Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-11-11

strong against him, and am yery much
afraid that he has murdered his comnan-
ion. Yesterday he confessed to me that
he was Isaac B. Desha: but not until he
had been identified by gentleman in
this country. I was satisfied in nv own
mind that he was Desha, from his family
resemblance, and his breathing through a
silver tube.-Ky. Rep.
So far, says the Frankfort Commenta-
tor, the statement given in the letter from
MIR. Duke, is authentick. Other accounts
which want confirmation, state that the
body of Early had been found half con-
sumed by fire that Desha had confessed
the murder, and the murder of Baker. and
says that these are minor offences compar
ed with some committed by him.
MELANCHOLY SHIpwREcK. Capt. Geo.
Thomas, of the brig Rock, at N. York,
from Turks Island, makes the following
report. The vessel lost, is no doubt, the
Cato, Capt. Biscoe, which cleared at
Philadelphia on the 18th ult. for Vera
Cruz.
"2Sth, lat. 80, so long. rs, boarded the
wreck Of the bri g Cato, of Philad, both
masts gone, and full of water. In Crap
pling in the cabin, we found the body of
man, small stature, had on a round
jacket and tight pantaloons of fine black
cloth; in his pockets were two quarters
of dollar, small knife, and a small
morocco case, with round glass set in it.
From the forecastle we took another
body of large size, with no other clothes
than blue flannel shirt-put both the
bodies in sail cloth, and sunk them-took
from the cabin leather trunk, containing
wearing apparel-had on it brass plate
marked L. Marotte, which can be obtain
ed from Capt. Thomas, by the owner, if,
he has escaped the wreck"
NEw-YoRK Posi- OFFICE. As this Of
flee is at present an object of considerable
solicitude, from the recent death of the post
master, and the amount of salary and bust
ness done in it, and is viewed as more than
mere local accommodation appropriated to
the city or district, it may not be amiss to
give some minutes of the establishment, and
its general consequences as great reservoir
and distributing office to the publick. The
number of persons employed about it is
about 81, and the number of daily mails
made up $50, weekly account of newspapers
about 10000, letters by Liverpool weekly
packets $500 to $500; London, Havre
New-Orleans, &C., and other vessels, regu,
lar and irregular, due proportion; (the
Florida, last week, from Liverpool, brought
2,4OO, which were ready for delivery in &c
minutes,) and the amount Of postage re-
ceived the last quarter but one was ovel
S3S,OO0. The utmost vigilance, activity
and attention, it must be evident, are neces.
sary to the management of the extensive
concerns of this Office, and it is generally
acknowledged that they have been faithfully
and meritoriously conducted. We have nc
indications of the probable successor of the
late worthy and lamented incumbent.
NJ Y. Statesman.
JONATHAN RUssELL's Disclosures
The U. States Telegraph announced more
than week ago, that it had in possession
for publication, an important correspon
dence between Mr.. Russell and Mr.. Clay
which the publick were led to believe con
tanned most important secrets, the disclo
sure of which would bear most heavily
upon the reputation of Mr.. Clay and Mr.
Adams. We have been anxiously looking
day after day, for these momentous reve
latlons, but each succeeding number o
the Telegraph brought us little else thar
long and odious communications from Mr.
Russell himself diversified with long ex
tracts from letters of Mr.. James Lloyd t.
Mr.. Adams. At length it is announced
that the important disclosure is brought t
a conclusion, and the private letters from
Mr.. Clay to Mr.. Russell are produced
bearing very Insignificant proportion il
length, to their voluminous preamble
They prove, what was very we'll known
before, that there was a difference O
opinion between Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Adams
on one of the questions discussed at Client
but they show at the same time, that Mr.
Clay maintained his own views, withou
any asperity of feeling, and although so
licited by Mr.. Russell to take part will
him in the controversy with Mr.. Adams
in a letter "not written for the publicE
eye" but only for that of Mr.. Russell, he
does not indulge in any expressions which
betray feeling of personal hostility. HI
is indeed more severe upon Mr.. Russell
himself, and Mr.. Lloyd, than upon Mr.
Adams, and we should really have suppos
ed, from the tone of Mr.. Clay's letters
! under the circumstances of the case, tina
the important disclosure" had been made
by some enemy of Mr.. Russell, if we hat
not his own word for it, that this breacl
of the confidence implied in private cor
) respondence, was committed by himself