i':’ if- rf; "* .e i’. -F. . -3.5:’-'f§;.'\..,'_ I i 1 1" -7. " -'-.+'.'«.--- - ‘ P "would attach to it.” ' cumstances. ‘ pose. E;-;LAin -u . s_ I ‘ From the JV’. Y. Spectator. “ Times gone by.”—A late number of the National Intelligencer contains a long letter from Gei'i.Johii H. M’Intosh, now in Georgia, in vindication of his cliaracter for his agency in getting up the insurrection which took place in Florida in 1812. The General commences as follows :—-“I have long lived under ‘the Q «; whips and scams oftiiiie,’ but I can no longer ‘bear the tongue of the slanderer. 1 have not the ambition of the Ephesian incendiary, to ..bave my name handed down to posterity as "lthatofa villain, rather than that it should be altogether forgot. I am therefore determined, . though perhaps at the eleventh hour, to clear it of the infamy which travellers and others He then proceeds mi- itiutely to detail the circiimstances which in- duced him to embark in the enterp_rise before ' ‘mentioned, by which means, as it turned out, . he lost both character and fortune. It was Iiever known to the American people, until ‘ the year 13921, that ten years before, that is, in 1811, a aw was passed by Congress inse- oret conclave,autliorising tliePresideni to take possession of the Floridas, under certain cir- And in addition to this secret and hostile legislation against a government with which we ‘were, and ever had been, at ‘ peace, it now satisfactorily appears, that the -"insurrection of 18132 in those territories, was ’ entirely fomented by the Ainerican govern- ment, through agents authorized for that pur- General Matthews, of Georgia, was the agent of the government, and he eiiiploy- ed M’Intosh. Gen. Matthews was afterwards ' superceded by Gen. Mitchell, who was clotli- ‘ ed with the same powers upon this subject.- Before this change, however, the insurrection had progressed so far, that all the Province of I East Florida, excepting the town and citadel ofSt. Augustine, was in the power and posses- sion ofthe ‘ Patriots.’ ‘ After possessing Fer- nandina a night and a part of two (lays, the constituted authorities made a foriual offer of it to Gen. Matthews, as the agent of the U. S. government,togetlier with all that part or tract of country situated east of the Perdido, and lying between the river St. Johii’s and _St.l\'la- ry’s. The Gen. formally accepted of it, and immediately occtipiedFernandina with a com- pany of U. S. troops.” After\vaI‘dSa the WW‘ ' rative before us proceeds, “ on the 3|St.0f ‘ March, 181%, a formal treaty was entered in- — to between the ageiitoftlie U. States andgthe constituted autlioriiies. They surreiidei'ed‘to ‘ the U."Si.ates’ all that part or parts of the \ Floridas situated east of the river Perdido, with the exception of St. Augustirie, and ‘ ‘pledged tlieniselves not to lav down their . D ' arms\uniil they had conquered it.’ The Gen. s‘age toflhe U. States, accepted ol the ter- n ory, a id, among other articles ofthe trea- _ ty, “guarantees to the inliabitants that their property and persons shall be protected, and - their religion and government be placed on . the precise footing of the citizens of the terri- ~ tories of the U. States.” Also, asihe voluu _- teers ofthe revolution were promised by the constituted authorities a certain number of a- cres of land, not exceeding one hundred and - fifty thousand, the U. States guarantees that this promise shall be performed ; aud,also,that ' those who have been at the expense of stip- porting the revolution, the U. States guaran- tees that they shall be reimbursed from the duties which are collected in the ports of the province, and, if this should not be sufficieiit, . ‘pledges her faith’ to pay and discharge the amount due.” The U. States’ troops imme- diately occupied this portion of country, and encaniped, at one time, within 3 miles of,Sg; Augustine, and at another, on the St. John s. This treaty, in the mean time, alter bcing for- mally signed, sealed, and witnessed, Gen. M‘- Intosh says, “ was sent on to VVashington, and arrived there at a most uiipropitious moment, at the very day, I believe, when there were so many elegant pliilippics fulniinated against _the British Government and her Canadian , General, for having sent Mr. Henry to cor- rupt the siinpletons of Boston. No answer was made to us, nor to General Mat- thews. This gentleman was soon after sti- perseded as agent by Gen. Mitchell. The new agent acted exactly as his prececessor had done. With the same itistructioiis, l presume ‘he pursued the very same steps. The U. S. troops occupied precisely the same ground, and we remained embodied, expecting, asl before observed, that something _iniglit trans- pire in otir favor. It is unnecessary to relate all the occurrences which took place. There were none ofperinanent importance. Many of our men were mounted, and I had to supply -both them and their horses with provisions, and, in some instances, both the men and their families with clothing and provisions.” But poor M’Intosh was served as hard as the gallant Eaton was by Col. Lear,in Tripoli. Gen. Mitchell, it seems, having re'signed,Gen. Thomas Pinckney was appointed agent. This gentleman, before he cauic on the southward, -sent one of his aids to St. Augustine, who, without any communication with M’Into.sh and the ‘ patriots,’ made a treaty with the Spanish Governor, which, as soon as the lat‘.- ter -had any knowledge of, they gave up all hopes of any change in their favor, and aban- doned the cause with the country. The Span- ish Governor, by the treaty, promised that the royal pardon should be proffered to all the re- bellious subjects who would throw themselves on his mercy. No terms were made forthose who mightdccline accepting ofthis clemency, and M’Iritosh afterwards ascertained that he was excepted in the pardon granted by theCap— tain General of Cuba ! l The result was, that he had to fly precipitately, and sacrifice some ‘fine plantations, and indeed nearly if not quite his whole property. We should have liked well to publish the whole of this curious narrative, but the want of room has confined us to essential facts.- The unfortunate arrival of their despatches at Vvashingtoii, just at the moment ofthe burst- ing of the ridiculous John Henry bubble, and the neutralizing effect which the latter plot had upon the former, is a capital joke. Btit it has called forth a soleuiii rebuke from the editors of the National lntelligencer, who can see neither analogy, parallel nor resemblance in the cases. The worthy editors “ have not the remotest desire to revive the recollection ofthe odious disclosures ofHeiiry ;” but, they say, “Florida was, in effect, a derelict, and the only question was, whether the people would throw themselves into the arms of one - or the other of two governments, then in an attitude of hostility to each other. became ' our bounden duty, as one of tbme govern- ments, _to prevent our antagonist from thus getting the command of our most vulnerable Henry"s mission, we need not now remind our readers.” VVe can state the differencein fewer words. In the case of Henry, John Bull, as it was prete_nded,was goring the American Ox; in thecase ofthe Floridas,'the American Bull was goring the Spanish 0x——that’s all. In sober truth, however, weare. sorry to,se‘e the editors of the Intelligencer speak with such gravity of the contemptible John Henry plot. None know better than they, the true objects and history of that miserable farce, in which Henry contrived to swindle poor Mr. Madison out of 50,000 dollars for just nothing at all. BAI/1‘IMOR.E, July 8. Attempt to rob the .Maz'f.——The mail from the eastward did not arrive this morning tin- iil about four hours after the usual time. So great a delay, at this season, could only be ac- counted for on the supposition that another attefipt had been made to rob it, and this, it appears, was the fact. , About sixteen miles from this city, and be- tween one and two o’clock in the niorning,the driver ofthe mail carriage discovered that his progress was obstructed by some rails placed across the road, wliicli in that place was nar- row, with high banks on each side. The guard who sat by the driver had his attention excit- ed by this circunistance, and seeing two men approach from the fence at the side of the road, he fired at them with his blunderbuss; one oftheiii, he believes fell, and on examin- ation afterwards some blood was found at the spot ; two other men instantly appeared close to the first two, at which the guard fired Epis- tols in- succession, it would seem with little or no effect, as the. men iuimetliately approach- ed the carriage, and the guard having no fiii'- tlier means of attack or defence, wasknocked down by a blow on the left side of his head, as he thinks with the butt ofa pistol ; the dri- ver seeing the fate ofthe guard, took to flight, and proceeded towards the nearest house oti the road to request assistance. , In the mean time one ofthe assailants stood by the prostrate guard, with a pistol presented, threatening to shoot him if he cried out or at- tempted to move, while the others went into the carriage to rifle the mail,‘ and wliile so etu- ployed they frequently called out totlieir coin- pauion to shoot the guard, which order he did not obey. After being employed a short time, in the carriage, theassailaiits depaited, leav- iug the guard alone and without liaving tied or otherwise injured him after the first blow, which wounded him so as to catzse some lo. s of blood, but not dangerously. At parting they told the guard to reniaiu where he was, and not attempt to follow them, threatehin_g to put liiui to death if he did-——-After waiting half an hour,‘ the guard who was still weak from the blow he received, atteriipted to crawl in the direction which the driver had taken, and proceeded about thirty yards, when, fearing that the noise he made in crawling among the dry leaves might be heard by the robbers, he stopped and remained there until the driver, with some persons who had accompanied him from the neai'est house, approaclied and as- sisted liitii to return totlie cairiage. Tliedri- ver states that on the first approach ofthe rob- bers one of them fired a ‘pistol—-this circum- stance the guard has no knowledge of,but sup- poses it might have occurred without being noticed by him, while he was engaged in fir- ing at the assailants. The driver also states, that more than four persons attacked them. On examining the mails at the Post Office, in this city, it was ascertained that the mail for Baltimore had not been opeiied——tlie bag con- taining the great Southern Mail, had been cut through, on one side about a foot in length, but as it appeared to be as full as usual, it is supposed that there could not have been much, ifany thing, taken out ofit. Whether in fact there has been any thing taken otit oftliat Mail, and the extent ofthe robbery, can only be ascertai_iied at Vl/'asliington. H alf past one o’clock.-—- We have just heard that 3 persons have been arrested at Ridgely’s Forge, one of whom is wounded in the breast, and another has one of his hands much shat- tered ; they are suspected to be the robbers. [The Baltimore papers ofthe following day confirm the report of the robbers being taken. It seems the shirt above mentioned was thi- means ofthcir discovery. The Contractor took this shirt to the manager ofthe Iron For- ges, who identified it as belonging to one of the forgenien, whercttpon they proceeded to his house and apprehended him with two oth- er forgenien. Upon the examination it was found that one oftbein was badly wounded in the breast with 6 or 7 buck shot, and another severely shot in the hand. Finding tlieniselves thus detected they acknowledged their guilt, and showed where the packages taken from the Mail were hid. Those packages appeared to be uiiicli stained with blood. A sum of ineney in bank bills was found upon thein.——- Their names are Emmouheiser, Moore, and Ward. They were all safely lodged injail in 17 hours after the robbery was committed.] Robber_y.—-A daring act of Post Oflice and Bank Robbery has been committed at Port- land and detected at Bath, in Maine. A draft of 81500 drawn in favor of Messrs Green and Foster, of Thomastown, and mailed to their artner in Boston, was purloined from the post POfl‘ice, and presented to the Portland Bank for payment, and honored in part. Circum- stances have created a suspicion of fraud ; Gen. Richardson, Cashier ofthe Bank, took active and effectual measures to discover the author ofit, who was found to be a young stu- dent ofthe law, at Bath, by the name of Rob- ert S. Lainbard, who was apprehended and brought before several magistrates, by whom he was ordered to recognise in the sum of 3500 for his appearance at the next term of the Court at Wiscasset. The charge on which Lambard was arrest- ed was of Forgery and Fraud. The excitement which was produced in Bath on this occasion, is truly surprising.—— Such was the degree ofsg/mpalhy manifested by the friends of this young man (though he had never been remarkable for the regularity of his habits) and such was their number and influence, as occasioned the most unreasona- ble=delay in procuring his arrest; and it was with extreme difiicultythat aniagistrate could be found who would consentto preside during Lambard’s examination; when, however,one was obtained, it was found that the sin ofren- dering justice in this case was too much for one poor man to bear ; whereupon the nuin- ber of six was added to the bench, composing a very considerable share of the legal knowl- ed e of the place. %’ery able counsel having been obtained for I frontier. How different was the object of A the Prisoner, the next object was to procure counsel in behalf ofthe government; but iiii- fortunately it»,so_ liapperiet_l,,that, every lawyer was engaged either as Magistrate, counsel for the prisoner, or was absent from town. The examination was therefore condticted without about 3 o’clock P. M andcontinued till about 7 in the evening; when a motion was made by Gen. Richardson to adjourn the Court till 8 o’clock the next morning, in order that an opportunity might be afforded for procuring counsel and further evidence in behalfofthe prosecution ; which motion was acceded to by the Court. The prisoner then plead guil- _ iy, and was ordered to recognise in the enor- mous sum of-3500, for his appearance at the next term ofthe Supreme Judicial Court at Wiscasset, with the understanding however, that if be surrendered himself at 8 o’clock on the next he should be released from his bonds. The young man considering ‘discretion the better part,’ wisely declined accepting the kind offer ofthe Magistrate by retiring beyond the reach of justice-.——Portland Statesman. From the Salem Observer oflzily 5. D2°stressin_g' ./1ccident.—During the exhibi- tion of the fire works, in this town, last eve- ning, a most melancholy and deplorable ac- cident occurred, wliicli embittered the rest of the eveningamusenients. Acorrespoudent has communicated the following account : “ [t is a n'l8ldllCll0ly duty to advert to the accident,wli'icli occurred last evening,bywhich several persons were shockingly wounded and some of their livesdespaired ‘of, but it is one required ofus as an act ofjustice to the inan- ager of the works. From the iiiforniatiou which we have received from the man who had charge ofthe chest, which exploded, it appears, that one of the rockets, which had been fired, accidentally turned, glanced from the ground and perforated one end of the chest, which had been cautiously covered by several rugs and a piece of canvass, all of which had been previously wet. The chest had been carefully placed under the stage,oiii of-the reach of the falling cinders, and, as was supposed, of every other danger, that could reasonably have been calculated on. But by a singular chance, this rocket found its way under the stage, and set fire to a chest, con,- taining over three hundred rockets. It is a matter of astonishment to us, that more injury did not result from this misfor- iune,wlien we considertlie tiiass ofspectators, which surrotinded the stage. The Salem Register gives the following additional particulars ofthisdreadful accident.‘- Tlie scene was truly awful. A large area a- rou ‘the stage appeared to be entirely envel- oped i'n flames-—a part of the rockets taking a more elevated direction, passed near the heads ofthe crowd, the fiery fragments ofthe rockets falling profusely among theni——-aiid besides the persons seriously injured, aigreat number had their cloilis burnt, or lost their hats, slioes,&.c. and several were thrown down in the confusion and trampled upon. Yet the darkness was such, that a great proportion of the more distant spectators were unconscious that any accident had happened, supposing it to have been a part of the intended display. It was a fortunate circumstance that aboutl00 ofthe largest and mostdangerous rockets ex- ploded without doing any material injury. Had they taken a direction among the spectators, the destruction must have been immense. [The number of persons seriously injured was 25, some of whom have since died.] Bos'roN,July 5. Piraci'es.—By the arrival yesterday at quar- antine oftlie schr. James, 10 days from Ma- tanzas, we have received the following intelli- gence respecting the pirates in that qiiarier. The U. S. schr. Ferret, Lt. Com’dt T. M. Newell, fell in with several piratical boats at Escondido, about 12 miles west of Matanzas; she having but a small boat, could not seudiu more than 6 men, the Pirates being complete- ly covered by a reel, hauled up their boats,and placed themselves (35 in number) behind the rocks, which covered their boats. On the ar- rival of the F’s boat within 50 yards of the beach a fire was immediately opened on her ; some ofthe balls pierced her through, which obliged Lieut. Downing to return to the Fer- ret, ivliicli be effected by the dint of hard bail- ing.‘ The F. then stood in several times as near the reef as possible—biit could only fire on them while in the act of staying. The wind unfortunately blowing very hard, and a very heavy sea heaving in shore, she could not lay only long euougli to fire once, when it was necessary to stand a little off to gain head way enough to stay again—and in this way she got several chances at them—biit from the surrounding rocks and peculiar situ- ation ofthe pirates and their boats, not much damage could be done. Lieut. Neivell, find- ing it only a waste of ammunition, left them and made sail for this place in order to get a suitable boat from some oftis, and get back before they could make their escape; but un- fortunately the contrary wind and current frustrated him in his views. However, early the next morning, he fell in with an English brig, the capt. very readily furnished Lieut. N. with a boat, with which the Ferret imme- diately made for the same place, but on com- ing near they had the niortification to find an armed Spanish brig lay off, which had seiitin her boats, but the pirates had decaiiiped. Lt. N. sent in his boat under the command ofLt. Downing, with orders to make a complete search in the woods, under the impression that the villains had hidden the boats. They had not searched long, when they found two boats hidden up in asmall creek, which were taken off, and found to belong to the port of Matan- zas, the same that are every day alongside our vesselsivending fruit, 85c. The boats when found had a number ofgrape shot in them. Extract of a letter from an 0 £667‘ on board the U.S.schr. Grampus,datedCampcachy,June' 14. ‘ On the 3d ol'Juiie we arrived at this an- chorage and found the merchant vessels in great consternation, the pirates having cut out ofthe harbor and burnt the schr. Shibboleth, Capt. Perry, of Newport. She boarded her about one o’clock on the morning of the 22d and was drifting about the harbor, burnt to the water’s edge, on our arrival.* After plunder- ing her of every thing valuable, they took the crew and first officer and fastened them in the forecastle, by spiking down the scuttle and ptit a. quantity oflogwood on it, they then run out to sea before the wind, set fire to a barrel of tar on the quarter deck, and then left her. I forgot to mention that on their first boarding her, they immediately killed the man that had Counsel for the Government. ' It cominenced the watch on deck. The poor fellows, feeling the fire approach tliein,redoubled their strength deck. They found the vessel so mucliburnt that they could not save her; they then made a raftof some spars they cut away and were picked up the same morning by a canoe. We waited here two or .tl_iree days for a convoy.- The captain being ashore nearly all the time on business, when one day we saw him pull- ing offin a great hurry, on coming on board he had the launch and cutter manned and ar- med, he had received information thata schr. had been cutout of Sisal, 85 miles to -wind- ward of Canipeachy, and then was lying at anchor at Selina, 56 miles distant. 'We pro- ceeded inthe boats, running night and day until we arrived there, but alas! the bird was flown. A canoe which we boarded informed us she was lying offand on Sisal. We return- ed to the vessel and found that the British sloop of war Eden was lying there. We had givenup all hopes yesterday ofcatching them. In the morning the gig came off, and we re- ceived orders to fire a salute of 17 guns, to cel- ebrate the Declaration of the Independence ofthe governments of Merida. and Campea- chy. In the evening about 10 o’clock, being all ready fer sea, the gig returned again with a long letter from the captain, giving inform- ationthat. an express had arrived with a re- quest for us to despatcli our boats immediately to Sisal. The schr. Augustus and John, or New-York, the same that we were.: before in pursuit of, was lying offthatgplace, and the pi- rates demanded a ransom for-the vessels: the merchants there were amusing them "with a ransom as soon as they could obtain it from this place. There also came on board in the gig the crew ofthe vessel. In 15 minutes the launches were ready for a start, and I hope, before I put this letter on board the vessel that is to carry it to New-York, I may add, that they have received the ransom that we sent them and that they are satisfied so well, that they will never commit the crime ofpiracy a- gain. The Eden sails with us under a convoy; after leaving the convoy we are to join our forces and try to exterminate piracy on the Yiicalaii coast. We shall proceed first to N. Malaga after leaving the convoy._ 16th June, -—Yestcr'dayiwe sailed from Cainpeachy, and, on our speaking the Eden, we found that she had changed her mind in regard to h_er taking a crtiize with "us. It is generally supposed that it is on account of her obtaining some specie (which we know is on board of her) to carry to Jamaica.’ ’ [* Mr. Rufus S. Pink, who was a passenger in the Shibboleth, has arrived in this city, and states that the vessel was boarded about half past 10 o’clock on the evening ofthe first, and left by the pirates about lialfpast4 in the inor- ning. The crew were taken from the raft a- bout 11 o’clock next day. The other parts of the statement he coiifiriiis—does not know the name of the person who was murdered- but states that he was an American, about 928 years old. The cook of the Shibboleth was slightly wounded.] . ca PHILADELPHIA, July 7. FROM Eunorn.-—We have received by the ship Dido, our files of London papers to the 23d of May, and Liverpool to .tlie 24th, but they contain very little concerning the affairs of France and Spain, other than a recapitula- tion of the neivs brought by the last arrival at New-York. Intelligence from Bayonne, un- der date May 15, exhibits no favorable pic- ture of the success of the invading ariiiy.— Preparations, it seems, are making for a-pro- tracted war, and the opinion, says the London Courier,we have often expressed gains ground —that this war will not commence on the part of the Spaniards, till the invaders are in the capital. Of Mina, nothing is yet known with certainty, but all the reports respecting him, come from what quarter they may, have a general tendency to represent him as having obtained some success over the enemy. Ifso, he adds, it must yet be some time before we shall know their nature and extent, for of course, not a syllable about them will appear in the Paris papers.—./Iurora. BAYONNE, May 15. Large supplies of ammunition continue to arrive here from all quarters, and especially by sea, so that it would seem that the war is expected to be ofsoine duration, as otherwise such extensive preparations to maintain it would not be made. The manufacture ofhis- cuit likewise continues, and this seems to be the chief article ofsiibsistence for our soldiers on their march, and in small detachments. The last private accounts from Burgos are not so flattering as the bull-fights, balls, illumina- iions, &*.c. might lead us to expect. The iii- habitants who have not fled at the approach of the French, have certainly given them a good reception, yet it does not seem cordial, and exceptthese demonstrations, which may be called municipal, the iuass of the people seem passive. Our army is certainly disjoint- ed as it were, the corps which compose it be- ing so insulated, and not strong enotigh in point of numbers to hold the immense lines which they occupy, and consequently they leave intervals between them which give the Constitutional troops an opportunity of tak- ing advantage oftbem. Persons who arrived here yesterday, give it as their opinion that the Spaniards will really carry into execution the plan they have announced, and really be- gin their war as soon as the French have en- tered Madrid. - According to the movements ofBallasteros who manoeuvres alternately upon Teinel, Da Rocca and Sigueiiza, and which seem con- nected with those of Mina. in Catalonia, it seems that they will give much employment to the second corps. As for the fourth, we are not: well informed of what is passing there. From what we can learn, it should seem that Marshal Moncey does not proceed with so much rapidity and confidence as we have been led to expect. The war in Catalonia seems likely to be protracted, though some persons have affirmed that the sudden retreat of Mina had pacified every thing in that pro- vince. There are letters froniValencia which say that the inhabitants are determined to re- sist, if the French should advance to that city; as for the partisans of the Faith, they were not feared, and in fact, it should seem that they were dispersed. ' I-‘Ve have nothing new fromPampeluna and St. Sebastian; it seems as iftlie siege oftliose places was forgotten, or thought to be unne- cessary. Yet guerillas are forming in the most favorable parts of Navarre and the three provinces, to which those fortresses will be a support and a place of refuge when they are pressed by a superior force. and at last burst the hatch open. and- got on‘ l Letters received to-day from Vittoria speak ' of the continuation ofthe blockade of Santo- na by Zabala. If that place ‘should have the misfortune tojfall into the hands oflhim who is now_ attacking it,it is to be-feared that dread- ftil atrocities will be cotnmitted by this Chief who is well known, and has-tlireatened that he will put the garrison and the inhabitants to the sword. The letters from Saragossa state that the Royalist Descamisados commit all kinds ofacts ofvengeance. ' - ’ A traveller just ‘arrivetl from .Pampeluna, affirms that-the garrison ofthat_ place had un- expectedly made a sally with 1000 men and 4 caution, had attacked the French troops, and had returned into the place, taking with them a good number of prisoners. Letters from Catalonia,tliis moment receiv- ed, do not confirm the previous statements of the flight of Mina ; but say that, according to his favorite system ‘of tactics, he had taken 5 or 6 thousand of his best troopsand entered La Cerdagne, where he inspired general cou- sternatiou. Marshal Moiicey had been oblig- ed to ttim round and accept a battle, for which he was not prepared, in the neighborhood of Figueras, into the citadel of which Mina threw some troops to reinforce the garrison. He af- terwards crossed theTor,which ivassflllgreat- ly swelled by the rains; and when the accounts came away, he was at Ripol. The ‘same let- ters say, that Gen. Molitor was endeavoring to push forward tr_oops both towards Tarrago- na and Barcelona. PARIS, May 92}.--Letters from Perpignaii present us with some curiotis details respect- ing the composition and movements "of the Spanish army, now operating in Catalonia under the orders of Mina. His army, exclu-' sive oftroops in garrison, amounts to 20,000 men, composed principally of veterans who the same general who is now at their head, and to whom they are entirely devoted. The. garrisons have not weakened the army to any extent, for theyrare almost wholly composed of active Militia. LONDON, May 23.—lVe have received a Dutch Mail this morning, bringing papers to the 21st inst. They contain intelligence from Petersburg of some importance, if it be au- thentic—The folloiving are extracts :——- ‘ ST. PETERSBURG, April 28.—Tlie reports that have been spread respecting the march of__' our troops, to act as auxiliaries in the South of Europe, are contradicted by persons, who conceive themselves to be acquainted with the secrets of diplouiacy. These persons say,that the Court of St. Petersburg had at first resolv- ed to place a considerable army at the dispo- sal ofthe French government ;- that with this intention not only had coinmiinications been made by Count Pozzo di Borgo to the French ministry, btit even, in consequence ofthein, orders had been issued to various corps of troops stationed in Poland ; but all ‘this had been given up, in consequence ofa declara- tion from Sir Charles Bagot, the English Ain- bassador, stating that the neutrality of Great Britain, in the war between France and Spain was conditional, and would continue only so long as the other powers of Europe should take no part in this war. ’ Extract of a letter from Malaga, .7lIa_1/ 7. ‘As this port will be thrown open on the 10th, for the introduction of bread stuffs from foreign cotintries, we beg to call your attention to the quotations in our price current. Pre- siiining however the [wheat] harvest will be gathered from the 1st to the 20th June, it is not probable any niater-ial alteration will take place in the article of wheat before the autum- iial months; but a sanguinary and destructive warjust commencing, we are led to believe great difficulties will be found in procuring la- borers to work the fields. The French arm- ies, their allies, the rebels, and the large arm- ies raised and raising to repel the invaders, to- gether with a great number ofguerilla parties, almost covering the whole face of the coun- try ; and many of the peasantry throwing a- way their implements of husbandry, and seiz- ing their arms—altogether combined will ren- der this noble country a scene ofgreat distress and misery, and will most probably cause a demand for heavy foreign supplies, particu- larly in rice, as the beautiful Province of Va- lencie is almost entirely ruined by the faction in that part devoted to Agriculture. ‘ Wines have rather improved in value, ow- ing, in part, to the last scanty vintage, and likewise in the demand for them in the Ha- vana, and various parts of S.America. ‘It is too soon to form an opinion of the next vintage, but the vines and fruit trees nev- ’er appeared better, and we have lately enjoy- ed an abundance of rain thro’out the country. Poa'rUcAr..——A supplement to the Lisbon government Journal, of the 527th ofMay is re- ceived at Portsmouth by the ship Fame, from which the following translations are given. LISBON, May 37.7.—The liuiniliation and infamy has been reserved for our days, of which a degenerate Portuguese is the author, (a near relation of the factious Silveira, (flan- arante.) It is some time since the Govern-, ment have had suspicions of Brier. Gen. Sain- payo, commanding the 28d regiment of the infantry. The intriguing conduct ofthils ofli-, cer was the true cause ofthe order of Govern- ' merit issued on the morning of the 27th, di- recting this regiment to march to its post in the Province ofBeira to join the army of ob- servation. The infamous Sanipayo availed himself of tbis'occasion to seduce the unsus- pecting soldiers. He made them halt in the neighborhood of the city froui whence he wrote the following letter to the Brigadier Governor of arms. ‘ General and friend, my mind is made up. The Ministry must design. A King with dig- nity, and a Constitution to conduce to the pub- lic happiness, and not a civil war. .Finally, no faction to divide the King from the Nation. Union, and oblivion ofthe past, are the wishes the same, and then farewell to Anarchy.’ The plan traced out to bring us back to absolute nionarcby, has found entrance into the experienced heart ofthe son ofthe best of Kings. The Infant Don Miguel the same morning quitted the parental roof, and fled to join liimselfto this handful of deluded men. It appears he was accompanied by some sol- diers ofthe 4tl_i regiiuentofcavalry. Nothing has as yet transpired as to the designs oftliis ill-guided Prince, who instead of imitatin the virtues of his august father, has unite K himself to those who wish to throw the’coui?-' try into all the horrors ofa civil war, or to re duce us under a foreign dominion. Government have taken ilie most efficient’ served during the war of independence, under _. of the 23d Regiment. Yours are undoubted lyi, 5; n \.
Norwalk Chronicler