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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,