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so many unprofitable prisoners, without cccupa- Idividuals, your committee might be deterred from tion, confined in the jails of the country. The un.making the attempt, were they not encouraged by fortunate debtor himself might at least be blessed the benevolence of the object, and strengthened with the enjoyment of air and of light, and the oc- by the persuasion that any errors which may spring casional society of family and friends, from which, from the novelty of the trial, may in future be corby the latter, he is oft-times most cruelly seclu-rected by the experience which will be readily acded, and closely immured within the walls of a pri- quired in the progress of the experiment. son; yet, who is there in this liberal age, and in this Believing that the remedy heretofore extended country, where the blessings of freedom are so ex- to the creditor, whereby he has been enabled to tensively diffused, who would not recoil with hor-use this coercion for the recovery of his debts, is ror and disgust from a proposition to expose to sale completely within the control of the national legis and servitude a fellow citizen, whose misfortunes lature to alter and modify as in their discretion might subject him to the griping pressure of a hard shall seem wise, and, whilst they endeavor to excreditor? And yet how few are there among the empt the person of the debtor, they supply the fortunate and successful, and even among those most unrestrained control over his goods and ef whom the benign precepts of our religion have fects; they have no scruple to recommend the intaught to melt at others woe," who will be rous-terference of congress. Nor have your committee ed from apathy and indifference, when they daily been unmindful of one of the happy consequences learn that our jails are crowded with groupes of which may result from this innovation, in the limithese victims of misfortune; and who do not bury, tation of that unbounded credit which has so exin the oblivious round of frivolity and pleasure, even tensively prevailed, to the great injury, and even the momentary sensibilities which such a picture ruin, of many honest, but imprudent debtors. The may, produce? Nor are the rulers of this happy diminution of this system, so fascinating and seland free from the reproach which such a stain up-ductive to many, may prove a real blessing to those on our code of laws cannot fail to imprint. Year who so often disregard the strongest dictates of after year has elapsed, and misery upon misery has prudence and discretion. been heaped upon these victims; and yet the hand of mercy is withheld. This crying indifference to the miseries of the wretched; this cold insensibility to the distress and suffering of our fellow-creatures, has too long stained the annals of our country, and blurred with the imputation of incongruity our boast of independence, liberty, and happiness when contrasted with our practice of imprisonment for misfortune-not for crime. Rescued from this thraldom, the ingenious and the active, restored to a condition for energy and enterprize, may happily find means for accumulation, to the advantage of their creditors, and the subsistence, in comfort, for their families and themselves. Nor will it fail to add one other and important item to the long catalogue of blessings which spring from the fruitful source of happiness, founded in the liberal prin ciples of free and equal government. Whilst, in other governments, regulated by no such principles of equity and justice, imprisonment at the will of the despot may be enforced; whilst subject may prey upon subject, through the instrumentality of law and the extinction of his liberty; here let it be our boast that none can be deprived of his li berty but by the judgment of the law, upon conviction of crime; that none can be imprisoned by his fellow-citizen for his poverty or misfortune; here let the possessions and the effects of the debtor be made subject to his debts, but spare his person at least for the solace and the comfort of his beggared and impoverished family.

In some of the states of this union, laws exist whereby the unfortunate may be relieved from this confinement. It is an example worthy of imitation by this government. This singular phe. nomenon is presented, that a man imprisoned under ane jurisdiction, in the same country, may, by one code of laws, be liberated from confinement, whilst another, confined in the same prison, under another jurisdiction, is denied this privilege, and must continue in hopeless and irremediable occlusion. To rescue the character of this government from such a stigma, is the object of the committee. Aware that great delicacy and difficulty are to be encountered in devising such a system as would conduce to the complete attainment of this desirable object, and, at the same time, combine with it the most ample security to the rights of in

Upon the whole, whilst your committee attempt to shield the unfortunate debtor from cruel and use. less oppression, they propose, in the most ample and unrestrained manner, to subject all his proper ty to the rights and interests of the creditor. They therefore beg leave to report the following bill:

Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the passing of this act, imprisonment for debt on process issuing from the courts of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, abolished; and, for the further enabling creditors to recover their just debts, Be it enacted, that the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, rights, and credits, of every debtor, shall be subject to be seized and taken, on execution, to satisfy any judgment, attachment, decree, or award, of execution, rendered in any of the courts aforesaid. And the supreme court of the United States is hereby authorized and required to prescribe the necessary forms of all such process and executions, to be used in the courts aforesaid, as may be required to enable creditors to recover their just debts in every case whatever.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed to repeal any of the laws, now existing, which enable creditors to sue for, and recover, their debts, (exept so far as relates to abolishing imprisonment for debt,) but shall be construed in aid of, and for the furtherance of, the prompt recovery of all just debts and demands what

ever.

Punishment of Piracy.

In the senate of the United States, Feb. 9, 1821. Mr. SMITH, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the resolution, "to enquire into the propriety of so modifying the law punishing piracy, as to authorize the president of the United States, in such cases as he may deem expedient, to commute capital punishments for confinement in penitentiary houses," made the following report:

The object of the resolution is to alter the criminal code of the U. States so far as to place within the power of the president of the United States the complete controul over the punishment now afixed by law to the crime of piracy, and to soften it down

rom death to the less rigorous punishment of confinement in penitentiary houses.

As we have drawn most of our impressions of the utility and efficacy of penitentiaries, from the practical operations of this system, in the several states where it has been adopted, it may not be thought improper to give the result of certain official enquiries into the condition, usefulness, and advantages, of some of these institutions, in states where much zeal and diligence had been displayed to cherish them.

Some time in the year of 1817, the grand jury of Philadelphia visited the penitentiary in that city, upon which they made the following present

ment:

and an hour glass." These are the ensigns of his profession. He does not select the enemies of his native country as the only objects of his conquest, but attacks, indiscriminately, the defenceless of every nation; prowls every ocean in quest of plunder, and murders, or jeopardizes the lives of all who fall within his power, without regard to nation, to age, or to sex. With such a blood-stained front, a pirate can have no claim to the clemency of a government, the protection of which he has voluntarily renounced, and against which he has so high. ly offended.

Our general policy and political institutions are administered so mildly that we seem to have forgotten the protection due to the public, and call that punishment which the law prescribes for offences, however enormous they may be against the public safety and public morals, cruel, and degrading to our national character. The laws punishing piracy with death have had from the legislative department all the consideration due to so important a subject, at a time when no undue influence could interpose.

"That, while they notice, with pleasure, the high degree of order and cleanliness, they are compelled, by a sense of duty, to present, as an evil of considerable magnitude, the present very crowded state of the penitentiary; the number of prisoners of all classes continues to increase, so that from twenty to forty are lodged in rooms eighteen feet square; so many are thus crowded together, that the institution already begins to assume the cha- The executive clemency has more than sufficient racter of an European prison, and a seminary for range for its exercise without the aid sought for by every vice, in which the unfortunate being, who this resolution. Whatever may be the public feel. commits a first offence, and knows none of the artsing against a pirate previous to his trial and conof methodized villany, can scarcely avoid the conviction, as soon as that takes place, that feeling tamination which leads to extreme depravity."- subsides and becomes enlisted on the part of the The same grand jury further stated, "that of four criminal. There is not a favorable trait in his case hundred and fifty-one convicts, now in the peni- but what is brought up and mingled with as many tentiary of Pennsylvania, one hundred and sixty- circumstances of pity and compassion, as his counone had been confined there before." It is believ-sel can condense in a petiton, which every body ed that no institution, of this character, ever received more attention, as respects its comforts and means for promoting reformation of offenders.

The commissioners appointed to examine into the state of the New-York prison, not long since in their report say-"It has, for some time past not only failed of effecting the object cheifly in view, but has subjected the treasury to a series of disbursements, too oppressive to be continued, if they can in any way be prevented.".

subscribes without any knowledge of the facts; and and this is presented to the executive, upon which alone he is to judge the case. All the atrocious circumstances are kept out of view. There is no one hardy enough to tell that this criminal and his associates had boarded a defenceless ship, and after plundering all that was valuable, had, with the most unrelenting cruelty, butchered the whole crew and passengers; or crowded them into a small boat, in the midst of the sea, without provisions or clothing, and set them adrift, where their destruction was inevitable; or, the better to secure their purpose, had shut all, both male and female, under deck, and sunk the ship, to elude detection, or to indulge an insatiable thirst of cruelty.

The commissioners of the prison of Massachusetts, in a report, complain-"that the prison is so erowded as to defeat the object for which the institution was created." These commissioners, after enumerating what they consider to be the advantages arising to the commonwealth, say-"but The object of capital punishment is, to prevent there appears great reason to suppose that the ad- the offender from committing further offences, or vantage first mentioned is more than counterba- to deter others from doing so by the example. If lanced by the greater hardihood, and more settled it is commuted for temporary confinement, it can corruption, which a promiscuous association among effect neither to any valuable purpose. The tempthe convicts must produce, particularly the young.' "tation is so strong, and detection so difficult and so These appear to be fair and impartial represen- rare, that but few, it is feared, can be deterred— tations, made by men whose duty it was to repre- The punishment of death is inflicted upon pirates sent things as they were, in order to bring to the by all civilized nations; notwithstanding which it is public view their true character. And if this is a growing evil. Every sea is now crowded with the state and effect of those prisons, after twenty them; and, instead of diminishing, ought to increase years of experience and prudent management, the reasons for inflicting capital punishment. upon convicts whose offences are not of the most atrocious class, but little hope can be entertained that pirates can be reformed by such means.

In the catalogue of humane offences, if there is any one supremely distinguished for its enormity over others, it is piracy. It can only be committed by those whose hearts have become base byhabitual depravity. It is called by jurists an of fence against the universal laws of society. A pirate is hostis humani generis. He is at war with his species, and has renounced the protection of all civilized governments, and abandoned himself again to the savage state of nature. His flag consists of "a black field with a death's head, a battle axe,

The committee are of opinion that capital punishment is the appropriate punishment for piracy; and that it would be inexpedient to commute it for confinement in penitentiary houses.

Foreign Articles.

"HOLY ALLIANCE."

Prince Ruffo, lately the Neapolitan ambassador at Vienna, but displaced by the Neapolitan parliament and re-called by the king, has been invited to attend the allied sovereigns at Laybach, as ambassador from Naples. According to the oath of the king, he must disown Ruffo in that character;

and really it seems an enormous outrage to suppose that independent nations must consult this conspiracy as to whom they shall appoint for their ministers. We have nothing further as to the summons of the king of Spain to meet them, that can be relied upon; but such as would rather make us believe that he has been so summoned.

AN HONEST ALLIANCE.

According to recent advices from Spain, the conclusion of a treaty of alliance between Portugal, Spain and Naples, may considered as certain.

- EUROPE-GENERALLY.

The following synopsis of the European military forces is taken from the statistics of Europe, by M. Hassel:

Europe is politically divided into 78 sovereign states, nominally independent; but if we consider the German confederation and the Swiss republic as simply units, the number of independent states will be reduced to twenty-three. Their forces by land will comprehend about 1,600,000 soldiers on a peace establishment, and 3,600,000 on that of war. The maritime forces consist of about 409 ships of the line, 38 fifty-gun ships, 348 frigates, 1,668 vessels of interior rank, forming a total of 2,463 sail, with 60,750 guns, and 282,400 seamen.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

A division was had in the house of commons on the 26th of Jan, when the vote stood-on the side of the ministers 206, against them 169. A liberal pecuniary provision will probably be made for the queen, but the great struggle will be about the re-insertion of her name in the liturgy.

Mr. Evelyn, in his memoirs, remarks that "the insignificant ceremony of presenting addresses to the king, was first brought in in Cromwell's time, and had ever since continued, with offers of life and fortune to whomsoever happened to have the power."

Net produce of the revenue of Great Britain, for the year ending January 5, 1821:-Customs, 5,716,520, excise, 23,678,939; stamps, 6,151,347; post office, 1,350,186; assessed taxes, 6,311,346; land taxes, 1,192,257; miscellaneous, 293,958; unappropriated war duties, 30,780-total consolidated fund, 44,725,313 pounds sterling, or about two

hundred millions of dollars.

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The increased number of vessels last year from the United States was owing to the large import of cotton and flour; when the ports are not open, the average number ef American vessels has been of late years 250, and about sixty British; the ports having been opened in 1817 and 1818, brought about 100 cargoes of flour to this place. There are now in port 27 American vessels, 14 of which have arrived this week, chiefly with cotton from the southern ports.

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"My lords and gentlemen,

continue to receive from foreign powers, the "I have the satisfaction of acquainting you, that

Several persons have been arrested at a public house in Dublin, by major Sirr,* charged with being engaged in a treasonable meeting, and com-strongest assurances of their friendly disposition anitted to prison.

Cotton yarn is spun so fine at Manchester, that one lb. of it will reach 176 miles and a fraction.

towards this country.

"It will be a matter of deep regret to me, if the occurrences which have lately taken place in Italy, should eventually lead to any interruption of tran quility in that quarter; but it will, in such case, be my great object to secure to my people the conti

nuance of peace.

"Gentlemen of the house of commons, "The measures by which, in the last session of

Mr. Huddy, the postmaster of Lismore, lately travelled, for a wager, from that town to Fermoy, in a Dungarvon oyster tub, drawn by a pig, a badger, two cats, a goose, and a hedge hog! The eccen. tric sportsman wore a large red night cap, and merely used a large sow-gelder's horn, and a pig- parliament, you made provision for the expenses driver's whip. Mr. Huddy is in his 97th year of my civil government, and for the honor and digThis exploit assembled a numerous concourse of spectators, and is the theme of conversation in nity of the crown, demand my warmest acknowthat part of Ireland where the fete was accomplish-ledgements.

ed.

"I have directed that the estimates for the curA new and astonishing female singer is command. rent year shall be laid before you; and it is a satis ing the attention and admiration of the British pub-reduction in our military establishments. faction to me, to have been enabled to make some lic. A Miss Wilson has been engaged to sing at the Drury Lane theatre forty nights, for 800 gui- "You will observe from the accounts of the pubneas. She had performed three evenings, and sur-lic revenue, that notwithstanding the receipts in passed expectation-one of the evenings there was, Ireland have proved materially deficient, in conse. it is said, little less than 700/. in the house. quence of the unfortunate circumstances which have affected the commercial credit of that part of *We thought that this old sinner, given to eternal the united kingdom, and although our foreiga infamy by the eloquence of Curran, had gone home, i trade, during the early part of this time, was in a

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state of depression, the total revenue has, never- | provided by the regulation, we do, therefore, on theless, exceeded that of the preceding year.

"A considerable part of this increase must be ascribed to the new taxes; but in some of those branches, which are the surest indications of internal wealth, the augmentation has fully realized any expectation which could have been reasonably formed of it.

"The separate provision which was made for the queen, as princess of Wales, in the year 1814, ter. minated with the demise of his late majesty. I have, in the mean time, directed advances, as authorized by law; and it will, under present circumstances, be for you to consider what new arrangements should be made on this subject.

"My lords and gentlemen,

"I have great pleasure in being able to acquaint you, that a considerable improvement has taken place within the last half year in several of the most important branches of our commerce and manufactures, and that, in many of the manufacturing districts, the distresses which prevailed at the commencement of the last session of parliament, have greatly abated.

the report of our minister of finance, and after consulting the council of state, order what follows: "Art. 1. The premium granted by our ordinance of the 26th July last, for the cotton wool of the two Americas, conveyed by French vessels, will not be allowed, except on cargoes taken on board out of Europe, and the islands in the vicinity of its continent, to the exclusion of the United States of America.

"The islands of the Canaries, the Azores, Malta, and Madeira, shall not, in consequence, be deemed out of Europe.

"Our minister secretary of the finances shall be charged with the due execution of this ordinance. The Thuilleries, (Signed) LOUIS. 10th January, 1821. (Sub-signed ROY."

SPAIN.

By a late law of the cortes, the national militia embraces all able bodied men who are citizens from 18 to 50 years of age, except the clergy, public functionaries, civil and military, physicians, and other persons who are exempted on account of the nature of their employment.

London, January 20. The following is the speech

"It will be my most anxious desire to concur in every measure which may be considered as calcu-made by Quiroga, when the sword was presented lated to advance our internal prosperity. to him, which had been voted by the Spaniards resident in London:

"Citizens- This sword, which has been deliver

"I well know that, notwithstanding the agitation produced by temporary circumstances, and amidst the distress which still presses upon a large por-ed to me in the name of the Spaniards resident in tion of my subjects, the firmest reliance may be London, is to me of inestimable value. In receiv placed on that affectionate and loyal attachment to ing it, I receive the greatest glory which a freeman my person and government, of which I have recent can desire-the esteem and distinction of his felly received so many testimonials from all parts of low countrymen. If I should ever be called upon my kingdom; and which, whilst it is most grateful to use this sword, may I use it with success and to the strongest feelings of my heart, I shall ever honor, either against the external enemies of my consider as the best and surest safeguard of my country, or the internal adversaries of the constitutional system and the just liberties of the people. This sword in my hand shall always be devoted to the cause of justice--ready to repress tyranny,des. potism, and all the enemies of the legitimate rights of nations."

throne.

"In the discharge of the important duties imposed on you, you will, I am confident, be sensible of the indispensable necessity of promoting and maintaining, to the utmost of your power, a due obedience to the laws, and of instilling into all classes of my subjects, a respect for lawful authority, and for the established institutions under which the country has been enabled to overcome so many difficulties, and to which, under Providence, may be ascribed our happiness and renown, as a nation."

FRANCE.

PORTUGAL.

An eloquent manifesto of the new government of Portugal, is inserted in page 54. The constitu. tion has been proclaimed with the greatest enthusiasm at Madeira; and there are reasons to bélieve that a revolution will immediately take place in the Brazils, if the king does not act liberally towards the people. The soldiers at Rio Janeiro, it is said, have refused to salute him, and the lives of the mi nistry were threatened.

TWO SICILIES.

There have been some tempestuous debates in the French chambers respecting the revenue for the year. General Donnadieu denounced the ministers in the most pointed manner-and said that A letter from Naples Bay, dated 29th Dec. after one of them had offered 100.000 francs to a mem-mentioning the departure of the king for Laybach, ber of the chamber, as the price of his honor and says "What will be the result I know not; but the independence. There was much confusion, but people seem determined not to give up their liber. gen. D. persisted in his assertion. ty easily. Under the old system they were little better than slaves.-Yesterday, the prince regent met the parliament, and took the oath never to for

Royal ordinance. A London paper speaking of the annexed decree says "It is very favorable to England, but must give much offence to the jealous Yankees."

sake the constitution."

The people of Naples are "wide awake"-in some of the cantons every man able to carry arms has enrolled himself and furnished himself with

them.

What the people of Spain have done, those of Naples may do, in defence of their liberties.

ITALY.

"Louis, by the grace of God, &c. "Having taken into consideration our ordinance of the 25th July last, by which we have granted a premium of six francs per 100 kilograms for cotton wools of both Americas, of which French vessels go in search, out of Europe, except in the An article from Vienna, inserted in the Paris ports of the United States of America; and being papers of the 18th Jan. reports, positively, that'a desirous that this premium may not be abusively force of 30,000 Austrian troops is to be stationed in applied to cargoes taken on board in countries re- the Papal territories, with the consent of his holiputed to be out of Europe, but too near to the ports ness the pope, in order to give effect to the nego of the continent to admit of the distant voyage | ciations at Laybach,

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our arrival here 120 sail of French, Spanish, and Portuguese vessels have arrived and sailed with slaves."

The north-west. A report has gone abroad that com. Porter, with a line of battle ship and two fri gates, will soon proceed to the Pacific ocean to protect our commerce in that sea. This is hardly probable-for our commerce, except the whale fishe

The destruction of by the late fire at Paramari-ry, which we have not heard of being disturbed, is bo has been greater than first reported-1500 houses, if all descriptions, were consumed, and 10,000 people driven naked into the streets, The amount of property lost is enormous.

'HAITI.

not worth the cost of the expedition, and chiefly consists, so it is reported, of illicit transactions between the powers at war. If this distinguished officer shall proceed into that sea, we presume that it will be for the more important purpose of survey

The importation of all spirituous liquors is strict-ing our part of the coast, &c. ly prohibited in Hayti-under confiscation and a heavy fine.

Letters from Port au Prince state that serious disturbances had broken out in the late dominions of Christophe. The people appear to wish to have a separate government, with general Romaine at its head, as president. Gonaives was plundered by a regiment lately in the service of the king, and there was simultaneous disturbances by another such regiment at St. Marks. The latest account however, says that order was restored at the latter and maintained at the Cape-and that Boyer has

himself sat out for Gonaives.

CHRONICLE.

Marine corps. Promotions and appointments in the marine corps, on the 3d of March, 1821, by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the senate:

Captain Archibald Henderson to be lieutenant colonel, to take rank from 17th Oct. 1820. First lieutenant W. L. Brownlow to be captain, to to take rank from 17th Oct. 1820.

Second lieutenant Thomas B. Barton to be a first lieutenant, to take rank from 17th Oct. 1820. Second lieutenant George W. Walker to be a first lieutenant, to take rank from 3d March, 1821. To be second lieutenants, Andrew Ross, from Louisiana; Stephen M. Rogers, from Pennsylvania; and William A. Bloodgood, from New-York.

Specie. A British government brig has arrived at New-York from Jamaica and Havana, with 300,000 dollars, for sundry merchants in that city.

The messrs. Johnsons, of Ky. are preparing to establish a line of steam boats to ply, direct, from Louisville to Havana; which is considered as a matForward. The Harmony Agricultural and Mater of great importance to the people of the west-nufacturing establishment in Kentucky, which oriern country. We honestly wish success to the un-ginated in 1804, with a capital of twenty thousand dertaking, though we cannot see how it is likely to dollars, has increased its capital to two hundred render a profit to the concerned at this time. and twenty thousand dollars, besides making liberal dividends.

The steam mill at Vincennes was destroyed by fire on the 10th ult. It was a large establishment, and its loss will be severely felt in the neighborhood.

Died, on Sunday last, at Philadelphia, aged 67, John Dover, an officer of the revolution; and in Gloucester county, N. J. Jacob Krener, in the 73rd year of his age. He enlisted in the continental army on the commencement of hostilities and served throughout the whole war, and, among others, was Lehigh coal, in considerable quantities, is now present at the battles of White Plains, Monmouth, arriving at Philadelphia, and when the "navigation Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown, and at the company's works" are completed, the supply prosurrender of lord Cornwallis. After the termina-mises to be abundant for all the wants of that great tion of the revolutionary war, he again enlisted to city.

Students. Number of students in the five prin
cipal northern colleges, at the present time:
Yale College-New-Haven, Con.
Havard Cambridge, Mass.
Union-Schenectady, N. Y.

fight the Indians, and was again eleven years more Transylvania college. The number of the faculty in service, under different officers-was present at in this college is 13, and of the students 282. İt St. Clair's defeat. He then returned to Washing-prospers beyond expectation under the charge of ton city, enlisted as a marine for three years, serv-president Holley. ed in the Mediterranean, and was captured by the Tripolitans in the Philadelphia frigate. He was released from slavery with the rest of the crew of that ship. He was, in all, twenty-three years in ac. tual service as a dragoon, artillery-man or marine. in Hartford, Con. captain Charles Miller, aged 79. He fought at Bunker's Hill, and led the forlorn hope at Stoney Point, was the first man that entered the fort, being thrown over the ramparts by his companions, with the muzzles of their mus: kets, at his own request! He was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease.

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286

264

Dartmouth-Hanover, N. H.

222

Princeton-New-Jersey, about

150

Total,

1,241

INTERNAL NAVIGATION. The Mongomery (Alabama) Republican of the 3d inst. says:-"We this day announce the arrival of a boat, [the Tennessee Patriot, King, from East Tennessee; with four and whiskey], the history of which will no doubt seem almost incredible to strangers.-She is a keel-boat, 50 feet long, 6 feet beam, 6 feet deep, and is capa ble of carrying near 100 barrels. She was built at West Point, in East Tennessee, where she was loaded for this place, and proceeded 100 miles down the Tennessee river, to the mouth of the Hiwasse, Slave trade A late London paper states that athence 65 miles to the entrance of the Wocoa, up Yetter from Bonny (coast of Africa) says, "since the latter a certain distance, when she was trans

at Charleston, on the 11th February, capt. John Johnson, in the 85th year of his age, a valiant soldier of the revolution, who raised a company almost entirely at his own expense, and marched it into the line of the "continentals." His latter days appear to have been as easy as his earlier years were useful to his country.

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