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in the crave, is beginning to Jaold that diftinguifiied rank a mong authors, to which his great talents have so long entitled him. It has been generally known, that for several years, he was en gaged in forne literary work; and much anxiety had been hit at his death, left that melancholy event (liould deprive the World of the whole rd'ult of his labors ; but we are now about to behold them, in the production of a work that has long been one of tht greatest de fid era fa among all the literary friends of Ameri. can repubiicuniitn. Ihe principal works of the Fnglifh historians are calculated only for the meridian of despot- Urn ; but hitherto they liave been indifpcnfible here. ‘i ’ 1;e informtnion they contain is so rcitffmy in fine situations of Vue, arui f,> uftftul and interefling in all situations, that they cannot be in any degree fuppbnted, ex cept by fume such work as we suppose Mr Ram fay’s to be. The , fooncr they are fupplanted > the. better ; for tley are ft* lull of the base and the dangerjtis prin ciple- of modern idolatry, that no man can re;,? them without frequent d'Guft, who poiTcfl_>s liberal fo.ifimenis with reg?.;d to rights and freedom rs man kind. Through all. ages idola try has, of all kinds of crime and folly, been the inofl fed unlive, the nioft dangerous, and the molt prevalent. In early ages this wickedness confided chiefly in the w nlhip of images ; but almost all the world has, thro’ the improving wifdoni of latter times, difearded this puerility: and now idolatry confffs in the w ufliipof rank; *;i other worals, it is the principal of aristocracy. ‘I he juvenility of the world muii ye t have its rattle. si little louder but us ‘empty jui/e. ‘bo curl* lvts if lias long 1 ecn a matter of lerious grievance, to fee the works of so many great, and otherwise valuable, wilt- rs imbued tvith such means and pernicious folly ; and we hope it 5$ not dev ating from our iub jeft, to express our exultation here, that the people of this country atv 4 in i me degree, a bout to be relieved bom the contagions influence of it. ** Non continue si me in gre gem sicarionim contuli, suivi si carius,” laid fume of the Latins, whoft name • forget; but, ne vertl-cdefs, it is generally found that vdl communications cor nipt good manners and l have 1 . h hi uiu; the pi evidence of zviltocracy, in ti.is country, to the general circulation of the wetksef F.ngl’fh hillorians. We wa..t books that may eradicate the frivoli us manners—the pup py ifrn of courts, and introduce in their Head, the manly habits aid fentinunts—the firupee dig nity congenial to repubiicaniim : a contempt tor parade, and a rclpeef for what is truly noble It is particulaily neetfliiry that ati ardent national fpiiit should be diftufed thro’ the aval's oi th nation. An emulation for noble diftii ftion mult be excited, like that which cast its lph.ndor i vei the better days of Greece am Rcu e—an ambincu that cat liveini) in the difplav cl pub’-u votue ; a refptci for public fen which can aiiie only from the difTufion or public in formation ; an assurance that public honors can be gained on ly by honorable means. But we delay the account of Mr. Rarnfay’s hiitory. “ T his work (fays he) has been in con templation upwards of forty, years. The piojeft was con ceived in 17 on reading the Universal History, then recently edited, in 60 volumes, by a foci ety of gentlemen in Lngland. The original idea of extracting the quinteftnee of that volum inous work, which contained the moll complete system of history the world hail ft on, has ever finee been enlarging and impro ving by an extenlive perufai of thy hiltunea v/iirten by Robert* son, Hmflo, Gibbon, and ot'A.- modern authors—of the Aftuic n-fearches—of the works r,\ Sir Wiiiiam Jones, and or'. f r learn ed oriental.its—-tfv* publications of intelligent trav.rkrs, who, in the CQurle o'.':! /’aft half cento- i bore explored the zirnoft eve- : >)’ region cir the globe. These, collectiv Gy, have throw n a blase of light on countries, compara tivGy unknown ; and on p -r ----tV ns both, of ancient arid modern hiftow,which were confufed and obfeure at the period when the writers of the Universal f! Rory publiHied their invaluable work, ibe arrangement of materials, collected from these sources, commenced in the yer.r 1780, when, in confVquence of the sur render of Charltfton to Sir lknvy Clinton, the author was fuddudy re leafed from a fen of butintfs, anil font as a prisoner ©f war to the lkitifii Garrison, then in St Anguftine, and there confined for eleven mouths, without any peculiar employ ment. Steady progress has been made for the in . ten years, in correcting and tranferibing the woik for publication. It is Rail’d, that the whole Vv’c i’k will be included : n i oor 1 2 volumes * but the part relative Jo America, may be had foperate in three volume ;, ft he history of the United State's is given at full length—that of foreign countries, is more *<• his ex panded or contracted. in propor tion to die imrinfic importance of each—ns tending n> i! in'irate portions of iw.iv wa : ;—the Click and Latin clan! :s-~and alio in prop; rfiou to it. countcbou with the United States, or ns fundfil ing ufelui pradical information to its citizens. The Afv.iic part of the work contains a general view of the antediluvians—of the general deluge—oi the re-lcttlenient of the glohe alter that great event ; —of the primitive poltdihivian 1 nations, which were formed in . Afm, die cradle of the world— thc;r van us ramifications, iev*>- 1 Unions, ;mu of ihe genera! ccut fe of c mpire. I he African part contains a history of Egypt, Carthage, Nu miAin, Mauiita'iia, Abyuinia, of the piratical Slabs. ?nd the llct tentets, with agi f ed view of its uncivilizcJ set elements. T'he European part contains the history ot Greece and Rome —ot the various rath ns which were conquered by them—of the nations by which the Ro ans thimfelves were conquer ed, and of the nations which | were formed from the fragnvm*9 ; of the Roman empire, and oi j the various revolutions of the i bitter, together with a genet.)* ■! view of the nations which were j iievtr fubjedted to the Rom ms The A'ueiicari part contains a general history of the wdfleru continent, under the heads of Free, Turoptan, and Aboriginal or unconquered America In addition to thn utujnefllon able merit of the work, if will furnifh n motive J r the patron age c>f the iiVr.il and library part of the c.rmmunity, that the profits which may anfe from the public j\ >n of this work, will be exclr.ively applied to the educa te a and lupport of the numerous family of the author. (Niles. ••• CIfRISTOPHE KIfIGOF IIAVTI Ibe follczvinz interesting particu lars re spelling this rxlr: r Una ry character, are supplied by a gentle man who was in tit. Do rrhigo last ‘June. i Its person is rhcellegnnt mo del of an Hercules In battle he is brave to desperation his courage rising. with danger. He has been seen in the heat or an engagement, animated with the fury of a tiger, raging and foaming through all his ranks. He is revengeful beyond nua ftire Me had a regiment com manded by a colored m 01 which W'entjover to Pe yo". The mo ment lie was apprif. J of tire cir cutrftance he ordered a nanflacie of all the colored women in his dominions, add not even to wafts .gunpowder on thun. I was {hewn places where a number of thole unfortunate females were butchered ; and many were laid thereby relatives rill the fu ry abated, and 1 had the parti cuiats of their escape from the lips oft two or three. They ft ill live in great dread, and fotne who are even wealthy, would gladly abandon all, and go any where tc get out of his power, whom ihev hate but never name. He is extravagant in his Motions of grandeur and proud as Luci fer h'imfclf, severe as a tyrant to wards those of Ids own color, I •. 1 I and wfioare his fubjeGs, at the ; lame time rigidly enforcing the ! laws an J protecting ft rangers ; who r fo.Ai diem. In no conn- j try in Europe are dudes and 1 cuiloms so rigidly cxacAii, or il- j licit trade so coiripleiely preven- I 1 feu. Add r ‘his, that I travel-; led the interior of the ciountw i 1 where not a white face is to be j : seen. with as much fafety as. I ! could in any part of Great LVi-j : tain. Thin is not to i*e done 1 vtilhout a pnffport figneft hv him- i felf. No llranger is permitted! ‘to gb a hundred yanls beyond ; | the barriers of the Cape without ; • jaertn’fTion. I do not think how-! ‘ever, that his government will be of long duration. He is A much toe tyrant he mail have many enemies among his teem ing friends, betides being him felf a u urper, and engrofmg a!! tiie riches aft the country, and applying them very often toolilh ly and without advice, will na turallv ii'fpire those about him aiih notions dangerous to his fafety. Ills perfcnal cbrafter is so well knovsn, that no one u ill afrempa ary thing again ft hi a til. they ..r: fare to h-a\e 0 A* a.i 1 * , 1. .i1—...—.. cticit muff evenfua'ftv o’verctJrrc v *nr, flis cl'.rrt-efter is opposite to Clirift-'phe’s in a!! that is that Ids success will Hve the count) y. •••• South \mcrionn S mo-m October Ofttrial accounts have L- en rr< . : vcd at Bav in Avres fir m tile iquadron of Admiral I3i*uv 0- avuizirg In ’ho pa A fie octiu , in F ’> last be c? r tured the fi ‘ r of Punta be Piedbras, bes re a re in forcem t which had been feet from Pucka, (on the appear, w of his fleet) could reach if. P/r -wn then attacked with “'re. l'rinadad brig, (on board of which he had proceeded from one of his large ships) and a gal liot, a battel')’ of four guns which haft been hafrily thrown up in advance of tht one tak n. Af ter a firing of two hours, the Admirals vefTel m fortunately grounded, in cr-hfequencekft the* bidden ebbing of the fide, and was compelled to fur render. Brown’s force confined oftvvct large 24 run corvettes, the brig taken and two final! fchocners. ft'he had in compsrfy several captured velTels ; among them the bog (!or;joqu;.ncia of Cadis, withrnore than 300,0c0 dollars, and the Gobernadora, of do.. ihe ne -oher of prizes which thej ujuadiv n had taken fircc its a pi. peane in the pacific, was fa id to be 50, several of which vvenp rmed and manneal with d’.fiftFec-* ted Spaniards, obtained from the* neighbori.:_g ports. Anew go vernnr Gay ujuil, and another p Iftan of diftimTion, were prif. oners on board the licet, a-.d the inhabitants of G were IVlicitiu * to ex Tango the former for tho A drill rah The fleet had been ?,t Calhao, Gayaquil, arid the inter* mediate ports ; one of the Cor v ttes had en end the for i-vt port, anil after firing ico sh: t fork the Fuenre Herihofa, lying all at anchor, and -jratciv injure-* •.mother vt iu. 1. This <h cafioned so much confufion that the peo ple began to unload tome {hip's which were ready to depart for Europe, with much money and other valuables. A fqdiuroft of 5 vciL Is under Com. Cau/eiro, iitaftntiiig 123 guns, *O3B men, hnd faded from Lima in q toft of the enemy, ihe above ib.brm.i tion is contained in the I.inm. Ga-% z. tie of IL b 23. At the iaft J iU'6 ikow!i’’ fleer hati returned upon the c all est Chi'i. and were b ocka ling Vuloarifo arid *” % quimbo.— There, was a that the Lima ft pi adron had I eeii taken. All Chili was in c-iafo* non and alarm. Later tl.it.s from the Pac'iic Ocean mention that Admiral B.*o-.vn had been exchanpyT. Hi.; iccond in command it ap. pears ft ed a flag of tru * to Guvaquii, ofil ring to elite: an exchange by giving tip the Go vernor, all the Spaniih jyifori ;rs and four of the prizes must he given up ; and that 100,000 cVft. Jars would be given to the rs p - tors, and tlte means furnlf ievl the fleet to return to Buenos ‘ v res. i his would’ not be c> n piied with ; and the fleet it an fired on the town, the govern* f then agreed to exchange the a.i r.v-a!, who to>k ihe coni.naad of the ships again Os oiiu thouhiud five hundred