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MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1820.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
The Convention for revising the Con
stitution of the state of Massachusetts
met in the State House at Boston, on
Wednesday last, the 15lh instant, tlie at
tendance being more full than was ex
pected. Benjamin Pollard was chosen
Clerk. The Convention then proceed
ed to the. choice of a President; and, on
counting the voles, it appeared that 352
were given in, of which John Adams,
late President of the United States, had
•335, and was chosen.
The following resolve, offered by
Judge Parker, accompanied by some re
marks from that gentleman, was passed :
“ Whereas the Hon. John Adams, a
member of this Convention, and elected
President thereof, has for more than half
a century, devoted the great powers of
liis mind, and his profound wisdom and
learning, to the service of bis country
and mankind—
In fearlessly vindicating the rights of
the North American Provinces against
the usurpation and encroachment of the
superintending government 1 :
in diffusing a knowledge of the prin
ciples of civil liberty among his fellow
subjects, and exciting them to a firm and
resolute defence of the privileges of
freemen :
In early conceiving, asserting, and
maintaining, the justice and practicability
of establishing the Independence of the
United States of America :
In giving the powerful aid of his poli
tical knowledge in the formation of the
constitution of his native state, which
constitution became, in a great measure,
the model of those which were subse
quently formed :
In conciliating the favor of foreign
powers, nnJ obtaining their countenance
and support in the arduous struggle for
Independence : ,
In negociating the Treatv of Peace
which secured forever the sovereignty
of the Uintcii States, and ill defeating all
attempts to prevent it, and especially
preserving in that treaty the vital inter
ests 'if (he New England states :
In demonstrating to the world, in his
defence of the constitutions of the sever
al United States, the contested princi
ple, since admitted as an axiom, that
•hecks and balances in legislative power
are essential to the preservation of true
liberty :
In devoting his time and talents to the
•service of ihe nation in the high and im
portant trusts of Vice President and Pre
sident of the United States :
Therefore Resolved, That the mem
bers of this convention, representing the
people of this Commonwealth, do joy
fully avail themselves of this opportuni
ty to testify their respect and gratitude
towards this eminent Patriot and States
man, for the great services rendered by
him to his country, and their high grati
fication, that at this late period of lift, he
is permitted by Divine 1 rovidencc to
assist them with his counsels in revising
the constitution, which forty years ago
his wisdom and prudence assisted to form.
Resolved, That a committee of twelve
members he appointed by the chair, to
communicate these proceedings to the
lion. Johu Adams, to inform him of his
election to preside in this body,and to
introduce him to the chair of this Con
vention.”
The Committee appointed to wait up
on Mr. Adams, and to inform him of his
election as President of the Convention,
consisted of the following gentlemen:
Messrs. Gray, Varnum, Moreton, Fisher
l)r. Baldwin, Mr, Flower, Mr. Deane
Thomas Melvill Ward, Nicholas Buy!
ston, Mr. Mattoon, Mr. Hoar, Mr. Bart-
lliat unexampled liberty which this na
tion now possesses, that liberty which is
the source ol all our happiness anil pros-
polity ; a prosperity which cannot ho
contemplated by any virtuous mind with
out gratitude, consolation, and delight.
May it he perpetual.
Gentlemen, as my age is generally
known, it will readily he believed that
rny forces are loo far exhausted to per
form the arduous duty of the high office
which the benevolence of the Convention
has assigned me. 1 am, therefore, un
der the necessity of requesting permis
sion of the Convention to decline the ap
pointment, and to pray that some other
gentleman may be elected, whose vigor
ous age ami superior talents may conduct
their deliberations with more conve
nience to themselves and with greater
satisfaction to the people of the Com
monwealth at large.
JOHN ADAMS.
On proceeding, then, to lmllol for a
President, 195 being a majority, it ap
peared that judge Parker had 195 votes,
and was chosen.
It was then Ordered, That a seat he
assigned the lion. John Adams on the
right hand of the President of this Con
vention.
States, and to place themselves under
our protection.
The topographers, medical gentlemen,
and painters, attached to tins Expedition,
liuve collected abundunt materials for
correcting some of the gross errors in (he
received geography of this part of our
country, for making important additions
to medical botany, and to the stock of
our geological knowledge of our own ter
ritory ; and the painters have many in
teresting and valuable sketches of the
prominent features of the country. Be
sides possessing the government of such
information as was indispensable Injudi
cious arrangements for the support and
protection of the American population
penetrating iulo that country, tins expe
dition ought, and vve hope will, form the
subject of one of the most attractive
works ever published in this country.
What struck us most' impressively in
this brief narrative was, tlnu, some thou-
and miles <m this side of our utmost
t\ esteru boundary, or, in other words, fell into our hands and we advanced u
ye committee having perform
ssigned them, returned and
k -Ir. Adams declined the
in, and the following
subsequently trims
leman to the cou
Of the North-Western Region of the U-
nitsd States.—We were yesterday grati
fied with a few minutes conversation with
Copt. J. R, Bell, who arrived in this city
on Tuesday, from Cape Girardeau, in
Missouri ; which place lie left on the
13th October last. The information de
rived from him was so interesting to us,
that we believe our readers will be plea
sed w ith some account of it.
Capi. Bell was second in rank of an
Exploring Expedition, under the com
mand of Major Long, the objects of
which were topographical and scientific
information re.<pFctiu»‘'the vast wilder
ness of country which stretches from the
Council Blutls, on the Missouri, to the
foot of the Rocky Mountains, of whirl
so little is yet known. The expedition
being wholly pacific in its objects, con
sisted of some twenty soldiers only, and
the following otliccrs and artists, besiJ.
the two officers already mentioned
Lieutenant Graham, Lieut. Sw-'ilT, Dr.
Say, Dr. James, and Messers. Seymour
and Peule, designers and painters.
'l’hc expedition sat out from the Conn
cil Bluffs, on the Gth of June, directing
their course first to the Pawnee villages
on a fork of the La Platte, distant about
one hundred and twenty miles from th.
Council Blurts ; and thence proceeded
to t!«u Rocky Mountains, distant abo
four hundred miles from the Pawn
Village. The interval is a rolling prai
rie country, of course destitute of hill
und wood, so that tiie mountains are visi
bleat the distance of one hundred am
twenty miles. Time lias not \ et allowed
a calculation of tiie observations, which
were made as accurately us circum
stances would allow, but it is supposed
the greatest height of the ridge does not
exceed the elevation of four thousand
feet above the base of the mountain.
The Expedition separated into tvv
parties, near the point ou the Arkansas
designated on the maps as Pike’s Block
house.
The one party, under the command of
Major Long, proceeded thence with
iew to strike the head-waters of Kt
river. But, it appears the (naps which
we have are very defective, the courses
of the rivers being almost wholly conjec
tural, and often entirely fabulous. The
expedition did not attuiu the object
sought, because it was not to be found
where it is laid down in the maps, and
fell upon the waters of the Canadian fork
of the Arkansas, which it pursued, uud
terminated its tour at Belle Point on the
Arkansas, the post mentioned, in the late
Message of the President to Congress, as
being the advanced post of our yordou in
that direction.
The other party, under the command
of Capt. Bell, proceeded down the Ar
kansas to Belle Point, which place they
reached on the 9th Sept, after an ab
sence of three mouths from the haunts of
civilization.
Below the First Fork of ihe Arkansas,
a3 it was named by Pike, they met sev
eral hunting parties of strange Indians,
whose names even have rarely, if ever,
been heard of before—belonging to the
tribes of the Arrupahoes, the Kaskayas,
the Kiawas, and the Chnyetmes. They
are frequently, and perhaps at present,
engaged in war with the Pawnees, Osa-
ges, arid other tribes of whom we have
*pm’e knowledge. Of the Indians met by
none have e^er been into our
'hey appeared to be wliol-
hc existence of such a
United States, or
f any people of
inhabitants
sh pro-
had
about half way between the Mississippi
iver and the Pacific Ocean, an explo-
mg party has met with several tribes of
men, the aborigines and proprietors of
hu soil of tiie country, who were igno-
mt not only of the existence of ihe Peo-
le of the United States, bat of the ex
istence of a race of White People ! It
gives us an awful idea of the magnificent
extent of the domain of the Republic.
[.Not. hit.]
ranee, skill, or foresight, in the execution
of it. Although the llagship had seven
feet wat(fr in the hold, in consequence
of huviiigerounded in leaving the Bay of
Fnlcuhnuno, lus lordship steadily pursu
ed his Ciurse, uud proceeded on that
sime nigh. The self-possession shown
by the Adpiral under circumstances so
ethical wifi truly admirable. Indeed, to
form a just idea of his Lordship’s talents
and superiority, it is necessary to see
him m dunrers the most trying, and in
difficulties the most appalling ; for it is
then that be shines most conspicuously.
With rfigurd to the affair at Chiloo, al
though tin) result Was unsuccessful, the
Creole troops fully justified their former
fame. The enemy knew of the fall of
Valdivia ten days, and saw our vessels,
30 hours .off the port before it was pos
sible to disembark. JiLuely of (tie caval
ry and 50 infantry oppose our
t.idling were ilispersi&jivithout trouble.
The next morning, at 2, a small battery
pen
liiiglv exemplified. They boro their
wounded commandant from the tiolJ un-
murderuus lire, protesting they
would sooner lose their lives than leave
him to the mercy of the Chilote, who is
as ignorant, more bigulted, and cruder
than the most uncivilized Indian. A-
niongst the foremost in the fort were fou
CHILL
The accounts of what is going on in this ve
ry interestiug quartei of llie globe, have
hituerto been so meagre, that vve almost
forget the existence of such a people as
the Cliilese, who, nevertheless, are enti
tled, from their noble struggle lor Inde
pendence, and the delightful country they
enjoy, and vvhioh they have emimcipafeii
from despotic sway, to no small share of'
our consideration. We do not recollect
that any detailed account has been pub
lished in tv.ir Journals, of Lord Cochrane’s
capture of Valdivia, which took place in
February last. We luve received, via
London, some interesting particulars re
specting that gallant aH’air, which vve shall
probably publish. Meanwhile vve give the
lultuiviug extract of a letter as containing
tne latest accounts from Chili, which bad
been received in England. It is from a
British oilicer, and is dated Valparaiso,
Mat) 2, ltiio.—Nat. Advocate.
Tim posession of Valdivia is of the ut
most importance to this government, lu
the bauds of the Spaniards it would easily
enable them to raise and maintain gueril
la-, if notan army, upon tile banks of the
tiio Bio, and thereby keep the province
of Conception in nconsUnt state ofulunn.
rLey might even extend their views to
the capital, upon the first favorable op
portunity. The assistance of (lie royal-
ist malcontents, and banditti, would not
a little facilitate a project of the kin
Ail tuesc hostile parties w ill now lie sup-
prasv-d, and the Chilfcsu government will
he able to recruit its army from the de
lightful province of Conception, instead
of being obliged to employ a force there
to prevent the excursions of the Span
iards.
The country round Valdivia is delight
ful. The perpetual verdure reminds in;
of England. The soil is rich and capable
of producing every tiling in great abund
ance. The Spaniards attached no value
to it, because there are no gold mines.
The Chilese look upon it as a most dis
agreeable spot, from the rains width
prevail during a great part of the year.—
Fhis country, like many others in South
America, only requires a population to
make it a delicious residence. The tem
perature is more suitable to the Euro
pean constitution than any ! have yet
seen. The burning, or olliervv isa clear-
the now impenetrable forests, would
still further improve it, by rendering it
less humid. The fertile plains ofOsor-
n? were colonised by the father of the
Supreme Director, O’Higgins, and now
supply Chiloo and Valdivia with corn
flour, &c. Major Beuclief lias marched
to Osoruo, at the head of 200 men, to ex
pel the parties formed by the runaways
from the garrison of Valdivia, where they
■commit great depredations. The inhabi
tants have formed themselves into com
panies for ttie same purpose, and have
already destroyed them in great num
bers. Many of them will doubtless es
cape to Cliiloe, but it is an arduous
inarch ; there are two or three very
difficult rivers to pa«s, and they are at
present wandering about without know
ing which way to turn.
The conquest of Valdivia, the Gi
braltar of South-America, will not he
properly appreciated in England, be
cause its amazing strength is not there
generally known, and the numerical
weakness of the little handful of assail
ants may he overlooked. All the bat
teries, forts, uud castles, garrisoned by
COO regulars, were carried by assault, or
abandoned bv the enemy in n few hours.
Panic struck by the boldness and rapidity
of our movement, the enemy lied in the
greatest confusion, after having been
driven from two or three strong and im
norlant posts, where considerable oppo-
vvas at first made. Lord C09brane
me ttrong fort of Agnz, situated on ,1
eminence and surrounded partly by the
sea ind partly by an impend"able wood,
approachable only by a narrow path on
the sea shore, the entrance to which was
diTqidcd by a gun boat ; two 24 poun
ders on tiie ramparts commanded the
while extent ; 130 men within were
coixpletely protected from the effects of
oui fire by well constructed breast
works. We were, however, resolved
upo» stormingii, mid the marine artillery
advanced in a noble manner, under one
of die hottest fires ofgrape and musketry
I ever witnessed ; but of 70 employed,
IC were killed and 1C wounded ; the
125 infantry did not lose many. The
wounded were all re-embarked. In the
retreat the attachment of the men to
wards the British utlicors was very all
single disturbance having occurred up to
the present moment.
In less than fourhours after the arrival of
~ 1 "“' n ' I d - >
October 5.
Lord Holland asked whether his Majesty 1 !
government were a concuring party to tint
the first regiment (to whom the effecting menacing arrangement.. which Austria and
. v - iiin Prussia were now engaged m, in consequence
0 this glorious event is exclusively due) of thc proceedings of other nations. Ill ,1”
nil the regulni’ troops, and even rtetuch
ments from all the militia corps in the
city nnd suburbs entue to join their fel
low soldiers upon the. first news of what
hud taken place. The oilicer who came
commanding tins first regiment is u no
bleman, a Brigadier in tie army, who had
been sent to their barracks by the com
mander in chief for the purpose of rea
ding to them the Proclamation of the Ex
governors, in consequence of an intima
tion lie received from the major of the
regiment, staling lbut a spirit of discon
tent- reigned amongst the soldiers.—The
Brigadier having arrived at the barracks
found the regiment all under linns, and
having acquainted them with the mission
lie came upon, they answered they were
resolved not to hearken to any further
proposals, but immediately proceed to
the government palace, and there openly
declare for the Oporto party, and in case
they were not seconded by tho people,
and were opposed by any force, they
would make way with their bayonets, and
join tiie insurrection.—They then re
quested the Brigadier to side with them
and take the command, who seeing their
resolute determination accepted the oi
ler. As soon as all the troops were
drawn up in the square, six temporary
governors worn elected.—Four officers
of high rank and families—a high Eccle
siastic dignitary, and the son of a rich
merchant, and great landholder, all men
ol noted talents and uiianiinnusly approv
ed of. And thus in five hours, without
any preconcerted plan, were the go
vernors of a kingdom deposed, others e-
lected in their stead, and upwards of
three thousand soldiers assembled under
arms, without bloodshed, rioting, or tu
multuous confusion of any description 1 !!
At night the city appeared spontaneous
ly illuminated and parties of all classes
thronging about the streets cheering (he
King—the soldiers—nnd promised cou
stitutiou ; more v.'iih the appearance of
Priests, with lattCes and crosses, exhor- celebrating art annual festivity—than a
ting tiie garrison to exterminate all the
heretics and insurgent* for the love of
Jesus Christ. Lord Cochrsnc, percei
ving the Cilitotes showed no disposition to
avail themselves of his presence and as
sistance to throw off the Spanish yoke,
sailed tho same night. It wtiulifbe dif
ficult to obtain nnd keep possession of an
island, garrisbner: by nearly 2,000 regu
lars besides militia, unless the inhabitants
were disposed to favor the enterprise.
LATE FROM 1’ORTUG A ft
Philadelphia, Novi 20.
By the brig Shamrock, c.lpt. Pickle,
who left Lisbon, 21st Sept, we have
been favored with the following interes
ting details of the progress of the Revo
lution iii that capital :
Ou tne 2-1th August, nit. tho installa
tion of a new government infilling itself—
Supreme government, ad interim, took
place at the city of Oporto, amidstdbe
universal acclamations and choorings of
all classes of people, manifested in an
unprecedented style of order and sobri
ety , insomuch that not a single disagreea
ble occurrence(generalIy incident onsudi
occasions) was witnessed throughout the
whole day, though the jov of all orders
was unbounded. The object of this
Provisional Junta, or government, is the
deposition of the present Regency of the
Kingdom ami tho convocation of an as
sembly of the representatives of all the
different classes, simil ir to the Spanish
Cortes, wherein a permanent constitu
tion may he. framed, adapted to tho inter
ests and for the future security uud pre
servation of the lives and property of
every person, until this glorious event,
subject to the capricious tyranny of some
rapacious despots—the satellites of al
most witless, though harmless monarch*.
This revolt, or other assertion of the
national rights of man, communicated ra
pidly to all the neighbouring towns, chief
ly among the military, and was every
w here adopted with the same unanimity,
though the E- •governors made every ef
fort in their power to quell the insurrec
tion, by sending large parties of troops
from this city and suburbs to oppose it ;
ut w liich fortunately cither stood neuter
or joined tiie opposite party.
'l'lie capital of the Kingdom, Lisbon,
till continued in the greatest quietness,
though all the inhabitants openly expros
sed the most ardent desire that a re
form of administration might take place ;
hut merely placing placards about the
streets. Tilings were in this state of
pusillanimous apathy, anxiously awaitin'
the approach of the Oporto troops until
Friday the 15th iust. tho anniversary of
the evacuation of this city by the French
army in 1800, w hen suddenly a regiment
of infantry marched into the square oppo
site the Palace of government, proclaim
ing the Constitution, with the most enthu
siastic rejoicings, which were immedi
ately re-echoed, by an immense multitude
revolution effected liy armed men, en
tirely altering the system of udministru
lion of a Kingdom. And still every per
son testifying the siucercst loyalty to the
reigning dynasty.
A still more interesting spectacle pre
sented itself on the Sunday following ;
this surpasses all description—Language
canuot pourtray it. Two elegant squares,
lined ou every side with well clad, fine
looking Soldiers ; several general offi
cers in the centre richly apparelled ;
aid-de.-cnmps coursing along iu every
direction conveying orders—at the head
of one of the squares, in u large balcony
window ten or twelve of the most distin
guished persons, all magnificently dress
ml, receiving from iheir countrymen the
grateful effusions of iheir gratitude, for
the liberty and independence that day
secured to them—every window crowd
eJ w ith ladies waving their white hand
kerchiefs &. occasionally throw ing down
wreaths of (lowers on the officers as they
passed under—and add to ull this ah im
mense multitude collect*J around on
every spare spot, pressing upon the mi
litary so, as hardly to allow them space
to moyu in, and from flip countenance of
every one of whom joy and satisfaction
were beaming forth, unsullied even by
the most trivial disagreeable accident.
Here was a scene which the most flint-
hearted stoic could not have seen uu-
tnoved. Even ut the Theatres for three
nights past the ladies have sung altogeth
er the patriotic hymns, and several gen
tlemen recited pieces of poetry compos
ed on the occasion.
We are now anxiously expecting the
governor from Oporto, whose proceed
ings, together with those here, have been
all along dictated by the strictest honor
and prudence—no revenge for private
quarrels—no punishment of those who
huso misused the power with which they
wore entrusted ; hut merely displacing
those w ho have abused their oCicers aud
endered themselves unworthy to servo
the state. All English officers sewing
in the army have been dismissed, though
in the most satisfactory manner possi
ble.
ed the question because he felt peraundet}
the answer would be creditable tn ministers,
honorable to the couiitry and saticUctery to
the house.
The Karl uf Liverpool mid he hod no diffi
culty whatever in saying that it was nr. part
of the present poliey of this country to i.itcr-
fere in the (Minding circumstances of other
stale*—(hear, hear)—England was neither
directly, nor indirectly a party to the ar-
rangemmiis of any kind that may be curry*
ing 011 upon the continent.
Charleston, Dec. 1.
Letters of (lie 18th Oct. wen- received in town
yesterday from Liverpool, via Savannah,
brought by tho ship Meridian, arrived at
that port.—The following is an extract of a
li tter of the above date', from Messrs,
Rathbo.ne, Hoduhon U Co. :—
“ in Cotton, wc have no alteration to
notice for the last three days. The de
mand has been uniformly steady, nnd tho
small advance upon the prices of last
week, bus been supported. I he sales,
however, have nveruged little more than
1000 bags per day. Those of Upland
yesterday, cousistc.il of ordinary to good
quality, at 9 1-2dn II I-2d ; and in Sen-
Island, of good, at 20 fine at 22d per lb.”
The reduction of the price of cotton,
is much and feelingly deplored. After
tho destruction of the freshes, the rava
ges of the rot, and the early check to
vegetation by frost, it must be painful to
a planter to sell the remain* of a crop
for 13 ceuts a pound. But some conso
lation may be reaped from the reflection,
tlint it is a universally levelling system;
flour, the great staple of the North, is
proporiiouably low ; all markets seem
likewise glutted with that article ; and
it is probable that the prices of other
northern commodities will be graduated
to the same scale. The provisions of
the West, which ure produced in Rbun-
dance, ure offered at equally reduced
prices. Let us hope that the National
und State Legislatures will duly consider
the general depression, and will prompt
ly meet the crisis with a corresponding
reduction of salaries, compensations, and
all public demands ; and particularly
that Cougress will fairly examine the 0-
peration ofthis general reduction of pro*
perty on the revenue system, as it regard*
protecting duties, which in effect, are ac*
tuallv doubled, without the aid of n law,
by the depreciation of labor, provision*,
am) staple commodities. They will then
rather lessen than increase the tariff on
importation*; reduce * he salaries and
compensation throughout the union ;
lower the pdy of the army, and particu
larly of the officers and seamen in the na*
ry, while there is no danger from th*
competition of commerce, of a loss of
their services—by which means a spirit
of ecimomy and retrenchment, so highly
necessary at this time, may be disused
throughout the nation.
[Pee Dee Gazette, 15th insi.J
that almost instantaneously tilled up the
'■ups the only imiu that would have! square, expressing the must extravagant
such an enterprise, and no! demonstrations of joy, though perfectly
avo displayed more preseve- 1 free’ from any riotous confusion ; not
Savannah, Nov. 29.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the arrival of the Ship Meridian, Cupt.
Staples, in 42 days from Liverpool, we
have received 11 Liverpool paper oftbo even
ing of the 1 -2th of Oct. which conlaius Lou
don dates to the tilth.
Cotton tvus still uirthc decline, especially in-
arior qualities, which it was expected would
fall to (id per lb.
The revolution in Portugal is said to have
been completed by 1I10 accession of Lisbon
to tbe cause of Freedom.
The paper before us contains very little
more, ill an the examination of the Queen’s
witnesses, who alt testify in her favor, and
many of them give nditect contradiction, to
circumstances stated by the witnesses on
the part of the prosecution—Respectability
of character is so decidedly preponderant on
the side of her Majesty’s testimony, that
where, conflicting slateuieuts present them
selves, little doubt cau bo entertained to
which party credence ought to bo given.—
The following incidental observations were
made in tho House uf Lords.
THE N. CAROLINA SEVENTY FOUR.
Philadelphia, Nov. 15.
We yesterday had tho satisfaction of
viewing the head intended for this *u*
peril sliip ol war. It is the figure of Sir
Walter Raleigh, tbe first founder of
the State of North Carolina, executed
by Air. Rush, ofthis city, whose skill and
judgment in the sceince of sculpture, i*
known and admired in every part of th*
world where Philadelphia vessels ar*
known. It must ba an additional satis*
faction to our fellow-citizens of North
Carolina, after I Living the fortunate lot of
giving 11 name to one of the finest ves
sels m the world, to have her prow orna
mented, with a masterly likeness of their
original founder, by ene of the ablest ar
tists of Pennsylvania.—The bust of Sip
Walter is acknowledged, by the ablest
judges, to be nu admirable portraiture
from the first prints extant.
'Flic Commissioners of live Nary, in
ordering this significant h-isd for this no
ble ship, have evinced n judgment that
reflects credit upon tbeir understanding
end national feeling.—Gazette.
MR. GUILLE.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25.
On Thursday afternoon Mr. GuiJIf
gratified the citizens of Philadelphia w th
a very spleudid exhibition. At 3 o’clock
ho ascended form Vauxhall Garden, in
the presence of many thousand specta
tors, in a cur attached to his balloon.-**
While the balloou was rising he repen-
todly waved his hat and flog. After he
hud risen tl «, proper elevation, he disen
gaged the parachute, to which had been
connected a basket, containing a live mon
key, which gradually and safely descen
ded to tbe earth.
The balloon then rose to a greater
height, aud remaining thus elevated for
some nvinutes, Mr. Guille opened the
valve of the balloon and deceuded in
Miintua village, on the west side of
Schuylkill, without sustaining any injury.
A large concourse of people anxious fdF*
liis welfare, followed him to the place
of his descent, and had the pleasure of
iviiuessiog his safe return to the Garden -
from winch he had ascended-
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