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PARTERRE.
Mr. F r.LT,—The foil owing’ Ode, perhaps, has never been
copied in your paper—and, even if if. has, it is so just a re
buke to that v oscillating and unhappy nation, the French
and is withal so excellent a composition, that I am sure you
will not refuse it a second edition. It is extracted from
the Lon'fon Jlforning Chronicle, in which paper it ap
peared soon after the restoration of Louis “the desired/!’’
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aft happy, mWing aisle to afatej&at (he late mi*t
has nqt had any very injurious effects on vegetation.* A
few fine days, and the present rains, have restored tie
young crops to all their former vigor. The gardens,
alone, have materially suffered.
More extraonUiim-y -weather.—From eleven-o'clock til^
-half past twelve thisdav, (the 6th June,’) there lias been
an uninterrupted fall of snow in this city.
ODE TO FRANCE.
Oh, shame to thee, Land of the Gaul! .
Oh, shame to thy children and thee!
Unwise in thy glory, and base in thy fall,
How wretched" thv portion shall he! -3.- ^
Derison shall strike thee forlorn,
A mockery that never shall (lie;
The curses of Hate, and the hisses of Scorn
Shall burthen the winds of thy sky;
And, proud o’er thy ruin, for ever be hurl’d
The laughter of Triumph, the jeers of the World!
Oh, where is thy spirit of vore,
The spirit that breathes in thy dead,
'When gallantry’s star was the beacon before,
And honor the passion that led?
Thy storms have awaken’d their sleep,
They groan from the place of their rest,
And wrathfiiliy murmur, and suddenly weep,
To see the foul stain on thv breast;
Fdr where is the glory they left thee in trust?
’Tis scattered in darkness, ’tis trampled in dust!
Go, look through the kingdoms of earth,
’ From Indus, all round to the pole,
And something of goodness, of honor, and worth,
Shall brighten the sins of the soul;
But thou art alone in thy shame,
The world cannot liken tliee there;
Abhorrence and vice have disfigur’d thy name
Beyond the low reach of compare;
Stupendous in guilt, thou shaft lend us through time
bye-word, for treach’ry and crime!
good rtf. to it. . .
The Albany Daily Advertiser, and other federal papers,
harp very much on the loss of this trade, which in seven
years took off thirty-seven millions of our exports—in ten
years fifty-five: and gave employment to so many of our
own ships, to the profit of our own merchants. It is all
true-, and we are glad to see attention paid to subjects of
this nature; for we hope it will induce the American
people and government to consult their permanent -in
terests. But what right had we to expect any trade with
British colonies, whilst Britain herself can carry on the
whole commerce? tt was to be expected that on a gene-
al peace every European nation would engross, the
trade of its own islands.
But we find that some of the British colonies are suf
ferers by this exclusive care and bounty of the mother
country'! And whv should we complain? The Quebec
vipers are filled with lamentations; sixty-seven vessels
lad arrived at that port. June 6, (from the opening of the
navigation) with valuable cargoes; for which Canada af
fords no equivalent to give in exchange. “Commerce,
say thev, “is an exchange of commodities, and it is but
too true that we have hardly any commodities to ex
change for the superabundance of goods which have ar
rived, and mav still be expected.'’
We may manufacture for ourselves; Canada w ill iiot
be suffered to do so. Not a hob-naii cart she mate, if
England say nay. That is tire difference between us.—
Aurora.
From the London. Courier
A proverb, a by
While conquest illumin’d his sword,
While yet in his prowess he stood,
Thy praises still followed the steps of thy' Lord,
And welcom’d the torrent of blood;
Tho’ tyranny sat on Iris crown,
And wither’d the nations afar,
Yet bright in thy view was tliat Depot’s renown,
’Till fortune deserted his car;
Then, back from the Chieftain thou slunkest away—
The foremost to insult, the first to betray!
Forgot were tire feats he had done,
The toils ire had borne in thy cause; ■
Thou turned’st to worship a new rising sun^
And Waft other songs of applause;
But the storm was beginning to lour,
Adversity clouded ins beam:
And honor and faith were the brag of an hour,
And loyalty’s self but a dream:
To him thou Uadst banish’d tny' vows were restor’d;
And the first tliat had scoff ’d, were die first t.iat ador’d!
. What tumult thus burthens the air,
What tiiroug thus encircles nis throne’’
’Tis the shout of delight, ’.is the millions that swear
His sceptre shall rule them aione.
Reverses shall brighten their zeal,
Misfortune shall iiaiiow his name,
And the world that pursues him shall mournfully feel
How quenchless the spirit and flame
That Frenchmen will breathe, when their hearts are on
fire;
For the Hero they love, and the Chief they admire!
Their hero has rushed to the field;
His laurels are cover’d with shade—
But where is the spirit that never should yield,
The loyalty' never to fade?
In a moment desertion and guile
Abandon’d him up to die foe; •
The dastards that flourish’d and grew by his smile,
Forsook and renounced him in woe;
And the millions tliat swore they would perish to save
Beheld tiim a fugitive, captive and slave!
The Savage all wild in his glen
Is nobler and better dianthou;
Thou standest a wonder, a marvel to men,
Such perfidy' blackens tin' brow!
If diou wert the peace of my birth,
At once from thy arms would I sever;
I’d fly to die uttermost ends of the earth,
And quit thee for ever and ever;
And thinking of thee in my long after-years,
Should but kindle my blushes and waken liiy tears.
Oh, shame to thee, land of die Gaul!
Oh, shame to thy children and thee!
Unwise in thy glory and base in diy fall,
How wretched thy portion shall be!
Derision shall strike thee forlorn,
A mockery that never sin.ll die;
The curses of Hate and die hisses of Scorn
Shall burthen the winds of thy sky;
And proud o’er thy ruin for ever fie hurl’d
The laughter of Triumph, the jeers of the World!
[Lord Byron is die author of the above piece, which
we believe is not generally known. It will be found in
a small pamphlet, entitled “LordByron’s Seven Poems.
Editor Savannah Republican.]
From the Rhode-Island Republican.
MARRIED,
In London, on the second of May, after making a dca
of fuss about it, Mr. George L. Cobourg to Miss Char-
LOTTi A. Gueeph, daughter of Mr. George F. Guelph,
commonly called the prince regent of England.
A PLEASANT SCHOOL-BOOK.
A young gentleman stept into a book-store,-and said
he wanted to get a “Young Mali’s Companion." “Well
6ir,” said the book-seller, “here’s my daughter.’’—True
American.
A Bath paper mentions die marriage of a Mr. Good to
to Miss Evil. Tin: lover, on the morning of his nuptials,
might have addressed his beloved in the words of Luci
fer—“Evil be thou my' Good!"—London paper.
DULL TIMES IN CANADA.
Quebec, June 6
Sixty seven vessels from sea, have arrived at this port
since the opening of the navigation. Of these, the great
est number are from Great Britain and Ireland, and many
of them have brought valuable cargoes. The experience
of a few weeks, has filled the minds of most mercantile
men with unfavorable forebodings; and, although, when
the seed time, which has been uncommonly late, will he
fairly over, and the farmer and country' traders will have
time to attend the market, and make their purchases, die
prospect may brighten up a little, yet we feir these
forebodings are but too well founded. Commerce is an
exchange of commodities, and it is but too true that we
have hardly any commodities to exchange for the super
abundance of goods which have arrived, and may still be
expected. Provisions, which were one of the staples of
thi3 country, have actually been sent out to us from Great
Britain, and are, perhaps, the only articles which have
•■been sold at a profit! Manufactures we have none, but
those tliat are imported. Lumber, while the price
of provisions and labour remains high, can hardly
be afforded at a price to admit of a profit in Eng-
WEST-INDIA TRADE.
Jf
©wfcri
".WhA'Sfe^bull ,
patient can Bear; it, aboujt two bdnees of die prepared
liquor must be mured equally over tile whole surface of
each, without itsrb'eing! imbibed; the part affected is then
to be wrapped Up in iWandboilnd up with flannel and
bandages to^preserve'tjsiftc'at. The poultice ib gerersllv
changed every twenty-folir'houTS, sometimes at Jhe end
of twelve.
It would be whimsical j
were €0 be cured of this tormenting
ease, by a remedy for which
t of England
r dangerous dis-
he would be evidently
indebted to the public spirit and liberality of Napoleon.
■
IMPORTANT. •
It was the beginning of last month, whispered in the
ministerial circles of England, that arrangements were
progressing to bring Napoleon Bonaparte back from St.
Helena, anil confine him in England (which Bonaparte
had requested.) Nodiing was wanting but the consent
of the continental powers. The government of Eng
land was seeking this consent with no little earnestness.
There must be something brewing. Great checks, ana
balunces, are important political engines. Let us vail
die result, and not prematurely enter into commercial
speculations which msy bramble our operations.—Ga
zette Federal,
of May 9.
By an account laid before parliament, the price.of gold
in bars and coin, on the 26th April, was Vi. per ounce:
silver in bars, 5.?. II;/.: and doiiars, 4s. 11 yd. The
course of exchange was; Hamburgh, 38 10; Lisbon, 57
2; Paris, one day’s date, 25 60; at 2 Usance, 25 80.
Rv an account of foreign gold and silvi r coins, and
bullion, deposited in the Bullion office of -he Bank of
England, as imported from abroad; distinguishing each
year, from 1st January, 1810, to the 31stii.c. mber* 1815,
it appears that in the vear 1810, the to Lai amount
was 1,379,192/.—1811, 2,362,027/.—1812, 2,090,287/.—
1813, 3,3 J9,390/.—1814, 3,276,579/.—and in 1815,
4,082,181/.
Note.—From this account no certain conclusion Can
be drawn, of the actual amount of the imports of gold
and silver; many and Urge imports (as well as exports)
being made, of which the bank has no cognizance, and
in manv instances passing through the Bullion office on
ly as packages, value unknown.
The highest aggregate amounts cf bank notes in cir
culation, from the 1st of February', 1815, to the 29th of
April, 1816, both inclusive, were 29,577,330/. and.the
"owest aggregate amounts, from the 1st February', 1815,
to the ' 29th of April, 1816, both inclusive, were
24.048,330/.
Total nominal value of bank notes presented at the
bank, and re fused pay ments, on account of their being
forged, for the last four, years, to,the latest period to
which the same can be made up, specifying the total no-
mind value so presented, and refused payment in each
vear respectively: In the vear 1812, 28,136?; in 1813,
20,868/; in 1814', 22,154/.; in 1815, 21,954/.; to the 27th
April, 1816, 9,368/. Total, 102,480/.
The magazines of the Island of Angouleme, near Tou
louse, (containing 2220 quintals of gunpowder) explod
ed on the 16th April. About sixteen persons iosc their
lives, and four were dreadfully injured—of fourteen
workmen, only three were saved. Ail the buildings in
the vicinity were levelled with the ground; urge trees
torn up by the roots, and immense rocks, Sec. thrown to
great distance, some of which fell 011 the houses at
Toulouse, where considerable damage was done.—
Where the powder houses stood, an excavation was
made in the earth twenty' feet deep and two hundred
unde. Among those who perished, were a lady and a
beautiful daughter, with a young gentleman betrothed to
her. They had visited the island fro ill Curiosity.—Au
rora.
SIR ROBERT WILSON.
The interrogatories put to this generous man on his
trial, ha-. e drawn forth replies, which are sufficient to in
sure him universal respect from ah the friends of liberty'
and humanity. Tiie following are the only extracts for
which we can find room:
“Wily, then, in the affair of Lavalette—an affair fo
reign to your government—did you exert yourself to
cast odium upon !persons whose duty prescribed to
them the prosecution of the charges against him? Why'
did you treat them as persecutors -who multiplied their
efforts to assure their bloody triumph? Why did you add
that they had discovered the footsteps of their prey, and that
the escape of Lavalette hud produced no other effect but to
render these ministers more-furious!"—Upon the first arti
cle of tins interrogatory, I answer, tliat the affair of La
valette (abstracted from the part I took in it) was not
foreign to an Englishman. There existed a convention,
signed by an English general, and ratified by the English
government; and the trial of Lavalette Was a manifest vi
olation of tliat convention.”
“It would appear that the honor of your country could
not be the only consideration to which you must have
yielded in thisconiuncture, since you yourself advance for
its justification, the calamity of Lavalette, -which you took
upon as a dishonor to the cause of liberty and humanityg”
“These two words, liberty and humanity, become the
proof of my explanation. In fact, the word liberty,
when well understood, expresses respect for the laws and
for justice. The laws were outraged by die violation of
the treaty, and it was then reasonable to regard this as
the cause of liberty and humanity. The phrases tliat I
allow come 111 aid of the justness of tins interpretation,
since in them htexpress the wish that England may escape
the shame of participating anew in an assassination, and
From a late London, paper.
When the Owen Glendbwer, captain B. Hodgson, re
cently arrived, left St. Helena, 011 the 26th March, ge
neral Gorgan was very ill of a dysentary, and was not
expected to survive the attack. Captain Hodgson and
colonel Bigot, (the latter came from India, a pass; nger in
the Owen GiCndower) were introduced to Bonapari
He appeared in perfect health. The interview did not
exceed two minutes, although the meeting was by liis own
invitation made oil the previous day through general
Bertrand—they waited tnree-quorters of an hour, when
they were introduced to him by tliat officer.
,le asked, with mucii rapidity; \ few unmeaning ques
tions (such as to the length of "ti the siiip had been on
the voyage, how long it would take to reach England, &C.)
and then bowed, winch signified they were to withdraw
His countenance did not manifest any of those prepos
sessing smiles wnicli others have discovered at such con
ferences, but rather those of a contrary character, it
was a eti known that he li..d expressed himself displeased
wiiii sir b. Cockburu’s •n-angement.
Letters from Lisbon mention that the Portuguese edm-
piam warmly of'tiie breach of promise of which they
consider their prince to have been guilty, in establishing -
tne cadrt ac the Brazi-.s. .-The delay of the expedition
which sailed from the Tagus for Rio Grande, a few
months since, liiied the hospitals, for a short time, with
the sick. Most of the troops have, however,
vertd, and sailed for the south.
An article in the Afoniteur, under the head gf Dresden,
states, that the people of Saxony anticipate many ad
.antages to their nation from the marriage of the pre
sumptive heiress to the British throne with a prince of
tile nouse of Saxe.
As a recompence for the taking of Carthagena, king Fer
dinand has nest’, wed the grand cross of the royal Ameri
can order of Isabella on 'generais Morilio, Montalv o and
Hehtile. R.uiks and distinctions have also been confer
red 011 many subaltern officers.
fh£ MEfenilMl.ftfEAN.
The following extract furnishes several particular,
which are not elsfcwiiere published.
.Extract of a letter from an American officer to his friend
j in Richmond, dated
United States’ ship Constellation,
I -1 Hay of Algiers, April 13.
“We have beeh on die eve of a most daring andglo.
rious expedition. Inconsequence of misunderstanding*
respecting the prizes captured by the squadron under
commodcreDecatui-'s orders, the dey expressed great dis
satisfaction, accompanied with a threat of rejecting the
treaty existing between the United States and Algiers.
We were, on the pinnacle of expectation. Loin. 8i,a W
had planned an prepared and expedition of boats-, the ob
ject of which wasl the destruction of the Algerine squad,
roa ill the Mole. } Captain Gordon was to lead us; and w e
were ardently and anxiously awaiting the moment which
Was to afford so fajriliiant a prospect tor distinction. Yet
the’dey was well aware of the spirit and enterprize which
characterized the|nation he had to deal with. He assuf.
ed the commodore, (who now suffered none of his bouts
to approach the shore, unless under the protection 0 f
tiie w hite flag,) t(iat nothing wr.s further from his inten
tion than measures of hostility. He w ished the affair to
meet the cU-cisioil of our government, confident tliat it
would terminate satisfactorily to both parties.
“ After the capture of the Algerine frigate and bri*.
they were sent to.,Carthagena. No sooner had pe^ce
been declared between the United States and Algi trSj
and the prizes wiere delivered up to their original own-
eis, than the brig was seized by tfie Spaniards, undei the
plea tliat she was captured within their waters. This
measure was sanctioned by the court of Madrid.
“The dey is a shrewd and penetrating tnan, yet in the
prime of life, aniiextmptfrom most of those vices v wch
are the general characteristics of his countrymen. H e
entertains an exalted opinion of tiie Americans—more so
than of the English. '1 lie Dutch and Spaniards he holds
in contempt; thy rest of the w orld at defiance. Cor.sid.
trnig the Unbounded, utbority lie possesses, and the hod
rid example of Ins predecessors, he may be styled a |. u .
mane man. Uninterrupted m his rufecr by the English
lie lords the Mediterranean. His squadron; which is it/
most formidably instrument* consists of five frigates, f h
corvettes, three stout brigs, besides gun-boats ami row
gallies; and while lie can keep in with his Janissaries,he
lias noth’
BOLLTVAR’S EXPEDITION.
New-York, June 29.
The following interesting letter w as received in town
yesterday morning from a respectable merchant, dated
“ Po / t-uu-Prince, June 41
“ The new's of general Bollivar’s success lias reached
this place. He has captured Barcelona and Lag inl
and taken the Spanish fleet in Cumana Bay. Three
thousand Spaniards joined him; lie lias liberated the
shaves.’’—. tlei cutiiile . tilvertiser.
:s; and while he can keep in with his Janissaries, he
otihng to disturb him in the enjoyment of ins pow.r.
“YVe found litre the English squadron under admiral
lord Exmoutli, consisting of the Koval, 98, Levkthan
Bombay. Berwick, Ajax and Montague, 74’sj Clorinde and
Tagus frigates, besides a 22 gun ship, and five gun-bri«s
and bomb vessels. This formidable force was acting un
der uie immediate orders of the king of Sardinia, and the
avowed object of the expedition was the release of all
UlTrisUatis in captivity among the Barbarv povveis —
They effected the release of five hundred poor wretches
now reeo- at the enormous!ransom of g500 and £>100u per man.
“'J»he scene 1 fiotnessed on their embarkation was cal-
dilated to excite every tender feeling of the heart
Some had been half their lives hi bondage—and the va
rious emotions of frantic joy and inexpressible gratitude
pourtrayed in their countenances, can only be conceived.
Some were cheering, shofiting, betraying their joy in a
tuous..nd childish „nd extravsgmit gestures, while others
appeared bewildered by their sudden cfiunge of situation;
fearful that it cojulel not be reality.
“I he English are certainly a brave and generous peo
ple; yet with half that force Decatur would emancipate
every Christian in Barbary, and knock their towns about
their "ears to boot. Would to God it h id been left to
our navy to effect the glorious purpose. I am cofiiiacr,'
there is not an officer or sailor who would not cheertul-
iy risk his last drop of blood in such a cause.
“The town alia country about Algiers present a beau-
tiful appearance as you approach them from the sea —
Ail that taste add fancy could suggi st, seems dispiasrf
in tile marble pALxes apd gardens, which are intersptn-
ed throughout the country. The fresh venture ofvege-
tationcontrasted with the snow-w hich covers tiie to)»d
BRITISH PRESUMPTION.
The rights of tins country are again infringed—at this
moment and on those waters, where there could be no
real pretence of wrong—on those waters so iateiy bright
ened with the glories of Perry, is this new outrage com
mitted.
They dare to search our vessels on Lake Erie, for de
serters? What right have they to do it?—1 here is no
treaty whicli permits them—would they permit us the
reciproeal right of searching their vessels for our own
deserters? No—they would declare war hrst.
Weil then—if not from treaty, is it from the law of
nations?—In war, it gives them authority to search our
ships for contraband goods, ike. But, they are not now
at war—there is no blockaded port, no contraband, no
enemy’s goods. Even in the famous declaration ot the
prince regent, he did not pretend lie had a right to go
on board to search tor his subjects—but, if hi looking tor
contraband goods, he should chance to light upon his
seamen, he might - then take them. They now go, then,
further in a time of peace, than he assumed to g o in the
heat of W’ur. They come aboard our snips w’lule tli'i e
can be no contraband, and of course no ’••■«l>,ice to
search for it.
The injury which is done us, isas flagrant as it is gross.
The demand for reparation, should be prompt, energe
tic and decisive.—Richmond Enquirer.
the high range iof mountains bordering ricliesis
nia Republican.
. <S&>«
that every honest and independent man in Europe may have
an opportunity of rejoicing in. these times of mourning and w-.
ignominy. It Was not necessary for pie to detail tiie va- f
rious sentiments which animated me, following the ordey l „
in which they presented themselves to my inmd: I wisp the 28th be .ween two young g’enfiemen, the one named
only to draw a general picture, and there is a great dfc- Willis, w ri(tident of that city, the other named Smith, of
tinction to be made between the precision which belongs
essentially to a letter addressed confidently to an enlight
ened friend, and the fail developements which one destin
ed for the public inspection ouglit to possess.” !
Had Weuington acted in this manner, and asserted the
validity of the capitulation of Paris, instead of conniving
at the murder of Ney and others, his Line would stand
011 a different basis. But lie lias lost that opportunity,
and must be classed with the basest of tiie crusaders against
justice, honor, and the rights of man.—A’ew-Yurk Co
lumbian.
land. It cannot, under such circumstances, stand
a competition with lumber from the Baltic. There re
mains, then, only the furs collected from the In
dian countries, of which the amount, comparatively to
our importation, is trifling. Cash would cover all balan
ces; but it hath “made itself wings;” the government
paper having been called in, the circulating medium does
not, perhaps, at present, exceed the amount necessary
for internal use. The diminution of the military expen
diture, the supplies which the military government Will
receive from Great Britain, leave little hope from that
quarter. From whence then are to come the returns?
The deficiency is already felt in the unprecedented fall in
price of almost eveiy article of imported merchandize.—
The importer must either sell at a loss, or keep his goods
till the quantity on hand is more on a level with the
means of the country; w hich, we are Sony to say, is like
ly to be a long while, *
From the Belfast Commercial Chronicle, of April 10,1816.
It is well known tliat the emperor Napoleon was an
effective protector of all the arts and the sciences, but it
is not so generally understood, that, whenever any impor
tant discovery was made, in any branch of art or science,
he set negociations on toot to purchase the secret of the
invention, with a view to publish it in the Monifcur, not
only for the benefit of France, but of the world at large.
The remedy for the Gout, by Dr. Pradier, was then pur
chased by Napoleon, at the price of 2,500/ sterling, paid
from his private purse, and the formula was immediately
published in the Momteur as follows; take
six drachms
- one ounce
half an onnee
one ounce
one ounce.
- three pounds
Balm of Mecca
Red Bark ....
Saffron -
Sarsaparill* -
Sage - - - _ -
Rectified Spirits of Wine -
Dissolve, separately, tiie balm of Mecca in one-third
of the spints of wine; mecerate the rest of the substances
in the remainder, for forty-eight hours—filter and mix
thetw’o liquors. For use, the tincture obtained is mix
ed with twice ajjrthrice^the quantity of lime water; the
bottle must be shaken, in order to mix the precipitate
settled to the bottom by standing.
The following is a mode of employing the remedy:
A poultice must be prepared of linseed meal, wliich
must be of a good consistency, and spread very hot of the
tfrickneai of a finger, on a napkin, so as to be able com-
The British government have 7 armed vessels of differ
ent sizes on Lake Erie, and are about to hunch a frigate
at Maideh. Tney for some time p-st nave been engaging
carpenters from me states at 5 dollars per day to work
at the frigate.
These facts must be known to the American govern
ment, an* ought to excue a corresponding vigilance and
activity. The immense importance of me lakes was dis
covered in the late war, and it is evidently tiie intention
of Great Britain on the first, rapture wit.11 the United States,
to seize me whole northern and western frontier, anu
thus gain more tiian could be afterw'ards acquired by
naif a dozen victories.
The apparent supmess of the United States’ govern
ment on this subject would create uneasiness, were it
not drat tne naval department is directed bv commodores
Rogers, Fohter, and Decatur. Such men wni not be
slumbering when their country is threatened.—■Pennsybva-
lies in tne rear of the town, forms a pleasing and delig
fui scenery. Stilli beyond tins range to the southeast of S
Algiers, can be just discerned old ALas, majestically "
rearing his venerable top above the others.
“The interior Di me town of Algiers is as disagreeaiAr ^
as accumulated filth and narrow streets can render it.-
The houses are extremely high and generally connected j
by small arches thrown across from one side of tiie street j
to me other; so that tiie poor passenger is impervious ]
either to sun oij air. I never Was so harrassc o, or so
completely tired [of any place in my life; and saw nett
ing widen afforded either pleasure or gratification, ex
cept a colieclioii of lions and leopards, fourteen in num
ber, intended asja present to the Grand Seignor. The
ladies (that is, sucii as have charms enough to render
them dangerous) never appear abroad, but confine tlicii’
promenades to the terraces of their respective dwellings.'’
—Enquirer.
Boston, June 27.
Yesterday arrive d in the bay the brig Rhine, from fa-
sternum, wdich jpiace she left May 15. The passeniws
have landed, among whom are Mr. George Eusus, wo
is tiie bearer of Despatches for government, Mr. Ap-
tiiorpe and Air. | Parker. This vessel brings the laU.s
dates from Europe, but no new s of importance.
The following is an extract dated, Bordeaux May
2:—“ Our consul here is about to leave this degrau
and distracted country, for our happy shorts, and 1 un
derstand that Mf. Strobel will be iefl in charge of tne
consulate until die wiil of the president be known.’ —
Mew-York paper.
INDIANA.
The convention for forming a constitution and st
government for the territory of Indiana, elected m pu:-1
suance of a taw of the late session of congress, met it
the town ofOorjidon, in Indiana, on the linh tut. • oi.s j
than Jennings w as chosen president of the convention.- 1
The convention, after consiuerable debate, dttern
■upon entering tfie union as an independent state, by s
vote of thirty to (eight. They* proceeded to form a o ';
stilution. T’heirj proceedings ..re said to be conducts
with solemnity land decorum.—Mational InieiUgeu-.'-'i
1st instant.
An “affair of honor” was settled at New Orleans on
Pinkneyvme. Mr. S. was shot through the heart at the first
fife and instantly expired, while Ins ball passed
through the bouy r of Ins antagonist, but tiie wound
though severe, was not considered dangerous. The de
ceased was a man of large fortune, and was upon tfie
point ot being married to a young iady of uncommon
beauty and accomplishments; it was to purchase the ne
cessary articles for liis wedding that occasioned his visit
to New Orleans.—Alexandria ( Virginiu) Herald.
East, or Lost Greenland.—This is known to have beeh
once a flourishing colony; but for the space of three ceu-.
turies past no vestige of the. country has been ti-.uid,
though great search has been made forit- Th London
Quarterly Review' lias the following remarks upon it:
(‘The loss of this colony is One of tiie most singular events
in human history; their loss it may literally be calied,
for, to use the words which Montgomery has so well ap
plied to a diff erent occasion,
“This sole memorial of their lot
Remains; they were—and they are not.”
The last authentic accounts of their existence are towards
the close of the fourteenth century. ’The pestilence
which under,the name of the Black Death, devastated Eu
rope in the middle of tliat century, is supposed to have
reached this remotest region of the north. In Iceland,
two thirds of the population were ctlt off by it; it is
therefore solely to be imagined that their neighbors
should have* escaped the same dreadful visitation, espe
cially as, unlike other pestilences, the farmer north it
proceeded the more destructively it ravaged. But
tiie room made by such ravages would soon have been
filled up, and there is reason to attribute the loss of East
Greenland to a more permanent evil. During the win
ter of 1348, the whole of the coast of Iceland was froz
en, so that a horseman might have ridden from cape to
cape round the Island. Such a circumstance never oc
curred before since the country was discovered; and it
seems probable, that in this winter the accumulation of
ice began, -thick has blocked up theeoaat fjfEest Grcenlmd."
CASE OF T HE POMP.
’•t’c understand, that ttie habeas Corpus sued out be
fore judge Tu ber at Williamsburg, ^as eventsiveu is
transferring eigut of the officers and seamen of uk Kora’
to this city for trial before the federal court in November
next—they arrived here on last Saturday evening, ui*b*
the escort of the deputy marshal.—Richmond Enqua"
FROM RUSSIA.
The Scottish mission at harass, in Russian Tartar}’, h
divided, and part of it has removed with the printiqr
press to Astracaii, and a part to Arensburg, in the islaB“
ofOese. Tins new arrangement is of much impor :ai CL
Astracan is represented to be the Calcutta of Russia, ar.d
the .Missionaries intend to make it another Seranipcr-
1 ney are making an arrangement with the government,
for the establislilnent of their printing office there.—
Arensbrug is represented as of equal importance.
A man of the name of Courtois, nicknamed fe?
James, in Paris, has discovered a mode of putting do. j
asleep, when usually met in the streets, in which st»te
he carries them home as dead and sells them to die
geons. On the l4th instant he was brought before tne
tribunal of correctional police, and sentenced to F ,ur
months imprisonment.—Paris paper.
On Monday evening a man for a wager, at Vaiix^
ill
Gardens, eat three dozen glasses of ice cream and (irons
three half gills of brandy, in ten minutes.—Philiukif^
Press.
- Was Executed, on the 19th April, in Havana, a Span
iard, named JOSEPIt FLORENT1NO HARKA, aged--
Previous to liis execution, he confessed, to ease his „
science, that he had been guilty of SEFEA 'll
MURHlERS, in Europe, and on the Island of t' u . ,
chiefly by the use of the stiletto. Of those who ft 1 * •
this assassin, was the French consul -A.Malaga; an0t ‘'*j*.
the Mafquis de Soiaxa, in Cadiz ; a third, the c °in.n
dant Don Jose Heredia, also in Cadiz; and afo’ ; -
1 Fxf
Don Francisco Rodriguez, a justice of peace, in • ^
no—-for which last, l>e was executed, after havmg.
right hand cut off, and nailed to the gate of th* 1 1-1
arsenal.—Jtosttn Vtnthtch - -