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AMERICA—THE NA W.
Dublin, March ID.
We extract the subjoined paragraph
from the Courier of Monday, received by
€hi< dayjf mail.
,£ Therc Continari to be larger sales of
hemp. One extensive house in tlie city
yturchaseil Frnm 8 to 900 tons on Friday
and Saturday, principally, wc believe, on
account of the demand for the American
, market.” %
This squares with the intelligence from
America, inserted in our last- 'rhe Ame
ricans require hemp to equip the ships of
war now in progress of building in the
ducks of the United States. “We recom
mend,” sayrthe Times, “to the attention of
government, the activity with which the
Americans are laying down ships of war
in tlieir duck yards. We have no right to
prevent thi*; but we have 4 right to im
prove our navy, to husband its resources,
.and endear those engaged in it by kind
treatment:” This view of the matter is
fair enough; but what can the British go
» vernment do? Can Great Britain with an
. overwhelming debt proceed in the im
prnvementofher navy in proportion to the
rapid increase of the navy of the Ame-
. ricatis, who comparatively, have no debt
at all? ( Their whole debt amounts to lit
tie more than twenty millions sterling
which they are liquidating every year
that of Greet-Britain amounts to eight
hundred millions.)’ The answer to this is
easy—-let England reduce the interest on
her debt—let her rednee her unronstitn
t'onally large standing army—let her abol
i*h her useless places and" pensions, and
.apply a part of the capital that this would
give her to the improvement of her navy.
This would keep her naval establishment
on a respectable and imposing footing.—
The course of many years could only then
determine as to the mastery. A tall events,
the prospect of American greatness must
occupy much of the attention of the states-
' men of the old world, and particularly
those of the British empire.
REGENTS LEVEE—AMERICA.
On Thursday, his royal highness the
prince regent held his first levee fur the
season at Carlton-House. It was extreme
ly crowded by nobility, foreigners of dis
tinction and gentry.
“Previous to the commencement of flic
levee, after the usual forms of the prince re
gent entering his state apartments, Mr.
Kush, envoy evtraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from the United States of
America, was introduced to the prince re
gent by lord viscount Castlerrgh, as prin
cipal secretary of state for foreign affairs,
and conducted by Robert Chester, esq.
.. the assistant master of the ceremonies
Hit excellency had a closet audience, de
livered his credentials, and was most gra
ciously received. Mr. J. Adams Smith,
secretary of the legation of the United
States of America, ami Mr. Taylor, at-
' tuchedtn the legation of the United States,
weiealso presented to the regent upon
their appointments.”
'The introduction of these personages
recals to our recollection an anecdote of
the king, highly creditable to the good
sense and self possession of his majesty.
After the king had been compelled, by
. « series of disasters, to recognize the in
dependence of the United States of Arne
rica, Mr. John! Adams was delegated to
apt as their envoy at the court of St.
James's. To mecthiin, the king was ob
lived to offer violence to his feelings—
llis Majesty said, previously, that it would
be the most trying hour of his life. How
ever, when the hour arrived, the king con
quered his repugnance—he received Mr.
Adams in the mast gracious manner, and
after the usual introduction, his majesty
said—
“Mr. Adams, I have bean the last man
in’ the kingdom who consented to recog
nize the independence of my late colonies
—I shall also be the last person to attempt
to violate it.”.
Mr. Adams was greatly affected, and
took every opportunity afterwards of con
tradicting the opinions, then very preval
ent, unfavorable to his majesty’s personal
Character.
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SOUTH-AMERICA.
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hundred tyrants; and, alfoough many dt
triots of the sooth were, by- an act of ty
ranny, seized, jrn* on board English ships,
and cast ashore 611 the ‘coast ofTlie United
'States, for their avowed determination to
resist every encroachment upon general li
berty; it was not until those men had been
sent olf, that ft was discovered, that to at
tempt .establishing any privileged order,
would be to assure tlieir decapitation.-—
Since that period the advocates ul the hot*
have been (reading back their steps—and
a remote allusion may be (bund to the mis
sionaries sent to Europe in the following
article: The writer appears to have some
other sentimeots in view, which are not
so palpable but may be guessed at.
Gazette of Buewss-Ayret, March 7.
On the 23th .February last, arrived at
this capital, a diplomatic commission from
the United States of North-America, com
posed of Messrs. C. A. Rodney, late attor
ney-genersl of the United States; John
Graham, late of the department of state;
Theodoric Bland, one of the judges of Bal
timore; and Mr. Brackenridge, in quality
of secretary of the commission. This gen
tleman made Iris first visit to our secreta
ry of foreign relations, on the 2d instant,
announcing that on the 4th the commis
sioners would present themselves, Which
took place accordingly on the 5th, when
they were presented by the secretary of
state to the supreme director, and were re
ceived with the most particular attention
and consideration: there were present at
this act of the government, all the gener
als and military chiefs of the nation who
were at or near the capital. The citizens of
every class have taken an interest in shew
ing their respect for the commissioners ge
nerally, and individually; feeling that
sympathy which is so natural to the inha
bitants of the same hemisphere, one of
whom has for forty years enjoyed inde
pendence, and the other now struggling
for it: and, impressed with that unavoida
ble conviction that their dearest interests
ns nations are one ami the same. It is for
* noa tib Arnoiu.
la the newspapers published in Buenos-
|Ayres, we find many very able and manly
puj^ic discussions; with all our pretentions
to superiority of intellect and knowledge of
the principles of political and civil liberty,
we have not seen in any of our papers, nor
in the documentary productions of our
public men, any thing superior to some ar
ticles which we find in the newspapers of
the young republics of the south. We
subjoin a short translated extract from one
r *f them; which is only the opening part of
a largqr discussion. It may be proper to
premise, that, at a period not very remote,
which many readers of the Aurora may re
member, we suggested that there was a de
sign formed in South-America, inch as was
(armed at an-early period of the North
erner! can revolution, to give the revolu
tion a'diWctioti, f.ital to civil liberty; that
jt was proposed to create a hole for a no
bility, intended to be created} and we no
ticed toMficats toll beep s ent to different
eoUrtv jiC Europe to obtain aid and coon-
tewai&gfoeriM establishment of the legiti-
wactfof ihetfcte in that country.
It was aftei'wards'fob nd, by the .affvo.
cates of the Mobility hole, that the people
mho were Tn’retroit against one tyrant, were
getilisjtoted to accept one hundred or five
m. -Va
tins reason, that, altlmuglMvc .are ready to
receive at all times with pleasure the de
monstrations of good will whirh may be
pmfTered by European governments, (heir
diplomatic agents can never expect to in
spire confidence so complete and animat
ing as must ever be produced by the am
bassadors of the Tree and independent
states of the same continent—professing
the same principles of independence and
freedom. We are far from believing that
even in the European courts, the gross and
unnatural maxims of monopoly and ava
rice, which would confine present and fu
ture generations in this new world to slave
ry and degradation can very long prevail.
One thing, however, is certain, that admit
ting such a thing probable as the duration
of such a spirit of injustice , and iniquity,
the period has arrived Wheji Europe can
no longer calculate oil pursuing it with
success in South-America.
But, be the disposition of European
courts what they may, or let the extrava
gance and presumption of foe courtier
spirits of European writers deceive.whom
they may, this truth will still be found in
variable and constant, that the states of
South-America, at least., will never be
found concerned in any transactions which
are not calculated to assure the eternal *e
paration of this whole continent from Eu
rnpean influence, and to maintain its per
petual liberty and happiness, free from
their interference and influence. A plan
combining different results, would be in
consistent with our security, and with that
policy which distinguished the great and
illustrious Washington.
Without pretending to be particularly
inquisitive about the real object of the di
plomatic commission just arrived from the
free and independent states of North-Ame
rica, and without giving credit to every
rumor that is hastily put in circulation;
yet, wc cannot find any great difficulty in
forming a conjecture of- their having anti
cipated in their mission the arrival of si.
milnr commissioners from European na
tions—we shall not pretend to say. that
the motive which is assigned by common
rumor, is well founded or not; wc have be
fore us the message of the president of the
United States, transmitted to both houses
of congress, on the 12th of December last,
io which he points oat his motives for
sending a commission, composed of distin
guished persons, to all the eastern c.,ast
of South-America. In this message he
lays it down as a principle, that the gov
ernment of the United States has not con
sidered the revolt of the Southern Ameri
cans, who had declared themselves inde
pendent, in the light of a rebellion, but as
a civil war between two independent states
who had a right to claim from the United
States a neutral policy; this message anti
cipated that this struggle between Spain
and her ancient provinces would become
very interesting to the United States, and
that it was natural that his fellow-citizens
should feel strong sympathies for tlieir
neighbors of the same continent, etc.
The mission probably has for its objects:
First. To acquire correct information
concerning every thing here which, can be
interesting to the United States.
Second. To communicate here just ideas
of the feelings and sentiments of the peo
ple of the north, and the amicable dispnsi-
tiun of that government towards both the
contending parties.
Third. To assure the neerssary respect
for its commerce in every port and by evc-
ry flag.
We are not aware, that the commission
ers have had any conferences with our go
vernment in consequence of such instruc
tions. - - 9
were offered for’sqe two thousand eight
hundtelandseventl lite t ary works, which
hoA h^^mtjUsbed n Germany within the
,a *lCi graml duko Tonstatitine, the bro
ther of the emperoi Alexander, and vice
roy of Poland, In? teen elected a member
of the diet ef Poltod by the citizens of
Prague, suburb ot~ Warsaw. The grand
duke had 105 votes,foe next highest had
three. ■ ->v >, x .
; The deliberations of the legislature of
the kingdom of Hanover, which have here
tofore beeq in private,, irre hereafter to be
public. Tie duke oif Saxe Weimar, the
brother-in-law of Alexander, has given to
the. people of hi} tlulchy a constitution on
principles *0 just and liberal, that Iris birth
day is expected to be celebrated by the
people of all Germany, as a tribute of their
gratitude and respect for ihe first German
sovereign who has given to his people a
constitution acknowledging their rights.
We seine time since puplished that there
were many British agents in Saxony for
the purpose of buying up all the WOOL
in that country, not only the present, but
for future years: our Hamburg papers as
sure us that those agents have failed to at
tain Iheir object. TheGernans absolute
ly refused to ’ sell to the British agents,
and determined to keep the wool for and
and sell it to their own manufacturers.—
Demo. Pres;.
^POPULATION.
In a late rebate in the British parlia
ment on Irish affairs, sit John Newport
observed that “the population of Ireland
amounted at least to six millions.” To
have some idea of the compactness of this
population *e should bear in mind that the
white population of the whole United
States in 1810,. was less than the white
population of Ireland, and that Ireland is
one third less in size than the State of
Pcnnsvlvania.—ib
FROM GERMANY.
From a file of Hamburg papers wc learu
that on the 7th of April the countess of
.Gothland, (the present queen of Sweden)
paid a visitjfo.foyking oLFrance. *t the
Thniiteries, and' was rccc
18th wills the most marked rep]
At"
March Leipajc .fair, there
The following artiele sets forth in such
strong light the “extreme folly” of Mr
Jefferson, in purchasing Louisiana,aterri-
tory which,saul'foe federalists at the time,
was capable of'(irodneing nothing but bull
frogs and alligators, that we insert it ir
order to remove any doubts which may ex
ist upon the subject. With such facts
“staring him in th-fa.eewill Mr. Jeffer
son presume still to defend the policy o<
(he aforesaid purchase?—Ont. Messenger
Louisian —The SOth April last was
the 15th anniversary of the conclusion o(
the treaty ceding Louisiana to the United
States. New-Orleans in 1805 contained
about nine thousand inhabitants. It now
contains from thirty two »thirty eight
thousand. But little sugar and cotton
were then raised in Louisiana—now tliir
ty thousand hogsheads of the former art-
raised a year, and an immense amount of
the latter. The commerce was inconsid
arable; now there are from one to two liun
dred Vessels continually at the city; and
above it, foe river is covered with steam
boats, sloops, barges, etc. ,
JVestern Commerce.—A passenger in
foe steam boat AStna, arrived at Louisville
from New-Orleans, states, that he counter
six hundred 'and forty three flat boats,
which lie met going down the river, during
bis passage up —ib.
FROMTHE SPANIStiMJLY.
We learn from captain fngersoll, of the
Alert, arrived last night; that nothing of
any importance had occurred since the
battle of VaVinas, on the 20th or 21st of
May,in which the royalists were victori
ous" It was impossible for general Mo
rales to attempt the reduction of 'St.
Fernandez (the principal post of foe pat
riots.) this season, on account of the rains
liaviug commenced oit tne Oroonoke,
which had overflowed the plains. Mu-;
rales had fallen back to Calaboza, where
it was expected he would remain. Mo
rillo was still at Valencia, not having en
tirely recovered from his wounds. About
the lastof May, foe patriot forces under
Bermudes made an unsuccessful attack
011 Cuinaaa.' His loss was reported to
have been from 150 to 200 men, and two
pieces of artillery. Bolivar, with from
4000 to 5000 men, (chiefly colored) was
at St. Fernandez. On the 17th, a patriot
colonel named Moralles, was led outside
the gates, shut, and afterwards suspended
from a gallows; and two others were shot
the same day, one at Caraccas, and the
other at Porto Cavello. They were said
to have been taken by surprise in a battle
fought about the first of May, wherein the
patriots lost between 5 and 600 men killed
and taken prisoners. Moralles is said to
have been the commandant at Laguira,
when the pataiots had possesion.
N. T. Com. Ado.
hecSssary for ottr consumption. It it
painful to contemplate the distresses to
which our unfavorable reasons xvijl, in all
probability, reduce many poor but indus
trious families, wBo, with but scanty re
sources, will be necessitated to ‘pay the
most exorbitant prices for the Simplest
•nd most indispensable r.ciessaries «>f life»
Charleston Times,\tth fast.
FROM MONTREAL.
Canandaigua, June 23.
A gentleman who left Montreal on Fri
day last at noon, and came in the steam
hods Ontario from Sackett’s Harbor to
Genesee riyer, arrived in this town last
evening—a distance of about 330 mile:
in three days and an half!
The above gentleman brought a circula
from a respectable house in Montreal, re
iative to an ordinance lately passed by the
governor and council of Lower Canada
and to the state.pt the markets.
The ordinance repeals the law of 1788,
prohibiting: the direct importation of pork,
flour, etc. Trom foe United, States. Flour
is permitted to go into foe province, pro
vided it be exported within six months,
and no part consumed; ashes; lumber, etc
are admitted free "f duty. Fresh and
salted provisions prohibited. These re
gulations seem intended to favor the car-
rying trade at the upper province, as all
kinds of provisions continue to find tlieir
way through that province to Montreal,
without interruption.
■“New-York, July 1.
The extreme heat continues, and we re-
ret to state, that several more persons, gen
erally strangers to our climate, yesterday
fell sacrifices to the imprudent use oi colli
water; by wfogh five deaths were occasion
ed; one of whom wasMichaei Cannon,aged
about 21 years, who arrived at this port a
few days since in the schooner Cyane,
from Sligo. This young man fell in our
presence, next door to the office of this
Gazette. He was temperate, industrious,
and esteemed by all w|,o knew him.
The mercury, yesterday stood sometime
at 92—higher than at any period since
1811.
A mad-dng was yesterday killed on the
battery. The present extreme heat will
naturally generate hydrophobia, and it is
of importance' that foe keepers of dogs
confine ffibm, as foe law directs.
July 2.
Alarge Porpoise,in playing :n the bayye.
terday, rolled intoasmall skiff, which con
tained but qqe person, who being alarmed
for the momettt^jook. no.tpeasures to secure
his guest, Bdiett oe soon-flounced over the
side, prefering fiis own cool element to be
ing scotched infoe sun in an open boat.
A letter from .Bordeaux, per brig
Stooghton, of the 23d-of Mar, speaks of
the heavy rains, and expresses'some appre
hension of injury to foejSfirbps. The same
letter States; that the captain of* the ship
Savannah, died about three hours after
:eived by Louis receiving a Bordeaux pilot. *» ‘
.1 — • The Stoughton, has brought 1 out des
patches tor government-
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT
On Wednesday morning, the store and
dwelling house of Philip Smith, merchant,
of Bedford, West-Chester county, were
burnt to the ground, with the contents of
the stot-c, and part of the furniture of the
house; and what is more painful to relate,
one of Mr. Smith’s children, a boy, about
10 or 12 years old, and son of one of his
neighbors, about 14 years old, were also
burnt so badly, that they died the next
day; two other boys are not expected tu
live, and several other persons are serious
ly injured.
This dreadful catastrophe was occasion
ed by the boys playing with gun powder
in the store, the flashes of which commun
icated to and exploded several cannisters
Besides the melancholy bereavement the
neighborhood has sustained, Mr. Smith
who is stated to be a very worthy, indus
trious and frugal man, has suffered a se
vere loss in property.—N. Y. Gazette.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.
Wcur.derstajd, that at Nottoway court*
house on Thursday last, it being court-day,
a rencontre took place between Dr. Bacon,
son of maj. Bacon, and Dr. John S. Harda
way, in which each party used the dirk.
Dr! Hardaway was mortallv wounded, and
expired on Saturday.—Dr. Bacon was
wounded in three places, but his wounds
are not considered fatal. We are not infor
med of the particulars of this rencontre.
—Petersburg Republican, 1st ins!.
Fnm the Bor tin Daly Advertiser, 1\fJane SO.
EASTPORT. - - ^
We are informed by a gentlemap who
lately visited this port, that the command
ing officer has for some weeks past been
ready to deliver the place infa the hands
of our government, and has beert Hairing
with some impatience for the' appearance:
of an agent authorisod to receive it. The
officers despatched from this town : to re*
ceive possession of it, have probably,reach
ed there about this time. We are’also in?
formed, that the town haabegq very much
improved, while it has beynjtt:. possession
of the British—that a large and elegant
bridge has beeq built over the cieek,/ and
an excellent sm'ooth road, four*rods wide,
has been made from the town to tlfo ferry,
a distance of four miles. Much of tlitf
works has been performed by tlie troops.
THE SEA-SERPENT AGAIN.
The following account of the sea-serpent, '
while it fully confirms former statements
as,-to his-enormous size, gives a more
just ideaufhis monstrous powers than
any which has preceded it. How vast
must the body of a serpent that when
lying in, the water could easily, and for
a length of time, support near fifty feet
ofifo length in an erect position above
the surrace! and how wonderful his
strength who could attack and bri&'the
whale in mere sport! Is this not the
Leviathan indeed; captain West is a
man well known to us—and the cor
rectness and veracity of his statement
will not be doubted by any one who
knows him.—HallowedAdv.
I, Sliubael West, of Hallowell, in the
county of Kennebec, master of the packet
Delia, plying between Kennebec river
and Boston, testify and say, that I left
Boston on the morning of Sunday.the 21st
inst. and at about 6 o’clock r. m. Cape
Ann bearing w. g. v. about two. leagues,
steering a course ». u. e. saw directly
ahead, distant threeifths.Ijf a mite, an ob
ject which I have no doubt - was. the sea
serpent so often mentioned by others, en
gaged with a whale that was endeavoring
to elude the attack. The serpent threw J
up his tail from 25 to SO feet in a parpen-
CURIOUS INCIDENT.
A gentleman of great respectability, in
forms us of a very singular event which
happened a few .lays since in Hanover
county, on the plantation of a Mrs. Hawes
within a few miles of this city. A negro
woman left her sucking child asleep in her
cabin, to bring water from a spring; on re
turning to the door of her humble dwelling,
what was her astonishment to see a black
snake coiled around the neck of her infant,
with its mouth applied to and apparently
introduced into that of the child! Words
are too faintto give an adequate idea of the
feelings of the mother. With the wild
shriek of horror, she rushed from the
cabin, crying aloud for assistance, and flew
into the presence of her mistress. There
was not a man near them. They returned
with the utmost precipitation to the cabin,
whence they 6aw the snake departing, who
gliding through the woods, effected his es
cape. On examining the poor infant it v?as
found dead. It is known that black snakes
are fond of milk, and that to satiate their
appetite, they will sometimes twine them
selves around the legs of the cow, in order
td suck its teats. It is supposed, that al
lured by the smell of milk in the mouth of
the child, the snake coiled around its neck,
and applied its own mouth to that of the in
fant. Its gripe is known to be very strong;
and by this as well as by introducing its head
into the mouth completely strangled the
baby. It had no marks of a bite about it.
Few modes of death can be conceived more
horrible than this —Richmond Compiler.
dicular direction, striking the whale with
tremendous blows rapidly repeated, which
were distinctly heard, and very-loud, for
two or three minutes. They theo both
disappeared for several minutes, moving
in a w. s. w. direction,'when they reappear
ed in shore of os, and about uiide.r the sun,
the reflection of which was so strong as to
prevent our seeing so distinctly as before.
They again went down for a short time
and again come up to the surface, under
our larboard quarter, the whale appearing
first, and the serpent in pursuit. Here
our view was very fair. The serpent shot
up his tail through the water to foe height
above mentioned, which he held-outof wa
ter some time, waving it in the airland at
the same time, while his tail remained in
this position, raised his head rather lei
surely 15 or 20 feet, as if taking a view of
the.surface of the sea. After remaining
in this situation a short time,-he again
suuk into the water, disappeared, and was
not s.een after I _
The serpent’s
on board,
iy was larger in my
Norfolk, July 3.
The United States’ brig Spark, lieuten
ant Nicholson, 17 days from Messina, ar
rived at Gibraltar, April 6, for despatches,
and sailed again 11th, for Marseilles and
Leghorn, to join foe commodore.
opinion, than the mast of any ship I ever
saw; his tail appeared very ragged and
rough, and was shaped something like an
eel’s, and his head like that of ttft land
serpent. Being well acquainted wffo
whaling, I think 'the whale was.endeavor-
ingto escape,as he spouted but once at a
time on coining to the surface. The
whale’s back was distinctly seeri as well as
his spouting, and the last time he appear
ed he went down before the serpent came
up. The above was seen by all on board,
amounting tu 15 or 18 persons,, as well as
myself, with foe exception of one woman.
During our view, the combatants had
passed a mile or more. The whale was a
lump-back, and a pretty large one.
Skl'bael West.
Hallowell, June 27,1818.
Then the above named Sliubael West
personally appeared before me the Sub
scriber, one of the justices of the peace
within and for the county .of Kennebec,
and made solemn oath that the above
statement of facts by him subscribed is ,
just and true. A. Mann.
We continue to receive the most dis
tressing accounts of the great duougrt
hich pervades throughout this and the
neighboring States. The cotton crops
are nearly one half destroyed, and grain
of every description perishing for the want
of rain. The largest reservoirs in our
low country are entirely exhausted, and
it is with great difficulty that a sufficien
cy of water is procured upon the most ex
tensive plantations, to relieve the cattle
which wander in search of it. In one of
the upper sections yf the State of Georgia,
We have frequent accounts of the won
derful fish in our waters. It is quite unex
pected that we hear of no purpose to take
lim. He mast be muchiurnur power, by
shewing himself so often. Itis said he has
companions, but from the account that the
tails appeared more like a squid, we are
led to suppose these true Phocse Leanina,
which hasappendagesnot altogether unlike
the feelers ofthesquid. It is said the mas
ses of ice have been carried more southerly
than they have been heretofore observed.
If thatbe true, these sea Lions accompany
them, or sea Elephants as the Chinese
would call them They are represented
often 22 feet long, and even three- quarter*
of that measure round over the breast.—
Essex Register.
ot a drop of rain ha^falley from the Hea
vens for thirty-nine days, and" the dejvs
were se light and moderate as to afford
but slight relief to the dejected hopes of
planter. The high price of cotton
The number of known vegetable speries
since the year 176S, when;. Linnteos pub
lished his Species Plant arum, and reekrei-
ed them only ■> 7500, is remarkable: 1784
Murray raised them to 9000. In 1800
M. Person included 21,000 without reckon-
sasstswa?’ sstsm
the cultivation of so lucrative a crop-? msn , ner .’ 80 S&JJSESt tHW
nd fgars were entertained that even with be P e t* ect *J C0 ™“V - 0 *1 „
Se bEt ofVasons, foe grain harvest whole numbernow exceed* $0,fX>0.-
would have fallen tar short af the quantity w ? a P er '
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