The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

presume,' says the Age, an organ of the administration,
that the authorities of this State will not throw any ob-
struction in the way of commission confined to the purposes
stated in his Excellency's note."
" On this remark,the Portland Courier comments in the
following terms :
It is gratifying to observe in the leading organ of the
administration, a strong expression of approbation of this
courtesy of Governor Harvey, in giving information to our
authorities of the object of the British Commissioners.
" This is precisely what Governor Kent did under similar
circumstances, and which drew upon him the unmitigated
storm of those consistent patriots. But it was your bull
that goaded my ox !' How differently objects appear when
the medium through which we view them is altered.
" If the course which was adopted by Governor Kent in
relation to the survey of the line by our commissioners, and
now by Governor Harvey, had been pursued by Governor
Fairfield last winter in regard to the trespassers, a vast deal
of expense and angry feeling would have been avoided, and
the whole object, contended for been more satisfactorily ac-
complished.' '
Advices from Rio Janeiro to the 10th of August,
had been received, which state that the country in
general with the exception of the Province of Rio
Grande, remained tranquil, and the new ministry were
using every exertion to bring this war to an end. A
Brazilian vessel had been captured by a privateer ander
the flag of " Piratinim," the name of the Republic,
the rebels of Rio Grande are endeavouring to establish.
The " suspicious schooner" mentioned in former
advices, had been captured in Gardiner's Bay. She
proved to be the Spanish schooner L'Armisted, which,
on her voyage from Havana to Neuvitas, was seized
by the slaves, who murdered the greater part of the
white men on board. We quote from the Morning
Courier and Enquirer, the following particulars respect-
ing the capture :
" The following extract from the Sag Harbour Corrector
contains some further particulars of interest in relation to the
circumstances which preceded the capture of the Spanish
schooner. The idea that the individuals mentioned therein,
are entitled to salvage on the doubloons the negroes brought
on shore, appears to us somewhat out of place. The account
the negroes gave of themselves, their appearance, their object,
everything in short connected with them, waS sufficient to
have led honest men to have detained them, if the people
where they landed were in sufficient force to have done it, and
this from the circumstances mentioned. would appear to have
been the case.
" The New Haven Herald states that the U. S. Marshal
and clerk of that district, had left there on Wednesday last,
to take possession of the scbooner in question, and that it is
probable the crew will be taken to New Haven for examina-
tion.
(From the Sag Harbour Corrector of Aug. 28.)
"'A PRIZE SCHOONER.—Captain Henry Green, of this
place, very politely called upon us last evening, after our pa-
per was made up, and gave us the items of the following ex-
traori'inary adventure.
"' While with Capt. Peletiah Fordham, in a gunning ex-
cursion on Monday last, at Fort Pond Bay. about 18 miles
east of this place, fell in with four blacks, who had no other
coverings save a blanket, who could talk neither English,
French nor Spanish, but one of them understood a little of
the first. They enquired what country this was, and whether
it was a slave colony, &c. Four more now joined them, and
they wanted Captain Green to go on board their schooner,
then lying off Fort Pond Bay, and carry them to Sierra Le-
one, stating that they had a quantity of money on board, and
that they must be on board before the sun went down to get
under way.
" Captains Green and Fordham, suspecting all was not
right, told them if they attempted to get under way, there
was a man of war brig and schooner looking for them, and
that they certainly would be taken ; and offered to go on
board and bring their schooner into port, which they refused
to comply with that night, but would consent to it the next
morning. Captain Green then persuaded them to land their
money, which they agreed to ; the boat, with part of them,
then went off and brought two trunks, which they said con-
tained four hundred doubloons, and that there were more on
board. A number more of the blacks from on board came
on shore with them, making the whole number on shore
about twenty. Captains Green and Fordham took possession
of the two trunks, said to contain the 400 doubloons ; a brig
then hove in sight off Gardner's Point, which passed under
the schooner, tacked, and then lowered her boat, which pro-
ceeded to the schooner ; the blacks were then anxious for
Captain Green to go on board 'and bring the schooner into
port, but he then told them it was too late.
" ' The boat boarded the schooner, when as many of the
blacks on shore as could get into the boat, pushed off for
the schooner likewise, and when about half way was met by
the brig's boat, which drove them back to the shore, when
the brig's boat landed and made prisoners of the blacks,
whom they carried on board, as likewise the two trunks,
which they took from the possession of Captains Green and
Fordham.
" The blacks had been to two or three houses, and had
bought some bread, which they said was for the mate who
was sick on board, for which they offered a piece of gold of
the value of 4 dollars ; they likewise bought two dogs, which
they gave a doubloon apiece for.
The brig is said tq be the one surveying the coast, and
the officer that landed, a Mr. Porter—son of the old commo-
dore. After the schooner was in possession of the brig, a
man was seen to jump overboard and make for the shore,
but was pursued by a boat andretaken.
" ' Had not Captains Green and Fordham persuaded
them to land their money, which took up some time, and
(righted them with the story of the man of war brig and
schooner, they would have been under way and out of reach
of the brig, and we think that Captains Green and Fordham
are entitled, at least, to a salvage on the money which they
had taken, and was retaken from them by the officer of the
brig."

The following are the only additional extracts of any

importance :
(Prom the Courier and Enquirer of Aug. 31)
"FROM MEXICO.—The schooner Cumanche, arived a'
New Orleans on the 20th inst. from Vera Cruz, whence she
sailed on the 9th, bringing 18,000 dollars in specie.
" The U. S. schooner
.Boxer, Corn. Nicholson, belonging
to the squadron in the Pacific ocean, anchored in the port of
Mazalian on the 27th June, from a cruise along the western
coast of Mexico.
" Correspondence of the Louisianian.
" Fxtract of a letter from Vera Cruz, dated August Bth,
1839.
" The political position of this country has taken a turn a
little discouraging, on account of the measures taken by Bus-
tamente since his resumption of the presidency, which are in
opposition to every thing done by Santa Ana, whilst he held
the reins of government.
" He commenced.by changing his ministry—the first stroke
of his policy—he afterwards re-established the liberty of the
kess which had been muzzled by Santa Ana, and he has since
cdused congress to annul the last loan made by Benemerito,
which discloses the most scandalous act ever perpetrated, and
which will annihilate the little credit yet preserved by the re-
publit in Europe. But he has bad a great satisfaction and
the fate of his country is the least of his cares. Still there
are people perfidious enough to laud in the newspapers the
services rendered to the Republic during his reign. All these
occurrences, as you may suppose, are not of a nature to re-
store tranquility. Vera Cruz is commanded by Santa Ana
(General Caro) who when he learned General Gaona had
been appointed governor of the castle of Ulloa, declared that
he would not allow him to take possession of that post, and
thalhe had 2000 men, including the convicta under his com-
t mand, to oppose him que tal ? Can we be otherwise than in
a state of apprehension ? Execrable country !! !
" Extract of another letter from Vera Cruz, dated Bth
August.
" They speak of a project of pronunciamiento which will
shortly take place here. It is expected to take place as soon
as General Gaona arrives, who has been appointed com-
mander of Ulloa by Bustarrente. Santa Anna manages this
thing underhandidly.
" This wretch who has covered himself with ignominy by
the acts of his administration, wants to make an insurrection
against Bustamente because the latter blamed certain shame-
ful contracts which he had entered into.
"The chamber has just annulled the contract for a loan
which Santa Anna had concluded with an English company
for £130,000 sterling. This contract would have loaded the
nation with a debt of several millions without giving it a cent.
" Santa Anna has received a large present for his part.
There has also been a contract for 22,000 muskets, which are
to arrive at Vera Cruz, at 64 dollars each, by which means
Santa Anna would have gained 200,000 dollars, and his min-
"try as much."

(From the Courier and Enquirer of Sept. 2.)
" The Kennebec Journal gives the following interesting
summary of the achievments of Governor Fairfield's boun-
dary war :
" The upshot of the matter is, that logs valued at half a
million of dollars, have been cut by the trespassers ; we have
expended six or eight hundred thousand dollars in the war ;
we have sold or bargained away timber to the amount of
thirty thousand dollars ; we have lost only from twelve to
fourteen hundred thousand dollars, and made no sort of
progress with the boundary question. When all the bobbery
was kicked up, and the loggers had carried off the land agent
to Frederickston on an ox sled, Governor Harvey did threaten
to interfere, but he took care to keep his own side of the line.
Not a single British soldier was marched.to the Aroostook ;
the thing all ended in smoke—and yet he managed the matter
to get the consent of Maine, never before given, that the
British should have a free passage way across to Canada,
which is all they want.
" By electing Governor Fairfield, the state has lost in
debts contracted and loss of timber, MORE THAN A MILLION
OF DOLLARS, besides loss of character in taking up arms,
making a great flourish, and then backing out, and leaving
President Van Buren to negotiate'.
" Postscript. Since the above was in type we have seen
a gentleman from Houlton, who is a leading and influential
member of the Van Buren party, and he tells us that no
timber has been sold ; that the land agent, limiting the mini-
mum to three dollars a thousand, no one bid that amount,
and therefore none was sold.
" Prom the same authority we learn that there is not a
single stick of timber in the boom. If there is none in the
boom, and none has been sold, what becomes of the thirty
thousand dollars which the Age tells us about ? Can the Age
tell who bought the tinahec, acid when, and at what price ?"

(From the Daily Express of Sept. 2.)
" LATE FROM MEXICO.-By the way of New Orleans we
have accounts from the city of Mexico to the 4th ult. Pre-
sident Bustamente, on his return to the capital restored to
the press all the rights and privileges which it formerly en-
joyed. He also issued a decree annulling a contract made
by Santa Ana with a London company for a loan of £130,000
sterling ; and another relieving General Andrade of the pe-
nalties incurred by him by not returning to Mexico within
the time fixed by the amnesty of 1835.
" All the measures adopted by Bustamente since his re-
sumption of the Presidency, are iu direct opposition to every
thing done by Santa Ana, while he held the reigns of govern-
ment. He has dismissed the old ministry, and appointed
the following in their places :—Juan de Dios Carnedo, Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs ; Luis G. Cuevas, Minister of the
Interior; Xavier Echeverria, Minister of Finance.
" Bustamente has appointed General Gaona commander
of the castle of Uloa, but Santa Ana was taking measures to
prevent his taking possession. His brother-in-law General
Coro, was in command of it, and had declared that Gaona
should not take possession, and that:he had 2000 men under
his command to oppose him. Santa Ana was endeavouring
to make an insurrection against Bustamente, and the first
step towards it would probably turn the castle of Ulon
against him.
" The United States schooner Boxer, Commodore Nichol-
son, belonging to the squadron in the Pacific Ocean, an-
chored in the port of Mazatland, on the 27th June, from a
Cruise along the western coast of Mexico."

The yellow fever was fearfully on the increase at
Charleston, New Orleans, and Mobile. The Charles-
ton Courier of August 29, furnishes the following par-
ticulars respecting the progress of the epidemic at

Augusta
Au Gtr sTA, Aug. 26.—Our city is in a great state of ex-
citement and alarm. There were 14 deaths last week ; and
there are new 120 cases of fever, a good many of whom can-
not live; I shall leave, this evening, for the sand hills, to
ekep at night—and hope I shall escape, Some of our most