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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