MH. Ril?JZ:OZ.FH. 1 l)f f()IIo\MH£j loltor IVom Capt. Bald V, ho coininaTi(it'd the ship wliit h I a! ried Mr. Handolpli io lAverpool, coti- liriijs ihf previous stalcmeiits that have been puhlishecl of the unp,entlenianly con duct of Mr. R. during his j)assat;c*. Thosr ■vrho have lauded l)is conduct in il*e Se iiate, as well as his fulsome flattery ot tin English government and aristocracy, after his arrival at Liverpool, will probu hly see nothinij in Capt. Baldwin’s stat*-- ment to lessen their admiration ; but iii the judgment of the people, Mr. U. wili be pronounced unworthy of the station he holds, which he has doubly disj^raced. lie is tlie Corypheus of the opposition in the Senate, and by its partisans will be sustained ; but by the j^reat body oi his countrymen, he will be discarded. To ihr. Kditur of the XuHnNfil Giurtle. Sill : I hav! scon, sincc my arrival, your notice of Mr. liandolpirs letter in relation to my treatment of him during iny last passage from ihis port to Liv erpool, whieii letter was .so magnani mously piihlishrd to the injury of an absent man. — I have to express my ac knowledgments to you for interposing a Ivind word in my behalf iinlil I could speak for myself. This, I now find, in the opinion of my friends, ought to have been done brfi)ie ; but I assure you it has been omitted entirely because I thought the eharacler oi’ Mr. Uan- dolpli was so well known throughout the country, that reply was unneces sary. As it has been .suggested to jue that theie are many very respecta ble ijt-rsons, who, knowing only one siile of the fjuestion, may take his ac count of it to my disadvantage, without liearing tlie other side j)lainly told, I am therefore obliged, very much against jiiy feelings and inclination, to jjlaee myscll before the public, by showing, in self defence, the conductofMr. Randolph on board my ship. No sooner had we gained the deck of . the ship at New Castle, than Mr. Uan- cloph’s irritable disposition began to show itself, in consecpience of his over hearing one passenger ask another whe ther Air. Randolph had paid his steam boat fare, iiis refusal to do which had ])ecome matter of public conversation on lioard the steam boat, for this he swore he would not do, by reason, as he alleg ed, of having been taken to this city a- gainst his will, and that therefore they were bound to i-eturn him free of ex pense ; and to prevent dilViculty or de tention, one of the passengers actually paid Mr. Randolph’s jiassage to New Castle. It is jiroper for me to state here, that the stories about the dog and the duel, circulated in this city after our departure, were not exactly correct; although it is true that in the allair of the dog, between myself and a steerage passenger, Mr. Randolph very particu larly and politely requested of me per mission to take the animal, and I con sented ; and as it regards the duel, Mr. Randolph did disjday his ])istols on deck, bui for what object I cannot sa}’, unles.s for the purposi; of intimidation. On gettingto sea, ^Ir. Randolph’s (pier- .ulous disposition manifested itself in such a variety of ways as to defy de- Scri])tion. It mainly consisted in contradiction, severity of remark, profanity, vulgarity and even obscenity ; indeed, as regards the latter, such was his language, that the tv.’o gentlemen jiassengers who had their families with them, actually desir ed !iie tci have a scj)nratc tabh* for the ladies in their own cai)in, and I was ob liged to assure them, that if he did not menil liis manner.';, he should have ano ther apartmoiit and'tabic fur his own jivivate use. Out of such conduct, whicfi was either-{ilienation of miiuL.or Jnnuence of drink, grew the ailair on deck whicli he has so generously re- (juested shoujil be taken and judged by itself witliout any irrelevant matter. This irrelevant matter is nothing more or less than general abuse of every thing Hnd of every' body, it was his custom to go upon deck late at night, and ihero interfere with the disriplinr of ihe ship, by diverting the attention of ihe olliccrs, Jil'hiisman and watcli : a j»radirc which iiciiiier master nor p:issenger>, as far as my experience goes, will aj>prove,; nur v.hile I am governed by my prrsent vicnsof duty to my owners, my j)ass- fiigei's and uiy'''ll, will I j)ermil. On this occasion, I rjoiitely rccjuested Iimu not to ]o so, and was treated in the vul- 'T-ar manner ho has publicly acknowl edged. 'i'iie ofiuier of the deck after- 'jvards told me he remained in the pre- ei'ie position I left him for half an hour, with a lai'gc hunting knife in his hand, and I wa^ also told that he said in the cabin, that hut for the ijresence t.f the oihv.’nr and helmsman, he would lave rii)pcd t!ic enpl^iii u]>. The g'^n- (ime sue.h that I was comjx’lled, for liic Irave an active in afety of all on board, to m;*k- such ar- ^ rangementsas wouhl prevent him from roniniltting any greater act ol violence ould he attei.-ipt it; but I believe he got wind ol^ what was in prej)aration, for he behaved much, better afterwards. I am haj)])y to reflect that I am very well known in his own stale, and will trust my character there and elsewhere with perfect confidence. I have been twelve vea^s carrying passengers acioss the Atlantic, anl can truly say that Mr. John Randolph of Roanoake, is the first jiassenger I ever had a (jnarrel uiih on l)oard my ship. I will merely add, that all the passengers on this occasion, ex cept Mr. Randolph, expressed their de sire, on our arrival at Jjiverj>ool, to si«;n a paper declaring their entire satisfac tion vtith my conduct throughout. I did not deem it necessary to procure such testimony, hut for the fact, I con fidently a])poal to any one of those gen tlemen. Yours, respectfullv, S. IJAI.DWIX. I>j r,(i snci’.iis 1’ai‘c for snow tt> f. iionth of October : at all event' r iiido™ patnousn, i it t oon.iuM ofMi. Rai.t^t^iph i.ad all events, the * 1 c u —Shou d while the urreiice to Southern foeliiicjs ;kik1 South ern interests, as separate and distinct from national feelinj's and interests. When doubt and jealous) c;Tcp into the bosom of a family, what is the inevita ble result disunion. Does not the in- jutli( ious cou re^jarded as on tne increase, rrom the Lyncliburjf Virg'inian. Commodore Porter. — Many of tiie oppo sition prints affect to believe, and it is af fectation alone, that Commodore Porter hus been driven from the naval service of his country by the persecutions of the Administration ! It is no such thint^.— What persecution? Commodore Porter was found guilty, not by the Adminisira- tation,but by aeourt-martialofhis brother j ofl'icers, of making war on a friendly power in time of peace ; of violating the constitution of the United States j and of inf'rinfjinpf the law of nations : What ovi^ht to have betn, and wliat h'uh his pun ishment ? If the court-rnartial or the Administration had been disposed to persecute him, he would have bee*!///•ftAv,- but, not beinfj so disposed, and in consid means to supply them are daily bccominij JfifMrreclion in Porlo Ixivn.—1 he Roston I'atriot learns from Capt. Nason, who arrived at Quarantine, Boston, on Wed- rse of some editors, author-! nesday, from Tcnce, P. R. that on 22d ities and politicians of the South tt-nd to| .luly an intended Insurrection | ' . - . I near that place to destroy the while inhabitants, liad been discovered, and the principal leaders apprehended. It ap[>ears their intenled plan was, to ijo in the ni^ijht to the doors of tfie while in- l)al)itants as they passed on the road to Ponce, and give’an alarm of fire, and as the white people eamc out ot their hous es, to murder them. '1 hey likewise in tended, the better to carry their plan in to efhct, and draw the whites out, to set fire to one or two of the estates nearest to Ponce ; and then rush into tlie jdace and get possession of the arsenal and the lire arms ot the militia there deposited : arm themselves and destroy all the whites the suniC resuL.' We will not attribute to the I'.jifj'jirer a (h’sire to produce this lesult; but tinless its editor be acting under the inlluence of an infatuation of the most deep and dan.'jjerous character, he cannot deny that such must be the ul timate consetiuenre of jealousies so selfish, and assaults so illiberal. If there must be sections in virtue and intelligence, and if the West, in such a struggle, should bear of! tlie laurel, we would not hesitate to ex claim— •' Vulvmni, qfii mcruU, krat [iS’iUioiiid Journal. a competition betweeen the difierent tions of the country, let it be a rivalry I’roni the .toiirnul Since our last summary, the arrival of the packet ship Cambvia at Philadelphia, has put us in possession ofLondon papers to the C tth of June, together w ith some items of information from the Coniineu- tal journals. The most important article which wc have perceived in these papers relates to the recent discovery of the defection of a , I'hey were discovered l)y one of the black slaves, who informed his master. Ihe authorities had takes up and examined a great many and had found of the lea ders vho \vould undoubtedly be executed when the C.'apiain General, who was dai ly expected, arrived from the city of Por- lo Kico. It seems they had had this plot in view for P.vc months previous. JJa!\ i^utriot. great portion of the Russian people from tile existing government. Our readers may perliaps recollect that we have al ways insisted that the conspiracy, as it eration of his viotivts., he was onlv susjre/id- " called, was of a deeper complexion, Vsecution more extensive iii its character than we were permitted to suppose from any statements published in the foreign jour nals. More was to be inferred from their silence than their exj>osures. It is now admitted that the raiuificiiion-. of this insubordination liave exterid'd them selves far and wide; and wc have no doubt that the number ofinnuential fam- edfor six niont/is ' Terrible pei this, indeed ! Jiut his friends pay him but a poor compliment, when they make him throw up his commission in a pet. Such a rigid disciplinarian, and such an exactor of forms and ceremonies due to his own person from inferiors, he sure ly ought not to have murmuied when a superior power inflicted on him a very slight punishment for what it had declar ed to be a very great ofl’ence. We. part with the gallant liero of the Essex witli great reluctance ; but the itimiense j>e- cuniary compensation, as well as the glo ry which he has so often sought at the cannon’s mouth, and which he here saw some probability of actjuiring, were incentives suflicient to induce him to ac cept the offer of the Mexican government. 'I’his country seemed to he in no danger of an interruption to her peace, “Grim visafj’d w ar hud smooth’d hid wrinkled front i” and he saw, therefore, that his country could suffer no injury from fiis retirement, lie knew, too, that he left many enter prising spirits behind him j a .lones, a Bainbridge, a Hull, a Rogers, a War rington, an Elliott, a Stewart, u Biddle, and a host of others, who only need an opportunity to inscribe their names high on the roll of fame—men who w ill follow eagerly to renown wherever danger points the way ; and who will shrink from no enterprise, howe ver arduous, whiji'h their country bids them accomplish. While, therefore, we regret the loss of Conmio- dore Porter, and such of his brave asso ciates as may follow him in his new ca reer, (which we hojie will be lull of hon or to them all,) we do not despair, if oc casion should render it necessai-y, of see ing the star-spangled banner again float ing in triumph on every sea. The Hichmond Enquirer, in an article not more conspicuous for its dignity ol tone, than for its judicious selection o!' epithets, has made-an attack on Western interests and feelings, through Mr. Wright, one of the most able and upright Kep’esentatives in Congress from Ohio. The-piiblic diiinei' given to Mr. Wright by his consliiucjils, has elided this ela- borate compound of unfair statenient and sickly argument ; and the President and the guest are ass.iiled with the accustom ed delicacy and moderation of the u|)po sition jjresses. In reply to the remark of Mr. Wright, that “the West never had a voice in the U'ahim t Coutu il,” tlie in quirer asks, if “his own Ohio” has not Mr. M’Lean, and had not Mr. Meigs, in one of the iirincinal departments of the (Government? Did the Ktujuirer seri ously intend tiiis as a reply to Mr. Wiight? Old It propose by tins ihsiiiu- ation, to create an impression that the Postmaster attempts to exert.ise an inllu- ence in the Cabinet ? If not, bow can his appoinimt'nt be regar ded as an answer to Mr. Wiij^dit? '1 lie cause of this sore- Msss on tl e part of the Eivjnira\ is an unwise and ])remature jealousy of the West. If there is to be a Western iti- tcrest raised, and this should be brought to act in coniunctiou with the Northern Iriltrest, “wliat,” says the l->niiuirer, “wliat have llie poor Southern Slates to hoj)e tor?” Not much, Heaven knows ! if all th» ir editors and ad\ocates display as little judgment and foresight as the ed itor of the I'.iKiuirer, and some other edi tors Souih of the Potomac, whom we Consul.—The letter from a gentleman to his father in New-York, dated I’ogota, l‘Jth of July, gives tlie particulars of the mur der uf ^!r. Futlger, the AmeriCuTi consul for t!ie port of Santa Martha. “ With feelings of the deepest regret I have to inform you of the death ol our mutual friend, J. II. E. Fudqrr, es(|. the American Consul, who was most inliu- manly murdered in his osvn bed on th.e night of ( ;ih inst. He was stabbed through the heart with his own sword ; his throat cut from ear to ear ; and his trunks rifled of their contents.—Several Doiuretic. ■ 1 I • • • •. • . nersons are in oiison on suspicion ; but ilies involved in It, gives It an importance ! 1"^" \ ‘ i beyond wbal it would olhcrivise luivi' pos-1 sess,.,!. \Vc me furtlie,' to’J that tl,c ob- ^ >«ape. II.s jcctol ibc raovcment was .u cbant:c il,o to,.:, placo tbc fullow.,a: day. umi l-ovenm,™. to a .Tpicscntalivc fonn.- ." "'‘"''••'’',1"' !>y a large runcm„-sc ol c.t- i lere, then, «c find a new te«i;„«ny to * “"J l°» ';:ne, s. I he ...habuant, of the high character of our institutions— ’another admisssicn that our free syr;tem is best suited to the w ishes r.nd happiness i of intelligent man—a new as.'urance, that, however strong may be the fetters with] which a despotic power confines and cramps the energies and desires of a na tion, the lo*’e of rational freedom, im planted in us by Providence, will ulti mately prove too strong for all political and artificial restraints, and will enable the most enslaved nations to accomplish their own emancipation. Surely, it is no unseemly arrogance to assert,' that we were the first to rouse into actioti this spirit of freedom from its inactivity—its a[;athy of ages. The blossoms of the tree of liberty, flourishing here in its native soil, have been v/afted by propitious bree zes over the Atlantic, and the seeds have been scattered through all lands, from which other plants will arise, until kin dred stems shall flourish as far as civili- z:\tion fxicnds, and empires now groan ing iy r.hains shall sit, in all the happi ness and power of prosperity, under their universal shadow. 'I'lie accounts from England are of the most gloomy character. The cry is not now, as il w'as wont to be in times of great excitement, against tlie influence of the crown, and the corruj)tions of Par liament: it is now burdened with a lan guage which refers to deeper and closer intei-ests and feelings—^it is a cry for !)read : it is the shriek of the houseless and starving manufacturer—of the dis- iracied mother for her faintir.g child—^of the new made orphan to sustain the flut tering and flitting princijde of life : il is the cry of the father made desperate by ihe contemplation of the haggaid look.s, and the sound of the agonizitigshrieks of I hose who look to hlni for fooil. 'f’o rea son with such persons, in such a crisis, is to mock their calamities: the crv is Bogota sincerely mourn his loss and re gret that their city has become the bceue of so foul a dt*ed. ‘•(Government has given orders to all the civil and military authorities, to spare no exertions to discover the murderers, and Sr. Kavenga, Secretary of foreign aflairs, is particularly acti\e on the occa sion. “ An address, signed by several hun dred of the most respectable inhabitants, has been handed to the government, ex pressing their ^iicf at so horrid a trans- actiou.” Mr. Charles M’Kcnzie, His Britannic Majesty’s (Consul (ieneral, at Hayti, re siding at Port-au-Prince, \sx(nquv)iiiotmh.'ij a voJorf.d nntv, «nd an officer ot distin- guisht'tl talents. Tt is well known he was sent out on a secret diplomatic mis sion to Mexico some time ags^, and it is said discharged his duties with ability, and the marked approbation of Mr. Can- nini;, who openly spoke of his talents and atldresses ; on his reiurn to England, Mr. C. selected him from a number of appli cants for the elevated post he now fills. On receiving his present appointment he hud a considerable ad'-atice made to him, and a fixed salary of five thousand pounds sterling. The English govern ment retpiired that he should live in a certain siylv and magnificence, to pro mote which, the King selected from his own palace a service of plate, which was prest'Tited to Mr. M’Kenzie and is now dis- phi>cd by him him on all state days. Mr. M’Kenzie is a nutive of (irenada, anti we are told, was educated in England, and if wc are not mistaken, is a graduate of Cambridge or Oxford.—.V. Wddvoca!*:. Splendid Marriogr Conlrdct. It was matter of considerable surprise that President Boi.ivau remained so long for bread—bread only will he a salisfacto- j at Lima, after the object of his patriotic ry reply. If nrither charity f.om indi-• visit wus accomplished; hut is now, if vidnals, nor the policy of the government, I wf may credit a report in one cf the will supply bread, nothing rem.iins for | morning papers, iiappily explained. 'I'he the distressed and desolate, but to extort ! iiluslrious Lifx'rator was dLlaitifd hy the It : and what human tril)un;d of justice | silkni cortls of love, and actually employ- will condenm him, who is driven by the ed in exciuinging vows of . ikIui ing ailcc- shrieks of his perishing lamily to obtain { tion, and forming a mdrria;,,-; eo'^venant relief by mean:, wliich the laws (jf society I \\iih one of our ri jiuhliean beauties from have denounced! What punishment, j ('(jn’i'C.icut. Letters from Lima slate which human laws may inilici, can exceed that of. behidding those who ron:itilute the ties which bind ii!an to existence, vainly imjih.ring for a morsel a( food ?— When thin;>s appioach to this perfection of misery, social oldigations lose their in- il'icnce on manUind, and instinct snjier- sedes the ruh: of leason. It is acknow- tliai the deliverer of South .\ii;erica has enlerrd ir.to a marriage conrract with Miss Ai {.\'sr\ II \)vr, o! S i\ broo!;, (^fin- necticut, sister to the lady of'(’onnnodorc Hull, and sister of tin* lady of the Hon. llenuin Allen, our Minister to C'hili. •Miss Hart is one of sc\('n sisters, all I l>eauliiiil and aceon'p!isIi(,‘i!. J1 ihis be ledged that the wretchedness of the neo-1 true, it is the ^ic-atest /mitih "us thry s;t.y pie is beyond the reach of individual sul>- j in (.'.onnecticut )'e\rr known.j!i ihis or that .scriptioii to relieve it, ar.d l!iat the gov-! country. Wi/ li ..,t; his J,\ecl!oney will ernment is about to devisi- some mode ol j come to the I'lntt-d State:, and coiisum- general and peimaiicnt reiic!'. The reli. !‘, mate the cuMract by in.u :-iage a‘. Sav'^rook. to be tnicient, m:ist be pr.uri|.t. Tlie i:i '1;'-g-'oj -.IJ ):-.ui!'::-,a!i wuv. ' inigl-.t nien'.ion. If there be a n-ing Er;glish sumn.c; appvoa'^l.'Ci its cIo.st: I I /•; .v.-.v. ' VISITATION OK THK I'UULIC SCJiOOLS IX JiOSTON. Boston, (Mass.) August Ct This interesting service was aiuniif,! yesterday, by the School Committee, ijy the parents and friends of the youii’, i' a large number of respectable ciiizrn/ and by several distinguished Kjrung^-ri’ At the exhibition in the Latin and Eii'Mi-,1' High Schools, the President of ihe v' States was present. The Schools were full and in good order ; and the literai v attainments of which they gave proofs were indicative of ability and fideUty i^ the instructors, and creditable to them- selves for their application the year past The boys in the High School, who are on an average fourteen, though some are younger, discovered an accurate knowl edge of Algebra, Geon.-try, Trigouome u y, calculations of Eclipses, of physics and moral philosophy. Several of thetu exhibited projections, which require accurate knowledge of mathematical cal- culations. Their answers given to the questions proposed to them, were gener ally correct and prompt. At the other English Schools, the bovs appeared well, when interrogated 'in (irammar, (ieography and Arithnieiic. The specimens of Chirography, in many instances, were superior and generallv good. 'J'he upper classes also read wiih much propriety. The (Classical School maintains its former high standing. Most of the l.'oys were very ready in construing Uu* La tin and Greek languages ; and their elo cution has improved. The members of this School study Geography and Mathe matics ; but there was not time for thcii instructors to examine them fully in ihese branches. The number of Schools visited Is eifiht, besides the Latin and the English High Schools. The whole number of childicu in these, is estimated at about four thou sand. Seven of ihem contain five hun dred each. The primary Schools are not visited on these occasions. Thfie are about two thousand children in these, from four to se\e:i years of age. The Committee, Insiruciors, Masters, who hatl the meilals, and a munerous company of strangers and c-iiizens invit ed, reparied to I'aiieuil Hall to dine, ut 4 o’clock. The President of the I’. States was among tlie jjuests. Afu r din ner many patriotic and apiiropriate sen timents were announced b) Mr. (^iiinry, Chairman of the Committee and .'Livor of the city, by other eminent indivioujh of the ('ommittee, by some of the n>ui;i- cij)al ofVicers, and by several of the st!?.r.- gers-and guests. Such as we recullcc' are given below. The associations on these occasions are highly interesting, and the imp;ts- sions recei\cd cannot fail to be saluiaiy. Whenever assembled in the “ cradle” ot’ liberty, wc are carried back to past scenes of trial and danger : \Vo learn to vent r- ate our ancestors, to whose wisdom and virtue we are indebted for our excellent institutions ; and we ought to catch some thing of their patriotic spirit. This place, we think, is well chosen for our literary festival. There is a cloie con nexion between the rcyufjlic of letters and repuldics, which are uf a social nature. Our fathers had almost an c(pial love for their liberty and learning. To perpet uate the former, they believed it neces.su- ry to encourage and cultiva'e the laticr. lOAs rs. Prdilic I'rrc S'lhool.s.—Instittitlons vit:d tore- puljlic!>;—1)V ncctssity of uaturc, tliey and LI* erty niu^t exi.st and pcrisii togefhcr. ki}ijwkdu:c and Liarnut".—Tiic only powt r.s which coniniaml liutnuu will ami imniun rcasim ; and the only pleasures, which are siinpl} g'oi)-, witliout aUoy and accidcnt. Tht' Tru' of Knuivlahj^c.—May tlu re l)C iif> serpent at its root, and no devil’s api)lcs on its l)ranrhes. Hur PiihVir Of all the l,ranclics llioy teach, may virtuvhv the highot. anddi« most classical, in the estee'ui both ol instructors aiitl pupds. 'Ihr. I'nivrr.slll('s and ('ollr^fn—Mhile ve ( n- lari^'c and inulliply, ami make acrcsiibh' th.^ spriiii;-licail-i ol'scitnce, may wc he mhuiful to t \t( lid the receiving and distributing pools and cistcrns. After the above toasts were annou.iccd, the iMayor gave the following— T/is I'riittd it long have for I's Ili ad, a scholar, statesman and [lati'iot. Tliis was received wilh great cnt'.iusi asm—and the Presifleiit arose atul ad dressed the ..layor and citizens presen;, in a most elo(iuent and impressive n’.ati ner.—He was himself e\idetitly all.'Ctrd, and his address deepy alVecictl all who heard him. It is impossi!)lt; tf> do jiis- tice either to the t:;ani!er or seniiini'n!''. without i';iving Uie adiltess itscil. A''^‘ this we are imt al)le to do at present- \\’e iK'pe it will lie given to the puidic. tiiat :dl may re;ul i: ; though all could i“J ■ hear it. He alluded, in a most touchit'r," anil delii att'manner, to the late cereni'J- nics i:i the Hull, in commemoration''- the virtues of tin- two deceased states men ; tl) tl'.i; beiielits of learning acciuii* ed at our Si hooli and colleges in quaitl)' ing (»ur fathers for the important con troversy which led to our indepemlence-j to hi'; early educatioti in this city am. viei:;i!y—and to uor happy [irivileges f'Ji the instruction of youth. lie tl'.e:i oll'ered the following toast: * rhr nimunn: ,f /;„./en-.May the ni>- ^ ( r^li' (Vuit luU) ('([iKll LliC pVOIUi^C oi i i 'vUlU

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