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A help to Nows Head vs.
As Naple* is now to become- the theatre
of momentous even's, «c wish to chali'e
iiiir readerz who possess maps of any ino
t’ern dale to trace the n.oveipentavf the ar*
ijt.es ot ileipotitm, anil the motions of thole
ruerrilai of liberty, which the acuteness of
the Neapolitan character must point out to
them as it'.e means of War best adapted to
waste ami destroy the enemies of freedom.
They have the example of France in the
fust and latter era of the revolution, to
guard them against tile ineflicacy of meti
cal columns and evolutions ; they have the
example of Switzerland—of the United
Siatea—of Spain in the peninsular—and
South America, resisting the same Spain—
for the efficiency of detached cotps of expert
riflemen, of a war of liarrasstnent and de
tachment, in a short a guerrilla wor.
To comprehend military movements in
any country, we must know something of
its geographical circumstances ; its bounda
ries, and its topography : the books of pro
fessed information on those topics, derived
from Europe, arc very defective, not only
in circumstantial detail, but in accuracy, and
they very generally contradict each other,
especially in political geography, or where
the changes of government, or the laws
have given to the territories a new distribu
tion or new denominations.
We shall here, with a view to obviate the
discord of geographical books, give a sketch
of the changes of provincial distribution, so
that the country may be know n bf the rea
der of ancient or modern history—on a map
of the trtli century or of the present.
The kingdom of Naples is known in his
tory as part of Magna Grxcia, the extremi
ties of the peninsular having been peopled
by colonies Irom Greece, its length from
Capo del Armi, the southern point of ulte
rior Calabria, to the mouth of the Tronto on
the Adriatic coast, wliitl* separates the
march of Ancona from ulterior. Abruzzo,
north and south, is about 35b miles . its
breadth from Gaeta ill the east, or the mouth
of the Voltcrno, to the extremity of the
Capitauate, about 100 miles ; by the line of
the coast and the frontier of the papal ter
ritory, the line is more than 1500 miles, of
which five eighths is sea coast ; am) no part
of the torr.lury is more than 80 Hides from
the sea.
The city of Naples stands on the acite of
the ancient Patlhenope —and the territory
comprehends, the ancient country of the
SaiTtnites, Itomsgna, Apaulia, In sides Mag
na Grxciu; measuring about 36,000 square
miles, wild containing, independent of Sici
ly, about 5,350,000 inhabitants ; the revenue
of the state, prior to the French revolution,
was about 11,1)00,000 of dollars, of wltiqji Si
cily contributed no m >re than one filth.
Few cottiilries have undergone a greater
variety of political vicissitudes, which, how
ever, are foreign to the present purpose •, at
the beginning of the last century, the maps
then published, divided the territory into
12 provinces.
1. Term tie labor, or ancient Campania,
of which Naples was the wined' place.
2. The principality interior, or Piccntini
' —chief place, Salerno.
3. The principality ulterior or Jlierpatd—
chief place, Monte Tusco,
•1. I lit lU nlicate, oi Lucaniu— chief place,
Matera.
5. the Capitauate, ur Diiii.ua—chief
place, l.uccrn.
♦>. rite country of Motosi, or Treliua—
chiel place, Mnlose.
2-—Lit-Terra ■!» Haii, or Ten liu—chief
place, f is t mi.
, 8. the t erra d’Otrunte, or Ypigia— chief
place, l .ecce.
‘J. Calabria citcrior, or Ih-ath —chief place,
Cosen/a.
10. Calabria ulterior, Metgna Gracia —
Chief place, Cutunzario.
11. Abruzzo citcrior, or Vettiru —chief
plsee, Aqudla.
12. Ahruzso ulterior, or .d/um—chief
place, Cliiali.
Under the Bourbon dynasty, five greater
provinces were reduced to lour, each hav
ing under its jurisdiction three subordinate
provinces, as follows:
Cl. Abruzzo outer.
1. Abruzzo, -x 2. Abruzzo inner.
O Molise.
(T. Terra do Labor.
1 2. d lie outer prill
2. Terra tie Lubov. ■( cipahty .
|3. The inner prim
Ic, cipality.
t I. The Cnpitanate.
3. Puglso. < 2. Terra di Harri.
C.d, Terra di Otranto.
t l. The Hasilicste.
4. Calabria. < 2.-Inner Calibria.
Lo. Outer Calibria.
Some cliargcs were made during the
reign of the Napoleon dynasty, which were
not extended in the maps beyond the limits
of Italy ; but there has been a change made
since the recent relolution, which it mat
te useful to notice, as the new authorities
will, no doubt, employ the denominations
established in their laws.
In November, 1321>, a commission was ap
pointed by the congress or parliament of
Naples, to make a par j 'iilar distribution of
tlie provinces, and they divided the territo
ry into 13 jurisdictions or prefecturates.
• (hit oVames. .Vew Names.
1. Abruzzo, first outer Abruzzo Aquitaine.
2. Abruzzo, 2 outer Abruzzo Tarramaine.
3. Abruzzo, inner Abruzzo Cliietiuo,
4 Molise-, Sannio.
5 Capita .ate, Duuuia.
C. rt-fiii di Hari, I‘encosia.
7. Li i d’i)traiito, Mi ss.epia.
8 M.i- . calo, Lueama.
9. < a'u- », west Cnnscentina.
10 C.inu'i.a, ccn.ral Ucggitana.
tl. Caiai r s, sonth Htzia.
l.'.l'i vmceot Naples, I‘aithenopc. f
l.i. terra elc Labor, Campania.
lb » is the present provincial distribu
tion, and vaiirs very little more than in
name, Irmu that which preceded it. The
natural i.m-ite of the territory is very hap
pily adapted for reference « as the popular
practice of comp..ring me ltaii.ru pemn-mlu
to ~ boot, affords an easy mode of designa
tion, using vins poptda, mode of relcrgnci-,
the' tract ot tin- ten-nones of Lucca, V mi.
and tfve unniUl of the l’o, according to this
reference to the t tiii of a Amm.in leg, or
bout, may be referred to as the place ot gar
ter above the knee; the triangular shape
i t Tuscany, I'oiins tlie ctip ot ttic knee ; and
t..u territory oi the it nnaii pound rorres
ponu» w i li the pail of the iog wli cli is ex- -
posed, When a very li-gli bu>kin, or hussar !
Loot is wo.i, the busk.n being- peaked on '
the calf, but curving mucii lower on the
iront of the fig, so mat the Abrn.-vos form |
tnc hinder part of the leg, from tlie nvei i
Tramo on toe papal lermory, to the rivet ;
1 aav.si a, Cti tUC fcVUlh W CS, ilCt Oi Vi l.lch 1
river is the city ot Chicti . the Appcmnes
1 pass from nortli-east to south neat, tlirough
the centre of the hg, tin- Molina, or river
Latin;o, trom the 'I ngi ia to the Seirare riv.
* eg, or on the small of the leg behind, and
above the ancle, the Capitauate, or Danina
next i l'auce*ia lonns the ancle ; Barfi or
l’anazira, and Luce or Diramo forms the
heel ; all these are on thelme of tlie Adria
tic, on the Mediterranean lute, or front part
of the leg, Terre <le Labor or Campania ad
joins the Roman state, Naples or P.,rtl,c
nopc succeeds, and .the . si are eas.iy tra
ced.
It appears that the government of Naples
hail judiciously determined to remove from
tlie capital to the ancient city of Conz.i :
I Ins place is not, an asserted in the London
ministerial paper, in either Abruzzo, but in
the territory ofUannta, formerly the Capi
tanate ; it was before the earthquake of
1611-1, a considerable place ; and lias been
rising in consequence of the marble quar
ries of great beauty, which surround it, and
which has drawn a numerous and imlistrioug
population to the neighborhood, wl»> sup
ply a great part of Europe with brnamen.a!
statuary, the soil is rich, and the climate ex
quisite—it is situated at the foot of the great
chain of the Appenines, 36 miles south east
of Denevento, and 5 east ot Naples ; so that
the arts practised by the British in raising
the Lazaroui, and menacing the destruction
of Naples with their fleet, lias not been lor
gotten, and its possible consequences, bad
the government remained there, and de
clared. The ruling pow-r will therefore be
independent of the capital, and may, as cir- |
cmnsianccs shall authorise, change, ami the
mountain position they have selected affords
them the choice of a route and a position,
in a country, as difficult to traverse, and as
defensible by small numbers of hardy reso
lute men, as any part of Switzerland, (lie
Tyrolese, or the Vosges. [.iurora.,
i,j tr act of a letter received in Philadelphia
from Gibraltar, dated December 12,1821 J.
44 VVUnvvv’s FoW^. 1 ’
“ Leaving the Signal Station, and our
friend the. Corporal, with Ins litt'c buy, (not,
however, without some fears that he will
one day tome to a tragical end by knocking
his head against a piece of Hercules* Pillar,}
w« descend by the same path by which lie
hail descended. On a stnail platform not far
below, are three cannon, under the charge
ol the said Corporal and his guard. One of
these is fired at day light, one at sunset, and
one at 3 o’clock in the evening, with such ,
exactness that hunditds of watches are re
gulated by them. We hear at those peri
ods drums beat, trumpets sounded, and
guards relieved, in many parts of the l.arn.
s m—for Gibraltar is always called here a
garrison, and never a city. | have wished \
you could be with me some evening at sun- j
set, to hear the band of a Scotch regiment
Called the Cameroidau Regiment, play Scotch j
music at the King's Bastion. But 1 have I
come down the Buck, and must return, at i
least part of the way hack, to the Signal
Station.
Dur road, sfler passing through the gate
which is near the top of a wall reaching
down the declivity of tire Bock, with one in
terruption, to the harbour, contnmes to
slam giiidually down the face of the Bock,
anil points nearly south. By and by we be
gin to ascend towards the ’southern peak,
where Saint George's Tower, commonly j
called O' Hava's Polly, remains in the ruinous j
state in which the lightning left it. Imagine j
u long and toilsome walk over military path, i
wide enough lor carriages, covered rather I
than paved with long sharp stones, now j
Changing to zig zag, and at length bringing i
you to the top of the Buck. This peak,
when seen from the signal Station, from
which it is divided by a deep notch, looked
liken wedge standiagon its base, or a very
acute pyramid, l ire flat surface on the top
is nut mare than five rods across and the
descent on two sides is perpendicular for
nearly halt the distance from the ground.
Gen. O’Hara built the little round tower
here, to communicate by Telegraphs with
Cadiz ; but the intervening immntaiiis were
ton lngh to be overlooked in that manner—
indeed they seemed to grow taller as fast as
he built ; ami when he had done, Cadiz and
Cadiz bay were still invisible. He placed a
centinel there, however, as he <1«! not like
to acknowledge that he was wiser than be
fore he began to build, and he kept the
show of having not laboured m vain, until
the lightning threw down one side of Ins
tow;r, and killed his c utrv. The view is
a mirable. Ihe Spa z h mountains iu-e vi
sible to the N. and N. |J. The Mediterra
nean stretches away to the horiz m like the
Atlantic, and the little slops, far
one a diminutive idea of the dangers of the
s as. A u inscription on a stone, declares
the height of the peak to be 1170 feet.
■ This, I believe, is the highest part of the
Bock.
/ St. Michttel's Cave is the only remaining
object of curiosity. Life entrause to it is
about one quarter the distance down the
Knck, and is about as large as three common
doors. Formerly the entrance was double,
being divided by a natural column of stalac
tite ; hut that has been entirely carried a
wav, as I ant told, in the pockets of visiters,
each being desirous of a piece from so won
derful a p'ace. -An artificial drain p.-ors
great quantities of water into this entrance
in rainy weather, which finds some passage
out farther than any human being lias ever
penetrated. Fortunately it was at this time
dry. The bottom of the .cavern slopes ra
pidly from the entrance to the distance of j
about 10'J feet, and then begins to rise, flic '
room in winch we found ourselves, when ■
we ha l reached a little hillock near the fiir- i
th, \ s; le ot it, is probably TO feet wide and I
tv* feet high. As the whole is lighted by
tlie door, almost every thing is indistinctly
seen. I his, however, serves but to heigh
ten the effect. Several irregular colrmns
r. oeii from tile floor to the roof, and missha
pen iu.is.es lie about the flour, and depend
Iron a'oove on all sides, vei arc not s > frs
- as to shut out much of the feeble |
light, nor to distract the eye. The r .of is ;
very rough with stalactical icicles of various I
sizes, either single, tr collected into bun
tries.—and the wnole being of a uniform
d.n * i -hour, 1 couid lurdiy convince iny- |
sell t mi l was not i i some ancient half rum- j
ois G '.lnc had or cathedral ; I caught mv- !
seif tracing tlie Old c..ned work, the p. lit
c.l arc-lies, the intricate plan of the oi.ia- '
m.ms. But this is not ali. s.i|| f a ,.ii wr u „ ( i
We could lust distinguish columns and pas- }
sages, ami roofs, more and more dimly're
to*"g towards utter darkness ; nuiist high
on the right, a new burst of fight shewirJ
another Communication with tfie air. I
wished to proceed far.!; r ; tmt we were in
te.n cd it wotil.l be ve:> dangerous without i
. . ..s. I 1 ije :.a. - were tv be seen bo-
J'ond ami branching oissages ; but it isne
oessary to keep close to the rock on the
right, and to beware of the ground, which
we felt to be slippery, and a deep chasm on
the left with a pool of water stood ready to
receive us. besides, the ground sloped to
the left; ami as we could see none of our
danger, wc unwillingly gave up the task.
tVe turned, and once more looked on the
| more apparent wonders of the ant'-room,
and felt almost content to go no farther.
The dim religious light rested most calmly
on the solemn s’ately columns, the fretted
roof, and the shapeless ruins of former co- j
Inruns and pendent Ornaments, in a manner j
which seemed to b d defiance to imitation.
I examined the mouth o/ a small aperture,
which is said to lead to-a ball of considera
ble size and beauty. Indeed lam toid that
no person lias been ab'e to reach the end ot
this wonderful cavern. Tradition says it
extends under the Straits, and opens at the
opposite Pillar if Hercules, formerly called
Myla, and tbit the monkies that live on this
part of the Itock, pass and rejiuss through
some of its unknown branches.
, [,V, Y. Daily .frlv.
SVi\vwveek.
The following melancholy account of the
loss of the brig Margaret, and the suffer
ings of th a crew and passengers, we copy
from a Halifax paper of the 4th inst.
Hvurax, April 4.
I V,'e have been obligingly furnished, by
one of the survivors, with the following par
ticulars of -the loss of the brig Margaret,
upon tin Island ol Sable :
“ On the night of the 29th October last,
on our voyage from Quebec to Jimaica, we
approached the Island of Sable, and intend
ed to pass to the Eastward of the N. E. Bar
—soundings were made durihg the evening,
which, agreeing witli the ff iarls, left us no
room'for the apprehension of danger. Ai
II o’clock we found ourselves in 12 fathoms,
when an ostler was given to lay the vessel
to—-Ini almost at the sane instant the struck
on a shoal, amongst the N. E. Breakers.
I he wind was strong, accompu ffed with
snow, the sea running excessively high, and
* the vessel continually striking wi;!i great
violence—every exertion was made to get
her off, but in vain. The .sene of distress
which Was now exhibited exceeds all de
scription : tire passenge■., thus awfully a
roused from their slumbers, and with halt
their usual apparel upon them, sunn gained
the deck, viewed with tire keenest anguish
the imminent rfaug-r to which they were
exuosed, and fervently supplicated the in.
terpoaition of l’nivideiice in their behalf. In
a spurt time the brig fel over with a dread
j fill crash, the ma-os went over fbo side,
i the stern post started, the whole of the stern
i frame soon fe 1 in, and it was tinuglß the
vexs-l won il immediately go to pieces ; but
the gale fortunately moderated ft I'n.tie, and
i measures were instantly taken fur the pre
servation of those on board. The jolly
boat had gone adrift, but the long boat was
still lelt, and three men had got into her for
the purpose o! preventing her from sus-
I taming any injury, Slid of bringing her *-
j longside when directed, to receive the pas
' sengers and cr»— they had a difficult duty
j to perform, and only by great exertions
j could have accomplished the object. When
I it was no longer considered prudent to re
main on Ilia wreck, the boat was brought
alongside, and in-attempt made in the first
instance, to provide fur the safetv of the
passengers -—they were Mr. Richard Roger,
I his wife, 1 sous, and 3 daughters, (of ages
j between 2 and It years,) and Mrs. Ander
i son, the mother ot Mrs. R.—but in miking
the attempt, Mrs. A. a id the two youngest
boys unfortunately perished. Every other
person succeeded hi getting into the boat
except Capt. Fisher, and to relieve him a
second attempt was nude, but it failed;
with their utmost efforts they could not suc
ceed i-o getting alongside again, owoig to
the excessive rising of the surf, and they
were compelled to drop a short distance
from the bow of the vessel. Capt. K. thus
unexpectedly left alone on the wreck, al
most despaired of rejoining his surviving
companions. He went out on .the end of
the mainmast, but saw there was a l it'e
prospect of reaching the boat from that si
tuation, received some bruises, returned,
ami then g dug out upon the jib-boom, let
liuiwlf fall into the surf: in a moment lie
found himseif near the b iat, and, with Cm
assistance of those on onard, succeeded in
getting into her,—Wet and cold, and in mo
mentary dread of being deprived of exist*
' ence, we looked mnst anx ously for the
break of day ; at length it dawned upon us;
ami we then left tlie wreck and steered for
the island, which was distant at least six /
leagues, and not in sight. Though the Al
mighty had brought us through the dangers
ot tire night, stiff greaicr perils, we feared,
were to be encotuteivil, the boat was crow
ded, the weather boisterous, the sea run
ning very high, almost every person more
or less trust bitten, and a landing upon the
1 island considered extremely d fficult. At
8 o’clock, as we drew towards tlie island,
we observed tlie sea to break in dreadful
surges about a mile from the shore. At 1
o’clock, l*. M. on the south side of it we I
discovered a signal pos s , ami thought some i
of the inhabitants were living near to it; l
and, in the hope of being seen by them, and I
receiving some assistance, we rowed the ,
boat backward and forward, along the out
side of the surffor some time, but noperson I
appeared ; and as the day was nearly spent, ,
&. those in the boat almost exhausted by 1
their varrms sufferings, it was thought ad
visable to make an effort to reach the !
shore over the shoals and thro’ the breaker.-
At the instant of staking tlieattemj t a violent j
squall of wind and rain come on; live boat
was overset, and every person thrown out
of her. Only fojr regained her, viz. Capt.
Fisher, the ma'e, one of tiie seamen,, and a i
passenger,—she was then full of water and i
quite unmanageable. I hev saw at a little i
distance, Mr. and Mrs. Roger and four of
their family struggling witii late, and heard
their cries for assistance, but it was not in
their power to render them any aid ; they |
were soon themselves obliged, Irom want ,
of strength, to relinquish their holds upon
tlie boat, and trust to their being carried on i
share by the surf, t hree of these, among j
Whom was the Captain, had the good fortune ;
to reach the shore, and there i -y met three i
others, who had ocen as providentially sav. |
cd. Cap!. ♦* was quite speechless when |
driven upon the b.-.iclt, and it was some j
minute* before Sir was apprized of h;s safety. :
Three of the ch'Mrcn lay near him, gasping i
in the arms of death, and soon expired ; and I
tlie lifeless bodies of their parent* and broth- *
cr were seen upon every sweiling of toe !
surf at no great distance , the Carpenter, |
alsJ, aad t':ret es llit st.« • . . ::;’tot;ar -
frost them. Os the 19 persons who were
on board the Margaret, six only, it
seen, survived. After recovering » “tHe
from their excessive fatigue aid sufferings,
and offering up their fervent prayers to the
Almighty for their safety, they proceeded
to the flag staff, ami near it discovered an
uninhabited house, there they found all tne
necessary preparations for making a hie.
provisioni anH rum, aul in » short time ren
dered themselves tolerably comfortable
the next day* following directions which the)
observed in the building, they proceeded to
j the settlement of Mr Hudson, the superin -
! tendent, distant about 9 miles— there they
remained until the 9 h March, when tiny
left the island in the Margaret’s long boat.
lifttest Irom EiigAouA.
Savakkiu, .May 4.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER.*
Glorious intelligence for the friends of
Liberty!
Just as our paper was going to press, the
brig Ce irge, Capt. Unsworlb, from Liver
pool arrived in 42days. Capt. U. has furnish
ed Editor of the ’ Rcpublican with a
Liverpool paper to the 16th March, the only
one he brought. The George loit on the
24th March ; and Capt. Unsworth s ates, that
official intelligence had been received of the
complete deltat of the Austrian army by tlie
Neapolitans, a great many prisoners were
made and a large amount of specie furnished
fi conspicuous article in the spoil captured.
Capt. IF. asserts that tiiis can be
explicitly relied on, as the detail bad been ?
published in the London Gazette. He also
says, that, he had a regu'ar file of London
papers to the 22d March, but they have been
left or mislaid.
The sliip Flant&genet sailed the day be
fore the George, for this port. The brig
Osgood was to sail a few days after.
We are indebted to a commercial house
for the following letter. It seems that Cot
ton has improved from a 1-2 to three farth
ings.
LIVERPOOL, March 23, 1821.
“Th-e demand for Cotton has revived with
great spirit in the lust three days, and the
sales-it! that period amount to fully 9'JOO
bags at an advance in ttie middle qualities, <>f
Upland and Sea Island and the lower quali
ties of New-Orleaus at 12 a 3-4 per lb. We
now quote Upland 8 14 a 10 1-4 per lb.
The df-ah-rs and speculators have equally
co ne forward, and the holders although they j
have met the demand freely, have progres- j
sively raised the prices. The market at pre- |
sent is very firm. New Rica is very unsalea- j
ble at 14 a 15. ud per cwt.”
The Liverpool Mercury of the 16th inst. 1
state*; tint a detachment of Austrians which ;
had entered Uemint had been cut off by the
inhabitants. It is publicly stated at Naples
that in the event of invasion, assistance the
most effectual will he derived both from
Spain and France. Several vessels freighted j
with arms had already arrived from Spain, j
and several hundred French officers had en- |
tered the Neapolitan service. The French !
people da not participate in the sentiment of
neutrality declared by the government. Ma
ny fre- corps oftlie Neapolitans have carried
alarm into the States oft he Holy Pontiff. All
Italy appears ready to make common cause
with the Neapolitans, The officers of the
French squadron have fraternised with the
Neapolitans. b general rising is momently
expected in the Roman ami Bolognese States.
In the kingdom of Naples all tile male no
(rotation capable of bearing arms, are march
ing to tire frontiers. It is reported that some
officers of a certuin squadron iii the bay have
expressed a willingness to fight under the
Neapolitan flag. Some young people of
Megiina have marched to the frontiers as
volumeer .
On the 15th ult. a body of disaffected Tus
cans, and other Italians, in conjunction with
a party of Neapolitans proclaimed, the Nea
politan constitution in the Unman state of
Atxorana.
A letter from a resnectable merchant in
Naples dated 18th Feb. states, “ I cannot
think the Austrians can ever became masters
of the interior of the country where a
Guet-iffa warfare will be kept up. I fear the
! war will assume a frightful character of fero
city. Had vou been in 'tie Parliament the
other day when the great question of War,
or Submission, was decided, you would have
wept.
“It is said there are 80,000 Neapolitan
' troops waiting for the Austrians. The latter
will certainly be cut up and massacred
wherever they may be found in small bodies;
they are detested beyond measure.
Prom the .Yew- Hampshire Patriot,
Honorable transaction.—On the evening
of the 4th inst. tlie house of a poor widow
in Goffstown by the name of Ayer, was en
tered by a ruffian, and an attempt made to
murder the family, at that time consisting ot
the widpw, and her daughter, aged about
13. The circumstances, as collected from
the sufferers, and the appearance, of the
house, are somewhat as follows:
Daniel D. Farmer came into the house
that evening witn some biscuit and a bottle
rum, with which lie was very free—urg.ng
the widow to drink several times with
which request she sometimes complied. He
then told her that he was going t> kill her,
and immediately knocked her down with a
club; upon which the child began scream
ing for assistance. The ruffian then qu.t tin
mother; knocked down the child, dtaggetl
her out of doors, took up a stone weighing
about six pounds, and pounded her head
until he supposed her dead. He then
dragged her into the house, leaving the
blood as he drew her along in considerable
quantity, and threw her under the bed. lie
then returned to the mother, to finish her ;
took the tongs and broke them over her
h.-ad ; this not despatching her, he took tiie
: fire shovel and beat it in her skull in several
• puces, one of which is upon about four in
ches long and near half an inch wide, leav
ing the brain visible for the same space ! This
was not sufficient; in order to conceal the
i horrid deed, he took a roll of cotton cloth
i «Inch happened to be in the way, tore it in
pieces, set it on fire and strewed it about
the house ;- then scattered the fire round the |
: room, throwing such quantity upon the j
| child as to burn her legs and her thighs to a .
; blister.— The child is supposed to have been j
. in a state of insensibility at the time, wi she
I does not know how she came to be so burn- j
| ed After doing all this, he left the house, |
j probably supposing it would burn up and j
> consume the bodies of its occupants; but, ■
j strange to relate, the child, notwithstanding ■
I her violent treatment, recovered her senses, i
I crawled, from under the bed, and found the !
I ho ise on fire in several places. She looked 1
! to the water-pail, but thus was not to be
found, tlie villain having taken the pcecau
tion to throw h out doors. She tlien thought
of a pot of beer, with which she extinguish
ed the fire. She afterwards, managed to get
her mother upon the bed, and got in by
her side, where they remained till morn,
ngj when the child had sufficient strength
to get up and go a quarter of a mile to the
nearest neighbour’s' and give information of
the horrid deed. The neighbours were a
iarmcd, proceeded to the I.„use and found
the woman alive, but in an insensible state.
A physician was immediately called, the
wounds dressed, and she so far recovered
as to relate who the person was that com
nitted the set. The child, notwithstanding
she performed all the above mentioned sere
vices, is at inis time unable to turn herself in
bed without assistance. The woman’s head
is laterally cut into checkers with the blade
of the shovel which was very bloody, and
hairs were found upon it corresponding
with the woman’s hair ; and the stone with
which the child was beat, was known by its
being bloody and hairs upon it correspond
ing with the child’s hair. In fine, the ap
pearance of the house and family was a most
shocking spectacle. Physicians are of opin
ion that the woman cannot survive.
The person who committed this diabolical
deed has been taken into custody and com
mitted to prison, and from circumstances
which were developed on tire examination no
doubt remains of his being the perpetrator.
From the Baltimore Telegraph, April 17.
On the Ist of April, 1821, the Steam-Boat
Neptune, commanded by Bignell, on his
passage from Havana to Matanzas, fell in with f
a Patriot Slop and Brig, off Point Guanos,
■Where they laid in such a position, as all hopes
for getting clear was given up. The brig
being within musket shot, when she gave
her a broadside and only one 12 lb. shot
! took effect, and lodged in her starboard
bends, about the main chains—when Capt.
I Bignell ordered his man at the helm to port,
amt perceiving the boat was making towards
the brig, audou looking atound,found he hud
deserted his post, and all hands gone below,
(and his colors being hoisted, unknown to
ldm) went am] ordered them to be hauled
down, and stop the engine j when the Capt.
of the brig, eager to take possession of his
prize, immediately waved his trumpet for .
the boat to come under his Ice, and put his \
helm down and went in slays. Soon as she
got in the wind, said Bignell took the ad
vantage thereof, and got his engine a going,
and put tne steam on her once more to make
■ his escape, which was done, and arrived in
; Matanzas at 4 r. m. On the 3d inst. the
I Patriot ship fell in with the American sehr.
j Choctaw, from Savannah bound to Matanzas,
| on board of which vessel, he sent the follow
; * ll g letter to Capt. Bignell, of the aboremen
; tioned Steam-boat:
Republican Sloop pj War
I.Anr Ahtioas, 3u April, lrf2l.
Sin—l begto express myself in the highest
i estimation, on observing your gallant con
i duct on the Ist April, on preserving your
| vessel, in a manner that would merit the
| attention of any nation. And 1 hope that a
: future time may bring us better acquainted;
at the same time, l trust that no damage has
occurred to any of the passengers, especially
the female sex, as it would grieve roe ex
ceedingly, should any thing have occurred ;
i being, an unarmed vessel, I now feel happy
| that 1 cou.d not bring the battery of tins
slop to bear upon you, as her superior me.
ta; would certainly have caused some ac
cident.
I am sir, with admiration and respect, your
obedient herva.t. JOB NOUTHKOP.
Cotton and Dollars. —We notice the fact to 1
our planting, manufacturing and mercantile
readers, that Surat cotton has been shipped
to Canton at 6 1-2 pence sterling per pound
equal preciseley to 11 1-2 cents. Our Cotton
may thus he saved from depression, and our
Specie from exportation. [Dc„>o. Frees.
When- Handel, the celebrated musician,
died in I.ondoh, the public journals were
filled with the praises of the deceased. Cape
Dash wood, who had lately gained great
applause by the exhibition of fire-works a.
a public festival, brought into company one
"* tile papers and read aloud a paragraph,
winch alter many encomiums on the genius
an l virtues of Handel, concluded, ‘ that he
Oad gone to the only place wuerc his hormo
uy could be exceeded.’ • Yes, said a lady pre -
sent, ‘ and when you die, Captai", they will
have it in print, that you have gone to the
only place where your fire-works can be
exceeded.’
Fifty Dollars Howard.
from the Subscriber’s
/ Stable, ue«r Laurens Court
House, ;j. C. on Thursday night, 15th
March a
Yellow Sorrel Horse,
Nine or ten years old near sixteen
bauds high, very much crest fallen ;
branded on (he ltfi shoulder and thigh
with a P. the other brand not recol
lected ; a dit'k streak from his shouL
ders along the back to the root t»f
his tail, which runs down on each
shoulder—u small-' star on his fore
head, no other marks recollected —
trots and rucks tolerably well. Any
person who will deliver me the horse
. shall receive twenty dollars, and ten
: dollars fur information so that 1 cau
j get him, or fifty dollars fur the horse'
: and thief.
Richard M’Nees.
Laurens T)i«. March 17. 8b 4tT
A trace.
1 INE months after date, we shall
, apply to the Honorable (ha
Justices of the Inferior Court of the
1 county of Uieliinniid, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, lor leave to
i sell the real estate of tstaiuback Wil
son, deceased. for the benefit oi the
licit s and creditors.
Cosby t>kkin,o,i. ? Mn
James A. Black, 5
November 8 ; 1820. Icititn