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FOREIGN SCLAVS,
Turin, April IS.—His Britannic majesty’s brig- Calypso.
Vhich sailed from Algiers on the 6tu and arrived at Ge
noa the 11th' inst. haS brought to our court news, that
oil the 3d there was concluded by the intervention of tile
prince regent of England a treaty of peace and perpetu
al friends!lip between his majesty the king of Sardinia
‘and the Dev, of Algiers; and for this treaty no money has
been paid; but it is solely due to the generous friendship
of the British government, and the iniiuence of lord Ex
mouth. In virtue of this treaty the commerce of Sar
dinia is to be resneeted by the l)ey, his successors and
subjects, in the Same manner .is the commerce of Eng-
jand. The consul of his majesty is to be on the same
footing, and treated with the same respect, us the consuls
of other friendiy powers. The first fruit of this treaty is
tie deliverance of 51 Sardinian prisoners, who have al
ready arrived ,.t the Lazaretto of Genoa.
Paris, . If itf 29.—Letters from Genoa of the 17th say—
Eight Algerines, who had been, made slaves, have been
set at liberty by the order of the government, and walk
- at pleasure about Genoa. At. the smiie time, orders have
been given to the port captain to receive the Algerine
vessels when tnev appear in thisjiort, observing oniy the
necessary measures of health.
"A vessel which arrived lately at Leghorn from the Le
vant, has brought the most distressing news from Smyr
na. The inhabitants, harr.-ssed by the continued ill
treatment of me Turkish aguiis, m.*de .an attempt to
shake off the yoke of those tyrants: but they calculated
Upon assistance which did not arrive, and the Turks have
again acquired the ascendency. Several of the most dis
tinguished iiftiubit&nts have paid the forfeit of their lives
for this attem pted insurrection; others have been arrested,
punished, an 1 severely fiiied; some have escaped, and -r-
ftape, wftcJiis sffp^fly fortifiiid, \n wiiidft are eansL-mfiy
.ept Jinriinense' quotingsof'.munitions of war, and provi
sions. Beis now building villages around ins paLct3, which
-an be protected by its pow-erful (batteries. His troops
amount to nearly 30,cXk>, well disciplined, armed and p~id.
1’he affairs of the kingdom appear to be as well conduct
ed as in‘the best organized government in the World.—
1’he king resides constantly ih- his palace of Sans Save-
The last paper contains an account of the arrival at-the
Cape of one of Petion’s lieutenant colonels;«(the Cheva
lier Jean Louis) having surrendered himself to Iring-Heu-
ry and claimed his protection. He was graciously refceiv- .sour? river is one of the, ugliest in the world;—being
, .. . * i a • .1 a L - ti I 1.* _ _ _ I ... ■ a, . m 11, - 4- K ia^a tl'
ed;—admitted to the grade of colonel in the houschoiu
troops of tiie black knaf, and his family amply provided
for. He represented ihe tyranny and cruelty ot Pen op
as excessive; and enumerated -the officers who had recent
ly been put to death by him. Little credit, however,
ought to be attached to the reports of tale-bearers.
The tlaylian gazettes bear tne motto, “Itiberty, Indepen
dence, or Death.” Tne king’s arms on them do not vary
much from ttiose of England;—having two Lions ram
pant:—The motco on the garter, is “God, my -tight, and
my Sword.” The escutcheon bears a Phanix, with die
motto, “/ rise ft utn ashes.”
We believe it does not comport with the pacific poll-
policy of Louis 18th to attempt the subjugation of Si. Do-
mingo.
From the Southern Patriot.
PITKIN’S AMERICAN STATISTICS.
Nothing call be more grateful to the hopes of the
patriot, than tlie
If SipVg.^eWs^rou^a rich feSt#
depth, loan arc frequentr
depth” logs arc frequency dug up; and the well water mentioned “fi.
r ’ . w, . A, . v*T?5b*1.. ^ I _ The same pa]
unquestionably partakes of the Savor of rotten wood.
From St. Cion-Ls, following the dividing ridge about
one hundred and fifty miles west, the proportion f.f tim
bered land to the prairie is not greater, than as one to
twenty. Above that, the country gradually improves; is
well timbered, has good water anil is infinitely richer
lirid, of a durst chocolate colour. This country (general
ly known as Boon's settlement) abounds in Salt Springs,
some/of wliich are large enough turn a Mill. The Mis-
vea# muddy olid meandering very much, generally throw
ing all tlie bottom on, one side or the other which are
commonly one mile, and not unfrequently four miles wide.
There can be no just discription given of tlie fertility
ofthesc bottoms;—suffice it to Say that no land under the
heavens can be richer. They are uniform.y high and dry,
and never inundated,
lakes are very common
Immediately under the bluff.
which arises from this singular
fact. A creek putting into the river rarely ever crosses
the bottom, but winds along under the hills, expanding
itself occas.onally into a lake, until it adds its mite to the
river at the foot of ahill. Those lakes are not unfrenuent- Amongst the objects which attract public notice
were ti'.e other day struck with the appearance of a
iy s :lt and produce fish in the greatest abundance, of a
verv s iperior quality: The bottoms are all well timber
ed,’with black walnut, huckury, buck-eye, box-elder, pcc-
con, cotton tree and pawpaw.^
The Mississippi, about the junction, is a gentle, clear
stream, .bout half a mile in width; which gives it greatly
tiie preference in point ofim ig..tion, but it is supposed
,, l... ... . tim niiiiilw.r zv4 K..TV1I1C .'\V* Pi*.
new facilities of knowledge that are
tube more unhealthy front tiie number of bayous, or re
fluent currents. It will be recollected by the reader that
rived at Leghorn.
4 BarssELs, May 8.
In the Journal de la Belgique, of tills date, is a petition
from a coachm iker at Brussels, to tne president of the
Tribunal de Premier Instance, stating tliat he had sold to
loriLByron a Carnage, &c. for one thousand eight hun
dred and eightv-two francs, of which he has received
three hundred and forty-seven francs: but that lus lord-
ship, who is going a Way the same day, refuses to pay him
the remaining one thousand and thirty-five francs, he
begs permission to seize the carriage, &e. This being-
granted, he put it into the hands pf tiie proper officer,
who went to signify the above to lord Byron, and was
informed by the landlord of the hotel, that his lordship
Was gone without having given him any thing to pay the
debt, on which the’officer seized a chaise belonging to
ids lordship as securityTor the amount.
Lo v no x, May - 14.
Saturday’3 Gazette contains a notice, that if any person
is convicted of enticing the artificers of this kingdom to
go into foreign countries, he will be fined 100/ and im
prisoned three months; and for the second offence fined at
the discretion of the court, and imprisoned twelve
montns; also for seducing any person connected with
tlie manufactures of Great/Britain to settle abroad, 5 JO/
and twelve months for tiie first offence, and for he se-
eond 1009/ and two ye_rs imprisonment.
One of the Paris journals his published the following
anecdote, to which tlie law for. suppressing divorce gives
•a certain appropriateness. “In Zurich, the husbmid and
‘wife who ap.ii fora divorce on tne ground of incom
patibility of humor, are shut up togetucr for a fortnight
in a tower on tne l ike. They have only one ap.-rtaient,
one chair, one knife, he. so that for sitting or sleeping,
eating or resting, they are completely dependent on each
Ollier’s complaisance. It seldom happens that they are
not reconciled before tiie fortnight expires.”
POPULATION, &c. OF AUSTRIA.
In the Indicature, a periodical work on statistics, poli
tics, and history, published at Vienna by the baron tie
Lichtenstein, tliere is tiie following statistical sketch,
drawn from tiie best sources, of the provinces and po-
pidation of tlie Austrian monarchy as they stand since
the treaty with Bavaria on the 14tii of April last:
1. Austrian states; 1. The country below the Ens, in
extent 365 5-10ths square miles, with 1,048,000 inhabit
ants. The cointry above the Ens including the Inniver-
tel and the portions of the Hanfruckviertei, newtv unit
ed, 21)8 6-lJths square miles, and 623,Odd sotus; tiie
duchy of Styria, 399 square miles, and 798,100 inhabit
ants; tlie d*uc,'ny of Carinthio, 19d square miles, and
378,000 souls; tiie duchy of Carniola with Idria, 190
square miles, and 377,000 smtls; the county and princi
pality of the Tyrol, with the tribunal of tVeiis, and die lord
ships of tiiy Voralbcrg, excepting that of VTeiler, 514
square miles, and 692,000 soms; tlie duchy of Salzburg,
without the districts of Lussen, Triscndorf, Titmanning,
and Wagen, fur the portions sr dated on the left bank of
tiie rivers Saizacli and Saal, 162 S-ljOtiis square miles, and
164,000 souls.
2. States of Bohemia: the kingdom of Bohemia, with
the districts ofEgra and Aten, 951, 4-1 Jtns square miles,
and 3,203,000 souls; the ’ m~rgr«.V«te of Moravia, with
the Austrian part of tlie duchy jef Siiesia, 551 8-lUtlis
square miles, and 1,703,000 imiabitants. 1
Tne kingdom of Galicia, including tlie Buckovine)
dauy developing themseves, to enlighten the American j the'description here given points to that small portion
people on their own concerns. Tne author ot me 0 { the Missouri territory, which is now so rapidly popu-
3.
and the district of Truopoi, recently re-united thereto,
1514 square mites, and 3,645,OdO souls.
4. The kingdom of Hungary, with toe provinces and
districts of the kingdom, of Sciavonia and Croatia, 4112
square mil A, and 7.900,000 soms.
5. The grand duchy of Transylvania, with its annexed
military frontier, lo46 8-lOths squal-e uiiies, and 1,665,051/
souls.
6. The kingdom of 1) dmatia, with the districts of
Ragusa and Cat'ai-o, 394 square jnjjt-s, and 315,000 sou is.
7. The’ Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, divided into the
governments of Lombardy and Venice, 839 4-1 Jlhs square
miles, and 4,2'9d,UdG. souls.
8. The countries of tne Austrian military frontier m
Croatia: the commandems of Curlstadt and Woradin,
231 square mites, and 295,000 souls. 2. The Bannat
frontier, 47 3-10ths square miles, and 95,000 souls. 3.
. The frontier province of Sclavonic, 135 square miles,
and 230,000 souls. 4. Tr.ty Hungarian Bannat, 145
square miles, and 171,OdO souls. 5. The military fron
tier of Transylvania, 137,OoO souls.
Total, 12,046 sqiure miles, and 27,956,000 inhabit
ants. r
TRT \LS IX FRANCE.
Some singular trials are going oh. in France, in the ju
dicial way—nothing is more common there; than to con
demn a man unheard—tins principle is cofitrary to our
constitutions—and all our ideas pf j ust ice—but “they or
der these things be’tter in France.” A man there is con-
. demned par contumace—because he will not answer,
though he is turee thousand miles away—once they car
ried a joke a little further—they undertook to hang a m-n
in effigy when he had been wise enough to keep ins own
neck out of the noose—no doubt he must have felt a
. great deal of pun from being thus nitiig in effigy!
Rigault and Tnomaison were lately tried in Paris—-Ri-
gault wis absent, and sentenced to death—Tnom.uson
was present,-and acquitted Their-crime Was the same—
but the only one whom they could.punislq they acquit-
ted! sit.
General Lefebvre Desnoties is flow trying in effigy in
Paris—the man himself is sleeping in a sound skin in Bal
timore. On the 4th July, lie ft it all tile - benefits of this
security—and gave the following to.iSt: “To tiie gene
rous citizens of the United States—every unfortunate
stranger finds here a family and brothers.”—Richmond
Compiler.
From the Boston Cenlinel of July 3.
HAITIAN PAPERS.
Captain Nash, from Hayti, has politely favored us with
the gazettes of Cape Henry to tlie 24th May.
They are principally filled with well written articles on
the internal affairs of Hayti; and furnish indications of a
fixed resolution in its monarch and subjects to live free
and independent, or perish in defendmg their rights.—
These papers are constant in representing Petion (who
governs in another part of the island, and who is a mulat
to) as an enemy to tlie freedom of the blacks-—as being
'the'tool of France and desirous of returning under her
dominion:—and as, capable of every species of crime and
dissimulation. On the other hand they exhibit king Henry
(Christophe) as the pattern of even' royal excellence;—
as resoived to maintain the independence of Hayti—to
court the commerce and friendship of all nations—to ex
ercise toward them a strict impartiality;—to patronize the
.arts and humanity; and make his kingdom and reign res
pected for it3 strength,, resources* and love of justice.—-
He has a place In the mountains, about 18 miles from the
people
“Onvz Branch,” merits every encomium for the quantity
of statistical information which he has disseminated, but
Mr. Pitkin is the firs, who has benefitted his contempo
raries, with a regular statistical work on their own chon-
try. This valuable publication is divided into ten diop
ters, in wtiichare presented edifying views of our com
merce before the revolution, and before the establish
ment of tiie national government, in 1769—tne condition
and progress of it since, of our expor.s, wuenier d. riv
ed from agriculture, manufactures, the fijics. r tin see
—our imports, tiie amount from each coin -< c re
venues, expenditure, public debt, post : lie i f -biis.i-
ment, tonnage, ike. To each chapter
e tiinl i.c
illustrative tabi.es-—lesides these, there ,.re twenty one
tables of die statistics of Great Britain, winch enable the
reader to compare tlie progress of the two rivals. iVt
are Happy to see that Dr. Seybcrt, tile .ibic representa
tive of Pniladeipliiii, has a similar work ready for tin-
press. Every investigation of such subjects, inv.n i.-biy
confirms that presentiment of national grandeur much
ciiaracterises the republican. Tuns, liow calculated for
such ail effect, is the-following simple statement of the
tonnage of vessels built in America at various periods,
viz.
■Year.
Tonnage.
176'J
2d.,/dl
1770
20,610
1771
24,1 .-63
13:<4
1/J, OO
1810
127,575
loll
146,691
The ensuing extract will evince the value and the in
teresting nature of Mr. Pitkin's production;
['EXTRACT.]
PROGRESS OF AMERICAN COMMERCE.
“That the mcre.se of American tonnage lias been
without example, atieastin modern times, wiiiappear, on
comparing it with the increase of tlie tonnage of ottier
commercial nations, are! particularly Great Britain.
“ In 1581, in the reign of Elizabeth, a period so much
celebrated in history, tlie tonnage of Eng land w.<s only
seventy two thousand four Hundred and fifty; mi amount
for less, tlt.,n is now owned in either of the ports of Bos
ton, New-York, Philadelphia or Baltimore. In 1700, tlie
commercial tonnage of England w«s estimated at 273 693.
—In 1750, at 6o9,798, and in l.i/U, , t 1,269.329, liming
lading. That is, from Si, Louis three hundred miles up,
between the two livers, winch run ne..riy parallel lor one
hundred miles.
The wuole territory contains by computation
50o.0oo,000 acres: whereas not more than 10u,00o,0o0
Cali be said to be dcsi able.
Wiiat then are the great advantages which that couri-
trv possesses over \ lrgiliia, or ot other parts ox lac
We tern country?
New Orleans, being the grind emporium of the wes
tern Worid, the Missouri has maiuf stly the advantage.—
A deep navigable water, at all seasons of tlie year be-
: ween four and five hundred miies nearer market tin n
ii>' of tiie country east of a longitudinal line crossing at
tiie fails of Ohio.
The st, pie commodities of the country are, (or will
be) corn, flour, beef, pork, tob-cco, ,.nd cotton: lead,
furs, and poultry. It also abounds in stone coal and plas
ter: .md as already st -ted, in Salt Springs. It possesses
; fertility of soil beyond comparison: and ..t such reduced
prices that tlie sm 11 capitalist may cst. biisb himself
li .nhsomely ;fs an agriculturalist. A salubrity of climate,
eq i.J th Frederick county.
The objections ire those which are common to all
new countries. The w nt of good society will here-
moved in a short time, als the country is rapidly popula
ting- and many of the new settlers are persons of proper-
f.annch.-—The i
of iflcJchandue, among whick it
contains the following paragraph
he oner Efus, of about cnetiuiidnj
tons burthen, bujilt by captain A. Stanard, was launch-s
from the ship yard, at Black-Rock, on Tuesday las; __
This fine vessel ijs owned by Messrs. Grosvenors’&.
cock and \V. Miller, of this village.
Our country along the Canada frontier, is advanciris
in population Smd prosperity as, rapidty as any ou.tr
part Of the uiiionl All is life and activity, bustle and bn.
siness. The ..ndient forests resound with the stroke of
tlie axe, and the lands are rapidly cleared, whiie be i ti
... f.ic’ " ’ •
ful villages, andlarge manufacturing establishments ris«
up in places whijeh yesterday were just as nature m.,de
them! It is ever with great feeling that the editor d<-
lights to notice the progress of his country to the fuiT, t s s
d he believes that articles on suchsi k
oi
her strength, ana ne Dciievestnat articles onsuchsi.b.
jeets are quite as. important to ids readers, :JS acScr-pq on ,
of “Miss Charlotte A. Guelph’s” petticoats to the people
of England and their copyists m tiie United Siates!L
JViles’ Register.
some Durham Boat of tlie ordinary size r ,or of ..bout vi,
barrels burthen; she was not intended for frtig.it. b, *
for passengers. She had a substantial rounddioust, i)
feet in length by 8 in width, well fitted up with sides q
painted canvas, such as stage cOathtj have; 16 or .)
passengers can be tolerably accommodated in this bo.
The question toihe master naturally was, from wfitn c J
came you? from Schenectady; n<« interruption in tiie na
vigation? none, thrall instant, at this season; we had mep.
tiian enough of water fora much larger vessel. Lponj
reference to Mr! Lay’s large map of tlie state of
York, published in 1813, we find tiie old portage betaetp
Mohawk river, a|t Rome, and Wood ci-e.k, i j -Lout fi, u ,
miles in length, is now made n. vigabie by a Canal ti, t
large barges; so (that the tourist or traveller can
Sciienecfiuy, arrive in .Montreal, witliout
and return in the same m.-maf. Wi n:,.Lt tiiese r* n.a;i]
on a circunistaliFe not considered a matter of winder a
the United S'atts, where sc .rcely any enter;u-ize 3
looked upon as such; but wt certaniv do make t' e
through a view iff letting our fellow subjects in Canid,
know how far they are behind their migm. .;>• in • .
nViprovemtir.s of internal navigation m a c. -mtrv i .™
possesses so many natural advautag
June
Jilontreal de,
“-V, 1
tv .uul education. The want
of a gooJsupp
ilv of timber
is unquestionably the greatest evil tliis country labors un
der at present.
COLONEL D VNIEL BOON yet living. 1
This man was the first emigrant to Kentucky, and Conti-
rlererl i-s founder, A. D. 1 ” 91 / His was the first white fa
mily in Kentucky.
The following is an extract of a letter from an officer
at Fort Osage, Missouri territory, dated April 20, 1816.
“We are ordered to this post, where we arrived on
the 24th of M. rch; from Beile-Fontaine, fifteen miles
above St. Louis. This fort is beautiful v situated on the
: bank of the Missouri river, above four hundred miles
above its mouth, and on the boundary line between the
1 Missouri territory and the Indian lands not yet purchas-
j ed. There are three or four small settlements on the riv
er between this post and its mouth. Our nearest white
little more than doubled in each half centun , from 17od i neighbors are those of Boon’s settlement, about one hun
to 1800. Oil January 5tii, 1813, the British tonnage
amounted to 1,579,715. The state of New-York now
owns as great, and the state of Massachusetts a much 1 er •
greater amount of shipping, than was owned by England
a little more than a century ago. '
“ For many years past, tiie United States have owned
a much greater amount of tonnage than any nation except
Great Britain.
About tlie year 1787, the amount of tonnage employ- j
dred miies below us, near the mouth of Le Moine river,
and about sixty miies above tlie moutli of the Osage riv-
Tbe greater part of the country between this place
and the mouth of the Missouri, over which I have travel
led o" hunted, is equal or superior to -any part of the
United States in point of situation and fertility; and, un
less some unforeseen occurrence should prevent, this
vast ti-acts.must one day be tlie garden of \merica.
“Our nearest residents and daily visitors are the Big and
ed in the foreign trade of France was little more tiian one • Little Os. ge nations and the Caw nation: some of these
million—of this Fiance owned about tliree Hundred
thousand; the rest was foreign tonnage. Tiupnwig; uon
of France 1ms decreased since that peri od. In 13./0, the
number of vessels employed in tlie foreign commerce of
France, that entered inwards, was 75ol, their tonnage
273,sd>6—of this 98,305 tons were rmnch and 174,833,
foreign. The number of vessels that cleared o it warns
the Same year w; s 8,636 their tonnage 312,967; tiie
French owned 104,637 of this—and the residue was own
ed by foreigners.
“In 1804 the number of trading vessels, belonging to
the states and nations around the Baltic, including those
of Norway and Holstein was four thousand one hundred
and thirty four, and their tonnage about four hundred
and ninety tliree thousand four hundred and seventeen
British. The shipping of the Baltic has not probably m
creased since that period—the American tonnage ”
t.ierefore more than double tin.t of ail the maritime nations
of the north of Europe.
“Therapidincre .se of American tonnage, after the
commencement of the present government, in a few
years .umost excluded foreign tonnage from the tr. de of
tribes are also with us. They are numerous and pow
erful, but friendly tons.
nations
The L-iwrv and Sane
arc below us on the Grand river; they are frequently
with us. Though they took an active part in the late war
against us, they now profess friendship—but we keep a
sharp eye on their conduct. None of the tribes farther
north or west have visi ed us. Some of them are expect
ed in tiie course of tlie summer. They are not so friend
ly; tbev continue to commit murders and robberies.
“I intend, by next autumn, if 1 can obt .in permission,
to take two or three- xv.iiles and a party of Osage Indians,
and visit the salt mo mtoin, lakes and ponds, and see the
The following is an extract of a lette- to tiie editor c{
the Albany Register, dated Sacked’s Harbor, June3.
“A horrid accident happened yesttnL.y at tins p ;dM .
a soidffr drilling out tlie contents of a shell whir-,
been long charged, neglecting to keep it wet, the uiipk.
meiithe was using elicited fire; the shell exploded, arfl
the poor fellow who was seated on the ground anc had
been holding it between up jtgs, was most normal in nj.
ltd, one leg, one, foot, and one arm were tom complete-
iy off, anti his scull partially fractured. JPortunutdv
though a number of soldiers were very near, only one
other Was wounded, and he slightly. Tlie suftenn-'
man lingered about nine hours, and expired last tveia
mg.”
PtiTTSBuno, June 22.
-Maple Sugar.—The board of assessors of the town o-
Plattsburg- have taken an estimate of the quantity oi’ Sinn
made the last season, by each individual assessed—ivn.cj
gives an aggregate of 64000 pounds. Much of tri
Sugar is of a tpufity not inferior to Aluscovado—which
is sellingat 25 cents per pound. At an average of sixties
cents, the sugar made in town would amount to sonic-
thing more than 10,000 dollars.
Chamisersbittir, (Fenn.) July!.
Hcrricave. On Tuesday last we were visited br i
severe hurricane—the wind blew direct from tne notit
and south, and meeting, produced a whirl that twisted
off a great number of trees, branches, &c. About tfce
middle of the storm, hail fell in some parts of the countq
as larg e as bulled walnuts, and one \v_s picked up in
this town, which after being carried by hand tiventi pi.
ces, weighed 132 grains. The wheat, tye, &.c. have b-ei
much injured.
ilcng the raounti-ins.
n-tur J curiosities of the country
The salt mountain is but five or six hundred miles west
tills pi -ce.
“We have been honored by a visit from colonel Boon,
tin first sei tier of Kentucky; hi lately spent two weeks
tlie
nited States.” Pitkm’s View—-page 394.
It is this prodigious advancement which has enkindled
the jealousy’of that power which iias Lately- monopolized
the trade of the worid; she foresees the champion who
i-, to combat her tyranny and expose her arrogance.—
From the past we are authorised to expect that in five
and twenty years we shall have upwards of three millions
of tonnage and three hundred thousand seamen.
The American republic will then be the sword of the
sea, and give to the old nations that freedom and equali
ty ill commercial pursuits for which they have for centu
ries nnpotentiy contended. A REPUBLICAN.
The following description
From the Alexandria Gazette.
ST. LOUIS.
of a portion of the Mi^r
soun Territory, has at our request been furnished by y
.n intelligent and highly respeetJue young gentleman
of this county, wiioiiaS but L.teiy returned from a tour
to that country; tiie spirit of emigration to that territo
ry is rapidly increasing, and, ss it will no doubt, at no
very distant period, form an interesting portion of our
Republic, we cannot but suppose tiiat tile description
here given, limited as it is, v. iii prove interesting to ma
ny of our readers—of one fact the reader m..y be assur
ed, that from the character and respectability of the au-
tiior full f’aitn and credit may ue given to ins statement.
— Htlitar Gazette.
St. Louis is situated on the hank of tiie Mississippi,
about fifteen mites below the confluence of that river and
the Missouri: about the lattitudc of 38, Ion. 5o: It is a
healthy and beautiful situation, with a lofty, but gradual
ascent from the river, which is here one nine wide:—
1’lie streets are much confined and irregular, some hous
es projecting beyond tlie rest. The Americans are how
ever, improving the place with better buildings, placed
farther back, and widening tlie streets. West of tlie
town the country is handsome, but is a prairie, destitute
of timber for six or eight miles. As vou approach the
Missouri, tlie soil improves, and a good supply of timber
is always found near that river.
St. Charles is on the north side of the Missouri, twen
ty-one mile's above its mouth, somewhat confined in its
situation between the river and tlie high ground north of
it. About three miles below St. Charles, tlie ridge that
runs between tlie waters of the Missouriand those of the
Mississippi, has a very abrupt termination; tiie French
call this spot the Marmel. it affords one of the most
beautiful landscapes west of tiie Alleghany mountains.—
A level andfertiie plain below, in extent from seven to
nine miles, from river to river, and about eighteen to the
c * ijunction, clothed with a beautiful verdure, and.large
herds of cattle grazing on it. This plain is inconceivea-
bly fertile, but has no timber, except what is confined
to the Missouri bottoms. , The Marmel has evident
marks of having once been the point of confiuencej and
the two rivers pressing each other have formed an eddy,
and a deposit of all the loam Brought from the upper,
country; gradually receding until each has found its rest
ing place under tiie liigh^iands. As an evidence of this;
with us. This singular man could not live in Kentucky
when u become settled. He has established a colony or
settlement, as mentioned, on the Missouri, about one
hundred milts below us, which hr.s been ne riv destroy
ed by Indians during tlie late War. The colonel cannot
iivc without being in the woods. He goes a hunting
twice a year to the remotest wilderness he can reach; j
and hires a man to go with him, whom he binds in writ
ten articles to take c. re of him, and bring him home, dead
or alive.
“fie left this for the river Platt, some distance above.
Colonel Boon is eightv-five years of ..ge, five feet seven
inches high; stoutly made, and active for one of his
years; is stiil of vigorous mind, and is pretty well in
formed. He has taken part in all tlie wars of America,
from before Braddock’^ war to the present hour. He
has hem respectable state appointments, both civil and
military: h is been a colonel, a legislator, and a magis
trate; he might have accumulated riches as re-dilv as any
man in Kentucky—but he prefers the woods, where vou
niuv see ium in tlie dress of tiie roughest, poorest hun
ter!”
West-Ohes-tir, (Penn.) July 3.
On Third day afternoon, W est-Clu ster and itsvlri
were visited with -a violent thunder storm or gi:/>-
rents of rain fell, ,.nd pretty generally large hi.il; ft,
iiateiy tlie fail of h_ii was momentary, <>r fron- ..s li
the most destructive effects might haVr bee a appulfM
ed; we have heard of no m fferiai injury having Lm re
ceived by any of our neighbors; several panes of gjs
were broken in the large new s;one house bcionyit ,4 >5
Ezra Cope, near this place. Here we wish v c. ,i:
stop without putting tilt ctvuibditt 'tithe remainkref
our narration to the test: intcraungic i with tin hJis
the yard of colonel MClei urn of tins p 1 .ce, there fit
considerable nnii.ber of st- tics, from the size of a in ...at
to the Siz * of tiie end of one’s finger. From a m.- j.
ci.d observation of these stones, they appear, s. nif t
them, to be what mineralogists " o-i call field s r.
some of taem quartz or white ttiid. That smnts w :*
above size _nd qualities descended with tiie rain in*G ••
yard of colonel M'CielLn, we h it ins ami bis ’ 's.»
severation for, testimonies that will be received -> 1 -
utmost respect by all who know them.- they both p.prt
to be positive as to the fact: to remove am doubt.-,
the subject from their own minus, ti.ev had the s' o
picked up as they fell, before they bad become qi-asac
from their fall. The field -par is a strange-.- liar, is net
of tiie above quality of stones within s.verol r. . .- !
\Vest-Ches er. Those who receive with sceptical nf
the relation of any uncommon occurrence, will fit..: too:
historic page is not altogether barren of incidents of aa
kind we have just been penning.
I
AMERICAN ANTiqUrriES.
The Georgia Journal, in discussing the subject when,
by wffiom, and for wiiat purpose, the mounds so common
in various parts of our country were made, give the
opinion of colonel Hawkins, who thinks they were in
tended as places of l-ti’uge during the freshes, the Indians
being formerly in the habit of settling on rich flats, bor
dering on streams subject to inundation. Mr. Jefferson,
it is well know n, supposes that they were erected by the
Indians and designed by them as receptacles for their
dead. To tins latter opinion we are inclined, and we
shall mention a circumstance which we do not recollect
to have seen noticed by any of those writers who have
treated tins subject. These mounds are not peculiar lo
tins country alone, but are to be found in alt the coun
tries ot Europe, where the hand of art has not destroyed
them. In tiie high-lands offccotlami, Wales and in the
Gnsons adjoining Switzerland, many of them stih exist,
and whenever they have been opened, a quantity of Ira
nian bones have been found. In place however’of being
general receptacles for the dead, ye are rather inclined
to suppose them to have been tlie receptacles of the
bones of those who fell in battle, and that they were
erected on the spot where tlie action, took place. In
Britain w herever they are found tradition also records
the very spot to have been the seat of a remarkable bat
tle.—Linchburg Press.
LAKE COMMERCE.
The Niagara Journal of the 18th inst. has its “ship
news” head like tiie papers on the sea-bosa-d. Il notices
tiie arrival at tiie port of Buffalo, of one brig, tliree
schooners and one sloop, from the ports of Detroit and
Erie, with hemp, flour, Stc. and the clearance of three
other schooners and a boat, laden with salt, dry-goods
and groceries, &e. for Erie, Pomfret, Cleveland, ami Pat
terson’s creek, Upper-Ganada.
The same paper, under the head “Port of Lewi,town,”
from the “4th to the 11th June,” notices the arrival of
the United States’ schooner Lady of tl*e Lake, lieutenant
Adams, from Sackett’s Harbor—and of four merchant
schooners and two. boats, from the ports of Oswego
Gcamsiwc river, Smfrstt’* f^ui|yv^B,
Maher Scott, the poet, and the Apparition.
A correspondent in tlie Kentucky Reporter, g v ' :
tlie following description of the celebrated 1L»
Scott:—
“Walter Scott is said to be a stout, broad shoulderri,
brawny and fleshy man, with light hair and complex' i
and eyes between a bine and a grey, thick nose, rourfi
fatfface, sleepy expression and a lame leg.” This As
cription is tolerably correct, to which we shall addafc*
particulars.
Mr. Scott’s nose is not only thick, but turned up, aifl
of that character which a disciple of Lavater would pro
nounce stupid. Walter Scott, while at school aud at col-
lege, was regarded by his associates as a dull but indrt |
tnous student. His talent for poetry did not appear un
til at a late period. \V e believe, that he never wrote a sin
gle line until the age of twenty-six. His first attempt
w f ere translations from German Tales. In the wintir ot
1799, soon afterthe appearance of some verses of this des
cription, the follow'ing singular occurrence was narr rt“
by him, which we have directly heard from tiiat gent. m-n
to whom he lias dedicated the "fourth book of his Mari'' %
and who breaktasted with Mr. Scott the morning l - r ’
wards.
Mr. Scott and a friend had gone one eveoinsr to
Edinburgh Theatre, but returned after the plaj, witnsut
waiting tlie farce, to Boyle’s tavern, w hich w as the - sl
house to the theatre; preferring a literary and social con
versation to tlie amusement of a farce. " The door " J
closed, and they were seated over a good fire and a b<<-
tie of wine, discussingthe merits of the German po 111 ?,'
when, on a sudden, a venerable looking figure, dr-> s ™
in black, with grey hair, appeared, placed on the opp' st
ride of the table, ..nd fronting tlie fire. Without utters®
a word, he detiberately reached his hand to Mr. Scott
f lass, Wliich was empty, filled it w ith wine, bow ed to r -
cott and his friend, drank ofi’his bumper, and ‘ niroc ®j
ately disappeared, the door seemingly remaining
the time. The story was immediately circulated thro' 1 ?-*
the town, to the no small amusement of Mr. Scott s ac
quaintances; the greater part of whom attributed t |lc ;-' e
pearance of the black gentleman, to the true cause,
effects of tiie wine, but both tlie poet and his ^
were unquestionably impressed with the belief, 1 . ti.
had been visited bv a suncrnatural stranger.—Lynct 4
had been visited by a supernatural stranger
Press.
To Destroy Cock-Roaches.—Take common
and strew them along the closet or rooms freq uc
this offensive species of vermin, and it wiii destro. ^
onethat eats of it. I have found it effectual. « is .., n otiS-
bly, red lead, contained in the wafer, that is P 01 ’ ^5
Small scraps or cuttings can be obtained at a cuW
Rt wafer aukers.—Philadelphia .