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cioiioiiicirt.

‘ _ . The undersigned—-receiitly returned from

Colombia after a resideiice of upwards of six
years in that section of South Auierica—was
the first that entered the Orinoco ivith supplies
from Europe. He has traversed the country
in’a.variety ofdirections-—has lived on terms
ofthe closest intimacy with all the leading

_ cliaizicters, and has, in fact, had better oppor-

tunities than any other foreigner of becoming
acquainted with the real state ofthings.

In the course ofthe last sangninary conflict,
the people in Colombia have undergone suf-
ferings perhaps iinexaiiipled in the history of
airy nation, and at the various lperiods it
inight have been justly said, that misery of
every description had reached its acme, btit
iinder the cruelest privations the idea ofsub-

. mittiirg to the Spaniards never entered the

mind ofany one. The feeling towards their

ancient oppressors was, and is, felt and fixed.
Altliough the i'va‘r has occasioned incalcnla-

ble evils to Colombia, and extensive districts

.of as fine a portion ofthe globe as the sun ever

shone upon are retliiced coniparatively to des-
erts, it has prodticed a most .iin‘portant good
by uniting all parties into one; and has thereby
given to ille'GOVel‘tlmenl a degree of coiisol-
idation sup’e'rior to that of any other South
American State. Ever since the assembling
ofthe Congress in Angostura by Gen. Bolivar,
in February, 1819, the progress has been uni-
form, and no cliange. or even vacillaiicy,‘ has
taken place in the Government. .

Those absurd notions of iiniversal suffrage
and perfect equality ‘ofpolitical rights, which
have given rise to so iiiiich confusion in Eu-
rope, are unknown in Colombia; the only,
the iiiiiversal wish is iiidepcndence, with that
portion of rational and practical liberty whicli
the circumstances ofthe country can admit of.
The people exercise none of the attributes of
sovereigiity, but in the primary elections, and
their only those possessing a certain property,
or exercising certain professions or eiiiploy-
tnents, without depending on otllers, either as
journeymeu or servants, elect in such canton
or district, two persons for four years, Who, ll-
iiited in the capital ofthe province, form what
is c:rlled the electoral College, and by ittlie
iiicinbers ofthe Senate are elected for eight
yr-ars, and those ol' the Cllilllber ofRepreseut-
atives, or.Loir,er HD1156, for four. The Gov-
erniiieirt has that influence which every well-
constituted Government ought to possess, and
in the whole corrntry there is not one single
individual of such weight, in any one point of
view, who could, in any wise, endanger the
public tranquility, were he so disposed.

In Colombia-knowledsge is advanctng with
rapid strides. In several cities, colleges :ind
.seri.viuaries have been cstablislred-—.-pulilic li-
braries have been opened, and a numb-rof
periodical papers and writings published not
unworthy ofthe liberty ofthe press, and which
disseminate iiistriicticrr and political informa-
tion. The undersigned travelled from Mara-
caibo to Bogota by land, and returned from
thence to A-ngostiira, tlirough the interior of
the country. I.n that interesting journey he
found schools establislied, not only in every
town, but in every village, and it was‘ with de-

light and astonishment he witnessed the pro-

gress made, much certainly owing to the ria-
tional charactc-r, which is mild and tlocile in’
the extreme. As an additional stimulus to
inrprovcnierit_, the law of the land is, that after

the year 1840, he who cannot read or write

shall have no vote in public elections. The

_efi'ects ofSpanisli education and prejudices

are fast wearing out. The greatest part of
what were‘ formerly the possessions of the
_cliurch,has been applied to the laudable object
ofsiipportirig schools, and tl'r‘e undersigned has
hiniselfdistribnted some liuiidieds of Spanish
New Testaiiieiits, which were sought after by
all classes with the greatest avidity, a‘iid more
especially-by the Clergy, many of whom are
liberal and enliglrtened irien. As an instance,
the undersigned, previous to his departure fr.
Bogota, dined with a large party at the Vice
Presideiit’s,General Santaiider, and arnoiig
those present was a Doctor Azuero, a Digni-
tary ofthe Clrrircli, much respected, and of
coiisidera'ole_ influence; on being i'equestcd
by the Vice Pgesideiit to give a toast, hedrank,
“ To the most sacred of all rights, Liberty of
Conscieiice.” Many other Priests were at
table, by whom and by-allthe sentiiiient it as
hailed with el'lllltHlE\Slll.- Protestants can hold
any employ or office, and are eli-gible to either
House of B.t‘[)l‘(:$,(‘llIdllVt’.~l without being sub- _
ject to any species of test whatsoever.

The natural capabilities of Coloiiibiaare
iirimeiise ; iiiniriiierable navigable rivers in-
tersect the country in every direction, and af-
ford every facility, of expeditious audocheap
conveyaiice ofthe produce of the interior to
the coast; steam boats are establishing in all
the principal streams, which cannot fail giv-

' ing a most powerfiil impulse.toagriculture and

coininerce ;the iindersigned has received a
gr"-"rntoftlie exclusive privilege of this species
of navigation, on the majestic Orinoco, and
all the rivers running into it. By means of
the Meta the coinniunicatioii is free, and easy
to within a few lezigues ofllogota; and by the
Apure, fhe Guanarc, the Santo Domingo, the
Portiicgt'ieza,tlie Al'lllltZ.'I, the Siiiaruco, and
fifty others, there is arzccss to the greatest part
ofthe province of Car‘iti:c_as, and to every cor-

'iier of the extensive and fertile provinces of

Varinas and Casinare. A plan is now before
Congress for opening cominiinication betwixt
the Pacific and Atlantic _Ocea'ns, and from
surveys actually tirade, it is found to‘ be not
only practicable, but even easy in no less than
four dilfereiit points.

Colombia possesses, p,erhaps, greater mine-
r'il riches than any other district of the New
VVo'rld; mines of precious metals abound in
alinost every mountainous district, which, fr.

’ surveys made tinder the Spanish regime, and

again lately, and which the uirdersigned has
seen, require birt little capital or labour to

'bl‘lllg into complete operation.

The fertility ofthe soil is incrediblie ; and
Sticli is the extraordinary variety of climati-

itopay the interest for a length

 

oftime, a suffi-
cient capital will be,left whereivitlial td fo-
inent various sources of.uatioi_ial wealth, '
The Estanco, or monopoly of tobacco-—a
species oftax to which the people are accus-
tomed, and for the substitutioii of which-, in
lieu of.dire_ct contribiitions, many petitions
were presented to Congress—wilI now, that
the Governtnent can make the necessary ad-
vances to the cultivators, produce at least ten
millions ofdollars annually; The revenue a-
rising from ,duties is rapidly increasing, and
will naturally continue to do so as commerce
pro's_pei's. The port of Guayaquil i_n the Pa-
cific prodiiced alone the last year 81,300,000.
A short repose, and the means adopted and
ziddpting, will not only remove all the dread-
ful effects of the war, but render Colombia
one of the most prosperous countries on earth.
' JAMES HAMILTON.
London, July 3, 1824.

We have received from oi-ir correspodent at

Santander, Vice President of the Republic,
has ordered that 310,000 belonging to the
funds of suppressed conventsin Ocana, be
applied-to Lancasterian schoolsand the pro-
vincial college 'in Magdalena; and 89000
froiii similar funds for similar purposes in the
city ofVallc—’Dupar.—-Dai. fldv.

FROM PERU:-—‘Letters from Chagres ofthe
11th ‘Jl,lly,'C0lllIllll the following intelligence.

“ In the iirontli of May, the Spanish Gene-
rral Olaneta raised the standard of indepen-
dencein Peru, after liavinglbeaten the Span-
ish Gen. Cazatala, who was sent against him
with a force of 3000 men, making the latter
prisoiicr. Olaneta declared for independence
‘from motives of private pique against the oth-
or Spanish Chiefs; it proved the tnost fatal
blow the Royalists have sustained, and lessen-
ed their force about six thousand men.

The Liberator Bolivar, was expected to o-
pen the campaign in May. His force consist-
ed of 12,000 iiilantry, and 92000 cavalry, all
in high spirits. . His head quarters were at
Jauja. At the last accounts, Callao was ri-
gidly blockaded by_ the combined naval forces
ofColoinbia and Peru, and no vessel was per-
mitted to enter‘ o'n pretence whatever.

A‘ letter from Havana of the §l7lll ult. states
that Lieut. Rodrigues, air officer of dragoons,
and a young man who was very popular with
the troops, had on the ‘:Z.'rtli, when at Malari-
zas at the head of a dctaclimcnt of 12 men,
cried out in the public streets for the restora-
tion of the Constitution. No one however
joined his partyiu this cry, nor opposed his
progress through the streets. The party then
proceeded to a place 4 riiiles from Matanzas,
where they raised the same cry, but gained
no addition to their force, and proceeded still
further into the interior. In the mean time
inforination of this circumstance was forwar-
ded, to Govvernor Vives, who immediately
dispatched an armed force in pursuit of the
party.—,Jl]crc. fltlv.

._ New Yonx, Sept. 8.

PIRACIES.-—-Capt. Wolfe, of the brig
Frances, who arrived yesterday in 9 days frotii
I-Iavana,lias fin-iiislied us with the following
interesting intelligence. ‘

On the 16th of Airgiist, Capt. GRAHAM, bf
the British sloop ofwar Icarus, hired a lauucli
from some Spanish merchants at Havana,
which, with two ofliis own boats, be armed
and manned with nearly his whole creiv,leav-
ing only ten men on board his ship. These
were fitted out with such expedition, that they
passed the Moro the same day at sunset, and
proceeded westward in search of a piratical
vessel‘ which Capt. G. had‘ obtained some
slight information of. . On the 21st, at day
light, the boats arrived at the piratical rendez-
vous, (Key Blanco,) in the Bay of Honda,
where they saw a schr. and a sloop, the form-
er with 50,the latter with 20 men. As the
boats pulled direct for them, they perceived
the pirates take to tbeirboats, and several of
them jump overboard, and make for the shore.
The British boats followed and killed six of
them, whom they shut as they landed.-—Tlie
seamen were auxioiis to pursue the remainder
into the woods, but the officers did not deem
it priident.——The boats then pulled for the
schr. and Sloop, and also went on board the
brig Henry, of Hartford, where they found
Capt. Rhodes and crew, consisting of seven
men, in such a state ofdebility, from hunger,
thirst, and their cruelty, as not to be able to
articulate a word.‘ They also found -TWELVE

-vessels b_-rrnt to tb_e water’s edge, and ascer-

taincd that the frcebooters had murdered all
their crews, cririsisting; of one. Iirtmdrcd and fifty
persons. On the 26th, the boats returned
to Havana‘, towing in the_ir_ prizes, (the schr.
and sloop.) Some papers were found on
board the Henry, which it was expected would
lead to some valuable discoveries. ,

On the ':Z7th, it was said, that Capt. Gra-
ham had made application to the Governor
to search a Spanish vessel then in the harbor
ofHavana. but it was not known at 3 P. M.
(when the Frances sailed,)whetlier permission
had been granted.

Statement ofthe capture ofthe brig Henry,
Josiah Rhodes, of Hartford, on her passage
fram St. Jago, Gtilfof Mexico, bouird to Ma-
tanzas, with a cai'goofinules.

The Henry was captured on the 16th of
August, by 9. piratical schooners. About five
miles to the east ofthe Bay ofHonda, and 10
miles from the shore, she was boarded by two
small schrs. who, at 10 A. M. carried the cap-
tain oii board a large schr. which was at ari-
chor in shore. -She was armed with 4 car-
riage guns, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, knives
&tc. and. had about 41 or 46 nieu. They de-
manded money from the Captain, but he not
having any, they hung him‘ tip by the neck
l\Vl_(‘-6,'tll6Il loivered him down, laid him on 9.
boards on the deck and drew a large knife a-
cross his throat twice._ He then told them
there were ten ounces of gold on board the

and locality, that fisqireiitly, within a short Lfiemy, which they innnedimely Sen, fO,.__

distaiice, are seen fields of wheat or other
grain, and lurturiaiit plaiitatioiis of cane, co-
coa, coffee, or i’iid?_«_ro. _

The irndei-signed had, for near 19. riionths,
a seat at the Board ol Liquidation in Bogota,
and he’ can positivc|y"affii'iii, that previous to
the negociation of the late Loan, the whole-
foreign debt ofthe Republic did not exceed
thirteen millions 0fCltIllflt"S;'lllClU(.llDg Mr.Zea’s
finanical operatious,atid every thing elsc.——
“Vllll the present Loan, all the antei‘ior debt
is consolidated; 'wliatever is required for the
security ofthe country will be provided, and
zrfer retaining on this side‘ an adequate s'uiir

, ..

They run the brig ashore on a key, cut away
hotli masts, unbent the sails, took the rigging
offthe masts, and put them on board 2 small
sc_hrs.' as well as anchors, cables, and several
boxes and bales from the piratical scbr.which
Capt. R. supposed had been taken from some
Auier-ican schooner a‘ few days previous. In
the, evening‘, four of the crew of the Henry
were brought on board the pirate schooner,
who told “Capt. R.tliat they and their coni-
rades had lieen treated most barbarously by
the pirates, who had broken the arm of VVin.
VVells. On the morning oft_lie 17th,tb_esinall
scbooners sailed to the Ea-_s'twa’i'd—-'-Capt. R.

Curacoa, papers to the 14th ofAugust. Geri.-

lrold, arid the only diet allowed them was rice

and w2iter——in the afternoon the remainder of
the Henry’s crew were brought on board and

confined in 'tli‘e~h,old. On the morning ofthe

18th, the‘droging' schr. No. 831, joined coin-

pany with the ‘pirate and took in a cargo of
jerked beef, bees wax, coffee, and part of the
Henry’s rigging and sails; she then sailed for
thc Eastward, no doubt for Havana. The
morning previous to des arching this schooii-

er, the Henry’s crew were ordered on deck
and employed in fitting the gun tackles, fate.
and Capt. IL in filling the cartridges. ‘At 2
P. M. the two piratical scliooners came in,
who also took cargoes from the large schr.
and made sail to the East\Vard- At Silhsetr
Capt.‘R. and crew were confined in the hold.
On the 19th, the two piratical schooiiers re-
turned and too‘k'in another cargo_and sailed
East'ward—ca-ptain R and crew employed as
before. 20th, at daylight, the large piratical
schooner gave chase. to a scliooner,_ but not
being able to "come up with her, returned to
her anchorage. 21st, at 4 A. M. the crew of
the Henry were sent on board to hoist out and
land the mules." They had butjust commen-
ced, when three British boats made their ap-
pearance, a'nd threw the pirates into great
consternation, some jumping overboard, and
others taking to~i'lie boats and fleeing for the
shore. The boats ofthe Icarus took posses-
sion of the Henry and saved the lives of her
crew, who were to have been murdered as
soon as they had landed the mules.

Among the piratical crew, capt. Rhodes
recognised William Johnston. and Elias Ma-
nuel, whom he had seen at N. Orleans, and
who stated to him that they had been about 8
months in the “ Prratirzg business,” during
which titiie they had taken twelve vessels, but
would not tell the names of either. From the
appearance of the wrecks, Capt. R. was of
opinion they, must have required 130 men to
navigate them, all ofwhom he supposes fell
a sacrifice to these blood thirsty murderers.

FROM FRANCE.——By the arrival at N.
York on the 6th, of the Havre Packet ship,
Edward Quesnel, Paris papers t0‘tlle Slst of
July are received. The following news from
Greece is all they contain 6-,? any interest.

PARIS, July E-".0.—We have received from
Missolonghi a le’t«_tei'-confirining several partic-
ulars relative to the affairs of Greece.

The '1‘rirks have disembarked 4000 ruen at
Negropont, and it is feared that place is on
the point of surrendering ; it may also be the
case with Patras, Lepaiito,Coroii and Modou,
of which the Greeks do not press the siege,
not having airy regular troops. A

The Pacha of Egypt has received from the
Porte the title of Generalisimo, but this 
nity will not attach him to his cause, and it is
not known whether he will ever fight for him.
He has his eyes fixed on Candia.

The Turks commence their campaign in 3
columns directed against Attica, Carpeiiitze
and Acarnie. Our correspondent thinks that
this campaign, like the preceding, will not
produce any effect, and that the Turks will
endeavor to produce disaffection among their
ridversaries by the means of bribes. Lord By-
ron had expended about £100,000 franks for
the cause of the Greeks, but it appears that
these funds w’ei'e"ii0t always applied with ne-
cessary discernment, and that after the death
ofthe Poet, the soldiers to whom he gave'ex-
cessive liighpay, committed several irregu-
larities, becaifse the Greek government could
not continue tliem'_.

Onessx, July 3.--It appears that it was at
Casso, and not at Tenedos, that the massa-
cres have been committed. Two or 8000 of
the Egyptian troops landed on the 27th May,
in that island, and put to death all the inhab-
itants without distinction ; but,t_liey write from
Santonin, that on the l'7tli Julie, a Greek
corps from Candia had surprised and defeated
the Egyptians.

BERLIN, (Priissia,) July 17.-——Tliey write
from St. Peteisburg, that the conferences
which had commenced in that capital on the
subject of the affairs ofGreece, had not pro-
duced any rcsirlt. The Etnperor Alexander

had proposed to put Greece under the guaran-

tee ofthe Eu_r‘.opean Powers, and to give them
a goveriiment resembling tliatofM0ldavia 8L

'Wallac'hia. but this project was violently op-

posed by England, who wishes that Greece
should be organised like the Ionian Islands.—-
It is probable that the execution of these plans
will meet with great opposition among the
Greeks,as well as among‘tlieTurks’tlieinselves,

Private letters from Smyriia draw a’ fright-
ful picture ofthe atrocities committed by the
Turks against the Greeks, in the isle of Ten-
edos. Faithful to their old system, they ef-
fected a dis-einbarkation in other islands,
where the iuliabitaiits could offer no resist-
ance, and gave tlreniselves up to every possi-
ble excess. Several Greek refugees at Srnyr-

ua, who had returned to Constantinople after

the re-establisliiiient ofamicable relations with

—Russia, were arrested on the 9.5tli June, and

tlirmviiiiito the debtor’s prison.

In 'co'nseq'uence of a declaration by the
Greek Senate, authorising Greek Captains to
treat a‘s"eiiemies', and capture all vesscls,_cai-
rying provisio'r'is to the Turks, several Chris-
tian ships which had agreed to take in cargoes
for the Pacha ofE',-zypt, have refused to fulfil
their contracts. The same refusal has been
made at Coiistantiiiopl'e,but it is believed that
they will be compelled to execute their en-
gagements. The Captain Pacha threatens
the Isle of Ipsara with an attack. The inhab-
itants are prepared to offer resistance, and,e-
ven the women have taken arnis,biit the means
ofattack possessed by the Pacha are terrible.
The submission of Colocotroni to the Greek
Governnreiit is no longer doubtful. He sur-
rendered the gates of Napoli di Romania as
a pledge ofhis good faith; and his friend'O-
dysseus obtained a promise that his life should

be spared.

Extract ofa private letter of the £26tl-iJune
from Constantinople :-—“ Persons who have
been at Ipsara, relate that the defence pre-
paring there reminds them ofthe times ofthe
ancients. The men have taken arms ivitliout
exception ; the aged priests, the women and
children are shut up in the castle under the
guard of an Albanese battalion, who is cliar—
ged to put-tbeui to death if the Turks should
obtain the victory. On the 17th the women
received the communion in public, and after-
wards entered with every sign of confidence
into the castle ofdeath. Since the massacre
of,Scio they have never ceased to take a most
active part in the insurrection. VVben the
Captain Pacha passed before the Island last

and the four seamen iveiiegcoiifiiied in the la_iids upontlié shore,,:in'd invited him lo land.

They are 0 determined to die rather than live
inslavery. Some letters mention a disem-
barkation of Egyptian troops upon the isle of
Casso; andlwe learn from Santonin that a
brisk firing was heard offthat place on the
16th inst. Up to the 19th instant the exces-
ses.cornr_nitted at Smyrna by the Asiatic troops
had cost life of six persons.”

On the _Q3dJdne the British Ambassador
at Constantinople announced that all Eng-
lish Officers had been recalled from theGreek
service, and then gave a written promise to e-
vacuate Wallacliia and Moldavia——and the
arrival of a Russian Ambassador was announ-
ced. This news is iinfavorableto the Greek
‘cause. Col. Gordon,‘ a faithful friend of
the Greeks, and one of the Agents ofthe late
loan, has been o'rdered by the King ofEng-
land to return home.

The Greeks have given notice that they
shall treat as erieiiiies, vessels freighted by the
Turks. _ _

Lord Byro'n’s‘ private correspondence with
his mother and friends, against t_hc publication
of which in Great Britain, the Lord Chancel-
lor granted an injunction, was in the press at
Paris, in July, in English and French. ,

The Baron de Rothschild has sent to the
Prefect of the Department the sum of 12,000
francs, to be distributed among the poor of
Paris, on the occasion ofhis marriage.

The German Journals and those of the
French proviiices,continue to give lamentable
details of the damage occasioned by storms,
hurricanes, and inundations. In other parts
of Europe, the greatest drought prevails, in
consequenie of the intense heat.

The ex-minister, Cliateaubriand, is over-
whelmed with complimentary odes, epistle's,
and discourses. The Journal des Dehats of
the 27th July asserts that ever since his dis-
missal frotii office his hotel has proved too
small for the number of his visiters. He has
become the head ofa formidable opposition to
the ministry.

A letter from-Madrid says France has as-
snrrd the King of Spain that she will insist
on England’s not recognizing the independ-
ence ofSouth America.

War in .Qfrica.—The last accounts receiv-
ad from Cape Coast Castle state, that the

..Fantees had separated from the British troops

and had several skirmishes with the Ashan-
tees. One of the London papers; says, it is
generally believed, in the first mi"litary circles,
that the question ofthe expediency of preser-
ving our possessions in “Western Africa,at the
expense ofincreasing the army, has at length
been determined in the affirmative.‘
LONDON, July 50.-—A private letter from
Barcelona of the 2941 inst. in alluding to the
resignation of the Captain General of the
Province, the Marquis of Sangrado, states
that it was produced by the orders which he
had received from ';\‘Ia:lrid to perform several
arbitrary arrests, and also to press in an ille-
gal way the ballot for the Royalist militia,
which theKing is anxious to form throughout
the kingdom. The Marquis, who is said to
be generally esteemed by the Catalonians, re-
fused to execute these orders, and resigned ;
but, from the influence which he is known to
possess, it is questionable whether he will be
allowed to retire. This letter gives a fright-
ful account of the state of Spain, from the
banditti which infest it. One body has ap-
pcared at Monserrat, wh osc attacks are ex-
clusively dirccted to the Royalists, and par-
ticularly the priesthood, of whom they have

"already massacred’ more than ‘20.

His Grace the.Duke of, Bucclengh, is now
about 10 years of age. ,Oii coming of a2e,he

cleugh and Qiieensberry, and the Earldom of
Doncaster. . It is also said he is the direct.de-
scendent of the unfortunate Duke of Mon-
mouth, and that he has also a just claim to
that ancient title. The estate to which the
Duke of Biiccleiigli succeeds, at the same
time, is probablv the largest landed property
in the United Kingdom, being a rental of
£100,000 a year in Scotland; and (on the
death of an old lady) a nearly equal amount
in England.——London paper.

Foreign: goods made in the British Domin-
i'.oits._—,—Osnal)iii‘ges are manufactured in Scot-
land; RussiaSlieeting's in Lancashire ;.French
Broadclotlis in Gloucester ; Brussels.Lace in
Nottingham ; Fr. Cambric in Manchester.

-In an act_ion of crim. con. recently tried in
England, 322,000 damages were given.
FROM SMYRNA.——Exlt‘aCt of a’ letter dated

Smyrna, Jtine 2I,‘18E24.

“ In politics I have nothing important to
notice since my last, excepting that the Capi.
Pacbahas been collecting together a very
heavy force. A frigate and some smaller ves-
scls have just sailed from Smyrna with some
troops. About a dozen Greeks were shot by
them before they embarked. He has avowed
his intention ofiinmediately attacking Ipsara.

.I fear ifhe does he will overwhelm them. He

has about 100 ships; among which are forty
heavy frigates. He has also about 40,000 land
troops on board. The Ipsarions have only a-
bout 6,000 men to oppose them‘; but they’ are
brave, and ifthe Albanians who are among
them. are faithful, there will be a severe bat-
tle. They have shot up their wives and chil-
dren on the top ofa mountain under guard of
200 foreign troops, with orders to massacre
them ifthey find the Turks gaining ground.
Upon hearing the intention ofthe Capr.Pacha
they repaired to church, where a prayer was
offered up to the Almighty that they might be
successful in repelling their invaders ;—.-‘after
whicli they kissed each other and swore fidel-
ity. The Greek Bishop, it is said,‘ gave one
of the most eloquent exhortations upon the e-
vent ever heard, and ended with blessing them
and administering the sacrament. I fear they
cannot resist the Pacha, whose force is so very
great,‘and these Islanders can expect no for-
cign aid.”—-Boston Cent.

 

From Key West.-—On the first of August,
the U. S. Revenue Cutter Florida was at Key
Vlfcst, having in charge a prize schr. belong-
ing to Baltimore, captured for smuggling salt.
About the 10th ofJuly, the arm chest of the
Gutter blew up, and severely burnt several
persons. A thousand tnirsket balls were dis-
charged by the explosion, none of which inju-
red a man on board. It was very sickly at
Key West.

A Nassau paper states that on the 15th inst.
the Col. privateer Gen. Padilla, captured a
Spanish ship oft} grins from Coruniia bound
to Havana, with a valuable cargo, iyhich was

year with his fleet they asseiiibled by thous-

brought to atrchor on the Baliatna Bank.

 

.lor this most useful piece of machinery.

will succeed to two Dukedoms,.tliose ofBuc- ’

From 1722: Salem Register‘? Sept. 6‘.

_ New STEAM EiieiNE.——We are info.-meg‘
by Mr. Dixon, that_he intends to make a pubi-
lic exhibition of his improved Steam Engine,
on the pond in Lynn, for tlielast time, on the‘
9th inst. where he will be gratified by the
presence ofthe scientific and the curio‘ujs,ip’
testing its practical utility. A correspondent,
who has examined this ingenious invention,
and witnessed its operation, has furnished us
with the following remarks.

VVe have seen with surprize and admiration
Mr. Dixon’s new mode of generatingsteam,
find its application in driving a st_eain engine.‘
Fbpre is no boiler, and consequently that -
cuniberous and dangerous part of asteani en-
gine is entirely got rid of.--But instead ofit,
there is at-cylindrical vessel of cast iron, two
feet in length, one foot in external diameter,
and about two inches in thickness, which is
called the retort.—-This retort stands in an air

was ofcoal. In this retort the steam is gone-
rated exactly as fast as it is wanted, Tfiis is
eflccted by.a force pump, ivo"rked by the ma-
chinery which forces the wa"ter with air air
vessel similar to that ofa coiiiiiiii_n fire en‘u§;,e_
From this air vessel the water is conveyeI1in-
to_lhe retort, where, through a tube perforated
ivitlijiinuiiierable small holes, into the form
0f 0115?. and instantly converted into steam;
In order to set the niacliine in motion, there
is another force pump worked by the hand, a
few strokes of which forces a suflicient quan-
tity of water into the retort to givetlic firstim.
pulse to the macliiiiery.

We sawt is niacliine inoperation at Mr.
Hall’s.excellent DyiiigEstablisliriient at Lynn,
The machine was applied to drive a small

.ste'am- boat, fitted up for the occasion. VVe

took an excursion in the boat foirabout a mile
across the pond. The boat moved at the rate
of about six miles an hour. The power ofthe
machine not only was kept up to the last mo-
rnerit,_but even acted witlian increased energy.
This is a proofthat the heat of the ‘retort can

When we stopped there was no blowing offof
steam, and no apprehension from the neglect
ofthe engineer to take care ofthe safety valve.
The whole was liarmlessin an instant. Thus
it appears, that a boiler ofthe size of the Cyl-
inder to the common steam engine, would be
sufficient for the purpose of generating stcani
In
our excursion across the pond to a beautiful
arbor erected by Mr. Hall at the extremity of
the pond, we were accompanied by several la-
dies, and we owe much to the politeness and‘
attention of Mr. Hall, who gave us an elegant

'refectio'n-at the ailror.

Arkaii_sas stat_e that the preliininariesofa trea-
ty with the Quapaw Indians were settled by_
Mr. Critienden, acting Governor,on the 19th:
July, by which that nation cedes to the United
States all their lands in that territory, with the
exception ofa reservation _near__the Red Blufls
of about 10 tniles wide. Iftliis treaty should
be confirmed by the commissioners who mav
be appointed by the President, and ratified by
the Senate, the United States will acquire a
tract oflatid variously estimated to contain fr.
two to t'hree.millions of acres, a V 
proportion of which,,is as well adap ._-. _e.
cultivation of c'otton‘,.corn, 8Lc. as at '
face ofthe globe. The fertility ofthi lash - .
affords a sure pledge that they will set.‘i: i;".w.._
great rapidity. They have long attracted the‘
attention ofemigrants,and in a very few years
after they shall" be brought into market, will
contain a population ofseveral thousand souls.
[Boston Courier.

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A very serious Riot took place about 10 o’-
clock this forenoon, near the County Court
House, Sixth and Chesnut street. A Negro
was brought before Judge Levy on a charge
of being a Rtrnaway Slave." The Judge re-
manded the prisoner to Jail. In tlie'custody'
ofthe‘ Deputy Sheritf and some oftlre,Sher-
iff’s officers, lie was on his way to Arch street
Prison, when», near the Theatre, about 50:
negroes, some armed with large cord wood
clubs, sct.ou‘tlie Sher-ifl"s officers to effect a.
rescue. They beat back_ the officers, who,
however, held on their prisoner. So great
was the noise and clainour that the Mayor’s
Courtwas emptied and adjourned. The Ma-
gistrates, Constables, and all the officers of
the court, promptly went to the assistance of
the Sherifl"s oflicers, who returned with their
prisoner to the Court House. Seven of the
ringleaders of the blacks were arrested, and
with the Slave, havebecn committed to pris-
on.—Pht'ladélphia Dem. Press’.

(By last Evcn‘i7tg’s' .Maz'l.]

PORTUGAL.-—A letter received by a gentle-
man in this city from Lisbon, dated the 21st:
of July, mentions that the state ofthiiigs there
and throughout the country is growing worse
and worse. Commerce is almost reduced to
nothing. Imprisonments and banishnients'
continue ; and the expressions of public dis-
satisfaction are so frequent and unguarded,‘
that the writer thinks a change of some sort
cannot be far off. The letter is couched in very
general l'anguage,but clearly intimates that the‘
country is in a state of uuusiial exciteiirerit.

[A/‘cw York Daily Adv.-
—— /

Later from C’olombia.—-Bogota papers to
the 29th ofJiily, are received at Philadelphia.
They contain no important ireivs. Bolivar,
iviih his characteristic magnanimity has de-
clined the thirty thousand dollars voted him
as an annuity for life by the Colombian Cori-
gress. The Congress had_periiiitted the Vice
President to accept the snufl box sent to him
by the King ofEngland.

A fleet oftransports, having on board 3500
troops, sailed from Porto Cavello on the 21st
ult. for Chagres, destined to join the army of
General Bolivar in Peru.

A letter from Paris, of a late date, men-
tions the arrival of Mr. John Randolph, of
Roanoke, in that capital, and that his costume
attracted as much attention as a Sandwich
Islander would. '

Mr. Niuian Edwards has been in the ininfe-
diate neighbourhood of the Sliannondfle
Springs for several weeks past—where his life
had been despaired, of at one time, in conse-
quence ofa swelling with which he had been
attacked in his neck; but he survived it and
is on the recovery.—.éIle:ca.na'r'ia Herald.

The ship Concordia will shortly sail from
N. York with a cargo of colored emigrants to
Haytr. Twenty-one emigrants recently left

Baltimore for the same place.

furnace and is surrounded with the fucl,ivhi_ch' . «

be maintained without any dii’n'i‘iiti‘tion'.— “

Treaty iiiilli. the Q-uapaws.—Accounts frorti '

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