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HALIFAX, JV. G miMY, APRIL 2, is4
F0i J.
DOMESTIC.
From the National Intelligencer.
Yesterday the President of
ihc United States presented to
Gen. Jackson the Gold Medal,
heretofore voted to him by Con
gress, for his gallant defence of
New-Orleans. At the same
time, Judge Todd, of the Su
preme Court, representing Gov.
Shelby, of Kentucky,' received
the Medal which had been vo
ted to him for the capture-, at
the river Thames, of the British
army under Gen. Proctor. At
half past eleven o'clock, Gen.
Jackson, attended by Mr. Li
vingston, of the House of Re
presentatives, who had been
one of his aids-dc-camp at New
Orleans, and Judge Todd, en
tered the large circular room of
the President's Hou-?e? where
were the Secretaries of State,
War, and Navy, and a number
of visitors attending to witness
the ceremony. The President
then presented to the General
the Medal, with the following
Address:
General Jackson: In compliance
with a resolution of Congress, on
the 27th of February, 1815, I pre
sent to. you this Medal, as a testi
monial "of the hih sense entertain
ed, by that body, of your gallantry
and good conduct, in the defence of
New-Orleans, at that important e
pocb, and especially in the very
brilliant action cf the Bth of Janua
ry. In the performance of this
duty, I recollect, with pvofound in
terest, tire danger which then me
naced that city, and the whole of
the country dependent on the Mis-
M'sMppJ, and the glorious exploit by
vbich they were rescued from it.
An incursion by a powerful army of
veteran troops, commanded by a
(i en oral of experience, who had
gained renown in Spain, made a
strong appeal to tne patriotism 01
the nation. The result exhibited
an example of devotion to the pub
lic welfare, which will forever be
distinguished in the annals of cur
Union. The alacrity with which
our fellow-citizens of the neighbor
ing States, in obedience to the call
of their government, Mew to the
defence of their country, proves
that they are willing and ready to
encounter every danger, and make
every sacrifice in support of our
Ilcpublican system. The haste
with which you repaired to that
station, and organized the force col
lected there; the firmness with
which you received the attack, and
the success with which you repel
led it, with a much inferior force, a,
great part of which consisted of vo
lunteers and militia,arc distinguish
ed proofs of your patriotism and
gallantry, as well as of jour judg
ment in action.
To which Gen. Jackson re
plied: Sir: Receiving this emblem of
the approbation of my country,
from you, who were an efficient
and active agent of our government
in those scenes of difficulty and dan
ger to which it refers, gives me pe
culiar pleasure. It brings to my
recollection, cn the tocsin of war
being sounded, that patriotic ardor
which brought voluntarily to the
field thousands of the brave yeo
manry of our country, to support
its eagles, and to protect our fron
t cr, from the ruthless savage, and
the inroads of a British foe. In the
ime of those patriotic officers and
0Wrs who so bravely seconded
my vcws in the day of battle, pri
vation, ana- 0f pcriif an( wn0 con
tributed to bring about the happy
results to which you refer, I receive
this emolem of approbation, which
the representatives of my country,
in Congress assembled, have con
ceived me worthy to possess. That,
at a period the most critical and
alarming, I should have been the
humble means to harmonize the
discordant materials of everv na
tion and tongue, and so to 'unite
them, as to make a successful de
fence of the city of New-Orleans,
against a superior, well-organized,
veteran force, and to preserve it
from pollution and ravage4wn in
furiated Bdtish soldiery, is remem
bered as one of the proudest mo
ments of my life. This emblem
reminds me of the gratitude we
should feel to a kind Providence for
those happy results. May you
pass through, and retire from, the
administration of the Government
with the full approbation of your
country that has hitherto accom
panied you. May you be blessed
in retirement with all the comforts
heaven can bestow; and, when life
is finished, be raised to a happy
immortality beyond the grave.
The President then presented
to Judge Todd the Medal de
signed for Gov. Shelby, with
the following Address:
Judge Todd: In compliance with
a resolution of Congress, of the 4th
of April, ISIS, I present, thro' you,
to Gov. Shelbv, this Medal, as a
testimonial of the high sense enter
tained bv Congress, of his gallantry
and good conduct in an action on
the Thames, under Mai. Gen. Har
rison, in Upper Canada, on the 5th
day of October, 1813, in which the
combined British and Indian forces,
under Maj. Gen. Proctor, were de-j
fcated, and the British troops made :
prisoners of war. The patriotism
which Gov. Shelby, and the troops,
his fellow-citizens, then displayed,
in marching beyond the Lakes, to
meet our then enemy, as well as
their bravery inaction, will always
be remembered with gratitude by
their country.
Judge Todd replied:
Sir: I take great pleasure in be
ing the medium oi com
from vou, sir, as President
united States, to the venerable pa-.
triot, Gov. Shelby, of this high tes-
IIS Iligll tCb i
:y and good!
tober,l8l3.
timonial of his gallantr
conduct on the 5 th of Octo
Tliis; fmMpmntirnl tivnninli nf !, fr'
Eloriousdav shall be carefully de-i
livcredto the brave and veteran.
well of his country. I will not fail
to communicate to him thc very
polite, friendly and flattering man -
ner m which you have been pleased
to deliver it to me for him.
WESTERN INDIANS.
Louisville, Ky. March 2.
We have conversed with an in-
telligent gentleman, just arrived;
soldier, for whom it is intended, last wc saw ot her, she wras at( leaders secured.
Faithful history will hand down to! anchor, but was dragging. We'
posien y nis oninant ana aistm-;havc little hope of her safety, as; IMPRISONMENT FOR
guiMiwi vices, hi uvo ars, anu; . , , - - ,, Thc LCKislaturc of Mas:
will amply shew that he deserves!, " rt-W7l. nr it Winn t
from Missouri, who states thatj"11"" 111 1UU
much alarm was entertained by
the inhabitants upon the fron
tier as to the hostile intentions
laiciv nau
suspicion
tained that
very extensive conspiracy to
make war upon the white set
tlers. The forces stationed in
that part of the country were
healthy,and watching the move
ments of thc Indians; but it was
thought the present force was
not sufficient to keep these da
ring and restless people in check,
particularly if the conspiracy
should prove as extensive as it
was feared. There are not more
than three thousand men to
guard a territory of nearly five
thousand miles, and" keep in
check upwards of twenty thou
sand warriors, which can be
brought into the field by the
suspected tribes. It would, no
doubt, be thc means of preser
ving much bloodshed, if go
vernment wrould send an addi
tional number of troops to pre
serve the peace of the frontiers.
Post.
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Utica, N. Y. March 9.
Tuesday morning, says
-On
the
excite.il considerable j i i i ' J
, and tears were enter-; i , i i ,t ,,-r ,0 r
they had joined in a Thft aWoum,innoM ' tl I
Cooperstown Watjhtower, two
young men offercy a note for
S$600,for. discount at the Cen
tral Bank, and obtained their
money thereon. They imme
diately took scats in the Eastern
stage, then about to depart, but
on account of some slisrht
l j o
grounds to siupect all was not
right, they wq-e pursued by the
clerk of the Bank, and overta
ken a short distance from the
village, whence they were taken
and brought to this village the
same evening.- They were in
dicted for forgery by the Grand
Jury then sitting, on Wednes
day; on Thursday morniijg were
arraigned, plead guilty, pud on
Saturday sentenced to fire years
hard labor at Ue state prison,
and took their 'epar&irc for
Auburn.
Extract of a letter, datfd tJ. S. schr.
Shark, at anchor oil Antona Li
zardo, (Mexico,) Fib. 18.
We returned yesterday to our
anchorage, having been com
pelled to slip and pit to sea, in
one of the heaviest srilcs of wind
1 ever witnessed many time at
sea. The people ot shore say
iney nave not seen to violent a
one tor 20 years. We did not
slin until our chait cable had
parted. Fourteen bf our best
men were lost in tlu launch in
attempting to reach her. She
had srone to the assistance of an!
r- - - - - - - ,
cyance, . Kuglish schooner, that had got; should be pardoned for their of
i ot the! .. c i . i r tt tv t- re
uu a 1CU1 aim un ICLUI " UIU.
gale came on so suddenly, and,
3 4 i vy iju juuuvii ijr , aim
with such violence, she was un-:
able to regain the schooner.
he schooncr was lrom Hava-i
I... .
na bound here tor money. 1 he
i ner- I hompson, our mas-
Iter, and one of our men. were
' on board of her.
Suicide. Mr. Abraham Shot
well, aged 24, committed sui
cide at New-York, on Saturday,
13th ult. bv
shootincr himself.!
tm i : i
! .ms inil 151 &am a5
IIORltID MURDER.
About the 20th of January
Early in the morning the negro
concealed himself in the
jarn
floor, behind a small door, until
his master stooped to enter thro'
! thc door which he did uncon
scious of danger; at this mo
ment? the assassin gave him the
fatal blow upon the head with
the noli of an axe, which felled
him to the fbor, and on repeat
ing the blovs the axe either
flew off the li-lve, or broke it
near the eye. The negro sup
posing his atrbcious design ac
complished, cairicd the body
and threw it into a stable, be
hind a young wicked horse; the
body, however, manifesting
signs of life, he procured ano
ther axe, with which he crushed
the skull in the most shocking
and barbarous manner, He then
went to the kitchen, changed
his clothes, and reported to his
Mistress, that the young horse
had killed Master James. The
distressing occurrence being
known, the neighbors collected
in considerable numbers, and an
countv, V a. was
investigation of the circumstan
ces lead generally to the opi
nion, that the young horse had
been guilty of the murder. On
furtlier examination, however,
the negro's guilt became so
clearly demonstrated, that he
confessed the fact; and assigned
as his reason for the murder,
some trifling altercation last fall
at a corn husking.
. Mr. James Newton and his
sister Hannah, both pretty well
advanced in years, and both sin
gle, had supported unblemished
characters, and had taken pains
to educate this negro, who with
themselves constituted thewhole
family. On the ISth ult. the
negro was to have been execu
ted at Lewisburs.
Harrisonburg Rep.
BOSTON STATE PRISON.
An insurrection, and most da
ring attempt to escape, from the
State Prison in Boston, was
made on the 1.2th ult. at sunrise.
The prisoners rushed upon one
of the officers, and demanded
his keys at the peril of his life;
foiled in getting possession of
them, they retreated to the Eat
ingHall, when a spirit of muti
ny manifested itself throughout
the prison; the prisoners arm
in'sr themselves with whatever
presented itself, and refusing to
resume their labors, unless those
who
had seized the officer
. 1,UI1 '4UL -major
Wainwright, commanding the
uiiintigiii) uiiiuiuii'iui 1111
XL States Marines at the Navy
I Yard, appeared at the head of
his command, when order was
7 l't .
- promptly restored, and the ring -
DEBT.
sachusetts
dify the latws respecting imprison
mo
ment tor debt. 1 lie Nantucket
Inquirer applies to this refusal
the following remarks:
"Let it be registered on thy
uiiuesipage, u lniamyi mat a
...... r
body of men, hired to watch o -
ver the destinies of a portion of
the only free nation on earth,
knowing that their masters, thc
people, desired, yea prayed for
supplicated their very ser
vants, for the amelioration of a
most atrocious system of perse
cution for poverty's sake, and
"for righteousness' sake" vir
tually declared that the system
was already s:ood enough for
j them! Those petitions, borne
upon the groans and sighs of
wretched orphans, and conse -
c rated by ithe tears of forlorn
mothers were ignominiously
thrown "under the table"
scouted into utter darkness
covered with obloquy and
trampled upon by the lowest
limbs of the law!"
COOKING MACHINE.
A Richmond paper describes
a machine recently invented in
that city, "the great value of
which consists in facility by
which all the different articles
of food, requiring culinary pre
paration, may be rapidly al
most instantaneously prepared.
The mechanism is simple, yet
philosophical; a few drops of
spirits, or of alcohol scarcely
a cent of expenseis sufficient
to put the whole in operation,
and beef steaks, mutton chops,
veal cutlets", eggs, ham, venison,
may be got up, adapted to the
most epicurean appetite."
HORSE RACING.
A bill to prevent the pra-ticc ef
horse racing was introduced and
passed, hi the Legislature of Ver
mont, from the belief that the
pretence for its continuance was
only a specious one, and that the
practice degraded the breed of
men, more than it improved the
breed of horses. The opinion
yasnot unanimous upon the sub
ject, as the following speech will
fll hich we have extracted
ior trie amusement of our readers :
Mr. Speaker As I move to
dismiss the bill, it wiH doubt
less be expected, that I assign
some reasons to sunnort th
tion. I made the motion sir
because I think the bill both im
politic and unjust. It is well
known, sir, that every nation or
community are composed of a
great variety of different classes
of men, and that each class have
their hobby, or favorite pursuit.
out an under the same Jaws and
government, and. all entitled to
equal rights and privileges.
i ne nrst class till, or ought to
fill, the sacred desk, their hob
by is in heaven; the second
class compose our judiciary,
their hobby ought to be mercy
and justice; the lawyer's hobby
is fat clients and fat fees.
But I and my friends, sir
happen to belong to another
class the agricultural class of
community. We are neither
few in number, nor despicable,
in character; we are not, sir, the
dregs of society. We also have
our rights and our hobbies; we
not only contribute, but contri
bute largely, to fill the public
1 1 chest. Uur
v.llv UllClCdl illlU UUf
i. ! ' a , I
' hobby, sir, stimulate us to raise
, the best hogs, the best sheep,
the best cattle, and the best hor
ses, that most noble and useful
of our domestic animals; and I
! it . . - .
anow, sir, tnat some ot us are
extravagantly fond of seeing
their speed tried.
Is this a crime, sir? It is our
right. I believe, sir, that eve
ry kingdom of Europe, and al-
i '
most everv state in AmpnVn nl.
ilow it; and even, at the seat of
our national government, in the
district of Columbia, it is not
merely allowed but encouraged
and patronized by the first men
in our government Indeed,
sir, so extremely fond are they
of Sports, that if I am not mis
taken most of them, during the
late war, became their, own ri
ders. Shall we pass this bill, sir,
with such examples and authori-
j ties before us? I hope not It
. would be, sir, like a second edi-
tion of thc old blue laws of Con
necticut; where they whipped
the cask if the beer or cider
worked on Sunday.
Pass this bill, sir, and we
banish good horses from this
state, and I fear, many who are
fond of them, will migrate with
them for a land of more liberty.
Our horses, sir, will dwindle in
to mere jacks. I highly esteem,
and almost reverence the scntlc-
(men who head the petition, and
who brought in this bill, for the
good they have done; but, sir,
they are most of them in the
wane of life; they arc far advan
ced, I hope, in the road to hea
ven. They, perhaps, have no
terrestrial enjoyment; let them
depart in peace but, sir, I do
hope that this bill will not pass.
Is this the boasted land of free
dom ! pass this bill, sir, and we
strike a dagger into the bosom
of Liberty hersel
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