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TEUM THE «*TI#»AE I«*tlI*EI»V»-
J)on Luis de Tail's Memoir.
A translation «'f the “ memoir upon the
UMoMtions between Spam and the United
States of America, which led to the treat>
of 1819 ” ha* just been pnt> ished jn this ci
te from the pen of Dr. Wat kina, in whose
character and abilities we have a satisfactory
pledge of the fidelity and accuracy of the
translation. . . .
We have looked over this work, m the
expectation of finding it full of the sophisms
of diplomacy, and very unreserved in the
frankness of tin- author’s views of the Uni
ted States. We have not been disappoint
ed. It is both the one and the other. Os
the character of our people, and their be
setting foibles, he speaks with unsparing se
verity, and with more freedom, we think,
than sincerity. Os our institutions, and of
our resources, he has given as flattering a
view as could be expected from a represen
tative of monarchy, who has no longer a mo
tive for deceptive language, or mental re
servation, in respect to us ; it being per
fectly evident, from the whole tenor of the
memoir, that Don Luis Ua Onis has not the
least expectation of ever revisiting the U.
State* in * public capacity. Os the policy
of our government, he has furnished such a
distorted view as suited the purpose lor
which he wrote, which was by apropos sug
gestions, to induce the Cortes of Spain to
ratify the treaty of 1819,'he necessary as
sent to which had been, and was at the date
of the memoir, withheld by tlie king ot
Spain.
rue character of the hook is well describ
ed to the following extract from the trans
lator's preface:
“ The reader of the following pages will
soon find rea-on to pronounce them a most
extraordinaiy production ; he will perceive
that they contain a singular mixture of the
veriest slander, and the most extravagant
eulogy, of our country and countrymen, that
was rvrr heaped upon them by loe or friend.
The double object which the author had in
view 'ed him, of necessity, into many con
tnv'ictions ami absurdities. He had been
accused ot sul'yiug the dignity of bis royal
ina-ier, a id woiindi >g the interests ol 'lni
nation, by a disgraceful treaty; and this
charge naturally invo'ved the suspicion, that
he had been influenced in his negotiation
either by fear or partiality for the Americans.
In c inhaling this two fold accusation, it was
important that he should show the political
and physical strength of the United States,
in its utmosi magnitude ; that he should de
monstrate the impossibility of defending the
Spanish provinces in America from the am
bitious grasp of this colusssl power; and
that he should draw such a picture of the
people as might lead to the inference that
con'empt rather than admiration or dread,
supplied him of the coloring. It will he
seen, from the ingenuity with which lie lias
mmageti Ins arguments, that Don Lius de
Dins was a wily politician, a master of the
diplomaticart ; and, however illusive some
of hi* reasoning mav appear, there arc
('tong ground* to believe that the Spanish
Cories were influenced by it to consent to
the ratification i f his treaty, and that his
main object was thus accomplished.”
The memoir coinmenoes with a history of
the Don's diplomatic re-ideoce in the Umted
States, from the year 1809 to the year 1819 :
of his arrival here, the refusal of our gu
vernmen' to receive him, and his vigilance
and faithful services nevertheless. It then
takes a view of the territories ot the United
State*; nt their population ; of the causes
of the rapid Increase of population, and of
the public snd individual wealth of these
statra, of our relations with the Indians on
our borders ; of the agricttltu e, manufacto
ries, und industry of the United States ; of
their commerce ; of their military force,
which lie scandalously depreciates ; of the
navy ; ol the national revenue; of our in
ternal policy ; of one political system, and
the relations of the United Slates with the
different powers of the globe. The me
moir then concludes with a brief account of
th • negotiation, amt of the motives which
induced him to close it as he did, the duke
ot AUg hi’* grants in Florida to the contra
ry notwithstanding. The statistical pari of
the work shews that Mr. De Onis was not
idle or on observing during his sojurn here,
though many ot Itis statements and argu
ments arc founded on erroueous or defec
tive data.
U remains for us to give an extract or two
from the work. The first is his portrait of
the people of the United States, not very
fl.i leriug certainly ; yM in which, mangre
its frightful daubing mid hideous colors, one
can plainly discover some old trails of re
semblance to those who sat for the like
lo ss :
•“ This peopl* however, do not appear ca
pabla of raising themselves to that colossal
roatness to which they aspire, nor to any
. .hand listing glory. A compound of in
d.viduala of various nations, they have no
•;uo national character; and devoted to
, mmcrcc and speculation, interest is their
i ml. They carried with them lo the de
v-n» of North America the corruption and
i xices of the most deg-nerate people in
K. ir pe ; and this corruption and these vi
ets have met with no barriers in a country
w'.ere all are free, and where htxiry un<l
iutiuiuMe lAir»( of gold art the predominant
panien* : extreme egoliim, u twice, and oth
tr tin dnf pauiont, tUottntpuish die charm ter ts
the Amrrico’U Their man era, in general,
resemble those of the English, though hey
are a w»>» accompanied with a certain rus
ticity, and a provoking arrogance, tlm par
ticulars them. I’he inhabit*: t* of the U.
Slat - are dc eemledfur the most part from
Ei.rUth /«»)<!<*, and although a mui’tuule
of individuals from other nations are incor
porated u* their population, the un*hmamti
is a'wat s prevalent. Ihe Institution* of tlte
cnuilirv. copied clueth from thus-of Eng
land tne umit laws ter the administration
oi justice in civil and ciimtnal case*; the
sauc language, the same enthusiasm tor
commerce, and the same spirit id domma
turn and pride, render the two people very
similar.—FSe Anglo- American looks upon
cverv nation with disdain or contempt, ad
miring 'he English onlv, and making it a glo
ry to draw hi- origin from her. Hut their
Situation at the head of the new world, with
om rivals to impede or restra n their march ;
an immense and varied surface nf territory ;
their rapid and astonishing progress in popu
la'ton, the arts and industry; the brilliant
aeries of tfieir prosperity ; the powerfu
success of their arms in the iate war against
Great Britain ; and the respect which they
fancy they have inspired in 'he principa
powers of Europe, have raised their vanity
to an extreme, of which it is scarcely potst
ble to form an idea. They consider them
superior 'o the rest of mankind, and
look upon their republic ss the only estab
isliiiieut upon earth, founded upon a grand
aid solid basis, embellished by wisdom and
destined one day to become the most sub
ome colossus of human power, and the won
derof the universe. It U not only in the
mouth, of enthusiasts °r demagogues, who
se< k lo inflame the imaginations of the mob
witti seductive and exalted ideas, that this
language is heard ; it resounds trim every
side— The works of all the Anglo-Ameri
can writers are streweil with these haughty
sentiment*, these brilliant predictions, sug
gested by an overweening vanity, then
public monuments attest the excess of this
pride and ostentatious confidence. flic
house in which congress hold their sessions,
they call the capital ,■ a little rivulet near it
about three yards wide and a fourth deep,
they denominate the Tiber. Many o( the
meanest settlements have the names ol the
mdst celebrated cities of Greece ami Rome.
• Every thing breathes extreme affectation
and vanity in the U. Slates; but the sensi
ble man, who examines things w ith imparti
ality and profound reflection, cannot hut
foresee the ruin of these states, in the blind
impetuosity of their ambition, and the ex
cess of their pride.”
We have the following, as a fair sample of
those parts of the work in which reluctant
justice is done to us ;
“ Their fleet is every day receiving aug
mentation, and is already upon a respectable
ami brilliant footing. The Anglo-American
sailors, if they do not exceed the English in
skill or courage, like them possess the pro
foundest knowledge of naval tactics, and
great experience in every thing that' can
contribute to a favorable result in naval ac
tions. It is true, hitherto, they have had no
action*, except of ship to ship, and with
small divisions on the lakes, but in all they
have manifested great skill an# great brave
rr. When their navy shall be adapted for
grand battles, they will no doubt allow the
same superiority, of which the English now
boast so much ; and will, perhaps, surpass
them, excited as they will be by emulation,
pride, and that fierceness of enthusiasm which
a republican spirit inspires. Every thing
is well organized in their marine : the vessels
are of excellent, construction, perfectly titteil
and armed : a rigorous discipline, due subor
dination, and the best oider'are observed in
them. —There is no instance ot an Anglo-
American commander or officer having tal
. tered in his duty, or of bis having failed to
support, even in the most difficult extremi
ties, the honor of Iris flag: an officer who
should conduct liimsell in any other manner,
would not only be punished with severity,
but It s name would be forever loaded with
infamy, and abandoned to public execration.
These are the principles which make an ar
tnv or a n»vy formidable ; without them, no
matter how many soldiers or ships a state
may have, it must not flatter itself that it has
an army ora navy ; it may spend immense
sums to support these two bodies, which are
the pillars of national defence, but it will ex
perience nothing but disasters, defeats, ami
losses, when the necessity for employing
them shall arrive.”
We conclude with the following extracts,
the perusal of which made us feel unusually
serious, vihy, we leave the reader to explain.
“ I cannot conclude my observations upon
the country and population of the United
States without saying something of the In
dians, or aboriginals, still remain-ug in them.
A consult rab'e number of the Iroquois are
yet to be met within the state of New-York
and in the estertt part ol Long Island ; but
tin y are all miserable wretches, in nothfng
resembling their ancestors, whose character
is said to have been so bold, warlike and
ferocious. lii the states of Tennessee and
I Mississippi, the nation or tribe of Clierokees
i exist, in Georgia, the Creek*, in Mississippi,
the Cltickasaws and Choctaws; in the state
of Indiana and territory of Michigan, a few
savage hordes of the nation or tribe ot Chip
pewav s are to be found; and others to occupy
various points, to the north cast of Illinois and
east of Lake Michigan. They are all wretch
ed, and gradually becoming extinct. Their
whole number will amoii it at most to 50'
or 60.000. Those who live within the Span
ish dominions, contiguous to the United
States, comprise various trbe*, some of
them sufficiently numerous, but they are
gradually diminishing, snd abandoning the
country to the Americans,
•* Although the federal government boasts
of the tenderness and pliilanthropliy with
which it treats them, it cannot but be ob
served, that what ever may be its disposi
tion to cherish sentiments eo becoming to
the present age, ami all free countries uke
that of America, the fact is, that the Indians
are daily despoiled of their lands by pur
chases, for the most part fraudulent, or by
treaties but little equitable, as well as by
force of arms. It frequently happens, that
the settlers established on the frontier or
near the lands of the Indians, make incur
sions into them, and rob them of theii cattle,
and of every thing upon which they can lay
their hands. They complain to the gov
ernors ami authorities of their re-pective
states or territory, and in many casus to the
federal government; but justice is not al
ways done to them, nor any satisfaction giv
en. A series of these outrages a length wea
ries their patience, and, when they find a fit
opportunity, they take vengeance into their
I own hands, attack those who enter theii
grounds to lav them waste or drive off their
! cattle, and either murder them or some
; times pursue them beyond the frontier, com
mitting reprisal upon the American posses
sions, with the ferocity belonging to their
nature. When either of these events hap
pens, the cry of alarm ami indignation re
sounds through >ut the whole United S afr .
1 and tne government sends an army to cha-
I tise the Indians.
“ Such is the motive or apparent cans
of the deadly and exterminating wars whies
have been hitherto waged against these u
happy beings.— The government alnavs en
tt lists the conduct of them to impetuous gen
era!*, who, suffering themselves to be ca
ned away hv a passion for war, even to ti
overwhelming in ruin these almost defenct
less amt wretched a >. rigmals, pursue the'
with fire and sword, burn their miserab
cabins, and put to destruction all who ai
not s- 1 fortunate as to escape to distant fores
or inaccessible mountain*.
“ At the end ot the campaign, a treaty
entered into with ihe untortunate victim
who have survive,hhe extermination of the
tribe ; and n tin* the gi eater and better par
t of their land is adjudged to the United Stat
who arc thu* successively getting rid of thes
neighbors, and possessing themselves of th
countries which they occupy,”
On the whole, none can read this tract o
152 pages w u hwut amusement, and few with
-1 •ut instruction.
FROM THE NF.W-YORK ADEFRTIfjF.R.
We have received several short extracts
from the Journal of an American, who was at
Naples in the month of January last, and as
terwardson his way from Home to Florence,
passed through the detachment of Austrian
forces on their way to the Neapolitan do
minions. While at Naples, he had oppor
tunity to witness the shew of preparation
that was made by the inhabitants for the de
fence of their constitution, and the indepen
dence of their country. It would seem that
they must have had a sad want of the true
zeal of patriotism, and of that spirit »nd en
ergy which are calculated to resist with force
and elFect such an outrageous attack upon
the liberties of their country, to render it so
apparent to a stranger, who had been but a
sliort time in their capital, and was imper
fectly acquainted with their language.
The tact mentioned of the large English
and French naval force, at that time, in the
bay Os Naples, has not been mentioned in any
account of the state of things there that we
have met with ; of course we are not ac
quainted with the object of their assembling
at that particular juncture. Ii seems hardly
possible that it should have been entirely ac
cidental.
When I arrived at Naples, the Constitu
tion had been proclaimed, and the King had
just sailed for Leghorn, leaving the Prince
Ferdinand Regent. I presume no mere tra
veller, during a short stay in that city, ever
was disposed to give a very favourable opin
ion ol the character of the people from such
opportunities as he may be supposed likely
to enjoy forjudging of it. The lower class
es invariably appear to him miserably poor
and dishonest, and the higher extremely
immoral. It would be difficult for an Ame
rican, who had seen only his own country,
to imagine their apparent want of all the
qualities that he would consider absolutely
necessary to make a tolerable state ot socie
ty. No one would hesitate to say, that they
must he ignorant of what is meant by the
freedom for which they were apparently
preparing to contend, nor to declare, that
if the Spanish Constitution could avail to
make Neapolitans freemen in sentiment, it
must contain something magical in its com
position. It is perhaps Worth the experi
ment, and as the nation seem prepared to
defend to the last the ground they have ta
ken, let them g<> on ; and if they succeed,
and ever actually come to the enjoyment of i
the blessings of a free people, no nation on
the earth need to despair of success in fol
lowing their example. No nation could
ever undertake it under more discouraging
circumstances —for at this time England
was expected by the Neapolitans to join all
Europe against them, and fifteen or twenty
English and French ships of the line and
frigates were at anchor in the bay ot Na
ples. These ships, though they came in
one or two at a time —and no particular ob
ject was stated (or their assembling here—
could not be supp> sed to have come by mere
accident, particularly at such a critical junc
ture.
The National Guard which had just been
organ zed, appeared very well at a review
and hailed tlie Regent with loud vivas as he
rode through the lines. His brother, l*rmce
Leopold, and the families of them both,
were in the procession. Leopold married
a daughter of the Emperor of Austria, and
was with some reason regarded as being un
friendly to the revolution, lie was obliged,
however, to be present, anti to hear the sol
diers and the crowds cry 1 Lung live the
Prince and the Constitution !' while they
were stimulated to it by men running along
behind the lines, so as to keep pace with
the coaches, crying viva f viva f as they
ran. The Guard afterwards marched along
before the Palace, saluting the I’r.nce, who
stood in the glass gallery. The soldiers ap.
peareJ very well on this occasion, except
that they seemed too finely dressed for a
new body of men raised in haste for the de
fence of the country itself On all other oc
casions too they were talkative and noisy.
The Trattorias or public eating-lmu-.es were
often crowded with them and there their
manners were quite disgusting to every one
who had hoped to find them ready to draw
their swords with cool determined resolu
lion, for they were wasting their strength
in talking about war.
On the way to Rome, I found with stir
prise tnc passes through the different ranges
of mountains near Fomli quite unoccupied,
although at that time an Austrian army was
said to be on its march. In one place, par
ticularly, where a small battery, which had
been erected at some lormer time, and Iro n
the nature of the ground might sweep'.he
road down a gentle hill for a mile and a half,
was now undergoing some repair, for two
men were turning over the stones, and seem
ed to be preparing it to mount a couple of
cannon. ITte celebrated piss of Terracino
is extremely well calculated for defence, the
road Having been cut along the side of a high,
impassable mountain, wasnedby the sea; yet
no preparations were making for its defence.
Though the Neapolitans are not very po
pular lit Ko ne, they found some friends to
t.ie steps thsy had taken, if any conclusion
might be so-med from the dissatisfied looks
with which many read the Pope’s proclaina
turn in which be declared that lie ha I given |
leave to the Austrian army to pass through
the states of the Church. A report was
once circulated which gained some credit,
that insurrections had been made in three
places at onse; audit was admitted that there
were many Carbonari, not these alone, but
liroughout all Italy, and even among the
Austrians themselves. It is understood,
hat a vessel was kept for some time at Civi
i Vtcehia, at the mouth of the fiber, to re
cite the Pope, if he should judge it dan
gerous to remain in his own dominions, and
one evening when an alarm was spread that
ie Neapolitans had already crossed the
mundane*, and were advancing towards
.tome, there is no d übt that his horses
. ere led out to convey him thither without
ss of time.
On the 26th of February, I left Rome and
ravelled very leisurely seven days on the
oad to Florence through Terni. file whole
a ay was crowded w ith a division of the Aus
nan army, then on their march. It was ne
cessary only to have a passport signed by the j
Austrian ambassador at Rome, to travel a
nong litem without any other interruption
inn was occasionally caused hy the road
mg filled with soldiers or wagons, and no
iher inconvenience than crowded inns, and 1
i scarcity of provisions. The soldiers were
out, strong, uardy looking men, and were
veil disciplined. In many respects they
irmed a striking contrast to the Italians.—
ieir dresses, though good, were very plain,
nth barely enough of military ornaments to
hstinguish the officers from each other. The
ddiers bad little else to denote their pro
esMon beside '.heir arms, as if their repu'a
* tii’Ti were not to depend on cocked--* and
bright button*. In this part of Italy there
are many small walled towns, through a vast
number of which the great road passes.—
They are almost without exception very
Wretched, the houses being eXTemely old,
and crowded close together in narrow oirty
streets. A new bouse is not to be seen j and
every thing shows that the inhabitants leao
the same miserable life, without any variety,
from age to age. In common circumstances,
nothing can appear more dismal than a
walkthrough an Italian village. The few
inhabitants you s* e are beggars, cr some
thing not much better; the houses, which
are usually of two stories, have no glass in
their small inconvenient windows, and but a
tew pieces of ancient furniture in their pro
portionally small and not less inconvenient
rooms. In some places are to be seen large
expensive buildings, but they are much bel
ter calculated to give impressions of the
wealth than the taste of their builders, and
make the poverty and misery ot every thing
else more striking.
At that time, however, the appearance of
things was much changed. We hardly pass
ed through a single town which was not lull
of Austrian soldiers. The officers were
quartered in the inns and the most commo
uiuus private houses, while the soldiers were
crammed into large unoccupied buildings,
and many were ottenobliged to encamp out
side the walls. Small shops w ere opened
to supply them with bread, cheese, sausages,
and wine, yet such numbers had already
poured in, and such crowds were yet to come,
that a famine seemed the inevitable ConSe- j
quence. I never witnessed a single instance i
of riot, nay not even a dispute, on any occa- j
sion, though we were among them six days, ;
and saw them under all circumstances. — 1
Their sentinels were aiways posted at the .
gates of the towns which they occupied,
and our passports were shewn to them. The
inns were crowded with officers, and the sta
bles with their horses and servants: but eve
ry thing was still during the night, and the
innkeepers said they were well paid. When
ever we met bodies ot soldiers on the march,
or their long lines of heavy baggage and am
munition of wagons, we found ttie officers
disposed to accommodate us as much as possi- j
ble ; and smail numbers of men, and even ,
single (jnes, whom I occasionally saw while .
walking among the mountains, often wished j
me good morning, or good evening, in their !
rougii language. Some had their wives a-
I long with them, who were to be seen walk
ing with their husbands in good w eather, or
mounted on a wag.m or a horse when it
rained, muffled in their large gray great
coals with canteens slung over their shoul
ders, and perhaps with the face of a little |
German child peeping out through the
folds.
How the Austrians regarded the war in ;
which they were about to engage, I had no >
opportunity to learn. They looked, how- !
ever, as if they had never formed an onin- j
ion concerning it, and appeared as if they
would give themselves little trouble on such !
a subject, but seemed prepared by habit to |
obey their officers, whatever commands they
should issue. I never heard, as 1 recollect,
a single officer or soldier speak of Naples
or Neapolitans ; and indeed they all spoke
very little, except that the officers would
sometimes throw off their habitual tacitur
nity when the day's march was over, and
they found themselves collected at a eomlor
table supper table.
FROM THE CONNECTICUT MIRROR.
There is now living or. the Island of Wao
hoo in the Pacific Ocean a black man named
Anthony Allen, from Schenectady in the
State of New-York. We have thought th
following account of him, which ive copy
from the manuscript journal of Mrs. Bingham,
would be interesting to those whose atten
tion is turned to the subject of the Mission
to the Sandwich Islands. It shows that the
inhabitants of those islands, possessing a pro
ductive soil and one of the finest climates or
the globe, only need the benefits of civiliza
tion and the consolations of religion, to make
them independent and happy.
“Yesterday we made our visit at Mr. A1
len's. He has a native wife and two pretty
children, the eldest of whom he has taught
its letters.—He has been very kind in send
ing us potatoes, squashes, &c.—every morn
ing two bottles of goats milk, and as often as
once in two weeks a goat or kid neatly dress
ed, besides many other articles of food. Ill
lives so far from us that we cannot benefi
his family as we wish. I’he distance is abou
two miles. To avoid walking in the heat
we made ourselves ready by ten, locked u.
our houses and set off. A multitude had as
sembled by the time we were at the gate to
attend us. Our little hand cart which w<.-
brougbt from Boston, the only wheels on the
Island, served asa carriage for those to whom
the w«lk might prove too great. It was a
easy matter to get it drawn by the natives,
shifting stage as often as we pleased. Whe
we arrived at Mr. A’s. territories (which
were a large inclosure surrounded by a high
fence of polos, put into the ground after th
native style) we found him at his gate, wad
ing to give us a polite and cordial reception
Within the enclosure were his dwelling, eat
\ ing, and conking houses, besides others foi
! his numerous train of attendants. Tiler
was also a well, a garden of squashes and in
one part a fold containing a cow, sever.*
sheep, and three hundred goats. —After set 1
ting upon his table decanters, glasses, am
wine and brandy for our refreshment, h,
begged to be excused while he could go and
prepare dinner. Hi 3 wife, a pleasant look
ing na’ive, kept hem place in a little roo
adjoining upon her mats with her little ones
We could talk with her but little, but in
structed her in sewing and made her a gown
She remained upon her mats while we went
to dinner. The table was set in the Ameri
can style : the first course was what we call
pot or sea pie, well prepared ; that reinov
ed, boiled pork, and f owls, cokl meat and far
row-cakes ; then baked pig, afterwards, pud
ding, ending with wine and melons. This I
was not missionary fare. All was neatly i
cooked and in order. We endeavored to j
make the afternoon as profitable as vre j
i could. He expected to have had his chil- j
. dren baptized, but Mr. H. had sent him *
■ letter upon the subject the night before, and j
now by conversing with him alotie, satisfied :
his mind that something move was necessary j
before his children cnuld be thus given up to j
j God. At the close of the afternoon, v,*e had
served up to us in china cups, good coffee
and fried cakes. We then, with a present
of pork in our little cart, set off for home.
Our walk home was pleasant. The company ;
out-travelled us and left Mr. U. and myself J
quite behind and alone. While on the plain f
back of the village, a large company of na- !
tives approached, us. At the first moment, j
womanish fear said, there is a heathen hand
approaching us, ami *ve arc s; i
alone. When the train reached us, we found
it was headed by Capt. Joe, a native, who
commands one ot the king’s schooner’i. He
came up with eagerness to Mr. B. whom he
seems to love, and shaking hands very hearti
ly says, “ How do you do, sir? 1 am very
happy to see you, sir—such a good moon I
was going to take a walk, sir.’’—-Then bid
ding us good night, and telling us he should
come and see us in the morning, he ieft u*.
He is a pleasant youth, very active, speaks
English very well, and has a most kind dis
position, and 1 fondly hope his name may
yet come into missionary communications, as
a sharer in the blessings sent him and his
nation.”
Daring attempt to Murder.
The editor oi the Newark (N. J.) Eagle
says—“ A cold blooded and daring attempt
upon the life of Mr Henry Kingsland, a res
pectable citizen of Belleville, was made on
W ednesday last, by his son-in-law, George
Campbell, late a merchant in Mew-York,
The circumstances as related to us, are near
ly these — Mr. Kii.gsland, considering the in
temperate habits ol his son-in-law, and about
to make a disposition ot his property by
will, had expressed his determination of
placing that portion of it intended for Camp
bell’s wife, out oflhe control of her p.-ofli
gate husband. Campbell, dissatisfied with
tins arrangement, immediately threatened
to take Ins father-in-law's life, (doubtless in
order to prevent the execution of the will)
and according on Wednesday afternoon se
creted himself in a thicket near the meadow
; where Mr. Kingsland was giving directions
1 to his workmen, intending, when he should
I pass that way, to shoot him.—ln a tew min
utes Mr. K. started lor his house, and as hp?
i passed the thicket, Campbell fired, but w ith
out effect : having a double barrelled gun,
he advanced within about 5 paces ot Mr.
Kingsland, and discharged the contents of
the barrel, which entered the left arm a.
bout i inches below the shoulder joint. A
number of physicians were immediately
sent for, and the arm was amputated at the
shoulder joint, by Hr. Lee, ot this town, as
sisted by Drs. John Ward of Newark, S.
1 Ward oi Ilelleviile and CollaXof Acquacka
| nonk, Mr. K. is about 77 years ot age, and
j we are informed by Hr. Lee, is as comforlu
i blc as could be expected under existing cir
! cu.i.stances. Campbell has been arrested
and is now cm.fined in the jail at HackenJ
sack. We forbear remark.”
Involuntary Loyalty.
On Tuesday took piace ai toe Oid London
I Tavern, the Anniversary Uirmer of the Na
tional School Society . The Duke of York
! was in the chair supported by the Arch
; bishop ot Canterbury, the Bishops ot Lon
-1 don and L.tandaif, Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir
1 Charles flower, Bic. Bic. The health of the
I King was given and drank with appropr.ate
! warmth ; and the p.audits had scarcely ceas
j e-.l when the toast-master announced, in a
i togcl voice, as the next health, “ the Queen
and the rest of the Kuyal Family.” Who
shali describe the most admired disorder
which ensued. Horror sat on almost every
face—exclamation of honor buist from al
most every tongue. At length u'grave man
(Mr. Oliver Hatch) arose to still the troubled
waves, —He could imagine no better mode
of repairing the cruel outrage just commit
ted on their ears by so dreadful a sound as
the Queen, tlian by proposing iliat the com
pany should again drink the health of the
King, and with lour times tour. The sug
gestion was complied with ; but the *torm
was not yet quelled, till S-r Charles F.outer
Ini upon the happy exped.ent of turning the
toast-master out of the room. The luck
less wight was forthwith ejected, and tran
quility was restored ; but the nin th ot the
evening was gone, and each guest seemed
v. look upon the rest wan suspicion, as if
enquiring " which of you had done this ?”
It may be proper to add that tile toast-mas
ter protests that he uttered nothing but
what tvas set down for him : perhaps chance,
who iikes now and then to play an amusing
trick, had put into his hand a list of toasts
intended for another occasion,
London Paper.
SSiMhDdaa
THE Subscriber respectfully in
forms bis friends and the Citi
zens of Augusta, generally, that Inis
St HOOL is now open (over Mr. J.
Houghton’s Shoe-Stcre, four doors
above the Market, South side Broody
Hreet,) where lie will teach Beari
ng, Writing, Arithmetic, English
Urammer, Geography tjj'e.
Terms made known ou application
at the School Room.
John P. Green.
July tr. a
NOTICE.
I’’ 1 HE Citizens ou the tipper part of
Broad Street, are notified, that
the extra tax assessed on them by a
Jury oflhe May ms Court, for the
purpose of opening and extending
ilrnari Mreet—will lie forthwith col
lected igreeably to an order of Cotttt
eii of the -Ith August, instant, exe
cutions will issue on the t6ih instant,
.against all who are in arrears for
CITY-TAXES.
A. Bugg,
City Tax Collector.
August 7 at 11
Dissolution.
'PHE Ci partneiship hitherto ex-
X. isting in this place, under the
1 firm ol McKenzie Benn' ch & Com-
I paiiy, is this day dissolved by mu ual
! consent. McK I’.N/.tE and Bskncch,
j will attend to ail unsettled busiuess
of that concei n.
Thomas McDowall,
McKenzie 6c Bennoch.
Jturusta, July 23, 1321 7
Tot Sole,
CHEAP for cash, an excellent
Horse, rides well and is uuex
eelled in Harness.—Enquire of the
Editor,
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