Banrrrtonn, Nov ,3’. The ‘Buenos ‘Ayreart natioiialbri g Independen- tia, Capt. Grinaulds, arrived at this port yéhtert day afternoon, from a cruise olf Cadiz; had ta- -ken five prizes, one of which was of "great val- ue. On the 29th July had an action with a Spanish sloop of war, which came out for the purpose of giving battle ; and after an action of 40 minutes completely silenced her, when she struck; the wind at the time blowing a gale, could not. take possession, and ‘she escaped into Cadiz with the’ loss, as we afterwards ascertained, of 7 killedand l4 wounded. .The.Independen- tia had -2 woundt-:'d who have since recovered ;— ‘she put in to refit j and \ve are told has a consid- erable quantity of specie on board. A letter from. st. Jago de Chili, dated July 9th, received per America, details the following :'—,-A humber of vessels arrived lately at Coquimbo, whose names except-the‘ Macedonian of Boston, I have not_learned. A number of vessels have also arrived here, principally British, with car- goes from"-4. to S500,006 each, and Packet, from Boston, with a~c_a.rgo of 300,000‘, The anticipa- ted fall of Lima has ruined this market. The arnount of property brought here within thelast 12 months is calculated at near ten millions of dollars. _ The Patriots since -their last successes have passed their time.in feasting and rejoicing ; the Royalists are still in possession of Valdivia, the ' ports of Talcuhana and Conception, but the Pat- :riots‘are going against them in-September, and have no apprehension but they willbe easily con- quered, and ineeed Lima is shaking, as they in- tend to march against it as soon as they drive them entirely from this’ province. The Vice Roy is said to have sued for a truce of five years, which was very wisely declined. The Spanish messenger came in the U. -S. sloop Ontario and returned in her to Lima.‘ . ’ , They arevsufferlng very much at Lima for wheat, beef, Stc. Ste. which they formerly drew in great abundance from this province. If the supply continues cut oil‘, as rigorously as com- menced, a revolution. was strongly expected.-- There are 83 vessels in Valparaiso, among them the British sloop of war Blossom, capt. Hickey ; the British faigate Andromache sailed a few days ~since for Lima ; there is no S_panish blockading ‘squadron off, since the drubbingthe Esmeralda got. - . « P. S. After the Ontario sailed, Judge Prevost remained here, but it now appears that he is go- ing on to the N. VV. coast in the British sloop » of war Blossom. capt. Hickey. Capt. H. goes on to renounce all claim to the settlement at C0- lumbia river in the name of the British Govern- ment, and the American commissioner goes there in the British sloop of war to settle matters. Judge Bland who takes passage in the vessel that takes this, will be able to give a better history of that business. A letter from Valparaiso, dated July 14, says, ---a‘ The memorable battle of Mavno. may hn -aid to have sealed the Independence of Chili. The expedition under Ossorio, was the last and ut- most struggle of the-Vice Royalty of Peru to regain this country, and is said to have cost them not less than three millions of dollars. , The p'roi_npt manner in which the Chilians turned out on this alarming occasion, when their infant lib- erty seemed suspended on the fate of a day, the decisive issue of the action, which ended in the complete overthrow and destructionvof the Span- ish arms, I conceive to be the best testimony of the patriotic feelings that now pervades every class of people in this state. , An expedition is now fitting out against T,al- cuhana and Lima. It is believed they willbe an easy conquest to the Patriots, as they are becom- ing greatly distressed for bread, which has here- tofore been supplied from Chili; and the patriot ‘privateers cut off all supplies from Chili. ‘ Capt. Biddle, of the Ontario, has continued to make himself exceedingly popular with the Chi- lians, and our distinguished countrymen who are among‘ them. are looked up to as their mentors in formingltheit‘ new government, which as yet: is little better than a military one.’ ‘ [Among the arrivals there, mentioned in the letter, is a British E. I. Company ship, which was immediately sold to the Patriots, for the e-, normous sum of $180,000, which was principal- ly paid by the merchants. She was fitting out for the expedition against Lima, as a Chilian government frigate, and is commanded by John Higguison, of Boston; Two brigs had arrived therefrom Baltimore, another from Philadelphia,- and a British brigfrorn Buenos Ayres, all laden with muskets, swords, powder, balls, Sac. A nutnberiof Spanish prizes had been sent in.] San .Marzz’n the Washington of South Ameri- ca, the conqueror of the Andes andof Maipu, has refused to receive a-higher rank or salary than he previously held, that of Colonel or half pay ; has rejected the civil office of Director of Chili, and declared his intention of retiring as soon as his country is frce.—-These are his words to his government :—-Pro-u. Pat. “I protest in the name of the independence of my country,th_at I will receive no- higher rank than that which I now hold, nor accept any pub- lic employment; and I solemnly declare my.in- tentionto renounce the ‘military station which I hold the moment the Americans shall no longer have enemies. , Josn De SAN MARTIN. W/zea't from Chili.-e—Tlie Maryland Censor states, that Judge Bland has ‘brought with him from Chili a small quantity of wheat, which is very white, and is rather shorter, rounder, and fuller in‘ the grain than the wheat of this country usually is; The judge has distributed samples of this wheat for experiment among a fewbf the farnteirs in Maryland.-S/zcctatar. ‘ Messrs. Rodney and Graham, two of the South .§cmet'i’cavn comm-issioners-, are engaged in New.‘-‘l ti ... . - . .2 ‘ _ ' ‘ ’Pn‘tt:Anr.Li-Ina, Novfl. On‘ Saturday'.night,.about _7 o’clock, a fire broke out inisan old frame’bu_ildin'g, on Cherry st. near Schuylkill, which was consumed. It is supposed to be _the act of an incendiary, as the house had been unoccupied for some time,-— A black boy about 14 years of age, who was assisting to drag the vehicle of the l1ose."eompa- ny to the sceneof conflagration, missed his step, fell down, the carriage wheels passed over his body, and be instantly expired. . . . t I Nov. 3. ' ‘" ‘ Villainous Outrage.-—A most inhurnan and bar- barous attempt to murder and rob, was made y two footpads, on-Saturday evening last, on a Mr. Philip Frederick, an old man, upwards of seven- ty years of age, from York County. He has been in this city for the purpose of giving testi- mony in a cause pendingin the Circuit Court of the United States, and out of curiosity walked to the fire near Schuylkill- The villains met him on his return, in _Fourth-street from Schuylkill, between Arch and Market, and_ with clubs and bricks, beat and mangled him in such a manner, as to leave slight hopes of his recovery. His groans attracted the attention of. two gentlemen, also returning from the fire, time enough to save his money ; on theirapproach the villians pre- cipitatcly left him, and made their escape. Bos'roN, Oct. 3l. ' On Thursday evening last, Mr. Thresher, an ingenious writing master, in passing over Cam- bridge Bridge, on his return to his family after closing his school, was attacked by two ruflians, knocked down and left in a state of insensibihty, and supposed to be dead. After some time he ‘began to revive, and has since received careful medical attendance, and some faint hopes are en- tertained that he may reco_ver. He was rohlled of a small sum of money which he had with him,and'his clothes were much cut, apparently with a view of obtaining the contents of his pock- ets. It seems that the robbers attempted "to throw the body into the water, as the marks of his blood_v hr—.nds are left on the sides of the bridge, evidently made by him in resisting the attempt. He remembers nothing which hap- pened to him after the first assault. A gentleman who resides at the south part of the town was knocked down a few evenings since in VVarren-street, and robbed-of a few dollars, all the money about him. He wasseverely in- jured by the blows he received. . Dc*wnz'ngto1z, Oct. 27. A very distressing accident occurred in this village yesterday morning. A tailor, by the name of John V\"alker, was fixing a flint into the lock of a musket—not knowing or having for-_. gotton it was loaded, be snapped it several times, resting it nearly level with the shop board. It at length went off, and the whole contents of a large squirrel charge of shot, wadding, &c. lodg- ed in his brother VVilliam \Valker’s thigh, which un<lu-rothncl the bone in H0t .[l‘§1C[llTed. cumstance which renders this more distressing‘ is, this young man had lost one leg in the battle. at Chippeway, by a cannon ball, and his thigh was amputated about mid-way-—-the other thigh has now receivcdthe injury just mentioned \Ve also understand, that he had a shot in the knee and one in the heel of the same leg, during the war. Wz'llz'am Lattin, who recently kept a tavern in the village of \'Vashington, one Mile below Troy, was found dead in the road near his house on Fri- day morning ; and the driver of the VVhitehall Post chaise, by the name of Allen, but a few rods from the deceased, in almost a lifeless state. It is believed both were thrown from the driver’s box in descending the bridge just above where the bodies were found, between ten and eleven o’- clock. This melancholy accident, which has de- privcd a young family of its head and support, is the fruit of two practices prohibited by our laws--horseracing and running stages. The driver had been at a horse-race, and had overset his carriage, above Lansinhurgh, full of passen- gers, severalof whom were seriously hurt. So indiscrcet was his management of the team, that the passengers all abandoned the stage, save the unfortunate man who perished. And at the time the two were precipitated from the seat, they were in a spirited contest with a waggoner which should go ahead. -The frequent occurrence of stage accident, are so many admonitions to pro- prietors to employ none but sober and careful drivers; and the security of passengers ' de- mandsa rigorous prosecution of every violation of the laW.—.4lba7zy Argus. Finns-.—-On Thursday night last, a fire broke out in the New Eng-land.E_xchange Coffee House, at Boston, which was consumed with most of its furniture. This was an elegant brick building. seven stories high, containing‘4l2 rooms. sever- al of which were occupied as Insurance Oliices. Src. Sic. and was commenced by Mr. Dexter, of Gloucester Ban-k memory. It is supposed to" have cost at least half‘-a million of dollars. An adjoining building owned by .lames.Prince, mar- shal of the district, and occupied among others, by Mr. Ezra Lincoln, Printer, was consumed, Mr. L. saved but a very small portion of his printing apparatus. ‘ There were ten printing es- tablishments within a few yards of the Coffee- House, all of which sustained more or less dam- age, th’e_-apprehension of the owners being such as to induce them, with the assistance of the crowd. to literally break downpresses and carry them and the type into the streets. [Thegfire is said to have caught from a lamp suspepfied from a wall in the billiard room of the sevehth story, in which two gentlemen had been playing a short time before, but which had been left un- altended.] _ On the same evening, the Rope Vlfalk at -Charlestown, and the Cotton Manufactury at A York in'prepa'ri‘ng tlicir report. Fitchburg, were also destroyed by fire.- was not more than two feet from the muzzle. It __ bled profusely, and is extremely painful, but we , A cir-' \ ' av" I‘ ‘On the sarnelhight, at I-Iartford, a lire_brok_e out in the Barnsfloccupied by_M:r. Sears, nearl .5, opposite ‘the Court-Hous'é.*"'l'lie*' fire was not subdued until two: Barns and a Carriage-house, attached to Mr. Sears’ tavern, a Barn belonging to Mr. VVads'worth and filled with hay and grain: and the Carri-agc=maker’s shop and tools belong- ing to Mr..VVm. VV. Ramsdell, had all been con- sumcd.—Cominbz'an Reg. “ , Agentleman from Newburgh states that the ire in several ol_ the mountainous tracts in that neighborhood still rages, and has desolated many thousand acres. The "drownedlands,f as they are called, are on fire, and it is supposed that the ravages of the element in those grounds have extended to three or four hundred acres. It pas- ses through the peat formations beneath the soil to the depth of four or five feet, bursting out at different points, and rendering a passage over the surface eitremely unsafe——a bullock had fal- len through the crust and perished. The turn- pike which crossesa part ofqthose lands is re- ported to have one or two miles of its distance undermined. Our informant further states, that the streams and hills, on which are numerous mills, liadso entirely failed, that the grinding. of grain through a large extent of country, was al- mostat an end.—Merc. ./111-v. ————n—€9-:'.:-€b1--- From the Lfverjzool Mercury, of Se/zt. '18. (Received at the oficeqf the Com. .ddvertz'.«;er.) INTERESTING Naxvs raoax THE Po1.An.Exr1-:- nrrrox. _ ._ At length the ofiicial dispatches from the ships employed on the Discovery of the_North-west Pass shave _been received, andiwe understand ar N satisfactory.-—'l'hey are dated October 28 .hich time the Isabella and Alexander wer 1“lat. 75 deg. 30‘ min. N. long 60 deg. 30 mim W. well "over to the America coast, the weather serene and perfectly clear. The varia- tion of the compass, by accurate observations repeatedly made on board both ships, was 89 dog. and the dip 84- deg. 30 min. which led them to conclude, that they were approaching very nearly to the magnetic pole. It had been per- fectly calm: the sea was assmooth as glass for 3 or 4 days, and the current drifted them to the south-eastward, which raised their hopes of an open passage round the point of ‘America, from which quarteritappeared to proceed. All the way up the middle of Davis’ Straits, they skirted an unbroken field of ice on the left, but_ as they proceeded it became thinner and appa- rently rotten, and they were sanguine that the moment the breeze sprung up, the ice to the" westward would open to them a passage, and al- low them to reach the northern shores of Amer- ica. Thc utmost harmony prevailed among the officers and every part of the ship's company, and all were in perfect health. Such is the sub- stance of the accounts that we have .been able to learn. There are abundance of private letters to the friends and relations of those whohave embarked in this most important and interesting lenterprize. ' The following is an extract of one : From his Majcst_i;’s'sfu'fz Isabella, at sea, lat. 75,35, long. 60, 7,'~uarz'atz'an 88, 48. July 25. Dear D. , This is our last opportunity this year, therefore I could not let it pass without wri- ting, although nothing has passed since my last. We are now to the northward of all the ships that are fishing ; we see some a lon way astern, the boat with dispatches is going irénediately to one of them ; they have followeda great way this year,’ and have been very kind in giving us every assistance ‘when in the ice ; I sincerely wish them all safe back ; they have a long way to go through the ice ; the coast begins to look more and more miserable; as we get north it has more the appearance of a chain of ice moun- tains than land ; the sea is one solid field of ice as far as the eye can reach. When the wind blows from the north, we find narrow passages in it, and through them we pass on ; sometimes the whole of our men are on the ice, dragging the ship along the edge of the flaws. From the great vatiation, we cannot be a great way from the magnetic pole ; you willsee the variation by our last observation on the head of the letter. P. S. I cannot yet say any thing about the success of our voyage ; the season I think is fa- vorable. Young R——— and I had a long hunt af- ter a large Bear the.other day, but he got away from us. I'shall have some long stories to tell you when I see you next. ‘ E/zidemic at St. Helena. The British ship of war Grzfibn, which left St. Helena on the 2d August, and which has arrived at Portsmouth, brings the information that the squadron on that station was extremely sickly, and that several of the ships had buried a large portion of their crews from Dysenteries and liv- er‘-complaints. The colony also was very sick- ly, from the prevalence of the same diseases, which are there peculiarly fatal. The Govern- or, Sir Hudson Lowe, had an alarming attack of lfowel complaint in the beginning of July, from which he had recovered. Capt. Bann, of the Hon- ourable Company’s store-ship Mangles, died on the 29th July, and Capt. Paisly, of his Majes- ty’s ship Redpole, on the 17th July, of the pre- vailing dysentery. Bonaparte had not been seen out of doors for several months. and continued very ill with a liver complaint. The Griffon bu- ried Mr. Dunning, ofthe Conqueror, a passen- ger, and five men, on her voyage home, all of whom died of fever and dysentery. Mr. O’Me- ara, surgeon to Bonaparte, arrived in the Grif- fon.—Cam. Adv. _ Calcutta papers are received at Boston to June 23d. The rainy season had commenced, and had nearly put an end to military operations.— The disease which had prevailed at and near Calcutta, had not disappeared, and still caused a- larm. Accounts fl'om Madrass states that the Cholera Morbus has made its appearance in that quarter, and a malignant fever also at Trinco- male. At the last dates from Ceylon, the insur- Fram tlie Bvzitimafe Patriot’. , Cancers.-‘—--The ’editor of the Patriot avail! himself of the earliest moment to give publicity‘ to the following letter, believing it will be highly‘ useful, and jg.-ins in the wish of his corresponds ent that it may may be every where copied‘ by brethren of the type. ., " York county, Penn. Oct‘. 25, l8l8. your valuable paper will oblige me, and perhaps confer an important benefit upon someof our unfortunate fellow beings. Aboutstwo months' ago, observing in the Baltimore Patriot an ex-‘,_ tract from the VVest Jersey Gazette, giving (in the person of James Lewis) “ another evidence of the efficacious quality of Pi/z.gz';g;'-way in curing Cancers,” I was induced to'prc'serve- it, froma possibility of its proving useful at a future peri- od. It happened at this time that the wife of‘ a neiglibor was afflicted with this ‘painful and alar-i ming disorder, under which she had. suffered é considerable time. The breast (the part affectedfi had been amputated and had perfectly healed; but in a few months exhibited every symptom of a return. ’ ly enlarged." Her physician, an eminent practi- tioner, advised-a second use ofthe knife, buther friends dissuaded her from the operation, believ- ing it would be undergoing severe pain without the smallest hope of relief. Her situation occur-’ red to me, but considering all human application useless in so advanced a stage of the disease, I of it to another, who info:-med'thcm‘of it. The herb being nearat hand, wasimniediately procu- red and used as directed, and I rejoice to add,. that the tumours have beenifcompletely remo- ved, her general health much improved, and there is every prospect of her recovery. I‘have sent this for publication, without waiting her per- fect restoration, that others may avail themselves of the same means as early as possible. The plant is an evergreen, snd sometimes called win- ter green; the mode of using it simply to drink- of the tea, and wash the part frequently with a strong dccotion. I hope your brother editors throughout the country will give this a place in their Gazettes. I am your friend,C W’ ‘ Mr. Munroe, Editor of the Patriot‘. _g._ ' _ 1"ar1nz'ng to some /mrjtose.-—A gentleman of this county a few days since, sold his crop of wheat for the present year, for the IlaD(l$«1m8 J [are .’ will make from 20 to 30 hogshcads of prime to- bacco, which is now selling in Baltimore at from 23 to 24 dollars per cwt. soil to more advantage than the raising of pump- kins, melons, 8<c. about which so much is said of late.--Fred. Herald. ' ’ Rn/zid rise qf/zersonal Pro/zcrty.-—About 18 months ago, we had an account of a man selling. his =wz_'/‘c for six shillings, out of which he was to‘ allow the purchaser a mug of ale ; subsequent- ly another was sold at an advance of eighty-five dollars ; and we -now learn from a 'l‘ennessee pa- per, one has recently been sold in that state for three lzzmdrcdgand twenty;five dollars .’ Should the market continue to improve at this rate, we know not \\‘ ho besides cotton planters will be able to aii'o_rd wives. VVe would advise girls to hold‘ back—the demand will be brisk towards frost. S. Carolina [zuj_z. . '_.¢..;',,~-p;_._ THE NE\VSPAPER. “ 2"/zis _/2.-(ia of our /zages, /Id/I/Zy snark I IV/zic/2 not even critics criticise ; , PV/zat is it but a ma]: of busy life, _ Itsfluctuations, and its vast concerns 3" Of all the publications which teem fromlthe-' press, none are so interesting, none so useful as a newspaper. This book may be _useful on a particular subjcct—that book may be useful on another su_bject—and another bo‘o‘k""may be en- tertaining'from its style, its novelty, or from the teresting, useful, and entertaining on all subjects. Perhaps you prefer history—the well conducted‘ newspaper ‘furnishes astanding histor'_v of the times. Do §5uti,_ 'sh religious instruction? the" newspaper, to hiirwhtr “ looks through Nature‘ up_ to Nature’s God,” affords it in the «positive ples of the wicked ; it tells what the world istlo-' ing for the good cause, and cries aloud against" the crimes which are a reproach to the people. The newspaper gives you the latest discoveries in Geography and Astronomy ; it tells you what‘ improvements are making in the gro‘wth'of~the countries ; it gives you the latest inventions and improvementsin Mechanics, in Agriculture and domestic economy. It furnishes an account of the proceedings of governments; and enables impropriety of measures.. It is .“the tyrant’s foe, the people's friend," when rnanag ed with in- tegrity. ‘ \Vhen the writer of this article was not more , where there was no mail, and of course where‘ recollects the avidity with which he laid hold of a newspaper, even if it were months old ; that. he could not be made to stop for nothing until he had extracted all the information it contained. To this curiosity. he owes all the literary taste he bility of penning this articlc——-to this curiosity he owes his means of livelihood—--to this curios- ity alone he owes that he has been able success- fully to combat in the “ war of words” with men who have made the study of letters the whole business of their lives. ' How many families are there, that might be furnished witlra newspaper at their doors, who neglect taking them because of the trifling sum 1 wvhich they cost 1 If the heads of such families would reflect, that this trifling sum might be hun- drcds of dollars advantage to each of their chil- dren in after life, none could neglectgtkiug the yrection was not suppressed. - n«.-‘\'spaper.,’ sum of nine Iltqusand one Imndrcd and tmenty dal- A The same gentleman, we are informed, " people to know and judge of the propriety or V than ten years of age, living in a country town I newspapers were procured with ditliculty-—'-he? ever possessed—-to this curiosity he owes the a- -. Several tumours appeared and dai- ,,- ti Dear sir-=-—An insertion of the following inv , L; V 14" This is cultivating they .. 4 information it imparts ; but the newspaper is in-' l l neglected mentioning it to her friends, but spoke f -, l r l l examples of the good and in the negative exain- _ , -
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