The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

UNITED. STATES:

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pa''''e following ogle eXtracts• from the latest New York papers :
W ARLES CARaoLL.—ile-Itecora is made up. The scroll
b'aaed.. Charles Carroll;-•-the lasts Surviving signer dt: the
ilab,tiaration of bidependence--has paid the groat, del# td
itt:,l4o. Ile expired in his 96th year, on NVcanes:lcy niornihg
I, in the city of Baltnriore. The papers milieu-liking the
ty'at • Y •
4e were appropriately; dressed iii mourning, and; suitable
bLiaonStrations of, respect to his memory have been ordered by
authorities of 'the coneraercial- metropolis- of Mary-
liis funeral obsegnies are to be, attended this inornioys.
ate remains will be conveyed to the cathedral, and.thencet,
er the religions services; to Dbugharagen. Manor; thr ffreir
tilt. repose. Endowed by nature with a gifted niirui-stiscepi-
-4 ,01 high :moral culture--the heir of a princely fortune-
G►d°asking in the' blandishments- that follow it its. train;—he
seratect them all with -unreserved devotion; to the. service
4,couutry, But it is not our purpose to write his euloyi.
hibtory of his' life; is the record. of his fame; To Ma
17,4,rd we refer. " Ile' was born on the 20th of September,
haus,,‘, at
.Annapolis, in the state of Maryland. He descended
Ile' a highly respectable Dish family; who had emigrated to
t 8 C 0114117 in the reign. of Witham and Mary.. At very
attlY age he was sent to St. Omers, to be educated;, thence
of it a short time, he Was removed to Rhein* fit the collet
41,411.i8 Le Grand gaier thenet, to" olio of the. best i&hitutions
.rance for the study of the civitlaw. After becoming well
rc4ect in this science; lie passed ever do London, and cam-
At;!Oed,his term at; the. Templet :for Ow study of cOnntion laid.
finishing his studios and his travels, tie returned to his
itioveiarid at the ripe age' oftienty-seven. At this period- the
k:lissions lktween- the mOkher. cdunkiry. a 4 tire' colonies -coin-
, lhileed, and were soon• slier ca,rried, m!ith great warmth.
0;11'1.011' did not hesitate,, but took side with the lOverS Of
ti; I'rY• Ile 'wielded pen; teas Soon knothit ass onto
kt;"e Most power•fui,po4ities.k waiters ira.Maqiond. He fore-
, ebr,eafiT that art appeal to arms untst be macre, anti bofdly
Colendedi preparatiortS. Par..), in 1116; wits sent. as Onle
cThannission te• Canad 4( incluee the pecipe,Of th.O.Pf.d-
Ititi'e, to join rig in opposing the mother country. The disasreits
dtt.to had previously- lit-nfillen• our arms in that qnarter real-
ty :,t the mission ineileetuak lie rettnaled 17*,! hnkl
"i.,•;:;aally repaired to the convention of .Maryland, of which lit'
,r:nienabei; and tikre; urging them' to witlitlYaW etre 14-
tteletionS'they had, Olen. dalegattes congtess; nob tto
poi, for independence, at length • susce_eded.- fle was aif-
kthstedra' d'elVgate to cbrigYeSs. 6iftlie.Nat Of AllY, lre`pici-
-1,h,",1 his Credentials' td continentalt congtess. at PliitaUel-
t4'2., and on the 2cl 0f... August subscribed his name to tide
61-4,,0rtal r-fo' WaS considered" at• ale tithe; as obe
i 4 most feariess•inen, of the age.; Dar he had ifisk
ttl,,la,int of property, than. atilt other man in the whelc, VOlR-
tozify, tratt6ock not eYeetifcd: .OYi. the first day. rid eiirefdd
k,-Pess he was, apptAnSert to did bOCtrit 01` WWI), a 4-htchl lrte
tc, an efficient member. Dining. the whole of the war he
tZhis'part with' Unabated afdiiur, (*len being at the San*
k 1,7 a: member oftilic,cowsitiltioril of teativei state and a
tOiber of cone-ress• a double duty, which required great
i4tll;'y and indUstry to perform; but, so ably did he dischaigie
litkkeies, that Vibtti hodiett'were Satisfied: with, his atteutiOiCtla
(kg. In 1778, he 'left co:ugresp, and devoted himself to the
ticils of native state. 'When the constitution of thle
gtatei it'ent into operation, Mr. Oakiiroll, was eiected
IT,tor from Maryland, and took his sfeat in the city o.lq;eW
ift4, at the' organization of the government on the thirtieth
IpgPril, 1789', He was elected a second' tithe to 'This skfuatieil.
\ktile year 1801, he quitted public life at the age of sixty :104r
tt'4l for thirty years and upwards, has passed a rife of serenity,
itiTtlail happiness, and properity, till in the fulteSs of years
Ipd,Oonours; the Patriarch has been gathered to his, fathers—
the LAST OF THE SIGNERS IS DEAD l"
,
,qi, CHOLERA IN NEW ORLEANS.OUT latest accounts from
th,' afflicted city reach-1M by way of Mobile, and are down to
1,1,4 th inst. A gentleman who has kit New Orleans on that,
kjoforms that the enterments on the 3d Were 213. A letter
kk`lved in Charleston, S. C. from a young gentlentaill of that
resident in New Orleans, dated the 3d inst. says :—" On
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te inst. one itundred and ieventy-seven interments took place,
kkisickness increasing. They die faster than co ffins can bb
its`, and faster than they can be buried. For the last four
,kti,ve nights, there has been froth. 20 to 50 left unburied. A
hri Plan has been adopted for burying the dead,digginga
k" of ditch, 5() feet long, 4 feet deep, and 7 wide ;- to contain
iti)100 to 150 bodies, where they are laid two tier deep, the
tier across the ditch, the top tier fore and aft ; the first
Neh4te all under water ; they are theu covered with mud, 18
ktk,s to two feet from the surface. There can be seen in the
tyke Yard one or two hundred coffins at one time uncovered,
kkre37
families;
not cover them until completely filled. Many poor
Ilt'lLes are swept off entirely. I am aware of two fanaes;
'3! 12, the other of 11, who have all died, and several coin.
IkC:`'‘ of 5,6, and 7 persons. The
.sickness is worse than any
tilit;(111, before known. Another letter of the same date, states
b the
scatdeahs amount to 200 per revive still increasing.
SR~et:sittess a stand,' and will notuntill the disease
consequence of the epidemic, the New Orleans
1,1,.,y's 4 daily paper, is hereafter to be published only on Tues-
tir: Thursdays, and Saturdays.—The New Orleans Price
lilt lit of the 3d, says :—" Several aged and highly respect-
ttt„eitizens have fallen victims, while others of less notoriety,
k4„mgers, free people of colour, and slaves, to a fearful amount,
dt,,° perished. We have been informed that the epidemic has
tteared itself on the plantations, and already the most dread-
lit:tPprehensions are entertained, as well for the lives of the
1..44e, as for the sugar crop, for this is the grinding and boiling
when delay is irretrievable loss, perhaps pecuniary

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Oil 4Frankfort, Ky. there have been 37 cases of cholera, and
kkteaths. Report says, that at Lexington, there have been 17
1 ks and 7 deaths.
k Pil ORLEANS.—The following statement of the number
y,aths for the week ending the Ist November, is contained
,ietter of the 2d, received at Mobile :-
1' riday, Oct. 26th
a.turda 27th
Sunday, 2Bth
Monday, 29th i
138
~,.TuesdaYy; -3oth
,Ivednesday, 3Ist
41ursday, Nov.l.

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')) e interments on the Ist, according to the papers, were
I,:z and on the 2d, 170.
„1"9, YORK, 22d Nov.—The New Orleans papers of the sth
inst. have reached us, but supply nothing to assuage
bores anxiety relative to the health a that city. This is the
offor e regretted as very many. person's have recently left
otti that place, whose friends are naturally anx}ous to
h'lvh). if not their actual fate, at least the degree of exposure
they are liable. No details are given—nor even the
er of deaths for the last fwo days. The Emporium of
Vklay, the 6th, contains the following notice of a liberal
°bation by the Branch Bank for the relief of the sufferers :
OFFICE BANK, UNITED STATES,
New Orleans, Nov. 6th; 1832.
,141:iitlemen : At a meeting of our Board of Directors this
41414,iag, a resolution was unanimously adopted, appropria-
,N4to sum of one thousand dollars, to be applied under your
geinent, for the relief of the sick and indigent of this
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
01, JAS. SAUL, Cashier.
r,,essrs. Morgan, Oakley, Burthe, Lesseeps,
Qtehard, Bacon, Laidlaw, ana oihers.

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THROUGH NAUTICAL INCA PACITY.—"Nye anchored in
4t 'ening off the South-West Razade Islet, fin the St. Law-
; ':tbl:;] the fog was so thick, that it was impossible to see half a
04. lengthinclination to run further, as we could not be cer-
A' Opt our exact position. In order to ascertain this important
f„
iAt ueyond a doubt, and to be in readiness, should circum-
tll:B require us to leave our anchorage, and run up the river
ti•llhigh two boats were se, to find ou what sland it was
irNitlle wet, heard the breakersnt so distinctly.t One of them was
41, when, on a sudden, the officer commanding her
Shsilinaself close to a merchant brig steering S.S.W. in six
ttl4„,'" water, nearly across the river with his studding-sails
,hflan(' aloft. The brig was aboutAhree quarters of a mile
e rocks before her, on which she must inevitably have
1,,Nc,,,41 a few minutes, if the boat had not stopped her. The
1,41 the boat immediately hailed, and directed those on
t"- "nstantly to round the vessel to the wind, and anchor.
e,kt Went on board, and, on asking the master of the brig
L''new where he was, he answered, " Not exactly," but
'e had seen the west point of Anticosti four days before,,
rt, 1s had also seen the breakers On the north shore
6:' 14%1114) him two or three hours ago, which had been the
44L' of his standing to the southward. On being asked
.whereabouts he thought he might be, he replied that,
ii,;, mlB reckoning, he could not
,be very far from Cape Chat.'
rOty are the men to whom it too often happens that the,
I's 'ix a ship, and the lives of all on board, are entrusted.
ias about one hundred and thirty miles out of his reckon-'
firi.4 three hundred and sixty!"—NaUtital Mayasinei No.