Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-12-24

letter to our Consul, who sent vessel for tncm
With 2a00 dollars for their ransom. They arrived
,fter three weeks, pale and emaciated, having un-
iergone many hardships.-(N Y. Com. Adc
Twenty -four steamboats, arc now ready fos
launching between Louisville aud Pittsburg, all in |
tended for the lower trade-which will make forty
eight hundred tons of steam shipping. The editor
of the Louisville Morning Post, in announcing this
fact as proof of this rising Importance of that
place, observes
"The facilities we possess Of cultvutng a trade
with the new governments on the gulf, and alang
the southern atlantic, cannot have escaped them
Were we to indulge ourselves with the anticipation
of an Asatic trade through the Missouri and the
Columbia, we might be charged with the wildncss
of enthusiasm, which we frequently incurred in
predicting the extension of the effects of steam uavi-
CATION. Yet we do not entertain solitary doubt
that the present generation will yet witness the
teas of Canton and the spices of the Mouccas, con-
veyed to us by the way of the Rocky Mountains"
That thisis not mere floating vision-we augur
from the fact, that application is tn be made TO
Congress for leave to make and establish Wagon
road from the Missouri river the river Columbia,
OH the Pacific Ocean. 1t has been calculated, and
so stated in the petition, that the whole extent of
this road would be inhabited-that it would faci-
tate settlement at the mouth of that river-sup-
port our military and naval establishments at that
place-enabc them to afford protection To our
Eastern vessels doubling the Capes of Horn and
hsheres-render the Bay .of Columbia a mart for
Asiatic and American goods, and receive specie in
return-that gold and silver thus obtained would
circulate throughout all parts of this continent &C.
1t is contemplated that this road shall commence
within or near the 43d degree of northern latitude
and extend to tina Mexican frontier, in latitude 10
and run thence to the navisabe waters of the Mutt
tomah, tie most southern branch of the Columbia.
baltimore american.
From He Wee York Evening Post Dec 15
FROM JAMAICA.
BY the Little Cbcrub, from Kingston Jamai-
Ca, we have received files of the Courant to 9Th
November inclusive. The Governor of the ISL
and had sent 4 message to the House of Assem-
bly,, recommending the adoption Of the same
principles of amelioraton as to the colored pop-
ulation, which had been introduced i'm Trinidad.
Similar provisions were 10 be extended by the
British Government "to Demcrara and Essequi-
DO, ST. LucIe, the Cape, and the Mauritus with
such notifications as may be necessary 10 adapt
them 10 the Dutch and French laws which are
respectively in force in these possessions. On
this communication the Editor of the Cournnt
remarks. "Ihe Importance attached to this snb-
Ject, embracing as it does the very basis of our
future existence as colony will, no doubt, be
duly weighed by our Representatives, and. while
they evince disposition to accede to the wishes
of his Majesty's Ministers, and their humanity
prompts them TO ameliorate the condition of the
slaves, they will not forget that, in their hands
we have placed most sacred trust-that of the
preservation of our rights against the encroacb-
ments OF those who work our downfall.n
After the message was read in the Assembly,
the door was closed, and nothing had TRANSFERRED
as TO the measures adopted by the House. or
whether any proceedings took place on the mes
sage.
The duty of IS. Sd. on the tonnage of Anne
rican vessels, had been reduced to 6s. Sd. per
ton.
Ert'act ia letter, dated .lIn;aasas. Sep. 6.
Little doubt exists in the minds of any but
that the piratical force in this neighbourbood will
be much increased, and we NAV expect to hear
of extensive depredations on our commerce. in
consequence OF 100 or 40 sailors having been
sent in here by Patriot privateer They ,vere
taken some few days since off the Havana, out
of two vessels bound TO the Coast of Africa. and
two Tor Spain. These men have no other re-
source than to rob or go on board of a Spanish
man of war, and found three-fout this of them will
prefer the former. The protection which was
some time since afforded to our commerce in
this quarter by American cruisers, seems latter
ly to have been almost entirely Withdraw. as II |
is seldom that any of them visit this port. Tho
United States schooner Shark, arrived on the
Sd instant and sailed this day on cruize for the
Coast OF Africa. There were no vessels ready
to take advantage of her protection out of the |
harbour"
Ertract GA letter, dated Belize, Hon9ura. Dr.
tOber 21
eve have little or no news bere-rrJ,.ro ,r,.
a report lately that much confusion prevailed in
the countries adjacent TO us. 1t was said Com.
angua had declared itself independent of Qua
lHnala, and was endeavouring to establish some
form ct Government, and had sent to Truxillo
and Omoa to join them and hoist their standard
otherwise they would attack them: All This part
OF the country is far from being settled and the
people In their sea ports are very DESTROYS of |
seducIng our slaves to come to them, where i'm |
mediate freedom is promised. When they do !
desert II is in vain to request them TO rciurn.-l
they are all Governors there, and the blacks
are almost uPpermost; at any rate they oyerawe
Governors, Alcaldes, and every one who pre- !
tends to authority. 1t is said also that Merida |
has declared herself independent; but on the
whole, the United Provinces of the Centre ofl
America, as they style themselves, seem moi AZ
all to have that stability, that system or order
that prevail in Colombia or MexiCo-indeed we
are uncomfortably placed among them There
is little or no safety in travelling, and the Span
ISL traders are not much inclined to run risks tn
transport goods through their unsettled country. |
men,
KINGSTON, Nov. Eve have this rnomer,,
received the pleasing intelligence, that a sl;r.
Inisb has taken place between the Militia and
the Tunaways. and that two of the latter I.vo
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