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IT In this paper the Laws of Ilia United States
are published.
Laws of the U. States.
[PUBLIC ACT.]
Au Act to establish certain Post Road?,
and to discontinue others and lor other
Supposes,
eit enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following; mail routes be discontinued ;
that is to say :
In Vermont. From Lyndon to Whce
lock, in the county of Caledonia.
InMcw-York. From Utica, by Clinton,
Chandler’s Store, Augusta, and Madison,
to Hamilton Village.
From Chitteuingo, alias Sullivan, to
Madison ; and that part of the route from
Leicester to Glean, which is situated be
tween Oil Creek and Glean,
In Mcw-Je.rse.y. From Liberty Corner
to Somerville.
In Maryland. From Annapolis to Kent
Island, and from thence, through Queens
town, to Centroville.
In Pennsylvania From Uniontown, by
Middletown, lo Pcrryopolis.
From Londoutown lo Messenburg.
In Virginia, From Brown’s Store to
Dickinson’s Store, in Franklin county.
In Morlh-CaColina. From Haysvillc to
Wllliamshorough.
From Winton, by Gales’ Court-House,
to Sunburv.
Froirt’Wayoosville, in North-Caroliua,
to MoustonviUe, iu South-Carodna.
In Kentucky. From Boss's Pout Office,
Whitby county, lo Monlicello, iu Wayuc
county.
From Manchester to the Uazelpatch,
and from thence to Columbia.
In Ohio. From the mouth of Little
Scioto to Pikelon.'
In Arkansas, From Clark Court-
House to Hem islead Court-House, and
to the post of Washita.
Skc. ‘i. And be it further enacted, That
the following post roads be established j
to w it;
In Maine. Prom Hallowell, by Silas
Piper’s, in Harlem, Jonathan Groely’s,
at the Four Corners in Palermo, to Mout
ville.
In Vermont. From Poultney, through
Middletown, Tinmouth, and Willingford,
to Mount Holly, iu the county of Rut
land.
From Montpelier, through Barre, O
range, and Topsham, to Newbury.
From Lyndon, through Sutton, to Bar
ton, in the county of Grloans.
In Massachusetts. From Plymouth to
Carver and Rochester.
f rom Holmes’s Hole, in Tisbury, to
Cbilmark, in the Island called Martha’s
Vineyard.
From Men Jon, through Milford, Hol
llston, Sherburne, Natic, Needham,
Newton, and Brighton, over the Mllldaoi,
to Boston.
From Milbury, in Worcester county,
lo the town ol Providence, in Rhode Isl
and, to pass through the towns of Sutton
and Douglass, in Massachusetts, and the
.town of Burrellville and Village of Che
packett, in Khode-lsland.
From Belcherlown, by Edgefield to
Greenwich.
From Worcester to Providence, in
Uhode-lsland, passing through Grafton,
Upton, Mondon, Bellingham, Cumber
land, and Pawtucket.
From Amesbury to Southampton, in
New-Hampshire, and thence to Kingston,
In Connecticu. That the post road
from Hartford to iNevv-Loudon, shall be
by the Presbyterian Meeting House, in
the first Society in the town of Hobron,
From New-Londou, along the new
turnpike road, lo the town of Providence,
iu Rhode-Island.
In Mew-Hampshire. The post road
from Walpole to Newport shall be thro’
the town of Langdon.
In Mi io- York From Deposit to Stock
port, in Pennsylvania.
from Jay to Danville, thence, down
the Au«uble river, by Hullen’s Mills, to
Kecsville., in the town of Chesterfield.
From Schenectady, by Charlton, Gal
wav, Providence, and Northampton, to
Edinburgh, and from Edinburgh, back
by Northampton, West Galway Church,
and Glenvillelo Schenectady,
From the Post Ollice in Luzerne, on
the west side of the Hudson river, to live
post Office in Chester.
From Green, in the county of Chenan
go, to Ithaca, in Tompkins county.
From Cherry Valley, in the county of
Otsego, to the village of Canajoharie, in
the county of Montgomery.
From Champion, in the county of Jef
ferson. v> Alexandria, by Felt’s Mills,
Le Raysvtllc, Evans's Willi, Theresa,
and Plei-Els.
From the village of Canandaigua to
the village of Penn Yau, in the county of
Ontario.
From Batavia, by the village of Lock
porl, to intersect the ridge road at Wil
liam Molyneaux’s, in the town ofCambia.
From Howard, in the county of Steu
ben, by llalhbun’s settlement and Loon ;
Lake settlement, lo Conhocton.
From Bath to Catharine’s, by Mount |
Washington and Bartle’s Mills, and, re-;
turning, by Mead’s creek, to the mouth |
of Mud creek.
Prom South Danville to Goff’s Mills.
From Champlain to the town of Moores,
thence by Lawrence’s Mills, and Bcek
mantown, to Plaltsburg.
From Ithaca to Burdett, near the head
of Seneca lake.
From Poughkeepsie, by Pleasant \ al
ley, Salt Point, James Thom’s in Cliu-j
ton, Friends’ Meeting House in Stanford,
the Federal Store, and from thence to the j
Pino Plains’ Post Office, iu the town of i
North East.
From Moscow, in Livingston county, j
to the village of Fredonia, iu Chalauque
county.
From Cincinnati!?, through Willed and
Freetown, to Harrison.
From Canastota, at Perkins’s Basin,
on the Great Erie canal, through Lenox,
Clarkville, Perrysville, Petersborough,
and Morrisvillc, to Eaton.
The mail route from Bath, by Angoli-1
ca, Ilamillown, Cerestown, Pennsylva
nia, Coudcrtport, and Jersey Shore, to
Williamsport, shall pass by Southport, in
MMCean county, Pennsylvania, cither iu ’
going or returning.
From Espcrance to Middleburg, by
(he way of Schoharie, in Schoharie coun
ty.
In Mew-Jersey. From Liberty Comer,
by Pluckcmin to Somerville.
From Somerville, by New German
town, through Paipru k Valley, to Mand
hara and Morristown.
From Hackensack, in the county of
Bergen, by Patterson’s Landing and
Belleville, to Newark, in Essex county.
From Beasley’s at the mouth of Great
Egg Harbor river, by Etna Furnace, on
Tuckahoo river, Cumberland Furnace,
Malligo, Glasborough, and Woodbury, to
Philadelphia.
From Princeton, by Harlingen, to
Flagtown.
In Maryland. From Hagerstown, by
Mercersbnrgh, to M’Connelsburg, in
Pennsylvania. t
From Atmapoli?, by Baltimore, to
Queenstown, and from thence toCenlrc
ville and Kent Island.
In Pennsylvania. From Philadelphia,
by the Falls of Schuylkill, to Norristown.
From Swamp Churches in Montgomery
county, by Boyer?lown, to Reading.
From Doylestown, by Sorrel Horse,
Bustlclonand Byberry, lo Andalusia, and
to return by the Buck Tavern and llart
villc, lo Doylestown.
From Liston Northampton county, to
He lerstovvn, Quakertown, and Buraons
ville, Bucks county.
From Emaus, by Millerslown, to Trex
lerstown, in Lehigh county.
From Chambersburg, to Waynesburg,
by Samuel Fisher’s Store, in Franklin
county.
, From M‘Call’s Ferry, iu Lancaster, to
the Borough of Westchester in Chester
county.
From Meadville to Salem, at the
mouth of Big Connoatt, Ohio.
From the village of Ulearaville, by
Youngstown, to Mount Pleasant.
From Neuville, inCumberkunlcounty,
to Boxbury and Slrasburg, in Franklin
county.
From Landl iburg, county, to
Waterford, in Mifflin county.
From Belinsgrove to New Berlin.
From Ebensbnrglo Indiana.
From Uniontown, by ConnelUville, lo
Pcrryopolis.
From the city of Lancaster, through
Millerslown, Washington, and Charles
town, to the borough ofColiun ia.
; In Virginia, From Winchester to the
Berkeley Springs, in Morgan county.
From Lewishurg, by Huttonsville,
Beverly, Leadesville, Meigsvillc,Swamp,
and Kiugwood, to Morgantown.
From Salem lo Botetourt, through the
Rent Mountain, by Simpson’s and Thomas
Goodsou’?, to Boon’s, on the west fork of
little river, in Montgomery county.
From the city of Richmond, by Piping
Tree, in King William county, to King
and Queen Court House, Gloucester,
Middlesex, and Matthews.
From Halifax Court House to Person
Court House, North Carolina.
From Franklin Court House to Henry
Court House, logo by Dickerson's Slorc,
in Franklin county.
From Lynchburg, to Pittsylvania Court
House, to Danville, and from Danville to
H ilifax Court House.
From Parkersburg lo Kanawha Court
House.
From Richmond lo Chesterfield Court
House, to go by Mechanic!;’? Inn, instead
of the route now established.
That the route from Stanton, by
i Greenbrier Court House, and Charles
ton lo Catleteburg, in Kentucky, i o
i changed, so as to go by the Sulpha
, Springs, on Muddy creek, in Greenbrier.
From Bath Court House to Alleghany
Court House.
1 In Morlh-Carolinn. From (laysville,
• in Franklin county, by Glasgow’s Store*
' and Heal! 1 1 Seal, lo Oxford,in Granville.
? From Ashe Court House to Jordan
i Councils, iu same county.
From Slokesvillo, by Gates’ Court
: House, to Sunbury.
i That the route from Fayetteville to
Salisbury be changed, so as to goby Car-
I tliage, M‘Neil’s, Hill’s, and Skcan’s Fer
-1 ry, and to return by Forrest’s, Blakely,
Lawrencevilie, Allentown, and M‘Au
-1 ley’s Store.
From Fayetteville, by Graham’s
Bridge, Rockingham, to Wadesborough.
1 From Tyson’s Store to Waddle’s Fer
ry, Brower’s Mill. Hugh Moifilt’s Mill,
then lo Richard Keunon’s and to Hay
-1 wood.
From Wayucsville, Haywood Court
i House, by Lovesville, on Scott’s creek,
to Franklin, in the Cherokee Purchase,
1 and from thence to Rabun Court House,
■ iu G eorgia.
Ifa£jjouth-Ca ruling. From Rocky
■ MqiftrTo Pine Hill Post Office, to pass
bjMlSbonezor Academy.
f From Fayetteville, in North-Carolina,
' leaving the road lo Camden at or near
Laurel Hill, by Cheraw, to Camden.
From Cheraw, by Society Hill and
i Darlington Court House, to intersect the
> Great Southern route at flodfrej’s Fer
ry, on the Pedce river.
From Cheraw, by Chesterfield Court
House, to Lancaster Court House.
In Georgia. From Lawrenceville, in
Guinnett county, to the Standing Peach
Tree, (Fayette Court House.)
From Jefferson, 'by Coleraine, by
Crawford in Florida, and to St. Augus
; line, and the route at present used dis-
I continued. • /
From Elberton to Ruckersville, in
| Elbert county.
In Alabama. From Huntsville, by
Triana, Mooresville, Athens, Easlport,
and Bainbridge, to the Big Spring.
From Cahawba, by Portland, Prairie
Bluff, the Standing Peach Tree, through
the populous settlement on Bassett’s
creek, and by Clarke Court House, to
St. Stephen’s, so as to reinstate the old
route from Cahawba to St. Stephen’s,
j and the present route from Cahawba to
; St. Stephen’s to be discontinued.
| From Ashville to Huntsville, by the
way of lloberlsville and Bennett’s Store.
From Augusta, on the Tallapoosa, by
Coosanda, passing through the settlement
in the upper end of Autago county, and
the settlement of Mulberry creek, in
Bibb county, by the falls of Cahawba, to
the town of Tuscaloosa.
In .Mississippi. From Winchester, by
Perry Court House and Columbia, to
Holmesville.
From Picken’s Court House, in Ala-
I bama, by Monroe Court House, the Cot
ton Gin Pori, and the Chickasaw Agen
cy, in the State of Mississippi, to the
Chickasaw Bluffs, in the State of Tennes
see.
From the Choctaw Agency, by Jack
son, to Monticello.
In Tennessee. From Campbell’s, Sta
tion, by Blair’s Ferry, to Pumpkintown.
From Sparta, in White county, to Fike
ville, in Bledsoe county.
The post road from Morgantown to
Mount Pleasant, alias Pumpkintown, to
go by Monroe Court House.
Fmm Greenville to the Warm Springs,
in Norlh-Carolina.
In Kentucky. From Manchester by
Perry Court House, to Putrid; Salt
Works.
From Morgan field, crossing the Ohio
at I’rancisburg, to Harmony, in Indiana.
From Monticello, by Beatty’s Hall
Works, and Ross’ Post Oilier, 'o Jacks
borough, in Tennessee,
From Williamsburg, in Whitby coun
ty, by Boss Post Office, to Somerset, in
Pulaski county.
From Richmond to 11 to Hazel Patch,
hereafter,to go by Manchester, to Bar
bourville.
In Ohio. From Belle Fontaine, i:i Lo
gan county, by Forts M‘Arthur and
Findlay, to the Fool of the Rapids of the
Miami of the Lake.
From Columbus, by Maysville, the
seat of justice of Union county, thence,
through Zunesfield, to Belle Fontaine, in
the county of Logan.
From Norton, in the county of Dela
ware, by Clarcdon Buayners, to the city
of Sandusky.
From the mouth of Little Scioto to
Portsmouth.
From Cleveland, through Ncwburg,
Hudson, Ravenna, Palmyra, Elswovlh,
Canfield, Boardman, Poland, Petersburg,
and Grccnsburg, to Beavcrtown, in
Pennsylvania.
From Columbus to Sunbnry, through
Harrison and Ravenna townships.
From Columbus, by Springfield, Day
ton, and Eaton; then to Indianapolis, in
the State «f Indiana ; thence by Vauda
lia, in Illinois; Iheucc to St, Louis, in
Missoni i.
From West Union to Cincinnati, to
pass through Georgetown, the seat of
justice of Brown county, instead of the
present route.
From Augusta, Kentucky, by Lewis,
Felicity, Chile, Neville, Pointopolis,
New Richmond, and Newtown, to Cin
cinnati, in Ohio.
In Indiana. From Terre Haute, by
Clinton, the scut of justice for Parke
comity, and Crawfordsville, to Indiana
polis.
From Washington, by Burlington and
Blooming, to Indianapolis.
From Lawrcnceburg, by Napoleon, to
Indianapolis.
In Illinois. From Vincennes, in In
diana, by Ellison’S, Prairie, Palestine,
York, Aurora, Grand Prairie, in Clark
county, to Clinton.
From Shayynectown, by Bellgrade, to
America.
From Peoria, on Illinois river, to San
gama county. ~
From Edwardsville to Sangama Court
House.
In. Missouri. From St. Genevieve, by
Herculaneum, to St. Louis.
From Herculaneum to Potosi.
From Jackson to Frederic ktown.
From Potosi to New Bowling Green.
From St. Charles to Cote Sans Des
sein, shall hereafter go by the seat of jus
tice for Callaway county.
From Fishing river to Fort Osage, shall
hereafter pass by the seat of justice in
Clay county.
In Arkansas. From the po«f of Arkan
sas, by Little Rock, Ci-yot-.SI Hill, Ca 1-
rou and Ellis’s, to Crawford Court
House.
From Little Rock, by Clark Court
House, to Natchitoches.
‘ From Cltuk Court House, by Hemp
' stead Court House, to Miller Court
House.
| In Louisiana. From Natchez to Ba
ton Rouge, by Woodville and Jackson.
From Pinkneyville, Mississippi, by
Avoyelles, to Alexandria, in Louisiana.
From Baton-Rouge, by Bayou Plac
quemine and Duplesses’s Landing in the
Attacapas, to Opelousa Court House.
From New-Orleans to Pensacola.
In Florida. From Pensacola to St.
Marks, thence to Vollusia at Dexter’s on
St. Jonh’s river, thence down the river to
Picolatta, and thence to St. Augustine.
From Pensacola to Fort Hawkins, in
Alabama.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the Postmaster General may allow to the
Postmaster at Salem, Massachusetts, at
the rate of two hundred dollars a year,
in addition to Lis ordinary commissions.
PHILIP P. BARBOUR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLAKD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Washington, May 8,1822. —Appproved
JAMES MONROE.
Mr. Win. Rankin is
authorized to attend to the besiucss of
the subscriber during his absence.
Wm. Henry Egan.
August ”21 357 tit
Extraordinary Shipwreck;
But more Extraordinary Preservation.
The brig Wear, of London, Thomp
son, master, with a crew of ten men,
sailed from the Thames, on the l‘2th
March, bound for Iceland, for a cargo ol
ice. —Nothing remarkable occurred to
them till the 28tb, at noon, at which
lime they were within 200 miles of their
destination, when the larboard bow ol
the vessel struck violently on an iceberg,
which injured her so seriously, that 65
minutes afterwards she went down. At
this appalling juncture, five of the crew
were on a piece of ice, endeavoring to
make her fast to it, and the others were
exerting themselves to get out some ol
their provisions. With the ship two ol
the hands were lost —the other four be
ing expert swimmers, got upon a piece
of ice, and by means of two studding sail
booms, wljich served them as a portable
bridge, and enabled them to pass from
one piece of ice to another, they eventu
ally, but not without great difficulty and
danger, reached their disconsolate ship
mates, The ship boats having been
crushed to pieces by the ice, they had on
ly saved from the wreck, three bags ol
bread, and a small quantity of beef and
pork, about thirty-six yards of canvas,
two oars and a boat hook, some blank
ets, a tin candle box containing some cau
dles, the two studding sail booms already
mentioned, the three main hatches, the
slide of the half deck hatch, a rough
oar, an aiu>, a small saw. a mallet, 8
caulking iron, a three-quarter-inch chis
el, a quantity of nails, a tinder box and
some rope.—ln this perilous situation,
with destruction menacing them continu
ally, upon a piece of ice not sixty yard
square, floating in the cast northern o
conn, and insulated from all human aid,
they remained for fourteen days, without
any protection from the gelid atmosphere,
Iml a flimsy tent, which they construct
ed of the oars, the boat hook and the can
vass. Into this, at each return of night,
did these poor sufferers retire for repose,
hut the cold soon chased away, “ tired
nature’s sweet restorer” from their eye
lids, and to counteract it effect*, they
were obliged, at short intervals, to come
forth to their dreary promenade, and re
sume their wonted walk. The. manner
in whicf they contrived to cook their vic
tuals is worthy of recital —it evinces how
prolific necessity is in expedients. The
lid of their candle box they converted
into a cube use, the box itself into a boiler,
and for fuel they substituted rope, which
their tinder-box enabled them to ignite.
On the Ist of April, sensible (hat unless
they made an effort to save themselves,
destruction would inevitably overtake
them, they resolved on building a boat
with (he scanty materials which they had,
and this they thus effected. The bot
tom which was flat, they made by having
the two studding sail booms parallel at
the distance of two feet, and nailing on
them transversely the boarding ol the
hatches—the carlings of the hatches they
used for timbers —the gunwale they
formed of the rough oar, split into two,
and the st ern of the slide of the hub deck
hatch. Having proceeded so far with
work, the next difficulty was to procure
sheathing.—To supply this they had re
course, to their canvass, with which they
covered the frame which they had con
structed, nailing it to the studding sail
booms, and thence extending it over the
timbers to the gunwale, to which they
lashed it with spun yarn ; and, to render
it impervious to the water, they melted
their candles, the grease of which they
rubbed into it. In the prosecution ol
this (in thair circumstances,) Herculean
undertaking, now fortnnatoly brought to
a completion, they would have been bad
ly off for want of agimblet, had they not
a large sail needle, with which they con
trived to bore. It was a lucky circum
stance for them that they set about ef
fecting means of deliverance at the time
they did, as, on the tenth day of their
being upon the ice, the sea washed away
the greater part of their provisions.—
Having rigged their fragile bark, with an
oar for a mast, and a blanket for a sail,
and having put on board the scanty rem
nant of their provisions, ami some ice lor
water, on the lllh April, they commit
ted themselves to the mercy of the winds
and waves, steering in the direction ol
Iceland ; but having for three days at
tempted a passage through the shoals ot
ice without success, they were obliged to
put back into clear water. —On the 18lh
killed some seals with their mallets,
which they found asleep upon the ic e,
and the same day they landed upon an
iceberg, for the purpose of cooking them,
which they were enabled to do by means
ol some drift-wood which they had pick
ed up. Hero they passed the night, us
ing their boat, which they had hauled up
on the ice, in order to its preservation, as
a dormitory. On the 19th they again
put to sea, steering for the Faro Lies ;
but the wind, on the 21st, being easterly,
they were constrained to change their
course, and again bear up lor Iceland.
On the 241 h, ,tj»ey found to their inex
pressible concern, that the heat of the
sun had melted all their icc, from which
period, owing to the want of water, their
sufferings may be better conceived than
described. On the 2Sth they were glad
dened with the sight of land, but their
view ol it was soon intercepted by a thick
fog; and when this cleared away they
could not discern it, the wind having, in
the interim, veered and blown them back
to sea. Next day, the 29th, from exces
sive sufferings and want of water, three
of their number died in great agony, and
a few hours subsequent to their demise,
they were obliged to commit their bodies
to the deep, the captain acting as chap
lain on the occasion. At this time the
survivors were tormented with such in
tolerable thirst, (hat some of them, to al
leviate it, drank their own urine. That
evening they again came in sight of land,
and the following day, the 30tb, they ef
fected a landing about 40 miles from a
place which they say is called lludeford.
At this time their feet were so dreadfully
frost-bitten, from their having been im
mersed in wa er for a number of succes
sive days in the boat, that they could
merely crawl about—they therefore had
to remain here till the 2d May, when
some Icelanders, who were out in a boat,
perceiving them, took them in, brought,
them to their homes, about twelve miles
distant, and used every .means which hu
manity could prompt for their restora
tion.—They indeed acted the part of the
good Samaritan towards them, furnishing
them with necessaries of wearing appa
- rel, washing their ulcerous feet, and dress
, ing them with fresh butter, the only salve
’ they could command. With these hos
pitable people they abode till the 2d June,
. when, Isarning that the Emanuel, ol
i, Limekilns, Scotland, Hutchinson, was
h taking in a c.n goof ice at Rudeford, for
>f the Coleraia fishery, their kind hosts pro
o vided them a conveyance thither, and
h represented their case to the Governor,
r w b° obtained a passage for them in the
if abovementioned vessel, and ordered
;, them a supply of provisions. On the 3d
5 .lone, the Emanuel sailed, and on the
t 12lh June arrived at Portrush, whence,
,v on the same day, these poor mariners
0 were conveyed in the King’s boat to this
e city—three of them in a state of help
>f lessness and consequent destitution, which
,f is calculated to excite pity in the most
i- obdurate breast. The captain lost two
e toes by the frost, the carpenter four, the
il cook all his, and part of the left foot, and
e Charles Folston’s feet are in a very bad
n state. —Londonderry Journal.
d Riots at Madrid.
The riots in the city of Madrid about
tile end of May and beginning of July,
j appear to have been of a serious charac
ter After the King had prorogued the
’ Cortes, a portion of the grenadier guards
_ attacked the populace, and several were
wounded. The first lieutenant of the
p guards was wounded in endeavoring to
restrain the soldiers. The affair did not
a end here. On the night of the 2d of July
four battalions, amounting- so about 2000
j men, raised ;he standard of revolt, and
| quitted their quarters.
’ The rebel soldiery took possession of a
' s sort of fortress, 4or 5 miles from the city,
called the Prado, where they waited un
-1 til the 7ih of July, when they sallied
[ forth, and malting a rapid movement on
llu! capital, sought to disarm the national
’ militia encamped in the square of the
Constitution, to take possession ol the
Puerto del Sol, and attack the park ofar
’ tillcry—they completely failed and were
j ultimately scattered losing from two to
three huudred men. The constitutional
ists were the victors.
■ Later, accounts from Spain mention
_ that tranquility was perfectly restored in
Vladrid, It is said (hat the Duke de
I’lnfantado and 128 others, have been ar
rested as chiefs of a conspiracy to effect a
counterrevolution. A body of revolted
j caribineers have been entirely destroyed
, by the militia in Andalusia. Some agents
l’ of France are found to have been impli
cated in all the conspiracies.
' In many of the provinces of Spain, the
mails had been stopped, and all commu
’ nications interrupted,
j The following proclamation by the
constitutional junta of Madrid was issued
’ on the evening of the 7lh :
’ “Madrid, julv 7.
’ “ People of Madrid. —Spanish blood
has flowed in the streets of this city, shed
e in consequence of the conduct of traitors
(o their country —perjured men,'”who
have violated the sacred oaths by which
they swore to defend I.iberty. The re
£ bel battalions of the royal guard, which
I had taken a position in the Prado during
e the night, secretly entered the capital
and attacked the defenceless population,
the gallant national militia, and the no
y less gallant troops of the garrison. But
the perjured rebels paid dearly for their
temerity. Overthrown in every direction,
dispersed and straggling, those who have
saved their lives endeavor to repair to
j the palace of the monarch. Many are
concealed in houses. Those wretched
y. men obtain, perhaps, a merciful asylum
from the generosity of the persons they
intended to assassinate. Public tranquil
lity and public safety however, require
J that all those measures which the exisl
_ ing circumstances call for, should Le
promptly adopted. Your constitutional
Ayuntamienti, therefore, orders every
citizen to deliver up, without excuse or
, delay any guardsman whom he may have
received or concealed in his house, under
the penalty which the laws inflict on cri
initials guilty oflligh Treason. Citizens,
the unfortunate wounded, as well us all
’ the other prisoners who have fallen into
the hands of the brave defenders of our
liberties, have been treated with (hat
’ compassion and generosity which the con
j- templaled unhappy men, misled by black
intrigue and vile seduction, dictates to
j truly liberal minds. In fine, though fac
n lious, they are Spaniards ; they are our
brethren, and the conquerors are Libe
rals. The cause of the country has tri
’ umphed. 'J’he nation, the constitution,
’ the liberty foreve.r!
“ By Order of the Avuntamiento,
’ “FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ,
Secretary.
1 The ship Herald, arrived at Bos
-1 ton, brings London dates to the tyth
. July, not so bite as those received by
, the brig Wilson, We perceive no
r thing in the intelligence brought by
• her worth noticing, except it may be
j a rumour (to which however, little
h credit is to be attached) of a change
r in the British cabinet—the Marquis
a of Londondery to retire on account
of ill health, and to be succeeded by
[ Mr. Peel, while Mr. Charles Grant
f assumes the direction of the Board of
i Control. The Lord Chancellor and
: the Earl of Liverpool also to leave
public life. In Spain, the Duke of
| Infantado with 128 others, is report
( ed to have been detected in a con
i spiracy against the constitutional
■ government, and to have been, with
; his accomplices, put under arrrest.
-V. F. American.
> The Papal dominions are now the
■ chief refuge of the Greeks, who fly
1 the Turkish scymitar. An article
r under the head of Ancona, states,
. that one hundred and eleven of them
who had escaped from the massacre
! of Scio, had arrived in that city and
[ were maintained at the public ex
pense. “ This conduct of the Papal
' government, (says the Ancona arti
i cle,) is strikingly contrasted with that
of the British government of the lon
i ian Isles, where the miserable Chris
j tijn fugitives from Turkish barbarity
1 are refused an asylum- The Greeks
• who have arrived among us
! £ at Ae y have been sacrificed L?
, who have feci them, 6?
< wi,b 'ainpromS
s and hopes.”—[Nat. Gaz.
r
1 GREAT DIVIDEND.
t NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST n
e Yesterday,- the President and'fl,
rectoa of .he S'ate Bank declared
I dividend of eight cent on I
capital slock, fcr.the last six mo „, '
’I" F ,' b , r 'i aiy last ’ ,b " s -™'- instituti*
• dmded 7 per cent for the 6 month
’ preceding. We believe there
J other bank in the union which divide!
o. 80 muc b; and this circumstance at.
e fords evidence of the ability and in
i tegfity with which the affairs of the
3 bank are conducted— [Lou. Adv.
PHILADELTHIA, AUGUST 28
The Exhibition of the efficacy of
t Life Preserving Dress was repeat
, ed yesterday afternoon, in the V
. sence of a number of gentlemen and
e gave entire satisfaction. What ren
-3 dered it somewhat more interesting
I was that the inventor was not the ex.
3 hibitor on this occasion. A gentle
t man, who happened to be in the Boat
( as a spectator, was pervailed upon to
j put Hip nn , and pprfitrm thn Py
periment. He weighs upwards of
• two hundred.—He jumped into she
, river without any apprehension
- went through the acts of loading and
1 firing pistols, drawing a cork and
j taking a glass of wine.— After re
< maining in the water full an hour he
2 rejoined the boat, much gratified with
- the acquatic excursion.—He assured
2 the company, that he tried all in his
power to get his “ head under water ,”
but that the buoyancy of the dress was
i such as to render it impossible.
1 1 Ref.
' A CURIOUS SPECTACLE.
1 The exhibition of Mr. Neal’s rat
-1 tie snakes at the Eagle is too great a
5 a curiosity to be passed over. It is
one of the most singular sights which
, we have ever witnessed.
Mr. Neal is a Frenchman ; while
in North-Carolina, he attempted to
j procure some rattle Snakes, for the
purpose of making out a collection.
But some of the observations and e.v
--1 periments he made, induced him to
1 believe the possibility of taming this
; poisonous reptile; he finally made
| the trial and has succeeded in a man
. ner which is calculated to astonish ev
i ery beholder. What is the process he
' employed, is unknown to us— he pro
-1 bably availed himself of the power,
\ which a control over the appetite of
i the. uniraal gives him—he dwells ve
• ry much too on the charms of music ;
, while inflamed by hunger,and irritat
- ed by the application of hot iron, the
’ creature is soothed and softened by a
[ slow and plaintive strain.
i Mr. N. has tw« rattle snakes—the
' male, which is 4 feet 8 inches long,
has 8 rattles to his tail, thus proving
him to be 9 years old—he has had
, this snake 4 years—The female is
1 much smaller, and has 5 rattles— she
r has been with him 33 months.— So
‘ great is their docility, that he will
’ take them up, after speaking a sort of
. jargon to them, and stroking down
, their backs, as if they were so many
1 strings — he will make them crawl up
1 his breast and face, caress and hiss
him, coil round his neck, and while
’ one of (hem is thus hanging around
: him, he will take up and exhibit the
) other. The perfect harmlessness of
■ the reptile, and even attachment to
his keeper, is astonishing. Mean
while Mr. N. is himself thoroughly at
, his ease—completely self possessed,
diverting the spectator with the ex
hibition of his snakes, or instructing
them by his explanations. He says,
he lias no fears himself; for, indepen
dently of his command over the ani
■ mal, he is satisfied he can cure the
bite of it—of the remedy he makes no
secret.—Wash your mouth first with
warm sweet oil, and then suck the
wound—next, drink most copiously
of the decoction of the snake root,
until it operates as a strong emetic.—
This is the regimen he recommends |
—and which he believes to be in
fallible.
There is no deception practised
upon yon. He opens the mouth ol
the snake, and shews you his fangs.
They are in the upper jaw alone—
two on each side, and have the facul
ty of renewing thdmselves, in case
they are drawn out by a violent blow
—the fang is within the month, bent,
sharpened and sheathed like the claw
of a cat, and turned towards the throat
—the orifice through which the poi
son is ejected is a small groove on the
upper side of the fang, between its
point and the upper curve—the poi
son bags lie at the roots of the tangs-
But to remove all doubts of the poi
sonous qualities of these snakes be
ing uninjured, Mr. N. proposes to
have a public exhibition this week
when the snake will kill a young hare
by a slight stroke, and then immedi
ately devour him.
Perhaps no one has had so good
an opportunity of studying the habits
of the animal. His remarks will ol
course form a valuable addition to
natural history. He is an intelligent
man—and a memoir may be expected