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Foreign. cr* NEW-YORK. JULY 2. FROM CVKAHK1. We I rarn by the brig Lady's De light, arrived just as this paper was going to press, in 17 clays from Cur acoa, that l a Guayra and Caracas was lakeu from the Patriots abouL the 2Cth of May, by the Royalists, without bloodshed, and that all was quret to leeward. Mariaibo and Ooro were in possession of the Pa triot forces, which amounted 6000 strong. By the above arrival we have re ceived the Curacoa Courant of the 9th of June, from which we copy tbe following articles. CUliACOA, juve 9. His Majesty's brig Mercury, capt. De Quartet, arrived ou Wednesday ttorppf fronfcTi'uerto C a hello, \ Th^' arrivals during the week from Puerto ' Cabello, bri n% accou n ts from Jhence to the /0th inst. It appears that general Morales arrived at V a "ft-om Caracas, on thfe even Hbj tbe cav alry with which be entered Caracas The Columbia^ forces advanced as H W. whe.rVi is st.at junction, th* general engagement . ^?fcwad take^ ptace up ttrthe date of ifctflaSt advices, but the Hpaniards xve re -concentrating all **ta?r forces, and the letters add that an actio^f V?* momently expected to take which prohably Would decide the ittte<|F the ^vince/' ? 'Tha second battaftoQ of Valencey, under Pereira, was left in Caracas^ rotect the libirave rtnnO^' divisiors teijid ac^ had been received of IwlftaV* teen successful in arresting its if Most of tlw emigrants who lately fledfrom Caracas and 1^: Goayra, and took refuge in Puerto Cabello, aiv Mated to tiavfe returned to theif houses. .?. -v.: . ! ^ ^ PHILADELPHIA, JUKR fti. <, M t have seen a letter from Angos tura, dated the 80th, May, add res ell to a distinguished gentleman of thi*-city. The writer of it had just vis i red the head quarters of the pat* ri<? general Paefc, Whom be repre sents as the moat popular man and erne ofpEK? most gallant soldiers of I the Republic of Columbia. He mentions that Paez is about to send (wtJbf his children to the United Btaies to be educated; that it is sup ftm d il?e ro\ a lists wil determine to deliver up the provinces of Venezue la to the Patriots by capitulation *-lhaf Gen. La Torre has hot an ar m,y suinnemly Htrong to resist holi \ar, w>?o n?? now in the field nearly 15.000 men, generally Well armed ami disciplined* The writer adds that the Patriot troops, most of whom he had Sen, have , a good Appear ance, and thai from the enthusiasm and animation which pervade ali ranks, he is disposed to thiiik the preseut campaign w ill be the last in Venewiela. From the London Time*y May 18. PRIVATE COlUtfcSPONDLNCE. " NAPL&&, APRIL 27. " The different commissions in the have not terminate# their 1h?>?>ih ; nor is it consequent!* known who are to suffer for (heir conduct in I he late events. You are already await* I hat about twelve of the gent rat officer* w ho held appointments from 1 lie constitutional government hail been dismissed immediately 011 the entrance of the Austrian*. ? 1 bene still, bowe>er remained at JtiajJes. Five other persons of dis tinction, anions whom are Gen* Col letta, Senior Hetrenefli, and (he eloquent IWelti^ have l>?eii ant Hteil vuihm these few dn^s, and tin n?\ n into orison. ?? ! he cause of this arrest is said to he nol their effort* a?ain?t the' kin>, of Naples, but their plots a- MiinUlw |>ouei of Austiia; am, tlao dUwOYcr^ oi iliur unasou is re porttd, from good authoi ;ty, to have ntkeii plate in consequence of the apprehension of a Neapolitan noble man at Alilan, on whom I heir cor respondence was (bond with the Piedmontese constitutionalists. Sev en or eight persons haVe lately been * hot here, for l>eiug found with arms in their hands Tu contravention of i he decree of the provisional gov ernment. " YVe observed no? Neatriifan; troops till we arrived at Ntfples. The accounts which the ~Aostnans,k who are not in general, people of much imagination, and who, conse quently, are more likely to give tin exaggerated statements hi the pre sent instance, sujpply erf the conduct of the NeapoKtan troops aw truly amusing. Some of the militia iu the Abruzzi not only away their arms but their coats also, that they Height run the quicker. _ Many of the militia had tidten their <posts in the army with the design of de serting w hen they sh&ild be attack ed*/^ ^ > . N?*Tbey made it a condition with their officers that they should not be made to light against cavalry. < We will fire', said they, < on men ; but for God's sake do not bring us against horses.' A great part of thus* who composed the army refused to pro ved to thfe campaign unle# carried ] ^ scene of action in carriage*, ctors to the poll in E&gland. the chiefs and the privates of lie Neapolitan army wanted the mu ISh) confidence necessary to defend a 50oi ot aw pport, a bad cause. Every that his neighbour wwld n in making advantage jus propositions or ehtitinhg into hit native appointments. Ali, therefore, jurried oiUheHr treachery ; trtid all low accuse their friends afiduetgh lours. Ctivascns" chills Fila^eii a raitor y ;orj anB^Piinee i There is no doubt that some signal J rf treachery had been concerted by I general conspiracy, as three dia charges of muskets, with the 8tra? were always the signal of La wTh*. English ileet has entirely left his |H>rt, except a brigand a cut ter, And sailedfor Malta orrlieTonian Islands. The French fleet, consist ingof five orsix ships of war, is * till berev . " V 'T_ u The Pritrcft Rdyal, or Puke tt? Cfelabria, has entirely retired, from public business, and lives at Cozer ta, aboafttyentjMfre miles from the Hipitat# Hb is generally believed to have been sincere during the whdt| period of the revolution, land there? fore is a great favourite with the na tion;^.. ' i iMkjLj: ? fai.rt.tf. ' '? "i ? w ? Domestic . iYi.*lri - ? : 1 ' - ? ? HAVRE DE GKACE, (MD.) MAY 30. Singular Phenomenon.? This day i mot?t exti-aoulinary phenomenon ippearetfon the Susquehanna iitver. Myriads of Herrings were floating :m the surface, of the Stream Strug gling as if the; were out of their na tural element.' . The hoys of Havre ie Grace, went into the river and : took them up and brought them oil' *hore. 1 dmstjcted several and found thfcir bladders burst. Last !ii&ht,*we had several hours of vivid lighthiug, hut scarcely a clap of thunde^ it could not therefore be any tonci9mvn that has produced this novelty.? Whether the flashes of lightning frightened the fish, or what (lie d 1 made them hnrst tfieir bladders, 1 leave to Dr. Mitchill, . and other learned Ichthyologists, to determine. But the. plain matter of fact is that while 1 am now writing, the v. hole surface of the river, at this place, is covered w ith ftsli, in a passive slate . I II ?! -ft I? I NORFOLK, JUNE 22. StaiuP. of Wuakington. ? We stat*v t'?l ? few the ?*atup ?f V\ ?eb*w?fcmf executed *t Rome by i'anovia* fur the stale iif North Carolina wfts jmt on hoard the Col umbus, which dhij) is |>rot>ahty now on her passage to the Cuited Hlates. , > at \uu promised to $iv*? a more [>ar tuuUi notice of that sni>eib piece of sculpture, vc now proceed lothe last I It is intended lo represent the i m - portal hero ou the act of writing t?i~ farewell address; lie is seated lu ait ancient Human chair, his right lej. drawn up as in the usual sittin^'pos.. ture, the left carlessly extended along,. In the right baud be IraHm pen, and io the left a scroll? at bis feel the baton -of a tield marshal, and *j sword, of the 6hape*of the old llo mjin falchion, turned at the point. ? - He is dad wk Roman cofiiumqJ the bead and j&ckimie^ a close vesi| and braccae , with a girdle round tbe Waist upon which is displayed Me dusa's snaky head and otlmr emblems of Roman taste.-rTjbe\ iogfrorcloalsv fe drawn clofce round the neck and descends fa lnxurUnt fold* to the t floor. T1?q legs ace baretolhe knee, and the feet covered with sandals. Tbe statue is ~ of w hite 'marble of the finest kind. It resU upon a pe destal of tfce same kind of n.arble, upon the sides uf which are repre sented in emblematical figures of the richest workmansUyp, the four prin cipal events of w ashingtuu's life : his taking the .Command of tbe American armies? cauture of tbe lititish army at York Town ? resign ing all his public trusts, and, lastly, his retiring to private lire in the tran quil occupation of arfarm'ef. It is stiid the artist has exercised his own taste entirely in the position and costume of the statue. It Wa* represented to liim that it was intend ed to be placed in tlje Mail of the Legislature of North ^arolina^ the dimentions of which were sent* bim; and it was stated to have heej j wished that the likeness should he] taken at fulMejo^th, as in the act of (|0ivering an address. But tl?e, pro portions of the monument with thfe apartment it was to occupy a place iu9 weie of primary importance to a just eftribitton of it, and he found that they could not lie preserved in a nV other way than by reducing the statfie flHk sit ling posture*- W itlr j?-4 gard to the dress, it is said he cottld not hazard his reputation hypRempt ing any other than that which was | rautf familiar to him, and which is best adapted to his taste and genius. ! - Itfclhe amateurs thin is Canoya's haziest effort? So h<yia* been heard to declare himself, the Fope anil CaVdinal Gonsalvi ba& esfetsttHhe same opinion.? Ins related of this accomplished ar tist that he expressed theraost hvart Jm fttttioo it Whis hadahoiji port unity of executing va statue of Washington, and he is saM to haVjh wrought more upon it with his own hand than he was ever kncftvn to upon auy similar worksite general ly reservn%to hiitiself in such works, only the finishing stroke, or coup de grace . As *fti example of the esti mation in w hich this statue of Wash: ington was held in Rome, man.Vl English and other travellers of taste and fortune would have given four tine* the eeiitfact prk& to have poa? I dessed It. The likeneggjwfe Understand was taken from a jffkrait of the Ghmeral in the possession of the American Cotasul at Leghorn, esteemed an ex Fceflpnt xesemW ?n< e. ^ 8AVANNAH, JULY S. More' Delay. ? We learn from 8t: Augustine that the Hpnnlard* were engaged in shipping of to tiavan* the munitions of war at that place, ami that the surrender; oi the pro vince would not lie made to (lie A me rican^covernmcut before the 80th inst. From (he quibbling conduct of the Spanish authorities/ we are t?f offiiikm that they will not surren der Florida before the ?$d of August* the day which the treaty specifies for its delivery- Then they will be forced to rel^pqaish. GEORGETOWN, JUNE 30* A report has been in circulation for a day of ttoti pa*t, that the ne ^ro who shot Mr. Ford, had been wounded and apprehended near a Vlr. JIFhite'i plantation, ? in 8l. Jamefc', Hantee,, but wo fear that th< report is unfounded. We have ben unable to collect any information corobointion of it, and the Southern mail turiiet, \n1jo arrived here iliis morning informs us that the volun teer tlviftcbouint, whteli wrult down o I nice charge t>f the prisoner, is re turning without him. We have received a cominunica tipn from Turkey Creek, in Wil liamsbcugh district* siatiiigjliat ou Sunday utoniing Tast, two Negroes entered the lionse of a gentleman of that nei^TilioriuHjd, during his ab sence. Due of them our correspon dent describes, a^an elder ly man of very black complexion ; the other a stout mulatto; the latter was armed with a pur, .ami appeared to he well j provided with amunition ; his com panion addressed him by the^Dgn&e j of Joe, and our dorrespoudent thinks that this is the fellow Implicated in the murder committed ou South Island. They took from' the house about two pounds of fchot and dome powder; A negro girl was the only person in the house wfaen they enter ed, and oil her observing that she j would caH tier master, the fellow calted Joe* 9\vore that if he dared to approach He would shoot him, and on the servant?* aitempting^o the house. I hey seized her, and threatened her instant death \ should she give aoy alarm. In a few minute? after their departure the owner of ttite house returned, and having alalmed the neighborhood, ate death. \ [ The Jury brought in a Verdict that thte deceased ittHitjTiAisi Claw?6? came to liis death by a clasp buck handle knifo inflicted by IP. ^Wle W/hy **& a tailor) oh the left br^ast/j^ttt %?p| Inch attove the pa|>|>. The wound appears to be ab^ut three fourths of kniiith iu length anfljMjuul tfrojpH$l? in depth, of vrhicbhe instantly died. The fcbove named Paul* Law rence was immediately carried be fore. James C. Mahtindale, one of the Justices of the Quorum, whe committed him to gaol to stand i trial at the bexi Courtot' CHARLESTON, JULY 7. .Fire^Abiyit halfcnast 11 o'clock mi 1 riday night, t hff^ftth U WmB] Strain- Boat South- Carolina, lying at Magwood's whaif, %,* nd to be on fire 5 aii'd a|$run*vwHi| efforts for the spacfe of neatly two hours, to arreaflfe flames, she w A Scuttled and sum; la the cQufg? <J|; Saturday and yesterday, Abe ^a# raised. The machinery i* very slightly injured? the Boat had sus tained ootisiderablfe damage J but will no doubt be repaired and pttfJ lag* in in operation; How the flr* originated, had not been ascertained $ | u ItlHMigh there is reason to believe it | was the act of an incendiary, as sev eral of Jlie crew were in motion, iu different parts of the boat, until 11 o'clock, (When they retired to iest,)| and they state there was not At that | hour, the least evidence of Are* The Honth- Carolina was owned by the Cougaree and Hantee flteam I Boat Company. 8he nad been om*| ployed during the laat Winter, iu carrying ( ith her tow boats,) freight] to and from Ghtrib* ; but had ratelyj commenced plying with passengers, between this City and hulivan's is land. ttlie was not insured. Prom fyexico.? In our llavanna papers we And nothing worth trans lating, except the following article in on* of the 10th ultimo. " Capt. Mauri, of (he Spanish < liooner GaHega, which arrived ,rre thia morning, in 25 <laj? paa -a?6 from Vera Cruz, reports, that Col. Ilcwa lad ci.tmul Cuidova ai' , the bead of iUXK) infantry, an 1 JMK> % horse, and taken prisoners the nhels liamirez, Guerrero and Santa Ana. Col. Cruz, with hOOO men, hail matched from Guadalaxara in quv>i of lturhid, who was moving in the direction of Bajio. "This vessel had an action with two Insurgent privateers, under the Venezuefiau tia^;, w hich she succeed ed in beating off." p CAMDEN. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1821. FROM THE PEE DEE GAZETTE. MONTHLY MJLGAZLXE. < *t*he Editor of Hie Pee Dee ( a zette baa iu Uie Press, to be publish ed for llie fir^t /of August ensuing, U>Qs first number of a Monthly Magazine/^*' the S ithern Climate iff the United States. As the title indicates, Ibis work will tie princi pally devoted to Agricultural subjects. It will be tendered as a medium i f communication between gentlemen of practical research on every subject of importance tb tbe community, but pai^Licularly iri fregaid to improve ments in ihe vegetable and animal productions bt this climate. The Editor wishes ib .elicit from actual cultivators, ra piecise account of their experience, particularly in cases inhere happy results as to quantity or -quality of productions have attended ineir labors; whether in improving indigenous productions of this !, of in the introduction cf ; and stith' intelligence w ill belted fur tbe benefit of the .unity. l?y . the southern cli ?f the United States is meant which geographers him designa |p tifth climate north of tbe at 30 degrees "a skirt of Flori JKb 36 degrees 28 two thiles of the South I climate has it to be iu m for the icb an id by ations Within tbe ionOoents : highly in 'have pul>? t something roved occa from ac are most subjects ^useful latum* tbe ?bfeads ?> ?. > which * the vine. ?p. vat f, * and im ed to colder crops of of the Wgrzle and latlfy introd As the season gathering the production a precise description of1 ' proved method, or protest of making wine in the Southern Htates, of va?. rious kinds, is particularly requested. Also, the best method of making cider. Hucli communications may l>e highly valuable. Likewise in ro. gard to the cultivation of the vine ia this climate ; the kind* heat adapted to it? tbe most suitable soil, now prepared ; and tlie best method of training* ?*- ? ? ; 'y ? ?*??? ? - Any accounts of attempt* to culti vate the almond; olive, ok d*te4 tb*