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From On. Sierra 1-eowc Ooltelle of Juno p.
Jlmerican Colonisation 01. Ihe <'last » • {Inca.
We hare not, for some lime, mime ti
ny mention of the American colonists,
whose arrival in our harbour was no
ticed several weeks ago. It hasjust oc-
caned that, although their situation and
pioreedmgs must be so well known in
tho colonv as to render any statement
respecting them in our columns alto
gether superfluous, there nre in Great
Britain a<- well as in the United States--
am) we trust, in other countries also—
many who take a lively interest in the
location and in the pt ogress of these set
tlers j and to those so interested, r,o
means of communication can apply so
generally or so satisfactorily, under the
present circumstances, ns this Gazette,
JV. therefore venture to state in a
iummary way, but with perfect accuracy
of information, that the principal gentle-
j(U*flt)en to w hose care and direction the set*
% |Uy were committed, sought, a few
f dfvs after tlicir arrival, an interview
with the colonial authorities, wt which
I)is honor the uctingGovernor, and some
of the Members of the Council of ad*
ministration for the colony assisted. At
this meeting the American gentlemen ex
plained their objects fully, making a
candid communication of their instruc
tions. and of all their views and objects.
This frankness they used expressly in
the confidence of the most amicable dis
positions on the part of those to whom
* ihey addressed themselves. Their con
fidence as declared to be founded us
well on the very friendly interest taken
in the American plans of colonization by
the British goieinnient, from the outset,
as on congeniality of diameter and of
objects between this colony and the pro
posed American settlement. Due con
sole latiun was also bestowed upon the
kind offices and the favorable dispositions
shewn by the colonial authorities to
ibeir American co-operators on the coast,
for the twofold objects ofsoppressing the
slave trade and of civilizing Africa, by
(he formation of stations of free people
qualified for the purpose.
These candid and friendly declarations
were auswered with corresponding
friendship andVrankness. The objec
tions which had early existed in the
imnds of all reflecting persons in the co
tony against the establishment of an A-
merican settlement in the Sherbro,
Were freely avowed and fairly stated.—
They were objections which would be
-felt equally by every American sincere
ly disposed to the improvement of Afri
ca. They were—
1. That the location in the Sherbro'
was inconveniently near: so that it would
clash with the public -benefits which
would be conferred on the adjacent Afri
cans by the intercourse of the colonists.
The supplies of the principal articles
of subsistence would be cut off, and a ge
neral small trade already established
Would be destroyed. An American settle
ment could not be wanted to do for Afri
ca what was already done by the colo
nists, much less to derange the rapid
progress which would necessarily take
i ilnce upon the foundation already eitab
ished.
These considerations had reference to
.this colony, for which the authorities in
America, and their agents, avowed the
most friendly interest; and to the natives
of Africa, whose deliverance &i improve
ment would be the chief objects of the
American settlement, as they are alrea
dy the chief objects of this. The other
considerations are particularly applica
ble to the American side of the ques
tion.
2. The location of the American set
tlement in the Sherbro' was already as
certained to be (inadvisable on grounds
^particular to the Americans ; it was as
certained by their own experience, that
co large ships could approach nearer
than a distance of thirty or forty tndes
to any spot where it would be expedient
to settle for their general and permanent
purposes of improvement—the cultiva
tion of the soil and other pursuits of sim-
.pie industry. The settlers of last sea
son had been swept away by unsparing
visitations of disease, occasioned by bad
■air and bad wnter ; and for these evils
the swampy nature of the country afford
ed no remedy. The coloured agent,
upon whose fidelity and services the
greatest reliance had been placed, was
proved not to be trust-worthy, and the
native chiefs were known to be unfavor
ably disposed by the treacherous influ
ence of this very agent, and to be disin
clined to fulfil their engigemouts respec
ting the lands purchased from them.
3. At a moderate distance from this
colony, the settlements could not clash
one with the other, either in the range
of their beneficial exertions for the ci
vili/.ation and for the religious improve
ment of the African nations adjacent to
th em, or in the industrious and commend
able pursuits of the colonists for the ad
vancement of their private interests.
4. The season was so far advanced
that sufficient time was not left to clear
.ground and to erect weather proof habi
tations before the inset of the tornadoes
and the subsequent speedy arrival of the
t heavy rains.
Upon air these grounds, or nearly all
these, coinciding with the representa
tions already sent forth through this Ga
zotte, for general consideration in the
Colony, in America and in F.ngl md ; co
inciding also with the sentiments freely
declared to the commanders and officers
of the American ships of war that visited
the colony, who appeared to feel the rea
toning to be equally forcible for their side
a* for nurs, the American agents were
Satisfied that it would not be expedient to
Wane their intended settlement in th
onrrW ; they resolved, therefore,
tens tn Mr colonial schooner, with a se
*(■ party, down fhp coast towards Cape
ww aai Cap® Mesuraido, to uake
, . r x. w orn ■d, 1 »;i>lo Station fur Greek, u llh n countenance of noble screni
choice ora new 1 more eligible station lut n ri«i which tlu. sculptors of his
their establishment. J ..........
Perceiving that the year was too far
advnnced to admit the clearing of ground,
imd the erection of houses in nny newlv
acquired settlement before the inset of
the rains, they requested to know if they
could be accommodated, upon terms
liicli may afterwards be adjusted, with
(lie portion of land within this colony
which might be necessary for purposes
of residence anil cultivation in the inter
val, prior to the choice of a place, and of
the approach ofthetimo for proceeding
to the formation of their settlements.
To this requisition a satisfactory an
swer was given ; and His Honor the ac
ting Governor, in pursuance of the dis
position, in which all the members of the
council concurred with him to give the
best accommodation which the colony
could afford, visited several places ap
parently the most eligible ; but some
ground of objection arising from inconve
nience of water or lowness of situation, or
some other cause, prevented, for a time,
the choice of any.
At length it was proposed to the gen
tleman having charge of the house and
lands of the late Assistant Commissary
General Le Fevre, at Foura Bay, to let
those houses and lands for the year.
An arrangement was in consequence
made, in virtue of which the American
agents are now in possession of that place
upon an equitable rent. Their colonists
are well housed, and they have ample
measure of land, clear & ready for culti
vntion.
It was exceedingly fortunate that the
American agents, nud their settlers, were
thus immediately provided with substan
ti'ul habitations. The heavy tornadoes
already experienced could not have been
encountered with safety in a state of in
adequate preparation.
We have further to mention, that an
application, from those gentleman for per
mission to land their provisions and stores
free of duties ; and to dispose of such
part of them as it may be necessary to
ell for purposes of curent use and exi
gency, was freely and cordially assented
to. The principal merchants, whose o-
pinions the Governor and Council tlio’t
it right to ask, as their interests were
principally concerned, expressed their
universal consent in th« most liberal
manner ; declaring that they did not see
any thing detrimental to their interests
in what was required : but if it even had
been a thing attended with some incon
venience, they would gladly overlook
that inconvenience in their desire to ac
commodate the American gentlemen, and
to promote and facilitate their objects.
The American agents, in consequence
of all these arr ngements and facilities,
are now, as we have already intimated,
established satisfactorily in Foura Bay
house &i farm. Their schooner may be
soon expected on her return from the
voyage of selection down the const.—
Those on board her will then join their
companions at Foura Bay farm, and re
main until the opening of the dry-season
shall invite them to proceed to fix them
selves at the place of their ultimate des
tination ; which place and its inhabitants,
we trust, will ever be on terms of mu
tual friendship, and in the constant in
terchange of reciprocal kind offices with
tbit-colony.
Ciiunlrv might have modelled their god-like
bj in'inls of graceful power, walked side by
Bide with the yellow bearded savage, whoso
gigantic muscles had been nerved in the freez
ing waves of the Cl lie nr the -Danube, nr
whose thick strong hair was congealed and
shagged on his brow with the Scythian or
Scandinavian winters. Many fierce Moors
and Arabs, & curled Ethiopians Were there,
with the beams of the soulncrn sun burnt in
every various shade of swarthiness upon
their skins. Nor did our own remote island
want her representatives in the deadly pro
cession, for 1 saw among the armed multi
lude—and that not altogether without souje
feelings of more, peculiar interest—two or
three gaunt barbarians, whose breasts and
shoulders bore uncouth marks of blue and
purple, so vivid in the tints, that I thought
many months could not have elapsed since
they must have been wandering in wild free-
dom nloii| the native ridges of some Silurian
or Caledonian forest. As they moved n-
romid the arena, some of these men were sa
luted by the whole multitude with noisy ac
clamations, in token, I supposed, of the ap
probation wherewith the fonts of some form
or festival had deserved to bo remembered
On the. appearance of others, groan* and
hisses were Imarij^rom some parts of tliV
Amphitheatre^nixcd with contending cneers
and huzzas from others of the spectators.—
Rut by far the greater part were suffered to
pass on in silence—this being in all likelihood
the first—alas! who could tell whether it
might not also be the lust day of their shar
ing in that fearful exhibition !
“ Their masters paired them shortly, and
in succession they began to make proof of
their fatal skill. At first, Scythian was
matched against Scythian—Greek again-t
Greek—Ethiopian against Ethiopian—Spa
niard against Spaniard—and I saw the sand
dyed beneath their feet with blood streaming
from the wounds of kindred hands. Bui
these combats, although abundantly bloody
and terrible, were regarded only as preludes
to the serious business offhe day, whiehcon-
sisted of duels between the Europeans on
the one side, and Africans tin the other—
Wherein it was the well-nigh intrnnsgressihle
law of the Amphitheatre, that at least one
out of every pair of combatants should die
on the arena before (lie eyes of the multitude.
Instead of shrinking from the more despe
rate brutalities of these latter conflicts, the
almost certainty of their fatal terminaion
seemed only to make the assembly gaze on
them with a more intciiBO curiosity, and a
njore inhuman measure of delight. Mc-
tliinks I feel as if it were but of yesterday,
when,—sickened with thA protracted terrors
of a conflict, that seemed as if it were never
to have an end, although both the combat
ants were already covered all o'ver with hi
deous gashes,—I at la«t bowed down my
head, nod clasped my hands upon my *y<*s,
to save them from the torture of gazing
thereon farther.” ******
“ At that instant nil were silent, in the con
templation of the breathless strife—inso
much, tiny aj'ymn, the first that had escap
ed from eithekof
taken from the average nf ftie fields it dif
ferent parts—the result of their investigation
was, that on one farm, a Scotch acre, Width
is short of an acre and a quarter English mea
sure, produced in turnips—
ton*, ctct. Il)i.
711 0 0
It 0 0
Of bulbs, without lejivpi
Of leaves by'ihenisclvcs
90 0 0
Forty bushels of turnips are about equal
to a tun—and the quantity' per acre, there
fore, in bulbs alone, arises to the enormous
amount of 8040 bushels, besides t t tons of
leaves, of highly nutritive quality. Estimat
ing the bulbs at thirty three cents per bushel,
an arre irill fetch upwards of our thousand
dollars, a sum sufficient to awaken the ut
most agricultural industry. On another
farm the same judges found—
tons. cwt. Ihs.
The bulbs weighed
The. leaves
On*nothert^cy found that the
bulbs weighed
The leaves
49
17
CG 16 C!)
THE ROMAN AMPIIIT12E \TRF.
BATTLE OF THE GLADIATORS.
“ Such was the enormous crowd of hu
man beings, high and low, assembled there
in, that when any motion went through their
assembly, tile noise of their rising up or sit
ting down could bp likened to notliingexc.ept,
iis, the far off, sullen roaring of the il-
iinitable sea, or the rushing of a great night-
wind amongst the boughs of the forest. It
as tne first time that I had ever seen n
peopled ampitheatre—nav, it was the first
time that I had ever seen any very great mul
titude of men assembled together, within a
fabric of human erection—so that you can
not doubt there was, in the scene before me
enough to impress my mind with a very se
rious feeling of astonishment—not to say of
veneration. Not less t han 80,000 human be
iugs, (for such they told me was the stunen
dous capacity of the bu filing,) were here
met together. Such a multitude can no
where be regarded, without inspiring a cer
ain indefinable sense of majesty—least of
all, when congregated within the wide sweep
of such a glorious edifice as this, and sur
rounded on all sides with every circumstance
of ornament and splendor, befitting an ever
lasting monument of Roman victories, the
munificence of Roman princes, and the im
perial luxury of universal Rome. Judge
then, with what eyes of wonder all this was
surveyed by me, who had but of yesterday,
as it were, emerged from the solitary stillness
of a British valley—who had been accustom
ed all my life to consider as among the most
impressive of human spectacles, the casual
passage of a few scores of legionaries, thro’
some dark alley of a wood, or awe-struck
village, of barbarians. Trajan himself was
already present, but in no wise, except from
the canopy over his ivory chair, to be distin
guished from the other consul that sate o-
ver against him.”
“ The proclamation being repeated a se
cond time, a door on the right hand of the a-
ena was laid open, and a single trumpet
sounded, as it seemed to me, mournfully,
while the gladiators inarched in with slow
steps, each man—naked, except being girt
with a cloth Hbout his loins—hearing on his
eft arm a small buckler, and having a short
traight sword suspended by a cord around
his neck. They marched, as I have said,
slowly and steadily—so that the whole as
sembly had full leisure to contemplate the
forms of the men—while those who were, or
who imagined themselves skilled in the busi
ness of the arena, were fixing, in their own
minds, on such as they thought most likely
to be victorious, and laying wagers concern
ing their chances of success, with as much
unconcern as if they had been contemplat
ing so many irrational animals, or rather, in
deed 1 should say, so many senselpss pieces
ofingeninus mechanism. The wide diversi
ty of complexion and feature exhibited a-
mong these devoted athletes, afforded at
once a majestic idea of the extent of the Ro
man empire, and a terrible one of the pur
poses to which that wide sway lied too uf-
tea been taaiie subservient. The beautiful
ho combatants, although
low am^reludCdt,^ half suppressed, sound
ed quite djstiueiry amid the deep hush of the
assembly, annibeing constrained thereby to
turn my eyes once more downwards, I'be
held that, at length, one of the two had re
ceived the sword of his adversary quite thro’
his body, and had sunk before him upon the
sand. A beautiful young man was he that
had rereived this barm, with fair hair, clus
tered in glossy ringlets upon his neck anil
brows—but the sickness of his wound was
already visible on his drooping eye-lids, and
his lips were .pale, ns if the blood had rushed
from them to the untimely outlet. Never
theless, the Moorish gladiator who had
fought with him, Imd drawn forth again his
weapon, and stood there, awaiting in silence
the decision or the multitude, whether at
once to slay the-defenceless youth, or to as
sist in removing him from the arena, if per
chance the blood might he stopped from
flowing, and some hope of recovery yet ex
tended to him. Hereupon there arose, on
the instant, a loud voice, of contenlion—and
it seemed to nu* as if tile wounded man re
garded the multitude with a proud, and with
al a contemptuous glance, being aware,
without question, that he had executed all
things so as to deserve their compassion, but
aware, moreover, that even had that been
freely vouchsafed to him. it was too late for
any hope of safety. 15ut the cruelty of their
faces, it may be, and the loudness of their
cries, were, a sorrow to him, and filled his
dying breast with loathing. Whether or not
the haughtiness of his countenance had been
observed bv them with displeasure, I cannot
say—but so it tvas, that those who had cried
out to give him a chance of recovery, were
speedily silent,'and the emperor looking a-
round, and seeing all the thumbs turned
downwards, (for that is you know, the sig
nal of death) was constrained to give tin-
sign, and forthwith thr* young man, receiv
ing again without, a struggle the sword of
the,. Moor into his gashed bosom, breathed
forth his life, and lay stretched nut in his
l.lood upon tin place of guilt. With that a
joyous clamor was uplifted by many oft hose
that looked upon it, and the victorious Moor
being cl owned with an ivy garland, was car
ried in procession around tile arena by cer
tain young men who leaped down for that
purpose from the midst of thi* assembly.—
In ilie mean time, those that had the cure of
such tilings, dragged away, with a filthy
hook, llie corpse of him that had been slain ;
and then, raking up the sand over the blood
that iiad fallen from him, prepared the place,
with indifferent countenances, fur some o-
ther cruel tragedy of the same kind,—while
all around me, the spectators were seen ris
ing fioin their places, and saluting each other
—and there was a buzz of talking as univpr
sal as the silence lot! been during the com
bat—some speaking of it, and paying and
receiving money lost and won upon its issue
—some already laughing merrily, and dis
coursing concerning other matters, even as
if nothing uncommon had been witnessed—
while others again appeared to be entirely
occupied with the martini music which ever
struck up majestically at all such pauses in
the course of tiie cruel exhibition—some heat
ing time upon the blenches before them, o
(bars lightly joining their voices in unison
with the proud notes of the trumpets and
clarions.”
63 7 16
Another impressive example worthy of
being mentioned, is that of the Alms House
farm in Salem, which consists of about thir-
ty-Jive acres. In Ifiie it is represented to
have been in a ro gh uncultimted state, mid
in 1818 it produced—
Of pork killed, 7f)60 pound
12 live pigs sold for $ 42
On hand 57 live pigs
Corn, 400 bushels
Potatoes, 2450 bushels
Turnips, 000 Imshels
Three tons squashes
Fifty tons pumpkins—and all the com
mon summer vegetables for tile use of the
Alins House.
Let these examples serve to demonstrate
ivliat may he done by labour judiciously ex
ercised, and determine the farmer to conccrt-
trate his manure and his toils that he may
apply them with much more effect on a smal
ler surface—extending gradually the sphere
of his operations as fast only as he can do it
with profitable effect. It were useless here
to speculate on the moral and political caus
es wide' have and will continue to retard
the progress of this great state (Virginia) in
fertility and population—or to calculate her
amazing physical strength when, if ever, it
happier order of things shall have drawn
her immense resources into fair and full o
peration.
FROM TH* NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL AND
CATRON OF INDUSTRY.
WHITEWASHING fruit trees.
This practice, which contributes so rssrn
tially to the rapid growth and health of fruit
trees, is too little known among our farmers.
If, on setting out a young orchard of 300
apple trees, one half of them are whitewash
ed every spring, in the month of April, tliosi
that are thus treated will be in a fine bearing
condition two or three years sooner than th,
rest of the orchard ; and will, in the course
of four years, be at least twice as large and
much more thrifty ; the bark or epidermis,
will retain thu fine smooth appearance of a
young nursery tree j and furnish no retreats
for caterpillars or other destructive insects.
I have witnessed the success of this experi
ment or, several orchards for the last 11
years ; and 1 have no hesitation in saying,
that it not only contributes greatly to the
growth of the tree, hut the quantity and
perfection of the fruit is much improved.
The coat of lime or whitewash put on the
trunk of the tree, should be about the same
wuh that of the common sort of whitewash ;
no salt should be used.
TROM THE ALBANY TLOCGH DOT.
AGRICULTURAL.
The following observations on the culture of
TURNIPS, are extracted from the American
Farmer, published at Baltimore.
In 1814, the Androsson Farmers’ Society
offered a silver medal for the heat and heavi
cst crop of turnips in the parish of Dundo
mild, situated in the west of Scotland—and
appointed two judges to inspect the differ
ent fields, cultivated within the bounds.
They proceeded in !h» execution of their
duty, ana in compliance with the requisiti
ons of the society, by weighing a square rod
WORN OUT LAND—A mint of Wealth.
From the first settlement of America,
lands have always been considered so plenty
and so cheap by our predecessors, that little
attention has heretofore been had to econo
mise the soil. Recently from a variety of
concurring circumstances, especially from
the. stimulating measures of numerous agri
cultural societies, it is found much to the in
terest and happiness of individuals to reno
vate worn out lands, as they have been call
ed, in preference to submitting to the priva
tions and miseries of seeking new lands in
distant regions. Among nuir, t us success
ful experiments to renovate worn out lands,
the following well authenticated fact is wor
thy the notice of every farmer.
David Lawton, a Quaker farmer from
Rhode Island, settled some years ago in the
town of Washington, county of Dutchess, 13
miles east of Poughkeepsie. His neighbour,
Amos Herrick, pressed him for some time
to purchase 20 acres of land adjoining his
farm, which had been lying in aommon, a
worn out abandoned land, for seven years.
\t length Lawton purchased the 20 acres at
55 an acre, payable irj five-years without in
terest, with the privilege to abandon at. thi
termination of that period. Lawton’s pur
phase wart the spoil of ihe neighbourhood;
it was pronounced worth nothing, as it
subject to a small tax, and that even mullen
would not grow on it. The ensuing spring
Lawton fenced in the 20 arres with sut
tini rails, arid proceeded as follows :
First year, ploughed deep, sowed oats,
and put on 8 quarts of rlover seed and a
bushel of plaster immediately after sowing,
o the acre ; and soon alter the field became
green, a second bushel of plaster to the acre
left the crop to rot on thu ground, and per
mitted no creature to run on the land.
Seeond year, put on another bushel of
plaster to the acre in the spring ; there was a
good crop of clover, which was again left to
rot on the ground, and no creature permitted
to feed on it
Third year, nothing was done in the spring,
but a vigorous growth of clover covered the
whole 20 acres, which was ploughed in with
4 oxen to a good depth ; the whole field
smoked while the clover was in a stale of de
composition. As soon as it was sufficiently
rotted, the field was cross-ploughed, and
when mellowed it was thoroughly ploughed
for a crop of wheat which was neatly got in
and in sufficient quantity, in the month of
September.
In the 4th year reaped n3 fine a crop of
wheat as Dutchess county had ever produc
ed, which sold for two dollars a bushel.—
Lawton paid the purchase money before it
was doe, refunded all his expenses, labour
included, and had $ 20 in pocket. Tw
years after he refused 5 50 nu acre for the
same land, and fairly turned the tables upoi
his sneering neighbours. The soil was
dark loam intermixed with coarse gravel.
V>V>.MViSV\U.
Mi-:w-Vonh. Aug. 14.
ARRIVAL OF THE HORNET.
Arrived at this port this morning, the t.
H. ship Hornet, Copt. Reid from Pensacola,
via Havana. Left the former place on the
I8tli July, and the latter on the 2d lust.—
The Hornet convoyed ihe transport ships
Ann Maria, (’apt. Gale, U Lucy Aiiu.'Cupt.
Arnold, with Spaui-h troops on board, to
Havana, where they were landing when lie
sailed. It was much more healthy at Ha
vana than it had been for some time past.—
The French 74 gun ship Colossus, Admiral
Julian, with a frigate, had arrived titllavan-
oa, from a cruise in the Pacific Ocean, via
Cope Horn—would sail for New-Kork in a
few days.
Yesterday morning, the, U. S. ship Fn ank-
mn, Com. Stewart, got Under way with a
fair wind, and proceed! d majestically troin
the East to the North River, where she will
remain at anchor Until her departure on a
three year’s cruise in Ihe Pacific Ocean.
A' Y. Gar. Aug. 13.
In mentioning the names of Jefferson,
Adams and Carroll, as the three surviving
signers to the Declaration of Independence,
vv«’ should not have omitted to notice that
the venerable Cus. Thompson, Secretary to
the Continental Congress, is still alive iu
Pennsylvania. 9
Kew-York, August 17.
A severe drought now prevails in this
part of Ihe country, and fur a considera
ble exlcnt in every direction. So far as
we can learn, on the whole of Long Is
land, the corn is past recovery, anil in
many places will not be half a crop ; the
farms oa the North river, a? fir as Albany
we understand are suffering much, and
we believe the same may be said of the
principal part of the states of Nevv-Jersey
and Connecticut. Beyond these bounds,
we have not observed any complaints of
the want of rain, though it is probable the
drought is more extensive. The conse
quence is already visible in our vegeta
ble and fruit market, which begins to be
but poorly supplied.
Washington, August 14.
The following account exhibits a re
markable contr 8 to what has taken
place at former sales of land in Alabama,
when the fever of speculation w as at its
high, st, & the lands were run up at pub
lic vales, to twenty, thirty, forty, and e-
rcri as high in a few instances, as seven
ty cr eighty dollars per acre :
Tuscaloosa, (Alub.) July 21.
At the land sales at this place, which
•dosed on Saturday l ist, of 22 townships
offered, but 147 half quarter sections
(say 11,ICO acres) were sold, for the
gross amount of $ 16,290 91. The prin
cipal part was at government price, and
none for more than 3 dollars per ncrc.
We Regret to see tile National Gazette en
deavoring to have the Missouri Question a-
gain agitated in Congress. We hope that
no member of that Assembly will be found
so lost to national feeling as to introduce a
motion which would revive all the warm and
embittered feelings of the. last session, and
which, whatever evil it might engender,
could not possibly be productive of good.
[Demo. Dress
Caiiavvra, August 84.
We «re requested to state, for the infor
mation of the Purchasers of Public Lands,
that a part of the forms and instructions for
arrying into effi.-ct the “ Act of Congress for
lie relief of debtors to the United Slates for
Public Lands” have been received at the
Land Office iu this place, and that the-Regis
ter is now prepared to receive the declarali-
onsnud relinquishments required by the act
aforesaid. Hut that no entries of land can
be permitted, nor any inoniesbe received on
account of Public Lands, until a Receiver of
, ublie Monies is appointed for this District
and at his post. It will probably be two or
three weeks before this event can happen.
Savanna!!, August i*
Fire .'—On Tuesday night, about 11
clock, the alarm of fire was given in this ,-i-
which was discovered to proceed from a I, i: Y'
building in the rear of Col. Flournoy's d,.,
ling house, on Bolton-square. The pro'-i.
of the flames was rapid, but fortunately u -
wind was lipht, which prevented the lir-
from involving a great portion of that nut
of our city in destruction. It was not h' n \.
ever, arrested until it had destroyed eleu n
buildings; most of which, were'small
situated oa the lane. ’
Savannah, Aucust o',
TORNADO AND HAIL STORM
On the evening of the 22d inst. a Tornado
accompanied with hail, thunder, and light*
ii'mg, was experienced at Tybee Island'
which blew down the north-west wing of the
United Slates’ Barracks, and destroyed
ny of the panes of glass in the lanthorn of
tne light-house, and several in the house of*
the keeper of the light. The glass in the
lanthorn is manufactured expressly for the
purpose, and is about four times the thick
ness of common glass. Some of the haiiis
said to have been an inch in diameter.
[ Gtorgian.
Knoxville, (Tcnn.) Aug. 7.
Jin extraordinary occurrence.—Four chil
dren from 3 to 6 years of age, were found
lying in the yard of their parents on the 29th
July, 1841, out of their senses and appeared
to be distracted. They would fight and bite
themselves, like mad dogs. Tile doctor was
immediately sent for. He gave pbysiek ; it
was like not to operate ; he repeated until
lie gave them about tenilosus. It then ope
rated ; after an examination it was found
that they had discharged a few jimpson seed,
and on further examination it was found
where they had broken open the jimpson
burs and gut the seed. They continued de
lirious for about, six hours, and some about
twenty-four, and then recovered their right
-late of mind and their rommon state of
health shortly after.— Register.
New-York, August 21.
BANK ROBBERY.
E. W. Milligan, a book keeper in the
Phenix Rank of this city, and acting as
second or receiving teller, absconded nn
Saturday last after the Bank had closed,
and took with him about 70,000 dollars,
being the deposite of that day. About
80,000 dollars of this sum was in post
notes and drafts upon the other Banks of
thi« city, which are not negotiable, and
it is presumed can be of no use to Milli
gan. Officers have been dispatched in e-
very direction in pursuit of him, and it is
hoppddie may he overtaken and brought
to justice. The Bank, it will be seen
by an advertisement in this paper, have
offered a reward of two thousand dollars
for his apprehension and the recovery of
the property. The whole community is
interested and will no doubt aid in bring
ing to punishment a man who has thus
betrayed the confidence that was placed
in him.
/
¥VnVUIG*>\
OHIO PENITENTIARY ROBBED.
The Worthington, (O.) paper says, that
on the Cth ult. some person broke into the
Onio Penitentiary and stole a quantity of
hoes and other property—escaped over the
walls, stole u horse in the neighborhood,and
made off. The governor had repriev ed se-
eial a few days before—one of whom it is
believed committed tins act.
[Western Herald]
Juries.—In Virginia, n jury that can
not agree on a verdict is called a hung
The Editor cf (tie American Farmer
nfnrms his readers, that he has received
from Sir John Sinclair, the great Scotch
Agriculturist, “ a letter addressed to him
by the first President of the 17. States,
the illustrious Washington, descriptive
of our lands, the habits, condition and
prospects of our countrymen, given for
the particular use of Sir John, in 1796,
who then contemplated removing to tins
highly favored country, for reasons which
he gives in a prefatory letter,
These letters, the Editor says, wenre
about to publish, accompanied by a fac
simile of one from Genera! Washington,
which enclosed bis letter descriptive of
the several states ; and we hope that our
fellow citizens will very generally em
brace the opportunity to possess them
selves of a copy, for the gratification of
rising generations, to whom this familiar
vievv of the great founder of their coun
try’s liberties, will become more pre
cious and endearing, as time consigns
his compatriots to the tomb.
These letters will be printed in octa
vo form, on superior wove medium pa
per, in large type, and be neatly bound
in extra boards. They w ill be embel
lished with n portrait of Washington to
be executed in the first st\le ; and also
with a portrait of Sir John Sinclair, his
much respected and highly useful cor
respondent; who intends with the mo
ney for the right of these letter?, to e-
rect a beautiful monument in Scotftnd,
to the memory of him who was “ first in
war, first in peace and first in the hearts
of his countrymen.” The design of the
monument will be given, anil the copy
right to the volume be secured according
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
1’lllLAOF.L1*HIA, Allg. 14.
The fine ship Tuscarora, Capt. West, ar-‘
rived at this port last evening, from Liviuv
pool, which sue left on the 3d of July. By
this arrival, we have Billing’s Liverpool
Advertiser of Tuesday, July 3, lateJt paper
brought. It contains very little of an inter
esting nature.
Jassy and Bucharest were in the hands of
the Turks—and Prince Ypsinantj, who still
remained at Tergovitz with 10,000 men, was
on the eve of being attacked by the united
forces of Hadschi Achmet Pacha, anil Jussuf
of Ibrailow. The Greek inhabitants of Bu
charest had been disarmed. Palrass Las
been almost totally destroyed by the Turks,
and the inhabitants executed in great num
bers. The Greeks have, however, obtained
a decided superiority over the Turks at sea.
They havocaptured a great number of Turk
ish vessels, and put the w hole of their crews
to death, amounting to about 5000 men—no
quarter appears to be given by either,Greeks
or Turks. Accounts from Constantinople
of the 25th May, state the return of compa
rative tranquility—but the arrests continued,
and Daucsi was still in prison. The Grand
Seignor had succeeded in repressing the se
ditious tumults of the Janissaries, by threat
ening to send them the head of his son, who
is heir to the throne, and then burying him
self under the ruins of the Seraglio.
A large Greek ship, having on board r
vast quantity of arms and ammunition ot
war, and l»o.md to the Murea, to the assist
ance of the Greek insurgents there, was fal
len in with by tbu English frigate Revoluti-
onaiie, capt. Pelew, and ordered to surren
der. An engagement took place. TheEng-
lish had four men killed and several wound
ed. The Greek ship Was captured and car
ried into Xante, fn consequence of this e-
vent, the. British government have ordered
two additional sloops of war soil several of
the. best regiments to proceed immediately
to the Ionian islands, whose Inhabitants are
said to have a strong itching to make com
mon cause with the other Greeks.
It was expected Parliament would he pro
rogued on the loth oT July, to make prepa
rations for the Coronation.
The following js the latest commercial
letter we have seen :
Extract of a Idler received per ship Tuscaro
ra, dated
Liverpool, July 3d, 1821.
Our colton market keeps very steady, but
dull. The sales of yesterday amount to 700
bales, of which 400 were upland—very mid
dling to good at 9 1-8 at 10 3-4—and a few-
middling N. Orleans lOd per lb. our sfock of
Sea Island colton lias increased 1000 bales
io the last month.
Capt. Harris, of theship America, arrived
from rit. Petersburg!! informs us, that a few
days before he sailed, between 30 and 40,000
troops bad marched from St. Petersburgli—
destination unknown. The Emperor Alex
ander arrived the day before Capt. |I. sailed
which was on the 15th of June.
New York .American.
jury—thus, when Ihe jurv is huit^, the! to law— 1 The pricte will be oqe dollar the
criminal ts not.—yV, If, Pan, [ cony.”
C t r.OIURA, Baidal
r wmi
county.
Watson, adminittra-
’estate of Tboinas IVond •
for letters of dismis
to cite aift admonish all
creditorhpf >«> •
It hiit
_ presIRKreiMipnHL^^KSfij case (>(
any) why said letter*sh^WnKit bq jufteu in
terms of tbe law.
Given under my band and seal, this 3d d*
of September, Uj2I. Taj, H Ke.*’a«,-<':
September 3 beo,