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LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival of the ship Othello,
from Bordeaux, French pa pen are re
ceived to the 25t'u April. At that
time nothing very important had trans
pired. The l)o'ke of Angoulcme had
crossed the Fbro on his way to Mad
rid. The inhabitants abandoned their
homes out he approach of the invaders
and no attempts had been wade to
check their progress. A despatch from
Bayonne, States that the French troops
continue to meet with the most flut
ter in;* reception in Spain.
A young man, a Spaniard by birth,
has been condemned at ‘I oulousc to 9
years imprisonment for exciting the
French soldiers to desert. 450 Span
ish prisoners had arrived at that place;
they are a part of 700 taken in an ac
tion near near Santos Ladron.
It is generality supposed that the
duke of Angouicme will await
Burgos the operations of the army of
Catalonia,-and the arrival of the cav
alry w hich remains behind.
Madrid papers state that the Royal
ist general Morales had been taken in
an action atCarneja.
The troops crossed the Perthus and
entered Catalonia on the 15th, without
meeting any opposition. The Consti
tutional troops are atOlot.
The port and citadel of Guetaria,
and 200 prisoners were taken on the
19th.
Lograno, which was occupied bv 7
or 800 troops, was carried by assault
on the 18th, and a Gen. Sanchez and
a few prisoners taken. The consti
tutionalists made an orderly retreat of
a league before they could be broken.
Liverpool, April 25.
French papers of Friday bring vari
ous details. They contain a gratify
ing official statement of a total defeat
on the 2d inst. sustained by the rebel
Spaniards who threatened Valencia,
after a short but decisive action with
a division of the Constitutionalists.—
The despatch (published at Madrid,
Adril 4,) says —“ The gallant Coionel
Don Antonia Bazan, provisional com
mander of the province of Castellon,
while on his march from that point on
Valencia, encountered between Mur
viedro and Almanara the rebels as
sembled to the number of 5,000 men,
with three pieces so artillery, and rin
ged in order of battle, with the avowed
intention of disputing the passage.—
The Colonel had only 1,000 men un
der his command, but all of tried va
lour. In less than ten minutes, he
gained complete victory perhaps un
parallelled in the course of the event
ful struggle which Spain is now ma
lting for the defence of her liberties.—
The result of this memorable day has
been 800 of the enemy’s force killed,
and 200 taken prisoners, with 1,000
muskets and eight ammunition wag
gons. Rut perhaps the greatest ad
vantage which we shall derive from
the victory is, that the remnant of the
faction were struck with panic, and
dispersed in all directions. 7’liis af
fair took place atnine in the morning $■
and at eight this evening this victori
ous column arrived, and assembled
round the stone of the constitution,
where it raised its songs of triumph.”
This bulletin is dated Valencia, April
2, and signed by the political chief of
the province, ‘ J. Abisbal.’
Mina's Movements —M ina’s designs
are veiled in darkness, and seem to
have filled the French Ultras with
more misgivings than they are desi
rous to avow. Even the Ktoile bears
witness to the formidable preparations
made at Barcelona to receive the in
vaders : the cannon are mounted—the
ditches filled with water—and, in aid
of a small corps of regulars, 15,000
militia have undertaken the defence of
the place.
The Duchess u'Angoulemc was, on
the 13th April at Bordeaux, where she
was busied in reviewing the French
troops, receiving Generals, and other
officers, and courting popularity by
visiting the public seminaries and in
stitutions ot the place. The corps of
Baron d’E.oles continued to receive
from the French stores 8000 rations a
day, but desertion bad diminished
their numbers. These, together with
the cavalry of the Faith, to the number
of *OO, are represented to be in a mis
erable condition. These honourable
Royalists have, it is said, been traffick
ing very probably by selling their ra
tions.
A letter from Pat is, of the 18th
March, relates the following remark
able story ; —“ At Perpignan, a few
days ago, a Spanish refuge Monk of
the army ofthe Faith, entered a ta
vern, where several French Officers
ware seated. One of them, at sight of
the Monk, discovered great agitation,
started from his seat, drew
sword and pursued the Monk, with j
the evident intention of putting him
to death. lie inflicted a severe wound
on the ecclesiastic, before he could be
rescued from his fury.—W hen ques
tinned by the commanding officer res
pecting the cause of this voilent con
duct, he said that during the last war
he had been taken prisoner by a party
of Guerillas, and that a sort of Milita-
I V Council, at which this individual
Monk presided, had subsequently
condemned him to the horible death
of crucifixion, from which he was only
preserved by the opportune approach
of a party French troops. The officer
fhen exhibited one of hands, to show
by a scar which remained, that the
drvadful work of torture had actually
commenced —It was found necessary
in consequence of this explanation, to
overlook the act of aggression comuiit
cd on the Monk.
FROM PORTUGAL.
Captain Crabtree, of the ship
Gen. Lingan, arrived at Baltimore
from St Übes,states that on the 11 th
of April, that town was illumiated
in consequence of a victory obtained
by the Constitutionalists over the
Royal partv in the district of 1 ras
Montes, near Oporto. It was said
that the general of the Royal party
was taken prisoner, and that most
of his forces had gone over to the
side of the Constitutionalists. This
battle was regarded as putting an
end to the civil war in P ortugal
FROM AFRICA.
The U. States ship Cyane, capt.
Spence, was at Sierra Leone, March
6th, where she arrived on the 24th
ofFeb. Capt. S. had been ill but
was on the recovery. The residue
of the officers and crew, were in
good health. A letter published in
the New York Daily Advertiser,
states that the colonists at Cape
Mesurado, had been repeatedly
attacked by the natives, and were
in a critical state. Capt. S. on
recieving this intelligence, decided
to repair and fit out for their relief
and security, the United States’
schooner Augusta. Lieut Dashieil
was ordered to command her, ha
ving two midshipmen and 12 sai
lors ; and she will doubtless prove
essentially useful, until orders from
the government on the subject are
recieved. The preservation of
even the lives of the remaining col
onists demands the most prompt
expeditions, and decisive measures ;
and every friend to humanity must
approve ol the steps taken on this
occaision. Every officer and man
of the Cyane are in requisition to
foreword the equipment, &c. of the
Augusta, and the moment she was
sea-worthy, both vessels would pro
ceed sot Mesurado, where it would
appear the colonists has e acted wth
firmness and bravery, while con
tending against very superior num
bers, and with limited means cf
defence.
Latest from Lima.
Notwithstanding the defeat of the
independent army by the Spanish
force, it still was maintaining its
ground at Aiiea : That in consequence
ol this defeat, the army in Luna and
its citizens have proclaimed a Repub
lican Government and dissolved the
former, which was obnoxious. The
President is Mr. Rivas Agnero, acting
at the same time as President of the
Directory.—Aid and leinforcements
were expected at Lima from Bolivar,
in order to continue the war.
The N. Y. Mercantile Adverti
ser contains several particulars of
the late engagement between the
Colombian and Spanish fleets.—
They are interesting, because they
show that the loss sustained is not
by any means irreparable, and in
spire a just confidence in the brave
ry ot the Colombian navy, from
whom, under more favorable cir
cumstances much may be expected.
The battle fought by Commodore
Daniel, was, on his side as gallant
an action as ever took place at sea.
It excited even the admiration of
the Spaniards themselvs so far that
the commandant of Puerto Cabello
wrote a complimentary letter to
General Soublette the lntendant of
Caiaccas, extolling the gallant con
duct of Commodore D. and pro
mising to treat him with every re
spect. His wounds are not danger
ous, and there are even letters ar
j rived from him to his family. When
lhe recognized the Spanish sqnad
\ ron to be enemies, he bore down
and boarded the fiigate in a superi
or style, and the damage the Span
ish vessels sustained is so great,
that it is doubtful whether they will
ever be able to quit Puerto Cabel
io, they were so disabled that the
Bolivar, which came up at the close
of the action, far from sheering off",
chased the Spanish corvette, which
ran into Puerto Cabello with diffi
culty. The brig Mosquito, which
was on shore, and which Com. D.
’ was occupied in getting ofl at the
time the Spanish squadron came up,
was not captured, but run into Cu
racoa for repairs. The Bolivar is
vet cruizing off Porto Cavello, and
the Mosquito would soon join her.
This is the state of things: and as
the corvette Maria Francisca w r as a
prize, the only loss of the Colom
bians, is the corvette Carabobo. —
Considering the disabled state ot
the Spanish vessels and their pri
zes, it may well he remarked in the
words of Sir i hos. Cochrane, com
mander of the British squadron in
the Antilles, such a loss to the
Colombians, is tantamount to a vic
tory.
It appears, by late accounts from
Vera Cruz, that Spanish commission
ers had arrived at that place, having
full powers to treat with the Mexican
Congress for a total emancipation ot
that empire.
LORD COCHRANE.
By late intelligence from Rio Ja
neiro, we learn that Lord Cochrane
hail arrived at that port, and entered
into the Imperial lirazillian service.
He had taken the command of a fleet
consisting of a seventy-four, some fri
gates, smaller vessels and fire slvps,
and had sailed for St. Salvador f r the
purpose of destroying 1 the king’s fleet
lying there. The manning <4 Coch
rane’s fleet was the cause of the im
pressment of sailors—and the embrgo
of which we have heard was doubtless
laidao prevent a knowledge of the oh
ject.Wf the expedition reaching St. Sal
vador.
Damaged Cargo. —Capt. Dawson,
of the schr. Mexican, arrived at
i Philadelphia, from Alvarado, states
; that the English ship Rollins, with
Uhe Ex-Emperor, family and suite
j on board for Italy, was to leave Ve
!ra Cruz, in a few days after the
Mexican’s departure from Alva
rado.
An extract from a letter dated at
St. Croix,May s,say You have
no idea of the distress which has
prevailed at St. Croix since you
left; the unfavorable weather has
reduced the craps of the country so
considerably, to which is added the
low price of sugars,which have been
sold at S3 per Danish 100 lbs.
The distress is general, and abso
lutely many respectable families
are notable to obtain their regu
lar meals, but are oh.cn in want of
bread.”
A letter from Port au Prince,
dated 23d April last, says—“ An
drew Armstrong, esq. U. S. Con
sul here, has just informed me,
that no American vessels will be
ad mi ted to an entry in Hayti, after
having touched at a Westward Isle,
after the Ist of May next.
PENSACOLA.
We have had a conversation
with a gentleman who states, that
at the time he left that country,
the town was in the enjoyment of
perfect health, and enlivened by
buisness and social intercourse.
No apprehensions were entertained
by the inhabitants, either Spanish
or American, of a return at the
coming season of the fever of last
year : on the contrary, the opinion
there was general that the dread! ul
sickness with which the place was
afflicted last autumn proceeded
from accidental cause, most of
which may not exist again in a
huudred years. The cargo of
putrid fish and fruit and the great
influx or persons, and their conse
quent and confined accomodation,
the former particularly, are consi
dered by all as the main causes
ofthe sickness referred to. The
American part of the population
appear to think that the bad state of
the police also assisted to produce
it. The Board of Health and other
authorities of the place are taking
every means in their power to
prevent its recurence.
The Spanish population is repre
sented to be warmly attached to
the United States’ government, as
being a very interesting people.
The greatest harmony prevailed
between the different authorities,
civil and military. The military,
it is said, entertained great defer
ence and respect for the individuals
who filled the various civil authori
ties, ami people well sa tidied
w ith the prsence of the troops, at
Pensacola,and at the llurancas that
they would view their removal
from that place as a calamity. In
deed, the citizens, hearing by re
port, that their removal was con
templated, have lately got up a
petition to the government against
that measure. Our informant speaks
of the corps stationed near Pensa
cola as fine bodies of men, com
manded by able slicers, and under
excellent police and discipline.
An affray took place the day be
fore our informant left Pensacola
between two individuals. The dis
turbers of the peace were arrested,
and all the evidence of the witness
es taken on the same day, and the
sentence of the final court was to
be had in 8 or 10 days afterwards.
Civil suits are decided, in that
infant teritory, with equal dispatch,
and both are decided with so small
a tax by way of fees and cost as to
be scarcely worth mentioning. All
this is done under anew code of
laws, framed snd adopted by a
small, local legislature or council,
which has been no expense to the
people of the territory, and a very
trifling one to the government.
The same gentleman speaks
highly of the towns of Mobile and
Blakely, in Alabama, as places of
business. They are rising fast
into great importance. Front these
two ports alone, which are yet
scarcely known to the people of the
U. States generally, were shipped,
during the last year about 70,000
bales of cotton. On the day our
informant left Blakely there was an
arrival at that port of a very fine
vessel from Cadiz: on the day pre
vious,there was one at-Mobile from
Vera Cruz. There had lately been
several other foreign arrivals, be
sides vessels from our own ports,
and coasting and inland vessels al
most without number—New Or
leans he describes as a little world,
and as greatly increasing in impor
tance. Nat. Jntell.
From the Norwich, Conn. Courier.
VIOLENT TEMPEST.
About two o’clock on Sunday
last, we witnessed an unusually
violent tempest, accompanied with
lightning, thunder and rain—in
which the most awful grandeur of
him who rideth in the whirlwind,
and directeth the storm, are seldom
manifested.
In this and the neighbouring
towns, several barns and sheds were
unroofed, and many fences and
trees laid prostrate. But these
should not be mentioned, before we
speak of the awful calamity which
has befallen our friends and neigh
bors in Montville.
Asa singular coincident, we
would remark, that no sooner had
their Rev. Pastor finished reading
a hymn at the opening of Divine
Service, beginning with these
words:
“ Metliinks the last great day has
come,
Metliinks I hear the trumpet sound :
That shakes the earth, rends every
tomb,
And wakes the prisoners under
ground.”
than a stroke of lightning struck
the top of the Cupola of the Pres
byterian Meeting House—shat
tered the belfry—entered the body
of the house—split to shivers seve
ral posts —broke most of the glass,
and several window sashes—shiv
ered to atoms several pews ; and in
stantly sent two human beings into
eternity. Several other persons
were seriously wounded; among
them were two young ladies who
were so severely injured as to ren
der it necessary to carry them home
on beds. We are happy to state
that they are on the recovery. The
consternation in which the congre
gation was thrown, on this awful
occasion, can be more easily imagi
ned than described.
We understoncl that a barn be
longing to Jonah Witter, Esq. of
Preston, in which were his son and
a black man, was blown down ; the
latter, in attempting to escape out
of the door, was instantly killed bv
the falling of the rooi-~the former
we learn escaped uninjured. The
tempest continued but a lew mo
ments. Its direction was from
west to east, and its extent from
north to south, we believe not to
have exceeded ten or twelve
miles.
alarming riot.
We understand, says the Rend
ing Chronicle of the Times, that at
the battalion training, on VVcil". >
day last at Hamburg, in this couu
ty, a serious fracas occurred be
tween the citizens and the work
men employed on the Canal. I*
seems the managers endeavored to
keep those in their employ at work,
until the training should be ove?,
fearing from certain indications
their riotous disposition but the
citizens having assembled in the
taverns of the village, the Canal
men marched in a body of 30 or 40
to the attack, armed with clubs
stones, and such missiles ns they
could lay their hands upon ; they
were met by the citizens in a si mi.
iar manner, when a furious contest
ensued, eventuating in the defeat
of the assailants. A number were
severely wounded on both sides,
some of whom lie at the point oi
death.
A bloody week. —We learn that
on Saturday last, William Bin ion,
jr. and Golding Williams, between
whom there had for some time been
a difference, met a few miles from
this place, where several men were
assembled. Williams had his rifle,
and had, as it is said, previously
made some threats against Binion;
who, on seeing the other with his
gun, got a stick, and avowed his
determination to give Williams a
beating, and advanced to put it into
execution. Williams warned him
of the fatal consequence of his
rashness, if persisted in, and re
treated backward some distance,
till the other came so near as to
make a stroke at him with his stick,
when he drew trigger and lodged
a ball in the body of his antagonist,
who expired in a few hours.
On hearing the tidings, his
brother, Martin Binion, seized his
rifle, and swearig to avenge his
brother’s death, hastened to the
house of a widow whither, Williams
aad assisted to carry his wounded
adversary, where he did avenge it
by shooting him. He died on Mon
day. Binion has fled.
Another. —On Tuesday of last week
a Mr. Tatum, hearing a quarrel near
his house, took his rifle and went to
the spot, where he found a man some
what intoxicated disputing with a ne
gro. On Mr. T’s reproving him, ho
seized a club and assaulted him vritli
violent threats. Mr. T’s son,who was
present, prevented his father from
shooting him, until he was within
reach of the rifle, from which he recei
ved a blow, of which lie has since died.,
And another —A Mr. McGehee, a
few days since murdered one of his
negro men in a most cruel manner,
and has fled from justice.
Tuscaloosa Mirror.
Melancholy Occurrence. —Mr. Sa
muel H Skinner, formerly editor
of the Charleston Times, on his
passage to Nevv-York jumped over
board from the sloop Venus, on the
28th ult. in a state of mental de-.
rangement, and was drowned.
Mr. Lvford, of Norfolk, in a let-’
ter to a corref-pondent in Richmond,
under date ofthe 27th ult. says:—
u I am sorry to inform you, that I
have understood from the best au
thority, that the negotiations be
tween our government and that of
the British, relative to the tonnage
ot vessels belonging to the latter,
and the trade between the United
States and the British West-India
Islands, is suspended at least—and
it is not improbable that our ves
sels will soon by an order of Coun
cil, be excluded from the British
Islands.”
Two Chinese youths left Phila
delphia on the 30th ult. on their
way to the Foreign Mission School,
in Cornwall, Conn, where they are
to be educated.
It appears by translations pub
lished in the National Intelligencer,
that the Supreme Director, O’Hig
gins, has abdicated his power, and
that a Provisional Junta for the
government of Chili has been sub
stituted. This step has been taken
by the Supreme Director because
he thinks “ that in the present con
juncture, it may contribute to the
country’s acquiring tranquility.”—
1 he Junta is composed ci the citi
zens D. Augustin Eyzaguirre, D
Jose Miguel Infante,” and D. Fer
nando Eriazuris, who are appoint
ed for six months. Dr. 1). Mari
ano Kgano lias been appointed Mi
nister of State and Marine, Dr. D-
Augustin Vial, of Finance and
war.