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U () M E S TI C. NKW-VOUK, Jl'LY 28. Yesterday arrived at this port the U. S. brig Ku'erjirize, Capt. Kear ney ; she ha?> on board the mate and one seaman, lute of the schr. He trieve. who rose upon, and killed the captain, and threw him over board. These men had been taken by the Spaniards, and confined at Omoa. While Capt. K. was at Omoa, he was informed that Commodore Aury had made a dash at a village at ti e head of the Hay of Honduras, with, his squadron, and taken property to the amount of 700,000 dollars, in| specie and goods. By letters received from Buenos] Ayres, under date of the 23d of May, We learn, that the Minister ol Chili had officially notified N. W.I Strong, Esq. acting as American Consul at,Buenos Ayres, that the Const of, Peru was blockaded by the navnl force- of his Government.?I This act bears date St. Jago,|. April 20. .The Patriot frigate Curiazo, had] sailed from Buenos Ayres early in] May, to join Lord Cochrane off Li ma. The Horatio yet remained in| port under the American flag, and was commanded by Capt. Skinner. We learn by the brig Frederick,] from St. Croix, that a packet had _ arrived there, which brought infor mation of the arrival of Commodore] Perry, with his squadron, at the] island of St. Thomas. Captain Trenchard is appointed to! the command of 4he U. S. ship of] war Cyaup, now lying at the Navy Yard. The Cyane is nearly equip-] ped foraea. .4. Lake St. George steam boat bunid -?A letter from a gentleman at Cald well, to one of the owners of the] Lake George htearo Boat, in Alha-1 contains the very unpleasant] news, that this boat was burnt to thgl water's edge, on the evening of) Thursday last. The fire is said ti have been accidental, and occasioned] by some defect in the brick work] about the boiler. The boat hail un dergone considerable repairs, and] had performed but two trips this sea son. JULY 29. Out Mediterranean Squadron.-*** Captain Kdes, of Hie ship Satt\ Anne, who arrived at Boston, on Sunday last, in 49 days from Paler mo, 33 from Gibraltar, informs thai ?n the 1st of June, the Emperor Austria and Uie King of Naples, "with several menitars of their res pective families, dined on hoard the United States ship Franklin, Com modore Stewart. During the visit] one of the young Princes, wl^ilt viewing the equipments of tlie ship,] unfortunately fell down the mam hatchway, and was severely injured. The squadron, consisting of the] Franklin, Guerriere, Erie, & Spark, sailed from Naples on the 2d ol June, for Gibraltar. When off! Palermo, the Spark left the squad ron, put into port for provisions, and on the next day sailed for Tunis.-?-! On the Sist of June, Capt. Edes saw the squadron in Gibraltar Bay. In the course of that day, the Frank lin came out of the Straits, supposed] to he bound to Cadiz. Awful Calamity.?Two notorious! drunkards who have long been! know n in our streets, last evening fell upon this plan to get rid of Iheirl troubles. They each drank a pint of clear whiskey, being well charged! Lcfore, ami requested a third person, when tliey were both down, to roll them together, placing their mouths as nearly in contact as possible? when thus placed, the third person, in compliance with their requests, lighted a brimstone match which he pet between their mouths, and in an! instant the two miserable wretcltes >vero blown to atoms, and as effec-1 inally scattered to the winds as if] filled with gnu powder; and the poor fellow who applied the malclil was so much injured by the limbs of! the t\\o carcases, that his life isdes-1 paired of. NEW-YORK, JULY 31. HIGHLY LMPOHT.&S~[\ By the arrival .yesterday afternoon r? ! u , ,a,es' ?hi|? Hornet, Captain Reed, from Cadiz, which place she left on the 2<l July, we are informed that the Treaty was not ratified at tlie time of her sailing nor .9 ,1 probable it ever will fe 1 he bpanish ministry were debatin warmly on that subject when Cap" The i .'^Madrid, (J?ne 2Sd.) I he Spaniards at Cadiz, say, it fi'SH-fW.fcrfc.rfAt. mm dl8pleasure of Great Ilii A Spanish squadron of 6 ships of 74 guns, 8 of from 38 to 44 guns. KL"rX SlLMJ,'S ?f war' were tying in the harliour of Cadiz. It was currently reported there that 18, ?*> troops would also embark, and the whole would be destine^ for the Uw ^ Tfthe Florida*> and not for South America, as was orWnal ly contemplated. A French sSuad . . wf V f"gate and 6 brigs have joined the expedition; we learn tjy will sail under the Spanish alWm? "^'"" was fought off Cadiz, about the 15th June, between the Spanish national pun brig Volunta ry of 14 guns, an?i the Buenos iy,'otf?VCrmDenl 'fS' IlM'upenden lll'J n "lU,IS-wla"' shameful to v il i .e ",ter wns defeated. The muJh^T h*d nnive<l nt Ca?l'z. much cut up m Mils and rigging. ^ vessels fought under the fl?g Zf ?he United States!!? ? The officers and ciew of the pat I-e TZ*1-" Con",i,",i?n. Jen ? 1 ,,me since near Gibraltar, (after ^!,n? ?",Sho''e) ,are at Ca,liz in dun a?,ons. General O'Donnel fcover "romllS"^ ,WU ,eCeived a" ""1" In ft, ^",&.? granl,BS n pardon to tblU vessel alT* fou,,d ?"??? cite all iw * to exe cute all foreigners} be, however remonstrated against this barbarity' A"enc"" ?" "??s r1 *> x?>i J.."-- M?. :t{zriTand ?f???is secret?some even suppose tlint they have been assassinated. ved at Gni? * Sl'i'' ^ ranklin,- arri ved at Cadiz on the 80th June, with W-Til flnrhan Kussel, and fami ? ' finding they could not be GibraJbjr onth^ Hie U S. a.," nierchantshij. for Gibraltar ?*"??*<* i? at r '5" 1'Ve,|ch National Corvette La Normande, was to sail from Ca ?!?, on tins lath July, f0r N Miim ln iiV. *?> *? Dr. IJeap, and Lt Berry, of die * *' are lMUM|engers in the Hornet. WASHINGTON, JULY 81, Letter* have been received in this city from Valparaiso, in the Sou Mi |8ea, down to the 10th of March ; from a perusal of which, the follow ing particular are gathered : 'I he United States' Frigate Ma cedonian, Capt. Downes, arrived at Valparaiso on the 28th January, after a passage of eighty days from Norfolk, and fifteen from 8taten Ijand. She experienced uncommon ly tine weather off Cape Horn; ami, lieing becalmed close in with the Cape for several hours, the officers were astonished to ilnd no current: indeed, they did not find the ship to he in the least ejected by a current alter passing Mtaten Land. Terra del Kuego was entirely covered w ith snow, as far as the eye could extend ; but the Cape and small Islands in the neighborhood had none upon them. After passing the straits of Magellan, with continued fine weath er, tlie vessel experienced a gale of wind, of four days' continuance, and {muchhad weather. At the date of our letter, as the reader already know9 from other sources, Lord Cochrane, command ing the Chilian Navv, cousistiug of the San Martin, of 60 guns, Lauia ro, of 50, O'Higgins, of 50, a cor vette, of 22, ami three large brigs, was out on a cruize. The Audro mache (a British frigate) left at Lima two frigates and two brigs of war, anil a Spanish merchant ship with a million of dollars on lward. It was expected every moment to hear of the result of Lord Cochrane^ attack on tlie port of Callao {where, we have alread^fcieard, he was unsuc cessful in his first attempt.) If Jic should be defeated it was the opinion of the writer of these letters, that it would be a most unfortunate thing for Chili, as it would hardly he possi ble for that government to refit and provision the squadron for another cruize. If they made no prize mo ney and were not paid their wages, tlie crews would certainly leave the service; for when they had last sail ed, the men had not been paid for a former cruize, and left the port much dissatisfied. Indeed, tlie crew ofj the corvette mutined, and confined their officers with a view to take the ship to Lima, where they said they should be paid for their services. However, after/having taken pos session of the ship for three days, she was retaken by the officers ;? three men were killed in the contest,! five had been since shot w ithout tri al, and twenty-three remained to he tried. If the fleet should return, af ter all, without doing any thing, there was, judging from this incident, little hope of their getting to stfa again. Lord Cochrane, it was believed, would do all that lie c^uhl do with the means he had, and, if the wind favored htm, it was supposed he might possibly take or destroy the shipping in Callao. All his Cap* tains were English, and he had in his squadrou about 350 English and( Americans, the rest being natives of] Chili. General San Martin and Lord Cochrane appeared to be bo som friends; but some appear to think, have selfish, and not patriotic objects?desfle to conquer Peru, not for the sake of freedom, but with a view of personal ambition and'ag grandizement* To accomplish his views, be they wicked or they chari table, St. Martin drains Chili to the last dollar. He is removing all the Chilian and American officers from the .army, and putting in Buenos Ayreans and Englishmen. H is ene mies say he is a cruel tyrant, and that the people of that country gene rally fear, if they do not hate him. O'Higgius, the Director, is said to lie an amiable and goou man, but under the influence, if not subject to the control, of St. Martin. The Macedonian had been wait ing* for some time, for Judge Pro vost, who had^ however arrived. It was the intenmn of capt. Dow lies to call at Lima, after his departure from Valparaiso. It was not known what construction would be given to Lord Cochrane'* proclamation of blockade, of which we have had no tice, in regard to vessels of war. If it was to be extended to ships of war, as it was not the object of Captain Downes unnecessarily to enter into any controversy with those people, he intended to delay his entry until die Andromache should have tried the force ami validity of the block ade ; the more especially as no par ticular business besides that of gene ral observation, required the Mace donian to visit Lima. This deter mination of Capt. Downes, to avoid rather than court collision, shews a prudence worthy of the character this gallant officer bears in the ser vice.?National Intelligencer. Buenos Jlyres.?We are sorry to see the report, brought by the latest arrivals from Buenos Ayres, via N. York, th*t<the anticipated pacifica tion, between the government of Buenos Ayresund Gen. Arti^as, had not tmen realized, and was nbt ex peeled to take effect. This is ill news for.the real friends of Houti American Independence : for thow who have hoped to see the flamo on liberty there not only kindled and bkzing for a day, but burning with a steady light in the shrine of a pure ly represt*illative government?the only one adapted to nourish aud pro tect it. M'e hope, yet, that an ami cable arrangement mav be made, by u ? ? wliich all parties in the United Pro vinces may be induced to rally round one standard. It is otherwise to be feared that the existence of their feuds will long defeat the permanent success of any government having for its basis the representative princi ple and equality of rights. The go vernment of the United States of Buenos Ay res is not at present all that the friends of freedom could wish, and cannot be until internal tranquility allows of the abolition of arbitrary laws, and the cessation of practices equally arbitrary, the rem nant of the habits and customs of a despotic provincial government. In proportion as we should regard with pleasure this consummation, most devoutly to l>e wished," we are pain ed at any information from that quar ter which has a contrary aspect.?ib. CIRtJLEVlLLE (oHlo) JULY 10. ?Yeit ?lp/mntniPht.?ytybi nle Ul* formed that Fuedekick vkimkie, Esq. late from Charleston, S. C. and son of Judge Grimkte, of that state, has received from the Goverti or the appointment of President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Judicial Circuit of this state, iu the place of Judge Parish, rescued. He took the oath of office on the 10th inst. This appointment is co be confirmed or rejected by (lie Legislature, at their next session; as the Governor can only supply va cancies until the next session of ttie Legislature. MANSFIELD, (OHIO) JULY 7- * ' iSxccutiov.?On the 1st inst. at 12 .o'clock, Negoshiek and Nego neba, tWo Indians <>f the Ottawa > tril>e, were executed at Norwalk. Huron county^Qhio, in pursuance to sentence , of death pronounced upon them in May last, by the Court of Common Pleas, for the murder of Wood and Bishop, on CHKng river, at the west end of Lffl^Krlfc. They were taken by thefeown tribe*, and giveu up to thfvwhif^|hy their Chief, who preferred executing Utem iu his own way, to that of hanging, or weighing, as he termed it?at the same time pronounced them worthy of death. At M o'clock the prison ers were uuiroued for the purpose of being conveyed to the place of Di vine Service?on their lieing placed in a wsggon for that purpose, Ne goshiek gave a long war whoo|i? from thence they were Conveyed to the place of worship, wliere they, their interpreter (a Mr. Fleming) their chief and seven others of their tribe, surrounded witji armed mili tia, who foimed a hollow square, when an able and appropriate prayer was made by the Rev* Mr. , and a sermon suited to the occasjon, was preached to about two thousand spectators, by the Kev. Mr. * , with prayer?after whidi the |>ro cession was formed, and moved to the place of execution in the follow ing order:? In front?Commanding officer of1 the guard; 2d, HherifT; 3d, Clergy man; 4th, Music, playing JUkno mak, or Indian Wari-ior ; 5th, Hoi low square, inclosing prisoners; 6th, their lnterpreter,*Chie? and their other Indian friends?followed in close ami regular order by horsemen and footmen. After - arriving at the place of execution, the gallows was enclosed by the guard, who kept trir station until the execution was ished. Negoshiek sent for his chief when on the ttcailbld, and re quested him to take good care of hit (Negoshiek's) children, and bfing them np to be better than he had been. We are happy to state to the hon or of Huron county, th^t the prison ers have lieeu attended with that ten derness aud hospitality which be comes christian people, * and thai solemnity and good order reigned throughout the whole scene. sr. l.ot'is, (m. t.) June 23. Scientific Kxpedition to the $mr ces of the )i.?The western i'kigineer out from St. Louis on ' Mouday, ^2ist. iust. to ascend the Missouri. We understand that he is not limited to time, and will pio eeed at leisure to explore the vast re gion of the Missouri. and of all Lee tributary streams. The cause of sci ence is exceedingly interested in The results, of this expedition. Evt ry hody knows, w ho knows the Missou li river at all, that site ditiers in alt her qualities and attributes, and ci.a raCTwistics, from all other rivet's in the world. Her water cold, rapid, light, muddy, sweet, and salubrious: the atmosphere through which hho flows dry and elastic, and so favuia ble to health that the voyager* and traders consider themselves as leav ing disease and sickness behind, the moment they enter the sticam of the river. \V hat is agreed in by all mankind, literate and illiterate, must be sv; but though all are sensible of the astonishing qualities of the Mis souri water, and the unrivalled_ healthiness of the climate through which it Hows, it belongs to the learned alone to tell toe causes. A region so vast, so different from all others Jn air aud water, must have a vegetJrole kingdom of its own, and the holatrisl w ill doubtless find abun dant subjects for the%mployment of his talent. In the history of the white, |||^griari0^bear, the zoologist will ftliscover fresh cause for covering with contempt that theoiy? of the Count Button and the Abbe Havnal which attributed to nature a disposition to l>elittlc her animal productions in the. new world. This bear finds no pa rallel in the old w orld among the lvst of his*|>ecies, either in his size, bis strength, or hi% dauntless ferocity. Beyond the itocky Mountains, if these should lie passed, a still nobler instance of animal production will be found. The horse of (he Columbia iiiver, taken all ity all is perhaps the finest animal of his kind in tins iknown world. He is derived from ihe old world, hut instead of degene rating, he is improved on the. hanks of the Columbia* Fineness of form, fulness of all the muscular parts, do* cility of spirit, capacity to sustain great fatigue, to provide food for himself, and to huut down the deef aud buffalo for his master, are a nrt of his characteristics. The geo ?y did the mineralogy of the conn try will present enquiries of great in terest. Different parts of the region through w hich the river flows, exhib. it clays and earths of great fineness, and most uncommon conqwsition, from the properties of which the riv er is supposed to derive its peculiar qualities. 'I^e Rocky Mountains have not yet belli examined. They are sup posed to contain minerals, precious stones, and gold and silver ore. It is but of late they have taken the name of iiockv Mountains, a name which im|)ortft nothing appropriate or peculiar, as all mountains are rocky. By all the old travellers, they are called Shining Mountains, "from an infinite number of chrystal stones, of an amazing size*, with which they are covered, and which, when the snn shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.** fCay xver.J The same early travel lers give it as their opinion, " that in future ages these mountains might be found to contain more riches in their bowels than those of Indostah and M.dahar. or which are found on the golden coast of Guinea, or in the mines of Pern."?Ibid. - * Military Expedition to the Upper Mitutouri.?It is supposed that i'oK Atkjnson's regiment will leave Belle Fontaine in the course of this week. The expedition will easily reach the Council Hlufls, distant 700 miles, in llie month of Augu&t, where it is in tended to winter. Repacking the provisions, and the non-Arrival of some of the steam Iniats, have alonw prevented the departure of the expe dition before this time. The Cal houn has hot yet arrived. She is iielow in the rivtfr, and from a de fect in her machinery, or iu liev