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Jb'mni 4m Aurora. 4? * Si SIGNOR! The ministers of the allied- powers in TSiitOpe complimented the Spanish coqrt on the importance of its intelligence poh- combinations, ppnSpiracie.s, anil other most formidable gullimalias, which ttheir agents here conjured up in the Li. States. The impostures of which they have been guilty are so extravagant and so gross, that a man may be excused for questioning the possibility that such foolish falshoods should be devised; if we did not. find the ministers of the alii ed powers giving full credit to the ro man/.as of their chevaliers residinghcre. However little we have to fear from Spain as an open enemy, it is not the desire of the United States to be in hos stility with that nation, nor with any o thW; we do not fear her power; but we covet peace and confidence: we do fear the perfidious conduct of the Spanish p agents who nave the hardihood to belie our government ia the face of the world; but the government owes it to the coun . try that such scandalous conduct should not u* suffered with impunity. It u, therefore, an act of public duty to expose their perfidious transactions to ■ the people of the United States. We a few days since gave an extract from a Spanish agent, in relation j;o the 1500 me’n of the imperial guard and 36 brass field pieces. We have before us another despatch of a curidus nature, in which reference is made to a person by the name of Achard, a person who lived by gambling and forgery a considerable time, and who, on being put to his trial in this city, declared that the money he had in his possession, was not money derived from forgery, but that he was in the custom of receiving large sums from the Spanish minister. As this chevalier de I’industrc makes a principle figure in the despatch., we have thught it fit to preface it by the above anecdote; as the whole will serve as a matter lor the public to reflect on and to cnosider how far it is incumbent on the government to disburden the country of persons who can belie it in the fate of Europe, and carry on such nefarious de* signs as are disclosed in the following translation. TRANSLATION. Most exoellent Sir—Under date of the 20th instant. I informed your excel lency of the departure of the French gen. Humbert, on his route to take the com* maud of the revolutionary army of Tax as, and that Mr, Achard, who was des tined to be the chief of his staff, was a bout to go from hence, to place himself under that general’s immediate orders. I Informed your excellency of the propo sitions which this last had made to me, with a view tp obtain my concurrence to extirpate that revolutionary army and maintain a good understanding with our generals in Mexico; that it not being convenient to accept all his offers, it was proper not to depend on them except with much precaution. This man, after embarking, returned to speak to me again on tbit business, and with much interest be endeavored to persuade me of the sin cerity ol his sentiments, and above all of hi-, incurable hostility against Bonaparte, who had ruined him; believing by acting . In our favor he might accomplish his de sire of vengeance against that tyrant; he milled a hope that a service of such im mense importance might insure him a fortune for the remamdei of his life, which he could not obtain in the difficult career to which he could aspire in the revolutionary army. He proposed that I should enter into a cent’act * binding myself to pay fifty thousand dollars, on his delivering all the* chiefs and insurgent army to the troops of his majesty. I excused myself, by saying that they probably would not be in existence when he arrived there, because most vigorous means had been taken a gainst them; and that 1 could not, there fore, compromise my responsibility nor that of my government In a business of such moment, the execution of which ser vice ought to be submitted to the judg meat of the chiefs of our army, and that this was the best and surest way he could proceed by opening and mai training good intelligence with them, and thro’ them he was sure of the completion of whatever contract should be stipulated. 1 in fine agreed with him, and he pro posed to inform your excellency, that to begin the correspondence, he would w itea letter from a house in the vicini ty of our army, professedly on commer cial affairs, and informing the comman der that to claim property of which he had been put in charge last year, it was necessary to send a power to Mr. suck a dne (TuianuJ which would indicate to him, ,that this w r as the person with which he was to correspond. The letter was to have been directed, loMrDamput,and who „ Wil s to be charged uotto take it up, nor was he to send it to Dainput, nor to be opened by him who should be directed to receive it, except % chief of the staff was- pre'sefit. He is to write an answer on the same subject of commerce, but be s tween the lines will be written, the ad vice* which he wishes to give, with a kind of sympathetic ink, which can only be read after heating the paper before the fire. It is in "that manner that he yi» treat with the general, which will be Indicated to him. and the answer maj cp"'V l ’ tfiv same disguise, writing also on oar tttrt between the lines with dime jun % which has the property of not ap p-u !2| U! I ** itis leafed by the fire— Jl security of.jthe correspondence jw- * •/*'. ho umHp detire that sclhe should be sent to him, and thatMiey Ihould appear as deserters; all that he shall receive from your excellency for his government, reiterating to 1 shall not Warrant in any case the accom plishment of what he has required of me, and that for . the same reason you must proceed with him with much precaution and care. The correspondence may be written in Spanish, French, or Portuguese, as he un derstands the three languages, as also the Italian. The army of the insurgents of Texas is about to be reinforced by six or eight hundred men, the major part of whom are Irish and French; but ameng them are sixty veteran soldiers of the army of Bonaparte, who have escaped from the depots in which the English kept them. With thesi and the recruits which have gone. They have nought here 600 mus kets, and they intend to buy a great num ber at Baltimore; all those arms and a quantity of powder and munitions of war, and even the troops will be carried to Pittsburg to be embarkec on the Ohio, and from thence descend to the Missis sippi by Natchez, in order to unite them selves to the army of Texas. There ap pears to be a new fermentation in East Florida, as your excellency may observe by the copy of the inclosed, in two ex tracts of letters which have been remitted to me by the consul ad inteiim in Charleston. From other co/iveyances it is known that there has been an en counter in the environs of Amelia Island, which, although of not much importance, proves, if it is not cut short, serious con sequences may follow. If we may add to these notices the paragraph of the Ga zette of this government of the 24th ipst. a translation of which 1 send your ex cellency, this being the organ through which the adtninistratiou generally man ifests its ideas, and you may believe with perfect confidence,shat this fire is stirred up by the republic, and that the silent underhand war, which she makes on us under the marks of peace, will continue without interruption, out will before long be changed into open war. if she sees that her success arc likely to be propitious. I renew to your excellency my desire to be agreeable, dec. Lours de Onis. To his excellency-Sigr. Don——. Philadelphia, 2tith August, 1813. It would be superfluous to offer any commentary on this despatch—but it is a specimen of the diplomacy of kings; and may perhaps induce the people of the U. States to reflect on the cohsequences which must arise to any "country by suf fering such monsters to remain in it; per petrating human ignorance and misery by the establishment of kings in Buenos Ayres and Mexico, should be carried into execution by the enemies of human li berty and republican government. We cannot dismiss this despatch with out giving a quottaion, from the official paper submitted to the court of Madrid in the department of grace and justice, by a person who still continues in the country which he says he had so much betrayed as to merit a rope. TRANSLATION. That in order to assist the minister plenipotentiary of Spain in the United States to communicate with the British admiral Warren, information ofthe high est importance on the subject of the Flo riilas, he (the Spanish agent praying for reward) fitted out a vessel to carry a messenger sent bv the aforesaid minister (of Spain) to the llritish admiral, which messenger performed the service for which lie was employed exactly, and re turned within the United States, in spite '©f numberless difficulties, with the most satisfactory answers; for which enter prize, and others performed in behalf of ■"'pain, he exposed himself to the utter danger of being treated as guilty of high treason (reo de alia traicon) against the United .States, and to suffer death on the gallows, had he been detected by the ci tizens thereof; deserving, as lie con ceives, for, such important and signal services, he received the most flattering approbation from his government, of date the 23d October, 1813. After such an exemplification of the good faith —the gaud morals —and the honor ami dignity of the Spanish lega tion—we cannot be surprized to find our fellow-citizens Rxcakd Mead, seized at the time when he was exercising the du ties of consul of the United States at Cadiz, and while the Spanish government stands in lebted to him to an immense a mount, lie is placed in the prison of Santa Catalina, ids family compelled to leave him, a victim of the injustice of the Spanish government. BLACK SEA. It is evident that the direct trade with the Russian ports in the Black sea has long been an object necessary and desi rable to American commerce. Since the conquest of the ,Crimea from the Turks, the euterprize of the Russian government n improving the ports, forming settle ments, and building towns on the coast, has given the highest importance to its commercial character, not only by de eloping its resources, but by diverting the inland trade of Asiatic Russia and internal commerce from China into a new channel, which opens the greatest fecili fv to the enterpize of our navigation.— Hitherto, through the waters of flie-Baltic that gfeat empire has received its nedes iary supplies, and through the same con has exported its products. Its posses •WbL ... * v . mJSn. s/ ‘j. ' > .-'Hu sidns, however on the borders of the Black sea, and the combined advantages of soil and climate, arc daily attracting the commerce of the north into § quartor, af fording, from its position, more certain facilities to trade than any other part of the Russian dominions, from which the empire can receive its supplies through the navigable waters which disembogue themselves into the Black sea. The Russian government foreseeing the advantages arising from their possessions in that quarter, have spared no expense to render their harbours safe and commo dious. The port ot Tangaiock, at the head of the sea of Azoph, in addition to its local supplies, always affording a rea day sate, has a depot of China goods, and furnishes the interior of Asiatic Rus sia with foreign articles through the ri vers Don and Volga. Odessa, situated between the Dneiper and Dneister, is a nourishing and important port, from which, as far back as 1808, no less than 1000 vessels, of different nations, clear ed out with cargoes in one year. The ports of Nicoleif and Chersen are rapidly improving, and in these various harbour* a constant supply of wheat, barley, rye. oats, tallow, beeswax, wool, iron from Si beria, hemp, flax, hides, cordage, canvas, spars, naval stores, hair skins, and East India goods, can be shipped, on an ave rage, considerable less than from Riga or St. Petersburg. They require in return such articles as we now supply them with, vi« cotton, twist coffee, sugar, dye woods, cochineal,pepper, #c. and which produces an additional profit to that ob tained in the ports of the Baltic. Goods also may be placed in entrepot, anil con tinued there 18 months free of duty-—an important point. It is obvious, then, and, in fact, is admitted, that the com merce of the Black sea is very desirable for us; but if not as presenting a constant and profitable market lor our produce, at ail events as holding forth the strong est prospect of obtaining a great share of the carrying trade. The free commerce of the Black sea once obtained for the American flag, our vesselswill always claim the preferem'e, and best freights, It may be asked why. wtth our enterprize, have hot our rnerciv ants opened this trade? The reasolls*are obvious Many of them, satisfied ofuts importance, have pressed our govern ment to have an understanding with the Turks, The government of the United States always cautious, acknowledged the advantages of that trade, but feared that an understanding with the Turkish government would be expensive and en tangling; they have postponed any at tempt to open this trade, and our mer chants, not knowing the character of the Turks, have declined an experiment in that quarter. The fact is, there is no thing to apprehend. The Ottoman Por te has no oqjaction to our having that trade, if we apply for it. We have long with Smyrna, and other ports in the Levant, and never have had any dif ficulties; and situated as the port actual ly is, in relation to other European pow ers, there is a strong disposition to cul tivate a friendly and familiar intercourse with the United States, who, from the independent nature of position, and be ing perfectly free from the intrigues and selfish views of European cabinets, is a power whose friendship is very desirable and valuable to the Ottoman Porte. The failure of the crops in several parts of Europe has, for a few seasons back, rendered Odessa the granary ol that quarter of the world; and, in the last year 1800 ships cleared out from that, port 845 of which were largo vessels'—'4o7 of the number w'ere Russians, 253 English 101 Austrians, 25 French, 23 Turkish, and 15 Swedes. Considering our enter prize, and the unrivalled spirit of our merchants, and the character of our sea men, it is somewhat melancholy not to find an American flag in the list. The principal advantages which we may anti cipate in obfaing that trade, would be the employment of some thousand tons of our shipping in that quarter, in convey ing grain to Italy, France and Spain; and if Russia should succeed in driving the Grand Seignor out of Europe, we shall then enjoy freely the benefits of the trade by having already made ourselves fami liar with the ports and navigable waters in that section of the world. From ob servation and experience in affairs rela ting to that commerce, and from various conversations had with important agents of the Turkish government, we have no doubt of the existence of a friendly dis position, which would give to us, without expense or an entangling treaty , a free ingress into the Black sea; and posses sing, as we do, friendly and reciprocal treaties with European powers, we anti cipate no objections on their part, and none, in fact, can arise which we cannot amicably remove. These advantages will, doubtless, be seen and improved by our government, who are not behind hancl in laudable spirit and enterprize. New-York Nat. Advocate. SUCCESS OF THE PATRIOTS . KINGSTON, JULY 12. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Curacoa , dated Bth inst. to his corres pondent in this city. “Already we have information directly contrary to what Morillo has stated in his despatch, viz. that Marino has been de feated. “The above news has been detailed so minutely here, that it cannot be doubted; it has been published in the gazette of this place, and generally circulated. “It Is confirmed by another source to day ,V(iatthe Spaniards have been defeated as above stated by a letter which I re ceived from St. Thomas, dated the first inst. in which I am advised of the sailing of a schooner the day before from said place for Guyra, loaded with ammuni tion, and that the following day there would be another; in virtue of letters 1 from Guyria, as this is certain, it is e qually so that the patriots have triumph ed. It is Hi ewise added, that the army which he had in Curmanacoa, under the command of Urdaneta, did not enter in to the action.” Extract of a letter from a gentleman of veracity in Curacoa , dated the Bth inst. to his friend in this city. “By the Chilauian, who every one as serts has departed from Margaritta tor some port, from that source you must have been informed circumstantially of the installation of the government in Caricco. “A confidential friend, who arrived here from St. Thomas the sth of this month, mentions that the day before his sailing the schooner of Manegro had ar rived there with the family of col. Valceo (Garoquant in) and others, who stated to him the following:—That they sailed from Margaiitta in company with the squad ron Brion, composed of nine large ves sels and fifteen smaller ones, for Guay ana, which is affirmed from every quarter to be taken by the republicans, that on board of the same were the members of the government which had been establish ed inCarieco,ancl all the Caraquanian fa milies who were in that place, a great quantity of ammunition, stores, dfc and that the Margaritanians were resolved to defend the island until the last of them sould be sacrificed, as in Barcelona, itfl attacked. The above mentioned schoon er, not being able to beat to windward, the rest of the squadron touched at St. Thomas. That the bishop of Pamana, a canon, and a judge of the court, who came in the expedition lately arrived, en tered this port on the 6thinat. form La Guayra. The bishop and canon stated to some of their friends here, that the ac tion referred to was very bloody, and ti at night.only was what decided the combat, aim ,Mh armies retreated, being equally destroyed; ami tM of the battalion of dragoons, lately arrived, 400 of them were wounded in the action. “From Spain accounts were received of the revolution of Biscay, Navarre and Catalonia, which have proclaimed the constitution, the sparks of which reached La Guayra, Chraccas, and Porto Cabello, and the Spaniards themselves here say. that the commercial party is about to de clare the same.” Extract of a Utter from a gentleman of respectability in Curacoa to his friend in tais. city , dated 10 th inst. “It a gazette from (Jaraccas should come to had, you will observe t^atMorillo states in his despatch, that he has killed in Carieco and t arupuno 200 men; that lie has taken some prisoners, among them Ruleal Jugo, Antonia Herrera and Fran cisco Sucre; that he has taken 8 pieces of cannon, and all the muskets; that he is about to pursue the last remains of the insurgents; this despatch is dated the 15th of June, and yet he had not time to enu merate the muskets taken; he does not state against vv'hom he has been fighting; that is to say against what general; from which it is deduced that he has done no thing more than to surprize some small garrison or detachment, which existed near those villages. The fact is that some 15 days-ance it was affirmed, that Marino ordered that an officer, feigning himself to be a deserter, should proceed to the army of informing him that our army consisted only of 500 men; that Morillo believing the same, putin motion his army, which eftectually en countered the 500 men mentioned, who precipitately retreated, but that shortly after there appeared 200 men, whom Ma rino had ambuscaded, when Morillo suf fered a mest complete defeat, and he, himself narrowly escaped. The captain of a schooner which arrived here from Porto Rico the day before yesterday, has related to me the same, with the greatest exactness; and also says, that previous to his sailing, there had arrived 20 Span iards, emigrants from Guayara, affirm ing that the said province had been eva cuated by the royalists.” —: ■» ® ■»: i FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. A friend has furnished as, (says the Norfolk Beacon) with the following ex tract of a letter from a highly respectable officer in our Mediterranean squadron, dated “On board the frigate U. States, } Gibraltar, May 26, 1817. $ “With the exception of this ship, the whole squadron is now at Mahon, and and will remain there until our return.— We sailed from that port on Ae 4th inst. and remained a few days at Algiers, and intended to touch at Malaga on our way up, “ Our affairs with the Barbary pow ers, stand at present tolerably well.— Tunis, it appears; has of late been some what irritable. The Dey having impri soned an American citizen falsely, a new treaty with that regency may grow out of this affair before it is seftlet?, as the consul is intended to be withdrawn from that place As to the political state of Europe, you know more of it than we do, although so mucli nearer. As the press is stoped, we fear nothing. The “ . ** * w ■ m f. * ■ miseries of Spain IJtnow to begreat fln .i I fear from the Softness of &ir IvZ tins season, Mt a famine will take place among them. There lias been scared? any rain at Mahon for the last ihe months. When w e left it, I learnt from inteliigentgentleuicn, that 3-sthsof their usual crops I think therefore, that a' cargo of flour, rite’ beans and keg tobacco, or even wheat at g 2 per bushel, will meet a good market at Mahon this season. The crops of the greatest part of Europe are unusually short this year. J We are in hopes to finish our cruize next October. It has been a fair one The old War-queen, (the frigate United States) has improved her speed wonder, fully. She has had a perfect overhaul the last winter, which has enabled us to inspect her thoroughly inside and out— The copper along her keel was entirely gone, and 4 7 feet of her shoe was knock. .ed olf, I presume at New-London. lam of opinion, that the old ship is now cal culated to perform any service, and I be lieve her to be one of the finest and fast est sailing ships in the world.” NEW,YUiik, August 7. By the arrival yesterday morning of the schooner Evening Post, in 10 days from Port-au-Prince we learn that on the 22d of July, the United States frigate Congress, captain Morris, arrived there with an agent onboard to demand satis faction for the injuries received from the two sable chiefs, Petion and Christopher The following account of her voyage is furnished by an officer on board. “ ihe frigate Congress, commanded by captain Morris, arrived at Port-au- Prince the 22d July; she came into port Bkn handsome style without a pilot. The mopning a salute of 15 guns was fir. ed by the Congress' and returned by the i arsenal. Captain Morris and bis officers waited on president Petion the next day and were much pleased with the natural dignity of his deportment- The presi dent expressed the great pleasure he felt in beholding for the first time an Ameri can frigate in his port. Unfortunately the absence of Mr. Taylor, our late con sul, prevented ariy definitive negocia tion on the object of the frigate’s visit; but the marked attention of the president in.small matters sufficiently shewed the valun he placed on thg friendship of the United States. The officers of govern ment that visited the frigate were great ly pleased with' her appearance. In. short the government in selecting capt. Morris, could not have made a happier choice—his polite deportment to all, and hisrespect to the government of the U. States, which it is so justly entitled to. “The frigate left here on the 27th of July for the Cape, with Mr. Tyler, min ister, on board, to make the necessary demands his government may have thpt* were just from Christophe. DESTRUCTIVE FRESHET. The rain which commenced last night, and has continued incessantly this fore noon to pour in torrents, has raised the streams in this vicinity to an alarming height. The waters of Jones’ and *G wynn’s Falls, are higher than have been before witnessed for a great length of time. Much damage must have been sus tained in the coumry above this city, as exceedingly vast quantities of lumber, of every description, have been furiously propelled by the current into the harbour byway of the Falls, and still continues to increase; many out houses have also descended the Falls, one of them with so much iorce astosweepaway in its course * the foot bridge next below market street; others less strong, are dashed to pieces* against the bridges. Several other bridges have received considerable injury fnm the combination of floating timber, parte of mills, &c. which have bfen precipitat ed against them by the current. There is no doubt great injury has been sustained by owners of mills as nu merous fragments, and pieces ofmills,of every description, such as indicate the destruction of several, have descended the stream. At the time the bridge above mention ed was demolished, there were mans spectators on the one next below! and in tne confusion and bustle attending their leaving it, one person w r as seen to fall in to the destroying element, and no doubt perished. The floods have risen to such an extent as to permit boats, with produce on board, to proceed up to the head of the fishmarket. The bridges in this vicinity are generally overflowed, and it is im possible for us this day to present any moi e than a mere outline of the devasta tion this storm has occasioned. Three o’clock p. m. —Just as this pa per is going to press we are informed that several persons have lost their lives, and that a carriage and two horses are des cending the Falls, and must inevitably be. precipitated into the harbour. The storm ceased about an hour ago. The bridges over the Falls have been all carried away except the two new stone bridges, Market street and Peters - The northern part of the city, west of the Falls, is in a great measure inundated; at the city spring, the waters is higher than ever known before, and in the north ern part of Holliday street it is supposed to be fifteen feet—tli£ situation of tne dwellings may.be easily imagined. Ihe flood has not yet risen to its height. Baltimore Patriot > Jingn& ■' r