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The foil.•»!.>« i«il«'rr»*lii#T c'l private
character,!* Uglily honorable to our rmiiiliy,
unit j* extracted from Mis* Wrights “ ' ion
of p „q, ty Miid Ulnnnf i-p in America
ACCOUNT OF COLONEL HUGER.
A Nr.tv-Jt.usKV, April' If.iO.
Mv Dear Friend, , ,
I iim happy I- httve it in my power ore-
nlv to the ipipstion cnntHiiii’d tit tho letter
nm* before me, and this without any troii-
bi.. an I am s" fortunate as to be intimately
Acquainted with some near relatives of the
individual about whom you impure.
Col Huger is a native of South-Caroimir,
and the member of a family remarkable (so
far at le.iol «» m y acquaintance with it ex
tends) fur ardor of character and distinguish
ed talents. Hp passed to London.in his
vo Jth to complete his medical studies, and
was thus engaged when the news reached
him of tho seizure and imprisonment of
General La Fayette, whom lie had learned
from his infancy to respect as the compani
on i„ arms of his father, and the companion
of his country’s liberties. He instantly con
ceived the project of devoting his time, and,
if it should he necessary, his life, to effect the
rescue of the illustrious captive. Having di-
irested his scheme, and finding that a coadju
tor would he necessary, he took into his
confidence a young German, a com pan um n(
bis studies, and embarked with him for Hol
land. The stoW of the attempted rescue, as
commonly told,'is pretty accurate-the best
iw 1 remember t*have seen, was m num
ber of the Annual Register. I suppo-e you
are acquainted with the incidents winch de-
feated tho scheme ami gave back the rescu
ed La Fayette t*bis prison, and made Im
gentrou* deliverer also an inhabitant oMhe
< detsrmincd to carry Into effect the i.reams power,
which had amused ins prison. He toi l, his
vyip, in a farm beyond (tie monnlauis, w'licie
lie settled, and w as soon the father of n fine
Imy. The child when two years pf age,
sickened, and his l;r> wvledge of phy.-ic saiis-
Piid him that the child could not recover
i J • f]kc r. pliilnsnnin r with Ihe
gloomy dungeons of Olmutz. The suffer
ings of the young American, aflei the fai
lure of tht attempt, were cruelly severe—
clone, in a dark and stony roll, apprehensive
for the safety, even for the hie of La l ays
Ctte, uncertain as to the fate of his friend-—
now cursing his own rashness, which had
perhaps doubled tile sufferings of hifti he
fume to rescue, and now the untoward chan-
CCS whicn had defeated bis attempt when so
near successthis fw er or the spu it soon
fell on the blood, and, for three weeks, deli
rium rendered him insensible to the horrors
of his dungeon. Without assistance ot any
bind that lie can recollect, how the fever h tl
him, he knows not—the damps and confine-
Tncnt ill forwarded the recovery of his
Strength—stretched on the stones, he sought
to divert his mind by laying plans for his fu
ture life, if his prison -doors should ever he
opened, hut for his corpse. What is singu
lar, he has followed out the mode ot life he
then amused himself with scheming.
The first human sound that reached him
■was the cry or a child (for the keeper who
supplied him with bread and water, made
neither query nor reply.) “A child I then
there must he a woman, and wheie there is
a woman, there may be compassion.” So
saying, he crawled towards the wall, at the
top of which was the grate that admitted
light, air, and all the inclemencies of the sea
sons—often he listened, watched, atid called,
till at last a woman's face was stooped to
wards the gate—he tried French, which,
fortunately, she could reply to. “ ^ ou are
a mother”—surh was the manner of his ad
dress, to remove her scruples ; “ l have a
mother, for her sake have pity on her son !”
After a good deal of pathetic entreaty, she
promised to bring him back an answer to
his inquiries, and to procure for him a Ger
man grammar. He learned that his friend
was in a dungeon in tire, same fortress, and
that La Fayette was in tolerable health, but
in stricter confinement than ever. The
grammar was squeezed through the bars, u-
nother book was afterw ards procured, and
thus he acquired a tolerable knowledge of
German. After some time, he told bis visi
ter, that his grammar had afforded him so
much amusement, that if she could discov
er the grate of Uis friend's prison, he wished
she would convey it to him. Having in vain
tried to make intelligible marks upon the pa
per, he. made some with a piece of mortar,
scraped from the wall, upon a black silk
handkerchief that he took from his neck, and
in which he folded the grammar—this, with
a good deal of trouble, was squeezed again
through the bars, and in a few days was re
turned, some words of English in reply hav-
•ing been scraprd by his friend upon the co
ver, satisfying Huger as to his health. The
grammar was his only amusement through
the remaining months of his imprisonment,
which were in all eight. The representati
ons of Washington procured his release, af
ter a trial where he pleaded his own cause in
French—it was short and sample, hut elo
quently stated, that he and his friend had no
accomplices, and no motives hut those sup
plied by their own enthusiasm—that he had
not sought to rescue a state-prisoner, but the
friend of his father, of his country, and of
mankind—to procure whose release, lie
would then willingly return to his dungeon,
and to save whose life, lie would joyfully
doating mother, prepared her by degrees
for her loss, n prevent, d tho duty she owed
to him, which should strengthen her to strug
gle with her grief, and submit to an irreme
diable evil. She listened, ami had sufficient
strength of mind lo feel the weight of hr-
words. She herself wrote the news or her
loss to her father. ”My husband has ex-
horted I’D brnr it tin lipcame your i«uup;h-
trr U. liis wife, and bo has imparted strengt h
to me to do so-but,oh! What calamity is
there for winch his affection ought mil to
console me !” They were afterwards mote
fortunate parents. Col. Huger Ims been the
tutor of his children, who obeyed his words
as the young Spartans those of Lyeni gus.
Trained to hardiness and independence, in
spired by their father with sentiments ol pa
triotism, hnd clad in garments woven by
their own domestics, they exhibit, in their
manners and character, that simplicity and
ardour w hlch form the true characteristics of
the gobs and -daughters of a republic. Noi
is it only when excited by feelings of peculi
ar enthusiasm, or when called upon to per
form the duties of a husband, a father, atid a
ciiir.cn, that thisdistinguiahed individual has
vinerd the heauly uf his character, lie
had an only sister, who, some years after Ids
marriage, fell into a pitiable state of heallh :
change of air, and travelling, were recom
mended as his last remedies—his brother
found it impossible to move at the time, and
there was no other friend or relative on
whom could be devolved the care of the in-
veltd. Col. Huger left his farm, fame to
Charleston, deposited his wife and infant
hildren with his father-in-law, became the
travelling companion and physician of hie
sister, and, nearly a year after, brought her
hack in a state of recovery, joined his fami
ly, and returned to his estate.
During tho war, when a descent of the e-
nemy was expected on some of Ihe great ci
ties of the south, and then on Savannah ra
ther than New-Orleaqs, Col linger repair
ed to the former. Assembling his children
around him in the presence of their mother,
he explained Ihe duty which called him from
them. “ My country jiftd your country
calls me to its defence. 1 go with a willing
heart, commending yon and your mother lo
it and to heaven. Let me see that you. on
yonr- side, yield your father will) willing
hearts. Now embrace me, nil of you, with
out a tear.” lie mounted his horse, and not
a murmur was heard—even the youngest
tried to smile as their behaved parent rod
away—another proudly brushed the tear
from his eye, and wished that he was old
nough to defend his country. Are you not
with Ihe old Romans ?
nt ( iie globe. The Memoir t’uoWcbn-
..ludcs with n brief account of the. negonn-
ii„it, mi,! ,.i the motives which induced him to
cl.lv.> it ns lie did, the Ihike of M (gun’s grants
in ( I iriilo to the contrary notwithstanding-—
The si .it i -ticsl part of the’Work shews llmt Mr.
In Oni- was nut idle or unobserving during his
sojourn Iteii , though many of hi* statement*
mid arguments are founded on erroneous or de
tective (lain.
It remains for ns lo give an extinct or two
from the woik. The first is hi* portrait of Me
(oiled (status
not
certainly -
give his own. Having concluded, Ihe judge
le 1 forget,) ordered him
(whose German title
to leave the place within so many hours, and
to he out of Germany within so many days
and, then, leaving his seat, and up|>foaching
him, he said—“ Young man, yon are charge
able wilh singular rashness, but 1 tell you,
that had I to search the world for a friend,
from what l have heard this day, I would
• seek him in America.”
I may mention that the young prisoner
came from his dungeon almost entirely bald,
and that though the strength of his constitu
tion soon removed all the other effects of his
unwholesome confinement, he never recov
ered his hair—this contrasted with the youth
and animation of his countenance, gave him
for many years a very singular appearance.
Returning to his country, misfortune seem
ed to follow him—-entering the house of his
brother, a bow-window from the upper sto
ry fell on his head—for thirteen days he lay
insensible, attended by his brother with ago
nizing affection. What struck me as a line
instance of greatness of mind, when the sur
geon, perceiving the skull to he injured, pro
's posed trepanning which lie thought might
( save life, though without the hope cf pre
serving the reason ; “ No,” says his brother,
n never shall he live to he so different from
what he was. I know his soul, and choose
for him in preferring death.” He repaid his
cares, however, by perfect recovery, when
his brother, who was possessed of a large
property, entreated him to share his futtuni
—this, however, he strenuously refused, and
settled in Charleston as a physician. Some
time afterwards, he became attached lo a
young woman of a respectable family in that
city. Though rising into eminence in bis
profession, his income was as yet small, and
ohe had nothing. In thi3 state of things, he
determined not to venture on marriage, un
til his increasing practice should enable him
to support a family. These circumstances
coming to the knowledge of his brother, he
instantly bestowfcd a fortune on the young
woman—and an obligation thus delicately
conferred, could not be objected to by her
rnOMTIlF. RATIONAL INTTXLtOWCEn.
DO V LUIS DE OATS’S MEMOIR
A translation of tl»e'“ Memoir upon the ne-
gociations between Spain and the U. Slates
ef America, whichled to the treaty of 1819.”
has just been published in this city, from the
pen of Dr. Watkins, in whose character and
abilities we have a satisfactory pledge ofthe
fidelity and accuracy of the translation
We'have looked over this work, in the
xpoctathvnbf finding it full ofthe sophisms
f diplomacy, 'and very Unreserved in the
frankness ofthe author’s views of the Unit-
d Stales. -We have not been disappointed.
It is both the ono and the other. Of the
character of our people, and their besetting
foibles, he npeaks with unsparing severity,
and with more freedom, we think, than sin
cerity. Of our institutions, and of our re
sources, he has given as flattering a view as
could he expected from a representative of
monarchy, who has no longer a motive for
deceptive language, or mental reservation in
respect to us—it being perfectly evident,
from the. whola 1enor of the Mo.moir, that
Don Luih De Onis has not the least expecta
tion of ever re-visiting the United States in
a public capacity. Of the policy of our go
vernment, he has furnished such a distorted
view as suited the. purpose for which he
wrote, which was, by a-propos suggestions
to induce, the Cortes of Spain to ratify the
treaty of ! 819, the necessary assent to which
had been, and was at the date of the Memoir,
withheld by the King of Spain
As we'co not feel ourselves justified in
making any extracts from Ibis book which
might interfere with the profits of tho sale of
it, due to tha labor and enterprise of the
Translator and Publisher, vve shall content
ourselvM with a brief account n fits plan, and
an extract or two calculated to shew the ge
neral complexion of its contents.
The character of the book is Well describ
ed in the following extract from the transla
tor’s preface
“The reader of the following pages'will
soon find reason to pronounce them a most
extraordinary production—lie will perceive
that they contain a. singular mixture of the
veriest slander and the most extravagant eu
logy, of our eountry and countryman, that
was ever heaped upon them !>y foe or friend.
The double object which- the author had in
view, led him, of necessity, into many con
tradictions and absurdities. He had been
accused of sullying the dignity ol his royal
master, and wounding the interests of his na
tion, by a disgraceful treaty—and this charge
naturally involved’!he suspicion, that he had
been influenced in his negotiation either by
J'car or partiality for the'Americans. In
combatting this twofold accusation, it was
important that he should show the political
and physical strength of the United Staleyi
u its utmost magnitude—that he should de-l
mourtrale the impossibility of defending the
Spanish provinces in America from the am
bitious grasp of this colossal power—and
that he should draw such a picture ofthe
people as might lead to the inference that
contempt, rather than admiration or oread,
supplied him with the coloring. It will hi
seen, from the ingenuity wiili which he
has managed his arguments, that Don Luis
de Onis was a wily politician, a master ofthe
diplomatic, art—and, however illusive some
of his reasoning may appear, there are strong
grounds to believe that tho Spanish Cortes
were influenced by it to consent to the rati
fication of his trcaiy, and that his main ob
ject was thus accomplished.’
The Memoir commence* with a history of
the Don s diplomatic residence in the l'. States,
from the year ISO!* lo the year 1819—of his ar
riv'd here, the refusal of our government to re
ceive him, aud his vigilance and faithful ser
vices nevertheless. Il then takes a view of the
territories of Ihe United States—of Iheir popu
lation—of the causes of the rapid increase of
population, and of the public and individual
wealth uf these stales—of our relations with
the Indians on our borders—of Ihe agriculture,
manufactories, and the industry of the t'niled
r.ules—of their commerce—of their military
lf| rce, which he scandalously depreciates—of
the navy—of (he national revenue—of our in
........ ery (lull
:l in which, mangre lls frightful daubing and
hideous colors, an plainly discover some
odd trails of resemblance to those who sat lor
Ihe likeness;
“ This people, however, do nut appear
capable, of raising themselves to that colos
sal greatness to which they ttspire, nor to a-
ny solid and lasting glory." A compound of
individuals of various nations, they have no
true national character,wtnd devoted to com
merce and speculation, interest is iheir idol.
They carried with them to thu deserts of
North America the corruption and the vices
ofthe most degenerate people In Europe—
and this corruption and these vices have met
witlj no harriers in a country where all hit,
free, and whore Inrun) and an insatiable
(hirst (]f ppud t>fc (lir pi rdmiivumt pcts3ions •
extreme egotism, finance, and other sordid
passiniH, distinguish the character of the .)■
mericms. Their manners, in general, le-
nemble those of tile English, though they are
ahvays accompanied with ii certain rusticity
nid a provoking arrogance, that particular
i-n fhem. The inhabitants ofthe United
Slates are destituted for the most port from
English fa mi lies, and although a multitude
of individuals from oilier nations are incor
porated in their population, tie anglomania
i*always prevalent. The institutions of the
country, copied chiefly from those of Eng-
Iniid—rthe same laws for the administration
of justice in civil and criminal cases—tin
same language, the. same enthusiasm of com
merce, and the same spiiit of domination
ami pride, render the two people very simi
lar. The Anglo-American looks upon eve
ry nation w ith disdain or contempt, admiring
the English only, and making il a glory t •
draw his origin from her. lint their shuati-
>n jit the head of the New World, without
avals to impede or restrai i their march-—an
mtnen.e and varied surface of territory—
their rapid and astonishing progress in popu
lation, the arts and industry—the brilliant
scries of their prosperity ; the powerful suc-
re-'s’nf their arms in the late war against O.
Britain—and the respect which they fancy
y have inspired in the. principal powers ol
Europe, have raised their vanity to an ex
treme, of which ii is scarcely possible to form
an idea. They consider themselv es sv.peri-
r to the rest of mankind, and look upon
their Republic as the only establishment up
on earth, founded upon a grand and solid ba
sis, embellished by wisdom, and destined
one day to become the most sublime colos
sus of unman power, and the wonder of the
universe. It is notonly in the mouths of en
thusiasts, nr demagogues, who seek to in
flame the imagination* of the mob with se
ductive and exaltead ideas, that this language
is heard—it resounds from fevery sidp. Thr
works of all the Anglo-American writers are
strewed with these haughty sentiments,
these brilliant productions, suggested by an
overweening vanity. Their public monu
ments attest the excess of this pride and os
tentatious confidence. The house in which
ihe Congress hold their sessions, they call
the Capitol: a little rivulet near it, about
three yards wide and a fourth-deep, they de
nominate the 'Fiber. Many of the meanest
settlements, hare the names of the most ce
lebrated cities of Greece and Rome. Every
thing breathes extreme affectation and vani
ty in tho United States—but the sensible
man, who examines things with impartiality
and profound reflection, cannot but foresee
tho ruin of these states, in Ihe blind impetu
osity of their ambition, and the excess of
their pride.”
Fer contra, we give the following, as a fail-
sample of those parts of Ihe work in which re
luctant justice is done us :
“ Their fleet is every day receiving aug
mentation, and is already upon a respecta
ble aud brilliant footing. The Anglo-Ame
rican sattors, if they do not exceed the En
glish ih skill or courage, like them possess the
profoundest knowledge of naval tactics, and
great experience in everything that can con
tribute to a favofablo result in naval actions.
It is true that, hitherto, tln-y have had no ac
tions, except of ship lo ship, and with small
divisions on the lakes, but in all they havi
manifested great skill and great bravery.—
When their navy shall be adapted for grand
battles, they will no doubt show the same
.superiority, of which the English now boast
so much ; and w ill, perhaps, surpass them,
excited ns they will he by emulation, prid
and that fierceness of enthusiasm which a
republican spirit inspires. Every thin
well organized in Iheir marine : the vessels
are of excellent construction, perfectly fitted
and armed ; a rigorous discipline, due subs
ordination, and tins best order are observ
in them. There is no instance of an An'glo-
Atnerican jcninmandcr or officer iuvin;. fid
tered in his duty, or of his having failed I
support, even in the must difficult extreroi
ties,Ihe honour of his (lag: an officer who
should conduct himself in any other man
net", would not only he punished with severi
ty, but his name would he forever loads
With infamy, and abandoned lo public pxeeni
tion- These are the principles which mnk
an army or a navy formidable ; without
them, no matter how many soldiers or ship
a state may have, it most nut- latter ilse
that it has an army or a navy—ii may spend
immense sums to support those two bodies,
which are the pillars nf national d, fence, hut
it will experience nothing hut disasters, de
I feats, and losses, when the necessity for ein
ploying them shall arrive."
tie conclude with tlx; following extract, th
perusal nf which made u-> foci unusually serious
—icliii, we leave tlurreader to explain :
“ f cannot conclude my observations up
on the country and population nf the United
States without saying something ofthe Indi
ans, or aboriginals, still remaining in them.—
A considerable number of the Iroquois are
yet to he met with in the ofNcw-York,
and in the eastern part of Long Island ; hut
they are all miserable wretches, in nothing
resembling their ancestors, w hose character
is said to have been so bold, warlike, and fe
rn,-ions. In the states of Tennessee and
Missis ippi, the nation or tribe of C'bcrcil,
exist; in Georgia, the Greeks; in Mississip
pi, the Chickar.aws and Choctaws ; in the
state of Indiana and territory nf Michigan, a
few savage hordes of the nation or tribe ol
Chippew ays are to lie found ; and others oc
cupy various points to the north east of Illi
nois and ra t of Lake Michigan, They are
ill wretched, k. gradually becoming extinct.
Their whole number will amount at most to
90or 00,000. Those who live within the
Spanish dominions, contiguous to the United
Slates, comprise various tribes, some of them
ofliciently numerous; hut they are gradual
of (lie tcndrrnr.K arm prtiiardlr.v-!
which it treats them, it cannot l.mt lie oWn •
ed, that wdnUevcr tuny be its dijpOMtiuii to
cherish sentiments so becoming to )!"' pre
sent age, Mid nil tree eoimtnes like that ed
America, the fart is, that the Indians nrr.dai
ly despoiled <>f their lands by purchases, for
the most part fraudulent, or by treaties hot
little equitable, ns well as by force of arms. <
It frequently happens, that the settlers, es
tablished on the frontier or near the lands of
the Indians, make incursions into them, mid
rub them oi their cattle, and of every thing
upon which they can lay their hands. 'I hey
complain t<> the governors and authorities of
their respective Stale or Territoiy, and in
many cases to the. federal government: hot
justiec i-: nut always dune to them, nor any
Satisfaction given. A series of these outra
ges nt length wearies their patience, mid,
w lieu they find, 1 a fit. oppoi tnnily, they take
Vengeance into iheir ow n hands, attack those
u ho enter (heir, grounds to lay them waste
or drive oil’their cattle, and either murder
them or sometimes pursue them beyond the
frontier, committing reprisals upon the A-
niciiean. possessions, with ihe ferocity be
longing to their nature. Wlvm cither of
these events ha|lpeii», the cry ofnlavrti &. in
dignation resounds throughout the whole
United States, and the government sends an
army to chastise the Indians.
“ Such is the motive or apparent cause of
the deadly n\ui exterminating wars which
have hern hithcrlo waged against these urv-
happy beings, The government always en-
1 ruststhk conduct of th( ill to impetuous ge
nerals, who suffering themselves to lie ear-
lied away by a passion for war, even to Ihe
overwhel'.ning in ruin these almost defence
less and wretched aboriginals, pursue them
w ith fire and sword, burn their miserable ca
bins, and put to destruction all who tire not
so fortuu.de as to escape to distant forests
or inaccessible mountains,
“ At the end of the campaign, a treaty is
entered into with the unfortunate victim*,
« ho lie- * ti survived the extermination of Iheir
tribe ; and in this, the greater and better p*rf
of their lands is adjudged to the XJ. States,
who are thus successively getting rid of
' liese neighbors, ami possessing themselves
of the,countries which they occupy.’’
On the whole, none can read this tract of 1">2
page* without amusement, and few without in-
f t rt irtinu
b iriformeH by the -Grand Vizier that wl .1
tlu-v required should he granted, and a
I’rorliunatiun was issued, iinnoum ing that
the Greeks might return to lln-ir homes
and avocations, and that instep* 1 of h*»ii:g
molested in future, they might depend
,on receiving thq«in*tecl4on ol the '1 urk-
tMi Government.' Lord .St rang ford, the
British Ambassador at roostantmnpk-.
The -punish frigate Pronto, wilh re *v
;i,((00.000 dollars on board, and coin' •
iug 52 merchantmen with valuable <
goes, arrived at Cadiz on the 7tli in -i *
days from Havana. In the internal ,n(
l.rii s of Spain, little of moment has oi
curved. Merino still eludes pursuit, la
is said to be reduced, with his adherent ,
to tho most destitute condition. 1 h,
acted w ith great spirit on the occasion of curate of Ron, one of his friends and par
a merchant vessel belonging to this coon-j lizans, has been takerT prisoner by the
VOUV.Ui.V.
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LATEST FKO.vl LIVERPOOL.
New-York, J l.\ 27.
Tho tine ship Jamf.s Monroe, Tap
tain-Rogers, came within our reach yes
terday forenoon. The Gazette boat re
turned from the Ofliing at 5 o’clo* It, hav
ing obtained our Liverpool papers & Pri
ces Current to the first of this month,
and London papers and Lloyd’s Lists to
the 29th of June. The material contents
of those publications, the editors ofthe
Gazette give in this day’s paper.
Prices at Liverpool, Jane .50.—Upland cot
ton i! 3-4 to 10 1-2: prime 10 S-4 to 11 ;
Npw-Orleans 9 to Is Id ; Sea Island, high
est price 2s Id.
From the articles which we have ex
tracted, it appears that Spain is in a very
unsettled state.
It was said that the King of Portugal
will disembark at Gibraltar before pro
ceeding to Lisbon. •
The preparations for the Coronation
were going on with great spirit in Lon
don. Balconies and theatres arc erect
ing in front of all the houses commanding
a view, even of the most oblique direc
tion, of the royal platform ; ti these are
to be let at various prices, proportioned
to the advantages which they possess.—
The front of one small house alone has
let for ono thousand guineas l
The James Monroe has brought dis
patches for government, and upwards of
3000 letters.
Madame Catalina and the Duke Gram-
moot are to repair to London to assist in
the ceremonies of the Coronation. The
former to display h»r art, the latter to
represent King Louis.
Applications have been made from va
rious quarters of the kingdom for the
convocation of an extraordinary Cortes
of Spain, to hold its session between the
end of the present session and the com
mencement of the next, and it is suppos
ed (hat the King will yield his assent to
their solicitations.
The British Monitor says—“ The
Russian army in Bessarbia, under th
otnmand "f General Wflgeustern, a
mount in t: to 70.000 men, b.c receive
orders to < ross the Danube, aid lo pro-
i d to Constantinople, and th. t the Bus
i in tlee.l in the Black Sea, with troops
on board, is at the same time to make an
attack on the. Turkish<Lipitjtl, It will
require three weeks ere the arrnv of
Bessarbia will be able tu reach Constan
tinople.”
The Fanpernr Alexander was expect
ed on the 29th of Mav at ^t. Petersburg,
after an absence of many months.
• LqKpo.n, June. 19.
Vienna, June 4 —Letters from War-
re:) state 'hat the Amer ican squadron has
committed hostilities ,again.«t some Tur
kish ships. It is asserted that the pre
sence ofthe naval force of America has
greatly aided the cause of the Greeks in
the Archipelago. 'I he Americans evinc
ed their joy nt the emancipation of the
Greeks by salutes of artillery.
June 20.
Hamburgh, June 14.—The postscript
to a commercial letter from Vienna says,
“ official news has been received, that
the Turks entered Bucharest op the 28th
of May, that It'.gy behaved well, and that
Prince Ypsilanti had with difficulty es
caped.”
Jt ne 21.
Private letters from St. Helena, ofthe
25th April, have reached town. The
Ex-Emperor had not entirely recovered
from (lie serious indisposition under
which he had Inhored for some time past,
and scarcely ever left his new house.
June 22.
There lias been a further arrival of
letters from Turkey. The dates from
Constantinople and Odpssa are nf the
14th and 15tl» lilt. On the Will, th
try having been lired into. His Lord
ship sent a letter to the Grand \ i/.ler,
that he would instantly send for the Bri
tish squadron at the entrance of the
Dardanelles, unless the Go\ eminent dis-
Ifii/neJ Ihe act.
June 23.
Augsburg, June 14.—A corps of a-
bout COO Greeks, Hying from Yassy.cmne
to take refuge at Skoleni, within the
Russian territory, but entrance was ri-
oroi.sJv denied them. These unhappy
tnen (hen turned their steps, in sting-
ling parties, towards the river Priilli in
order to escape the fury of their Ottoman
pursuers.
June 25.
Frankfort, June 18.—An article da
ted Frontiers of Moldavia, 20th May, in
the Gazette ofto-dny .gives a rather mqre
Mailed statement of the storming of Ga-
acin. by the Turks, on the lothoffllay.
The ntimher of Greeks in Ihe place a-
bout two thousand; above four thousand
having marched to U allaehid ; and the
knowledge of this induced the Turks to
attack it w ith ft’OO men. Tint number
of tire killed is stilted at 5000 ; the Turk*,
after Ihe defeat oi’ the Greeks, liftving
massacred all the itfhuhiiants, including
women and children, and thou .set the
town on tire.
By an order of the. Imperial Aulic
Council, fugitives from Moldavia &, \V,d-
I larliia are to be allowed to enter Transy i-
anin, so long as there, is no Turkish ar-
ny in those provinces ; but as soon as
•■neb in army has entered them, they are
t" bo repelled by force, a* rebels.
Lcnoon, June 20. — News is received
t Lloyd’s of a general embargo on all
me reliant vessels at Smyrna, in eouse-
tie.neo’ of the appearance in these seas
of numerous armed Greek vessels be
longing to the islands in the Arcltipe-
igo, that had revolted among the Turks.
The castle at the entrance had been put
in the best state of defence.—Several
Turkish vessels bail been captured, and
II (lie Turks found on board were mas
sacred. It w as tranquil at Smyrna, and il
was supposed the embargo would soon
be raised.
'i he accounts from Madrid are to the
11th inst. Deipim iations and persecu
tions appeared to be the order ofthe day.
it was said the higher clergy would be
banished e.n masse.
The Cardinal Luzerne died at Paris
on Tuesday, aged 84.
In the House of Beers last night, the
Marquis ofLandsdown took a view of the
different Bowers w ho pledged themselves
at the Congress of Vienna, and by subse
quent treaties, to eflect the 'complete a-
bolition ofthe Slave Trade. He shewed
that, wjth the exception of the United
States of America, and ofthe Arabs on the
Persian GuJph, none of the Contracting
Powers has fulfilled its promises or kept
its engagements. France, in particular
has carried on the Slave Trade so open
ly, and to such an extent, that in one
single year, not less than 00,000 Slaves
have been forcibly torn from the coasts
of Africa, and conveyed to the West In
dies, under the French ling, and under
circumstances of peculiar infamy and a-
trocity. His Lordship moved an Ad
dress to bis Majesty on the subject, in
which Ear) Bathurst agreed, and which
was carried neminc contradicente.
June 27.—The mail from Viennn,
which arrived yesterday,-brought letters
from Constantinople to lire 25th, and
from Smyrna to tRe 17th of May. The
accounts from Constantinople arc of a
more tranquil nature than those pre
viously received. The city had been
restored to some kind of order, by the ex
ertions of ihe Government. Lord Strang-
f-iil had his public audience of the Grand
Vizier on the 19th, and of the Grand
Seignior on the May. Lady Strang-
ford accompanied her husband in male
attire, and although the streets through
which ’hey passed were thronged with
people to witness the procession not the
smallest disorder took place. The Tor-
ki‘h Government had detained nil (lie
vessels laden with grain coming from
the Black Sea, an ! has fixed a price for
their cargoes. This measure, it was con
sidered, was less on account of any real
want in (lie capital, than wilh the view
of preventing supplies being carried to
the Archipelago islands, several of which
have been taken by the Greeks.
Jvnr. 28.—By the Madrid papers
Empecinado. A party of freebooftrs,
consisting of about 50 men, suppose! to
entertain similar designs, with Memo,
bad appeared in the vicinity of Cadi*—
Nothing is stated, however, that can An
tler doubtful the general tranquility, of
the kingdom.
June 29.—The private accounts lorn
Spain to the middle of the month are roro
alarming. The kingdom is in an agjpl-
ed state. The Spanish army is takin an
active partin politics, and presente a
petition to the King in favour of the pp.
iongation of the sitting of the Cortes. 1
A letter from Vienna of the 15th
states that the daily execution of tip
Christians at Constantinople continucj.
Amongst the recent victims is the brothf
ofthe Drogoman, Frince Moronsi. [Sj*
veral ofthe most wealthy Americanshiff
been strangled. The destruction o(a|
the Christians in the Ottoman em|ii;d
seems contemplated.
Liverpool, June fli.
The sales of COTTON this month Ijivp
been regular, and for one week very exlai-
sivp, during which an advance on Uplamkiif
nearly 1-2d, and on Orleans of l-4d. peril),
was established, and is supported, tliouili
without much demand this month. Oru*
nary and middling Sea-islands are lower aill
doll. An impression seems to prevail, tint
supplies of cotton from the U. States, and i-
tlier parts, will fall short of general calculati
ons—should this he confirmed, it cannot fafc
tu cause an improvement in prices, ns th<
deficiency of the general imports ofCottoq
into the kingdom, added to the increase oi
exports, now amount together to 100,000,
bales.
In the course of tho month 35,000 hales of
eiitton have been imported into Liverpool,
of which 25,000 were from North America,
9000 from Smith-America and Portugal, aiul
"5000 from other place*. The quantity sold
in the same period lias been 40,000 bales,
comprising 27,000 from Ihe U. States, and
0000 from the Brazils. In June 1820, wu
received 70,000 bales, of which 50,000 iverw
from North America—-and the sales amount
ed to 53,000, nf which 2-2,000 were North-
American. The total import into Liverpool
in the last six mon’lis, lias been 205,000, and
the total sales 203,000 bales—while in the.
first six months -of 1820, tile import waa
,500,000, and the sales 209,000 bales.
FROMaFRICA.
Boston, July 27.
The U- S. schooner Alligator, Stockton,
at Quarantine, from a cruise on the coast of
Africa, has on board eight prisoners taken
from different vessels—and three of her
crew on tim sick list, who have been landed
at Raiosford Island.
The Alligator lias captured the schooner
Eliza, with no slaves—the Daphne, with two
slaves—and the schooner Matilda ol'Guada-
loope. The latter vessel had the slaves rea
dy tu ship, when the Alligator discovered
her. Two days before captain Stockton ar
rived at Sierra Leone, a vessel belonging to
Baltimore, had left there, with 300 slaves oil
board—Captain Stockton wentimmediatcly
in pursuit of her, but was unable to find her.
The Alligator has been absent t months,
and came in for a crew, having sent in all her
men in prizes. She lias boarded upwards
nf thirty vessels oil her cruise—has crossed
the Equator four times, and has sailed over
a space equal or greater than one half the.
circumference ofthe globe. Capt. Stock-
ton says the schooner is a very swift sailer.
FROM PERU.
Philadelphia, July 27.
Advices from Lima lip to the tenth of
March, received in Jamaica, state, that in
all the provinces south of Lima, and also in
Upper Peru, the most perfect tranquility
reigned, fz that the inhabitants of the capi
tal feci themselves quite superior l» the Chi
lian army, general St. Martin having been
roughly handled at Guaclia, his late head
quarters, in an action with the Spanish troops,
whence he had been compelled lo retreat,
with the remains of his corps, upon Truxillo,
after having suffered a very considerable lost)
in Ids cavalry.
A ship of immense value from Calcutta
had arrived at Callao, in defiance of the op
position made by Lord Cochranee’s squad
ron.
The writers of Ihcse accounts speak ofthe
counter revolution in Chili ascertain ; but as
they may have spoken what they desired,
rather than what they knew, vve must be
permitted to suspend our belief till (lie intelli
gence is confirmed by other authority.
The troops of the line nt Lima, are re
presented as exceeding .to not) men, well dis-
eiplincd a.id appointed. Toe new Vice R"}',
General'Seroa, ranks high in the estimation
ofthe inhabitants of the kingdom.—Uuitn.
OF ITALY.
We have in our hands a lily of Italian Ga
zettes tu llie end of May. They contain
Ii of proscription and abundant obloquy
ol the Carbonari. An account is given, un-
i 1*. I n "
Urn fourteenth, it seems that the revolu- ,i ’ 1 ' tll,! 111:1,1 nfNaples, ofthejlo^ffi/igoftlm
members of that association, with the em
blems ofthe order hung to their necks, thro’
the streets nf Naples. Thus, no doubt can
remain on this point of history. The Nea
politan article says “ No spectacle was li
ver better received by the subjects of our
sovereign. They followed in crowds slimit-
Ng, “live tlie King, live God!” But the
next day there appeared an order of the po
lice. which forbids all such acclamations at
the execution of measures of public justice.
It is stated that *• the enthusiasm of the peo-
i such occasions, however laudable in
its origin, i* not to be countenanced by a
wise government, and it might degenerate
into popular tumult.” We observe that one
of the decrees, dated 11th May, of the re
stored Ferdinand, prohibits all meetings In
the country, consisting of more than five
persons not of the same family, without no
tice being given thereof to the commissary os
police.—.Vnt. Gaz.
ply of tho Turkish Government to tire
ly diminishing, and abandoning tho country i t'jqdicntion of tire J.reiz n iv i, which ron-
to the Americans. jfaitred a long tin i ( ^rievanros which
“ Although the federal government boasts' they 6ought to he redressed. ’] hev were
tion is producing its legitimate conse
quences in that distracted country—plots
and counter-plot a , banishments, execu
tions, assassinations, rapine & civil strife,
daily increase ; and wc may ask vvliat
has Spain gained by the change, where,
a change mizlit have been expected to
produce improvement ?
The communications between the Ca
binets of Viennn and St. Petersburg, are
more active than ever. The Cordon
established on the frontiers bordeung on
Turkey have been r unforced, by troops
drawn from Galhcia.
An article dated Trieste, Jivne 8th,
states that 11,000 Lngh-li troops had ar
rived at Malt,4, to reinforce tho Ionian
Isles.
Ihe Dnlce de Fnfintado had been mis
sing from Madrid for several days pre
vious to the 15th of June.
It vvas supposed tire King of Spain
would he forced to call an extra meet
ing of the Cortes.
London, June 20.—Madrid papers and
tetters to the 15th arrived .yesterday.—
M. Pieschel, who lately died -in London,
has bequeathed £ 33,337 in three per cent,
cmiauls, with thu compound interest lo l»
accumulated for three years after hi* death,
for the foundation of a school for pour boy
nil girls, in and near Magdcbuig, where 1
was horn.—uUci. Herald.