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f t 111. annual examination
| liihiiiomoC tiio Students of the
phtU> M"thttin\lcadcwV’ in-Mhert
'oouniv. under the eare ol Mr. David
&f*UowavJ<, commenced on the t*lh *,
of July.—The ftrst day w|p devoted ,
* to the examination of the yonng f? cl1 * \
tlemen mid younjHudies, m the balin j
mid Grfcek languages* Natural Fhilo- ,
tophy, English Grammar, Ao. The •]
following gentlemen were chosen to ,
% examine (life respective classes—-T he ,
lion. Vila's,'Vale, Gen. Jrylhn Y. Har
ris & Doct. David A tyesc f who lake
this opportunity of declaring to the
public, that the proficiency of Ihe pu- |
pi Is was highlf . creditable to them- ,
selves and ihplr instructors, and that ,
they evidenced a knowledge of the
E gKsh Grammar not often to be met
%ith among the pupils of most schools.
The second day was devoted to ex
ercises in Qomposilion and Oratory,
and all ho* thfe institution is yet in its
infamy, the performances of some
>v» uld have done credit hi older and
more noted establishmcrlJP
The foil wing gantlemen were chos- ■
en to deeldo upon the comparative
merit of the pupils in each class, viz
lien. J. V. Horns, William Wood,
l£<q. and Doctors J. Mojpalt and D,
Jl. Kecse.
In the 8(1 class, in composition, fe
males.—The first honor was adjudg
ed 10 Eliza F. WhFc, the second to
fMly J. Chipmati, the third to Mary
* Anne Howartl. Nancy Shackelford
a»d KllzahethDoss—the judges could
Hot make anydiHtincii.it. between (ho
' three last mentioned young ladies—
this ela is did well.
In the 2d class in composition, the
- first honor .was assigned to John p.
Boothe; Ihe second to David Daily;
|lthd to Thomas J. Heard.
lu ybc Ist class in composition, the
Judges assigned to James Jack, the
first honor ; to Andrew West and
James Jaua’t, the sd; and the 3d to
>!o.'de<tai Alexander.
In the std class in oratory,the first
honor was adjudged to Frederick
Glover and William Hhrris; the 2d
’ to Joseph Shackelford; the Sd to |
Thomas S. While end Henry Banks. I
In the 2d ( lass in oratory, the first
honor was assigned to William Jack;
3d to John P. Boothe and Thomas J.
Heard; Sd to Hudson A. Thornton.
In til., jut i l.Laa in oratory, the first
StlTo AViuiam Croffhrd; 3u to Au
di ew West and James Jurratt.
r i he Judges acknowledge that (heir
Tnost sanguine calculations on the per.
formunces of the pupils were far ex
ceeded.' and that (heir progress in
their respective brain lies of ediu a*
tiuo is highly creditable to thcimelvcs
find speaks loudly in praise of this in
ti i tut ion. The neighborhood in Which
tie academy is situated is good; the
situation is believed to be healthy;
good board can be procured on roa
sui.ible terms.
N. B.—The academy will ro-cora-
Wiem c under the direction of the same
liistiiwwoßy wLohas hitherto given
Miisfueiloii.
MM. WHITE,
tiio. a.binks,
barnktjetekJ uc *- 1
Elbert, 281 It July, tbit, 2t
Vauxtiall Gardens
Joseph. Carrie,
K I URNS his thunks to his friends
and the Public, fur the great en
cour g-tnenthr has rec« ived since'hc has
cst 3 l«Utd hinasif at Vauxhnlf, and re*
SpcuhiMy informs them that his
Garden , House
AND
BATHS.
are row in complete order for th s recep.
li'-n and cnieitainmctit of alt derent and
- orderly behaved persons. His Baths are
optn tvtiy day from sunrise until 9 o*-
cl ck at night, except on Sundays, whtn
lh ; y will «dos»* at I> .n*cioc kin the mor.
ning. No tx rtC'Us shall be wanting on
his part to ensure a continuance of pub
li fuV.ir, and to rtndtr his visitors com
i ruble nd p't.sant. His B r is fur
m h d yiih uvt‘y rtlrcshmtni th t the
m t *iff rds.
y p', rmission of Messrs. M'Kinmk&
Shultz hr hss iso establish'd u | Kj s
F. * n> SPRINGS' a h.iust of Refresh
met tv, which Tin attention of all g en .
tlem f>. W h visit his delightful resort,
li-?**; ituily invited*, ■ • * r
Angusta* Mpy 24, ts J
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THE RIVER MIsSbiSIITL * J
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From the Alexandria Gazette. - ,j
Tlie editor of this paper ha?, with- j
in the course of the last few mouths, t
receiwd Several letters from a friend, i
wlio has been Tor Some time, travel- (
|ing for information grand ; ,
theatre of modern speculation wjiich j j
lies on the Mississippi and its tributa- (
ry w aters; and at (he lime of his wri- (
(ing these letters was sojourning at ,
Winchester, ip Ihe county of New- (
Madrid, in Louisiana. Animated with
a lively spirit.of inquiry, indefatiga-
Ide in his pursuits; possessed of a vi
vid and discriminating mind, & warm
ed with ardent z.eal in every thing
(hat belongs to his country, we think
it probable that he sees the objects a
tround him in points of view which j
may escape the notice of the general
run of *{lroße phlegmatic travellers
who visit (hat country merely, for the
purpose ofcommereiardealing, or of ,
looking out for (he best lands t »pur- .
chase for the purposes Os agriculture, J
though to ihe latter of these objects,
our traveller seems to be by no means
indifferent. At all events, as Some
parts of his letters cannot fail to be
interesting to Chose readers who are
looking o *. for information respec
ting the natural character of that
country, with a view to future specu
lations, and will he acceptable even to
to those who read merely for the pur
poses of amusement and general infor
mal ion, we mean to lay before our
readers, from time to time sueli cx- j
tracts from them «« will he likely Co |
■ repay them for the trouble of pe
rusal. >
From Mm fi»st fetter which U da
ted ihe ifith of May last, we extract
(he following account of the I'iver
Mississippi. -
“In order to convey to you a more
lively and accurate idea of the topo
graphical situation of (bis very lute
res: iug section of the union, it may
not be amiss to begin with the river
Mississippi, Us beds und its different
channels,
I “In doing this, t Will suppose time
! and space to be at Ihe disposal of your
fancy—and request you, in the first
place, to imagine yourself to he placed 1
hard; in the annals of lime, one or two
thousand years, and standing on an
v«* n .-hw* * }A*iVi
Imagine that I coin that height you be
hold, beneath you a vast water, sim
ilar to the Chesapeake buy, extending
in length from the Gulf of Mexico to
a distance still further northward
than that point of latitude at which
the Ohio now discharge*, itself, and
from SO to 250 miles wide. At the
same time you must be careful to keep
be lore you, in your mind, (he gradu
al depositions of sediment carried
down from the different rivers, which
empty themselves into this, and par
ticularly the Missouri, whose waters
are continually impregnated with
muddy alluvion, from the frequent
falling in of its hanks, and from (he
gradual descent ofeui th and sand from
*he N. W. range of mountains, in
i which it and (he river Arkansas have
their sources. Imagine this vast b.iy
by Ireqfteat depositions of this sedi
ment for ages, s u fli cieutiy fi i led upand
become dry at low water mark, till at
laßt j ot] find the luudJv sti t aiii of the
Mississippi meandering through its
sands in various directions. Thus
you have a conception of the present
river Mississippi; for still, as the over
sow of the upper waters took place,
the stream forced itself in a new di
rection. and still the sediment raised
its hanks, tilt at length the sea w r as
entirely excluded, and the whole ex
tent of (his vast region was left to the
empire of the l iver a’ono. The light
pat tides nl deposited earth being un
able to resist the torrent of the occa
sional floods, the descending waters
overflowed the ground, and new beds
w-ere formed every year, and the old
channels were transformed into lakes
---Ihe intermediate spaces becoming *
thickly grown over with cypress,
which being in time washed out of its j,
bed, served in time to form new ehan- '
nels for the river, as the old ones be
came tilled up with alluvion, drift
wood, kc. Thus, it proceeded in gra
dual succession, through the whole
spa< e of this former bay, every year’s
flood leaving an imperceptible sedi
ment, which gradually elevated the
sea to a swamp, and the sWamp again
to a delightiul plain. Though this
last stage of the process is as yet but
partially accomplished, stiil we may
reasonably calculate on that which is
to come, by what we now see yearly 1
■ , e out eye*. At present we can
t»«i be very in in h out of (be way m
estimating that not mure than one a
-4 * f
n zp- - , •
i *
Tft cut of ibrfec dfcnifend in art its 1
licary flat j|&lKive-high water mark*
Mid that of course, it is unlit for the
cultivation of any produce hut rice.
The partial spots of dry land lye part
ly on lakes which arc apparently the
old beds of the river, and partly on
(he river itself, some of which are na
turally above the high waters of our.,
days, and some of which are kept dry
by artificial banks.—Here I must re
mark that the artificial hanks can be
of no avail till (hey get lower down
(ban (hose parts where high tend en
coriipasscs the swamps: below this
the soperations waters find other
channels into (he tea; but above where
a vent or outlet cannot be found, it
would require enormous hanks indeed
to confine a sheet of water within the
compass of a mile & a half, which at
limes spreads to nearly threelmnd ed,
Resides the soil is soporous and light, '■
that (he water would either find a
passage through it, or break dow n
the breast works, even provided’they
were made high enough.
“Now, although 1 do not pretend
(0 possess the spirit of prophecy,
must request you io take with me a
conjectural glance into futurity. I
have already (old you that every year
from the overflowing of this muddy
stream, a fresh deposit of sediment is
left in the swamps. Must not these
in time fill them up. and bring the
whole country to a level with the banks
of the river. And will not the river
l»y beingconfied, gradually so deepen
its bed (bar its own channel will suf
fice to.contain its waters? It is at
I least a pleasing contemplation to view
in perspective these, dreary wastes
turned into fruitful fields, and the
richest productions of the earth flour
ishing on th.it which is now a vast bed
of marsh filled vvih alligators; the
Louisiana of ihfc new world becoming
the Egypt of (he old; the productions
of all our tributary streams from the
north pouring down and ex hanged
for the luxuries of llie south, (all of
which (his country is eminently cal
culated to produce); multitudes of ci
ties erected on the most favourable
sites, and Orleans becoming a grand
emporium of commerce of the uni
verse,which well it may, supposing the
of o c half of the tributary streams
i of the Mississippi (a space as large
as Europe) to be put in cultivation.
{ It will he their only market; and oon
| capable of producing a sufiT iency* for
I the necessaries of the world,
j “But I think I hear you say (his is
i looking too far* and taking things on
j a very long (rust; and (hat before (he
j sediment of the Mississippi can fill
i up its swamps, our great grand chil
{ dim** heads w ill he grey! True it is
i so > hut may not, in the interim, means
be devised 10 assist the process of na
ture? The Hollanders and Chinese
have bmh encroached on the sea, and
usurped Irorn Neptune a considerable
part of his realm; and ancient Egypt
by means of canals, &c. turned the
deluges of the Nile into treasures of
opulence for their country. This
scheme, though in appearance gigan
tic, docs not seem tome impractica
ble in this country. The sheet of
water which extends so far in the
times of fre-hets is of no great depth.
A few additional channels to the ri
ver, running in the same direction
with it, would carry off the whole of
the surplus water. Hut, with great
er ease, a nm-h larger number of
stuall canals might be dug and kept
in repnir, which would be a highway
to every man's plantation. 'ln my o
piuion less would be required to do
this than to support a war of two
years; and the sale of the land of this
quality, lying in (he climate it does,
would more than reimburse the ex
penses, besides the benefit it tyould
be of to (be - at ion at large, by exemp
ting them entirely from a dependence
onthe West India colonies. As there
is no reason to hope that government
will undertake this desirable object,
would it not be advisable for them to
encourage a company to do it by
shares, allowing (hem for the pur
pose such lands as they migut drain?
I know it would be objected to this,
•that we have much more waste lands
than we «-an r itle in a cemury.*—.
Yes; but we bv.ve no other land suita
ble to the culture of sugar, aud but
very little so well adapted for rice,
indigo op cotton. What 1 have said
wi h respect to the Mississip>J bot
toms are equally applicable to iu dif
terent branches that run out into the
sea, and the lower part of the Red
river. Arkansas, Bt. Francies, Yazoo,
&c. &c. of which I shall speak here
after.” . y
BANK * CHECKS
For Sale at this OiHce,
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MEXICO, OR fcETf SPAIN. <
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From the Nefcr-Orlesns Gazette of July 3.
It is now three hundred years since
the Spaniards first discovered these I
fine regions, where they afterwards
established a rule as despotic as any
that ever prevailed in Asia, so cole- 1
hrated for the reign of despotism.- 1
Until the last seven years, no attempt
had ever been made to wrest from the
9 way of civil and religious tyranny, a
country that could number six milli
ons of inhabitants and yield to none
for fineness of climate and native
richness of soil.
It was in November, Islo, if we,
mistake hot, that the curate Midalgo
first conceived the daring project of t
wresting from the Spanish monarchs
the finest gem isHheir crown. With
' a mind equal to (he greatness of the
enterpr : ze» in all probaldlity he would
have succeeded in rendering Mexico
independent of Europe, had not treach
ery and individual avarice betrayed
him into the hands of his foes. Not
deterred by his fate, another leader
ottered to t he insurgents; Morales took
the command of the principal army of
the revolutionists, and by his talents
and enterprize effected much in their
cause. At one time daring his life,
they had sixty thousand riiert,in (he
field, who, though not suflicjfcntiy
skilled or provided with arms to drive
the Spaniards from (he cities, were
masters of the open country and vil
lages.
Dissections now arose among (he
Independents, springing from person
al ambition and the most sordid mo
tives. The war languished—the
Spaniards were allowed to recover—
and reinforcements arriving from.Ku
’ rope, they resumed (he offensive with
vigor, dispersed the 1 insurgent con-'
gress, and captured and beheaded
Moralles, their principal stay. Since
his death* no man appears to haVe
i been found able to unite the confidence
of his countrymen with the ability to
i command. The lower classes, or
mixed »*ace, seeing no prospect-of suc
ceeding, got tired of the war, and be
came willing to agree to any rule, or
to any masters for the sake of peace.
: Aware oTdhis disposition prevailing
i among (heir followers, (hose who >
i found themselves ia command of dis
, ferent corps or posts, became eager to
• make their peace with the kiog, and ,
. „ ** O—liji aut- I
• stripping each other, in the race of
submission. Accordingly, for the
i last six months, the Spaniards have ,
i bad reason, from these cairses, to ex
i pcet a successful issue to their at
-1 tempts of quelling the rebellion) in
every province this side of (he Isth
i mus of Darien, than otherwise (he i
i combined power of Ferdinand and his
I allies could have given them,
i The following is a short summary
I of some of the late occurrences iu that
1 quarter: On the 15th of November
last, the insurgent chief Teram, with
®OO men, was attacked in the town of
‘ i Tehuacum, at b P. M.hy 2000 royal
ists. 'Teram was forced to retire,
with his men, to two churches in the
town, where, after some resistance, he
agreed to capitulate with his forces,
and surrender a neighboring fort to
the royalists.
About the same time Gen. Ryan,
who succeeded Moralles io the com
mand of the insurgents, gave himself
up, with about 100 followers, and ob
tained the king's pardon. At ebe lat
est accounts he inhabited the capital.
About the 10th of December, Gen.
Ossono, another rebel leader, obtain
ed the king's pardon, by submitting
with 6 or 700 men.
Gen. Victoria was the only insur
gent chief who had uot surrendered.
On the 8* h of June he occupied an
ancient fort called Palmia, about 30
miles south west of Vera Cruz, which
he defended with 450 -men against
2000 of the royalists, who had then
been besieging it some weeks. v- -
Herrera, who was in this city some
time since, as an agent for the Inde
pendents, has either delivered himself
up, or been taken.
It was reported at Vera Cruz in
June, that Mon'eealla, a maq of great
wealth and influence in his vicinity,
had raised the standard of revolt, in
company with a dignitary of the
church named Fierro, at a plant call
ed Aunequat, some distance to the
northwest of Mexico.
In the different provinces there
were numerous small predatory par
ties; but nothing that had the appear
ance of an army.
It is thought that the whole Span
ish regular force in Mexico, compris- 1
ing the late reinforcements, does not i
exceed ten thousand iqeo. Many of 1
the towns and provinces, however, io I
ineir eagerness to wipe off all suspi i
eion of disloyalty, were using every I
exertion to rebels.
YVm.D. Robertson, r colonel In tbo
Mexican service, was a prisoner at
Vera Cruz, and it was expected would
be sent to Old Spain.
The Spaniards at Vera Cruz, either
were or pretended to be ignorant of
the operations of Mina. On (be 9th
of June a frigate sailed from the
mouth of the river Santander;
which destination another frigate aid
a brig had sailed some time before.
These vessels will endeavor to eut off
all communication with Solola Mari,
rra by sea. while ain army goes against
it by land.
We are told by an intelligent pep.
son, a man of much observation, who
had a good deal of conversation at
Vera Cruz with Spaniards in auction,
ty and high rank, that they were all
unanimously of opinion, and express
ed it without hesitation, that England
and Spain had lately concluded an al
liance for the safely and even aggrao,
dizement of IhJr respective domini
ons in America. They boasted that
the Court of bt. James had agreed to
assist when required, the Court oil
Madrid in subduing the revolted col
onies. They added that an opportu
nity would be eagerly sought alter by
both powers to turn their united arms
against the United Slates; and thus
blot out the only example of a suc
cessful rebellion. This is evidently
the mere opinion of Ferdinand’s min
ions, but none can doubt but that
they and their master entertain any
other than amicable sentiments to
wards this country.
FOREIGN NEWS.
t
> Paris, June 7.
Their excellencies the Austrian,
English, Spanish, Russian and Prus
sian ambassadors, yesterday had a
long conference with the duke of
Wellington. The object of this con
ference is believed to be a mediation
to settle the differences between Spain
and Portugal, and upon- the afthirs of
the Brazils.
* June 9.
At Thiers (Pays de Dome) some
peasants, armed wi ! h scythes, and
, some with guns, made an attempt to
plunder a quantity of grain. When
bidden to desist, these unthinking
men answer ed by firing on the escort,.
I escort reiufa d ih«- Arc i)ocof
the seditiohists was killed on the spot,
a:id two dangerously wounded. The
i leaders of the party were securetha. d
given into the ha. cls of the prevoul
j court. At the maiket of Pccignar
(Uirondej a band of peasants maid
fettled a disposition no less hostile.—
I It was necessary for the gendamerie
to charge in order to disperse them.
There lias been some disturbances
in two or three places near Lyons,
but they were quelled without the in
terference of the troops.
June 11.
The prevotal court ol the depart
ment of I’Yonoe, passed sememe on
the 9th instant, on eight persons ac
cused of being engaged in the com
motion at Seus, viz. four were a- quit
ted, one condemned to ten years hard
labor and three to suffer capital pun
ishment. These la-t were executed
at noon, the same day, at the public
market place.
. Wc learn from Petersburg, that the
count d’Verrooloff has left that city
for ■ Persia. It is said t bai he is charg
ed with a negotiation relative to the
i ession of some provinces on the Cas
pian Sea, and a free communication
for Russian commerce tothe East In
dies, by traversiug the Prussian terri
tory.
From the 4th until the 7th, which
was the market day, there has been
some seditious attempts made at Mon- »
targis,(Lorent) to disturb the public
tranquility. The arrival pf eighty
three hussars of the royal guards, put /
a stop to the operatioqs of these fac
tionists. Fifty of them, workmen in
the manufactory of Louglee, went to
the minister of Lefroy and demanded
the'key of the church, which the wor
thy ecclesiastic firmly refused. Mr.
Tiger de Santiguy, commandant of
the national guard/mounted on horse
back, and with four bussars went in*
pursuit of this party* He took seven
teen of them prisoners— at the same
moment the cvy of *‘to arms” wa*
sounded from the market place. The
sub prefect hastened immediately to
to the spot, and with the assistance
of the hussars who ran to. (he support -
of their comrades from all quarters,
succeeded, iu five minutes, in com
pletely clearing the ground. Two
hundred of these insurgents made a
desperate attack on the gate of the
prison, but were beaten off by ten
mien of the national guard commanded
by Mr. Souterap, a sub-ileuteoaut