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FOREIGN. ___J>-ForAr, Nov. 3.—On tlie first of Octobtr •fhe-entire military force in Ireland consisted *d .1 jpeven regiments of cavalry, and 25 of infantry, •exclusive of artillery. The African corsairs are again beginning to spread alarm throughout the Mediterranean by their depredations. The following is an article from Rome on the subject, of the 27th ult: “ We have received advice from Flumicino, of the 2d ult. which states, that a Barbary pirate had cha sed an Italian vessel,and had at length come up with her. The Kalian after fighting for an hour was compelled to strike her colours. She made si|Mls to vessels to seek shelter in the different |im to avoid these marauders.” On the 25th of September, a Special Commission was opened at Derby, for the trial of forty-one persons, who were in confinement, in the jails of Derby and Nottingham, upon the charge of Trea son. It appears “ that the court of Russia has ob- -tained of the court of Austria the prohibition of tbe export of every species of ammunition for the use of the Insurgents of South America.—The court of Russia is likewise occupied with a pro ject for engaging all the powers in Europe to take rigorous measures against pirates, including the insurgent privateers of South America. A Rus sian squadron is to proceed to Tunis to obtain sat isfaction for an insult to the Russian flag.” The Courier of Sept. 20th mentions thnt let ters from the manufacturing districts of York shire & Lanca9tershire, represent the orders for the different goods to be so extensive that they can not be executed with the despatch which the mer chants require. The Courier of Sept. 30th says, that the emi gration from Europe to the U. States is estimated at one thousand weekly. The Bristol Journal < i Sept. 28th says—“ It is an undoubted fact, and forms at this time, a gene ral topic of remark, that for the last fifteen years, there never have been so many orders given and purebases made, not only from the manufacturers who attend this market from distant towns, but from the large wholesale ware-houses regularly established in this city, as during the period of the last three weeks. The abundant harvest, the re duction of the poors’ rate, the employment of the artisan and manufacturer, have all tended to give life and energy to oOr home trade : and the hat ter, the hosier, the wholesale linen and cotton ware-house men, the hardware, tin and iron mer chants, have their porters aud their packers full of employment.” •Tb&American9 (says a London paper) have re- duc'edth'eir naval force upon the lakes, to the same scale as ours ; but the exertions with which they are cutting roads in the directions of those waters, felling timber, and preparing it as knees, bcnd9, &.c. for vessels of war, are circumstauccs which excite some attention. MANIFESTO TO AN IMPARTIAL WORLD. Since God created the universe, or this huge a- 'bode of mortals, from which period we reckon an interval of more than six thousand years, there have"been revolutions which have afflicted it-with the destruction of the human species. Venezuela occupies the last page in this dismal history. On 18th April, of the year 1810,she tuned the sacred hymn of her-einan^f markable periods, a.tJl in oiiu squadron proceeded t .wards Mnlirin; and the island fluctuating alone, in the middle of dangers, blockaded at that time by two corvettes anil five brigs, uod threatened by a fresh naval force, far from desponding, confirmed the oath of the 17th November; when with only fourteen muskets, she defeated in ten pitched battles, the formidable hosts of gen. Murillo. Three thou sand republicans, whom the world lias admired for their bravery, are this day with arms in their hands, determined to repel with undaunted vigor the attacks of tyranny. Margarita will be re duced to ashes, but site shall not be enslaved.— The enemy have sworn her destruction, and it appears that she will soon have to walk throu the glorious field of Mars. She calls to the un prejudiced nations, once more to fix their eyes upon her, and to be the spectators of this new and interesting scene, which shall nut less excite their admiration, than that which has diffused fear, terror, and confusion among those who swore to enthral her. Great and generous nations.' suffer not the pha lanxes of our invaders to complete their baneful purposes—to destroy the peaceful inhabitants of Margarita. Have compulsion, ye men of the pre sent age, on a small city, which lias given to the world sublime les-ous of civic virtues, and if by your generosity, she should be enabled to stand this glorious trial, she swears before heaven and earth, that.tlie wise and valorous Greece, were it now to exist in the full meridian of its funner glory, which had attracted the admiration of the world, it should doubtless envy the great sacrifices which the illustrious defenders of Margarita have been known to offer to the hallowed shrine of li berty, erected by the new world in the nineteenth century. Margarita, 19 th June, 1817. TOPOGRAPHICAL. Same notices of tit of the, City of New-Orleans and of he State of Louisiana. TCIK TUG REFLRCTOH. ar£ipation, and among other re- 8i*lie strugglesagainst the strong est concussions to obtain it. Glorious journies— brilliant and distinguished conflicts are irrefraga- ble proofs of Venezuelan valor. The island of Margarita, one of the principal and complete parts of the confederated states, reared likewise the standard of honor, and walked upon the tracks of her fellow-citizens. On the 4th of May of the same year, he deposed with the greatest modera tion the Spanish commander; the same who at the entrance of Monteverde, in Caracas, had been .commissioned to afflict in the prisons of Puerto ■Cabello, among other Americans, the natives ol Margarita. Cartliagena supported the cause of, ■Venezuela in the year 1815—and a leader chosen by tbe suffrages of the people, marched forward to break asunder the chains of his oppressed bre thren. They all blessed the work of their libera tor, but in opening a new campaign, this same ■people was doomed again to suffer mournful vieia- -situdes ;—their unfortunate emigration, witness ed by the winward islands, presents one of the most melancholy pictures of honest families brea thing by the mercy «f foreign nations, whose ge nerosity is stamped in the heart of every good A- anerican. If Providence, casting an eye of compassion •on their sufferings, should one day grant them the well deserved-chart of their liberty, that they may have a government of their own to secure and protect the sacred rights of man, they shall by -distinguished benefits requite the religious hospi tality, which has been afforded to them by these friendly colonies. The circle of their revolution is not yet closed. This furious volcano is still emitting dreadful flames—The Independents are ambitious of their liberty—they demajid to hold a seat among, na tions ; death cannot discourage them—they look Upon him asa relief from ignominy. Notwithstand ing these liberal ideas there are degenerated A- mericans, who stooping servilely before the false idols of Iberia, have caused innumerable -evils to (the soil which gave them birth. Against these only are directed the pointed steel of the freemen— their names'arc, by an unanimous voice, erased from tlie number of beings who beautify nature. To conquer or die is the alternative of the chil dren Of the GreatColumbia ; although struck by' •a panic some of the eastern people, have lately Separated from the coalition, while Margarita, a- tnid the hazards of war, looked up to them fora brave defence of their country. The city of CariucofelL, in a manner not to be conceived,.and her disorder* may infect the ad jacent countries. To preserve that union, on Which so highly depends the safety of the states, Margarita received in her bosom the supreme go vernment of Venezuela, convoked hy gen. Ma lian—but on tbe Slst of May last, 12 days after Mr. Hines,—l havejust received a letter from an intelligent friend nowin New-Orleans, of which the following is an extract, aud believing that tbe information it contains will be interesting to your readers, I send it to you lor publication. R. ft. S. Augusta, Nov. 20, 1817. Scientific k Literary Intelligence, Just published *• Observations on tbe Geology of tbe United Stifles,” by Wm. M’Clure. The following extracts refer to that tract of country, part of which has been lately exposed to sale by our government, and will probably bo acceptable to our readers : •• 1 bat part -of this state (Georgia) which lies upon the declivity of the Alleganv mountains, sheltered to tlie south from northerly winds, and open to the mild temperature of the south and south-west breezes, ought to be, and indeed is, one of the most moderate climates of the U. States in a great measure free from the sudden and vio lent changes of heat and.cold, produced by the free circulation of those two opposite currents of air from the north and south, bringing along with them temperature of the opposite climates from whence they come. It may likewise be consider ed as a climate more congenial to the growth of plants from the south of Europe, such as the vine and the olive, than any situation north of it in the United States.” p. 116. “ That part of this district (Mississippi territo ry) which lies on the declivity of the hills towards the south, protected from the wind, and open to wards the south, will most probably enjoy an e- qual ami moderate climate : and, like tlie part of Georgia.in a similar situation, it will be favorable to tlie production of the vine and olive.” Professor Moricchini, of Rome, having discov ered tlie magnetizing power of the violet rays of prismatic spectrum, the marquis Rhlolsi has suc ceeded in magnetizing two needles, the one ill 30, the other in 40 minutes, and can now charge with the magnetic powers, by tlm same process as ma ny needles as he pleases. The needle thus mag netized (namely, by directing on a^d passing o- ver them, for a period of not less than thirty min utes, the violet rays of the spectrum, through the medium of a condensing lens) possess nil the en ergy and properties of needles magnetized in a common way by means of a loadstone. Thei homrniomous piles repel, while the heteronomous poles attract each other ; and made to vibrate on a pivot, their points turn constantly to the north, their heats to the south ! This adtls to the won ders of magnetism, and must be regarded as a very extraordinary discovery. A proposal lias been made in a letter addre6sed to tlie corporation of Hull to light the whole ol STATE LEGISLATOR! A* •stablislimeut, it withdrew from Margarita, now edited with scissors.” “ To persons who desire to make rapid fortunes the State of Louisiana affords the best prospect of gratifying their wishes- The lawyer and tlie doc-, tor make great fortunes, but nothing is coinpara- that town with the refise blubber brought by tlie ble to what is made by tlie planter. Negroes eiti- Greenland ships, now not only unserviceable, bat ofnieii u.oirl r-,.u, « «<in *-■ I a nuisance to the neighborhood, ft is said a gas can be obtained from it excelling in brilliancy that obtained from coal, now employed in light ing some of the large cities. Southey, the poet laureat, is writing a poem, the scene of which is laid in Connecticut, and the subject king Philip’s wars. It is stated in Steele’s List for May last that it does not appear that the magnetic needle is cor recting its variations by returning again to the north, as had been supposed, but that in the last 13 months its declination has increased several minutes. Tlie Clieralicr-de Gassicourt proposes to apply the principle of the Hydraulic press of Pascal to propelling vessels. If practicable this would su percede the use of steam. Claudius James Rich, Esq. resident of the Bri tish East-India Company at the Court of the Pas- cha of Bagdad, has published a memoir on tbe Ruins of Babylon, said to confirm tlie probability of Die Brick brought to New-York being really Babylonian, the advancing of which opinion some months ago, brought a good deal of news-paper ridicule upon Dr. Mitcnell and the scauans ol New-York. The Journal of Science and Arts, edited at tlie Royal Institution ol Great-Britain, is to be regu larly re-published (quarterly) by ..aines East burn & Co. of New-\ r ork. The first number has just made its appearance. These very enterprising book-sellers are also the publishers in this coun try of tlie London Quarterly Review and the E- dinburg Review, and also the publishers of an or iginal periodical work of great merit, “ The Ame rican Monthly Magazine and Critical Review,” at g 5 per ann. which we would recommend to our readers. Darly’s Map of Louisiana, accompanied with a Geographical description, is spoken of as a very valuable contribution to science. Hall’s Distiller, considered the best practical work of the kind,is about to be republished with improvements, at Philadelphia. The life of Patrick Henry, by William Wirt, has just been published in Philadelphia. The au thor no doubt will do the justice to Mr. Ileniy, which his genius and talents as a writer, so emi nently fit him for, and will pourtray to the rising generation, the. worth land greatness of one of the noblest advocates for freedom and independence Sir John Sinclair of Paris, announces his Ion" desired Code of Agriculture, founded on all tlie publications of the board, and intended to com prise a summary of their results. The followin" are the outlines of his plan : 1. To consider these “ preliminary points,” to which a farmer ought to attend, otherwise he can never expect to carry on, in a useful manner, any system of husbandry. The particulars are, climate, soil, subsoil, eleva tion, aspect, situation, tenure, whether in proper ty or lease, rent, burdens on, abd size of the farm. 2. To inquire into tlie nature of “ those means of cultivation, which are essential to insure its suc cess these are capital, regular accounts, ar rangement of agricultural labor, farm servants, laborers in husbandry, live stock, implements,a"- ricultural buildings, command of water, division of fields, and farm roads.—S. To point out “the various modes of improving lund,” by cultivatin" wastes, inclosing, draining, manuring, paring ar*3 burning, fallowing, weeding, irrigation, flooding, warping, embanking, and planting.—4. To ex plain" the various modes of occupying land,” in arable culture, grass, woods, gardens, and orch ards.—5. To offer some general remarks on “ the means of improving a country,” by diffusing in formation, by removing obstacles to improvement and by positive encouragement. ployed on sugar cstaies, yield from S 600 to 8 1000 yearly, and there are sugar crops here worth from 8 20,000 to 8150,000 a year. Slaves are procured with difficulty. Creole working ne groes sell from glOOO to SI500 a head. Sugar land close to the city sells at 85000 the French arpent, a little less than the American acre, but they sell only the front ones, the back ones ordin arily from 40 to 80 are not included. The land susceptible of cultivation does not exceed an a- verage of 20 miles froiretlie river, all beyond that being a cypress swamp. The price of land de creases as you recede from the city, but no sugar land any where sells fur less glOO'J or 8800 tlie front arpent. “ The cotton planters would enrich themselves nearly as fast us the sugar planters, were it not fora sickness which attacks their plants since four or five years. It is called the Hot. The bowls which contain the cotton when approaching to ma turity are invaded by a small black spot which gradually enlarges and the whole literally rots. Good cotton land sells at from 810 to 850 the square arpent. In the culture of cotton boys and women are equally useful as men, while the su gar demands prime hands. A gang dwindles a- way oil a sugar estate, while it increases on a col ton plantation, the labor of the former being ex tremely severe and the privations great. There area few rice plantations, but they do but little. “ I believe tlie country is as healthy as Caroli na and Georgia. To the eye, the population ap pears more healthful than that of those states ; but diseases when fatal make a rapid progress. 1 have no doubt that the city of New-Orleans is as healthy as any town in the low country of the At lantic states south of Norfolk. “ Tradesmen of all descriptions soon enrich themselves. Living in the city I believe is not much higher than in Savannah or New-York.— Tlie market is very good. Beef sells from 12 1-2 to 20 cents ; bread 6 1-4 cents a pound. Board in decent houses is from 840 to gtiO a month, but claret wine is given at all meals at discretion, without any extra charge. “ There is but little society in the city ; mu sic, dancing and gaming arc the principal amuse ments. They have a theatre and a circus. House rent is very high. On the front street, naked lots, 60 feet’in depth, rent at 83 per foot a month. “ The American population increases rapidly ; it is now I suppose o;e third of the whole. They balance the French in the legislature. The dis tinction of federalist and republican is hardly known. The parties that divide the state are the civil law and the common law. The creoles strive hard to retain their ancient laws. “ There is a vast field open here for persons fond of public life; tlie creoles are averse to launching into it, partly from a sense of inability, proceeding from a want of that kind of education which politics require, but more from tbe little pe cuniary advantage resulting from political pur suits, although the state pays her officers better than any of her sister states. The governor has 87,500 a year ; the judges of tlie supreme court 850U0 each; tec inferior judges in tlie city 84000; those iu the coantry trom 81500 to g2()00 ; the clerks of the legislature receive each 82000 a year. Yet these salaries, apparently handsome, become insignificant when compared to the profits of a well cultivated farm. “ 1 cannot name a news-paper here that will give you the local information you deture- There are eight printed in the state—six at New-Or- leans, one at St. Frhncisville, on the east side of the Mississippi, and the (Kher at Alexandria in the western part of the state, on Red river, 400 miles from New-Orleans. The latter was some-, time edited by a Mr. Eurviance, once a member, of Congress from Virginia. All these papers are SENATE. Monday. Novemliar 17. The Senate resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to lie entitled “ an act more effectually to keep in repair the public roads and bridges in this state,” reported that they had ta ken the same into consideration, made progress and obtained leave to sit again. The 1x111 to be entitled “ an act to alter and es tablish tlie period* of holding the several Superior Courts of the Middle Cirtuit of this State,” was taken up and read the third time anil passed. The bill to be entitled ■■ an act to permit grand and petit jurors, witnesses and bailiffs living be tween the Appalachee and Oconee rivers iu tlie countv of Greene, to cross the Ocnn.ee river free from ferriage,” wa3 called up, read the third time and passed. Tuesday,. Njver.i her 18. Mr. Ryan from the committee appointed, re- ported it bill to be entitled “ an act to regulate tbe probate of wills, pointing out the mode for the re- covery of legacies and distributive shares of es tates, and affording remedies to creditors, lega tees, distributees and wards,” which was read the first lime. M essrs. Knight. Beasley and Emanuel were ap pointed a committee to prepare ami report a bill to alter and amend an act entitled “ an act to adit Ilia* uart of the unlocated territory cf this State, which lies without the limits of the present coun ties, to the county of Jasper,” passed the 23rd day of November, 1814. Wednesday, November 19. The committee on the State of tlie Republic, to whom was referred the several resolutions ..f the States of North-Carolina, New-Jsrsey, &c. Re port, that it is inexpedient to amend the Consti tution of the United States, as it regards the choosing Representatives in the Congress of the United States; and also,as it regards the mode of appointing Electors of President and Vice- President of the United States, in tlie manner proposed by the General Assembly of North-Ca- rplina. And that His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of this repoit to the Executives of tlie several States. The committee on tlie State of the Republic on the resolution of the legislature of Kentucky pro posing an amendment to tlie Constitution, report, that the nmdMment to the Constitution of the U. States, proposed by the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Kentucky, in the following words—“ No law varying the compensation of the members of the Congress of the United States, shall take effect until the time for which the mem bers of the House of Representatives of that Con gress, by which the law was passed, shall have ex pired,” meets the cordial approbation of the re presentatives of the freemen of Georgia. Resolved, that our Senators in Congress be in structed, and our Representatives be requested to use their best endeavors to obtain such an a» mendment to the Constitution of the U. States. Resolved, that His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing re solutions to each of our Senators and Represen tatives iu the Congress of the United S! n os. Thursday, November 20. Mr. Cuthbert from the committee Ml Inland na vigation, reported, that whereas, in an agricultural and commercial State, it is of the fir*tinterestanJ deepest concern, to open and improve those great- highways of nature, its navigable streams j and as the State of Georgia is penetrated and inter sected by the noblest rivers, susceptible of exten sive improvements, ami as works of this kind can. be carried on only under legislative sanction, and with the aid of the State, therefore resolved, that it is the sense of this legislature that it is a mat ter of the highest importance to open and improve tlie internal navigation of this Stale. Resolved that it is tlie sense of this legislature that from the. tranquil and prosperous state of the country, and the flourishing condition of the finances of'Geor gia, the present is the propitious moment for com mencing the great work of the improvement of internal navigation. Resolved that it is the sense of this legislature that there be appropriated, and they do pledge themselves to appropriate, during the present ses sion, the sum ol dollars, as a fund for the im provement of the internal navigation of this State, and out of this fund^to appropriate dollars for the improvement of the navigation of the Oc- mulgee ; dollars for the navigation of the O- coii'a ; dollars for the improvement of the navigation of the Altamaha ; dollars for the improvement of the Savannah, and dollars for the improvement of the Ogeachee. The above mentioned sums to be applied on such plan and under such direction as shall hereafter be pre scribed by law. The commissioners appointed to superintend the building of the penitentiary edifice, beg leave tw submit the following report:—■“ At the last ses sion of the general assembly a sum of money was appropriated, which was at that time deemed sufficient to complete that part of the edifice then under the hands of the workmen, anti also tho workshops ; and it was fully expected the whole' would have been finished before thi^une. The commissioners have to report that ^Huhstand- ing their expectations and exertio^^Rey have ^ been disappointed iAfioth these particulars-— * which they think attributable to the extraordinary- rise of labor and materials, particularly lumber and brick, »nd tlie difficulty of obtaining ^suf ficient quantity of the latter in the excosSvely wet summer we have lately witnessed. The ac count current for the preceding year will shew (he disbursements which have been made, and point out to your honorable body tile neces-ity of a further appropriation for completing that part of tlie work, which they have the strongest assur ances shall be done in eight or ten weeks. Whan will be necessary for that purpose cannot be as-- certained with certainty. The commissioners are of opinion that the further sum of ten thou sand dollars will be sufficient to cover all neces sary charges, and this sum they feel confident the legislature will not hesitate to grant, when they recollect if remains nndor thenninediale con troul of the-governor. The commissioner* sug