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^ Foreign. , *s ? . < a ' NrW-YOHK, AUUCST 7 By the politeness \?f theedirftr of Hie Natioal Advocate, we have heeo favored >vitb Coracoa papers to Ibe 14thJoly, inclusive, received by the Hef&tca Ann, errit*eJl (his Awe noon, which state that Coro has beeu recently re-captured byJLient. CoL t'huuspe, with little oir no resistance, who afterwards marched into Lh Valle with about 1500 'men, Tor tfie purpose of reducing the severs! small towns on the coast which had embraced the In dependant cause. The political relations- of' Puerto Cabello have not varied since our last intelligence ' frnn.' thai place. The greatest inactivity 'prevails ; Gen. Li Torre will neither march against the. Patriots nor resign the Chief command ; and owing to the differences among the chiefs, there is great insubordination in the army, and numbers of Soldiers nightly de sert/' " ' V. Bolivar has at length entered Ca raccas, notwithstanding the efforts of Pereira, who is said to have op posed his entrance at the head' of 300 men in a yej-y .jpdlant manner. A capitulation warf agreed to be tween them by vitroe of which the was allowed to embark oh board a French vessel at La Guayra, and has been appointed a Brigadier General for his bravery manifested on many, occasions. - YV hen Bolivar took possession of Oaraceas and La Guayra, not a white "person was to be found in either of jihose otite populous places. m It is Reported that Bolivar has made overtures to La Torre to enter iuto a new armistice, until the Suc cess of the mission to the Spanish Cortes shall be known. A new Vice ..Roy for the king dom of St. Fe, together with about fifty officers (but no troops) of differ * cut grades to fill up vacancies in the army, are ssid to be on board the fleet. , Papers from Oronoco to the 19th of May contain three proclamations of General Bolivar to the Patriot tfoops, which are in the usual stately fctyle of that nation. Accounts by way of Jamaica state that , the Colombian ^flotilla of dO gtni- boats, under'Col. Padilla, bad jeutei-ed the harbor of Cartbagena on the 4'h of May and would doubt . less succeed in the reduction of that place. The Royalists had bade a sortie, but were repulsed by the Pa4 triot.H. The Colombian Government has guaranteed the payment of the debta of Sir Grqgor M'Grtgor, contract ed upon the faith, and for the bene' At of that government. Accounts have ^ bean received at Santa Martha Confiolning the inteb ligence heretofore received of the capture of Lima by Lord Cochrane and Geikral ftan Martin. , 'f ? j Extract of d Utter fetfn a gentle* man dated at Coqumbo, Feb. Bl. " General San Martin's army now amounts to 12,000 strong; the Roy al Battalion of Nutnancla passed. Jver to liim; the famous General] t ifllv was taken withjlklivision of 900 wantfm Tbeep 4aflp-pase over from 18 to M of (he Royal troops. Provisions are Very Karce at Lima, and the inhabitants my much de< jcctetf. Fezneln has dared to tally from the cjty v oar actvaHca parties are in sight, of it and our head quar tern at C ha pea/, 13 laague? from this city. From Lima to Guaya quil I is in ptmaession of the Patriot army, and the natives ara flying in all directions to the standard of Lib erty - ? '? "?* ' iff- 1 NOttrotK, AtrrttJST 13. ' F110M liKRMUlU.*" Copt. Iloss of the sclir. Columbus, \* ho has ?u rived l.v t*; ft * iu oi has Imnishetl the C'omncrcW New* Room with [kts to (bp ?8th, ult. ??0\t : contents, however are not in teresting^ , Captain Ross st^s, tliat the af fairs at |3rnsii(la between- th^Goy etoor^Eturoely,) and the good peo Inle of Uiat colony, atfc far from be * ? in a quiet states That iftde of the imprisonment of l&Lfilhr - this t A of m, e r nor, on the night' of the 2<1 < of .present month, (August,) had ...~ doors of the town-ball at St. Georges forcedopen by the mHitary and the Maydr, (Mr. John Till, brother of the above named James,) taken for cibly out and conducted to Hamilton under a military escort, and there thrown into prison ! The charge pre ferred against the Mayor by ttK Ex cellency, W88, the b making qf the Midler' a violin, (by order of the May or,) In disposing an unlawful assem blage of persons of oolor, at an un seasonable hour, ? in the parish of St. George, which assembly was notori ously an annoyance to the' whole neighborhood. A lawyer of emin ence who had been deputed by; the Mayor to act at typ time of dispell ing the assembly, iii a judicialcaffa city, waif also taken by the military at the same time, , by order of the Governor, ahd imprisoned withthe Mayor. ' The result of all these acts of Sir William Lumley was not known when the Columbus Bailed. mmmrnm^m^tKsssaSsssssssakKBs' f.l.iiri'.i Hill in. iMi ti' jfct ' I a ? -jV ^GEORGETOWN, AOGXJ8T 11. Mtrder.?On Saturday the S8tb ult, * negro fellow named Ben (the property of a Mr. Joseph Detwett,. of Horry Strict) having ~ " against a fellow called Scol , tales'" ingtf?y> deceased, concealed bittsjit at n ' favorable spot, (at twilight,) about twenty mfles from Gonwaybe * near ?" highway oi1 roiitl, ion r Scotlni)A wi he knew Scotland would tra andshot hltn. Scotland died e wound on the Monday follow* -During this interval uf'two ,'Mm did not attentat to make S?il9lfc but 'R the mean time, Mir; Joseph Dewetfc executed a sale of him to John 8v Dewettand Benj. Milliken, who hiade an attempt to convey htm to another btate. Sir. Robert R. Sessions, hearing of the fa^purstied ahu took them}, near the Great Pee Dee, en Friday last. Ben was carripd to Conwitybarottgh,, where he was tried by . a Court of Magistrates and ? Freehold** on Monday last) and found guilty. .He will be' executed 0?? Monday next, near the reaidehce of the late Thomas Hemingway, where the Waccamawl or Con way borough road intersects] the aea-abore road. [ COtUttfilA, xfcous* 81, ; Health. ? The past season lifts bean a most extraordinary one. There Has been a greater fa VI of ni* daring the Inst four or flvfe month* than, perhaps, was ever witnessed during the same number of months in Carolina* Wjb regret exceeding ly, that we tiave not had a rain-goage to determine the opntity. So extraordinary a season has very naturally excited serious apmje hens ions of an extraordinary preval ence of autumnal diseases; but,, as yet, we have been peculiarly favored. WAive hod less sickness* than usual at ibis season of the year; and amongst the diseases Which oc rured, we hate heard of only a very few cases of the usual autumnal en demic of bilious remittent or inter ?hnlMK " . ' ? The most prevailing disease baf UoiV r? nvolric!c4 fiutl.-.ooofi fever vf (be tvi>l?oi;? clmr#c!ir; !;of l?j uo nam as asor<?^o^\Cfy violent. , j :SpAY, AVC.LST S3,- IfeSi. | ? *~TT7XS7t1 ^TOr..tbx c?#? ; H Wfim of a*aa??rdj?iiieBt oi ?at?, 0?kh ?nd Brojtn of .) stating th?t tbrfi- <l Pfcfttj [Vibratory Engine" could be h*tW Bott wkucb would fee the befc* Itslr'uUtefl for the Southern: fp-rhi? the otUloy^ructionvrhicire oulci KVtttokn* (hg Qualities c and light draught, won I fottoWfrif propoftiona. 1 Oor deck; % /our arrrf a or five Such a Boat woitil be c: seventy 3?bn# burthen, if Engine, and fixtures; J tweHty-four to thirty Jricti iBrOfi&ha 1 lowness of .the modatinn for the patfseftgc be*A*ct? ? A ^oat of the befor scription would cost It 1 and the lipgine (a tort 8*,7ofr, together S?0,0 coat fan Tictow } but, XVI minglin irtd Cape Fear, but t*>* iWt -water, be 1 1 Si feet beam-, and Jour ?? in the hold." -It reraains ft* the go) C?mden to see Whether ?j gggjgi^ "> bppqrtbnh offer Itself of an easy, ch communication with Char] mmM Sir, ate; informed I coifmunfcatioa j$r|th fpt.- . ki?. giving any answers to ini relative! o Buonaparte In which the governor * gerfttetWitWe^toutheaft tWt^BuoHAVA|iT? 'died on lj? fob May, and that he had despatched*! gun brig to England with intelli gence, , Jtoat* rut. Hie circuitous mode in which the! foregoing intelligence b" been re ceived,' (observes the ^w-YorkJ American,) Would 09 to discre-l dit it altogether,* were it not naderl ed probable by plfevioos account s of Napoleon's illness. The obstinate! nature of the complaint with which! fe has b?*n afflicted,? the neat change in his habits and mode ?f I living,-? and the mortification endur ed from i t^Tem of forfuhfc, render it not impossible that he, who gave away kingdoms, and parcelled oat ^Empires, baa at length yielded to the King of Tenors. : Monarchs no longer tremble at hi* frown,' nor natiotm revive with hi* smile and whefMfebeyetsuHjfres. or haa paid the great deht to viIdm c??am,8, to he an object of enquiry^ with' any other view, than th* in dulge iffe of enrionty. -The large space he filled in. the eye of the world haa dwindled to insignifi cance; and he now presets only a great moral lesson, III the contem plation of hie character, on whici> many will apectnhb and few will profit. -? W5? 0 Frojn the Fcrtrmovth Journal, t$ug. 4. The Sea Svrptnt.? OffThursdaj afternoon abotu 4 o'clock, as Mr. liuWMr. of *T. , v :: 'Iwjjcctor cb>j)Ion f?l iii '.!)i I'hsi'i ';r v\ ;?b in f&ttg weight* entrance of tSiU L.r Ik*; tyMfaw Ihe ?eA-Se?i*tm lvinj; r*n ll?? %%??#*?? -1 .JflHP^PBffw^Tru rTTiTu^ no the *\nter$ nlumi a qua it < r . ft tuile pttto Ugsii Whim). IK it fl.bt supposed U to be a large U -J floating on, the wnlrrj l ot on a;wj jiroachii^x \> iiliii) about 100 \iuiUT the SerpOBt iimnt?flbiiglv attention of the borhood ; i4of w] the 5th day of June, cpot, ami id of ibem horseback* 'into tb? the game time, sate feet ease. The other beitRon a skit tish horse, did not vent (hero was room for tvyj perfectly secure from a abower of rail). 3 ;, S^Prtro the' Saratoga F*rma? I ii, Jtye CArtmowie/er.? Since writ ing (ha article for this paper, which . notices acne late experimental proofs ?' of the perfection and accotntfy of modefif scie rtee, I have received a [letter from an intelligent friend in England, concerning ? Vt?b to vented Chronometer that merit* 11 pWce in that article. The Chrono- ' imrter is an instromeot for the exact mensuration of timet- % bach ia of the first importance tofcaJgatm*. When Capt. Party sailed on his voyagieof dwBBVej*, the inventor