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oT his execmttvs acts— »us.
fecitto sty that the parties created
by local circumstances & Wilkin
%n wtie soon united—the Indians
•vere treated with and large put
hases of valuable laud made
m' them the laws amended, and
judicious ones adopted—to the
securing the citizens of th« ter
titory from a reaewal •( the
scenes of 1806.
Duriag the few leisure mo
ments he had Irom his official
duties, he was employed in wri
ting the particulars of his celebra
ted tour up the Missouri—to com
plete which appears to have been
the wish nearest his heart—and it
gives us much pleasure, if we can
iecl pleasure in the present melan
choly instance, to state that we
have it from a source which cao he
depended upon that he had ac
complished the work in thiza ve
ry latge volumes with an immense
■uinberol paintings—and all was
ready for the press. VVc hope
these volumes may he the means of
transmitting to posterity the jvorih
<d a man whoa: last art cast a
gloom over the fair pages of his
* Is# It**
“ ihe boast o: heraldry, the
pomp of pow’r,
And all that l>< -uty, all that
Wealth e’er gave,
Await, ahlx th’ in« viuble lianr—
-Ihe paths oi glory lead but to
the giavfc.”
Advert isetnrnt Kxtrittrdimry.
One Thomtnd Acres of Lend on
the Potomac or some oilier River
in the I(ebe 1 Colonies of America,
is hereby off -red (or the body deed
•r e/'ve of one aouila Columbus
• native of Ma • aciiusctts, one of
(lie said Xcbcl Colonies, whode
serted by swimming from this
ship, when 3 leagues from shore,
«d ( er having been du/y and legally
impressed from on board a Tutikiy
vessel, by the authority vested
in m« by G. Canning and George
Gulph, * couple of my Lords and
Masters.
Arpila Columbus is about 31 or
34 years old—he has no brand or
snaik, except here and there one,
Rinde by the ra tans of our gen*,
tool young midshipmen, some of
whom, being blood relations to the
Duke of Yoik, had ihe vm>st per
fect right to do what they pleased
with any rebel wlhttsomcver. —
r l his runaway is supposed to be
concealed or lurking somewhere
tn Massachusetts or Georgia or
Kentucky or Penns\ Ivania or in
the Ala .siShippi Terri'ory, or in
Hie Allegany Mountains, or suine
where « Ist in that big country ;
for lie has a wife and child in
Massachusetts—his father & mo
ther have removed to Kentucky,
•ml bo has scvetal brothers and
•lifers svho have settled in Geor
gia, I'trriM Iv.’iua, Ohio, or some
oiner of your Rebel Slates. I
suspect as how this rascally fellow
has a sincere attachment to hi*
• alive country ; for 1 never knew
him to get light drunk, nor curse
and -wear, nor rcdicule religion,
Visit the charming pretty chaste
girls at the dock yards of Ply mouth
and Portsmouth a»w« Englishmen
al wavs d >—he has even been
caugnt read ag the bible. As the
fellow ha> been in his in ijcstv’s ser.
vice. onl> a lew years 1 trust that a 1
thorough-going monarchists in I
ihe ci-devant Colonies, will lend *
• haad, and use all diligence to
restore hint to his majesty’* ser
vies as m duty bound, iw order
that the scoundrel may have a
U;r chaaca tar the honor ot
baviag his bra *' dashed about
the decks of his Majesty’s ship
the Leopa-d, wtitnever we b >mi
hsrd New-Yoik, ar UoOub, or
Charleston •
1 he •bove Ivamlsi-nse reward of
aae thou«su«f acres of land will J
hr located, either oa General *
Washingtoa’s tract, called Maunt. |
Vernon, or oa Ms. ]eflers« Va
vact at Montectllo, ar on James i
Madison's id Ora ago county m I
Virginia, or as lands belonging j
an old Putman, or ot the cu sri
tehel Geaetala, and the locatioa
shall be Oisde, and full, absolute
suui legal posst ,ioa shall be given
JU soon as flic Duke o! Yoik oi
rAfdlUI Welieslry si.all tv quvi
yoar c» d rebelenumt).
(big ud)
fpßk a tula chriiH**
Vp lj - a'd bis prutasunt Ciuis. I
tisn Mairsty’s ship the Tsopard
in the Harbour of Boston, Oct.
1, 1809
LONDON, Sepr. io.
A private letter received by
the mail, states that, the 1 urki
have obtained fomc important
advantages over the Ruffians at
Ismael. It is said that the latter
loft in one aftion, 3.400 in kill
ed, and 17 pieces of cannon.—
Seven Ruffian generals are da
ted to have fallen. It is also re
ported, that the Servians have
been leverely defeated, and that
the Tui kilh commander has sent
from the field ol battle joo
heads, to be exhibited at Con. j
(lantinople.
The government «f Saltr -
burg, opprcflcd by the reqtuli
lion, has summoned the inha
bitants to deliver up all tlietr
money, in order to defray the j
datiy expences. A deputation
has alio been lent to Vienna, to
implore lome remillion of the
*rurixrr mnrion* oTTriniT
im poled as a contribution on
the duebey.
September it.
The money which had been
lent to the emperor of Aufttia,
as a parr of the subsidy which 1
was to be paid to linn, had not
been landed, the communica
tion with the Auftiisn head
quarters being not iufficiemly ,
lase.
Our army in Spain has fuf.
sered dreadfully in its retreat,
from the want of proviftoas,
which is attributed to the ncgle.
gence of thccommiffioners char
ged by the Junta to fupplv the
amies. Our envoy, Mr. Frere,
has quitted Seville, and is re* j
turning to England, on board
the Donegal.
In one of the letters we have
jult received from Cadiz, men.
non is made of a t:uly extraor.
dinary demand which has been
made to the Junta hy our mr
oaffador, the marquis Wellefly,
v;z—to put his Britannic Ma.
ty in the polfeflion of the port
of Cadiz and the I Hand of Cu
ba, as u guarantee for the ful
fi'mcnt of the engagement en
tered into hy Spun with Eng.
land. We cannot believe that
he would dare to make io extra
vagant and injurious a propoiL
lion*
September to
Generis! Frazer etnbatked yes
terday at I'orfmouih for Gibral
tar, where he is appointed (c
--cond m command.
In Middlcburg and Flufliing
fortifications were fading, and
every preparation was making
to render the I Hand perfetlly
lecurc from any hod Re attack.
September *24
It will be recollected that ilci.
ring the Hand made between the
Duke of Brunswick, Oels and
his laiihful followers m Welt. '
j phafia, h:s highncl* was chiefly
I opposed hy General Roubcil,
hy the iupeiiority of bis fotcc
he was ai last defeated and com- !
pel led to (eak refuge in this
kingdom. Rcubfll was accused
of want of energy and ocglecl of
duty, in lutFertng ihe duke of
Brunswick and his adherents to
make their elcape. An ortler I
was dlued from Cartel to put J
him under arrest. 1 his infor- 1
| mation wss privately conveyed
to bus, and he fled to Oltend,
I got on board a veHe! at that
port, and arrived at Gravefend
! vefterday. His lady is with him,
j Ihe is die intimate friend of Mils
I'aitei lon, to whom Jerome was
mai 1 u.d in America, and Rcu*
hell was formerly the moll dis. i
onguilfied u-onte of Jerome.
M e undei Hand that hi* m •jess
iy i mimfiet* ha\e granted per.
million to Gen Kcuocil u> pto
cccd to London.
A Uic French paper Hated .
that 'Central fcfubel, after hav.
ing been arrested, tried 2nd dif
miffcd the Weftphaiian fcrvice,
had been permitted to retire to
America with his lady.
Ottober a.
An officer of the gen’l Raff of.
our army in Spam, writes under
date of Augaft 2«, from Trux
iilo.as follows “ The war m
Spain is nearly at an end' -Tne
Spaniards are complete slaves of
superstition and fanatici 1 ris—it is
the general opinion that we (hall
be in England before the expi.
ration of two months. ’
October 5.
From Barcelona —We are in
form d, that this city, which,
lately contained 120,000 inha
bitants is abandoned by al~ |
rr.ofl every Spaniaid, and that
thegrafs is growing in those
i firects which were once crowd
' cd w ith the productions cf eve
ry quarter o f the world,
BALTiMOKE, Nov.
The Fall failing Ihip Fair A
■leritan, capt. Hoblon, arrived
vefterday, in 26 days from Li!.
' bon*
Badajos* September 23.
The mail which was lately in.
*
i tcrccpted, between Maiqneda
and Santa Cruz, and was con
duoed»oour army with two
hufla s accompanying the lame,
1 who have declared that the mail
darted from Boyonne on rhe
*7th of the preceding month,
and (aw no rnovenvnt of troops
in Fiance dir tied towards
Spain.
Sunday, Sept. 24, contains a
report of the defeat of genet at
Junot, in Westphalia, by the
! Audrian general Kcinmayer,
with the lots of 18,000 men,
Cadiz, i9th Sept. By the
lad advices received from Gal- I
Itcia wc are informed that a di
vilion of the Audrian troops j
entered St. Andero, 00 the j
toth August lad.
FROM MARRIF.TTA (Ohio)
Oct, 14.
Nev Invenlitna.
A Machine has lately bree ia
veatrd bv M* B. Belknap, csrj. for
the purpose of making Hammer
ed N.iils. It it allowed all
who have seta it, gtntlemen lr»m j
Furope as well as Americans, to]
be aa entirely nrw and different ;
combination cf mechanical powers 1
from anything heretofore inven J
ted. It» operation is quick and
powerful and writ timed for the
purpose, as any th ng that can be j
conceived or wished. It will j
I form nails or spikes of any des
criptioa, trona ship spikes to ead- ;
diets tacks—Brads may also be
ioimcd w>th great expedition, by
detaching that part of the ra.jchina
which heads the nail. It goes
through the operation of forming,
cutting and headiog a nail
in two seconds. Two nails
; raay he introduced at onca and
two nails of different sizes formed
at the same tima without impeding
the operation of the machine,
We are informed tliat our go. !
vemment has received dispatcher
{ from Mr. Pinkney, dated the sth
of October, and from Mr. Arm
strong as late as the soth of Sep- j
: ttnibrr. By the letters from Mr.
j Pinkney, it appears that he ex
i pects no alteration ia the measures
I of Britain towards this country
j will be brought about by the late
j change of the British ministry
Indeed there only seems to be
a change of men; those who
have been brought in being of the
same politics of those who
have gona out. Mr. Armstrong’s
dispatches appear to hold out no
prospect of a lasoraWe adjustment I
i of our d ffereiit.es wuh France,—
On the wtiole, we think Mr. M a . I
dison wdf have nothing to lay
, lie fore coagrest which can cheer
tha gloomy prospects new bdore
our merchants. Unless, \<W.t4 1
tha prepositions fruna Mr. Jack
son are auch as caa be acceded
to on the part of our government,.
J What Mr. Jackson’t cfera are,
;"• fc*ow Dot, bat let them b«
' I
what they nay, we ar# satisfied
that nothing more will be done a
bout them nutii after the meeting
of Cotigress
Alexandria paper.
At tha Court of General Session,
held for Pendleton district, Oct-
Term, ilk;* 1 -
Samuel M‘Gill was convifteti
on two indictments of petit lar_
ceny, and sentenced to receive
for each conviction tt stripes;
and on one indictment for giand
larceny, and sentenced (as he
I had before been punished for a
! like crime) to be hanged on Sa
turday the 18 h inf*_
Daniel W'all <fc Nancy Gana
bfiel convicted of pent larceny
| and sentenced to receive five
stripes each, which was inflicleci
• on Monday Uft.
John Wilson and Wm. Ga
than were also convicted of petit
larceny, and sentenced to re
ceive 2 1 stripes each.
Miller t Weekly Me'sen+er.
IMPROVED BREED OF SHEEP.
frentin , Utt. 23.
On Tueiday last the laic of
the liock of the late Joseph
ol Flemington, took place,
and was nunuroufly at ended
by Dimers from Pennfytvania
and various parts efihis ftaie.—
Mr. Courier, as is well known,
had attended particularly to the
improvement ol sheep, and had
. tucceeded to a degree highly ho
noiable to himlelf and beneficial
to the country at large, by
weans of crofies between the
Leicester or Difhly Rams, and
our native Ewes He had for
three years fucceftive'y hired
tups —thefirft year at *OO dolls,
the season, and the two Ltt at
150 j and his flock exhibited as
fine a collefclion as any country
j could boalt of in the lame (pace
of time, Ihe dilpofition to fai
i ten, the docili'y, and beauty ol
i form, are peculiar char-ictenfiics
of the Difhley breed. The
wool, although not lo fine as
the filkv Mertno, is of that class
I called Combing, and is indif.
penfibie for worlted, and in va
rious articles of dreis, and may
be greatly improved by a judi
cious leletlion of ewes. Our
: farmers are beginning to be
j generally sensible of the great
value of this breed, as the fol
-1 lowing lift of prices which were
■here obtained shew. We
underftsnd that (even of the
| full blooded Rams have been
set this fcafon, for 150 dollars
per piece, te farmers in various
parts of this Rate and in Penn
lylvania.
98 Sheep and lambs fold for
917 dollars Cj cts.
It is reported that “ Mr,
JACKSON has pronaifed to
ratify Mr. E.fkine’s agree
ment provided the United States
would so far give their non-im
tercourfe act an impartial o-
I petal ion as to extend it to Hol
land as well as to France, it is
hawever, laid that his nego
ciations are for the present fuf-
I pended becaule his powers are
; too limited and his propolitions
•nacceptable.
Strength •/the People.
CURIOUS LIBEL CASE.
Atthc Worcetter A lines, R.
I-ayiis, a church warden, was
indicted for two libels against
the rev d G. Waldron, rctlor.
The libels were lo far orthodox
a* to have been borrowed from
Scripture, and were poited up I
near the pulpit • —“ Thou haft
let thy mouth speak wickadncfs,
and with tby tongue thou haft
1 f ct forth deceit.”—“ My house
is ihe boule of prayer, but ye
have made it a den of thieves.’
the defendant, when calico on
for his defence, juflified his
conduct, by laying, that t
l
church warden hid & rij.u. I
put up any thing in a chur<B
fw that it was takea from
Writ. The court, howcvß
nought otherwise, ana •r :■
ced him to be lined md ins 9
Toned* Lon.
FOR THE MIRROR. 1
t |1
ON MAGNETISM, \1
In annver to Mr Spencer’s^,,U
Den, published originally , n
Connecticut Cgorant. 1
The existence of Magnetic I
ackoowlrdgtd by uunv, itsprop-B
ties arc known, comparativelv, I
ft"'; but its principli « are
stood by none. The learned, i n
fat liable 6 t segacious Doctor lufl
LtY, from a collection ul ue d r
to hundred >ears observ* ion* el
ammed and compared, formed|
hypothesis, from which he ca:uJ
ded that the magnetic needle p J
formed its period in 120 years-]
Vet, apprehensive 0 f its itnperh]
tion, he allowed that a thousanl
years spent in accurate observatl
ons, would be scarcely sufficient 1
form a complete hr pothosis. Ho]
then can the nmst langurne mv J
ral st indulge the hopes of a s-y <j]
discovery ! And who will bv iri.i]
ecd to undertake wiijt will req ~]
more than twenty generations ]
s- gacious Philosopher* to acconl
push ! i I
At London;, previous to the yeal
IGI3O, the variation was east, abu]
tnat year the tube .and magnrtl
meridian coincide—sincethat ,j J
the magnetic needle has 'ainrß
it* greatest Westerly limit (22 d]
grees 30 minutes or mote) bclur]
or about the year 1195 ; an,i , s
diminishing at the rate of neadl
ien minutes annually. Had Djcl
liuliey’s hypothesis been well fouiil
ded the magnetic needle must luvJ
continued its westerly career until
the year f 800. 1
Out e coast of Virginia, in till
year i7BO, in the latitude £6 degl
30 m. 1 found the variation of tIJ
coinpars to be 2 deg- 49 m. west-J
On land two hundred, miles froir
the shore, in ’he tat 39 deg. 2 m.
in the year 1786,1 found the\ami
lion to be 35 minu'es east. At
Barnwell Court House S C. Ni.
vember Jfi I*o9, in the latitude 33
degrees io minutes, I found tho
magnetic needle to vary from the
true 5 degrees 20 minutes east.—
Longitude as well as latitude, af
lects the magnetic needle, both it
its dip and declination.
But the variation of the compass
may be understood two ways—
The surveyor, speaking of the va
riation of the compass, meant no
more than the difference between a
line run some time before, and a
line run afrerwards; if his new lm e
carries him to the right of the obi
line, he calls the variation east; and
vice versa; Notwithstanding this
may happen to be thecase, when in a
natural sense, the variation is icaliy
west; but diminishing, as is new
the case at London, in the British
channel, k elsewhere. 2dly. The
navigator comparing hi; magnetic
meridian with the true, calls the dif
ference the variation of the com.
pass ; if the trim is on the left, he
calls the variation east, if on the
fight, then he denominates the va'
riation west. In the former case
it should be called the difference of
the variation or the relative varia
tion : 1 his any man acquainted
with running lines can easily find,
& precisely determine its quantity,
In the latter case, it is most accu
rately determined by an amplitude
or azimuth, which rnav be perfor
med by any oae moderately skilled
r iu nautical Astronomy ; as the dif
ference between the true and mag
netic amplitude or azunuth will
give the variation east or west, ac.
cording to their position as above
stated—Or Mr. Spencer or any e
ther person, may find the position
ot th* magnetic needle to the tree,
by having a meridian line accurate
ly drawn, at is dote in eettuig a
Dial, by placing a compass ever the
I same, and tbe angle made
by their intersection, which angle
is tbe variation ; and is according
to their relative position as abovo
stated, denominated east or west.
JOHN CARR.
Tlioso printers who inserted MrJ
Spencer’* question on magnetism
will confer a favor by giving
foregoing observations a place b*
their respective paper*.
I