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LATEST THOM EUROPE.
New-York, August 11.
The ship Nimrod, Centre, arrived here yes
terday (via Long Island Sound) from Havre,
whence she sailed on the 20th June. Captain
Centre has politely favored the editors of the Mer
cantile Advertiser with French papers to the date
of his sailing, and London papers to the 18th of
June inclusive. _
We learn that the price of cotton had advanc
ed a trifle, at Havre.
The prospect of an abundant harvest in France,
was never more flattering.
French stocks, June 18, 68, 40.
Sale at Havre, June 18—100 bales upland
cotton, free, 1, 65; 7 tierces Carolina rice, 34f.
Sale at Paris, June 17—Martinique coffee, If
81c; Georgia cotton, 148 to 150f; Ncw-Orleans,
do, 161, free.
Pamis, June 9.
Marshal Soult is expected to-morrow, not at
Paris but at his country house of Villcneuve
L’Etang, near St. Cloud.
The duke of Hamilton, one of the greatest
lords of Scotland, has been in Paris some days.
It that in virtue of ancient rights and of
ancient possessions in France, he is taking meas
ures to obtain a seat in the home of peers, but
our constitutional provisions appear not very fa
vorable to his pretensions.
General Van Damme comprised in the ordi
nance of 24th July, has arrived at Havre; as he
was not provided with any authorization he was
placed at the disposition of the local authorities,
who have given him the city for his prison.
June 11.—At Hamburg, Altona, and the irenvi
rons, there are more than 800 German emigrants
waiting an opportunity of embarking for Brazil;
their numbers are daily increasing; the greater
part are from the country of Wittgenstine and
the grand duchy of Darmstadt. The others
mostly from the Palatinate.
Mfntz, June 6.
From the 17th April to the end of May the
number of emigrants to America, who have
passed by our city, down the Rhine, is 1162
viz. 315 men, 262 women, and 585 children;
685 of whom were from Wirtemburg, called
separatists. There was one man 64 years of age
with his wife and 1 4 children.
London, June 16.
The king of the Netherlands appears likely
to give new offence to his subjects. He has in
terdicted all the numerous popish processions ex
cept two, and all the fantastical dresses, which
he remarks were only productive of scandal to
religion and disorder to the public peace.
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FROM VALPARAISO.
A letter from Valparaiso, dated the 4th of
May, and received in Boston, states, that lord
Cochrane has excluded from his blockade, the j
port of Pavta, and left it free for whale ships to ‘
enter for supplies. Lord Cochrane has taken
the island of San Lorenzo, and had Captured a ]
number of small vessels, which he had convert-;
cd into bomb vessels, and fire and explosion ships.
The same letter adds—“ Captain Myrick and
crew of the Cossack, were still detained as pri
soners, at the gulf of California. The Macedo
nian, captain Downes, sailed from this port on
the 25th ult. for the gulf of California,and we
may entertain the hope of a speedy release of
our countrymen now in captivity, and that a res
titution of property, most shamefully plundered,
will be made, and a slop put to the atrocities
iwhich have been committed in that quarter.”
A letter from Valparaiso, dated May 7, receiv
ed at Philadelphia,'•says—“On the 28th of Feb
ruapfr?lord Cochrane made an attack upon the
arravdships and batteries at Callao, with the fri
gates O’Higgins and Lautora, and retired after
an engagement of two hours, with the capture of
‘an armed launch, and some damage to the ene
my’s shipping, besides killing and wounding a
number of their men; his loss inconsiderable.
“He had taken possession of the island of San
Lorenzo, and at the last accounts received here
of him, and which reach to March 25th, he had
taken about half a dozen vessels of small value,
ol which he had made two fire ships, a bomb ves
sel, and two explosion vessels. The squadron
off Callao consisted of the Gen. San Martin of
60 guns, the frigates O’Higgins and Lautora,
and corvette Cliacabuco. They must have been
joined soon after by the Galvino and Puerrydon
brigs of w ar, as an attack had been meditated
some days, but his lordship had not been able to
make it for want of w ind.”
FROM BUENOS AYRES.
A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated June Ist,
received at Ncw-Haven, contains the following
particulars:
“No alteration in our relations with Artigas
and Santa Fee.
“Further particulars from Lima have been re
ceived to March 13; from Chili, to May 10; and
from the squadronoff Calaotothe 25th of March.
“it was supposed the blockade of the coast of
Peru would be enforced rigorously.
- “The government of Chili has issued a pro
clamation, corroborating the same, but instruct
ed lord Cochrane to have l’ayta, or some other
port for his election, open for the whale ships to
procure their necessary supplies.
“The British merchants in Chili were much
dissatisfied with the blockade, and in particular
because no time had been allowed them to take
their property; and they intended to make
about it to the British govern-
Ellen Maria, of Boston, hud sailed
HHAktis of w ar for the squadron.
IHBlililw-: :•’ ’-’ •
the American interest; and encouraging deser
tion of their seamen, while his conduct in that
respect to the British is said to be different.
“The Macedonian, captain Downes, sailed
from Valparaiso on the 25th of April, for the gulf
of California.
“News has been received at Valparaiso, of the
American brig Cossack having been forcibly
taken possession of in 1818, by the commandant
at Marelian, the cargo disposed of, and the cap
tain and crew kept in captivity. It was suppos
ed captain Downes would reclaim those persons,
and the property thus wantonly plundered, and
punish the perpetrators.
“Before sailing, the government of Chili re
quested of captain Downes, that he would not
proceeu to Lima, if he could for the present sus
pend it consistent w ith orders from ]iis govern
ment, and it was supposed he would comply with
their wishes.
“Doubloons in Chili had been by law put at
sl7 25 per ounce, and dollars at 8 percent pre
mium.
“General San Martin is expected in Buenos
Ayres. It is now thought that his operations
will be directed against Upper Peru instead of
Lima. Should he succeed in bringing that coun
try over to the patriot cause, at attempt of which
baing made there is no doubt, immense resour
ces will be opened to the trade of Buenos Ayres.
“Some adventurers who have succeeded in
bringing their goods to market there, in :>pite of
the present difficulties, have cleared from 2 to
400 per cent.”
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PUBLIC LANDS.
The disposal of the United States’ lands has
become a subject of much interest. It is the du
ty of our statesmen to look well to this. Causes
which cannot fail of producing a bad effect should
be carefully removed. The selling of public
land on an extensive credit, is an evil which must
be remedied, or some*who are now on the stage
may chance to see the day when they w ill rue the
liberality which government have tendered land
speculators. Some months past we called the
attention of our readers to the impolicy of selling
the public lands on credit, and some of the evils
which will be the inevitable consequence of such
a system were pointed out. On this subject a
writer in the Kentucky Reporter has, in strong
but true language, painted the errors of the poli
cy, and depicted in glowing terms the grievances
which will arise from it.
So long ago as when Mr. Gallatin was at the
head ofthe treasury department, that sagacious
pol.tician, we are told, was of opinion that it
would be much better for the United States to
make donations of their lands to actual settlers
than to sell them out to speculators. He fore
saw the evils which w ould result from rendering
the people indebted to government. If the pre
sent system be pursued, at no distant day, debts
w ill have been contracted to such an amount that
payment never can be enforced. However high
ly some may feel disposed to treat this subject,
yet when a man reflects on the vast arid increas
ing population which now and will in a few years
inhabit the lands which are soid, and to be sold,
bv the United States, he must be convinced that
an attempt to re-enter upon lands which have, in
consequence ofthe non-payment, reverted back
to the union, will be attended with the most seri
ous difficulties:—nay, it requires no extraordina
ry stretch of the imagination to bring one to the
conclusion ot the Kentucky writer, that such a
measure, if persisted in, will be productive of a
civil war, if not an ultimate dissolution of the fed
eral compact. A single glance at the map of
the lands belonging to the United States, to be
thus sold, must carry conviction home to the mind
of every man who reas ns at all on this subject.
The lands which are bought up by speculators
on a longcredit are re-sold to actual settlers, and
by them paid for to them. Does any one suppose
that these men will quietly yield up their posses
sions to the government because they have re
verted to the public in consequence ofthe nonper
formance of the original contract of the landjob
ber? If the lands are tobe longer sold on credit,
we hope congress, as they value the future pros
perity and happiness of the nation, will so regu
late the business as to protect the honest settler
and tiller of the soil from the wild schemes ofthe
unthinking or dishonest speculator. It does
seem that such a system can easily be devised.
—Albany Register.
CAMP-MEETING.
1 ttleo me Horn probor/uc,
Deteriora sequor.”
On the 13th instant, a methodist camp-meet
ing commenced in this county, which lasted four
days and nights. The assemblage of people on
this occasion was immense; and the zeal mani
festtd by the votaries of religion, rarely, if ever,
surpassed before, if w'c may be allowed to judge by
the numbers which were gathered into the fold;
forty ofthe “wandering flock” (to use the lan
guage ofone ofthe holy shepherds) was “snatch
ed from the jaws of the wolf, (devil) had their
fleeces shorn from the briers, thorns, and burs of
contamination, and marks of the spirit placed
upop them, and the sweet song of Zion infused
into their hearts!”
In fact, there is no form of worship so well
calculated to work upon the feelings or sympa
thies of the obdurate, as the nightly devotional
exercises practised at a methodist camp meeting;
for if the reasoning and persuasive powers of the
preacher prove abortive, there are attending cir
cumstances, which never fail to produce the de
sired end. The gloom of the mid-night hour,
rendered more gloomy by the clustering trees,
the thick volumes of dark and widely expanding
smoke, which arise from feeble fires, enkindled
on several rude altars, the light of which, falling
in yellow and uncertain beams on the visages
and groupings of the assembly, give to the scene
an aspect singularly indistinct and awfully im
pressive, when to these arc added the loud im
precations “on the broken laws,” the calls of as
tonishment, the intreaty, the shrieks of despair,
the groans of agony, all commingling in one
mighty swell, and rushing in full flood upon the
senses—resistless—overwhelming—then ebbing
and returning at intervals, with lessened, yet
convulsed billows, ’till naught is heard, save the
confused whisperings of the past scenes, as they
are borne through the etherial ocean to the port
of mercy! fill the soul with such a quickening!
influence, that every sublunary consideration is
yielded and forgotten in wonder, fear and love!
And then, w hat a scene presents itself on the
mornings succeeding to such a night! Drench
ed with dew T ANARUS, pale and prostrate on the earth,
cringing, wreathing, agonizing! are to be seen,
those who but a few hours before, forgetful of
their dependence—their infamy—their nothing
ness, stood bold, erect and dared to look on hea
ven! But the measure of their offences was not,
as yet, filled up the call had again been made,
and its influence was felt. The blow of inexor
able justice w as yet suspended, for mercy shield
ed the victims with its body.
Contrasted to such a spectacle, you at the
same moment behold, like ministering angels,
those, out of whom, long since, the evil one had
been driven, pouring into the afflicted ear, the
rich balm of comfort—exhorting—supplicating
—or joining in sweet cadence the exhausted
hymn of those, who, having “wrestled all night
with the Lord,” now bask in the delightful
consciousness of the victory.
Insidel — Atheist—Deist! The setting sun
which reflected from his blushing face the ima
ges of Demons, greeted them on the morrow
beings of righteousness!— Washington ((la.)
News, 20 th instant.
AWFUL RECORD.
“ Pembroke, August 3.—Yesterday we were
visited by two successive and severe tempests
from the northwest. Immense masses of vapor
surcharged with electric fluid rolled up the wel
kin in slow and solemn majesty. The quick and
vivid flash of the lightning—the continual roar
of thunder, now and then interrupted by a tre
mendous peal simultaneous with the flash—the
dark and portentious appearance of the clouds;
all combined, lorming a scene, grand, awful and
terrific. There was an interval of about thirty
minutes between the passing of the two clouds
During the first tempest, the dwelling of Mr.
Coomes House, of this town, was struck by the
lightning, which entered the chimney and des
troyed it to a level with the roof, and from thence
passed down the rafter on the east side of the
house, entered the centre post of the building,
shivered the oak piece of timber (8 inches by 10)
from the top to the bottom, and passed into the
cellar. A child sitting on the floor was literally
environed in a wall made by the ruins, and not
injured. The lightning passed down the rafter
on the west side of the house, and entered the cor
responding centre post to the one first mentioned,
and passed down in a similar manner, with simi
lar effects. The second cloud which succeed
ed, seemed to be higher charged with electrici
ty than the first—the lightning more incessant,
the report of which resembled the explosion of
a number of bombs in quick succession. Dur
ing this second tempest, Mr. House’s habitation
was again struck, and the fluid passed down the
same rafters and beams; excepting on the east
side, it passed from the centre post into a another
timber and shattered and splintered it in an as
tonishing manner. Another vein of the fluid
passed direct down the chimney, and instantane
ously killed Mr. Luther Hatch, of Bridgewater,
an enterprising and industrious young man, who
was passing the house with his team, at the com
mencement of the storm, and had entered to
shelter himself from its violence. It also struck
to the floor Mrs. House and four of her children
—one of whom is seriously injured. The build
ing is divided into two parts by the fluid, which
has rendered it nearly a ruin. Sixty panes of
glass were broken by the shock, and the bricks
and fragments of timber were scattered around
the room wherein the family were sitting. Mr.
11. had stepped out a little anterior to the second
flash which struck the house. His feelings on
his return can be better imagined than
ed. Among other singular effects, the fluid en
countered a hammer which it sent with such fu
ry across the room as to leave its impression
deep in the mantle-piece. Sulphureous smoke
was so dense in the room as,to render respiration
difficult. A third flash struck the wall and pass
ed down the timber connected with it, which it
shivered. I submit the facts without comment
on the singularity of them.” 1
From all parts we have melancholy of
the effects of lightning, rain and tempest. ”
In Gill, a barn of Mr. Ebenezer Chapin, and’
a stack of grain belonging to Mr. Muftn; in Sci
tuate, a barn belonging to Mr. Bowker; and in
Hingham, a barn belonging to Mr. Enoch Dun
bar, were all struck with lightning on Sunday
and Monday last, and consumed. It is almost
superfluous to say, they were filled with hay and
grain. On the same days, Mr. John Boyington,
jun. of Greenfield, and Mrs. Haskett, of Salis
bury, were instantaneously killed by the lightning.
A barn belonging to Deacon John Boutell, of
Leominster, Worcester county, was struck with
lightning same day; and with its contents of hay
and a calf, were immediately consumed. What
adds to the affliction of this calamity, is, that on
the 20th August last year, this respectable and
worthy citizen had his house, two barns, and all
his out-houses, consumed by fire.
In Dover, (n. h.) three sheep were killed out
of a flock reposing under a tree. A barn was
strurk by lightning in Dover, the 29th ult. and
the effects on the materials weie in support of
the theory suggested by Dr. Franklin, that the
lightning ascends from the earth to the cloud's
as well as descends from them. In Townsend, a
barn was struck and burnt on Sunday evening.-
Boston Centinel.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the couh
ty of Plymouth,to his friend in Salem, dated
the od instant.
“Yesterday in the afternoon, we witnessed one
of the most tremendous and awful thunder storms
ever known in this part of the country. For at
least thirty minutes there was one continued
blaze and roar from theerand artillery of Hea
ven, attended with rain in almost solid
columns; and to add to the sublimity ofthe scene,
and awful grandeur of the view, five barns, struck
by the lightning, were in flames in sight from
our house. After the storm, wc heard the mel
ancholy information of the death of Mr Hatcl,
about twenty-three years of age, killed bv the
lightning passing over his breast.
From the Portsmouth Oracle, August 7.
NE W COMMONW EALT H.
The people ofthe District of Maine have vot
ed to separate from Massachusetts on the terms
stipulated in the late act ofthe legislature on that
subject. The majority is very large. The votes
are to be returned to the office of the secretary
of the commonwealth, on or before the 4th Mon
day of the present month, (23d.) As soon after
that day as the state of the votes is ascertained,
his excellency the governor is to issue a procla
mation announcing the result; and if the decision
is in favor of the measure, (and this is evident if
the votes are duly returned,) the proclamation is
to call on the people of said district to choose
delegates in their respective towns, on the third
Monday of September next, (20th) to constitute
a convention to form a state constitution for said
district The convention is to meet at Portland
on the second Monday of October (11th); and
if a constitution is founed it is to be submitted to
the people ofthe district to be decided upon in
special town meetings; and if approved by them
will become the constitution of the new state af
ter the 15th of March next, ifeongress consents;
and if rejected, the constitution of Massachusetts,
as far as practicable, is to be provisionally the con
stitution of the new state and the Massachusetts
law's are to govern, (where not inconsistent with
the new establishment) until repealed or altered.
The president of the convention is to act as go
vernor till a governor is elected.
AN EXTRACT FROM IRWln’s VOYAGE UP THE
RED SEA.
Yarnbo , Sunday , Maij 25, 1777.
A caravan arrived this forenoon from Medina,
which is but two days’ journey from hence.—
This was the first I had seen, and though it con
sisted but of 4 or 500 camels, 1 must confess my
self to have been struck with the grandeur and
novelty of the sight. We discerned it from afar,
moving onward, with a quick though solemn
pace, and as it passed near the beach, we could
distinguish with our glasses, the economy of the
whole. The major part of the camels were load
ed with merchandize.
While the wooden bark ploughs the deep,
and wafts front shore to shore the produce of
each clime, this living vessel traverses the path
less waste, fraught with the precious treasures of
the east. A caravan of camels exploring the
w ilds of Arabia, with nothing in view but sand
and sky, and conduted by the planets to its desir
ed haven, may well be likened to a fleet of ves
sels, which are not more useful in their way, or
wonderful in their structure. As the ship alone
can outlive the seas, in which the weaker boat
must perish, so is the camel peculiarly adapted
to a region, in which no other class of beasts
could bear fatigue. He too experiences the
chance of sublunary things. His mighty strength,
his dauntless heart, sink beneath the whirlwind’s
rage, and like the towering ship, which winds
and waves assail with ceaseless fury, he yields at
length to inevitable fate.
ST JURY'S HOTEL.
IE subscriber has taken the house lately occupied
. by Mr. Gunsbv, and formerly by Mr. John Molzen
dorf, where he keeps the best accommodations for tra
vellers. Gentlemen can be accommodated with sepa
rate rooms. Ilis bar is supplied with the choicest Li
quors, and his stables kept inferior to none in the south
ern states, on moderate terms.
JACOB MILLER.
S(. .Mary's, August 21, 1819—— t 44
Notice.
THE public are hereby caiifiort?*} against trading for
or buying a note of hand givett'by the undersigned
to Young Griffin, and dated in April, 1810, as it was il
legally gotten and fraudulently retained.
tj JOHN HARRIS, jun.
ads^s3
V Sheriff’s Sale.
On the first Tuesday in October next,
Will be sold at the market-house, in the city of Darien.
.VPlntosh county, between the usual hours of sale, the
following property, to wit: —
IOTS, Nos. 16, 17, 42, 43, 69 and 70, situated, ly
iuig and being in the city of Darien; levied on as the
property of Rosseter & Street to satisfy an execution
in favor of John Barnard and others.
JAMES PELOT, r. s.
august 30———45
NOTICE.
months after date, application w ill be made
1* to the honorable the court of ordinary of Glynn
county for leave to sell the real estate of Mrs. Rebecca
Wright, late of said county, deceased.
JAMES MOORE 2 ,
GEO. ABBOTT 3 ors ’
Glynn county, February 7, 1819——17
NOTICE
NINE months after date application will be made to
the honorable the court of ordinary, of the county
of Liberty, for leave to sell all the real estate of Stephen
Dickenson, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs.
JOHN KELL, administrator.
july 12 38