stiles, the brigade of riflernen shall be dissolved,
‘C-itrd all ‘super-nunierary officers in the cavalry or
rifle brigades, shall r_et‘a.inl.tli_e_ir rank, and be con A
sidered in the line of promotion, and be liable to
fill ar1y.vacancy at the discretion of the Captain
General, or_ the (_‘;eneralV Assembly.
§ 6. _Be it further enacted, That the regiments
of light artillery shall be reviewed by battallion,
and not be liable to be called together byregiment
unless by the corrserit and approbation of the Cap-
tain Gener'.tl. _ . , , _ V
§7. Be it jitrtlrcr enacted, That all persons who
now are, or hereafter shall. be by law, exempted
from perfot_'ming military duty, who shall volun-
tarily join and bec_o_me members of any military
company, such person sltallthereafter be, and re-
main liable to pet'fiit'rh such duty, in the same
manner, and for the same period, as if they had
never been exempted ll)t:rel|‘Ol‘lt. A
. §8. Be it fur:/zer._cnactcd, That if the Captain
General" shall deem it expedient and necessary to
eniploy,-and shall employ any person to assist him
in carrying into effect the provisions of this act,
a reasonable compensation shall be allowed the
person who shall be thus employed. for the servi-
ces rendered by hitn, under the req'uisition of the
Eaptain General as aforesaid.
§9. .rl7iri be it furt/zcr emrctcd, That the forty‘
fm;irth section of the act to which this is an addi-
tion, be, an'd_the same is hereby repealed.
General ./1.5-sembly, jlfay Session’, I820.
DAVID PLANT, S/zerzkcr
oft/re House 12/‘ R:-/2rcsentatz'vr.v,
JONATHAN INGERSOLL,
_ t . ' 1’r¢:sidcnt Q/‘t/zc Scnutc.
Iipprovetl, June 2, I820. , ,
OLIVER VVOLCOTT.
An act attfhotising the taking‘ of acltrioy/edgw
.ment of deeds by certain magistrates therein‘
-named.‘ __ ,
Be it enacted by the Smate and ffozrse of Rc'fz_l‘.‘.'-
acntativcs in Gr-new‘! ./1{s'seInbly_ corrve-71¢.-(I, That;
from and after the rising of this a;sserjnbly,;any
judge of the supreme or district court of the Uni-
ted States, or any judge of the srrpr'eme'o.t' supe.
riior court, any judge of the court of conrmori
pleas, or county cotrrt, of any i'ndi-vidual state in
the United‘ States, may, and either ofthem here-
by are autliorized and empowered to take the ac-
knowledgment of any grant 0l'=(l;€,t'Ll houses,
lands, or other real estate,‘ and that all grants
and deeds of houses, lands, and othcr_real estate,
that have‘ been or shall be acknowledged before,
such judges as aforesaid, shall be good and valid
in law, Vin'_t'he same manner as if such judges had
been duly a|u-thorized for that purpose, any law to‘
the contrar'yrr‘ottvitlistanding. .
Geircral ./1'.v.sen:b!y, Ilfay Session, ./1. D. 1820.
DAVID PLANT, _S/zcakcr of the
Hoztsg of Ixfe/_2rc.9e7zlati"rIes.
.lONATl:lAN INVGERSOLL,
, V V V 1Jf8.9idCIl€ of like Senate.
Approved May 29, I820. . _. _
OLIVER VVOLCOTT.
At‘: act in addition to and alteration of ‘ an act for.
the inspection of,Provi’si'o"ns, and other‘ articles
of commerce.’ _ ,. .
Be it eriaerrc.-of by tile Sandie Vqrrd }{auscVq/'Rr~/1re-
5£_’7Ir'6.tl".’Jc't§‘ in _(:'c'7z(_7‘(rl Jssc-722br’y convcrzcd, That
all debt, claimed by assignment, shall be set off
as _a'foresai_d, unless the plairrtilf had notice, at the
time of the commence_me_nt‘of such action, that
such debt was due to the d-efend°a,nt.'- __ , __ V
_ 2. And b'e_ zitVfur{«’t;-127 cnrictrfl, That in every
action, whereiin the defendent shall claim a set-off
as aforesaid, and it shall appear upon trial, that
the pla_intill", in such 2_\—‘ction,_is indebted to mé dc-
i'e_nda‘nt, the court before yvVliicli_Vt_he trial shall he.
shall give jndgr'ne‘nt_forV‘ the defendant to rcoover
the same of the plaintiff, together with his just
cost, Prrruicled, that no justice of the peace shall’.
in such case, give judgment for the recovery of
such balance, uhere the same shall exceed the
sum of fifteen dollars.
Geiiertzi ./.rf.s-snnbly, 1lIuy S'c.§s-io7'2. .a'. D. 1820'.
' ljwrr) P’LAN'l‘, S,‘Ira/cor
, Q/'.‘/re House of Rt-/zreserrtutftreai.
.l'CNATl-I.-\N INGERSOLL,
,_ V _. _ _ .I’7_‘esZ'deIrt oft/re Senate.
.-'ipp'ro‘véd, May 26V, l8~20.
- -I LIVER.
An act in §_urtli_er adtlltion t_o_an act, entitled ‘ An
act to regluliate theViVnspe_cti'on of Beef and Pork
intended to be c:~:ported‘from' tliiii state.’
Be it enacted by the Slcnotc and Howe qf Re/Ire»
V"-z'oLcoT'r.
V srrttatives in (:1¢'n€ljdf[ J1'.7.l9enrr'ily convened, That
all barrels and half ba_t're_ls'_crintaini;ig Beef or
I_E’ork_ of any description, may h'ereatter be made
ofgood seasoned white o_al§_, rock‘oa'l3:', or white
_ ash staves, and heading not free from sap, and
hooped with twelve hoops, which shall be secured
with not less than three pins in each _b_ilge,_ any
' thing in said act to the contrary i"'iotwith'standing.
General flssenzbly, 1lIa'y st-.m‘oa_', .4.‘ D. 1820.
DAVID PLANT, S/reaker
‘Q/it/re House of Rrfzresenla(z'vec.
JONATHAN INGISRSOLL,
) V. Prreirle/if qft/ic Seniatcn.
Approved, May 23, t8'20.l . _
. ,( OL‘Ii7ER VVOLCOTT.
;._.I.
_ _ Czt.t‘rtr.r~:s'roN, July 2!.
Patriot Recrm't.s.-—AIrother attempt was made
on Vl/ednesday night, to enibiwk between}-‘.0 and
30 men for the brig VVi‘l'son, _ which was frustra-
ted by the vigilance of the Marshal. The sails
intended for the Santiago. were detaimgcl yestgr.
day by the revenue schr. Gallatin, on board of a
srnall vessel bound out. These Patriot privateers
'€vore seen ol¥Port-royal, on VVednesday, lying to.
, ._ _ SAVANNAH, July’ 24'.’
V Arrived yestct'day, the U. S. schr. Tartar, cap-
tain Payne, from‘ a cruize to the south-ward. (in
Sattrrday last, at about eight o'clock, got
sight of the brig‘ Vl7ilson' and her prize ; commen-
--so
' ced a chase wliicli continuecl until 617’. M. On
Sunday evening came into Tybee and picked up
20 men in a boat and on shore, recruits for the
.\Vilson, whom Capt. P. has“ brought up to town.
The lieut. ofthe VV. and‘ 11 men are‘ supposed'to
be now on shore on Tybee island.‘
[The above 20 men have been’ c':-fa'r'ni‘n'ed be-
, tore the Mayor, and committed to prison.]
The Governor of Trinidad de Cuba had re-
ceived orders from the Captain General, to pro-
‘ claim the Constitution, which he tfefused to do,
and was compelled to fly into the interior to es-
cape from the popular vengeance.
'ten(l‘:Jto bring away.
' hours, .
The Winebago Indians have delivered..:'_up‘t'
Regiment at, l'.‘_ort Armstrong, on Rock Island,
the month of March last. . T r
‘ Council Blufilr, Jlfay 6..’-—-The Agent, Major_
O’Fa'llon, Capt. Riley, and a ‘su_baltern’s command
of the rifle regiment, havebeen on a visit to the
Grand Pajnis, Penis Ijoups, and Panis Republican.
The principal chief of the_ Grand Panis was not
disposed to give a civil ’reception to the Agent,
but_changédVhis conduct on meeting _aV(lecisive
tone, and eveidually gave him a hospitable and
apparently friendly r'e’ception. The Panis Loups
did much better. They came out two miles with
a‘ body offive hundred horse, conducted the agent
and party into their village, and treated them
with all the honor and distinction imaginable.—-
The P-anis Republican, rt ho plundered the scien-
tific party last fall, also met the agent with every
demonstration of friendship, and expressed the
greatest contriktion for this outrage. This last
nation have lately had an engagement on the con-
fines of Mexico, with the Tetans and Spaniards,
and lost ninety three warriors, killed or wounded.
Major Long and party set out a few days since
on an exploring expedition towards the sources
of the Platte, Kanzas, and Arkansas.
The troops are healthy, and are farming very
extensively.’ V I V
. Lr.::r1vGTorv, Ken. July 8.
Indian fa-rocz'ty.-—M r. Chandler, the gentleman
who was tomahawkcd by the Indians at the time
Capt. Davis of Nashville was killed, inn boat de-
scending the Mississippi, has just returned to his
residence in Jessamine county. He statesthat
afterthe outrage had been committed by the two
Indians, that three chiefs were seized by the
whites,confined, and retaliation upon them threat-
ened, unless the murderers were delivered up.-—
This produced their surrender. The two mur-
derers were confined with chains and a small
padlock, lodged in a room and a guard of live’
men placed round the building. In the morning
the guard heard a pistol fired in the room, and
immediately repaired to the door, which they 0-
was knocked down by one of the Indians.»-who
had during the nightgnarvcd Q17‘ -wit/2 bis tee'b the
hasp of the look, so as to leave the chain on-one
wrist only which he used as a weapon, and with"
which. he successively knocked down the four
. first of the guard who approaclied the door, when
the fifth shot hi_m through the body and he fell.
On entering the room they found the other Iri-
tliuri, who was a young man, shot through the
body. It appears the two Indians had agreed to
kill each other, rather than to be hanged by the
whites, but after the oldest one had shot the oth-
er and the guard appproached, he_ determined to
have revenge on them. The Vwounded Indian
was carried some distance to be tried; but his re-_
peated attempts to do injury, although tvourided
badly, induced one ofthe guards to send a ball
through his brains. , ._
- BUFFALO, July 25. ,
Canadian aflZ1z'r8.—-‘Va learn that the late elect-
ion for members of parliament for Upper Canada,
has terminated in the almost unanimous choice -of
persons who are the political‘ friends of Mr. Gour-
lay. It would appear by this, thatthe popular
voice in’ Canada is opposed to the administration.
Mr. Fetgtison, ‘who was fined andimprisoned
for publishing some of Mr. Gour'lay’sf'writittgs,
-was recently released from confinement, and has
charge of the Niagara Spectator; and declares in
a prrbli.-E address, that the Spectatortshall prove a
great ter-rorto little tyrants. ‘_ _ '
. ‘Win. 13. Peters, lisq. proposes to’ publish a
newspaper at Niagara, to be called the Canadian
' Enqui’rer, to conducted on free and independ-
entpr'niciples. _ _
MORE Sll.VER MINES IN THE VVEST.
“ Babble, bzfbblt-i-— ’1'oz'.’ami trouble.”
_ _ , SALEM, Ind. July rd.
Sr'lver Jlfinc.-L we have been informed by a
igdentleman of credibility, that a Silver Minehas
been discovered in the late purchase in this state,
The circumstances relating to it are these :-—-A
few months ago a gentlemati near the boundary
line was informed by an Indian, that‘there was a
mine of this kind’ somewhere, but refused to_ tell
him where it was, unless the man would pay him
50 dollars, a horse, a gun, and.s‘eve_ral blankets,
which the man did, and was talfen to the place,
“and brought away several pounds of the ore. V ‘He
has since we are told, brought away about three-
hundred pounds. He refuses’ togell where it is,
but says there is at least three Waggon loads al-
ready cast" into bars by the Indians, which he in‘-
\Ve have seen (so have sev-
erafcitizerrs ofSalem)‘some of-‘the ore, and shou,ld
suppose it at least two-thirds silver. The ore is
so pure that it-c“an be drawn out with the ham-
mer, into bars ofalmost any size, and it is thought
-by some to be sufficiently pure in its natural state.
From the representation of it, the mine is inex-
haustible, and in a situation dificult to be discov-
er cd.—-I Tocain.‘ ~
, VVA'sr'tmo-iron, July 27'.
_ The Osage of t/z_eV1llz's.eouri--—A covenant was
concluded in this city, on the 21st inst. between
the three principal‘ Chiefs--(the Chief, the Court-
sellor, and the W'_arr'r'or) of the’Great O‘sages of
the Missouri,‘ on the one part, and the Rev. Dr.
P’. Milledo'ler', the Foreign Secretary oftbe ‘ Um’-
ted fi‘orcz:g':i' Illission Society of Ng€;;;'Yar,{-,’ (of
idcnt) on the other part. Tlris covenant, onxthe
part of the society, is founded on the great basis
ofthe government system, as set forth by the Sec-
retary of ‘War, in a circular of his publi’shed some
ti me since, which is so s'_u'ccessfull’y operatiirg a-
niongst the Chéroliées and Choctaws, and others,
and provitlesfor-the best interests of the Indians.
This sy st'cm embraces reading, writing, and cy-
pl*r‘e_ri'ng, the me<’:haui‘c arts, and agriculture, and
a‘ll‘the,great points of domestic économy. On
the part of the lndians‘, Va piece of ground suited
to the scheme, is granted, such as the Missionary
fami'ly shall choose ;' a guarantee oftheir securi‘-t
ty in the possession of it, subject only to‘ the will
of their Great Father the President, and a gene-
ral and friendly co-operation in al'l things". .
The’ people of the United" States are alive-to tlii's
interestiitg subject, it istrue, but corrldtlfey havt:
witnessed the joy-of these n'oble4lo'oki'ng sons of-
the corpnianding officer at Praire du Chien,ith.S=f .
tmrimts. who lzilledthe two soldiers of the Rifle ___'
penecl. «The first man who attempted to enter‘
jst to‘,t‘ealizé‘f the ad.vantages~
to crown llI8Il"fl‘lli_li_'eVl’l‘.O hap-
VV _ 1ng,it would have moved them onto
‘ ‘e“ex’et'ci-so of those deeds of benevolence,’ on
feet accomplishment of thisgrcat work.
'.- I It is presumed the Talks made onthis interest-
ing, occasion, together with the covenant, will be
published in due time. _ _
P. S‘. The United Foreign Missionary Socie-
ty liave madeadvances towards the Osages of the
Arkansas. Their mission family are by this
time in that territory. The covenant now made
with‘ the Great Osages of the Missouri, is, there-
fore, the second great projection into the regions
west of the Mississippi..._..Mzr. Int. I
I3r.=r=i=.sLo, July 25.
Mr. Eleazer \Villiams, missionary among the
Oneida Indians, in company with five chiefs of
that nation, tool; passage in the steam boat, up
the lake on the 20th inst. \Ve understand their
designis to visit their western brethren, to see
row they are disposed towards receiving the gos-
pel, and to ascertain what advantages may be de-
rived upon the eastern tribes by locating‘ on some
unsettled tract to the west. They go under the
auspices of the‘ government.
./f'Ilg/it! illustration of Psalms lriv'. 20.
‘The dark places of the earth are full of the habi-
tations of cruelty.’
Extract from‘ ‘llfisaiorr from Cu/zc Coast Castle to
Jslrczntee, by T. E. Bo-wcl:1 c'hV.’
‘ The Ashantees sacrifice human victims at all
their great festivals. Some of these occur every
2! days. and there are not fewer than 100 victims
immolated at each.» Besides these there are sac-
rifices at the death of every person of rank, more
or less bloody according to their dignity. On
the death of his mother, the king butchered’ no
less than 3000 victims. The funeral rites cfa
great captain were repeated weekly for 3 months.
and 200 persons, it is said, were slaughtered each
time. At a funeral ofa person of rank, it is usu-
al to wet the grave with the blood of a freeman of
respectability. All the retair.ers of the family
being present," and the heads of all the victims de-
posited in the bottom of the grave, several are
unsuspectingly called on to assist in placing the
collin, and just as it rests on the heads, a slave
from behind, stuns one of these frcemen by a vi-
olent blow, followed by a deep gash in’ the back
part of the neck, and he is rolled on the top ofthe
body, and the grave instantly filled up.’
‘ Mr. Bowditch computes the population of the
kingdom of Ashantee to be a million, and states
the disposable force to be 150.000 men. He rc-
presents polygmy as practiced to so great an ex-
tent, that the number of the _King‘s wives is 3,333.
[L"t.Is1r. Ilfag‘.
Horrible C'usIom.—-In some parts of Abyssinia,
and the adjacent territories, a native seldom scru-
pics to kill his companion on the road, in order
to possess himself of the most triliir;g' article, if
he entertains a hope of doing it with impunity:
but the retaliation of blood exists in full force.--—
Among the Hallenga, who draw their origin from
Abyssinia,-a horrible custom is said to attend the
- of complete barbarism.
vthiich the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer is Pres- _
“of one million of men.
revenge of blood :’ when the slayer has been sei-
zed by the relativesof-the deceased, at family feast
is proclaimed, at which the murtlcrer is brought
in the midst o'fth_em,bound. and while his throat
is slowly cut with a razor, the blood is caught in
a bowl, and handed round amongst the guests, ev-
ery one of whom is bound to drink of it at the mo-
ment the victim breathes his last I ‘Would those
who ridicule the efforts of christians to evangel-
ize the heathen-—-who affect to consider them in
a state of happy ignorance, and that the religion
ofnature is the best, not he staggered ataccounts
like this 3 How happy would it be for these peo-
ple, iftlte light of the gospel could bemade to
shine upon them. Go on, chi-istians 1' Pi-oclaim
the gospel to all nations, and tongues,‘ and peo-
ple. W'e have the promise yet,‘ ‘that Etbopia
shall stretch out her hands unto God.’ _
. . _ _ V [_.I'\"'. Y. S/test.
'I,'_wer_tty-si:( thousand dessalines of land (a' des-
saline is :",A()0 squarefathoms) are to be assigned
in the south of Russia, for the Jews who beoarne
converts to Christianity ; a Guardian or Curate is
also appointed expressly for those colonists.
Rc[z'giou.9 Tolcration.—His holiness the Pope
has permitted the Calvanists at present in Rome.
the public exercise of their worship, and in con-
sequence they have atlrninistered the Sacra'nieu°t
in a Church open to the public.
__.#.;;r_.j—.— , : . _ ,-
,. . _, ZA’Né'.sv:‘LI.r:, Ohio, July I5‘.
VVV,Russz'a'n Pol;'c3~y.—-Bci'ng incompany, a few days
ago, with an American entleman of the strictest
ly returned from a visit to Russia,‘ we, in the
course of conver'satibn, learnerl a number of par-
ticulars which w'ere_new and interesting to us, and
we-have no doubt will be so to most of our read-
ers. V V ; V V g I
The peasantry in most parts ofthat extensive
empire are totally unlettered and have but vague
ideas of civilized life, and many of them in a state
The men never shave or
combtheir beards ; the consequenceis, they be-
come firmly matted‘ and full of vermin, which
the filtliiness of their habits, and the . idl"cn‘e'ss of
their dispositions induce them to take no great
pains to destroy. Their' miserable huts and their
‘customary food tally exactly with their disgust-
ing personal appearance, and their clothing is
'principally the undressed skins of wild animals.
The Emperor, whom our informant considers the
mostwfse and sagacious statesman that Europe
can boast of, has at present a peace establishment
The private soldiers are
’-all taken from the above described peasantry.--—
’Tlieir beards, notwithstanding the sacred‘ vene-
ration in which the possessor holds them, are
smoothly shaven, tlreir vermin all destroyed, a
'complete.sui't of uniform is put on‘ them, and the
customary weapons of war are put into their
ltands. All this‘, strange as it may appear, does
not cost the government a cent, for they are
made to support themselves. The day is di-
vided' into four‘ equal parts; one six hours is
devoted to drilling and field evol‘ut'ions; six
hours to sleep; six‘ to" labour at some mechanic‘
'a'i't‘_or to cultivating gardens or fields for the use
ofthe army contractors'or the mat-l;et.of the town
near which a squadron may be stationed, and the
remaining: six‘: hours they are ondttty as centin.
the forest, at the prospect which broke in‘ tipoti els. They are constantly relieving each’ other at
them at the cot_tclu_siVor_rV of this business, which , the end--of each quarter of the day, and tries a
liich great reliance is placed for the final and I
ijorca, and at Fez.
veracity, and now a resident in Ohio, but recent- .
‘continued routine oftheir several duties are kept‘
up, except when the hours of labor return, then’
each individual returns to that particular employ!‘-
ment which was first assigned him. . -«
I These soldiers are taught to call the Colonerlgi:
the regiment to which they respectively belong,‘
our lather, and they are taught to obey him at? Ft;
father, and those officers who hold higher mi1ite.:s-
ry rank than ‘ our father’ they dare not approach 3.
but a disobedience of the orders of their colonel
they consider as dooming them to everlasting mis-
ery and they would prefer the most torturing
death to disobedience of orders. ' ,
'l'li‘eir sentinel duty consists in guarding the
premises of the nobility and gentry, and the num-
ber is proportionate to the rank and standing of,
the guarded ;_ that is, from 5 to 200 soldiers, an
when one is placed as a selttinel, he stands witli
his gun shouldered ina soldier-like manner, and
his accouterments on in due order, and trever va-.
ries his position till he is relieved by a_sucVcessor.,
accompanied by a proper ofiicetyat the end ofsix‘
hours.
At the end of each week, the avails ofeach onef
labor is presented to the Commissary, who pays
the current value of the article, in money; a par:
of which money is retrzrned in pttrchasing tlieitf
scanty rationsof provisions (by the by, is better
than they had been accustomed to in domestic:
life) and a part is applied, as occasion rerruit'es,_ to’
replenish their clothing, amrnunitic-n, fsc. ‘After
two, three or four years in the service,'and it ap-
pearing that they have acquired the arts of civili-
zation, learned a useful occupation and the practi-
cal duties ofa soldier, they are suii'ered to retire
to domestic life, but must retain‘ all their milita-
ry eqtripntents and hold themselves in readiness
to join the arrhy at their country’s call in a mo-
ment; and as fhese retire at new strpply of the
same uncouth class are prtlered to occupy‘ their
places. Those who retire are required to edu-
cate their children at the established schools.-—
Thus is this great man training his al‘m'ost,bound-
less dominibnsto arms andarts without expense.
Let Europe look out. , Let he_r remember that a‘
monarch of the same riame once held afstation a-
mong thct‘n.'- _
—au+as-- ,
FROM GIBRALTAIZ’. V
, Bosron, Aug. l.
Gibraltar‘ papers to the 17th June are received,
They contain the substances of several eflicial ar-
ticles from Madrid C-_azettes,__but of no great inte-
_ rest, V Among them is the royal decree.-_to p 'ohib-
it _/Ipogging throughout the Spal'_li$l)‘(l0l']ill'llOnS.-—-
Th_ere is alsn’a circular of the Minister of Finan-
ces, directing that an inquiry shall be made into
the political sentiments and moral clrttr:*.ctet' of
the revenue o_.llicet's. Tli_ere is also a circula‘-6
of the Minister of Finance ineanswer to applica-
tions from several religious cornmt.-nities to be
maintained in the enjoyment of certain privile-
ges formerly granted them, in which they are in-
formed) by his l‘tlajesty’s‘ orders, the privileges
are contrary _to the spirit and letter of the consti-
tution, and that tlherefore their applications can-
not be complied" with. There is also an ollicial
conmiunication stating the determination _of the
I{ing,adopted at the earnest request ofthe French
Ambassador. to set at liberty’ all the natives of
France, confmerl in any~paI't‘of the Spanish do-
minions, for political offences.’ and for assisting
the Insurgents in .the,scttlements beyond the sea.
A’c.ir-cular of the Minister of the Finances di-
rects that such of the royal palaces and seats and
other domains. as liave been given by the King
towards the payment of the National (ll bt,'; shal.l
be given over inifnerliately to the con-nrissionetis
to be disposed of for that pUl'[)0s_t'. There isn
variety ofother documents, I)-Lit they are not of
great ll‘ri€l‘cSl. _ V _
A schooner i'nanned~ trill‘. l‘vial‘cs‘:e,' under the
'I‘url;i.-;l‘. flag, has been seized at 3:’.-':i_vma. charged
with pluttdeting and sinking an English brig, anti
mrtrdeting her crew.
The plague has broke out in the island of Mr.-
2-Bt) persons died atjmogadote
May.
._. Gnnort, June 3.
_ 'We had an account brought by the l‘l"l'dtSi‘t.‘l‘ ofa
Swedi‘shVV vessel, about four days since, cf his ilav.
ing passed fourteen dead men floating on the wa-
ter, all pinion:-d together‘! It is conjectrrrul that
they titer-te tliecrew of a Genoese brig, that sailed
from CV}ibralta'_r for this place about four months
ago, with a_.corisi'det',able cjttantity of specie on
board, and tivhicli vesselhas not since been heard
of. _ She had on board a valuable cargo of Colonial
produce, some cases ofgold dust, and gold in bars.
of the plague in the month of
FROM SOUTH AMIZRICA.
Accounts received at Kingston, Jamaica, (by
an Independent brig) mention that the Patriot
troops_under the command of Bolivar, Audinet,
and De Cordova. had taken possession of the
greatest part ofthe Spanish Ma’.-ne.
On the lVOth June, the Independent squadron,
having on board Gen. Montillo and his troops, ap-
peared before Santa Martha, and after firing sev-
eral broa(_lsides at the battery, without meeting
any resistance, stood away for Savanilla, which
port they took without opposition, there being on-
ly three guns mounted on the battery. They
were still in possession on the 527th, waiting to be
joined by a large force expected down the Mag-
dalena. A number of men, women and children.
who fled from Santa Martha, had arrived at King-'
ston. _ ~_ V A V
The brig Aerial, having on board'Gen. Dever--‘
eux andsnite, and 25 privates, arrived at Port-
Royal, Jamaica, on‘ the 30th June. The Aerial‘
first proceeded’ to Margaretta, but finding none of’
the Independent Chiefs there to receive them,
nor any provision made for their reception, the
General determined on proceeding to Rio de la-
Hache, where he learned Brion anti those of-
the Irish Legion that had preceded him t'v,,.~e._.
On his arrival off that place, they observed the
Spanish flag flying at the fort, and their signals
1701 being 3“SW€T€.d, they wisely declined going
in. Not being able to hear any thing of Brion,
they then decided on coming to this Island for
information. Vlmmediately after coming roan-
chor at I"ort Royal, a guard of Marines was pla-
ced on board of her till the Governor should sig-
nify iiis pleasure what should be done with them,
Gen. Deverenx made application for himself and
anaid de camp to land, but the general: alone was
allowed to go on shore. _
It is stated that Gen. Devcreux chartered the
Aerial‘ at Liverpool, in the character of a foreign
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