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METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL,
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FROM THE WORKS OF B. BARTON, THE
QUAKER POET.
Dost thou not love, in the season of spring,
To twine thee a flowery wreath,
And to see the beautiful birch-tree fling
Its shad 2 on the grass beneath?
Its glossy leaf, and its silvery stem;
Oh! dost thou not love to look on them?
And dost thou not love, when leaves arc green
est,
And Summer has just begun,
When in the silence of moonlight thou leanest,
Where glistering water run,
To sec by that gentle and peaceful beam,
The willow bend down to the sparkling stream?
And oh! in a lovely autumnal day,
When leaves are changing before thee,
Do not nature’s charms, as they slowly decay,
Shed their own mild influence o’er the?
And hast thou not felt as thou stood’stto gate,
The touching lesson such scene displays?
It should be thus, at an age like thine;
And it has been thus with me;
When the freshness of feeling and heart Were
mine.
As they never more can be:
Y>, ihS-V *-* * —' u *- r *v —3
Terbaps I see beauty where thou dost not.
Hast thou seen in winter’s stormiest day,
trunk of a blighted oak,
Not dead, but sinking in slow decay,
Beneath time’s resistless stroke,
Round which a luxuriant Ivy had grown,
And wreath’d it with a verdure no longer its
Own?
Perchance thou hast seen this sight, and then,
As 1 at thy years might'do,
Pass’d carelessly by, nor turned again
That scathed wreck to view,
But now lean draw, from that mouldering tree,
’ Thoughts Which are soothing and dear to me
O smile nftt! nor think it a worthless thing,
If it be with instruction fraught;
That which will closest and longest cling,
Is a!one with a serious thought.
Should aught be unlovely which thus can shed
Grace on the dying, and leaves on the dead?
Now, in thy youth, beseech of him
Who giveth, upbraidith not —
That his light in thy heart become hot dim,
’ And his love be unforgot;
And thy God, in the darkest of days, will be
Greenness and beauty and strength to thee.
•< UNITED STATES.”
The English government has the control
’ oFs territory which wears this proud name;
but we smile when a comparison is made
between their United States and our own.
In the gulf of Venice, we meet with a tew
isles, which in 97 belonged to the repub
lic of Venice—in 1 SOI, became subject to
liossiit—were conveyed by a secret article
of the treaty of Tilsit to France—in 1816,
try the treaty of Paris, were declared/m:
and independent, and placed under the
sped and guarantee and protection of Great
Britain. How inconsistent these provis
j ons are with each other, appears sufficient
ly plain from the history of the oppressions
3lie T endure from Great Britain, as Mr.—
11-J. has drawn them in his speech in the
llou v of Commons on the 14th May.
‘l’l, e->e are the islands, which have been
called the V. S. of ike lonian Islands. It
is idle to call them free and independent;
os not withstanding they have a Constilu
tional C ‘•ovemnient formed by Great Brit
ain ihr v ‘e subject to the despotic power
r.f ‘l* Governor. It is neverthless
~ to see how readily the system of
and high salaries has been
J-.rrpH t. r “ m tile protecting country to
t ran ’ 1 “ .. > d*;s. Sir Thomas Maitland
a9e . 9 *) receives at this time tSOOO
j Malta 1 13500 as High Com
as govei ( •) as a pension GOOO asco
‘i nISS | ol a’rerim* “l besides various perquis
•° nil luached to th use officers, which would
’ V*eil his annual compensation from 13 to
•SB This of course sterl.ng—Place
‘ 857 1 77 Q-+ OCCtb * B twice s much
as pays the President of the United State
of America; who, in our opinion, is extreme
ly well paid for his exertions and labour ■
According to Mr, Huine too “ every thing
there is very cheap, and one could live for
one fourth or one fifth the sum. It would
cost England l—Richmond Compi
ler.
The Boston Daily Advertiser and the
Baltimore Federal Republican have endea
vored to make out that the late decision by
the Emperor of Russia, (on the construct
ion of the disputed articles of the Treaty
of Ghent) is not favourable to the side of
this government. The translation from
the French to the accuracy of which ex
ception is taken by these papers, is not
ours, as they seem to suppose, but is of
high authority. It was not even rendered
into English at the Department of State,
but at St. Peteraburgh, and has therefore
every claim to respect. Its verity will
be confirmed, moreover, by a crictical ex
amination of the whole subject; and the
editors of these two journals will, we are
sure, be gratified at finding that they are
entirely at fault.
The decision we have said, was favora
ble to the United States ; but perhaps we
were not sufficiently explicit as to the de
gree in which it is favorable. VVe will
endeavor to be more so. The Treaty of
Ghent established status ante betlum in
regard to all territories* places, and pos
sesesions of either party ; it further stipu
lated that territory or possessions captur
ed by either should he restored to the oth
er, “without carrying away any of the
artillery or Other public property origin
ally captured in those forts or places, which
should remain therein upon exchange of
the ratification of the said treaty, or any
slaves or other private property.”
The British government contended, that
the qualification of being “originally cap
tured” in the places where they actually
were at the exchange of the ratification, ap
plied to the slaves sand private property
as well as to the artillery and other public
propety. They, therefore, delivered up
only such slaves as were taken on board
at the places where the ships actually lay,
and carried away all that were brought
thither by them from other places.
This construction was resisted by the
UStates; ami the two governments not
agreeing, resort wav bad, as provided by the
treaty,to the arbitration of the Emperor
of Russia. His decision was against the
construction acted upon by the Bristish of
ficers.
There could be no doubt, one would
think, what was the intention of the treaty.
It übviously intended to stipulate, that no
private propety, captured 6c war,
Viiuuiu oc carried away from any of the
restored territories, #c. If the qualifica
tion which applies to'public property had
been meant to attach also to private pro
perty. the last member of the sentence
would have been differently arranged, and
the word “any,” which gives meaning and
comprehensiveness to it> would have been
omitted.
This appears to us the grammatical and
common sense construction of the disputed
article of the treaty ; and it is that which
is sustained by the decision of the emperor
of Russia.—JV'af. Intelligencer.
. STATE PRISON.
The convicts vestei day attempted to set
fire to the. workshops; and at the same time
to com i it murder on one F thc'r own
number, whose conduct in the case of
Green, lately executed, had excited their
displeasure. A disposition to perpetrate
some act of violence had been for several
days discovered to be prevalent—and yes
terday one Hill, a black man, and second
comcr, who was ascertained to be a ring
leader and principal in the business, was
ordered into his solitary cell for punish
ment.
Instead of obeying the order he ran to
the shop, seized a large iron bar, and com
menced an assault upnn the obnoxious
Convict abovementioned. Several others
collected to his aid, and were theatening
the officers and proceeding to acts of great
violence. The Warden who was in the
house proceeded to the yard and comman
ded the Prisoners to retire to their shops,
but without effect; they had seized their
fellow prisoner, and Hill was in the act
of levelling him with his Iron bar, when
one of the Guards fired and struck him in
his body and he fell.—At this time it was
discovered that the work-shops were on
fire in several places. The alarm bell was
rung, ami the prisoners ordered to their
cells. With much difficulty this was
elfected, and by the aid of the citizens,
the fire was extinguished and order again
restored.
Several of the prisoners behaved with
great propriety and rendered essential aid
in suppressing the insurrection and ex
tinguishing the fire; and some of them have
been severely injured by their more law
less companions, for interfering to support
the government of the prison.
Ilillr the ringleader, who was the only
one shot by the guard, is supposed to be
mortally wounded, but was alive yesterday
afternoon.—Of those who were injured by
the prisoners, one only is thought to be
dangerously hurt; the others are severely
cut and bruised, but not mortally.
The seizing of the ringleader broke up
the plot before it was ripe for execution.
Hid it not prematurely exploded, it would
probably have been much more serious in
its character.
Boston Patriot, 2 d inst
The recent disturbance at the State Pri
son is only another of the thousand facts
which demonstrate the necessity of separ
ation and solitary cells. When eight or
ten convicts are confined all night in one
room, and when comtiguous rooms are so
built that the voice is easily conveyed
from one tothejothers, all kind of machina
tion, plot, contrivance and villainy may
be successfully planned without the possi
bility of detection. It is in vain that dur
ing the day time a guard is constan ly on
the watch; and that the actions and con
'd uct of the convicts are controuled and
directed. Schemes of violence and des
peration are contrived and arranged in
the nighttime, and break out suddenly at
some convenient hour of the day, when a
signal may call every one to his post, and
lead each desperate ruffian to the partin
the great tragedy, which had been previ-’
ously assigned to him.
The present state of the
State Prison, renders these Considerations
of peculiar weight. The operation of exis
ting laws, while they judiciously prevent
young and unpractised offenders from be
ing sent there for small crimes, is filling
the prison with old and irreclaimable vil
lains, who fora third conviction are setenc
ed to imprisonment for life. These men
have small hope of pardon, and knowing
no end to their confinement by lapse of
time become daring and desperate, regard
less of consnquence, and venturing in de
fiance of chance or probability, on an ex
pedient to gain their liberty.
The plans of these miscreants are ma
tured in a night counsel. Six, eight or
ten necessarily enclosed in the same mom,
cohtrive together every act of fraud or
force, by which they can openly or priva
tely escape, and will necesarily continue
such conduct until the cells shall be nu
merous enough to permit complete separa
tion and solitary confinement.-— lbid. 3d
inst.
Board of health —n. yobk, Aug. 8.
The Board convened at twelve o’clock
this day.
Dr. Ireland reported Mary Spraight, at
No 258 Hap&on-st. as a case of Malignant
Fever. The report was referred to the
Resident Physician.
The President read to the Board a letter
which lie had addressed to the Health Offi
cer, together with the answer which he
had received this day. The President
suggested whether it might not be expedi
ent for the health of the city, that further
regulations be imposed on vessels arrived
from suspected ports, between the mohths
of May and October. He also requested
the opinion of the Health Officer, whether
in bis opinion the Rector ct. tever could be
attributed to the vessels Pilo, Shamiocks
and Florida, which had lain at the wharves,
near that street. In answer to these en
quiries, the Health Officer observed, that
after long consideration and reflection on
the subject, he had been led to the painful
result of expressing it as his opinion that
vessels coming from suspicious foreign port
between the 20th of May and the 10th of
October, should not be permitted to lie in
the North River south of Spring-st. nor in
the East River below Walnut-st, tieaj
Corlear’s Hook. With respect to the or
igin of the fever in Uector-st the Health
Officer expressed it as his opinion that the
vessels named by tlife Mayor could not be
considered as infected ; and he would rath
er be disposed to attribute it to a quantity
of Havana Sugars, in old boxes, that hail
been landed in that vicinity, during the
warm weather in July, from the Spanish
Soldier, and Eliza Jane, and he detailed at
length the facts and reason* by which he
had been led to that conclusion.
Dr. Hicks reported the case of Eliza
Hill, as one of yellow fever. She sickened
on the evening of the 4th instant, in the in
fected district, and is r now at No. 5 Al
bany-st. Referred to the Resident Phy
sician.
There was a representation from (he
neighborhood of Kip’s Bay, remonstrating
against the occupation of a house taken
for that purpose, for the use of the sick,
should it be necessary. The Board will
take the subject in to consideration.
A motion was made to fence up the in
fected district at Rector-street and its
vicinity, and some discussion was had upon
the propriety of ;the measure. Alderman
Fairlie required the opiniou of the Resi
dent Physician. The latter did not think
it necessary at present, and the motion
was negatived.
Adjourned till 12 o’clock to morrow.
BOSTON, AUGUST 2.
The inhabitants of Boston will have to
pay the present gloomy year. Taxes to
the amount of §166,000, for the State,
County, and City; which, if apportioned
according to numbers, would be about §4
for each inhabitant, adult and infant.
On Tuesday last the three new stores
erected on Central-street were leased at
auction one at §SSO, another at 880, and;
the third at 890 per annum.
Extract of a letter from St. Thomas,
July 12. - “Business never was so dull as
at this moment. The number of vessels
in the harbor 19 very small, and Americans
only about live; of these have returned
from Laguira with their cargoes, business
there being entiiely at a stand, no cash or
produce to pay with.”
Boring.—A mulatto man was killed
yeslernotm at Peck-slip in a boxing match
with a negro. The black fellow struck his
opponent a severe blow Just behind the ear,
which terminate his life.— jy.lorkfpape
’fhe West India and American Inter
course bill passed the House ot Lords on
the 20th of June. _
On the subject of theabove bill, the Bos
ton Daily Advertiser remarks-—” If.theact
passes in the form in which it is given in
the abstract of it published in our paper
It will be in the power of the British Exe
cutive government, by an order in council,
to prohibit the intercourse with this coun
try, if we do not allow to British ships tra
ding to this country the privileges granted
by the act to our ships. To meet such a
case, an act of Congress was passed at the
close of the last session, by which the Pre
sident of the U. States, on satisfactory evi
dence being given to him that the ports ol
the Britih colonies or islands have been
opened to the vessels of the U. States, is
authorised to issue his proclimation declar
ing that the ports of the U. States shall be
thereafter open to the vessels of Great Brit
tain employed in the trade between the In
states and such colonies or islands, subject
to such restrictions as the President may
by such proclamation, make and pubish.a
ny thing in the act concerniag navigation,
and the supplementary act, to the coutrary
notwithstanding.
We have heard a doubt expresed wheth
er a limited opening of the ports ot the
British islands to the importation of out
produce, like that proposed in the bill,
would be regai (led as such an opening of
those ports, as under the act ot Congress
here recited would authorize the President
to issue his proclamation opening our ports
to British vessels from those islands-
Some of the most important articles of our
produce of this part of the country, are still,
aoording to the sketch which we have of
the British bill, excluded from those isl
ands, among which are beefbtuter, candles,
cheese, corn,fish, lard, meal, oil, pork, soap,
and shooks. The staple article of produce
of the southern states are mostly ad mitted.
Notwithstanding the number and impor
tance ot the exceptions to the articles ad
mitted from European ports, we presume
the President, “rill consider the set of Par
liament, if it passes, a3 opening die ports
of the West Indies to our ships, in tne
meaning of the act ot Congress, especially
as it places our ships ou the same footing
in this particular with British ships.
The West India Colonial Trade Bill,
passed the House of Lords on the 20th o*
June, after undergo’ng some discussion. —
In the course of the debate Lord Holland
remarked that the Intercourse between tA
merica and the West Indies was indispen
sable to the maintenance of the black popu
lation in the latter. In consequence of
that intercourse having ceased during the i
war, no less than 15,000 of those unfortu-,
nate l>cin had pcrhltcd. W heu their
Lordships consented to abolish the inhu
man trade by which the natives of Africa
were t )t usported to the colonies.it was al
ways considered as a consequence that the
slaves would receive better treatment from
their owners, <g*c.
Prices Current at I,iverpoul June 24
Ashes, per cwt.— Pot, Ist, New-York, 12” a
24, Boston, 1.2 3a2 4, Montreal, 1 1 16 a I 17;
Pearl, Ist New fork and Boston, (276 #2 8,
Montreal, (24 a 2 5. Cotton, per lb Upland,
7 a 7 1-2; New Orleans, 8 a 11 1-2; Teenessee,
6 1-2 a 8 1-2 Quercitron Bark, per cwt. New
York and Philadelphia, 11s a 17. Hire, per
cwt. Carolina, in bond, 1 2s a 16; East India, do.
8 13. Hour, Amer. bbl. New, in bond, (18
1 14; Sour, (1 14 a 1 IS.
HEM AUKS —t he sales in Montreal Ashes
consist of 70 hbis. Pot 33s 6d a 375, and a few
Pearl at 455; 5) LblsNew-York Pots offered by
auction yesterday, brought 43s 9d per cwt.
We have experienced a steady demand this
week for Cotton, particularly for lloweds and
Orleans, but as the lioldtrs continue to meet
the request freely, no improvement can be no
ticed in prices indeed it has been found rather
difficult to support the currency of last week
The private sales consist of 94 Sea Island at 13
!-4d a 16 l-2d, including 10 at 2s with 20 stain
ed at 10d; 3981 Bowed 7 l-2d a9 3 41; 1125
Orleans 8d a 11 Md; 550 Pernambuco lOd a
lid; 754 Maranham, 9 l-2d a 10d; 598 Bahia 9
>-4d a 10 l-4d; 20 Para 9 l-2d; 26 Alina (Gera
es) 9d; 190 Carthagena 7 5-8d; 245 Demerara
9 l-2d a 10 l-2d; 28 Bourbons 13d; 60 Surat 7d
a 7 l-2d; and 20 Bengal at 61 4J per lb. The
public sale of Sea Islands on Friday last went
off heavily, but the good and fine marks, for
which there was some competition, brought
very full prices; the inferior qualities sold rath
er lower; of 502 bag's offered .78 only were
sold at 12 l-2d a 18 3-4d; 12 bags middling to
fair stained brought 8 3-4d; and 20 Boweds 7
l-4d to ( l-2d per lb making the total sales of
the week upwards of 8000 packages.
Our Grain market remained very dull, but
without any particular alteration in prices.
20 casks good Philadelphia Bark have been
taken at 15s a 15s 6d per cwt. but 50 casks off er
ed by auction were taken in.
500 casks Carolina Rice brought to auction,
were not then disposed of, but have since been
sold at 11s to 12s 6d for old and inferior, and 13s
to 14s 6d per cwt. for ordinary to fair new.
1 he sales in Tar this week have been exten
sive, amounting nearly to 6000 bbls viz; 2500
Stockholm at 15s 9d a 16s; about 2500 very
good Virginia at 14s; 500 Wilmington at ILs,
and 30u common Carolina at 11s per bbl.
The sales in Tobacco consist ofrOhhds ordin
ary to good ordinary Virginia Leaf at 2 l-2d a
3d per lb; 40hhds of which were taken on spec
ulation; with 30 hhds Kentuedv a 2 3 8d ser lb.
Prices Current at Gibralter, \9th June.
Cendles, Am spearm, 30 a 34 cent 9, abundant
and very dull; Cocoa, Maranham, §l3, dull;
Coffee, Martinique and St. Domingo, dull; Ha
vana, §25 a 26, little demand; Cotton, New-
Orleans, §l9, none, and saleable; Indigo, 1,25
a 2; Cochineal, 4,75 a 5; Fish, Am. 2,50 a 2,75,
none; Ilice, Carolina, 3,25 a 3,50; Pitch, Am
3,25 a 3,50, little demand; Beef and Pork, no
demand; Flour, Philad. sup, 7,25; a 7,50; Ual
titnore, 7 a 7,25; Pepper, 15, none; Sugar, Hav
white, 10 a 10,50, no clema •I; brown, 6,75 a
7,50; Buba white, 9 a 9,50, dull; ditto brow n,
I 6,25 a 6,50, saleable; Brazil white, Ga 8 25;
! ‘far, 3; Tobacco, Ken 6 a 6,50, dull; Wax, Am
i §4l a 42; Babrry, 42 a 43; Logwood. 1,50 a
, 1,62-J; Fustic, 1,12 a 1,25; Staves, Pipe, 75 a 80
i large parcels ar; lihd. 45 a 50, saleable; Bbl’
37 4O.
FROM OUR CORRESPOND!";; I
Price Current at Port nu Prince iV I
Beef mess, bbl gll 50 a £l2; pnV‘l
cargo, 6; very little demand. Butter*
15 al6 cts.; sales. Bread, pilot km’*
50; ship, 3 50; dull. Cheese, lb. 20c*
nonejn marker. Candies, mould Vs 3 I
sperm. 45 a 50; dull. Fish, cud.’lOO ■
86 50 a 87, wanted ; scale, 4, no s!V*
Markerel. No. 2, bbl. 7 50 a 8; No. g - *
50; wanted. Herring, No. 1,4 50; sW*
box, 75 cts.; sales Fiour, bbl. SlO V,l
Hams, lb. 15 a 18 cts. dull, i.,,,,'.*
whithe pine, 1000 ft. 826: pitch p j„ P
sales. Lard, 12 cts. dull and plentV*
Naval Stores, tar, bbl. 84; pitch, 4; tuVj
tine, 5; dull. Pork, mess, 21 a 24; r,VI
16 a 18;cargo, l-2a 14; wauled. RiVViol
lb§. 5; dull, fcsuup, yellow, 25 ibs 2 ■'*
dull. Shingles, cypress, M. 5 50: v, 1
pine, 1 50; 9ales. Tobacco, leaf luO lb, 1
a9; manufactured, no consumption, VS
ras Hrlkfs red, piece, £ls a giz, gß j‘_ s J
Nankins short yellow, 70a 75 cts,'demarij
Osnaburgs, 100 ells, Twilled Coil-*
Bagging, 18. Venrepolein Mulcts. }Q a u|
quick Sale. Dollars, 5 pr. DuubwJ
Sl7.
Exports. —Coff. e, lb. 32 sons; Cotton J
14; Logwood, 1000 lbs. 3; Tortuise Sfcettl
lb. 8.
REMARKS.—Coffee has been on taJ
decline for a few days pash and the F. nr.l
pean orders for this season being nearirl
tilled, we may look tor a further decreas'd
in price. The coming crop has every ap.
pearance of abundance, and is in a Vat
state <4 forwardness.
Pork, Mackeral, and Codfish are in good
demand, and sell quick at the quotations,
Flour is dull, owing to the large quantities
of native provisions, which supercedes the
consumption of it, but increases thedemanj
for salted provisions, with which thev
used,
NORFOLK, August?.
The Fl igate Macedonian. —lt was our mein,
choly duty, on Monday, to announce the ant.
val in Hampton Roads, of the U. S- frigate Ma
cedonian, Capt Biddle, under ciicumstances of
distress to which our naval service heretofore
furnished no parallel. During a cruise of a few
mouths in the We* Indies, she had lost 10of
her officers, 67 of her crew, and had then 50
laying iil with a violent ship fever Aware if
the solicitude which this shocking intelligence
would produce among the numerous relatives
and friends of the officers, to learn who were
the victims of this awful visitation, we lust no
time in seaiching for the unwelcome particu
lar-;, which the strict prohibition cf intercourse
with the ship, prevented our receiving untJ
last evening
In the gloomy dialogue which we annex, the
friends of the Navy will recognize the cxtir.-
guishmeut of some of the brighte-t promise
presented by otir naval register. Would that
they had fallen in a more glorious cause.
’I fie frigate is now anchored in the Hue of
Craney Island. Yesterday the sick, which have
increased 57, were all removed from the ship
to the Island, and the well were put on board
the Alert, which was towed down by the steam
boat .Yo'f l/i, and anclr red near’the .-hip—
the medical services otl)r. J. Cowdeiit have
also been added to those of Dr. Williamson,
and every effort is made for the comfort and
relief 6t the sick on the Island.
Ihe following is a correct list of the names
of the officers of the U. S. frigate Macedonian,
who died during her absence from the United
Slate*;
1- James Clements, Lieutenant of Marines,
died offerer, at Havana, May 26, 1322.
2 Isaac H. Hash, Midshipman, died offerer,
June 28, at Port-au-Prince.
3. John Cable, Surgeon, died at sea, July 2C,
of fever.
4. Cliveb W. Wood, Midshipman, died at
sea, July 20, of fever.
5 Christ order T. Emmett, Midshipman,
died July 22, at Havanna, of fever.
6 Abiuhaji llosacs, Midshipman, died July
22, of fever, at Havana.
7. Alexander M. Muiirat, Midshipman, died
at Havana, July 23, of fever.
8 Herman Bctqeiis, Midshipman, died at
sea, July 29, of fever
9. John I. Sickles, Captain’s Clerk, died at
sea, July 29.
10. Georoe W. Isaacs, Lieutenant, died at
sea, August 1.
11 George Pearce, Ist Lieut, died at lira
ney-Island, August 7.
It affords us pleasure to record the foUowpg
fact, no less honorable to humanity of Dr. Thom
as Williamson, Surgeon of the U. S. ship John
Adams, than it is creditable to his zeal in the
discharge of public duty. Upon learning oa
Sunday morning, at 3 o’clock, by the despatch
boat from tire frigate, that the U. S. ship Macs
elonian. Capt. middle, had arrived in Hampton-
Roads, under the most deplorable circumstan
ces, having lost several of her officers, and 67
of her crew, by a violent ship fever, and having
then 50 of her men prostrate with the disea-e,
he immediately repaired on board the John Ad
ams, and volunteered to go down to the ship,
and supply the place of her late Surgeon, of
whose valuable services they hart been deprived,
at a critical moment, by the fell disease that
then threatened extermination to ali within iis
scope We think that so signal an instance of
devotion to duty and humanity, should not pass
unnoticed. Beacon.
CURACOA, July 6
A fietchera arrived yesterday morning from
Puerto Cabello; brings no particular intelli
gence, except the capture of an American schr.
off that port, name unknown, by the b >a.t9 of
the Spanish vessels lying there. She is said to
bave been bound to La Guayra, her cargo.con
sists of provisions, and the frames of3 gut;
boats, for the Patriotic squadron.
Extract of a letter dated
Ha'.ize, Honduras April3o.
“ The Independent naval force to the lee
ward consists of the Intrepid brig, 16 guns, 129
men; Neptune, do. 10 guns, SO men; and a two
topsail schooner mounting 1 long tom. They
are under the oommany of capt. Courtios, late
2d to gen. Aury They have taken the Span
ish armed brig Ramoncita, of 18 guns, with a
cargo of indigo, cochineal and specie, worth
§300,000. They have also taken the Spanish
schr. called the Joven Maria. They are wait
ing for 3 more vessels of war to make an attack
on Oman, where it is expected they will suc
ceed.*’