Star.
London, England, 1821-11-23 00:00:00

NEW YORK, OCTOBER /7.

The Editor of the National Gazette has thought
proper to notice the regrets we expressed at finding
him the " apologist for the late conduct of General
Jackson at Pensacola." " Our knowledge," he adds,
" of this case is, ue apprehend, more intimate than
that of the New Yoik Editor. We rely confidently
upon the results of a more full and dispassionate in-
vestigation.
" The first impulse of an American public writer,
should be towards his own countrymen and country
both should always be pies,umeil to be in the right,
on whatever occasion, until the contrary is established
by irrefragable evidence."
When this secret intelligence, which at present is
confined to the breast of Mr. Walsh, -.hall be commu-
nicated to the Public, we shall be enabled to judge
how far it may extenuate the cond.ict of General
Jackson. We must, however, differ from the senti-
ments of the Philadelphia Editor, in the soneludinl
paragraph we have quoted. Our " first impulse
will ever be towards truth and justice. The cause
of General Jackson is not at present the cause of our
country, nor will it become such until the Adminis-
tration shall acknowledge and justify his measures.—
We consider nothing more unworthy or more dan-
gerous than the extension of that feeling which would
excuse the perpetration of violence anJ outrage in
time of peace, because the individual who committed
it had been bold and successful in war, and this we
have no doubt is the real opinion of Mr. Walsh.—
Commercial Advertiser.
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 17.

We hear that the hero of New Orleans, General
Jackson, has arrived at his seat near Nashville. It
also reported that he has resigned, or intends resign-
ing, his appointment of Governor of Florida; that,
indeed, he never meant to hold the office more than'
long enough to organize the territorial Government.
Whether the collision with Judge Fromentin has ac-
celerated his retirement, we know not ; nor shall we
here undertake to pronounce whether the Constitu-
tion of the United States could be introduced there,
but through the medium of an Act of Congress. We
incline to the negative side of the question.

wawa THE COLUMBIAN SENTINEL OF OCTOBER 24.
ST. AUGUSTINE, OCTOBER 26.

On the arrival here of the acting Governor, Worth-
ington, he wrote to the Spanish Eserivano(Entralgo)
to deliver up to Mr. Law, the Alcalde, the papers in

his possession. -
The Escrivano refused, on which three American
citizens were commissioned to take possession of the
v4thheld archives and documents, wherever they
could be found, peaceably if they could, but forcibly
if they must. On the 2d, Governor Jackson's order
was received for taking into possession the papers in
question immediately. A consultation was held be-
tween the acting Governor and Colonel Eustis;
_and
the Commissioners' Clerks, attended by the Sheriff, en-
tered the Escrivano's office, and in his presence took
peaceable possession of five boxes of papers and de-
parted. They then proceeded to the house of the
Spanish ex• Governor (Coppinger). The Sheriff en-
tered his office by kicking his foot against the door,
and took quiet possession of six more boxes of papers,
which are now in American custody. All the private
papers will be instantly delivered to their owners.--
though the Spanish Officers loudly protested against
the seizure of their papers, they behaved very well ;
and we are proud to add, that the Commissioners
and Officers with them executed the affair in the
most unexceptionable manner.
Governor Worthington has declared the city of St.
*ugustine to be visited by a fatal malignant sickness.
The conduct of General Jackson in the Floridas is
the subject of much sharp, and some angry discus-
iions, in the Southern Papers.
BOTANY BAY.—Captain Biggs, ofthe American ship
General Gates, was condemned in the Supreme Court
of New South Wales to pay £6,000, for having taken

from the colony ten convicts and one freeman, and
having quitted the harbour without a clearance.
PROM THE ST. CHRISTOPHER GAZETTE, SEPT. 15.
GALE IN THE WEST INDIES.—It is Our painful duty
to announce the particulars of a most devastating_
hurricane experienced here; several storehouses were
levelled with the ground; many small houses in other
parts of ti.e town have been entirely destroyed, with
fences, trees, &c. Every estate in the parish, as well
as throughout the island, has received more or less
injury. The canes, in many places, are laid flat, and
crops of provisions destroyed.
In Basseterre, 201 houses were blown down, 50 of
which were levelled completely. Three droghers
were foundered, and all on board perished. Nine per-
sons were killed on shore.
PROM THE BOSTON PALLADIUM, OCTOBER 13.
The prevailing fever with which our country has
been afflicted seems increasing. It is supposed, on a
moderate computation, that there are at present two
thousand persons labouring under this complaint in
Frederick County, and that of this number at least
two hundred are dangerously ill.