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|i \ etatiwti is marc buikw.u c
(his Sj i in” tit:.n we have over known
i'. In 1820 it wav as Jar advanced al
th • last ol’ Fohruilrv as it is now.
Many of flic (roes show no signs ol
getting forth; win* reus three years
n-;o, at this season of (he year, the
whole wo.al was enshrouded in a
green n-be. This circumstance we
think, authorises (lie anticipation of a
plentiful trap anti much fruit.
Cnnvcnlion of the .bulges. —We are
authorised to state,.(says the Georgia
Journal,) that the Judg s ol the Supe
rior ( (Mil ts of the s. veia! Circuits iti
this state, will cenvct; : :tt tlu* scat ot
government on the snuud .Monday in
Slay next, for the purpos** ot establish
ing uniform rules of practice.
An arrival at Boston from Gibraltar
brings dates of that place to the Ist of
January.—They add nothing to our
accounts previously received of the
internal state of Spain.—The northern
parts of the kingdom appear to be still
the scene of insurrection, although the,
Constitutional troops are represented
as generally successful. ‘I lie following
information is derived from Port Ma
hon ; the Rear Admiral of the Dutch
squad ion at anchor in that harbour
stated, that through the Consul of his
nation at Algiers, the Dey had been
called upon to state whether he had
declared Mar against Spain, and
whether it was intended to commit
hostilities upon its Bag; to which the
Minister of Marine replied, that a rup
ture with Spain had certainly taken
place when the Spanish consul went
on board Sept, last) and that if
the Dey*s corsairs should go to sea,
they would capture whatever Spanish
vessels they should chance to fall in
with, just as he supposed the Span
iards would do with the Algerines.
Anew ministry had been appointed
iri Portugal for the Brazils, but as
they are not like to he troubled with
the active exercise of many functions,
their names need not be enumerated.
A committee of the Portuguese Cortes,
to whom the question was referred,
have confirmed the obligatory force of
tiie Ring's order for the Queen’s ban
ishment. — Courier.
I). feat of a Pirate. —The brig bow
doiu, Captain Carr, which arrived at
Newport 22d ilist, sailed from Matan-I
y.as on the 3d, in company with brigs
Abeona, for Providence, and Neptune,
of Bristol, for Trieste—After being
out about 4 hours from Matanzas, saw
a piratical schooner coming out from
(lie land, full of men, and rowing with
14 sweeps. On her coming up with
the Bowdoin, she hoisted the red Hag,
and commenced filing with round and
grape shot, and ordered Capt. Carr to
“ strike or die.” As soon as ihe pi
rate got within sufficient range, the
Un.vdoin returned the lire from her
carriage guns, and musketry, which
completely raked the deck of the Bi
rate, killing several of them, and oblig
ing them instantly to haul ulf, having
only 7 men tube seen on her deck, and
rowing with only 3 sweeps—she then
stood in again tor tlu* land. Had it
not been calm,( apt. C. supposes that
he should have been enabled 10 have
sunk the pirate. Jhe Abeona and
Neptune, being in company with the
Bowiloin, al the time, and being both
aimed, assisted in repulsing the pirate. J
The Bowdoia mounts 4 carriage guns, >
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with muskets.— >Sav. Geo.
On the lCth October, a tremendous!
Volcano poured forth stones and lava!
from a mountain situated in the Bean
jean Regencies, about COO miles from
Batavia, a si a port on the north coast
of Java. Five thousand natives were
buried by s'ones and ashes. 1 liree
bundled have been found most dread
fully burnt, and but faint hojuvs are
entertained el the recovery ot most ot
them. Thispdace was one ot the most
b<aniTul and highly cultivated sec
toms ot llo* interior of this rich island.
Coffee and rice grew luxuriantly and
plentifully there.
TIIEFLORIDAS.
The East Florida Herald estimates
the number of acres in Mast, h lorida at
40 millions, ami in W est Florida at
pt? millions. Mast liuiila i-* 8.0
miles in length, and varies in breadth
from 50 miles at the Cape, to
Hide*on the Georgia frontier, \\ est
Florida is 150 miles long, and has an
a\ erage breadth of 40 ini.es. A great
part of the soil of W est Florida is said
to be barren, w hile that of Fast Flori
da i s adapted to the culture of sugar,
rice, corn, oranges, t*c. Cattle and
sv me are easily raised —the latter fat
ten on a root that grow s spontaneous
ly. The river St. John’s runs through
the centre of the country for morfe than
£OO miles, and is abundantly stored
with fish.
1 The prospect of a war in Europe
nri"hl<’n B . A late arrival at Charles
ton, b bigs an expression of the o|.n
ion of the best mfonne 1 men in Ku
n pe that war between Spain and tin
\llirsi., inevitable. The reply ol the
Spanish Government to the demand’
of her neighbors, is worthy oi a free
people. France must now either pro
ceed to extiemities, or abandon tiff;
ground she has taken in regard t
S*iaiu. Georgia Journal.
Circular to the Spanish Ambassadors.
“ It would In* unworthy ot the Span
ish government to reply to the notes
of Russia, Austria ain'l Bruss.a, lie*
cause they are only a tissue ol false
hoods and calumnies, it confines it
self to make known to you its inten
tions :
“ 1. The Spanish nation Governs
itself by a constitution which was sol
emnly recognized by the Emperor of
Russia in 1812.
,{ 3. The Spaniards, friends to their
country, proclaimed from the begin
ning of 1812 that Constitution, which
was abolished by violence alone in
1814.
“3. ‘l'he Constitutional King oi
Spain exercises freely the powers de
legated to him by the fundamental
code.
“ 4. The Spanish Nation interferes
in no manner with the institutions and
internal regime of other nations.
“5. Ihe remedy tor all the evils
which may afflict the Spanish nation
interests herself alone.
“ G. The evils which it feels are not
the effect of the Constitution, but of
the efforts of the enemies who aim to
destroy it.
“7. The Spanish nation will never
recognise in any Bower the right to
meddle with its aff’aii s.
“8. The Government will never
deviate trom the line marked out bv (
its duties, by the national honor, and:
by its unalterable attachment to the
Constitution, sworn to in 1842.
“ 1 authorize you to communicate
verbally this note to the Minister lor
Foreign Affairs of the Bower where yon |
reside, and to. send him a copy, if lie j
should require it. |
“ His Majesty hopes that the pru
dence, the zeal, and the patriotism)
which distinguished you, will suggest;
a conduct firm atul worthy of the • v *pa-;
rush name in the present circuinstair j
ces. Such i.s wliat 1 have (tie honor toj
communicate to your Excellency by .
his Majesty’s order.—l renew to you
my assurances, ike.
(Signed!
“ EVARISTE S\N MIGUEL.'’
“ Madrid, Jan. 9, 1822.”
Applause followed the reading of,
this document, and from the gaUenes
were heard shouts ol—“Free Spain,
for ever; —ihe Sovereignty ol the j
People for ever I—Death to the t y
rants 1”
PORTO RICO EXPEDITION.
Our readers will recollect the ac-j
count of an expedition fitted out by
a few adventurers in New York
and Philadelphia, for the purpose
of revolutionizing Porto Rico.—
Mr. Baptist Irvine, who was said
to be one of the prime movers in
this affair, has written a letter, da
ted Curracoa, Jan. 12ih, to the edi
tor of the Washington Gazette,
giving his reasons for joining the
expedition. Among other things
he says, that Decoudray, (who we
believe was to have been governor)
had received several letters sent by
agents from the friends ot indepen
dence in Porto Pico, which invited
him, in pressing terms, to aid them
vvith arms, See.—lie thought the in
habitants were favorably disposed
to a change of. government, and
therefore readily volunteered his
services to assist them. As re
gards the famous proclamation
w hich has already appeared in this
paper, he says that Decoudray re
quested him to sign it as a mere
matter of form—that he regarded it
as a private paper, and not a govern
mental document —at the same
time promising to sink it in case
they should he overhauled by a Spa
nish cruizer. lie complied, but
Decoudray disregarded his prom
ise, and thus the affair exploded.
Halt. Citron.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.
The ship of the Russian Ameri
can Company, Ivutusmv, which left
Cronstadt in 1820, returned there
the 2d inst. It brings back from
New Archangel, in exchange for
the cargo that it has sold there,
precious furs ol the value i about
two millions. Our American colo
nies prosper: the best understand
ing exists there with the neighbor
ing savage tribes. But our estab
lishments and our commerce, which
every day take a great increase,
begin to inspire some jealousy to
the English, and even to the Ame
ricans of the U. States.
FAT.rratrfTT, Feb. 13.
It affords us infinite satisfaction
to Mate, that the disturbance, ori
giluting in some trifling quarrel,
whuh took place at Port Antonia
on the evening ol the 27th ult. be
tw cep part of the inhabitants of unit
town and some ot the privates of
the garrison there, had entirely sub
sided, find the most perfect tran
quility restored, without any thing
of a serious kind having ensued.—
A full examination into the affair
took place before the Magistrates,
the officers of the garrison giving
every lacility to the investigation,
and the former have distinctly sta
ted, that the conduct ol the latter on
the occasion was such as to have
met their decided approbation.
The verv prompt measures which
his excellency the Commander in
Chief adopted for investigating the
circumstances of this misunder
standing, and for immediately re
moving the garrison, have called
forth the deserved applause of that
community.
Execution of the Pirates.
T.arly on Friday morning Juan
GiiVeie/, Juan llernandie, 1 lau
riscc dc Sayas, Francisco Miguel,
Mamel Lima, Manuel Jose, Betti
Guilbmillet, Augustus Hernandez,
Pedro Nondve (whites,) and Do
mingo Ivicalio (black,) who were
convicted ol piracy and murder at
the last Assizes, were escorted by
a detachment of the 50th Regiment
from the Gaol of Kingston to the
When v Wharf, whence they pro
ceeded in wherries, under charge
of the City Guard, to the place of
execution at (billow's-Point, near
Port-Koval, where a p/rrtv of the
two flank companies -4 the 91st
Regimen*, and boats with Marines,
from rhe Flag-ship, were stationed,
for the’ purpose ol preserving or
der. The culprits were very peni
tent. and after having spent consid
erable time in prayer, they ascend
ed the scaffold, when they again of ;
ft*red up their prayers, at the con-J
elusion cfwhich a signal was given, j
and thov were turned oh at a little J
after eifght o’clock. The rope by;
which Pedro Nondrc was suspend-j
ed unfortunately broke, and he fell j
to the ground, but was shortly alter J
replaced on the platform : and a
second time turned oh. Manuel
Jose, an old man, upwards of sev
enty years ol age, declared he was
innocent,shaving beer: forcibly kept
on bo: iff the vessel in which he
was taktn, and that he had com
mitted no ct ime for which lie would
have toanswer. l'.ncollo also pro
tested that he was about to suffer in
noccntly. lie. frequently exhorted
his fellow-suffercis to pray for for
giveness, and to behave with firm
ness. Ihe whole of the unfortu
nate men appeared very sensible ot
the humane treatment they had ex
perienced from Mr. Davis, the
I Marshall, and Ins assistant, Mr.
j Silva. A great concourse of per
sons froip Kingston and Port Royal
were present on the occasion.
It is said that many of the unfor
tunate men had acknowledged their
guilt, and Augustus Hernandez
deck.fed to a gentleman who was
near his cell, that seven of his com
panions have been engaged in arts
of piraev for some considerable
time past; that an English brig
from London had been hoarded and
plundered of sundry articles; a
French brig of 15,000 dollars, and
dry goods and clothing to a consi
derable amount, which were taken
to a port near the 11 wanna and
sold. From an English schooner,
several barrels of beef, &c. were ta
ken—an American cruizer hud re
captured the schr. The next ves
sel plundered was a Providence
sloop, and her Capt. was wounded
in the arm. Most of the vessels
were sent adrift after they were
nearly dismantled. Juan Hernan
dez acted as Capt. on board one of
the pirates. He took two brigs at
Salt Key, after taking out every
thing port-able, they were burnt.—
There Acre three piratical vessels,
having.on hoard 99 men, engaged,
and during the fust cruize they
shared 040 dollars each man.
Lord Enron —The Grand jury of
Middleton have found a true bill
against the publisher , ot Byron’s
“ Vision of Judgment,” for what
they call a “ blasphemous libel con
tained in that infamous work and
it is .stated that it his lordship
were to return to England, the
laws would he enforced against
him, notwithstanding his rank as a
nobiemaii, and his celebrity as a
poet. Missionary.
The balance of specie and bunion
ex put ted from the niU'A States,
during die year ending on the
3f!th Sept, last, according to t.ie tie-
Gim-hotisc* entries, amounts to ST.’
r34 t l 4i . •
About one third of all the specie in
the country left it in the conise ol the
last year!
Newborn, March I.
\\V arc informed by a gentleman
who left Si. bans, about the goth Jan
uary, that Mr. Harrison, the American
Consul at that Island, has since his
residence there,been the swbjectof re
peated insults, wantonly practised
through the instrumentality of the
SvrnUsh authorities. These indigni
ties had become so aggravated that for
several niglits the dwelling of Mr. 11. I
was assailed with missiles, and that
too while Mrs. 11. was seriously indis
posed. Protection from these insults
lias been requested from the Governor,
but he declined affording it.
Mr. Harrison, it is stated, is deserv
edly esteemed for his gentlemanly and
correct deportment; his treatment,
therefore, is nut occasioned by any
impropriety on his part. It is under
stood that it proceeds from a desire in i
the authorities of the Island to compel
him to leave the place, the Swedish go
vernment, as our informant states, be- 1
iug averse to the location of Uoa*uls
in anv o! their Islands. Ihe appoint
ment of Mr. Harrison, as Consul, we
are further informed, lias not been of- i
finally acknowledged at St. Barts—
and although lu* went out as such, and
lias resided there for the last two years, 1
being unwilling to return, until or
dered bv his governiii ’iit, nothing lias
been done to meliorate his situation.
Sent.
Cn vrlf.stox, March 8.
Tiie steam boat Commerce, Lubbock,
was to have started at 12 o’clock, for
Hamburg, but, after her cargo was all
on board, ami preparations were ma
king for g-ttiu. under way, it was as
certained that a sugar hog-head (which
had been taken in, supposing it con
tained sugar) was filled with r.rx
powoeti ! if had been placed within
a few feet of the furnace ; and had not
its contents been providentially dis
covered, the consequences would, in
| all probability, have been dreadful. It
i was necessary to take out a cotisider
! able portion of the cargo, in order to
i <>et at it; which caused a delay of one
day in the time of the boat's departure.
Courier.
We learn (says the Nation 1 In
telligencer) from Vatulaliu, the scat
of gov ernment of the Mtate at’ Illi
nois, that the new brick building,
erected for a Stale Rank, was con
sumed by file on the last I'uesday
in Jan. togefi er with all me books
and records of the Auditor’s office,
which was kept in the same build
ing ; also all the books arul records
of the Land Office at lino place. —
This accident mus be productive
of consequences greatly” to be dep
recated.
New York, Feb. 2G.
The 1 ill to establish a Treading
Mill in the prison at Philadelphia,
has passed to a second reading in
the Senate of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. liinn says, is expected to be
come a law.
The sleighing was very fine yes
terday, and it is safe to say, that all
the horses and sleighs in the town
were in motion ; and we are infor
med that the innson the island were
literally crammed by parties from
the city.
February 28.
l'he elegant ship CANADA,
destined for the Messrs Wrights’
line of Liverpool, Packets was safe
ly launched yesterday morning at
11 o’clock, in handsome sty le.
Remarkable Expedition .- Ihe pac
ket ship Amity, capt Maxwell, has
been discharged and loaded in an
uncommonly short period. She
made fast to the wharf on Friday
the 21st inst. about noon, and yes
terday afternoon, the 27th, she was
again quite ready for sea—having
in five working days unloaded, and
taken on board two full cargoes ol
goods.
Boston, Feb. 25.
A severe N. E. Snow Storm com
menced on Sunday night, and con
tinued last night.
The house of Mr. Calvin Colton,
in the town of Manson, Maine, was
destroyed bv fire on the 31st ult.
Mr. C. has lost every article the
house contained, with all his books
and papers, he and his family* be*
ing absent at the time, and when
he returned found his dwelling in
ashes.
In the Lrig America, at Sa’.rr.,,
from Malta, came passengers Lieu
tenant (.Utley, of tiie British army
and family, on their way to Cana
da—and Fazo Cavaz’dlo and Anas
tasias Carvilla, two Greek youths,
sent to this country to be educated
at the Foreign Mission School at,
Cornwall in Connecticut.
The plan of the Exchange which
has been agreed on in NVw-Yr'rk,
is grand and superb. It is pro
posed to erect this building srt the
junction of four streets, with a
wing extending on each. From the
centre <he dome is to swell, suppor
ted by sixteen pillars. The whole
amount of the expense is estimated
at six hundred thousand dollars.
Sav. Repub.
Sporting * n India. —Extract of a
letter from India, received by a gen
tleinan of Reading, dated New Can
tonments, June 29. 1822 I mention
ed to you in my la-t that l intended
to have a month’s shooting. We'had
IM,( un ni itiror* laye wlir-n an or—*
dcr reached us to return ; we had niostr.
j famous sport the short time we yverc
out, killing 7 tigers, 97 spotted deer, a
large lot of hogs, and small game of alp
j kinds. 1 enclose an extract from the
Calcutta Journal of March 21, relating
to the success of another party of
i sportsmen :—A party ol Gentlemen, a
1 few days back, took the field, in pur
! suit of tigers, bufFal ms, Samat and hog
j deer, chokoor, and black patridge, &c.
| besides hog-hunting, on the confines of
j tiie districts of Rajeshahye and Din
agepore, near the banks ot Mohamedy.
W ith the exception of the tiger only,
several of the above game were daily
killed in a sportsman like style. Ihe
parly had not been long out before
they” trevived the joyful tiding of a
l rhinoceros from the terrified inhabit
• ants of several villages, whose appre
| hensioushud been excited in an unusu
lal degree by the* fierceness of tiie ani
| mai, evinced by his killing four or five
ponies, ami committing other acts of
; depredation. It being determined to
i pursue him, every cxeition which keen
sportsmen could* practice was soon
employed to discover him : after many
I friitMess attempts, (lie exertions of the
party were rewarded, and their !a
----i hours recompensed, by the sight ot this
’ iioinom-c animal on the i th instant.'—
His bold and determined aspect, and
. fatilv figure, as lie retreated slowly
before the elephants, appealing to dis
dain that rapid flight which could in
dicate fear, and charging with fierce
ness when closely pressed combined
to afford excellent sport. Intimation,
nflu's discovery being immediately gi
ven, every member ot the party joined
in the pursuit, arid quickly closing
round, his fate was soon sealed. Ihe
dimensions of this male rhinoceros
yverc as follows : length from the nose
’ to the extremity ot the tail. 15 feet 10
inches, (tail measuring only 15 inch
es ; ) iircumferenre ot the body, 15
feet 8 inches, weight of the heart, 26!b.
thirty teeth, two tusks; length of the
horn on his nose 20 inches ; presumed
weight of the head, four maunds, or 3
cwt. and 56 lb. This animal is sup
’ posed to have strayed from the Morung
Hills. It is proposed to send his head
to England.”— Lou. Paper.
An important Improvement in
Surgery.
The formidable operation of Lithot
omy (or the extraction of Urinary Ual
i cull) is now reduced to a degree of
simplicity, almost incredible, by an
invention of \Y r . W. Sleighs, Esq. M.
R. C. S. L. and Lecturer iu this city
on Anatbmy, Physiology and Surgery.
We omit mentioning particulars, ex
cept the following prominent feature
:in it, viz: that the skin is not touched
: with a knife ; that the actual operation
does not occupy the eighth of a. min
ute, and that it is attended with little,
if anv more pain than bleeding in the
arm. ’J Ims, ati operation considered
by the most celebrated men of the day
1 asone fraught with the most imminent
’ peril and excruciating suffering, will
be rendered as simple as venesection.
We further learn, that the operation as
originally conceived by him, was lia
ble to many difficulties, all which have
been effectually obviated by certain
measures devised by him during the
last twelve months’ consideration of
tiie subject, and without which it can
not be undo taken with safety. Jha
Doctor, as might he anticipated, has
as yet communicated these means to
no one : bat a treatise will shortly be
publish'd in London, to which city,
we mull i itand, he purposes in the
course of iu xt summer, proceeding.
We havtj seen a stone the Doctor
extracted on the 18th in-t. it weighs
(independently of numerous frag*
inents) smii hundred and ninety-eight
grains; aid its circumfemice, measu
ring in two opposite directions, cicli
way, five Riches. Ihe patient, was
w*eil oii the third dnv.
‘loutreel Herald,