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fjrn'-r nn 111'* s<y-ct; bn' f™ the well
known pernicious i ff eht of brimstone on in-
, I »rr. wrongly deposed to credit it; but
i'M> advantage* in its application Would be
• ,.t itftiT the insects had changed from the
■ until their maturation, a\nt this pe
' viod they are without wings. anAjnuiri no
escape. t'becking the growth o' ;br plant,
by piling av.ay the lied of earth about it, ej.
Ibor mth hoo» or plough*, twisting the stalk
ofifip plant, gr. i« an excellent remedy—the
pod, by being deprived ofth* redundant im-
( i s, sustains lit,|p or no injury t'rom the puiic-
tu-e.
I think, however. that the burning of ibr
vindrrayod leaves and "talks would hr a much
inn"' effectual remedy. Originally they
r ire burned ; nnd I question if that plan was
ill piimued, generally, hut the rot wnnld he
greatly lessened, if not entirely prevented, as
it w in.Id he the most favorable time to des
troy their eggs.”
FROM tTKkfOv.
Nv » Voh k, Jarmarv 8.
Cep!. Scribner, of the brig Matteiuvan,
• as favored us with Curaena papers to the
l„th ult. and verbal Intelligence to the Mill.
An expedition, consistin'; of the Merculrs
tirig of n u and ten other vessels, with 5 or
UJO troops, under command of l,a Torre,
s.ii'ed from Porto t'avello <*n the nth IVe.
destined, it was supposed, to make a descent
upon Corn. Accounts reached Cnraeoa nn
tile i'tlh, that they had made a landing at
I.os Segues, in the (i df of M iraeayho,
n i'-re ene of (be felueeas, belonging to tilt
raped tion. having on hoard * great quantity
of arms and ammunition, got ashore, and
was taken possession ol by the Patriots.
It was understood at Potto C.ivello, that
a fleet was coming out from fqmin to their
assistance, wdli ttpup trnops, under command
of Gen. Murillo.
Bilirar was said to he at Mararalhn with
fU'ld m<", Sod was about tn ptoeeedlo the
reduction of Porto C n elhi.
CDItACOA. I)ee. 111.
tVe have unexpected and official intelli-
geuoe of the n hole of the Spanish part of tlm
idled of St. Domingo, having declared its
independence of Old Spain on thu 1st of
this month, as it were by the unanimous
voice of the people, not a "ingle drop of
blond having been spilled, nor any evens
committed on the neo.osion. The act of the
declaration of Independence consists of tilt
articles; we have only time to translate as
fir as the Pth. which however, contain the
principal features.
The leaders in the new government, arc
Manuel Caravajal, col. of the liberating ar
my, and captain general ; Jos,' Nunes dr
Purrrcs, Joan Vicente Moseoso, Antoeio
Martinez Valdez, Dr. Juan Nepoirmceno dc
Arredondo, Juan Ruiz, and Vineente Man-
re' • wh" rtv! together, d,c!.,;(.1
tin* th- Snaui,h portion of Haiti is now a
free and independent stale, and its form nf
government must he Republican ; hut until
a regular sv-tem can he brought into effect,
a provisional junta will exist, tn he composed
of the captain general end the deputies above
mentioned from the five divisions of the ter
ritory. The first object of the government
Will he tn enter into an alliance wtlli the go
vernment of Columbia, and make common
ci ise a,;!, R, public. Measures will In
adopted flit forming a similar allianre will
the President of the Republic of Haytl.
AU/ree men, of whatever religion or col
horn in the territory, who have resided
it three years, or who have married will,
native, are declared citizens.
TlvOM HAVANA.
Chav.x.eston, Jamjar,
Our papers by the arhr. Cornell
«d on 'I lesday evening, are tof
inst. some extracts from r. liicb/
found in this morning’s Ccurier.l
Under the marine head, tn vej
paper, wp mentioned tltat la
hr v, of the United St#te»|
fir ire, had broken up the | 1
liilim.-ot ..i ( upe Antoni '
stand the information ij
j')«t before the Comet fj
from the Cape—it i«a
the crew of the
«d in her boatr, hi
on their approad
provisions, Ae.r
houses burnt I
The U. S. act
Itv, touched ati
the day befotj
American ta
The ship/
at rived at If
twice hoar/
the pass^
wa« hud
money
cut dm|
after*
Thi
piperj
tho«eJ
they
elec
1heJ
edf
port a ■ ior time since, C.r Tfew V
hovmg bem’g,^y h
«■ It they Sirr.. cone
wss o | ,,! *i' mentioned in the he,
"'em, and will, t| 1B j
,pt:.*„ they were iav J
'•»' prisoner sci nr, •
vverp S'-ereted under ti,e lerhoi
■mimI a canvass scree,, put up w cl
th"’. were..,, J
"Uik. and will, „ ■
'•;rage. Th" fact- were fulli
the pnsorter srnteure,I t„ on ,.1
‘"'mnenj in the pen.tontterv at T
p»eh iiflence, and at th" expi
perm,|, to h, sold as ,
RECQR]
MIU.K.Dr.KVfLI.E, Tm
(Tjf* An able Spe e.i
the I .egislatnrr nf Nc
ing view of the rast
rapidly progressing j
Stale. Ih fnre thuj
t H5il, Ivy the inlivrl
vct nnr’s speech. tlJ
uninternipied nav I
in;; inn tons, frnj
Hudson riiei tn j
impieheuding i
four hn.ulmt,
which w ill he J
July 1817.
(says the On J
o f lorirty i
rourageiuf,
inUrntil to
/itcilily r