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dieting shame and discomfiture; and to
give them the opportuuijyof again mani-
ft-sti»g their bitter and indomitable hostili-
t to their own 1 country. .Government,
y tell us, is seeking occasion fur a war,
and, thevizare of. Pensacola, aiid, for any
thing that yet appears to the contrary, the
murder,of Arbuthnot and Ambristie have
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LETTERS FROM EX GLAXO
Extract frem a terete tfUtten, -written tyimAmc
riean grtitkmpi white in England It fie Jricnd
Suvonuoha
NO. V.
•1 have made a few remarks on the external np
^srannee of piety in Uiepeor I* of (ttasgow The
places of.sroishtp are wail filledi and the Church
‘Of Scotland has very many d.noes who do Honor
to the pulpit. I have nOt heard ary whohave any
hifth chums tocloqu /tice, except Dr. Chalmers; of
whom report bad spoken in lof y strains, ilia
. church is in Trongate. V«ter>y I heard him
“d* liver a serin m on the certainty of universality
■of death. A numerous throng wese his bears.—
This’was the first opportunity which I have had;
and my expectations, though high wrought, were
not disappointed It was soon evinced that fame
had not chosen an unfit ot UhwoHhy subject for
her tNsme Ills dialect is somewhat ScottKh. and
" hit voice ik not harmonious; but a little hsrshnr-e
in this was soon forgotten in the sublira tv of his
.-conceptions; the purity and force of his style;
the strength of his argumentsi the application.of
bis reskomng to ‘common life and actions; and
the vehe-'ence rather titan the fHrce of his mi
ner —Excepting by action, which rs without cate
' Or grace, he has as. high claims to- tloquence as
'any man I ever heard from the’Mstnim, the pul
pit, hr.the bar. Ilia lofiv ideas are expressed in
““ — - ; ind with so much seeming self
their attention, . Tew hear -him without having
’the-<tesibe 'If hearing, him increased He appears
'to be sensible of his undue action; for he pauses
in the midst ot his aCTmon and ^delivers a pslam
that he may have time to tecrisit his partially ex
hausted powers. In a ccantry^so abounding'with
seminaries of education, and so famed for men
•of talepts in event department of science. 1 hail
believed I should hear much pulpit oratory—but
whatever .maybe the pure, spirit which is breath
ed from It, few of iu possessors whom I have had
"an opportunity of hearing have much claim to
•tlotjuertce. I have often Ind occasion to think
-how much wc should rejoice'in having for our
pastor a man so tepertor in teaming and in elo-
■quenee to the multitude here, ivHo are professors
-and preachers Of the holy wdril ot -God His ft r-
'file imagination whidb Tarnishes thoughts from
every subject: his capacious mind which digest-
What it receives; the pure style of his composi
tions; the clearness of tis reasoning; and the ex
ccllenee of his delivery! with hi- pious zeal; sedu
lous attention to the High dbt'es’he is destined
to fulfil; meekness; r artd u varied usefulness’m
private life; should epdear his congregation and
the community at large to
{to as cQwmndnf
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
N-Ew-Yohk, October 7.
The elegant ship Hector, captain Gillin-
‘<ler, arrived this forenoon-, in 40 day;
from Liverpool. To the politeness of Mr
Newby, a passenger in her, we are indebt
ed for the Liverpool Coutier -of the 26tu
of August, containing London dates to the
24th inclusive rad shipping lists of the
same date. - ,. > ■
isai -roiiows irriurts »rt« tex nnu
Liverpool, Aug. 26.
The manufacturers of this town hav
this week raised the price of Weaving Is.
pier cent, or about lOpereent. on the sort
of goods, most generally manufactured in
this neighborhood—Preston. Ckronide.
Aug. 34.
We had a fair supply ut to-day** mac-
1tet,and a good attetidence ot dealers from
iUie country. Fine tamnles of wheat were
Sd. per bushel dearer, as well as old oats;
the demand forthe latter Was brisk, like
wise, barley, at odr last quotations. Beans
Were 4s. pe quarter, oat-meal Is per sack^
and American flour Is per bbl. higher—
American flour 45 to 48s per bbl. of 125 lbs
act.
A letter to the Cotamissiohecs of cus
toms Was been sent from the treasury, or
dering them to direct their offices at the
different ports to caution all persons en
gaged to assist the South Americans, that
they are thereby rendering themxelket ob-
. noxioos to the laws; and also to adopt such
measures as may be best calculated to pre
vent any interruption of theBtrict neutrali
ty declared by the prince regent to be the
ru'e of his conduct in the contest between
Spain vnd her insurgent provinces.
Paris papers to the 20to inst. have been
deceived. The five per cent, consols on
Tuesday had risen to 79 francs. Bank ac
tions 1625. ‘
Private letters were received yesterday
from Madrid dated 6th inst- They state
that tye seriou* differences which have ex
isted between Spain and Portugal are on a
point of being amicably settled, through
the medium of the three Allied powers,
Great Britain, Russia and Austria. The
conditions of the arrangement are the res-
tiwtion to Portugal of the city and terri
tory of Clivenza with the other cantons,
as they are termed which wese detached
from Portugal, by one of those crafty mea
sures so common under the late French
government. On its side, the court of
Rm Janeiro is to give up Montevideo, as
soon, a* a (Spanish garrison shall arrive
' from Europe to. take possession. Tbit ar
rangement is said to base met with gener
al approbation in Spaip,as it is'considered
cqnr.irmabbrto-the principles ofjustice
^liberality; *
Aog. 26.
' • Uni ed Slates.—The opposition papers
hav.- raised the alarm or a new war will.
America—It is almost a pity that it has
noi rakee place, to afford them the gratifi- shewn no deficiency on this occasion in
AAltfkll nf wninF #lis*ir «llil nursnik Sol nro enarow ti’sci-annimla tn ifo .«lf
ration of going to their old pursuit of pre
happily occurred to favor the purpose. It is
a proof of their m operation. that they have
not charged thei; own government with
having advised these measures, and with
employing t general Jackson to execute
them. Explanations will, doubtless, be
demanded,and weliope, they may be given.
If Jackson’s conduct has not been author
ised, as we are boudd to believe, by hisjgo-
vernment, it will be disavowed, and noth
ing mure will follow. - If the government
of the United States pursue a course of
ambitious aggression, it hiost be repressed;
hot its repression does not necessarily sup
pose a war with England. -Tjp*y will op
pose themselves not so much to England
as to associate Europe, god will be ex
pected to be bound by that international
law, which alone binds her and every other
power to the great family of nations.
. Banff, August 9.
Captain Ridley, of the Triad whale ship
of this port, just returned from die north
ern ocean, informs us, that, on the 10th of
vfay he was in fat. 80 55, about 8 miles
from Spikzberge’n, io 23 fgthoms, water:
the sun was at s great , altitude: there was
scarcely any night: they could follow: the
giorinu* luminary circling again and again
r;>und the heavens: the atmosphere at this
time was very clear. Captain R. went to
to the topmast, and could gee, with a glass,
to the extent of between'40 and 50 miles
(as he supposes) across, the great poke
ocean, which was mbre op*-h tlian when be
was in 1st. 81,' last year:. There were,in-
deetl, large islands of flaw ice floating
about; bur jie is sure Jthe sea was.navigable
without great difficulty, as far as the eye
could reach. But the ice was running
ashore, and accumulating \n large masses
■in the northern coast of Spitzbcrgen. In
deed, it would undoubtedly appear, that
the discovery ships hav* been obliged to
attempt to navigate the sea be-
,says, that, when he leftthe sea,°tl>er l «Pwa!f
an immense accomn'ation of field and
flaw ice, stretchit.g almost from shorn to
shore. He quitted the vicinity of Spitzbec
gen about the 15th ofMay, anddh-ected his
course towards Greenland. About tin-
middle of June, being in lat. 78,130 miles
Irqmdandp as nearly as he can judge, the
weather v*ry rainy, with a thick Tog, he
-poke.an Aberdeen whale fishing ship,.the
master of which had seen the di-covery
snips on the 10th of June, in lat 80, and
went on boar. with his log book. He wa>
informed by th$ officers, that they had ex
plored in every direction to the west of
Spitzbergen for a passage northward, but
could not get half % degree farther thaw
they were. They were steering south
west when last seen. 'Whether-they might
fit find it practicable to pass between
Spitzbcrgen and Nova ZembJa, is another
question. Their southwest course would
induce us to think they did not intend try
ing at that time- From all this, there i<-
much apparent cause for regret, that the
expedition did not set out sooner; as then
th.ey might have coasted Spitsbergen, and
entered the polar basin by the opening
winch captain Ridley found.
The domestics of Bonaparte and count
Bertrand, who arrived a few days ago in
the Thames from St. Helena, have taken
their departure Mr Hamburg.
A lady of distinction, at Berlin, has
been condemned to hard labor, for cruel
treatment tawards a male orphan, which
she brought up. .-
Mr Justice Abbott is'spoken of as likely
to succeed lord Ellenboruugh, on the re
tirement of his lordship from the court of
king’s bench. , ‘
A young girl was executed at Baden,
on the 6tlrinst. for poisoning her mistress,
in .order to many her old ouster, who was
in love with her.
STILL LATER
that is much later tlian afivicdscoujd reach the funds. At 2 o’clock this day, 3 pet,
Naples by the rout above mentioneu. cun cent consols for account were 73 7-8, the
venture to express our belief, as well as market extremely heavy, and the general
preservation. All the laws and regulations
of performingqoarantine have been adopt
ed, and successfully persevered in. It
was rumoured in the city yesterday, on the
authority of letters from Naples via Sicily,
bearing date' the 4th August, that the
plague bad again made its appearance-at
Malta. We have made enquiries with a
view to ascer'ain the truth of this report,
and find there are letters in town, direct
from that island, iHted July 13, with no
mention 9/ the circumstances, and since
our hope, that tbc report is entiled to no
credit. _
The Qoeeit—Her majesty continues gra
dually improving in health; for the last 1 wo
or three days she has walked from the
foot .of the stairs to her garden chair with
very slight assistance; and, as her majesty
still expresses the most ardent desire to
bp at Windsor, it is expected that the jou
ney will be attempted in a few days, pro
vided no relapse takes place
Aogust 27. .
The Paris papers of Saturday and-Sun
day are received. The' duke Wellingto
arrived in that capital ou Thursday even
restraint imposed upon the Je wish
merchants frequenting the fair of Leipsic
has beep taken off.
A Ftandera mail has strived. The men
sure of fortifyingjhe Netherlands is con
ducted upon a grealtr scale than was pro
bably expected- the duke of V\ ellington
directs it. |
August*28.
The Paris papers of Monday, arrive*
yesterday.'
One of the papers says, that the duke ol
Wellington has made all the regulations
necessary fortlie retirement of the English
raox ns caamusTox citt dixettx, IStli xsrr.
Tneship Isabella, cantain M-Neill, ar
rived at this port last evening in a ve-y
crippled condition, 35 days passage from
London. . By her we have a file of London
papers to4he 31st of August, IS days la
tent. They contain, however, no political
news of importance. We have-made a
few extracts for This morning’s Gazette,
which will be found in our preceding co
lumns, and shall continue them hereafter.
v . Lonsok, August 20.
The Paris paper? of Monday last arriv
ed this morning. ..It is' confidently stated,
in one of them,that the congress of Ail-Ta-
Chapelle will not open till tlk?latter end
of September, end ’that- its sittings will
continue for two or three months. The
former is very likely to be true, when it is
recollected that none of . the sovereigns
who are to be present, have yet left-their
apitals. .. (
August 23.
The Peris papers of Tuesday end Wed
nesday arrived yesterday. On Tnesday
the Dutch minister had a private audience
of Louis 18th, and presented a letter from
his sovereign, notifying the birth of a son
ti» the prince of Orange.
The fears of a war with the. U. States
seem* to have (feed away at-Madrid, and it
was generally believed that , the Florida*
would be oedbd Jdr a considerable sum ot
mey. .. ■ ■ '»
The ravages roa^de hy (hat dreadful
scourgC, the plague, in the different towns
and cities on the northern coast of’ Africa
have diffused considerable anxiety, least it
shoold also find its Way into those king
doms and island* oi Europe more imme
diately evpoeed, by their vicinity and di
rect intercourse, to so terrible a visitation.
Spain appears bitherttv to have res.sted it*,
approaches sucessfully, and that govern
ment, sufficiently imbecile in the general
details of its internal administration, has
troops, affer the review in September
Accounts from ’the frontiers of France
speak of 'the arrival of a vast number of
halt pay offices at Paris, which had cause*:
such an alarm as to call for precautionary
measure! on the part of the govermiient.
who threaten- to deprive of half pay, all
those that-leave their divisions without
’' Lpermiasioiw ■'
® August29. • ■- . .
Private Tellers frqm Paris state that all
the ambassadors reading in .that city; have
received notice, th»t the, notice that tlu
definitive owning of the comgress is fixe
for (he 27th of September.
h 1 August SI.
M. GiilLitin, ambassador*, from tli
United States to the court of France, anti
Mr. Rush, American WmbasSadur te thi-
country, arid to be appointed plcmputen
tiaries, for the purpose of renewing ami
extending (the commercial treaty already
existing Iwtween Great Britain and the
United States, held a conference witi
lord Castlereagh ou Saturday last, at hi
iordship’s seat, North Cray, Kent, at
which the Aght honorable Mr. Robinso'
and-Mr, .Goulburn, who are said to be
the plenipotentiaries appointcJ liy kia n.».
jesiy’s government to negociiite-witli the
American plehipotentiarise, assisted.
- It is rumored that a commissioner from
tlie United States is to proceed to Ghent
where he will be met by Mr. Robinson,
president of our board, of trade, for the
purpose of negociating a commercial trea
ty.-:v | • v.:
London Markets, August 25.—Cottoii
is becoming a favorite article of specula
tion, notwithstanding the India' company
havg declared 26,000 bags for sole 18t-
proximo; the price's are advancing, Brazil
cotton l-2d. a Id. per lb., higher; ho good
Pernambuco now offering under ?s. 2d.;
Bengals sell at 1-4*1. and 3-8(1- advance
on the fast Edst' India sale prices,and a
fewAave realized 1-2*1, higher.
PortSMOUTIJ, August 25.
Arrived'on Saturday, the American ship
Galen, from London bound to Boston, put
into this port.fdr passengers. Also arriv
ed the same day, the Globe transport from
London, having on board upwards of 100
i’unatic patients of the army and. navy,
who are removed to Haslar Hospital
where excellent apartments are appropria
ted for them, which will add much to their
comfort,and it is expected cause a mater
ial reduction in the expence t,f their estab
lishment.
’ Passed through Spithead last evening
from Cowes Rhodes for St. Petersburgh,
the American ship Gqerricre, having on
uoard Mr. Campbell, minister from the
United States to the court of Russia.—
Many oPthe crew of the Gnerriere are
British seamen, who ate stated to feel so
rauch reppgiiqnce to the American service
-friim the^^eve^e .flogging used as*1>unish>-
ment, that had opportunity offered they
would have left to a man. 'Several made
their escapeoq shore.
An officer,lateiy belonging tothe South-
American IirtuTgent army, is now in Ply-
mooth, having lately quitted that service
in disgust." He’describes the privations
and dangers endured iu this service to be
of the severest and most appalling kind
' 'The Alexander and Isabella, (two of the
Northern 'discovery Expedition ships)
were spoken with on the 7th uIt. in lat-73,
41, long- 45, by the' Amfrew Marvell, ar
rived at Hull from the Davis’s Straits.
They were insight on the 15th, persever
ing to the Northward. If unsuccessful in
the first instance, it was understood they
would put back lor JAeve harbor, or East
Bay,and winter.
tint energy which Was requisite to itsself-
the lead of the opposition.
Letters from Pari* state, that the num
ber of English, Irish, and Scotch in France,
appears on the police books to amount to
62,000, every one of whom is registered as
to name, residence j #c. and could bear-
rested in 24-hours. It is estimated that
their expenditure amounts,- to 50,000/. a
day—a sum which; if spent-at home, would
give an impulse to trade even in .London
itself. -
- The, 3 per cents, left off yesterday at
75 l-8l The day pased off without the
declaration of any defaulter, though there
is great apprehension that an individual-
will be found defective to an alarming
extent ’
Queen’s health.—Her majesty has again
experienced a relapse of her disorder, and
ha; iti consequence been unable to take
exerci&e in Kew gardens.
August 29. ,
A further depression has taken place
opinion is they will close under 73 this
day.. .
The 'Funds.—The state of the money
market lias become truly alarming; the un
favorable reports of differences existing
between- the ministers and the Bank ol'
Englaud, respecting the latter tefusing to
take the Exchequer Bills, and that un ex
pedition of ten frigates Was expediting,
had the effect of depressing tjiefunde full
one per cent.—Sun.
The Paris papers of Wednesday arrived
this morning. The celebration ol the Fete
of Saint Souis forms almost the only topic
of their columns. _
The Moniteur contains a notification
from the Anti-Piratical Institution, stating
that, according to the . latest intelligence
from Algiers, the new Dev was disposed
to act in a manner which rendered the
further operations of the said society un
necessary.
Her royal highness the duchess of Ber
«-y is in a way that promises an addition to
the Bourbons.
BRITISH POETS.
At a diucer lately given to Moore, the
post, ih Dublin, after a number of toast'
4tad bi-en given, ail of which produced a*l
IresseS from the persons complimented
the following sentiment -was 'delivered
from the chair:
. “The living Poets of Great-Britain.'
. Mr. Moore again ros-.-ami said,‘‘Gen
dement, I cannot allow such a mark of re
spect to be paid to .the illustrious nam- r
tnat adorn the literature of the present day
without calling your attention a while to
he singular constellation of genius, and
-king yuU to dWett a-"lit»te while on the
brightness of each-‘‘particular stop that
forms it-’’ Can I name you a Byron, with-
>ut recalling to your hearts recollections
if all that his mighty genius nas awakened
Mere, his energy, his burning words, his
intense passion—tliat disposition ot his
line fancy, to wander among the mins ol
tite heart; to dwell, in places which the
lire of feeling hits desolated, and, like the
nesnut tree that grows best in volcanic
oils, to luxuriate most where conflagra
tion of passion has left its mark Need. 1
mention to you a Scott, that fertile and
fascinating writer, the vegetation of xh«s<-
mind is as rapid as that of the northern
summer, and as rich as tne golden harvest
•f the south, whise beautiful creation:
lUcceed each other like the fruits in At-
Miiida’s enchanted garden—
“One scarce is gathered before another grows.'
Shall I recall to you a Rogers (to me en
•leared by friendship as well as genius)
who has hung up his own name, on th<
shrine of memory among the most impel-
ishable tablets there!—a Southey, not the
Laureat but the author of Don Roderick ’
one of tiie most noble poems in any Ian
guage—a Campbell, the polished the spiri
ted Campbell, whose song of Inisfall is th*
very tearmf our own Irish music, crystaliz
ed by the touch of genius, and made eter
nal—Wordsworth, a poet, even in liis pu
erilities, whose capacious mind, like, the
great pool of Norway draws into its vortex
hot only the mighty things nf the deep, but
his minutest weeds and refuse—a Crabbt,
who has shewn .what mere than galvanic
power of talent can effect, by giving not
only motion, but. life and soul, to subjects
that seemed incapable of it.
“I could' enumerate, gentlemen, stil
more, apd from them would pass with de
light, to dwell upon the putts'ol our land
The dramatic powers of a Alaturin and a
Shield; the former consecrated by the ap-
jiauses of a Scott and a Byron, and the
atter, by the tears of some of the brightest
eyes of the empire. The rich imagination
of Phillips, who* has courted successfully
more tnau onem<«» e - The versatile genius
of a Morgam, who was the first who mated
our sv -.et Irish strains with poetry worthy
pf the;r.pathos- and their force; but' I feel 1
have already trespassed too long upon your
time: I do not regret, however, that you
have been doomed to listen with patience
to this humble tribute to the living masters
of the English lyre; which'I, “the meanest
of the throng,” thus feebly, bat heartily
I lave paid them.”
This address was received with enthusiasm.
Baltimore, October 8.
A libel has been filed in. the district
court of the United State* for the district
of New York, by the Portuguese consul
general, in behalf of the owners of the car
go of the brig Don Joas Sexto—stating
that the said vessel sailed from Rio Janeiro
bound.to Lisbon, in the month of Jane last,
laden with a cargo of cotton, sugar, hides,
and various other goods, furnished with all
necessary documents, etc.—That the said
brig, shortly after sailing, was captured
by the privateer La Fortuna, capt. Chase,
and carried into Beaufort, N. C. the orig
inal marks upon the Urns of sugar ami
other merchandize having been previously
• i* . , Eugast 28. defaced and new marks tut thereon, and
A raquestion, signed by127 members -• *— r V - lL 1 '
other alterations made farithe purpose of
of the banse of commons, bas been addres- disguising the said proper^—That the
fed to Mr/perney, requesting him to take greater part of the Cargo of tin said brig
was taken dot at Beaulort, puf*\ou board
of vessels procured at that place, and then
ordered for different ports io the United
States; and this libel was filed for the pur
pose of recovering that portion of the pro
perty which had arrived at New York,'in
schooner called the Jane.
It isalso'alledged bjr the libellant, that
)be said vessel or cargo never has been
condemned by the decision of any govern
ment whatever—but the said privateer
-pretendcd'to have a commissi
ruler or government to capt'
vessels. The trial of the
16tb instant.
be held at New York on 1
—Patriot. . •'.‘(j-'T'V ... ,"! t
The republicans have a majority in the
house of delegates, llad Talbot done her -
duty, there wonld also have been a repub
lican ascendancy in joint ballot, which,
would have securedto us the governor and
cnnncil. We understand that local'coiii-
siderations, and differ-ners of opinion (
with regard to sheriff, created a derelic
tion of duty, but for which Maryland
wonld have undergone a compute regener
ation. This we hope may prove a profita
ble commentary on the folly and impolicy-
of the indulgence of petty mot/*, when the
general interest of republicanism is at
stake—for by .it we have failed, perhaps
to regain the state. ’ ,
But while our feelings thus’ lead m to
censure and deplore the declension of Tal
bot, we entertain grateful sense of the good
conduct of our republican friends in Fre
derick and Cecil.' Should our wishes be-
realizcd in the complete emancipation cf‘
Maryland from the thraldom of federkP .
misrule, those two counties wiil have earn- V
ed the richest thanks of every democratic:
freeman, tor. tbeir timely agency in the
accomplishment of go pleading an evenL—
Baltimore Patriot, lith inst.
“New Orleans, August 16.
“This particular season-of the.year'in
the recess of buisness here: consequently .
little or nothing doing. Our produce ha* '
mostly arrived from the interior, and ha* -
been exported: We may, with some accu
racy, compute the value of our'exports for
the year ending the 1st of October. next, -
at 20 millions of dollar;.
‘*Tlie growing crop of sugar, is not vfry.yk
promising and likely to be less productive
than last year, owing to the dryness of the
spring season, by which to e jouug canes
were much tetarded. That of cotton is
highly flattering in every section of the';,
state which has been heard from; anti
-should it escape the disaster of the rot,
will be an unprecedented crop.
“Notwithstanding we hove an immensity
of shipping in port, and consequently a, .
great number of .seamen, amongst ^whifift'
(oe discuses of the -< limafe first begin tS
liscoverthemselves, wear* happy tossy -
that all classes of citizens and strangers
are healthy; and have every reason to hope
jliat the city will escape the recurrence of-
that awful visitation, which it experienced
the last summer.’.’ 1
From the Mofii’e Ornette extra, September 23.
To the politeness of a gentl*ri.ai: Who
arrived this morning from the Falls of the
Black Warrior, we are indebted for the
idlfowin." unpleasant information:
Two hundred and fifty t hostile Creek-'
Indians have imbodied about 25 miles be
low the Falls of the Black Warrior, and
-ire committing many depredations. On
the ,14th inst. a party of them went to the
house ol a Mr Hall, and qiurdered, in
the most shocking manner, three of his '
children and a negro woman. A colonel
Hunter, of the military, wa* very active,
and i.n two hours after receiving informa
tion of the murder, was at the head of a .
party of men. in persnit of the perpetrators
.if this horrid deed, i'he inhabitants were
of this horrid deed,
much alarmed, and about 60 families' had
Collected at M‘ Cowen’s Bluff and were
fortifying themselves. - • •
« The Mobile Gazette of the 11th of Sep
tember, states that the crops, very gener
ally speaking; in Alabama Territory, of
cotton and corn, are extremely, favorable..
It likewise remarks that the weather has
been unusually warm.
PEJVSACOLA.
We learn that despatches, supposed to
be of great importance, arrived at Fensflf*
cola last week from Washington—tl.eir
contents were not public.—Mobile Gaz
ette, 2d inst.
New York, October 7.
Mrs. Wright, started to have been lost
in the sloop Intrepid, which was upset off
Norwalk Islands on Sunday last, after re
maining in her birth nearly fonr hour*
with but part of her head above water, was
rescued by a Mr. Sheffield, who plunged
into the cabin.and drew her out: h.a first at
tempt was unsuccessful, but being uowtf- -
’ing to give up the hope of saving her made
1 second, and had the satisfaction of pre
serving the life of a fellow being.—Mer.
Adv. ,
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
Tt will be seen from bar correspondent’*
letter from Baltimore, that a secretary-of
legatioh to the Portuguese embassy, boil
arrived there from Rio Janeiro, and that
the patriots were fitting out a fleet at Val
paraiso to go against Lima—Mew-Fork
Evening post.
Extraordinary Geographical -Fact—
a reference.to maps of New-York and
Pennsylvania, it wilt be seen that three
large navigable rivers take their rise with
in a few miles of each other in the state
of Pennsylvania, near the New-York line.
The Allegany rant northwesterly, end
joiues the Onio at Pittsbarg—the Genesee
runs northwardly and empties into Lake
Ontario—the Susquehannah runs south
easterly into Delaware bay. These three
navigable waters, starting from the' some
point, thus meet the ocean „»tin,immense
dissance from the other. The country at
these sources is at present' iq a mild state;
hot what.surprising advantages of inter
course mast be unfolded to them in'e lapse
uptime!
Olean, or Hamilton Village, (n this
state, is on the head waters of the Allega
ny river, and is the eastern navigable exJtl
tremity of any water which leads to w/
great rivers ofthe west. Itis already Pi
point of embarkation fog travellers/nd
emigrants, and it is easy % foresee jl 'I fu
ture importance.—-Hbanytyrgns.