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IsTßEtsfivG Account
if- a * *ar!y attempt of the French to colonize
Florida.
The derided indications of a violent
spirit of persecution, on fie part of the
Catholic priesthood of France, induced
the brave, .(’oligny .to make an experi
ment.which might have issued in the pro
vision ot a safe retreat for a considera
ble portion of the oppressed Protestants.
He formed a party oi* Huguenots, among
whom were several of high respectabili
ty* who strik'd under the command of
Ribault. an olliccr ot considerable spirit,
with the intention of colonizing Florida,
After a favourable voyage, lie arrived at
the entrance of a river, which he called
May, from the month in which lie reach
ed the coast. lie here erected a fort and
then imprudently sailed for France, to ’
bripg out a reinforcement. Albert, to!
whom he delegated his authority during
his absence, appeals to have been both
unworthy and incompetent of so impor
tant a situation. From his extreme se
verity and i l-management. the colonists
formed an inveterate hatred against him,
which terminated in his death. In the
excitement of internal dissensions, the
settlers had paid little or no attention to
the production of food, and were compel
led after exhaust ing nearly all tlier stores,
to make the desperate attempt of recross
ing the Atlantic with the small romain
der ot their provisions. Ik ing detained
by a calm, they had commenced preying
upon one another when they were provi
dentially <i'livered from their unhappy
condition by an Knglish ve scl, which
conveyed them to their own country.—
During the abode of the unfortunate men
in Florida. Colignyha t been so deeply
engaged in the dissensions at home,
which had ripened into an open rupture
and a civil war, that he was prevented
from sending his intended reinforcement?
but no sooner had peace been concluded,
than he despatched a fresh expedition,
under M. Roue Laudonniera, who arriv
ed in the river May on the 25th of June.
16G-1. After sailing northward about
ten leagues lie returned to the May and
erected a fort, which, in honor’of his
sovereign he styled Fort Caroline. He
proved, however, inadequate’to the diffi
cult task oi presiding over a number of
spirited young men in a state of great
excitement from the disappointment of
their expectations, wlrlcli had dwelt up
on the prospect of golden harvests and
unbounded wealth. Piets were formed
against his Fife, and lie was on the point
oi leaving, with the remains of his colo
ny. for Europe, when anew expedition,
under the command of Sibault. entered
the l iver. That officer superseded Lou
donniere, only, however to experience
still more melancholy disasters. Scarce
ly a week had pased after his arrival,
when eight Spanish vessels were seen in
the same river, where several French
vessels were lying at anchor. As the
Spanish* fleet made towards them, the
French rut their rallies, and put out to
sea. Although they were fired upon and j
pursued, they escap'd ; but. finding that
their enemies had lande on the shores
of the river Dolphin about eight lea ties]
distant, they returncd'to the May. lii
hault now called a council at Fort Caro
line which decided that they ought to
strengthen the fort w ith all possible dili
gence and he prepared for the enemy
He was himself, however of a very dif
ferent opinion. Apprehensive for the
defection of the friendly and auxiliary
natives, if they should discover that, at
the first approach of the Spaniards, they j
should confine themselves to their camp ;
and fortifications, he judge I it best to
proceed against the enemy at once, be
fore they should colic t their forces and
constru.-t a fortification in their vicinity.
To strengthen this view, lie produced a
letter from Admiral t’oligny, containing
these words :—‘\Y Idle I was sealing this
letter I received certain advice that Don
Ferdo Mencndez is departing from Spain,
to. go to the coast of New France. See
that you suffer him not to ennutich upon
you. and that you do encroach upon him.’
It was indeed tie fleet of Mencndez,
which had just arrived on the coast and
given the alarm. 'Philip 11. had given
him the command oT a fleet asd an rmv
with full power to drive the Hugu* nits
out of Florida and fictile it with Cat ho- 1
lies. Fixed in his purpose. Ribault in
stantly took all the best of his ineh at
Port Caroline, and set sail in pursuit of]
the Spanish fleet, leaving Laudonniere
in ( barge of the fort, w ithout any ade
quate means of defence. Most unfortu
nately he was overtaken by a tremendous
storm, which destroyed all the vessels,
the men only escaping. Mencndez now
•began to consider what advantage lie
could take of this state of affairs. It ap
peared to him. that by pushing across
the country, he w ould have every chance
of reaching the fort before circumstances
would admit of Ribault’s return, lie
set forth immediately with five hundred
of his best troops, and, after overcoming
the formidable obstacles of swamps swel
led by rain, on the evening of the fourth
day arrived within view of the fort.—
At day-break, Mencndez mounted the
hill, and saw no'ajrpearance of any watch,
and before Laudonniere could muster his
little garrison, the Spaniards had rushed
in and begun an indiscriminate massa
cre of men. women, and children. Lau- :
dontiiere, though .worn down with sick- :
ness, escaped from* the fort with about
twenty others, who concealed themselves
in the woods. In this extremity, six of
tb-'.n ventured to tlirote* - tlienisei cs on
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the mercy of the Spaniards; but they
were cruelly massacred in sight of their
companions.
Laudonniere. seeing no wav of escape
hut by getting over the marshes to the
ships at the mouth of the river, led the
way. and several 1‘ his men followed
him tluftugh the swamp into the water.
Unable to proceed, lie sent two of them,
who could swim well, to the ships for
help. At length he was carried on board
a French shallop, which was in search
of them. and. having picked up the re
maining fugitives, who were concealed
amorig the reeds, carried them to a little
ship at the mouth of the river. In this
they undertook to reach their native coun
try : on their voyage they encountered
want, cold, hunger, and thirst, but they
ultimately entered, in a miserable state,
the port of Bristol, wlucre they met a hos
pitable reception. A more tragic end !
awaited Ribault; all his vessels were
dashed to pieces (as we have before ob
served) in the tempest, which lasted some
days. V, ith great difficulty the crews
succeeded in reaching the shore, and di
rected their steps towards the fort. Af
.ter a foilsomc journey of nine days
through a rugged country, what was
their amazement and grief to find the fort
in the hands of the inveterate enemies,
alike of their enterpme and their faith !
Many ol them were, for enduring the
worst ext remity, rather than fall into the
hands ol the Spaniards : but Ribault;
ju-ging their situation otherwise wholly
desperate, determined to open a treaty
with Mencndez, who received them in
the most courteous manner, and pledged
himself, on the faith of a soldier and gen
tleman that they should he well treated, I
and sent back to their country. Upon
this pledge the French delivered up their
arms : but when they were all assembled
on a plain in front of the castle, Menen
doz, with his sword, drew a line round
them on the land, and then ordered his
troops to tail on and make an indiscrim
inate massacre. The bodies were not on
ly covered with repeated wounds, but
cut in pieces, and treated with the most
shocking indignities. A number of the
mangled limbs of the victims were then
suspended to a tree, to which was attach- j
ed the following inscription:—’Not be
cause they are French-men. hut because:
they are heretics and enemies of Hod.’
When intelligence of t is barbarous mas
sacre reached France it excited an almost
universal feellingof grief and rage, and!
inspired a desire of vengeance of corres
ponding intensity. Though Charles IX.
was in.o' ed in vain by the prayers of
fifteen hundred widows'and orphans, to
require of the Spanish monarch tlratjus
tice should he awarded against his mur
derous subjects, there was in the nation
itself an energy w hich provided an aven
ger. Dominique clc Gourgues determin
ed to devote himself, his fortune and his
whole being, to the achievement of some
signal and terrible retribution. He found
means to equip three small vessels, and
to put on board of them eighty sailors,
and one hundred and fifty troops. Hav
ing crossed the Atlantic lie sailed a’ong
the roast of Florida and landed at a riv
er about fifteen leagues distant from the
May The Spaniards, to the number of
Tonr hundred were well fortified, princi
pally at the great fort, begun by the
French, & afterwards repaired by them
selves. Two leagues lower towards the
river’s mouth, they had ma e two small
er forts, which were defended by a hun
dred and twenty sol iers. well supplied
with artillery and ammunition. G6ur
gues, though informed of their strength,
procee ed resolutely forward, and. with
tin' assistance of the natives, made a vig
orous and desperate assault- Of sixty
Spaniards in the first fort, there escaped
but fifteen; and all in the second fort
were slain. After a company ofSpau
iar s. sallying out from the third fort,
had been intercepted and killed on the
spot, this last fortress was easily taken.
All the surviving Spaniards were led
aw ay prisoners, with the fifteen who es
caped the massacre at the first fort : and,
after having been show n the injury that
they ha! done to the French nation were
hung on the houghs of the same trees on
which the Frenchmen had been pre\ iously
suspended. Gourgues, in retaliation for
the label Mencndez hud attached to the
j bodies of the French, placed over the
corpse of the Spaniards, 'not as to mari
ners. but as to traitors, robbers, and
murderers ’ 'Having razed the three
forts he. set sail for Rochelle. In that;
protestant capital lie was received with
the loudest acclamations. At Bordeaux
there were reiterated, and lie was advis
ed to proceed to Paris, where, however,
lie met with a very diflicrent reception.
Philip had already an embassy demand
ing his head, which Charles and Cathar
ine were not disinclined to give, and had
taken steps for bringing him to trial ;but
they found the measure so excessively
. unpopular, that they were obliged to al
low him 1o retire into Normandy. Sub
sequently lie regained royal favor, and
found an ample employment In the ser
| vice of his country.”.— [History and To
pography of the United States, by J. 11.
J list on, notv published in London . j
THE SEASON.
May—delightful, incense breathing
May. has come with all her tra n of plea
sant sights and sounds, and odours, re
freshing to the senses, and the enfranchis
ed earth s gladdened already with her
gentle visitation. The trees clad in their
umbrageous heauteousness, put forth the
germs of future blossoms—the green grass
waves smilingly in the southern breezes—
the modest daisy—the gaudy tulip, and j
the scented lilac, display their varied
charms of hue and fragrance, and the air i
is redolent with the melody of early
songsters. AH nature looks gay and
joyful—the Icy fetters of stern old winter
are broken and vanished, and the loosen-;
ed rivulet, exulting in its freedom, flows i
with a gentle and peaceful murmuring
over its pebbly bed, w hile the leafy w oods
echo the quiet sound of its gliding w aters.
May—loveliest of months—harbinger
of sinmner, w e greet thee! There is beau
ty on tby brow, and grace in thy foot
steps. and the Houris, thy laughing hand
maidens, make all things vocal with their
happy and exhilerant harmonics. Thy
cbymic touch changes the sterile into
fruitful, and before thee the waste Is co
vered with verdure, and the wilderness
blossoms as a rose! Sweet May, delight
ful are the associations blended with tby
coming. Youth and love walk hand in
hand beside thee, and at thy approach,
trembling Age pauses upon his crutch
and recalls the memory of days long de
parted. Fertile art thou in promises of
future gladness, and in the w hisperings
of thv voice we hear of coining fruits,
rich, balmy and delicious, and fields shi
vered with golden harvests: and in thy
softness and seven ty we have the fore
thought and pre-knowledge of days pass
ed in the. calm solitude of shady groves,
and nights made glorious by the brilli
ance of a full moon careering through
skies of cloudless beauty. Even now the
stars look down from their bright homes i
in the happy heavens, and seem to rejoice
in the budding glories of regenerated na
ture.
May—season of happiness—thou art
thrire welcome! The dews which thou
sheddest are not more rev iving to the bo
som of the longing earth, than thy smiles
are grateful to the heart of man. ’ Glad
ly does lie hail thy enlivening presence—
the current of life purified and refreshing
pours through its channels with a quick
ened and vigorous impulse, and his spi
rits gus'h forth with an overflowing heed
lessness. His mind is rchraeed and in
vigorated—its faculties are purged and
strengthened, and the soul leaps and
dances in the tumult of its own joyous
ness.
May—again and again thou art wel
come Phil. Conr.
Comets, doubtless, answer some wise
and good purpose in the creation: so do
women Co.nets are incoaiprehenSihle,
beautilul and eccentric: o are women.
Comets shine with peculiar spendour,
hut at night appear most beautiful. Com
ets confound the most learned, when they
attempt to ascertain their nature, so do
women Comets equally excite the ad
miration of the philosopher and of the
clod of the valley* so do women Comets
and women, therefore, are closel/analo
gous* hut the nature of each beinginscru
tablfe, all that remains for us to do, is, to
view with admiration the one, and, al
most to adoration, love the other,
A I.AV VElt’s STORY.
Tom strikes Dick over the shoulders
with a rattan as big as your little linger.
A lawyer would tell you the story some
thing in this way: “ And that, where
as, the said Thomas, at the said Provi
dence, in the year and day aforesaid, in
] and upon the body of the said Richard,
iin the peace of God and the state, then
and there being, did make a most violent
: assault, and inflicted a great many and
i divers blows, kicks, cuff’s, thumps, bumps,
: contusions, gashes, wounds, hurts, dama
ges. and injuries, in and upon the head,
neck, breast, stomach, lips, knees, slims,
and heels of the said Richard, with divers
sticks, staves, canes, poles, clubs, logs of
wood, stones, guns, dirks, swords, dag
gers, pistols, cutlasses, bludgeons, blun
derbusses and hoarding pikes, then and
there held in the hands, lists, claws and
| clutches of him, the said Thomas.”
From the American Farmer.
ORANGE FARM.
1 he following letter from the proprietor of
the Orange Farm, tvill he read with interest.
The only remark we have to make on laying
it before our readers, is—“go and do likewise.’
MH . Sm ith : May 4, 18‘tl.
Under an impression that the agriculturists
of our country, with a few exceptions,did not
employ capital enough in their business, 1
about twelve years since, deterromed Aa car
ry my ideas into effect upon my Orange Farm,
consisting of 400 acres. After ‘lie desired
fertility had been given to the soil, 30 acres
of it were converted into a garden, and 370
acres into a dairy farm. Of these 370 acres,
about 70 arc in wood, and about 300 under
cultivation.
The cows are in number 100—sometimes
more, and sometimes less. They are kept in
warm, but well ventilated stables throughout
the winter, and part of the spring 'and au
tumn. The y are not exposed to cold rains J
even in summer. They run during the sum-!
mer on luxuriant pastures, each of which of-!
fords a comfortable shade. So much iinpor* j
tanee is attached to shade that sheds have been j
erected over the troughs, where they get their j
drink. As there is no running water on the |
farub wo have to depend on pumps. And it
may not bo out ofplacohere to state, that two
dogs, at one time, pump nil the water, and
cut ail the cornstalks, straw and hay used for
all the cows and other animals of this farm.
These cut articles, mixed with corameal.bran
shorts, and roots, are cooked by moans of a
very simple steam apparatus for their food du
ring the winter, with occasional variations.
The cows are at all times in the stable clean
by being kept clear of their own dirt, by means ;
of a well constructed drain so fixed as to re
ceive all their thing and urine.
Of the sales of the products of this dairy j
farm , there has been for a series of years a pro
gressive increase. The account of the sales
of last year, as rendered to me by my manager
on the Ist January last, you have below : and
l am given to understand that it will be more
this year. In this statement the proceeds of
the garden of 30 acres arc not included.
As the expenses of repairs, of buildings,
and every other kind, are paidjby a manager,!
have not allowed myself to pry into them very
closely. I have contented myself with know
-1 mg, that lie has to deliver to me, and that he
does deliver to me, without limitation every
day, whatever quantity my family may want
of fresh butter, cream and milk, and that he
has to pay to me, A does pay to me cash every
j Saturday, a satisfactory net amount of rent.
, * **'
A mount of Sales on Orange Farm for 1 8*30.
Alilk, - . . $4,822 20
Butter, - - . 1,770 35
Beef, - - . - 1,201 84
Veal, - - - - 134 79
i Pigs, - - - . 72 50
Vegetables, - - - 455 99
Hay, - - - - 1,143 00
i
$0,656- 73
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" The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.”
From the Raleigh (A. (’.) Star.
(lor. /.ranch- —The following letter from
the HOll. John Branch, late Secretary of the
Navy, to a gentleman in this city, has been
handed to us for publication :
Washington City, May 3rd. 1931.
AT; Dear Sir, —You have, no doubt, before
tire, seen in the papers accounts of the resig
nations of the Secretary of State and the Sec
retary at War, and the dismissal of the other
members of the Cabinet.
The letters of the two former, addressed to
the President of the U. States, present thdir
reasons? and the motives for the dismissal of
the others arc assigned in the answer of the
President to the Secretary of the Treasury
and myself In these the President admits
that the dismissed officers have faithfully dis
charged their respective duties. But intimates
that the want of harmony in the Cabinet, and
the protection of the two retiring Secretaries
“from unjust misconceptions ai.d malignant
misrepresentations,” made it necessary the
others should go out also.
80 far as regards the members of the Cabi
net, this measure is comparatively of little
moment. It is, however, a matter of deep
concern as affecting the character of the Gov
ernment. In this point of view the Ameri
can people have a right to know the whole
truth ; from whence the alleged discord ori
ginated; by whom and for what purpose, it
has been fostered; and in what respect and
win refore it has been connected with the
public administration of the affairs of the Na
tion. ihe President is bound to make these
explanations to the people.
If it were intended to be intimated that 1
air. responsible for the want ol foirmony in
the Cabinet, tiie charge is unjust, i deny
that I pursued a course that invited hostility.
On the contrary, I went as far as a man of hon
or could go ii. endeavoring to promote a good
understanding and cordial official co-opera
tion with all the members of the Cabinet.—
Hut it seems I was expected to go still fur
ther, and not doing so, it lias been held a good
cause for my dismissal. If it is asked, why i
did not abandon the Cabinet and expose to
the world the malign influences by which it
was embarrassed ? 1 would reply, that 1 con
stantly looked forward *0 a favorable change.
That especially I relied for this upon the wis
dun, firmness and justice of the Chief Ma
gistrate. I have been disappointed. 1 have
lied the deep mortification to see him gradu
ally discarding from his counsels and friend
ship his old and long tried supporters, and
throwing himself into the arms of persons
whose cold hearted selfishness and artifices
were played off upon him for true and faithful
service.
Best assured, however, that whatever may
be the public judgment as to the merits of this
question, no consideration arising from per
sonal feeling will induce me to take a course
which I should not believe calculated to main
tain Hie character and promote the interest of
the State which gave me birth.
Business of importance, especially as ena
bling me to settle down permanently in North
Carolina, will probably require my presence
in Tennessee, where I may bo detained until
August next. On my return to my family, 1
hope to moot you, when I shall be highly grat
ified to renew'that social and friendly inter
course, which heretofore, so much to iny sat
isfaction, has subsisted between us.
In the mean time, I beg you to receive as
surances of great respect and esteem.
JOHN BRANCH.
Hear, Oye Nations ! Hear it, O ye People !
The coalition are non-suited in their Indian
law suit. William Wirt, the great William
Wirt, attorney general to Adams, Clay & Cos.
and of counsel for the independent Cherokee
nation, has been non-suited by the U. States
Supreme Court. Yes, Mr. Webster’s own
dear Supreme Court, by the mouth of Judge
Marshall, has decided that the Indians are not
a “sovereign, independent” nation—that Gen.
Jackson is right in his construction of the
laws and treaties—that Georgia is right in ex
ercising jurisdiction over the Indians—and
♦hat the Supreme Court cannot interfere with
the proceedings of the courts of Georgia rela
ting to the Indians.
Oh dear, what is to be done ? So many
crocodile tears ; so many hypocritical prayers,
and *uch a waste of onions—all, all for noth
ing! M hat can be done? Tears as large as
French turnips, have rolled down the checks
of the Indian sympathisers in solid platoons,
and all in vain. Oh how cruel is Gen. Jack
son, and how cruel is the Supreme Court! !
But will the coalition he contented with
this decision? Will they dry up their tears
and submit their ambition and their measures
to the laws? We cannot answer these ques*
ti ms. All we can say for them is, that if they
do not like the decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States, they had better appeal
to the Holy Alliance ; or to the Panama Con
gress, if they can find it.
Troy, (N. Y.) Budget.
SMALL POLITICIANS The Spirit of
the Age makes a very correct remark with
reference to a politician of the small order, or
a thorough-going partisan, whose situation
some think is a very convenient one, that he
has nothing to do but praise his idols and
abuse their opponents; that he need bo. at no
trouble to think for himself, or determine
what is true—what is false—what is useful
or what is detrimental; but merely to “track
full and fair,” in the steps of these who go
before him. Such may be his situation for a
time ; but, let it not be forgotten, that this ve
ry circumstance may render his situation the
more critical and alarming 1 , v. hen he is thrown,
by an unforeseen occurrence, upon his own re
sources. When his leaders fall out, as is
sometimes the case, he must at least deter
mine which of them he will follow ; and this
may sometimes be no easy matter, to one not in
the habit of deciding for himself, but accus
tomed to being guided by leading strings
Besides, great men are not very careful of the
interests of their little hangers on. When
they come to a critical point in their course,
they bolt, or turn a political somerset, without
hesitation, wholly regardless of the interests
of those who follow' in their train. On such
occasions, they seem to act upon the princi
ple of the vulgar adage—“the d —l take the
hindmost.”
“ Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times.”
From the Boston Gazette, of May G.
Distressing Fire, with loss of Lives.—
A most calamitous fire broke out on Wednes
day evening, between 19 and 11 o’clock, in
the block of buildings in Broad st. well known
as Quincy’s bake-house. The two upper
stories and a part of the second were occu
pied by seven families, comprising nearly 50
individuals, principally Irish, most of whom
made their escape when the alarm was first
given. Mr. John Murphy, his wife and three
children who occupied a room in the third
story, were probably smothered in their sleep,
and died without the least sensation of pain.
Their remains have all been found, and were
decently buried yesterday afternoon at South
Boston. Mr. Sullivan, wife and child, in the
third story’ awoke, but too late to make their
escape by the stair-wav—they seemed com
pletely bewildered. 7n vain did those in the
street shout to make their way to the top of
the house, and wait fi>r ladders—the mother
seemed only intent on saving the child, and
the husband to save the wife- She according
ly wraoned the child as well as she could with
bed (lothes and threw it from the window ?
and he letting his wife down as far as lie
could reach,Met her drop upon the pavement,
and then jumped out himself. The mother
we are informed escaped without injurv but
the father and the child are not expected to
survive. One or two others are missing, but
no further discoveries have been made. The
interior of the building was entirely destroy
ed. All the tenants had a narrow escape,
and some of them were severely scorched, a
mong the number the widow Mary Boland,
who, by her humane endeavours to awaken
the shunberers over head, had nearly fallen a
victim herself.
The ages of the children that were burned
were, two—six—and an interesting girl of
about ten years; an only son of fourteen has
alone survived the wreck of this entire family,
and he at present resides at Cape Cod.
Since writing the above, we are happy to
learn, that the child thrown from the window
was nol so much injured as was first anticipa
ted. He was about four years old, and was
caught, so as to break his fall in a great de
gree, by a young sailor by the name of Chas.
Brown, who thereby received a severe sprain
in the shoulder. This praiseworthy action
should not. pass without notice, as it “was un
doubtcdly the means of saving the child’s life.
Mr. Sullivan, we also hear, though severely
injured, is in a lair way to recover. The es
cape of Mrs. S. after such a lafl, from a third
story window 30 feet high, is the more re
markable, nay even wonderful, from the fact
ol her being in very delicate circumstances.
About nine years since, a fire occurred in
the same street, and nearly opposite, attend
cd by very similar and equally lamcntablecir
cumstances. It broke out shortly after 9 in
the evening, and strange as it may appear, six
of the unfortunate tenants were burned to
death. A boy saved his life by coming down
from the fourth story by the trunk or spout,
and a young woman, who assisted him to mg
out, and who attempted to follow his example,
fell and was dashed to pieces on the side 5
walk.
Washington, May 7—A fire occurred
yesterday morning in this city, which for a
short time seemed to threaten, beyond the
possibility of saving it, the destruction of a
large amount of property. The fire origina
ted in a cabinet maker’s workshop, in the
rear of Mr Force’s residence; it was obseiv.
cd to burst out while the workmen were at
breakfast <fc being filled with shavings & oth
er combustibles, by the time alarm was given
to the extent of two squares, the work-shop,
and some contiguous wooden outhouse, to
which the fire instantly communicated, pre
sented one appalling mass of flames. There
was fortunately very little wind, or all the
houses west of the fire, on Tenth street, and
probably the whole of Varnuni’s row, on Penn
sylvania avenue, would have'been destroyed.
It seemed, indeed, at one time, impossible
to save them, such was the scarcity, of water
and the nbsencc, until the danger was ncarlv’
over, of fire hooks. The fire reached U street
consuming Mr. Kirby’s cabin- 1 shop, <in ,i
was there fortunately arrested. Our city i
cxtremelv well supplied with water for every
purpose but the important one of extingm-h
--mg fires. For the want of judicious arC
- r ■" * -
ARRIVAL OF the FAIRFIELD.
INobfolk, Mav 6. Their s \... ...
field, Fox ha ll A rSu£ F * P F?,r
from th„ ai r. Uaq. commander,
lorn tho Mediterranean via tho Cape de
vesmrdlv n m S anchorc £ in Hampton Roads
yesterday morning : officers and crew all in
goof! health and ship in fine order. She left
at Port Mahon on the 13tb Feb. U. S. Shins
Brandy wine, Constellation, Concord and
Boston, all well. The F. sailed from M
ga 7th, Gibraltar 16th .March, and-Porto P 3
oth April. We have been pohtelv
with the following particulars ofhef vm™'
It will be pleasing intelligence to our S'
tn men generally, to learn, (as we dn i 7‘‘
re i-fefo tim th„* Ll’ tfcl!'
vailed in the squadron among all ri.„ ° n *
the officers, and that Com. Bidufo w as
respected, and beloved. The squadron T* 7
kept in high order, and sat all times ready'V
The U. S. ship Boston, Capt. Storer. s s ij rd
from .Malaga oth March, to join the squad
in the Mediterranean. The Ontario was t
the Archipelago. „ in
'I he Fairfield touched at Port P rava
take on board certain American seamen ’•
cused of mutiny, but they had left there t
the lngate Javc, previous to her arrival. Tfo
11,I 1 , has made a very extensive cruise—- i
has visited all the ports of the Mediterranf
an, the Archipelago; and up the Adriatic -
for as I nestc. She has spent two winters v
Smyrna, and one at Mahon, Marseilles a J
Malaga, and it is gratifying to learn has 10l
only lour men by access during her absence]
.'lf has on board some sugar cane from Mall
aga, and a number of curiosities in the an ]
mal world. I
—w(9g—
robbery of'toe 'mail'stages
W e understand the Southern Mail Sfa.J
was robbed on Saturday night of all the buj
gage belonging to the passengers. The roiJ
bery was effected by cutting the straps Vhicl
confine the baggage to the hinder part cfthJ
stage; and is supposed to have been done inJ
mediately after it left Petersburg—altho.nl
the robbery was not discovered until it arri 1
ed at the Post Office in Richmond. An enl
dorsement cm the way bill oftfac stage, wificl
lelt J etersburgyesterday mdrningat B o’clocJ
states that two of the trunks had been founl
m the river—.[the Appomattox it is prcsiuj
ed.J Dr. Houston of this citv, is a suffer I
to the amount of7 or 800 dollars.
Civ' It is not possible to employ chains J
msteadof ropes or straps, for the purpose J
confining the baggage. llow much annovl
ance is done by these cuttings off’of the hail
gage ? Things ought certainly t 0 bo order!
otherwise.
From the Petersburg Intellirrc/iccr
HOME PROSPERITY.
. Several of our Citizens who have recent 1 ,!
visited the Northern Cities, speak of the r:l
traorilinary bustle and activity, besides otliS
signs of commercial prosperity, which ovcrl
where met their eyes. The Merchant 1
New-York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, ril
believed tins Spring to have done a J ar <J
and at the same time a safer business, iM
for many preceding* seasons. We are hkl
wise gratified to perceive it mentioned in* M
Boston Continel, that business is there tB
“looking up.” Ship-building was active, aal
Mechanics generally found ready cinj.lojl
meat. Rents had risen 25 per-cent' '!(■
is pleasing indeed. “While the old world a A
pears to be oppressed with tyranny, agitafioH
and sanguinary wars, and her people, l.fl
Marius and Carthage, arc contemplating il
ruins about them, it is cheering to every" eil
zuioi this free Republic, to look round upl
the general state ot prosperity, which we el
joy. Our large Cities resemble the sj’il
Carthage in the days of her prosperity,dcscrill
ed by the Poet as presenting all the buril
and activity ot a vast Ilive. Our
is active and profitable—our manufactoril
arc fast redeeming their characters, and r|
sing superior to the losses of past years-*
Our mechanics find plenty of ctnployinenl
and our farmers a ready market for their pul
ducc. From one end of the Country to til
other, we hear of general rejoicing for the I
turning prosperity.”
1
MEXICO AND TIIE UNITED STATE*
The New-Orleans paper of the 13th it J
furnishes the following paragraph from H
inorial read in the legislative chamber of .'ll*
ico, on the 15th of January last, by the Mil
istcr for Foreign Affairs:
“Our relations with the American pr.wl
had always been friendly. However, for si
time back, those with the United States I
assumed, l'cr reasons which is uschs/B
mention here, a degree of coolness
could not fail to he prejudicial to the interl
of the two nations. As to our interccuiß
with the new powers of the continent, it ufi
almost null, and wejhad established noneß
all with Brazil. The first care of the Gorß
ment has been to use every effort to rcdß
between Mexico and the United States, tB
frank and cordial friendship which ought B
er to exist between two neighboring natioß
vho seem to be identified with one anotlß
by their institutions and political intercsts.B
That object has been attained, and themß
perfectly harmony reigns between our tB
republics. Our mutual rclajions’shall soouß
guaranteed end consolidated by trcaficsß
\\ itiiin a sliort period I shall have the hoB
of laying before you the treaty of amity, coB
mercc, and navigation, and then, as there"B
no longer exist any of the obstacles, rtllifl
liad hitlierto prevented the ratification cfß
treaty relative to the limits, vou will beaß
to put an end to all the alfoirs which l‘B
so long been a discussion between the <U
nations.” I
B
.•/TV-r is stated in the N
rule ( / enn.j xJOnner, that a gentleman oi <1
town bus recently made a valuhfc disco?
hi regard to the instruction of the blind.
I The plan of teaching is represented a* ra
I pletcly new; one which will not only dial
those deprived of sight to enjoy the benefit.'
; reading, but ta r.ecqrd their own ideas by
inode el writing adopted to the fern sc of tom
! Antony the other contrivances is a mac la
which, in the hands of a blind person, "
enable him to assist in some profitably
plpyincnt, while he is acquiring a kno"v
--ol letters, and is likewise beguiling hi a ' !:I
by the charms of music. A single "h<
may be applied to some useful median 1 '
occupation, to a process of alphabetical 1
struction, and to the production of harnio
ous sounds. It is added that the inventor <
signs to srfttre for his new discovery the ft
tection of a patent.