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price ‘Current
3A FAS'JSMH, July 11.
g eta. g da.
COTTON sea-island per pound 24 3,)
upland do Hi 15
Selections, prime 15 15i
htcb 100 lbl ~i 3
TOBACCO georgialeaf lb 4$ 5J
cavendish Ist qual| 30 35
riclunond 12 16
FLOUR country barrel 9 9} scace
richin. phila. and ball,
alexandria 750 8
CORN ‘bushel 90 95
BACON lb ib 11
BECK no. 1 barret 950 10 50
no. 2 ®i < 7
BEESWAX bb 33 34
BOARDS northern 1000 11 12 dull
pitch pine 10 12
BRANDY cognttc 4th prf yat 150 1 75
peach none
BREAD navy bbl 2 250
pilot 350 4
BUTTER Ist quality lb 20 23
2d quality 10 12
CANDLES georgia mould lb 2l> 23
. northern do 14 15
spermaceti 40 45
CA9TINGS ib 4 4
CHEESE best , „ H , ,
CHOCOLATE boston no. 1 Ib 22 no aalej
COFFEE best green . 29 30
2d and 3d qualities 23 29
‘Jd quality - 20
3d quality 14
ravens 12 |
GIN Hand S al 90 95
country 40 41
GINGER race lb no sate
IRON russi* and swedes ca” 450 5
LARD * ™
LEAD bar J b 8 8}
MACKEREL boston no 1 bbl 9 9$
no. 2 6 50 7
no. 3 4 75 5
MOLASSES gallon 34 36
NAILS cut assorted lb 7i 8
-wrought 12 14
N'tJTMKGS >ri 3
OIL, sweet 1* hot 74 8
sperm J> 1 1 50
fi sir 61) 75
PAPER wrapping "’ 55 63
I’EPPBtI 11 21 22
PIMENTO 28 30
POtiK prime bl>l H 11J
mess 15 15 50
POOTBU london dozen 250 325
POWDER J ipout he# 6$ 7
Chelmsford 7
RAISINS muscatel fresh box- 3}
bloom do 3
RANGING TI MOK ft 1000 4 6
HUM Jamaica 4th proof gal 100 1 S
west-indis* 2d and 3d 65 70
new-england 36 40
SALMON no. 1 bbl 18
SALT livei pool ground bushel 50 55
Cadiz
turks island 50 none
SF.GARS Spanish box 16 17
SHAD coi-necticut mess bbl none
norih-cufolina none
SHINGLES 1000 250 4
SHOP assorted lb 9 9j
SOAP turpentine lb 3 10
SLAVES w o 1000 16 20
red oak 12
STEEL- german 100 tbs 17
blistered 12 13
SUGAR liavaua white 100 lbs 14 15
brown 8J 9
muscovado 9 j 101
new-Orleans 9J 11
i.af M 18 2-1
lump rather dull 16 17
TAt.tXMV U> 16 17
TEA hyson lb 85 95
WHISKEY (scarce) ga( 36 38
WINE -madeira yal 250 275
teueriffe 1 10 l 25
STOCKS.
United, States Bank none
Bank S'ate of Georgia 80, sale dividend off
Planters’ Rank 76a 77
Darien do 50 no sales
Ste im’Roat Company, 265 dividend, off
Insurance do no sales
Piracy —Tbe schr. George, Burt, of Berk
ley, arrived'at this port in 33 days from Tenc
rid'e, was boarded at St. Croix by the erf wof a
piiaticai boat, who, after a severe scuffle, in J
which Capt. C. was wounded in seven places,
were compelled to abandon the project. One
•if the marauders wa4 made a prisoner, taken
ashore and delivered up to the civil authority,
jmml two others were before the
fiboegfi (est the ishUK*.
STILL LATER FROM ENGLAND. ]
[From the New-York Evening Post 29th ult.]
Foreign News.— By the ship Atlantic,
captain Tat lor, from Dublin, we have
teceivetl Irish papers to the 21st May in
clusive, containing London dates to the
Ibth, 2 days later than before received. —
They furnish accounts from Odessa to the
20th. ‘The former speak of war as being
extremely probable, but mention that there
was so great a scarcity of lood among the
Russian forces on the frontiers of Turkey,
that it woB supposed they would be obliged
to change their quarters, as there was not
more than ten days provisions remaining.
The Captaiu Pacha had quitted the com
mand of the Squadron proceeding against
the Greeks and winch had been for some
time under preparation. It is stated on the
authority of tetters from St. Petersburg of
the 4th May, that the Emperor Alexander
had set out to join the armies, but the ex
change on London did not experience any
decline in consequence. Os the negotiations
with Turkey little is inentioned> and that
too in so guarded a way, that it is impossi
ble to arrive at any conclurien on the sub
ject. The political relations between Rus
sia and Turkey.it is asserted had under
gone no change since the last advices were
written.
The paris Monileur of May 13th, con
tains an account of some tumultuous pro
ceedings which have taken place at Lyons,
on the occasion of the elections. The
troops were calld out, and order was
promptly restored.
The West India Trade Bill, and the
West India Colonial Intercourse Bill, were
both read a second time in the House of
Commons on the 17th ot May. But what
further progress was made in either of
them we are uninformed, as the House was
ie!t sitting when the London paper of the
above date went to press.
An order had been received in London
from St. Petersburgh, for 400,000 mus
kets for the Russian army.
Gen. Sebastian* has refused the com-,
tnand of a large French army to he form
ed as a cordon, on the frontiers of Spain.
Accounts from India gave the most dis
tresing details of the destructive progress
of the cholera morbus. The ravages at
Bussorali, have been most dreadful.
Os the principal merchants of the place
not one remains alive, all having fallen
victims to the prevailing scourge. The de
tails amount to 150 per (lay on an aveiage,
and the inhabitants were flying from the
place in every direction. The epidemic
had found its way to the Arabian coast,
and was doing incredible mischief. In the
provinces of Ominan it had carried oft 40,
000 people ; and in the city of Muscat and
its neighboring villages, no less titan 10,000
persons had fallen victims to it,in the short
space of 10 daysi _ _.
■ncut', b'y Mr. Goulburn, Itavig tor its ob
ject the employment of the poor in Ireland
It was proposed to place 50,0001 at the
disposal of (he Lieutenant, for the
purpose of making roads. In the course
of the debate on the bill, Mr. Grataii said
that lie did not think that any new roads
were wanted in Ireland, and he thought
great blame was imputable to his Majesty’s
ministers for having so long neglected to
inquire into the distresses of (hat country,
which were well known to have existed a®
far back as January last.
The corporation of Liverpool have voted
300/ for the relief of the distressed peas
antry in Ireland.
Beloni, the traveller, was at St. Peters
burg on the 24th of April. The 12m
pernr had presented him with a diamond
ring.
An admiralty order dated M.sy 15th.
had been posted at Lloyd’s, informing the
underwriters and owners of shipping, that
directions bad been given to the admirals
commanded at Portsmouth, Plymouth ami
Cork to send out any of the cruizers that
they can get for that purpose, with supplies
for the assistance of the homeward bound
trade, which are prevented by the north and
northeasterly winds from getting into port,
and which may be in want of provisions
and waters
The London papers state, that four re
spectable establishments in the Baltic trade
have suspended payment.
Mr. Canning’s bill for the admission of
Homan Cat hot it Peers into Parliament,
was read a th'rd time rn the llotrse of Com
mons, on the irtliii May, without any dis
cus-ion, no opposition bring given to it.
Dial reus in Ireland. From the follow-
injj afflicting letter front a Medical gentfe
man in it will be seen that the dread
ful ra /aujes of disease arc added to the hor
rors of famine iu the west of Ireland
SALIGO, May 13.
“Those who looked upon the wants of
the pool* heretofore with indifference, if:
not apathy are now m the opposite extreme
of apprehension ami alarm. Fever, as is
invariably the ease, stalks upon the heels
of famine ; and although we are some days
in the possesssion of our new hospital, we
cannot accommodate the sick from search
fy of beds, bedding and food : our bed* are
few, not mare then forty, and only tempo
rary things, ami il! calculated in their way ;
our funds exhausted nearly, and our sick
increasing. The type of the fever ii at
present more malignant,-and its duration :
1 much longer, than in May, 1812. It runs!
out, without remission, frequently from 20
to 27 or even SO days, and then leaves the i
survivor idiotic for weeks.
LONDON, (Friday eve ting) May 17.
French paper of Wednesday have arri
ved by express. The Moniteur contains a
long account of the tumult which took
place at Lyoos during the election of the
Deputies, which proves to have been much
moVe serious than at tirst described. Ihe
nomination of M.Carcells was followed by
seditious ‘cries, and several Royalists pre-
sent were thrown down, trampled on, and
dtherwise much injured. Ihe Civil Au
thorities were oncble to'quell the disturb
ances, and the Military were called in—it
required several detachments, both ot cav
alry and infantry, so numerous were thy}’*
and so highly'excited on the ‘occa>ion. Ihe
tumultous assemblage was on the Place des
Terreaux, close to the Theatre, and owing
to the pressure in avoiding the attack of the
cavalry, the doors were Forced in, and
numbers of the people took possession ol
the boxes and galaries. The performances
were then going on, and a scene ot great
coai'usion ensued. At eleven o’clock, by
great exertions, the whole ot the Populace
were dispersed, and the tranquility of the
city remained for the rest ot the evening
without interruption.
A tremendous Bail storm, which caused
the gretest disasters in the South of
France, occurred on the 7th inst. Its ef
fects extended over thirty Communes.—
The bail stones were between two and
three inchcsin diameter. All glass expos
ed to it, and even in many places tiles,
were broken. A great quautity of game
was found dead, and a large stock of pi
geons was aNo destroyed. In the marsues
between Herguies ami Btuille, a great
quantity of geese, which are the principal
welath of the district, were destmjred.—
In all plates where the hail fell, the harvest
has been ruined. Many accidents also
happened to carriage drivers. The hail
was accompanied by a storm ot wind.
A vessel has arrived at Toulon with in
telligence tliat the Greeks were besieging
the Turks in the Areopolls, ot Athens, and
it was feared that many of the noble works
of art in that city would be destroyed.—
The Parthenon (Temple of Minerva) had
been demolished. The French Admiral
had succeeded in saving some of the beau
tiful bas reliefs which adorn the celebrat
ed latern of Demosthenes.
The only mail which has arrived to day!
is from Flanders. The Brussel* Oracles
reach down to the 14th inst. An arrticle
from Vienna, of the sth, mentions that
there had been a meeting of the great min
isters of state on the preceding day, and
that immediately alter it broke up, des
patches were sent nft'to London, Paris and
St. Petersburg, which were suppossed to
relate to the affairs of Russia and Turkey,
but this was merely cbnjeeture, for great
secrecy was observed by the Austrian gov
ernment bn the subject. Repotts tl ap
proaching war were current, but the gener
al underfunding at Vienna was, that the
Emperor Alexander would n<)t c < jj ! c 'e'\,f n a jj i
the'allied powers.
From what transpired in patliainent last
night, it appears that govenment do not
consider that the copy of the new Russian
tariff, circulated in the city is authentic.
‘l7te Funds. —The principal business of
today has been that of making up the ac
counts,as the settling d3j is so near at hand.
In the morning. Consols for the account
opened at 99 3-S, and continued rather
heavy at Ibis quotation, until one of the
b’okers of an einiinent Jew house, his ap
pearance in the market, and purchased
Consols for the opeuing at 80 aud 8 J -9 ; j
I but before the close of business they de l
clined to 79 7-3.
May 18.—The I’ai is papers of Wednes
day |at, (May 14) have arrived ; but we
do not find in them any intelligence worth
extracting. The French funds have im
proved a little—the 5 per cents opened on
Tuesday, at 88f. 50c. and closed at BSf.
40c.; the exchange on London, for one
month, 25f.
Slocks. —Three per cents, consols, 79
I-8.
The French 5 per cent, stocks closed on
Wednesday, at 88f. 40c.
Paris May 10.—There is news here
from Turkey, ol the 15th and 16th of last
month, deliver! by the mercantile house.
W a is yet the order of the day, notwith
standing the assertion, that the march of
the Russian forces has been stoped by an
extraordinary scarcity of food, which is
likely to be attended with very bad coose-j
cpiences. It is said, that the Grand Seign-j
ior is yet very stubborn, and will not ac
cede to the (leu- ands of the Court of Rus
sia, and that the latter will, as forroetfy,
decide the question, bv sending troops in
to the heart ut the country, sanction by the
several Allied Powers, The Greeks are
m iking great preparations for prosecuting
the war against their oppressors. They are
supported by persons of all nations, Who
are daily joining their standard. At the
! island of Scio, according to report, the
Turks have succeeded in extirpating all the
Greeks who were chiefly instrumental in
producing the insurrection there.- The
cruelties of the Turks will ultimately be
one great cause of their downfall, which
every civilized nation must wish to see
accomplished, and the sooner it happens,
the better. The accounts received by. the
government, are riot so recent as the pri
vate intelligence.
Leipzig, May s. —Couriers between
I Paris and St. Petersburg, very frequently
i pass through this town. Men of conse
quence in Russia consider war to be inevi-
I table.
LIVERPOOL PRICE CURRENT, May 13.
With the exception of 220 hhds Demarara ar
rived this week, our stock of plantation Sugar
,n importers’ hand is nearly exhausted ; but as
‘the trade are inkling back for fresh supplies,
the demand is very JlT.nite l, and the s&Tes h
private contract do not exceed 100 iil.d— rw
puncheons St. Lucia and -Demarara Molasses
have been sold at 24s a 24s 91. Nothing doing
in foreign Sugar • 600 bags ol middling white
Bengal Sogas w ent heavily by auction, at a de
cline of Is als 6d pe. cwt. Coiiee continues
in good demand at ®u advance ot Is a 2s. No
tranactions in Cocoa, Ginger, or Pimento.-
Carolina Rice is in good East li;Oia_
Rice remains aiun gether nt gltletl.
The demand tor Cotton lias. been rather null,
and the sales scarcely amount to C6yo bags;
Marnnliam 8 1-fid a Kfl; Haibado-s 9 o 8 a
lOd ; Orleans 9 5-8 a iii<i Bowed 8J a9u--
The public sales ycstercay were indifferently
attended by llie trade- and ‘be wnote wtfit
heavily. Bowed sold at a decline 1 oti aid
per lb, and Orleans Jd per lb from the pin es
of last week. The general market is also -ow-
er for those descriptions.
The business in Dye-Woods has been con
fined to 6 j tons of solid Nicaragua Wood, at 28/
Nothing has occuircd in Hides- Ashes arc
merely selling by the retail at former prices
The general demand’ foi* locacco is regular,
but not brisk, at last week’s prices G od leal
is wanted for Ireland, but our stock includes
sea-cely any.
\Vbeat continues depressed, and we again
(educe our quotations 3d per bushel. Oats
scarce, and rather higher. No alteration in
American Flour. Irish, old, 7s fid 8s -d ; new,
5s to 6s 9d.
London Price Currant .May 17. Coffee—l:i
this week’s public sates, gotd middling Jamai
ca Coffee, sold at 135s 6u to Isos ; middling,
128* 6d.
Corn Exchange. —The supply of Wheat this
week has been rather small, and the sales very j
heavy, except for prime samples, which sup-1
port .Monday’s prices ; but all oilier qualities
may be quoted 2s per quarter cheaper.
American iiotkh at l.oniioo , JMay 18— Three |
per ceris. 69 a
new six percents 95| a
96, with dividend from the lsiot April ; U 8 j
Hank Shares, 22/10s with dividend from Is
January-
Jtriilh ‘ locks May 18.—'1 tree per cent red.!
78$ 1-8; three per cent consols, 79 1 8 87 8!
9; consols per account, 79 1-8 8 7-3 New
dollars, 4s 9jd new doubloons, 21 14s.
WALKING ON THE WATER.
“ Bless me! what a nose ! ’tis as long,” said
the trumpeter’s wife, “ a* a trnmpet ”
“And of the same metal,” said the trumpet
er, “asyuu hear by its sneezing.”
“ Whata pity,” cried thebandy-liggcddrum
me*', “ we did not both touch it!
“There is more of it,” said the innkeeper’s]
wife, “than in any dozen of the largest noses!
put together in all Strasburgh ! Is it not,” srid;
she. whispering her husband in his tar, “is it j
not a noble nose ! ’
“ ’Tis an imposture, nty dear,” said the land ;
lord; “ ‘os a laise nose l” j
- What a pity it is, that Tristram Shandy j
lived so soot* by a hundred years 1 Had he
only been born in the present age, and in
this goodly Cily, what lots of fun and fields
of sport, would have been open to him !
We tlo nothing now in die good old lash
ioned way., instead ot walking on the
land, and sailing on the deep, we (are to) j
jjiyj over the former, and walk qverihs la’ !
Yesterday afternoon, m con equence of
sundry advertisements, aud a week’s nuH
ing in the newspapers, the great body ofl
our citizens—good and bad — rich and poor
learned and unlearned—doctor and stu
dent—mistress and maid—gentie and sim
ple— with as much curiosiiy as ever ani
mated the Strasburgeis tos*e end touch!
the stranger’s nose—moved in solid col
umns to the battery grille adjacent wharves,
to see a couple ot men walk on, in, or up-!
on the water, where they were to fight a J
sham duel vvnh muskets, and then play ai
cut-and-thurst with broad-swords. The
exhibition was lo take place in the im-
mediate neighborhood ol Governor’s lsl
■ and. Bvery description of water craft,
including steam-boats, from moderate siz
ed coasters and pilot boats, down to oysier
boats, market boats, and news boats, was
put in requisition. And those who could
not procure boa's, to the number of s*nne
ten or twenty thousand, very sagely con
cluded, that if the expedition tool; place on
the town-side of the island, they could as
well see it f.urn the battery without paying
half a dollar, as with it. Such, therefore,-
was the squeeze at the b>t'e*y, that the
dandies forgot that their corsets had been
left at home in the hurry.
As the time drew near, the squadron
moved towards the sea of action, and soon
concentrated in beautiful confusion, underj
the command of Admiral Noah—the JNa
jtioual Advocate nows boat serving for Id-:
i flag ship. All had heard of the English)
I Doctor and his servant, who walked over j
the River Thames, at Somerset-house, all
high water, about six years ago, the one!
playing a flute, and the other a violin; antli
we, knowing ones, hud just learnt that
Kent, the water pedestrian, has undertak
en, for a wager of 1000 guineas, to walk
across the sea from Dover to Calais. As
Americans can beat John Bull in every
thing except scolding and eating mast j
beef, we had a right to presume that sotnef'j
astonishing feats would be performed. If!
an English Doctor could fiddle on the wa
ter. Americans, certainly, -ought not only
to fiddle, but to dance horn-pipes, aud cut
the pigeon-wing.
The eyentful moment at length arrived,
■ and the aquatic heroes stepped forth upon
■ the briny wave—plump up to the clun!
Guns were then carefully handed to them
from a boat, which tlify immediately fired
in the air—loaded them again—attempted
to fire—the one flashed in the pan. and
the other did not flash at all. Then for a
sword fight, but at this moment a rush was
made by the fleet from every direction—on
they came—Admiral Noah in front—-
some this way some that—"and the ie*t
following higglety pigglety as they could.”
The show was then ended—for nothing
more was to be seen, save the, mass ol
boats crowded together —which—together
tt tth the pedestrians.* tvhc v?ry n'rf^ertffr
declined walking against Rietidr— were
swept round the south side i t the i-rio
As the fleet approached The tower er.ff „{’
the land, the ladies ran eager hr to welcome
(he water-men to the shore—and as il K .y
ran,they forgot to ob*erv e a small salt marsh
beautifully covered with green, but whi<||
nevertheless nude a;u! work v.iifi th@ .
prunella shoes fine silk stockings, aud
cambric frills and flounces. I lie
however, did not come ashore; am] (| its
throng which had landed-from the Nan.
rilu, slowly traced their steps bark to the,
boat —the little water-craft disappeared—
and the multitude returned to the cny, fab
1 v satisfied—that it Was as clever a hoax as
had been witnessed for a long time. The
crowd on the battery had seen two men
swimming n**ar the island, “"d mistaking
them for the heroes walking uu the water,
by the aid of their spy-glasses, were ( a i!y
convinced of their skill an4dexterity,ami
of tne utility of the invention.— Ctm,
Ad v.
GREEKS AND TURKS,
The Boston Daily Advertiser contains soir®
translations from foreign papers -concerning fur.
key and other places. The arrival at Scios of the
Samiens, appears lo have excited the interest of
the Turks. The Island of Scios contains, 190,001
Greeks, 25,0 0 occupy the city. There were but
a few thousand ‘Links on the Island, and they
‘were shut up in a citadel, not being able to meet-’
■the Greeks who had come to attack them.
■ Some interesting intelligence had been receiv
jcfl from the north of Thessaly and Macedonia.--
IThe Lreeks of these countries are brave and
warlike; but on account of their distance from
it heir insurgent fellow countrymen, they had ta
, ken no part in the war,notwithstanding tliev have
been subject to the greatest excesses from the
| hordes of Asiatic troops, on their way to rein
!force the army of Clutrschild Pacha. The Grand
I Seignor, however, had resolved to destroy them,
and attempts have been made to get their urn*
bv s rat age m. But they ha i been taught a hot- <
son by the fate oFSalopioii and Cassandra, where
the inhabitants, by the persuasion of priests, yiel
ded their arms, which was no sooue, done, than
hundreds of places suffered by fiie and swoid,
hundreds of men impaled daily, and \\4wen and
children sold as slaves. They preferred the
chances of open war to Turkish perfidy, aha in
connexion with the Senate Os Petoponensus, en
\ tered into a Greek confederation, formed an ar-
Imy of 7000 of the best disciplined soldiers of
’ Greece, under the name of Macedonian army,
I commanded by Fasos, Diamantcs, and Sophirates,
; three experienced chiefs Ihe army 7 hail taken
i riossession of the defiles of the River Peneus,
land the valley of Tempeby Olympus, &c. Their
! first battle was at the ancient city -.f Verna,
| where the Pacha of -jolonica, Abalobud, had
come to meet them, but he was overthrown by
the Macedonians, and the the city fed into tuts
hands of the Greeks. The Pacha of Salomes,
mortified at his defat, <was preparing to attack
the Macodonian army. The inhabitants aloiigttm
coast of the Gulnh ot Thera,es, then to the west
by 7 Nausa, Wodena, Kas raditea, to Kli Derwcn,
and those along the HaKaKnin, Mount llernios,
and cities of Siatiesta, Loianc, Servuia, Uc. kc.
U i.Dv.l, ,vn me tsri'Cr.s.
j An article at Corinth, states that the deputies
of Greece, assembled at Argcs, established the
‘basis of Constitution of the Greeks, which ins
ji-sbiishi don the 13th of January. The reigiuu
lis of the Greek Chur h. All natives
the Christian religion arc c nsidcred Greeks. All
Greeks are equal in the e eof the law. btran
gers enjoy all the civil rights. Merit is the only
qualification for office. Taxes are paid i.i pro
post ion to fortune. The government is coo pos
jed of two b. dies—legislative and executive, both
must concur in the eii',ciineiit of Jaws. The le
i gislators are appointed by the people—they must
he Greeks. ‘ldas’ legislature appoints the Presi
dent and Vice President upon true democratic
priricip'es—the majority to govern. The Exe
cutive council is cl osen by the Legislature from
its own members. The legislature is renewed
every yen . The Executive Council appoint*
ihe offices of state, and indeed all the cilices cl
the government.
Js'uval —A new and extensive ship-house has
been erected at the Navy. Yard, for the purpose
of containing within its spacious area, anew
‘line of hattie ship, the ribs of which are now pre
’ paring- It is to have large aud commodious
J works-shops on both wings, for the accommoda
tion of the carpenters and all descriptions of me
chanic. The building is about 8J feet high,
and covers 7-8 of acre of ground.— the frame
|contains more thin 4200 different pieces oftim
| i; . r and joists, and it has probably the most capa-
I cious interior of any edifice in ihe union, ft is
calculated that the roof will require more than
a million of shingles to cover it
JSost. Com. Gaz. ’
Columbia. —The government of (Jolombi*
jhasbya decree, appropriated $12,900 fur
i the purchase of a printing press, types, &c.
‘to print books for Congress, ami works on
{political economy. A decree has also been
| parsed prohibiting the expo< tutioa of Plati
na, nnil none but ihe government are ati
lt limised to pui cln-e, it being considered
ja piecious metal.
Tornado —Onthe llthinst. there was a
violent tornado in ihe town of Groton,
Tomkins county, which is stated to have
torn up and broke oft’ trees of every de
ism ipiion ; threw down and scattered fen
ces ; unroofed several buildings, aud en
tirely demolished one barn belonging to 8
Mr.’ Trutnble, two frame houses belonging
to Mr. Rerrv, arid unroofed a leg house bt~
longing to Mr. Leonard; carried away the
three top logs and chamber floor, and eve
ry tiling of consequence that was in the
house, except a bed on which Mrs. Leo
card lay sick at the time. Several pei
sona were much injured, some nl them
dangerously ; and a Mr. Chambclin, fa
ther-inlaw to Mr. Berry, unskilled.
Among the works of fiction recent!*
published, we know of none that excels the
Romance of Bavenspnr , ur.d we are furs
few contemporary tales can rival this fin
ished production. The plot is full of scenes,-
at once delightful and instructive, the sty e
is rich flowing,, ami nervous, t!e catas Isr 1 s r0 ’
phe dramatic- and’ sublime.
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