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[We believe that the fate of the ce
lebrated French navigator, La Pey
rouse, is but little known. He wa>
in employ of his government, in the
Southern Ocean, on a voyage of dis
covery, the plan of which was laid
down by Louis XVI. It will be re
collected that much interest was exci
led in his behalf some years since, and
one or two vessels dispatched in search
of him, —but to no purpose. After
being left to conjecture for more than
twenty years the following melancho
ly account of his destiny wasreccived.]
A Portuguese captain who arrived
at Macao, on the 3d of February,
1815, relates, that on passing at
eastward of the Philipines, ncai a
dry rock south-eastwardly of the Is
land of Timor, he perceived on
the shore, a man, who by signals
was imploring assistance. He im
mediately despatched a boat to land
and brought oil a Frenchmannamed
Dagelet, the astronomer of M. La
Peyrouse, who departed from Bota
ny Pav the 1788, with the two
ships under his command,proceed
ed to the southwest ol New Hol
land, running along a chain of rocks
whose bearing and situation were
not designated by M. Dagelet.—
The Astrolable run upon breakers
in the night and was lost—part of
the crew were saved. But a short
■time after, being in want of water
and provisions, and continuing to
run down the chain of rocks, La
Peyrouse discovered an island si
tuated S. S. E. from the island of
Zealand, which mav be about 12
or thirteen leagues in circumfer
ence. After having gone round
this island, he entered with his ordy
remaining vessel into a deep and
safe bay, where he came to anchor.
He was there well received, and
found a hospitable people, assist
ance and provisions of every kind,
and obtained permission to erect
his tent on shore for the accommo
dations of his sick. Nothing hith
erto had disturbed the haimonv
which subsided between his people
and the natives of the country.—
But by the carelessness of the cook,
a fire broke out on board his ship,
and it was entirely consumed. By
the greatest exertions, La Peyrouse
saved every thing possible of the
sails, cordage, utensils, arms and
ammunition. His design was to
“build a vessel which should carry
the news cf h:o misfortune to some
European colony ; but the nativ es
who permitted him to establish his
camp, and to take all measures for
his saiety, constantly opposed his
design.
He then had no other hope than
that the uncertainty respecting his
fate might induce the French gov
ernment to send in search ofhim.—
In the mean time; years passed
away, and not a vessel was seen.—
After having passed 21 years in
fruitless expectation, he at last re
solved on making preparations to
embark. Having given orders for
cutting in the wood the necessary
pieces of timber, the natives regard
ed the order as an act of hostility,
and soon began war upon him. —
The French being obliged to act al
ways upon the defensive, could not
carry their project into execution.
M. La Peyrouse repeatedly endea
vored to raise their spirits, but al
ways without success. At last af
ter a war in which the little ammu
nition which had been saved was
exhausted, the French, overcome
by numbers, yielded, and were all I
massacred. The Indians burnt the
camp. M. Dagelet commanded a
small post of 17 men. On being
informed of the fate of M. Pey
rouse, and having no doub, of the
late which awaited him with his
companions, abandoned his little
battery, and was so fortunate as to
reach a little bay, where they found
some Indian boats, of which thev
took possession. With the aid of
these frail vessels, they gained the,
ocean, without oars, without in
struments, and without provisions,
where they had to struggle with
the honors which threatened inev
itable death. In the mean time,
the wind and curicnts drove them,
after several days, upon the dry
rock, w hence the Portuguese vessel
took M. Dagelet, after having sub
sisted there two years,during which
time he saw the sad companions of
his misfortunes, one after another
all perish.
IM. Dagelet was the sole survi
vor, and he died on the ninth day
alter being taken on board the Por-
tuguese vessel. His declaration has
been delivered, and his journals de
posited at Macao by the Portuguese
captain. In them the latitude and
longitude of the island where I.a
Pevrouse remained so long a time,
was determined. The governor of
this place has sent them both to
Batavia, whence they will be for
warded to France. They have been
compared with d’Entrecasteaux’s
journals, and it appears that the
latter passed within 8 or 10 leagues
only of the island where M Pey
rouse was detained.
J. F. De F'roberville,
Lieut, in the Navy.
———i m i mi i ——w
.——l—,. ,
By the arrival at New-York of the
British ship Commerce, Capt. Richie,
from Greenock, London dates to the
4th and Paris to the 2d of June are re
ceived.
According to the French accounts
the invading army continues its pro
gress—but there is nothing from which
to judge of the ultimate success of ei
ther party.
There is nothing relative to Abis
bal’s movements or intentions. A dis
patch from the French commandant
who has taken possession of Toledo,
after a considerable resistance, of the
23d of May, says—“ Chaleco has ral
lied the troops ol’D’Abisbal and is now
at Mauzanares, with a considerable
body, and with two pieces of artil
lery.”
On the 23d of May, the Duke d’An
gouleme addressed a proclamation to
the Spaniards, in which he informs
them that * the moment has arrived
for establishing in a solemn and stable
manner the Regency which is to be
entrusted with the administration of
the country, with the organization of
a regular army, and with concerting
with me the means of consummating
our great work, the deliverance of your
King.” The French nation, he as
sures them, is not at war with Spain,
and that its armies have%ccupied the
Spanish territories, as auxiliaries only,
to deliver her King from the thraldom
of a faction, to restore her altars, and
to re-establish justice.
The Archbishop Tarrazona, Grand
Inquisitor of Spain, has been invited
to return to Madrid to resume his func
tions.
Alter the occupation of Madrid had
been completed, tlie advanced guard
of the French army marched from that
city, attacked and defeated at Talave
ra a Constitutional force of 3500 men,
who fled from the field, leaving many
killed and wounded and 60 prisoners,
12 cannons with provisions and their
military chest, in the hands of the
French.
Notwithstanding the success of the
French, it appears that much interest
and anxiety prevailed at Paris for the
result of the operations against gener
al Mina, and it is remarked as singular
that Moncey’s despatch of the 28th,
contains no notice of the attack of that
general upon Vich, two days previous,
and in which a victory is claimed by
the French and ultras.
A regency, during the captivity of
(he King has been nominated, consist
ing of tlie Duke del Infantado, Presi
dent, the Duke deXlontemar, Baron d’
Eroles, the Bishop of Osma, and M.
Calderon.
The Constitutionalists who were
made prisoners, in the recent affair of
Donnadieu in Catalonia, are said to
have revolted, and were put to the
sword.
New'-York, July 17.
We have had a conversation with
a gentleman of the first respectabil
ity, lately arrived from Europe,
who left Paris on the 18th of May,
and came through London, where
he spent some days. He says the
prevailing opinion among the bet
ter informed inhabitants of Paris
and London is, that the British
ministry are as anxious for the des
truction of the Spanish constitution,
as it now stands, and the success of
the French arms in bringing back
Ferdinand to all the powers hereto
fore by him surrendered to the
Cortes, as the most decided royal
ist in Paris. He says Paris was as
quiet as London, and this from no
other cause than that a perfect un
derstanding existed between M.
Chateaubriand and the British Mi
nistry, that the Spanish Constitu
tion should be made null—but that
the Inquisition was not to be resto
red—that by the first of September,
the campaign would be closed,
leaving 100,000 F'rench to protect
F'erdinand and his Court. This is
a melancholy account of the affairs
in Spain.
This gentleman saw London pa
pers of the Cth of June. The King
was so seriously ill, that the British
Pailhwnent had parsed an aQ. fqi
the benefit of those in office,sthai
they should not have to payfMw’
duties on the succession ot tflb Duke
of York. , * ‘
From the same source vve
that the Marquis la Fayette,Jigd it
in contemplation to visit
trv once more, in the course of next
Fall. ■.;
—7 .
Counter-Revolution in Portugal?
Capt. Sneed arrived at Philadel
phia from Lisbon, has turnished tlie
editors of the U. S. Gazette with a
detailed account of the late distur
bance in Portugal, by which it ap
pears that it was brought about bv
Gen. Sepulveda ; a constitutional
general, who thinking to gain lavor
with the king persuaded the troops
to revolt, and declare against the
constitution. When the troops
found, however, that the king would
not countenance him, they attacked
and beat hiin so severely that his
life was despaired of. Ihe distur
bances continued for several days,
but before capt. S.
order Jiad been in a great measure
restored by the king promising a
new constitution, ‘i here was very
little said in Lisbon about Spain,
but jt was thought that the revolu
tion would injure the Spanish
cause.
By the brig Hiram, arrived at Nevv-
York, Gibraltar papers of the 7th June
containing Cadiz and Seville dates of
the 2d have been received.
The Straits swarmed with Spanish
privateers, which boarded every vessel
they could, but detained only those
that were suspected of having French
property on board; these were sent, in
to Algesiras for trial. The brig Cyno
of Philadelphia was sent in by one of
them on the sth of June. Several
French and Dutch vessels had also
been sent in. A Dutch 74, and gun
brig, had been into Algesiras, and ta
ken out the vessel of their nation which
bad been captured. A French 74 and
Ligate were lying in Gibraltar bay,
and were about to proceed for Algesi
ras, to demand the French vessels, ta
ken and it was said would take them
by force if not peaceably given up.—
The American squadron had sailed for
port Mahon. A great race took place
between the Constitution and a Brit
ish trigate, a few days before the Hi
ram sailed. The former proved herself
much the fastest sailer.
The accounts from Madrid by this
arrival, are no later than before recei
ved.
Abisbal and Montijoshad been strip
ped of all honors and distinctions, and
the command of the army which occu-
P‘ed Madrid, conferred on Gen. Cas
telldosrius, who set out immediately
from Seville; and arrived to head his
troops at the very moment the French
made the attack at Talavera, of which
so boasting an account was given in
late Paris papers.—From the Spanish
statement it will be seen, that the pa
triots, in strict conformity to the sys
tem of warfare which they have adop
ted, avoided a general engagement
with the enemy, but so far from display
ing that cowardice of which the French
accused them, they evinced the great
est bravery, and only retired from
the field in consequence of the over
whelming numbers opposed to them.
We know, by the last arrival from Flu
rope, that the FYench had not advan
ced a single step towards Seville sev
eral days subsequent to this affair.—
The head quarters of General Cast
elidosrius were at Delcitosa, on the
frontiers of| F.stremadura, 120 miles
southeast of Madrid, where he was
organizing his troops, and taking up
positions for the purpose of annoying
the enemy with his guerillas, if they
should attempt to cross the Tagus.
General Ballasteros, on the other
hand, had entered Valencia, the block
ade of which he had previously com
pelled the French to abandon ; and, in
almost every part of the South of Spain,
troops were in motion, and in advance
to meet the invaders. The French
are likewise, stated to have evacuated
Santander with precipitation, in conse
quence of the natives having risen on
them.
There is nothing in these accounts
(says the Plvening Post) which gives
the least colour tq the idea, that the
Cortes were, disposed to treat with the
F'reiic.h; far less that any of them were
leagued with Abisbal, or had abandon
ed Seville, as confidAitly asserted in
some of the Paris and Loudon journals.
On the contrary, their acts show, that
they are animated by the best spirit,
and determined not to yield but in the
last extremity. 71iey had raised one
hundred and sixty millions of reals,
part of 200 millions called for bv the
gove mine lit, and applied them to the
necessities of the state. This money
which was levied on foreigners as well
as natives, to be refunded out of tlie
property of the clergy.
On tlie whole, vve think that tlie as
pect of Spanish affairs is brighter than
was lq.be expected from the high col
ouring given by the French ot their
progress, and ot the disposition ot the
Spanish nation to submit to the arbi
trary stvay of the sovereign.
Emigration. —ln the ship Com
merce, of Greenock, which arrived
here ort Tuesday evening, came, as
a cabin passenger, Nahum Ward,
Esq. of Marietta, Ohio, formerly
of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and
between 80 and 90 passengers in
the steerage, most of whom are
young farmers, and of good charac
ter, tor settlement on Mr. W ard s
lands in the District of Marietta.—■
These enterprising young men, to
gether with about fifty that sailed
from Greenock on the 4th of April
last wdth the same intention, are]
but the van of a much larger colony
that are winding up their concerns I
in the mother country, and will
shortly be transplanted into the fer-’
tile vale of Ohio. This will be no,
small advantage to our common
country, while it will he particu
larly gratifying to our sister state
of Ohio—v irtuous men being a re
al acquisition to any land. Mr.
Ward, who has spent the lasttwelve
months in Europe, but much the
greater part of his time in Scotland,
making known to the farming class
of that country the many advanta
ges of the flourishing state of Ohio,
is of opinion that 1000 individuals
will have left North Britain for the
vale of the Ohio, from the first of
Api il to the first of October next,
and that each succeeding year 2000
will follow their example.
This is certainly very pleasing in
the prospective, and we believe
there is very little doubt of its be
ing fully realized. Our country
bidsevery virtuous foreigner a hear
ty welcome ; —and no people make
better citizens than the Scotch, they
are moral, religious, sober, and in
dustrious, almost to a proverb ;
and the least we can say is, that he
who has spent much time and mo
ney solely for the purpose of ma
king the advantages of his country
known to European farmers, is de
serving well of his fellow citizens.
Extraordinary Instance of Rapid
Communication. —lt is the practice
of the Admiralty to hold certain
commuications with the outports,
daily at one o’clock, by telegraphic
despatch. The following is an in
stance of the wonderful celerity with
which these communications are
made.—Certain instructions rela
tive to the regulation of the time
keeper, were, on Tuesday se’nnight,
communicated from the Admiralty
office, London, to the telegraph,
Portsmouth, and an answer receiv
ed by them in one minute, the whole
distance being 144 miles. It is im
possible to imagine any thing more
perfect than this system of rapid
communication must be.
Emerald Mines. —lt is very inter
esting to learn with accuracy the
situation of the oriental mines of
the emerald, that vve may he able
to explain where the Greeks and
Romans found that mineral, as they
could not be acquainted with Peru,
the only place in which they are
found in our days. We are pleas
ed, therefore, to iearn from accounts
from that part of the world, that
Mr- Callot, who was sent by the
Pacha of Egypt to look for the an
cient emerald mines, has been so
fortunate as to discover them in
the neighborhood of the Red Sea,
which pretty nearly agrees with the
account of the scite of these treas
ures, as given by ancient authors.
U. S. Gazette.
Several severe shocks of earthquake
were experienced in the Island of Ja
va on the 17th and 18th Dec. last. At
the same time a loud subterraneous
rumbling was heard iu the mountain
of Merapie. and it began to throw out
stones. An eruption took place soon
after, during which half of tlie moun
tain was surrounded with torrents of
lava and columns of fire, while a heavy •
shower of sand and small stones cov
ered the neighbouring fields. Four
villages are known to be burnt and
two buried—but fifteen persons lost
their lives, owing to the inhabitants
having had time to escape. Another
mountain in a different pars of the Isl
and has emitted quantities of ashes
and given other indications of eruption.
Another pirate captured —The
schr. Caroline, from Campeachy
was chased on the forenoon cf the j
13ih ult. off tV Sisal, b v a m
schr Dunngxhe chase gu ’ i
heard ahead, an\ shortly a f>
a man ot war how j n T .
pirate discontinue! t i_ i\
hauled her wind, c . ‘ aw
oline stood i t .
war, w hich proved to ,*7 V ~ Se Uf
26 guns, capt. Herber^ 6 , la m *r,
raticul schooner in cornea* a pi.
she had captured that
the American brig Tropic w|’p
she had re-captured from t ; le
schooner. The pirate mouutt I
two guns, and had fifty men all ,
whom escaped to the shore, ha\l
ing run the schooner close into f ‘
beach. Capt. Herbert gave prot
tion to the Caroline to Campeachi
at which ports the pirates who 1
escaped were seen walking JI
streets publicly. The Tamar tool
out some articles from the sheerer
and afterwards burnt her.
The above schooner had a s h 0r
time previous to her capture, boa .
decl the British brig George t!i”
Third, at her anchorage in Cam
peachy harbour, and plundered ho
of several articles. She also at.
tempted to board the ship Nl oro .
Castle, Voyce, and brig Nelson*
Kidd, lying at Lagoona, but was
beaten off after a severe action.
It was understood at Campeachy
that the pirates were waiting f Ol \
favorable oppotunity tocutavessd
out of the habour, in order to pro.
ceed in her to sea, and plunder any
thing they might fall in with.
The cruising ground of the pirates
is understood to be between Cham
boana towards Sisal and the Alicran
and they rendezvous at a place cal
led El Islapiedras,abouttwoleagues
to the northward of the village of
Jayna, they have an arsenal there,
and it is said upwards of 300 men
sometimes resort to fit out small
vessels with which they go a plun
dering. The land in that neigh
borhood is very low, but may be
distinguished by two small hills,
resembling two white hammocks
The water is shallow, and only nav
igable for small vessels. The pi
rates carry vessels into one of the
creeks, and, after taking out their
goods, &c. burn them and convey
the plunder to the shore in boats.
A number of huts and small hous
es have lately been erected near to
Jayna in fact, it may be called a
town of pirates.
On the 22d ult. off Alicran, the
Caroline was chased by a piratical
schooner for several hours, but es
caped by superior sailing. On Fri
day se’nnight, between Mancinella
and Cape Cruz, a large canoe, full
of armed men was pulling for the
Caroline, but Capt. Thomas fired
into her, when they made off and
returned to the shore.
Jamaica Courant.
Capture of Pirates —lt is stated by
a gentleman arrived at Charleston in
5 days from Key West, that informa
tion having been received there, that a
Piratical schooner, with a crew of 80
men, was lying behind a point of land
near the Old Straits, Lieut. Watson,
of Com. Porter’s Squadron,with a force
ot 26 men in two barges, seizing an
opportunity when the schr. was be
calmed, attacked her, killed 71 of her
crew, and took 9 prisoners, live sud
denness of the attack was so great,
that the pirates attempted no resist
ance—attending only to their escape,
in attempting which, most of them lost
their lives. None of our seamen were
killed or wounded. A part of the pri
soners had died of their wounds. The
remainder were sent over to Havana
for trial. Our readers can rely on the
truth of the above information, (says
the Patriot,) as it was related to our
informant by Com. Porter himself, and
by several of the officers of the squad
ron.
Com. Porter, his officers and crew,
together with a detachment of ma
rines, stationed at Key Vacas under
Lieutenant Rogers, were all in good
health.
Jl rirate seized. —lt is stated in
the New-York Statesman of the 19th
that on the day previous as an honest
jack tar was passing in Broad-way,
near St. Paul’s Church, lie recognised
among the passengers on tlie side walk
a Spanish sailor whom he knew as n
pirate, and immediately seized him by
the collar, charged him with being one
of u gang who robbed a vessel some
time since in the West India seas, on
board of which he was a sailor, and
forthwith dragged him before the P 0 ’
lice, where he was briefly questioned
and committed to Bridewell. Ib*
further examination was to take place
j the next day before the judged the
District Court.