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Iff!! 8»; m \ * • - - \ ^SAVANNAH ilEPttlSUifcAN FREDERICK 8. FELL, CITT rRlNTKR. Daily paper £8—country 86, per annum, UfXBU IS UlUCt (fjrAH A>** and are Advertisement* appear in both papers—and atopt by irjer bnfy .fj) ‘front ite PhilatUlphir. American Centinei. *Tbe following poetic fragment ia from the menu •eript of a poem, descriptive of'the' weatern 'country, by Mr. Charles Meade,of this city. ■Through the wild prospect of succeeding years A glowing scene to fancy’s eye apjeirs: _ As o’er those willowy banka I torely stray, I view improvements in a'futute’ dtj. When mu us shal! rise "where £loOmv forests stand. Anil spars & streamers shade thderoward strand When trees shall bend to -architectural forma, And lift the spires above the surging storms. When those huge batiks o barren clay shall smile In walls of brick, in' glittering roofs of tile; Dykes and canals shall cheer the wat’ry glades, And -fields Of cohfristffrom the c\ press shades; Then thcll green bowers tb’ unfolding foliage rear 'Norvainly Spend their fragrance in the air; But maids, as fair as Mississippian fluw’rs. In rural walks Shalfspend their joyous hours; Tread the : lair lawn, and make the blooming grove " Tbgscal Of social sympathy and love. The licit plantations shall ihiir sin ks display i And aivage tribes no more pursue- their prey; Barbarian y<lls no more occasion fear, But softer sounds delight the list’ning ear; Bna mour’d swaina tball charm the viiJage maids With plaintive song? and eve:.ing serenades. made cerwin, where they have been adopted,’have had an obvious effect i"i society, and much mure effretually deterred from violations on iU [coM.uusiceTr.n row ths savannah nircsucAs LETTERS FROM E.YGLAJVD. no. XIX —Concluded from Saturday. Such are the crimes lor which seven persons have just atoned with their lives! Such is th criminal law of a country which boasts of its civi liaatiou and refinement! vucli is the dreadful se vrtity of punishment for offences, which, in on; country, would, more wisely and more humanely "..a"be punished by confinement and laholtr.—flut le.iicnc, forms no part of the bloody O'de of law ir England; and life it deemed of so little imper tanee or vahi", that it is sacrificed for irifling of i-ir.s Hanging,--ye* banging, as if the people wertdoga, is afar indicted for murder, highway robberv; house hr. ■ king; and stealing firm a shop The old and hards tied villain, and the voung of •fender are equity subject to the same’ r . n.iitie for dissimilar offences; and there is gt neraliy at little rru-cy shewn to the one as the other.—-Tin laws, like- those of Draco, are written in blood; prosecutions are commenced and pursued with unf- elt g severity; and the infliction of severe punishments, follows conviction, with little re morse on die part of the prosecutors; and will less concern or more apathv on the part of th‘ c .urt and jury.—The criminal law of this coun try, 1 must say, is a damnable system; fraugl. with cruelties* evmcing a barbarous spirit; pro ductive of no g rill; and making a mast wanton sacrifice o. lives. The spectacle of hanging is so frequent here, (the one just mentioned is the second within the lad ten day,) that the populace view it with cold indifference They collect in an immense mas- wait, with seeming anxiety, for the approach nl the awful moment; arid afterwards disperse with the utmost sang truid, as if they had been to : play, a horse race, or a hull baiting. - The eser.H tion of the unfortunate persons I have just men tinned, gave mean opportunity of observing the conduct of the people—They collected immedi aieiy under my window, and filled the street a- fat- as I could see There was not, probably, !r,s th in I'roui 10 io 15 MO person? present. A gross levity marked their conduct; and tliey seemed to view the approaching event as a matter ■ Inch was to alford them some amusement, instead nfexeit ing pity, or being a subject for serious reflection Under such circumstances the effect of punish ment is lost. Where the feelings are ohtnnded. there is no hope of exciting pity or commiserat lot. —the avenue to the heart is closed: and what is so likely to create a hardened insensibility to tin sufferings or our fellow-creatures, as the frequen cy of exhibiting befortMhem tbe law’s crnel.se I teucer The people of London seem neiiher to tfimk nor care for the number or p, or wretches immured widiin the walls of Newgate; and who are ever and anon brought foidi like sheep io the slaughter, and immolated under the gallows 1 have spoken with many in the tuhiect; and the reply generally was—-it ia so common, we an lived to It.” Th.-re must be someth ng “rotten in s’ate” where the laws are too severe for the pur.ishir.tnt of minor ndfeuct s. There are radical error? inthe government: there is a depraiity at the source ai d spring of it. which diffuses itself through the community I iie people are borne down with taxes: their small earnings are taken by the gov ernment to be wasted on its hirt hogs a.uil its min ions: deprived of the profit* of their labor, and kept poor, many- are compelled by necessity to vi olate some law,—perhaps to keep starvation from their dwellings, or to provide for the most ordi nary wants of their children.—A Walk through Clieapside, Ltulgate-hill, f|i ctslreet, the Strand, or any of the principal sirecis of London, will shew what distress exist-, and how much poverty there is—a poverty which lays a strong hold upon ' From the A*. T. Mercantile Advertitcr, Atay7-. •LATEST FROM LO.ViJOA. By the ship Thames, captain Peck, we have received London papers to the 3d ult Containing Paris dates of the 31st March, out no newsof importance. British stocks 75. French stocks Match SO, 63, 93— bank action, 1517, 50. London, April 3—evening. Fora ronsideraWe lentil of time persons interested m the Newfoundland fisliery have sent in memoiiaU to government, complaining of the unfavorable stale ol their trade, and pointing out the impolicy ot allowing the citizens of the U. States any lurther privileges on this subject, which, it is stated, would totally ruin the Newfoundland fishery. To these repre sentations, ministers, it is said, replied, that if in the commercial treaty wnich was then about to be arranged with America such privilege should be granted, govern ment, 6y way of bounty, would allow 3- ■erquintal on all fish cured at Nt found- iaud, which would produce about 250,000/ a year. The treaty baring been conclu ded, a deputation waited on the chancel lor of the exchequer, who in coulortnitv ith what was ticluic promised, agreed in allow the sum above mentioned. The sailing of bis majesty's ships Heels and Griper is understood to be fix >1 fo t e X-4th inst. (rom D- ptford, on the voy- ol discovery to tiie Arctic Circle.— l he curiosity ol the public being greatelv xciled on this occasion, numbers are daily visiting them, as in the case of the late ex peditiun. Paris, March 31. On Tuesday in the chamber of peers the Marquis do Marbois submitted a pro position, praying Ins majesty to p.opose a Uw substinniug suuie other punishment for that ol Utile, tin* execution of the lattei being impracticable; because there was place where banished persons would be re ■ eiied. Froa iie Iff.he Tork-Gazctte, XtbyT. L.i TESTER OM E.YG LAKH. The editors have received by the Thames, London papers to tbc 4th uiL three days later than our former advices. They con tain nothing of importance. X few ex tracts follow. London, April 2. We received yesterday the Paris papers of Tuesday last. W e give from theta, all the details they contain respecting the assasainatiou of M De Kotzebue, au occurrence, Which, from the circumstances attending it, appears to be involved iuAkind of mysterious horror, i'he assassin seems to have been an en thusiast, who, through the medium ol some morbid affection of mind, had im pressed on himself a belief that he Was do ing a meritorious act. It was stated in the journals received on Thursday that he Had died immediately, in consequence ol tpe wounds he inflicted upon himself; this report, it now appears, was erroneous, but he was not expected long to survive; Kotzebue unhappily expired a few minutes after me fatal attack. The following details respecting the dread!nl occurrence appear in a letter from Manlieim, dated the 24th inst. ‘Our city was yesterday the tiieatre«kifa dreadful scene of fanaticism. M. Auguste deKolze bne, whose literary celebrity had penetra ted even to Japan, was assassinated in hi; chamber. A student or. at least an indi vtdnal who desettbed njmself as such it me Register of Strangers, at tire inn a Weinberg eutered the apartment of M. dt Kotzebue, and began commenting on the opinions and conduct of the latter. Aide : saott dispute, ne gave M. de Kotzebu lour stabs with a poigmjrd. M. de Kot z bue loll dead in the arms of his eldest -on, whom his cries bad drawn to the spot 1 lie assassin went tranquilly into tile street where he fell upon his knees, and raising his hand-joined together to Ilea ven, cried out, 17vat Teutonia! He then rose and stabbed hunself with the poignard Aid was immediately administered to him, anil he exhibited some signs of life, but it is thought lie cannot recover. The U.ni- i particular friend of Mr. O'Meara’s. We are not allowed to see the publications ■if thi latter gentleman; yuu no doubt, have seen them a'l. The Bertrands are well; Iliad the pleasure ol seeing them j walking-out on Sunday last. Just as 1 FROM S.GEAOS JTRES. A Very interesting letter from an intel ligent gentleman at Buenos Ayres, a citi zen of the United States, will be seen in this paper. While it is to be regretted that internal factions should obstruct the pru- was writing the above, Dr. Stockie called I gress of the grgpt cause of civil liberty, we “Yesterday, after mass the king seated I ver»ity diploma-found upon him is in the his Throne, su. 11.moled with the prir-jnamj of Sand, and his shirt is marked with ■••s arid princesses ufr.t- family, receiver in public amlieilce lii: Persian Auiba- lor Tnree of the royal carriages, dra ■>y eight horses, in which were the dig t tries appointed to co: du :t the cereinonv of introduction, proceeded tohiti Uxceilt y’s hotel, and accompanied him to tit* paiace. The Marquis De.-s.dlur, r.-ceit <1 his excellency at the entrance of tin gallery Diana, and conducted him to ti hot of the throne. Th? ambassador sa'ut d his majesty; tlie king returned hi* sa- luta'ioii, and then covered his head. Hi xcellency offered us presents, six shawls, a scimitar, which formerly belonged Ismael, one of the most valorous sover eigns of Persia, and a precious stone al firmed to be a panacea for all complaints. Die ambassador addressed the king, tin substance of which was, that diis sover- reign prayed for the continuance of hi: S. but he inscribed himself at the Inn ■bder the name of Heinrich. A billet was : mud upon tlie assassin with another j uiguard, containing the following word: -—-Sentence of deatn upon Auguste d Kotzebue, executed the 23d March, 1819,’ it is said the assassiu is a native of Win- z.e lel, in Saxony.” '-Neither of the chambers assembled on Monday. The peers, it was stated were to. meet on Tuesday. The - deputies were iccnpied in tlieir Bureaux on Monday, with tlie examination of the two financial injects; they were expected to choose the Central committee on Tuesday, and then 0 proceed to the examination of the laws espe. tir.g the press. It is agam stated with more confidence, hat a princess of Sardinia is to be the new gonsnrt of the king of Spain. Fresh disturbances are stated to have dynasty.’ His majesty replied, “that he broken out at the university of Leipsic. was sensible ol his kind wishes, and that | aetween the Courtland students on one side, and the Saxon and Polish stodonts e thanked the emperor of Persia for the choice ofl-.is ambassador.” After maki: pr r ound reverence, which was returned by ".a king, his excellency withdrew Hi-excellency has sent some very superb iclieiniret to the Duchesses D-Anguule- ;e, and de B.rri. on the other, in consequence of which, the C'ourtlanders quitted the city and retired to Jena. to let us know that he had been ordered to be tried by a court-martial, or to vie inva tided: he lias chosen the Utter, ami sails for England to-morrow; all this is in con sequence of some information lie. has given to the people at Long wood respecting some papers sent out to him for them—Mamin? Herald, Farit, jitarck 28—M. Veillon has sub mitted to the government a plan for a new organization of telegraphs, by means ol are gratified with the assurance that but one sentiment exists relative tu the Span ish government, which may be regarded as forever annihilated in the greater part of South America.—.Yeu>-Tork Columbian. Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at Buenos Ayrev to the editor, dated “Bueno* Agree, 28rA t'et. 1819. “The republican general Baicard fas terminated the war in Chili, bv a general victory obtained over the royalists in the which 3000 dispatches per day may be ] province of Conception. General San transmitted to 500 Correspondents in dif-1 Martin is in Chili recruiting his army, and ferent parts of France and the answers re-1 he is only waiting Tor the next season to ceivuil. make an entry into Lima, which must, ac;. The Countess of Gothland (Queen of cording to the probability of human events7 Sweden) is at present residing at Marseil-1 fall into the hands of the patriots. Adiui- les. Spanish agents have purchased in the ral Cochrane, by the last advices, was I blockading two or three Spanish frigates, French ports, particularly at Bordeaux, a j together with other vessels of itiTerior fight squadron, consisting of two corvettes, I class, on the adjoiuing coast—this squadron two brigs, and four guelette* which it is I i» powerful enough to capture the wholg said, are to form part of the expedition to I of the Spanish fleet in that quarter. The Buenos-Ayres. montaueros (or mountaneers) who are a Ten mayors-in the department of Gard band of deseiters, robbers and thieves, headed by a few unprincipled wietches, enemies to liberty and civil order, contin ue to commit various outrages in the coun- t r y—;but the government has lately sent a suflieieut force to put them down. Artigas, also continues on the opposite side of the river, but we seldom hear from him. You will perceive by the papers I have sent have been superseded. London, April 2. A rumor has been spread that the Com mons’ Report of the Bank committee has been drawn up, and will be laid before th house before the Easter holidays- YVi have reason to think that this minor is wholly void of foundation—that the rom-1 ---- - inittee, so far from having prepared their s an ’r ° te " * n rt, have scarcely completed the exam- _ t ‘i\? B a 1 u f town ’ ni ‘“t *-an Juan, report, inution of evidence—and that it will* not I - K £!_ the Spat “ sh pti ” u, ‘ ers >. token in be till after the holidays thatany report I c’ !,‘ C,are seot . ,or k 1 cc P' n uiiil s„ ,..i *- 1 1 I —Seven ol these assassins, headed by will be presented. . „ . , r . , . -j - At t/.e same time the public may be sure, ?:*“ 5“ 01II Y er ’ . attat |‘ d % vcn,,,r ’ *>t at perfectly aware of the “real anxielv ^ tuwn ’ b J ' v!u,u ‘ ‘hey had been treated that perfectly aware of the great anxiety- felt by every class of commercial me::,% il of the stagnation of mercantile enterprise and speculation consequent upon tlio un certainty that must of course exist un;i! the report is presented, every effort will be made by his majesty’s government to accel!e:ate it as much as possible. Bur it will easily occur that the immense impor- latice of the subject demands the most de liberate and mature consideration Cou rier. An article from Cadiz, dated the Sih Match says, that within a few days pre ceding several transports, in excellent con dition, had entered that port. A addition was expected from France, and Catalonia. A comp! is brothers, in his own house; but he,‘no wise daunted by their superior numbers, * I alone forced them to retreat, after killing one with his own hands (a Spanish colonel.) Twenty-seven of the conspirators were immediately tiird and shot—the following is a list, viz; 1 brigadier-general, 3 colo nels, 2 lieu tenant-colonels, 6 captains, I brevet captain, 5 first lieutenants, 7 sub lieutenants, and 2 cninniissaries. Here every thing is quiet, and little fear cuter- Uined ol the Spanish expedition—and to quote the woids of a Buetms Ayres patriot, •• Wfiiat lew of them maybe spared from pestilence anti famine on the aeas, will ^1",' l » ei; t the fate of their countrymen who have r. bluni v,,,le<1 08 to’lore.” The people here think ng-press will be embarked with the expe- ‘ ,lat t,iu .knifed Stales dues •ition. The "number of offices who hie tberhad'r ic f'. 'r'" ““''P' * 1 ' 1 ?”’ life red to serve under count D'Abbisbal ^ aS vas SO ore.*i. n.*» k, n..j ^ I -isk, wbat North America Would havedoi was so great, that he was compelled to make a selection among them d States does which they - huve tlune luring the revolution, if th- powers of Eu rope bad remained unconcerned spectator, without proiers of assistance, or w i-hes of mccess, by acknowledging them as a na tion. Maugre every thing that can be said honor of the country, ministers would be | ileSlw ^ U, " l . oab, ' ;< ' ! / sKixs *u * *- 1 Iloe rai icli.us oi liberty* am! would ^euer- An interesting debate took place in the house of coin inn.*, * last night, on the peti tion of general Gourgtiad. Well mignt Mr Limbton say, in introducing this sub-1 : ct to the house, that he hoped, for to. able to disprove the' perpetrslioi. of such ,,y J J ,„ “ “ HTT * ‘ V0Ul ; 1 S ‘‘ ,,er - wanton acts of rmeitv ».„i aUydietoa mail, sooner than return un- .Yf. d Maxiieim* March 25. rRO-n the coyimekctai advebtiseh 7th ikst. LATEST FOHEIG.Y MBITS. By the arrival las; evening of the ship , ,, , Thames, capt. Peck, in 28 days from the iJeK.otzeoue H "’?* H‘tc:ied this morn- Dawns, we have received our regular files His assassin is considered better, of London papers to the evening of the 3d cely an v doubts are entertained of of April inclusive, and general shipping and rer y- ” c ^s able to talk ycater- J commercial lists to the 2d. Our readers will recullect the account Iscarcel Ins recov aV. sine.: which li anton acts of cruel tv and barbarity t„- o'. o • ’ , " er a,- fCtUrn Ul1 ' aids an unprotected foremner. * I der STt 3 **- ^**!*'* ?'•* consider the darkness in which they have leretofore been held by the Spanish go- as declared wi.li a ve ry composed air, that he did not in the I published last winter, that the French “ .. gret what he had done; that he hail I eral Guurgaud h id been seized at his lode- d.t in contemplation for the last six ings in London, by order nl lord Sidmouth •i.ths; that he was convinced, that he hat! I nnA sent out of the Kinodom. A Memo me a good deed in delivering Germany rial on the subject from gen. G. wa4 intro -om a man who had done ?u much harm I duced into parliament on the 2<J of April Germar students, as well by his writ- which gave rise to an interesting debate. ;s. as by traducing them to the Einper- * of Russia, and that he had no aicum ices. the feeling:, and calls tor the exercise of charity. —Should it then excite much surprise, that where there is so much real distress, there sl.ojid slso be tome vice.’ Is it surprising, (!;»• w hen so many are c: impelled to beg. some sh >uid be indcccd to steslt The great inequality between the highe and the lower rank?, the vast disproponion in the distribot on of wcddi; the opinion common a. Too ng the latter, that lliey are unfaitjy oppressed and Viewed as an inferior order of beings - have a tendency to excite h .stile lie!ings, and Indue, them to siake war upon die former 1 do not mean to say that die w ants of the po»>r should ius tify a violation of any law of die laud, or warrant an t hcroacbment • o the rich: hut l do sav that such wa. ts, accumulated and oppressive .<>• the, are. should, under circumstances of no aggravat ed guilt. prev -r.t prosecu’.cos hi some cases; and in others, incline the jury and court to the side of tntrcy.—But mercy is too seldom an sdribuie of a British ruct; and there is geicrally too strong a disposition on the part of the prosecu’ion— whether an individual or die crown—to pursue the Unfortunate victim to transportation or death. Yet the numerous transportation, to Botany Bay, and the frequent barbarous «nd disgusting specta cle of hanging, dues not lessen the number i f crime,; or create more respect for the laws Then the rentd, •* notsd-qiute io (lie evil; and a chage slioiilu t • ue-vioed. This change sli iuld be, Jim ill Jimeitorating Oiecoiwtitjon’of li-pen. pie ut the lower rsnlts of life making tl.. :r. l ,i <J-q,endent - end abstr»CT:ng from their lab r —ddfiising more general;, among them a betler education, so ths: they may place a proper and a juat value on character: and, **«»<%. the penal code Mold be esavuVially changed.-capital pun- ahould be rare—they are alusyts cruel; uM. The family of M. tie. Kotzebue are in a consternation, which it is difficult to des cribe. lie has left behind him fourteen tldren, the youngest only two months Mis son, who circumnavigated the giobe, is expected here to-morrow. M. de Kotzebue had received, on the fatal dav, a lefte; f/oin hi# mother, who re side* at VV’et- mar. The authorities of ourtown have cotu- tnenceii proceedings relative to tni* tiagi- cal evant. The censorship of Frankfurt ha3 sup pressed, in the Journal of tiii# town, tin passage relating to the paper thrown int- thcaoti-chamber by theassassin, on which Letters from Rome of the 13th of March, -ay, that some shocks of an earthquake were experieirced at Valermo on the 24th and 25th ol February. They were chiefly lelt at the mountain Della Modania, where several persons perished by the sinking ol tiie earth. In tiie house of commons on the 2d tpril, the ministers were asked whether lie vessels that had been chartered by the pitiish government, lor the conveyance tro ips to South America, acted with the vi ty or consent of his majesty's govern ment Lei ti Uastlt rfsgb iep!ied, “that toe transaction* in question were purely commercial, and that the parties who en- gagi d in them acted upon their own dis- reiion, and at tlieir mvn peril as to the were written these words:—Sentence o/ consequences that mi-riit ensue ” «Vy tmU-ert Mid-defeat the .bjectof ih«r imtifuv « A Wan they are opposed to tl« true stdriffif- rhnsV , ' l “ ,ie commenced lit* literary career ’■ ^ at 19; Ins health was impaired, and he I'snity, i-hofc fliculcatcs mildness and focgirea&u — bus mxn. crotl man, who is atvrays crating mercy, is ths most unrelenting amt fvrAnnr Facra- uumeroua strong tod p«w«rrft>l fact .—can b?4fxstly lo prove, ilia, crurl aixicjib>»w purt shmrn?^ .'iRve not in iti coumry, or under any form of pnn i.mcrt. ii.r.ii .iib»,l Crimea; while, on the contrary, ablupuimbmcnis, death executed upon Augustus de Kotze bue, on the £SJ oj March, 18i!). ! This paper excites a suspicion, that the author of the crime is a member of a secret socie- >?• According to the same journal, the as sassin called twice upon M. de Kuiz-bue. in the morning and after dinner, without seeing h m— be returned at five o’clock i., t^e evening. He announced himself as one of hi* countryim-n who wished to make acquaintance with him. M. de Kotzebue left the room he was in with his family, and went to receive him in the auti-cham- oer. What passed in the interval to the result, no one knows, as there were witnesses. On hearing the cries ol M. de KoiZejne, his wite, who had recently been ■ unfilled in child-bed, anil his daughter, .H.d found him stabbed in four place* with a pniuaid; one of the w ounds had pierced hi* heart,and iu a few instants he expired in tlirir arms. . M de Kotzebue was only 5S years of looked older. He had just ceased bis functions its literary correspondent of his majesty the Etnpeior Alexander, in Ger many, anil was preparing to return to Russia, when he wis thus hurried to a premature grave. . An article from Cadiz, of Ma-ch 9:h. >ays that the expedition fur Lima,is to be augmented by two ship* of the line, from the grand armament destined for Buenys Ayres. i’lie troops who «ro our in this ex pedition are to consist of 16,000 men. The report of the committee of the Sen ate of the United Statee, on the subject of file Seminole war, is published in tiie Lon don Courier of the 2d of April. British Si eels, on the 3d sipril .-—Three per cents 75 a 75 1-3; five per cents 105 3-8. French Fund*, JlTurch o0.—Five per cents. 65f. 95c.—Bank Stock, 1517f. 50c. Glasgow JIcirTcets, March 27. Cottox—The sales of the week amount to 880 bags:—Sea Island Georgia 118, at 2s 7d to ja—do. stained 41^at 18j to 23d—Boweds 54-, at lv>$d to 14|d; a few at 16d—Orleans 5, Jf I^d—Pcrnams. 33, at 20^d—Demerara and Berbice l.5, at 17^d to 2ld—-Bahama 4, at 17d— IVest I ndia 5, at 13$d—Surats 15, at lOi to l2id —Marauhams 92, at 18d to 18jd London, April 1. BUJYA PARTE. The following is an extract of a private letter, dated tit Helena, Jan. 29, 1819.— “I have little or no news to tell you, for St. Helena, l think, has become a true prj. son. There is a house erecting for Napo leon at Longwnod; lie" was very ill a few d*ys ago, and would see' no doctor except Mr. fetockie, from the Conqueror, who wa ward# au unprotected foreigner. A quuStion of some importance was put to ministers last night, by sir VV. de Crcs- pigny. The honorable baronet wished !e know whether the vessels that had been chartered from this country to proceed t Spain for the purpose of taking on hoar Spanish troops to act against the Soutlt- Ymerican Insurgents, acted with the pri vity or the consent of his mijeify’s govern ment. Lord Castlereagh replied, that tfi transactions iu question were purely cum tnercial, and that the parties woo engaged vernment, and the short space ol time since tiiey have awoke from their slumber nil opened tlieir eye* to the glorious light I independence. Any one who will ob- erve Die progress o! these people for a tew years past, compared with what they were formerly, viz: iinoiant, bigotted, anil slaves to a tyrant—even the clergy are often seen among tue first to evince their pride and love of the bins.ini . . g* they are • „ . , ; . . endeavoring to obtain—add 1 think everv .. .‘ h !?„ !: ed Upon th f‘ r ° Wn | gemd American ir. the U. States or here^ and at their own peril as to any conse quences that might ensue. should join in their best wishes lor the appitiess and prosperity of their brethren We have received this morning the Pa- [*“ t,,e South “ •is papers of Wednesday last. “P. S. Some difficulty has lately tak^fc In the chamber of Peers, on the preced-1 P ,ace between this gr.rertifnent and the ing day, the Duke de Cornegliano, one of | 1 " , ' tu *!I" st at Monte-Video—and a turn- newly created peers, took h:s seat. On the same day, the Marbois submitted a proposition praying bis majesty to propose a law, substituting some other punishment for that of exile, the execution of-the lat ter being impracticable, because there wa* noplace where banished persons wou'tl be received. What an emphatic lesson to „ the advocates of revolution! W’hat a pitv I ver hment by Carrera and Alverez in Mon it is; that opr Alien Act prevents this ami'- | V'^* edo ' a,ld ® believe will cause no great intercourse now exists between them.-. W hat the cause is, v.c know not.” “March 5. “Fhe cause of the disturdanee between the Portuguese and this place, seem to have originated through the Portuguese consul here; why was found with a quan tity of paper* published again«t this go. able party from taking up their residence j : ! ! fficulfy. in this country. f Extract of a lett-r from Fitz-Gibbon, French. Duff & Co. dated “Lisbon. March !J. “It would be well that all shipments from the United States be accompanied bv tho certificates of the Portuguese cnn-ul. in order to avoid detention at the quaran tine “round, etc. By a law of the 20th June, 1817. the importation of foreign rict '* permitted, whilst Brazil rice is higher that S6 per quintal. ” Tiie duty upon superfine flour is g3 per barrel; rye flour at.d Indian meal is educed to 60 cents per barrel.” “General San Martin is coming hera from Chili with a part of his army—and tie will be appointed Director (so’tis said) the present one wishing to resign. In on,* of the papers you will find his me-sagq : o congress.” r Boston, May 4. ’ COXNBMICiTF.II FOB T!J£ BOSTON MTHIOT. American Con-.ul.te. Cape de Venl Island*. Tort Tray a { St JujcJ M.mrh 19. 1819. Sir—| am happy in having it ir my CESSlOMof CUBATO GREATS HIT AIM The report of the Cessiod of the Island of Cuba to Great-Britain, received a few days since, via Savannah, gains credence Captain Clarkson, of the schr. Sea-Horse. arrived here yesterday, in 6 days from Havana, confirms this rumor, in all it* es sential particulars. He informs that Ad miral Sir Home Popham, after lying some time in Havana, sailed thence on the l*t inst. for Jamaica, leaving behind him three sloops of war. The proposed cession was generally accredited by the inhabitants when captain Clarkson sailed, but caused much dissatisfaction. So much, indeed, were the joublic enraged, that it was pub licly declared, that if the Island must pass from its present government, the inhabi tants themselves would pay the purchase money* and afterward* declare themselves independent.-— Charleston City Gaz. f5th inst. power to acquaint you, fur the information of the American merchants, that si: oitlin- ance has just past the Junto, now in ses- 4 on at this place, that in future, salt at .he I?!e of May, shall be sold at the bsuai price office dollars per moy, exclusive of the duties ol 880 re.s, (about one dollar ten and a half cents); that the tax imposed on salt of 50 cents per moy, is to be paid oy the settler as a distne to the Govern ment. i am, Mr, your obedient servant, Samcel Hodwes, jun. Henry A S. Dearborn, esq. Collector of Customs, boston. Extract ct a letter to the Editors of the Boston Patriot—dated Gibraltar, March 30. A few weeks since, a (augnable circum stance took place at Alhoceovas, the for tress on the coast of Africa, where part of our countrymen, (Americans) are covltn. ed. A man was appointed tu wait upon them, who a few night* after escaped ami *wam over to the Moors. ;|t seems he waa furmefly an artilleryman, and having an- inclination for his former employ, tbs
