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The City Council of Sunni'sh. deeply imprcsa-
e,1, ht’eonamon with their l'«U»v etUaer.a, with
gniyt'td* t» Out*, for the prcuUr Nesting* con-
: F<:ri«ct on thvaitjr ‘torn* «h« Im* y**r. derm h
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, »a.i»*n,T**Wai*t** anil easier:
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Tfltsurtll SOVEMKEIf XRX I', be tel epert u
e day of (Ota** r*iT*a.T****““vr*a end rails*
ti» Al»iotr& Rent end, that hit Imaor the Mayor
do ref] iieat the Uaeerend Clergy of all denomiqat
tiuna to deliver appropriate tUeouraea on that
Jay. Extract from the minuirt
II. R. Cuyler, ex
roe tbi liTitfriB aarcaucav.
LETTERS FROM ENGLAND..
Enr.ct from a U’iei of letter!. writter. if an Arne
titan genlltma-i tetaU in England It Air JrlentI
A* Savannah.
NO. TIL
•'I nvnt return to the old /own which I bare
left rattier abruptly; ami before I had finished my
aurvey of fe.
»K little removed fmmiligh-itreet i« parlistrent
bouse; in a (Uii!i .-mil inaijpiificant squire, in v> Inch
there if a colossal statue of Charles It on horse
back. Here the sessiciii courts are held; and
they are re now si-ting. I wu desirous to sec the
proceeding* in a 3soteh court, ar. I went in. In
tlie-oulerrooan tliere waj 4prctnucuuustaKmbkige
of prul'Cisiiinal and other men, walking with their
bate on, and cngigeil in conversation; whileaev-
cral of tlie tetatbttilg more Jearnr.i doctor* of the
dawwere luteniog to pleaders whom 1 could not
hear at (lie distance of five f*.et. 10 . cr witness,
ed such irreverence to the reverend hiking pow
ers in uuithont)i or heard .0 much noise in a court
of justice. There was less respect to the presid
ing judges of whom there were several in the
-room, seated within a small semi-circular inclo-
sure, tlianl have seen in the moot jetty courts
heM hra msgiatrsti'. In the United Sutra- The
roflf or this room is of singular construction. It
is of oak .most cutioualy learned; ami turrits the
notice of every stranger. Here the peers and
commons of Xcjtkmd formerly sat
“From ihii room 4 arent into t|ie inner room or
court, wliere the lord-chiefjustice was sitting with
-four of his brethren of Uie law; and here I w.
( dued to notice more decorum, order, and ti-
cnce. I was anxious to hear Mr JeffHrs speak,
sod I ws* gratified. The case .(Clark vs. Thomp
son) wa* not hi tfiat stage of toe trial which w as
calculated to call-forth tin- cl- qu. ’.c. . 1. said to
-possess- He speaks del-heiat.-ly aul with preci-
eion; his language is good; sod r.e never hesitates
or fanhers. Hr- voice is nut harmonious, nor i*
it hard!.* Hit manner it somewhat-impre-jivr;—
neither labortd tiur graCi ful. ft is tvulent lie
.possesses great powers and it is only necesiarv
-to have a fit occiuior -to call them into anion. In
add. sun .; n jury he is palticularly powerful, per-
COah 1, and id .quent..
'•I i another and adjoining room was Waller
v Scott - a writer who I as outstripped most of Ins
competitors in 'he race for poetic fame. Iliad'
formed in my imagination some picture of his
cou il'.-nancr, sad that it would be indicative of
a ir.tnd hr.hiant with aplendi.i imagery, as well ns
pr.ui end in thought.. 1 was dieappc mted, and 4
would say it wet one not likely to woo or court*
-the muses. 'There was nothing interesting in ir
not a single trait which prepossesred in his favor:
t was no marked expression; no brilliance of
ei c; —tripling, in fine, which impressed thebe-,
holder that he- had a mind of unusual powers; or
an imagination wrong, prolific, and vivid. Thi
was an another instance of the fallacy of physi
ognorny; and that little reliance is to be place.
' on the conformation of the skull, or the forma
turn of the features, to lead to a knowledge of
disposition, or the powers of the mind,
“P.11 lumcnt square, insignificant and menu
-enough in itself, is rendered moregso from being-
surrounded by some -of the oldest and higher. :
buildings in the place. Immediately contiguous
to it is the old cathedral church, now called the
Parish Church of St. G les. In this the general
assembly, of the church of Scotland is held
annually, in May. “It hat antiquity and nothing
jliftr land;, in order to labor in the mine*,
proved fatal t>< many. Diseases of vari-
oua kind*, some occasioned by the hard
ships to which they were tapered, and
oVtmijy tlicir intcicourse with the Euro
peans, completed the desolation of i)»e
island.” Fur a abort lime a miserable sub
stitute wa* found for thi* tleci rXsing popu
lation in the (.reimportation of the natives
of the Ltcayo isljmla to Hit)|ianlol?, un
dcr the pretence «f civilizing and convert
mg them with more facility. Thu* is the
sactetl name of God eternally prostituted
an. Fu
-else to entitle it to notice and observation.’
/Vest (te Richmond Compiler.
ORIGIN TO THE SLAVE TEA OK.
America and Europe, the whole feeling
and civilized world, have been in arms
against the slave trade. The; complaint
has been just, and the remedy is in a course
of operation. Virginia was thefirst to for
bid it by her laws. The United States
ha*'', solemnly interdicted it by their cou
stitution. England has roused herself in
the cause of humanity; and treaties are
regularly and earnestly drafted for limi
ting the range and the duration of this
abominable traffic.
Bat,, is it kuown-to «/f our readers, • that
an evil so afiectingin the eye of humanity,
.bad its principal origin in the bosom of
.one of the most huinahc enthusiasts that
ever lit upon the globe?—that it was Las
Cases, the friend of the Indian, who or
ganized the servitude of the African into
a regular trade? Those who saw the wind,
-know not always how to perceive the
whirlwind that ia to be reaped. ,Las Casas,
-in tjie spirit of a false enthusiasm, sowed a-
seed, which Jiaa vegeti tated into an Upas
-tree of the most frightful dimensions, and
the most poisonous, qualities-
The history of the slave -trade is briefly
this: Within,a few years after the discove
ry of America, the native 4ndians .were-
reducedto a roost humiliating and intolera- r
ibla sense of servitude by their .Spanish'
conquerors- Humanity shudders -at the
picture which histocy presents to her.—
We are told, that, .when Columbus disco-;
vered Hispaniola in U&2, the number of
ita inhabitants was computed at a million.'
;In the apace of fifteen gears they were re
duced to. sixty thuusaud! Their, constitu
tion was too feeble to aapport the labor
thry were doomed to by their Spanish
task masters. Their food, too, was scanty,
and supplied but little nourishment “Ma-
: ay (says Dr. Robertson) sunk under the
lattgih* and ended their wretched days.—-
c0there, prompted by impatience and des
pair, cat shot t their lives with a -violent
.baud. Famine, brnughtoo by compelling
. sneh numbecs to abandon .the culture ot
to the vile purposes of man. Forty thou
sand ot these simple Lucayana were de
coyed into the island, only ”10 mingle their
groans and tears” with those of the oppres
sed residents of the island,
Ily degrees, all the indulgences nrigiq-
aCygrauUd to tne Indiana were done away,
“'like small gratuity paid to them as the
price of their labor was withdrawn, and at
the same time the tasks imposed upon them
were increased. Ovando, (a Spanish go
vernor) without any restraint, iiiatribuied
Indians among hi* friends in the island.-
Ferdinand, to whom iht queen had left by
will one half of the revenue unsing from
tire settlements in the new un id, conferred
grants of a similar nature on Ida cou tiers,
as the least expensive mode of rewarding
their services. They farmed out the Iq.
diaria, of whom they were rendered pro
prietor*, to. their countrymen settled in
llispupiold. And that wretched people,
being compelled to labor to satisfy tiie ra
pacity of both, the exactioiis of their op-,
pressors, no longer knew any bounds.”
Ir. tne year 1517 A census of tlie Indians
in litspanioU was taken, and it wus found
that, in nine years, they had dwiudied
from sixty to fourteen thousand! Fur this
miserable remnant there was 110 touch of
humanity in the bosom of the Spanish go
vernment. They were cast into separate
lots and bestowed upon such as would give
the highest prices tor them. .
The ecclesiastics suunded the alarm—
they denounced these proceedings iu the
most indignant terms. The Dominicans
in particular remonstrated against the re-
partimientos or distributions. The dis
pute was referred to the cabinet. Tbt
evil, however, went on, in spite ot tlie pal
liatives which were attempted t» be
applied. In this state of things Las Casas
appeared on the theatre of action.
Dr. Robertson describes him as a native
of Seville, and one of tlie clergymen sent
out with Columbus 111 his second voyage to
Hispaniola, in order to settle on tnat isl
and. He early adopted the opinion most
prevalent among tlie ecclesiastics; became
the avowed patron of Indians; in whose be
half lie exerted all the abilities he possess
ed, aud all'the influence attached to ins
character. He lain his complaints at tlie
loot of the thtone. The subject was re-'
furred to commissioners, _wuo visited the
scene; they reported ni favor of the repar-
timientos, upon the ground that the Span
ish inhabitants were too few to wurk tin
mines and cultivate the country; and, that
“if they were deprived ot die iaoor of the
natives, they must instantly relinquish
their conquest, or give up all the auvanta
ges .which they derived Irotu them.”
Las Casas was dissatisfied. ' He propos
ed various schemes for meliorating the con
dition of the Indians. But he was uni
firmly met by the objection, that toe im
pi overaent of America could not be earn
ed on, “unless the Spanish planteis could
command the labor ol tiie natives.” To
obviate this objection, he sowed the seed
of the slave trade. “He proposed to pur
chase a sufficient number ot natives trom
the Portuguese settlements on the coast ol
Africa, aud to transport them to America,
in order that they might be employed as
age was dead; that he nextheir was missing,
butliadbeen traced to a voyage to America,
and beseeching that no cxeniona might lip
spared tb seek out the man 011 whom 1111
cd.ldomundan estate liad thus uuexpeit
edly fallen. The house in PliiUdclpli..
accordingly made the most anxious/nqui-
r* after this obscure stranger) adverti.--.;
ments were put into the newspapers, stal
ing bis name, and requesting him to caliat
their house, where he might hetfr of.some
thing to liis’tldvantage. The investigation
wasfruitlesx; no trace ot the stranger could
be found; 110 clue to direct them in tli«ir
enquiry. So much time had elapsed,
without producing any fights upon Ins des
tiny, they came to tlie conclusion that lie
was dead.
It was not so—fortune in one of her
freaks did more in one minute than the re
searches of years had been able to effect.^—
One day, one of the partners of the house,
passing along the street, called at the mar
ket to purchase a piece of meat. Having
suited himself to his taste, he was ill the
act of paying forliis purchase, when a third
person stepped up and addressed tlie
butcher by name. What was tlie men-
chant’s astonishment to hearJnm called by
the mine of tlie person whom ho had so
anxiously sought. He prudently conceal
ed, however, hi* surprise, aud alter mak
ing some inquiries, returned home—re
curred to the documents in his possession,
and satisfied himself of the identity of the
slaves in working the mines and cultivat
nig tiie ground. One of the first advan
t..ges winch the Portuguese bad derived
from .their ’discoveries iu Africa, arose
from'the trade in slaves. As early as llio
year .1503, a few negro slaves liud been
sent into the new world. In. the year 1511
Ferdinand permitted the importation of
them in greater numbers. They were found
tv be a more robust and hardy race than
the natives uf America. They were more
capable of enduring fatigue, more patient
under servitude, and the labor of one ne
gro was computed to be equil to that of
tour .Indians. Cardinal Aimcnes, how
ever,'when solicited to encourage inis
commerce, peremptorily rejected the pro
position. .Bui.Las Casas, from the incon
sistency natural to men who hurry with
headlong impetuosity towards a tavorite
point, was incapable of making the distinc
tion,” which.evidently grew ou t of the na
ture of the transaction. “In the warmth
ot'his^eal to save the Americans from uie
yoke,” he pronounced it expedient to car
ry on a tra’de with the natives of Afric'a.—
ilis plan was.adopted. “Charles grauted
a patent to one of his Flemish lavorites,
containing an exclusive right ofimporuug
4000 negroes into Amejuca. He sold his
patent (coutiuucs Dr. Albertson) to so . e
Genoese merchants, for50,000 ducats, and
they were.the first who brought into a re
gular form that commerce for slaves be
tween Africa and America which has since
been carried on to such, an amazing ex
tent.” Aud which let us repeat, Virginia
was the .first to interdict oy hei laws, ami
the United Slates by a solemn provision
in.their cuusutuiion.-
uaoa tux aicaaoxu coxfilxb.
SCRAP OP Blue RAPHT.
Some years since, .an Englishman left
nia liative country, young, unprotected,
but.blessed with spirits and enterpnze.
He reached the United States, the.asylum
of the.stranger, and tne home of the home
less. -The puiment he touened our shores,
he mixed with.tlie busy inass of our active
population, inthe obscure shades of private
lile.
Bat'events -were silently working to
bring him back -to hu native country, m a
very tinier cut situation hum .that in waicii
0e had left.* Several years after bis de
parture, a letter addressed.to a respecta
ble mercantile house in Pnilfideipbia, stat
ing that the fast incumbcntof a British peer-
person. V
Most persons in his; situation would
have flown to tlie stranger, broke the mat
ter to him abruptly, and turned his head
by the dujtzljiig information. Not so tlie
merchant! lie was u man of prudence and
discretion. lie was aware of the intoxi
cating eflect* id rapid elevation upon a
bratii not prepared , for it, determined,
while lie communicated the extraor
dinary dispensation of Providence, to do
it in such a way as would make it a real
blessing to the stranger, He accordingly
kept his own cuunse); cultivated an ac
quaintance with the butcher, introduced
uim into a new line uf business, which
compelled him to associate with men of
greater information than he had been ac
customed to—tiiew him to his own house,
and took every pains to introduce him gra
dually into tlie most respectable, and gen
teel society. At every new step of his ekv
vation, the manners of ms protoge became
more and more polished, and his informa
tion more expanded. At length, when he
thought 111* friend was sufficiently prepar
ed for the strange event. he had to an
nounce, he imparted to him the unexpect
ed change which fortune had' wrought in
his destiny. Conceive ids astonishment,
ins wonder! What, to be raised, a* it
Werr, from .tlie shambles, toau carldon and
a princely estate!—How much was he in
debted to the discretion of his friend for
Uie seasoning he had received, and for the
modesty with which he bore tlie change!—
Reluctant at first to encounter sucii a re
voiution of fortune, he almost wished
decline it—but,at li'ngth he determined
return to Great Britain, and assume tlie
mantle which the laws of the empire had
thrown over his shoulders. And thus
Philadelphia butcher is now converted
into a British peer, an earl with an im
men.se estate, aud a member of the house
of parliament.
To his honor be it reported, that he
bears his prosperity with the utmost mu
d< ration. His head is not turned by his
elevation, as is too frequently the cen
dition of the new nobility of England.—
He is modest and unassuming—seeks
the society of Americans, and speaks of
the country in terms of respect and grati
tude. , ,
Is this, again, yon wilt ask, fancy, or
is it fact? is it borrowed from romance,
or from real lile? You will scarcely con
ceive it is the last:.but such is believed to
be the substance of a story, whose then
tre was Philadelphia, and 'whose hero is
now a British peer , NARRATOR.
FBOJT Hills’ BESISTXa.
EMIGRATION to the UNITED STATES.
Tf^,'current of emegrati'on from the
Britisn dominions to the territoiy of the
United States, never was as strong as it
is now. For the week ending the 31st
August, 21,50 passengers, “nearly the
whole of whom were emigrants from Eu
rope,” arrived at the single port oi New-
York for the subsequent week; we kept an
account of tlie passengers reported' in the
newspapers, (which is far short of the
number that arrived) ami found them to
ainouut to nearly .4GuO, for 5 or 6 princi
pal ports; and the aggregate may be fairly
stfhib!c fueling* have* ten excited by such
pressure upon our shores—with such an
accession . to tiie wealth aiid strength of
cr country- When we hear that tlie
“Harman)' society,” as it is called, raised
COO!) bushels of ivheatiu the present yiar,
on a field wiieh "three years ago was cover*
ed wtih its .native forests, we caonot re
frain from calculating the auxiliary fo/ce
uf such aJiody of such emigrants in caus
ing the wilderness to smile, and tuakiug
our wuods resifbnd with tlie busy hum of
men." The emegraliono!'the presentyear
will give ns-not less than 25,000 days’ la
bor; this labor passing through all its sta
ges of production, cannot be estimated at
less thau 23,000 per day, exclusive of the
value of articles consumed by the laborers,
ami those fl. pendent upon them—a gross
value added to the ueneial wealth of near
ly eight millions per annum, with fifty or
sixty thousand persons to the' population
in onc year. What a source of revenue,
if the country’* need requires it—bow
great a force in arms to repel a foe!. \Y e
do exult; we cannot help exulting, at the
jreat strides the'npublic is making to
wards a power to command the respect
which its love of peace aud justice entitles
it to. -
estimated at 6000 for the two weeks pre
ceding the 6th of September. We desi
^ned to have published the names ol the
vessels, 'with the places they arrived at,
with their respective number of passen
gers, as we have done on several occasions,
but thought the long list might unnecessa-
ity occupy a page ofonr paper. Oftlie
6000 that arrived in the two weeks—about
4000 were from England, 1000 from Ire
land, and the rest from Scotland, Holland
aud France—aboqj 400 only from the lat
ter. Ike emigrants from England that
we have seen, (aud we have conversed
with several) appear to be of that class of
people which lately were the bone and
sinue of that cuantrj—respectable far
mers: driven from their homes by taxes
and titties, yet generally before they were
too much reduced to make their way in
com fort to a strange land. Some of them,
indeed, appear to have considerable sums
of money; with which they purposed Co
buy and improve a form ofttn ir own, and
number .were making their way to tiie
eat settlement that Mr. Birbeck is
tiding on the Wabash, in Indiana
Alany of them are persons ot intelligent
minds; and, in geueral, decently apparel
led- -
As.weare.ofthose who are always ready
say to the well disposed but oppressed
people ql any'pai t of .the civilized; world,
•come and partake with Us of the hies-
grea
IJUll
Boston, October 27.
We have stated that the government of
the United States were ready to protect,
by force of arms, the eight which they have
of treating the South Americans as they do
other nations, and the right which th,y
have, to carry on commerce with the patri
ots; and in fact to treat them as they do ali
other countries with which they are at
peace. This is protecting, not the rights
of South America, but the rights of tlie
United States. It is in this viettr that we
are advocates of the doctrine, and deter
mined to adhere to the course pursued by.
the administration- To confine itself to
the protection ofaJl tlie rights uf the Uni
ted States; to keep aloof from every con
test in which those rights are not trampled
upon, is no novel course for the govern
ment of the United.Slates. Washington
first led the way in that policy; and* su*
tained by the good sense oftlie people;
steadfastly adhered to it, notwithstanding
tlie great excitement raised against it b y
many men deservedly popular; but, in this
‘nstaice, not so clear sighted as Mas!
ngtoii. Adams, with equal (orecasl, sup
ported that policy, althcuuli violently op
posed in it by a part of ins cabinet 'tiie
administration was changed: * e republi
cans wrested the reips ril government frou.
the federalists; Jeflerson came in. But
this policy invariably remained tiie same,
amidst all this political turm il. lieu:
neutrality was still the rrouud4akeHat.it
adhered to. Under Madison, under Mon
roe, still it is the same- Is it then to
supposed, even for a moment, that a t«
10 which the people have been l&ilhiui I
so inanr Tears; a course which has contri
buted so highly to the.many oh s-ings w
now enjoy, is to be abandoned to gratuy
the ambition of a lew leading men? Is
to be supposed that blustering will drive
the administration from such stron
ground? No, never.
May wc be permitted to inquire what
the duty, in this respect, of the members
of the house of representatives in congress
anil especially of the republican members?
Tiiey see the government of the United
.States engaged in supporting justice
the only true and permanent basis of na
tional prosperity; of national happiness;
aud of tliat sort of national character which
alone is worth having. . In the invariable
result on this policy, under every adminis
tration, they fiud a sure index of the will
of the people. Are the members of con
gress then tp form new parties fur the pur
pose of thwarting the views of just neu
trality and the will of tne people? Or are
they to brace every nerve to sustain the
administration, in a course so highly bene
ficial to the country.
It would indeed be very desirable if the
United States conld redress all public
wrong. To aim ai this object does honor
to the heart of any statesman; -but practi
cable good should be Ids uim. the people
of the United States give him power, only
for the vu'rpose of protecting their rights.
—Fatriot.
hoc tempore ver.lum cst. quibox nec vltia
nostra, nec remala paii possumus.” Wo
live in stlch a time, that the remedy is
just a» dangerous as the disorder “Do
yarn know, dear friend, how we are off? Ea*
rope is about tumbling down,and to move
over to America. Here in Europe, every
thing is worm-eaten ami rotten; laws, re
ligion, arts and sciences, and all this will
rise anew in America. I say this by nt|
means in a jokej and it has nothing at alt
to do with the disputes between Eng*
land and America. I nave announced
and preached these twenty years, and hi-
t'lcrto every thing that I have- predicted
has been fcdp.-kbly fulfill.d. . Therefore’do
not, as you intend, buy a house on the
Chaussee IFAhtin in Psris, but porehase
one for yourself in Philadelphia. For the
rest, I sliaM not fare so remarkably well
in the impeding revolutionsof tilings, as
there are no Abbeys iu America! And on
the value of tiie state constitution of Ame-
ric* the English themselves are pretty well
agreed. One of ilieir best heads, lloscoe,
judged of it in a public speech: “It is not
desirable only, but also tu be hoped that
political chemistry may yet discover way*
and means to combine'*a very high degrea
of civil and personal liberty,' with high
rectitude in public life and in civil admin-
istiatiun.”
The example ofa rising free state war
rants us it« the anticipation, that so der
sirableaunioncan by no,means be con-
sideied as unattainable.
Under the head of scientific intelligence,
the lierlinische JVachrichten (Berlin ac
counts) have the following article, which
is interesting to Americans.
‘The high and flourishing state of in
tellectual improvement to which the Uni
ted States of America have attained, is
perceptible among others from this cir
cumstance; that the Journal of Arts and
Sciences,’’ edited by the memners of the
royal institution ol London, is republished
iu North America.* Each number ol that
journal contains 14 crowded sheets, large
octavo, and embellished with engravings,
(sometimes colored.) Though uo premi
um is required on the re-pnnting of this
work, yet the expenses, particularly in
America, cannot be inconsiderable; and as
the American publisher nevertheless sub
jects himself to those expenses, we may
from.this infer the number of purchasers,
a number which would be truly wonderful
in so younga sta te as North America, were
it not that this part of the world in eveiy
respect approaches with uncommon rapi
dity towarifca perfected state of formation.'
Already in the year 1783, six years be-
: the breaking opt of the French revolt!-
1, the Abbe Batumi, .one of the most
sensible and penetrative writers of Italy,
(see. Grintm’s Correspomlence) wrote to
Madame IFEpipag, the amiable author of
Conversation JJ’M.mUiej (a work .which
the French, Academy crowned with a
prize,) “as to the reforms^—sayings at the
court and in the civil administration—
which you anauunce to me, -as near at
hand, lam well pleased with them, 'espe
cially as none of them affect me personify.
However, Liviouslias already;&aid iq his
age, which wasjvery much like jip-a, “ad
•Bjr James F.astburn tc Co. Brqadwj.y, New-
Y<,&.T-Tnaulofor* : , ‘ .' '
It has been reported here, for some days
past, that general Swift, of the corps of
engineers, has resigned; and that a lucra
tive civil appointment under the general
government, at the city oi N<.w-Vo'rk, lias
been, tendered !;imfVashiesicn City
Gazette, 31st uli
MILITARY C.J VP NEAR MEXICO.
About sevn leagues uj nu river « rir.i-'
ty, and in tufvi-t.v.ty of *iie grout J cio-
seu by ge;:'.•!.> 1 Laiirmsnd'for his Kdiitaiv
camp, is a town, containing near 500 hous-
es, occupied by iuciatn add rpai.wds,
called Trinity, 'h s u:.t I ;,i St. Antonio,
ir. the f.i'.vinceot Mexi> o, about 120
ie-ipues. 1 he number of Litllemand’s tol-,
• wers >t:ll keeps fiicreasiiig, by the nddi-
011 ol'fugitive Frenchmen,* who find an,
asylum in this establi.-liint-ut. Neither
provisions, mousy, or atm*, a re said tube
wantin';; and the patriot privateers, cruis
ing iu the Gull ot* Mexico, deposit their
surplus prize goods, tin* produce of the
West Indies, at lids spot, between whom
and (lie-new settlers the must fricudly re
lations subsist.—ib.
N 'ur-Orleans .s said fn have increased
in population toll three-fourths since its
annexation to the United States, aud now
contai..-lm ty thousand inhabitants. It js
suppuied tint tilts yellow fever would not
be known there under a proper system of
police, which, it is piobahU, will tie so far
improved, by the next season, as greatly
to contribute toward.* its extinction. ii.
Norfolk, October SI.
The Thoma» T enant, captain Carra-
way, arrived here,, touched at St. Eustar;
tiaand St. Martin’*, ar.d saw at the latter
place, two fine looking ships anchored on
tlie coast, and no person on board of'
either. Their yards were some of them
up, and some of them settled upon the
cap; and the sails and rigging flying in
every direction. Captain C. was inform
ed at St. Martin’S, that said ships had
been taken and retaken by patriots, three
different times, and that finally their crewa
fell to plundering each other, and theup
abandoned their vessels in the situation,
in which captain C. saw them. Captaioi
C. also understood, that art American,
brig, latleo with mahogany and cotton,,
had been sunk in sight of St. Martin’*^
about the lst-of October.—Herald.
MOST EX TRA OB DINAR F.
The great cash prize of FIFTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS, was awarded yester
day afternoon in the Masonic Hall Lottery.
It tanife out to No. 7966, and was sold at
Cohen’s office io a whole ticket. The
continuation of luck from that office is in
deed remarkably astonishing—and it is
with satisfaction we learn from Mr. Cohen,
that the owner of this magnifirient prize-
is a resident of this city.—Baltimore A-
merican, 29th ult.
On Thursday evening last, the citizens
of Columbia were alarmed by the appal
ling cry of fire, which was discovered to be
in a blacksmith’s shop of Mr. James Glaze-
The fire bed communicated to the roof r
which was nearly burnt off, and had not
the evening been favorable to its qgtinc-
tion, the whole square irquld have infalli
bly gone without remedy. We think this-'
should act as a.salutary caution to our ci
tizens. Columbia has escaped that ravage:
with which Heaven is sometimes pleased.
t.i'visit the careless in a wonderful man
ner, surely more by good fortune than pro—
dent foresight and proper provision for itz*
prevention. What state is our fire engine*
<n? Where are our ladders, fire hooks, etcj*
What provision is made for a speedy sup-*
ply of water in such casualty? Perhaps wa:
shall touch upon the subject again, in thg*
mean time let each citizen consider hip.
duties and interests, and lend a band tp>
have there things better ordered.—CoL.
(j. c.) Gazette, 6th inst.
One hundred and fifty bands are now atj
work on the Cape-Fear river, between Fay-*
etteV. * and Haywood, under the Messrs..
Strodes’, and the. work' ia progressing with
great spirit.-“Go ye and do likewise.”——
Camden [S. C.) Gazette.' .
Tp l*t,
And pollution given it
The Store lately occupied by 'Me
Blanch.*
city. Also, fire proof building on the some let.
fronting' on Broughtonstreet. Anpiv to . '
Edward Copped
November-?.—1—218’ v- , f