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o'clock. Thr» an —tvnet i* found necessary to
enable us to get our paper to prcizur.*^ lo (, 1Tt
our packs!* made up and dispatched by ihe'Bn
wadi and to serve -Cur town aubacribeni at an ear-
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'LKTTEKS Fit JU EXGLAXD.
f£x!ract from u tc-cli a/letters, written by an .1me-
rican grnitfmaa •white In England to h.t friend
rinSavannah.
NO it
"Siliming dawned, and brought Glaagow into
view
“Kntering Sco'Iand by the road I came, it ia for
tunate to make the approach to such a city, and to
get i'lto ii by such a a'reet aa the Trongale, which,
aait ia continued by Argyle-a'.reet, ii one of the
fill-.*. in Great-Hritam. Ii was a mint pleasant cor
trait w.tli the rni-erau.e country through vv.ii
t had just paaaed, and served in Mime degree
remove the unpleasant improMom which h» I•»••'
■.made u r lh o»7 wTod.
“Gia g iw, although considered aa a mar.ufac
turing town, ia the aecond in aize and importance
in the kingdom; and is. I think, the handsomest.
Ha h ha long bid claim lor the higiieat than
"bra nj; but with the exception of a few of
errsena. and a spry few short streets, it is cer-
tainh inferior to Glaagow in elega ce; so fart
■thia may be comprised by uniformity, width, at
regularity of streets; with neatness, and in many
instances, splendour of buildings Both in thi
. and in their number, I have been deceived, fi
both have exceeded my expectations. The streets
arc wide, straight, and cross at rigid angles. A
contrast not hnpleassnt may be observed in par
of the I'rongate, where the houses of the last and
lone or two preceding centuries, with the gabl
tends to the streets, arc intermixed with motler
'buildings,—having a good front. Excellent stout
is procured in the imme bate vicinity ofthetowi
amt the bouses are erected witli a pretty good
taste I would confine this, however, to tlie front
orthe buildings. The division into flats (for eacl
story ia »o called) as in the old town oi Edin
burgh.—the approach to which is by a common
stair case, not commonly very clean, is not in con-
iformity with a good taste or convenience. Each
*toiy is occupied by a family, who are as general
ly as little known to each other, as if they were
half a mile apart. The entrance to these com
Yuan dwellings ekeept to the firs*, store or flat,
through a narrow alley, close, or yard. Modern
taste is triumphing over that which governed the
men of past ages, and buildings are erecting,
which, though of less size, will have fewer ten
ants. The depression of trade which is so loudf
complaintrl of. seems not to liave been so seven.)
felt here, if one may judge from the improvement
in various parts of the town Public spirit is not
wanting. It is evinced in the court house at. ~
prison lately erected on the bank of the Clydi
in Ihe infirmary; the lunatic asylum, and other
buildin gs. The interior arrangement ol the latter;
its comforts, cleanliness, and sirder, are equal t
■sny institution of the kind 1 have ever seen,
saw many from whose minds reason bad fled
and left them a sad wreck;—Using memorials <
what p< or anti helpless creatures they were with
out that to guide the crazy balk What is there
in the wide field,of wretchedness-»u» ■«—»"ly«i- —
•a tKing groping his way, influenced only by brutal
appetite or passion? What picture is so frig'itfu
as the human mind deprived of its wanted en> ig
and powers, by insanity? “No ruins,” says an ad
mired female writer, “are so terrific as that of the
human soul.” “What” says she, in cantinuatio,
“is the views of tbe failing column, the mould
ering arch of Ihe most exquisite workmanship,
when compared with the living memento of the
fragility*, the instability, and the wild luxury of
noxious passions? Enthusiasm turned arlrift, like
some rich stream overflowing its banks, rushes
fo-ward with destructive velocity, inspiring a .-ub-
lime concentrate n of thought. These .arc
The ravages over which humanity must evei
mournfully ponder with a degree of anguish, not
excited by crumbling marble or cankering brass.
Unfaithful to the trust of monumental fame. It is
mot over the decayed productions of the mind,
embodied with the happiest art, we grieve most
■bitterly. The view of what has been done by
Ulan, produces a melancholy, , yet aggrandizing
scone of what remains to be achieved by hutna-
Intellect; but a mental convulsion, wb.cb like tin
devastation of aH earthquake, thnws all the ele
riients of thought and imagination into confusion,
taskes contemplation giddy, and we fearfully ask
on what ground u)e ourselves stand?” Sorely man
Is no where pictured in a condition so helplesi
and forlorn,was when deprived of that faculty
Which is his guide to pleasure and happiness, anil
is the distinguishing trait from the brute creation
The mind is ol'tlimes strangely distorted; and the
following copy of a paper given to me by one of
the miserable victims, is an instarcc:—
“Sin—In the name of the Most High, Eternal,
Almighty God, 1 desire and command you to pro
cure the following articles directly, viz:—a Holy
Bible, with engravings, ami a concordance; a mar
tyrology; the best history of the damned diabolical
monster Bonaparte; the prince regent and Ilia
court, Ite If you do not answer this in eight
davs, I consign you to the devil’s black book of
hell. I am, Ac. T. BLAIR.
“The infirmary 1 visited twice, but did not notice
any thing at lucli was entitled to a particular rccol
Tenon. The practice of putting manv patients
in the same chamber or ward, prevails here, in
violation of good sense, and without a single cir
cumstance which justifies a practice equally re
pugnant to comfort and delicacy Ii ms other
wards for the accommcidation of single patients;
Home for four, and some for eight. ■
“Places of worship are numerous and well at,
tended. I have not anjr w here else seen so man;
decent and well-clad people; eroudhtg into the
tsliurehe*. The streets leading to them, are liter-
wily filled—pressing forward to where the sound
of "the bell announced worship is to be performed
.Whatever connection this may have with piety, it
ia certainly a proof of decent respect to a day or
dained to be kept holy, and sanctioned by tbe
custom of nearly two thousand yean duration, as
such Correspondent with this, there is a decen
cy in the deportment of the people, and a quiet
and order in the streets, which certainly st least
are negative proofs of the influence of education
and religious sentiments.
••Something is due to a well regulated police
for the few instances of disorderly conduct pre
sented in the streets of Ibis flourishing place. The
same police prevents beggars from annoying pas
sengers: but these, although lets obtrusive, are not
leas numerous This subject I have already no
ticed.”
(go SZ CORTTHOTD.]
Wo learn that the honorable John Q
g lams, *ct out ■ from Boston, on "fostia t
t on hi* return to this tity.'
It in reported that Sellt Pease, esq. an
assistant poet-master general, yesterday
resigned hi« situation in that department.
•—Washington City Gazette, id in ft
'L.ItGST from EXGLAXJ}.
From the ATcwYerk Me,amtile Advertiser, Oct.2.
By die Luey-Aon, captain Arnold, arm ed be
low last evening, tbe editors ol tbe Mercantile
Advertiser, received a Liverpool paper of' die
i9di August There were no arrivals from die
United-States.
Tne London papers of tbe 17th, staled that die
stocks were ‘
looming
The queen’
pear Alice ol amendment.
t he Liverpool corn exchange report of 'he
18th, states that good wheat soul readily at an
auvance of one penny per busliei Irom the price
of the preceding I'ueaday- A Urge portion oi
American flour is become shut-, m coiise
queucv. what ia fresh and aweet adn-nced Is per
U> —price 43s io 47*—English wheat 10s O to la;
foftign do. *0s to les tfcl
At the London corn exchange, on the I7lli,
tales o*' good wheat were at an advance of s per
quarter, but no alteration in the inferior qualities;
beans and peas also advanced -s per quarter
Lord Castlereagb, it is raid, does not proceed
to Aix-la-CItapelle lid die aim August, a* ihe
congress does not sit till me first week in Sep
timber.
Lavzsvooi, August 19.
The harvest is now in tull activity in every
part of Uiis neighborhood. In many instances
the wheat fields are entirely reaped. We may
niter fr m this iliat in Hie middle and southern
di.-rnct* of the kinguuin the harvest is mostly se
cured. Northward of Lancaster, we are inform
cd. it is much more bacaward, and scarcely be
guu the crops is anilosi every where clean
sound a d even; not extremely heavy, hut of ex-
ce. ieu. quality
A bpau.sb schooner, captured ott Cape Finis-
Lerre, by the privateer Union, ot Buenos Ayres,
b.ing in waul f proven -us. low put into Pen
zance, where she was taacn possession of by the
revenue cutter Lora Exm uth, commander ct
.lie Plymouth station, ha? directed her removal
to Falmouth, to wait tlie determination ol govern
and lad night with much fi^^. h WaiprofeJly
rmrify theatmdsphere, and check the lmle atek
ness that prevail*.”
Cantain Deer in 40 day* from Lisbon, inform
• ha. KSuSt/erefrom U.e Ujta.es
hould bring with them the resident Portugues
consul’s certificate attached to their bill* o? >*<>
i-g, invoice, clearance, manifest and bill ofhee!!»
certifying tbit die c*rgo mentioned in *ud bn.
tr. ^instituted the whole o!
itnt.
4drertued—for Xew-Yuric, ships Htct »r, Gil
J.uuer, io sail «3d; Ana-Maria, Waite; Justina
For Boato.i, George Porter and «'ara
For Baltimore, .Mexico Dra ton, 1st Sept
For Xortolk. fitc ship JtwtO, K.ating For Sa
vmhnal). Vidcan, Ueui; Georgia, Low
i he »hip Vilic de Rouen mailed from Havre on
the ld:h August. A letter ot that date mentions
liiat a public sale of 4,(A»0 bales of upland cotto
as made the dav pitviou , whict* brot.gii! 54 t«
j6 sous. LolK e steady. Potashes improving
from the JSTc-w-York Daily Aitvertiter, Vet. 2.
By ibe brg Uiaernia, cap am Graham, in 3o
days from fiuotin, we received from a commercial
n*use in thiscitj, Iriah papers to‘the 15;h ult
nciusive.
A company has been established in London
under the very singular title of “The Royal Pa
tent Burial Company,’* and they gravely inv.te
he public to inspect their newly invented “Me
tallic Coffins.”
It is stated that count Las Casas is busy witli
the allied powers, to procure some mitigation of
he present rigorous imprisonment of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
FROM BORDEAUX.
Last evening, the brig Bordeaux, captain But
man, arr*red at this port, in 46 days from Bor
*eaux, having (besides a valuable cargo) on board
Mr Martintz a Spanish gent.emen, attached t<
he Spanish legation in tlie United .States, and t
die bearer of important despatches from the
Spanish government to Mr Onis, and also tr< n
Mr. Krving to our government~i»o doubt ot s
very friendly nature. (Something, we hope, list
the session of the Florid s to tht United Slates J
We learn that the grain crops in France, gene 1
i)r, had not turned ou. as good as was anticipat
ed The grain had shrunk in consequence ot a
long spell of dry weather, and the drought, it was
feared, would very sensibly affect the vineyards,
nless rain should fall in tune to recover them -
he shortness of the crops, particularly of black
rahr, ti«it tihtaMuiu-a a rise in tne price of t\ e
Hour, rice, &c. It was remarked that the graj
.n s were never in a more tickti h situation.
From the At'ezo York Mercantile Advertiser, Oct 1
LeUtrsfrom Xiw-Orieans by yesterday’s man
nfirm Mir former accounts of the prevalence
»f the yellow fe-er at that place One of he d
ult. announces tne melancholy intelligence ot the
death of Mr. Joshua Babe >ck. of the house of R< -
binson & Babcocx, (late ol this city) after an ill
ness of three days; also Abram Dickerson, Abni.
I’arland, and the mate of the schooner Gold-Hun
ter all from this city.
The Connecticut Herald of Tuesday last, states
that the republican council nomination has no
loubt succeeded.
From the JVtvt-York Gazette, October t.
The ship Atlantic, captain Maitack, sailed yes
terday forenoon for Liverpool In her Went th-
following passengers: - Mrs Cox, of die Island o?
lamatca, .Mrs. Matu>ck and daughter; Miss Le-
Lcn, Messrs. Botts. of liirmingtwn; Miller, ot Lon
don; Clarke, Gilbert, T, Strong, Pershou^e Pit
cairn and servant, .Mein, captain Thompson, oi
he British navy, and baron Von Holien, governor
f St Thomas’
Mr. G Cazeaux, the late French cnmul for this
city, says the Evening Post, sailed for Bordeaux
on Sunday Iasi, in the brig Reindeer, with h s fa
mily. As ilus gentleman was recalled in 1816, by
Ure influence of whai is called the ultra royaLkt
party, his return to France, after a lapse ot two
years, seems to de note some material change in
the political thermometer of that strange people.
We understand (aays the Columbian; that the
storm of the i9ih September, did some injury on
Long Island. A mill dam at Moonches on which
is situated a valuable paper-mill, owned by Jame*
snow den & Co. was broken, and the m.ll under
mined and much injured. Mott’s mill dam at
ratchogue was carried away
A gentleman of this city has raised this sea
son, in hi* garden at Ja.i aica, Long-island, from
oxs seed two SQoAbnEb, one of which weighs
77 pounds, and .he other 57. The largest ol tlum
will, in a few days, be deposited at the seed store
of Mr. Thornbum, in Nassau-street. Tbe seed
which produced these squashes is said to have
come from Valparaiso.
Mr Gibbons has offered his steem-boat Belona
the inhabitants ol Elizabeihtown, to be put in
stock on shares, at cost and charges.
of sailing,
had been so for some ame previous
Ali foreign vessels arriving in tlie Portaguts
dominions, after the 30th **P tembc r» would bt
subject to the same charges, as Portuguese
t e*lels pay in the pftrts from wlucb such foreig
Captain Dyer has flivored us with a Lisbon
Price Core:, t of ihe 21st, and Oporto papers
the 3d and 7Ui August.
P-tces Current at Lisbon, Aug 21 —Rice, Bra-
zil. 661W to |'4U0; coffee, Brazil. 7400 to 8000 per
rone* salt, per tnoy, 2900; wine. Lisbon 90o0 0
l\Wii fish oil 3000 a 3200 peralmude; corn. Am
& j. to 650 per alquitV; Am fl.ur 9000 to 9600,
(about Kit). In market, Aug 21, 2198 bis Am
flour, and 25060 bvzhelsAm *heif, corn 41C1
tjc, 87
We learn nothing important from tlie Span:
Maine, by the Active Capt. Barr reports that
exertions were making to streugtben the royal
forces at Porto Cavdlo. and most of tin country
people who came inti the town, with their mules,
were i*.i, ,ressed for the service. There were nu
merous Patriot priv»teers off the port.
An election waa Irtd in Philadelphia on Friday
last for the choice o two inspectors of tlie gene-
ral election from etch ward, which resulted
favor of the f. derai republican candioates by
majority of 1066 votes.
Extract of a letur d-<ted Jfew-Orleane, Sept. 5.
■Since our last, of 'lie 3d insl die number <
ea-ea of fever have increased aiming these winch
have been attacked within ihe last three da; s an
'he following gentlemen of my acquaintance:
It M'Natie; Mr. Townsend of thefiim of Town:
end & Mummer; Mr R.jnolds; Mr Alien, ot the
firm of Stockton 8t Alien; Mr Davidson, tht Bn
ish consul; Mr Canfie'd, Mr Palmer. Mr.Ua.-
del, Mr Wiliams, and Mr N Willet Cm. Pat-
teraon’* udy is also among the number on tlie
si k li. t. "
We regret that a report of the death of our
worthy ft fend, capi. i cerr, should have iuund its
way in the Gazette. Tlie only consolation left is
nai this gentleman is fifing, and hopes entertai
" ' shi ’
d of Ills recovery. The distinguished attention
intended as respect to Is. memory in tliis city, is
mother circumstance that must alleviate, in some
measure, tlie premature distress of iiis numerous
friends who, at the lime, believed the report.
A - f Gaaeiie, 5th it,at.
[By the tloop General fV’aildngtan ]
CnxaxzBTOH, October lo.
O.VJS D.iY lall'EK.— By the British ship
Homer. We Lst evening received a London paper
of the 18th of Augu ;, hut tides not contain
single item of news. Theme was sumc rumor,
when capt B. saued, ot the probability of a war
Uctwcen Spain and Euglanu, or the Unileu
Slates.—Conner.
The ship Aristides lias arrived at Boston in 41
days from Liverpool, bringing Prices Current ct
the 2htli August.—Aviles, pearl, 54 a 55a; pot 5.
a34»; Colton, upland, i9J a 2hid; sea-isneiid 3 a 4Z;
“ Clrleans, 19 a 20* el, in demand; Turpentine 14
15s; Flour 42 i 46s.
,n tux fcaoesu xiiu, abb. at csablutok ]
lMFVBTAA’l'!
Ceetitn of tht Ftrridaa.—It is almost cetxain.
that Mr. Martinez, who amvea here in the brig
"■ ■rdeaux, brings out a TREATY, from the court
Mwdfd, ceding tbe Flonuas to the Uiutc»
States. The fact is meniituicd in a postenpt i»t a
fitter from France by the vesaet m which Mr M.
arnica, and he is mentioned as the bearer of this
highly important ncweajY. T. .Er. Bon, dditui.
Nzw-Yona, October 5. -
A letter from New-Orleaos, under dsta 0 f gy,
‘ say*, "the heavy shower whichT'ell yesterday
TRANSLATED l'OB Till MA11TLAND CENSOB.
SO UIH-AM hit l VA— VJhJ\ hZUh LA
Extract of a tetter Irom a Spanish Patriot, for
merly of Buenos_Ayres, to ins friend m Bait.
11,ore, dated July -1, ,8l8. at Augustura, the
seat ol the Venezuciian government.
‘During tlie voy.ge from Margarita to St. Mar
tins, one ot the Virgin Isles in the \v e&t-lndies,
owned partly by the Dutch and partly by tlie
French, seveial o. the crew ilfi-d oi'a very inafig
Hunt fever. In lact, none attacked in mat interva
recovered. Nut fitting an anli-ctiamber to a char
1,cl house, 1 endeavored, at Creal bay, to gel
board of a little American schooner, which was
... accompany us to tlie Orinoco, hut the captan
.ad neither room or accommodations. Beit.p
hus again obliged to emnark 111 ihe , I took
"the precaution ybemg no t euever in providence
or favoritism) I charging my system w .th inci
u:y, and saina'td myself completely. ibis *a:
disagreeable, but ail infallible preservative .gains
e'lovv fever, wli.cn continued its ravages 111 nth
ance ot daily fmriigatiou and white-washing.—
'The truth 1?, tne s urce ot death existed *n : ’
h-lJ, which uad been filled with vegetable and ai
mat filth, by Untnh solebers in a cold climate, a
now became a inanufact ry of azotic gas, 111 a i-ot
,e. It destroyed about 26 in all, some of them
excellent oflieers ami highly respectable gemie
men
Whilst at St. 31artins, from about the 20 h t
the 25th June, we were in a new company every
day; the Dutch governor and ex governor, com
mandant, e dice or, &c ail vienig with each other
caressing brion and us, on ills account, I .up
pose They are proud of linn as their countiy
man, and lie is always ur home in Saba, and in eye
ly Dutch e land. Unon is a genetous, good fel
low. but not a perfect seaman- 1 think iie wa
bred a soldier, and fought enthusiastically under
tntral Urune, at the fielder, Ac. against the
English.
On the 3d of July, we made the mouth of tlie
Orinoco, and anchored in its ever muddy current,
ut.fide ot the bar, which we did nut pass until
th. bill, the slop requiring to be lightened. -In
pi,1 her pow'der, and cases oi arms oil board the
schooner,and then crossed at low water without
itiicuity, though she drew abuve fourteen feet
It We passed up to Pagayos, and next even
ig I gladly ea.barken in the fleefiera for Augus<
ura, delighted to be relieved, at last, from tire
some and fruitless circumnavigations in torrid
eas.
Our ascent you know, fay for above one hun
lred mile; through an inundated country, ihe n
ver now veiy high and rising, but cur Indian crews
addled us along very briskly. Z.copaua w s
lie first village we stopped at. Excepting tlie
commandant, a relative ui Dr Ruscio, whu is r.
ther a local governor, all the inhabitants are In
dians.
On the 12lh we arrived at this city: it is bun
on the right bank from 'he bottom 10 the top ot;
lull that is an absolute precipice. Its situation 1
more grand than convenient and is of considers
ble extent; but nothing improves here at preseir,
because' w ar is the order of the d-y—the coun
try chiefly a desart, into which the bpamards ne
ver introduce he ore ot tlie plough; and where
indolent, anting icuitural baoits ate confirmed
among a people accustomed, from tlie cradle, to
subsist, almos' exclusively, on fresh Deef Itut, in
time, tins country is Jestineu to oe great in ar s
and arms— and o mmerce, of cuurse.
The patriots Lack the benefits oi system and dis
cipline, and 1 fear f tactics. In these the royal
fits are superior, amt hold tbe best cultivated
pans of tlie country Hut the patriots live on
any fling--like the ancient Scythians, they are at
Home where they have cattle and pasture. The
royalists have die best infantry; the patriots excel
them in cavalry Spain is sending reinforcements
to Murillo; tlie patriots have received gunpowder,
muskets, Ac. of late, and expect general MacGre
gor with an effective party of men from the
t lyde. Spain has applied to England to mediate
between her and South-America. South-America
will listen to tv. proposals, oaths or overtures ol
rpain. The royalists have plenty oi rice, flour,
&c.—the patriots can dispense with them; give
them but a little maize, yuca and beef, or even
tile last alone and tbe Spaniards may take all the
luxuries. Neithercorn or flour can be purchased
here for love or money, sow or fur seme time
past; but tbe people care little about that. Ut
tins grand country, or its productions, what can I
say which you will not find -better said in Hum
boldt or Hep? ns? .n ‘
I had the satisfaction to Jhe present when Mr.
, an American gentleman, was introduced
on Sunday last, st 12 o'clock, in presence of all
the generals and otherprincipal officers, civil, mil
itary, and naval, and was highly gratified w ith tlie
honorable sentiments mutually expressed on the
occasion. General Bolivar expressed a handsome
eul 'gium on out government and great men.—
Mr. ;— retorted by express nghts hopes, that
the patriots of Venezuela might soon enjoy the
r* wsrds efso many toils, sacrifices and sufferings,
which were without parallel in the annals of the
w orld- He hoped, in fine, tint liberty, with all the
arts rfcivilization in her train, would soon take
possession of a land on which nature lias shower
ed ker bounties. I had the further satisfcctien to
be present in Ihe evening ala grand dinner given
ntirely to Mr. ^ ■ ■, and marked with great sa-
isfaction the friendly and republican feeling*
•■at appeared to pervade the company. The
"irst tcast given, by general Bolivar, wa* “The
President uf the United States, James Mon
roe, oace the soldier, and always the friend
■berty.” Your triend Mr. retorted wit*
:he republic of Venezuela, a rising star, supersed-
:, g Spanish daritiiess and scorching Spanish pow
• r—esto perpetua ”
I presume he thought he might without impro
priity wish well to the patriots, because, if you
are neutral as to arms, it is no violation of the
•aw of nations io be purtixane m opinion, and :>ar-
t'zans or advocates of tbe same opinion are found
in varioua nations.
XAVr OF THE EXITED STATES.
the
PROM THE MXRTLXSD CESSOB
New Rules, Kegulatiuna and Instructions for
goverume t of ihe Naval Service, of the Unite:
States; lately issued
Every thii g which has a tendency to improve
'hat department of the public service, possesse;
in our eyes, peculiar attractions.
We wish to.ee „ur navy expand, commensu
raiely with the increasing re-ourcts of uur grow
mg country, and that it may continue, with resist
Uss energy, >o as.ert the rigi.ts and fight the bai
ties of jrtemeo. It >s only in such a cause that w
eitheir hope or expect to see the navy of 'll Uni
ted States ram along with it the hearts of ihe
people and without that support, whatever iraiiMei
glory it might acquire, l.ke the wooden wain
old England, it must finally decay and perish.
But we must not foiget, that th ugh the af
ections of the people are indis: ensible that it it
not all that is necessary to the growth and
prosperity of the navy. There should alway-be
at the* head of the department 1 ersonal mgnny t.
command respect, talents to excite a spirit o: emu
lation, witli address to repress the spirit ot the
action throughout the service. With such a get
ius o guard its destinies, there requires lo be
sys cm oj rules and regulations provided with
such checks and securities, as shall effectu. Uygutn
on.re the strictest discipline and parionn.oca a
;uty; reaching, and controlling, alike, the com
modore commanding his squaduon. and the boa 1
swill providing his “mats, plats, knippers, polid
and gaskets ” We are glad to find that sucli ;
iystem, so ccmprehen-ive in its scope, and exact
11 l;s details, has at length been is»U‘ d under tin
title of “holes, heo ixtioxs isa inhtructi >s
EOB TIIE XXVAL SERVICE OF THE CX1TED STATES,
prepared bv the b ard of navy commissioners
the United Slates, with the consent ot rise honora
ble the secretary of the navy, in obedience to an
act of congress, passed 7th Feb. 1815, entitled “ai
act to alter and amend Ihe several acts for estab
l'shing a navy department, by adding thereto
board of commissioners ”
From ihe cursory view we have been able
to take of these regulations, it appears to
us that every thing that zeal and skill could do
lias been done, to supply existing defects, and a
anticipate and provide for tvery thing necessary
to insure, in the naval service, the greatest attain
able degree of economy, health, discipline andcf
ficiency
In a future number, wh-n we have more room
we shall extract some of those regulation:; for the
present vve can only transcribe one. to shew tl
Precautions adopted to prevent ignorant and i
ompeient midshipmen from rising to stations o.
importance, to the dis'eredit and ruin of the ser
vice
“Midshipmen, b' fore being promoted to tin
arik of a lieutenant, must be e giiteen years of
age having served at sea tw ytars; be acquainted
w.th the manner of rigging and stowis g ship thi
management of artillery at .-ea arithmetic,ge. mt
tyv. trig -nometry and navigation. He must ais:
know how to make astronomical calculations, fi
nautical purposes, and pass an examination on
those points before a board of n.vy officers, lo
be appointed by the stcretary of the navv for
that purpose; by whom the morals and good
character of candidates will be enquired into ”
Baltimore, September 30.
We are glad to find that after infinite
annoyance anil vexation from the roya
"rents in New-York, Mr. Aguirre has su
;e ded in despatching two elegant frigate
r Buenos Ayres. Thes ‘vessels will be an
mmense acquisition to the patriot, govern
ments, andno doubt secure beyond failur
heir ascendancy on the parificand probably
accelerate tl»3 fail of Lima aud Peru.—
Success anil glory attend them. Since
these ships were building, our good friend
Ferdinand lias fitted out and pnsse.ssri
nmself from our ports of tlie general Scott
the Chasseur, the Regutus, and other ves
s“ls; the finest in his service. Thank (xml
they are not manned with brave and skii
f ul officers and willing men. The slave
of tyrants can never stand against lieemen
on equal terms.—[Censor.
The editor of the Democratic Press, of
Philadelphia, says he is ‘‘gratified to ob
-erve that government are taking the nics
■rompt and vigorous measu res t<> rescu*
he Uuited States from the foul suspiciot
if encouraging piracy.”
We have copied from the Maryland
’ensor (a valuable weekly paper printe
1 Ualtimare) items of intelligence from
Venezuela, of more interest, as well a-
nore worthy of credit, than tlie account*
we have been in the habit ol receiving
rotn that quarter. The translation for
the Censor, from the Spanish, is so well
lone, that it might well pass for tbe pto
luction of an American, and certainly is
.it therefore the less valuable.
It appears, from the accounts, that Mr.
Baptiste Irvine was at Angnstura, in tin
apacity of an agent of the United States.
Of this appointment, although it has beet
rumored, we have had no information, s.
authentic as that now afforded by the Cen
sor anil the Aurota. The object of his
appointment, no doubt, is to obtain, by
actual presence the real situation ut thosi
countries, of which we hear much that can
not be depended upon. Mr. Irvine’s mi**
" in is not, we presume, of a diplomatic
character. It is not new 10 have ageuts
abroad; not having diplomatic-powers or
authority; such agents, fur the most part,'
have been those which the patriot govern
ments have deputed to this country.—
They are agents for the purpose of obser
vation, and uot of negotiation.
Respecting the appuintment of Mr. It-
ine, of which the report is thus confirm
ed, we will only say, that it is one exhibit
ing proofs of a most conciliating, we may
say of an oblivious, disposition, on the
part of the executive, Mr. Irvine, as edi
tor of the Xew-Yoik Columbian, has been
distinguished by a sevi rity of remark on
the leading members of the present admin
istration rarely exceeded, and seldom,
one would suppose, rewarded by office.—
His recommendation to tlie appointment
he has received, for which we do not mean
at all to question Ins capability, was pto-
b.-.biy that ardent zeal v hteb-he has invar
iably displayed for the success of the re
publics of the South. This may be men
tioned as one among many facts, proving
the falsity of the imputation to the'execu-
tive of iudifferener tn the cause of the pat
riots.—Xational Intelligencer 3d insl.
Spanish Dollars appear to be in great
demand at this moment; and every art is
essayed by speculators to drain the vaults
of the banks of their contents. The cause
of the demand for it is stated that specie
is, at New-York, and in otner commercial
cities proportionably. at 7 per ceut, above
par—being bought up at that price lor tlie
purpose of exportation, not only in the re
gular course of the East India trade, but
also to Europe. Specie is said to be above
par in all the ports of Europe; in some of
them even higher than in this country.
—ib.
We hare no news of the release of this
four American citizens confined in th&
dungeons of Ceuta—nor shall wr, until go
vernment interfere in their behalf. Ceuta’,
the sepia of antiquity, is a very strong for
tress, now held by the Spuniartls: It wa$
01 iginally in possession of the Moors, anil
-ince it was taken from them it has been
rendered almost impregnable. It lies op
posite Gibraltar, and is a depot for state
prisoners and galley slaves, who are gen-
•-raHy treated with the utmost severity and
cruelty; and, from the present disposition
and temper of Spam towards the United!
*tates, it will be readily conceived that
our citizens in refinement, have nothing
humane or liberal to expect. We have,
however, a squadron in the neighbourhood,
and a visit lo Ceuta may be as necessary
as to Algiers.—Xational Advocate.
CAUTIOX.
New York, September 30.
The public and more especially the offi
cers of banks, should be on their guard a-
zainstan infamous forgery lately practised
in this city by altering the face of bank
checks. Tne first attempt was made on
the Merchants’ bank, last week for six
thousand dollars, which succeeded, as ap
pears by an advertisement of the cashier
in yesterday’s papers. A second, of the
same nature, but tin ! with less success,
was matte on the bank of the Jersey city.—
The fid lowing are the particulars:
A young man o| genteel appearance,
dressed in a blue coat, while vest, and
white pantaloons, presented to the cashier
• f the bank at Jersey city, 2 check drawn
oy himself on the bank at Elizabethtown,
mr ninety hundred dollars, endorsed on
tue back by tlie cas'.ier of the hank at
Elizabethtown, ‘'Good for the. within a-
mount—J. Dayton.’’’ "1 lie check being
for so large a sum. the cashier of thi Jeisey
city bank hesitated about paying it. Upon
which the young man, with an appearance
of great indifference, said it was a mutter
ol no moment, whether it was paid there
or not, anti taking back tlie check, observ
ed he could get it done in New-York
Yesterday Totenoon he made the attempt
upon the Union Bank, but luckily for that
nt :k, a vague suspicion prevented them
rotn accepting it—and strange as it may
•ecm, no effort was made to detain the fel-
In investigating this piece of knavery, it
urns nut that tlie rogue deposited in the
first place in the bank at Elizabethtown
z>90, and then drew a check for the sum,
and got the cashier to certify on the back
—'‘•Good for the within sum.” In draw
ing the check, he bad taken care to write
the word ninety so as to leave a suffi
cient space briwcrn that ai d dollars to
idtl the worn hundred, after he had get
is clieck certified to be good—thus chan
ging it In 111 ninety dollars to ninety hun
dred d liars. At. the loot of tlie check
where the figures are placed at the left
■and, shewing the amount drawn for, the
590, by adding 00, is changed into 9000
^uch a forgery ought easily be prevented
v the cashiers’ particulai tzing tlie amount
lor which the check is good, instead of
merely certifying, as has been the practice,
-good for the amount.” Alter the. steed
1 stolen, says the proverb, the stable is.
licked.
This same fellow lodged at the widow
Vanderbilt’s, Staten-Lland, one night last
week, and alter the family had letircd,.
Mise, broke open a trunk belonging to Mis.
Vanderbilt, and robbed it of between fllty
inti sixty dollars in specie. He then hired
a black man to take him in a skiff over (o
Bergen point, anil made his e-cape. Po
lice officers would do well to keep a sharp
look out.
Buffalo, (n. y.) Sept.‘22.
The success of. the Lake Eire steam
oat is such as to exceed the most sanguine
xpectations of its friends. Without any
previous notice of her sailing, the first trip
was, as we are informed, a very profitable
one; and she sailed, on Wednesday mor
ning last witn considerable freight and up
wards of one hundred and twenty passen-
Her present spped is between eight and
nine,miles an hour; but an important im
provement is to take place in her water
wheel, which will have the effect to in
crease its velocity tu twenty revolutions a
minute: by this increased impetus, it is
coi.fidentty expected, she will be made to
move at the rate of ten miles and hour.
A passenger informs us that she experi
enced, the last trip, a heavy gale from the
iorth east, which, at the upper end of the
ake, was unusally severe; she proved an
-xccllent sea-boat, and is considered per
fectly sale in tbe most boisterous seasons.
Major-general P B. Porter arrived at
his seat at Black Rock on Thursday last,
from the city of Washington, fie will
shortly leave here for the St. Lawrence,
to resume the duties of Commissioner, Ike.
under the treaty of Ghent. Colonel'Haw-
kius, agent for the Commissioners, who
has been some days in tbyi village, trill
accompany him.
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