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~ •" ~ F- CMi’onlcle and iiaxc,Vtn, EDITED BY JOSEPH VALLENCE BEVAN. PUBLISHED ST CUT Monday £5 Thursday. ,*T five dollars peu USDS, payable ik AII'ASCE—COUSTHT PAPER, C)»OK A WEEK, TAREK DOLLARS PER -ASSIM, PAYABLE ALSO IS ADTAKCE. —1 ■ \'Vr have never perused a tale, endued wkH more natural feeling, 01 agreaterde greeofthe delicacy of taste.-thon that by Hiss 7 »id>, which we place before our readc * —They will, however judge fo r Mrs Leicester is represen t cd as the mistress of a Imarding school at Amwcll, and as the means of passing to • winter evening, is supposed to make each scholar reaounl the history of her 'jife—l' is that of Miss Elisabeth Villiers, 'Which we Have selected ] My father U the c unite of a village church about five miles fiTimAmweil I was born in tin porsonsira house, which joins the church }at I. Tbvli.sl: thing I can. remember wa» my father teaching me the alphabet (tom 'he Utters on a tomb stone that stood at the head of my mother's gr ve. 1 used to tap at my father’s study door; 1 thiiik I imw hear him say, “ Who js thrc’--What do you want, life p-i']?” "fin aid see mamma. Go and /earn pretty It.iUls.” Many times in the (lav would my father lay aside his boohs nrul his papers to lead ire to this spo' and moke me point to the letters, and Oien si t me to sp. ||l syllables and words: jn this manner, the epitaph on inv tno liter’s t* ib being r.W primmer and my Spelling book, I learned to read * 1 wits "tie <l»y sill, tig on a s'epf placed -across the cVnircli-yavil stile, when a gen tleman passing by, h, nrd me distil cl lyre pear the li tteis whirl; Ifbrmed my mother’s pame, and 'hen say, 1 Jlhabi'th Villiers wi'h a ftitn tone, as il l had performed conic g-esit matter. This gentleman was uncle Janus, my mother's brother: he Was lieutenant in the may, ami hud left England » few weeks after the marriage of-my lather and mother, snd now, relum ed home from along sea-voyage, lie was centring to v sit my mot .ter; no tidings cfher decease having reached him, th ongh she usd been dead more liter 11 a twelvemonth. _ , Vt hen my undo saw me sitting on the stile,, ;,ttd heard me pronounce my mo thers name, h • .look, t esrmstly tu my f lt and hi gan to la ici a resen blance to to 1 s ais'ir ut.' to tin. k 1 might be her child, I was too intent on fny employ meet to observe him, and went spelling on. “Who has taught you to spell so p ily, my little maid ?” sai l my uncle “Mamma,” I replied; for 1 ha 1 an i lea tine the words on the tombstone were amne how a part of it a, sma, and lest she Had taught me M A id whe is mamma?” hsk ■ ed my unc.e. “Elisabeth Tdlicrs,” 1 re ph d; a d thenmy mole called me his d. hide niece, a; d sai l he would g,. vy . .me to mamma : ht .took hold wf Tnj hand, intending to had me home, dehgh ted that he had fdtnd out who 1 war, h. . cense he imagined it would be such phassnt sm price to his sister to sco hi little daughter bringing homo her ion lost sailui uncle. t i agilcd to take him to mamma, but w had a dispute abtui the wav thither.. Mi unite was for going along the road wide led um city up to our house; I pointed t '••the church-yard, ami said, that was th Way to n amnia Though impatient ofdt hv, he was not willing to contest tin ijuilit with Ids new relation; tlicrefore, he itiid me over the stile, and was then go ing to i«kc me along ‘he path to agate he knew w»- at Ik end of our garden; bin no, I would not go that way neithc let ting go Ids ha id, 1 said/ “You do not know the way.—l v ill shew you.” and making \vl,at hast i cunfd among the long grass ard ihistles, mid jumping over the low graves, In said, as ..e followed, what he Cu c my Tim 3/ mi id slips, “What a posi tive soul tins dtoc mew. oi mine is! I knew tt’C way to ynui m tier's house be lli) e \ on were horn, child ” At, last I stop pedit my raoihc’s gr.i e, and pointing to the tombstone, ‘-aid, “Hear is mamma,” in a voice of evut-a ion, as if I had now Ci n\diced him tluii I knew the way bes : 1 looked up in Id - f ee 10 see him acknon 1- ciige his mistake: hut Oh 1 wnat a face of. Borrow did I see 1 I was s 'fr.ghl ucd, hat 1 hate but an n.i.cifeC' readier nui of wli.i f.'ilowi d. 1 i member Ipi i c . i.. com, mat cried Sir. s - ,*’and oven 'O move him. I knew not w;m 1 .d .; my mind was in confiunoii I thought ill.. done some 'nog wrong in bringing the g mlcma'i to mm v a to make him cry SO ,-a ly; hut \V ;a »as 1 could not t' 11. This grave :a-ta wa; been a sicoe of he lip .10 me In the unite r«y father wottlx 01 e oc weary ol my p atile, an . spun n>e lio". I» m; but he Ihe was ad my own I m gut ».•>• any tiling and ue as frolicsome av> I p,eased hi re; ail wass cluerAuiiu hs ami goo.l huinoui m nor visits to mamma, as ue died it M> tm her would ieli me how quietly mamr.in .pt there, and that he slid *>i» little B s. would one day Bleep beside mamma in that grave; and when 1 Atm to bed, as I laid my little head on the pillow, t used to wish I was si ping in the grave w.th my papa and n.Kinma; .nd mmy childish dreams I used to fancy myself there; and ii was a place within the ground, all smooth, and soli, and green. I ne'er made out any figure ot nia,.tma, hut still it was the tombstone, and papa, ana the smooth glee t grass, and my head vesting upon tin? e.lnw of ny father. H \v Un g my uncle remained in tins ag-uu iu grief I know not; to me it seem ed a vuj 10-. g nnc: at last be took me in bis arms, and field me so tig.n t u 1 began to cry, and ran home ton,y, lather, and told him that a gentleman w«a crying sbo.it matron.’* pretty letters. Nj doubt it wys veiy affecting meet ing between my lathe ..nd my uncle. I r. member tin, i* «u 0 very first day 1 ettrsa., my I'stuer weep: ihat I wits u. Sr ’ .rouble, anti weiil n o die kilchcr at.l told Susan our seiva. .„ that papa was crying; an sac wanted to keep me wit 11 Uiat I might mudistut-. ibe Convert ti Sat.JL R-uaei go bkcit o toe psrlo , to p-nr papa, ajd 1 went ih • illy, a.K' c.tpt between uiy lather’s kuces.’ ki> tir.cle take me in Ills arms, but • turned sullenly from him, and clung closer to my father, having conceived a dislike to my uncle because be had made my father cry. Now 1 .first learned that my mother s death was a heavy affliction; fori hsard my father tell a melancholy story ol her long Unesa, her death, and what he had suffer d for her loss My uncle said, what a sad •liing it was such a yotirg child; bit my father replied, his little Betsy was all his comfort to my father, struck me with grief How I could be any comfort to my father, struck me with wonder I knew I mas pleased when he played and talked with me; but I thought that was all good n*-»s ft favor done me, Ik 1 had no notion how I could make my part jof his happi ness The sorrow f now heard lie had suf fered, was as new and strange to me I had no idea that he had ever been unban py- his voice was always kind aid cheer ful; 1 hal never before sent him weep, or shew any such signs of grief as those in which I used to express mv little troubh s My thoughts on these subjects were con fused and childish; but from that time I never ceased pondering on the ta:l stoiy of my dead mamma The next day I went by mere habit to the study door, to call papa- to the b loved grave; my mind misgave mt, and I could not tap a* the door I went hack wards ar.d foruads between the kitchen and the stu dy', and what to do with myself f did not know My uncte met me in theHpas-age, &. said, • Betsy, will you ct me and walk with me in the garden?” This I refused, for ihis was not what I wanted, hut the olda mnsi-ment of silling onlU»e grae,Bt tulki.ig to jia. a My uncle tried to persuade me, hut still I said, ’* Nv>, no,” and ran crying into the kitchen As he followed me in there, Susan said, “This child is so fret ful to-day, I do not know what to do with her ” “ Aye,” said my tincjc, “I sup pose my poor brother spoils her, ha.-ng but one-” This refl -clton on my papa ina le me quit in rr little passion of anger, for I had un* forgot that v ith -his new un cle, sorrow had first come into our dwell ing. I screamed loudly, till my father cane out to know what it was all about. He s-utt my uncle into the parlour, and said, he would manage the little wrangler by him self When my uncle was gone I ceased crying; my father forgot to lecture me for nty ill humour, or lo enquire into th. cause, o-us were soon seated by Ihe side of the tombstone. No lesson went on that day: no i a’king of pretty mamma sleep in 'he greet, grave, no jumping from the tombstone to the ground; no merry jukes or p!casa“l stories. 1 sat upon my father’s knee, looking rip in his face, and thinking, •• How torry pipit loolca,” till, having been latig- ed with crying, and now oppressed with thought, 1 fell fast asleep My uncle soon learned from Susan Ilia' this plane was our constant haunt; sir told hint she did verily believe her master would never get thejjbetter of the death other mistress, whne he continued to t ach the chil ito read ai Hie loinbston>; Tor, though it might soothe his giref, ii kept it forever fresh in his memory* — The sight of bis slstcrs’s grave had b. eu such a shock to my uncle, (bar he tea 'll. ' • nty red into Susan’s apprehensions; am. concluding, that* if I were to study tiirae other means, there would no longi r J'e a preti nee fur these visits to the grave, ■ way my k ind uncle I astened to the near ■t market town to buy me some hooks.f I heard the conference beta ten my un c c and Susan, and did no’ approve of hi terfering in our pleasures- 1 sa.v hm .kc biskat and walk out, and 1 secretly limed he was gone beyond mis aga : n mm whence Susan had told me he htd .ome. W here bryind «.«* was 1 conic. oi tell; blit I concluded it was some where n great way off. - I took my sea 1 • •n the churchyard sti;e, mid kept look tg down the road, and Saying, “ lln pe •shall not see my uncle again. I liot-e ny uncle will not conic from beyond teas imyniorr;” but I said this very softly, and '-ad a kind of notion that! wasinaper v rsi i l htiifii’Ured fit. here 1 till my uncle retuii e 1 from the m-n-art-town vv-’.th his new purc''a-<-s.7saw him c .me walking cry fast willt a parcel under Ins arm. I was very anrry to see him, and I frowned, and Hcd to look very cross, lie untieu his parcel, and said, “ Betsy, I have bro’i you n pretty book.” I turned my head away, and, “I don’t want a book;” bui I ciuld not help peeping again to lock at it. In the hurry c>f opening the parcel he hud Neutered all the hooks upon the ground, and there I saw fine gilt covers and gay pictures all H’tlieriiig about. VVlia' a fine Night! All toy resentment vanished, and I hrld up tif.y face so kiss him, that being my way of thanking my father fur any ex traordinary favor. ♦ • ♦ » * *» • • # • From AVet* Weekly Register, Great Britain and Ireland. I’hey are bnibiing seveial frigates in F.ngland, to carry 38 forty-two pounders, and 40 twenty-four pounders—total 7S of these very heavy guns. It is openly ac knowledged that they are built lo boat our ‘‘fii- built” things. But we match these in gat os, perhaps, in what we call our seventy-fours. An order.has been issued as to persons to be presented for the honor of knight hood, in consequence of its having been conferred on a quack doctor ! The magnificent copper mine at Dola cath. in Cornwall, employs, under ground, 750 perso'S; consumes, monthly, 1,000 lbs. gun-powder, and 5,000 lbs of candles It is 1,4t)0 feet de -p, and contains in If 7,000,000 es cubic feet of excavated ajiace The pumps bring up daily from this mine 120,000 cubic feet of water. France. In the dibate > u the censorship in the French house of Peers, says the Char es ton Courier, Prince Talleyrand made, an excellent sp -ech in opp-.siiiou to the res traints which the law imposes. The li berty of the press, raid he, is one of' the wants of the age. To an enlightened age, a free prrss is necessary. You cannot -ontend against necessity. You cannot averwhv Im public opinion, which is strum ger than Voltaire, or Henry the great, oi Napoleon, or any minister or monarch who ’-.ver did or ever will live. The press se. -ni-es legitimate renown,and.destroys on ly usurped reputation* The manufactures of France are said to t)e in '.h- most flourishing condition, and > iw establishments a’-e going into opera tion, \t. de tSTiateauneuf, in a late work of his, according to information communica ted to him by the prefect of the depart ment of the Seine, rates the population of Paris at 713,966 souls. This number con 1 stimes daily 60,000 pints of milk Former ly in the city of Paris there was one eccle siastic to every sixty individuals, now there is but one loeVcry six hundred and twelve. The condition of hospitals is meiiorat d Instead of two dying out of nine, at the Ho tel Dieu, as it used to be, it is now one out of seven, that is, 14 out of a linudred, in stead of 22 The bridge at Rordeaux, began in 1808, is now nearly finished, and is said to he “a superb monument of national taste.” The earth adjacent to the Roman tem ple at Nismes is to be reduced to its ori ginal level, and a railing is to be erected, so tint the building may be seen “ in all the purity of its former proportions.” In removing the eaath, many columns and pieces of sculpture have been discovered. When repairing the roof of an old church in France, a quantity of, gold fell on re moving the tasters. There were snout 1000 pieces, of 64 grains in weight each, andjbelnngiug to the reigns of Francis 1. anti Louis XII. Seventeen men were recently killed by an explosion in a coal mine, in the dcparl tnens of Soane et Loire. Italy. Every account from Naples, &c. shew the tepose of 'Lspotism. The popular effervescences have only rivetted the chains of the people more strongly Canova has lately finished h colossal statue of a horse —and to he due of me most excellent productions of his cdffsel Auciera and Italdini, jew ellc'rs at Home, have presented to his holiness, a bttiliaiu if die fi -esl water, 53 cares 5 8 in weight, or 214 3 4 grains. Its value is estimated til 500,000 dollars It is only the king of France and the Emperor’of Russia thu. possessa finer diamou* Denmark. The king lias issued some severe orders for the suppression of the slave tiadr, which app.ar'o be energetically obeyed by his officers at the Uanislt posts in Afri ca, of winch Cltristianslnirg, on the coasi of Guinea, is the principal. A us frill. Rothschild, the elder, [the great bank vr,} has been raised to me dignity of a inarquf9.de ny the Emperor of Austiia: — ife is the first Israelite that ever receive. 1 that title. Russia. We have whnt is called a correct account of the finances of Russia, as they stood on the Ist. January, 1821. The whole amount of the debt is i.qual only to 46,450,(.'00 pounds sterling, at lUeJireienl value of t :c rouble, which is fixed, even in Russia, a. the rate, of exchange with London, Amster dam, Hamburg, &c Against this deb , the government bank possesses a capital f 35,799,513 roubles—Bu millions of die ■ evenue are annually set apart to cUin, guish the debt; the sinking - fund has a surplus of 15 millions, and is actively em ployed to reduce the debt. Cuba. Since the adoption of the new Spanish constitution, it is the rule in Havana, to visit the prisons once in eve y month, for roe purpose o f preventing the dreadful ‘ippressions which have ftequ niiy, and perhaps genet ally, been pracmed therein The following account, translated from ~..c of the lave papers of that city, will cw die good cilccl and the i ecessity ot -.licit a practice. In ti e visit made by the Governor, on the 18 h Vpi il, to i tic prisons of tlic Moro , ( a-'lic, ne has observed the horrible dun geons, called by the ddl'e-eui names of •tilt sun, the moon, the s'ar.-., me tigip* and tl C lion, itc. -e-etoft.rc cons'rdcictl for the affliction <f nunanity : he was aston ished tiia' such means of cruelty ami bar badly should be still in existence, notwith standing the older given by -he for ,er ( governor, prohibiting then use: otdeed j thai they should mini, diately be closed | up, with the substantial work of drftfa.id stone, for the purpose of preventing lor the future any such abuse. Havana, as wed as die rest of the ports of Cuba, has been exempted fiom me o-, peration of the hue Spanish tariff-—me lo cal government is lell to i egulaie and es tablish the duties which shall be payable. This island is nearly independent. A Maw Mill Has been recently e ecled at Troy, N. Y. which performs astonishingly We have the follow iug brief account ol it fn m a N. York paper:—“The saw consists of acir cutar pla e of about 18 inches ilk diame ter, and with eight teeth ir. the circum fc cure, li is moved by a band, and ic voives twelve or fifteen hundred times in a minute, cutting the hardest timbet with out the h asl difficulty. The log is sawed half through, or from iht sap to the heart at a cutting, and may be graduated to suit timber of any dimensions. The machine ry is so constructed, that the in.ll leads it seli, the log being roiled, and gauged by an apparatus which goes by wa - er. T c advantages of this null are nuinei* ms and important. In the first place the b ards sawed in this mill are far superior to those manufactured in the ordinary way, being much truer and more durable. Second,y, it is a great saving in lumncv, since sll kinds of timber, whoiiiei fissile or not, it ay be wrought and heading, without waste. Thirdly, there is a great sav ing in time and lao-jr.” 5 lUltimouk, October 17. LATEST FROMPERNAMBUCO We have been favored by Capl F -x, with the following interesting particulars of events and transaction in and ah-nil Pernambuco at the latest dates. We piefcr his own narration to any mode in which we cmld present the iuteligence ou rse Ives— Prtnot laao Mini son, Esq. Editor Baltimore Patriot, Slß—Herewith you fiave the report of the schooner Teleg-apu, direct from Per nambuco, after a middling passage of 26 days to laud, and a few hasty remarks on me stale of the country w hile -here and at the time of m> having it I sailed from thence on Sunday, 16ih sept. VMiile on shore that morning every thing appeared in confusion about the town Fear and dismay appeared depict ed on every countenance from the autici pated effects of that day, arising from the situation of the Patriots army, (only nine miles off) and their treats the day before • -i in which they announced their determina tion of bearing Mass that day (Sunday) in the city, and to encourage their troops to this exploit, hud promised them three , days of uninterrupted plunder and a chance of outrage on alt the European women in the place. This will remind you »f ''•Booty ami Beauty, ” at New Orleans.'*— After all 1 much doubt as the attempt wa-. made Every body knows what a hearties set of wretches the Portuguese are in general, arid how much more so a raw country rabble, or in other words ihe mo bility of the country I—However, should tney have made an attack,!'- wou d require by far the greatest part of the Hover nor’s disposable force to keep the city in awe, and in case of an he once appears in public there is' not a doubt, but lie with all his principal aelh'V ents would be shot instantly. Then in deed, a scene of carnage would ensue. cutting of throats, stabbing,.plunder and rapine in the, highest degree. During 38 clays stay in the country, 1 observed the people to have but little* confidence in cadi other; doubts and mistrust appeared to be the ruling pas sions anet even in almost every family there appeared to be adivison in politi cal senlimc ts One party being much inclined to ah deny die Liberal Constitu tion named a >cd adopted by the Cortesa’.d people cfP->i".iig*al, jet the other and be iai the greatest part, are for a free and in dependent self goverrnent, or a govern ment of their own choic-*. D sertpn to the enemy by r the native troops ot (he city, had taken p'ace daily. The general had sent some; battalions out abo*>t 10 days bathe, to oppose the advance of the Patri ots,and the wnole, or greater pan of (hem had joined the Patriots, and were return-, mg inarms against the city. Four nights before I left, the whole garrison of Cinco Ron to s, to a man, had absconded, and w hat appeared remarkably droll, was the display that was ma-'e about two days previous, with a considerable troop of ca valry, well mounted and accoutred, anil while on parade excited grea interest i me beholders, who considered them as the bulwark of the city.—-When call ing them to parade the following morn ing, they had every soul taken F>ench leave in the; night, and joined their country in'-arms without the ciiy. the gi-.icraiy had caused all, or the greater part of the European sailors belonging 0 tire Portuguese ships m tne port ’o be pressed, and had them doing garrison duty About the first* of September, a high iissention had <aken place among tne mend), is of Hie council; when the gene al finding natters running to so high a -uteri, hud tendered Ins resignation, but , iv: Royalists insisted on his keeping his -ffiev; and on the calling of all the rom ps'to arms, which was acooi tliug'y done, and the troops all drawn up in the great square before <the govern ment house. T .is caused -<n instant, alarm all over the town, an I the inhabitants were busied in locking up their N. groes and securing their houses fast shui All tli?ii appeared Shushed for a few hours when towards night the council broke up having displaced Ihe obnoxious of tlir* Europeans, and fifed their places with native members—the governor kept his place and the loops were ordered to their quarters, and so ended the revo lution of dial day without bloodshed — There were strung bodies of troops pa .troliug every nigh-; and ihe night best re 1 sailed, they w* re dragging through the streets as our firemen do their Engines, hut widi greater noise; and on my going ashore the follow'iug morning. 1 found they had planted several h aivy pieces of brass ordinance at each ol tne bridges tu guard the passing thereof. TVerc were reinforcements of troops houriy expen cb from Lisbon, and wen they once arrive.:, they might hefti to keep ’ho spirit of revolt at a distance some time ion, er -Bui, at any rate, it seems the peoinc aft determined no* robe gov erned hy Kumoeans, and submit to be transported to Europe, to take their -trial ! in the c arts of Portugal—and indeed it must go down v’eiy hard witli if eu of sen sibility as it did with ouj "W i forefathers,, not to haie the privilege if being tried in thVur own country, and by a jury of then own countrymen Soon after my arrival, there were i tween 20 and 3o ot tne mast respectable j cnizi ns embarked in irons for Lisbon, there to be ir e* far their lives on ac count of thv'ir republican sentiments. — Hut to keep the people quiet ami pro vent aicscue, there were large bodies of troops patrolingthe streets till the prison ers w-*se fairly shipped 'The Governor is nv-stg nerally disliked,and indeed dis pised. He was a c era’i of some celebri ty under Lotd Wellington, and the Euro ; pean troops, one and all are most firmly at ac-ied to him; but lie has governed with such an iron sway, that the natives will never be at rest till he is cut oH root and branch. A few days before I arrived at Pernambuco, he was shut one evening in the groin while passing one of the bridges, hough not mortally wounded— The man who shot him jumped over the bridge and was drowned, and was found in a day oa two after. He was placed in an arm-chair by ttie side of the principal church, and >\as there exhibited for two days, in order ilia sum person might lay claim to the corpse, bin there was none to be found that would recognize it Let the scale turn us it nill, the Brazils will he in an unsettled stale for some time to come; and should the Patriots gain their point in Pernambuco, the rev. olulion will spread all over the country, fn m Mara thani to the River Plate. The brig Nymph ot Philadelphia, cap tain Wm Philips, a very fast sailing ves sel had arrived in a short passage from It .hia, bringing reports that a revolution was on the point ol breaking out in that place. He will in a I p obability arrive! in a very tew days in Philadelphia, and by him you may expect to hear wheather the much expected grand entry took place or not in Pernambuco, with other particulars, as cap'aiu Philips besides be ing fluent i-nthe Portuguese language, is a mm of very extensive information This Sir, is all I nave to observe, and you will make that use of it you deem propei-. lam with respect, yours. See. RICHARD P. FOX. •» It is stated in a Pittsburg paper, that that city four years ago had a population ot 10,000, but that by the last sensus it is reduced to nearly 7000, with a reituclion of business generally at the rate of .75 per cent. —Phil Coe, i. LIVERPOOL, Aup?3o. The King’s visit to Slane The roadin wiiich his Majesty pa-sed in h'is visit to Slane, was literally lined fi>v twenty miles, by the peasantry, not merely of the counties of Dublin ami Meath, but of all the surrounding conn, ties. The hills and other eminences c mmauding the road, were from an early hour of the morning, occupied by f,d three hundred thousand persons. The enthusiasm of the people through >ut the whole line of v oad was indescribable On his Mj sty’s arrival at Slime Castle the houkes of rich and poor, in all the vil lages around were put in a blaze of light The mansions of the nobility and gentry were distinguished by their brilliant ap pentrance, being' lighted up with flam beaux; andas these demonstrations le gat'd the poor, all the furze and heath of the hedges for miles around have been cut for the purpose of bonfires. Bfilial of Honey and Francis. On Sunday last these two unfortunate men were buried at Hammersmith — The funeral precession consist edef eight mourning coaches. On lhen^ : arrival at the late Queen’s house, in-South Andie, street, the bands struck up “ the Dd iff March in Saul,” and the populace s'pod uncovered. During the progress of the pi occasion some confusion took place from the pressure of the crowd. The procession arrived at Ilariimersmitlvahotit half past tour, and was met in II: cad way by the Hammersmith committee on foot who fdl into the procession. Funeral services.were performed in the church and the .bodies were buried. „ , , PhilAJiEteHiii,.Oct. IS • Capt 1H Phersou from Si. Thomas, in forms us, that a report reached there the day previous to his sailing, wiiich state that they Imd experienced a dreadful hur ricane in Guaclaionpe, Antigua, Mariega lante, and other places to windward, which did a vast deal of damage in those Islands. In Guh'iahnvpe, the report says, its rffi-ct was terrible —the new Hospital, which was a very extensive building, was unroofed and many lives lost, report says SOO. The new barracks were also un roofed and many lives lost in therm In St Harts, it is reported to be worse than the las: hurricane. No news from die Main Laguira is closely blockaded bv the Spaniards • Nkw-Youk, Oct. 17 Ca r d. Auger, of thi sc hr. Macdotumgh. has furnish us with Curacoa papers o( the £>.• I and 29th ull. , Cuhacoa, Sept. 22- Accounts ftom Puerto Cabello stale, that the Ligera frigate was ying then ready for sea, and was to sail in a few d-. ys for Gomans, with several .vessels under tier convoy, laden with military stores, for the relief of that place. The Spanish privatefer schooner Cecil lia, of 7 guns, and about 80 men, vailed from Puerto Cabello, on Monday, to assist in the blockade of I.a Guayrn. A party of the Independent forces has lias been for some lime past within a short distance of Puerto Cabello, and lips had a regular skirmish every nigh! with the Spanish out-posts, and often drove hack so close to the town that, the flashes of the musketry wore distinctly seen by persons on beard shipping in the harbon A force of about 50 men occupied tbe Vigia. This is a strong fortification which commands Puerto Cabello. — The guns were removed some time ago. Accounts fiom Maraycabo, announce the arrival of General Bolivar in that ci ty, being the first time H. E. ever visited it. We are informed that he intended to proceed to Santa Martha and Rio de-la Ha tha, for the purpose of inspecting these places, and from thence to the head quar ters of Gen. Mon ilia, probably wit > ft view to give additional imnulse, by his pre sence, to the operations carrying on for t.ic reduction of Carihagenu. Caiiiiacas, CGaz-'tleJ Aug. 29. “ All the offspring of the slaves born after the date of this decree,'shall be free. Their master will bring them up, and pro vide for them, until their eighteenth year, and until that period enjoy their services. “ No slaves can be so'd beyond the provinces of their habitation; nor can any children be separated from their mothers Slaves can no longer imported ; and a foreigner rrijying in any of the ports of Columbia, will be allowed to import bin one, under the denomination of a ser vant, whom he must carry with him on leaving the country, otherwise lio will be looked upon as free. Those slaws who have hitherto performed useful, services to the Republic, willforthwith be consi dered as free.” Coro is again ours Colonel Ichauspe came over to us with 500 men. Ttllo had returned to Puerto Cabello with his few followers ■Emigration. —The wished for convoy Jroin Curacoa has arrived, bringing mnn hrh’ss emigrants, both natives of the coun try'ana Spaniards; at least we have the satisfaction tnat all those who came ar honest men, worthy of abiding in Colum bia, whose absence we were wont to con template with grief—highly patrioticc!:a - aclers, who amid the disorder ami bustle of hostilities had sought refuge in foreign islands, and who now clasp us in their i rms with cordiality and joy—men who have been undeceived in their principles, w hose virtues and good faith are already 100 well established, and whose regret of the past is as grateful to us as it is hon orable to them- men, who during seven years long absence have never bent their necks to any foreign yoke—in short, wor thy offspring of Carracas, eminent patriots, the ornaments of their soil, whose suffer ings, whose constancy in hardships have bequeathed them the eternal love of their feliow citizens. Pleasant Anecdote of Dr. Franklin. “ Friend Franklin,” said Myers Fisher, the celebrated quaker lawyer of Philadel phia, one clay to the Doctor, “thee knows almost every thing: can thee tell me how lam to preserve my small beer in the back yard? my neighbors are often tapp ing it of nights.” “ Put a barrel of old Madeira by th. side of it” replied the Doctor—“let them but get a taste of th« Madeira and I’ll en gage they will never trouble the smal beer any more.” ~^augu^Tb THURiSTJAV, f.ovTT ~‘ In many. respect:-,; m» , 3 , H than (bp brute; but in ]r has not the same analogs- b i,\ Intpetfeet, hoover, , s t „,.' '■ ho, it lias ail tiie 'Utriln ’ *■; .■ ty,—‘‘thefcubstar.ee of if. ~ | •■‘h* ; 'lie evulnnce of thirds unsem.■ A>siniW)[p iii (ii i;inc* * rv * I indefinitely, but never li, ,j ■;. I onr search. In effect, the g. : :H hu: ,an intellect are inconceiv; B ther they may be derived ir-mB physical causes; or IV. 1,1 b. t;.. B exalt or degrade it. The ir.hi,bß New Holland, who fecis . i,, ~ v( fl a very difilren! being iVem, !un wB upon Vermicelli.—lr, ih e .ca.e oflj tipn, lie is not only Inferior tous,B Chinese and the l urk, the Indian I Ntgvo,—and to wi-at is this owing! the circumstance either of cxcui| neglect ? No matter which ;-biß the case come home to ourselves ! I ’t here is no characteristic motel guisbing than that which history between ancient and modern tin, s employ m::nt of physical or moral n the direction of the.mind, or thee: of the body.—Hut in matters of tin we find ourselves lamentably defic Ahhoiigv. it has long been a^ s [ admit that the education of chi Id n duty which we owe to posterity are more content in allowing (he of the precept; than observant to i one ins'iincc for the example. Our luiors liave been in the habit of in' mg this subject to the people, n mcke a display of some harmbi qu- nce, than for the purpose of of any ten! good. All that they hav has been to obtain a resolution to pi Itm* money for the object; wilht g eating a system, by which it mi expended ; —t hinking it enough, tK iiave fastened on th.-ir cowivy age, the lu.no: of making Hu sui g. :«v own nm i that Rome jan lie evocation hliouM lie carried r.toHH imnicsi'a'cly ;a o. lull i;»;«ie-l «i liiiv.i wool. yield ■ a uoial poHl vie would ,ep iv whai <'' Hh proceeds from at >’ •:, w '.ouilur way. “>V< must . cc:. i can walk;” 01 at least lltc c’aiui w •;Si save t > carry Imnscl'’ the s: caver i'Sj| li'c —Our proposa weird b., :o ' c yearly produce of die Fr c-'ithoo 1 in salaries propcriiona o to the i ccH£ wards of each Master of an A. the different parts of this h a leave free to him the w hich ho might derive trom hi* There are few persons : n this cmm fl® | poor, and none so indifferent, as ivVi he able to pay, and still less to provide forlhe tuition of their and if there were, the charity eftheH ter, and the good feelings of their ncH bors would make up the defi deucy -H be altogether plain, we would say CoS stance, that the principal of the Chat® Academy should receive a salary of SI of the llichmona, g 300; of the "dH gj2 Joj and of the Effingham, S ISU; B generally speaking, where the populaH and circumstances of a county, would I afford a proper number of stiid.-nts. ■ , would place two or more academic* ' Tlie goods of one man abstracted!: s]ivß ing, belong in a greater or less deg* to all mankind; and in » community I rational ngems like our own, a rich cow 'y will iiev.T object to the exercise <)| proper generosity toward one that is pol [(■OSIMUSICATEI).] K The Harmony Presbytery are cspect® lo meet in this place to-morrw. A aion, by some members of the body - ® be preached at the Presbyterian ( at 12 o’clock, and m the evening at c '■ die lighting —and nt the same hours « ;o, on the succeeding day and evening® and on Sunday the Sacrament ul ® Lord’s Supper will be administered, uf® divine service in the morning. I From the Savannah Museum, Oct. 27. ■ In consequence of no passengers h ® ing offered for this port, the Rohm'-Fulton will not touch hew dm"® the present voyage to New-Ortat. * advertised. . ® Owing to the long prevalanc ® north-easterly winds a console. ' > ,I,® b.r of vessels are now de aireci 1 f ® river, some of whom have been re * l .- ® sea 8 or 10 daya-among the ■ the ship Savannah, Jjri.^Spcedy-U-® schr. Caravan, for. New-V on*. »'•' 1 • , ® Mary, for Charleston, now at the the brig Telegraph, for New V •.. llt l Gustavus, for Baltimore, ami sjo i r u ■ for Charleston, at anchor in } . er J Roads—and the schr. Nap clean,. aaJSSSSffJfSifi*-* W 'up for tU. P"'t-A. hist. schr. George Henry, t sa &n At Providence, 9th mst- . tls¥3 Haves, flhoiles, to sail xn Voifc» brig Felik, to sail 25th ins • - Rrr jg, ta loin inst. ship Lady ® d {i‘ sail2s inst; sloop Udy