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utuversilit’* :,nl1 hbJWbii
and tcclfPii
pro
philosophy; amt foailie
the regular professors of law
ami of moral
iiiliabitauU ofcon-
ntid
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knottier deo.ee mililarj .
and (lisli'il)ut'
Commemoration, ... , ,1 ,r,i. )s( ,
fTHTthe ’ll of May, 1808 : nnotlier pre-
Sto nS^olatcall rotation ol the
National Militia ‘ to guard the Constitution .
ami it anneal- that mnuerous volunteer com-
pnnios are forming themselves for the same
“'Vpm. - Barcelona Diary complains of the
fabricated or distorted news respecting. pan-
islt affair®, given in the French ga/xtle. It
traces them to malice chiefly, and 111 part o
ignorance of tke Spanish language. It con
tradicts the minors of revolutionary move
ments in Portugal, and the assertion of the
British ministerial journals, (upon whose
tone it animadverts sharply ) that the Smith
American Provinces will nut receive the
Constitution. It alleges that the best results
are expected in South America, when the
intelligence of the revolution is received
there, it relates that Ferdinand expostu
lated with the French Amhassabur at Mad
rid, in regard to the calumnies vented in the
French ultra-royalist and ministerial journals
against the Spanish revolution, and that he
assured his excellency that he, Ferdinand,
was the first and the heartiest constitution
alist of Spain. Much good pleasantry ami
keen sarcasm are indulged in the Spanish
papers, about the fears of the Prussian,
French, and British governments, as to the
influence of Spanish example, and the infec
tion of Spanish liberty. The French jour-,
nalists are fully matched in point of alality,
anti over matched in the topics of recrimina
tion. and in poignancy of satire. The whole
dumber of French troops ih the neighbor
hood of the Pyrenees U stated at d7WO, and
represented as “ acordou against freedom.”.
Patriotic pieces nre constantly performed ,111
♦he Spanish the utre ; a new one entitled,
“ Liberty restored,” was announced for the
gecoittl of May, at Barcelona
Some of the particular traits mentioned
in the Diary, arc full of meaning, and will
worthy of being repeated. When Canga
Arguellcs, the new Minister of Finance, who
had come from the fortress of Ceuta, ap
peared for the first time before Ferdinand,
the latter would not allow him to kneel, but
embraced him ; asked his pardon for the ill
he had done him ; professed the utmost sor
row for his suffering ; exhorted him to main
tain the constitution, and to rely on hh sup
port ; and finally, Ixith burst into tears. After
Arco Aguerre, one of the heroes of the army
of the Isle of Leon, had been carried in tri-
uninh by the people of Madrid, he repaired
to the Royal palace, and placed his crown of 1
laurel at the feet of the “ Constitutional
King.”
Don Augustin Arguellcs, appointed Minis
ter of Justice, being in very had health 011
his return from imprisonment at Majorca,
was obliged to stop at Alraenara, a ■ illage
distant seven leagius from Valentin. The
principal members of the Catalonia regiment
in that city, repaired, to the number of twen
ty-four, to 'Ahnenara, and brought the dis
tinguished patriot on their shoulders in a lit
ter to V dentin. How different this in spirit
oml effect from the harnessing the populace
in Manchester to drag the radical dema
gogues !
A trial of thestrent. '
(louse ol Conunops lies been made. On
motion to place the .ddmirnlty Droits at tin
disposal of Parliament, tile mimhi rs were:—
For it lt>!>, against it 275: Ministerial ma
jority 118. Mr. Canning is the Ministerial
Champion during the absence of Lord Cas-
tlkhkauii, confined by sickness; and Mr.
II iiot’oii a 11 is the acknowledged leader of
the Opposition. The talentsof these gentle
men are well known.
Mr. Alderman Wood’s motion for an in
quiry into the treasonable conduct of Ed-
I iiwiii, the spy,-was laughed at and negativ
ed without a division; and the sapient Al
derman has threatened to prosecute the spy
for High Treason at his own expense.
A11 account of all salaries, Re. made to fo
reign Ministers, w as ordered new. con.
The Civil List exceeds a uiillimi sterling
perann. There is no allowance for the
Queen Consort. She is to be provided for
separately; and, so say some of the papers,
is not to return to Fngland. The Paria ac
counts say she has traversed France, and
that her baggage had arrived at Glu-nt.
Vhe Coronation of George the 1th is fixed
for the 1st August, 1820, aud a Proclamati
on has been issued appointing Digit Com
missioners to hear and determine, into cer
tain services required of holders of manor-
fsc. at the. Coronation. The expense of the
Coronation will exceed 800,00nl. hut as nine
tenths of the money go to tin 1 nrtizans who
furni li the materials for the show, the great
er expense the more bread and comfort will
it dispense to the artists and their families.
IHmYiUiN.
From Loiuhn papers to May Villi, received at ‘he
ojji.ee of the Holton Cinlincl.
London, May it.
Yesterday his Majesty held his first Levee,
at which were present nearly two thousand
of the first Personages of the United King
dom, mostly in the new atld most magnifi
cent dresses. The Ambassadors and Mi
nisters came with their numerous servants in
new State Liveries. From the immense
crowd, and the state of the weather, the
State Rooms became excessively hot, and
though his -Majesty suffered much from the
heat, he received the congratulations of this
immense assemblage, without any excepti
ons. The male branches of the Royal Fa
mily, and the Ambassadors, were received
othe closet, and the residue in the Great
Hall. There were present, besides the
great officers of State, the Cabinet Ministers,
the Archbishops, &,c. the following Ambassa
dors and Ministers:—Russian, Netherlands,
Austrian, Sardinian, American,. Bavarian,
Saxor, Sicilian, Sweedish,Turkish, Prussian
and Portuguese; an immense number of
Dukes, Marquises, Karls, Viscounts, Lords,
Bishops, Generals, Admirals, and Officers of
all grades, Right llonorahles, Honorables,
kc. their names occupying more than two
crowded columns of the newspaper.
Among the presentations were the follow-
iug :—Mr. Southky, on being appointed
Poet Laureate ; and the Duke of Norfolk,
who delivered the fallowing address, signed
hy" nearly 20,000 Roman Catholics of Great
Britain:
. “ Stive—YVe, your Majesty’s faithful sub
jects, shall ever remember, with affectionate
gratitude, the high and multiplied obligati
ons we owe to our lute Sovereign:
“ After two centuries of ever increasing
severities, his gracious ear first listened to
our humble petitions for relief:
“ If our existence as a body is now ac
knowledged by the state; if we tu-e now, by
the law [v-’rmitted to offer at the foot of the
Throne-tliis tribute of our aj’ection anil loy
alty ; if even the most private exercises of
our religious duties no longer subjects us to
sanguinary punishments; if onv child run are
no longer encouraged by law in the violation
- of the nearest and dearest -ties of society ■
if we are no longer regarded by our country
men as a proscribed and degraded race ; to
the unceasing ami paternal benevolence of
Ins late Majesty we owe these inestimable
benefits. We trust that we have proved
ourselves not totally unworthy of them • by
sea and by land we have bled among the
foremost defenders of ov.r country, and our
conduct at home has uniformly evinced our
love of peace, brtler and loyalty.
“ That allegiance which we swote to our
late Sovereign we in all humility offer to your
majesty ? and we indulge theenimating hope,
that we shall still continue to find in the
Throne a friend and protector : :
“ Accept, Sire, our sincere and fervent
r-Mi, that the reign of your majesty may he
long, prosperous -rid happy ; and that for
mres r<‘t unnumbered, the illustrious house
of Brunswick may continue to reign over the
persons and hearts of a loyal aud grateful
people."
From the ffew-Ynrk Evening Post, July 1.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
To the politeness of Captain Waite, of tin-
ship Ann Maria, from Liverpool, we are in
debted for London papers to the tilth, and
Liverpool to the -20th of May, inclusive.—
Great and splendid preparations wen ma
king for the coronation of the king, Whirl) it
was said would take place on the 1st of Au
gust. The expense it is said, will exceed
one hundred thousand pounds sterli -g. Tin-
price of a coronation (tress for a peeress is
estimated at one, thousand (pounds.
On the lOlh of May in court of King’s
bench, sentence was pronounced upon hunt
and the other defendant, convicted at tin-
last assizes for York. A number of affidavit-,
worn offered hy the parlies endeavoring to
shew their innocence, and if possible, escape
the lash of the law, but it all would noft do,
Mr. Justice Bailey, after hearing them read,
proceeded to pronounce the judgment ofthi
court on the several defendants. After-coin-
menting on the nature of the oil, nee of
which they had been convicted, the learned
judge said, the judgment ho was instructed
to pronounce upon the several defendants,
was as fellows:—The, defendant, If. Hunt,
was sentenced to lie imprisoned two years
and a half in his majesty’s jail at Ilcliester,
in tile county of Somerset, and at the. expi
ration of that term to find security for Ids
good behavior for 5 years, himself in sClOOO
and two sureties in £500 eaclv. The other
defendants,J. Johnson, .1. i lealy, R. S. Hum-
ford, were severally sentenced to be impri
soned one year in Lincoln Castle, and at the.
expiration of that term to find security for
their good behavior for five years, tnem-
selres in C200, and 2 sureties in £1P0 each,
anti to be further imprisoned till such securi
ty should he. entered into.
Sirfh Wolseley and Parson Harrison were
then brought up to receive the judgment of
the court, which was, that Sir G. Wolseley
siiotild he imprisoned for one year and a
half in his majesty’s jail at Abingdon, and at
the expiration uf that term find security for
five years, himself in £1000, and two sure
ties in £.100*4111(1 that Harrison should he
imprisoned at Chester for one year and a
half, and at the expiration of that time to
find sacurities for five years, himself in £200,
and two sureties in £100 each.
limit and Sir Charles Wolseley were con
ducted On Monday night to the King’s bench
prison, and were allotted an apartment over
the wine room, where they passed the night
together. They were moved on Wednes
day to their respective places of confinement.
Harrison quitted Loudon on Monday-eight,
accompanied hy Mr. Hudson, constable of
Chester Cnsrte, and arrived in that city on
Wednesday night. The o. hole- period of im
prisonment to which Morrison is sentenced
is three years and a half.
It is rumored, that the learned judges of
the King’s Bench are divided in opinion as
to the propriety of granting a new trial in
the case of sir F. Buractt. The delay winch
has taktfn place, in passing their judgment
confirms this report.
GERMANY.
The, Elector of Hesse lately sent a com
mercial traveller to prison for six months
for finding fault with the state of the road I!
On tile -21st of April, a dreadful fire lirek
out at Brix, in Bohemia, which reduced to
ashes a great part of that town, whir
pretty large and well built. On the 21th 1
another fire broke out at Miltigan, an estate
belonging to Prince Mettcrnith, being spread
by a high wind, destroyed in a few hours,
the castle, the church, the school and forty-
eight houses.
SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 29th April,
announce, that in consequence of the inquiry
instituted into the unfortunate events qt Ca
diz, generalsCampana and Valdez who’ were
then in ecfnmand of the palace, have been
arrested, as also tbe colonels of the regiment
of Guides and Loyalty, who had shewn
themselves instruments inthe massacre com
mitted on the inhabitants.
FRANCE.
Tbe French papers communicate the par
ticulars of a barbarous attempt upon the life
of the Duchess de Bcrri, and, through her,
upitti the existence of the reigning house of
Bourbon. It is stated, that early on Sunday
morning week, soon aftev't 2 o’clock, a man
made his appearance very sileiitly at the
wicket of the rue de 1’Echelle, near the win
dows of that,part of the Tlntilh-ries where
the Duchess de Berri resides, and placed
there a petard, containing one or two pounds
of gunpowder, the match of which he igni
ted hy means of a lighted segar. He was
then immediately seized l»y the police agents,
placed in concealment near the spot hy count
Angles, thoprefect of police, who it appears
had previous information what was to take
place. Tlie name of the man, thus taken
into custody is Uravters, k lie. was formerly
an officer in the 5th regiment of lancers; he
is said to have made disclosures, in conse
quence of which three other individuals were
arrested early on Sunday morning. Gra-
viers has been transferred to La Force. A
number ofiud'u (duals arc said to hr implica
ted in this affair ; live or six have been ar
rested. One of the. journals says, that du
ring the hundred days he was employed l>y
the polire to go about as a spy, in the dis
guise of a mi ndicartt. Several accomplices
of Graham are said to have been arrested.—
Five'petards like those he made use of, wen-
seized on Monday, in the privy of tin house
occupied either by him or one of the other
3 in the nc" persons accused. The trial of Louvcl is not
commenced.
EAST INDIES.
Advices have been received from Batavia
to the middle of December last; the Dutch
had made two very desperate attempts, but
without success, to retake a place of consi
derable importance on the island of Suma
tra which had fallen into the hands ot the
natives hy whom the European residents
bad been most inhumanly massacred- In
the last attack some shij f if war succeeded
in getting within lire of the fort, the natives
poured in a heavy discharge of musketry
and great guns, and set fire to nearly toil
bamboo houses, which floating down the
current, carried destruction among Hie ves
sels- Strong symptoms of dissatisfaction
were manifested in several other of the Dutch
settlements, in India. The tit ;ment of the
natives by the Dutch -is said to he very bar
barous, and it is thought that it is in conse
quence of such ill-trcHtmeiit that the disaf
fection is so manifest, that a large force is
requisite to keep the natives in subjection.
London, May 15.
Reports of the arrival ol'llie'Queen at Ca
lais become daily more confident, and a ru
mor prevails of the actual arrival of her bag
gage at Dover. It was stated in one of the
last French papers that the equipages of In r
Majesty hau arrived at Ghent on the Oth
inst.
Some new Stalls are to he addml to King
Henry the Seventh’s Chapel, in Westminste 1
Abbey, previous to foe Installations of tin
Knights of the Bath. The Duke of York,
Sir George Naylor, nyd the Surveyor Gen
eral attended there on Friday, respecting
tin 111.
We are told that the building of the Ca
valry Barracks near Sheepscar-bar, •in this
town, will Oonimcuev in a few days,and that
it will afford work for -a numerous body of
bricklayers, joiners anddahorers ! Work iu-
di-t-d ! This is tiie gilding for the pill. We
would rather see one cropper employed in
shearing cloth, than a hundred artizans en
raged m building barracks. That country
must he in 1 deplorifhle situation whir'll be
holds its p-ibiie mart" falling into disuse, as
is the ease w ilh our cloth-hulls, and Barracks
ris'nigiu their stead in time of peace.
Ill fares the land, to hastening illse prey, |
Where troops accumulate, and trudrs de-
cav.— Leeds Mercury.
London, May 18.— A general meeting of
shipowners was held yesterday at tin city
of London tavern, for the purpose of cous -
Jcling a -petition to parliament against any
alteration in toeexisting law s, that may he
prejudicial to the British shipping. It shall
!n- puliiithed in our next.
lo the ilisi ussion of a case this morning in
thf- Court of Chancery, to which the Queen
is a party, Me. Brougham de.cl u'ed that her
majesty was immediately to return to Eng
land. This assurance,given by her majesty V
legal adviser, puts an end to all speculation
upon tile subject.
Baris papers of Sunday and Monday are
received. The Journal des Debates menti
ons a report prevailing in Paris that the
Queen of! ingland has been for some days
in Paris, where her majesty observes a strict
incognito.
The intelligence by the regular courier
from Madrid is down to the -till inst. The
investigation of the Cadiz massacre is pur
suing with great activity. General Epana
was arrested at St. Lucur, outlie litli tilt.
aud his papers seized—he is confined 01
Fort Santa Petri—Gen. Valdez was arrest
ed on the lfith, and consigned to the castle
of Triana. M. M. Capacete and Gaharri,
chiefs of the battalions Goins and Lcallnd,
with several officers of those corps were al
so tuken into custody on the latter day and
imprisoned in the Four Towers of la Carae-
ca. The alTair-w ill soon be brought to trial.
A third attempt has been made to set fire
to tlie College of Hereford.
In the House of Commons, petitions from
the Owners and occupiers of land in v arious
purlsolTlr.it country were presented, pray
ing that further restrictions should bcimpus
ed on importations.
A petition was presented to the House of
Commons yesteiflay week, hy lord Sefton,
signed hy 400 respectable inhabitants of Li
verpool, praying that in the new arrange
ments r< spelling tin civil ii.-t,the crown may
he properly restricted in its power of granting
pensions and sin-cures without the interven
tion of parliament
News was rceeivpd here on -Weunnsday
morning, and generally credited, that Sir F.
Burd-tt had b«*en condemned to three years
imprisonment and a fine ui'£ 5.000.
A ministerial evening paper says—“ W
mentioned some time since, thut orders had
been sent to St. Helena, directing a moir
enlarged freedom to bp allowed to Borm-
perto. The expected return of Sir Hudson
Lowe is considered as a corroboration o
the fact.”
Af Glasgow, trade is stated to be improv
ing, and the journeyman’s wages on the ad
vance.
Mr. Grattan’s resignation of his irat for
Dublin, is hourly expected, on account of
his declining heafth. Mr. Grittan, juu, has
already commenced a canvass of the citizens
to succeed his father.
On Tuesday week the soldiiys were under
arms most of the night at Huddersfield.—
Fires were seen upon the hills around-the
town, and it is said tile magistrates received
some secret information respecting the inten
ded movements of the Radicals, ns they nre
w himsically called ; hut this appears to have
been a false alarm as all continues quiet.
On the last Canterbury market day, a fel
low sold his wile, with a halter round her
neck, and a white hmv at her breast for five
shillings, which the depraved trio (purchaser,
seller and animal sold) spent in liquor before
they separated.
LivERi'ooD, May 20.—The discussions in
Parliament on Tuesday night were of consi
derable interest, as they touched on tin; lead
ing points of our existing national distress—
but the debates in both houses were merely
introductory to the great questions which are.
soon to be hrought forward, in the House
of Commons, the debate limiod chiefly 011
matters connected with the contending
claims -of the commercial and agricultural
Interests, between which the legislature will
find itself embarrassed with insurmountable
difficulties. In the House of Lords, F.arl
Stanhope moved for a select committee to
enquire into tile best method of affording em
ployment to the poor. His lordship enume
rated several specific menus of accompli,h-
ilig that tnost desirable of all •objects, some
of which in our opinion, are entitled to the
most serious examination. They w ere se
verally discountenanced hy Lord Liverpool,
some of them on tl • ground of their being
inconsistent with the established doctrines
of political economy, and others because they
were pernicious in principle, or iuipi.-.ctica-
bh- in execution.
V> e believe his lordship argued just
cording to the best acknowledged tin ortes
of modern economists ; but in seasons n f ex
ig'uit distress, it is sometimes lien -,ary ti
depart from the .strict tU uorniiti v; c-jali
liahed principles—and that ncc. -it} >s now
become the inert pntt.um- lit ol all claims.—
The subject will soon cmite before us in u
more distinct shape.
The Qu. en L evidently popular with a
large puny in England, her birth day was
celebrated hy a numerous part) at Liver
pool, and a song highly complimentary was
sung on Hit-occasion.
Six persons have lately been sentenced to
imprisonment foi vending Carlile’s publica
tions.
Parliamentary CirilUy.—Words ran high
hi the debate ‘upon Aldeiman Wood’s mo
tion for a committee to inquire into the con
duct of Edwards. Mr. Canning replied both
to Sir F. Burdett, and the Alderman, with
some severity.
Sir F. Burdett then rose for the purpose
of clearing himself Twin having used argu
ments that were pronounced stupid and sen
seless. he was never stupid enough to say,
that information of an attack on a mans
house or person should nor he received from
any -source.—(Cries of spoke, spoke
Mr. Canning was'rising to explain, but—
Sir F. Bunlntt again rose hastily, and ad
dressing Mr. Canning, said, “AN hut did you
mean by sa)ing, my tna.i?’—(hear, hear)—
“ you Huu-ge Cue Worthy Alderman with
1
b. mg drunk with applause,you Appear to me
to be drunk with insolence”—lllear, Itoar.J
Mr. Canning said, the lion. Baronet must
have taken an impression from his word
which no one did. He said‘his man,’ he
cause, during the recces, lie had frequently,
in speeches, beard Inin called hy the name of
‘his man,’ Kv.”
A living insect, of considerable size, was
lately extra-t(d from the cx'erna! part of the
tliroatof a pm»r woman, which had generated
into a tuniu ir of nearly two years standing,
by a medic I gentleman at Aylcsford, neuc
Maidstone.
Some liahermcn in Emsvvarth harbor,
caught a fish, called the ‘’Lioness.” The
resemblance it hears lo that animal is in ils
rlaws, and the roar of its voice. With a
mouth full of teeth, its tongue likeaJNeW-
fouiidlaiul dog’s the. tail spreads like a fan,
and, when expanded, is ten inelu s wide. It
has been brought to l’ortsmouth for-exhibi-
tion.
A short time, since, no less than 20(000
dozen esgs, imported from France, were,
sold at auction in Plymouth, at the of Ad per
dozen.
Barber in Dumfries lias been fined £5 for
shaving in his own house and shop on the
sabbath.
Liverpool .Market, May 20.—Cotton hits
been dull the past week. Upland 11 1-2 a
12 1-2; Orleans II 5-Ad a ltd; rice 20 a 23,
(lour dull; -<00 barrels were sold this week
at Sfisrtid a 27s. _ (
The sales of Upland Cotton dnring the
week were-3000 bags, at an average of 12
l-8d.
The Nnn Maria has a full cargo of dry
goods, shipped under the expectation that
congress had passed the new tariff bill, and
that it was to r,n into operation on the Is.
July.—.V'. Y.Mw.Mv.
LATE FROM GIBRALTAR.
Tb- following interesting communication
on the subject of Spanish affairs, was receiv
ed bv (tie Editors of the New-York Gazette,
from a passenger on hoard of the brig Eu
nice, arrived at Quarantine on Sami day Iasi.
“lie left Ginraliar 17th May, to which
period the political affairs oi bpuin remain
ed in quirt an unoisturbcd state, arid which
was supposed would continue till tile meet
ing oft he. Cories—(the -beginu ig of July.)
That period was looked forvv aril to w ith much
interest and anxiety, as the commencement
of 11 new course of things, totlie complete
destruction oftfce old system. Nothing had
transpired from which a conclusion can be
drawn as to the course to be pursued to
wards their transatlantic possessions. It
was generally believed, however, that the
Cartes will make a merit of necessity, and
that tiie most liberal policy w ill be adopted.
Tiiis course, it was also believed, would
meet with great opposition, as they have not
yi.t ceased making a distinction between the
tv n parties lor a change of government.—
That of Spain being called “ La Santa in
surrection de Espania;” whilst that of South
America is termed “La Criminal insurrec
tion de America.”
“Tije King continues to pursue a course
calculated to meet the wishes of the people
under the new government. By him Qui
nta and Rii-go are named among other con
spicuous leaders in the revolution with groat
distinction, but as yet they decline his ma
lt-ty’s favors, and great jealousy a-id super
stition exist. •
“ Gen. Freyrics who is charged with be
ing the author of the dreudtid massacre at
Cadiz, is in prison there, and is to be judged
by the Cortes. The soldiers, i. e.-eiery ,,t!i
man to be shot.
“ Tile last accounts from the U. States'
jiiudrou in tbe Mediterranean were, that
tin y bad left Mahon on a cruize ; they were
all expected at Gibraltar about 2utli May, to
await the arrival of Com. Baiuhridge, who
was daily expected from America.
“ Markets for American produce at Gi~‘
braltfvr very dull. Flour plenty, and sales
making at jj 5. Beef dull at JS 10, and pork
.•? Ida 14. Colonial .produce also at reduc
ed prices.”
Madrid Gazettes to the 2d of May, were
enclosed in the above letter. They are whol
ly occupied with .political disquisitions and
speculations on tiie local affairs of that couu-
try.
fact, that Great Britain, in affect, occu
pies a large part of our own territories/
and enjoys exclusively all thebcnelitso
commerce and connection with our own
Indians inn region of great extent and
importance.”
Nasiivu-lk, June 14.
INDIAN NEWS.
Extract of a leltnr to a geoth man in this town,
dated Mouth of Missouri, May 2U, 1820.
“ 1 saw major Campbell, a res pec tat
ble Indian trader, at this place,, on his
descent to St. Louis ; who stales, that
since the murder of the two men at For-
Armstrong, by the Winebago Indians,
they have declared their intention of go
ing to war; that the commandant at the
fort had held a council with tiie Sack arid
Fox Indians, and invited them to join in
the war. The former refused, saying
they were at peace with all the nations,
and wished to remain so ; nt least until
their assistance was indispensable. The
latter consented to participate, and had
sent about forty warriors to strike the
beginning blow, which major Campbell
thinks lias already been done.”—Irhig.
ANOTHER SPECK.
St. Louts. [Missouri,) June 7.—A short
time ngolt was made known that a cou
ple ot U. S. soldiers had been killed by
the Indians on the Upper Mississippi, pi
the neighborhood of the fort on Rock
Island. The Upper Missouri now e
ubits a scene of the same sort perpetrat
ed on a trading company from tins place.
Young Mr. l’ratte, son of gen. J'rutte,
had made a very valuable commerce
with the Maha’s during the winter, amt
was descending the river in the month ot
May. Between SO and 100 miles above
the Council Bluff's, he was attacked at
camp at day break in the moiniug, had
one man killed, three wounded, and a
ball cut its depth across his on u head.—
Alter tiring 20 or TO guns the Indians
rrtn in with their knives and hatchets,
and the party of Mr. Pratte with diffi
culty saved themselves with the entir
loss of their rich cargo of furs. On their
arrival at the Council Bluffs, Cnpt. Ma
gee ol the Iliile was detached in pursuit
ot the Indians. They are believed to
be a party of Aricara’s, commonly cal
led Htccame's. The nation lives below
the Mutidan Villagts, are noted for.their
frequent depredations upon the traders,
also for their attacks on the United States
troops w hich attempted to carry home
the M:\ndan chiefs who-had accompanied
Lewis and Clarke in their return voyage
from the Pacific, and they have much
intercourse with the British establish
ments on ttie river Assiniboin and lake
Winapec. CC?* ^ le ^Ltndan Villages
must be occupied hy a regiment of Unit
ed States troops unless lire Congress in
tends to surrender the fur trade and the
command ofthe Indians above the Coun-
cill Bluffs to the British North West
Company.
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VmNVV'.S'V'H'.
Among the unpublished Congressional
Debates, which we are disburdening our
tabic as fast as we can, are the IT >-
ceedings in the House of Representatives
on the Expedition to the Yellow .Stone.
It may appear, perhaps, to some that,
fne occasion having passed, the interest
of this debate h:is passed away with it.—
Such, on a casual glance at the subject,
had been our impiession. But, further
reflection produced a dift'erer/i view of
the matter ; and we determined to pub
lish, as soon as we could,'such part ofthe
discussion as we have preserved notes
of. The following extract of a letter,
which vve have lately received from one
ofthe most intelligent men in our coun
try, will, we incline to think, awaken the
attention ot those readers to this subject
who have not thought of it before :
[.Vatinnal Intelligencer.]
” It seems to me that the true object
and policy of the Missouri Expedition
have not been well understood by the
public, in many parts ofthe Union. The
subject must, 1 think, soon receive nno-
thcr review. The national councils can
not be long indifferent lo the singular
DARING OUTRAGE.
Baltimore, June 36.—By tbe gentle
man passenger alluded to below,- vve
have been politely favored with the fol
lowing account of the capture of the
Spanish ship Santiago in the waters of
the United States, hy an armed biig
mounting 11 guns, commanded by Jose
Almeida,'of Baltimore.
Arrived the Pilot boat Star, Thomas
Pteble, master, from off Cape Henry,
V'a. vvi:h the captain, officers and part of
the crew of the Spanish ship Santiago,
Don Jose -Maria Cabrera, comnirnder,
of and from St. J ago de .Cuba to Balti
more. YV hen on soundings on Sunday
the 2Gth inst. at 0 a. m. discovered a
brig steering about S. E. byE. At 8 the
ship steering about N. W. by N. by com
pass for land, w as chased by a brig un
der French colors, having seven guns of
aside; the wind being then'Southward
and Westward, she continued chasing.-—
At meredian, saw from the deck, a pilot
boat, which proved to be the Star of
Baltimore, cant. Preble, hearing aboot
YV. S..YY’. w ith her signal flying for us to
heave to—but could not, on account of
the brig being in close chase and confi
ning firing at us with shot* Between
hours of 3 and 4, two other pilot
boats made for us, but we could not
heave to, and they would not approach
too near on account of the shot. At four
p. m. saw from the topsail yard the land
to the Southward of Crow Island ; at
sandown saw off' the deck the sand beach
nnd trees, very plain, being then from 5
to G miles distant from the above menti
oned beach....at half.past C p. m. sound.-
ed in six fathoms water ; the wind hau.’,.
ing to Northward and growing ce.itn, the
brig lowered her boat down and sent her
within hail of us, asking “ J rom whence
came you and where ure y„ u bound to,
and why don't you heart too for the U. S.
. & btiterpnzc .replied that at this
time c: night we knew nobody....she
continued ro wing towards us, and repeat
ing the tlit same....we ordered them to
keep off, but they would not listen to us;
Continued to approach us, and in the act
of hailing, she. tired a volley of musketry
nt us....we then returned the same....the
boat returned to the brig. The brig be
ing to Southward and Eastward of us, dis
tant about ball gun shot, having out all
sail possible, caught a light air, and shot
alongside, and fired into us, being with
in the limits ofthe United States, and
knowing that we could not be a lawful
prize. Befog short of hands, the cap
tain thought prudent for the preservati
on of tiie lives of his few men to sur
render....when we snrrcndrrcd we were
within 6 or 7 miles of land....sounded 6
fathoms water on the 26th June. The
captain with an American passenger,
and afterwards, a part of Lis officers and
crew, were taken on board the brig,
which was said to be the Bolivar, com
manded by Jose Almeida, of Baltimore
having on board a complement of fifty-
men, Americans, Irishmen, or English
men, part of them, we are informed by
the pilot, bail been taken on board, while
at anchor on the south side of Cape
Henry, on Thursday the 20th instant.
She cleared out from Norfolk under the
name ofthe Wilson, Geo. Wilson, mas
ter, who is now on board with the said
Almeida. She intends cruising off the
Canes until she procures a full comple
ment of men. The captain of the ship
Santiago with an idea of obtaining hia
papers and saving $ 5000 that he had
bid in three casks of water, which be
longed to an American passenger, en
deavored to ransom the ship, but could
not in any way. Finding that they in
tended putting us on board the pilot boat,
the passenger determined to cluim his
money and informed the captain of the
brig where it was concealed....demand
ed that the same might be restored, and
produced the documents which proved
tiie property to belong to him and sun
dry American merchants of' Baltimore.
After seeing the documents he kept
them, saying that he would carry them
to Margaritta, and there lie would see
what was to he done with the money.—
He pressed or forced into his services
of the crew ofthe ship, notwithstanding
all the protestations made hy the men
and captain against taking up arms and
robbing their fellow countrymen. The
pilots of the said boat were witnesses to
the tears and supplications of the men
impressed. They were nil Spaniards.
[.Imerictm.
PORTUGUESE OUTRAGE.
The following explanations respecting the
recent outrage of the Portuguese nt Villa de
Praya,against the Franklin 74, while getting
under weigh to leave that port on the 27th
of March last, has been communicated to a
citizen at New Bedford:
“ Commodore Stewart having the next
evening obtained the supplies for uliich he
entered the port, ai quaintcd the American
Consul, (Samuel Hodges, jr. esq.) that ho
was about to sail, and desired him to inform
his excellency the Governor General, who
immediately issued orders for the sliip to
pass ; but by the negligence of the officers
charged with communicating the order, the
most distant batteries were not apprised that
his excellency’s permission was granted,
commenced a fire upon the Franklin. His
Excellency was much alarmed forthe conse
quence, and instantly sent express for them
to cease firing: hut before he reached, 12 or
IS gtlns had been discharged, and one shot
passed through her main topsail. His Ex
cellency then dispatched the captain of a
Portuguese 20 gun brig of war, then in the.
harbor, to com. Stewart, with an apology.
The distance of the Franklin prevented him
from reaching in his boat, and be returned.
“ The American Consul beingpresent and
knowing that his Excellency was prompt io
issuing his orders for. the ship to pass, wrote
to com. Stewart at the earnest solicitation of
his Excellency, to communicate his humble
apology, und dispatched Jhe harbor master
with the letter, who, after being out aii night,
returned .«itliout accomplishing hia object.
The ship having drifted' to-Wevvsrri the ugxt
morning, his Excellency-dispatched a hu ge
pinnace with the Consul’s letters to commo
dore Stewart, who replied he was satisfied
the firing was unintentional on the part of
hb Excellency ; but observed, that a shot
had passed through his ship’s main topsail,
for which he should demand satisfahtion,
and send his boat ashore for the purpose ;
but the strong lee current prevented the ship
from gaining to windw ard, and the wind in
creasing, she bore away, prubuhly to the
West Indies.
“Next morning a general order wasissued,
permitting any whip of war to leave w hene
ver the commander thinks proper, either hy
night or day. Thus you see a single Amer
ican line of battle ship has effected ivhat the
English naval commanders have long desir
ed, and who have always humiliated tliem-
■selves to pray ing permission to leave the
place.
“ The officers who were first charged with
communicating his Excellency's order, and
those commanding the batteries, were imme
diately confined; but the American Consul-
conceiving that the latter were not deserv
ing of censure, solicited und obtained their
release-; and this morning offered a full par
don on his part to the former, when his Ex
cellency released them from the weighty
irons in which they were confined.”
At a Court of Oyer and Terminer and
General Jail Dul'.very, held in Plattsburg,
N. Y . in and for the country of Clinton,
on the 13th inst. Judge I’latt presiding,
the following persons were tried and con
victed, viz !
David Jones, for passing counterfeit money,'
sentenced to the State ffiison for fourteen
years.
John Smith alias John M'Farland, do. do. ten
year?;,
Augustus Willing, do. do. seven years.
~ ■—Freeman, burglary, State Prison for life;
The above named Jones is the same
person who had been so deeply implica
ted in the frauds practised upon the go
vernment ofthe Uuited States, by a cot*
biuation of individuals in the counties d’
Franklin and St. Lawrence.—A at. lut.
TIIE PRAIRIES OF T1IF WEST.
rilOM SHUMAN'S JOURNAL.
To the traveller, who for several days
traverses the prairies and barrens, their
appearance is quite uninviting, and even
disagreeable. He may travel from morn
ing until night, and make good speed, but
on looking around him, he fancies him
self at the very spot whence he started.
No pleasant variety of hill and dale, no
rapidly running brook delights the eye,
and no sound of woodland musick, strike*
the.car ; but, in their stead, a dull un-
formity of prospect “ spread out im
mense.” Excepting here &. there a tret,
or a slight elevation of ground, it is other
wise a cloud level, covered with tall
weeds and coarse grass. The sluggish
rivulets, of a reddish colour, scarcely
move perceptibly, and their appearance
is as uninviting to the eye, as their taste
is disgusting to the palate. Such art the
prairies and barrens ofthe west; but ,iu
order to make ample amends for any de
ficiency, nature has made them exuber
antly fertile. The farmer who settles
mounting 11 guns, last Rom Norfolk, upon them, hy raising cattle, becomes