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FOREIGN.
FRENCH COLONIAL HEGUG.V I ION.
Official royal ordinance.—Louis, bv tbe grace
of God, king of Frunce and Navarre : taking
into consideration the state of the harvest in the
southern departments of our kingdom, the inter
ests of our ninratinic commerce, and the wants
of our colonies—We have ordered, and do here
by order as follows :
Jlaticle 1. French vessels are authorized to
bring into our colonics, until the end of Octobc
1818, the flour which they shall have loaded in
foreign ports
Article 2. Our minister, secretary of state,
for the department id" the marine and colonies, is
charged with the execution of the present ordin
ance. '
Given at Paris, palace of Tuilleries, the tenth
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
seventeen, and of our re : gn the'twcuty-thml.
—- Louis.
jWu'-Iur/r, Alay 5.—Accounts from Gibral-
ter, say, *» our squadron are at present at Mes
sina, hut arc expected here about the IOth to the
15th April ; and I suppose commodore Chimn
ey will leave this for home about the 23th April.
The plague still rages at Algiers, and other parts
in Barbary. No communication is permitted be
tween this and the Barbary shore.
“ In Spain the greatest misery and distress
prevails. The government have resorted to ev
ery expedient to raise money, but all to no pur
pose. A meeting of merchants was called in
Cadi/, a short time since, under a penalty of fif
ty dollars for every absentee, and a 'demand
made ol 120,000 dollars. No sum was
granted but the Governor has undertaken to
collect what each individual may be willing to
give. It is not m >re than two months since the
merchants of that city were squeezed nut of
fifteen thousand dollars.—It appears that Cadiz,
U3 well as many other ports in Spain, have been
made ports of deposit, and not free ports, as cull-
Y-d by some. The object is to relieve the mer
chants, and put thorn in good humor, so that they
may squeeze a little more money out of them,
neither of which objects will lie attained.
“ About three weeks since, the office * 1 who
went to the proper department for the pay of his
corps, found an empty chest, and, it is said, be
gan to damn his magesty, and all who were con
nected with him.—Another went to the “ Ter-
rienti Key,” and told him lie would not be re
sponsible for those under his command, if funds
possession of the surrounding country, keeps
them cooped up w ithin their lines, (extending tt-
bout three miles from the city.) Without these,
they dare not venture unless in considerable bo
dies. The Portuguese and Buenos Ayrean gov
ernments are in good terms; Artigas is at war
with both. The Buenos Avivans sent lately sev
eral hundred men against him ; these, it is said
he defeated. lie carries on a sort of partizau
warfare ; his soldiers arc little better than sava
ges, generally mounted men, admirable riders,
Inured to hardship and danger. It is impossible
fir an army to operate successfully agains't them
They make an attack or an incursion, and are olV
in a moment.
Bv the schooner Greyhound*'Hoadley, arrived
at New Haven on the 28th ult. in 26 days from
LaGuira,accounts have been received from thence
to the 30th nit. They state that the Spanish for
ces under genera! Lu Torre, and the partiots un
der Bolivar, had been engaged in buttle, in which
the latter, it is said, were victorious and compell
ed the royalists to retreat towards Caraccas. No
official account of the action had been given, in
consequence of the government suppressing all
reports unfavorable to the Spanish cause.
In tbe severe battles fought at Calabozo, Sam-
bra'/.o, &c. both armies sustained considerable loss;
the patriots still possess Calabozo and San Fer
nando, tlie latter is a very important post, situated
on the river Apura, falling into the Oronoke, and
giving them the command of the whole province
of Vareuas, <lj- the country in the rear of Caraccas,
which enables them to intercept all supplies for
the enemy from the interior.
It is further stated that the pati :i**s had been
reinforced from tbe Oronoke by English troops a-
mutinting to about 1100 men, with four pieces of
artillery :if<uch an acquisition to their force prov
ed true, it was exported that the contest would
soon terminate in their favor, and leave them in
entire possession of the province. The royalits
were preparing to station themselves al Porto
Cuvallo, which, from its local situation, is well
calculated for defence both by sea and land.—
Their navy is said to be numerous; and in tbe
event of La Goira falling into the possession of
the patriots, they can, on occasion, blockade
the port.
Baltimore, Alay, 2.—Advices have been re
ceived from Port-au-Psincc to the I Oth ult. by
the arrival last evening of the brig Homer, capt.
Thomas. On the 27th March,Alexander Petiun,
late president of Havti, died, after an illness of
8 days, generally regretted by the natives and
American built, of 28 guns, and a crew of all
nations, was cruizing among the ‘ thousand
Islauds,’ and plundering every vessel she fell in
with ; some American vessel bad been robbed by
her. The ships Horatio, Bailey, and Ocean ol
New York, and the Natchez and Margaret of
Philadelphia, passed through the Straits of Sun-
da, 4th January. The crews of the above ves
sels, were very sickly—part ol them had died.
It was very sickly at Batavia.
Statue of William Fitt.—A statue of the late
Right lion. Wm. Pitt, will shortly be placed in
the bank of England. The figure is-cut by an
eminent sculptor, in a sitting posture, and the
likeness and character arc singularly striking.—
This mark of respect to the memory of the dis
tinguished statesman has been paid lor by private
subscription.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
The London Courier of the 13th of March af
ter untieing our preparations for boilding ships ol
tbe line, observes—‘- We cannot refrain from
suspecting that the period is not far distant, when
hostilities will break out between Spain and the
Uuitcil States.” Tbe London papers speak of
the general success of the manufacturers, par
ticularly in cotton and silk goods, which could
not be purchased as fast as wanted, even at an
advance of fifteen per cent in price. The Se-
neka and Oneida Indians from the United Slates,
or tliis paper, that the bases of Zinc, soabundu
in (bis territory, was very little known hi?
w ould, at no distant period, become one of u
staples of our country. **
IVIaleableZincin sheets, calculateilfor cov
ing bouses, gutter leaders, lining cisterns, 0 ,
ther vessels, is much used in the eastern stau'I
it is not subject to corrision by the wcatlier r J
cracked by the sun, as has been experienced h!
copper and other metals. We hone to ste (U
Zinc of Missouri, prepared not only for domes
tic purposes, but for exportation—St.Louis Go-
A letter received from Havana, mentions tl«(
the new Spanish corvette ship, formerly theGer,-
eralScott,of about 32 guns, which recently Sl j| ( j
from that port, manned with a Spanish crew,t 0
convoy some merchant vessels to Porto Ri e „
aud thence proceed to Port Cabello, has bet?
taken with the whole of her convoy bv a patriot
privateer. The letter states that at the first fire
from the privateer, the crew of the corvette all
deserted their quarters, and she was taken br
boarding.—Orleans paper
Cautioii to millers.—A grist mill belongin'-
Messrs. Wilder and Peabody, in the villin
of Antica, Genesee county, New York, «u
burnt, together with a large quantity of grain,ot
the evening of the first instant. The millet
filled the hopper with grain, put the mill in ope.
i j ration, and fell asleep. It is supposed to hu,
alter performing lor a short time at Liverpool,! fnLpn fil .„ hv tU frirtmn „ffi«. „r,„. "
, - , . - , . . i r ; taken fire by the friction of the stones, after tk»
ad proceeded o London, and were engaged for■ in had ' out . L(ws estimated at 4000d
exhibition at tbe Drury-lane theatre.—-LordjJ^
Cochrane is fitting out a steam-boat in which lie
intends to attempt a voyage to the north Pole. Accounts from Havana to the 20tli ult. say that
It appears certain that the total revenue of I sugars will shortly experience a material decline
England and Ireland, for the year 1817, was ZG1,1 in price, as latterly the export has been bv no
675,327 and for the year 1818, will T / >1, 629, J means equal to tbe expectations formed, toffee
609. A Loudon paper gives a report that 250
persons are engaged to found a new settlement
in the woods ol Kentucky. An aged qoaker is
at their head. It is announced, as official, in
the. political circles of Paris, that the emperors ot
Austria and Russia, with the king of Prussia, the
continues without variation.
were not provided for them very soon. Another foreign merchants. On the 1st of April*he was
meeting of merchants has in consequence been interred with great
rcat pomp and splendor, under the
called. If all this can happen alter Garay’s system j Liberty Tree, opposite the state house. The
of May last, & the monies have been promptly puid ' ...
into the Treasury under that system, and after
receiving the 400,000 pounds sterling from Eng
land for abolishing the slave trade , what may
be expected in a lew months more ? Nothing
short of rebellion, notwithstanding the patience
inherent in these people.
“ The fleet the Spaniards received from the
Russians, are hid up in dry dock, and will
there rot. They have neither money to fit them
out, nor seamen,and no provisions for the seamen [ was still detained there, inconsequence of the
day previous Jean P. Boyer was elected presi
dent by an unanimous vote of the senate, and ap
parently to the satisfaction of all in that part of
(lie island. Every thing remained tranquil, and
business going on in its usual course. Markets
dull for all kinds of American produce. Coffee,
was scarce and high—30 a 40 sous.
A letter from Frankfort, on the Main, dated
the 17th ult. states, that the (’mint de las Casas
and of course no means to procure any
FROM SOUTH-AMERICA.
Baltimore, April 30.—The schooner Platts-
burg, captain Parthow, from Buenos Avres, emne
up from below last evening—captain P. informs
that on the 12th of February tbe Chilian govern
ment made a solemn declaration of independence,
which tbe inhabitants of Buenos Ayres were pre
tate of bis health. The letter gees on to state,
[“ It is said, that on the report of bis arrival at
| Frankfort a cidivant king wrote to him that all that
I was in bis power was at the disposal of Las Cas
as, and that there was no other limit to his oilers
j Ilian what were impossible to be cairied into of-
j feet.” Las Casas replied by praying that he
| might he allowed to refuse the oiler. “ If my
... - . [devotion,” suid he, does me any honour, I a.n
paring to celebrate by illuminations, &c. at the! r ; c i, e , um ,rh. I wish to resemble him who was
a! 1.1.. n.. si... «.,* ..f m. 1. si... « i . ... .....
time of his sailing. On the 1st of .March the A-
vnerican commissioners had their first audience
with the supreme director, aud were cordially re
ceived—tiic inhabitants were generally much ela
ted by their arrival. Mr. I)e Forest came pas
senger in the Plattsburg, aud proceeded on to
Washington with despatches from the commis
sioners—tliis gentleman lias come to tliis coun
try as consul general of the United Provinces of
Smth America. The political and military state
of South America has varied but little for many
months past, with the exception that the army
of tiic royalists in Chili has been augmented by
reinforcements from Europe, and were again
making offensive operations, but nothing was
feared from the result. Artigas still remained at
his capital of Purification, and seems to bid de
fiance to all tbe world.
From the Buenos .lyres Gazette, of Fjbrnary 28.
attached to the fate of the persecuted Belisariu
and who employed for him the public benevo
lence.”
“ The members of tbe family of Napoleon
have been prodigal towards him of marks of the
most lively interest, and valuable testimony in fa
vour of a conduct which commands tbe respect
and admiration of all who are not slaves to po-
j licical prejudices,
“ It will be recollected that in the year when
j the Count de Las Casas quitted St. Helena, some
[ of the journals stated that lie had been constrain-
! ed to give up to Napoleon the sum of from 500
j to 6001. sterling, and that it was difficult to over
come his resistance to the measure, it being, as
| asserted, tbe whole of bis fortune. The same
‘journals announced that thc"e was in tliis Irans-
j action a mystery which time would unravel.
The operation of time is nut necessary ; con
IMPORTANT INVENTION.
r S’MIE undersigned having obtained a Patent
JL for tlie invention of an horizontal tiniptr,
pendicutarly moving wafer Wheel,ami beingsei.
duke de Richelieu, and lord Castlereagh, are to j s »Gle that conclusions drawn from theory 3 tw
meet at Dueseldorf in the course of next autumn,- an . R0 t always confirmed by experiment, and
lor wliat object is unknown. Coined at tire tlioutgli supported in bis opinion of its operative
French mint, during tlie year ending on the 1st powu- and general utility,by tlie most cogeutthe-
of {September, in gold and silver, 65,617,. 66, oreticul reasons ; yet, rather than obtrude tit*
francs (about 14 millions dollars.) it appears I the public notice, supported by theory only, la
that the veto pronounced by the king on the re- determined to make a full and satisfactory ear*,
cruiting •» ,v,,js, by many ol the best friends ofirimeutol its operative power and general" utilitv,
tbe Bourbons, considered as the death-warrant I on a scale that would test the principle bevwl
of their dynasty. All the marshals of France! the possibility of doubt. He accordingly I*
were under strong impression of indignation a-|builtand elected in the edge of Elk River,'(near
gainst the king for this extra -rdinary application ■ Rlkton, Giles countv, West Tennessee) a water
ol the power with which be is entrusted under wheel on tlie above plan, 32 feet diameter, wifi
the new constitution The semi-savage Pla- 12 units, to which the floats,
toft’, who offered the prostitution of his daughte
to any one that would murder Bonaparte, is dead.
A large vessel, carrying 28 guns and 400
men, under the Patriot flag, is reported as com
mitting indiscriminate robberies in the Indian o-
cean. A vessel from Gaudaloupe, laden with
sugar and coffee, for Havre, lias been met with
at sea without any living creature on board, ex
cept two monkies. The London papers men
tion that Bernadette, now aing of Sweden, does
not live with his wife. His lady is si-ter to Jos.
Bonaparte’s wife. She lives at Paris. The
remains of a Roman Vase containing coins of the
Emperor Valerian and Posthumus have been late
ly discovered in a field in Cheshire, England
DOMESTIC.
iVutablc occurrence.— lhe North Atneiican tctnptiblc dissimulation uiav be spared, and tbe
sloop of war Ontario, James Biddle, commander, | stated such as it was, and such as it is known
sailed from New--York the beginning of Septcm- ta, a || f| ie persons on the continent with whom
ber, aud touched at Brazils—whence a Russian I the Count de Las Casks has communicated. At
frigate was to s.iil, bearing passports from all the j (|, e t'n;,e Las Casas was ehiicit to leive St. llele-
the maritime nations—her voyage was to be ulj a a, Napoleon was destitute of tlie most neccssa-
tlircc years duration. She may be expected from! ,.y articles, ami was compelled to break up a part
day to day. l'be American corvette, spoke tbe ,,‘p |,j g |,| u ; e every month to provide them. Las
frigate Veuganza on the 24th, when it was pro- Casas took the liberty of offering him, through
Land Titles.—The information contained in the
following letter from Mr. Claiborne (says tbe
Nashville Clarion of the 14th ult.) w ill require a
call of the general assembly immediately, and
we presume (lie governor will lose no time in con
vening it at Murfrecsborougb. It is all impor
tant that a regulation should be made as soon us
can be, respecting claims to land west of the
congressional reservation. When in session the
general assembly will no doubt rescind tbe tax on
banks,unit remedy tbe defect of tlie laws not
signed at the last session.
Washington City, March 27, 1818.
Dear sir,—1 take the earliest occasion to in
form you that a law lias been this day passed au
thorising the state of Tennessee to perfect titles
to the vacant and unappropriated lands lying in
what is commonly called tlie congressional reser
vation, including all the lands north of the Ten
nessee river; with a further provision that, as [
soon as the Indian title south and west of said
iver can be extinguished, it shall also be nppro-
8 feet by 4 in sur
face, are suspended by two hinges, and support
ed by rods connected to the lower edge and tin
arms that follow, in a way not to prevciitthe na
tion of the float until fully unfolded, ’lhe flint
begins to fold up on the eddy or that side iif the
wheel returning against the current, and is cat*
ried easily over an inclined plain, by means of
a small wheel or roller, fixed in the lower edged
the float, and pass oil'the float so soon as it can be
acted on by the current. The inclined plain cm
he dispensed within tide water; the ebb and
flood acting alternately on the different sides uf
the wheel, and without changing or altering ill
motion. The wheel is suspended by two swords,
indented on one side and passing through blocks
on the arms of the cog-wheel ami retained ty
catches and is raised or lowered by levers to sail
the different stages of the water, or to increase
or diminish its operative power. The inclined
plain rises and falls w ith the w ater. Tire current
in the part of the rivei on which the above wheel
is erected, is far from being brisk ; yet the wheel
performs one and a half revolutions' in a minute,
driving u stone of four feet diameter with great
power and with a velocily of one hundred aud
twenty revolutions ill the minute.
The proprietor will have in'full operation tie
ensuing summer, two pair of stones ami a saw,ill
attached to aud driven by the same waterwheel,
The great and important advantage arising Irens
ibis invention, is tlie substituting tlie common
current of rivers, for the usual quantity of water
acting under a bead, or falling under an height,
and without a dam or any other obstruction to
tlie current in rivers than a small triangular whirl
extending frmn the bank above, to half the diam
eter of the wheel, to nrotect it against drift-wood,
ice. &c.
There arc few rivers that do not afford a sta
tion every mile or two for the ejection of a wheel
pnated in the same manner until all the claims ol „ ,i 77 , «• ,i;„,
t- • ~ ■■ ■— • ■■ u. ft. ii.. on the above construction, and thereby afrurding
tie lulls satis t... i: • t. .
posed to let her pass either to Lima or Talca
huana, to receive wood and water ; but they re
fused to let ber go into Valparaiso, saying tbe
royal oulers forbid bis permitting the blockade to
be broken. The American commander replied,
that lie would enter—that if the royal command
er had orders to prevent him, lie had orders to
enter the port of Valparaiso. It so happened,
that the next day the Ontario anchored in the
harbor. The American captain represents the
Ven-anza and the Vcluz to be in the worst con
dition,and that it was not until their negotiations
commenced that they began to charge their guns.
the intervention of the Governor, the money
which he was possessed of in the bank ot Eng
land. The oiler was accepted, hut the Governor
in transmitting to the Count the acknowledg
ments of the Ex-Emperor, tliouglvt proper to add
a very unsuitable cmnmentaiy. Piqued at this,
the Count de Las Casas said to him, “ M. le
Governor, report this act, which, containing no
fixed assignment upon your government is to me
nothing ; it is indeed useless. On my arrival ia
Europe, there is no member of tbe family of Na
poleon, who, on nty mere word, will not dispute
the honor of reimbursing me this sum; and if I had
so that he could easily have possessed liimselt ol i „ 0 t this resource, I should still not be disquieted
both uf them. The American corvette carries
22 cai ronades of 32-pounds, and 2 longlt8-pound-
ers, with a fine crew and officers.
The commander of the English frigate Amphi-
on has told me, that he should put to see io two
or three days if the Spanish men of war should
make their appearance, to make them understand
that the blockade cannot be continued, since they
lad permitted tlie American corvette to enter.
The above is from the governor at Valparaiso
to the acting director at St. Jago.
Buenos Ayres, March 4.—“ Tbe Portuguese
arc still in possession of Monte Video. They
have there 4 or 5060 men. Artigas, who is in
as the first Fienchmati I meet with will open an
account with me.” This was the whole of tlm
mystery, and it may be conceived why the Eng
lish ministry are in no hurry to explain it.”
JVew-Yorlc, April 28.—We learn by the ship
William and John, arrived yesterday from Can
ton, that the Malays has attacke 1 * the Dutch set
tlement at Minto, in Banca and Ga«par Straits,
but bad been repulsed. A number oT boats, filled
with piiates, had attacked a brig belonging to
the Dutch company ; tbe brig, after having met
with a severe loss, made ber escape. These pi
rates had become exceedingly troublesome to
merchant vessels. A piratical ship, said to be
North Carolina and Tennessee shall
fied. This is a most important event for our
state, and 1 beg you to give it immediate publici
ty. Your ob*t serv’t, TH: CLAIBORNE.
St. Louis, CAI. T.) A/arch 20.—On the loth
inst. the Mississippi commenced rising, and con
tinued so rapidly to mount the the first bank,
that on Saturday morning a vast quantity of pro
perty, consisting of flour, pork, lumber, firewood
and boats in a state uf repair, was carried off—
It appears that tlie present rise is occasional! bv
the late breaking up of the Missouri ice. Tbe
Mississippi above Salt river continues closed.
Increase of Population.—A gentleman just from
the county of Arkansas, informs that the sheriff
took a list of 10,000 males in his last assessment
rounds in that county. This increase of popula
tion, is perhaps unprecedented in any quarter.
A gentleman herefrom Howard county (Boon’s
Lick/) assures us that 8000 males can be enumer
ated within that county. St Charles county has
bad such an overflow, during the last tide of emi
gration, that it is thought that two additional coun
ties will be formed from it at tbe next sitting of
the legixluture.
It is the opinion of many gentlemen who have
travelled over a considerable portion of tbe terri
tory, that our present population amounts to
60,000 souls.
When Mr. Bradbury, the celebrated botanist
and mineral ist explored this territory, [in 1811]
he discovered at the mines, in Washington coun
ty, an immense body of Zinc ores, mixed with
the lead mipcrat—Mr. IL remarked to the editor
to farmers living on such w ater courses a facility
ol manufacturing their own grain, saw ing up iwl
rendering profitable, timber that otherwise would
prove an unprofitable incumbrance on thnt
ground ; and in short is well calculated to pro
pel all the various kinds of machinery, whether
on a large or small scale,lyy increasing ordinal-
ishing the size of the w heel.
The premium for using the above slcscribed
wheel, if obtained of the proprietor, wilt be two
hundred dollars ; but iT an agent, some slot
higher. To a pi iviledged right will be attache*
a schedule, containing a full aud accurate descrip
tion of all the parts, sizes, &c. composing the
whtel, so as to render it intelligible and easty
comprehended by the most ordinary capacity, |[
being extremely simple, when seen or under
stood. WILLIAM FCRNELL-
Elkton, 22d March, 1818.
Editors of the Repsrter, Lexington, K. The
Western Spy, Cincinnati, Ohio ; The Herald;
Corydon, Indiana; The Emigrant. St. Louis,
Mo. ter. The Herald, Kaskaskia, I.T. Mississip
pi, State Gazette, Natches; Orleans (lazetioi
Halcyon, St. Stephens, A. Ter, Star, Raleigh, N
C. Southern Patriot, Charleston, S. C. En<)ui'
Richmond, Va. National Intlligencer, Washing
ton City ; Patriot, Baltimore, Md. Patriot. Ho,-
ton, Mass. Aurora, for the Country, Pliili<l«lphi*i
P. Columbian, New -York ; lie Sector, Milled# -
villc, Georgia, will insert the above every od*' r
week for six months, forward their accounts to
the proprietor for pavmcnt, which shall be prompt
ly remitted. ’