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CO sVU'n'UKV.I lAnT. PUINTIU) AND PUBLISHED BV WILLI \ M .1. HUNCH. (,W U Lions, iVr. I’or Dir Cl r V f’AFMi, iwicc a wcf.k, Five Dollars per. annum, payable in advance. COL* \ Tli V PAI’KII, once a week, Three Dollars p«rj annum, iu advance. vo paper discunlinucd I ill direction* to that effect arc given wnd al 1 arrearage;« PAID. I’p’.ft VIS. . . . l ive Dollars per annum payable in advance. AD V 10 iITISIO M KNT '*.... Will be inserted at Die rale of | Sixlv-two and i half •*euU. per s-puu-e, lor Ilia first insertion. lIM i V.Mly-mrce un i tin •juarlnr« unis, lor each continuance fr/- (.*:) .1 VI NIC .\TIO\j liv .Mail, muni he Ho*l pa-d, :'r S.lies oi land and n. rrocs, by Administrators, Executors j J M-i.na ■.'nan*, an- r-pored, ny law, to be held on ttmfirst Tub - j d vy I I tin; ill ~l'||. between tin* hours of ten in Hie fore non ii and | l. . i.i tlioafteriin.) i, ;-t llic <’oiirt -1 loose of Uiccoutty in | vrin''i the pr- , •:rty issilnale. —Notice ol these *'• rnwilbe i ,rivn . in * public g;t sella Si XT/ days previous to the day of I sale. ft niica ■«! the sale of person ii property must be given in like man i net, I'OUTV days previous to the, day ol sale. Notice to the debtors and creditorsof nn estate must be published (,» FOB TV dnys, TilO.vlSON'S ISLvND. Extract of a letterto the Editor of the Deni oca'ic Pres*, dated at Havana, April, 15, 13 25. ! . |).. , r Sir~ln my last, letter to you ( ,f I informed you of my intended trip to I'iimnpimn’s Isl and, and ns you have repeated I y desired to hive an account (from me) of that place, in obedience to your wish es, I now spve vou the remit <f m obser vations, duri ig a stay tliere ot a lew days. • The distance from hence, is about 70 miles. I left here in the evening, and ar rived there the next day.— the Ista dat the highest elevation is only about two leet, the hath >ur and anchorage tolemble gmd. The town of Allenton is situated on the N \V. part of the Island. I’nere are as yet , but few houses, all frame ; it, is however rapidly impioving, and several store houses an* pul ting up-—'lie (j ivernment house, a con i lerable Navy Yard, stores, Commo dore’s house, garden, t'iiey are also cutting roads, intersecting each other, and crossing the Island io various directions, though the growtn (al most impenetrable) ol trees, shrubs, vines, plants, . these it i n thought, will operate as ventilators, ah ting currents of air or wind • The Island from its low situation, desti tute of go > 1 water, a want of sullieio.ii l<m ings, and also i w mt of many of the com' n"s and necessaries of life, together with (Iu , in temperance, bit too c minion among the lower class of onr citizens, nave been the proximate causes of the sickness, for which that place has indeed been remarkable.l Another circumstance which appears ex-1 tremely unfiien lly to the healtti of the Isl- 1 and (which I have never onserved at any other place, and 1 do not recollect id luvei seen mentioned,) is, that the numerous cur rents setting on tae Island, and strong north-j erlv winds, raise the water, t.ul throw upon the beach large quantities of sea-grass, dns being exposed to a h>t son, the action ol beat and moisture, an immediate decomposi tion taking place, produced an eiHuviu, per vading every coiner, extiv neiy otfenaive to the smell, and I concluded, highly deleteri ous to the human constitution. ‘ There are also many fresh water ponds, which are thought the principal cause of sickness, they appear to me, however, only secondary—and could a constant supply of good fresh water be supplied, and the ac cumulation of grass on the beach be preven ted, I am persuaded, the place would be perfectly healthy. The water, except that procured during rains, is supplied from wells, six or eight feet deep, through a soft and p.nous stone, it is brackish, and ol' uu « pleasant taste ; that they communic ite wi h tin* sea is plain, from their rising and fallen with the tides. Should a naval depot be continued there by the United States, (ol which, from iis advantageous position, I have little doubt,) I should not be surpriz'd to see the people in the employ of, and tin tier the diiection of the governmen l , sop plied with good water from some other place; the thing is worth a trial, and they would find their account in so doing. • The Island is under a Military (m more properly) Naval Government, and such must be for the present, as (here are not people enough,court, nor officers, to hive civil pro ceedings—it is also more necessary for the defence of the people and their property, who might otherwise be subject to be plun dered by the pirates of the neighboring seas They afford every reasonable acco n uoda tion and assistance. Considerable difficul ty exists between the officers of the gov ernment and die claimants for the Island resident there—as usual, great interests, excite strong feelings, to winch the best of us sometimes give way. • To governments (be (lie form what it may) administered on principles <d'justice, every good citizen instead of opposing, should contribute bis support, as he must see that the strength of the state is really the good of all, and not that of a single person. • its local situation is highly advantage ous for commerce, and that it will ere long become a place of great trade, is now very generally believed. A Mr. Bird was killed at Faimington (Con.) on the 15th inst. by James 11 ivve, an insane person. On the next day, many of the inhabitants went in pursuit of the m ini ac, who had lied alter tie perpetration ol the deed. One of the party supposing he had overtaken the murderer (it being even ing) fired his gun and mortally wounded one of iiis companions by the name >1 Drayton liodwell, who died next morning Rowe was subsequently apprehended and secured. From the National Intelligencer, May 25. GENERAL LAFAYETTE. We are sorry to have to inform our rea ders that the good General lias sustained, ■.by an accident, a very seiious loss of pro j pet ty, but happily without personal injury. r The accident is described in the following obliging letter, which we received by the last mail: l Post Office, Wheeling, May 19. J Gentlemen.-- -Believing you to leel in . teres)cd in the welfare of the “Nation’s I Guest,” I hasten to inform you of a serious .jmisfortune which befel him on his passage I from Nashville to Louisville. The steam boat Mechanic, which had been chartered jto convey him to Nashville, and thence to | Louisville, ran on a snag, about 150 miles below Louisville, and sunk in a minute s. I he General and all the passengers got safe i ,l > shore, but, I am sorry to inform you, that ' liis carriage, baggage and papers,' a* well as that ol the other passengers, were lost, with the exception of five trunks. The |Stea n-ii »at Paragon, with full freight for 'New-Mrleans, passing down shortly as ter the accident, was hailed by her owner, Mr. Neilson, of Louisville, who happened] to be passenger in tli Mechanic, when she smirk Ine Paragon rounded to, and brought the General and all the passengers to Louisville, where he arrived safe, on°ihe II tli inst. By the arrival, this morning, of the steam boat, Gen. Hike, in 3 days (roin Cincinnati, infolm.ition was out;lined that the Generali had let Louisville to visit, Frankfort, Lex | iogioo, &c, and is expected to be in Cincn nau this day, (19iii.) lie intends coming to tin - place by water, where we expect hi o on I uesday or Wednesday next. { In h aste, respectfully , .urs. | RICH Alii) M-CLURE. Messrs. Gales & .ska ion. Editors Nat. Intelligencer. the loss of his papars, w<> apprehended, • the General will seriously feel. We hope , w b'* tli * last loss he will sustain while • r -hopes. .eception of General Lafayette at -mite was enthusiastic and impressive. 1 1.- arrived tliere on (he 4th instant. Tie I inks wen* lined with multitudes wailing' '■n toe steam boat, hailing (heir old friend with loud acclaim as the steam-boat bore In n to the landing place above toe town. Me was received, on landing, by General .Jackson, ami, alter greet ings cm the bank, |in mated with Gen. Jackson, a earring driwn by four superb g.— v horses, escorted by a troop ol cavalry, &c. Arches over the | streets, 11 ,gs at tin* wi i lows, and unanimous j voices, pronounced welcome to Lafayette. A ue.it an.l modest address was mode to ;him by G ivenior Carroll, and another bv jtlie Mayor of the City, (R H Cukkey. Esq.) to winch tin* General in ul ? appropriate le plies. 1 In* billowing, in reply to the May * Address. is particularly felicitous, hot., in sentiment and in expression ; ■•lnlh.i hit... tour tlir.,u s ii lh« Southern and We,tern Sen,., wn r -■"*»«• •» »•« ; I have Lmi) | a continued source of h.innv 0.l . i r..i .. m bio,sings ul r>-,.nl>|,,iiH;iiiiiiiiu,,',ii,i|.on.-,l ra,.ulili'.'an . praqijrloii) reiultiofonliunal iodupanil no™ , , '■'■lU.an I 5 , ...arm, 5i,.,.1,n,, evofy .. „, lliy b , h B Kjf tn >t U„ ulal,. an.l .I.l.gut Hit; l.aart, and ever, ..ituntmn that c„„ ,ke ’O'**™-.* easy :,n I plaa.aot. Su.ib I,a,boon mv nro ’ "i-tmpolin. srhern, on this d u-, n,.. , 0 f v.lle, their worthy Vldmincn, and yon. Mr. M u! r , J.*,.r n to wel cum >o the must hunorablo and .(T-eliunaUnMnon? Willi., y,,,,. ,o v..rr kindly to am iiluared t„ rater us ' . Illnst" old tnnaa, ul w ,i.;n it is ln,„ Hut y,,„ r , i, y> ,l, en M n „,n, 0r M .f«!" rI T '“ , i ful ,lills tuuul reji.ains, ,ve h ,va , 11 lu *«'■ “Otls-d m her ou.surn ,n..uv of tb« vei. run ...I i h «j. shinS i, T '"" r ' "'"use glory, after harm- „ 1 . r, "" nf "'" 1 Ouiaski, 1 had If.. il " or " V 1 ! 1 '" " n tbuse Orleans hues, where the, nobly I under their 1 11 nut r... ns fellow cilinen, ’ ' • i.eh‘i?of,h::%^i.^Ha S j;vMif ! "‘ir o ~f th " c ** r n ,>r ,i ’° n - ! After receivi .g the Ladies of the city at the Mas mic 11,ill, lit* partook »f a dinner at the Nashville Inn, at which General ,1a k son presided, assisted by O W. Campbell. H- M Hut ledge, J. Somerville, ami (iruinly Esqs. Some of ihe toasts were in in excellent spirit—the following, fur exam pie : i»«r ./,«njo-aerf n , u „ / ._. Ymi , ht forllma> lhr chlirmi ib. ut fel.htly. nnd his ow«blood, were h s willing laontic 1 ‘ ' vl '" '• Gllter. sutl’-ri'il—he „ ,V. I. one to the ...sum I the Otleo. .„.| he .ho he ,r s ~f „r children. Gen. Lafayette rose, ami expressed his dckiiowludills I t the gniiifying toast th.it had been drank with so much .tllecion to him. lie then proposed .lie following . sentiment : TKr Slni, Mr CH„ o/.V«M»;«r_vi llT a. yoluuon.ry luifa. I,•« forever imH," with tie splendid Laim-i, Ul 111- I.SM w.r, Io lure, one ol .He. perwlii.,! bund, of union he tween over, part of lie Aineireau Confederacy. And the following ; • By General.foe*,.).., I>iv„dem of the d.y Tie ,V.aion’M J) r * uu *wve oppressed kwii—but freemen dulighi lu ll* j Gen. Lafayette* aid he was doubly proud ot the sentiment which had been just now expressed, the mme gratifying when <>iven by tee illustrious Pre-id, .it of tlie Dinner • ami gave the following I’mist: I Tae Lines of Orleans. Alter the Dinner, with a splendid pence-• e M '""I ll “ dialeryity, he visit-d the Masons, at their Hull, which was beautifully ilecora - tei | ll,r l,lc occasion. II ;e an Address was t delivered to him by the Grand Master, and v * i " Gralion suitable to the occasion wis pronounced. I’he next day, among oilier and many intcresling incidents, he dined at ( ,IU ‘ residence of Gen. Jackson, with a larg ■ company, and afierwaials attended a Bill, j- w ,tMU *dl 'he fair ol Nashvdle and its neigu b 'fliood weie pr-sent; and at the Sup j "'l’'. v l " a camp)ioi nitury I’oast (V nu ’lie I ‘ 'dies, the venerable Ulievaliar gave the L ‘ following; b l iiowf. B uu'v—nqml to Trimener , nlor.*' L* At 12 o’clock at night he retired to the' i. steam boa', and the next day d .pirte I to • delight other por ims of this adectioiute Jand grateful people by his presence. From the Mississippi Stale Gazette. Believing that we cannot otter to our rea -,iler* any tiling more interesiing than notices ’ *-lu* continued and repeated trails of ben evolence id our venerated and beloved Guest • we take pleasure in publishing the follow s ing extract of a letter from New Oi leans;— ; “If any thing can serve to bind us more closely to Lafayete, than what has already transpired during his eventful life, it will be . the recollection of an act of disinterested > kindness which his visit to this place has i nHorded : i will relate it. A time was ap . pointed for all military officers in the city, i to ca JI 011 the General; they assembled at the Exchange, and started from thence to i the General’s quarters, but unhappily, in , consequence of some mi-understanding upon certain points of military etiquette, the offi cers of the Legion moved ott’without tiie remaining Brigade officers; tnis led to re pi ouches, insults, and challenges ; Lafay ette heanl of it, and, with nuly paternal concern for his “children,” immediately summoned all the offi ers of the Miigade to his quarters, (yesterday,) and th re, after having addressed the n very affectionately ■ for half an hour, made them all embrace each other, renounce all animosity, and seal their declarations in a glass of wine. I'his is an act of imigu.immity which ought to bej recorded in letters of gold; but to those who witnessed it, on their minds it is stamp-' ed indelibly. Three duels have thus been arrested—at 4 o’d ck yesterd \ one was to jhave been fought, and it was only at half. • past three that die disputants we c compel led to lay down their swords.” . - m*.— FKOM THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN. The following communication, winch has been handed to us for publication, refers to a statement made in the last Macon Me-- senger, by Mr. Henry Croweli,, winch as to style may certainly be considered a lite rary curiosity. As to the charac.er of Mr. F vy, it is but an act of justice to state dial it is quite above the suspicion of an attempt at mi-reprrse ita ion in any shape—it i- too well known in this city, for integrity, io re quire a support from our hands—any oilier limn an honorable mo ive is entirely irre concilable with it—the idea of a gratuitous falsehood, therefore, is out ol th. question. We also think proper to stale tli.a Mr. F.ini the presence of one of 'he editors of this p.,-j per, on Ids first a:rival In tds city from die 1 Creek nation, stated th ; s distance of the conversation with Mr. t. as wet as can now be recalled, in the same ter os wi . those here set down, and which were noticed by us at the time, a- alluded to in the Macou M essenger. TO THE EDITORS OF THE MACON MESSENGER. 1 ohseive in your paper of iin- 25th ms .| a lei ter addressed to you bv Mr. Henry Crowell, in which my n-me has been im properly introduced. Without noticing the indecorous and ungentlemanly siyli of Mr Crowell’s letter, as nothing better can be expected from him, I shall merely in justice • to my character, state the facts, wntch came, , under tit) own observation, as they occurred. 1 arrived at Mi. Crowell’s house on my . return Irom Alabama, on Sunday the Bth in-t. as lie was about setting down to dinner. ■ I'here were present, exclusive of Ins own , family, two of his neighbors, a man and his ■ wife, instead of five nr six, as lie has stated. Immediately after we were seated, he ob served, that the day before an order had been received from Governor Troup, direct tug the mditia to hold themselves in readi ' mss ro insist any hostilities of the Indi ails, and to receive and protect those that were t (uendly disposed. Alter adimadvernng up m the propriety of these orders, the co liver ■ saiion turned upon the probability ofGover , nor I roup’s revenging the murder of M‘ln . tosh, when Mr. Crowell made (he following i declaration :—“ That if he f onv. Troup) were to attempt to punish (hr / ilians, he (Crowell) would leave his wife, family and property, and go over to Ike Indians, head | . th m, and go his death with them.” These were Hie precise words of Mr. Crowell —ll ' marked them particularly, because I was astonished to hear a man in his situation, ' publicly avow such sentiments. Whenever < any enquiries have been made of me, respect ing the >ittairs of the Creek Nation, I have , unhesitatingly repeated the declaration of Mr. Crowell, as f conceived it a duty I ow ed the public to do so. Any oilier reports which are in circulation, have not originated i ‘ with me, and whenever I have been ques tioned as regards the truth of them, I have I replied that I had heard them, but distinctly stated that 1 did not know whether they t were true or not. I have been particular' , tu stating only that which came under my ' own observation, as i have not the least in terest in making any misrepresentation on the subject. 1 presume that this statement f w ill satisfy my acquaintances of the incor . redness of Mr. Crowell’s publication; and I i cun only refer those interested, who are i strangers to me, to my friends in this city, i "iio will cheerfully inform them whether my • a-seitious are worthy of credit. As regards! i die certificates produced by Mr, Crowell,} ■ I duty are utterly unworthy of notice, beiii"- (evidently dictated by himself and signed bv -i.iu immediate friend, and, it 1 mistake not, ! man in his employ, and, as 1 suspect, with . lout giving themselves the trouble of recall - mg to their minds what had or had nut been s.ud on the day alluded to. My observations on this subject, were made in tue common course of conversation, 1 witnout any intention of their appearing in print. Ido not remember of ever giving you any information, which could have au thorised you to publish an article upon my authority. You ought to have recollected s that the import of remarks made in conver sation, may be misunderstood, and in pass ( ing from one to another, may be very ma terially, and perhaps, unintentionally chang _ ed. If you had called upon me for infor i(nation, I would willingly have given you a written statement of what has been now [. drawn from me in this unpleasant manner. I It is with great reluctance and regret, that s I am obliged to reply to tin* scurrilous pub lication of Mr. Crowell. through the public prints. I feel conscious of having made no j iiiisrepiesentation and shall give myself no fuither trouble on the subject. SAMUEL HOWARD FAY. ( Savannah, May 31st, 182a. I'he editors of the Milledgeville papers, . ami of other papers that have published Mr. Crowell’s statement, will please insert the above. 1 • ” - r ; V\\ XfcatevAay’ft .Ma\\. • Ni.w York, May 27. ; j One day 1 :er IV in Kuighiid. By the brig Monroe, in 28 days froo. Gal way, we have received papers of that place 1 of the 27th, and Dublin papers of the 26th, containing London dates to the evening of | the 23d April. | D pan ics had been received from Sir A faopb 11, dated Rangoon, Dec. lOth and 13th, announcing a series of brilliant! victories obtained over (he Burmese by he 1 Mi itisli and native troops. The entire hopes of the king of Ava had been destroyed, hi army utterly ruined, and 240 pieces of ord-i nance, together with 3000 stand of arms, the whole of the camp equipage, and 30 war boats, taken by the British, Nothing was said of the king of Ava’s death. The Clmnodlor of the Exchequer had introduced a bill into the H mse of Com minis, to modify the law authori/.ing the col lodion nt dudes on spirits. It was his in tention to reduce (lie duty on foreign liquors from 10s to ss. lod. per gallon ; and that ino-t of the restrictions on Distillers should ;he removed. i Accounts from Zanfe, to the 15th March, 1 repeat th* s atement, that the Egyptian tmps 3000 vv -ich landed on the coast of; Motion, had been attacked by the Greeks and cut t > pieces ; and that (he invading fleet was bl u kaded by the patriots. Lett-rslroni Milan ol the 7th April, men tion the arrival thereof several persons be longing to the Holy Alliance, to make pre ;pnations for their reception. It was not contain whether there would be a represents live tin the part of England. There had been an aftiav at Madrid between the King’s Guards and the Royal Volunteers during a religious procession. Several individuals were wounded, and two women ciushed to death.— Past, Lafayette. —W< have extracts from (he. Lnuisvil e, (Ken.) Advertiser, an account of the loss of the steam-boat Mechanic, on her passage from Nashville. General La fayette, and a number of other persons on board, had a narrow escape. The General lost his papers and baggage, together with his private carriage. He saved nothing but one or two trunks ; among other articles lost, was the cane which belonged to his early friend (heimmortal Washington, and which General Lafayette, had lately received as a present. — Ibid. I'rotn the Jjov sville, (Ken.) Public Advertiser , AHcty 11. At a late hour last night, we received the following account of the loss of (he steam boat Mechanic, by running against a snag, on her passage from Nashville to this place.* Fortunately, no lives were lost, she is said to have gone down in about ten minutes as-i ter she struck, Gen. Lafayette lost his hat! j and carriage. Other passengers lost part or 1 • most of their clothing, | Loss of the Steam-Boat Mechanic of Marietta. —The undersigned, late passengei s onboard the steam-boat Mechanic, com-I mantled by Capt. W. Hall, in order to ren der justice to a highly meritorious, hut un-| fortunate individual, submit the following! ’ statement of facts, connected with the loss of that boat. The steam-boat Mechanic, chartered at I Nashville, for the conveyance of Gen. La fayette, departed from titmice on Friday morning, containing himself and suite ; Gen. Carroll and stall’; Gov. Coles, of Illinois ; Gen. O’Fallon, and Major Wash of Mis souri ; and sundry gentlemen as passen fgers. Gov. Coles, and Gen, O’Fallon, took leave at Shawneetown, leaving the residue on hoard. On the night of Sunday the Bth inst. about 12 o’clock, while ascending Ohio, near the mouth of Deer Creek, about 125 miles below Louisville, an alarm was creat ed, by the boat striking something in (he water. In a few' minutes, Capt. Hall, who had immediately gone to ascertain the fact, i came into the cabin and observed to the •* Take care of yourselves, the • boat is snagged, and must very soon »i.,k,” ■ Capt. Hall, then proceeded immediately to , the steam-boat, and while Gen. Lafayette, was aroused and dressed, in haste, drew up . the yawl, for the conveyance of him and i other passengers to the shore. It was evi dent, that the boat would sink in a few inin . utes, and Capt. Hall, gave his unceasing ex , ertions, in conveying Gen, Lafayette and i the other passengers to the shore’, in which ; Its was finally successful. We regrel to ! state, that during the confusion of the mo y ment, and while the attention of Capt. J Hall, wus wholly devoted to the safety of . his passengers, * his secretary, containing . SI3OO, was hft in the boat, and, most pro - bably, was thrown into the river, when the . boat turned on one side and sunk. I his . loss is the more to be lamented, as it was i sustained by i him, while engaged in one of ir the noblest efforts of human nature, in at tending to the safety of others, to the ex t elusion of his own interest. We would deem it great injustice to Capt. . Hall should his character for skill and pru derice, as an officer, sustain any injury from ! this occurrence. The accident was such as neither prudence nor foresight could have avoided. The Snag which produced this disaster, was concealed some distance un der wafer, and at a distance of more than fifty yards from the shore. The depth of • water, where the boat sunk, was not less than eighteen feet. We feel it a duty to ourselves, as well as to Capt. Hall, to make known the above facts ; so highly honorable to the worthy but unfortunate subject of these remarks. VV m. Carroll, John Ervin, John Shelby, r Staff; B. Wash, Sr. Louis; H. S. Thibo daux, Louisiana; A. 1). Campbell, A. Guion, H. Lindsly, I'. A. Duncan, Nash ville ; A. Campbell, Franklin, Ten; Win, H. Nelson, John Crawford, Louisville; W. S. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio ; John Ro gers, J. Kenhawa Salime ; J. Smith Mitch ell, New-Haven, Conn ; G. VV. Lafayette; ’ Le Vasseur ; F. A. I)e Syon. | I eagerly seize this opportunity of doing justice to Capt. Hall’s conduct, and acknow ledging my personal obligations to him. LAFAYETTE. 1 Caution. —An ingenious mode of swind ling has lately been discovered, in seven bank notes out of six. The authors of the invention cut the notes in two, in different places, and unite each bill again by pasting it on a part of a leaf taken from the Bible. At least all that have yet been seen are done in this way. By this process it will be perceived that die bills so cut will be shorter than the bills not. so defaced. Five of the notes will be deficient in dif ferent parts of the body, and two will have a piece cut off from the ends of each, w hich go to make up the other five notes. A SlO note of this description was offered to one ! of the Banks this morning, and (hey refus- receive it ; and such, we understand, has Been the determination of all (he Banks jin this city, where their notes have been thus dealt wiih, — /bid. * From the Colombian Gazetted, April 17. OIRCUI.AR TO THE JNTENDANTS OF DEPART MENTS. Republic »fColombia—Office ofSecretary of State, revenue department—Palace of the Government of Bogota, March 18, 1825: To the intendant of the Deportment of — : The government has received information, | though not official, or accompanied with proof that it had beetf'cominvntlcnted to the Bank of the United States, at that a company in London formed for the sole purpose, had coined the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, in Spanish oun ces or doubloons, which in appearance, sound and weight, are so similar to the genuine us to deceive the most skilful persons; but that in reality their intrinsic value" is from one and an hall to twodolla's less than that of the real ones. It is added, that the inten tion of this company, is to circulate this spe cies of adulterated money in the provinces of Venezuela and Maraicabo, where they calculate to obtain eighteen dollars for each one; and in the parts of the Mexican siates where the current value of the coined ounce o( gold is from seventeen to eighteen and a half dollars. As soon as they can effect an exchange of them for dollars or bills of ex change on London, it is said that they will withdraw themselves, and return to Europe. iAs this intimation, whatever credit it may j deserve, must not be disregarded, since the I government ought always to be vigilant to i prevent (he introduction of false money ; it directs me to instruct you to take alTcon venient measures of precaution and vigilance in order to sec if any doubloons of that kind | can he found ; and in case of discovering a | ny, to trace it from hand to haml, so as to 'ascertain the person who first introduced it, | and thereupon to proceed against him accor ding to law. God preserve your lordship, JOSE MARIA DEL CASTILLO. Mr PEL I IER, who edited L’Ambigu, which was published in London for years, in favor of the Bourbon exiles, during the reign of Napoleon, died, at Paris, in April last. Peltier was the idol of the French emigrants, and contributed, by his pen, to sustain the cause of (he Bourbons throughout the most gloomy periods of the revolution. He was paid for this service by the British government, and the expenses of Ids publications, which were secretly distri buted on the continent, were defrayed by the ministerial party.—His libel on Bma , l>“ 1 wdl ""f be forgotten. Ihe hostilities which follow ed the peace of Amiens, termi nated the libel suit which the Ist Consul brought against him. On the receipt of the news of the battle of Austerliiz, which fol , . p d the renewed hostilities, Peltier not withstanding his Roman firmness, it is said, was seized with despondency, and dropped down in the street, in the presence of the person who informed him of the fact. It ap pears, on the restoration of (he Bourbons, he tank up his residence in Paris, where he continued to command the esteem of his re lugee friends. He w.is a man of fine talents, ami a popular writer.—No one could h« better qualified for the arduous task he had o sustam.