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mites, to the valley of Mint crook, down] ■whic h it descends by successive locks till it falls into the Seneca river* nppdlite Monte zuma. On the east side of the Seneca, it 11- gain rises by 3 locks, and passes the summit in Camillas, in Onondaga county, where ii again descends by 1 lock to the level of the plain south of Salina. Here it again rises by 3 locks to the Rome level, on which it passes about 60 miles to Utica. Below this it follows the valley of the Mohawk, keeping between the river and hill, locking down as the face of the land requires, to the Hud son river. Lake Erie is 564,85 feet higlivr than the Hudson river at Albany, and 14-2 1-2 feet higher than the long level between Salina and Utica. T|ie fall from Buffalo to Seneca river is 194 feet, with 25 locks ; the rise from there to the summit to Camillus, is 27 feet with 4 a;lass, to the extent uf between 40 ami 50 miles (as he supposes) across the great polar ocean, which was more open than when be was in lat. 31, last year. There were indeed, large islands of Haw ice floating about: but be is sure the sen was navigable, without great difficulty, as far as the eye could reach, But the ice was running a- hore, and accumulating in large masses on the northern coast of Spitsbergen. Indeed, it would undoubtedly appear, that the discovery ships have been obliged to abandon the attempt to navigate the sea between Greenland and Spitsbergen. Capt. It. savs, that, when he left the sea, there was an immense accumulation of field and flaw ice, stretching almost from shore to shore. He quitted the vicinity of Spitsbergen about the 15th of Mar, anil directed his course towards Greenland. About the middle of June, being in lat. rs,120 miles from land, as nearly as he can judge, the weather very rainy, with a thick tog, lie spoke an Aberdeen whale fishing ship, the of a natural curiosity in the state of Ohio, and rest assured I shall give you nothing exaggerat ed. On the north cast branch of Duck creek, in lat. 38 deg. 39 min. is an Oil Spring. This is one of the greatest curiosities in nature: it is in the form of a well, which is about seven feet from the edge of the creek. It has been accurately ascertained to be forty-two feet deep from the sur face of the ground to the bottom, and is three feet in diameter at the top. The oil boils up continually, like the boiling of a large soap kettle anil runs into the creek in a small stream. It is white as sperm, oil of the bead of a sperm, whale. The quantity which rises is about five barrels a week. 1 followed the creek up and down near ly three miles, and found it completely covered with oil. I found an old ladle lying near it, which I dipped into the oil and forced it down into the water, and found the oil to be three feet deep. 1 drew out with the ladle as fine salt water as I ever tasted in the ocean. I then tried the good ness of the oil, and found it to burn clear and A boy, a few weeks since, in order to master of which Imd seen the discovery ships on the 10th of June, in lat. 80 and went on board [ bright. locks ; the fall to the Salina plain is 10 fret j with his log bonk. He was informed bv the offi- ascertain whether oil would burn on water, loucii- witb 1 lock ; fisc to Rome level 28 feet with 3 | ers, that they had explored in every direction to j eil a fire brand to that on the creek. Instantly locks; fall to Schohairc, and which level the west of fspitzbergen for a passage northward ] it was in a tremendous blaze, which ascended may be earned to the bill above Albany, | of, but could not get half a degree farther than , 200 feet in the air, nearly a mile up and down the 129,85 feet with 45 locks; fall to the level of the fiver 285,50 fret, with 30 locks ; total fisc and fall 675,10 feet, 78 lo< ks. Should the canal end in a bason on the ’uill west of Albany, and he connected with the river by an im lined plane, as is common in Europe, where a great descent occurs in | sv short distance, the total rise and fall would be reduced to 391 feet, and the locks to 48. The distance from Buffalo to Seneca river is 163 miles 2 1-2 chains. From Seneca ri ver to Utica, the part now in rapid course of execution, is about 93 miles. From there to Albany 97 miles 27 chains. Making in the wh 'lc 3.' 3 mi!"s 97 chains.— V. /£. Gulavy. they were. Tltev were steering 8. W. when last; stream. 1 saw limbs of trees, which were near- seen. Whether they might not find it practica- ly tot) feet, burnt off as smooth as if the blaze of file to pas, between Spit/.bergen and Nova Zem-! i furnace hud struck them. The sine!! ot the oi bla, is another question. Their S. W. course! very much resembles that of British oil. would induce us to think they did not intend try ing at that ti ne. From all this, there is much St. Louis, Sept. 4.—A gentleman informs us ance of u-n-of literary eminence, and iu„„, is contemplated to be embellished with J T # '» gravings, by Mr. G. Lansing. R & 1 number will contain 64 pages, at 84 in tnonl % nuin.—JV. T. Columbian. 5 I* r An.argument on the proper manner ,, mg an oath on the Holy Kvangeli s ; s . su w t#li- to have been made by Nicholas Trott V justice of South Carolina, in the year Curious as an instance of the extent of -u• al learning at that period. assic ‘ ON MODERN POETRY. In every work regard tlie writer’s ciul * Since none can compass more than thej Intend Parnassus, at present, is divided into rZT* lored fields of separate Hues, wliicli, at a tlistan°°* give it the appearance of a corn country, n • may be compared to a chess board, where a lu deal depends upon the dexterous moves of’th. booksellers. The poets themselves have ti ■ respectivejattributps as distinct & settled as of the nine muses. Walter Scott should never'h! painted without the herald’s office in the u ground, at least When he sits as poet. Lord I) run should be presented dining in state, noon t own heart, before a numerous and delimited * sembly. Mr. Moure should be drawn with** rose in one hand, and a bu I finch perched on./ other. Mr. Crabbe sweeping a dirty garret ail shaking his head philosophically over everysu» ■ii tlie floor, while a volume of Malthus peepsoet aopareot cau-e for regret, that the expedition did ! that before the winter sets in, there will be near I from his pocket. Campbell, cleansing Jcihnsoa'i •' 1 ' id in this town since the 1st of dictionary ot inelegant words, until it i 5 re,!,,. by the opening which captain Ridley found. DOMESTIC. FOREIGN. Extract of a letter from Valparaiso, dated 5th of May, 1818, to a gentleman in Salem, Maas. The U. States’ sloop of war Ontario, captain Biddle, returned here a few days ago from Lima, with judge i’rovost on board, who accompanied captain Biddle in his mission, also some patriot officers, who are to be exchanged for a like num ber of Spaniards, taken at the battle of Maipu. This is'the first regular exchange that has taken place since the revolution in this courttry, and it js certainly owing to the humane interference of captain Biddle and judge Provost. By the Onta rio the loss of the battle of Maipu was first known, and which dismayed the citizens of Li ma, as they hail been led to believe that the army of general Osoro would soon reconquer Chili, as no expense bad b"en spared in equipping it. They alone contributed 1 1-2 millions of dollars. The «et out sooner; as then they might have 3.000,000 of brick laid coasted Spitzbergen, and entered toe polar basin j April last, and he believes from a general acqiiain tance with the citizens, that double that quantity would be laid this season if materials ami work men could be obtained on moderate terms. Boards and scantling are enormously high and extremely scarce. Half a dozen saws propelled by steam could be profittably employed here Common la borers are much wuiited, and none can be bad tor less than St 50 per day for the season throughout. A few laborers from the eastward have been en abled to secure to themselves 100 acres ol laud, EXPEDITION TO 1'liE YELLOW STONE. On Saturday the 30th inst. a battalion of the rifle regiment, 300 strong, embarked at Belle- Fontaiue to ascend the Missouri river to the mouth of the Yellow Stone. The expedition is commanded by Lieut. Col. Talbot Chambers. Captains Martin, Magee and Riley ; the lieu-1 "ach', by thelrUbor this season. tenants Shade, Clark, kavenaugli, fields anil | Francis Smith, go out with their respective com panies. It is intended that the expedition shall enca tlie A public subscription lias been opened at lines. U IS Iinemleil tnat tlie expedition snail l Montreal, headed by bis Grace the Duke of icamp during the winter above the mouth of I Richmond, fur the nupose ol providing fuel, for u: kanses; and continuing its voyage in thei t | ie poor during t!l ' e approaching winter. The riing, shall redclt its point ot destination in tlie sche ' me re commeml<vd, is, to pur-base a sufficient l, . liext sU,nmer .... I quantity, and have it placed under the direction 1 he Yellow Stone enters the Missouri in lat ‘- 0 f a Committee, who Thai, dispose of it to such ie 48 degree north ; and in longitude twenty j as ' | at a rate so low as lo come within ’T" •■eg"** " aslmigton city. 1 lie j their mealls of „ urc l iaM „ K the a. tide. tude sev United States will then have a military establish-j meat one thousand eight hundred miles west of the .Mississippi, and nearly one hundred miles further north than the city of Quebec. The offi cers carry with them the seeds and grains which j an j pliant—The Season has been uncommon! are expected to tinivc in that climate, that the fine . an li the vines are loaded with grapes of the purchasing I | The beautiful Vineyards at Vevav in Indiana, | are said to present an appearance than which I nothing can be conceived moie luxuriously rich post may have within itself some resource a- •ainst the failures of contractors. Wheat, rye viceroy at Lima treated the officers with marked I bariev, oats, are expected to do well there, Tltev .. . • I - l al... C...4 il... I . * S I * i I*_>ii*la * attention—surrendered at the first demand, th Americans who had been so long confined in pri son and what is verv singular, and so highly honorable to captain Biddle, lie gave an order, that the American vessels then in the ports of Chili might sail, and should not be molested by the royal cruizers. How flittering to our na tional glory, that a small ship, so far distant fiom the United States, ran accomplish such impor tant (lungs : it speaks more than volumes could doin favor of our rising and gallant navy; and liow galling to the pride of the English, who so lately pretended to be indignant at the conduct of the royal squadron then blockading this port, in permitting tiie Ontario to enter—commodore Bowles, of the Amphion frigate, alledging it was thereby vio'ated, and in future that tue English Should not respect it. We now see this same ■vessel returning from Lima with Americans for ced from a Spanish dungeon—patriot officers to be exchanged, which in part, is acknowledging their government—an order from the viceroy that our vessels might sail from a blockaded port with out dread of molestation from the royal cruizers ; and all tliis alter this same vessel rescued from the guns of the frigate Vergenza the brig Ariel of Baltimore, who certainly would have been captured. The English are extremely mortified that so much lias been performed by a single sloop of war, and particularly as they joked so much when this vessel first anived. The day is not far distant when we shall act that conspicuous part which nature has destined •ns to perform, and tlie English writers who are paid to villifv our country will see that they do not overrate’our resources : even within the last oix years our hopes did not anticipate what we now witness. Tlie government are entitled to j.- eat credit in sending a ship of war to those seas, and giving the command to so distinguish ed an officer as captain Biddle, who by his correct conduct, commands the respect of all. Inde pendent of all the advantages stated, the Onta rio’s being in these seas has saved a million o. dollars to the Linked States. If general St. Martin had been enabled to fol low up his victory, there is no question but Peru must have fallen ; it is however an event not far distant. There is a great want of money here, which par&lvzes the operations of the government. St. Martin is now at Buenos Ayres, supposed for the purpose of obtaining means to advance towards Peru. The patriots have the command of the seas ; they have lately received front En gland a large ship, very far heavier than any which the Spaniards have in these seas. Only- fourth of the cost was paid in cash ; they have a long credit on the balance. Arms and ammuni tion are constantly arriving from England—in deed, there is more than can find a market. attain perfection even at the earl i.f Selkirk’s es- ta lislnneut on lake Yssiboin, three degrees fur ther north. The 141.411(141) corn will find itself in its own climate at tlie mouth of the Yellow Stone. In fact all the grains, plants and veget ables which flourish at Quebec or Montreal may be expected to be raised there, as tlie climate in that interior region of the north American con tinent is known to be near ten degrees milder than in the same parallel on the Atlantic ocean. Our fellow citizen, Capt. O'Fallon, so well known for his enterprise, will precede the expe dition, to prepare tue Indians for its reception. He will quiet their apprehensions by showing the benevolent and humane intentions of the Amer ican government; and will silence the British emmissaries who shall represent the expedition as an act of war against the Indian nations. The establishment of this post will be an era in the history of tlie west. It will go to the source ami root of that fatal British influence which has for many years armed the Indian na tions against our western frontiers. It carries the arms and the power of the United States to the ground which has heretofore been exclusively occupied by the British North West and Hud son’s Bay companies, and which has been tlie true seat of British power over tlie Indian mind. Now the American arms amt the American poli cy will be displayed upon tlie same theatre. Tlie North West and Hudson’s Bay companies will be shut out from the commerce uf the Mis souri and Mississippi Indians; the American traders will penetrate in safety tlie recesses of the rocky Mountains in search of its rich furs; a commerce yielding a milliou per annum will descend the Missouri ; and file Indians finding their wants supplied by American traders, their domestic wars restrained by American policy, will learn to respect tlie American name. Tlie name of the Yellow Stone river will be familiar to the American ear. That a stream of its magnitude should heretofore have been so little known, is a proof of the immensity of our country. How little has it beeu thought that 1300 miles up the Missouri, a liver was to be found equal in length and breadth to the Ohio r Yet such is the character of the Y ellow Stone, or Roche-Fanne, as it was called by the French. One of its branches, the Brig Hoen issues from a lake near the peak of the rio del Norte on the confines of New |Mexico, anil is navigable for many miles. Then Y ellow Stone itself issues from a lake in the rocky mountains. It was de scended by cant Clark on his return from the Pa cific ocean. He found it deep, rapid and nav igable from tlie place where he struck it to its mouth, a distance of 850 miles. Below the junction of the Brig Hoen the width was usqally from 500 to 800 yards, and sometimes a mile. Innumerable were tlie herds of Buflaloc, and o- tlier game which ranged upon it. This abunden- whaleship, of this port, just returned from the icy of game is a proof of the richness of the within the compass of twelve pages. M r \\j son putting forth laurel branches from an hospitJ window, and l)r. Meade looking un him witii^. tonishmeiit. Mr. Southey crowned withapi W cap. made out of bis earlier productions. jn Dogg seeing Satan’s Invisible World throughi Scot's mist—and Mr. Wordsworth accompinietj by the Solitary, inviting them all to take an excur sion with him to refresh and vary their ideas, Edin'g Scotoma, FINE ARTS. grapes most delicious flavor. Tlie vintage was expect ed to be the most bountiful and abundant of any tiiat hud been witnessed. A pleasant employment.—A person in N. Y'ork addresses himself to the ladies and gentlemen of the city, in the following modish style of adver tising : “Benjamin Tiffin, bug destroyer, from London, begs leave to offer his services to all those who are troubled with those nocturnal invaders ol their rest. His price will be low, and method ef fectual, having been 40 years in constant [lattice! N. B. Reference as to character can be nail.” Literary Intelligence. The Bible.—Mrs. Rowsou lias nearlv ready for the press, a Complete History ol the Bible, from the creation of tiie world to the death of our .Sa viour, v, itb a continuation of eccle-da tical histo ry to the time of the reformation in tlie reigns of Henry VI11. and Elizabeth, ried on in connection with profane history, so far as to point out tlie periods of the rise and fa 1 1 of the principal events in the history of each state. ThC narration will take the form of familiar dia logues between a father and bis young family, anil the elucidations are made easy to the appre hension of juvenile capacities. The authorities from which the authoress lias compiled her work are Stackhouse’s History of the Bible, .Shuck- ford’s Connexions, Poole’s Annotations, Cnimet’ National Tainting.—“ The Declaration of la. dependence,” executed by Col. Trumbull, id to be placed in the Capitol at Washington is ng« exhibited in the room of the Academy uf Fins Arts, in the New-Y'ork Institution. It U | scarcely be necessary to say, that this picture,ei. ecuted bv direction of the national authority,bt the hands of our most distinguished artist nuit be worthy of general inspection. YVe doubt whether there is a work of the kind in tlie world, which, when every circumstance connected with its history is taken into consideration, is so «ti| calculated to excite or to gratify public curiositr, as this splendid painting. The canvass measures eighteen by twelve fed, and contains forty-seven portraits. Of time, thirty-seven were painted from the life bv Colo nel Trumbull, and ten were copied from othee pictures, the persons having deceased before be was able to see them. AVi th regard to several if the illustrious men. we can speak from iieriooil acquaintance, the likenesses are admirable, Tlie time chiisen for the subject of tlie painting is tbit, when the committee appointed to draw the Deflo ration of Independence, arc handing it mot tlie President’s table. That committee consisted »t Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Vruk- lin, Roger Sherman and Robert It Livingston. Tlie variety and force of expression in tWuin- tenances of tlie Congress, at this interestingind awful moment, are most strikingly depicted by the painter, and cannot fail, we think, toanaktt tlie liveliest emotions in the mind of every be- bolder. To suppose that any native American ton p hack in his recollection, or his imagination bill* i-i,_ i • ;■ „„„ period w hen tiiis great event took place, and ml ! l,e l l . or - v . *!!'?:: feel a deep interest in the actual view of th"* sonages by whom it was achieved, would be i species of reproach which we are not willing t* cast on any fellow citizen. The Declaration d the Independence of these thirteen Colonies,*•* an act fraught with tlie most impnitant const- quenecs to the individuals bv whom it waswlb to the countries which it concerned, and to tk great cause of civil and religious freedom through- out the world. Had the struggle betwcei?u>*™ Great Britain terminated unsuccessfully on « Dictionary and Dissertations, &c. The profane | . .. 7 ~ - V~Vi la ~ ■ r J part, these great patriots and statesmen. authors, Milner, Mosheim, tkc. are also sources have been drawn. I* ----- • : , ■ ,7—. .1,1 u,> work has been seen | su nu,l - v astonishing recollections, would W whence some of the materials have been drawn. I l’ urtrait3 a,e ,,0 ' v t0 us associated Banff, Aug. 9.—Capt. Ridley, of tlie Triad, northern ocean, informs us, that on the 10th of May be was in at 80 55; about Smiles from Spitz- bergut, in 22 fathoms water : the sun w as at a great altitude: there was scarcely any night: they could follow tlie glorious luminary circling again and again round the heavens : tlie at mosphere, at this time, was very clear. Capt. R, went to the topmast, <\nd cuuld see, with a country. In fact the traders speak of the face of tlie country upon tlie Y'ellow Stone, the seren ity of the climate, rapidity and clearness of the w ater, in terms of admiration.—St. Louis Enq. Wonderful.—Extract of a letter, dated Woods ville, Ohio, July 7, 1818, to a friend of the w riter The manuscript of tliii and approved by many learned divines, both of the episcopal and congregational churches, and other gentlemen of literature and science. ‘It is to be comprised in two duodecimo volumes of a- buut 300 pages each.—vY. E. Galaxy. We have been favored with •the perusal of a work in manuscript, which will shortly be pub lished in this city, entitled “ The Biographical Compendium and Patriot’s Mirror,” ail original work, wherein tlie characters of eminent war riors, statesmen and scientific men, of tiie pre sent and former ages, are briefly but comprehen sively exhibited in an impartial manner. To which are added, some original pieces, moral and entertaining. By Donald Fraser, author of “ An Epitome of the History of all Nations,” “ Bul wark of Truth,” tfcc- This work will at once a- muse and instruct—the strictest impartiality is observed in the delineation of character, and the most scrupulous fidelity in tlie biographical sketches.—N. T. Evening Tost.' Gunnery.—A work is in the press at London, entitled a description of the sights, nr instruments fur pointing guns, proposed bv maj. gen. sir W. Congreve, for the use of the British navy, or heavy ordnance in battery, with instructions for using and adjusting them ; and a short account of im provements in manufacturing gunpowder.—vYiles’ Mr. James Oram,of New-Y'ork, has issued pro posals for publishing “The Kaleidoscope, or Monthly Mirror.”—It is intended to contain all that useful and pleasing variety of matter w hich renders a magazine interesting and profitable to in Bolton, Coun. “ I shall give you an account tlie public. The publisher is promised the assist- been stigmatised as u-bels. anil punished as t» tors. By the biessipg of God it was successwk and w e now revere them as the intrepid dew"' ers of their country’s rights, as illustrious state** men, and venerable patriots. To the countries, and particularly to this, the result of the contest was ot the highest importance. Instead nf tdt- nies, we were constituted a nation—in the of subordination anddependance, we "*•**“’ vated to perfect and uncontrolled independent l'lie di Here nee is too great to require illustrslM* or enforcing. What effects it has been the strumeiit ol producing in the world slltjl* venture to assert. The stupendous events*®* have occurred since the 4th of July, lf”*i too great and numerous to be recounted. ® tiling is certain—The lessons of freedom * just government, which are taught the nat-on* the earth by the Declaration and War of1* pendence in the United States, will never he or forgotten. When this great National Painting shall b* moved to the seat of government, which «d as soon as the room designed for its rcCt j!L -(hall be finished, it will of course be out ol reach of all our citizens, except tho-e w»“ j 1 / visit that place ; so that those who may be rous of seeing it, will find the present the convenient opportunity. ' _ . ^ YVe have made these remarks with * * di.-position to forwaid the views of the •’j guished artist to whom the nation is so deep*/^ debted for the perpetuation by Ills pencil 1,1 . illustrious event, as well.as from a desire to duce to tlie gratification of all those who a , the art, or feel interested in the most ,, n| | ®™L and the most sublime political e'ent in the rv of our country—perhaps in the history 0 world.—Ncw-l'ork Daily Advertiser,