CAROLINA SENTINEL AD NEWBERN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER.
NORTH
HP
COMMUNICATION
TQR THE SENTINEL.
; Anthony A. Delislc
vs
Ih&Xemlern Marine and Fire llnsurajtcrri,empy
Tl:. .J.' ' ' 'r ;r The dPCiaraUQH wu-
. . . . i: iiiciirKiiLc.uaii-M - -
Tamed iwo counts: lit. on a pemr ,
'm. .-... it, t,T Milford. valued at two mousaau
The plaintiff having closed bis case, the defendants
stated their objection to his recovery, and offered to read
the Reposition-of .two shipwrights of Charleston, as to
the Seaworthiness of the bri. This deposition was ob
jected to by the plaintiff, on the ground of its irregularity j
1st. Became toe deponents were not sworn by the uom
missioners to whom this Court had delegated the authori
ty to take the depositions, but the Commissioners then
selves were sworn, together; with the denonents, by a No
tary Public and Justice of the Quorum. 2J. The depo
sition itself, consisted of a Joint oath, signed Dy eacn ae
:. r : , . . i t
ponent. These objections; were overruled; iue vuuiv.
andnduruntil this id rewel shall he safely arrived at however, expressed some doubt, and the points werere
ana enuure uniu uir .faA c,-el. Rnd until she ..rvH ;nUn. ih ni.it.ir.hmild uree them atasubse-
P?.r:-c fi hnn ... Vood safety. I And nnnt IBr rth. .! Th testimony in behalf of the
frfiiM lawful, for tkfr said vessel, in her voy. defendants presented the maiumast as being from se-
MR. CALHOUN'S KEfLY TU MAJOR
EATON. :
; From the Pendleton Messenger.
Major Eaton has, in his late address, gratuitously
dragged my name into his controversy with a pait
of his associates in the late administration. The sta
tion which he recently occupied, and the relation in
which he ia well known to stand to the head of the
Executive branch of the Government, are calculate.!
to give more weight to his representations, at least
witn many,tnanwhat belongs to the anonymous com
munications of the day; yet I would have deemed his
statement nuworthv oi mv notice, had he connneu
himseli to the vague insinuations, which constitute tne
- - - - - vtrtf w- w. m o vomica niu i ii 1 1 j a a a. i mjm wwv. v " - . w uiu a Baua. i 1 ... i Mmcn A
no Official luicreumw: vlh ii"" oj.vit.iu i r- . --uitui Ol thpi.
,1-fferenc reason from what he alleges; a reason which zeal in the maintenance of their principle. N0pr
pverv individual, who nasevena moaeraie suarc ui uit vu.6vw. v.uUu...s llJC auministratioiy i "
lf-resnect, must deem amply sufficient, as a brief remote from truth. I was most anxious for the ?
was made, not at the early period he states, (which saw much I could not approve, yet I continued to SI!
-1 ,v0 imnrs:inn hp intends n him-mv suDDort, whenever I Dossiblv cnnM - ?lVe r
was necessury mu-iw, - ' , . , j '-vjusisipn.
rhpn if was known he wastobe appointed secretary ly w ui auiy.
of Was, but after he was appointed,' and took posses- 1 hat such was my course, I appeal with confide
i - rnf it it np ui'Mii'i ihi iiniir iiir.i if ii i llai v iiv ri viu jhhiuwiw a .4V4.-a ii i r n
SJ?. lj ,i' - rptnm Tpr Raton's visit. 1 of the bodv over which I Dreside. and n-bera
i i nnnn linn uca.iihu w - -- ,
- f
I called at his office a day
:urn jvirs. iaion s visii.ioiuicuuuyuvcrvvini.iix picisiuc, ana cspeciallv
or two before I left the the two Senators from Tennessee, both devoted Yr 1
age
lifarpaaid io proceed and sail to, touch and stay at venteen and a half, to eighteen inches hi diameter, in a ?reat 0f his address, as far as it relates to me.
any ports or p'laces, if thereunto obriged.bv Stress of wea perfectly decayed con
theri or other unavoidable accident, without prejudice to jtfjat it was broken offs
this Jinjurance. second, ine cummm nioucy youius.
Ambn the other ugiial stipulations,. the policy contained
the foitjwiii clause : "If the above vessel, after a regu
lar survey, should be condemned for being unsound, or
rotten, the assurers shall, not be bound to pay their sql-
igcriptioii on th'13 policy." The cause wai tried jm the
?Sth day of October, 1831, before his Honor Jous R.
--0&SKELX. tsq.iin conjuncrfon with a suit upon a policy
on goods by tne same vessel ; and in each case, the que
Iflons were, want of seaworthiness, deviation in the voy
aze. uiiskUfullness of the captain, and a want of sufficient
Lintir rrf shan.lnnmvur Tho brior Milford suited from
Rew London, in the state of Connecticut, about the 23 d
Ua of Sentembei 182fi hound for Surinam ; during the
Voyage, she encountered very severe gales of wind, and
in consequence of the violence of the w eather, was bouu.l
tliu lc, f fhrnrtr 1 07 trt HUt UltO 5t. BartUOlO
dition. and wholly unseawortny ;
off short at the partners, and that two-
thirds of the diameter ot the stump seemed to be in so
carious a condition as to render it unsate to go to sea witli
nrh a mast Fraements of the decayed mast Mrere exhi
bited to the jury, and it was also m evidence, that it the
mast were well bracea oy tne rigging it wouia support it.
until it received a sudden lurch. Experienced navigators
represented it to be tne duty ot the Uaptain of the Mil
ford, after the main-top-mast &c. had been carried away,
and was hanging to the mast, to cut it away, for the pre
servation of the mast, and that it was very unusual for a
mast to break at tne partners, unless it was decayed, or
the vessel exposed to a hurricane. It was also in evi
dence, that vessels of an inferior grade had survived the
same gate, wnnout any material miury. lhere was
much contradictory testimony upon the different points
in issue, and much information detailed to the jury, as to
tne greater probability of the mast of a ship breaking at
To give color to his general charges, he has ventur
ed, in a few instances, to descend into detail, and to
give statements of facts, but in a manner wholly
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erroneous: wnicn nowever, mignt De receivea Dy uie
public as true, were I to remain eilent. They have,
in fact, been already so received in some respectable
quarters. I am thus compelled, m sen deience, to cor
rect the errors ol his statements, as lar as tney con
cern me. The occurences which are the subject of
his address, are of a character to render me solicitous,
that the part I took in relation to them, should be
presented in the light which truth and justice require.
The memory of them will probably outlive tne pres
ent day and a decent regardTor the opinions of those
who are to succeed us, naturally makes me desirous
that I should not seem to have any other connection
with events, little calculated to do credit to the history
, . .i . r i r n i i. . -"ii.i rKi
t :r j K m fhat rn p.rt at me reouesi oi mv 01 ucii. jacKsuii. uoui iiieu oi irreat ci,.:. "
friend simpiv to state my impression of his quahfica- both having ample opportunities of forming a cort .
tion and not to urge his claim. . y p opinion of mycourse In fact every consider
After I had stated my impression in my inena s ia- puDiicaaq private, m noiior, uury and interest, fedm
. , :u t -. 0n t;fiid with his oualm- to desire the success of Gen. Jackfsnn'o j ' . ino
. . ii t . ,tqII ontiatifrt witn nis nuaiui- 1 10 uesire me success. 01 vjren. jacKsnn'o r,
mw fa T f I . 1 IT1H III' VV 1 ncii oitw.vv. 1 -w, o f 1 1 ( I 1 1 1 ,
? . ., rr .1 n1oo tr. annthpr I tinrv T h.id r.nntrihntpd J11 in mv nr ,1 -ira-
cat ons, but tnat ne nau oueicu . "r-y , ' V A ,1 .i ,V C , luinesuccK.
gentleman, whom nenamea, uui miunmi v,lvww, "icuungauonhicS
' . J I U I lU. L I. .1 -A. .1 i , Jr...! . I f.i , i L iT- l!x 1 1
mpvi lo renair. . Whilst there she was purcnas "jr c i uuunus man ai ine parjners, unless u was aeiecu e ur 0j man wnai i in ceainy ny,u.
affent of the Plaintiff, and iheinsurance effected py tne f decayed at the latter place. It is impossible to doubt that the main drill ol Mai
j .. - ... i w l i:. zee i . .r...ii-n. . . ... .. , .1
Vla.ntitr himseli, as above statea, in ius uu, mr n c 1'iamuu, upun iue ijuesuui. ui .' baton's address is to hold me up as tne real aumor
The counsel for the PUintiffiheirproceedeo to reaume tniness, conienaea, mat mere may be a parai unsounn- of me disC(jr(j,whichiis alleged to have prevailed
deposition of the captain of the Milford. which was o;.- Iness of particular timbers, which could not with propriety cabinet, and td wHich he endeavors to trace
led to btf the detendanu, on tne gruu.m u. ... uwuy iue tnnmaer ui M' ,ord ....... , :ro .i;!,,; a.i ,h;,h h hvthft nnhlic
was a deviation in the voyage, the captaW would ias scarcely a vessel sails on the ocean, without having . . , , ' i vV
some unsoundness in part iof her timbers, she cannot be ueueve, ouguiaicu in dwyvoiiumiwicwuic.v,
let
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CL I II CIO nO j -o-1 ' I
t. ;n.nmnoioni tn nrove that he had not been sruiltv ot a
! deviation: for if the Plaintiff failed, he would be Nspon
i sihl. to him for the consequences of such deviation, and
he would then labour under an interest in the event of the
cuit that the brif beinz found in Charleston, after the
cantain under the policy,, had made an election of ihe voy
Hire to Newbern, it was a prima facie cpe of deviation.
In support of irm position, defendants cited 3 Starkie on
i. 1730 2 N. R.374.
Gaston, contra, contended, that there was no al
f deviation by Plaintiff, and that there was no evidence
of that-fact before tlie court. The court overruled the
i ohjecfibri for the present, and the deposition was read
It appeared in evidence that upon thearrival of the Mil
i furi at St. Bartholomews, she wa in the opinion of the
Cflptain, sound and staunch inheruiasts, and that during
elation
denominated unsound or, unseaworlhy. merely because
individual consUtuent parts of her hull are in a state pi
decay. And further, that it required an assemblage of
such defects, to ascribe justly to. her the appellation ot
beine unseaworthy, and u the brie in question was ena
bled to" encounter the ordinary perils of the ocean, she
was seaworthy. Armoyd vs. Union Ins. to.ad tJinney s
Rep. 402. 2 Marshall on Ins. 153. With regard to the
sufficiency of the mast, to perform the voyage, and its
seaworthiness, the learned counsel made a novel and in;
genias argument, demonstrating, with mathematical ac
curacy and precision, the position which he assumed. He
contended that "the strength ot cylindrical beams are as
the cubes of their diameters." (2 Hutton s Main.
Cor. 4.)
'the' voyage to that place, the mainmast did not manifest A mast 18 inches through has a relative strength of
ir.
any signtof weakness or defect, though put to a severe
test by'the violence of the weather. After the purchase
J5yfthe agent of the plaintiff, she was put in complete r$
tair, and surveyed bv several captains of vessels, pro
liounced to be in complete order, and thought to be every
iway seaworthy. '-About (the 19th day of March, 1827, she
Uailed from t. Dartholojmews, boun.l for Newbem, and
on the 23th of the same inonth, encountered harl-blowing
and squally weather, in laikude 34. 8. N. the brig made
the land, and onthe29ih of March, at 2 o'clock P. M.
1 j,he made the light on Cpe Look Out, and hove to, and
lay oft" during the night. At day , light, the brig had
bf'eh st.lo the southward fey the currents, and she made
sail and beat to the windward,- during that day and the
; tiext. On the 3 1st of the same month, it began to blow
tery fresh from the North East, and at 3 o'clock P. M,
tlteyf)took in the top-gallant sails ; at 8-o'clock, the gale
uicrfasin, they took in the.roAinsail ; at 9 o'clock, double
reefed the topsails, and. at 2 o'clock A. M. sounded and
i tan nd ten fathouis of water. At 8 o'clock, the gale blew
I- with great fury, with a raging sea ; the foresail and fore
topsail, were taken in, and whilst they were furling the
t".n etopsailjjhe maintopmast was broken off and carried
r nway', hanging to the mast. At 9 o'clock; the trysail was
I t iken in, and at half past 11, the mainmast was broken
off and carried overboard, with: the maintopmast main
J s-Vd atid-maintopsail. The topgallant sailyards anil rig
it ginar btiig attached to the mast, and hanging thereto, it
; wns impossible to save antl Oaiing that the brig would
i" get on the slioals of Cape Look out, she being then near
them, and in a critical situation, and in order to clear the
mast and spars, they were cut away. Oil' the '1st of
f April, the gale continuing to blow with great fury aud
; - violence, at 4 o'clock P. M. the foretopmast was carried
I away close to the cap. On the 2d, the gale continued
H ery severe ; the vessel lay to,.under the maiu-stay-sail,
liei.it to the foremast. In latitude 32 46. N. the brig be-
iiig disabled from prosecuting her voyage, nd the Cap
tain deeming it necessary fer the safety of the vessel and
the. preservation of the -lives on board, to put into the
nearest port for repairs, on the 3d of April, t:e took a
pjlot off Charleston, bar, was tojved into that port, entered
his protest, and caused the veskel to be surveyed by the
'Wardens of the port. He iinmediately informed the
plaintiff of the situation of the brig, and of the steps he
had taken, and understanding that the Plaintiff had
abandoned her -to the underwriters, lie caused the brig to
be Vold The Captain was of opinion that the damage
sustained by the brigs was owing ntirely and exclusively,
to the extraordinary violence ot the gale, tnd not to any
weakness or defect in the masts, or other parts of the
vessel or rigging. Thu report of the survey by t h e" War
den of the Port of Charleston, stated, that the mainmast
. of the brijj was carried away, the stump of which was
partly .decayed in the heart, and that in their opinion,
the loss was not exclusively owing to the injvard decay,
ur to any one particular cause, but was rather, the una
voidable result of various causes combined, among which,
stress of weather was the principal ; and that the brig
m as injured in many different parts.
The Plaintiff, afier ascertaining the loss of his vessel,
addressed' the following letters to the Defendants, in-.
torming them of his abandonment of the hrijr.
" To the. President and Directors of the Tfewbern Marine
y aud lire insurance Company.
Gentlemen, 'r
"All the papers rclat'rve to the loss of the
brig Muford, have been before you.jaud,- no doubt, duly
. considered. ?It sepins that the prospect of any amicable
arrangement on the subject is at end. Under theae cir
cumstances, and iiotwithstautiing the sacrifice which the
act may occasion to me, I do, hereby, formally abandon
the sairt biiglo you, as totally lost. 1 ou are requested to
give me an early answer, whether you accept or rrject
the abandonment.
Respectfully, your obd't servant,
' - "A. A.DELI5LE. i
Xewbern, 7th May, 1827." , .
Upon this letter was the following endorsement : ' A
letter, whereof the within is a duplicate, was delivered to
me this 7th May, 1827. JOHN S.NEAl),
, - . .. " Vrcs't K. M. F. Ins. Comy'y."
S The riaiatiff haying waited some time for a reply, and
. Hot having received any, addressed the following note to
Ojp Defendants:'
" To the President and Directors of . the Ntwbcrn Marine
and Fire Insurance Company.
"Gentlemen, ,
' " On the 7th inst. I, made an abandonment
to you oH be brig Milford, and requested a speedy an
swer, whetheryou accepted or rejected the abandonment.
As veti I have received no answer. It. Uperhaps proper
to apprise jhou, that I have informed Captain Farrell of
me fact of the abandonment, that he ts to be governed by
such instructions as yon shall give, and that if you give
none, lie must act as he shall judge proper, for the iute
ret of all concerned. ;
u Respectfully, yours, A. A. DELISLE."
.' i,,wb?rn. 10th May, 1827."
l bis note contained n similar endorsement to the for
u wuas s,Sned by the President of the Company.
' rT,w it.-. !
....tr,1"" aaenc. Gentlemen: It is time that I
JXX1 85832
If it be rotten J of its diameter in the centre, this ; nc
:aKes away oi strengtu, ppqo j
Leaving a strength equal to ;
But a mast 17 inches thick; and perljectly sound
has a strength of but J7Xt7 Y1
Less than that of the former by
Suppose a mast 18 inches through, and the cen-
tral half rotten, its relative strength is, deduct-
inff 9X 9X 9729 from 5832 ! S
The strength of a sound mast 17 inches thick is ? ,
5616
5582
24
5103
49.13
4104
. t
on my part, in relation to the succession to tne rresi
dential chair. ;
With tliis view, anl in order to give a political
aspect to the refusal ol Mrs. Calhoun to visit Mrs
Mrs. Eaton, he states, that she and my sell
ii , i c . . i j ; n .
cauea in me nrsi instance on mm ana -lvirs,
Eaton, durincr their absence at Philadelphia, inten
ding it to be inferred that in declining intercourse af
terwards, we were actuated by political motives, and
not by considerations connected with duty. Unfor
tunately lor Major Eaton, his statement is not correct
Mrs. Calhoun never called on Mrs. Eaton at the
time he states, nor at fny other time before, or since ;
nor did she ever leave her can! for her, nor authorize
anyone to do so; and she is entirely ignorant through
what channel, or by what agency her card could come
into his and Mrs. Eaton's possession; to which I
add, that it was not done through my agency, or
with my consent or knowledge. If Ma j. Eaton had
reflected, he would have seen that there must have
been, to say the least, an imposition somewhere
He states, that our visit took place while they were
m Philadelphia, and, of course, preceded their call
which, as he represents, took place after their return
and which, he must know, according to the usage
that governs intercourse at the place, could not oc
cur. The Senators and their families invariably
make the first call on' the Vice President arid his
family; and in conformity with this rule, Maj. Eaton
had called on me, on my arrival at Washington, be
fore his marriage, which afterwards returned ; and,
not finding him at honje left my card. This was
probably, while he was Absent at Philadelphia, and
was the only intercourse I had with him, as far as I
can recollect, during the whole session, except what
took place in the senate chamber, or when we casual-
the same time, if he should decline, my friend would it im
receive the appointment. I remarked, that the per- It
ia tvith ivrin tVint T hfivo fnrtoA u
ntvimrniH i . riuai nou, uu. i i vu uivNt- r tr .
i rr j nron norfprtlv Inn thp nlYm1npnt Ri.hipr.tJ nf thia rn .lC.ri
sou to whom tie nau onereu me pux, K -. - r. . """""unication
i- i j ui t a cntro trnrd tn weaken i j. lie uuetsLiuii luvoivea in iwrs. h.atnnv 1 ..
quaiinea, anu uwi 1 cuum ui .j u vr . . . . lL . . r,jrr ,. . , . 'fiation
1 . ' . . . i r- L .n1ninn nrith I thn crvitr m Wflchinrrtnn ho nntvo) T " W
lis claim. .Besides nis quaiincauons, iu& lcicn-n . v..v - v . ft M "y . 1 TO"Ceived
. i . . x a r.:nKr h'ta trhnap. I clusivftlv to her sex. and conld nm ho ; 1. , . '
ftT "If J T IU-4WI II r I I I I I II IL11U1 T I"- j 1 III 1 I l ih
liio vvaoai iwwtuuiufci..v j , . j . i . w-."vu H Tyv .
name I had preseuted, and as between tliem it couia uucai couBiuemuuus, ur umwn mm public discussion '
rmt ihlvh a source of offence, that the former was without painful consequences.- I acwd nn ti ? '
selected ; which, all who know me, will admit, when views in my correspondence with Gen. Jackson r
I say the gentleman selected was uoi. uaasaeu. um ..uc ct.it u. me use maae ol it by h(e
The next day I received a letter from Gov. Hamilton, who by their artful machination, have placed Gp?
tnen a memDer oi congress, 10 wum iiuj. . ---- ,jr v wam.nj but th
r l ..- a . . A a n t-m n nr.i ! I I - r - iifli iiiiiiuiiir i w ir.i rr I nn ii
alludes as my ineno, siaung mm uc nwuc appw.- ; "v r"1- could tend t,
tion to Ma Eaton in lavor ot the person lor wnom i iuiaw me ueatiuu . uU me luuunai 10 which it-nmn.
had applied, with the tavora&ie result oi nis appucct- cny uiu e ueiuuKcu, restrained me fwl.
tion. Kjn tne sirengin oi mis, as wen as ma jjiui.hq i ',uic 'rrespondeni
to me, 1 wrote to my menu enclosing vjtuv. nuiiiiny
letter, and informed him he might expect the appc-intr
n r . a . a 1 a.
mpnt with r.onhdfince. as 1 lelt almost certain uiai
Col. Gasden would decline the office. He did de
cline;but, contrary to promise, another person was
appointed, without giving me any explanation, then,
or since. It w-.s this breach of promise, remaining
still unexplained, which interposed a barrier on my
part to farther official intercourse between us ; and,
not as Major Eaton represents, the mere refusal to
ce.
though calculated to throw lifht
oeiweeu us uuu lusieuginen me in the conflict
J. C. CALHOUX.
Suppose the 18 inch mast is two-thirds rotten )
U strength is, deducting 12X12X12 (1728;
frora 5832 S
A sound mast 16 inches through is 16 X16 XI 6 4096
The concluding argument made by this distinguished
jurist was pronounced to be the ablest intellectual etidrt
ever heard or witnessed here
Bryan and Stanly for the defendants, contended, that
the plaintiff's case rested materially upon the evidence of mej. parties
uB ,rtsler ,ui,e, no pre.uineu ui oe i This js ROt the firgt that Mrs. Calhoun has
in farm r nic pmn nvr nnrl is fhoroluro ciicr.irir.ua. II '
Mrh i.... iKQ iw ihr hpin,, Du.ac n .rrinf.AH contradicted the statement that she had visited Mrs
u-nrrohiuinoi-orv 'iirv '.iht ih i.m cKaiih cpnvinr. Eaton. It was reported at the time, that she had
thy, neither the ignorance nor innocence of the insured, visited Mrs. Eaton, and that her card had been left
liui aiijr ii ckaui iuiis uc may unic laivcu to inane uci arza- uu) v uu ruiiuuit . . njv utr, iiuiiiniuiii1
worthy, will avail him against the breach of his irjnplied as directly and pointedly as she now does, and in
warranty, l aiarsh. lo J. Joy. 6 Kent's Com, lot. 4tu particular to two respectable ladies irom Tennessee,
Bac. Ab. 657. Why was the brieinal voyage to Surinam
abandoned? and why was the brig sold in transitu, un
less she was found to be unseaworthy ? The facts disclo
sed much unskilfulness oh the part of the Master, who
was always held liable for an error of judgment, &c.
In case of a total loss, as soon as he is informed of it, the
insured must elect to abandon or not. If he mean lo
abandon, he must give reasonable notice to the insurers,
otherwise he will waive bis right to abandon. 2 Marsh.
590. Aldridge vs. Bell, I Starkie Rep. 498 the notice
must be given by the first opportunity, and as speedily as
possible. 2 Marshall, 592, 594. If the insurer offer to
aoanaon ior a total loss, tne survey ot the vessel is a ne
cessary part of the preliminary protrf;'to"l)e-exhibited to
the insurers, and must be produced to them, with the
other documents, before the commencement of the action,
or some account given why they were not produced.
Haff vs. Mar. Ins. Co. 4 Johns. Rep. 132. j 4 Bac. Ab.
657. 2 Philips on Ev. 54. 1 1 Mass. Ren. 264. The acci
dent occasioning the loss, must be stated, or described
with certainty, so as to enable the underwriter to! deter
mine whether he will accept &c. 2 Marsh. 601. Kine
vs. Del. Ins. Co. 2 Wash C. C. Rep. 300. !
His Honor, Judge Donnell, delivered an able charge
to the jury, who, after a ishort absence from the box, re-
lurneu a verciici in tavor ot the plaintiff, for the
ono thousand nine hundred and thirty-one doll
thirty cents. j
sum of
ars and
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LIST OP TIIE AMERICAN NAVY
FOR
Milfhrd T rti.Tf r r irom you, on the subject ot the
Kaita V Pres;-
and deny altogether you U.U.S2 abandonment
this be yoarflUd drtmi&yii U
Vommanicate it. in, decisive term, tLl ? Eoodr5' 0
time in asserting what I believe tobe mv rilh!""7 ?
Respectfully, your obedt. servt. X A DFTfUr
" May 21st, 1827." " IJELISLE.
This note was endorsed similarly as the above a
evidence as to the degree ot rottenness or decay
nainmast, wnicn, was oroKen oa at the partners, and
this fact constituted the main ground of defence,' it mav
he eipedient to give a synopsis f the testimony.' y
: xii uir? niuicw ii kilo uisiuiiu vuuburreQ, in renrt.
stHiting the mast as seaworthy, and of sufficient strength
"to'perlorm the intended xoytge, and more especially, as
during thi most violent part of the gale, the main-top-mast
.was carried away, and! eft the mainmast standing ; and
r&cy alc6fscurrea i'l the facts fa!edin the urvey.
ne-
much
n the
Names of Vessels.
Independence,
Franklin,
'Washington,
Columbus,
Ohio,
North Carolina,
Delaware,
United States,
Constitution,
Guerriere,
Java,
Potomac, f
Brandywinej
Hudson,
Congress,
Constellation,
Macedonian,
John Adams,
Cyane,
Erie,
Ontario,
Peacock,
Boston,
Lexington,
Vincennes,
Warren,
Natchez, ,
Falmtuth,
Fairfield,
Vandalia,
St. Louis,
Concord,
Dolphin,
Grampus,
Porpoise,
Shark, -t ,
Built. j
Boston, 1814,
Philadelphia, 1815,
Portsmouth, 181fJ,
Washington, 1819,
New York, 1820,
Philadelphia, 1820,
Uosport, 1820.
Philadelphia, 1797,
Boston, 1797,
Philadelphia, 1814,
Baltimore, 1814,
Washington, 1822,
Washington, 1825,
Purchased 1826, i
Portsmouth, 1799,
Baltimore, 179r3,
Captured, 1812,
. Charleston, S. C
Captured, 1815,
Baltimore, 1813,
Baltimore, 1813,
Iew York, 1813,1
, Boston, 1825, j
New York, 1825,!
New York, 1826,!
Boston, 1826,
Norfolk, 1827, !-'
Boston, 1827,
New York, 1828,'
Philadelphia, 1828,
Washington-, 1828,
Portsmouth, 1828,
Philadelphia, 1821,
Washington, 1821,
Portsmouth, 1820,
Washington, 1821,
Purchased, 1823,
Captured, 1812,
Purchased, 1823.
1798,
Fox;
Alert, store ship.
Sea Gull, do.
VESSELS BUILDING.
Where Building
1831.
Guns,
74
74
74
- 74
74
74
74
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
36
36
36
24
24
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
12
12
12
12
3
considerably, of the quantity on hand.
The following is the estimate to which weal
lude, and which has been extensively circula-ted-in
the newspapers :
Coffee estimate of the Un ited States for 163L
The following is believed to be as correct a;
a calculation of this nature will admit..
Stock on hand in the United States, Sept. I
1831. '
Boston and eastern ports
Nqw York - -
Philadelphia -
Baltimore -
Charleston, New Orleans, Savan
nah, Mobile, &c. &c.
(wives of members) who then resided in an adjoining
boarding house.
1 he erroneous statement of Maj. E. compels me to
give a correct version of what actually occurred ; but
which 1 never intended to intrude on the public, and
now state, ivith great reluctance, even in self deience.
When he and Mrs. Eaton mad& their visit, I was not
at home, as he states, and cid not return till after they
Had retiredi When 1 returned, Mrs. Calhoun men
tioned they; h id been there, and said she would not
have known who Mrs. Eaton was, had she not been
with Mr. Eaton, as the servant had not announced i
their name. She of course treated them withcivilitv.
She could; not, with propriety, do otherwise. The re
lation which Mrs. Eaton bore to the society of Wash
ington, became the subject ot some general remarks.
l he next morning she intormed me, that she had
made up her mind not to return hervisit. She said,
that she considered herself a stranger in the place;
knew nothing ot Mrs. Eaton, or the truth, or false
hood ofj the imputation on her character; and that
she conceived it to be the duty of Mrs. Eaton, if in
nocent to open her intercourse with the ladies who
had the best means of forming a correct opinion of hex
conducCaud not: with those who, like herself, had no
means of forming a correct judgment: I replied,
that 1 approved ol her decsion, though I foresaw the
difficulties 4n which it would probably involve me ;
btlft that I viewed the question involved, as paramount
to all political considerations, and was prepared to
meet the consequences, as to myself, be they what
they might.
So far from political motives having any influence
in the course adopted, could they have been permitted
to have any weight in the question, the very reverse
course would, have been pursued. The road to favor
and patronage lay directly before me, could I have
been base enough to tread' it. The intimate relation
between Gen. Jackson and Mai. Eaton was well
known as well as the interest that the former took in
Mrs. Eatons case; but, as degraded as I would have felt
myself,had I sought power in that direction, I would not
have considered jhe infamy less had we adopted the
course we did trom any other motive, than ajiifjh and sa
crearegaru to amy. it was not in lact, a question
nf the exclusion of one already admitted into society,
but the adm 83ion of one already exclded. Before the
marriage, while she was Mrs. Timberlake, she had
Xames.
Alabama,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Pennsylvania;
New York,.
Santee, .
Cumberland,
Sabine "
Savannah,
Raritan, '-H
Columbia, . )
x.awren'ia.
St.
Portsmouth.
Boston,.
Boston,
l Philadelphia,
Norfolk,
Portsmouth,
Boston, .
New York,
New York,
Philadelphia
Washington,
Norfolk,
Guns.
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74
74
74
74
44
44
44
44 .
44
44
not been admitted into the society of Washington :
and the real question was, whether her marriage with
Maj. Eaton, should open the door already closed on
her ; or, in other words, whether official rank and pat
ronage should, or not, prove paramount to that cen
sorship which the sex; exercises over itself, and on
which, alt must acknowledge, the purity and dignity
of the female character mainly depend. Had the case
been different ; had a scheme been formed to exclude
Mrs. Eaton, with political views, as is insinuated, the
folly would have been equalled only by its profligacy.
Happily for our country, this important censorship
is too high an4 too pure to be influenced by any po
litical considerations Whatever. It is equally beyond
the scope of power, or Influence, to exclude the virtu
ous and unsuspected female from society, as experi
ence has found it is to raise the suspected to that ele
vation. This point may now be considered settled
unless, ipdeed, the public should permit the fruits of
the great victory that has been achieved, in favor of
thejnonkls of the country, by the high minded inde
pendencje and virtue of the' ladies ol Washinnton to
be lost by perverted and false representations of the
real question j?t issue, j '
With the same view, and not much less erroneous
ly, Maj.jEaton has given a statement of mv anrdi.
tion to him in favourjof a friend for the place of chief
clerk in the War Department. He has so drawn un
his statement, as to make an impression, tha.1 1 suspen
ded all official intercourse with him, because he refu
sed to comply with mv aDDlication. The fact i fr
wfif fiArwricA T It ia tmo Kn. -. L a
1 J2ry-' v umi at me requesi my iriena,
"" rtiwj a warm miu tievotp.n rrifnri ni i Tpnoroi
Jackson, and had suffered from his attachment to him, that
I did present his name to maj. Eaton, and that l,had) zeal
patronage ol the government against me I had nothing
through which to exercise it. 1
Having corrected the errors ofMajorEaton'sstate
ments and inferences, wherever he has decended into
particulars, it only remains to repel his general charg
es and insinuations, which I do by a direct and posi
tive contradiction. It is not true, that I attempted
to excercise any cont rol in the formation of the late
cabinet or to influence its patronage, or that J made
any attempt to embarrass the Administration in the
Senate or elsewhere, or am any way responsible for
the dissolution of the late cabinet; unless, indeed, the
refusal of Mrs. Calhoun to visit Mrs. Eaton on grounds
exclusively connected with the dignity and purity of
hersex, or the vindicatoln of mycharacter againstan
unprovoked and unfounded attack, should be consid
ered sufficient to render me responsible. These are
my only offence. In truth, the reverse of all of these
general charges and insinuations is true." Gen.
Jackson never consulted me, as to the formation of his
cabinet. He was even then, as it now appears, alien. -ed
from me, by means which have been explained on
a former occasion . As he did not consult me, I had too
much self-respect and regard for the dignity of the
office I held, to intrude my advice ; while the disinteres
tedness of my particular friends freed me from all
solicitude on the score of patronage.
As a body, they neither sought, nor desired office.
The most prominent of them, those who had taken
the most decided and effective part in favor of Gene
Jackson's election, had openly avowed their determi
nation not to take office. In supporting him they
were actuated by far different, and much more eleva
ted motives, than the low and sorbid ambition that
looks to power and patronage. Their object was to
maintain principle which they believed to be essen
tial to the liberty and happiness of the country to re
store the administration of the General Government
to the true principles of the Constitution, and to arrest
that courseot events wliich was rapidly bringing tie
great interests of the country into the rost daigfrous
mm,i, aim so mucn nignerdid they hold these
35,000 tars
30,000 do-
25,000
25,000
do
do
3O;O00
do
Estimate receipt from Sept. 1st
to March 1st
145,000 bag?.
55,000 to
200,000
Or, at 125 lbs. per bag, 25 millions lbs.
NEWBERN PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED EVERY TUESDAY.
-,1 .i ' . , wwiu uC VUU-
siuciauousj uiau ine elevation of anv man tn
that "SIS '(3 T.q11 lmwn 1 J - . . .. '
- ivuuwii, peiiamg tne election, while
alop 1 supporting General Jackson, they refused,
BEESWAX, lb. - -BUTTER,
do.
CANDLES, do. -COFFEE,-
do.
CORN, bbl. quantity,
CORN MEAL, bushel,
CORDAGE, cwt. -COTTON,
do. -COTTON
BAGGING, Hemp, yd.
Flax, do.
FLAX, lb.
FLOUR, Rochester, bbl.
, Baltimore, do.
, Nortli Carolina, do.
. IRON, Bar, American, lb. f
Russia &, Swedes, do.
LARD, lb. - v - -LEATHER,
Sole, lb
' , Dressed, Neats do.
Calf Skins, tlozen,
LUMBER; Flooring, 1 inch, M.
Inch boards, - do.
Scantling, - do.
Square Timber, do.
Shingles, Cypress, do.
Staves, w. o. hhd. do.
Do. RED OAK, do. do.
Do. w. o. bbl. do.
Heading, hhd. do.
Do. bbl. do.
MOLASSES, gallon,
NAILS, Cut, all sizes above 4d. lb
, 4d. and 3d. - do.
wrought, - - do.
NAVAL STORES, Tar, bbfc
Turpentine, dot
v Pitch, do.
' Rosin, do.
Spirits Turpentine, gall.
Varnish, - do.
OIL, Sperm. - - do."
Whale & Porpoise, do.
Linseed, - - do.
PAINTS Red Lead, lb.
WRfte Lead, ground in oil, cwt.
PROVISIONS, Blcon, lb.
Hams, do.
Beef; bbl.
Pork, mess, do.
Do. prime, do.
Do. cararo. do.
SALT, T. Island, bushel, quantity,
reauiorc, do. (none.)
Liverpool, fine, do.
SHOT, cwt. - .
SPIRITS, Brandy, French, gall.
Apple Brandy, do.
; Peach da do.
Rum, Jamaica, do.
Do. wind ward kPd do.
Do. New England, do.
Gin, Holland, " do.
Do. American, do.
Whiskey, . do.
STEEL, German, - lb.
English, blistered, do.
SUGAR, Loaf, - do.
- do.
- do.
do.
- do.
- do.
- do.
do.
- gall.
r d0.
17
20
12
13
00
50
14
7
50
00
18
12
8
6 50
6 50
5 00
5
6
8
25
1 50
22 00
12
8
8
17
1
18
7
8 .
IS
8
- 26
8
9
15
90
50
50
30
25
90
35
00
15
7
9
a)
25
14
14
60
16
7
20
15
10
6 75
50
10"
3 00
30 00
M
9
9
18
20
8
20
10 28
30
15
1 00
1 55
16
12
9
11
Lump,
Brown,
TEA, Imperial,
Gunpowder,
Hyson, f
Black, 1
TALLOW,
WINE, Madeira,
iTenerifle
50
65
75
40
45
50
20
80
45
25
40
40
16
10
19
16
7
60
GO
50
80
8
60
40
18
10
13
10 50
60
60
25
90
1 50
18
12
20
18
8
80
Bostonv Oct. IS.
Coffee, We are informed that the nm.
of coffe now in the Custom-H
' v w i in t n i .m
city, awaiting the reduction of the dutv. ,;,..
grant the appointment, which of itself would never " " January next, is fiftv
have had the least effect with me. It there snouia muuottuu aga, auum uni MILLIONS
ne any aouot as to tne promise, or me nine o: iue up- x j. t ltjv x. wnxjis. quantity
plication, the letter ot (jrovernor Hamilton to me, ana of coffee is there in the'eustom-house stnrPC A,'
' : -l J I 4 K nC ... 1 . .' U T 4 k m I T -X.T I I ! V. t.. --"its oi
iiiiiie lo my menu, uuiu ui uiuii i eupic iV iiew i orK, r niiaaeipnia, Baltimore and Charl
existence, will establish the correctness oi my state- t ? Will some of the editors in thn II
meat. -: ...!. ., . ""-vuMces
But it seems that I am to be held responsible for "" i ,"U lurmsh lhci
tne supposed teuus oi the late uaoinet anu its aissoiu- i ' .. : "ianuni vtc
tion. because, as Mai. Katon states. -an ardent tnend Hua'v vi uuvv in mis conntrv
oi me v ice rresiaeni saia in iou, mat. lviai. ruaiou gc",y -vtu csnniciie recentlv nuh
is nui me iriena oi ivir. oainouii. n wouia nave ueeu nsiieu in me papers: so iar as liostnn fc
inucn more sausiaciory, n ivia . jaton, naa given uie cernea, weareinlormedthatest mato fnllc o,..
"umvv jl uno oupj jj.z i-i tin uvij w i i-ij. li ib tiuivj yj i. j
and circumstances, not only to enable him to give
nis statement ot the occurrence, but to afford me an
opportunity of judging how far I ought to be respon-
II T . ail i l.a.i i
sibie. it would have been both to him and me an
act of simple justice, which, as far as 1 am concerned,
would have been particularly desirable, as I must ob
ject to the competency of Mai. Eaton and his associ
ates, to determine who are, or who are not, my friends
1 hey appear particularly' liable to error on this point
But a short time since it was gravel v charged, in an
almost official quarter, that my friends had a meeting
to expel him Irom the Cabinet, when it turned out,
on turther disclosures, that thev were all rrent emen
from the Western States, Tennessee, Kentucky and
Louisiana, and devoted friends to Gen. Jackson, ac
tuatedolely by a regard for the success and honor of
his administration : a step, of the existence of which I
was ignorant till after the meeting, and of the parti
culars, till disclosed by the recent publications. Hf to
this I add Maj. Eaton's own liability to fall into error
in determining who are or are not my political friends,
as disclosed in his late address, it will not, Jam sure,
be' thought unreasonable, that I should object to his
competency. When it isneceasary to hold me, res
ponsible for scenes, the odium of which he shows un
common anxiety to shift to the shoulders of others,
he errs, on that point, in relation to two of his late as
sociates in the administration. If, in his anxiety to
implicate me, he mistakes the political relations be
tvyee.n Mr. Branch and Mr. Berrien, and myself,
gentlemen of whose sentiments one would suppose he
could not be ignorant, we may reasonably suppose
that he is equally mistaken in the case under conside
ration. The inference he would draw from Gen. Green's
course, in relation to myself, can scarcely deserve
more than a passing notice. Uen. Green's course
has been of his own choosing, without an attempt on
my part to mnuence him. Such an attempt would
indeed have been perfectly idle. If he should be sup
posed to be governed by base and selfish views, how
could I influence him ? I had nothing to rrive. where
he had much to lose. On the contrary supposition.
that he was governed by a sense of truth and justice,
an attempt lo innuence mm was unnecessary. My
course, I trust, afforded ample motives of that descrip
tion. If it had not, it would have been vain in me,
on the supposition of his honesty, to have attempted
to obtain his support ; as it clearly would have been,
on the opposite, to have obtained it'at all.
As I have been compelled to speak of Gen. Green
it is due, in justice to him to sav, that I believe Gfn'
Jackson had no friend mare zealous and honest in his
cause. Whatever may be his present feelings, I
know from his own declarations, that he was early
and decidedly enlisted in favor of his re-election. His
own interest evidently lay in that direction, as I be
lieve his views of public policy did. If he has since
changed his opinion, many causes may be found in
what has since trranspired, without attributing it to
any imaginary influence over him, tnmy part, when
u must De apparent to all, with the whole powier and
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