was had, which resulted in the nomination of CHARLES C. STRATTON, Esq., by the following vote:
Charles C. Stratton, 150 votes. James Porter, 55 do. Wm. P. Robinson, 105 do. J. C. Smith, 9 do. P. J. Stryker, 16 do. Total number of votes 375—necessary to a choice 188
The result having been made known, the Convention proceeded to express its unanimous approbation of Charles C. Stratton, as the Whig candidate.
Mr. Duer, from the Committee on Resolutions, then read a series of able resolutions, expressive of the sense of the Convention on various political issues between the two parties, and the Convention adjourned with three hearty cheers for Clay, Frelinghuysen and Stratton.
A mass meeting was held after the Convention had adjourned, and the Whigs assembled were addressed in a strain of matchless eloquence by Gen. LESLIE COOMBS, of Kentucky.
Mr. Stratton was likewise introduced to the assembly, and was received with an enthusiastic exhibition of feeling.
THE ISSUE ADMITTED.
The New York Plebeian of Tuesday, the organ of one wing at least of the Locofoco party in that state, says: 'The line that divides the two parties is broad and well defined. The bank, the tariff, distribution, and annexation are the great questions at issue. We give full credit to Mr. CLAY for open and frank advocacy of a United States Bank, and his recent declarations avowing that he is in favor of the tariff, as it is.'
'The Democratic party in every section of the Union will act as one man against the charter of another bank. They oppose the present tariff and the distribution of the public land moneys among the states.'
We give the Plebeian credit for honestly stating the true issues, with the exception of the bank question, between the two parties. But while it frankly admits 'the tariff, as it is,' to be one of the issues, its own coadjutors in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio, are swearing, by all that is good and bad, that 'the tariff, as it is,' is not an issue; and that the 'Democratic party' are for 'the tariff, as it is.' In New York, New Hampshire, and the whole South, the Locofoco party are out fiercely against the tariff, while in the three states named, and a few more, they deny that the party is opposed to it, and even claim the merit of having passed it! This we call downright knavery. It is a contemptible 'trick'—use Mr. Benton's word—'it is a trick, sir, that's the word, I said a trick'—it is a trick to deceive the ignorant but honest advocate of that great measure of relief to the country.
settlement, to the present time, by Henry Brown, Counsellor at Law. It is an exceedingly interesting work, replete with instruction upon the history of the West, full of information concerning earlier times, and abounding in facts necessary to a proper understanding of the aborigines, and of the relations in which we now stand towards that interesting and injured people. The author writes like a man of observation—one that can look at the suffering people with sympathy, and yet comprehend the great law, that mind must rule matter, and, consequently, the savage must perish in the presence of the civilized, as the morning mist passes off before the rising sun.
HARRIS'S HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA. —A work descriptive of the men and manners of Ethiopia, and written in the heart of Abyssinia. The author was seeking to open up a communication between the christian power of Great Britain, and a christian tribe in the interior of Africa.—The whole mission was interesting, and the account is highly instructive. The work is contained in an octavo volume, of about four hundred pages.
A little volume, called 'The Ladies' Work Instruction Book,' containing clear and practical instructions in plain and fancy needle work, embroidery, knitting, netting, &c., with numerous engravings.
All of the serials published by Winchester, 'The Wandering Jew,' &c., may be had with the above, of Mr. Moore.
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. —The delightful tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Miss Lamb, are being published in a truly recherche style, by Mr. Hewett, of New York. The paper is white as snow, the type fair and readable, and the illustrations are full of character and expression, and in the most perfect state of finish. Nothing has been omitted to make one of the most magnificent and beautiful publications of the season.
The Tales are worthy of their high adornment, for Charles Lamb and his sister are writers of unapproachable excellence in their way.
The first number, containing the story of Romeo and Juliet, has been published, and may be had of Messrs. Zieber & Co. The price is but a trifle.
BECK'S CHEMISTRY.
Mr. Dean, of New York, has published in a large duodecimo volume, 'A Manual of Chemistry,' containing a condensed view of the present state of the Science, with copious references to more extensive treatises, original papers, &c., intended as a Text Book for Medical Schools, Colleges, and Academies, by Lewis C. Beck, M. D.
We remember to have looked along the pages of some former edition of this work, with a conviction of its capacity for utility, especially in the channels in which it was intended to operate. We are, therefore, glad to find that it has reached a fourth edition, and that good wood cuts illustrate the text that has been carefully revised by the author.
The work may be obtained at Mr. Wardle's, No. 142 and 144 Chestnut street.
GEORGE BANCROFT THE HISTORIAN, AND GEORGE BANCROFT THE DEMAGOGUE. —In our comments on the letter of this person to the Dorr liberation gathering at Providence, the other day, we alluded to the discrepancy between his opinions as an historian, and his opinions as a modern 'Democrat,' upon the subject of the Rhode Island Charter. In order to show this at a glance, we place in parallel columns an extract from his grave history and an extract from his Providence letter:
'No where in the world have life, liberty and property been safer than in Rhode Island.'—Bancroft's U. States, 2d vol., p. 64.
'The Royal Charter lingered beyond its usefulness. Dorr did but reveal the fact that its life was gone, past all resuscitation—it was hopelessly dead.'—the late efforts by the majority in Rhode Island to obtain their inalienable rights.'—Bancroft's letter to the Dorr Convention.
NEW COUNTERFEIT. The following new counterfeit has just made its appearance in this city, viz.—American Bank, Providence, R. I. 10s., altered from a broken bank; vignette, eagle and American shield; right end, Indian and female; left end, portrait of Washington, and dated 2d Jan. '41. The signature of the President does not like the genuine, otherwise the general appearance is good and likely to deceive.—[N. Y. Bank Note List.]
his officers and men, and their arms, went to their relief, with numerous others, and the fire was extinguished. I have said that the Brazilians are friendly disposed to the United States—I will mention one little instance as an evidence. On the 4th day of July, I am told, the chief of police issued an order that all the citizens and seamen of the United States in Rio Janeiro should be indulged and kindly treated by the police, in the event of any indiscretions, or little breaches of order, as it was they (the Americans') great Jubilee day of national independence; so that all seamen, or others, who were found during the night in a noisy condition, or not able to take care of themselves, were taken care of by the police until the next morning—none were sent to the calaboose, or prisons. The police here is very efficient. The Brazilians and foreigners have commented very freely on the disgraceful riots in Philadelphia, and say it must be a very feeble government that cannot protect their good citizens in person and property from the destruction of a mob.
The commerce of Rio Janeiro is very great, and it is said to be on the increase yearly. The harbor is filled with vessels, or rather they are very numerous, from all parts of Europe and America. The coffee season is now about commencing. There are several English, French and American men-of-war in port. The men-of-war that are most admired are the U. S. frigates Raritan and the Congress. The Congress is just in from a cruise, last from the river La Plata; she reports the war still going on there, between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. The people are in great distress; their means all exhausted—not having it in their power to purchase provisions when they offer. This is a sad state of things, bringing them to the very verge of ruin.
One of the Banners at the Dorr Meeting recently held at Providence, bore the following inscription:—'Low duties for Revenue and not for Protection.'
The Norfolk Herald of Tuesday states that the U. S. frigate Potomac, now at this port, has been ordered round to the Gosport Navy Yard to be taken into the dry dock and overhauled.
ANOTHER ESCAPE FROM THE CITY PRISON. —Solomon Vickers, who was arrested a day or two since on a charge of murder and riot at Philadelphia, this morning escaped from the City Prison.
A writ of habeas corpus was sued out this morning by his counsel, commanding the keeper to bring the prisoner before Judge Oakley; consequently he was taken out of the prison into the keeper's room, which fronts on Franklin street, and while the keeper was attending to some other business the prisoner quietly walked out of the door and made his escape. A requisition was received this morning from the Governor of Pennsylvania.—N. Y. Com. Adv.
THE SUPPOSED SUICIDE. The body found hanging in the hovel near the 12th mile stone, has been recognized to be, as was expected, that of Joseph M. Scott, a native of England, an engraver by trade, who resided in Hudson street. About a month since, he was with some friends at the Harlem bridge, and suddenly ran away from them, and was not heard of until yesterday, when his body was found, as stated in this day's Journal.—N. Y. Jour. Com.
Captain Lupkin, of the brig Gulnare, from the river Gambia, (Africa,) informs us that the mate and four of the crew belonging to the Br. brig Margaret, who were taken by the natives, had been released before he sailed, the captain of the brig paying them a ransom; and also some of the crew of a Br. barque lying there had sent for a Br. man-of-war. Captain L. saw a Br. steam frigate bound up the river when he sailed.—N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
A fire broke out in B. Bradley's book bindery, Boston, which was burning when the ears left. There were a great many valuable books stored in the building ready for binding that were not consumed.—B.
FROM CHINA.
The American publishes the following extract from a letter written by the U. S. Consul at Hong Kong, April 1, 1841:
'Matters and things at this Island are becoming more and more settled, though many seem to be under the impression that should the trade (Chinese) leave the old seat (Canton) it would probably be transferred to the different ports opened at the North.'
Mr. Cushing is still living with his suite at Macao, and they say he has sent despatches to the northward, (Pekin) and informed the Emperor that he should soon go up the coast and make him a visit. I see no probability of his reaching, yet I hope he may.
The sale of American manufactures, &c., find a ready market here, and will continue so for a long period.
The Frigate Brandywine is at Whampoa, having just returned from Manila. She touched at Macao on her way.
vote on Tuesday," replied a lady of this place, "the other day, to a suggestion that her son, who had just attained the age of twenty-one, should not return in time for the election. 'I have taught him to be a man,' continued she, 'and he will never dishonor his mother by so flagrant a neglect of the duties of a freeman.' Saturday evening brought the tidings of the 'bloody Sunday pass,' Monday morning came—and the noble-spirited matron started on a trip of sixty or seventy miles, to bring him in time. He did return in due time, and voted.—Burlington (Vt.) Free Press.
A most unfortunate occurrence happened last week at the house of Mr. A. Fillingan, thirty miles above this place. Six sailors who had deserted from the U. S. steamer Union, and for whom a reward had been offered by Capt. Bell, were pursued by four persons, and in the attempt to arrest the sailors, one of them was killed and another was wounded in the hand.
We forebear, for the present, particulars. So far it seems difficult to come at the facts. The five sailors made their way to Mobile, and were there apprehended by Purser Murray, and sent back last Wednesday night in the Creole.—Pensacola Gazette.
One of the latest slanders against the great statesman is referred to in the following cards which refute it:
From the Lexington (Ky.) Observer and Reporter (A CARD.) The subscribers, proprietors of the Blue Lick Spring, have learned with surprise that John M. McCalla, of Lexington, is busily engaged in propagating that Mr. Clay, during a late visit to this place, was engaged in gambling, and that he and some other gentlemen had won several hundred dollars. A few weeks ago Mr. Clay passed several days at this place, during which it rained every day. He passed his mornings in reading and writing, with which he appeared to be much occupied, and in receiving company; and the evenings generally with the ladies, retiring to bed just before ten o'clock. It is impossible that any person's conduct could have been more gentlemanly, dignified or correct. Mr. McCalla was not here, and we do not know from what spy or infamous informer he derives his information, but be he who he may, it is a gross slander.
T. & L. P. HOLLADAY. Blue Lick Springs, August, 1844.
The subscribers, citizens of Lexington, accompanied the Hon. Henry Clay to the Blue Licks on Tuesday the 23d July, 1844, and returned with him the Monday following, having travelled together in the same carriage hired for the occasion. They have seen, with inexpressible surprise, Mr. Clay's name in a Cincinnati paper, that Mr. Clay was engaged in gambling on the Sabbath, and while so occupied a clergyman was introduced to him. We think it due to truth to declare that the statement is an atrocious and unfounded calumny in all its particulars. Having gone to that watering place as friends and friends only, we have every day, every hour, every moment, except when in bed, together; and if a fact so inconsistent with the sacredness of the Sabbath had occurred, as that alleged, it could not have escaped our knowledge. We scarcely need add that Mr. Clay's conduct, throughout the period of our sojourn at the springs, was remarkable for its usual, gentlemanly, correct and dignified deportment.
DANIEL VERTNER. JOHN BRAND. Lexington, August, 1844.
A HAPPY OMEN.
During the speech of Gen. Coombs at New Haven on the 4th, a most pleasing incident occurred, which is thus alluded to in the report of the New-Haven Courier:
'If we fail to elect Clay now (continued Gen. C.) the experiment of Free Government is a failure. If a man like James K. Polk can be elected over a man like Henry Clay, there is no use in talking hereafter of rewarding public services. Look at the pedestals upon which all the Presidents rose to power. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, all of them down to Van Buren, whom the Democrats lately called from Lindenwald to New-York to be pall bearer at his own funeral. Never we will not mention. But tell me, where will Polk's pedestal be found? I tell you that the Democrats who may vote for him now will be ashamed to acknowledge it to their posterity, and they'll deny that they were at home or voted at all; rather than confess to their indignation that they voted for James K. Polk. Now look at the pedestal of Henry Clay, rising higher and higher for the last forty years. Aye, see him like an eagle with untiring pinion, soaring against the sun. (Here the audience were startled by the cry of "An Eagle, An Eagle.") Every eye was raised toward the heavens, and there with outspread wings the proud bird of our country seemed to pause as if delighted with the scene beneath him. Gen. Coombs looked up and exclaimed, "Oh, proud bird of my country's banner, I accept the omen. Long, long may you soar in majesty above those banners waving over the land of the free and the home of the brave!" Gen. C. then said that these things did not come from him, accidentally. That bird did not come by accident. I take the sentence from my mouth. I hail it as a happy omen.'
The effect of this occurrence, as may well be supposed, was electrical, and the air resounded with the sudden and simultaneous shouts of the multitude.
new head of the family.—Journal des Debats.
ORGAN.
The New York Courier and Enquirer thus describes an organ which Mr. Erber, of that city, is building for Trinity Church, Broadway. Its dimensions are 53 feet in height, 27 feet in width—the depth of the organ from front to rear will be about 32 feet. The interior is building under the superintendence of Dr. Edward Hodges, Musical Director of Trinity Parish. The organ, although not destined to contain so many stops or so great a number of pipes as many already in existence, (in Europe,) from the superior magnitude of some of them, and the great extension of the principle of mechanical combination adopted, promises, nevertheless, to be one of the most effective in the world. The cubic contents of the largest wooden pipe (already manufactured) are 250 feet; the largest metal pipe, to stand in the centre of the front, will be about five feet in circumference.
There are to be four separate organs, known by the names of the Great Organ, the Choir Organ, Swell and Pedals, respectively. Of draw stops, there will be forty-three, of which eleven are mechanical stops. The dispersions will be numerous and new.
This will be the largest organ ever erected in this country, and its gross weight may be computed at forty tons. The Vestry have appropriated $10,000 for its construction.
ANOTHER MISSIONARY FALLER. —The painful intelligence of the death of Rev. Grover S. Comstock, missionary of the American Baptist Board, at Rarure, Arracan, has reached the missionary rooms by the last steamer. He died of the Asiatic cholera, at Akob, on the 25th of April. He has this quickly followed his excellent and lamented wife to receive his final reward, both of whom will long be held in grateful remembrance by a large circle of Christian friends.—Christian Watchman.
THE LATE MR. CIPHER'S WILL—EMANCIPATION.
The following is an extract from the last will of the Hon. Abel P. Upham, Secretary of State, who was killed by the explosion of the gun on board the 'Princeton:'
'I emancipated and set free my servant David Rich, and direct my executors to give him $100. I recommend him in the strongest manner to the respect, esteem and confidence of any community in which he may happen to live. He has been my slave for twenty-four years, during all which time he has been trusted to every extent, and in every respect. My confidence in him has been unbounded; his relation to myself and family has always been such as to afford him daily opportunities to deceive and injure us, and yet he has never been detected in any serious fault, nor even in an intentional breach of the duties of his station. His intelligence is of a high order, his integrity above all suspicion, and his sense of right and propriety correct and even refined. I feel that he is justly entitled to carry this certificate from me in the new relations, which he must now form. It is due to his long and most faithful services, and to the sincere and steady friendship which I bear him. In the uninterrupted and confidential intercourse of 24 years, I have never given, nor had occasion to give him an unpleasant word. I know no man who has fewer faults or more excellences than he.'
THE WHIG CAUSE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
We have most cheering intelligence from the country west of the Blue Ridge. From calculations made by gentlemen well qualified to form an opinion, we are satisfied, that if the Whigs go to the mountains with the same vote they did in 1840, the State is safe. That the Whigs will do this, we have a stronger confidence than we will express. We content ourselves with saying that the Whigs have lost nowhere out of the Accomac District. The loss there is variously estimated at from 8 to 13

CAPTAIN STOCKTON'S SPEECH.
The speech of this gentleman, a meagre report of which we copy from the New York Herald, in to-day's paper, is objectionable in many respects. As a Democrat, under no influence, and guided by no motive but the success of the long-estab-
A grosser insult was never offered to a party servant than the above conveys to Captain Stockton. That gallant officer, it is known, left the quarter deck, and took to the field in 1840, with a full heart and open hand, for the election of Har-
Alas! both comparisons have a mournful appli- cability. Ajax fell by the very sword with which he thought he had avenged himself and the dead- ly of Palamirus was left unburied upon the shore, by those whom he had guided in safety
Now mark the language of the Polk and Dallas organ. "To save the country, it was necessary to deluge the land with drunkenness, and for arguments, resort to log cabins and hard cider—to proclaim that they had no principles for the public eye; and to save the country, it was right to lay pipe, defraud the ballot-box, commit rogueries, organize a corrupt fund, and to poison the very fountain and springs of liberty!" "We en- dorse no such doctrines," continues Captain Stockton's censurer, "to save the country from which they may—shall we proclaim ourselves and our paper openly at war with the principles of the FEDERAL party, as they were exhibited in the hard cider campaign."
bands of music were present.
After the President had opened the meeting by stating the object, and referring to some of the topics to be discussed, Col. T. W. Duffield was introduced. He spoke for some time with great appropriateness, and was warmly applauded.
Mr. J. R. Chandler, of the city, then addressed the meeting for about forty minutes. To him succeeded Josiah Randall, Esq. We left him engaged in a spirited and instructive speech; and we venture to say the audience derived therefrom a satisfaction which is only referable to practical truths well set forth.
During a part of the meeting, the rain poured down abundantly, yet very few appeared to be disturbed by the visitor. Ladies and gentlemen stood their ground manfully, each contributing, by an umbrella, to shelter his or her own head, and depositing a portion of the water on the next person's shoulders. All seemed equally favored.
The meeting was truly gratifying, as well from its numbers, as from the true spirit manifested by the people present.
DARBY.
On Wednesday afternoon, there was an excel- lent gathering of Whigs in Darby, with a view of presenting to the Clay Club of that District, a magnificent National Flag, made by the ladies—The meeting was held on the hill, beyond the bridge, the place prepared for the Whig Mass Meeting to be held the next day.
Soon after 4 o'clock, G. Serrell, Esq., the President of the Clay Club, called the meeting to order, and made known its objects.
Mr. J. R. Chandler, of the city, then appeared in behalf of the ladies, and after speaking about forty-five minutes on the topics involved in the present canvass, he presented the Flag to Dr. Small, the representative of the Clay Club.
Dr. S. was very happy in his remarks, and did great justice to the subject, and to those whom he so ably represented.
GREAT WHIG MEETING IN MASSACHU- SETTS.
The Boston Atlas contains the proceedings of an immense gathering of the Whigs of the 9th Congressional District at Taunton, at which Daniel Webster presided. There were two stages erected for the speakers, from the first of which the Hon. JOHN MACKINSON BERRIEN, the Hon. JAMES F. SIMMONS, Hon. JOHN P. KENNEDY, and Hon. ROBT. C. WINthrop addressed the multitude. From the other J. S. ELDRIDGE, GEORGE WOODMAN, Esqrs, of Boston, and C. R. TAV- WORTH, Esq. Where such men spoke there must have been an outpouring of enthusiasm. At the close of the meeting it was announced that Hon. ARTEMAS HALE of Bridgewater, was nominated as the Whig candidate for Member of Congress for the 9th District.
to the President," and tells him if his returns are not received on or before the 10th of October next, he will then "be dismissed from office." But the Secretary gives him another hint the 22d of September, and again on the 28th, he informs him that his returns fare of paramount importance.
In the meantime the Hon. John F. H. Claiborne steps in to save Mr. Harris from removal, and to accomplish this, writes to the President as follows:
Dear Sir:—Many of the early and constant friends of the administration in this State have heard, with much regret and sorrow, that the present receiver of public moneys at this place is to "consider himself dismissed unless his returns are made before the first of October."
His family and connexions are extremely influ- ential, and all of them are co-operating with us in the arduous struggle which we are now mak- ing. They are true democrats; and the bank, nullifying and White parties would shout "vic- tory" at any blow aimed at them.
We are now in the midst of an electioneering campaign. Gov. Runnels, R. Walker, Maj. B. W. Edwards, and myself, constitute the demo- cratic Van Buren ticket.
This and other letters produced a respite to Mr. Harris. Mr. Woodbury informed him that "the President had consented, upon the fact now be- fore him [see "the facts" in Mr. Claiborne's let- ter] to continue you in office until the 12th of November," assuring him that if all his returns were not then made he must be removed from office, however painful to both him and the De- partment. Well, did he comply with the demand of the Department? No. Of course he was re- moved on the 12th of November, according to promise!
By no means. On the 28th, Mr. Wood- bury writes to him, and says, "no reason what- ever can be seen why the whole money in your hands is not deposited; it is expected that it be hereafter." Mr. W. is getting mild again after threatening positive removal , if his returns were not made and the money in his hands paid over. It ran on until June 6, 1836, when Mr. W. again writes, and says, "seeing the balance of public moneys in your hands amounted to $128,584 70. I have to request that you will explain , &c. "It is painful to be obliged to ask you so often for explanations!"
Mr. Harris had no intention of explaining—it was as painful to him to make , as to Mr. Wood- bury to ask for explanations; and therefore he resigned and recommended his friend Gordon D. Boyd, to be appointed in his place, and as he had been so faithful a public officer, his recommenda- tion was taken, and Mr. Boyd appointed in his place.
Mr. Boyd entered upon the duties of the office, and in a remarkably brief space of time con- trived to become a defaulter to the amount of $50,937 29. This was doing a rapid business, and Mr. Woodbury, thought it best to send out an agent, one Mr. Garesche, who after making an investigation, writes to Mr. Woodbury one of the most remarkable, and original letters we ever had the pleasure of reading. After speaking of Boyd and his defalcations, he says:
in Union Hall, October 12th, 1836, a resolution, the following named gentlemen were nominated to represent the city of Baltimore in the next Legislature:—James Curley, Wm. H. Watson, John L. Carey, M. Courtney Jenkins, John L. Reese. This is a powerful ticket, and I have no doubt will be elected.
The Whigs of the 1st and 2d Wards, held a grand mass meeting last night, at White Hall. There were present about 1200 persons, some six or seven hundred of whom were ladies. I never saw a body of people in better spir- its or a greater manifestation of enthusiasm. Nearly every Whig house in the several streets through which the procession passed was brilliantly illuminated. The assemblage was addressed by W. H. Watson, John Mc Kim, Duncan C. Cole, Charles H. Pitts, and T. P. Love- grove.
A man named Elijah Peacock, got into a quarrel yes- terday with a negro and stabbed him. The unfortunate victim died in a few minutes. The murderer escaped.
Howard street flour is in better demand—sales are making at $1 12 1/2 a $1 15—holders now ask $1 25. Sales of City Mills at $1 12 1/2 a $1 25—the latter price being gen- erally asked. Good to prime red wheat is worth 50 to 55 cents, and white 50 to 60 cents; white corn 41 cents, yellow do 41 1/4 cents, oats 21 cents, Rye 32 cents per bushel. Sales of Western mess pork at $8 02 1/2 a $8 05. No change in Beef. Whiskey in hogs 24 cents, and in bottles 23 cents per gallon.
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCILS.
Reported for the United States Gazette. SELECT COUNCIL. Present Messrs. Chandler, Cope, Gilpin, New- kirk, Roberts, Scull, Truck, Wetherill, MER- RITT.
Messrs. Wetherill, Truck, Roberts and New- kirk presented memorials against the renewal of certain sheds on the wharves.
Mr. Scull one from citizens, owners and occu- piers of property in Spruce street, between 10th and 11th, asking to have the square paved with square blocks of stone.
Mr. Roberts, one from citizens, asking that a sewer be constructed in the south-western portion of the city.
Mr. Newkirk, asking to have flagging stones laid across 7th street.
Mr. Cope, from the committee for the purchase of Lemon Hill, reported that the property had been purchased and paid for, and the papers are in the hands of the proper city officer, and also a bill appropriating $535, to pay for effecting the transfer. The bill was passed.
The President presented a communication from the Board of Commissioners of Kensington, stat- ing that they had appointed a committee to con- fer with one from City Councils, relative to a new system of police.
A communication from the Mayor, conveying a copy of the ordinances of the city of St. Louis. On motion of Mr. Cope, the volume was read, and the thanks of Councils tendered.
A communication from Brigadier General Cad- walader, giving notice that many companies had been formed under the ordinance of July, and mentioning that fixed ammunition would be re- quired, for which from $3000 to $5000 would be required. Referred to Committee on Police, with power to act.
Communication from Col. Pleasanton, giving notice of large additions to his regiment, and ask- ing for the use of the southwestern portion of Penn Square. Referred to Committee on City Property.
Mr. Morris returned a petition to Council, ask- ing for an inlet at the Second street Market, with a request that it be referred to Committee on Highways.
Mr. Gilpin offered a resolution authorising the joint special committee on organizing a new sys- tem of police, to visit New York for the pur- poses of their appointment.
A bill from the Common Council, extending the time for receiving the consent of the gas loan holders for a reduction of the price of gas, and authorising the trustees to redeem the stock of those who refuse their consent, and that the price of gas be reduced from the first of the present month.
A report from the Committee on Highways asking to have Walnut street, between Fifth and Sixth, and Chestnut, between Third and Fourth street, paved with cubic blocks of hammered stone, was received from Common Council.
On motion of Mr. Gilpin, it was Resolved, that the Committee on Highways (where any street required repaving) be authorised to pave (not less than a square) with curbs, or to lay down tram- ways, provided requested so to do; and that some persons will pay the difference of cost between the pebble pavement and the cubical blocks or tramway.
In Common Council, petitions and communica- tions were read, similar to those presented to Se- lect Council. In consequence of the absence of reporters, these are not particularised.
HONORARY DEGREES.—At the late Commence- ment of Transylvania University, the honorary degree of D. D. was conferred on Rev. James Os- good Andre, of Georgia, Bishop of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, and that of L. L. D. on Hon. Joseph R. Underwood, of Ky.
of Capt. Hubert, at the corner of Green and Fifth streets. The testimony in the cause of A. Laurence was closed; when the Court adjourned until Monday, in order to allow the accused time to prepare his written defence.
A SERIOUS CASE OF STABBING.—At an early hour yesterday morning, a number of young men and girls were skimming from a party, which had taken place at the Locust Tavern, and which in Broad street, near Turner's lane, an altercation occurred between three of the persons, named William and Edward Ryninger, and Samuel Auble, on account of the improper conduct of the latter. In the course of the quarrel the latter was stabbed in the abdomen with a rou- knife. At the time of this occurrence, William Ryninger was observed to strike him. The wounded man ran across the street and fell—he was pursued by the other brother.
Aubie was conveyed to a house at the corner of Broad and Olive streets. Drs. Levering and Reilly were called, and after examining the wound pronounced it not to be a mortal one, but would not answer for his recovery. The Ryn- ingers were taken into custody, and carried be- fore Alderman Rees. An investigation of the facts was not had, and the defendants were com- mitted for a further hearing on Friday next.
Mr. Auble still remains at the house where he was first taken, as it was not deemed prudent to remove him to his residence, which is in Spring Garden street, near Thirteenth.
TRIAL OF JOHN DALY.—This interesting case was all yesterday before the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. We shall publish the proceedings as soon as the injunction shall have been removed.
DISCHARGED.—An article was omitted yester- day, which stated that the jury in the case of John Hess (fully reported on Tuesday) had been dis- charged, having been unable to agree.
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.—Yesterday, James Dill and Christopher Leib were charged, before Mayor Scott, with a riot, with others, and an as- sault and battery on Messrs. Baring Powell and Philip Durbin, and were held to bail to answer.
A FORGERY CAUGHT.—A man named Lewis B. Corte was yesterday committed by Mayor Scott, as a fugitive from justice from New York, where he is charged with having committed a forgery.
NUISANCE CASE.—Mr. William Pechin was yes- terday held to bail by Mayor Scott, on a charge of maintaining a nuisance, by permitting dead horses to remain in his tan-yard, at the corner of Willing and Ashton street.
DISCHARGED.—An opinion was yesterday del- ivered by Mayor Scott, in the case of Mr. Charles Naylor, who was alleged to have committed an impropriety at the Southwark riots. The magis- trate honorably discharged the defendant.
ROBBING A TILL.—A colored girl named Sarah Smith, from Newark, was yesterday committed by Alderman Brazier, on a charge of robbing the till at the grocery store of Mr. Gilbert, in Vine street, near Fifth.
GENERAL COURT MARTIAL.—The Court Mar- tial of the 1st Brigade was again in session yes- terday, at Military Hall.
Major Weeks was placed on trial on a charge of desertion from his post during the Southwark riots. The case was continued, after some pre- liminaries had been set, until Tuesday next.
ROBBERY.—Messrs. Flanagan & Co's coal office, on the Schuylkill was broken into on Sunday night, and robbed of about $50.
PILOT BOATS.—On Wednesday afternoon, the Pilot Boats Enoch Turley and the Herald start- ed on a race down the Delaware, as far as Chester and back. The race was very exciting, and was won by the former vessel, which is pronounced by competent judges as being a very superior and swift boat.
WHO LOST AN UMRELLA.—A silk umbrella, having a plate on the handle, on which is en- graven the name of Mr. Potter, was yesterday stopped at the office of Alderman Thompson, on a suspicion that it was stolen. The owner can get it by making an application as above.
OFFICERS APPOINTED.—His Honor, the Mayor, yesterday appointed Henry C. Myers, Captain of the South West Division of the City Watch, in the place of George Regnault, deceased. Corne- lius Haight, policeman, in the place of Myers, and Daniel B. Emerick, in the place of Haight.
DIED FROM HIS WOUND.—The Coroner, yes- terday held an inquest on the body of Samuel H. Auble, who died yesterday morning, from a wound received on Tuesday morning last, while returning from a party in Broad street, near Tur- ner's Lane. After a post-mortem examination of the body had been made, the jury rendered a ver- dict, "that the deceased came to his death from a wound inflicted with a sharp knife, in the hands of Wm. Ryninger."
SUDDEN DEATH.—The Coroner, yesterday, held an inquest on the body of an elderly woman, named Cressey, who died suddenly while sitting at the window of her residence, in the western part of the city. Verdict, death from cause un- known.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.—Three men, named Daniel O'Neil, John Fenlin, and A. B. Ridgely, were yesterday held to bail by Alderman Red- man, on a charge of conspiring to extort money, hold against a host. And although there is no probability, happily, now, that trial will be made of any one's bravery, since Peace is the order of the day alike among "the saint, and the savage, and the sinner," yet there is now in command here one MARTIN SCOTT, of the 5th Infantry, who, whether as soldier, administrator, or sports- man, has shown himself equal to any emergency. It would be no joke in the way of enemy, with whatever force to attempt this post, this com- manded—but in the way of civil enforcement, I know few men more likely to yield, than the aforesaid Martin Scott. At least we found him so, and were most kindly welcomed.
Capt. Scott may be said to have made this fort what it is, and that without cost to the Govern- ment. By a judicious disposition of the labor and time of the soldiers—which preserves both health and discipline at such distant points—he has, without neglecting their drill, suc- ceed- ed in applying their efforts with equal judgment and effect to the re-construction of the walls of the fortress, to planting the pickets all around, (and these were drawn in the winter season, over the ice from the island of Bats Blore which lies opposite,) and to opening walks and roads through and round the island. The whole island, with the exception of one or two small farms, and the strip of land around the harbor, where stands the village of Mackinaw, belongs to the United States. The labor, therefore, which is thus dis- played, is bestowed on the public domain, which is beautified and adorned, while it is enhanced in value. The soil is thin and unproductive, on a stone base, and in this high latitude, is de- neg. North, little cultivation even in gardens is practicable. Potatoes are the only reliable vege- tables. A notion may be formed of the compara- tively state of the climate and season, from the fact that currents are just ripe.
After wandering over parts of the island and visiting the arched rock—a limestone chasm—where an arch is left on the edge of the precipice, overhanging a deep gulf and presenting an en- chanting view, beneath, of the Lake—a miniature of the Natural Bridge of Virginia—we returned to the quarters of Captain Scott, fitted up with the mingled implements of a soldier and a sports- man. His parlor is lighted by a chandelier of the horns of buck, each point supporting a socket for the candle. Between the two branches sits a stuffed owl—the bird of night. Around, are other memorials of the chase; among them the horns of a reindeer, shot a year ago, opposite the fort, on the point of Bats Blore . In the range of country, north of Lake Superior, the reindeer, called by the natives Caraxoo , is frequently found. He is not however, domesticated, as by the Laplanders. The shooting equipage of the Captain, his guns, his horse-archer—to secure the steel when left on the prairie, while his own- er follows the dogs, themselves, of all races and sizes, in his hand, were daily admired and appreciated; for I have strong affections in these particulars, with the gallant Captain, and but for the steamboat ball, which notified the hour for departing for the Sault, we should have had a talk together about canine virtues and canine performances, that would have been re- freshing to both. But steam is as inex- able, as the Journal of Commerce, in the matter of dogs, and so we broke off, with the hope on my part certainly, of resuming our interview on return- ing from the Sault.
I have hardly said any thing of the Indians.— They impress me with sadness. On going from the fort, along the heights to the old Mission house, where some kind friends expected us, I saw several, sitting wrapt apparently in thought, and looking forth upon the waters and the lands lying in glorious prospect before them—once all their own—now passed into the hands of stran- gers—the pale faces who speak with forked tongues. At the approach of our party they turned not, nor gave any indication of conscious- ness that we were present. I asked Capt. Scott if he supposed it was anything of melan- choly retrospect that brought them to this spot. He said, he could not tell. They were very in- communicative, but he very often observed them sitting on these heights and looking out in musing attitude upon the scene below. He then ad- dressed one, who immediately started up—intimated that he did not understand English—and then pointing far out into Lake Michigan, uttered the word "steamboat." We looked eagerly in the direction he pointed, but could only fancy we discerned a speck on the waters. While I am writing, however, on board the De Witt Clinton , two hours afterwards, the arrival of the Great Western from Chicago makes good the Indian's vision. In walking from the Mission house to our boat, we passed along the beach lined with the wigmans of the savages, and beside each the indispensable canoe. These are built precisely like some indeed, a little larger than others; but all on the same model and of the same mate- rials—birch bark composing the sheathing or out-
side. The song—it was published in the "Whig," the dinner was composed of every delicacy, and plenty of the substantial variety, of all kinds—ham, veal, whole pigs, lamb, calves-head, and the like, all daintily dressed, in various ways, and indeed every thing suitable for the occasion got up in the most approved style.
With regard to the result of the approaching election, you know the political position of my husband gives me an opportunity of hearing and seeing much that relates to it. I am pleased to assure you that our prospects are even more cheering than when you left, and that all who are really candid, agree in giving Mr. Pratt a fair majority for Governor, and the State to Mr. CLAY, by a majority of from four to five thou- sand. The Whigs raised an immense sin pole in our city (Newcastle) a few days since. It makes its neighbor, the Liberty pole, quite di- minutive. Addresses were delivered, and the en- thusiasm of the occasion brought a speech even from Major Wright, who you well know, has never been prominent in politics. He is a per- sonal friend of Mr. Pratt's, and come forward to vindicate him from the slander and abuse of Lo- comotion. Judge Pennell gave an hour's speech in the name of the ladies, who intend decorating the staff in a tasty and suitable manner. The flag worked and presented by the ladies, was hoisted on Monday amidst the utmost enthusiasm and spirit.
We clip the following items of literary intelli- gence from the Boston Atlas.
Henry Longfellow and Mr. Griswold are about to pull up compilations of foreign poetry. "The English Poets of the 16th Century" is a work which has long been a favorite idea with Gris- wold. The French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Slavonian poets are to supply Prof. Long- fellow with the material of his projected work. Henry Inman, now in England, has been engag- ed by the publishers of the "London Illustrated News," for the purpose of making sketches of American incidents and localities. For that periodical Mr. Simms, the novelist, has a new romance in press, called "Count Julian, the last of the Goths." Winchester is to be the publisher. Mr. Griswold, of Philadelphia, is about to press a volume of biographic sketches of the Bench and Bar of America. Hon. Hugh S. Legare's life and writings, by Gen. Washington Smith, Sec'y of the Navy, General Reed, and the life of Gen. Wolcott, of Connecticut, and of Gen. Marion, are announced as about to appear.
CALL AT THE CAPTAIN'S OFFICE.—On board of the steamboat De Witt Clinton , a few days since, soon after leaving the wharf, the boat rang, and with it came the well known cry—"All what haven't paid their fare, please call at the captain's office and settle the bill." Shortly after the supper bell rang, and a messenger sent altogether satisfied with his fare, called out—"Waiter—waiter—take this cup of coffee to the captain's office and have it set- tled."
From the New York Herald. CRICKET. The home and home match between the St. George's Club of this city, and the Union Club, of Philadelphia, came off yesterday over the ground of the St. George's Club, near 28th street, and between Bloomingdale Road. About a quarter after eleven o'clock the wickets were pitched, and the game commenced. The St. George's scoring the first, the umpires chosen on the occasion were Mr. Ray- ner, of Williamsburgh, and Mr. Sill, of Phila- delphia. The score were Mr. Sanderson, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Patterson, of the Anglo- American newspaper.
The St. George's on their innings got 160, in which there was some most beautiful playing. Mr. Telson received in near two hours scoring 65. There was other good play, but present cir- cumstances prevents us giving more particulars just now. The Philadelphia's went in, consist- ing of Mr. John Lickner, P. Tickner, Mr. Tick- ner, Mr. Bradshaw, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Sutcliffe, Mr. Woeker, Mr. Dudson, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Barratt. The result of their innings was 57 with two wickets to go down. In consequence of the Philadelphia's failing in making up a proper score, they were obliged to follow their innings, and at sundown, with some beautiful play on their part for superior to their former innings, left off at some advantage.
THE WAY THEY PENNIES FRAUDS UPON THE RE- EVENUE.—The Pekin Gazette states that an embezzlement from the treasury having oc- curred to the amount of many millions of taels, the loss be made good by all the officers who have been connected with the revenue depart- ment for the last thirty years, and by the descend- ants of such as are dead. All debtors in the amount of six thousand taels or less (to the trea- sury) are ordered to pay up in six months; and hundred and forty mandatus and twenty-three princes of the blood, but their rank gave them an exemption. The son of Pwan-shang-han, a Minister of State, had practiced deceit at the examination, and re- ports to have obtained rank, his father being responsible for his offspring.
convenient to make of the many projects which have been essayed for the union of those oceans, and of the results they have hitherto had, it may reasonably be presumed, that although the enterprise be not impos- sible, it is better [errata: possible] with so many difficulties that it can hardly ever be realized. Opposed to it are the obstacles presented by the asperty and unevenness of the country, subject to frequent and violent earthquakes, a sickly climate and its consequent diseases, a sparse pop- ulation and the debility, want of energy and physical strength of all who inhabit tropical countries, the diffi- culty of transferring laborers from other countries; the difficulty of obtaining who might invest their capitals in for- eign soil, exposed always to be prey of the strong; the instability of the local governments, and of the little hope of the disposition they show for consolidating themselves, after the repeated efforts made, without obtaining any favorable result, and lastly, what experience has ever taught us, of the indolence and little disposition for grand enterprise that the inhabitants of the largest zone have ever evinced. The Kings of Egypt, who bound together a million of their subjects to the caprice of constructing Pyramids, never thought of cutting the Isthmus of Suez, at the time that the Chinese quickly finished their im- mense wall; while the Romans covered the im- mense territory which they subjugated with their mag- nificent roads, aqueducts, and other stupendous and dura- ble monuments; that our great king, Philip the Second, built the monastery of Escorial is by no means a proof, and that the English have realized their passage under the Thames in a short time and with insignificant expense. If the country through which the communication of the two oceans were situated in the temperate zone, and peopled by a race as active, enterprising and robust as the Anglo- Saxon, transported to the American continent, we might soon expect to see it accomplished, if not altogether by canal, at least combined with a railroad, producing the same result. The union of the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean, by a cut through Central America, will remain one of those great problems whose solution has been ag- itated for so many years, and will probably for an inde- finite period, until, in consequence of the great advan- ces which are daily making in the means of intercommu- nication and transportation, it shall become unnecessary to effect it at all."
The concluding paragraph says: "I believe I have done all in my power to demonstrate the three points which I essayed to establish, and especially the great difficulty there seems to be in the way of making a canal communication across Central America, which in my conception is unnecessary. When those beautiful countries begin to enjoy the advantages always produced by good government, just, protective, enlight- ened, and analogous to the habits, customs, dispositions and necessities of the inhabitants, then the population will advance rapidly and extend themselves over all those most fertile territories; their necessities will in- crease, while the means to satisfy them will be commu- nicated, and the system of transportation daily advancing towards perfection, those magnificent rivers, with which the country abounds, will be so many canals of commu- nication, rapid, easy and cheap, and without any of the grave inconveniences which will individually result from a necessity of having all the commerce to pass through one channel, or one only passage."
JUAN JOSE MARTINEZ. (R. de P. de E.)
The exports of Cotton from this port, for the year ending 31st August, 1844, amounts to 121,613 bales. Stock on hand this day 3 bales.—Com. (Appl.) Adv.
SUPPOSED MURDER.—An Irish woman, named Mary Foy, who lived in the upper part of a house in this town, was found dead in her bed on Satur- day morning with marks of violence upon her person. The Coroner called a jury of inquest upon her body, who, after an investigation into the facts throughout the day, returned a verdict, finding that her death was caused by violence; but how it was produced, and by whom, they were unable to say. Her face, arms and body were bruised in spots and streaks; in some places the skin was torn, and a small piece of flesh also cut or torn out of her left arm, but no wound or bruise was found in a vital part. Part of her body bore the appearance of having been scalded, blisters being raised, and the bed was soaking wet under those parts. The mark of a kettle was also, we are informed, found on the pillow. Her body was dissected, but the surgeons could find no decided cause of death in the appearance of the vital parts. We are informed, however, that her lungs were or had been diseased, charged with blood, and very dark in color. She com- plained the previous evening of pain in the head, and went early to bed, where a female neighbor who considered her sick with a cold, brought her some tea and left her about 10 P. M., quite com- fortable, as she says, early in the morning she went to see how she was, and found her dead, as described. Her husband, John Foy, (a very ir- temperate man, who, it is said, has heretofore abused and ill-treated her) slept in the same room with her, and in the same bed, as he admits; but says he did not know she was dead when he got up in the morning, nor before he was told of it. He and two other men, who slept on the premises that night, have been committed to abide an ex- amination on Tuesday, when, we hope, some tes- timony may be adduced to throw light upon the case, which is now involved in mystery.—New- port Rhode Islander , Sept. 9.

THE RIOT CASES.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, before
Judges King, Jones, and Parsons.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th.
Commonwealth vs. John Daly, charged with
the murder of Matthew ... during the riot
in Kensington, on Tuesday the 7th of May.
Counsel for the Commonwealth: J. M. Rush,
Deputy Attorney General, and O. W. A. Stokes,
Attorney General for the Commonwealth.
Counsel for the Defendant: J. M. Phillips, E. P. Brown, and G. M. Dukes.
Jury - Thomas Tharp, Robert Ewing, Thomas
Snyder, John Miller, Richard White, John W.
Kelly, A. M. Wilkinson, Anthony Frazier, Geo.
W. Watson, James Barber, John F. Reed, Wm.
Richardson.
Sophia Clark, sworn - I live in 4th street four
doors above Jefferson; I was on Germantown
road on the pavement, I doors above Jefferson
street; I saw a meeting down towards Master
street, where I saw the mob; I stood on the east
side of Germantown Road, I saw John Daly come
across Jefferson street and Germantown road; he
was on the pavement, I doors above Jefferson
street; I saw him in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
house; he was in the direction of the market
the 7th, standing by the corner of Jefferson and
Cadwalader street, there were more persons
around him than with him; I can't say that he was
doing anything particular; I think I saw some-
thing like a sheet of lead in his hand; it was some-
thing between 3 and 4 o'clock; I think I was
standing in my house, at the corner of Cadwal-
der and 10th street.
Cross-examined - After that I heard the noise,
about 15 minutes after, I can't say how long; I
stood there, he rather appeared to be a little ex-
cited; he did not seem to be doing anything; I did
not see Daly with a gun.
Jacob Tollinger, sworn - I live in the district
of Kensington, in Germantown road, second door
from Second street; I saw the prisoner standing
on the pavement opposite to Harmony court; a
little before 5 o'clock, he had several persons
around him; the men were in high spirits, and he
had something in his hand which he handed them,
and which I took to be ammunition; I know Daly
have known him for two years, when he handed
the men a paper; I thought it was powder, as it
was put into a gun, five or six men were there; I
saw two men take the paper from him; John Daly
said to the men that they should stay there and
guard the court; I went into my house; I saw
400 loaded guns in the street; I saw the
defendant and others, about 10 o'clock; I heard
enough fired back of Cadwalader street.
Cross-examined - As long as I could see, the
men were standing there; it was a little before
5 o'clock; I saw the prisoner, and heard the
men; I looked out of a garret window; I
did not see Daly at another time on that after-
noon; he was on a dark light blue coat, dark
pants; I can't say whether he had a hat on. I
did not know what was going on in the street; I
was about 15 minutes in the street; I heard
the noise; I was in the house about three-quarters
of an hour before Mrs. Longshore went out.
Witnesses, Sept. 11th.
William Frecheller, sworn - I reside next to
the forks of Fourth street and the Germantown
road; I was there this morning; I was at
10 o'clock there; this was on Tuesday;
when the crowd came up from the city it went
down Second street, as I understood, and
up the Germantown road towards my house; I
saw the shooting towards the market; the people
were running backwards and forwards continually;
constant shooting from that time till eight
o'clock; the crowd, with William D. and
William D. was a shoemaker, engaged in shooting;
while I stood at my back gate; I saw from 75
to 100 men with guns; they were running in
and out of the alley; I was close to them;
they were running in and out of the alley; I
was close to them; they were running in and
out of the alley; I was close to them; they
were running in and out of the alley; I was
close to them; they were running in and out
of the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
running in and out of the alley; I was close
to them; they were running in and out of
the alley; I was close to them; they were
by course and clamorous conduct, I was not in-
familiar with his voice; I have never seen him
since the 7th; yesterday, I do not remember
how Daly was dressed on the 7th.
Christopher Steele, sworn - I resided in 3d
street, 10th door above Master; on May 7th
on the 7th, I went into my house; I
heard apprehensions of a riot; my family became
alarmed, and requested me to remain at home; I
did so; barricaded my door; closed the 1st and
2d story windows; and went into the 3d story; the
meeting was organized; in about 10 minutes I
heard a cart load of dirt coming down 3d street;
the cart was driven 5 or 10 feet within the meet-
ing; I mean inside of the crowd of persons there
assembled; I then saw the cart of dirt shot down;
and then the cart was driven out at the corner of
3d and Master; I was surprised at the forbearance
of the meeting; the lot so far from requiring dirt
wanted digging down.
Cross-examined - I don't know Daly; I think I
have seen him; I think there were from 5 to
600 persons at the meeting; it was John O'Neill
who drove the dirt cart into the meeting.
Edwin Greble, sworn - I was in Kensington on
the 7th of May; I was going up 10th street, and
in the direction of the State House yard; I
rode up with a friend to the north end of the
market, and from thence up 3d street some dis-
tance; I saw 15 or 20 persons a number of men
with arms in their hands; I looked down 3d street
between 2d and 3d street; there were a number
of men; some of them had guns; I saw one man
shoot a man; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man
shoot; the man fell; I saw the man