The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-02-12
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has stranded about B o'clock this mo.nina nm
~ Patrick's Causeway. in the BAY O" Car
digan. bet ween rarmouth and uMleck. and
that the masts and rigging ar. only to he seen.
Three of TIE Crc,v are Inst. and seen Pas e..
gers Par, Of the cargo Of cotton aud pot ash
es. begin to come on shore The Offices Of
yarmouth and some special constabies. whom
] have sworn to protect the property. are dill.
gent and active in their ,rust The Cup,oin
and .fr't mate are lost. so that the second
mate. Of the name of Rnssci is the ONLY per.
son who give any information on this un.
TO tunate business. The sooner the better YOU
will send some person to superint-nd the dam.
aged cargo. which, in all probability win daily
come on shore. G.. OWEN.
Observation-Disclosures from England mention
that the new waverly novel, the Crusaders.
has been suspended The reson is said to be
known only to the author, 1t is generally
understood that Sir Walter Scott will put his
name in the title page. The manuscript Of
lord Byron's private letters, suppressed in
England by the Chancery court, is now iii
the hands Of Messrs Carey s. Lea, Of Phila
delph'a, who have put it to press, aud will
publish it shortly
Ajakse Repot-We observe that the New.
York papers have killed off Mr.. CLAY, int
duel. and by this time It is pr ohable that half
the nation is has been !amentinc the fatal
catastrophe We will certify the news to hSye
been false, and as impr obable az false; -
person who is reported to have slain UXh
single combat, is DR. DARLINGron. wko.He.
ing principled against dueiIing, has been three
or four years ont of Congress, and, since he
went out, has not been at any time within
striking distance. of Mr. Clay nor within a
! hundred miles of the Capitol Not only no
duels nor fightings have tax EN- place here. hut
we believe none are apprehended Nat Int
Important Fdct.-We are warranted from,
the most unquestionahle and best source,
IN saving tina, the statement, published in
our paper o. January 81, Of having to tunnel
the Allegheny to the extent Of four miles in
making the Potomac canal. is incorrect and
that the distance will very little more than ex- T.
coed ONE MILE --IIer. Her.
SpOtstpOod RiHs.--O Our readers may recoL
lcct the recent assassination of Spotswood
Mills, at Nachitoches, by DE-. Provost, and
the trial and conviction OF the Doctor We
observe in the New. Orleans papers tha. Gov
ernor JoHNsoN has had the frmness TO resist
the applications for the pardon of the murder,
err.
General Lafayette has returned to Wash
ington from his visit TO the Seat Of Govern.
mcnt of Pennsylvania. where he was formally
introduced to the members of both houses OF
the legislature on Tuesday the LIST inst In
the house he was eloquen,'y addressed / y the
Speaker, and seated in the chair which was
occupied by John Hancock, while p, esiding
IN the convention which declared indepen-
dence. This circumstance was referred to by
the Speaker, and by the General IN his reply.
From the Charleston Courier, January IS.
BY the Schr. Isabella
MATANzAs, JAN Is BY the vessel
which takes this, you will, receive file Of the
papers OF this place--but thew contain nothing
OF any moment; nor have any thing TO com
municate, except the report o. the capture Of
a piratical boat by the boats of RI B Nj ship
Pc, tsnOuh, who had lew DAYS since MUIR
dered the crew except one man, who escaped
and is now here) Of The brig BetSey, Of Wis
casset, bound here--a circumstance at which
humanity shuddcrs, and Of which the Ameri.
can government viii doubtless take notice
Me/dnChOfy Iccidem On Saturday last
Mr. JOHN ARMIsTEAD,a Cadet from West
Point, and nephew Of Col. w H. Armistead
being in boat in pursuit Of some wild fowl,
In the vicinity Of Fort Washington in max in,i
use of the but of his gun to break the ice.
forced it through to the cock the ice j. sun
$50
ed the gun, the contents Of which entered hi;
throat and came out the back part OF his head
lie Immediately fell out oi the boat into the
water, and when the persons from the shore
who witnessed the accident reached him he
corpse lie is said to have been youth
of great promise Aier KerQid, lei. z.
France and Spain Tie British papcrs
mention that treaty has been recently made
between France and Spain which Is Kent
seq ct.
Important meaSure.-On Saturday
last the House of Delegates, passed tho
Bill, directing the sense ofthe freehoII-
ers 10 he taken on the CALL or CON
vENTIoN. The bill contains nDiy
simple proposition, that the people(free-
holders) shall vote Convention or no
Convention, at The April election, and
that :he Executive shall announce the
result in the public prints.
The Bill referred to committee sf
the whole in The Senate for Wednesday
next. Did gentlemen represent, their
districts, there would be no doubt of its
passage. Were Chapman Johnson,,hat
individual, whose preieniions and per
yading influence is felt through ali IN,
exiremities of the Commonwealth and
whose genius is stamped on every pare
"f our Statute Book, Republican,,