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/ The far t is that, in saying Mr. Hart's lock is no improvement upon the kinds in use be- fore it, we said not one half that the facts would warrant. Our gunsmiths and our hunters have both examined and tried Mr. Hart's lock, and they uniformly pronounce it by far the most worthless of the whole nine different kinds with which they are ac- quainted. They consider the invention one without merit; and the undue exertions that have been made to weigh names against experi- ence, and thus reudcr it popular, are the best possible evidence that they are not mistaken. The matter is not one in which wc feel any prcsonal interest, for both men are strangers to us : but the preference we have expressed for Mr- Davis' invention is fully warranted by its actual merit, and will be continued by all practical men. mtsftetot FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1527. was driven back; and succeeded i * entering the creek, bj rain, jad search is now mak- ing for them. While at Cherry Hill, Strang conducted the otlicers into the wow's to a tree in which the Harbour, about 11 o'clock. A . M. At this place, wc learn, that tin: tow-path below the Bulfelo canal, is som« in 3 u ^ M^ r e^e bullets: and about which were but we know ot no P«operty H*\**^ Serri smne pieces of glass. He say, 8«oftb«»^coMtruct e dw^ki«tAe J^fJ^^J^SSd whether a ball tired Basin, near the Sloop Lock, it was feared, that ue was uouuuui . .. . Nev Tost Qjftc+^Xuev Fust-office- has been recently established in the town of Amora, in tWis enmity, railed (liijfias Mills Post OJjirc— JAMES IVES, Esq. Post-Master. The editor of the Buffalo Patriot is out up- on us this week, in true percussion style, for the notice we took of his remarks respect- ing Mr. Harts gun lock. He disposes of me certificates of Messrs. Brown and Ma- comb, ice. in a very summary way, by at- tempting to ridicule the idea that a high of- fice should qualify a man to judge of so cu- rious a piece of mechanism as a gun lock ; and then he brings forward his Buffalo hunt- ers and gun smiths, who he says have all ex- amined and used Mi. ILul's lock and uni- formly pronounce it the most worthless of nine different kiuds with which they are ac- quainted. Now, this is jn fact stepping over all Hounds of pi\>'nab#ty, and will <xo well with the boy's story ot 'tbejCce hundred cuts. published in the same paper. To believe Ibis, we mif3t suppose the commanding gen- eral of the United States' army, with many other officers who have recommended Mr. Hart's lock, and who must of necessity un- derstand the use of lire arms, are all incapa- ble of judging of the merits of a gun lock. As a farther ei ideoee tint Mr. Hart's inven- tion has some merit, we would jest state that Mr. Hart has, within a few days, sold pat- nuts for his lock to the amount of more than a thousand dollars; and although he keeps IU constant employ live or six workmen, he is scarcely able to supply the call for rifles. Frtdonia G&zctte. ENGLAND The debate in the house of commons, at the time when the new min- isters took their seats, is interesting; but it is too long to admit of our publishing even a sketch of it. The ministers who have re- signed their places came out strongly in op- position to the new administration, ami ex- plained at length their motive in withdraw- ing; which is predicated principally upon the Catholick question. Mr. Canning, iu return, has explained his views—he sajs that Catholick emancipation is not to be made a cabinet question ; that his views on the subject remain unchanged, but that the simple circumstance of his being prime min- ister is all that this question »vill gain by his elevation—that all that ministers do in rela- tion to it is to be done in their individual ca- pacity. In whatever light Mr. Canning's I ({an , Q|1 inqililill? , ho ^ „f ,bt elevation may be viewed, it is pretty clear sud H en irruption, we learnt that some j ^y ^ u ', e cannonading kept up by that liberal principles have gained an impor- than a mile, in a volume of some two HS^JSlK^^ \^ ^ *\ ^\^ ^SSSS about achate in theI the coo. and liorr!d delusion with which | tor descend,,,, them, and we think ,ba adhere. It ,s°as cold and unpleasant j he acted. i custom was a guod one „ h« way as Octoher.-iJ.'a-:A- Rock Gaz.tic. **™>S *? f**** out ^2 , ^ • j ,he P^P\*/* was enab,, ' ( > !il \ »?« «\ , ... j pers ot arsenreb were concealed in an out ^^ ^^ m |( ^. f ^ ( , )e ^ rf ^j,, \bout 10or 11 o'clock Imd •l«itwl l,<Mi ^*'^i C ^^^^ W ^^i^!^SlTSI«*- The tax was light, and levied Aooox iu or 11 o CMCK, ana «mi»«% uarvaae of adnnmsteriog to \\ hippie, suouM , o» the most violent stage of the gale, our c-1 J ! ,. olluu : tv 01 f er . upon a clas* ol indmdoali able to bear tizens were astounded hv the sudden; —— it. >V bat is every body's business, is rush through our village,of a cavalcade j The Gazette of this morning gives very apt to be neglected ; and in of post coaches, hacks and waggons, ^ fouling extract of a letter truss an with a due proportion of horsemen,! rffcet of the U. S. sloop of war Ontario which did not halt until it had reached j j^^ m mMj ^pril 3. the banks of the Scajaquedy, near the j u i n December we niaile a harbour at Salamis, and from our anchorage course of lime, the public! are likely. be deprived ol a high gratifications tn satisfy some ill founded spleen whirl) has possessed the head ol one of his .Majesty's officers. tant triumph—wc only dislike his colon )r - mischievous wag had circulated a report j ^ 'forks (from the summit of Mount j X ial in Buffalo, that the Black Rock <! ; '^<, Museum; on ihe Acropolis, which v>T-j to ll The election of the \Giant Webster\ le I.'. S. Senate is alike honourable GOVERNOUR CLINTON has taken a tour to the east, ou the line of the Farming- ton canal, where he is feasted and toasted— not to say worsbtppcd. Whether in this tour j he has the same object in view which he had I in a certain other excursion, ?oino years gone by, or Whether it is in reality only to j ^ iew the line at\the canal and contribute to I his own amusement, we do not pretend to divine. MBt,\ had greedily swallowed the bait —put all the liveiy stables in requisi- tion—and, regardless of their own dan- gers and troubles, kindly came u down to the ltock' ,J to sympathise and eon- dole with us in oar misfortunes. We sincerely thank them for this mark ol regard, and rejoice that they were ena- bled to return under a state of feeling more tranqnil and composed than that ! which occasioned their sortie. —ft. siegers ' shot. Rumour states that the Futks who have possession of the Town of Athens, have destroyed the beautiful temple of Theseus, which at the period to the ancient seat of the lk« boisterous and corrupt leaders c quailing influence of his reproach. His presence will restrain the intemperate, his watt bfttlness expose the desigr ing, and his talents confound and overwltelm /\ NR1 A CLEVER DUN. JVbtiee. —For the special acemmodation nftbose who are indebted to us, and who may he attending court this and next weei we ht r. by give notice, that we shall be In attendance at oar printing office, fmhiS of the o'clock in the morning until 9 ot the j o'clock in ihe evening, during the aforesaid time, to attend to the adjostincnt of our a<:- connts. We do not ask for muoey j we hare an abundance of that (due us ) and are subd^ for more, when we do not pay cur ethts.— 'Tis a stt'tleinent we desire; and i: it is not convenient for those indebted to pay the money, w »• K i are tnanv whose On Snndav morning, a schooner was A long article on our tirst page, B word.; dfe ^ (e( , abou| g m][ ^ ^ ^ ^ :' • ': s attention, cspecjally at | wa , ef logged She 1)ll)V ,.j ,„ be the Surprise, wi Round 0,in Canada, Capt. this season of festivity. W POST OFFICE has been « * tauli-hed at the foot of < bautaucfiie lake die west part of the town of FUioott, hv tl I'lnliii Secord. A man, which proves \lo be th'\ captain, was found ;>n board i ' j dead, entangled in the rigging near the e windlass, 'i'iie vessel was a complete DameoftfvnejasaYSaame] W hittemorepesl ! %v ,eck, both masts having been carried • tak:- their notes, 'J'lie;e notes are a. good as their All coramtrnications for the ^e>-i away in tin ale tier rudder gone partofEUioott,or nVe north east part atElyhmtches nff, and bulk heads stove in.— iery, should he directed Iu this office. Y • She was last from Cleaveland, and was \^•^ / ! retarning emptv, with a crew consisting AN IMPORTAXT ITEM. [of the capt. two hands and a b.f, all Mr. EdUrrr.—H m a la«, thwogh perkaps I D f , | lom lt ; s imposed are tost. She not generally known, that the number oft i • . . i , .i , : . lias since been towed down the lane to word—and alittle bctter.- i R'j sheep slaughtered for tuo years past, has i. cr known before: the (i Wi &ai >pl to plant ti, Banner at the Souti-. I --,. angled if, or the snow shall be our winding been greater than number of sheep-skins purchased in and . within :\U- en i:::!^ of tuts city, amounts to i i I \2 each war; and should congress of- fer no further protection to i his important i b ai ch of ^gricnlture, it is believed that the ' thtit place. The unfortunate captain has left a wife and fourteen children. jiujfalo Journal. The scbr. Kuclntif, of this port, went Aeet, and cur requiem shall be chaun- s,au ^ci will be much jreXter tor two sue- ted Circle »y ilia bentos ci the Antarctick i cacding \ea:s. • I >-:-,-.?. asbote at >:::;-.<:v>%r. hhewttlbe off without much in'iirv. We li ot my visit Aits and Sciences, \vas one of the nu^t D41 feet ntonuuteutt at authjuity i have ever seen. \In December it was stated that the garrison of the Acropolis was veiy n«ttch in want of clothing and fuel, and had but little gunpowder. An attempt was made in Ft binary to relieve it ; a num- ber of Greeks, with some European of- ficers at their head, landed at the l'i- roor JS, under the guns of the steam ves- sel commanded by Capt. Hastings, but were repulsed by the Turks, some ol the Phiihdlines falling into their hands in consiquenee of the Gueks flying; the steam boat lteeived several shot through her, and was driven out ol the harbour. Since then the ffigata 1KI- !as, with a crew of <>00 men, command ed by Miaulis, accompanied by the steam vessel, sailed on a cruize, the ie- snlt of which we have heard nothing.— A week ago there was a report in cir- culatioa is Smyrna that iu another ' brush at the Piioeus, the frigate had re- ceived a dozen shots in hei hull, and that Athens had bi en relieved— so much The day before yesterday >ed a- one o M Revn -Appolhlmt-iibytheGovemow : heard of no farther lake.—16. tlunage on 1 I'IS is arm Lectures about :!.-: hole in the South.— A whole Discourse iu the same style, would be injtated enough to carry the Speaker (audience and ill) through fields of air to aiy part of the globe (inhabitable or unhabitable.) We should like to hear \ the genius of the Antarctic!- ,•\ chaunt (her or his) afore- said Requiem — Noaki —TheHon. Wm. li. CVou/orrf, Judge oil =*= the Bsneriour courts cf the northern circuit I From the Afbanv i»; cy Adrcrtfcer. for reports. The day before yestera* ,f, J a large frigate and a small vessel pass, j. tn sight of us, round the S. L. end ol j the Negropont, to the northward. 1 he Hellas, but! *•• pl««« knowledsed. the opposition. He goes there shielded iu the armour of truth and fidelity : 'lis nv-tires pure and lofty, and his ;e~ potation unassailable. The withdrawal of Mr. Randolph from, and the election of Mr. Webster tn, the Senate, is a two fold rain which cannot be ton highly appreciated.— Rochester Daily 7'c/c- ^rui>h. The stfambort Ilcnrj/ Clay arrival at Buffalo vn the S.'/i ins!, from De- troit, having nude htrjirst trip in lets time than the passage has ten- In en performed before. S'Ae wot absent on/ii 3 days an J 19 hour?;, including H) hours at Detroit, and detentions at other stores. MANUFACTURES. In reply to a letter addressed to him by ihe late BKNJAMIN AeSTIM in l^iG, Mr. JKFI-\ERSON thus writes : \ You tell me 1 am emoted by those v\ho wish to continue our dependence on England for lMHfsulactuies. There was a time when I might have been so quoted with mote candour. But uith^ in the thirty years which have since e- lapsed, how are circumstances change d? We were then in peace—our hvJepea- I frigate we supposed to the she was at too great a distance for us to. .•' place s'^..;! 1/. Dooly, deceased. The grand jarj iui- the -. »ty and cucpti of be positive Albany, on Tbursdav, f< bnd a tiue- bill a- j \ The long-looked for Lord Cochrane At a party of £; good society\ inFi.i- ladeSpbia, not long ngo, was a jrounjdl lady from li , In the course^a! France —The Government h-\* former]v recognized the independenceofMexico, and colonel Murphy, whn has for some time res sided at Paris a^ an Agent of the repubick, had been officially acknowledged as charge d'arfaiis. Letters of credence had in like manner been transmitted from Paris to M. i ^laitin, now at Mexico, to represelfl the Prandh gonajjuprnf there. ih> evening,conversation became slack, and • pa'seofa few moments b*manr unavoidable. A gentleman broke si- lence by observing,—\ awful pause.\ The poor girl, who thought the obser- vation was meant for her, spoke up rathei pertly— u Wei!, I guess you would have airful paws too, if you should wash and scrm* as much as I do. Fhilad. Albion. T.iinst Jesse Strang, for the murder of Join; Whipple, at Cherry Hill near Albany, ou the night «f the?tb May last. They have also found a blH v»{rain=t I\Isie D* Whipple, the wife of the said John \ i iiipple, for being a paitieipator in the murder. Mis. \\ bap-] 'gcnce has at length arrived inn biig of war, and was lett M Piroa ahont a fortnight since by the English frigate Cambrian, from which vessel we received theiutel- What lis Lordship's inten- pie was jestercay arrefcb D arid is now tions may be we have not heard ; but prison to await her tria b!y be in July rhieb will proba-1 may think that with the force he can collect he will make an altenifit on One evening, at Malta, while enjoy- ing my segar a MicleirTe's (^afe, in the Strads Teatro, 1 was much amused by a young exquisite, but lately imported airi who was lace't and buckled up iu all the paraphernalia of a modern dan- dy nulilaire, in defiance of the ther- niomi ter at ^2, and a sirock wind, hot enough to have thrown »*ve I his S itari- if k Majesty into a fever Indeed, the poor dandy's c< uu<»-nance exhibited symptoms highly febrile—though I was rathei inched to impute them to the ap jplectick effi-ct of cornets. :i W — iter.\ exclaimed he, with an almost ; n- iantile lisp, and thr strove! '.. l> Wade /(,;•/.-, June 2?-. Severe. Gmlel —On the morning ot'ycstcr- day, commenced one of the severest gales ever experienced in this county, at this sea- son of the year. The water in Bottaln bar-1 0,! - !lt *° bntafcl with g»eat allowances,—j ardeil i )y an ,1!,^ ,] le dilierent naval hour commenced rising about day light,and I as he heretofore made similarcharjres -against wife of the deceased, who, he says, repeated- ly Urged him to tho commssion of the fatal act, which he as often declined, until Snail) in an evil moment, he yielded to her solicita- tions. What Strang; says on this suhiccl rmicrg nattens was ac A commerce * fhithc f. tcr ins rt. It is however stated, that in consequence ol the numerous toropean subjects sctiled there, and possessing a large amount of property, which, to- gether with their lives, would be jeop- fered the raw materials in e.\cl>an> the same material, after receiving the last touch of industry, was worthy the attention of all nations. It was expect- ed, that those especially to whom the manufacturing industry was important, would cherish the friendship of such customers by every favour, and paiUC- larly cultivate their peace by every act oi'justice and friendship. Undei this prospect the question seemed legitimate whether, with such an immensity nl unimproved land, courting the hand ol of husbandry, the industry of agricul- ture, or that of manufacture?, would add most to the national wealth ? And the doubt on the utility of American manufactures was entertained on this consideration chiefly, that to the labour c\ the husbandman a vast addition is owing himsf i are- lessiy on u bench, if brirs^ me a lot *r.- ; s claw and sn ice, wkh fifteen drops of cbaopaigne in it. majesty's ship- 1 The master on his -, as rough a tar us ever spliced • mainbiace, came in just at th*. time the exquisite delivered his precise demand and eyeing the dandy >vilh a look of the most profoncd con tempt, roared in a voice as hoarse as the growl of a sea-bear,\ Waiter, bring me a jackass' hind leg, and a tumbler of brandy with fifteen drops of water in it !\ The dandy's ire seemed about to rise, but his eye happened to glance on a trusty piece of timber, (about 2 feet and a half long and four inches in immense quantity /salt, timber, lumber wood, fee which was more or It s* cOV< rCO ' v i > V water, or swimming away. Mort than 1000 barrels of salt is lo.i or badly dams g< d some active k dealers in timber,'were on the alert, and probably saved a coi.sidcru: !<• quantity. The waves, when thewaterwas •1 it> higltesl pout, ma;e complete breaches over the Pier at HurTalo, carrying away a cook bouse belonging to Baker and Men ill who saved, how. ver, most of the pronerfj used in the buuVbag. It is stated, th-^t the BCW ,>ier. puttmgdown by Baker and i\ler- rih% baa been* considerably injured. Quiti all th< cedars have beer, till d ; and. coase- qoentlymoch property v. .11 be in adamajr r :! state : without the most prompt measures are resorted to, to discharge ami ventilate t!i<-m. The water entered above the floors of some of the -tore houses : but we do i it leqrn that aussh property was damaged thereby. As the storms, which raise the water so rapidly, and to Mich fearful height*, fre- •jueeily o :tn , won' I if not He the work of wisdou, for forwarding merchants and salt dealers to erect platforms, or buildings so elevated, as to be above the power of the \ uncontroulled surgesr** 1 The truard lock suffered somewhat from the water cuttimr away upon each side of the lock, and depositing the sand and dirt into the canal. It was a landable sight to view the expo- sadness of some persons, who were engaged I in securing quantities of good split seasoned Circumference,) wb>h Soundings al- wood, which was going ofl beyond the reach of the owners. A British vessel, Capt. Maxwell, came purchasing a piece of cieth at Shsrli :H\kes' store in South Markct-strc si i & suffer in the event of an)' hostile opera- oar i tions on Smyrna, and this is lite onlv Beaver-street, then going to Mc :••• aimthe- carv shon. at the corner ol South-Market and 'ludsei:-street, and buying some spike oil, he immediately proceeded to Cberrv IIill. went to the barn and took his rifle, which he had there secreted, and ascended an elevation, in the south-west corner of the yand,from which he could look into the win- dow of Mr. Whip; le's ro. m. and from which place he intended to shoot. But finding that he could not see V- hippie from that place, he went to the she! under the window, hud down his rifle in the guilt r. moved a box so (hat he might climi an, then took off his boots and stockings, put the latter in the far- mer, and drew on another pair of stockings which he had with him . and gut OH the shed •.ud took delib, v.t\: and too successful aim justification that can be offered for an interference on the part of other nations. Fight fair. —A letter is going the rounds of the papers, which purports to have been tvriuerr by John Harris, one of the six Tennessee militia men exe- cuted by f Jen. Jackson for desertion, pursuant to the sentence of a court mar- tial, after the glorious victory at New Orleans. The case was a hard one, and perhaps it war. an instance where the mercy of the commanding officer might have been exercised with proprie- ty. This however is a distinct ques- ways carried, and facetiously denomjna ted his \ tooth pick,\ be though; it pru dent to bridle his wrath, and contented I into P° rt • M *J in the S 51 '^ not being able to • make the port at Fort Erie. The Steam Boat Pioneer, sailed for Dun- kirk, about 12 o'clock the night privious ; she arrived within 8 miles of Dunkirk, but himself by elevating his eyebrows and lisping, in an under tone,\ O quel bar- hare rt * at his victim. He said he heard Whipple! t,on ' The letter is without doubt a exclaim, \ O Lord !\ lie then thn w the ri- gross forgery, and ought to be treattd lie en the ground, juinped down, and taking] as such. It is enough that the Gen- eral's friends be made to answer fairly to the charge preferred against their chief, without the aid of a mawkish sensibility to bear them down. In matters of a grave import, it is right thai the case should be fairly stated, and in our humble opinion the administration does not stand in need of so clumsy an auxiliary as a \ voice from the tomb.\ to sustain it.— Buffalo Journal. up it and the boots, be fled north and west from the. house, till he. came to a creek on the borders of a place ofwoodV, where he hid the ride and the dity stockings in the mud. He then put on his boots and proceeded to the Whitehall road, and went down to I lie main road, and thence back to Cherry I riff, where he arrived in company with several persons from the vicinity. He says that in ten minutes after he left Meigs'., Whipple was a dead man. The same uight, Strang served as one of the coroner's jury, which sat on the body of Mr. W. The rifle was found yesterJay morning, at the spot described by Strang, but the search for the stockings being unsuccessful, the permission was obtained to take Strang to the place, in a carriage, that he might point out the exact spot where he had put them. But as they could not be found, it is supposed that they were swept further down The Saratoga Sentinel ha3 put an- other story in circulation about Mor- gan. It is now said that Ire passed through that county from Canada on his way to New-York, and was seen by respectable men, &c. Why did iliey not • nab him\ and get the reward. factmer falls in most instances vastly below this profit, rounds of flax UJ his hands, yield but pennyweights of lace. Thn exchange too, laborious as it might seem, what a field did it pioiu- ise for the occupation ol the ocean—what a nursery for that class of citizens who were to exercise and maiuiain our e- qual rights upon that element ? This was the state of things in 1 ~S. ; , when the Notes on Virginia were first pub- lished ; when the ocean being open to all nations, and ihcir common rights on it acknowledged and exercised un- der regulations sanctioned by the assent and usage of all, it was thought that t!\ do-.ibt might claim some consideration. But who in 17S5 could foresee the It\ pid depravity which was to render tlio close of that century a disgrace to t\ e history of civilized society? W*° could have imagined that the two most distinguished in the rank of nations, f\ r science and civilization, would havt suddenly descended from that honoura- ble eminence, and setting at dlfiaar* all those moral laws established by the Author of Nature between nation and nation, as between man and man,would cover earth and sea with robberies and piracies, merely because strong enough to do it with temporal impunity, •»• that under this disbandment of nations from social order, we should have been despoiled of a thousand ships and have thosands of our citizens reduced to Al- ger ine slavery ? And all this has taken place. The British intcrdicte'i to our '
