rCTIIERN TIIULE
EHT INTERESTING.
a letter from Captain Donald Maclcay,
sTcd at New Soutli Shetland, among1 the An
tarctic Islands, lat. 63 S. long-. 61 V (or there
abouts.)
" This land is but little known yet, ex
cept the range of islands at which wc now
lire, extending from EN1. to WSW.
about two hundred miles in length.
These are in general composed of high
and broken land, or rather rocks, clad
with an immense body of snow, except
here and there a naked peak of some low
rocks near the sea. The snow, consoli
dated by a lapse of time, forms perpendic
ular cliffs, much higher than those bor
dering on the river Hudson. These are
common along the coast, but more par
ticularly in the bosoms of bays and har
bors, where the water is from four to ten
fathoms in depth, under the very brink of
them. .This body of ice being constant
ly dissolving underneath, cracks, and is
precipitated into the sea in great masses,
with a report resembling thunder or hea
vy ordnance ; it may be heard from 15 to
25 miles distant.
44 No shcal or perpendicular rock would
be more fatal" to a vessel or lives than
would this ice-bound shore, in case of her
being driven against it by violence of wind.
This would be the case in the most secure
harbor ; for, should she drive against this
impending mass of ice, which is constant
ly falling, she would be crushed to pieces,
or instantly carried to the bottom, with
hardly a possibility of escape in boats.
44 Southward of this range of islands, at
the distance of from fifty to eighty miles,
lies a large body of land, yet but little
known, and will probably so remain, by
reason of the danger and difficulty of ap
proaching the shore, from the great quan
tity of floating ice with which it is sur
rounded. This is of the same descrip
tion as that of the islands, but it is not as
certained whether cut up into islands or
not. Pis not improbable that it is con
nected with Sandwich-Land. It is said
there are several active volcanoes on the
first mentioned islands, but 1 am uncer
tain as to the truth of the assertion.
44 I have seen a small, but high conical
formed island from the top of which we
supposed we perceived smoke to issue ;
but we were it too great a distance to be
positive of the fact. Others say they have
seen both lire and smoke emitted from it.
From the circumstance of the island be
ing bare of snow, there is little doubt of its
beiog a volcano.
44 There is a small island no great dis
tance from our present situation, which
has been described to me by several who
have visited it, as being so hot that in ma
ny parts of it the foot or hand cannot be
held to the sand, and that on the shores of
a basin forming a small harbor, (probably
the ancient crater of a volcano,) the wa
ter boils.
" My opinion of the land which I have
seen here is, thatlit had a volcanic origin.
But this subject lSubmit to the specula
tion of such learned gentlemen as our
friend (for he is the friend of humanity)
Iir. Mitchell.
44 ' Tis impossible for me to convey to
you an adequate idea of the dreary, yet
sublime, scenery of this region of frost.
I think the land abounds in minerals, but
of what kind I am too ignorant of mine
ralogy to determine. But, however val
uable the mines may be, they must re
main useless to the world, from their be
ing buried under mountains of-ice. I
h ue had but little opportunity to collect
specimens of stone, &c. but such as I have
procured I forward by the Jane Maria,
Capt. Johnson, for which I beg you to
call on board this brig, and present them,
villi my respectful compliments, to Doc
tor Samuel L. Mitchell, and request he
-will iccept such specimens as he wishes
to retain, and present the remainder, in
aer to request, that vou will solicit him '
L do me the honor of communicating his !
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A LESSON FOR YOUNG BANKS.
"We copied the other day an account of a ju-
dicial decision in a case between two Eastern
Banks. Some points, however, embraced in that j
case, and which gave it particular interest, were !
,.K-.o,i ;n ,k .i-:i . '
not embraced in the account which we copied.
We therefore copy from another paper a more
fall account of it. Jat. Intel.
The action was brought to recover
'Jtll lllC rtllUUlUlliU UUIUULTCS Ui UCI
...!, i -i i
-. i TT"nth imn icn h o rF
refuse or ntglect to pay its bills on de
mand. The principal question was,
"whether there had been such neglect,
Kn the part ot the Lincoln liank, as
tffcJaW intended. The facts were as
follows : a runner from the Suffolk
B-ik established in Boston, presented
tic bills cf the Lincoln Bank at the
mv name, to the New-York Lyceum of nations ? Are there not exceptions ia"s 31 roura liaJ'' a snori distance
Natural History. It was my intention to even in the code of the Quakers, which from Freetown, represented to be a very
have writcen to him, and, as far as my fee-1 in some instances sanction or excuse lJ? SltUatln' a"d th;
ble talents would admit, would dprrihf ! 3 t-l a Li..rn land fertile. Mr. inn, our government
V him this new world but time willnot i 1 T, T ennsvivania Agent, was with them, and, as well as the
" !!. dunngthe Revolutionary struggle,who scttlers, enioved ncrfect health. Thev
uv (-.tun. ji atLciuiJiiiifc ii. x navu iur-!
for payment; the cash -
er immediately offered to pay them in
lioston bills, part of which were of
the Suffolk Bank, or in a draft or check
on a bank in Boston, both of which the
agent declined, and demanded specie ;
the cashier then began to count out
change ; it occupied him until near the
hour for closinrr the bank, to count a-
bout 500 dollars ; he tendered no gold, We often notice in our newspapers a
nor specie of a larger denomination mean species of plagiarism, not com
than a quarter of a dollar, and no more mitted by the printers, but by their cor-
of that than would have amounted at
farthest to lOOO dolhrs, which could
not have been counted, at the rate the
cashier was proceeding, within the bank
hours ot the day, which were lrom 9
to 1 ; the agent offered to take the spe- f rospect ot ueath, wnicli nave ap
cie at the bank count, but the cashier peared in many periodical publications,
declined ; the agent then left the Bank, and may be found in a volume entitled
and the action was commenced. " American Miscellany," which was
Judge Story, in charging the jury, printed in Philadelphia eight or ten
laid it down as law, that a demand of years ago, are headed 44 For the Win
ordinary magnitude against a bank, chester Republican, " and introduced as
ought to be paid within the banking
hours of the day on which it is made,
ind if it is not paid on that day, that
is such a refusal or neglect as is con
templated by the law. He also said
.. . .. - n. . . .
tnat tne piaintuts were not ouugea toi&vnj mem imuumy you win ouugc
take Boston bills even of their own
bank, or a draft, but might demand
specie; that no man Who presented
bills at a bank should be delayed on
any pretext whatever; that it is the
duty of those institutions either to have
sums counted, or to have servants suf-
ncient to count tnem out in a reasona-
uie iime; mat a ww ui uic wmicu
States requires that foreign coin shall
i i i u:u .u:
e weighed, in which case this payment
might have been made without delay ;
and that it is unnecessary, when bills
are presented at a bank lor payment,
that thev rtiould be severally protested,
i ne jury was tnereiore instructed to
inquire whether the sum in controver-
sy was such a sum as could reasonably
h ive been paid within the banking
hours of the day on which it was de-
mantled ; and, m the second place,
whether the .Lincoln uank nad not de-
lav ed in an unreasonable manner to
pay the bills demanded; and third, Sailor's Manual Exercise, which is go
whether this unreasonable delay did not ing the rounds as from a Boston paper,
amount to sucn neglect or reiusai as
the law intended.
The jury returned a verdict for the
piamtili. I
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PEA CE SO CIETIES.
The Emperor Alexander has, we
hope, ere this, been read out of the
Peace society of .Massachusetts for his
agency in the Neapolitan War. Like
a Shark escaping through a seine, he
remains with the little fish only as long
as it suits him, and leaves them uncon
cernedly under restraints, which he
himself disregards. This is a fair op
portunity to remark how futile all such
associations must prove, except in a
case like the following. If, for instance,
the Presidents, Kings, and hmperors
who hold their sword and the sceptre
over the various parts of the globe,
should combine in a permanent treaty
of amity and peace, there would be
much to praise m the design, and some-
thing to hope for in its accomplishment.
But a societv of nrivate individuals.
V l ' 1
keep the peace amoncr themselves.
This truth has been fairly and fully il
lustrated by the example of the Qua
kers. From the days of George Fox,
the founder of that sect, down to the
present time, has war ceased to dimin-
ish its ravMces, or have the evil passions
lost their influence over the councils of
Biiaiit. IIII--VI i i i i i i i i i i - .! .
. 7 V " v '
Propration ot gunpowder to Congress,
nAtllf rk K rx t (- a n. c 1 9 V rx rk r I
(k-tft-A.k, l iij.v kite y -i w. w wu v. L vjr I
conceal, their object by a donation of
strain
It is fair and laudable to propagate
. - . .
in a communitv those doctrines and
principles, the dissemination of which
tends either immediately or remotelv
t fu. ri r . n(lt .u ;
to ttlc JToou ot society- liut there is.
giving to a private institution, a name
which convey! a desire to control na-
tional councilseither at homeor abroad.
Such an attempt must lie necessarily
abortive, r or instance, if Charleston
should form a peace society, embracing
all the voters in the city, they could
elect only one member of Congress.
He of course would be a peace mem
ber, and being alone, could not well
quarrel with Hmself. But what influ
ence would he derive in Congress from
i-tlie circumstiice that his constituents
were friendh- to neace ? In this
can at most, hope to maintain urisdic- riveu ueie. . ne i.ucb. ua.es contain
-.., i i - nothine: of any mteiest, relative to the Coi
tion over their own number, and to . a & ,-. - , . c , .. . .
, , l i onists. rrom that ot the 10th, obligingly
i country ,Uvhere the administration is
happily wedded to the honor and pros-
perity of the country, and there is not
the slightest danger of an unnecessary
or an impolitic war, a peace society
seems to us to be a piece of superoga-
tion. Charleston Courier
PLAGIARISM.
respondents, who communicate,astheir
own composition, pieces which they
have only transcribed. Thus in the
Winchester Republican, of the 10th of
-iarcn, some Deautnui stanzas on tne
iohows
" Mr. Editor The following mclan
choly reflections have arisen from a
scene I witnessed a few days since at
the grave of a departed friend. By
.u ui: -n
A subscribfr.
And then follow the verses beginning
"Now Spring returns: but not to me returns,
I The vernal joy my better years have known," &c.
Against such impositions it is impos
sible for an Editor, however well read
and however vigilant, always to guard,
because he may not, in the course oi
nis reading, nave met witli tne piece
thus purloined and foisted upon him as
. r i t i
original, or, if he has, he may have for
gotten it. But he who practices such
an imposition is none the less guilty of
the most contemptible of literary petit
larcency, and ought to be punished ac
cordingly.
If the offence which we have now no
ticed had not of late become ver com- t
mon, we should have passed it by in the t
present instance ; but it frequently calls
loudlv for its exposure, with a view to
us prevention in hiture.
We might also mention here, that the
took the same circuit some years since
credited to a West-India naner: and
the lines which lately appeared ia a
-
Philadelphia paper as original, begin
ning
Some tlunk it ahardsh.p to work for their bread,'
mav be found in a little volume of Po-
ems for Children, published some years
since. l renton 1 rue American.
INTELLIGENCE.
lie comes, the herald of a noisy world
News from all nations lumb'ring" at his back.
FROM AFRICA.
Beacon Office, J orfolht June 0.
The brirj; Nautilus, capt. Blair, which
sailed from this port 22d January last,
with Colonistsand Government and Socie-
ty Agents, lor the American settlement
L T m m a.
on the coast of Africa, arrived here this
morning in 40 days from Sierra Leone,
liY this arrival Sierra Leone Gazettes
of the 10th and 31st of March have been
; 1 I 1'K !-.
sly
loaned to us, we extract the following ar
rival of the Nautilus, and the very just re
marks of the Editor, respecting the sena-
rate interests of the British and American
Settlements.
By permission of the Governor of Si-
erra Leone, a temporary settlement had
been made b' l,lose who went out in lhc
l T .1
r a t r ra ma rrk . . rv r -.
,uuvcu 11 um luc Kuvenimem uuu pcojuc
of Sierra Leone the most friendly and hos-
w v v
From the Sierra Leone Gazette of March 10.
Wc have much pleasure in announcing
the safe arrival of the American brig N.m-
l.i ? i i r t r vt
mus in me naruoi -oi rreetown, irom rsor-
toik N irp;inia, having on board J. B. W inn
1 "llacon, t.sqrs. Agents ot the Uni-
ted btates lor captured Alricans, and
. , , ,,..
urews ana v noerger, Agents
tv for the establishment of col-
onies of frcc colorcd people of the United
States, on the coast of Africa. A nutri
bcr of Africans taken by the ships of war
ot the united States, in their recent
cruizes on the coast, are on board the Nau
tilus, under the charge of Messrs. Winn
and Bacon ; and a number of free people
of color placed at the direction of Messrs.
Andrews and Wilbergcr.
The intention of the gentlemen thus in
trusted with the management of the enter
prize which, we are happy to find, is
formed on a basis of good too broad and too
firm to be deranged by the losses and dis
appointments incurred at the place first
f w r - .
! chosen for a settlement in the Sherbro-
will be, as we understand, to collect tne
surviving members and remaining stock
of that settlement, and to incorporate
them with those now brought out. The
managers will then consider how the
whole can be best disposed in furtherance
of the great object for which they are sent
to Africa. While we sincerely and hear
tily wish success to this great object, we
trust those gentlemen will see the expe
diency of placing their settlement at such
a distance from this colony as to leave no
ground of rival interest to produce un
friendly feelings between their colonists
and the inhabitants of this settlement.
W e trust they will rather, as far as it
shall be found practicable, endeavor to fix
themselves in a place suited to make those
feelings of interest which are inseparable
from human nature, and which are the
great spring of the industry that consti
tutes the source and support of colonial
nrosneritv contribute to the mainte
nance and promotion of the actual good
. . . i i
will and amity, and oi the reciprocal goon
offices naturally to be desired between set
tlements devoted to the same beneficent
purposes.
DUEL IN PARTS.
Extract cf a letter dated Paris, jffiril 1 1
In the papers there is an account of a
fatal duel which took place yesterday.
The circumstances which led to this re
suit are extremely curious. The parties
m . a V
are M. Manuel, a Pole, and i believe
Jew, a man of the greatest respectability,
and of immense fortune ; he was about 50
years of age, and the father of six children
by the wife who survives him. M. Beau
mont, the other party, is a single man be
tween 30 and 40 ; he is also a man oi con
siderable nronertv. He is a native ot
j i j
Geneva. Both of them were Agents de
Chahgc, a class of people of the greatest
respectability.
About five or six months ago, M. Man
uel, who lived on the most affectionate
terms with his wife, received an anony
mous letter, saying that she was unfaithful
to him. He tore the letter with con-
empt,and dismissed thematter from his
mind. In about a fortnight he received a
second letter, with the same information;
he treated this letter like the first. In a
few days he received a third, which stated
that, as he was too incredulous to be con
vinced, except in ocular proof, he might
have that proof the very next day, if he
chose. The writer then told him to go,
the next day at 2 o'clock, to a particular
house in a particular street, and to make
a certain signal, which he described, and
he would then have no doubt of the wri
ter's veracity. M. Manuel went accord
ingly at the time designated, to the house
in question, and made the described sig
nal. The door was instantly opened by a
female, whom he knew to be his wife, but
who did not at first recognize him, but
throwing herself in his arms, called him
by the name of Beaumont. The husband
was now convinced ; he determined to
leave Paris immediately ; he converted
his immense French property into dispo
sable effects, and set off for his native
place, Warsaw. Before he went, he prof
fered forgiveness to his wife, and even
agreed to live with her provided she would
totally abandon her paramour. The
mother of six children refused, and the
husband went away without her. A few
j days ago he returned; and on Monday (I
believe tor the hrst time) re-appeared on
'Change. Here he met Beaumont, and a
violent altercation immediately ensued ;
the result was a challenge, and a positive
agreement that' one at least should not
come out of the field alive. They met
the next morning, fired, and M. Manuel
the injured person, as frequently happens
in this chance-medley mode of avenging
wrongs) was killed on the spot, by a pis
tol shot in the breast. He is extremely
regretted, for he seems to have been as
much beloved for his manners in society
as he was esteemed for his probity in bu
siness. Paris, jiliril 12. Beaumont has been
forced to run away to his native country,
Switzerland, from the storm of indignation
which rages against him at Paris. His
colleagues on 'Change, and the merchants
generally, came to a resolution never to
transact business with him again. As
the French are not peculiarly sensitive on
the point of conjugal fidelity, the extraor
dinary emotions which this case has ex
cited must be attributed to the singular
baseness which characteiizes it. Manuel
was remarkable for his attention to his
wife, whom he had raised from an. ob
scure situation, and had heaped benefits
on all her relations. She is a French
woman. Beaumont was Mmuel's friend ;
and it is reported that Manuel had been
of great service to him in the promotion
of his fortune. It is felt here that he
ought not to have fired at Manuel, espe
cially after Manuel had fired without ef
fect. The funeral procession of M. Man
uel has just passed through the Boule
vards a hearse and twelve mourning
coaches, with an immense number of
private carriages.
P. S. I have just time to tell you some
curious facts which occurred at the fune
ral of M. Manuel. When the body ar
rived at the church, (St. Denys, in the
Rue Caumrrtin,) they refused to receive
itj because M. Manuel had been killed in
a duel. An immense populace, however;
vehemently insisted on its reception ; and
after some minutes, the body was taken
in. .It was then found that there wi3 no
priest. A violent uproar followed and
at length a priest appeared, but not m his
canonicals. A fresh tumult induced the
priest at length to. robe himself; and the
service was performed in the usual man
ner. All the respectable bankers and
age?its de 'Change were present : it was
thev who forced their way into the church
with the body. The whole multitude
present could not be less than 6,000 peo
ple. The body was afterwards carried to
the cemetery of Fere le Chaise to be bu
ried. London fiafitr.
DOMESTIC.
ATROCIOUS MURDER.
Mr. Jeremiah Reynolds of Frankfort,
Ky. was robbed on the 1st May, while
riding from that place to Shelbyville.
Pie first saw the two ruffians about twelve
steps before him ; but from their colour
and dress thought them two negroes.
As soon as they came near his horse one
of them seized his bridle and aiming a pis
tol within a few inches of his body, fired.
The ball struck the left side and inflic
ted a considerable though not dangerous
wound. The other ruffian then aimed
another pistol at his head, and the bail
passed thro' the top of his hat without in
jury. He then knocked Mr. R. from his
horse with the butt end of his pstol, struck
him several blows after he was down and
gave him a stab in the right side with a
dirk or large knife. Evidently believing
him to be dead, they took his pocket
book, saddlebags and horse a short dis
tance into the woods and took from the
first near Jive hundred dollars, mostly in
paper on the bank of Kentucky. Mr.
Reynolds was found in the road by tha
sons of Mr. Sneed and carried to the
house of that gentleman. Yesterday he
returned to town. There is every proba
bility, that the ruffians were white men
discruised, who knew that Mr. R. had mo
ney, and way laid the road for the purposa
of robbing him particularly. This idea
is confirmed by the fact, that other gen
tlemen passed along the same road about
the same time. That such an atrocious
act should be perpetrated in the middle
of the day in a thickly settled neighbor
hood, and no fresh pursuit be made alter
the villains, is unaccountable. A consid
erable number of men was collected be
fore four o'clock; but we cannot learn
that any one thought of making any at
tempt to arrest the infernal outlaws, nc.r
was the affair known in town, although it
took place within seven or eight miles,
until one or two days afterwards !
Phil. UnizTi.
GEORGETOWN) S. C. JUNE 2.
A court of magistrates and freeholders
was convened on Thursday last, for the
rr. - -.
trial ot Jacfc, the property ot a Mr. 1 on-
burg, of Lancaster district, charged with
the murder of George R. Ford, Esq.
The evidence was verv conclusive, that
he was either the actual perpetrator of the
deed, or so far an accomplice as to
avc
been at the elbow of him who shot the fa
tal gun. The sentence of the law was
therefore pronounced, and ivill be executed
on Friday next, the 8Jh inst. ivhcn he ivill
behiaig near this town. During the whole
trial, the prisoner exhibited no one mark
of penitence or sorrow, but preserved the
utmost stubbornness of features and of
manner. 1 he trial of the other fellow
called Jack, the property of Mrs. Horry,
has been postponed, in oi'der to have his
testimony as to the identity otJoe, who is
yet in the neighborhood of Lucas's plan
tation on Santee, and who, it is supposed,
will be taken. He threatens to sell his
life dearly, and declares that he will not
be taken alive. Volunteer parties are still
going out, to assist their fellow-citizens ia
the discharge of a very important duty.
Amidst the painful feelings produced
by the unprovoked and malicious murder
of our worthy fellow-citizen, G. R. Ford,
Lsq. it is consolatory to observe the uni
versal sympathy which pervades the
breasts of every class of the community.
ne e.xertions of the miiitia have been
unremitted,; from Monday last to the
present moment, they have been day and
night occupied in scouring the woods and
swamps, to the distance of 20 or SO miles
lrom the town, nothwithstan Ung the ex
treme heat of the weather and the heavy
showers to which they have been exposed.
It is with pleasure we notice the verv
prompt and satisfactory reply of his Ex
cellency Gov. Bennett, to the cemmuni
cation made to him on this subject bv the
Intendant. Winy ay, Intelligencer.
t t- EXECUTION.
xJ rGv r? Garcia Castilano, and Man
fifiL ?G ?arcia wei e executed at Nor
fnr T "St inst' Pant to sentence,
Al!,tmU-aer f Peter Layette.
Aftei the prisoners had mounted the scaf
fold, Castilano addressed the spectators,
(.amounting tn Kf.., . C . j
rnT1 . , "ii anu o,uuu,j ami
concluded by declaring his inocer.ee.
sente,. 3,rS I"8 P'ln.iond, the prisoners
seated I nemsplvoc. i m f. . n
Dr rr-tru o " ine scat old, wnnc
AJ" v-?rinith. of .i, t .. ' i
delivvV. luc -etnodist Churcn,
discou a Very, feelinS appropriate
1
4
wv Vl ca companv, whiciifcr