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5?AV\NNAU ItEPULU FRHUKhtVIC H. FELL, ■ ranftx*. Sihiity paper country g6, per annum, liTADLK' IT tlrAllet. 1 ff^Ail JVewt «pd new Ad' ertiseraems appear in both papers—and slopfbv retkr ordy£D -BO.VTB AMBlUCJUf 1/TTELLIGEjYCE. • ntfi tjft- CIT7 Of WAUUTOTOir • AZITT*. The'following abstract of information, - wery lately received, verbally, anil by let- i ►ter.Trom persons of the highest respecta- ^ rfei!i»y~ifi Angostura and the West India >i. -«*slaiuls, is entitled to implicit credit. It it furrijshod solely for the gratification of the citizens interested in the cause ol South American independence, more espe *' Cially'ic that of Venezuela. Two briHant affairs have lately taken , ;:place bctyseen-the detachments from the 'reapectivii armies in the neighborhood ol the AratKa’iiryr in the province of Karinas; v bath of-wtrich- terminated in favor ol the independents In the first, colonel a forefgn officer of merit, greasy "ATiatiiiguisliisd himself—having had two ifforses killed under him. Suffice it to Say, •that the royalists were driven from thpir .position. The latter enterprise is one of the most extraordinary recorded in thean- rials of-inoi!rrn or ancient warfare. General Baez, commander of the caval ry composed of the free people of color .and blacks of the plains called Llancros. -had repeatedly solicited permission from ,general Bolivar to attack the enemy’s camp, with a select band ot volunteers, but a was as often refused. The attack appeal etl ton hazardous and partial to justify ap probation; nml that officer Instructed bv experience, resolved not to hazard the re -doction of ids force by detachment. Tin ^Fabian, or Washingtonian system, in short, was adopted; and the president of the re- f iublic see .’.red inflexible in maintaining it. le would not risk a decisive.battle with halfhis army; but await the co-operation of the expedition from Margarita. Never theless, he yielded to the iinporturities ol Pn<*Z, and allowed him for once to indulge ■ in his chivalrous projects. Thus licensed, diat officer required 150 volunteers, his own guard of honor included. It is un necessary to state, that the summons was ’ received with acclamations. • Four lieu- 'tenant colonels, and captains, immediately joined their leader. Being disencumbered id ail unnecessary accoutrements, the de tachment instantly crossed the river in ■ front of Morillo’s main army, who were • dbuWess surprised at temerity so unex ample,d, i’aez approached within speak ing distance, ,(or as a sailor would say.. Within hailj and challenged his antagonists to come and take him with hip little party. He bad brought no more, lest he should frighten them; but hoped that Murillo would not be intimidated by a handful ol lancers, who had left a river in their rear, and now bad an army before them. Pro voked by this bantering defiance, Moriilu ordered large detachments to defile from Tight and left, in order to surround the rqeinyi and put offhis retreat. This was .the very movement which P.lez awaited jm it*execution he calculated his success. Frump,tAf tho-moment, therefore, he gave jaco'nih bWers to his little column, who, wU|i lance in rest,, rushed directly on the Spanish line. Opening their passage to the rear, they wheeled about,and penetra ted again to the front, with prodigious slaughter. The enemy's ranks were thrown 'in confusion and dismay by several and ter rible repetitions of those daring charges^ nil 500 of their number were either killed nr wounded. Paez" himself is reported to have lanced nine with his own hand; cap tain" Grant, a Scotch officer, killed five; and otners distinguished themselves equal Ly.io the whork of carnage. With the loss of 3 or 4 of Ins gallant cirrpsj the immortal Pu« reCrtfSred' Pie” Aranua, and rejoined the army in triumph. All were cfoctrifi- mhto admiration,or petrified to astonish ment, at this ilchieveinent- The names of every individual appear in the bulletin, and each was presented with the budge of the order of Libertudor de Venezuela, an 'honor which many of them had attained already. Colonel English has arrived at Marga- riita, as. the public are already informed. Cob Ursln has reached the same destina tion. W hen col. English anchored off port Spain, he received a special permis sion from governor Woorifpr.d to land and remain frehare for 2+ hours. But this *PP Sting correspondence with MoiiUo was takeu by the victors. From this it ap- J that.an expedition from Lima men- New-Grenada. One account states aOrinvading ittoy had actually enter ed H, and, that the Spaniards -were Ilyin in all direction*. More produce than usual had arrived at Angostura from the interior. The congress were engaged in a:lmin- : istering public affairs; and, if we can judge train appearances, their deliber ations will result in the formation of a -constitution of civil .government, as free anil as liberal as can be established iii that country under present ci’-cuinstau ces.' It is probable, that within a few months, the royal forces will be expell ed from Venezuela. But we desist (rum speculation, and leave it to time to unfold events. P. S. The government of Venezuela ap peared inclined to encourage the improve meiit or the soirby industrious emigrants The island uf Faxardo, in the Orinoco, has been ceded to an English gentleman, on condition of cultivating it. The-congress, we undeastand, have also authorized the introduction of a steam boat or steam boats, regardless of the monopoly promis ed or decreed to admiral Brion. Depn ties from a couple of Er.glrsli societies had arrived at the seat of government in Guay- ana, to solicit the grant of an immense tract of land; oi, as some say, the privi lege of cultivating that whole province entirely for the benefit of Venezuela — What success would attend au application so modest .and disinterested, we cannot absolutely predict. IXSTALLATIOX, OF TH» VENEZUELAN CONGRESS. Translation of the official circular of the congress of Venezuela. Act of the installation of the national con' gress of Venezuela, in the city of St Thomas of Angostura, the 15th day of February, A. D. 1819—the 9th of the in dependence of Venezuela. At half past tco in the morning, the de puties, in consequence of a previous cita tion by the supreme chief, Simon Bolivar, assembled in the palace of the government, for the installation of the Sovereign na tional congress, which was convoked, by the Supreme chief on the 22d October, 1818. The following are the members from the free districts ol Venezuela. sarrenderioft into its ti*nds,t>ie authority which I litre hitherto exercised in behalf of our coun- *nr". Her then approached to the President of Congress, and, presenting^* him his baton of -office, spoke thus: “I restore»o the public authority that baton of authority, with-which my country haa .entrusted me: to serve the republic in any station, grade or service, in which Hie congress may think proper to employ roe, will always be considered as my duty and honor to accept, and to fulfil to the beat of my faculties, and my example shall be the proof to others oi my sanae of the duty which -every soldier and citizen owes to the republic.” The president, Zea, rose, and address ing congress, spoke as follows: •‘It appears that the confirmation of all'the ap pointments of every grade and employment, made under the authority of Simon Bolivar, does not call for-any discussion; notwithstanding, I consi der it proper that congress should express itself onehis point;-I therefore offer the following pro position : "Is it the pleasure of congress that the appoint ments, made m the public service during the au thority of Simon Bolivar, shall be confirmed.” The congress answered by an unani mous affirm alive; and then the president added:—“The sovereign congress of the republ c confirms on the person of captain general Simon Bolivar, all the grades and appoiutments made or conferred by him luring his public administration;” and.re turned to him tbe baton. He then invited him to a seat on bis right hand; after a few moments silence, the presidenL-Zea, rose and addressed congress as follows: passport was not penned in si very friend ly reood r as it reflected on Mr/ English for proceeding towards the neighboring; pruv' incus ill .revolt, contrary to his majesty's proclamation.of Nov. 18J7. Hr landed: hut finding that gov. Woodford was arm ing and manning the steamboat, to send he* along side of his squadron, in order to' entice his soldiers to dese.-t. he hurried bick,,with an emphatic threat, confirmed a la militnire, by an oath or two, that if she came along side, he would instant ly 3in f k her. Sir Ralph Woodford then *l>jnmVnid his- expedition, and >lf. English pursued his voyage to Margari ta. A. Prussian colonel had I our hod atTrin- , id.ti. pr, in', way to Bolivar’s camp. He is instructed to lender him.tin services of 4 thousand Prussian troops,on condition that he would allow the merchants of Ham- bur.-, etc.,to export with them as great a <! r;ti.r:Ty’*j; mer.j a.-jdize as they pleased, <1 ,ty free-, ", ' " of war Fly reports, ti-i-.t lcfid Tiroie.'C.ijo'on-iliadaiso reached M-ir^aricta truifi Eut«>;.«, and that the ex- Jvditmri (winch 0-3. ne.irlv ready for err) would Consist of 2500 European a",l 5000 native They arc We') .-quipped, And appeared in high spir its. 1 ' Cum in a w*a said (a pa in a state of star- 'A .on \V«. uu*,.it it- iioie mentioned in ' ttfjiropir .place, fhkt, in the del at of gen cr.:h Latyi ic’s division by the patriots,an CAmucCAS. Dr. J. German Roscio Dr. L. T Pen za * Joseph Espana Onefre Hasalo F. A. 2 a BcHcrLO.Vi., Col. F. Parcjo Col P. E. Hurtado D. B. Urbanja R. G. Cadiz • D. A. Alcala CWUFA. Gen. Santiago Marino Gfcn. Thos M ; ntilla Dr. Juan Martlnrz Col Diego Valenilla TAKIITAS. Dr Ig. Mendez Col. M Guerro Gen. Rafcal Urdtneta Dr. A M. Brizeno cCatava. Rusebio A sanador f. Cardoso Commissary F. Penlaver Gen • P. Leon Torres FTABfUniTA. Gasper Macono Dr. Manuen Palacio Domingo Alzuru Jose de J. Guevara. At eleven o’clock three guns announced ihe approach of the supreme chief, accom- paniedtby his general stuff, the governor of tliep!uce,the commandant general of the province, and the principal officers of the army then in the capital. The deputies re ceived the supreme chief at the entrance of the palace, and he was conducted to the presidential chair. The concourse of citi zens'And strangers was immense—tlie ses sion was opened by the Supreme chief in a discourse of some length, the leading ob jects of which were to draw their attention to the ba«i3 of a constitutional project, which he presented to congress, as the best adapted to the situation of the coun try; he touched generally on his own ad ministration, and difficult circumstances n which it hud devolved on him, adding That the secretaries of the several depart ments would furnish the necessary docu ments anil details necessary to obtain a iriumstancial view ol the actual situation I the republic. He recommended to con gress the confirmation of the freedom of the laves without any restriction which had been before proclaimed; the es- blisliment of an older of liberta- rlees; and that fof the confirmation of a ojcit for appropriating certain public lands as a just reward to the defendns of Ihe country for their public services; lie re commended particularly to congress, to d reel their attention Id the funding of the public debt, and the provision of means for its speedy and exact extinction, being in accord with national gratitude, honor- j 11stic&und interest. The supreme chief having concluded his discourse, pronounced ‘'the congress ’of Venezuela is now installed—the national soveieigtity resides in it from this moment —niv Mvoril anil those of my brave com panions in arms, are reedy to sustain its august authority—long live the congress ol ""eorzuela.” This exclamation was repeated with the oudest exclamations ot tiie people nd accompanied by a salvo ofartilte- Fc'Jow- Citizen*. —All nations and empires were small and feeble in their infancy, like man to whom they owe their institutions. Those great cities which still continue to astonish the imagina tion, Memphis, Palmyra, Thebes, Alexandria. Tyre, tue capital of Belus and Semiramis, and you superb Rome, caput orbit; you were, in your' commencement, but an humble and wretched vit Isge; it was not in the capitol, nor in the palace of Agrippa or Trajan, but in an obscure and low ly hut, under a smoky thatched roof, and in a rus tic garb, that Romulus sketched the first draft of the capital of the world, and prepared-the'foun dations of a stupendous empire. Nothing in the oijgin.of Rome was brilliant but his genius, noth- iug was great but himself. It is not by the pomp 1 or parade ner by the magnificence ot our instal lation on this day, but by the inexhaustible re sources presented to us by nature, and-by the wis dom and efficacy of those great plans which you shall form and put into activity, to promote the nublic prosperity, that the greatness and future felicity of our republic must depend. The sim plicity of the installation itself, and the -splendor of the great act of patriotism, of which general Bolivar has given so memorable and illustrious an “sample, has given to this solemnity a most im pressive character, that rivals tbe virtuous days of antiquity, and which already gives-a prssage of the future happy destinies of our country. 'Nei ther Rome, nor Athens, nor Sparta itself, in the most celebrated days of their prosperity and pub lie virtue, gave r. more sublime nor interesting ex ample. The miml is exalted on the contempt tion of that of which we are now the spectatnrs.- Centuries disappear, and we almost feel ourselves contemporaries with Aristides, Phoeion, Camillus, a»d Epaminondas; the same philanthropy and the saTe enlarged principles which re-unite the re publican chiefs of antiquity with the benevolent emperors Vaspasian, Titus, Trajan, M. Aurelius, w ho were worthy to be ranked with the patriots of higher antiquity, place to day in the same rank of fame the late unassuming chief of our own re public, and with them be will partake the re nown 01 history and the benediction of paster! ty It is not now the moment in which the sublime act of patriotic viatue, of which we hare been more truly admirers t tan witnesses, can be duly appreciated: when our institutions shall have re ceived the solemn sanction of time and expert- ence, when ail the feebleness and inexperience of our na'ional age shall give way to time and wis dom, when passions, interests, and vanities, shall have disappeared, and great deeds and great men, shall alone.remain in the eyes of a free people- then justice will be done to the noble acts of this day, and the name of Bolivar shall be pronounced with veneration ie Venezuela, and acknowledged by all the world. - I will pass over in silence w'-.at he has done for our liberties—fight years of afflictions and dan gets, the sacrifice of fortune and repose,- agita tions and calamities almost incredible, if we had not witnessed and felt them; efforts of which it is difficult to find examples in history; the most un shaken constancy under reverses: the immovable firmness; the glory of never despairing of tbe cause of the ri public, even after all appeared to be subjected but himself alune—and even then without any other resources but his own mind— 1 pass over in silence so many titles which lie ha; to immortality only to incite ihe attention on.what f. r • ' . • We find in onr Jamaica pc peri ir.ary received them, and said, that only in con r sideration of- the urgency he would consent I particulars connected with Ihe destruction to the wishes of congress, under the ex-1 of MacGregor’s forces at I’urlo Bello, not pliert consideration that the exercise of the I heretofore known, soil which « e think in* authority should not be prolonged beyond j foresting tp our readers MacGregor, it the term expressed [appears, on the first alarm, dscrplr* in his Congress resolved, that, on the next I shirt by leaping from a window twenty the cathedral, to offer thanks to the Crea- English women were killed. Some of the tor for the blessings which the country was defeated made theirescape into the woods, promised by the happy progress made in where a part were found dead, and uthi-rs restoring and securing the destiny of the I were made prisoners. The governor of republic, aNd the approaching establish- Porto Bello, to whose cowardire is attri- ment of a constitutional government cal- buted the capture of the place by MacGre- culated to secure freedom, and to lead [ gor, and who had fled with his money, etc. there public in her high destinies. I had been taken prisoner ami sent to Pana- Thc president then declared the instal- ma, where he was to be tried by a court lation of the congress to be rompleted, and martial. - • Kingston, (Jam.) May 20. The independent flag was still kept flyA the journal of the proceedings were then prepared and signed by thesupreme ehiel. (The names as above.) A copy of the pro- j ; n g at Porto Bello, as^a decoy to vessels ceedings were then prepared and presented to the executive for publication, ar.d on the following day punlication was made and ordered to be communicated to the provinces and-the municipalities of there public. And congress adjourned. bound thither to join sir Gregor. General IIore was to proceed for Pana ma on the 6th inst. This officer distin guished himself in Spain, and is considered a very brave and enterprising officer.— I Colonel Santa Cruz was to be left in Por to Bello, as comraandaat of the place.— ! Before these generals left Panama, they luid'an embargo on all vessels in that port, and an interdiction to any communication with the town by land. ► O’Sairo and suite arrived in the Sap- man^ in 6 days from -the Havana, we have | phire, and is to proceed hence to Spain received Havana papers to the 11th inst. I w ‘th dispatches, giving an accpunt of the 1 to Bello. ■From the Charleston Times, 19th inst. Latest from the Havana and Jamaica. By the brig Catharine, captain Wells- inclosive, and have also been politely fur- nished with 'Kingston papers to the 21st 1 re-capture of Porto i 1 -Previously to the sailing of tbe Sap- May, inclusive! The following are ex-| phire from Porto Bello, reports reached tracts from our letters: ” ‘■Havana, 8th June, 1819. “The schooner Marga-et, Sustaona, I that place from Panama that lord Coch rane had entile an attack on Lima and was beat off from your port arrived with us last even-i The Coafiance brig of war, capt Moot ing; as yet, notb.ng has transpired ieta-j« 0, ?. er £ ™ ^spstched from Porto Bel o live to the fate of the Legal Tender- °" fie 4th, for this island, with accounts there can be fee doubt entmtained of her K‘ he "-“P*-" 6 that ptace. loss. The brigs Patriot, Berrien, of N. York, and James Coulter, Hall, ot Philadelphia; also ship Benjamin, V, ebb, of Baitimure, Return of the officers who were killed, wounded, made prisoners, escaped, and were missing, on the 5th instant, belonging to MacGregor’s army. General sir Gregor MacGiegor, escaped* and brig Sarali-Maria, Tice, of Philade^- j colonels O’JUra, wounded, since deaif; phis, continue under seizure, with pros-J Rafter, prisoner; Johnston, escaped; ins pects -not very flattering 5 Havana, June 9, 1819: jor Baldwin and brigade major Ross, pri soners; captains Acton, missifig, supv-is- Tl|e supreme chief then invited congress lo proceed to the election of a president, ad interim, in order tnat he might resign into iha hands of the congress the authority with which he had been invest ed. The assembly proceeded to an election- viva voce, and the deputy, F. A. Zea, was elected president. The supreme chief then administered to the president t'hcoath upon the holy evangelists, and to each' of the deputies in succession. This ceremohy being concluded, the president took his seat in the presidential chair; and the supreme chief addressed the military corps as follows: ‘•Generals, chiefs and officers—my companions 01 aims:—We are now simple citizens, until the » v-reign congress shall be pleased to employ us in those grades ard stations which' their wisdom .-ln.lt deem fit; confident in die congenially of )L-ur f.eling,, 1 shall give lo the sovereign con gress tbe undoubted proof of oar devotion, by ■* , •' * ‘ we now have seen, and must ever admire. Had general Bolivar relinquished his authority, when uothirg surr, unded him but dangers and misfor tunes, when be drew upon hi« he»d insult and ca lumnies, and When lie seemed to hold only a mere nominal or vain title, nothing could indeed have appeared in such conduct worthy of praise- but what all would consent to consider an act of prtt dence; but to abdicate at this moment, when pow er has begun to hold forth attractions to the eyes of ambiti -n; and when every thing presages an approaching accomplishment of all our wishes; and proceeding thus, from his own spontaneous will, and from a pure devotion to ihe liberty of ids country, is an act so heroic and virtuous, that we are lost in the effort to discover any model to which it can be referred, and I despair of ever seeing any imitators But, O!-shaft we suffer general Bolivar thus to elevate himself by his mag nanimity so much above us, to such a heignt as shall leave his fellow-citizens no mode of compe tition with him in noble and patristic feelings, without reinvesting him with that same authority which he had exercised so nobly, and of which he has this day voluntarily divested himself, in order to preserve liberty inviolable, when a different conduct would have placed liberty in danger? General Bolivar rose, anil loudly ex claimed:— •‘No! No! never-never shall I accept an autho rity which I have renounced for ever—with all my soul, and by the impulse of my feelings. He con tinued to point out the danger to which liberty was exposed when the supreme authority remain ed for too long a period in the same hands; that he deemed it prudent to take this step lest others ot more ambitious views should come hereafter, as well as to place a check upon his own passions, because he was apprehensive of no» always having tbe means of duly deliberating or thinking in the same way: he concluded by protesting, in the strongest and most decided manner, that on no occasion nor on any consideration would he con sent to hold an authority which he had so sincere ly and deliberately renounced, in order to ensure to his country the blessings of liberty.” He then asked permission to retire; and the president named a deputation of ten members to acccmpany him, and he retired with them. * The congress then proceeded to the nomination of a president of the republic ad interim, and some difficulties occurring in the choice, it was resolved that general Bolivar shoold exercise this power for 24 hours, or.for 48, provisionally; and a depu tation, of wliic* general-31arino was the chairman, proceeded to make known these rejoiatiocs cf congreas. General Buli?ar “Tiie brig Catharine now being ready I e ,^ GutJmson. escaped; Gor- forsea, I avail myself of her sailing, t.. don ’ prisoner; D.fwsnn, Nrl- liand you our last papers and prices cur- j Paiarioe, ^O Shauglinessey, Frost, rent o) ibis-day. As usual at this season j ^ arr i ’ am ' O ( allagan and Black, prison- of the year, business is getting quite dull, er G , Moore af,d b ™> r e l11 ’ I rl ; aml our produce on the decline, particu- !" ner *5 Lolecough, escaped; Finney and lar!v box sugar*, the exportation of which I pnsoncr^; Nixoti, missing; M‘ne- has been considerably less the past month, an - * od Dudley, wounded and pri- - ' soners; Bennet and Oakly, prisoners; and Mackay missing; ensigns Haddock, ifona- my and Plythean, prisoners; Smnfull. es caped: Stewart, killed; Coates and McDo nald, prisoners; Boothe and Ogahagan, Killed; Howard, Sliield.o, Baldwin, Seal- lard,Howell, prisoners; cadet Bret, wound- eil'and prisoner; surgeons Burton, Mathcr- liead and Ryan, prisoners; and M-Dunald, escaped; assistant surgeons Ki mail and Haslett, prisoners; deputy paymaster ge- being only 9,166 boxes, than the same pe riod last year, being 31,442 boxes, a dif ference nl 22,276 Duxes in favor of May. 1818—From the first of January, 1818. until the 31st May of same year, there were exported 101,447 boxes sugar, and from the 1st of January until Slst May, present year, 49,513 bases for the first fiv months. This great disproportion is the i esult of the decline of our European trad inconsequence of severe losses on out. ward and homeward cargoes last year, and I ,,era l Binstead, missing, supposed dead; the depredations committed upon the j “ e P u fy commissary general Walker, aa- French, Rossiati, Swedish, Hamburgh and J s,l ‘* lln t comimssary general Harwood, apd Danish flags, by the insurgents on this I ”* e puty^ssistaut commissary general Pran* coast, which have almost entirely destroy- [ ed our trade with those powers. The exportation of coffee has been more equal, viz:— From the 1st Jan. present^ year, until the 31st of May last A314,812 arrobes. past, were imported, J Last year, for same period, 306,732 do. coise, prisoners; commissary clerks Bru in and Roberts, prisoners; and Ryan, kill ed. Balance in favor of present year, 8,080 arrobes. During the last month, there were 35 arrivals, of which 52 were /Americans Departures 114, of which 58 were Ameri. cans!!!—and of the former 23 were Span ish, of the latter 33 Spanish; leaving only 10 arrivals and 23 departures of all other flags We do not apprehend any further tie- From the Jamaica Courant, May 19. We understand, when colonel Rafter, (who had retired into the Fort at Porto Bello, and defended it most courageously) understood that sir Grrg-ir MacGregor had got on borrd the brig Hero, he imme diately dispatched a soldier, who was an expert swimmer, to that vessel; to ascer tain his determination on the subject, and to learn what lie deemed proper to be dune. The soldier returned alter a short absence with directions from him to hold out to the last extremity, and tiiat he would col- j lect ail the force of the squadron for their '- • assistance. Colonel Rafter, conceiving dine of coffee, although last advices from that he was justified after this answer, to Europe are by no means flattering, but as perish in the defence of the place, defoni!- fhere remains only a small stock from Jast [ed himself as long as he was able, but to year’s growth, and the appearance of a his mortification, he found that shortly af- short crop coining, we are of opinion that | ter MacGregor’s answer, he had directed a single demand for the United States will j the Hero’s cable to be cut, and sought hi* be sufficiently great to keep it at its pre- safety in flight, by putting to sea in that sent rates. Molasses has supported a* ' D higher price through the season than was expected, iu consequence of the dry wea ther, which retarded the grinding of cane. The dealers of molasses, also expecting an unusual demand for the states, paid high for their contracts and have, kept it back, in order to save themselves—this finesse however, has not answered the desired end altogether, and some of them are now in volved in considerable difficulty. Molass es, we think, will hold a steady price un-, - - s-. - . - , - til tire last of August, when it will ad-1 ' v _ e „J*/ the cr J breakers— ance'considerably. Money is very scarce, * and but little to be found at our high quotations. American produce improves a little, and we have no doubt a further advance will take place, while our hot weather conti nues—the season a'so being very sickly will deter many from venturing here until the fall months. Freights are very dull and low—Exchange on the United States holds at a premium, though purchases are made with great caution. Bills will like- decline to par, if sugars fall agreeably vessel. — or— *aOM THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE, llTH UST. By the arrival last evening of the brig Rising Sun, captain Folger, in 14 day* from Havana, the following account of dis asters was transmitted from a passen ger. At about three quarters past two, on the morning of the 29th May, 1819, the brig Rising Ban, going at the rate of 8) knots, ' 'if bj unsuccessful attempts were made to stay, but in vain-—the vessel struck on tire Flor ida reef, and thumper) over it until in a- huut 6j feet water; after taking in all sail, preparing and provisioning our boats, ar ranging their crews, and expecting every instant to see the brig go to pieces, deem ed it advisable to remain quiet until day light: its tardy welcome beams at length appeared, when we discovered 4 sail, 2 to the windward, and 2 to the leeward—those to the windward reached us about half past 5 o'clock, and proved to be wrecking vessels belonging to Nassau, New Provi- to our quotations—referring lo my letter ' esie,s " e, ? D e ,n S lo - Jw 'i nn ~ of yesterday and prices annexed.” dence, the Success, capt. William Johnsoa J r i an( j th e \Y illiam df John, capt. William ■Philadelphia flour, g!7; Richmond. 15}; New. Turner—upon boarding us, and cepresent- Orleans, 14j; rice 8; prime wl.ite,scarce; corn, I jpg our situation in the darkest light, capU f S. S&ST.V Kh I wreckers, was as&I __ pilot 7} per bhl; beef No 1, V0 ; do No 2, 18-! lvhat ' *> e would require to get the vessel off codfish 7i per qq. bl fi-ood demand: Urd 21; hams, j life at first asked half the Cargo, thetl less, northern, 23; New-Orleans, 17 a 18; butter 24 a | and last agreed to aid in Iightin<> and get- 26- pork, prime, 26; do N Orleai« 22, dull, but ti ng her off, on condition hi should be paid little demand, white pine boards 30; do assorted 1 - - • r with scantling 33; shooks 1 25 cts. Assorted su- g ars, 7} a 9} lo 8} a 10}; whites atone, 9a 11; towns (box) 6 1-2 a 7 1-2; Muscovado 7 a P; molasses 9 is; honey 4} a 6 rs per gal!,- coffee, prime green 20 a 21; do second quality 18 a IP; ordinary, 15 a 16.” Oar Havana papers metion that a con voy had arrived at Vera Crux from Mexi co, with four millions and a half of money and an immense quantity ofproduce. '% ' file ’ * ' . -> . ' . paid for bis services one third n; the cargo he should take out; this bargain was made be tween the owner, Mr. Western, and.capt ain Johnson, in the presence of the pris'ci pal part of tbe crew and passengers; by the time the lumber was moved from off the cargo, and the brig’s long boat loaded with sugar, the leeward vessel had come to; the wreckers feared they were priva- teersj & wenten loird their vessels; taking
