About Savannah daily republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1818-1824 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1819)
r .. - , ._ r . : , ' ■' ... i ■■ ■ ■■' ff'iauBuicxn. ’jwsut, v ; 7» 'ortrrwimnu ; - »B«CT' Mrrn -g8—s«r5tT»» £6—r«* /j'irABiP.Hu nnra nek. •THF.3ALF, OFLOVEI NL BAr.o»—nr Tno3ir4*’»«MmKr<*t- drtMv r d that inH ; e I’aphinn^rofe*, M v nets by moonlight laying ■ tt*ta«ght wanton'Love*, Among tlic nwe-buds phy*njr. ^Some juju bad left their silv’rv fHcW, Wlule jt^nne vrcte bill in feather; fJDo prt t!y ^ Int of Love* lo »*Ii, i\Vere n every** strung together. ♦C wn^buy roj'Lavc*, . "Corne buy tnyXovrs— We l>**r.©e nxtd rose-lippM Mk*e«? They’re new anti'bright, Tht'coat U't’&ht, *For ib0Jc6in of thistle*Kki**«*. iFirtf X’tcvut came, wi»f« look? eedate, * Ti;e coin **» licrVjf* "fcas rnidy; '*1 hti)*?*-quoth she, •'mv' I(Ae'hy weight, •Fn’l grown, if'v^plvare. and '‘♦L't'ininebe'IrgliC’ md F^. w, *5»tr|j l.'ftting tn«a-imdonne; light little Love (7>nt vill l*<t a day, Tonnorrow Til apart c new one.” *Cr»n»r bcyr^y-Lnvt^ -Come hiiy my' Loves— ?Ve Dimeorid nn*?ilipp\] *fi*»e* i • T-here** m>me wiil keep, ; w 5om£‘i:/pt a, »d cheap, £kt from -ten -to t wenty kis*?s, ^The'.tnmeMTnKle'tndV np>H voting thing, To "niv^rt-herVirgin Mnae with; JXnB plirric *oinrtnttcs avptill‘ r rom bis wing, Tn «n/lrc?.her i>:fi*t*rlntrx w|*b. ,' , J > .>r»r (\<tz: wonlc! give '“or a wtU^fle.ig’d.pair, Htj^.only ere.'if vouM ask it; •;£n<t “!'*.»»▼»* h-ggM. n!.l toothless fair, Vor fliv'ywxttorcsr 1m*eii>tlxr basket! Oorte hye -»py Loves, Cbi'oe’ine mv l-ovea— ^7c‘dnme« <r.d ro^cdippM %Tis?es ! j/fllieso’fc some will keep, .* ’‘Srf'V.’ fight awl cheap, ^♦-frow ten lo twenty kisses. ?But one was h ft, «&hen Sr* iv canre, .0-■>* worth tie'm WJt*7retJrr: 3fct v*."! "»f her dear looks of rimwe, ,.IJe «m>ilyd .and j>runM his fes^h tr. r5he wi ujfef th# boy—hara * more than whim— Her hiokylver sighs, *bdrrayed ^t; 4 ' SBot kisses were net enough f »r him, .1 a ik’d a heart, und*-’ she pdti it*! ^o.-»d bye, my* Low, CoocHive, ray'Loves— rw Twould make you emHe-to’ve'seen u?; •First trade for this Sweet child of’bliss, 4And then wirse the boy’ betweehtof* ; w... ,y,. . .-. a* .• » , -. . • v . ] " 'V * "- ' * r*. . ; ' • •• • v~ ' — ••• ■■ * ~?S' ■•' • ■’I'. ‘ . ‘ • ... . - - .v - - .. < lt HUfvuie ^!iagh*r«. Tfee'^icfc^esideut aclcnow(.I wrdPtne. The laejrthiit ua&e a (r&deof edgfrftne-wrtteHt'ii-and'eihaustttl elate o£ —* ’ th'e «fti|ftry,'»rtitch,''he'«h8i , rvel3, was lik*-;' iTtjjng c«np, -arUl irpT5h»j;i*ctf for • ntft ex- pinamw i.jidws. \\V pyWinh till? ful!ii»>l)s noiicr nf a •jin'tliotie. .wtiniiaa4ioTi of teflios. -in tlt“ ®ri-W»;>rHonil >-.f Mossy SpriiijjiK ill Surky.wiJh wn < '«ish tliirt it may ■**' itc in onr.fair r^a.i.'r« a Jtsin- t« imi- ■tatc-thia tli.ti iir*infill of ilsvirtinn <tn th<- of iW-ir countf7, *ml that t-joir own h»»s«hi>J«f». "'ere such n.«- m iciV.iH^s in tit riav.stj!' our cc-un •try. uTKlthrir-if'ettliititMia carritii steadily :into rSVrt, llif ginoni "which now pervades, all classes «>f isocwly. would,’em sni.llier year, be-'Siiiangfil for tins smile of non- tent: aoii hcptnnes>. wt’li its attendant Joy*, he found Again in all oar borders. ■“'Jiifiadies in the neighborhood of the vMtiO’y fsprings. (K.v.) ossemhlfd at that p1«/.o on t' ejtl of July to coininf mnrnte "that glorin i» anniversary, each contribut- <>tl to their fm-»l repast. After orgaiii-/.- anj. an appropriate address was itolivernl tiv Mrs Mead n ay svbo presided, and a tiuniber afvery spirited and palrinlic re- ( fou'iitiuits adopted, in.tend nf toasts bring ' diranfc. Tliey resolved to renounce all dojiign ornamenls and luxuries, svbicb have a teiKletn y til eiliiwist ouc country of fpeeie; to prefer in every ease, articles of our oivo t» those of foreign.tiriiinfacwr* —to lesson their siumber of domestic to a .irare suffirieiicy to attend, with their »s- o«slanCf. to the household duties—to have their carriage marie plain and stroll", and used oniv on.iiecessmy occasions—topra- tice the strictest economy in the manage ment of do octic concerns—to inculcate tot > the minds of their coildreo principles sif virtue, patriotism and frugality—In use nit the mea.i, io their power lo dift ise the lig'its of V’oufItdge, of-science and reli- 4'.oi), hy tnaUing then* topics id cotiver-a- ei in in aft private Circles, to the exclusion id light and frivolous topics too frctpicnt- f> indulged in—and to exercise their in fluence with the other sex to reform their manners ant! their.moral*.” vessel todcir-ofi •s»itW‘{fiKc<l»y:'*!6epr <y PRrt'we’vreee'enfirt! ‘stnngmHo. B#rK nitfretnorfrinipof ®hetr5tl.'vr«rt« d tire gor.C fortu ne'Wulisc'«rer aiic)i mntry w boat tea* despatched far irtelfigcnce,-ar.d returned with a pilot’for the Orotioco. This grtat river appears’to be almost unknown-ilirtitc U. States; dll our charts laid down its lati tilde tlfflerentfy. The commodore orilernl thesjohn Aduins’tn Trinidad, and the same day we entered the mouth of the river in this schooner: vessel* draVyitig more than 16 feet water-cannot^ crons the liar. Next tnoruing two can^.'S of dnifiarv came on board', bringing a regular pilot.— These fellows were naked,’very slightly* and delicately made, appeared poor ami miserable in the extreme—theii only*fund was plantains, cassaiht baead. aml sugai cane. The banks df the 0ronoc<>.'"tnr2<!O miles’ up, are tlninhabited,being subject to int.u dation.. ’they are thickly u5}»dtd with; live oak, luaiiogaiiy. cccoa nui. t- d a thou-, sand ether trees, ‘tiie names df tvhioli Wpi kid nut'know. The river is genUi alty nar- row, hut ex'ti eoieiy dewp, antl has a strong, currmit always setting down: we. eomi-- times tied the vessel to a tree, like a ennoe. mill could ea»iiy’juinpirsli<ire on ti in land, file prospect is aiwaysTme ami Slrikil,: and the Ireesdided with hirds id the ihos’ li uolilul .piuioogo. We saw nunie ba- hniiiis, as large as middle sized ilogs, o( a light'red coko; they made thd inort u’riueo.lous’howling and chatteringdA the! »«gW* . : The Indians reside in the interinr, and com-, down occnsionslfy lo-fi-.li: they are a hatinlesis, l Nioircn«ive race, fond iiftobucco and rum, and tolerably shrewd at driving * bargain. They are completely tna state .■f ilature; the women arc not handsome, .’<ut some iif >tlir m ipossesjt a regular • of features' anti expression iff -cout,- teiianee extremely pi.-asiog, A p;. t-. oiu-etl paint they consider invaluable, »r,d are it* the habit iri rougiii* pn l ty -highly. We met with several gentlemen who 'had each half a iliir.eii wive*. After ascending Nflie river about sixty miles, the country begins to assfutne. a <!:i- t. rent uppearaitce, being higher and less wood*. Some small plantations pr -dnt ;iig>U“ar*’aiie and plaotains.r.re lie<e ,eii- l'lie I anil is extremely rich, and well idjpfd to .Indian corn and tobarc bon , 'hrse would growalmostjWiXliout cultivation Wbon in possession ill Old Spain, sugar & >:b1fee were extensively raised;but, »im < the revolution, these valuable art idles hav. been entncly abandouetl. l«ileeil> this line soil s beetirwed oil a people perhup- | die most inactive and indolent in the un : vei’se. Neither the hope of gii'-, or fe.ii- <.l: punishment, can make a Spaniard worn}’ ihey have no more -foresight tiiHii the d:c- le.gi of brut, s, and never fouk forward to to-morrow: How they; manage to live af .ill, asindectl wonderful. The ctni<e<|ueii- ce> are natr.rjl; the necessaries of fife can uardly be obtained, and file people are poor, ignorant, ate! miserable in the oxtcenK - . 1 nevertbefore witnessed, hy contrast, tin ttnmeme benefits of rmliistry to society, and am now coffviiiced that almost every coinlint of life is derived trout it, either di rectiy or indirectly. O.i th.- 20lli iif July we-pa-sed tire In. ili.-in village of .S incliopan, on the left bank ofthe’iiver. This isa handsome little town, laid off -in sheets, and regularly built of clay and palmetto leaves. It is the capital -of’ (lie Irdisns in this quarter, where they resort in great numbers, for the purpose nl fishing. After passing tfiis place toe country begins to be miiobited by Spaniard*. The village of B.tC.mca teiidingthe hospitality >vfhis table to us,', was equipf witlr edo.-i.-mb,alongkuife/dnd on'ttiis aeenuN^ Francisco AntOnii* iea is a-man’ ol Ibid From the NMion .l tnwiiipencer September SO FHtKV THE ouo.ro CO. The inclosed letter from ngentlemanon bond a vessel ol the United States^ to his fnend at home, contains so much useful and interesting information, and is so ere di table to the intelligence and observation of the youlhfil writer, that we have p'ica- fture in presenting it to our readers: U S schooner Nonsuch, ai »iicln>r-.lT v.gmaur*. August loth, 1819. AVe left Barhsiloes the tiili July, and two days after name in sight of land, at the entrant* of a river, which we took tu he the Orouoco. *1 he hosts were immediate ly dispatched tu sound and make observa- tioio-. The coast was low and marshy, and the water too shallowtoadmitof land ing. Alter exploring for thirty mile* along shore, in search of the entrnree of the. river, the ship got oder way. and stood down about sutt* miles. Hero our at tempt v were renewed, and for two days we. spent.the movJLgnpleassrit time ! ever -'*■ - L " L ’ Tbr weather wai^ainf ant! * ■ - . ,*M i ■** •. ■ -■ '!i! I'.- ® .... '1 experienced. if*‘i''*-' ■+: ^25!W,' thirty miles above this contains periyips a (Ibzen f. .uses, ant! is consequently not ve ry populous, ft is the rendezvous, hnw- ever, for the Patriot forces in this quarter consisting of fonr gon-biwls, of one 'gun each, and a crew of fitly men-. The Com mander of tire station, commodore Pariiscx. boat ill'll i>(r scl.oom’i, in a large canoe, paddled by IS men. fte is a stout, fmr looking man, or very grave anil dignifi. >i appearance, and seem* to be deeply ting ed with either the negro nr Indian blood. If is dress was a blue round jacket, red vest, two epaulet!*, end pantaloons of the fates' fashion. He lives in e. small thatch ed house near the shore. T .e same evening we arrived at Guy ana, an old Spanish settlement, about 100 iniiesbnlow Angostura. This town contain* upwards of thirty bouses, thatched, paint ed red. ami furnished with glass windows —a tiling not vet > common in thisconntry. The principal lort mounts five guns, i* built of stone, and stands at tile foot of a bill; there is a castle on the summit, with lorn-pieces: no regular watch is kept in either of them. These batteries, if kept in proper repair and sufficiently manned, would command the river completely at tins point, where it i9 not half a mile tvide, but at present, l am certain* a hundred men could carry them wish ease, in point of situation, l have never seen a handsom er place than Ilian Guyana: the land around it i* well calculated lor cultivation. A lit- fartlrer on is the town of 1st. Michael, the residence of an Indian chief of great opu lence. The town contains twenty houses, situated in a grove of fine frees, about a mile from the shore. Tnese are all toe towns between Angostura anti toe mouth of the river. JMonday• 26rA July.-—Arrived at Angos tura, altera tedious passage of 11 days up the river, owing to a strong current and head winds. Next morning the Nonsuch fired a salute of 18 guns, to which the town returned £i. Immediately alter commo dore Perry, accompanied by captain Clax- ton, lieut. Temple, and myself, paid a vis it to the vice president. -He received os with great cordiality and politeness! in -hurt, our reception was flattering, as re garded both our national and individual leelings, A long conversation relative to the revolution ensued, and respecting the ’-rotations of the two countries. He speaks Spanish and French, with fluency. ; Tfie commodore conversed with him throggb Mr. Forsyths so American gentleman* Ye-j ■% *Jk- •’ ’ - * A i.-sittui j 1 .' ,r/: < * •-. ■ .-, rilester. stoops alittle, and-is apparently .ibout sixty, lie has a nlcasing, siiir.iateu ’-reoiitcnar.c'e.'and the finest CyerT haVe '-ver-sven. -ifis atldressds dike that of a Frenchman; Ire -seems n*pch of an eritliusi- •ist. ami -I b-iiyvc'him tu be an artless, good man. 'fie is popular among tire people, anil dresses in plant black, ilisnecrctary, Mr. Sayre,-is rather a s’touler man, id » Steen, forbidding ciiuiKcuIucer~is‘siiid •<> possess considerable aiiil|ti.-*: Out, f ke sir John Kalstiftj ‘‘siltting .tsiilc ti.e att r ..clion of his genii parts,die lius no ether chai in*." The room in which they gave us audience; was a plain apart ment m tire senate house, pa.vcd with brick. Angostura, the prevent capita! of Ven- •-zuela. lies orrthe It'll bahkid tlie-Oriiiioco, ■me hundred ieagu -. from the e.oulb, in, the province of Guyana, -ft shows to, •niirli advantage when upproacbed by vva- ler, being situated on the side of a bill.— The houses are dfotie story, built n’l britk. With tii<-d ’-rool-, and have -wooden gra- tingu instead of wnidows. The streets arc at right aii.gles; the principal one' run- parall I with th. river The popiiiali -n about lU.OOO. pi’iiieipTaltv Creoles, tviti. « oiix-tuie >>f Spunii.tis at,.i other di'.-o peans. This place w-a*ruined when li fe it -inUi the band-., id’p:itriots; few‘fal'.iilie-- of I,.none or respectability reside her. now ’ll lies on u Peninsula, ab, ot 20(i yaids avide at Aire "narrowest .part, anil is CtpsiiTe of being sr,,»,oiy deteuded- A raimius wall extends ac’r. ss now. Umke by a ditch. An^astora was once a tow;n »(great commerce arid-riches, but (her. has bee|> a great falling off*since it ciiangi-rl masters. The grand >d»j-.'ct of tliiv gov, ro mentis tlie captur- t>< Career:!!*; tire rapt Oil will bo removed there in tlial event Tire weakness df this guv, rn«i> ot v. i 'ie easily conceived, wluni it iv kn.nn. th. i ihr -people pay mi uses, owing tu tie n imvcrty. The republic I* Ue -.ply inticl.i • I to tncanert hairts: and lie- duties on •oris imported at - inn p-.id '.i cash, t,u•- ousted lo its credit in wccotmt. 'Grisi i -alousy exists h w> io<- .N-at.iai’d* ui.e English, wlricli is k iha'ive by e nte.u .1 r-crmiii.a'tion. " -rtoun-d tie- European- .vhnh.nl entered this service, univeih.d.y disgirted with it: tin offic-«* hud ma ivn. >.iy glO (ol a year’s *•'. vitn 1 heii ra tion consist- of poor IT a! beef. will.oil -,.!t, and a ... uple of t.isc uit Exposed n, sickly climate, without on dien.e or so: •'•■oris, itiai.y oi tm-ae p-.-r tol.-’vs go I, •n untimely grave. Fee. have mot.-y ..r'lii.’ie the voinfoirs of a s,( K li. il. .... naoy die litei ally of famiffe. Vie nei* qu-ihiie.l wiifi several Eng ishmVn ol tin- rervicc, gfli.tli-tnen, and men ,il.o< ;-.ii(n,: trey had ’b.-eli up toe livei wit’ B 11vai. >tft, in t-onsequence ol haul li ..lint', t. • i re obliged to r.«.nre i.iV'.'itimut 1 *»<•.- ■v.r.icty in this < oun’try is ia- n most degia . d stati 1 : t’-:y have no vcuo.ii* or pub.i- ostitotiou*, and the rltiidi 11,’an- b.-ooc. ■ »j>in •compute i*nor»tic« t' :« .• appti o he no distinctirm of rank; a gee. ral lien seen gamblieg ot :!i*• seine tab . villi one td lits common s ddier*, on term I jn-rfect equality. Many negroes oimnissioiis in (ire arn.y Toe gi.wrt oietit is exti .'iiii-ly sangoinai y, aiwi olt.-. puts men tu d.-ath without a trial, civil . military. Indeed, i que.-ti m wlie.th- ■ ny law exists, except tire will of Ijotiva- vh.it- absolute dictato”. Congress has been seine months in se- siort deliher.itirg fin a constitution, t i which they have taken oars as a model — The nominal pay nf -h nu mber is §4 a day and a ration «j‘beef Hud bread. They re ceive nothing, r.nwqyer, but the latter. We paid a visit to geri Marino,the sec ond in command^ win; lives opposite A -.ostur.'i; he looks like an European, are ns a fine commanding countenance. If » a native ol'Cai racas. Was once a iiftn large fortune, but has dissipated it in gar. - mg, !!•■ lias good natural uhlitics, wii only a military education! We found him prejudiced agiiin.t our country H r not a sisting tSuuth America in tier struggle.- lo independence. But we managed to con vince him of the policy of the Umt-.h states in remaining neutral. He gave . ball in tile evening: the Spaniard* dan - nutliingbut waltzes: the lathes acquit tlrem- -elves with much grace- Few of them an handsome; but they have the finest eye- mi teeili i have ever seen. In their man ners they are not very refined, and mime nothing (if spitting on the flour, and sinok ; segars before, gentlemen. Saturday. 14th bfngus/.—-Com. Terry, with all the officers of the schooner, receiv ed an invitation to dine with the vice pres ident. IVe assembled . about six at the house of Du Uossio, the secretary ol stale, and found a large company composed oi the principal persons of the country. Th< entertainment w-as plentiful, and, had it been properly dressed, would have been el egant. Garnck Was >ucli a strong compo nent part of ell the dishes, that I could scarcely sit at tnbie. The wine was pret ty good, and the evening pass -d in harmo ny and good humor. Many toast*, relat- ’ng t» the two countries, were drank with applause. The vice president treated u* win (named attention, and drank with us all individually, i The horses if this country are generally of a cream color*average 14 hands: have excellent wind and speed, are tough anti capable of bearing great hardship. Their common gait is a fast shambling Walk; some are floe rackers. Mules are more generally used for the saddle, being prefer able for hilly countreis: They afe beau tiful animals, perfectly well broke to tne saddle and go very pleasantly Under it.-— The ctttfe are large, but, notWimstandin • their finb appearance, make the most wretched beef you can imagine; such as no oue in tfie UnttEti- Stafcs would pretend to eat. Whether this ia Giving to the elf. mate; of tmknrt of tho grids, i ee&aoide- * r Al ' ■ ' catching"' Wiftl mules tind cattle, kre very expertl^rsetneit. I sawoneafthese fel- hsws exmDitfei" lifeaccomplislirients. -|Ie >-word, mounted um high pummeled sad dle, heavy-stirrups, rank fclibliit, i-r d'no martingale. Tie rode on one leg, carryina the- other straight out,*to avoid the bull in t asfh of an attack. He'put his nng at full speed, took hirti ep in an’instant, 'wheeled round, dropped Ilfs swbr-'l,aed picked il up without dismounting. All this was done in a moment, and with'the greatest ap-iar cr.t ease. The commerce of this plare is'Carried nn chiefly with lire VVestdndies, by regu lar traders, ’ They bring dry ig.iods and groceries, of cveiy descfiplion, and take, in ’return, mules, cattle, hides, tallow jerked beef, elc:; to’tlie aiivantage (if each party Vessels are always sbre of a Ireight: carrying mules is very profitable: a ves- I of 100 runs will make a freight of 2,000 doilnrs to the West’Indies, and ac complish the voyage in a feiv djys* Were there merchants of 'capital here, some handsome voyages triglit tie made from the United States; but no contract can be safe ly made willi them: it no.old require too long 1o retail a Xdrgo. Kverv kind of go'ids is extremely dear. Flour will com- maud g£0 per barrel. I am satisfied I cbirld make a'fortun* ■ m the banks nf the Oronoro in a few year-.' small as my means are. Band ’that will produce sugar, ceffee, cotton, tobacco, and corn, almost without cultivation, cm i> bought of government, for a trifle — fire climate it so tuitd, that the expense of feeding and clothing negroes is small; .ml the pr-.tfit,. r.t sdc.li all estate iinnienst- i would nut live here, however, for sever ’ <1 reasons. Government i s -tdn weak (a protert its citizens; and, so long as, ■ Ins is the case, property will be itise-' ■are. The inannei’s, customs, and reli gion u'f fire people, aie too widely diil'ei em fimu inns. There .s no late new* from the army Bolivar is at present in Santa Fee. The la»t account* Irom him represent his al lairsin a prosperous state. His cause is .ainuie ground rapidly among the peop'i Murillo i* cramped foi ’money, ctothidk- .mi ail (rind* of military store’s. The pa .’riot*, however, acknowledge that they ,v.ve no general wi.o can ci.nipi.ro wit'- mo in point of talents; and say it is as imiisliiiig how lie has sustained the war sc ■ one without supplies from hi* -govern orent. 5 ire b'ig Hussar, from Eond. r . arrived here a Iriv days, ago, with 20 t.ffi- ■ ers, and 100 tneii,for the patriot army. I'licy wen- nnniediately enibaiked, win. -tboui H/0 more, for MargariUa, in the brig Bolivar. Suiula;/, UM ..fo’g'Hsf.—'This day, at £ nVIccK, .lie toiiiiilolnin ol lire count.y o’.is aiW.p ed, and signed, .->iiiiil lire di-- . im.-g- of cannon. I UsVC not leim' •a i.i-i k . articles of it are, but piestnio rv are much like tl’.ose of (lie Unit' o .'tales The-naval force of the country i- about 50 ve.»tli—cmnpestd ot brig-, liooneis, and gunboats. Fi-. m the the St. Louis Enquirer, 23th Aug. /‘rogrevs of the liussiun empire in -itne- ri:a.~-Under this head We published >»>o< :m • ago u,e facts that the Russian guVem- uient had rslablished a tint mounting /. -indeed gbiis upan tin north-west coast of \m.-ricn- in ipirtli latitude-58*—that it Inn! trading esiaUisnuientsoutli ol theUiiluni '..ia river in latitude SF.SO—and dial it was aitoring to obtain from Spain llieaovereign- v of lire gulf and peninsula of California, jml tin’ Hpatiiah claim to the west coastal ,S< i th-America. The first part of the intelligence was- • • (ed upon the authority ol sir Robert Wrisnn. but ascribed by & heedless error to Mr. ftudert Walsh: tire latter was givt-ii Iron tire information of American fur We were sensible at the time that tin -. ii'imrit v of for traders would not command no li respect; but vie had reason for rt-iy in* upon tlitur intelligence, which time Will dr it lore. In the mean while, ami to satisfy those who want European authority for every' bins, we will give further evidences of the •i.-rigns » f Russia upon ti.e American con- mi. Tire following extraefs are from lire ■•(luatitidy HevieWi’ .Vo. 68, for the ir.onih of September. 1818. •'ll is not nicrelyprobable, itislittle less certain than a law ot nature, that a few generations will see the governments of Tobolsk and Irkutsk as well peepled and cultivated us the present govern merit o < Moscow: that Okotsk will lie the seat ol :c '■xteitsive and valuable mmrperci: (hot the Irnigaage of Husain trill be spoken along the tchotc coast of A arib-treii .‘Itneri-nf that Owjln-w w lit lie her Ceylon, ai.d the J.ipun- ese islands her Hindustan. Bui while we ioresee all this, We for-ee it without alarm nr envy, since we behold in her the prob able instrument nf dissrn.miiiatiug Christi anity amt science through regions tire fur- fhese removed from their ordinary direc tion; and siq.ee we are convinced lliat all her advances in commerce and coloniza tion are. events, of all olhers, the most la- vorfible to the independence of Europe.” page 1711. “But w hile Russia is fulfilling the splen did destination to which nature seems to have appointed her, it is plain that the south of Africa, that New Hollaud and Cejlnn*aad th* Indian islands afford afield if not so extensive yet by no mesns leas ad vantageous to our commerce and cofoaiea; and that hsrsandouis may live and grow toggther* not only without mutual inter ference, but with mutual support and cnUnten£ir<i Nor is thre all: the tbbre her colonies oh tht Pacific ocean increase ;n extent and value, the greater and rich er the stream of intercourse between the •nouth of the Amour and Japan or Chins; the tnOra obvious wifi be her interest to cultivate a close friendship tkitfi the tihlir potrsr tvAieh «fll [tsflstj % if (ttfOMketf; UiisM ^ ■ ■-* > * idU eiutgnger htr rciaoie’fossessiotts. ill ill witfil-lngland 'that Russia .mostTaW io^ ytenredt'her'onion;, and fo long as fhat uniDn'temama,'afi 'Edrope is'ih \slrHg ' bctirttoi us.” page 176. * *. ’ .. ’“Nor is if in'Furtipo only thst the prqS- n’Tity ul Russia is likely to be'tufis ad vantageous to the Ifvilivh monnrchy.i— There is a nation beyond the limits of Europe, to w’liirm for’the sake, of our km- drtil race aotl cohimop language* we would glndly’svish prosperity; but whose hope uf elevation is built on ourHixpected - fall, anfi who cvcn’iiuw' do nut affect to conceal the bitterness of their hatred to wards the land of their progenitors AI- reaify we bear the Americans boasting that the tvhi.le 'continent mu*t be their - own; that the Atlantic and Pacific are alike to Irtish th«r empire, and that it de- peads'on'theircharity w hat snare in either mommi they tnay allow to our vessels. They mimll tlreir knap,ami point out the distance between Nigspgra and the Uolumbin. Let •Item leak to-tiiis fast point well! They will find in that neighboihnod a different WtceTt’om tire unforibnate Indians, wlidm it is tire system of their government to treat with uniform harshness. They oill find certain bearded men with green jeck- , > ts and bayonrits* whose ft-tg already flies ■ triiimphaiit over fire cre st of ( aiij't.rnia to the straits of Ariian—who licve the faculty, wherever th y airvancc, of concdiiimg* snd even civilizing the native tribes to a degree which no other nation Tilts atiempt- ■<1—and whose frontier is no.ie likriy to 1 meet theirs-in l.ottisiaua, than theirs i* io ' xteiid to the Pacific, l'licse are ilot very distant expectations, and they certainly not unfavorable to England.” page “Are'thro Europe. A«ia m»1 Jlweriea to make no effort for the prcsnva.ii.n ot their idepentlencc?”—Sir Hubert tt iisim, p, — ) Boston, Sept, £6. L.9TES J F1WM EUJiA'CE. *1 The ship iicbtitufion has arrived at S*- ' lem,from Anttverp, and brought tne pa- 'n.-rs of that eityu and Paris, to the I SiH August. They contain, the Salem Gar. s.iy *, no ne ws of tin'ment. Every thing political was quiet in France. lire harvest hat* been good. Public stocks- eoitfiiiuird I'ccpfcctitble; the civdit ot lief- monied institutions fixisl; and tlre healtb nf iie’r king favorable. I'lief-Jli-wing are some of the Gazette iransUcions:— ANTVviriir. July 17. (lure,for llhftimutism.—At Niort.aman who had suffered a violent il.eutnartsT, ii-r -eveial wars in toiie of Fis amiv. s- *it- ’ing at an open Vvindo'w during a thimder ust. .\n electric explosnui thicio iiiia • ■own, anil’on rising his psin «as entnely ’■nr-veil, and has lieVei i- tu>.-ied. At Anfu’P’ip is atinou’iucd a total eclipse -I th*- sun. to take pint e, ni. noon, nil the 7th Sept. 1820, and wliuh will be more .’itereWtiog than any tchpsc visible there hi many years-. Oreisi'dn'ab’re exritrmenl is caused at Berlin, by tire seizing of papers, and ar- cst* cf some lea, nn. Doctors, Picli-ssoxS tinl students. Carts sales 1 tilt .Jhg’.a—M itioiquus brown sugar*, 82fi. .10c. in 84!. tire kilo; linlis fine white, 1051; Si. 'Don it .go, to de liver in January, I f the ball kilo. Brandies dull, 225 to 2301this sta- rionarV, are rather lower. Nothing doing • n these two articles* Ni.w Ybiix. Sept. £7. A letter imili Nt-vv-Orleans, o! (be CBth -alt. states, that it had rained lor fhe last three weeks almost incessantly. Business was extremely dull, and li eights not to he liad at any rate. The steam boat business was so touch overdpne. that the stock Was ‘‘as bad as it could be.” A rumor had just reached New-Oreans, that a British force uf 5000 hien had ta -en ^ possession of retinacula. The report was, however, deemed idle* h “MlLlr.lUV OPPRESSIOAV 1 The i olio vying note 11 um tire adjutant and nspeclor general to the editor nf the New- Vork Even* ,g Post, leaves “no .loop to bang a doubt on,” a* to the fcbtiFe labiira- lioti of the story about fiiilitaky cruelty and oppression, “got Up” in that pi.jiei, Vvitb *och tri rificaccoiupapinrents —[Rost. Tat. To iltt l.tliur of the A' I &reninj* /’ if. •’Arj. and Insp tit - ,1; , ffice ? September 8, 1819. S “R’r:—The publication of tire certificate of all the civil autism ity ol Gieen Bsy, in your pi per of die 4’J. inst. eonLadretiog a former statement, ri flei ling oil the rffii brs in that quarter; does i qua! justice in your-„ selves and the army. As your leh:r,rkJ which friiow t.,at certificate invite furifer informatior., I tike the liberty to slate, that Green Raij, on the West side of the \ luwrr end of Lake Michigan, is the billy place of that name where trndps of ifid United States are, or ever have been, sta- * tinned; and I assure you, sir, no conduct, $ ike that referred to.in the certificate; ■ver was reported tb the war depart ment, from any quarter of the cnbutiy- *‘I am convinced that you will take plea sure in publishing this additional inform,1* tion. “I have tlic honor to be rely refpectfal- * ly, yoor obedient servant, - f‘D. Parses, adj. &. insp gen.” ‘‘llarby did'st ever see a tt halef A Skelcton.it is confidently"-stated, of a strange Fish st least 100 feet long Has b*eh preserved at Mount Desert", oo the sea coast of the district ot Maine^wbich waa destroyed there many ybaia wgo, in ail probability by fire. The skeleton ex- teoded from the shore into soiht* Woods upon ita borders; and the head is supposed tu hate been.bufned oft'. At all fcvents the bone* are in thejiossession of a gebtfeinan of respectability there; and. effectual, ar rangements Imre been made to thahsport them (8 jtostobi In the hope that upon »x- amthatiab; they Will eiut idate the fact of the eftute.b£f of tee »H.-»ctpti\t.—ii9oton .iis nfiM
