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From the Nero-}’ork Daily .fIdaci'*tz'e‘er.
FROM EUROPE.-—B'y an ar. atCltarles-
ton, news has been received front Liverpool
to ,the_7th Sept. The_nt'ost ilttpOI'tt1ht'itétt:t»ls
mac tyfthe suspension t'>f.’t:he Regeitcy f'ortt‘ted_f
at Madrid by tlte "Duke d?Attgoule'me on tsrk-9
itzg possession of t'l_tat’t:';'ity-L, Prior‘accounts‘_of,
tthe discord which existed between that spat-t-1
bibs body‘ and the invaders, led’us to expect
"mat two such powers could not cooperate for
"any great length of timefin the saute cattse.—
Being now suspended, all appearances of even
such a tttock government are done away, attd
his Royal I.-lighness tnttst of course be the mil-t
itary gorettor of all tltat part of Spain, of
which ltis forces have gained poss£ssion.——-
Such is the natural consequences of such an:
uuprincipled undertaking as this on the-partj
Ifthe annals of ambition, of op-
presion, and tyranny, of war attd invasiott,
should be searched no instance ofa more pro-—
fligate interference in the at1‘airs'of an inde-
pendent nation than 'tltir.ico'uld be fottnd: and
fcctly conviticetl that it will, first or last, re-
douud not merely to the disgrace but to the
injury, and perhaps the ruin,’of the French
government. - , _~ A _. ”
I’a_ris~ papers of_ the 2d of Sept. ‘contain ac-
counts from St. Mary’s of- the'25th ofAug.—
They state that the. Spaniards had been ‘try-
ing ttight and ‘day to arrest the progress ofthe,
French engineers, and had wounded sotne of
their workmen,-‘ but the works had not_ been
ii'it‘et'rup’ted. The b:t't»teries called the D’An-
gouleme and de Carriguau were finished.‘--
The general attack upon Cadiz was postpon-
"ed until the 28th of Aug. ~ ' .
On the 24th of Aug. 80 trincadattrs which
were exp'edite_d by the French atitltorities at
_Guadelqt:ive_r, ltad ranged under the orders of
rear admi'ral Hamelin. These vessels had
stopped all communication with Cadiz by
sea. It is said tltat not the smallest vessels catt
enter Cadiz without exposure to destruction.
Tlte French naval squadron intended to
act before Cadiz was fast augmenting. A
great number of ligltt vessels were employed
on accottttt ofbeing able to approach the city.
It is calculated that upwards of a thousand
cantton, ofthe army and fleet, willbe directed
at once against Cadiz.
Riego is said to have escaped front Cadiz
as Quirigo did from Coruntta. On his arriv-
al at Malaga,thc troops of theline and the
tnili.ia are said to have given ltint a cold re-
ception, and that the garrison of Malaga It-ad
deserted in whole coiupanies since he had ta-
ken command, attd that Zareo del Valle-, the
first officer in rank, hail quilted Malaga, and
made his submission at Grettatla.
The force oflliego at Mala ga is said not to:
exceed 2500 men, attd they were divided into
two parties, one wishing to capitulate, and the
other to await l.ll8'8l'l‘l\’Etl of the French.
One hundred tltousand piastres is said to
have been offered to Galiano, the deputy to
the Cortes, to turn tr-.iiror, bttt that he refused
the bribe. ‘
The wife of Quiroga,_w_lto had arrived in
France. The Prefect ofVannes.sent for her
to say to her that her husband should have :10-
ted like Morillo; She replied with dignity.
‘while there is an inch of ground in Spain
whcre the constitution is obeyed, Gen. Quito-
ga will be ready to shed the lastdrup of his
blood in its defence.’ '
New-Yontr. Oct. 14.—Laler.—-By t_lte 'ar.
gfthe John lVe|ls, London papers to the 7th,
Liverpool to the 8th, and Paris to the Ifth tilt.
are rec’d. The London Courier says,tlte sit-
uation of affairs at Cadiz is such as to cause
considerable tttteasittess to the French govern-'
ment. Every attempt atnegociation with the
Cortez had failed, and there was no’ better
ground for lielievittg that better successwill
attend any future proposals. In the -mean
time the war lingers-—tlte summer is hasten-
ing to a close, tltere. is every reason to expect
that matters will remain thus undecided till
the rain sets in. The F~ench ministers, as
may be supposed, are fttlly sensible of the in-
.cre2t-sing difficulties of the contest, and anx-
iousifpossible to effect a speedy termination of
the campaign.
It is reported‘ that nothing further will be.
done at Cadiz until the arrival ofMr. VVard,
who is said to be charged with tlespatches from
England. It was generally reported ulso,'that
his Royal Highness the Duke d’Angot_ileme,
had postponed the tremendous batteting,
which he intended to have given to the walls
of Cadiz, on the night dedicated to the ser-
vice ofthe God of St. Louis, and that a depu-
tation of four of the ntembers of the constitu-..
tional Cortes, had waited on this great com-
mander, an_d implored his merciful consider-
ation. Atty thing, says the Morning Chroni-
cle oftlte 6th, at present furnishes a suf'tic.ieut
‘excuse for the postponement’ of important e-
vents to'the Parisian Royalists, for they are
perfectly persuaded of-the great military tal-
ents of the Beloved Son of old Louis ; and
they are convinced that Cadiz must submit to
his intuitive genius whenever circutnstances
render its surrender necessary. -It is under-
stood that thcre is a private-article attached
to the Capitulation of Cornnua, wltich binds
tlte Duke d’Attgv.u-.lente to gttaranteea Chaut-
ber of Peers and a Chatnber of_ Deputies.to'_
the Spanish nati6u, provided he succeeds itt
destroying the cottstittttional government.-’—
This is the secret article which, according to
report,’inducct-l Morilloto betray his country,
and to accept the bribe which an English_Co_'-"
lonel tendered to him.‘ '
Dm-ihg the pt'esettt year, 39,048 males and
38,483 female slaves. have been liberated from
personal slavery in Russia.
A letter from Bayonne, dated -28th Aug.
anticipates the speedy fall ofPampéliina,’but
thinks it will be atltertvise With Cadiz, attd
that the "French troops before that city are
not adequateto take it.
“’hen Algesiraa surrertdered, there appears
to have beetifound. bttt 210 prisoners, and fiver
months provisions,iu that fortress. , *
The French ship.Gustave, from St. Domin-
go for Havrewith’ ti cargo valued at 20,0005.
has been captured by a.Spanish privatepr.
.‘'-From the London Times, Sept. 6.
The conviction appears now to be pretty
general that the Constitutional Governuteut
bf Spain has rejected the overtures of the
Frenclt Commander. - ‘It is not three weeks
in the pay of Miuistets, rang the changes
hourly on two positive deCl?ll’if[l()l1S—"fil'Si. that
the Cortes and the French had been for some
high character to congratulate him, 85c."
_——to counteract the influence of the French
llttfantado permitted at the Duke’s head quar-
Spaniards. Gloomy, then, as may be thought
the milttary-prospects of the Constitutional
"the continued occupation of their country by
‘occasions any actnal.'tyrann'y, but that, by the
gain, we say, we hope to see tltese.:things sit’
- spccting a-Sciote female who had been carried
t
goulenté on his arrival before Cadié. would
have nothing to do but to sign the treaty a-
greed upon, and to escort Ferdinand in t'ri-
umph to Madrid. Now we remarked distinct-
ly at the tiin'e,’that‘tlte eagerness of.t__h_e inva-
ding 'Govet'ntire'ttt in propogating these pro’-
dictions, an'd‘t‘lte steady silettce ma‘intained._by-
the Spaniards with regard_tb.tlte subject ‘of
fbentloolted asif the dispositioufto treat was,
mucli'tno‘r'e"ac"tive on the side of the ‘talking’
than of the silent party, attd that the success-
ful issue of‘-. a negotiation ap‘p"ear'ed”to‘be”in
the satne proportion more necessary to, the
combatant who desired it most‘.
. We see.-.notliing i_n.the facts wlt'i'cl1 .have..
since _occurred, nor any cliaitge iii the rela-_
tive ‘prospects of the parties, to )'vcakett'tltese
our 'rmpression‘s. But‘i-f' a pacific 'settleinetit
were ne‘ce;ssary to ‘flte'ittVt'1(le't‘:,;, wlrat has be-
cotne of their boasted paciftcation by treaty?
Instead of'the.Duke d’Angou|eme beit'tg'call-
ed ttpon merely to sign and seal and to give
ltis hand to Ferdinatiil at the gates of Cadiz,
we find that the task ‘of nta-kingthe very first
overture then devolved upon his higlmess and
that lie had then to undergo the tnortificatiott
of finding his overture at once rejected. -
Tltis is only.‘an‘otlter proof -of the gross and
dstrattge, mis‘calcul:ttiou which seems to have
accontpattied every step in the progress of tire
Bourbons, Wlfere they ventured to etttploy as
ny instrumeut besides individual" corruption.-
Their, blind ‘confidence iii the result of the
Duke d’Angoul,e,ute’s. diplomacy was shared
by those wretclted creatures the M-ocgk Regen-
cy ofMadrid, wltosent about a circular on the
Ifltli lll,l..ill)ll0llliCif'lg the departure of one of
tlteirbody, the Duke of Infantado, for Anda--
lusia, and assigning. for a reason for ltisjourn-
ey, that at ‘the happy moment of "the 'King’s
deliverance’ (making sure that it was at hand)
‘there tnigltt.be near his Majesty a person of
This appears on‘ tlte_ face of it to be a curi-
ous mission, appointed manifestly for no oth-
er purpose tltau to lay hold of the Kiug’s ear
policy, should it take the side of inoderation—
and to stimulate Ferdinand to that spirit of re-
venge and persecution whtch had cltaractet'i-
zed every act of the Iiegcncy itself from the
montettt of its being invested with office.
Such an interference between the French
General and l<‘erdinand would, in proportion
to its activity and efficacy, be fatal to the
peace of Spain. The tuere lttttitvletlge should
it rcaclt the Cortes, that such an entbassy was
oit the route to Andalusia wottltl be enough to
quell within them all furtlter disposition to
ttegi)ti:ttt:. Evett the presence of men like
tcrs, witlt an understanding that tltey might
once more have ttnobstrticted access to the
King on his release, what confidence could the
Constitntionztl party repose in the promises of
the French General, or in theprovisiotts of a-
uy treaty, though ratified by the often-violated
oaths of Ferdinattd?
If surrottnded by courtiers ofthe high Ultra
faction it is too clear that the tneasures of the
Spanish Monarclt after hissecoud restoration
would be an exact copy of those which dis-
graced his reign, and desolated his kingdom,
front the year IBM to the period ofQuiroga’s
revolution, and would be followed by similar
ot perhaps more violent ‘results. The journey
of ilnfantado, therefore tttust have been a vol-
untecr expedition, undertaken without the
privity oftlte-French general, attd itt defiance
ofhis positive will, unless the Duke d’Angou-
letne wasattxious to defeat his own project,
and to drive tltcCortes into a peremptory rejec-
tiouof all pacific offers. In truth, it is the ex-
istence of those Regents attd their partisans
wltich, if a treaty were signed to-mnrrow,
would render the fair execution of it all but
hopeless.
Men oftheir rankcould not be kept frotn the
royal preseuc_c ; and,ouce admitted to it there
would‘ be no peace for any other class of
Government, there is no‘ safety for Spain but
in its unqualified tritttnplt. The offered gnar-
autee of the ‘French Commander and his ar-
my,’ is bttt an insidious effort to make the
Spaniards themselves a consenting party to
a foreign force; and such a proposal, if‘.acqu'..
esced in, would but einbroil and complicate
still more the question of-——ltow the uuexatn-
pled difficulties produced by the war are to be
snrniotititcd.
The following handsome cotnpliment to the
free ittstittitions ofonr country, is frotrt Bcll’s
(London) Weekly ‘Messenger:
‘VVe earnestly hope to live to see the time
when the European continent will become as
free as the United States of America are at
the present instant. Thinking and speaking
as Englishmen, it is amazing to us, that the
common sense -of the continental nations
should so long retnaiu the dope of ignorance
and absurdity of the -‘feudal systents; and
should have imagined, andystillg continue to
imagine that such bodies and such institutions,
such a mob of nobility, attd suclt _swartns of
privileged classes, such ‘counts, such princes,
suchdiets, and such ch'atnberlai'ns and cou_rts,
in an infinite number, should be necessary to
tnanage them better and wiser than councils
and presidents selected mote immediately a-
mongst ourselves. ' ' «
Th'e mist-.ltief of this folly,’we.,have often
had occasion to say, is not that it promotes or
means of taxation,-it takes twoparts out of
three ofevery ’inau’s subsistence, and impov-
erishes wltole ttationsfortlte benefitofthe few.
Almost the whole police service iti America
is perfortned by an unpaid. ittilitia, instead of
ltaving those vast standing armies,whic‘h ‘Aus-
_t't-ia, Prussia and Russia, are compelled to
keep tip in order to control the people. .Wlto
can reflect upon. the recent events in Portugal
for example, _\vi_tbout the most painful.fe_eling?
The aucientdespotisttt ftilly triumphant A-
an ’end.’C_ . . . -
In a late Smyrna paperwe find detailed the
following singularbz. affectitig cir,ctunstance re-
ittto Turkish captivity.‘ ‘It is one, perhaps of
hundreds‘ ofsiutilar cases ofaggravated horror
and woe——-and, it would appear, has even mel-
ted the heart of‘ Turkish barbaristn to a sense
of pity for her sufi'erings. ' -
- 'COGNIA",Jltly t4.—-‘A Turk who was pres-
ent at the sacking of Scio, brougltt away with
him to this Isle a Greek ‘female whom he had
made a slave. and whom be since espoused,
'-for-'med for; love-and’-not for crime,-the. young-
' escaping;'she swooued a second time and re-
"ed at Cadiz in 1812; for they cannot fail iii
‘the sacred duties expressed in the powers con-
‘aud fell some distance before him, which en-
gf-me negotiating: second, that the Duke d’An-
after compelling horto etnb_raceMahometism.
‘One night, while the Mussulinan was en-‘
joying the swe_'ets of repose, she seized a cut-
lass, and ina ‘m.o,'ment'of phrenzy, occasioned.
liythe.’tn't3s£. 'ho,t'ribl_e" recollections, plunged it
itrthe‘ bosom of her ravislter, and th_et'r'with-'
drew in‘ "order to decapitate hitn. Fromthat
'n't'om‘en't_; 'ber'revettge wa_s satiated ; and nature
'r‘e_-'a’sstin'iing . its, empire over a heart’ she had
Sciote "fell and remained a long titnein a state
ofin'se‘nsibilir.y. ,After having recovered her
senses‘, the spec'ti_icl'e befere her eyes chilled
her h‘e‘ar_t and deprived her. ofthe faculty of
.tnained- in tltatstate long-after day break. At
lengtlt _ sotne persons, ‘being uneasy, resolved
to force the door of the fatal chamber——ou one
side they perceived the dead body ‘ofthe Turk:
on the other _a female apparently waiting‘ for
sotnc one to arrest her-,—‘ You can dispose of
ttie,’ said she, ‘it was I who murdered ltim.’
They seized upon her_and brought her before
the Pacha. ‘ Is it you that has tnurdered
your husband ?—‘ Yes,’ she replied, .‘ It was I
who killed the monster, who, i_tt my house at
Scio, had the barbarity to nturder my father,
mother, husband attd inf.tnt—-wltoitlteu carri-
ed tne off, brought me hither, and thought to
make a Turk of me, while I ant, in fact, and
only wish to remain a Greek." The" populace
hadassetttbled in order to behold the punish-
ment that awaited this Sciotegbnt the Pacha,
after having listened to her attentively, grant-
ed her a pardon and "sent her’ back to her
home, to the great astottisinent of all the Mus-
saltnen who, nevertlteless, on this, as on many
other occasions, have submitted to the will of
Providence. '
Turks and Persians.—Accounts from Con-
stantinople state that the Turks have recently
obtained some itn iortant advantages in their
contest with the Persians, and the arrival at
Constantinople ofa great uumberofbags, fil-
led with beads and ears, affords distressing but
eloquent proofs of the truth of this report.
'1 he Tabletles Univcrselles, st French peri-
odical work, to which, among others, Talley-
raiul is supposed to contribute, in the 33th
Livraison, published on the 7th of August,
ltas an article on the affairs of Europe, which
contaiits the following passage:
“ Ettglattd, which sees Russia every where,
and which, without beittg in excessive fear of
war, would yet rather avoid it, has nothing
so tttttch at heart as to bring about peace. All
lter efforts have tended to preserve it,and will
tend to re-establish it. Mr. Canning would
even seetn to wish not to be on bad terms
with the Oppositions of Europe, as he sends
his printed speeches to Mentbers qf the French
Oppottilion; and it ‘appears that his wish is
to guarantee the differentConstitutions frotn
couttter-revolutionary fury, and tlte\Vest from
the ambition of the East. But if our Minis-
ters, to add a day to their political lives, per-
mitted the cotnttiettcetnent of hostilities, may
ttot the same reproach be addressed to Mr.
Canning, and may we not accuse both ltim
attd them of having allowed the first cannon
to be fired on the Bidassoa? However that
may be, let us offer up vows that the war of
Spain may‘ not be a war of thirty years; that
passions may be calmed ; that the two Euro-
pean ambitions may not choose the West for
their field of battle; that peace may termin-
ate so many difficulties; and that the saying
of an evil Muscovite genius may be false :-
Il will soon be seen that the question will be cle-
balecl between England and Russia, and that
France will have paid the eatpence of lhejirsl
act q/‘the piece which ispcr_forimng.”
N cw-Yours, Oct. 17.—VVe are indebted to
a very respectable friend for a translation of
the following important decree of the Cortes
of Spaiti, which has not to our knowledge
been published in this country before. It ap-
pears that that body passed a solemn act on
the 9d 0fAugttst last, not to receive or listen to
any proposal from any foreign goverttmcizt
whatever, intended to effect a modification in
the SpatiishConstitution. It follows, of cotirse,
that the tnediation of England, even if offer-
ed by lterself, izannot be accepted ; for on the
5th of August the Cortes adjourned, and the
Executive of Spain is not authorized to ne-
gociate with any foreign power.—-—l)a.i. ./ldv.
OFFICIAL.-Atnottg the various strata-
gems resorted to by the enemies of Spanish
ittdependence and ltonor,todestroyconfidence
and itttrodtice anarchy and division of opin-
ion, none have produced evils-of such magni-
tude, as the impression that the Cortes were
negociating with the French government.—---
The memorable sessions ofthe 9tlt and 11th
ofdanuary last, and the discussions for re-
moving the govet'nuie'nt frotn Madrid to Sc-
ville, should have presented a public and in-
cotttestible proofof the firittness and deter-
initiation of the Cortes" to adhere to their
oaths. Nevertheless, the Cortes, being con-
vinced that the enemy will not desist from his-
macliiaveliati project, which has been urged,
oflate, with great pertinacity, and it being
probable the s‘_a'nie will be pressed with in‘-
crea_sing energy, as soon as the Legislature
adjourns, they hereby declare in the most so--
leinn manner to the ttnion, that tlte present
ntetnbers have not" listened, «nor 'wlll'they lis-
ten, to any proposal, from anyforeign gov-
erttrnent wltatever, having for its object a
modification or alteration ofthe political con-
stitution ofthe Spanish Monarchy, sanction-'
ferred totlteni.
E.t:tr‘acl qfa letter, dated Porto Rico, ./flag. 5.
On the night of the 30th August, an at-
tempt was ntade to assassinate Judah, Lord,
Esq. the Autericau Constil at Porto Rico,-
He ‘was ‘attacked at'8 o’clock in the evening,as
he"was_passing_from_ltis_office to his lodgings,
by a mat. with a dagger or a sword-cane. .Mr.
Lord, in his eflhifl to escape, fell to the, ground,
and fortunately the assassin stumbled over-
abled Mr. Lord to escape. . .
‘ ' On the night ofthe Qd inst. an attempt was
alsomade to assassinate Mr. J. Green, master
of the American brig James Lawrence. Mr.
Green with great difficulty made his escape
after receiving several wounds.
vMr. Lord had been threatened with assas-
sination, a fewdays before by a noted charac-
ter, an emigrant from Laguira, and said to be
the owner of the Spanish privateer ' ‘ La For-_
tuna,’ because be (Mr. L.) was defending the
‘cause of an Atnerican prize, (the Musquito,of
New York) which the La Fortune had recent-
Ely sent in. “No doubt can be entertainedthat
both these’ attempts were made at the instiga-
.'the occurrences on his voyage. The Bud
tion of this wretch.-—Ball. paper.
BOSTON, Oct. '11.-We are, furnished ‘by
_capt. Joel Abbot, master ofthe brig Bud,from,
Port au Prince, with the following Journal of‘
‘sailed f'rotn"bence on tlie“.1{7,~_lli July, and bad
{:1 tedious passagelout of 33 days.. ’ - p
_ _‘ ./Iizg-. '9.-‘—-Having _' been ‘chased about’30
ltpttrs by a ‘sloqp,,cutter-rigged,slte had,gained
upott us sufficiently-to shew a signal ofdistress.
I thought she might be a pirate, and was at a
loss to d‘ete'rnt'ine _wh'ether i't 'was~r’n‘y--‘d‘uty’to
regard it ; bttt tionsicleritig the calms and the
lightness of the windsforiso long a time, I
lrove too. At the tnotn.en_t 'o_fmy heav_irtg_to_o,
we r.liscovere'd aboat about half way to us,
from the suspicious "vessel, making great ex‘-
ertions to reaclt.us-. I at first gave orders to
fill and keep away and crowd all sail, but on
reflection cottntet'iiiatuletl it, thinking ‘it bet-
ter to encounter danger and risk, than to haz-
ard a chance offorsaking. tltose in-distress.-
The captain ‘came in a boat and reported that
they were fatttisltittg forwattt of water_-; that
his vessel was an English cutter, called the
Rainbow, 9.3 days otit front Charleston, S. C.
bottnd to Turks Island ; that‘ he had Col.Low,
ofthe British Army, lady and family,'and sev-
eral other passengers on board. He said it
was really distressing to hear the complaints
of the young children, and to witness the anx-
iety aud distress of the mother, and others,
relative to their situation. Two or_ three days
before he saw me he thought he had a good
stipply ofwater, when to his astonishment and
surprize he found. that the rats had eaten
through the casks‘, and tllfjttftlley were almost
entirely empty. I supplied them with as tnuch
water attd other necessaries as I-could spare.
A black boy who came in the, boat, as he
came ttpon deck, flew to the water-cask, ex-
claiming,‘ O massa 19 God .’ I1 owh-tmgry me
be for water.’ . . ‘
‘ On the evening of the 28th Aug. while at
Port au Prince, Iset-out-. to go oti board of
brig Vineyard, a vessel belonging to T. Lord,
Esq. the owner of the one‘I cotnmand—~She
was the outermost vessel in the harbor. Iliad
passed about half‘ the distance to her, when a
boat rowed towards me, full of men, ordered
me to stop. In an instant they were along-
side, and demanded my money. I told them
thatl had none, upon wlticlt they drew their
cutlasses and brandislted tltem over my head.
I asked thent if they \Vt‘.l‘.C‘aull10I'lSe(l to stop
tne in this tnanner, and observed iftltey were,
[was ready to accotttpatiy them to ltitn who
had giventltem orders—upon which three of
tltetn laid hold of me, one of them handling
me in the-tnost brutal manner ; brutal, I say,
because their taking every thing from my
pockets, and nearly stripping off‘ my clotltes,
was courtesy and gentleness compared to it.
One. of my men in the boat rose up to assist »
me, when he was struck over thehead with a
cutlass ; the consequences of tv_lticlt must have
been serious, had it,.not been for the thick tar-
paulin ltat that covered his head.
‘ Captains Hubbard and Perkitts,oftlte Hes-
per, and Forest, perceiving me in difficulty,
catne to my assistance. As Capts. I-1. and P.
came alongside, I said, here are robbers and
pirates, upon which one of tltem tnade a pass
at me with his cutlass, which I warded off
with my umbrella.. It struck, ho-.veve.r, close
to my ltand, and cttt through several of the
folds ofthe utnbrella——seeing themselves still
the strongest party, they fearlessly demanded
of Capts. H. and P. their money, tltreateniug
to cut them to pieces if. they refused to lay
their money down upon the boat thwarts.—-
Capt. H. seized a boat book, and Capt. P. an
oar, and declared they would beat their brains
out if they offered to strike. .A scene of coil-
fusion now ensued, in which Capt. H. got cut
across the arm with one of their. cutlasses,
which considerably bruised and lamed him.
At this time a boat came frotn the Vineyard
with the pilot in her, when the assailants or
robbers seized upon the painter of ‘Capt.’ P's.
boat, and rowed with all speed for the shore,
the rest of us following. When we reached
the shore, we called ttpon the pilot to go with
us to the Commandant of the port. They
shook their cutlasses about otir heads and at-
tempted to force us to another part oftlte city,
but as we were resolute, and had the pilot
with us, and on our side, whom they knew
could alarm the city, and finding that they
were unable to force us to follow them, took
to their heels and fled.
‘ We went imutediately to Col. Boisblane,
and with the pilot as interpreter, reported to
him what had taken place. He expressed his
regret that such an outrage should have been
conunitted, and offered to accompany us to
our boats whiclt he politely did.‘ "
‘ As it happened none ofus had any money
of consequence.—[ had only 19. 1-2’. cents.
‘ The next day we recognized several ofthe
assailants, and pointed them out to the pilot,
who said that hehad reported others which he
knew to have been in the boat, and that he
was told they were sent to prison. It is be-.
lieved, however that tltey were not sent.
‘ In consequence of this affair, and other a-
buses ‘almost daily offered to the American
tnasters of vessels at Port an Prince, I wrote
a letter, which "I signed, together with all the
American masters in port, and sent to Colo-
nel Boisblane. .
[This letter‘ complains that Atncrican ship-
niasters are ‘unable to move from their boats
witltottt being'subject to theinsttlts and attacks
of unprincipled rufl‘ians, and calls upon the
Commattdant of the Fort,(Col. Boisblane) for
protection. No answer" wasttnade to the let-
ter -before Capt. Abbot sailed, and it was de-
termined to have‘tlte facts published in the
American newspapers, and sent to the Presi-
dent at -Port au Prince, that he tnigbt become
acquainted‘ with the ‘circutnstances, and take
measures to stop the abuses;-as it was thought
the authorities-there were "too corrupt andtoo
tnnch benefitted-by the acts‘, to notice=thettt.]
Rnrunntc OE _C0Ijo:LtmA.—By an arrival
at Pliiladelpltia’ we have received our files of
the-Colombiano to the Sd- of Sept.-
The.Congress at Bogota was prorogned by
tlte'governntent,'at their own request,‘ for such~-
a.period: as they might find convenient, less
than thirty days, as provided by the Constitu-
tion. The object of_’ this measure‘ was to ar-
range the financial an"d- war departrnents.
A new law has been made to encourage for-
eignersl to become 'nattttralized, which ,ofi'ers.
more advantageous terms than thejformerone.
According to the recornmendation of the
tniuister of the Home Department, the gqv-
erument have granted to a foreigner, Juan
Bernardo Elbers, the exclusive right of. navi-
for 9.4 years. Though opposed, to.n‘tonop‘e=
jies in general, the goyerntiient considers this
as§f'absolut‘ely necessary for, the_ introduction
of the improved mode of navigation intothe
country,‘ Bythe tertns ofthecontract Senor
E;lber_s»_‘f_ not only binds himself to_.;‘i_’astablisli
steam boats on the_-_rivetj, but also ‘to open
rgads and cana'ls,_ which _w,'tll"-renderstbe pas-
Carthagena and Santa Martha more expedi-
tious, open and ’safe.;..’._ and. the..g9tL,_erutnctit
grant him the use of such public lands as may
be necessary forthe precise‘ objects ofthe es-
tablishment, such as roads, canztls,-magazines,
doc_k-yards‘,- ltousesi for"'tlie‘ workiiietfltiigetlter
with the power of compelling the owners of
such private lands as are necessary, to sell
them lb!’ fair. prices, in confortnity with the
1j7th article ofthe Constitution, providedthe
ctrctttnstances of the case ltave no" other alter-
native.‘ All tools and tnachinery necessary
for his works shall be free of duty, and the
men lte employs shall be released from mili-
tary service. A road is to be opened by~him‘
between Bogota and the river, on “which he
will be entitled to collect such“tollsj as shall be
fixed..by the goverttment. The river will still
be free to all navigation excejit'fby':'stteani.
‘ N0 °"¢_0_a|l d0ubt,’..retnark-s the Colombi-
atto, ‘ hotv much the general prosperity ofthe
ittterior will be enhanced byestablislting steam
boats on that noble river, attd opening canals
between it and the cities ‘0l‘Cartl)agt’.ttn.ai)d
Santa Martha, wltoreflccts that it is tlte'nat-
ural ingr_c:s to thecapital of Colombia, from
all parts of tlte world.’ At thesatne time the
editor lamentsthat Caraccas should have been
so much ne _lec,ted by the government. He
calls it the rst city in the republic in poiiit of
commerce, agriculture, and geograpltical.situ-
afion; and yet its cominnnications witltwotlter "
parts ‘of the country are carried on'in"a most
slovenly maitner. '
Although the distance between Carraccas
and Santa Fe'is only $00" leagues, yefa cm»-
respondencewitlt it is an afi'airof90 days‘; for
the couriers never travel _by night, and weary
tlteutselves and their animals by long posts,
Even the inorleiate pace of one league per
hour wouldtfiuislt the journeyin 300 hours, or
IBSS lllall 13 days.—-JV‘. Y. Ddily fldvei'l;'.tm'.
‘ Ferociousness qfMor2'lIo.--During the cam-
paigns in Caraccas, a_ boy appeared in the
tent of Morillo, drowned in tears... The Chief
asked for what purpose lie was tltere. The
child said to beg the life of his father, tlteu a
prisoner in Morillo’s camp. ‘ \Vltat canyon
do to save your fatlter ?’ asked Murillo. ‘ I
can do but little,but what I can shall bedone,’
said the boy. Morillo seized the little fellow’s
ear: ‘ Would you suffer your ear to be taken
off to obtain your father’s liberty P’ demanded
lie. ‘I certainly would,’ was tlte-answer. A
soldier wa-s accordingly ordered to cut off the
ear by pieces. The boy wept, but resisted.-not‘.
‘ Woitld yott lose your other car for the ac-
complishment ofyotir purpose ?’ was the next
question. ‘I have suffered much, but.I can
still suffer,’ replied the boy. The other car
was taken off by one stroke of the knife.-—
‘ And now,’ said Morillo, ‘ depart ! the father
of such a son is dangerous to Spain ; he tnttst.
pay the forfeit of ltis life.’ The maitned child
passed from the quarters of the General, but!
to witness the execution of ltis father.
From the .New-' York .fldverliser.
The U. S. barges Gnat and Midge, and the
cutter of the Grampus, under the contmand of
Lt. Freelon, arrived at Matanzas on the 1st-of
Sept. from a cruise of“? weeks on the north
coast of Cuba; during tvbiclrtitne they exam-
ined every place that might aflbrd harbour
for the pirates from Escondido to[Gtianata.—- ,
On the 16th of Aug.they ‘made the S.-E. point
of Cayo Rotnano, ant‘l'ancltored.w'itlti;'t,a cott-
ple‘ofmiles of sbtne huts that formed part of’
an extensive establisltnient for.jerking-beef.—-
Bei_ug etttirely destitute of. provisions, (botlt
officers and tnen having lived for a number of
days on two cars of green com a piece, with‘-
out meat, bread,‘ or other provisions of any.
kind,) Lieut. F. directed midshiputan-Hunter
to take an interpreter with him,‘ and proceed
to the lttits in quest of sotne. On landing on
the beaclt Mr. H. was met by two men to
whom he told _his business. Thev retreated
apparently through fear, wltichinduccd Mr.
H. to lay asidehis arms, in order to inspire
tltein with confidence, and advance towards
them. Notwithstanding this they still contin-
ued to retreat, and Mr. H. to advance", until
on _nearing- the huts, ‘a number of men armed
with muskets, pistols and cutlasses, rushed out
and attetnpted to seize them. Mr. H. and
the interpreter both attempted to effect their
escape, amid a shower of bttllets—tlre latter
succceded in reaching the barges with no other
injury than a slight wound in his..head, but
Mr. Hunter was captured. As soon as possi-
bit: after receiving information of this from
the ittterpreter, Lieut. F. landed with a por-
tion of the officers and crews of the barges,
and proceeded to the ltuts. ‘They found there
but three or four men mounted on horseback,
at whom one of the most active of the, men
who were detached in pursuit under Mi_dship-
tnan Clititbn,sttcceeded in getting a few‘-shots,
but with no other effect titan compelling one
of them to drop his load, consisting of’preser-
ved fru_its, wine and a case of hats. They
found at anchor near, thehuts, three boats,
wln'ch from the artns and ammunition found
in them evidently belonged to the gang. Of
these possession was iinmediately taken, and
iii consequence of the imp'os'sibility of towing
them with the barges, they were orde_red~to be
immediately destroyed. By the time that Mr.
Clinton returned 'frotu'pursui't it‘ was-_ quit
dark, and being totally unacquainted witl_t_the
country and ‘without a guide, Lieut. F. eu-
camped for the nightunear tlteltttts with the
intentionofpursiitng them early the next mor-
ning. At midnight :to the stfrprise of every
body, Mr. Httntet-‘returned to the ‘huts, having
been liberated on coridition of his interceding
with Lieuti ‘F. to spare‘ the boats.‘ He sta_ted
the gang was 15 ‘or 16 strong; tltiaton the ap-
proach of the bargemen, they had seized all
the horses belonging to the establishment,’ on
whiclt they had mounted with tlteirprovisious
and baggage, and proceeded ten or twelve
miles in the interior‘, and that lie tltougltt lte
could act as guide to where they were ettca‘m-
ped. Lieut. F. preceded immediately itrpttr-
suit ofthent, _but on arriving at the spot, they
had decainped‘. "After following the direction
it was suppo’sed they ltad takett for 10 or 15 .
miles,’ the’-'lllelj‘ were exhausted with fatigue
andcould proceed no further; and consider-
ing the advantagesthe villains p'oss_es§ed of
an open_ country, attd being. well mounted_, it
gating the river Magdalena -"Willi Steam b03115
was deemed impossible to capture them in any
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sage from-the interior 'prov'incesto'thoseu.f '
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