z~_vtr;~._’-_ j_:-.,»..--——_..-,-_-.~i-y.._—-;,.,.‘_,‘~ __ . . j ._
I she stole a horse and escaped.
-'.v-
I ‘ ‘FROM THE .~'ott'r’r1f3tv“I2s'r.. ,
. i,S?l‘.’L()UIS,_Jt.m9'l9-
M_afiu'al Lisa, E"-sq. arrived «here a few dr"-}'_5_ 33°:
lfrom’lijis trailing posté Of) the, UP139?‘M‘35‘?"“'§"'V‘Fh
gvaltiahle ‘cat-goes‘ of ‘furs, p.eltr/Ya; _ cut}
1 terprising g'et)llemati_1s anxious to
_ our Indian trade to and beyond the l.oc.., -
‘rains. Previous to___tbc late tvar, l1_!§C5t_}ibl15!‘j
inehts extended to the Pacific side oi the moun-
.tains,_but his parties were oliitged I0 _*‘€W‘'“ 10
‘the Missotiri, lt':'$.1VlIigl behind them an immense
tguantity of valuable lurs,1n cptisequencc 01 the
ho_stil'itv of the Black 1"cetI'?.dt-ans. _
‘We "learn that the Indians who reside op the
‘ river l’l:ttt and between the rivers .f\‘I—|s$0Ul‘1 and
‘.x'l.l"t{€t21S:3S are (as usual) at '\Var with pne E\ll)Otll'
er. ' About two months ago: 3 l"‘“‘iY °‘ H” l “W”.
mics, cottsisting of four hundred ntct_51l>’~““)' “.1
7()sages,-in the plains, within 50 or 60 miles ot the
__.*u«k-ans-as_ Th‘? adt;ance guarcl Di ‘lllc P£l\t"'l'lCCS
inade a rtinnittg fight, drawing alterthcm the
_ , , _ . _ _ H -v. , .‘
‘ ‘ Osagcs into an amhnscade. f°'m1\l W. W“ m‘‘”‘
‘ ; body of the l’awne'es.
The affair is said to have,
festtltetl in the total defeat and destruction 0. the
‘Osages 5' one only escaped out of 4-8 v-':tt‘t't0I‘S-
\)tir‘infot'maiit sav/'47" guns taken from the Osa-
ggs; rage, P-a“.n€,_.3 are up-,.‘, 3; war ‘With the
V Spatiiat‘Zi:s'o_l' St. a Fe U: —They 1'-1}t‘l)’-dd‘*'fi‘°'-id "”’d
killetl-.5.-Seven "Spaniartls but ct it l_tuntm,t;‘ par-
ty they mtatvvitliin tlieglim1ts_ ol the United States
' teri'itor’y:'_j»Among the baggage 01 1115 Sl’a‘‘‘‘‘‘'‘:50¢‘
tliey ffou_n,d,_ concealed abpantsh boy,... about
-" ‘years ‘old; him they Shared inten‘tling,;o Offs!‘
‘hint-as ‘a sacrifice to t-he'—(:_t‘eat 5113*‘-
This
boy‘ lied been recently purchased from their priest
' by ‘Mr. Lisa, and providehtially.savetl from the
lire‘. ' 'l’hi's5‘poor litt-lg: victim was SO ‘lml"'C35ed
' with‘, his .i'ritentletl fat”e_,, that (afew nigltts -.»5I,.0) ht?
sprang«.fr'om his bed itndcalled, for M 1‘-' L153 I"
prolfectv him from the Pawnces. who W€|‘€ Com‘
ing to burn him, and when convinced that he:
" was in a place of safety,-he declaredthat liisdread-
fnl apprcliensinns could not be done away until
lie had performed a promise he had mtttle Vvhen
If at the.Pawnee village, viz :—-'-that if the Al-
miglity would release him, he would have sol-
emn‘ mass performed for his deliverance. Mt.
‘ Lisa says «he will, if possible, have him gratified 3
he is to be sent to school and‘ educated lot‘ the
counting liouse. -
. Some time ago, this sangtunary band took :1
~ Fatlo womim p:I$Ollel‘r'c‘.l’!(l devoted her to the sac-
rifice ; as she was pregnant, they waited her de-
livery before the offering should be made. How-
ever. as soon as she recovered from’ child-birth,
Her infant child
was immediately tran'st'ixed on a sharp pole as an
offering to their God-. ~
'1'r'2erc are tlgrec Zmztcls or tribes the .P(l-'It'-
72¢-es ,- R!'_ftllb1fCdn Loujz, am! Big Slcfl, rcsitling
a fag [L.,,gu,-;,-; aj2ci7't. :1‘/l£'.l'VO[f..[)a7UIlC€9 care the
only tribe 1.’!/10 oflcr ufz sacrifices to the object of
their‘ ‘w0I‘S/Iffl. T/icir jzricsts arnaunzingjto about
40, have zintinzitz-(I /zotzucr over the minds of-itliis
miserable /zeo/zle ; and t/urir ‘tam/zoral cllit;/' (now
in St. Louis) reigns with ‘ties-jzotic away;
t\'.t’:"cm~:s, July 8.
Extract Q/‘:1 icttcr from Dr:-J. Sililéys 10 D73 J-
H. Robinson, dated at J\”arc/iitoc/zc-.s~, in Jzmt‘;
A "trader. has lately arrived from the Canton-
cbes,‘ and reports, that that nation has lately taken
2000 souls as prisoners, from the Province of
'i‘exas,*antl that they are disposed of, ‘and do even
sell them at the same price for which mules sell
in their nation. I have lately understood that
"two vessels 1,3,1 arrived at Galveztown with three
or 400 African slaves, all of which are intended
for Louisiana and the state of Missisippi-‘-Gen.
Lallemand, and his party remain _as they were,
near the mouth of the Trinity river, erecting
, forts; some reinforcements are joining them,
principally Europeans.”
NEW MlLlTARY NA'l‘ION.
The _Democratic Press contains an article, pur-
porting to__ be official, which announces that the
French Exiles, (Lefebre-Desnouttes, Lallemand,
tllauselfiézc.) h_':.ve established themselves onTrin-
ity river, in the province of '1'exas—-—a teriitory
claixned by Spain, as a part of her American pos-
sessions, and by the United States, as included in
Lotisiana. These choic_e spirits, too etherial for
the dull pursuits of civil life, have formed an 112-
drjtmzdent .11/Iilitary (&ove7'mnc=nt, which is divided
into Co/torts, each having its Chief. They have
. ziamedzthe place of their colony, ‘ ('/tam/2 d’.oIzile,’
..;o"“»recall tomind their reverses, the necessity
fixing their destiny, and of setting up anew
their /zo'u.sc}zo[d_grods.-” It may be recollected that
some of these .s-/zccu1at;'ng C/n-ualicrs were the
persons=’who petitioned Congress for a grant of
lands in the Alabama Teri-ito'ry, for the culture
of the olive and‘ the .-uz'm=,- and which they ob-
tained from Congress on easy t_et'-ms. and sold to
speculators; and5'n_ow have squgtted down onthe
lands they occupy. They desire. they say, to
live peaceably with all thc-ir neighbors; but hint,
that if they are persecuted, or their situation is
not 7'8-S'j'2c£‘!L’(1,(aClilit)',Vlc\(‘lgt’i£l3lll?tl they /rant: arms
in their/12171113. The assttrztuce of those Kuig/its
Jirrant has been proverbial :--but here they add
crime and‘.ing_ratitude to impudcnce. In a few
words, they say, if you, Spiiin, or you. U. States,
will permit us to hold quiet possession of your
lands which we have occupied, we are willing to
continue quiet; but, if you attempt to eject us
from these lands, we shall resist to blood. \Ve
trust the Executive keeps a good-look out on these
intruders ; and should it be nece-isary toestablisli
the reign of laws there, that the *‘ arms” they
speak of would soon succomb to Old Hic/rory.
[A gentleman. from the Alnbanir. territory,
states that the only person of distinction at the
¢ C/lam/z d’.dzz'.~’c,’ in Texas, is Gen. Lallcmahd;
:that the new settlement did not excite any appre-
-liensions at Mobile; and that whenever Louis
18th condcsccnds to pardon them, they would re-
-. turn to France, it here it was thought they would
ratherctiltivatc leaves and (laughs, (bows) titan
gfrafies and olives, or even barren laurclin the des-
erts of Tox_a.s. 'Gen.Clausel»is at Mobile] Bost._/ta.
‘appeared like so many kegs.
, j ,, SAI.E_i\i,- August 1;
Tire. Sea t$’erj'zE_ht.=‘—On the 23d ult. the great
SeaZ_Serpent was seen inthc harbor of Glouces-
t'er 'aud"under more favorable “circumstances for
viewing this extraordinaryanimal, than hereto-
fore. Mr. — VJ. Sargent, with two‘yo_ung men,
one of the name, of Francis Proctor, were in-a
_whori'y=, "(a small boat,). on. Ten Pountl .lsl-and
ledge, for the purpose of fishing. Three other
boats‘ were in company‘. ~About‘ ten o'clock in
the morning, one of the young men saw some-
thing ttpproacltitig the boat, .aud 0.bsct'ved that at
large /ta/cc was coming; It came within eight or
ten feet of Mr; Sargent’s boat, with its head as
about a foot: above the water, when it sunk its
head and" passed under his boat with a gliding
motion, apparently without any muscular exer-
tion. Mr. .‘-iargeut describes the head as resem-
bling that of it toad, having projections which he
callss rnellers, like the bake, on. each side. On the
top of the head were three spears or horns, the
middle one the largest, and all threoat that time,
bout the bigness of a lime cask, (the size of at Ma-
deira pipe.)--The‘ colour was a dark brown:L...
The scales about the size of the crown of his
hat, and the barnacles on the body about f0til“ill-
ches in length. The protuberances were of the
size of a gallon keg, and though they might have
been counted, it was neglected; His" length from
70 to .100 feet. As he was within two feetof the
boat Mr. Sargent at one time was almost resolv-
ed to attempt to gate barnacle from his back;g
Upon striking the water with an'oar, the Serpent
sunk beneath the surface, without any struggle,
and’ disappeared.
I ‘We learn that the Serpent was againseen near
the same place, on VVednesday last; and that se-
veral sbots were fired, and.a liarpoon thrown at
him from a boat which went-in pursuit, but with-
out effect. ' ‘ ,_ V
Aug. 4 —‘-A vessel with two boatg, equipped for
War, is to sail_ this morning, in=itliԤ;a vibw to en-'
counter this terror of-the (loop,-_,,.:blte is manned
with bold adventurers. \Vel-fear two cruizers
are after him from Cape Cod. ‘ .
Boston, Aug. lst.——We learn from Gloucester,
that on Thursday an attack was made on the Sea
Serpent with harpoons. Capt. VVel)ber and oth-
ers inn‘ boat succeeded’ in hitting'him twice, but
owing to the thickness of his scales or coat, the
harpoon did not penetrate. On one occasion the
Serpent ran down for the boat, and when within a
short distance, sank so near that the draught cau-
sed by his sinking, came near drawing the boat
under him. ' _ . ‘
./lugusz :2.-—Sca Scrjzcnt in our outer /1drbour.—-
Arrived, sloop Padkct, Parker, from Penobscot.
Last evening, just before sunset, -whilelying be-
calmed near the Graves, the sea serpent came
from the N. and E. and passed within 200 feet of
the sloop, and kept on towards Nahant. His head
was about lialf way out of water, and his move-
ment was slow—-say about two miles an hour.——
they noticed particularly the protuberancesmhicb
The serpent was
viewed by the captain, mate, crew, and a passen-
ger, who were unanimously of opinion that "b
vvils not less than l20feet long. ‘
JV'o1_'/bl/l‘, Jug. 3.—-..47zot/ier Sea -S'cr]zcIzt.--C:1'pt..
Arnold, of the British brig’Cora, at't‘ircd here
from Jamaica, has favored -us with the following
particulars :—-—On Friday the 30th of July, oil‘ the
Capes of Virginia, and 5 miles to the soutliward
of the Fztlse Cape, Capt. A. being below shaving
himself, the mate called, out to him from aloft,’
saying there was 'a_ rock ahead. Capt. A..answer-
ed that it was impossible ; be ltow.ever went on
deck, and saw about half a mile ahead an object
having very much the appearance of a point of
rock projecting about 4 feet beyond the surface of
the water, being ofa dark brown color. -Capt“-’\.
was entirely at a loss to account for this strange
appazition, not having the most distant idea of a
sea serpent at the time, and being-ignorant of the
appearance of those monsters on our coast. It
remainedperfectly still for about 5 minutes, and
then movedwith treat rapidity towards the shore,
to the great astonishment of those who saw it. ‘ I
think,’ said Capt. A. to his mate, ‘ your rock must
have a steam engine in it; see how swiftly it
moves 1’ In a few minutes after, it darted under
the water, and they saw no more of it. Capt. A.
judges its length, for he ll2l(l‘Zt view of the whole,
of it while the creature was moving on the sur-
face of the water, equal to that of his vessel, say-.
about 100 feet. On mentioning the occurrence td
the pilot, who came on board soon after, he obser-
ved that it was no doubt a sea serpent, as one was
reported to have been seen not long since, near
the same place by a Northern sloop. '
-—<‘w-:2:-~13»-——
Sc‘. CLAtr.sv‘n.i.n, Ohio,'.luly I9.
./Infill and tlistrrssirig 'aZamz'Iy.-—,On' Friday-
evcning, the 17th inst. we had in thistvicinity a-
hcay showerof rain, accompanied with thunder
and lightning ';' but no injurious conscquence_s re»
sulted from it in our neighborhood. On M’Ma-.
han’s creek, however, about 7' miles from this
place, the case was quite dill’ercnt. The inhab-
itants on this creek, before the middle of the day
experienced a very violent thunder gust, which
somewhat raised their streams and prepared the
way for the awful visitation which followed. At
the time we were experiencing the showcr'al~
ready mentioned, the rain fell in torrents in the
vicinity of M’Maban’s creek below us, and swept
off, as with the besom of destruction, fences,
grain andcattle, and in fact, almost every thing
that opposed its course, together with the whole
family and dwelling house of Maj. John Hardes-
ty, who resided near the creek. The water un-
. dermined the house and formed an excavation
where it stood as deep as the bottom of the crock,
which remains. The stone chimney, which was
very large, was swept olf. lvlaj. llardesty-was
about thirty-one years of age,'and was much rc-
had been married about nine years, and had four
children. But, as itwere, in a moment, himself,
his wife and h_ls.cbildren, were snatched from
the enjoyment of health, and from all the ordi-
nary €Il(lCa1_‘l1lel‘tl;S and blessings of life, tothc
laying flat on the head.- The body appeared a—.
.sidc of St. Domingo.
Zprizes.” ~
spectcd by his neighbors and acquaintance ; —hc-
'f)i'esElli:C‘Of iltuir Cotland Sludge. ‘ We
dom heard of so sudden, so‘ awful, and affiictive a
dispensation “of Divine Providence. =_Four of the
bodies were"l‘otind the’ next mor‘ning'," viz.¥-M-ij.
Hardest-_v, his wife and two ch-ildren, who were
decently interred in one common gravethis mor-
nitig; but the bodies of the remaining two chil-
dren, have not, as yet, been discovered. Such
visitations naturally remind us of the’ shortness
and uncertainty of all sublunary things, and for-
cibly puts the question to us,“ And even our life
.Wll8.t is it but‘u-‘vapour, which appcareth for alit-
tle time and tlten vanishetb away.” And alsb
of that Divine Command, “ Be ye also ready, for
in such an hour. as ye think not) the son of man
come‘tl.r.” A ’
., , It’oc/ze.¢."er, aft’. Y. July ‘.28..
-.Tlt'e following very melancholy circumstance
took place at Livonia, on Sunday, the 19th inst. A
As Mr. Alexander Beatty‘ was returning from_
church, in a waggon, in which were his dough‘-
ters an_d_'a Miss F owler‘, the horses took fright and
ran. Miss Fowler was killed instantly. Mr.
Bcattywasientanglctl intlielincs, ‘and was drag-
ged some rods-—had his leg broken, and was
shockingly mangled. After languishing till eve-
nmgin agony, be expirul. I-lis two-_'daughter-
-were much injured.‘ . ‘
' C1: 1
SingularOccurrcncr.--Died in Hectbr, N. ‘Y .>
last week, Mrs-. Gardner. Being irritated
at a _neighbor’s child,- for some trifling offence,
she declared she would whip the little devil to
death, and accordingly startedto go to its.parent’s
house, aboutthe distance of 15 rods. She had
proceeded about half way, when she fell sudden-
ly to the ground. Her family ran to her assist-
ance and found her speechless; the)’ lonveytd
her home, when she expired in about ten min-
utes, cvidently in a‘ fit of anger.--0~uz’d Gaz.
_ . Charlotte, Vt. July 12.
I cannot, upon this solemn occasion, for-bear
giving the earliest caution- to my fellow-citizens,
who are employed in the labour: of the field.
On the 11th inst. in this town, seven young
men fell victims to the excessive heat, and their
own imprudencc. The funeral procession of
one of them is now passing-—
‘ Cut down and withered in an hour.’ _
The others, most of them, in a hopeless condi-
tion. ~
St. Louis, June l7.
. Ggomgtt-y——,Jllcnzoz'r 2--VVith dividers scribe a
circle on a plate of matter-of loose texture, and
in the centre add a very small circle ; thendraw-_-',_
a right line through the centre. It is cvident.7(as
matter gravitates matter in proportion to quaiiti.
ty anddistance) that either half of the inner cir-
cle, bcing almost equally surrounded by matter,
must be very little gravitated centrewise : so
being suspended extremely rare, only a rotary
motion is needed to throwit compactly towards
the outer circle. Thus admitted, it follows, that
lislf way from the outer to the inner side of this
circle of matter so thrown out, alike rarityqf
gravity should prevail, and hence at disposition
to separatointo two concentric circles occur.-—
Tlius far admitted, it follows that successive sim-
ilar subdivisions should exist, gradually lessening
in force or quantity. By appiying this principle
to the earth, I found the necessity‘ of hollow con-
centric spheres. [A decision of schoolmen on
these lines shall be followed‘ by additional posi-
tions, furtber explaining my new principles of
hollow planets and conce_ntric's'phe”res, declared
in acircplar letter of the 10th April, 1818.
JOHN’ CLEVES SYMMES, of~Ol1io,
late captain of infantry.
.__-'-Q--‘(Ls-n-—-— " .
New Yonx, August 4.
Capt. Bliss,. from Teneriffe, spoke on the 15th
June, in long. 23, the British sloop of war In-
dian, from Englandfor Jamaica, laden-yex'y deep,
with provisions, whoinformed, that the day pre-.
vious she had'a severe" combat with an unknown
piratelof superior force, and lost about half her
crew in the engagement. " The pirate attempted
several times to board, but was beaten off, and fi-
nally hauled her wind and stood away very much
disabled. The sloop of war ‘was evidently much
cut up in her sails and rigging.
‘ ./lug. 6. _ ‘ _
Jarrlaica papers to July 9th‘, are received at
Charleston. They contain several accounts of
robberies and plunders by buccaiiiers in the VVcst
-India seas.
Extract qfd letter dated Port-on-Prince, Juric 24-.
“ A letter from Adm. Brion, dated on board
the Victoria," oil‘ the Island of‘ Mona, says--I
am at present off here, with a V large squadron,
and wasfollowed for sbme days by the Spanish
squadron, superior to-mine by one frigattrablll
am determined in a few days .when joined by
some of my vessels to attack them. Our worthy
friend Bolivar was always victorious__up to the
27th ult. and I hope to join him soon ti 1th 10,000
muskets. »
“ Biron has since been joined by Aur_v’s sqtladé
possession of the Island of Beata. -
66 A corvette brig and two scbooners belong-
ing to this place, have been cruiztng on the south
They have been extreme-
ly successful in taking several pirates with thfiir
Extract of a letter from St.‘ T/10717416‘: -{"713 ‘Q-
66 I havg‘ waited with patience at this colony,
«for the result of the last campaign, which began
Eat Calabosa. It has been the "most disastrous
and such as was to have been expected from the
management of Mr. Bolivar. After coming
within sixteen leagues of the capital, be has con-
tinuallyallowed himself to be beaten In detail by
the Sp'.tni_ards, committing blunders in every step
which would not be passed over in a Corporal,
and has‘ consequently been repulsed.to the right
bank of the Apurc, after having sacrificCdbY ms
ignorance the fine armygwhich the tliffeI‘8m t-33"‘
rruls of the province had’put under his command.
‘t‘.~.;'.~};
‘Time’ last aceotint ffcsm lhe'Ot'onoco‘s1a'té's,that’
the people began to open their ‘eyes r‘egarding-"
this hero: and God grant that we niay"at last, aif.-_'
ter so ' many” sacrifices, learn to seta just value“-
upon his abilities.” . _ M ,_
“ It is astonishing that with 0. force. of 9000
men, well armed, and provided wish ever _h_£ces-. "'
sary material, we have not been enable‘
from the country a handful of Spaxiid
such are the consequences of the 'tlisoi‘c _
charat:terizes' all our operations.”
~ —-‘-"v-I_-®%?r.®""-—-
Tlwtfollotvlhg essay from the Savzihnali, Repub-
_ lican, on the 'l‘éSOu\‘ces*,.']$t'0'dtlt:tifil'1S, '3iC. of
= East Florida, is'particula_r‘ly iuter__e_sting at the‘
prcsciit lime. _ A ' f ' '
‘ , V lam-.s*7*.1rLo12I1M.
East’-Florida, abountls in inte_rn‘a_l‘ a'clvaiitag_es
suflicicnt so ‘m'stke"it one of -theimost .im*portam.
divisions of Nortli-America, and.mufcli_I more
than many that are already opulent. _,I't"s‘ level.
face and mild climate are not exceeded_ii_tp,oint_~ of A
salubrity, by any part of the conti_nen't,6f _A-met»
ica. Its extensive lands, fertile in the production
of maiiyvaluable articles of agriculture-‘-rich in A
spont-ancions high growth and pasturage,a1_ad.a=
bounding in native quadrupeds, lay \5'f_ISlC_‘_tQ the ,_
amount of above _/iftecn millioris 3of acres. Its
water courses are numerous, navi§;3:|b.l§:.3lld,.Pl'0'
fusely supplied with scale,'skin, and shell fish,’
and their shores at certain’ seasons" well; supplied,-:
with wild fowl. Its stores 'of¥lt1mberare"irri*"-“:
mense ; and the qualities ,of__ ,ma_ny_Mof them,
where they have been used to the same classes,
found elsewhere, particularly itspine, cedar, cy-5-‘
press, and live oak, which are kinds of "lumber
more universally desired in terrestrial and ma-
rine__structures, and are _the clasies in which it
most abounds. Florida pine has been-'purcl1ased ‘
at Savannah for ship buildingtat -fifty per cent
» higher in price than the pine of .C‘Seo,'r‘gia, though
but about 2’degr'ecs' diffeience in7'§latit"udc; andit _', .
is well known that the Florida p,irle‘has"ltad‘a pro-
f“‘°“C‘= in the ‘royal dock-yards of England, to
-any other pine that has been used there.
The exportations of Florida, amounting at
‘present to almost nothing, c'ould‘l;e’vci'y great if
it had a sufficient.‘ populationfi For‘ the last 20
years, there has not been ‘exported one barrel of
turpentine, the produce of this province‘, where-
as when it was an infant colony of Ct'ear‘Britain,
one contractor shipped from St.‘ Jobn’s river, in
one season, 20,000 barrels. ‘Again :- in Savan-
nah river, Georgia, which is in‘no wise ’sup_erior -A
to the river St. John’s,' are" loatled liundrecls of
vessels per year, while the whole of this province
does not load ten vessels ‘in a year, notwithstand-
ing Florida has many more local advantages‘, ari-
sing from its local situation——such as extensive
fishing streams, superabundantly supplied ; large
fields for wrecking in the peculiar situation of its
coasts and keys--a more soutliern climate, more
genial to the cultivation of some important arti-
cles of commerce, and to many valuable spon-
taneous productions of nature, Sic. ‘
Its exportations might consist/of many articles
viz. the four classes of lumber already «mention-
_cd,. _an'd.- many gthers,-~co'J.nn . -.‘-.*r,5',6*r!,~—«hemp,-_~a'r3_'il$%
tobacco, pot and pearl asli,--myrtle and be‘e's'wax',:
turpentine, tar, rosin, pitch, lntlian corn, rice, rye,
barley, oats, grape and orange wine‘, ‘grape’ and
pearl brandy, whisk.-:y, malt liquors, "peas and
beans, ofmany kinds, a longlist-of esculent and
medicinal roots, culinary, meélicittal—a'n'dmanu-
factoring oils, beef, pork, fish, butter, cheese,
lard, poultry, szc. Ste. Sugar and floti_r’”have‘ not
been fairly tried ; but in Georgia lying more
north, the formeris made in great perfection-, and
the latter in Louisianna directly west-—tbere is
no reason to doubt of the lucrative" productions
in Florida; and its southern parts will suit the
growth of coffee-—-for, forming along peninsula
between the two gulphs,_tbe Atlantic and Mexi-
can, the climate becomes much more southern
lllaflitllfi latitude warrants.
“These advantages lay dormant only from the
want of hands to put them in motion.” '
---n¢.‘s>s:'-elven:-—-—
Lo.\'no.\", May ‘.29.
Horrid Erect.-tz'on.-—Two chiefs of a German‘
banditti, who for along time were the terror of a
large tract of country, near Hamburg, and whose,’ .
excesses, particularly towards females, were too
horrid for description, have lately been executed
at Stz‘ckenbuttcl.——'I‘he principal, named Kesler,
was known by the name of Napolean ; andliis
Lieutenant was named Lander. They were ‘far-
mers, in good circumstanices.» After the Head
9/" the University of Gottingen had a provedjtltc
sentence which condemned the afioveito the
block, the following" strangeproceeding took
‘place.--The sentence was thus promulgated to
‘the’ robbers 2-...“ The law is 8/IOK‘¢:72, the stick.z's- - ~
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broken, sirztzers, you must, die . At the same
time breaking a small ‘stick of about twelve inch-
es in length, painted black with white ends.-'-
The executioner then stepped up to the convicts
and told them they would lose their heads on
‘Monday, the 28th. His assistants jocosely assu-
ring them at the same time that their master was _ ,
expert at his business, and that they would lose
‘tbcir heads without any pain.
ron, and report states that the latter have taken‘-‘tile 99111 the)’ ‘Vere C0"}'€)'ed if’ '4“ ’°m'““’-_"<‘-t‘-ail‘ '
‘ ' .“9=‘. -where Lander was placed in a chair, with a band-
Accordingly on ,,
k’erchief:t'ied_. over his eyes, and held up by an
assistant, vtlien the executioner, at one blow of
a sword, severed his head from ltisbody, amidst
the acclamations of the spectators. As the blood
flowed, a poor, ignorant womamcaugnt a glass of
it, and drank it off, as an infallible cure fin‘ appo-
plexy. 1(esler’s execution followed ; and their
heads were exhibited amidst loud sboutings, and
clapping of hands. ‘ No Clergyman attended
them : and they were incessantly plied with li-
quors to a state of intoxication.
Jzmc l7.——The expedition to the North Po
arrived at the Shetland Islands on the 30th April,
and sailed again a few-days after. -
The expedition has at length sailed from Ca-_
diz for South America, but it consists only of
2000 men, and a frigate, a force as large, Wt: 13¢‘
lieve, as the present state of Spain can afford to 9
send, but too contetnptible for the object.
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Norwalk Chronicler