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Extract of a letter, dated jYevJ-Orlean.i, Oct. 27,
to a gentleman in Ji/eiv-York.
“ With unfeigned regret I have to inform
you of the death of capt. Guy
who was drowhed on the l9t inst. it the en
trance of Bayou lake in the At.tacapus in
this state, by a sudden gust of wind upset
ting the boat about a mile and an half from
the shore. There were five persons in the
boat, but oapt. Champlin was the only one
drowned.”
[Capt. Champlin was a native of New-
London, in the state of Connecticut. Dur
ing the late war he commanded the private
armed schr. Gen. Armstrong, and the brig
Warrior. In .both vessels he had several
severe engagements, in one of which he re
ceived a musket ball through his shoulder;
but always came off conqueror?]— Ev. Post.
A Quebec paper of the 11th inst. states,
that three hundred and three vessels with
five thousand three hundred and seventy
five new settlers have arrived at that port,
during the past season.— -Com. Adv.
It is computed by Mr. Baffles, late lieut.
governor of, the island of Java, in his histo
ry of that island, recently published, that
from the year 1730, to the year 1752, a pe
riod of twenty-two years, the deaths in the
city of Batavia exceeded a million of per
sons or nearly fifty thousand a year. It is
astonishing that any place could supply
such a terrible waste of population. We
had not imagined that any thing like it had
ever occurred, for such a length of time, in
any city on the globe.— Boston payer.
COLUMBIA, S. C. NOV. 25.
Agreeable to adjournment the legisla
ture, of South Carolina assembled in this
nlaQp •gp.afgrd ajr- - The r enrese.ntati ve (A am
ber proceeded to business about 12 o'clock,
but as the senate did not form a quorum, a
few private petitions were received, and
the house adjourned, to meet to day at 11
o'clock.
Ship Letters.—‘As many masters of ves
sels arriving in the United States are under
the mistaken idea that letters brought by
them must be deposited in the post-office,
although directed to persons residing at
their ports of entry, we think it well to pub
lish that part of the law which imposes cer
tain duties on masters of vessels iu regard
to letters, by which it will be seen that on
arrival at any port any letters may be deliv
ered by them, except such as are directed to
other parts of the United States. [Bal.Pat.
AN ACT, regulating the post-office establish
ment, passed April3oth, 1810: (
And be it further enacted, That no ship
or vessel arriving at any port within the
United States whei*e a post-office is estab
lished, shall be permitted to report, make
entry, or break bulk, until the master or
commander shall have delivered tothe post
. master, all letters directed to any person or
persons within the United States, or the
territories thereof, which, under his care, or
within his power, shall be brought in such
ship or vessel, excepting such as are direct
ed to the owner or consignee of the ship or
vessel, and excepting also such as are di
rected to be delivered at the port of delivery
to which such ship or vessel may be bound”
According to the testimony of travellers,
there i* now growing on one of the sides of
mount Etna, a chesnut thee, ( castanca
visca ) called by the Sicilian castagno de
cento cavalli,(chesnutof 100 horses) which
measures 204 feet round. This tree is
mentioned by several writers, and is con
sidered of great antiquity. It received its
name from the circumstance of its having
sheltered 100 men on horseback, from a
storm. Fn the department Cher, in France,
says Michaux, there is a chesnut tree HO
feet in circumference, which for 600 years
has borne the name of great chesnut, and is
believed to be 1000 years old. Its trunk
is perfectly sound ; every year it yields an
iimiience quantity of fruit.
The Trident Has brought to tins port
aa Elephant, remarkably docile arid plify
f id. N. Y. paper.
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Hezekeal Luckin, of Georgia, collector
of direct taxes a’nd internal duties for the
fifth collection district of Georgia.
Thomas P. Evans, of South Carolina,
collector of direct taxes and internal duties
for the eighth collection district of South
Carolina.
W. Crawford, of the Mississippi territo
ry, receiver of public monies in the coun
ty of Washington, in the said territory, for
lands of the United States east of Pearl riv
er.
Jas. Ladd, of New Hampshire, surveyor
and inspector of the revenue for the port of
Portsmouth.
Jesse Hawley, of the state of New York,
collector of the district of Gennessee, and
inspector of the revenue for the port of Gen
nessee.
David W. Hall, of Indiana, collector of
direct taxes and internal duties for the state
of Indiana.
Rich. R. Gwynn, of North Carolina col
lector of direct taxesand internal duties for
the thirteenth collection districtof North-
Carolina.
Thomas Jenkins, of Virginia, collector
of direct taxes and internal duties for
the twentieth collection district of Vir
ginia.
Moses M. Russell, of S. Carolina, consul
of tiie U. States for the port of Riga in Rus
sia.
James Brobson, of Delaware, marshal in
and for the district of Nottingham.
Jas. D. Westcott, of New-Jersey, collec
, tor for the district of Wilmington.
Morton A. Waring, of South Carolina,
marshal in and for the South Carolina dis
, trict.
Thomas Rhodes, bf Rhode-Island, collpc
■ tor of direct taxes and internal duties for
the second collection district of Rhode-Isl
-, ‘ %
and.
Joshua Clibbon, of Pennsylvania, con
sul of the United States for the port of Ant
werp.
John Heath, of Virginia, consul of the
United States for the Island of Tene
rifte.
Martin T. Morton, of Massachusetts,
collector and inspector of the revenue for
the port of Nantucket.
Rob. Fairchild, of Connecticut, marshal
in and for the district of Connecticut.
John T. Mason, of Kentucky, marshal
’in and lorthe aistrh.f Kentucky.
William W. Bibb, of Georgia, govern
or in and over the Alabama territory.
Jonathan Kearsley, of Pennsylvania, col
lector of direct taxes and internal duties
for the tenth collection district of Pennsyl
vania.
William Crawford, of Mississippi ter
ritory, collector of direct taxes and inter
nal Duties for the third collection district
’ of the Mississippi territory.
Henry H. Beeson, of Pennsylvania, col
lector of direct taxes and internal duties for
the fifteenth collection district of Pennsyl
vania.
Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, sur
veyor and inspector of the revenue for the
port of Boston.
Joseph N. Gordon, of Maryland, collec
tor for the district of Chester.
, Almon Gibbs, of Ohio, collector and in
spector of the revenue for the port of xMi
. ami.
Hezekiah Prince, of Massachusetts, sur
veyor and inspector of the revenue for the
port of Thomaston.
Alexander Irvin, of Georgia, Naval offi
cer for the port of Savannah.
Robert Brent, Thomas Peter, William
Thornton, Thomas Corcran, Samuel N.
Smallwood, Richard Parrott, Thomas Fen
wick, John B. Kirby, John Ott, Samuel 11.
Smith, Daniel Rapine, Nicholas Young,
John Threlkeld, Daniel Reintzel, James M.
Varnum, Joseph Cassin, William Waters,
and Joseph Forest, Justices of the Peace for
the county of Washington in the district
of Columbia.
Major General Andrew Jackson, his ex
cellency Joseph M’Minn, of Tennessee and
general David Merriwether of Georgia
commissioners to treat with the Cherokee
Tribe or Nation of Indians.
Ilis excellency Lewis Cass, governor of
the Michigan territory, and Duncan Me
Arthur, late a Brigadier general in the ser
vice of the United States commissioners to
treat with all or any of the tribes or nations
of Indians, within the boundaries of the
■tafe of Ohio.
David B* Mitchell, esq. of the state of
Georgia, commissioner to treat with the
Creek nation of Indiana.
Ilia excellency William Clark, governor
of the Missouri territory, and hi* excellen
cy Nian Edwards, governor of the lllinni*
territory, commissioners to treat with the
Potewotamies and other tribes of Indiana
ia the Illinois territory,, ‘
Rich. Rush, of Pennsylvania, envoy ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States to the court ol Great
Britain.
j Joshua Barney, of Maryland, naval offi
cer for the port of Baltimore.
Paul Bentalou.of Maryland, Marshal in
and for the district of Maryland.
Jacob Mark, consul of the U. S. at the
port of Cork.
James Fisk, of Vermont, collector and
inspector of the revenue for the port of All
burg.
John Tedder, collector of direct tax and
internal duties for the 3d collection district
ofTennessee.
John M.Goodenow, collector of direct
tax and internal duties tor the 6th collec
tion district of Ohio.
Abijah Tombling collector of direct tax
and internal duties for the 15th collection
district of New-York.
John M. Jett, collector of direct tax'and
internal duties for the Ist collection district
of Louisiana
William Wirt, of Virginia attorney gen
eral of the United States.
John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina to be
secretary for the departmnnt of War.
National Intelligencer.
From the Boston Chronicle & Patriot.
Extract of a letter of recent date, from a young
Bostonian now in Valencia, f Spain J to the edi
tors of the Boston Patriot.
“ A few days since, I saw advertised in
the play bills, in the streets, in large let
ters, ‘Washington.* I did not dream that
the name of Washington was known here,
and I thought it could not possibly relate
to the great man, of whom our country is
so justly proud. However, to my surprise,
I found the comedy truly American. The
character of Washington is placed in the
most favorable light for virtue, patriotism
and honor. The plot is taken from the cir
cumstance of the general’s threatening re
taliation on the British prisoners, which de
terred the British commander from inflict
ing death on a number of American officers,
prisoners of war. The play was well writ
ten, and excellently performed. During
the performance, an illumination took place
and in the most conspicuous part of the
stage appeared in large characters, ‘vive
Washington !’ The act ended in a beauti
ful dance, the dancers building a temple of
laurel wieadis over Washington. 1 have
never seen any thing half so complimenta
ry to the general's memory on our stage.—
An interesting and novel partis introduced
in the comedy, to relieve the more serious.
It is a little extraordinary that the actor
who personated the general, was about 50,
of a tall, commanding appearance, and if
he had personally known Washington, he
could not have copied him better. Tliat
stern and inflexible manner which was na
tural to him in the camp, but which gave
way to the softest feelings of humanity
when his duty did not interfere, were ad
mirably portrayed. The play was repeat
ed three nights.”
Markets at Turks-Island, Nov. 4—Salt
was 15 cents for cash and 20 cents for good
bills, all kinds of provisions very cheap ;
potatoes 25 cents per bushel, flour R 9 per
bl; corn 75 cents per bushel, plenty, and
salted provisions in abundance.
Selected and translated from the French.
Anecdotes of distinguished persons. —The
abbe Tetu, wishing to describe, in a few
words, the characters of madaine de Mon
tespan, and her two sisters, whom he often
met together at court, said, “ madame de
Montespan, speaks like one who reads;
madame Thinagg-, like one who dreams;
and madame de Fcntrevault, like one who
talks.
The abbe Gobelin, who was spiritual di
rector of madame de Maintenon, was the
confessor of madame de Contanges, cele
brated for her wit, and jeu d’esprit. One
day after hearing her general confession, he
could not avoid saying “Each sin of this
lady is an epigram
The youngest daughter of madame Thi
anage, was married to the due de Sforce.
She had a remarkable nose, which hung
over a very beautiful mouth, with fine Ver
million lips. M. de Vendome observed
“ she resembled a parrot eating a cherry
Madame de Montespan observed lent so
rigidly, that she had her bread weighed for
each day. The dutchess de Urcz, one day
expressed her surprize at this mixture of
devotion ami gallantry—"And why, said
madame de Montespan, because 1 commit
one sin, must I commit all others.”
He who lives disorderly one year, does
not live roinfortably for live years to come.
■y -. :,By Last Night's Mail.
BOSTON, NOV. 22.
From India. —The ship Oscar, capt. Hart,
arrived here on Saturday last, in 117 days
from (Calcutta. We have received Cal
cutta papers to the 16th July, and have
made the following extracts
CALCUTTA, JULY I 5.
It appears that a bill for opening a direct
trade between the British possessions in
India, and the island of Malta, passed the
house of commons on the 26th Feb. Con
siderable benefit is expected to accrue to
the trade of this country from this bill,
which will enable the British merchant to
introduce his goods into the continent with
out subjecting him to the expense and delay
occasioned by former laws, which required
the produce of this country to be landed in
England.—Some difficulties however, will
occur, in entering this new channel of com
merce, from the want of established houses
on the island, and the consequent uncer
tainty of returns. If, however, there is no
thing in the local laws and regulations of
this country to prevent the, re-exportation
to the eastward, of articles imported from
Malta, there will De a chance of turning the
trade to good account, inasmuch as the
merchant can calculate on making double
voyages.
Our letters from Cuttack state, that little
or no progress had been made in raising the
Cuttack Legion.—The people are unwil
ling to enlist during the present disturban
ces, lest they should be led to suLdue their
countrymen in arms. When tranquility is
completely restored ; and the causes of the
rebellion fully investigated anti removed,
no doubt is entertained of capt. Frazier’s
being able to raise a very effective body of
men.
The Jaypoor Ukhbars of the 24th of
June state, that Hurdee Tewary, a Jaypoor
chief, who occupies the fort of Ramghur,
had an engagement with the Thanadar of
Canooree, in which a considerable number
of men were killed on both sides. The
Thanadar succeeded in plundering several
villages belonging to the Jadheer. The fort
of Khosal Ghur had been invested by Kis
sen Narayn, and several skirmishes hat],
taken place between his troops and those
of Narayn Doss, who commands the place.
Ameer Khan continues to besiege Madaha
rajpore : He had been joined by Pazool
■ Khan, with some troops.
By the accounts from Holkar’s camp to
the 7th May, it appears that about 1500 re
fractory horsemen, under the command of
Ghaffoor Khan were encamped within a few’
rods of Mohaulpoor. They had fixed upon
27,000 rupees as the tribute to be paid by
that village; and had received 10,000 in
part payment.
Kunject Singh was at Adneeragore on the 24th
of April. He had ordered boats to be got ready,
as he intended to proceed to Lahore by water.
Moulton Nakhbars state that a body of Kunject
Singh’s troops had been attacked by a gang of
robbers, and lias lost several men and a good deal
of equipage. The marauders issued from the
fort of Ramghur, belonging to the Nuwab of
Moultar. Bbowany Doss, enraged at the occur
rence, has determined to wrest the place from
its present possessor ; and the vakeel of Nuwab
; Sadix Khu had promised to send the usual tribute
regularly to Lahore, provided it was made over
to his master.
BOSTON, NOV. 23 NOON.
Saint Helena. —The ship Palladium,
whieh arrived at Salem on Friday, 124 days
from Calcutta, touched at the island of As
cension on the 11th October, and visited
the English garrison stationed there. This
settlement consists of five or six buildings,
in an area of about 300 yards, which has
. been cleared of cinders by the soldiers.
This consists of the governor, lieut. gover
, nor, and 40 seamen, boys and marines.—
They have one fort of 10 and another of 5
or 6.guns. Apprehensions were entertain
ed by the officers that Bonaparte and the
island of Saint Helena were swallowed up
by an earthquake! It seems that three
transports, the Ocean, London and Alex
ander, from the isle of France for England,
with part of the 12th regiment, touched at
Ascension on the 27th September, having
on the 19th sailed from Saint Helena. But
on the 20th, 70 miles n. w. of the island,
they were alarmed by several violent shocks
of an earthquake, repeated at short inter
vals, which threw several persons out of
their bed 9. Four days afterwards the ship
Gen. Graham endeavored to make the isl
and, but could not find it. They had, it
was said, excellent chronometers on board,
and had taken several sets of lunar obser
vations.
The master el the Palladium was in a
similar situation with the Gen. Graham,
which the narration of these auspicious had
reminded him of. On the sth of October
they had a solar ntwervntinn in the parallel
of (be south part of Saint Helena, and bv
recent lunar calculations, their run
the cape of Good-hope with a fair wind
their chronometers, they were 15 league,’
eastward of the island. They sailed west
northerly 15 leagues fro* this point until
six o’clock—and were then in the latitude
of Jamestown, (the port,) but not seeing
Saint Helena they bore up for the islsnd of
Ascension, which they made exactly as
they should have done by their computa
tion. It is said to be common between the
tropics to have a thick haze so that land
cannot be discovered until it is very near
ly approached.
The account received this morning freni
Boston, of the Island of St, Helena and
Bonaparte having been swallowed up by
an earthquake, is not entitled to the least
credit. The ship Trident, which arrived
here last Sunday from Calcutta, passed St.
Helena on the 12th Oct. twenty days after
the earthquake is said to have happened,
and the Island was then in full view from
the deck of the ship.—A*. Y. Eve. Post .
Extract of a letteei’ dated on board the skip Glean
er, Gill at the Balize, 28th Oct. 1817.
lam here in health. The fever has aba
ted verjr much in N. Orleans. We have
now a fine northerly wind. AJt least 20
vessels have got in this day which had been
waiting outside for winds, among which are
the ship Othello, and brig Alexander, from
New-York ; brig Hibernia, from Philadel
phia ; schr. Ontario from Boston. Afeo, at
the Balize, ships Governor Brooks and
Governor Griswold, and brigs Orleans, and
Tom Hazard, from New York; brig Acorn,
Russel Boston. The schr. John London,
from Dublin, (ashore, expected to be lost;)
ship Superior, from New-York.—-The U.S.
brig Boxer run ashore on the 25th to the*
southward of the bar, and is now a wreck.
The sch. Only Daughter, of New York,
from Mobile, lies here waiting her crew.
The former captain died in New-Orleans
—she is now commanded by her former
mate who has gone to New Orleans for a
crew.
dj No arrivals (but coasters) since our last;
wind blows fresh from the N. West—and very
cold.
The steam-boat Enterprise, capt. Talhnadge,
with her t-wo freighting Boats JVo. 7 &9, arrived
at Jlugusta in o days and 6 hours from this port.
CLEARED, i*-
brig Ann-Mat ia, Bobinsou, West-Indies—.lC
. ids Hy henry.
schr. Elizabeth, Delano, Darien— master.
sloop Rose-in-bloom, Darien— Olmstcad U
Battelle.
sloop Delight, Cooper, Charleston— master.
Charleston, Dec. 3.
Ar. schr. Grampus, Sullwin, St. Mary’s, 9 ds.
sugar. On Wednesday last, to the southward of
st. Augustine, in a gale of wind, the Grampus lost
both her masts. YVe learn by this arrival, that
it continued very sickly at Amelia Island. A
ship with a large number of passengers, had re
cently ar. therefrom New-York.
British schr, Henry & Robert, Barker, Nas
sau, 5 days, lignumvitae, turtle, frnit and 6000
specie dollars. On Monday, 80 miles s. a. of the
bar, spoke the Mexican privateer schr. Comma
’ dore Champlin, 24 hours from this port, on a
cruise.
Schr. Neptune, Blackman, Rath, (Me.) 15 ds;
Return, Cooper, Coosawhatchie, 1 day.
Od the bar—British ship Magnet, from Rio
Janeira, and ship Thomas, Ellery, from Boston.
Cleared—brigs Abeona, Gray, Philad; Crisis,
Noble, Wilmington ; schr. Salome, Gibbs, do.
New-York, Nov. 25.
Ar. brig Three Sisters, Nixen, Turks-Island,
18 days, with 8000 bushels salt; schr. Elizabeth
& Frances, Harrow, Fredericksburg, 10; Ram
bler, Crowell, Cape Cod, 10; sloop Amity, Ber
ry, do. 10 ; below, a schooner.
Boston, Nov. 22.
Ar. ship Apollo, Foster, st. Salvador, sugar,
coffee, hides and horns; schr. Gen. Jackson,
Whitton, Fliilad. 9 ; schr. Native, Mavhcw, do.
18; New-packet, Crosby, Alexandria, 16 days.
Cleared—ship Thomas, Ellery, Charleston ;
, brigs Pallas, Rassignoe, Africa; Telegraph,
Lithgow, West-Indies, Kingston, Bachelor, An
twerp ; Teleinachus, Wood, Surinam ; William,
• Masters, Leghorn ; schrs. Planter, Goodwin, st
Croix; Favorite, Shaw, bay of Honduras.
Constantly kept on hand and for sale,
1 At the Office of the
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