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From the New-York Gazette, May 2t). Messrs. Lang , Turner & Co. —l hand you some of the last Buenos Ayres Gazettes that had arrived at Monte \ idco previous to my leaving that place.* Letters from Buenos Ay res, as late i as ihe 9ih of February had reached Monte Vi- j deo, stating that considerable alarm existed at ! that place, in consequence of a pretty strong force , of Montaneras, under the command of Androse to, one of Arligas’ generals. They had already , advanced to within 18 leagues of that city, and, by posting themselves on the principal roads lead ing from it, had in a great measure cut off their communication with the interior, and of course, v itii their army on the west side of the continent. It was the prevailing opinion at Monte Video, that general Artigas would endeavor to make him self master of Buenos Ayres. But, should that, city make a spirited use of the means it possesses to repel such an enterprise, it may very well be doubted whether he has the power to effect it.- His force being almost entirely cavalry, seems illy calculated to storms forts or batter store-i houses. But though the description of troops! may be inadequate to the immediate reduction of the city, it is peculiarly adapted for harassing the Buenos Ayreans, and, under a leader of the , activity and enterprize of Artigas, will doubtless , do them serious injury. He can in a great degree destroy their trade with the country, and render very precarious, if not impracticable, their intercourse with their 1 army. j The Portuguese remain in quiet possession of . Monte Video; for, as they seldom venture far be- 1 yornl their lines, which are in sight of the city, nothing more than some slight skirmishing uad recently occurred between them and Artigas, whose offensive measures consist chiefly in driv ing the herds of cattle from the coast into the in terior, and prohibiting the introduction of bides or jerked beef on pain of death. By this prohi-1 bilion he has caused a great scarcity of hides at Monte Video and cut of!’ a principal source ot revenue to the Portuguese, on the export of that i article. Letters from Chili as late as the 1 sth of De- ; cernber, had readied Buenos Ayres, staling that lord Cochrane had arrived at Valparaiso, and ta ken command of the Chilesc squadron—that it was his intention to proceed immediately to sea, to intercept the reinforcement which was about to sail from Lima, with an expectation of joining the last expedition from Spain. General San Martin nad joined his army in the neighborhood of Valparaiso. His movements since the tattle of Maipa, afford little interest. Your’sr&c. S. •Later papers have reached us. Extract to the editor of the Baltimore Patriot, dated Havana, May 3, 1319. “Dear Sir—l have this day seen in a Kingston (Jamaica) paper of the 21st lilt, a detailed ac count brought there by the British brig of war Parthian, of the capture of Puerto Belio on the 7th, by sir Gregor MacGregor, with about 300 troops and six or seven sail of vessels.— There appears to have been little or no resistance, and a government had already been established satisfactory to the citizens generally, under a general Lopez. The opinion generally preva lent at Puerto Bello, was, that Chagres would also fall into the hands of the independents; and that sir Gregor was in expectation of news from lord Cochrane on the other side of the isthmus, with a considerable fleet to encourage a move ment to Panama.” From the National Intelligencer. The Boston Centinel has thrown out some hints (in the subjoined paragraph) respecting the treaty recently concluded with Spain, but not yet ratified} which, as they are in part apparently founded on suggestions made in this paper, it may be proper to notice, 1. It is hinted that the cabinet (that is the ex ecutive) have hopes that the treaty will not be ratified by the king of Spain. This, we have reason to believe, is a great error. The eyes of the government were open, when they made the treaty, to all the circumstances connected with it; and, had every foot of soil been granted by Spain, the treaty would yet have been a valuable one. j It was the sovereignty of the territory, and its I appendant advantages, that \v as necessary to us, and not the land , of which, even were it of the best quality, the government has already a fund sufficiently great for its wants, if not for its wishes. 2. As to the fact, that vast grants of land in | Florida have been made by Spain, beyond the calculations of our government, we believe that the editor of the Centinel has been misinformed as to the particulars, though not far wide of the general fact. It is true, we believe, that enor mous nominal grants have been made, many of them to American merchants and speculators. But, it is also true, thatneariy all those gi ants are utterly void. Os how much validity they arc, may be inferred from the fact that some of the largest of them arc laid on territory, (formerly pait of Louisiana) which has been occupied by the United States many years, has been for some i time included within a territorial government, and will soon become part of a sovereign state. j v 3. As to the conferences between Mr. Onis ‘ and Mr. secretary jJdams, the import ot which It} 0110 :, so confidently announced, and the nature or ! ,ICS a H c dgod to have been transmitted to cannot speak with any ( ertaintv. hav t;acdg< , hi:'. wc are under tWi nnpics ,','u 1 ~ ‘ ‘ iJ < entiiiel has ’'and ■’ • h ‘Vr . :.S ■ -'ll tile others. A ~r_ ,nu ‘ “very resju (t ----■, hbhire ditto, Hfrdi’to, ed in the western papers, and not to any persons 1 in any manner connected with the government. HINTS. It is hinted , that the cabinet “in Washington have hopes that the treaty will not be ratified by ! king Ferdinand; —that since its signature, and . ratification, a discovery had been made, thatdur ’ ing the negotiation, the Spanish king had sold , eight millions of acres of the public iands of the Florida* —which sale is guaranteed by the treaty . Idling made prior to Jail. 1, 1818! It has beta Juh/icr hinted , that on the discovery of fact, CTonUNis, tlie crafty negotiatot\>fm been called upun by Mr. Adams, for ai>- < exp la nation of such conamt; and that the don had evaded all explanation by romai king, that a bargain was a bargain; that the to cover all sales previous to th&aMtyo date, known or un known; and of the lands did not make him jrronndant. of their secrets. And thirdly, UJd'hintedy that the messenger that has becursettf to Spain since the treafytagprer c*m- has despatches which relate to this im jWrant discovery. >■ V W e learn by the arrival of the brig Fame, fiyha 1 rftprultar, that the plague had nearly subsided at’ Aiders, and was abating at Morocco. Twodu-’ J els fad been fought on the neutral gerund at Gibraltar. Captain Johnson of the Brjnsh 64th regiment had insulted capt. Taylor, qlthe schv. ] Penguin, of New-York. Captain T/challenged Johnson, wlvp declined in conscuocnee of his ’ rank. The purser of the frigatpUnu * States i had also been insulted by capdfc ‘ but the sailing of a frigate previWorffc - These eircumsianc'es beiiiay 9avvi on beard the United States’ sjpp L n iJMfJ&ieja me, the pursci, challenged//nijson, uriDKr. Mont gomery, of the Erie; hi/\ m giment. This was-Acdp/ .ui by titanJK’ p, | who fought Muntamnery on the rpf Aj„. I Trip was shot thrtfugn the. body, and Was consid ered dangerous/ Purser Bou>fa and Johnson also met—Bourne was snol m toe thign andi Johnson haFtwo balls passed throfapi nis hat>— lOn the governor’s a rival from St. Rhr j IV , is ! suedyf order that no officer sliouic. \viive the gtreyeon. — Daily Advertiser. COMMUNICATED. The following piece ( 1) is extracted from a re ’ ligious publication printed m Boston in March, 1819. “It is with emotions of peculiar gratitude to God, that we are able to mention the conclusion of a ireaiy (2) between the United Stales and the Cherokee nation, the leading features of which’ are, That after the cession of some lands to the United States, an abundant territory (3) still re mains to them: and That a reservation (4) is made of a tract of land equal to twelve miics square to be sold by the Umted States, and the avaus vested as a per manent school fund to be expended under the di rections of the president of the United States foi the instruction ol the Cherokees on this side of the Mississippi. It is supposed this ltind will yield a very handsome sum annually. The preamble distinctly recognizes the wish of a majority ol the Cherokees to remain on the land of their fathers, (5) and their favorable in clination towards civilization and inprovement.” Panaplistfor March, 1819— page 137. NOTES.—[ From the Georgia Journal.^ (1) The publication of this piece in Boston, and the terms in which it is couched, shews that attempts have been making for some time to prevent the removal of the Indians from the limits of Georgia, to the waste public lands over the Mississippi. Justice once prompted the United States to attempt this for the benefit of Georgia.—“Temjjora” et homing ” “ m tit an tic r”—When the attempt was made, a Georgian was at the head of the war department. The scheme is now given up. Now, we have no kind us objection that the United States should civilize the Indians if practicable. All I con tend for is that they should do it at their ow n cx p®H|y and not that of Georgia. Why ’.verejpt theUNkm fhans begun before the Chcrqkprand other were removed from jjyrTafids of the United ablest r£prjßy 1 c not believe in the them.— j If, however, the Oirt.A JMntes intend to perse vere, let them rbmmJr afcf Georgia for her lands. (i) The fedW is the one conclud ed last MarcWwVjlra/ ‘lcolfrßE acquires those very valua^Tmoiibiuns e;i , CUs (S^mmcnda?. t yrbe sure it is. It isTO®litone thu/Tt Georgia! (4) This reservation is in Tennessee, md “ softlAnie settlers wnl of course.be citizens at>rKiit j state. Hnthe meau are tt | ted for ufo’isya cl i tie rent \v§y. of this reservation isva be vested k\ a Jtfßtianent stock , and applied to <Jmie Cherokdes on ! this side of the M/vKyy/” it esc are now out jqf the tv ay of the gencrjL jovcftlunent. They are within the limits From the sale of the lands the vu*# omlhty, m<n*e would be no | profit to tb^|ilreasnry'j|fJfH The j i Chcrokyrt*. over the 1 uponime lands of thesUHiteo Slltes; and j uftrssary to r emeve them., in older to sell tnbir; | lands. Os course no school fund is ; for them, nor is it necessary to civilize them. (5) What a pity it is that this w ish of the Cher okees to remain on the land of their fathers , has never been discovered by the United States until since the acquisition of all their lands except I what are situate in Georgia. This w ish, how 'ever, has grown upon them very fast. When ! Mcrrhvether’s treaty of 1817 was made, their ! wish then was to go over the Mississippi. Is not |, 0 f the t.ase this? There is ,’xuu*d\* relinquish the icj ruory cvMedn me and; ml e l< ? tJte line of demarcation ori-j. United States have derived and are still deriving all tne benefits liom tlie cession of Georgia Mat they expected. As to tne benefits that Georgia expected, they are “neither here nor there.” The piece which I extracted, is a mere smother of deeper schemes. They may talk as much as’ they will about civilizing the Indians, but it is at, last, but too certain that the north is only using it as the means of preventing the growth and con- quence of the south. It is of a piece with some, 1 other measures of the northern states which I will not now mention. G. From the National Intelligencer. NATIONAL DEBT. According to a report from the secretary of the treasury to the commissioners of the sinking fund, and by them iaid before congress in Febru ary last, the following disbursements were made out of tne treasury during the year 1818, on aq count of the principal and interest of the public debt. On account of the interest on the funded domestic debt, and reimbursement of the principal of the old 6 and defer red stocks 7,355,061 38 eOn account of tlie principal and interest of treasury notes 9,148,237 401 On account of the redemption of the Louisiana stock 4,750,598 12 j | On account of the interest of tlie same, I payable in Europe 67,226 50 On account of the purchase of the do ; mestic debt 274,867 92 On account of certain parts of the domes tic debt 792 36 i Amounting together to $21,596,7tt3 68 A VICTIM RESCUED. Under this head the Philadelphia Aurora of the 19th ult. introduces the following letter from Mr. William 1). Hobinson, ot Philadelphia, who for a long time hail 1 been confined by the Spanish government, in the castle of St. Juan cl’L lies, at Vera Cruz. 1 Fxtract of a letter from Mr. IV. D. Robinson , dated Gibraltar , March 23, 1819. “The vessel which carries this, is getting under ; weigh. lam at length extricated from the talons of those hyenas, wno have so long persecuted and tortured me. A few hours before I left Ha vana, I received your’s of the 4th of Decembe/, ; my voyage thence to Cadiz was pleasant, tic i commander being a man of good head and heq/t, l in m) situation any tiling butJjfcf e At Cadiz I was |dacedjp>r dtfStle, a found maj cs - Some A merit*. ; ,pds fiad thqdlfmdness to have tne execution the decree suspended for a few days, but also, that notnw ithstanding the manly steps taf o i by my government in my behalf—notwithstandjqy \ tlie solemn promises of Don Oms, and the digni fied reclamation of Mr. Erving, our minister at Madrid, for the release of my person, tnat the Spanish government had absolutely resolved to sacrtfagjßLC. jhjbumanity like thßtajrwanton ami diabolical, was,, enough to and call forth resource. tne character of.those,with wmmtlJiJidvi use of my I date this n ■s, at least tfilf sarcefehatn my resolution, particulars too long to i elate, at® tnis moment —I hope before long to relate par ticularsiwa vis. Mr. R. W. Meade, T. Tunis, our consul at Cadiz, Mr. Erving, our minister at Madrid, have acted towards me in the most generous and kind manner—and my countrymen here have received me with a cordiality that is most graceful.” New-Bedford, May 7. Our readers will recollect that about a year ago, the brig Mary, capt. Paul Howland, of this port, on a whaling voyage, was wrecked on the coast of Africa, and that Lemuel Gilford, one of the crew, belonging to Fairhaven, was taken and detained by the Arabs. We are now hanm/to learn that there is a prospect of Mr. farfford’s being soon restored to liberty, and hL friends. We understand that a letter has been rc9Wlayed in this town, froflk, Mr. Simpson, Amirjiamfift£.’ .1 at Tangiers, elated in March, staj ceived information from ADt pHtish consul at Mogadd!*, that nlr. Giflbvpjpkf dJfen at Wadnoon; that had beep Aten tot effeht liis ransom, jiruthat it was ex peered he would be in Tangwrsintime to take passage ih a vessel then therr, bound to Boston. Cadiz, (Ohio,) Xpiil 24. We are happy to state that the nest j tcrieiters, through this country and Guernsbj^, . have in a great measure broke up. Last week’ and the week before, there w r ere four committed | to prison in this place to await their trial, at July term of the court There was found hid under 1 a slab within a few rods of tbe house of Gallaspey, • committed to prison, a roll of counterfeit notes, amounting to three thousand dollars, j A book was found under the same slab that concealed the counterfeit notes containing up wards of 300 dollars, in notes altered from one’s . to ten’s, and twenty’s. It was discovered that there was a link of the I chain in Londonderry. Guernsey county. Sev eral citizens of this place went on immediately to Londonderry, and on making a search, they found in the possession of John M. Henderson, a press, ink and paper, for the purpose of printing coun terfeit bills. There was also found in the pos session of said Henderson, vials, containing ma terials for extracting ink and altering notes, with a letter giving direction how to use them. Hen- was conveyed to Cambridge and louj rignoraSTdr rer ;ticSFoT policy ana vua; j interests,—-A 'utional Litiulvenc tr. { From the jVs.e-Yuvk Evening Pot . MILITARY EXECUTIONS. It may be recollected that we lately published an article, entitled “Direful effects of example f in which we stated that reports were in circula tion that the military authority in Florida, and the Alabama territory, had repaired upon arbi , trary and alarming usurpations of power over , the civil authority. That the commanding offi cer at the Cornier place had issued his orders to put deserters to instailt death, wherever found, without allowing even a summary hearing by a court martial; that such orders were actually carried into execution; and that in the hitter place, the horrid punishment of picketing had been inflicted on the inhabitants in defiance of the laws and constitution. We gave them as a re port only, and some of the newspapers consul* and us for it, saying, that prudence did not justify the publication Certainly, to have done so without first taking pains to ascertain, whether or not they were well founded, would have been little less than a wan ton sport with the public credulity. We will then, now say, that it may be relied on, that the report comes short of the facts. It will turn out, not only that in Florida military executions, con- I trary to law, have been committed by command ! of colonel King, but that iiis conduct has been ! formerly approved by general Gaines, and it will have been well if this daring state of the civil au thority stopped here. In the Alabama territory, we are not able to trace the outrages committed upon the citizens to any officer by name, but the [facts stated to us are, that the barbarous military punishment of picketing, was inflicted on a citi zen who had been a resident more than forty that he was then banished, and his proper ty confiscated and div ided among the sokiiej^.—, Itlfems almost incredible, that An this “country? * such an outrage should have been committed, biy our information is of a nature not to be doubt ed Tib occasion calls for prompt and decisive, pleasures, or farewell to our boasted liberties. From the Salem (~Jlfass.J Gazette. A GIANT. William Dowst, who lately died in this town, was a man of uncommon size and strength. The following instances will prove his great degree of strength. He was on hoard a privateer last war, which got among the breakers off Cape Bre ton, when it became necessary to cast anchor, but there being none upon deck, as many hands laid he’d ol one which was in the hold as could get at it, but could not start it. Dowst pushed them aside, seized it himself, brought it upon deck, carried it forward, and held it upon the f *mber heads while a cable was bent to it, when no threw it over, and saved the vessel and lives §crew, as they were then on the point of gon the rocks. The anchor weighed IdM t. At another time, Bor 10 hands docket’s ship yard from the well JJnown p. Giand I urk, to bring up a yard foi the si'jq. Dowst was among nat urally dilatto, he did not at first hold, tbs others shou iufojng it, but began tijfJtrgejiinder it, and complaW that they \vfvc%d irons enough to carry'w Dowst, tola them he could orjy it affine ; uiftej jlj> threw it down, and i ■ and itto the ship without assistw^•(>, At andtaHKime, while attending the at YVind-iTiifWunt, he was directed by Ids empHW togo Ibr* Jdck ass which was in wMttfi Dowst got him to theurfrtition fence belw in lather a lazy mood, tqwavfc himself the down the jyre, he took the beast andHift .and him over, andrthen got upon his back and reie him to where he was employed, from the ground the anchor of the pAzc ship Rockhampton, which weighed 17c0, art! which four men immediately before had endeav ored in vain to lift, upon a bet. Being at Biipoa last war, in a privateer, an English vessel cable in, which had in its crew a professed bully, who was* challenging every one to combat, and hear ing of Dowst, sent a particular challenge to him; they met, and the Englishman, who was superi or to our Sampson in the art of boxing, knocked him down three times, and the last time twisted his fingers into his hair, to goug him, when Dowst gave him a blow upon his arm which broke it, and with another blow broke three of the bully’s ribs, who it is said died of bis wounds. Dowst, with bis amazing strength, was remarkably good natured, and tender in his feelings, and rather of an indolent habit, but when he was roused to an ger, or exertion, his efforts were irresistablc.— He enjoyed through life a large share of heaith. For three months previous to his death, he had been afflicted with the dropsy, hut appeared to have been recovered: and the last day of his life he walked abroad a greater part of the day, ac cording to liis usual custom; hut the next morn ing his wife found him dead in his bed. Great A m ews for Sficculaters ! —The legisla ture of the new state of Illinois, has manifested a degree of wisdom and discretion that will long astonish the world! They have authorised the establishment of a bank, with a capital of four milliotis of dollars, two of which are to he sub scribed for on behalf of the state, which has hard ly ten cents in its treasury; and the governor of the state is the president of the hank! But, as there might be some difficulty in getting peoj le enough in this new state to fiut down their names for nuch an amount , it has been considerately provided that the hank shall go into operation when fifteen thousand dollars , or almost at two hundred and sixty-six part of its capital shall be paid in!—and it is further ord”’ n '*d 1 ’ god shall >7iVfh my sii/>■ ,Ners-