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It is stated that Mr. Richard Rush has made arrangements to go to England as an agent for the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal Company, to obtain funds for the prosecution of their work. Great confidence is entertained of the success of his omission. Death of the Pope.—A Vienna date of Feb. 15, says, “the melan choly vets of the death of his holi ness Pope Leo the 12th, was receiv ed there to-day. As the papal dig nity is only elective, there will not be any court mourning. It is sup posed that either Cardinal Justinia ni, who is supported by Austria, or Cardinal Macchi, who is supported by France, will be the new Pope.— The election was expected to take place on the 23d Feb. Gen. Maison had been appointed a Marshall of France for his servi ces in the Morea—the Greek towns were said to be rising from their ruins—Gen. Saldanha had been permitted to reside with the Portu guese refuges at Brest. Sandusky.—The commerce of this flourishing place during the year 1828, is certainly flattering. It is situated on the best harbour, on the Olio shore, of Lake Erie. Four hundred and thirty seven vessels ar rived laden with merchandise, c. which gave employment to 1623 Waggons. Carrying a ton each, in conveying it to the interior, western and southern countries. .The Ohio canals when they are completed, will supply the place of waggons, and cheapen the carriage.— Pest, Jiler. Fire of Augusta.—It appears from the Augusta papers, that between 600 and 350 houses were destroyed by the late fire, and that the dam age is estimated at half a million, not one third of which was insured. The following houses in the east end of the town appear to have es caped destruction. Dr. Anthony’s and Mr. Joshua Danforth’s on the opposite corner of Centre street.— @» Broad street, Mr. Barrette and Gen. Montgomery’s and a few ar all houses on the same square. Gen. Holt’s house on the river bank is safe. ‘The Bridge was saved. The Market and Theatre were destroy ed.—V. S. Advertiser. A duel has been fought by the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea. The controversy was remotely connected with the Catho lic Question. There was but one fire. The Duke’s ball struck the left lappel of the Earl of Winchil sea’s coat. The latter thereupon discharged his pistol in the air, and the matter was settled —W. ¥. Sper, Stage Accident.— We learn that the driver of one of the Pioneer stages, having left his horses untied at a public house near Frankfort, they ran away, upset the carriage, and broke the arm of one of the passen gers, and badly injured others.— The habit of leaving horses untied in this manner, is but too prevalent many stage drivers , and the pro prietors should at once discharge a ny one who is ever guiltt of it. To leave himself a moment’s trouble, he exposes the lives of all the passen ger.— Utica Sent. Shocking Depravity.— We have just recused a letter from a friend i Sussex county, which furnishes a detail of a shecking case of murder ous deeds which have been carried on near the Delaware and Mary land line, for some years past. A person residing on a farm be longing to one Patty Cannon, hav ing cleared off:ome brush from a low piece of ground, was engaged in ploughing it, when his horse sunk into a grave, and upon removing the earth, a chest was found, in which was discovered the bones of a human body. The news soon spread abroad, and some of those who heard of the affair, having rec ollected that an individual who was in the neighborhood some years , had suddenly disappeared in a mysterious manner, it was immedi ately suspected that he had been murdered, and that the bones now discovered were his. A suspicion individual, who had formerly been an inmate in the family of Patty Can non, and who for some time past, been residing in Maryland, was soon after apprehended in our state, and underwent an examination be fore a magistrate at Seaford, when he acknowledged that while he re sided with Petty Cannon, she and the famous Jo. Johnson, and his brother Ebenezer, murdered the in dividual in question, a d buried the body in the chest in the plac where the late discovery has been made. He stated, moreover, that the same individuals had committed various other murders, and accom panied the officers to the places where he said the bodies had been interred, and pon removing the earth, human bodies were found bu ried in the manner he had described the bodies to have been deposited. Patty Cannon has been apprehend ed, and is now confired in the Jail at Georgetown, but Jo. Johnson is said to be at this time, reiding in the state of Alabama, and his broth er in Mississippi. The individual whose bones have been discovered, is said to have etated a few days be fore he was missed, that he had with him thirty-five thousand dollars, with which he designed to purchase negroes ; and it is supposed that the murder was committed for the purpose of obtaining the money.— Del. Watchman. The editor of the Diroit Gazette, was lately fined one hundred dol lars and costs of court from some acts of contempt towards the Su preme Court. After hearing the sentence, the editor remarked that he had formed the determination to go to prison, “and there to remain until the hairs of his head were as white as the walls of the Court-room, (the walls were probably white wit bed,) be fore he would pay any part of the fine.’ He was accosiingly escorted to his new lodgings. Before sun set, however, the citizens of the place, the number of three hundred, assembled, and having selected a chairman and secretary, proceeded to draw up certain resolutions ex pressing their indignation at what they considered the violated rights of a free citizen. They then ap pointed a committe to receive sub scription, from the inhabitants of Deroit, “to be applied to the pays ment of the fine and costs for which J. P. Sheldon is now im prisoned, and thus separated from his wife and children, and that the surplus be appropriated to de fray the expenses incurred by HL. L. Bi !!, printer of the Gazete in the suit against him, involving the same principle.” That every person so disposed might have an opportunity of contributing o the release of the unlucky editor, it declared thet as
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