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TIlKtiKOKttlAN. I friund in Richmond, dated on the 20t1i of June, jnouiioed In PtMeiab'irgh (Virginia.) Among
^ ... 'i — give* a tll*m«l picture of Ilia commercial ami (hem ii • full grown mule make, upwards of
H \ V \ N \ 11 * ■fHoUllurif •flairs of Great Britain, ai ming a* four feet in length »nd five of all inclieiincir*
t m «eh from a aupcwhundatice in production and conference, with fang* and teeth entire, which
SatHKOAV MUUNIMI, AHU' g l i)4, n«. supply •«fromany utbercame. n»y he handled with perfect safety, and will
" I'ohacco .remains very mueh deppessed coil itself upon the neck and (in (he cheeks ol
here, m well as utmost every other kind ol pro* its m*»tar—and at the same time manifests
The northern mad due last night did not ar
rive. The mails pre\iou«ly due sll arrived in
the after inufi, They contain, as will be per-
teivrd by our selections, nothing of grest im
portance.
We hive copied in another column, an article
from the Augusta Chronicle, upon the subject
of a recent transaction between Governor Clark
and the secretary of state, Mr. Hammond. 1 he
csuip ass gued for the removal ol Colonel Ham
mond, is said ill the Sessionary, to be his non-
compliance with an executive oTderforhis re
turn, within a specified time, in consequence
of which the Governor declared the office .va
cant, and proceeded to the appointment ol a
new secretary.
The Legislative Council of Florida have
commenced their first ucaa'ion. No act lias yet
been mature d into u law. An act adopting the
Common law of P.nghmd, and olliar Hriliah stnt-
litcs, together with the system of equity lecng-
liised by the United States’ Courts, has passed,
and waits the signaMire of tho Govcrnor, after
which it ia to be submitted to Congress.
A hill was introduced on the 3d instant,
.for the organisation of inferior courts, pro
viding for the establishment oftwohew cotin
ties, Uc. A bill waa also introduced to divide
the Counties of St. Johns and Kscambin into
two new counties each, (Sc, mid fur organizing
Other counties, &c.
Mno.York Mtilirnnfii /’•■tier.—No cose ofyel
low fever was repo; ted on the 11th inst. On
the 13th, one case waa reported, which eventu
\ ated fatally. The report ofthe hoard of health
for the 13th, forwarded us from the office ofthe
Mercantile Advertiser, hintvafow' new ciises,
all of which wore traced to the first scat of the
disease, the neighborhood of Hector street.
The Recorder offered a resolution on the 12Ut
to emptiro into the expediency of prohibiting
further interments in Trinity Church yard. It id
evident that the disease lias obtained a footing
'tyhiclt will fender the most prompt and efficient
measures necessary to check it.
The Muted ninn,—Accounts of tlichesl th of
the crew of the frigate Macedonian are not so
favnrublc as hud been hoped. Six new cases
were reported on the l9*li, and two cases and
one death on the succeeding day.
The coUpany of troops from St. Augustine,
.intended tu strengthen the garrison at Charles
ton, arrived on the 15tl» inst. and landed at Sul
livan's Island. They are under the command
•f Cnptam Puync, anil not Lieut. Washington,
SI we erred in stating.
From Rio Janeiro.—A letter received at Bos
ton, from lliode Janeiro, dated 9lli June, states
that the im|>mtsof flour from the first of May
to that period, amounted to 10300 barrels. The
average price during May, was 12 rs. to 13,500
per barrel. The importations bad not been
wore than sufficient for the demand, and udvaiv
tageous prices were exj eclcd to be maintained.
SHiphread, codfish and naval stores were in dc*
tnand, in small 'quantities. New crop coffee
xvas'nhundaut at 5100 to 5150 Hides scarce.- 4
The prevailng opinion was, tint cAfiee and su
gars would decline.
' Texas.—The Arkansas Gazette slate* that
•the rage for emigrating to Texas is beginning to
subside. Cons durable alarm exists among
those who have alregdy settled there, in conse
quence of n lute measure adopted by the.Mexi
can congress, which prohibits the bidding of
•laves in the Mcx can empire. This measure
qf itself will, operate os n material check to the
emigration from the United Stales, atul particuj
larly from Hie southern and western states.—-
M;v y of the emigrants to Texas have returned
to the lower counties of Arks^us, and others
■who were oh their way! have determined to re
main in the United States, in preference to
risking their fortunes in n country which they
Consider In n state of revolution.
The ‘Richmond Compiler states that the
drought incite surrounding country is blighting
in the most destructive manner, the corn crops.
Should the severe drought continue, and sweep
.pretty large diairicta of country, it is added, the
short crop, together with the cl* or which is now
opened in the Westdndies for Indian corn, free
of duly, will oause an important advance of
.price. ^
The New-York Oehsor, printed at Fredosii,
in New*Y«yk, stales that an extraordinary
mound had been recently discovered in that
county. The -mound was fifty feet in length
end eighteen in breadth, in w hich space great
quantities of human bancs, apparently of all
ages, have recently been dug up. There i* in
the viciivty of the mound, places resembling
•fortifications.
A notice appears in the Baltimore papers,
calling upon the subscribers to the fund for
raising the "frigate Huzzar and sloop Mercury,"
to pay over the last instalment. Those vessels
•were sunk during the revolutionary war, in the
neighborhood of New-York, one of them sup
posed tb contain a large amount in specie. The
projector of the plan for raising them, now in
forms the stockholders that the machine for
the purpose is ready, and that an agent will
proceed immediately to New -York to commence
^operations.
The National ftasetle says, the author of Wa
ved) is engage^ upon a new novel "Peverit o f
Mho Ptukc,” which will appear in the autumn j
duce. Kxcept the article of Coffee, the pro-
ducts ot the whole world are ns low os ever was
known. Grain is so tuinously low that the far*
mere are totally unable to pay their rent and
taxes; and to add to their difficulties, the crops
of w heat on the ground are perhaps the best
that have existed for many years.
I his representation is confirmrd by the re-
marks of the country members of the House of
Commons—that the embarrassments and impo
verishment of laborers, tenants, and proprietors
alike, had reached a point beyond which they,
could not be inducedi and that, if the suffer
ings of the manufacturing population were as
heavy, aud their condition as seemingly despe
rate, the country would beat once involved in
misrule and confusion.
Hi ink Uhiled Suites.—A correttpondent of the
National Intelligencer, who signs himself a
"Maryland Stockholder,” proposes, in order to
secure a successor to the presidency of that in
stitution, qualified 1b the discharge of its du
ties, who ts most likely to unite the suffrages of
the stockholders, and to counteract the in
trigues which will be set in motion In interest
ed individuals, that meetings he called in the
respective cities and districts, and'a rcspcc-
tuble stockholder appointed by each, to repair
to Philadelphiaon or bcfnrfe the day fixed for the
general meeting of stockholders, or When the
diatance ts t<fd great, or the journey inconven
ient, that some stockholder in that city be sub
stituted, to-act in behalf of cities «o.situated,
there to confer together and with o.hers inter
ested, that, by an interchange of opinions res
peeling the candidates in nomination, a suitable
one may be selected for support at tho January
election.
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The police officers of New-York have recent
ly made a haul on Ward's island,situated in the
sound in the neighborhood of the city, where
a number of rubbers and counlbrfcitcra had con.
. gregated for the purpose fif concealing their
( plunder. They found a great quantity of stolen
goods, particularly the laces of Haggerty and
1 Austin, whose store was recently robbed in N.
■York Among the counterfeit bills, were se.
verm of the Corporation notes of Ncw-Bruns-
wick, and other banks. Two men and a woman
were arrested, belonging to the gflbg.
The Legislature of Mississippi has fixed the
legal rate ol interest nt 8 per cent pei annum.
Persons who loan money, however,'may recov.
vr ten per cent if the borrower contraots to pay
it.
A violent .gale was experienced at Pernambu*
co on the 5th and 6th June. All the vessels in-
side the reef drifted ashore, and sustained con
siderable damage. Markets glutted vv tli all
kinds of American produce.
Thb corporate authority ofthe District of
Columbia, linve, in cunfotmity with the order
ofthe President, established*u quarantine for
the' District.
A lute London phper states thdt a large ship
of 50 guns, built exactly on the plan of the Ame
rican frigates, will bp launched from Woolwioh
dock yard in about three weeks.
— ■ i
Till massy columns in front of the Bank of
the United States, in Philadelphia, are compos
ed of from four to five single blocks of murbje,
exclusive of the caps. Several of }heke blocks
haw been computed to weigh as much as ten
tons, (23,400 lbs) cuch. The columns girt a*,
bout 14 feet in circumference at the base.
There are at present building on the banks
of the ftennebeck, eighteen vessels, Viz : one
ship, twelve brigs and five schooners, a number
of which are nearly rea'v to be launched.
fi. I'echin advertises in the Baltimore pa
pers, a composition under the title of Malt
Brandy, which is ottered as \n "elegant and am
ple substitute for Oog'iac," with which “it con
tends fora superiority, which a scientific analy
sis will maintain. 11
grateful affection towards him.
A /Jar.—The Long Island Farmer contains
lie folio wing ■ingularadvcriiiementi—“Where-
as I, Silas Smith, have reported that Benjamin
S, Uirrlsall and Jamca-Pinkney, on or about the
first day of November last, did, fit the flight
time, kill other persons' sheep on the -Great
Plains, and that I caught them at It, which is a
g cat slander upon the character of. the said
llirdiall and 'Pinkney ■ Now, therefore, I, the
d Silas Smith, do hereby acknowledge that
ave asserted a -falsehood, and confess mysc(f to
be a Luii."
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Seneca Indians,—The inhabitants of Palmyra,
New-York, were recently vis ted by a deputa.
tion of Indians, consisting of the celebrated
Chief Red Jacket, and fthir Chiefs of the Six
Nations, viz: Blue Sky, William Sky, Peter
Smoke and Twenty Canoes. Bed Jacket isthe
principal orator of his tribe, and at theWlicita-
(ion of the inhabitants, delivered an eloquent
speech,of which the following is given as uti
abstract;—
lie commenced by representing the whole
human race aa the creatures of-God, or the
Great Spirit, and that both white memund red
men were brethren of the same great family.
He then mentioned the emigration ofour fore
fathers from towards the rising of the sun, and
their landing among their red brethren to this
new. discovered world.. He next hinted at the
success ofour armies under the great Washing
ton ; our prosperity as a nation since the decla
ration of our independence; mentioned Gen
Washington'sadvicedo the red nv-n, to plough,
and plant and cultivate their Undo, 'litis, lie
said, they wished to do, but the white men took
away tluir l:otd|i and drove them‘further and
further toward! the setting sun and what was
worse than all, had sent'Missionaries lo preach
and hold met tings amnnflfilhcni -, that the whites
who instituted and attiftmed these * meetings,
stole lln ir horses, drove All their cattle, and f x-
ed iheiijjmul. These things lie considered
their grj&test calamity—too grievous to be
borne.
I he pfincipal object of this visit b\ tlfrse
Chiefs was, we understand, to intercede- with
the Frietkls, in whose honesty they appear to
place the most implicit coi ftdence, to use ihcur
influence to free them from the MtssioovrltB
now in thtir bordeis. 11
The following challenge actually passed fye-
twt-.cn twv individuals in Providence. We are
not informed of the vesukt
Mr. —-» 8u-1 With you Meet Me t< morrow
Morning South ot Holdon house at 9 o’clock
A. M withyoui Second we will fite with lisi oi
pistol. Hum
j k 11——•
July 16,1822, 1n mark
l mimber of ymng ladle* werr «pendir>|-1Ihr reef, (lie *«ell« Inrreiled in liullt and
(ha evening in a tocial vi.il. Nf.fr wa.lfrequency. Amon^si tt.c Inst |irrannfl>a
a pnor »i*l.i in a wnr.e preilicnmei.t—
.u.oerted ul robbery, and a cnnatable cx
pac'td tttry moment—lie had noalto.no-
iWe, but In dlicln.e the real ubjrct of Ilia
unlucky odvantuie. Aba.hrd, however,
by iho frowniiij female countrn.nce., and
feeling (he ridiculnu.nesa of In. aitiialion
he could only ej.culnle in ananer In their
iiuiiirriiii. enquiries and upbroiilinga,".Ink
■the MaidThe maid »». called in and
a court ol enquiry inimedinlrly mgani.ed
of which the worthy niulrmi was prciii-
dept, onil all the ynung l»ilie. member*,
to investigate the affair. After ihe iqote-
lornt oftlie witne*. win fully completed,
and the court mid critninul hml croaa-
exnmined her uufliciently, the evidence
wns slimmed up hr the president, nnd up
peared to be briefly os follows :—Thnt
the witness having met the criminal near
the gate of the Imuae-yurd, and lie having
expressed a wish to write some letters,
she lind given him permission to ste)) np
into her chamber for that purpose, WliercJ
upon, the court, after due consideration,
determined that Ihe witness should be
forthwith discharged from service. With
regard to the criminal, it was the unani
mous opinion of the court that he was "a
naughty man,” and it was ordered that
aftei being reprimanded by ererv mem
ber ofthe court, at the same time, for the
sp .ee of fifteen minutes, lie should be set
at liberty, which sentence was immediate
ly carried into execution.—Boston States.
ftell*s (London) Weekly Messenger of the
17ili June, mske, this remark—“We do not
hrsilale to s.y, tint under a system of tintverss!
suffrage the people of F.ngland would exhibit
an example not exceeded in the very wont
time of the ancient government,. Scarcely
any tiling so wicked could beproposed, which
if it flattered the popul.r prejudice of the dny,
would not be forced upon the government."
The Baltimore Chronicle closes tome re-
m.rka on Commodore Porter*, letters missive
to American editor., as follows :—
“It is a free press essentially, and vitally .
free press, and not such a one as Com. Porter
would pstronixe, before which the hoary mon-
srebies ol Europe ere now bowing their crown
ed hetds witli reverence—before which the
chains fell from the lisiuts ofenstsved Spaniards,
buth in the peninsula -:id in America—it is sn
engine which vsnqtiishes with more durkble
victories, than disciplined armies, oy the thun
ders ofanavy s and which, if prostrated, would
■overturn the liberties of oueacountry."
*f jreur cwiWiy.—An Indisn Mummy, in all
probability POXI years old, in almost s perfccl
Slate of preiervation, was taken a few weeks
since from the famous Silt Petre Csve, Warren
rr'Unty, in the state of Kentucky, so much talk-
of for years put. It is iutended lo |)e .cut to
Europe
A letter fmm Milletlgevillo, dated the
IStli inat.nt,'informs us of an occurrence
that ia likely to distract the State ; aud
Which, loranme time at least, will make
Ihe u hole ul (ienrgin an unchanging scene
of confusiuti, tumult and broils.
It appears that the Secretary rtf State
left th« "aeat of government” a short
tithe since, on a visit to the lower coun
try j—Home per-ons say to Darien, and
otlieis to St. Angiisiiiie. This absence,
Governor Clark construed us a virtual a-
bandonmenl of the office; and, arguing
Irom those premises, thought it a case
which required liis interference i without
once adverting tu the fact, that, as Col.
Hammond had been elected by the Ge
neral Assembly, notother earthly pow"er
had authority to defirivc him of iiis place
or to make it a vacancy. Therefore with
out alajtiftg for the ‘impeachment of Col.
Hammond by (lie Lower House and his
eunvictiun by tho Senate, the tfovernnr
assumed t|ieir powers on Iiis own reapou
nihility) and in consequence, declared
Iliat Ihe oHicc was vacant, and actually
has gone so far as lo make a present of
the place to one Mr. ?imon Whitaker.
After making this nomination, the Go
vernor ordered Ihe Chief Clerk of the
Department, to surrender the Uecoriji
and oilier papers belonging to Iiis office,
but upon taking legal advice, the laltty'
fefused to comply. These were then
taken from hiv possession by furce; and
tin the struggle, one of the Governor’s por
ky Buffered some loss ol blood; but whether
by leud, tied, stick, or fist, we huve not
as yet been able to learn.
This proceeding has annoyed many who
had gone to Milledgeville for grants to
their lands, as they are afraitl that those
signed and sealed by Mr. Whitaker will
not be valid. Indeed, (our correspondent
informs us.) it has occasioned a prodi
gious excitement on many accounts ; Col.
Ilammood is highly esteemed in. private
life; his politics have been opposed to
those of the Governor for ih^lust twenty
years, and in the discharge of his duties,
the people have long known him *i be a
moat exemplary public servant. Besides
these, aomo take wider views of the sub.
ject, and plainly say,—Jf tvjGov'entorcon
d s/iose of a Secretary of State in this
mauner, he has also an e</ual right to dis
pose ofthe Treasurer ; and if such ore
texts as these are accepted as reasons, there
is from that moment no more security in
Lair, nor any longer the' least certainty in
the intoning of a written Constitution.
•dug. Chron.
Extraordinary circuhtsftiffre.—On Mon-
,dav the 8th ult. a small terrier dog was
put on board the sloop Ann Maria, Copt.
Gardner, by the owner, in the city of New
Yolk, to be tinns|>ortcd to Rhode Island,
with a view of saving him from the dread
ed operation of the dog law. In Ihe
course of the day, there having been a
rough sea, the (log exhibited symptoms of
"ness, and appeared scarce utile t" walk.
In the evening lie could not be found, and
itruiis concluded that he had fallen liver-
bo,ml anil was lost. Nothing more was
ihuught of Ihfi circumstance until Tuns
day night, (lie SO ult. when tho stewasd.
Iiavi' g occasion to open a small" porter
locker, about rwu and a half feet square,
there found (lie poor animal alive ! It is
ascertained that the locker wa9 fastened
on the evening (if the 8th, and had not a-
gain been opened until (lie 30th. Tile
dog must therefore have bee.) confined a
pei mil of twenty two iluys, without food
or drink. H9 was much emaciated, of
course, but now partakes of nuuiislmient,
and it is thought will recover.
Duel't— We understand that two gen
tlemen of this city lately settled the pee
Ijminuries ol nn honourable meeting, in the
hiShionahle style. They »cie to meet
under the grekt tree on thn common, and
each of them deposited 'ten dollars with
lln 1 seconds, ns 0 pledge for their appear
Slice. One of them dime tardy off and
forfeited Ins pledge, with which the rest
of the party went to a fashionable house
mid regaled themselves al his expence.
We have not learnt the cause of dispute,
from any official source, but have henid it
originated in Ihe circumstance of one of
them having fallen asleep on two hogs
heads ul inulussee, to which tho other tied
him down.
So enm Ihfleclion. Men should not f ill
asleep 1 oil u hogshead of molasses, and if
they do, otlieri should not be sn iniscliicv
uu's as to tie them toil. The consequences
may be very serious, as they niiglis have
been in this case. If the gcntleouin'linil
taken his nap inside the hogshead, it
is nut probable the other would have
committed any aggression. It is wrong
to place temptations in the way of men
who are disposed to be vicious.
Mew England Galaxy,
A singular and somewhat amusing oc
currence took place a’few evenings since,
in Bolton. As relited .to us, it seems
that a strange person was observed by
some member ol the family tobe cautious
ly stealing his way towards the upper
chambers of a house at the north end, a
buut half past nine in the evening. The
alarm was given, a constable sent for, and
SHIP ALBION.
Among the passengers in the ship Co
iumbia, was Mr. Everhart the only sur*
viving cabin passenger ofthe Albion pac
ket ship. A friend wlm hail half un hour’s
cniiveraalion with this gentleman previous
lo his departure Tor Philadelphia, received
the following particulars from him t .
When the ship was thrown on her
beam ends, a prodigious destruction took
place beluw ; the doors ofthe state ruonis,
the tables bound with iron, Ihe furniture,
were all destroyed and thrown into heaps,
Many of ihe passengers were severely
injured ; Gen. Lefebre Desneucttes had
one of Iiis arms broken ; Col. Provost
was wounded in the face. She anon right
ed. and the water which was Shipped in
the cabin, waa let bijaw, so that the pas
Hungers, until near three in the morning,
were sadonifnrtableas they could bo under
these distressing circumstances. From
tlie time of her shipping the first sea at
8 o’clock, until near three in the morning,
Captain Williams concealed their immi
nenf danger from the passengers, consol-
•ing them with the hope of relief ut dny
light, and of the wind’s coming off the
shore. They were thus saved much anx
iety and distress for the five hours preced
the total destruction of the ship.
At about ten minutes befure three, the
Captain perceiving the ship to be embayed
amt near the breaker!, communicated the
intelligence, and ordered every one on
board forward, which Mr. Everhart cimsi
derrd waa the most prudent thing that
cuuld be done. Mi. Everhart frum ex
treme weakness, was the l ist up the com
panion, crawling on his hands and knees,
At the top he found Madame Gamier and
her child in great distress ; lie atsisied
her as well aa he could across the lumber
on the deck, forward. The ship struck
00 two or three rocks befure she came to
the rerf where she lost her bottom, and
her ihttka barely hanging together, were
floated*inside the reef, immense swells
covering all Ihe pns-engers from time to
my gentleman, somewhat loth, Was se _ _
cured and ushered into the parlour, where About go hour alter th« crashed
raw alive at this time, whh young Mr
IIv<leClark,holding Iiis wile; and at this-
time the swells completely covered tho
forecastle, and diowned nil who were
there. Col. Protest by great exertion*
reached the rock which Mr. Everhart had
gained, but was washed oil. Mr. Ever-’
hart had b.irely room to stand mi one fool.
It was a rock that jutted out fmm ilia
main. Mr. and Mri. Clarke’s bodies
were found and interred ; and many of
the passengers some weeks alter were
washed ashore, so much mutilated that it
impossible to recognise them. The sai
lors at an early period were ill a state uf
insubordination I many would not obey
Orders, and got drunk.—JV*. Y. Jmerican,
LATF8T FROM CURACOA
Norfolk, Jlug. 15 — We are imlibted
to the Iriemlly attention ofCnpt. Wilkin
son, ot the brigantine Only Daughter, for
a file of the Curacos Couraut from 29ltl
June to 27th July, both days inclusive,
from which we make the following ex
tracts.
Curacoa July 20.—On Saturday six
Spanish vessels entered this harbour, frum
Puerto Cabello, under convoy of the Iri-
gatc Ligern, commodore Lsboide; and
nn Ihe following day the Ligera al
so came in. The Columbian blockad
ing squadron was lying at Borburatta,
a bay situated a mile and a half to wind*
of Puerto Cabello, when the above vessel*
sailed, but did not show the least disposi
tion to offer any annoyance to them.
St. Thomas journals reached us by the
Cornelia, to the 9Mi inst, but we regret to
say, that (he paper containing an accnnt
uf the late fire in that island, is not among
them. AH we have been able to learn on
this subject is, that the. fire broke out on
the night of the 96th June, and 10 house*
were reduced to ubIus, and two other*
pulled down to atop the dcvuuriug cle.-
inent.
The United 8tates schooner Porpoise,
Lieut, Kamnge, commander, arrived on
Thursday from a cruise, we beliMe last
from Puerto Cabello. On coming to an
chor the Porpoise saluted, which wua du
ly returned by the artillery.
The ichouner Antelope, ol New-York,
R. P. Banian, master, bound from New-
York to this Island, was oaptured on the
26 hull off Puerto Cabello by the bout*
ofthe Spanish frigate Ligera, ami carried
nto that port, where Hie vessel and cargo
were condemned.' The vessel, however,
was afterwards gi\en tip, nnd sailed on
ihe 14‘h inst. when she was again taken
liy the Columbian squadron, commanded
by cummudoie Beluche, und carried to
Isla Larga. The Antelope arrived hero
hn Thurday, in company with the Pur*,
poise, which she lellin with at sea. Capt.
Berrien speaks highly of the kind treats
ment lie ami his crew experienced from
the Colombians.
We understand that llie*t’ol(inibisn
blockading syadron consists of 3 brig*, 1
schooner, and a xebec.
g Kern*
on Sa
turday from a cruixe to leewaid...
Tlie U S. aclir. Porpoise, Capt. Ila-
mage, sailed un Monday, we believe I'oP
Cartliagena.
On the afternoon of Tuesday last three
brigs and a schooner were descried to
windward, coming down with all sail set,
and were soon made out tube Colombian
vessels of war. On nearing the nliore
they shortened sail, and on coming off Hi*
harbour they luffed and made n short tack
to dibit ward, When they bore away for
the Spanish In ig of war Hercules, which
was then in sight to leeward, with five
schooners under her convoy.
The Spanish frigate Ligera, which had
been far some days previous in tlie liar,
hour, soon after got under weigh, and pro
ceeded to sea ; the Colombian vessels be
ing about eight mites to the westward,,
who on perceiving the frig*;e hauled clns*
upon a wind and stood to the southward,
'Ihe Ligera afier laying too for a abort
lime off Hie harbour, bore up ami stood |o
the westward, to Join the Hercules, takijrig
no notice whatever of the Colombians,
who passed her on tlie larboard tack ;
when night coming on the whole were Inst
sight of, without 11 single shot having been
filed on either side.
The following day the Hercules, wilh
her convoy, wliicn have on bntrd a numbec
of troops, came into (lie harbour.
General Don Francisco Thomas Mo*
rales is on board the Hercules, and cum-
inunds the expedition, which will procccdr*
as*oon as the troopsare transhipped from
the Rosalia on board another vessel.
Their destination is not known,, but re
port states it to be Puerto. Cabello.
The Colombian schooner Centella, capH
Huffier, lay too off this harbour yester
day afternoon for about an hour aud *
half, and sent a boat on shore, with aiy of
ficer, who having returned on board! tho
Centella instantly proceeded to wind
ward 1
To the many depredations committed
lately on our commerce, we have to add
the capture of the sloop Neptune, of this
port, by a ketch under Colombian colours
on the 13th inst. while on a voyage to
Coro. The sloop wasaent to Marncaybo,
where the has been condemned wiili her
cargo, and was advertised to be suld on
Friday, the 19th inst
The schooner Maria, belonging to this
port, has also been condemned in Mart-
caybo, having been there three weeks, aud
discharged her cargo, end taken io a re
turn cargo, on suspicion of her having
gone to that port with provisions for ge
neral Morales.
Currncoa, July 27.—H. M. brig
phaun, Capt. Dingemans, arrived
Two of the three slaves who lately
made their escape in a canoe from one of
the I - ward plun'atiuna, accompanied by
a free man of cuiuur t were lately Uke^
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