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C.VML'KN GAZETTK. .2nd Mercantile ddvertixr. 1M1II.1-' i for WILIE V U G H AN, pRomiETon. Trrms.?threk doi.lars per year, pay^| able in a-vance ; and in all cases wh eve papers shall l>e delivered * the expense of '"the proprietor, the price will be thrf.i; jdollahs and fifty cents. No paper d?s ? continued until all arrearages are paid up. jidi^rtinrrnrnt8 not ' exceeding twelve lines, inserted three times for ojje dollar, and twenty-five cents for each continuation. 11 fio directions arc cjiven with an Adver tisement it will be continued till forbid. The*Oflftce is on Khi(* street, between Broad and. Market strata, where Commu nications, 8cc. will be received and faith fully attended to. FOjifElGM A very general notion is entertaift ed, that more/ suicide* are committed in England than in other countries; and day after day the newspapers tire filled with communications in which this is always assumed as an v undoubted fact. The late publication of Mr. Karapz, of Berlin, founded on official returns, proves that, in ?the towns of Prussia, the $uicides are more numerous than they are in England. For instance. Population Suicides in 1817.! Berlin 196,584 57 Potsdam (not in cluding the Mi litary) 15,4a9 v 77 Frankfort on (he $ Oder 12,500 ? 41 Sreslafc 63,020 58 J/jignitz 10,000 37 Reichenbach S^ftOO 56 Magdeburg 27,869 50 Mei*eberfc 6,003 30 jPusseldorf 15,000 24 "We do not believe that in any one town of the British dominions, the capital not excepted, the suicide* amount to one tenth of the frate of Reichenbach?which is no less than $ to 63. Beuun, Dec. " An official statistical estimate of our our Monarchy has been recently published.?Its detailsave as follows: " Extent.?5,028 square geogra phical leagues, at 15 leagues to?j decree. " Papulation (1817)?10,588,157 souls, making 2,100 to ?ach square Reargue. jyiales froua 15 to 00 years of ace -?$,028,448.?Of 484,191 newly born infants, 88,585 were illegitimate. The mortality lor the above year has been 1 in 69, that is ou 33 men and $6 woman. A ninth of the acciden tal deaths is attributed to the parents neglecting the benefits of vaccine in occulation : two ninths to suicide or drowning, by individuals bathing in the rivers. " Since the return of Prince Har denhurgh, several changes have been spoken of. It is said that there w ill be a council of Ministers, and that . the Prince will br president." ITALY. Tlic Queen Maria Theresa, con ?ort of Charlus IV, of Spain, died on the of January. , . SPAIN. uecemuer u. Capital tranquil?a famous trage diansick?quarantiuc and health re Elations vigorous. Great efforts to wade against theBouth Americans. A general blow in contempkUion? alMive 80,000 men in training by the ministry for that purpoee. Ilandiui formidable?police wretclied?maiU escorted by 60 dragoons?expedition under way?agents despatched a broad to contract for transports? Dec. 19, cold very severe?troubles very general, but not acknowledged by government. NAPLES. Slight eruptions of Vesuvius took place on the 4th December: Hqua dron uuder Com. Htewart, (at Syia cuse) spoken of in terms of admira tion?said to hold the most courteous intercourse with the British Adminis tration of justice totally reformed, AUSTRIA; Princess Catherine f)e IVIon'fotd., (%1fc Of Jerome Bonaparte) visited liy her cousin Alexander of Russia,, for two hours (more or lc^s} <>f) tlx 17th December. iiijssi a. Army (1819) 880,000? 860,(XX) '>eiug infantry ; 68.000 regular tav airy ; 86.(XX) Cossacks; 49,600 artil lery, and 300,(XX) marines ; tec. St. Petersburgh, Dec. 21.? Business Hat: natural produce generally hii^li. British merchadize on the advance. Sweden it is said, ceiled fet. Bart* to Russia, last June. POLAND. A statistical survey of Poland his V I l>een published at Warsaw. That Kingdom, in its present state, con tains 2191 .square miles (15 to a de gree,. 481 towns. 22.004 villages and a population of 732,324 souls of which 212,044 are Jews. SCOTLAND. The Glasgow cottou trade is un paralleled this year. Great sales at tended with severe losses, look place January 12th, in Glasgow, Dum fries and Greenock. FUANCE. December 26. Government requites a loan of 200*000,000 fr, for. the discharge of its current exigences. (Questions thereon in discus*ions by the cham ber of deputies. Funds 5 per cent. 63 f. Bank stock 148/ M. de Gazes appointed prime minister, llich lieu resigued again?was aoceptejl?fell [ sick?could not effect an amalgama-! tion of contradictory properties. EUROPE. Army as the peace establiment es timated at 1,998,000 men; in the war establishment 3,603,000; marine 492 ships of the line, 370 frigates, and 19?2 subordinate of all classes, (Austrian statistical work.) SPANISH MAIN. Arion has assembled at MargariU ta 25 sail of armed vessels, and said to he joined by Lord Cochrane with live others, 14th November. FbWIA. Army in advance against a num ber of rebel provinces?province JbLho rosau iu tumult. - INDIA. Terrible epidemic (cholera mor bus) raging. In July 30,000 victims in one province. Warlike ej>erations of the British checked by the rains. Home unimportant successes renin it ed. Indians troublesome. Tremend ous hurricane at Kakadoo June 16 but little damage done. ?Most of the American ships that \*eut to Java and Sumatra for car goes, returned to Bengal and Bom bay, on account of tl>e scarcity and high prices.?Province of Knneteb completely subdued.?Pirates on the coast?numerous. A Serious insurrection took place at Java, Sept. 17, 1818. among th< Dutch troops, in which 4 or 000 per sons were slain. BAV1UU. Numlmr of families ascertained (by census) to be 780,10?, or about 4 millions of population. Fwm a late Ltmdan paper. The following very remarkable anecdote was referred to by Mr. Williams, in bis s|**cli upon se conding Mr. Flnvell's motion for a petition to the legislature to revise ihe criminal code : " Two men were once convicted of highway robbery, liefore Judge Caul-field, the lineal ancestor of the present Archdeacon Caulfield. When the jury brought in their verdict Of guilty, the elder of the two felons turned round to the younger, and with a countenance expressive of the most diaboliotl rage, malice and re venge, addressed his companion in the fullnmiiig maimer : i I) n seize you, you hen-hearted villain ! If it had not been for you, I should have sent that riKcal to hell, who bore witness agaiQst us. I would have murdered ttarvill&in, and then he could have tolth no tales. Hut you, >ou cowardly scoundrel, per suaded me to let him go. You dog, if I be hanged, you will bo hanged with me, and thin is the only satis faction I have. But, good people, if any of my profession lie among you, take warning by my example ; if you rob a mau, kill him on the spot ; you will thea be Mife, for dead men tell no talcs. 1 have robhoe many per son*. and I may efccape from prison to rob many more, and, f)y HfcaVeusv the men I will surely murder.' 'May God visit the blood of the men voir murder upon my head/ said Judge CauUield. / Go, Mr. Sheriff, pro cure a carpenter, have a gallows e rected and a cotfiu made on the ver\ ? *<|K)t where the monster stands ; fnr from this bench 1 will not remove un til I see him executed ; as fur the young man, whose henrt, though corrupted by the influence oTlhis in-' fernal wretch, still retained the prin ciples of humanity, he shall not per ish with him : 1 must indeed pas* Uj>ou him the sentence the law re quires, but I will respite him, and use my influence with the Grown ?<; pardon him. This hoary villain shall not, therefore, have the 9atis? faction iii> malignant heart anticipa-^ ted/ The Sheriff obeyed the order: a pillows was erected in the court house, and in the presence of the Judge, the Jury, and the people, the unparalled monster ascended the scaUbld, cursing and blaspheming even to the moment when he was launched into eternity. TlIE PL*9GUE. Accounts frcrn the Barhary states, as late as Dec. continue to represent the. plague as making frightful rava ges. A letter from Mr. Folsom. charge ties affairs of the United States at Tunis, dated Xov. 8d, has been received here, by which we learn, that upwards of 7(H) persous a day have died at Tunis; that the Chris tain residents are quarantined in their houses, and placed in the most trying and dangerous situations; and, by a later account, we leai u with sincere regret, tliat Richard Oglander, esq. his Biitaunic majesty's consul gener al at that place, a man of great worth, and in the prime of life, had fallen a victim to this dreadful maladv>-^ % The plague had not reached Trqudi, hut there is no doubt, from the fana ticism of the Mussel men, that it will soon reach that place ; ,it may then extend to Devee and Bomba, when it will be arrfcstied by the Lyhian de sert. It-appears, that this dreadful contagion fu'st broke out at Oran, from thence it extended to Algiers, and so on across the Atlas mountain-* into the hor rtof Morocco, and out ward to Tunis ; it bas also spread to t!:e westward and reached Con atantine, Kairwan, and otlier popu lous towns. It ?s noineuhaJ surpriji ing, that witb all the improvement and diwcowrin in the hesV:"?* a? ! ? 0 t with all (hi'T'sc^'ufi^c re?ea?vhes nndj experiment, wbicb ?* taW<-u i:t their ranso every diseav\*v nv*?ih nA to man, tliativ. * *.0 . ,nnoff? f tnal reme dy bas ?ver lew* discovered ?or tin* ?u??pnin^ npwlil^nrp. As the stubborn disease* have yielded tr> skill and pro|>cT remedies, so we lie* lieve that this dirorder could lie cured, as it certainly could be prevented.? Unfortunately, ?he, relipoo* prejodi <:es of Mahometans prevent the adop tion of measures which may tend to clw^ck the progress of this malady. It is contagious and nf>t an epidemic disease. When a part of a city is affected and it surrounded, and care fully guarded to prevent any connex ion with it, tlie disease expires of itself; but, the * Turks hike no prer caution, and apply no remecly.? That anpire is fast decaying. Pes tilence will do more than the sword, and religious intolerance and bigotry uuite with other cat)*** to promote its downfall. The s<xyier the bettor.? The friends of humanity are tired of this despotism which prohibits the use of those specifics, "which Provi-j dence has pointed out for the use of man, and which continues to cover) a noble an a i ter of the world with the shield of darkness and sujwfrstition. ?We do not, however believe, that 700 persons die in a day at Tuuts at that rate, the inhabitants would soon be swept away; besides, tliere is no mode of ascertaining tho exact nutnlter, but it will lie readily con-j oeived, that 150,000 inhabitants, cribbed in a city one third the size of New York, with narrow and filthy street?, atul a.co;if\ucd :U'.io.-:>l;nv. must jwufler greatly. Tlv* loieij.* ajen's must be deplorably ?:i; tinted : litv is-fortunate \> ho i* itonor;c! by Li country witii that trust, lmt lie escapes it is more lortuua e ; and. we cannot b w 1V?-| indebted to piv eminent, under present appear.uues. tor the permission trained us of ieaviifg that inhospitable jmrt of tin world.-^-Au/. Adcocate. THE SLAVE TRADE. Extract of u letter from a g( * 'etft i in Virginia *n hut friends in the I}iatret of Columbia. " 1 rejoice with you at the passage of the law mentioned in your letter? it does honor h> our coiurr\? I do know that my American pride was ever wore highly excited. I should have been pa tided with any law which repealed the former a ts upon Miis subject, so loudly an i justly complained of, aud made a ?y pro-* visimi for the suppresion of t. e slave jtracfp: But Congress have sjKiken (as they always ouc;ht to speak) in the tone and spirit of a g;reat people. |They are uot content with passing a Ilaw throwing imj)ediments in the way Of Ohs abominable trade and makin its luiture prosecution dangerous and difficult; but they call for the strength ?' 'be nation to be put forth at once, Jo crush this monster of iniquity at a blow, Instead of limiting the 1'ie sulent to a single ship or two to uctch he coast of Africa, (wliose vigilance , ?"spacious adventurers nihrht ho|?e to elude) they place the whole navy at his command for this purpose, that the ocean may be swept at once of wretches who are a disgrace to their country.?Tlx? ,,0]jcy the law is as commendable as its spirit. Ineffectual, inadequate, or douhttul measures, generally cost more, al ways encourage opjiosition and (lis obedience, and at last are to be |chnngei| for a course more iwomn| and decisive. But let it be seen that what is prohibited, will be certainh detected and punished, and that means unquestionably adequate ..A>r this purpose are to be employed, and the bare passage of the Uw and the preparations to enforce it?the raising the arm of the nation, drives off and intimidates every offender. ;<ttut perhaps ui.at 1 fed m?9t prwlci about, is the lium&uity of law. " I he miserable captives who may , fr.-iu the Vulture-thai sciy/M tiicm, ?ire no Inn^rr to uix}>:>sed oJ\'> biit provided for .iMi s-ijijioi t (!?are to be restored to <b"ir ir-uiw: ronfineiit?are to be there v?.ppfi(>| ? j'h nru'ssarius, till they can !h?>itmelv<3*?and, to ei?* aide 'In^Presircm mdo thi?/lOO,l)GO' ooibtTk b* appropriated*. <% I tru ;t 11iik ^vat law will be ex ;?outed~m of hs adoption : and that strong and eiiectr,al measure will be taken to blot out a stain upon 0ur country, and accomplish an ob ject which history will record to our Oonoi\ " Mr? Monroe, is fortunate that this record will refer to bis administration, and to him as the favored instrument of effecting a work ?.s trtdy great, benevolent atid (mtriolic, as ever statesman achieved. u Whatever is done, will, I hope, be done with a promptness u Inch will prevent the escape of thosa now en gaged in the trade. '? Many human being* are now upon the coast of Africa, many on the ocean, suffering, in the chains of barbarous plunderers, agonies of body and miud beyond conception. I he relief to l>e given them must lie immediate, or they will be beyond the reach of human mercy. The hand of justice must be instantly drawn against these daring violators of the! laws of God and man, or they will have escajied with their prey to some degraded land, where the robber is [welcomed for the sake of participate mg in his spoil. ~ u I know some officers of our na vy of distinguiihed character, who are ready and eager for this service, who will prefer to all the laurels they, now wxar, thoao that are to bo^airi-, ed in st fi>: tl.e redemption t>* ;} 'if <onntiy's honor, and tor i!ir v i ? * * vci'.t'i v* of clio most wretched niu! le -v of t!*l-ir felloe creaiureK iYuui tie (?;? and c lnvIt\ of the uiosi 1 V abaiui?!i;ed." Xf.w-Vokk, A!anli 19. Important to ?ih rch^r^. The ! ei*is!stture of this stale, Irive, ?luting their present ses*lt n. in i omjiliance with the. memorial of tLie Chamber of Coiinuerce, passed a law imposing the following damages (Mi bill* of exchange that may here after l>e drawn oil places within tiio U. S'ates or places adjacent theveto, ant! returned iitulei* protest lor non payment, to wit: Drafts mi New Hampshire, Ver mrnint, Massachusetts 'Ibode-Is* land, Connecticut, ,New~,fersev.? % % lVnns\ ivnnia. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, or District of Columbia, 8 per cent. On North or 8pnth-Carolina| or (Georgia, J i-2perceut. i any other state oc territory of the L\ 8. (in or adjacent to this con tinent, and ;?orth of the equator, comprehending the British and all jother foreign possessions in the \V. I Indies, and elsewhere, in the West ern Atlantic *Jcean, 10 per cent, f These damages to "he in lieu of (interest and all charges to the time I at which the notice of protest has | been given, and tlie amount, if drawu |in the currency of th^United Ht^fces, to be paid at par, if iu any othw currency, at t*u rate of exchange current at the time of such notice. Much benefit may be expected by the commercial community? from this necessary and lun^ wished for pro vision against the innumerable spoli ations oi tiuanciering speculators. NATIONAL JUBILEE. 44 Ye shall hallow the year, and pr# 44 claim Liberty throughout all the land* 44 umo all the inhabitants thereof. It shaft <4 be a jubilee unto you." I^cviiiru99 xxv. 10. A National Jrtbilee wag celebrated in Kngland, on the attainment l?y ' he monarch of ti?o fiftieth year of. lis reign. * The idea is derived from the HaJ brews. Every seventh year >va? with thera a Habb. tical year.?The year succeeding the completion of ven Sabbatical years, was the yeaf of Jubilee. The American people wtll devisi appropriate. modes of celebration* constant, to tlieir institutions, if thej hould determine on the observation of a Jubilee. The following resolution ban been passed by an institution at a distance from the s? at of government* " Resolved, That it will be expe* 44 dient, on tire Fourth day of July, "which shell immediately succeed u ?be admission of the twenty (rivtk " State into the Atneijcan Union, "being the first duplication of tho "original and revolutionary Thir 4< Aeh, to celebrate a NATION AL 44 JUH1LKK throughout the Uniled . " States of America*?' T(?e|)ie?nt numkr of States ip the general liepuhlic is twenty-oue. Alabama, Missouri, Floridaf Mainep Michigan^ may constitute the aiip plementaryYfive* The dupljt ation of out Republic* within one generation, and the qna druplication of the People, will pre sent an appalling spectacle 'o the co? vert ami to the epen enemies of Li* berty, tliroughout the world. No s|>ectacle upon this earth, can be more sublime than that of a frc? propI/S offering to the Governor of the Universe .their testimonials of gratitude, fer the invaluable privi leges and blessings conferred upo* them. FAYETTE^ Febuaryf 1819. ? ? ? ? ? ? ???? ESCAPE FROM PRlSOPf. Augusta, Jfarch 81.?On Monday night last between IS and 1 o'clock, ihe Jail in this place was broke open, and seven prisoners made their ^ cape. They were confined on th? ? secend floor, and effected their en*