The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-30 00:00:00

'.4,IItRICAN INTELLIGENCE.

, Fresh advices reached inn, n'yesteraay from New
York, Boston, and hikadelphitf, it, dig 6th of
J ray. Acrottling to the definition "Of the Amer can
Papers, thhigs loOk very 4tally on the 'other side
of the Atlantic. We extract the follow:Mg from
a late l'hiladelOtia Paper :

The Albany Pipers a few days since stated, that
a considerable number of sailors had passed
through that city on their way to Lake Erie : the
circumstance at the moment did not strike us as
Very extraordinary.
The following from the :Pittsburgh Mercury,
'dated Detroit, June 8, 1816, Will however ex-
plain these movements
Here follow the depositions of various person's,
some masters and some passengers, on board se-
veral American vesvls, moving up, the Detroit
river, 0.t.-:—The brig Union, James Beard master,
who states in his depoidtion before the Magi-
strate, that oh the 31st of May last, while the
vessel was passing apposite Malden, in Upper
Canada, on her way to Detroit, a musket was
discharged at her from a British vessel then
at anchor, and she was slitirtly afterwards
boarded by a .British officer and four men from
the ship : the former Said he came in search
of two deserters fruits his ship, who, he was :told;
were on board the Union ; that he searched the
vessel for them, and sent one 'ot his Men down into
the fosecastle for that purpose, and not finding
those men, departed. Another deposition is by
Oliver Edwards, master of the schocineriCharnpton ;
and states, that his vessel was also hoarded About
the same place by an officer and four men frotis
British Vessel, who demanded. the master's name,
inspected his crew and lading, from whence
and whither they were bound, inquired whether
she had- any gnus on hoard, and made entries
in writing of the result of his inquiries : that the
officer acted in a very imperious manner timing
the course of his proceedings. The nextdeposition
Was from Ephraim Pentland, Esq.. a passenger
on board the General Wayne schooner, 'of Presque
Isle, bound to Detroit ; and states, that General
Wayne was boarded on the 3d of June by an
Officer and four men from his Britannic Majesty's
armed schooner Tecumseh, at anchor n Amherst-
burg, and that he inquired for the Commanding
Officer, and itniatirlie like inquiries end inspections,.
and then .leparted. The next deposition is from. G.
15. Larne& dated June
.3; being a passenger on lioar'd
the brig Hunter ; and states, that the brig Hunter,
,:betungint
,to the United Sipes, was hoarded
Abreast of Malden by a' British officer mid four
i‘ •
men, who interrogated her captain, and minutely
inspected her lading, paisengers, and sailors, and
departed. There was another deptis' ition from
'Lamed upon the like subject.

Then follows a letter from Governor Cass,
dated :Detroit, June 6th, 1816, to the Officer
commanding the schooner Tecumseh, which is as
follows :

4, Detroit, July 6, ISM

" has been officially represented to me, that in
several instances, within a few days, vessels bound frost porta
of the United States upon Lake Erie, to,this place, have been
boarded by parties of men from an armed vessel of, his Bri-
tannic Majesty lying off Arnherstburg.
f"rhese parties hare euteved the vessels while passing
through the usual channel of communication between Lakes
Erie and Huron, in one instepee with the avowed object of
taking therefrom two men, under the pretence of their being
British deserter's; and in all instances with objects, so far as
they could be ascertained from the questions and conduct of
the boarding alert, which furnish nojustificationfkr a British
Olicer in forcibly entering a vessel of the United States.

4' The manlier in which this service has been perforaled
has had no tendency to diminish the ctlcA which the cba.
racier of such trausaetions calculate d prodtve. The
conduct of the boarding officer has been arritgant and int.
perions.

f‘ In an aggression U.; this, the government of the United
States can alon* detdrmine what course the honour and Mit-
rest of the nation requ►re should he taken.

" But until their decision shall be made upon the subject,
it becomes my duty to remonstrate against a
.practiee for
which the laws of nations afford no pretence; which is. in•
consistent with the relations existing between our reApectire
Governments, and the continuance of which must be attended
with serious sindrsmpurtant consequences. Very respectfully,
Sir, I have the hiinour to be,
Your obedient servant, (Signed) LOUIS CAS&
if The Officer commanding his Britannic.
Majesty's vessel Tecumseh."

With respect to the.above proceedings, the
• Philadaphig:Nerrontile Advertise, of the Ist: of
July censor-4 es follows :—" These depositions
prove the existence of a.state of things upon Lake
Erie which require; the immediate adoption of
decisive measures. That vessels bearing the flag
of 'the United States should be stopped, and
forcibly cntereol,. with the avowed purpose of
raking from Them persons found on board, and
within sight of the spot consecrated by the vic-
tory. 4 Perry. is not to be tolerated.

4,1 Upon these intend seas there are.no belligc-
seßtk and no neutrals, and therefore no rights for
Oct One pe.rty to exercise. nor wrongs for' the
other to sutler; In consequence of those telatio'os.
!there orc,.,tio contrakitail articles of war in search
of which ♦ ve‘sel may be entered; and the Fin

eitannt-1 of coruinunication upon the Lates,
it'd upon. the Straits uniting them), toms the
boundarl betw.tim the United States and Catiads.
&either,party hits any jurisclietion.over th:tve%Seits
the othe'r while pursuing this route."

BOSTON, JuLt t.
-LAVALETTE IN AMBRICA.--,Letters
received at New York, state, that La-
v4lette has safely arrived in the for Mer city. How
exquisite must be the sensation of his *wife, and
of his noble•Midded 'enemies, Wilson, Hutchin-
son, and Bruce,
,when this news shall reach their
ears. Their united exertions have rescued frons
the fangs of monarchical barbarity one whose
only crime sus difference of Opinion from his op-
pressors— Again shallthis Worthy man press to
his bosom that wife to, svtoist he owes his life—
again shall his daughter receive a parent's bene-
diction. ,In contemplating a icene like this, the
souls of Hutchinson, Wilson, and Bruce, will:ex-
pand beyond the nkirrow confines in which their
bodies are, enclosed, and triumphantly riot over
the finny efforts of despotism to enchant
Would to HeaVen that the gallant NO, the ac-
eoinplishea Labeduyere, had been equally fortu-
nate ! . , •

We fire-bapp. y to have it in our power, by re-.
cent udvices front the Indian nation, to contra-
dict a statement which was lodged at our Office
for publication—that of the, Indians haying taken.
by 'snrprise Fnu Menhir. The 'Creeks are at
present perfectly quiet, and evince every neces-
sary friendship : some little outrages have beet%
committed by a few outlaws, .who are now dili,•
Owl)! sought for by the Chiefs, and will no doubt
be apprehended and duly puniihed..-'--(Washingitin
(Oeu.) Paper.) •
The Governor of Prince Edward's Island ap-
rears to have authorised the importation, by liri-
tiSh vessels and subjects', of lumber and live
,stock,
and provisions of certain descriptions, from the
United States, till:ttie first of November next.

The trade between the United States and. Upper
Canada is said to have been placed upon it former
liberal footing.
The alarm at New Orleans, on account of the
late inundatiou, has been happily, snspentled, by
a great and unexpected tall of the wattrS.
The good people of these rUnited States may
'Pow see with what injustice the Federalists have
heretofore been accused of British influence. The
Democrats are new establishing a press in the city
of New Yotk, solely for the purpose of publish-
ing political WA! ter tb be written in EngiCittei. Surely
this looks a- link like Di itisti infletence on the
other side of the question. iiriii,i, nate", or
not, it is certainly importing politics of Ibilith
manufaciiii-e.—(tiitdsoa Whig.) 1 `. ' •

AcCOUNT or MICHAEL Pair-ti was-
of German
.extraction, His father left him a va-,
'liable farm of 500' acres in the vicinity 'of York
(I'ennsylvtiniuj, with some farming and tooselinlil
articles. He kept • a tavern a •iintaber of ywirs;
married a wife, and ,raised four children, 11r ac-
(nnulated an immense estate, which he pie erne
so, tenaciously that be ntiided not' a dollar Tor
the educ.ition of his family.; :••114 wits nevtr
known lay out one dollar in cash for may
de he inigliche in want of; lie winild do wi:h-
oot it, or find softie person viliWWoilid barter
with hint for something he eertile nOt sell for
cash. lie farmed largely, and kent n Wee
distillery, which lie supplied entirely with his owls
grain. lie kept a team for the .cotiveyatiee of
his whisky and flour to Baltimore, whirls, ts hen.
he conld not sell tot the mottey at a price that
would suit him, be bartered for nectssitries for his
family and tavern. In this way tie amassed sit
estate of 400,000 dollars. Such 'was his attach-
ment to money, that he was never known 'to (cud
or credit a single dollar to any man. Upou,the
best mortgage-,or other security that 'could be
given he Would not lend a cent. lie never invei.tect
one dollar in any. of, the, public funds ; neitimt
would he keep the notes of any bank longer than
till he could get 'them changed. Ile deposited his
specie' in a large iron chest until it would hold no, '
more. He then provided a strong -iron hooped
barrel, whiclrhe!ilso filled. After death, his strong
boxes, " from whose botirne antra yeller hatfever
retorned,"yielded '230;060 dollars in gold and silver.
The cause of his death was as remarkable as the
course of his life. A gentleman front Virginia
offered him' 1 dollars per bushel fOr 100 bushels
of clover-seed; but' he would' not sell 'it for less
titan 13 dollars, and they did not agree. The
seed was afterwards sent to Philadelphia, where f
it sold for Seven bushels per bilsbel, and brought,
in the whole, 550-dollars less than the Virginian.
offered for it. On receiving an account of this
sale, he walked through his farm, went to his
distillery, and gave various directions to his peo..
pie!. he then went to his waggon-house and
hanged. himself.

eusionphouse Exactions and Allowances.-- Al).
articles subject to duty imported into the United
States, not havina been landed more than one
year, are allowed a drawback of the-duties, sub-
ject to a deduction of 31 per cent. except spirits,
which is half cent, per gallon, and 271-per cent. o
the amount of chilies.

Tares allowed at the Clistom-house :—On sugar
in boxes, 15, per cent.; ditto in casks, 12 per
cent.; ditto in bags or mats, 5 per cent.; coffee,
in casks, 12, In bags, and in bales, 3 per cent.
cotton in bales, 2, and in swoons, 10 per cent.;
cocoa in casks, 10, and in bags; I per ceot. ; pepper
in casks, I'2, in bales, a, and in bags, 2 per cent.;
green► teak. 2011). per chest ; soothong over 1 cwt.
221 b. per chest;_ holies, whole 'chest, 701 b. ; half
ditto, 361 b.: quarter ditto, 201 b. ; leakage ots
spirits, 2 per cent.

STOCKS AND EXCHANGE.
• ilewroN, JvNr 49, ISM
New Six per Cents .
Old and Deferred ',Attu rt.i to ts•lt
Svvell per Cents - itolk to PI
Thrte ditto . 51 to 64
Exchange on Lon4lott. 30 titlyr .... 1 p• c. tits..
.----,60 days lt to 4 4ts.