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VOL. III.
MILLEDCEVILLE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1822.
JNo. 31.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
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Py the President of Hit V. /states of America,
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by an art of tile Congress of
the United Slates, pasfed on the sixth day
of May last, it was provided, that, on satis
factory evidence lining given to the Presi-
dent of the United States, that the Ports in
the Islands or Colonies in the West Indies
under the dominion of Great Britain have
been opened lo the vessels of the United
States, the President should he, nod there
hv was, authorized to issue his Proelama-
tion, declaring that the ports of the. United
States should thereafter he open to the ves
sel- of Great Britain employed in the trade
and intercourse between the United States
and snclt Islands or Colonies, subject to
such reciprocal rules and restrictions as the
President of tho United States might, hy
such Proclamation, make and publish, any
thing in the laws entitled 11 An Act con
cerning Navigation,” or an act entitled “An
Act supplementary to Act concerning Na
vigation,” to tho contrary notwithstand
And, whereas, satisfactory evidence has
been given to tho President of the United
Stales, that the ports hereinafter named, in
the Islands or Colonics in the West Indie
under the dominion of Great Britain, have
been opened to the vessels of thu United
Stales, that is to say. the
Ports of Kingston, Savannah Le Mar,
Montego Bay, San<a Lucia,
Antonio St. Ann, Falmouth,
Marin, Morant liny,
in Jamicn.
Saint George,
• Grenada.
Tlossenu, -
- Dominica*
Saint Johns, -
- Antigua.
San Josef,
- Trinidad.
Scarborough,
- Tobago.
Roml Harbor,
- Tortola.
Nassau, -
- N. Providence.
P.Hstown, -
- Crooked Island.
Kingston, ...
- St. Vincents.
Port George Si Tort Hamilton, Bermuda.
Any port where there ia a oiHom
house -
- Bahamas.
Bridgetown,
- Barbados*.
St John's, St. Andrew’s,
- N. Brunswick.
Halifax,
• Nova Scotia.
Quebec, -
Canada.
3t John’s, •
N. Foundland.
Georgetown,
- Demarara.
New Ain terdam, -
• Berbice.
Castries, -
~ St. Lucia.
Basseterre, -
. St. Kills.
Charlestown,
* Nevis.
ami Playmouth,
• Montserrat.
Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, Pre
sident of thu United States of America, do
hereby declare and proclaim, that tho Ports
of the United States shall hereafter, and un
til the the end of next session of the Con
gress of the United" Slates, ho open to the
vessels of Great Britain employed in tho
trade and intercourse between the United
Btatcs and tho islands and colonies herein
before named ; any thing in the laws, en
titled “ An act concerning navigation,” or
an act, entitled “ An act supplementary to
an act concerning navigation,” to the eori
truly notwithstanding, under the following
reciprocal rules and restrictions, namely :—
To vessels of Great Britain, bona fide
British built, owned, and the master three
fourths of the mariners of which, nt least,
shall belong to Great-Britain; or any United
States’ built ship nr vessel which have been
wild to, and because the property of, British
Buhjerls ; such ship or vessel being also na
vigated with a master and three-fourths of
tin' mariners, at least, belonging to Great-
Bntain ; And provided, always. That no ar
ticle shall he imported into the United States
in any such British ship or vessel, other
than articles of tile growth, produce, or manu
facture, of the British islands and colonies
ia the West-Indies, when imported in Bri
tisli vessels coming from any such island or
colony, and articles of the growth, produce,
or manufacture, oT the British colonies in
North America, or of the Island of New
foundland, in vessels coining from tin* port
of St. John’s, in that Island, from an v of rile
aforesaid ports of the British colonies in
Nmth America.
Govcn under my hand, at the City of
Washington, this twenty-fourth day ol
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty
two, and in ttic forty seventh yearof the
Independence of the United States.
JAMES MONROE
By tile President :
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary of State
Ft.OM THE CHARLESTON CITY GAZETTE.
' An Account of tlic late intended Insur
rection among a portion of the Blacks of
this city. Published by the authority
of the Corporation, of Charleston.”
This is a brief narrative of the facts
tad evidence attending this important
investigation. It is nevertheless full
enough Ibr nil the purposes of public in
formation, and embraces every material
point in the transactions it undertakes lo
summarize. The complete Journal of
these trials can at any time be seen by
onr ritizprig, and is kept as aa official re
cord for History.
In dwelling upon these interesting pa
ger— to us and onr brethren of the South
painfully interesting—(mol we doubt not
nil our fellow-citizens thoughout tha
Union, who have any fellings, partici
pale in this emotion,) the reader will
perceive that the bias lias been on the
rid'- of mercy. It was public ti com
mute the punishment oI’Gell, though a
villain of the deepest dye—because, by
Ins testimony principally, the whole plot
was unfolile.d, & the conspirators brought
lo justice. Though, during this deve-
lopement, Cell's agency and guilt grew
each hour more obvious, still tho Court
were bound injustice, as much as they
were bound in policy, not to deceive
who had relied upon their word. In
the case of Palmer, the only case ive
believe in which the Executive exer
cised his prerogative, the sin, if any, was
on the side of mercy.
In all ca-h-s involving such ingratitude
fo humane owners, such indiscriminate
mischief to the unsuspecting, such de
moniacal passion for blood and plunder
and conflagration—we confess ourselves
to bo among the number of those, who
deem the punishment cannot bn too sud
den, sure and final. But the enlightened
views of those composing the Court,
have made a division of the crime, which
would seem to domand a difference in
the penalty. Those to be transported
will, probably, yet feel that hour, when
Death would he considered a less evil
than the unknown horrors which their
fate may still bring down upon their guil
ty heads.
The task has been accomplished ;—
accomplished, too, with dignity and sin
gular calmness. The *• Accout” has al
ready been circulated extensively—and
a third edition, on the third day of pub
licalion, evinces that it will spread “ the
truth and nothing hut the truth,” through
out the United Slates. Any extracts we
should m ike would he super)! ions to
our readers; and, to (hose abroad, would
convey but an imperfect idea of tho his
tory of the Plot, and the characters of
those engaged in its execution. We
could not, however, avoid ihe intrusion
of some dubious reflections in reading
the following :
“ The Confession of Jack Purcell.—If
it had not been for the cunning of that
old villain V'esey, I should not now he
in my presenl situation. He employed
every stratagem to induce me to join
him. He was in the habit of reading to
me all the passages in the newspapers
that related to St. Domingo, and app ir-
ently every pamphlet ho could lay his
hands on, that had any connection with
slavery. He one day brought me a
speech which he told me had been de
livered in Congress by a J\Ir. King on
(he subject of slavery ; he told me this
Mr. King was the black man’s friend,
that he, Mr. king, had declared he would
continue to speak, write, and publish
pamphlets against shivery the longest day
he lived, mini the Southern States con
sented to emancipate their slaves, for
that slavery was a great disgrace to the
country.”
If V’esey was tho father of the con«pi-
racy, who, it might be naturally nsked,
put Ihe original idea into Vesey’s sus
ceptible soul ? Rut comment is unne
cessary. We only state for the inform 1-
tion of certain people, that Denmark (or
Telemaqtie) Vesey was a free black man-,
in his thoughts and actions as free as he
should be and owned property worth a-
bove eight thousand Dollars. Therefore
it was not “ resistance of tyranny,” but
the Prince of '"Surliness thut prompted
his devlish plan.
“ The following sentence was pro
nounced July 9th, 1822, upon Jack, a
slave belonging to Paul Pritchard, com
monly called (3sli.ah Jack, by L. 11.
KENNEDY, Presiding .Magistrate :
Jack Pritchard—The Court, after
deliberately considering all the circum
stances nf your case, are perfectly sati--
tied of your guilt. In the prosecution
of your wicked designs, you were not
satisfied with resorting to natural and or
dinary means, hut endeavoured to cnli-l
un your behalf, all Ihe powers ol dark
ness, and employed for that purpose, the
most disgusting mummery ami supersti
tion. You represented yourself as in
vulnerable ; that you could neither he
taken nor destroyed,&. all who fought un
der your banners would be invincible.—
While such wretched expedients are cal
culated to inspire the confidence, or to
alarm tho fears of the ignorant Si credu
lous, they excite no other emotion in the
mind of the intelligent Si enlightened, but
contempt and di-gust. Your boasted
Charms have not prevented yourself,
anil of course could not protect others.
“ Your Alters and your Gods have sunk
together in the dust.” The airy spec
tres, conjured by you, have been chased
away by the special light of Truth, and
you stand exposed, the miserable and
deluded victim of offended Justice
Y our days are literally numbered. Y'on
will shortly be consigned to the cold
and silent grave, and all the Powers of
Darkness cannot rescue you from your
approaching Fate! Let me then, con
jure you to devote the remnant of ynur
miserable exislnnce, in tleeing I'rmn the
“ ■wrath to come.” This can only he
done by a full disclosure of the truth.
The Court nre willing to afford you all
glia aid in their power, aud to permit
any Minister of the Gospel, whom you
may select, to have free access to you.
I’o him you ntay iinburthen your guilty
conscience. Neglect not the opportu
nity, lor their is 11 no device nor art be
yond (lie tomb," to which you must
shortly be consigned."
I he above is selected nut of many
sentences passed ns this occasion. It is
eloquent, and truly honorable to the tal
ents and feeling ol the Magistrate who
delivered it.
I he citizens of Charleston will doubt
less express, in somt public manner,
•heir sense of the important labours un
dergone, and tho spirit nod intelligence
displayed by those who conducted the
above investigation. T> HEW" RD
duo to the DISCOVERER of the Plot,
is yet to he bestowed. This will lie the
pleasing business of the Legislatureofthe
State.
It is a remarkable coincidence (hat
the name of Col. Prioleao’s faithful
servant who fait it his duty to protect his
master and family, and our whole city
Irom the late meditated massacre, is, Pe
ter. and is the second of the same name
and belonging to the same family, who
has rendered litis service to Soulh-Caro-
lina The remark is trivial, but the tacts
themselves should he purpetual moni
tions to all future evil-thinkers that there
ever vvtli as there ever have been jer
rants of principle and integrity who wil
discover and frustrate such guilty pru
jests. And even should fear prevent
them, there are always to lie found some
partners in iniquity, who to save them
selves, will disclose their schemes, so
that after all, good conduct and fidelity
will bn found the most certain and least
perilous road to happiness and that in
crease nf privilege, which they wn
seek in vain hy visionary plans of Insur
rection.
Progress lo the Best-Steam Boats,
Little Rock is the seat nf government nf
the Arkansas territory, situated on the Ar
kansas river, I, ss than .100 miles from its
mouth. From Little Rock, tho Cherokee
Missionary Establishment at Dwight is dis
tant about t.‘JO miles.— I he Nat. tntelligen-
cer lately expressed its surprize that the
steam boat Eagle should have “ ascended
the river the whole distance from the Mis
sissippi river to within 12 miles nf the Mis
sionary establishment.”—But haw much
mure will our Eastern brethren stare (says
the Arkansas G izette of the 9th ult ) “ tvli.-n
they are told that the steam boat Robert,
j Thompson has actually made three passages
i this season to Fort Stoitu, about 12a miles
above Dwight, and upwards of ioo miles
from the Mississippil A il their astonish
ment will doubtless be considerably height
ened, when ive assert, and we do it from
credible authority, that she might have hr.
eroded about 500 miles farther without dif
ficulty. The sight of a steam boat, eliding
majestically thro' the waters of the Arkao
sas, in the very heart nf thu Osage Nation,
will be hailed with wonder and surprize by
the aborigines of our country ; yet, however
incredible it may appear to some, we have
no doubt Imt tiiat the lime is not far distant,
when this sight will become familiar to
Ilium.
“ It is but little more than two years,
since we witnessed the first arrival of a
steam boat at the town nf Arkansas; and
not yet four mouths, since we announced
the arrival of the first steam boat that ever
ascended the Arkansas to this place. But
that which was a novelty to many of our
citizens a few months ago, It is become fa
miliar to them ; they have already witnes
sed four passages made a great distance in
to the interior of onr country by steam boats,
and in future, will look for their return with
tin: same regularity with winch they look
fur the return of the seasons.
It is impossible to look at this rapid
march to tile West without the deepest in
terest. Used as we are to a proficiency,
which strikes Ihe old world with surprise,
ami outstrips in the utmost degree the snail-
paced step of its sluggish population, ive
confess we cannot ourselves look upon
these memorable advances, when they are
brought to our consideration by such par
ticular and striking illustrations without
some sort of astonishment. M my of these
gigantic strides are owing to the invention
of thu steamboat. The tutelary genius of
Fulton appeared just in time, for the inte
rests of the west. In the dark ages, this
man would have been venerated as a god.
We do not believe that on the banks of
the Mississippi lie has yi l a single statue or
any monument erected to his honor.
[!licit. Jdny.j
in Florida are equal in every respect lo
those imported from the Levant.
This tree seldom attains the height of
ten feet, and grows principally in low
and wet situations, ami the galls cover
the branches in great profusion. The
writer ol this gathered in the space .fa
low moments several pounds. When it
is taken into consideration the impor
tance of this production in Dying and
Medicine, their present high price (from
60 to til) per civt.j and their not being
indigenous in any other part of the U.
States, we know of nothing that would
so well repay the enterprise of any of
our citizens, as collecting and sending
tbeuito the northward for sale.”
tread being lienrd, she, while he was de
scending the stain, seized Ihe cat, and
squeeze d it so hard as to make it squeal till
the whole house re-echoed with Ihe noise.
Grimalkin’s uuqalling served only to excite
Ihe suspicion of the mistress, and determin
ed her to see w hat was the matter. In Ibis
dilemma, the fair Juliet dropped the cat,
and blew out the candle. Tile mistress de
sceuded the stairs, and in one moment af
terwards found herself in the arms of a
sturdy negro, who imprinted one kiss on
her lips, hut then discovering his mistake,
ingloriuu ily (led, and left the lovely Juliet
to her fate. Tho son of the lady, alarmed
hy the uproar, came down and secured the
wench, but she would not reveal to tho
magistrate the name of her companion.
[Phil. Union ']
Products of Florida.—A writer in I ho
Floridian, published in Pensacola, slates
u fact which may be interesting to mans
persons—“ It may perhaps be gratifying
to your readers to learn that among the
abundant vegetable productions nf VVest-
Florida, the Quercos Orris nr Oriental
Oak stands in the first class. It owes its
importance principally to the production
of Nut GalL—they have hitherto been
imported from the Mediterranean at a
great expense, and their importance in
manufactures is well known. They nre
the production of an insect of an hymenop-
terous species. The Cynops Qvereifolu,
who deposit their eggs on the leaves and
tender branches of the tree—an excre
scence is soon formed around the egg,
which enlarges to a ball the size of a bul
let, enclosing the egg—which in process
of time is hatched, and the embryo often
There are a Dumber of interesting
tacts, relative lo early American History
scattered through Holmes’ Annals. The
editor of the Democratic Press has read
the work for the purpose ot selecting
such matter as may interest the Ameri
can people. He submits the result—
No. I.
Robertson and Anderson concur in
stating that in the year 16Uti some slips
of the Sugar Cane were brought from
the Canary Islands and planted in His
paniola, (St. Domingo) where they were
found to thrive so well as soon to become
an object of commerce.
it tbertsonsuys that a few Negro Slaves
were sent to America in the year 160J.
In 1608, Negroes were imported into
St. Domingo by the Spaniards from the
Portuguese settlements on tho Guinea
Coast. The reason, assigned was that
the natives were too feeble to work in
the fields and in the mines. It is clear
that in modern times Slavery is the off
spring of cupidity. Charles V. of Spain
granted to a Flemish favorite an exclu
sive privilege of importing into Ameri
ca four thousand negroes. The Flem
ing sold the privilege for 25,000 ducats
to some Geneosc merchants, who first
brought into a regular form the com
merce for slaves between Africa and
America. A commerce which is now
happily at an end. It is an honorable
fact in the History of the United Slates,
that it was the first government which
prohibited the importation of slaves.
The first Charter for a colnnv granted
by the crown of England was granted b,
Queen Elizabeth iu 1517 to Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert. By this charter ho was
authorized to discover and take posses
sion of all remote and barbarous lands
unoccupied by any Christian prince or
people.
The first English Colony ever planted
in America as at iloinuike island. Vir
ginia, in 1585. One hundred and seven
persons were left them hy Sir Richard
Greeville, under the government of Mr.
Lane.
Un the 18lh August 1587, Mrs. Dare
was delivered of a daughter in Konoake,
w hich was baptized the next Lord’s day
hv the none of Virginia. She was the
first English child born in the country.
In 1693 the English sent snuie Eng
lish ships to cape Breton for morse fish
ing and others fir whale fishing. This
i« the first mention we find of the Whale
Fishery hy the F.nglish. They found no
whales but they discovered on an island
eight hundred vvh lies tins, where a Bis
cay Ship had been lost three years be
fore, and this is the first account that wo
have of whale fins or of whale bone by
the English.
In 1807 the English settlers built a
town in honor of king James, called it
James Town. This was the first perma
nent habitation of the English in Ameri
ca.
In 1608 John Laydon was married to
Ann Barrass, and this was the first mar
riage in Virginia. The first marriage in
New England was in 1621, between Ed
ward Winslow and Su-ana White.
In 1G10 a member of Parliament came
to America. The commons declared his
seat vacant becao«e by accepting a colo
nial office lie was rendered incapable ol
executing his trust. This appears to be
the first time that Virginia was noticed
by the English parliament.
In 1618 Tobacco was first cultivated
hv the English in Virginia.
The Virginia company this year sent
over 150 girls, “ young and uncorrupt,”
and well recommended to become wives
to the planters. The price of a wife at
first was one hundred pounds of tobac
co, but increased to one hundred and
fifty pound, the value of which in money
was three shillings per pound. All
debts contracted for w ives were order
ed to have precedency of all other debts
and be fust recoverable. It was thi-
yearalsoin which a dut-'i ship putting
into Virginia sol.I twenty j\ grocs to the
colony. These were the Jirst negroes
imported into Virginia.—Dun. Press.
Love Loughs at Locksmiths.
Fhilaof.lphia, Aug. 1C.
On Wednesday morning last a deve.lnpe-
rarnt took place before a magistrate, of an
occurrence which, however laughable it
may appear To some, could nut in all its
irenmstances be very agreeable to all the
THE MERA1AID.
An account of the Mermaid, supposed
lo have been caught in one ot Ihe Japan
Isles, and published by us some days
ago, contained only ihe general facts
connected with this marina animal, which
were disclosed to us in a conversation
with a gentleman who had seen the spe
cimen. A more particular description
is given in the Providence American of
yesterday, by an intelligent gentleman of
that place who had c . -ely examined this
wonderful curiositv v he i it was exhibit
ed at the Capo of Good Hope. Whilst
it supported the relad n we have given,
it adds a great number of interesting
circumstances.
[Boston Eve. City Gaz ]
“ From the improper manner in which
Ibis curiosity has been preserved, ii is
somewhat difficult to decide what rnighi
have been its size, when alive. In its
present situation, it is about 3 1-2 feet
in length, from the tip of it3 tail to the
crown of the head—an ! judging from
its wrinkled, contracted state, I should
presume it was a foot longer when liv
ing.— The fish part is about a» large as
a common sized Cod—the tail is very
leeply forked, near which are two fins
on each side—the scales at the extremi
ty are in «ize like those on the fish 1
have mentioned, decreasing gradualh
as they approach the human part, till,
when they are joined to tho bare skin,
they are only visible through the mis-
croscope. Its skin now is of a dark
brown hue, but orieinally I should think
it may have been as lig'.t coloured as
that of a Mulatto. The dimensions of
the head and breast as those of a well
sized child of six months old. The up
per part of ihe head is perfectly human,
and remarkably well stuped indeed—sn
finely formed, that its forehead and
crown would bear comparison with the
finest cur of species. Of the lower
part, orface.it is more difficult to judge,
from the extreme cont n tion which has
there taken place. lowever, it has
more the appearance of the human or
Hottentot visage than that of Ihe .Mon
key—the eyes are of a fine shape, though
now deep sunk in the sockets—the eye
brows also are delicate and handsomely
curved—the nose is better formed, and
not as flat as that of the common African
negro—the mouth is rather large in pro
portion to the size of (he head and filled
with very white handsome teeth, per
fectly resembling tho human—Ihe two
in the upper j hv. which are called tusks
in the Boston paper, I consider the. “ eye
teeth”—they are a little longer than the
others loot the projection spoken of is
evidently caused by the contraction of
the 1 ips—the chin corresponds with the
human, and the ears also—its hair, which
is chiefly on the back part ofthe head,
is of a light brown colour, and not coars
er than that of Indian—’(is thinly spread,
and about three inches or four in length
—the neck is short, though not more so
in proportion to the body, than may be
seen among the varieties of the human
race—the bust is that of a finely formed
female, gracefully tapering to its junc
tion with the fish—the breasts are pro
minent, and well proportioned to the fi
gure—the arms tire of a proper length
and shape and lightly covered with short
fine hair, of nearly the same line as that
on its head—the hand is delicately form
ed, with long slender lingers, on which
are nails, as those which ornament the
fair hands of any of our “ belles.”—
There is a fin on each side ofthe body,
about three inches below the arm pit
these are evidently placed there for the
purpose of enabling tha creature tore-
main in an erect position in the water
without the aid of its arms and hands,
which are tbus left at liberty for defence
or procuring its food. I have thus given
you the best discretion 1 can of this
wonder of creation, and though l view it
as deciding the question of the existence
of n creature uniting the human body
with that ofthe fish, it is in it9 appear
ance, as unlike the imagiuary beautiful
descriptions we have read of the Mer
maid, as it is different from any other
created thing 1 have ever seen. I will
acknowledge that I have ever been an
to tie n perfect production of nature
whi' h they called a Mermaid, still il u.«y
prove to be a deception—a thing made
up. Should ibis be the result ot further
examination in England, 1 can unhesita
tingly say, that it will be to knowledge.!
the most wonderful ins'ance of human
ingenuity that has ever been exhibited to
the wi rid.
William Pressllr. aged 7 years nod
11 months, son of Henry Dressier, who
resides neat Nice town, four and a half
miles from Philadelphia, was bitten by a
ttoj on the JjfUiJiinft last, going to N ice-
toy,it, Un Thui.sd.iy, the 1st of August
about 8 o’clock in Ihe morning he com
plained ot being sick, mid said he must
choke. His mother, thinking he had
worms, went to oiler him some tca.-^*
When she approached him, he shudder
ed and averted his head from the bever
age. His farther, recollecting the t.i’o
of the dog, wont immediately in search
of medical aid, but too late. Soon after,
in consequence ol the increasing violence
ofthe symptoms, the fattier, with sever
al of the neighbors attempted to tic him
to a chair. He begged them earnestly
to de.-ist, and made them promise hy
crossing their breasts, not to pi oceed n ilh
their purpose. And wh.it deserves to
bo related, when the spasm subsided,
he entreated his parents not to turn n
poor person from the door, without giv
ing something ; adding—“ supposing you
had water and your neighbor had none,
how hard it would be for your neighbor
to be refused.” He c died to him all
the bystanders whom he knew, and wish
ed that they would go to prayer, l’o
his parents, he observed that they ought
not to fret about him, for he should lie
happy before long. He died on the 2cl
of August, nt 4 o’clock, remaining sensi
ble to tiie last, and distinguishing Ids ac
quaintance about his bed. fhu dog
would have torn him to pittres, h i I he
not been rescued by a gentleman >• ho
was passing, and who dul not know that
the annual was mad.
undergoing several changes finally eats! Juliet » colored girl, wish-
its way out of its prison. This excre- e ,i m cnnrral her lover in the cellar—and
The Tides. — A new theory upon this,
interesting, but beaten subject lia- been
lately published in England hy Capt.
Forman of the Royal Navy. t he at
traction ofthe moon is not denied by tho
author, hut he represents it as a inoro
remote cause of the late phenomenon,
Ilian it has been hitherto considered by
the adherents ol the Newtonian system
His theory is, that the lunar tutluence
does not of itself raise the tides, or pro
duce high water at any given [dace or
lime ; but that the moon’s attraction,
neutralizing the gravity of the superin
cumbent water, where the depth is con
siderable allows Ihe lower strata of wa
ter to expand hy their natural elastrir.itv,
and ttius to swell into such a volume aa
to produce the rise of the tide.
ANOTHER LORI) IN VERMONT.
JVe understand that Deacon Charles
M'Kenzie, of Hartland, Vermont, a lar-
iner of the first respectability, and a
man highly esteemed wherever ho is
known, in consequence ofthe death i f an
uncle, is likely to be Lord Monro, of
Allen Ross-shire, in Scotland. It is hut,
a few weeks since an old gentleman of
Roxbury was informed of a similar kind
of luck, he being the eldest lineal de
scendant now living of an ancient family
of parliamentary dignity in England.—
The laws of primogeniture occasionally
excite our astonishment, particularly
when wn see men brought from the most
humble stations of life, and from most
sections of the globe, to be. the heira
of consequential men in another king
dom, ot whom perhaps thev never be
fore heard.— Ferment paper.
The pretensions ol Mrs. Olive Per-
rcs, who claims to be tha daughter ofthe
late Duke of Cumberland, brother of
George 111, appear hy the late English
pajiers, to bo much better founded than
had generally been supposed. Dr. Lush-
ingtnn seems to have established for her
in the Prerogative Court, in London,
the genuineness of George the third’s
signature to an attestation of her being
really the legitimate daughter of the
Duke. Well-supported evidence of his
marriage with her mother w is also ad
duced, She claims, by Dr. Luehington,
a legacy ol 15,000/. sterling, bequeath
ed to her by George III. The fate of
this lady, should she ultimately gain her
point, will be roroai hauls. She has been
treated as an imposter, or maniac, in
nearly all the British prints, confined im
prison for debt, &c.—Nat. Gaz.
The Salnm Gazette remarks, “ that the
attempt of Xerxes to hind the waves w ith
chains, was not more futile than the effort
of capt. Porter to silence tho Press. Thu
printers arc more refractory and mini mages.
hlr: than the Typees of Nnnahrcvah. The
, , -. . | press Is us wonderful a • chine as the T >r.
unbeliever m ueexistence of Mennttd., j^do-without saying a word, it iA‘, I
and probably nothing but tne evidence ol through all our borders—the artiiVry ofthe
my own eyes would have changed my o- press i> inure astounding and pn<v« rful ;ha >,
pinion urid even now, I will not veri- thu artillery nf a line nf Ivitile -h : p — It r.u'
ture to a'eit positively, that what 1 j ! hn (jw shot hot or cold, further t.’im jtmv
have seen and handled is that long doubt- i ,or « . hr "‘* 1 - l ,oun d<u . the mrp i of prln
ed " thing." Although it was most Cri- L *' nrTieip p .' V-''j ‘ ’
tically examined by naturalists and other it is r , ( ,t hi the ' ' ' ' ' “ r " ' ' U ‘ 1U '
sconce is the NutGall—and those found' to prevent thu noise mane by bi.i heavy I scientific men, and by (bum pronounced d:.a ffi. corps'of pi;
lers, as thu army ur t