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Agricultural and Commet'cial—^o. 9,
We approach the 5th and last class of the Products
tnr Aqihccltork: a soft of miscellaneous group, which
■comprehends a variety of products—such as flax, flax
seed, hemp, indigo, Wax, poultry, sugar, &.c. &c.
None of these Can well be styled the staple of any par
ticular state; for, though they flourish in certain states,
they do not abound in any, nor constitute any consi
derable proportion of the exports of the United States.
The principal of these articles have been Jlax-seed and
indigo —but, those which seem to promise the most im
portant results, are sugar and hemp.
Flax—But a small proportion of this article is export
ed from the United States. Our lands are turned to bet
ter account; and the preparation of the raw material re
quires more skill and labor than we are willing to em
ploy. Very little of the plant is cultivated even for our
own consumption of the fibre. The principal object
with us is to gather the seed for the foreign market.
Flax-seed—is sent to Ireland, principally to be sown in
her fields. The plant is there cut for the sake of the
fibre—too little is left to supply the cultivator with
seed; and hence, be looks to other countries for a consi
derable portion of the article wanted. The seed is also
used for crushingdnto that oil, so much employed in the
arts, called linseed oil. [Linnm is the Latin for flax.)
As fur back as the year 1770, as much as 312,612 bush
els of seed were exported from the colonies of North-
America; “6780 of which went to England, 305,083 to
Ireland, and 749 to the south of Europe.” The custom
house value of it was then about §139,000.
The quantity exported has scarce ever been greater
than it was in 1770, though the nominal value has scarce
•ever been so low. The follow ing is a view of the ex
ports from 1803 to 1814.
Bushels.
Value.
80S
311.459
§465,000
4
281,757
42-1,000
5
179,788
369,000
6
S52.280
529,000
7
301,242
452,000
8
102,939
131,000
9
184,311
230,000
19
240,579
301, OuG
11
304,114
380,000
12
325,022
455,000
13
189,538
265,000
14
14,800
31,00u
Indigo—which, like flax, requires much process of pre
paration to fit it to market, is a sm.ili plant that flourishes
m the south. It is steeped, and macerated and squeezed,
to yield that beautiful blue dye which imports its tints
to'such a variety of fabrics.
“It was one of the principal articles of produce and ex
port from So ith-Cqrolina and Georgia, before the plant
mg of cotton in those states became an object of so much
importance.”
It was introduced into South-Carolina, about the year
-1741 or ’42. Cores has been made a Goddess for the dis
covery of wheat—a monument should be erected to a
lady for the introduction of this valuable vegetable into
the soil of Carolina.
Dr. Ramsey has traced its journey from the east to the
west. “The second great staple of Carolina, (says he)
was Indigo. Its original native country was Hindostan;
hut it had been naturalized in the VVest-Indies, from
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In the^d place, the projects of
which it was introduced into Carolina by Miss Eliza Lu
cas, the mother of major-general Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney. Her father, George Lucas, governor of An
tigua, observing her fondness for the vegetable world,
"frequently sent to her tropical seeds and fruits, to be
planted for her amusement on his plantation at W'.ippoo.
Among_otiiers, he sent her some indig-o seed as a subject
of experiment.”
She planted it in March, 1741 or ’42. The first time
it was nipped by the frost; the second, cut down by a
Worm. But perseverance overcame every obstacle, and
the tiiird experiment was successful. Her father then
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thfem under the 6ve following classes, viz.
■ list. Vegetable food;
2d. The products ofanimals;
3d. Tobacco;
4th. Cotton;—and
5th. A miscellaneous group of subordinate articles, as
flax, flax-seed, hemp, sugar, indigo* &.C. See.
And what is the result? The same old proposition with
which we started— That each section of the United State -
has its staple—The East has lumber and ashes, and fis
—the Middle States, their grains—Maryland arid Vir
ginia, tobaccoes and Wheat—North Carolina, naval stores
and lumbej—South Carolina and Georgia, cotton, rice
andindigo—-Louisiana and Georgia sugar—and the West,
a variety of articles from their crudest to their refined
state.
Of these, Louisiana, Georgia, South-Carolina, Virgin!.
and die West, are biessed with the riches staples—staph s
which are in demand, and which cannot be so easily sup
plied from other quarters, from their requiring a pecu •
liarity of sun and soil to raise them. In these States,
therefore manufactures and navigation are not so apt to
flourish. The West, however, may prove an exception
—manufactures may go to a considerable extent among
them, because they are so much farther from the sea and
the work-shops of Europe—and it is more difficult and
expensive for them to import foreign goods for their own
consumption.
Those other States, which do not abound in the richest
staples, must necessarily be driven to other sources of
wealth—to navigation and to manufactures—to shipping
or to working up the raw staples of the producing' states.
Thus, it is strange, but true, that the interests of Mas
sachusetts and Kentucky should be the s..mt, as to ma
nufactures—Massachusetts must cultivate them from tne
want of adequate staples of her own, and Kentucky, from
her remote distance from the foreign market. It was,
thus, a singular spectacle to behold, during the last ses
sion of Congress, the same co-operation of interests, the
same anxiety' to extend the r..tes of the tar.it on certain
articles, the same attachment lo high duties on imported
cotton stuffs.
Nor is it difficult to see, that new combinations of policy
must spring up from this diversity of interests. The con
test, wnich has so long raged in ti.e old world, between
manufactures and agriculture, the interest that raises the
raw material and that which manufacturer it will be felt
in America. The East will strive to get us much for
her goods as she can—the South to get such goods >s cheap
as she can. The East will cry up for high duties on such
goods of foreign manufactures-—The Sou'll will attempt
■ o keep down the rates of such duties. The East will
wish to supply us herself, and pretty much at her own
prices—The South will wish to have the privilege of get
ting these goods at foreign markets, without being bur
dened with exorbitant duties on their importation.
This struggle has been already witnessed—it was seen
during the late discussions of the tariff. It will, perhaps,
be seen at every attempt to change the rates of Uie tariff.
The manufactures which had already progressed, under
the wing of the double duties, with a promise of their con
tinuance, and under the cheering patronage of public
sentiment, were to a certain extent entitled to the pro
tection of the government. Much capital had been in
vested in the .;; many workman, devoted to their pursuit;
and both classes had right to expect, that the hand of
government should not be too suddenly withdrawn from
under them.
On the other hand, the south, while it paid this degree
of respect to manufactures, had a right to except a cer
tain degree of attention being paid to its own interests.
It urged with very great force, “that a high duty, impos
ed for the purpose, not f raising a revenue, but ad encour
aging a man facture, went counter to the old maxim of
political economy 7 , that trade and Labor should be left to
themselves; iliac each individual was a better judge of his
own interests than the government could be; and that the
interest of the whole country was only another name for
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the interest of all the individuals in it; and that, therefore,
sent her from Montserrat a man by the name of Cromwell, 1 there was no surer test of what was for the good of the
to instruct his daughter in the process of extracting the j whole, th„n wh.tt each individual thought it best to do for
dye from the weed. Vats were built on Wappoo creek, j himself-—that he might indeed mistake his interests, but
and the first indigo was there made which was formed that the government was more likely to misunderstand
in Carolina. “But Cromwell repented of his engage- them, or be misled by design:—that although some res-
ment, as being likely to injure his own country; made a
mystery of the business, and, with the iiope of deceiving,
injured the process by throwing in too much lime. Miss
Lucas watched nim carefully, and also engaged Mr. De-
veaux to superintend'his operations. Notwithstanding
the duplicity of Cromwell, a knowiedgeof the process
was obtained. Soon after Miss L. had completely suc
ceeded in this useful project, she married Charles Pinck
ney; and her father made a present of ail the indigo on
his plantation, the fruit of her industry, to her husband.
The whole was savfol for seed. Part was planted by the
proprietor nexty r ear at Ashapoo, and the remainder given
away to his friends in small quantities, for the same pur
pose. They all succeeded. From that time, the culture
of indigo was common, and in a year or two, it became
an article of export.”
A premium of 6d on the lb. was offered by Great-Bri-
tain, to encourage the cultivation. “From November,
3760, to September, 1761, 399,366ibs were exported; and
shortly before the American revolution, the exports
amounted to l,107,660lbs. In 1794, as much as 1,558,080
lbs were exported from the United States. But since
the extension of the cotton sy 7 stem in the south, the pro
duction of indigo lias been more neglected.
Sugar—which has only been a product of the United
States since the acquisition ofLouisiana, and has only very
lateiy crept by inches into the state of Georgia, is destin
ed to find its place among our list of exports. Historians
are divided about the introduction of the cane into Ame
rica. “The ancient name of the cane, (says Bryan Ed
wards) was Saccharum. The word was corrupted in
monkish Latin, into Zacharum, and afterwards into Zu-
cra. By the Spanish, it was converted into Acucar, from
whence Sugar.” The cane was certainly known in the
east, from whence sugar was brought at a very eariv pe
riod by the Red Sea into Europe. The plant itself was
transported into the Isles of Rhodes and Malta, thence to
Sicily, thence to the Azores, and other Atlantic Isles,
from some of which it is said to have been transplanted
into the new world. Others contend that it was found
here among the Charibs of Guadaloupe, on the banks of
the Plate, and at the mouth of the Mississippi. In many
of the Isles of the Pacific Ocean, it was certainly found b*v
Cook. Bryan Edwards seems to think there is no con
tradiction between these accounts: that the cane did
grow spontaneously in the new world, but Columbus not
knowing it, had carried some of the plants to Hispanio
la.-
Prom the west-indies, it has found its way to the con
tinent of North-America—and what is equally pleasing
and proud tidings to an American ear, it flourishes on the
banks of the Mississippi and the soil of Georgia. A finer
and better' granulated sugar is no where to be found than
the New-Orleans sugar. No quarter of the union boasts
of a richer staple—though the culture has been confined
to a small slip on foe margin of the Mississippi, yet
later experiments seem to demonstrate the probability
of carrying it into a higher latitude and in a more ex
tensive region. It is certainly striking its root into the
state of Georgia. Our soil may not be as genial as that
ofthe West-Indies, yet we have some advantages on our
part. 1st. The superior skill and intelligence of our far
mers, who till their own lands, widiout. trusting so much
to the superintendance of overseers or agents, as they do
in the West-Indies: 2d. Our timber for boiling and cop
pering, is cheaper and on the spot: 3d. Our lands are
fresh, and not so much worn out—therefore, do not re
quire so much expense of manure.
But we have not returns before us to estimate the
quantities of this beautiful product, which we export or
produce.
Hemp—already flourishes in some of the back parts of
Virginia—and the western states. As we know better
how to prepare it, and as we clear our moist vallies to the
west, as well as open their communications with tide wa
ter, it is an article which the demand of our own navy as
well as of others, must tend to encourage. But we have
no regular accounts of the quantity exported from foe
United States^—nor of the other articles which are enu
merated at the head of this essay.
SKETCHES. &c —-No. 10.
We have thus traced qiir wav through all the staples
exported from the United States.
We have analyzed, in foe first place, the products ofthe
Seas.- shewing the quantity of each article annual ly export
ed, their value, and the States which principally export
them:
pect was due to the capitalists who hud riske'd their for
tunes in foe establishment of manufactures, and that, du
ties to a certain amount might be laid on foreign goods
for a certain period, yet, that it should be recollected, foe
inhabitants ofthe South were in the mean time foe suf
ferers; they were paying money out of their own pockets
as a premium to the domestic manufacturer; they were
paying more for cloths, and of an inferior quality, than
what thev co Id readily purchase in foreign markets.”
The tariff is now, however adopted—let experience de
cide upon it! It' it be too high, it should be reduced: if
not too high, it will be unchanged. A short time will de
cide, better than the theory of a whole century.
In our next sketch, we shall present a view of the Ma
nufactures of tiie United States as far as they enter into our
list of exports.
SKETCHES, &c.—No 11.
We have promised a list of exports of American manu
factures. But the work is already done to our hand—the
foe statistics of Mr Pitkin contain so full a statement, that
no room is left for invention. We beg leave to add to
our obligations to a work, to which we have been so much
indebted in the course of these sketches.
M YNUFAOTURES.
Manufactured articles constitute a part of the domestic
exports of the United States. The manufactures ex
ported are—
1st. from domestic materials.
2d. from foreign materials.
The value of both these kinds of manufactures, ex
ported from 1803 to 1814, was as follows, viz:—
From domestic
From foreign
Total of
materials.
materials,
both.
Dolls.
Dolls.
Dolls.
103
790,000
565,000
1,355,000
4
1.650,000
450,000
2,100,000
5
1,579,000
721,000
2.30-3,000
6
1,889,000
818,000
2.707,000
7
1,652,000
468,000
2,129,000
8
309,000
35,u00
344,000
9
1,266,000
240,030
1,506,000
10
1,359,000
558,000
1,917,000
11
2,062,000
314,000
2,376,000
12
1,135,000
220,000
1,355,000
13
372,000
18,000
390,000
14
233,200
13,100
246.300
The manufactures from
domestic materials are soap,
SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE.
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We here close our Sketches—We have taken short
excursions, but we approach the end of our journey.
In the course of it, we have traced the staples of the
United States—the amount of their exports—and the par
ticular states where they are found most abundant. We
have traced the tendency of such states, as do not boast
,;.f staples, to enlist in schemes of manufacture—and we
tiave closed the prospect by an exhibit of the amount of
domestic manufactures, which we have been in the habit
of exporting. It is unnecessary to add, that every year
may be expected to swell this last item of our exports.
\Ve have now only to subjoin from Mr. Pitkin’s Work,
“a table exhibiting the value of the produce of the sea,
of the forest, of agriculture, and of manufactures export
ed, for each year, from 1803 to 1814, bv which foe pro
portion of each Can be at once, seen, during that period.’’
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grain, (as spirits, beer, starch, Sic.) of wood, (including
furniture, coaches, &.c.) cordage, canvas, linseed oil,
iron, and various other articles, such as snuff, silk shoes,
wax-candles, tobacco, lead, bricks, turpentine, spirits,
wool and cotton cards, &c.
The manufactures from foreign materials, are spirits
from molasses, refined sugar, chocolate, gunpowder,
brass, and copper, and medicines.
Tlie value ot each of these for the years 1806 and 1811
was as follows, viz.
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276,000
176,000
105,000
55,000
418,000
361,000
118,000
94,000
132,000
274,000
506,000
101,000
94,000
218,000
1,889,000
2,062,000
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Sugar refined,
Chocolate,
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Brass and copper,
Medicines,
1806.
Value.
§630,000
66,000
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42,000
25,000
53,000
1811.
Value.
§241,000
13,000
4,000
29,000
9,000
18,000
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from 1803 to 1811, foe produce of agriculture, constitu
ted about three quarters, in value, of all the domestic
xports of the United States; the produce ofthe forest,
about one ninth; of foe sea, about one fifteenth; and ma
nufactures, about one twentieth. For the year 1812, the
whole value ofthe domestic exports, was 3u,052,lu9, of
this, the value of the produce of agriculture, was
§24,555,000, leaving but five and a half millions for foe
rest: and in foe year ending October 1st, 1.113, about
sixteen months from the commencement of the late war
with Great Britain, the whole value of the domestic ex
ports was §25,008,152; of this, the value of the produce
of agriculture, was, §23,119,000, consisting, principally,
of Hour and provisions, sent to the Peninsula; in foe year
1814, in consequence of the blockade of our coast, the
whole exports of the United States, amounted only to
§6,927,441, of which §6,782,272, was of domestic pro
duce, wliich found its way, through certain ports, which,
for a time, were not subject to foe blockade.
CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN NEWS.
Boston, July 15.
We received, on Saturday, English and Dutch papers
to the end of May. They announce no event of impor
tance, and their details of minor events are not very in
teresting.
An article in the Leyden Journal, under the Florence
date, mentions that, it was a condition of foe treaty
made between foe two Sicilies and Algiers, that the for
mer should pay an anuity of twenty four thousa nd dol
lars, besides pav ing one thousand dollars each for tlie
ransom of the prisoners to the number of one thousand
one hundred and sixty who were found there. We men
tion this because it is in direct contradiction to an article
on the same subject which we quoted from a Leyden
paper some days ago. It is added, that three hundred
and fifty-seven Neapolitan prisoners had obtained then-
release, and returned to their country. It is asserted
that the Pontifical flag is put under the protection of
A-.istria, by which means it escapes the tribute heretofore
paid to the African regencies.
Rome, Mat 7 12.
Our relations with the house of Austria are for some
time closely united, which w e attribute to the necessity
of preserving' the Roman shores from foe Barbarians.—
The powers of Italy have concluded with the African
pirates treaties more or less humiliating; the court of
Rome will withdraw itself from them. It is to be pre
sumed that Austria will no more submit to them, and
tiie English vessels will not be always here to protect
our cbasls, so that we have great interest in forming
close relations with Austria.
We are assured that his holiness, to save the Italian
people on the sea shore, will m. ke an appeal to all
Christian princes; and it is said that several have serious
ly assented to the necessity of repressing a system of rob
bery so scandalous. Some people say, that there is an
intention of colonizing Africa, by destroying the Barba
ry powers, founding a kingdom in those countries, and
acknowledging - for king'of the new monarchy the prince
royal of Etruria, w hose knowledge exceeds his years.—
The crown will be gurrantecd to iuin by the powers of
Europe and foe grand seignor.
The order-,of Malta will be re-established in Africa,
and form a military order in the new kingdom; it will
furnish officers for the army, enjoy its prerogatives as
f.,r as they will be compatible w ith the new order of
tilings; and it will become an integral part or' the state.—
The African ports w ill be opened to the commerce of
the European powers. Commerce and civilization will
draw immense advantages from the execution of such a
project.
P uus. May 26.
Almost all the German journals, fix the month of Ju
ly next for the intorview, which they assure us is to
take place at the baths of Toplitz, between the empe
ror of Russia and Austria, and the king of Prussia.
May 27.
The general Vasco, whose arrest and transmission to
Spain we lately 7 mentioned, and who was supposed by
some to be general Mina, turns out to be a swindler.—
lie called himself count' de Garcia, and was decorated
with all foe Spanish orders. Nothing political was
charged against him, and he has been merely sent to
Spain to be punished as a criminal who has fled from jus
tice.
It is said that his royal highness the prince regent, has
consented to deliver general Ameil, (who was arrested
in Hanover) to the king of France.
The prevotal court held its sittings yesterdav, when
one Felix Beaudeon was brought before it, charged with
having, on the 4fo April lust, at the moment when Mon-
signeur the duke of Angouleme was entering his carriag-*
used expressions tending to weaken the respect due to
foe sacred person of his royal highness!—The court con
demned him to t\^o years imprisonment, three hundred
francs fine, five years surveilqpce, and the printing ot 200
copies of his sentence.
May 7 28.
The public opinion ymighs heavy on three distinguish
ed personages of the revolution, who are suspected of
being the secret contrivers and authors of the conspira
cy which has lately manifested itself in this devoted
country. This feeling is general, and their exile from
foe metropolis deemed necessary, even by foe moderate
royalists.
The rumors to which I w 7 as alluding, their mystery
and nature were of so powerful an influence, that they
inconjestibly tended to one common end in this affair,
the discordant interests of Orieanists, republicans, jaco
bins, and patriots.
“ M. Chateaubrian’s apprehensions of the mischief
which would result from a renewal of the chamber by
fifths, appear to be as lively as ever. “The counter-re’-
volution” said he at M. Lobories, “is not at Grenoble,
nor yet in the mountains of Dauphiny, nor yet in Nis-
11163 —it menaces us at Paris on the 18th of October, if foe
renewal of the chamber should not be integral—if we
should not retain our seats the five years and after—He
continued in foe prophetic tone of Jeremiah—Woe to
the provetal courts and the system of epuration—woe to
Several of the Late partizans of Murat have been arn>
ed at Urbjno by order of the Neapolitan go* eniment t*
having attempted to raise a rebellion. The police r
that county are very vigilant, though their means are r
tlier feeble, and the discontented are most audacious '
M. Periet has been condemned by the tribunal to
three hundred Francs, damages to M. FaucLe Borti
to restore tiie six hundred Louis wliich he obtained
him under the pfetext of saving his nephew’s life
was the cause ofthe present action;) to two ti.cu irq
francs fine to government, to five years imprison! a n*. t<)
one year surveillance of the high police, to the ejq„. nc
of the process, and to the printing of a certain nuuritr
of copies of his sentence. ' ■
May 30.
A surgeon of Paris, whose name we will not mention 1
was denounced lately at the police as one of the I
citizens of Paris; that in his house the most ridiculot is I
reports were daily fabricated, and the most alarming ac _ I
counts from thence promulgated. He was consequently H
arrested, and taken before the tribunal of correctienj H
police. A portrait of foe usurper was found in his Ik, i v I
with papers full of hieroglyphics and mysterious prtuic" .
tions; on one was seen that the planet Herscheil woi-{j *
put on foot a numerous army, that in 1817 thellersc! '
!
found also a copper plate, on which was engraten ve rsti
injurious to the king androvai family, and a copy i,t }
prccl: matiion, by which the French nation were exr q
to revolt and regicide. According to the accns
tliis man ll: cl communicated his criminal sentiments c 4
servant maid, and also to her (laughter, a rliitit 11 y
of age, and gave ti.e child a copy in writing oft l>-. p.
clumationj M. Pouletier, a young advocate, expits,,;
foe highest indignation at the accusations impute u io
client, and founded his elefence on the charges not bemg
siifiicicutiy proved, and that even possessing such th.i ; .
did not constitute a crime by law. r Ihe accuseu,-.q
two others implicated in the accusation, were acquiu.d,
in defiance! ofthe eloquence cf Mr. Emery, foe king „
vocate,. who aeteel as prosecutor.
The correction 1 tribunal on Tuesday last, condemn
to nint month imprisonment, a laboring woman, Coho-
Foucair, aged 58 years, sister of general Hoche, h.r lav.
mg or. the 22d April Lst, in a tavern, invoked foe iau,e
of the usurper!
The duite of Wellington is expected every moment a’
Pans. He was to have left ins head quarters at tjh..m-
hrayyesterday 7 . His excellency wiit assist at theft,;
which will be given in celebration of the marriage ot k-
royal iiigiiess the duke de Berry.
May 31.—We hear that a commission .has been already
named to fjrepare the budget for 1817. Among tlie meni.
bers of this commission are—M. de Yiliemanzv and ti.e
duke de Leves, peers of France; and M. de Ville, tf. :
duke de Gaete, baron Morgan, and Duvergier de Ifot
ran., ofthe chamber of deputies.
General ExceLmans and baron Ponimereuil have latd
received orders to qiut Brussels.
At Mous seven men have been condemned to death ; •
having been concerned in the late rebellion, three ire
were recommended to mercy, one to 20 years hard i,.b |
another to 15 years, and several to five years imprison-
ment each.
An article from the Brussels Gazette, published in i
London Journal, having mentioned tlie seizure of .. <•;
age belonging to lord Byron in lieu ofthe purchase mi .
of another carriage bought by foe noble lord at
place, we have authority to state, that the difference ’ .
tween the fact as represented in foe Gazette and the r- :
transaction is this; that, instead of his lordship tilth .
ing to defraud the coachmakcr of one thousand ,
it was the coachmaki r who unfairly procured froc. s
lordship eight hundred by taking-that sum for a - i iy r
wliich lord Byron was to try by a day’s journey to V. „
terioo. It broke down on that journey, and togetl, - , L1
tlie eight hundred francs, was icft for the bon-st u
man, who came to take by force wimt was giver: ,, n
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voluntarily. His lordship made no effort
any portion of his eight hundred franks; but It mr.t •
sum as ail indemnity for a damage which it might -t
the coaciimaker more than a hundred to repair, dep, • .1
from Brussels in a carriage purchased of an English trut.
eiier.
The following is a definitive treaty between A - o' I
and Bavaria. The latter surrenders the Uansruskvicr:, '
and the Innviertel, the Tvroiian Bailiwick of Y. Is, i
the dutchv of Salsbourg, and receives in exchange • .
districts of Deux-Ponts, Keiserlautern.and Spire, the - -•
ton, town, and fortress of Landau, and some other t.r-
ritories.
May 22.—The palace and a number of houses at Vi
to, in the Abruzzos, were destroyed on the 1st ult. in c-::.-
sequence of the eminence on which the town is built hav
ing sunk at different points.
Paris, June 1.
About one hundred workmen are daily emplo- fd in
constructing the temporary platform, etc. in X ;re
Dame; the seats, which are of very superior slrcngth,
capable of holding 22,000 spectators
In the Cjhamos Elysees, orchestras for music, an tor
the distrib’ tjoR of wine, meat, &c. are now construe ig;
poles also for the illuminations are erecting, to .lor v :.e
auspicious in.-rriuge of the duke and duchess <te IX
The city) of Lyons will present the duchess de lU-ri
with twenty-four magnificient silk robes of four firtst
manufacturje.
It appears that 400,000 francs is necessarv to cnn-rX '
the statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf, of widens n
280,000 francs have already been subscribed.
The emperor Alexander will pass a great part of t -
summer at foe Chateau of Zarskoiezeio, formerly a fa* •
rite residence of the empress Catharine.
'1 he duchess of I Urine has been named grand ir.is't"
of the order of the starred cross, a dignity wliich '
late empress of Austria enjoyed. The duchess has ti
ed a new ordi r in the states, the first grand cross of '■
she has sent to prince Hardenburg.
The marquis de Bonnai arrived at Berlin on the
in quality of French minister to that court.
The archduchess Clementine will not givt t r h..n :
prince Leopold of Naples before the month of A
The princess of W ales has quitted Tunis, ana i= 9
gone to Alexandria in Egypt.
It is expected that foe duke of Cambridge will tv""t
to England from Hanover snortiy, a new viceroy lu'ig
been appointed.
The tribunal of commerce judged on the 29th the ';
fair relative to eight hundred thousand francs mgoriate-!
by foe usurper on foe 21st of June, 1815, with tlie l-ausc
of Baraudofi, of London. The tribunal has ordered u f
the money be paid into that house, and the royal trea
sury to pay- all foe expences cf this process.
The administration of religious matters will in future
become the duty of the minister ofthe interior.
Letters from Piedmont announce the am.station of
Aigubelle, another chief of the late rebellion.
On the 19th, some brigands entered a farm house at
v oury, ntaij Orleans, murdered six people, carried on
much valuable property, and set tire to foe premises —
Search is miking after the perpetrators of this horriu act.
A horrid crime was committed last weik in ti c com
mune of Mery-ies-Bois. A man who knew were eight 9
francs were deposited in the house of his landlord, m at
tempting to get it, was discovered by a girl of six y<.ar>
old; he immediately turned and murdered her—he tl.ca
murdered a girl of fifteen, who hearing her cries, had
come to her assistance—and finally foe father, ty!;0
came to save the lives of his two children, fell a sacritke
to this monster. The villain fled.
The Loudon papers mention a report of an intended
union between foe duke of Gloucester and princess
Mary.
The Austrian marine is to be increased to ten fright *,
twenty brigs and fifty gun-boats.
Prices at London, May 28.—American 6 per ccrtff
Stocks 83J—Dollars, each 4«. Sid. cotton, upland. 1- a
21 d.
June 2.
To-day the members of the Israelitish consistory y-
to assemble at 5 o’clock in the evening, to set up lll “
bust of Louis 18th, in the place of their sittings; and
give more eclat to the ceremony, they have chosen
day ofthe inauguration of their temple! A Te JY u,n
be chaunted in celebration of this double solemnity, 1 !
Petersburg, May 4. .
The new tariff of duties appeared yesterday. Bt:i
effect at each custom-house the moment of its recent'® ’
It prohibits the importation of one hundred ane nine . '
one articles—it prohibits the exportation of Russian c01 ®’ 1
of band assignment, of hprses, of hair skins and fur 5 ’