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MILLEDGKVILLJj), TUESDAY, OCTOBEK I, 1 WVi.
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From the Augusta Chronicle ty (it u. Advertiser
I',very proposal for the oncmir igiunelli
unit propagation of Science ought to be re-
ceiwd with approbation, and he who offers
to mankind a plan for the amelioration ol
their condition, most be considered a bene
factor. Undoubtedly it is an elevated en
deavour which has for its object a diminu
tinn of the inconveniences and infelicities of
-; and though human ingenuity cannot
radically remove the cause of all of our dis
■i, it may of some of them, and contri-
biit to alleviate our lot relative to others—
, the asperities ineidental to our state
and lighten the burthen which may not be
entirely removed.
person c.ui pretend, by strength of in
vention nr extensiveness of research, to
gain for society an exemption from neces-
i,t.lcd imbecility; but many can, by salu-
tarv and effectual suggestions, diminish the
number of our calamities. When a man
obtrudes himself upon our notice by the
wisdom of bis remarks and the utility of
bi-i proposals, we ought to be forward in
advancing his views. Novelty ought not
to startle, when particability is possible.
V new scheme may have opponents,
tint opposition should yield to reason and
usefulness. The most laudable institutions
have not always in the commencement met
the protection of public favor ; and tile
most celebrated literary establishments have
gled into respectability and eminence,
in defiance of the malevolence of adversa
ries. and the reputation of more ancient
schools. But after the lapse of a few sea
sons, prejudices Imve given way, and men
delighted to cherish that, which at first
they had oppressed. We always experi
cnee a melancholy pleasure in pushing for
ward that, the progress of which we had
once retarded ; for when indolence Slic
'd- persecution, it includes repentance,
and repentance is universally connected
with sorrow. Worthy intentions should
not be allowed, if possible, to be defeated,
and we should anxiously wish to escape
there mortifying reflections which usually
torment thoso who are quick in discourag
ing meritorious proposals.
fnese reflections have been elicited by
the perusal of a communication (to which
our attention has been recently directed)
originally published in the Georgia Journal,
in the year IH17, which is said to be from
the pen of a medical gentleman of ibis city.
object there stated is grand, and Would,
if carried into effect, be productive of incal-
ilalilc advantages to the inhabitants of
(i orgia ; anil tile conception of the design
is as honorable to the author, as its real
timi would be beneficial lo bis fellow-citi-
zens.
As some of our readers may not have
seen the communication, to which we now
allude, we give it below.
nulity and luxury which wo see now in
creasing, and which never fail to stand
he awful pressures of imbecility ami en
ervation in a government, and ofdiscase,
m^cry and early death, in tis subjects.—
I do not believe there is a citizen whom
I now address, unless, indeed, his soul
is bent on brutal sensuality and corrup
tion, who has not that laudable spirit of
patriotism which longs for the elevation
of the character of his own state to an ac
cordance with that of her sister stales,
in every lltiug which is truly valuable
to individuals, to the state, or to the
Union. The period of privation is past
—the days of political difficulty are o-
ver—our treasury is swelling with the
full-flowing tide of plenty, and having
no idle ambition to satiate, our next most
important step is to foster the sciences
with all possible care and attention.—
I’lie Franklin College, l am happy to
state, is once more rearing its dignified
head, & directing the loteries of science
up the mazy palh which towers lo it-
goal, Wc hope therefore, although we
review with felicity the commanding
si at ions in general science occupied by
Yale, Providence, Princeton, Washing
ton, Columbia, and many oilier Colleges
in the Union, we shall, in future, stand
independent of their immediate assis
tance in the education of our youth.—
The state ol Georgia, as well as its neigh
boring States and Territories, has ever
since its earliest settlement by civilized
people, been dependent on the states of
New-Yotk and Pennsyvania, or on Eu
rope, for the completion of the education
ol those gentlemen who have chosen the
science of medicine for their engine of
public good, or individual support. 1
fell no hesitation in stating, that I believe
the medical character of Georgia has e-
ver been darkened more by the remote
ness of the present luminaries of medi
cal science, and the immense expense of
visiting those foreign places, then hy the
deficiency of native genius. The time
of peace and plenty is the ouly tiino the
sciences can he encouraged so as to hon
or a state ; and I believe, without the
shadow of doubt that the establishment
and perpetuation on liberal principles, of
an institution within the limits of ibis
state, for the purpose ot disseminating
medical science, would add greatly to
the independence of our individual stale,
and incalculably to the improvements
and usefulness of talents and genius n-
mong us ; which must otherwise be losl
to the medical world and to the public
in general. Whilst this institution would
add great convenience tn (lie progress of
medical science in Ibis and the neighbor
ing states, it would tend, not a little, to
Ihe retaining within the limits of this
state an immense amount of money,
which would otherwise be necessarily
j spent elsewhere annually to accomplish
the same purposes. Add to these many
other facilities such an institution would
hold out for the improvement and oxer
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Fellow Citizens,
None of you can be unaware that
Georgia, when compared with most other
states in the Union, glitters but faintly in
literature. Institutions for the promo- cise ol those brilliant genii whom nature
tion of general science have, (with very j may have capacitated to walk in charac
few honorable exceptions) been in this ter with a Kush, a Sydenham, and a
state most shamefully neglected : for j Physick, (and like those philanthropists
tiie causes of which, for the most part 1
must appeal lo those who are better ac
quainted than myself, with the history
of the state from its earliest settlement
by civilized people to the present day.
1 will barely name a few of the most ob
vious causes which have retarded the
progress of science in Georgia. In do
ingthis, 1 will cite the reader’s attention
to the early age of civilization in this
state—the newness of the country—the
necessity for encouraging ngiiculture,
either for making our own consumables
at home or purchasing them abroad—
and add to these (which must necessari
ly precede the liberal encouragement ol
science in a country) a general deficit ol
public spirit, and several years duration
of a severe and dangerous war ; which
never fails to drain the treasury of the
counrty involved, and attract the almost
entire attention ofgovernment to the seat
and object of its own danger. We have
now been for some time blessed with the
most profound peace. The lucid streams
of quiet and contentment flow gently
through our land. The Lord of every
domain, nljhdugh it is but a ltiai{d* ic cl cot
tage, holds the flowing cornucopia ; and
•merty ■’•nd happiness are floating witn
unparalleled velocity along the stri
oi never-ceasing time, and imparling the
first blessing of this w orld to the fortu
nate inhabitants of Frcdonia. 1 ti such a
time and such a place as this, under the
most fortunate circumstances that heart
emild w ish or tongue could name, l w ish
to direct the attention of the tree people
of Georgia, (whose final object is like
that of all others of the great human fa
tin!v. true happiness,) to the subject ol
a Medical University for the State ij Geor
gia. Our state has risen to a level w ith
the first in agriculture, and a few of the
arts. Its commercial connexions and«re-
lations are rapidly increasing, and we
are now individually and generally ex
erting ourselvs for the accumulation ol
f rtunates to hand down to our prosperi
ty ; and fears are rationally to be enter
tained that we shall, without the direc
tion of government to the sciences, bt
soon found literally busking in that ve
and physicians dispense those goods
which are more valuable than gold) and
who must otherwise rest in obscurity.—
The propitious circumstances under
which my proposition is made, will, 1
hope, appear to others, a< to me, the
most favourable for the purpose ; and
should this important object not be very
soon accomplished, 1 know not when it
will again be so completely in the power
of the state to effect so noble and indis
pensable a purpose. I suggest the sub
ject thus earl) , that argument and inqui
ry may arise among the people at large;
that they may be awakened to a sense ol
the necessity of promoting this institu
tion, which is for the good of humanity
and the honor of the state : and that
they may do more ample justice to the
subject in all its ramifications and deparl-
uts than I am able to do within the
confines ol'this address. Reflection will
mature the judgement on this subject.—
The sovereign power of the state rests
in the people. If they say the object
shall lie accomplished, it will be. Re
presentatives may hereby be enable to
ascertain the wish of their constituents
on this very interesting subject, which
will, I trust, compose a part of the busi
ness of the next session of the State Legis
lature, it be properly carried into etlect.
The subject is popular and materially so
with the thinking and scientific part ol
the community, which together with its
per man ; he replied, that he did it
merely for the purpose of receiving gen
teel customers, but that his neighbor over
the way, tarnished the same quantity for
one cent per glass ! This information he
gave us with as much gravity as would
be observed by an old merchant selling
a whole cargo of European goods. VVe
were so much shocked by this, that we
determined to record the facts, that a
strong grog can lie brought in Baltimore
for one cent! \Ve also notice it for the
purpose ot giving us an opportunity to
make the following remarks :
Most of the evils and the diseases, and
the wretched poverty which now af
flict the poor of our city, (and indeed
we may say our country) are attributa
ble to that poison called whiskey t i’lie
small quantities in which it is sold, and
Ihe extraordinary cheapness of its price,
are double inducements for those to in
dulge in it who can raise a cent or two.
The immense mass of laborers and poor
people who use it, is beyond all calcula
tion ; it is cheaper than beer, in fact it
is the cheapest drink wi'ii the exception
of water. In a state of affairs like this,
is it to be wondered at that we see whole
gangs of bloated ragamuflins at nearly
every corner of our city ? Is it to be
wondered at that men die at a term of
years, which, in sober times, was consi
dered the prime of lile ? Is it to be
wondered at that we have our streets
tilled w ith beggars, and our jail and pe
nitentiary with debtors and criminals ?
No, it is not ; and, what is worse than
all, our religious institutions, nil our
charitable and prosperous societies, all
preaching and all praying will not eradi
cate this wretched and awful evil, unless
government interposes. \Ve must have
a tax on w hiskey ; not one of your three
or four cent taxes, but such a tax as will
force a man to pay at least twenty-five
cent* for the beastly gratification of get
ting drunk.
VVe know that this subject is not (lie
most popular one which we might take
hold of, but see daily, the awful and de
moralizing effects of the cheapness of
whiskey, and wc are determined, as far
as our humble voice is heard, lo cry
out for a tax on tho article. Some to
whom we have hinted the necessity ol
such a law, have agreed that it would be
the means of checking intemperance,
but they added, they were fearful it
might cause an insurrection. \Ve
inclined to doubt this assertion, but
should it even be true, we say lay the
tax, let that lax be a heavy one, and it
there is an insurrection in consequence,
we think wc are safe in saying, that we
have quite a plenty of sober men tn put
lo'.vn all the rebellious drunkards in the
country. \Ve do not speak lighlly on
this subject, for it is probably one of
the utmost importance to the people, and
our duty and our conscience imp< 1 us to
say what we do. Intemperance or in
pi Tin English, drunkenness, is probably
more common now than tit any former
period ; and it is high time that a stop
should be put to this growing and des
perate evil. Let our members of Con
gress take the. matter in h ind : let them
cease to make speeches for popularity's
sake—let them attend to tiie advance
ment of the true interests of this country
—let them cease to violate the laws they
make themselves, and let them add o-
tliers which are useful and salutary. II
this he done, it will he recorded to their
honor, that they at least attempted to do
Three years after these Spanish voy
ages, Cook reconnoitred this coast more
closely, and proceeded as high up as the
Icy Cape.—It was subsequently visited
by several English ships for purposes of
trade ; and though every portion of it
was explored with the greatest accnrnct
by that most excellent and persevering
navigator, Vancouver, as far as the head
of Cook's inlet, in latitude Gl 15, yet, on
the ground of priority of discovery, it is
sufficiently clear that England has no
claim to territorial possession. On this
principle it would jointly belong to Rus
sia and Spain ; tint on the same principle.
Russia would Li.: completely excluded
from any portion of it to the southward
of 09. She has, however, been tacitly
permitted to form an establishment nam
ed Sitka at the head of Norfolk sound,
ill latitude 57, and this apparently must
have tempted her to presume that no
opposition would be offered to extend
the territory down to the 51st degree ol
latitude, which includes all the detailed
discoveries of Cook and Vancouver, i. e.
New Hanover, New Cornwall, New
Norfolk, on the main, and the Islands of
King George, Queen Charlotte, and the
i’rince of Wales upon the coast.
“ There is, however, one trilling cir
cumstance. of which we are persuaded
and choice wines—the one is laboring
for the soild advantage of his country —
the other is feasting or fiddling (or “ the
honor and dignity of his sovereign.”
Washington, September I t.
The following ueecniiit of the distressing
drought in tin: state of Netv-York, in appli
cable, in its most melancholy features, to
to tiie middle states generally, we believe,
hut that it is to this neighlioihood we know
too well :
Nf.w York, Sept. 9.
Truly Distressing.— A gentleman who
has been through the southern part of Uls
ter and the whole of Orange counties, in
forms us that the drought in that direction
is distressing beyond any former experi
ence. Vegetation in almost extinguished,
and the many streams, rivulets, and rivers,
w hich coursed their way in a northerly di
rection, to the Hudson, are literally dry.
The AV.iIKiII, which is the great reservoir of
the waters (lowing from the Shawniigtink
Mountains on the west, and a high range
of lands of some ten or twelve miles on ihe
east, on longer presents a volume of water,
which lias lieretofor filled its channel ; the
bottom is hire, and the aquatic plants
have died, and are in rapid decomposition.
Fanners have to go miles for water for
their families and for their stock, and tlie
mills are so much overrun, (those of them
which can do any business,) that the cun-
sumption of flour in the country is mure
than their supplies of water can accomplish.
His Impel ini Majesty was ignorant when ! Gu the whole, tho farmers in this luxuriant
he issued Ins sweeping Ukase, namely,
that the whole country from hit. fit! 30,
lo the boundary of Ihe United States in
lat. 10, or thereabouts, is now, and long
has hern, in the actual posses ion of the
Rritish North-West Company. The
communication with thi) vast territory is
bv the I’eace River, which crossing the.
ky Mountains from the westward, in
50 N. and long. 121 VV. falls into the
Polar Sea by the Makenzie River.
rims, then, it is obvious, that, ns
we have actual possession of the six de
grees ol coast usurped by Russia, in her
recent Manifesto, her claim to this part
is perfectly nugatory. Indeed, as we
country labor under severe calamities ; and
tiieir depression of spirits is in accordance
with their blighted prospects.
Roth in Kentucky and Missouri, the
state elections have turned materially
upon their internal embarrassments.—
There are two parties ofsimilar charac
ter in both slates ; the one U (nr paper
money, replevin laws, and dismission of
judges where they refuse to carry the
remedial (as they are called) into exe
cution ; the other is for an opposite re
gime—There are no means of ascertain
ing as yet which party lias triumphed in
either state.
, , , Ttvo of the Kentucky papers (and the
belorr observed, (he assumption must, [jM j„ , on importer seems inclined to
have been made ... utter ignorance of the | , ulo((t „ ltJ 9ame re90 | ulion ) havB notified
their intention no longer to take tho de
fact, which is the less surprising, as thi-
part of the world remains, as yet, a com
plete blank in our best and latest charts.
It is not easy to conjecture the precise
object of Russia in the intended extension
nf territory on the continent of North A
mcrica, unless it he to push along the
northern coast, as tar a* Mackenzie's
river, whirdt, running at the feet of the
Rocky mountains to the east, would, with
the Pacific on Ihe w est, afford two ex
cellent barriers to a territory of at least
70,000 square miles, or one half nearly
of all that part of North America in
which the fur animals are found ; and
thus put the Russian American Compa
ny in possession of an almost exclusive
predated stale paper at par. They
say the price of every thing else is no
minallv raised, while their terms remain
the same. They now therefore give
notice that they will take nothing but
“ specie or its equivalent in pap .*.*'
Com monwealth's paper is deprecitted 2
fori.-—The Reporter tell-an anecdote
ol’a south m in calling to nay his account
at the olfi e—the amount was § 10 —he
offered § 10 in \ n smia money —the Edi
tor offered him in change J, 10 •• Common
wealth.” The gentleman said lie owed
§ 10, and did not like the idea of pavin '
I.-s, or of discharging a debt ot' J, 10
villi 5. The Editor told him lie cmil
monopoly ot the trade, as it is well known . no , 0 f charging one customer more
that in a lew years the fur-hearing tini-1 ,h nn . Vl ,
mats will all be destroyed on tiie eastern
side ol the Rocky M nintuius.”
C 0 T'' ’ O N M A N U F A C T 0 R Y.
A writer in the Philadelphia Daily
Advertiter estimates the number oflonm j
in that city, at present employed in tbi-
brancli of trade at two thousand, requir
ing annually a supply ol 2,052.57 I pound.-
a raw Cotton, which produces 2.490,000
lbs. of y arn, of the average of No. 14 :
this is wove into 9,931,000 yards ot
cloth, of the average value of 20 cent -
a yard, &. amounts to the sum of § 1,999,-
300
I he value he distributes as follows :
than another, kc
l lte legislature of Tennessee have
found Gen. S. H. Williams, surveyor
general in tiie 7th district, guilty ol
mal-practiccs, and have removed him
from office The lurid claims of the U-
mver-ilv of N. Carolina have been re
furred to commissioners.—Ena.
FROM SOUTIl-A.MEUICA.
conspicuous utility, will, I hope settle
tho point of the real propriety ot the latitude 55, to whicl
proposed object to the conviction of each j „f Santa Margaritta,
Representative.
WHISKEY.
In one of our late commercial walks,
we had occasion to call at a house in a
much frequented part o( the city, to a"k
the number of the stoic we were in
search of. While we were obtaining
the desired information, two men cain<
in, put three cents on the counter, anu
asked for two glasses of W liiskey. Af
ter they had swallowed it and departed,
we asked the person who sold it whcthei
he furnished so large a quantity ofspiii-
tuous liquors for one and a half cents
that, in I lie accomplishment of w hich To the Planter, $391,515 ; to the Cot-
they will he joined hy the good wishes I
of every honest and good man in the I
country.—Unit. Federal Republican.
NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. I
The following satisfactory account of
the nature of the claims set up by Russia
is extracted from the 52d No. of the
Quarterly Review :—■
“ Let us examine what claim Russia
can reasonably set up to the territory in
question. To the two shores of Beh
ring’s Strait, tvn admit, she would have
an undoubted claim, on the score of pri
ority ot discovery ; that on the side o!
Asia having been coasted by Deshnew
in 1348, and that of America visited by
Retiring in 1774, as fir dow n ns Ihe lati
tude 59, since generally known by the
name of Cape Fairwealher. To the
southward of this point, however, Rus
sia lias not the slightest claim. The
Spaniards visited the northern parts ot
this coast in 177-1, when Don Juan Pe
rez, iu the corvette Santiago, traced it
from latitude 53 53, to a promontory in
hich lie. gave the name
being the northwest
FROM TUE Al'UUSTA MEI1AI.
Sir,— t send you herewith an extract of
a letter, dated lath July, I itely receiv
from Col. Andrew Erwin, formerly a
sklent of this place. It contains some
lerestion particulars of the late Rcvolmioi
in Mexico, which have not hitherto appear
cd, so far as I have observed, in any of the
public Journals.
Col. Erwin lias been In Mexico since the
mouth of April, milled with other commis
sioners fur obtaining a grant of land in that
quarter, intended fur actual settlement, by
enterprising cit izens of Tennessee.
By giving it a place in the Herald you
will oblige A Subscriber.
Mexico, July is, 182-2.
“I had the pleasure of dropping you
ton Spinner, §116.428 ; to the Weavers
and Spoolers, $348,900 ; to the Master
Weavers (entrepreneurs ) for the interest
of money and profit, §110.875 ; to the
Dyer, for labor and profits, §49,920 ;
to the Merchant, for dye-stuffs, freights,
and comnii--ions, §349,102.
THE GREAT DAM COMPLETED.
The Sandy Hill Times of the riOtii ult.
informs iis that the Great Dam acro-s the
Hud-on river, at Fort Edward, was com
pleted the Monday preceding, and lit led
with water. Tills (lain has been construct
ed tn supply the Northern Canal w ith water,
and there is no doubt but it will answer the
purpose. It is thirty lime feet high, and
more than nine hundred feet long. It i-
truly a stupendous monument of the ingc
nnity of man ; and no doubt will attract
many travellers to view the mighty water-
of the Hudson stayed in tin ir c urse and j pire against old Spain, and to support tin
rolled backwards to the fountains whicl
sent them forth.
gress, in consequence of this event, for a
time, tile greater part of whom have re
turned and resumed their seats, and busi
ness lias progressed in Spanish style, very
slow anil harmonious.
'I'lie Emperor is considered a man of
good sense, flit years of age, about the sta
ture of Mr. Andrew Kerr, of your city, and
more like him, than any person I can think
of.
The government is getting largely in
debt. The mines aie chiefly lilted with
water, and nut nf use. This stale of things
lias induct d them lately to send two or
three agents to England to borrow money.
Grants for land to emigrants from In la d
and tin- Canary Islands, are understood to
be a part nf the plan. He Anil the taking
of Florida and treatment of the Spaniards,
■p.-rateH against us Amenrans here; other
wise no grants as We believe, would have
been made lo any Europeans. We are of
ten reminded nf ihose circumstances—our
fate, however, is )et unknown; we have
some hopes.
The climate is the most pleasant In sum
mer, mi the i,able lands, 1 have ever seen.
We find wol n cloth comfortable all sum
mer, and yet there is seldom frost or ice in
winter, and we. umv see every clear day,
two mountains deeply covered with snow,
aland CO miles eastward of the city—whilst
the market is stocked with tropical fruits 6f
nearly every sort, collected within about tho
same distance, south and west.
The soil is generally of good quality,
where it is not hilly, and very pruduclivo
and well watered.”
New-York, Sept. 9.
From Curctcoa.—liy the arrival of ilnj
Hippoiucnes, Capt. Bourne 11 >m < bo a-
con, we have received onr regular tiles
of the Courant to the 18th August.
Don Miguel do la l orre, late Capt.
Gen. of Venezuela, (accomplished l>\ his
stifl,) had arrived at C irr.tcoi, on his
way to Port Rico, having lately been ap
pointed Captain General of that I-land.
Previous to his departura from Puerto
Cabell ), lie had addressed the army anj
inhabitants.
The following arc extracts from tha
Courant :—
LATVST FROM PORTO CABELLO.
Extract of a Idler, dated Puerto Cabello, Au
gust 1322.
“ Olavarria marched with his neople
for Moron, and from Crams forwarded
despatches from comm mdant Cicilia, who
ha- augmented hi- force, and arrived at
Ag .a Calhetite. Last night a com nis-
‘ioner unveil firm, the esmnj tn pnr/
p i-e an liange t <r Pinango, and an ar-
mi-tice fir 2 monl.H, i, a* a spy ipon
operations ; he entered at 8 o’clock, auii
was despn clmd at 10, with a I iconic an
swer.
“ This day gen. Mo* lies reviewed
he troops, consisting of 2,500 men, and
ifterwurd- harangued them. The van
guard. corn miode I hy colonel Lolenzo,
inarched yesterday at one o lock, for
Palito, to form a jun tion with Cicilia.—
The second divi- >n, commanded bv
Don Garcia, with two tirld pieces, is
just row going out for Pelidero and Po-
zo Hondo, The third division, com
manded by the genoril in chief, a id his
-econ I iu command, Don Jay me Preto,
is composed of tiie battalions of Burgos
and Bariuas, with 50 volunteers to the
guard ol honor. 1 hey will march to
morrow at day lire ik. The whole a-
mount to about 3,000 men, with sixty-
two cartridges per man, and provisions
for 3 days,
“Aug. 10.—The squadron sailed at
two in tha afternoon, consisting of tho
frigate, lo ig. five armed schrs. and II
flccheras ; their destiuati in is the coast
of Laguira.
“ The artivily and deep penetration
of the general in chief has inflamed Ilia
minds of the people of the pi ice to such
a degree, that they have the uiost san
guine hopes of the success of the expe
dition.”
A St. Thomas paper of (lie 30th ult.
came also tn hand by the Mercury. It
-tales that two vessels, “ the Tarehtals
line shortly after my arrival in this city, and Lady Borringdon are hourly ex-
proinismg In write you again previous t
my leaving this country. I confine myself
to a detail of Hie late political changes that
have taken place, and of my opinion of l lie
soil, elimate, Ice. You are no doubt aware
that the llevolutionalists and old Spaniards
of the country, united under General Au-
gustiii lliirhide, with the advice and consent
of the Bishop of Pm Ida, and the greater
part of the numerous clergy of the country,
i the 2 till February, 1821, to defend the cm-
extremity of Queen Charlotte’s I-land
of onr charts ; and, on his return, touch
ed at Noolkn, about which we were once
on the point of going to war. In the 1
following year the Santiago ami Fencidad,
under the orders of Don Juan Bruno
Hecela, and Don Juan do la Bodega
Quadra, proceeded, along the north west
coast, and descried, in lit. 50 0, high
mountains covered withsnow, which they
named Jacinto ; and also n lofty cape, in
latitude 57 2, to. which they gave the
name of Engano. Holding a northerly
course, they reached latitude 57 58, and
then returned*
English and American Ambassadors.—
The following observations upon tlii-
subject appeared in a Scotish paper : —
“ The Americans, it is universally al
lowed, have had their diplomatic con
cerns conducted with unrivalled ability ;
and yet they pay their first class of fo
reign ministers no more than § 9000,
20001 per annum. This shows at how
moderate an expense the real business ot
a nation can be managed. So far from
thinking that the affairs of the Ameri
cans s iller from this low tcaie of salary .
we are convinced that it is one reason
why they are so ably conducted. Their
minsiter is a man ofbu a iness—ours a man
of fashion -the one is in his bureau, while
the other is in tiie ball room—the one
is famous for successful negotiations—
.the other for brilliant entertuiqioenG
peeled at Puerto Cabello from Cartha-
gena, the former mounting 14 guns, and
the latter 28, in uined principally l.y
British; these vessels, with large sup
plies of arm-, clothing and ammunili m,
had been sent out hy Mr. Mendez, the
Colombian deputy in Lon on.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11.
\Ve are indebt'd to the editor of tho
Democratic Press lor the following im-
poitant intelligence, received by the
brig /.* no, Slade, arrived at our Laza-
Rom m Catholic Religion to the exclusion
of all others, under which a Congress was
elected of 182 members: they assembled
in this city on the 24th February last, and I retto yesterday,
are yet in session.
On our arrival here the 22d April, it wr..-,
doubtful what form of govermiiimt would I , “ *ni* day arrived a Dutch Schooner
buadopted—Imperial, or Republican. Par- j from Laguira, in 38 hours, bringing the
appeared pretty equal, until about the j following glorious new s
1 Curracoa, 13th August. 1322.
middle of May ; when the Imperial party
insisted on a standing army of 35,000 men.]
which the Congress, by a small majority, re- 1
jec.ted, and voted 29,000; this caused pint
of the army, on the eight of the 18th .May,
to proclaim their late suciessful General,
Iturbide, Emperor, in the street", which
was kept up during tile night, with firing
guns, ringing the church-bells, Ike. This
event produced a meeting uf tltc Congress,
in tho morning at 7 o’clock, and previous to
adjournment, they elected him Emperor hj
a vote of 72 to to of those present, and on
the 21st he took the oath of office. Tile
29th June Was fixed on for the coronation,
but postponed to the 2ut July.
Several of the members left the Cot:-
“Gen. Morales with2000men,march
ed the 3d inst. from Porto Cabello, a-
gainst Valencia and Carnicas. They
were met on the bright of Bifgirema by
Gen. Paez and 750 men—an engage
ment ensued. Morales and his troops
were completely routed, and only 9(J
men escaped alive. On the 6th lust, a
party of Royal Spaniards, (400 men)
landed hy sea at Ocumaru, they tveu
met by a party of Republican Troops
(350) a severe action look place which
lasted with gpi-it on both sides for 2
hours—when the Royalists, after l&sinj;
1 290 men *.fsr« * :npc!!2 J to a . rrtuJw
