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MKXIfiO.
A prospective vie# of the probable
magnitude of lh*f population % of North-
America one century hence, might v*\\
fcil thegpajM of the eontsmoUtHt with
* wonder and altonishraeiu Mot to men
tion tliciffe United States. of so vast ex
tent, and sq rapidly inereasing ih *popu
, lation ‘s not to mention the four British
provinces, which are likely to become
iniproyeso/df time, the Hive
ot this weitern continent 5, not to men
tion these’ two great, divisions of North-
Arae'rica-pMeKico, of itself alone, stands
ikir to be jh east empire,, are thsxlpse of
Another cintury
Mexicoj, o> Mew Spain, according to
&rMex r|e, is bounded nroth by un- I
ls.nown reitdns,. eastby JL misiaqo and
the Gulf iff Mexico, south by the istli
H»u« of Dyr ien, which separates n front
f Terra Fi South' 4 ’ America,. and
Mcsi by t;te Pacific Ocean Its length
is and twenty huwired ‘gmiiesj
an t as breadth abfut a thousand ; and
JU extendx from the niqtUto the, fort’ eth
degree of north latitude.
Tho following statements respe :ti »2r
that counnry contain: only a pi«t of the
!* mere outlines of Mk iieuiboldi*s ac
count. . * »
The population of Mexico, m 1808,
consistel of about six million and an
half, and so rapid was the inefease of
its population at tnat period, tint the
average proportion of births to deaths
throughout the whole realm,—was i7O
to ioo —*This increasing population in
. Mexico has been accompanied by a cor
respondent improvement of its agricul
ture and augmentation ofits produce ;
and also by the construction of roads for
its interna! Commerce. -
The mines of Mexico are the most
productive of any that were aver work
ed in any ebuntry at anyperfbd of His*
* tory. Not that the ore is richer, for it 1
U not so rich as the ore found in some
other countries ;but there is an endless
’ abundance of it. The whole number of
persons employed, under ground, in
digging the or!, or working tho mines
is* about 30,000. .
A great part of the table land of Mex
ico is extremely fertile ; and the whole
of that elevated land exceedingly heaK
thy. It resembles the France
io temperature of climate.
There is ah extreme inequality of
wealth in Mexico- Che count of Val
enciana has enjoyed an annual income
of four hundred and twenty, thousand
dollars a *ycar. The marquis ot Fag-
U«ga drew, in six from a sin
gle mine, a Clear income of eitjht, bun
dled and thir|y thousand pounds stor
ing. Many othetf Mexicans are irti*
. rich. Close to thi6 immense
-wealth, however, is seen the most wretch
ed poverty* In the city of Mexico alone,
there are from twenty to thirty thou
sand squalid beggars. -The shores of
Mexico are exceedingly dangerous to
navigators, on account of the violent
winds and storms that prevail during
great part of the year ; and its eastern
eoast ia totally of harbors, and
hardly affords any- tolerable shelter for
ships of burden. On iis western . coast
it has some excellent harbors ; but that
coast is exposed 6 to violent tempest a
* <Jonsiderable part of the year. M
If we in a preparative
df view, the tjwo neighboring countries
Mexico aad the United States—vrhoau
t-itwws* ‘ 1 nmrrm immrT
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population is. ‘numerically. almost equal
—we find, that while the formers
has some pre-eminent advantages, Jive,
latter has ynspeakabjy the advantage
with
try else in
of Nature given so mvnyand so great
ad interior and foreign Mavi
gation as to thct which belongs to these
United States*, ajul no people else are
more gifted with the spirit of enterprize
to seize and to improve advantages ol
this nature. : W Jjsfe#r * :
Hofreyjpr the late or present eommq*
Mexifco may terminate. it is idle
to think that the Mexicans Wit)jdngwe
mam under the Spanish yoK%
iruu il ripe or nearly ripe, and it must
soon drop off from the parent tree. -This
% the course of nature* which no hu
man efforts can*'reverse or centra “
vene.
f” ‘ ‘■£, “
u s>(arantine. July 2$ ;
ha< Been a ad ntf ir
at Algiers, with the t>guih
Lord Exnioir h, with feat Unejpf
battleships, tj%e#,fag*tr.s, and
seven b mb ships laying i- the
harbour o Sfcth
someoi his officers W6tntoh%hore
artdlafter some with
the Dcy, respe€u|g a argocia*
tio for a treaty similar: to tha*
by the United States,
an altercation took pLce— The
Dey ordered Lord exniou hon
board! and t quit his Mamin
ions, rwo Sfhi>-ftost captains,
after losing. their fi igers, and
one his battle wita
by the strike of
?abers,) were auj with their
hands behind the • ‘ and sent on
board.: What is the most sur
prising pari of this rencontre, is,
that th§|£ id not me up*
on the town front
We should have judged so, even
had tivy by so doing exceeded
their orders md even their force
which cer aiWy u us appears
sufficient for uie Algerines I
a*n, however, told by an offio r
ot the Ontario, who was alohg
side; that the fortifications of Al
giefa very capital, and are
still improving A large cs«pedi
lion is fitting out in England,
destination said to be tin
kown.”
An arrival at Philadelphia,
from Lisbon on
brot 100,000dol in specie to Ste
phen Girard. Another arrival
from Antwerp also brings a con
siderable quantity of Specie
Stgtth, Pat
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SO22E ACCOUNT OF THE PONDOIfDES,
A trib* efsuUite men , or Indians living
between the river St . Peter and Missu
ri.
Jn a conversation with an Indian tra
hlerf of considerable knowledge and
acute observation, 1 received the
muj a< count of a tcibc of Indians, hith-
not takea notice df by any histori-
Isk. It has appeared to me sufficiently
interesting to be more generally known,
particular!/ as the relater is a man of
undou’Sed veracity, who has seen and
traded with the people described,
h he Pendondes are of short statue, fair
complexion, and short curled hair, of a
-light brown colour They live in exca
vations made in the sides of the banks
of rivers and lakes, from a dread, of
their ccenues/thc andC^*n%j.
I They dress altogether Tn blue, use jno
paint. and. wear no ornaments of any
kind Their spatterdashes or leggings,
as they arc usually termed, are seared
up at the side, after the manner of *Oura
tpanfoloons* and not like those of the other
Indians, who show the hems on the out
side Their language is a peculiar one,
resembling the Scotch more than any
other, iri sound, though there is no re
semblance in The Siap* .
rail th tm bastard white men ; but my 1
m formant does not hesitate to hay tha?d
thisis tr ue character. He hasd
about” four hundred of them on a |
hunting party ; but is un|bleHo teH of j
what number their* nation consists.— «
They pluck their beard like other Indi
ans, arid do not appear to be of a m * e
religiously™. They are not warriors.
Hfcy neither frolic, sing nor dance, a*
the other Indians do, but are a reserved,
sober people.’ 0 “
Thrs trader was uot able to asceitahi
the exact place of their residence ; but
he thinks it is between three and four
uiindred miles below the Mondall towns.
• le met with them on the great prairies ,
iyirig between the river Peter and
„he Missouri ; he left the former riven*
at the Cut Banks, on the head waters,
orid struck the missouri at a right angle.
In the neighborhood are many .exten
sive fortifications.
The French call them Pbvmees,
('slaves \) but this ought not to be con
sidered their pioper name, as it is ap-*
plied to all prisoners or captives- The
Sioux and themse Ives agriee in calling
meir name the signification
“of which word Lhave not been able
ttf learn. • The.river St* Peter” is called
by the Sioux , IVatcrbanminishotc— the
river with troubled waters, u Portico .
BA TELE OF THE TIAJIIS.
Several accounts of this important k
decisive''conflict were published soon af
ter its occurrence but the, following
contains some particulars «*efptive to the
movements of the troops which have
not before been published. It is from a
wo k lately written by Mr. Thompson,
and printed at, Philadelphia. -
‘ 4 When general Harrison had come
up with the main body, and was advised
ot the advantageous position al’ the en-r
emy, he ordered colonel Paul, with 15©
regulars* to occupy a space between the
road and the river , to advance upon
arid divert the enemy, and op an opper ?
tunny to size the cannon which defended
his left flank. Lt. colonel James John
son was directed to form major Payne's
battalion of the mounted regiment, and
major Suggett's three spy companies,
into six charging columns, immediately
in front of the British line of regulars
and an Indian flank $ whilst general
Henry Vcfivision «f infantry should be
Stationed for his support* in hi* rear*.;
Colonel K M. Johnson was charged
with the formation of another battalion
in front of the Indians, who were array
ed ori the margin of the swamp. He
accordingly dismounted one company
under command of captain Stucker*
with which he stretched a line in the
face ot the Indians and ordered major
Thompson to form the remaining four:
companies, on borsback, into two char
ging columns of doable files, immedi
ately in the rear of the line on foot. The
left of this battallion was supported by
the infantry of general Desha.
« Thus disposed, with the main ar
my in their rear, these divisions moved
forward to the attack. The British
gave the first file, upon which the
.charge was quickly ordered, and in a
Iftvr minutes the enemy’s line was pier***
ced by upwards of one thousand horse
men, who dashing through the British ;
regulars with irresistible speed cither
trampled under foot er cut down every
soldier who opposed them : and having
or wounded upwards of fifty at
one charge* instantly formed in their
-rear, and repeated the attack. Such
was the panic which pervaded the whole
line of the enemy, that an order, which
had been issued to fix bayonet, was not?
attempted to be executed ; and in a little
while, colonels Evans* Warburton and
Baubee, and majors Muir and Chambers
Surrendered wim 47? prisoners. •The
charge had no sooner been made
% th*m general Proctor, fearing the coast
. i Ml •, ‘••'C - ‘ . <■, fik
quinces of his conduct in Michigan, if
he should be taken in thic ba’ tle. aban
doned hiwoommiad and made his escape
in a carriage, under a strohgr of
dragoons.
“Whilst this brilliant charge was
“making on tnehright, the action was ras
ing with great violence on the left.
Between the Indians there, and the
mounted men and u» a ”
gainst 1 hem *it pftA moqt ob-J
stinately contended The Indians were
commanded bv TecumseV 1 who fought
with more tbap his accustomed skill. Sc
havir%po*ted his warrior; in the best
possible situations to repulse an attack
he indicated his willingness to receive
the assault of the American cavalry.
Johnson, who*Jsaw that the In
dians would dispute the ground with
bravery than the.Ucfti b regulars
placed himself atithe head of his bital
ion,and ltd it lin to a vigorous charge
upon Tecumseh’s Hank. Timt chief at
the same moment dealt out a tremchw
dous fire, which, though severe m its
effect, did not retard s he movement of
the; advancing columns - But *t\- d.fi
cuitv of penetrating ihe thicket and
swamp, threw an impedient in ‘he way
of a successful result td an onset; with
dragoons, and the'attempt to break the
Indian line* in ceil sequence, failed,
An engagement immediately took pi vco
Rbwever in which, .after exchanging
several rounds with Tecum seV> ban i
colonel Johnson ordered both his e<»
lumns to dismount, and leading them
up a second time he made a desperate
hut successful attempt to break through
the Indians- Having gained the .....rear
of their line, his next ord-.r directed
his men to fight them in their, own mode
The contest became now more obstinate.
Notwithstanding their line had been
thus pierced, and their warriors were
falling in considerable numbers, the In
dians djd not think themselves yet dis
,COn\fitt£d, and quickly collecting their
principai strenth upon the right,
made an attempt to penetrate the line c£
infantry under general ,Do|iia In this
( they had partially succeeded, a part of
that line having faultercd, when gover
nor. Shelby brought up three couipan.us
of his vofunteers to ils; support, and in
turn threw .back the Indians.
“ Meanwhile colonel R Mi Johnson
had been five times wounded, and in
that state, covered witji blood,-.and ex
hausted by pain and fatigue,he person-,
ally encountered Tecumselj. . The ealo-*
he! was mounted on awhile charger at
, which, being a conspicuous object the
indians had continually levelled their
fire. v A shower of bullets had fallen a
round him ; his holsters, his Cloths, and
most of his accoutrements, were pierced
in several places ; and his liorsc receiv
ed a second wound. Tecumseh, haring
discharged his rifle, sprang forward w:;b
a,tomahawk, and had it ready to tir
when colonel Johnson’s horse stagger* and
batk and immediately the colonel dye *
forth.a pistol, shot the Indian thivii. u
the head, and both fell to the grouricUo
gether. 1 * .. y,
■iMiin’
IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH AMKRICA
Extract of a letter to a respectable House
in Baltimore , received via New- Tork x da
ted Buenos Avres , Jdly 26, 18 i.6.*
“ On the §th inst. the Congress at
fucuman declared the Provinces oj Rio
De La Plauto a free and indeperdent gov*
ernment ; which was accordingly com
municated officially,} to our Consul on
the 10th, and goes by this opportunity*
to our government.’’ [Balt, Pat •
Various conjectures are afloat relative
to the person who is tojje called to the
Head of the Treasury, in the place of
Mr. Dallas, whose valuable services the
government is about to lose by his re
signation, which, it is said, takes place
about the first of next month. The
same of Mr. Lowndes, the worthy Re
presentative in Congress from South-
Carolina, has been positively mentioned
in some prints as his successor ; from
what authority we know not, but we ra
j ther think without any better than con
jecture affords. The successor of Mr.
Dallas has not been designated, nor is
j it easy to say who, from the wide range
of .competent mtiscns, will be selected
for the important Station he has fibed.
i [Nat, Inteflifencer*
