Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-15
TUESDAY, MAY Is, 1889.

British West India Islands at this time, appears
10 be in all respects deplorable. One OF them,
Jamaica. has been ravased and impoverished by
the late slave insurrection. st. Vincent, baroa-
does and Lucia have been desolated by hurricanes,
aud ali of them complain heavily and demonstrate
violently against the Legislation oil the mother
country, which they say is reducing them to
a condition of general indigeoce. The losses in
St. Vincent and Barbadues by the recent disas.
tiers. are alone estimated to exceed two millions
and a half Of pounds sterling, and in st. Kits,
Nevis, and Tortola, they cannot raise by taxes,
enough to defray the charges OF Government, nor
even to pay the salaries of their Governors
Parliament has granted g100, 900 for the relief
Of the Colonies, but it is affirmed that that sum
is Of no service to the Islands generally, that Bar
BADGES alone would absorb the whole amount,
without relieving more than the small capitalists
of that island, whose existence depends upon
this aid.
Public attention has been much directed to this
sublecti IN England, and the proper P~arliamenta-
~ measures for the relief of the Colonies have
been discussed in the papers for a considerable
time. Among other circumstances indicative OF
the extremity of the Colonial distress, we notice
that a general loan to the Planters fiom the 60
vernment at home is recommended as necessary
to afford them present relief, and to keep the
plantations from absolute ruin.
A public meeting Of Planters, Merchants,
Ship-owners, &c interested in the preservation OF
the Colonies was held in London on the 9Th OF
April, the Earl of Hardwood presiding. Resolu-
lions were passed, affirming the great value OF
the Colonies to Great Britain, and d.sappro,ing
of the legislation of Parliament on the subject.
The tenth resolution declares that "ip order to
avert, if possible, the dreadful calamity Of the
destruction Of the British West India Colonies,
Immediate relief should be given to the c%olon'sts,
Invested Of the condition imposed by his MaJes-
tvs Ministers, and sufficient at least to MAINTAIN
the colonies in cultivation"
The meeting further declared their opinion
that ga full and impartial parliamentary inquiry
nm oath should be immediately instituted, tor the
purpose Of ascertalning the laws and usages OF
the Colonies, the actual condition and treatment
of the Slaves, their habits and dispositions. and
the degree Of their progressive improvement and
eiyil,zation."-BM finer.
Michigan We learn from the Detroit pa
pers, that Gov. Porter, Of that Territory ~ very
a, K at Harrisbursh. Gov. P. was appointed
last summer as the successor OF Gov. Cass. we
believe he has not been in the Territory but six
weeks since his appointment. Certainly he has
not been there since last October-having spent
the winter at Washington, and 10 Pennsylvania.
At the time he was recently taken sick, he was
prepariny 10 remove his family to the Territory.
Ouring his absence, the duties Of Governor are
required bv law to be discharged By the Secreta-
nv of the Territory young man not yet twen-
ty one. His appointment last year. it may he re-
collected, gave great dissatisfaction to the people
of the TERRITORY, and his conduct since has not
allayed the hostility against h'm. He has been
quarreling 10 the newspapers, and mas committed
one assault and battery. and his whole dePort-
ment has been such as to give great displeasure.
The Legislative Council is about to assemble,
and the absence OF the Governor, VIII De a Sc
rious inconvenience. To add to the confusion OF
the local Government, all the Supreme Judges OF
the Territory have been turned out OF office 6y
the President; and the Senate, as we learn, has
not confirmed the nominations OF the new ones.
One of these new Judges is Ross Wilkins, a ne
phew of Senator Wilkins, of Pennsylvania; the
second is David Irwin, Of Virginia, a relative Of
another membe Of Congress: the third IS Gen.
Geo. Morell, of CooperstOwn, Otseso county,
New York.-N y Com.
Bur,lutAe Rank.-lt appears that Mr.. john
l.. Clark, the President of this Institution, lett
the State of Rhode Island after its failure, In con-
sequence. no doubt, of the excitement against
him, but whether an impartial examination OF has
conduct would convict hun of having acted frau
dulently. according to the laws OF Rhode Island
is a question which should not be prejudged. In
consequence Of a rreuisition from the Governor
o. Rhode Island, the Governor Of this State IS
sued his warrant, in the form which has been &C.
morally adopted by or Governors, in the case ut
f~uoitives from justice resorting here; and Mr..
Clark was arrested. On Monday morning he
was brought before the Supreme Court on a writ
of Habeas Corpus, and remanded until yester-
day. when Gen. Tallmadge made an argument
in support Of the motion to discharge him from
custody. The principal ground be took was that
il did not appear upon the face Of the warrant by
virtue of which he w apprehended, that he had
committed such a criminal offence as would JUS
tfv h;s being delivered up under the provision of
the United States Constitution. HE went also