The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-21 00:00:00

THE M'LEOD CASE,

UTICA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29.—Late last night, and
during the whole of this morning, witnesses arrived here
in greitt numbers, both for the prosecution and the pri-
ioner. ,The survivors of the Patriot army which was in
posses ion of Navy Island when the Caroline was de-
stroyed have come, with all the officers of that short-lived
provisional Government of which Mackenzie was Presi-
dent pro. tern. FrOin Buffalo, Canada, and for a great
extent along the frontier, the cry is " Still they come."

Mr. Bradley and Mr. Gardner, Mr. Spencer's asso-
ciate counsel for the prisoner,' have-arrived from Canada
with voluminous-testimony, taken under commission, and
many witnesses to sustain his defence, and all parties
are now ready to go to trial.
It i now, however, well understood that the trial will
not commence until Monday next, and in the meantime
Judge Gridley Will clear the calendars, both civil and
criminal. It is not at all improbable that the case will
occupy twelve or fourteen days.
The Prosecuting counsel will merely open and en-
deavour to sustain an ordinary case of murder, but the
defence wilt be broad, and lead to many collateral
issues'. An aLlii, by oral testimony, will be-one branch
of the defence ; the next will be the examinations
recently taken in Canada' to negative the positive evi-
dence that M'Leod took part in the affair of the Caro-
.

line. This consists of the examinations of those Who
admit their own participancy, in the transaction, and a
question will arise as to the admissibility of such evi-
dence. It was originally arranged that these examina-
tions should be taken at specified places on fixed days,
by interrogatories which the counsel for the people and
for the prisoner have determined upon, and a legal gen-
tleinan was commissioned to be present to act on the part
of the State authorities. For some days examinations
were thus taken, but the Commissioners then resolved to
separate themselves, And hold courts at different points
at the same time, doubtless with a desire to facilitate the
accomplishment of their mission ; but the legal gentle-
man for the State, unlike the Irishman's bird (according
to a celebrated ornithologist), had not the power of übi-
quity, and, therefore, could not be in two places at once;
consequently some of the examinations will be considered.
ex parte only, and their reception will be objected
to. Another, branch of the defence will be the
general character of the transaction, the circumstances
of those times—in short, impunity will be claimed on the
ground that the Catioliee was engaged in an open war
oa the' British province, and that she was cut off by the
orders of the proper authorities. This part of the de,
fence will open the °case broadly, if the Judge deems it
legitimate, and the termination of the trial may not be
looked for until a distant day. Both parties are prepared
with hosts of witnesses
_in, anticipation that this part of
the subject may he gone into.
Judge Gridley takes his seat daily before eight o'clock,
and with a recess for dinner and another for tea, of thirty
minutes each, sits until near midnight ; but in the,
3;l'Leod case he will not press the trial on for more than
nine hours each day, that the counsel may have some
time for preparation and consultation each night ; it
must, nevertheless, necessarily consume many days, un-
less the Judge confines the parties in their defence, and
prohibits the re-opening of the case on which udge
Cowan's decision was made some time ago. •
Great preparations are made to give the trial to the
public through the press, and the best reporters in the
country are here. A very liberal proposition has just
been made by the Directors of the Utica and Schenectady
Railroad to run a special express gratuitously for the use
of the Press of New York, to start at noon each day.
This, however, cannot be accomplished, unless one news-
paper proprietor will relinquish an exclusive contract
which he has already made.
(From the Courier and Inquirer.)
CIRCUIT COURT AND COURT OF OYER AND

. .
TER MINER.
(Before Jthiges Gridley,' White, Jones, Roberts, and
Kinney.)
UTICA, SEPT. 27.—The Court met yesterday for the
Term, and the Grand Jury having been empanelled,
were charged at some length, and with great perspicuity,
by Judge Gridley, the presiding Judge. The Petit. Jury
were then sworn, end - among the first cases was that of
Alexander M'Leod.

In this case Mr. Willis Hall, Attorney-Graneral of the
State, on the part of the prosecution, rose and said,—lf
the Court please, I desire to call the witnesses in the
case of " People v. Alexander i‘l'Leod," and those called
will please to answer their names. (25 names were hero,
called, and but one answered.) Mr. Hall then said,—
The'proper evidence of the service of subpoenas upon the
witnesses will be filed, and I shall then ask for attach-
merts to be issued against those who do .not appear. I
would remark, that a large number of witnesses are in
attendance on the part of the people, and though it seems
that many of them are not in Court at present, I presume
that they will shortly arrive, and I therefore propose to
set down the trial for an'early day,' as early as the con-
venience of the Court and prisoner will admit. I am,
not disposed to call on the case to the prejudice of the.
party, bat I am anxious to call it on as noon as possible.
Judge Gridley—l understand that you are now ready ?
am now ready, it' the prisoner is ready to go
to trial.

Spencer—l inform the Counsel that we are not now
ready, and that we will not be until next week.
The Court—This is very unfortunate; I would wish to
have it brought on as early as circumstances will permit.
Spencer—l will inform the Attorney-General that the
last thing we desire is any unnecessary delay.
do not wish to be misunderstood. Ido not
wish the trial to be called on until he is prepared, but if
he has thought proper to let the season pass without
executing his commissions, though he 'understood that
the trial was set down last May for this term and this
place ; if he now wishes to put it off without giving good
reason, all the circumstances authorize me in enforcing
it on you with more rigour than I would do under ordi-
nary circumstances. I will therefore not make any sti-
pulations further than leaving it until the middle of this
week before I make any call upon the Court to allow the
trial to proceed.
The Court then addressed the Jurors as follows :

"Gentlemen, It was my attention, had
not the Coun-
sel suggested it, to charge the Jurors, t
them will have to try a most important indictment, some
of
e and
one which has created great excitement through the
en-
tire State, it is possible that the Jurors may lfav
e heard
and spoken much on the subject. It is nevertheless
de-
sirable that they should hear or know p
,as little as possible
ible
in relation to it before they are empannelled to try the
cause, in order that they should then know it from the
mouths of the witnesses, and, enter upon the case with-
out having formed any
.previous opinion or predilection,
and hence -the necessity of their not conversing with any
person whatsoever in relation to the-facts of the case.
They should enter into no conversations, and hear no sug-
gestion from one side:Or the other. It is true that if any
person approaches a Juror with the view or intention of in-
fluencing his mind, his doing so is highly criminal, and
the man who so acts is subject to indictment ; and if
any person attempts to suggest to-a Juror tacts or cir-
cumstances, or in any _ way tamper with him, it is the
duty of such Juror to inform the Court or District Attor-
ney of it, and communicate the nature of such sugges-
tions or attempts to bias or influence him in the dis-
cchaonrvgeersoatfihonisduties. It is proper for many reasons,
some of which must be evident to the Jury, to avoid an
some
on the _
hfea);i3s,tahni
on h w SUyeet •in order unit, in the beau-
tiful language.of
the
minde
the law, they may stand indifferent as
they
nd
strust, to
orn ; and any attempt to create influence
District
torti
cat
A.Jitttroorrnesyhohiiiii.odrahwed
Ii of it.
diately noticed and th
that no such attempt will be made."
The Courtn:ert
thenr in
civil calendar. proceeded with the causes on the

THE GROGAN AFFAIR.
DARING OUTRAGE I—OUR _TERRITORY IN-
VADED, AND AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
, KIDNAPPED BY BRITISH ARMED SOLDIERS.
ST. ALBAN'S (VERMONT), SEPT. 94, IS4l.—Sinve
the alltlCKllleV43Vilt in our last paper of thy gross outrage

wits, notwithstan-ding the high crimes for liich true
bills have beeefound against him in our Criminal Courts,
no obstacle, we presume, will be -offered to his surrender
to such American authorities as may take the proper
steps fur his release.
" There remains now only one other step—that Sir
R. Jackson should immediately order his restoration to:
our limits, and the punishment of the violators of our'
territory. Thus would this new speck of war in the ho-
rizon be dissikated.'
" Since the above was in type, we have seen a letter
from an officer of the United States army,' who bad re-
paired to Alburgh, and there ascertained that the out-
rage was committed by volunteers, and not regulars; and
without the presence, or, So far as could be ascertained,
the sanction of any commissioned officer.
" Of course, therefore; restitution and redreSs will be
promptly tendered by the Canadian Government."
(From the Boston Daily Mail, Oct. 2.)
FURTHER FROM THE FRONTIER EMISSA-
RIES IN CANADA, &c.
The Niagara Chronicle states that emissaries from the
" Patriots," who are leagued together in the adjoining
republic for the purpose of robbing and murdering the
inhabitants of Canada, have recently visited that district.
The Chronicle further states, that their errand was to
get persons to enrol their names as ready to embark in
any movement which Might be undertaken against the
provinee, and they solicited such as they thought might
be depended upon to attend a " patriotic" Convention
about to be held at Manchester, New York.
These emissaries stated.that they had in the Republic
upwards of 10,000 men, well armed, and ready for opera-
tion at a moment's notice ; that, although they could not
quite depend upon open support from the Federal Go-
vernment, they could calculate upon its covert assistance:
that the " patriot" cause was now headed by Colonel
Johnson (late Vice-President of the United States), and
a Mr. Scott (nephew of the present CoMmander-in-Chief
of the United States army, who, it will be remembered,
used to hob-nob with his brother, General Van Rensse-
hair, at Buffalo); and furthermore, that this force, well
organised, furnished with a vast number of pieces of
ordnance, anti continually increasing, a demonstration
would shortly be made which would astonish the world.
WAR MOVEMENTS IN THE EAST.—It appears from a
privatp letter, that our Chinese squadron expected and
prepared for a desperate fight, having heard that war had
been declared between the United States and Great Bri-
tamp. It was merely a flash in the pan, however ; but it
shoWs' the energy and determination of our naval officers.
' HALIFAX, OCT. 8.
' The Caledonia has at last arrived. The anxiety felt
byfthe community at large for the arrival of this long-
anticipated steamer, now due nearly five days, has been
allayed.by, her arrival. The Caledonia sailed on Satur-
day, ,the .2d of October, and about midnight the storm
commenced, which lasted during the whole passage. She
lost her. life-boat, and nine of. the crew are seriously in:-
jured ; the carpenter has his leg broken in two places,
and thd third officer is in a very doubtful situation. The
passengerS never expected to see Halifax,: or any other
port. It proves, however, the superiority of the Cunard
line Over the New York or any other line, for no other
vessel could have stood what this boat has experienced.
The Caledonia leaves here this morning at ten o'clock
for Liverpool, carrying 33 passengers from Boston, and
25 from this city.,
There are symptoms of another invasion of Canada;
we give the following particulars:—
PREPARATIONS FOR TROUBLE.—The Springfiell (Illi-
nois) Journal of a late date sayi—" The Secretary of
War has written to Governor Cass, inforMing him that
the United States Government were about to forward
to some point on Rock River arms and ammunition, 10
be subject to the order of the Governor in case hostilities
should commence between this country and the British
Indians."

(From the Morning HeraLl, Oct. 4.)
The Acadia arrived at Cunard's Wharf at half-past 11,
o'clock On Saturday night, after a passage of 13+ clays,
bringing 94 passengers, 15 of • whona took passage for
Halifax. • She-sailed from Liverpool at noon on the 19th
of September,. and on the second day out experienced
very boisterous Weather, - which continued more or less
during the whole pas Sage..
ARRIVAL OF SIR CHARLES ADAM, VICE-.ADMIRAL
OF THE BLUE.-----Her Majesty's frigate Pique, bearing
the flag of `'ice Admiral Sir Charles Adam, arrived at
this port yesterday afternoon. The 'Admiral was re-
ceived with a suitable salute frinn the Winchester,
Com-
modore Douglas ; and the Pique" came to anchor off the
dockyard.
Sir Charles Adam landed on Saturday, under a salute
from the Pique, and took possession of the Admiralty
house.

THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Philadelphia Saturday Courier, of the 11th
gives a list of the naval force of this country, prefacing
it %%ith the remark that the editors are indebted to au
()Meer of the navy for it..
It contains such gross errors that we must put them
foul at the same time give a correct list of the real
1.)re4.! UOW tiY.lllAkJfe, or that eau be madenvailable.

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C9lnmitted upon our rights as a nation, and upon they It is due-alike to the countryeand thi.service; to the
lives and liberty of our individuals, by the forcible seizure country, that all may understand our real means of de-
and abduction of Colonel James W. Grogan, We have ',fence; and not remain in error as to the number of guns
been able to gather further testimony in relation to the that can be brought to bear upon an enemy, when many
affair, which we lose rib time in presenting to our readers. of the ablest statesmen and citizens in our country look
As might have been anticipated, such an outrage could forward to a war with the *greatest naval power in the
not but be followed .by . the exasperation and excitement , world as far fromimprobablee to the service,_rom it-,flian
that should
p
of the people; and it is highly creditable to ounfellove- i that day come, :nem m f not be ex ected
ay.
-
townsmen, that iteraedifireirtrlftlreutrrival (lithe news it has the means ot. acvomplishiiig.. The officers 01 our
Ttai
of Colonel Grogan'sielin*.th-JY made' due preparation nave are as gallant a set of men as ever lived, and fully
for the procurement ofindi
facts that they might ' of -sustaining the glory of theirservice--they
lay before the Governor of* C-erfnobt and the ueeper au- may -even eclipse- the bright- pages of three wars ; but
therities Washington'. —At a larS;e and reskeetable , they must have ships (sailing and steam) and gums to do
'
meeting at the Court-house, on the 21st and 22d instralt, itswithe
the public sentiment was manifested and filers and rest- i _Ter us it scents astonishing that our Government should
lutions were presented for the consideration of the people r suppose that we can commQllce a war vvith any prospect
' • - of success, h
generally. ween we have a force only a little superior to
The Committee appointed to collect testimony relative that:with which the last war commenced, and which is
to this illegal transaction, reported on Wednesday even.. sFaree sufficient to protect our wide-spread commerce in
ing, and read to a very large audience sundry Belie time of peace. But, to return to the correct list. The,
davits, the sabstance ail:hien we are about to comma= Saturday
.Cwzrit.r gives the flames or ten ships of the
thcate to our readers. These affidavits indicate plainly line, and then sums up, total 14. We will began with
that rumour had not magnified the atrocity of the acts. these ships of the line, and to the remarks that follow we
It appears from one of the affidaeitsethat on the 19th challenge contradiction.
inst., there were present it the tavern of J. M. Sowlet, First canes the Franklin, '74—launched in 1815—has
at Alburgh, a short distance this side of the line, sun- not been st sea since Commodore Stewart returned in
dry persons froth Canada,' in convene: with_ James W. her in '24—now lies at New York, and a merchant
Grogan, and among the rest a Dragoon who urged would say unfit for repair, fur it will cost more to re-
Grogan to drink, and was particularly attentive to him, pair her than a new ship can be built for. Vide Our
so much so that his courtesies became suspicious. These Navy, by Harry Illtiff."l'herefore, she should be struck
suspicions were communicated- to Grubman, and he was from the list f effective ships. The Nary Register says
advised that a plan was afoot to kidnap him and to she exists in ordinary—it should read extra-ordinary.
transport him to Caeada. Grogan, finally following the The Waehington, ;4, is the next on the list—launched advice given him, went to Albuig 'city, so caled,' in Isl 6, at. Pertemoutle N. IL She made Inc cruise in
and afterwards went to pass the night at the house of the Mediterranean. It will cost more to repair her than.
William Brown, his brother-in-law, who resides about to build a new ship; therefore we us • tl • take her name
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three miles from the boundary line. out of the list of effectire ships.
.She is another of the.
From the affidavit of another, it appears that William ordinary ships, according to the Register.: She has been'
Brown and his wife were awakened about two o'clock in in ordinary for twenty years and upwarda; how then can
the morning of Monday, the 20th of September, by a it be. supposed she is effective ? It is• necessary to say
noise occasioned by the breaking open, and forcible en- here, that it is fully proved that it costs ;pore to pull.to
trance of a gang of armed men into their dwelling. pieces a large ship. °-f
n ar, and give What is called- a
This gang consisting of 15 or more, were in the or-i. thorough, repair, elmn to build a new ship of the same
form of British soldiers, and, as could be seen by the tonnege. Vide "Our .Navy,
Harry Bluff," in the
lantern they carried, full armed. I
armed. Mr. Brown sprang Southern Literary Mes.venger.
from the bed upon perceiving the intruders, and was met Columbus, of 80 guns (rated 74); is the next on the
at the door anis sleeping-room by a British ruffian, who 1 list, and first effective ono—launched in 1819 rebuilt in
presented' his gun and bayonet, and ordered hint to re- '36--in fine condition now, and can go to sett'at a few
main quiet. Mr. Broani 'called aloud to• sorer, erlio 1 days' notice& She is in commission as School and re-
were sleeping above, end was threateneelaby the soldier ! csavihes ship at Boston, and is effective ship Noel.
that he would certainly be shot 'unless lie desisted speak- Ohio. 92 guns, (rated 80) built by Henry Exaford, in
ing. The remainder of this gang rushed into the ado New York, in 1820—rebuilt in'lB36--a noble ship. She
joining room, where Colonel Grogan was sleeping,erying has net her superior as: a inadel ship of war in the
out as they entered, "Here he is ! Hete he is ! Shoot world t has just returned from a cruise of three years,
him ! -Blow his brains out !" They seized him and arid can gb to sea with a little overhauling, which is
dragged him froth his bed, and carried him by force being done at Reston. She is effective ship No. 2.
through the house and conveyed him to the road, where North Carolina, 56 gulls, (rates 80)—thrilt in 1820 at
there were vehicles in readiness to take him across the Philadelphia—has been an active ship—is now school
line. Mr. Brown testifies that he was apparently strait- and receiving ship at New York—has not been over-
gled, so that he could neither speak nor even make a hauled since she returned in 1839 from a three years'
show of resistance. - cruise in the Pacific, but is in good condition, and cau
It appears from another affidavit that-the son or Mr. go. to sea at a few days' notice. She is effective ship,
William Brown came down at his father's call as seer' its "S'b. 3. •
he could put. on his clothes, and was met by one of the Delaware, 92 guns, (rated 80)—conies next—built in
British dragoons—an Irishman, as he thought—e ho 1820—is in corniniesion for a cruise, (Commodore Mor-
cocked his gun and ordered'him to return, or he would ris's flag ship.) • She is in perfect war efficiency, conic-
shoot him. Soon after they had gone off with Grogan,. quently she is ...No. 4.
young'Mr. Brown diScovered a drab-coloured hat, a Brie Pennsylvania, 136 guns, (rated 120) is the last ship
teen bayonet, and a cotton handkerchief, which they had of the line we hale launched. She is new, aed in every
dropped in the hurry of their proceedings. Soon after respect a noble ship—in -commission as school and re-
daylight a British dragoon was seen riding towards the ceiling ship at Norfolk. She can go to sea at few days'
house of Mr. Brown, apparently in search of the articles notice, and is effective-ship No. 5.
which the ruffians had accidentally lost. As soon as he Seven line Of battle ships are all we have afloat, two
saw he was discovered he ran his horse back to her Ma- of them unfit for repairs before shown—hence our total,
jesty's dominions. instead of being foerteen; is five. True, we have the Ala-
From another affidavit, it appears that a gentleman btuna, Vermont, Virginia, and New York, 80's, on the
going from Clarenceville to Missisquoi Bay overtook a, stocks ; but there they have been for twenty years, and
waggon; in which was James W. Grogan, four armed it is easily seen that it would take nearly as long to
soldiers, end a driver, and four mounted dragoons riding launch them as to build and launch new ships. The
and keeping guard by the waggon. Grogan was placed Independence (razee) 64 guns, (rated 54)—built in 1814
in the bottom of the waggon. Upon their arrival at the —rebuilt in 1836—in fine condition and a superb ship ;
Bay, Grogan remained in the waggon surrounded by a is fitting for sea at this port. Can go to sea at short
strong guard in' front of the guard-house for about a notice, and is effective ship No. 6.
quarter of an hour, after which he was ordered into the Our first class frigates afloat, are the
guard-house, and thence was taken to blontreal. Gro- United States, 52 guns, rate 44, at Norfolk.
gan appeared badly wounded and bruised ; his face was 'Constitution, 52 guns, rate 44, in the Pacific, or
very much disfigured, and it was with great difficulty he corning home. -
could walk a step. The party that brought him to the Potomac, 64 guns, rate 44, on Coast of Brazil.
guard-hbuse from 'Aldburgh was formally dismissed in Brandywine, 64 gunsomte 44, Mediterranean.
true military style by Sergeant Reed, iehy belengs to Capt. Columbia, 64 guns; rate 44, at Boston.
Jones's company. of Light Drageons in her Majesty's Congress, 54 guns, just launched at Portsmouth.
service. It was reported at.Missisquoi Bay, that on the . Where are all the effective frigates of the first class in
evening previous to the transactions above detailed Capt. the navy ? They are at sea, or can go to sea, at short
Jones had been heard to say that he had despatched a notice. The navy' register shows the names of the Jarva
squad of men after Colonel Grogan, and that Grogan and Guerrier' .of glorious memory, but they are num-
woUld, without fail, be taken that night. bored among the things that were ; they are broken up.
The substa ce of the above affidavits (save one) was The department undoubtedly intends to rebuild them,
read aloud at the meeting held- at St. Alban's on the but it is yet to be done. The Hudson also appears in
evening of the 22d, and upon the correctness of the facts the register, but she has been condemned for years, and
no doubt need be entertained. The papers have been is not even fit for a receiving ship.
forwarded to Washington, and to our Governor and we The Santee, Cumberland, Sabine, Savannah, Raritan,
doubt not measures will be taken to demand redress for and St. Lawrence, 44, are on the stocks, and it will re-
this insult, and to rescue us from a repetition of an quire from two to - four months to prepare any one of
offence which debases even those British soldiers who them for sea, even in an emergency—hence, they cannot
disgraced humanity by their barbarity and cruelty in be classed among effective ship:'.
the late Canadian insurrection. Second Class Frigates—We have the Constellation
The following article, from the New York .4merican of and Macedonian, 36's, both in commission, and good and
the afternoon of the lst inst. is important ; efficient ships. • •
"SEIZURE OF GROGAN. . Sloops of War—First Class.—John Adams, Boston,
"We copy the annexed paragraph from the Montreal Lexington, Vincennes, Falmouth, Fairfield, Vandalic,
Gazette of the 28th ult. The -Montreal Times of the St. Louis, Concord, Cyanc and Levant, 24's (rated 20)
same date has a similar paragraph :--e are in good condition, and effective snipe. The Warren
"` We mentioned, a short time ago, that the notorious is left out, as it is doubtful whether she could be sent
•
Grogan had been brought into town, in charge of-a to sea, in time of war, cn account of bad sailing qualm-
party of Volunteer DragoOns, and lodged in gaol. Since ties.. Admitting we -include the• Warren, -we have- but
then, we have learned that seine little excitement has 12 Sloops of War, of first class; effective. The Natchez
been created on the other side of the line by his arrest; appears in the Register, but eneevias broken up last year.
and the good people of Burlington have thought it worth . Sloops of War—Second Class.—Ontario-and Peacock,
while to hold a meeting, by which the gentlemnn may • -18's. The Ontario wants repairs, and the Peacock is in
be restored to his amiable pursuits of houseefflollearn the Exploring Expedition ; however, we may call them
burning. It was to have been held yesterday ~and the effective. The Erie appears in the Register, but she
grounds_ we understand, upon which • action .(as. our has been'uondenmed as a ship of war, and turned into
neighbours phrase it) would be taken, were, that Gro- a store ship.
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gen. was kidnapped from the United States, carried into - Sloopi of War—Third-Cltess.—Decatur, Preblee York-
this province, and then surrendered to the civil power. town,- Marion, Dale,' 'l6's ; five vessels, and in good
If this be true, the man of course ought slut to. be re- condition, effective for war service.
tamed in custody; and if it can be established by affida- Brigs of War.—Dolphin and Porpoisea.
10 guns ; good

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and effective vessels. The Pioneer and Consort are not
Brigs of war, certainly, as they can neither fight nor run.
They disgrace the navy list. -
Schooners of War.—
Grampus, Shark, Enterprise,
and Boxer, of 10 guns each ; effective. •
Steam Frigates.—Mississippi and Missouri. of 16
Yaixlian (pisen) guns each. ' •
Steam Battery.—The Fulton, 4 guns.
• RECAPITULATION OF EFFECTIVE VESSELS.
Line of Battle Ships, 5. • .
Frigates, first class, 6—second class, 2. Total, 8.
Sloops, first class, 12.
Sloops, second,class, 2. • •
Sloops, third class, 5. Total, Sloops, 19. .
Brigs, 2. Schooners, 4. Steaniers (sea) 2—(Battery) 1.
. Making a total of 38 vessels of war • and tw9 steamers,
40 in all, that can be sent to sea with despatch, should
we be embroiled with a foreign' power. Only five of
these are line of battle ships, and eight are frigates;
certainly not half strength enough to look out for our
own coast, much less to give convoy and protection to
our commerce, which whitens .every sea, bay, and river
in the known world. Between six and seven hundred
whale ships, manned by 10,00.0 - American seamen, are
constantly afloat, producing more wealth to their country
than the. mines of Mexico, Peru, and Chili do to those
counrties combined, and consuming millions of the agri-
cultural produce of our country. Without protection, not
one in twenty of these ships could reach home; and
beside the loss of the wealth in them, the Government
would, lose the services of these 10,000 seamen—a very
important consideration before our war would be over.
Theta) are facts, stubborn facts. Let the Government
look to it in time; correct all abuses in, and largely in-
crease the navy. Legislators, when you are making
patriotic speeches, remember the navy; and we will "keep
it before the people," assured, as we are, that with the
prosperity of our country, we should go hand in hand.
BRITISH STEAMSHIPS .ON THE LAaEs.—A good deal
of solicitude has been produced on the frontier by the
British Government building several armed steam ships
on the Lake's, and the-opinion prevails that it -has been
• snhnie
aaonihitiNrii,inateil le {ottsle) i
shore.
done in violation of the treaty between Great Britain
and this country., .The. Albany Evening Journal gives:
the facts in the matter. , 0
't Ti
• A treaty or arrangement was made in 1817 beta e..
the two countries, by which it was stipulated that Ott,
naval 'forces to be maintained upon .the -Atneriesin
Lakes by the respective.: parties, should-: thereafter be.
confined to the following vessels: ,on -each side :
we
learn
thatu owing
sinceto
tili:
" On Lake Ontario, to• one vessel not -'pt; one
hundred tons burden, and: armed 'W.lffi an' eighteen
pound cannon. On the Upper Lakes,. to one vessel not
exceeding a like burden, 'ender:Me seiph4likeJforce. Op,
iteheetiou of Sik- ihonthLy t-The.' ilritish
the seaters of Lake ChanipleilleiOtWiAtsWexceedirig
like burdeet and armed with likesfbreeariseU. is further
s
and should gin 4 Months.
party;igs:ceneillideithit;ailif,t4cre.4l:4(e,lestiorotbies
agreed that if either.
of annulling, the agreement,
h inotice
hdih
.g.t oth
afterat
the e effect,expiration
$} e' United
States in November, 1838, that the .GOSeeement had '.
found it necessary to increase their arum cent on the
Government gave noticc to the PresiUhg
Lakes. Mr. Van Buren seems to have supposed that it
was perfectly proper and sate to let the British:,Govern-
with greet vieforice. The
merit have as large a forge _upon' the. Lakes es it pleased,.
PENSACOLA, SEPT. 18.—On Wednesday. night we
vsal,andii...ned6t theoo;aersaovferieioiiiti
bt frontier
ehgeanN
.tlovt)d.
,leosfleovn..
tclel
al et stsi;
iiliirll: rats. '
list)f
the
had a storm here of almost unexampled viotei4. ' About-
was kindly supplied .by her. with necessary
shore, and did no deinage. ' Oee vessel ronly•parted bee
cable, and coining is contact. with the- French corvette
ground tackle, and was then . cuabled to ride out the
storm.—Gazette. . .
. -
This measure is the result of a
our last we -stated that the Levant sloop of war
dropped down to the Navy Yard, in order to be
which it would not
been determined to .abandon the ship, and the crew are
ndeictael:aosf
conviction that the cause of, the sickness on board, V was
be prudent or safe to look into, until the return of cold
weather. lower timbers hisersproofbtahbebs.hip,
We are gratified to be enabled to add, that of the
someloca l in
of the
the
lsoliNi%
whole number taken sick not.ene•haa died. ,es •fast as
they fell. sick 014 were sent: to the hospital., and are
now all well or getting well— The Freneh ships La
Sabine and Dunois are all lyingb; 1111( have city. li -:lVe. all
• •, f• , .
well on board.-17).
THE NEW ORLEANS DUEL.---It aPPeare that Judge
Tenney was not shot, as stated a day or two since, but
that he shot his antagonist, Mr..C• N. Rowley, a little
•abeve the hip, producing.immediate death. . •Rowley was
formerly of Washington Cotusty, in this State. :lie was
a student at law in Utica. He after Wards married a
Southern lady, and removed to Louisiana., where he has
resided ever since.
A BANK 11013 BER AND A MURDERER ESCAPED rm.
Box.--A letter received at St. Louis, dated the 44th
instant, states that Jacksonville is again in an uproar,
; caused by the escape of Town, the Bank robber, and
.Gardiseire the murderer, who wag sentelleed to be-hung,

TIIE SUN„ ISO DON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1841.

and whose time expires 'on the first3lonclay OCtober.
They broke jail by rutting off the tiLobers-in- the floor of
the debtors' room (they being confined below), and came
up into the room and out of the window.

A Mvs•rliay.--The Pittsbury arcnicle sa s that a
few days since a carriage, worth five or six hundred
dollars, was found in the bushes . near a farm of Mr.
Burnside, a
.few miles from that city. There was no-
thing about it Which cotild lead to the discovery of its
owner—it appeared to have been made in Richmond,
Va. The desertion of a. valuable piece of property, in
the midst of a peaceful- community, without apparent
cause, leads to the suspicion that there has been foul play
Used with the bttime; 41'hof_sYer he *lay
,havebcen.

WHOLESALE LYNCHING Ir TEX4s,.—K week or two
ago, says the Nachitocheß Herald, -we gave an account of
the trial-of one Jackson, in Harrison county, Texas, for
murder ; of the manner in which he was tried ; how he
was acquitted, - and how he and some of his friends then
seised the county Judge, WHenry, and brought him into
lituthitoelica, where he is now in gaol, awaiting his trial,'
under an indictMent for carrying off negroes from that
parish. It now appears that when-Jackson returned to
Texas, he was attacked and killed by four or five friends
of Milienry, and they, in their turn, hare been captured
and hung without any ceremony by the friends ofJackson.
MunDEn.—lt becomes our melancholy duty to record
a murder which took place in an adjoining town, Fair-
field, on Thursday, 23d inst. It appears that some al-
tercation arose between two Irishmen—one by the name
of Quin, and the other Murphy, when the latter threat-
ened to kill the former, and
,begun to strike him with his
fists. At the time Qain received the first blow, h€'was
cutting tobacco with his pocket knife, and as the blows
were repeated, he struck Murphy-in the breast with hif
knife, which proved fatal in about an hour. Quilt has
been arrested and lodged in the county gaol, and an in-
quest is to be holden over the body of Murphy to-day.
We have only too-add' at 'present,-that RCM has acted its
part in this case, as usual in all such eases.-L-St. Albans
ilessenyer. _ L.

MELANCHOLY DisAsTEß.—Foutt Livas LosT.—A
inost fatal and distressing accident occurred at the marble
quarry of Julius Bebee, Esq., of Arlington, on the Bth
inst., at aoout-four o'cloA, P.M. The workmen in the
quarry were engaged in, tampering a hole which they
had drilled near eight-feet deep, when it exploded, kill-
ing- Mr.
.Calvin Andrew and Jonathan Hawkins,
stantly, and fatally wounding Mr. John Perquay, and
Mr. Allen:Demon.. Mr. Perquay had one arm blown off;
and both eyes put oat ; he died at nine o'clock, and Mr.
Bebee, at ten o'clock, that evening. Mr, Bebee's.Sen and
another gen tlothau had just left the quarry, and proceeded
only some thirty or forty feet when the explosion oc-
curred.- They- were not injured. A Mr. Corey was
sitting pith n pis feet at the time, and two of the bodies
were thrown over his head, and precipitated down upon
the rocks. He also escaped without injury. Three arms,
one leg, and 'two heads were severed from the bodies,
which were other Wise sadly mutilated.
Edward De Wolff, Esq., Consul fOr the kingdom of
the Netherlands at Mobile, died at Pensacola on the I 7th
inst. M. De Wolff had been at Pensacola for .a few
dayS on a visit, and died after a short illness of malig-
nant fever. We are_ informed that he received every
attention calculeed to mitigate his sufferings and that
he had the benefit of the best professional aid. During
his residence at Mobile, M. De Wolff acquired a most
desirable reputation for-abilities in his business, and the
esteem of an extensive circle of friends.

Too SHOCKING FOR BELIEF.—The Lafayette Chro-
nick says there is an old toper in that place who actu-
ally sold his wife's " bustle" to buy rum !
ANOTHER MURDER BY A NEGRO.—The Natchez
Whig of the 15th, says—We are credibly informed that
Mr. S. S. Fox, a planter, who resides at Tuscumbia land-
ing, a few miles below the mouth of Yazoo, was shot a
few days ago by a negro, whom he attempted to arrest
as a runaway. There are squads out in search of the
black murderer, but at last accounts he was not found.
-ANOTHER SElZURE.—Letters were received in this
city on Friday, from the American Consul at St. Helena,
which stated that the brig Cipher, late of this port, had
been seized by the British on the coast of Africa. The
Cipher left Saleni in command of Capt. Dayley. She
Was sold at Cabenda, Africa, to the Portuguese, for the
sum of $7,500, and on the 11th of July was taken pos-
session of by the British brig Persia, on charges of being
intended and fitting up for the slave trade. Suits were
instituted and the brig was condemned in a Court of Ad-
miralty.—Salem Register.
AFFRAY AT FORT short time ago, says
the Natchitoches Herald of the 4th, a party of U. S.
troops from this fort, had an affray with some Cherokee'
Indians in the little villacre of Maysville, during which
one Indian was. killed, and another sadly wounded. Both
parties were under influence of liquor. The troops were
taken to the fort and placed in irons. On examining
them, it was found impossible to fix upon the murderer,
and their trial has been set aside until additional evi-
dence is obtained. Some five or six hundred Indians
have assembled near the fort, and they say that they
must have redress.

A MURDER IN lOWA.—The Cleveland Herald states
that on a recent occasion a man named Henry Hultz-
beaker, Sheriff of Clayton county, lowa, and a Mr,
McClelland of the same county, got into a family quar-
rel. A challenge passed between them, but the Sheriff
swore he would not fight, but would shoot McClelland
at all events. lie drove the latter into his own house
with pistol:in hand, but before he could fire, McClelland
-seized his rifle and shot him dead. McClelland was exa-
mined and acquitted.
NEW PAcKrr SHlP.—Ship Switzerland, formerly of
Boston, has been bought by Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn,
and Co., of New York to take the place of the Samson in
their line of London packets. The Switzerland is a fine
new and fast-sailing ship, and is to be commanded by
Captain Frank Smith, formerly of the Samson.
FROM MALAGA.—Captain Hartshorn, of the bark Em-
press, arrived last evening in 20 days from Malaga, in-
forms that place was visited on the 24th of August by a
severe gale from S.E., which did• great injury to the
crops, and drove a number of Spanish vessels on shore,
THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF