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. if organruH differently from what was con* i pinto a by the Mil. Tbo bill respecting' the cut rights of the representatives of Hubert Hon, deceased. wti alto, en motion of Mr. Ipepper, indefinitely postponed. And the <us? adjournal afyer four o'clock. wmm+m? * * '' ^ ^ In the Senate business progresses wlttirspidl t most of the bills which Wo passed the oth* houso have been conclusively acted on and all them are in transitu. On tho 28th, the Sen ) amended the resolve respecting adjournment as to fix on Tuesday neat as the day of ftnil joumtnont. The Rational Intelligencer of e 27th (tlie last we have received) save?# It jy vet be conaldeied uncertain on what day e adjournment will take place.'* FOREIGN NK>Vrt. By the ship Athens, Meatier, from Liverpool, e Editors of the >)uw-York Mercantile Auver tcr received Liverpool paper* to the; 2d ult. oudon of tlio 29th of February, and Lloyd's .Ists to the 27th. They arc barren of political itelligence. Tlic market for cotton'haftimpro* ed nt Liverpool. In the Britiim Parliament, ic discussion* ?tili turnprincipally onthearmy ttimates and the property tax, on which sub* sets the anti-ministenslside of the house main lilt a constant and strenuous oppwition. " The eci*ion on the army estimates, being tho basis four peace establishment for the present year, says a London paper of tho 20th of February) tras taken last uight, when tho numbers were for ministers 241 to 121?majority 120. We are orry to find that the tumults in tho South of 'ranee are not yet entirely quelled. A serious listurbance has taken placoat Tarascan, we sup* H)so of a political nnture, and Uie criminals wero uttered to escape without auy opposition from he public functionaries, or even from tho nnti inal guards. Tho Dutch papers contain fright* ul accounts of the ravages of the plague in the Turkish provinces. In Bosnia, consisting of a nillion of inhabitants, one half have perished ! The christians have on this occasion suffered in in equal degree with the Turks." HORRORS OF CARTIIAOKNA. Copy of a Utter from Don Juan de Dlot J1 ma th) v, late Governor of CartheueenOf to Von Frnncitco Garcia del rierrof Jntw-Or leant, dutrd, Kingston, Jan. 15, 1810. My Esteemed Mtphew*?It would tako roe very long to give you the particulars of what took place after your departure, and to describe the horrors of (amine by which such numbers daily perished. Alter the greatest instances of heroism on the part of the people, we were for ced to an evacuation as disastrous as any re corded in history.?The greatest weight of the common calamity aceim* to have fallen on our family. As to what befel myself during a of which I made one of ho pu.sacngors, after hav ing despoiled us of all our money, gold, silver, jewels and precious stones, put us on Mtorfc in the bland tff^idence, whence we at last>r learn then* we meet agai.^TtnTTcalP composure relate to you inv adventures. My slater Maria, your mother-in-law. your young wife Pepita, who had lain in'but three days be fore ; youc brother-in-law, witli Villegas and Lecuna, came off in the American schooner Drummond. As soon us 1 hear of any of the family, 1 will inform them where you arc ; for on my arrival here,l learned that you had sail ed for New-Orleans, in company with M. Del vailie, with a parcel of goods* and I rejoice tliat you are less unfortunate than most of you kin dred. From Carthageua we have no informa tion t for the British frigate Junen* sent by the admiral, on tliis station to claim the English re " f in the town, is this day returned with in* She wss not allowed to have any inlcation with tlu> shore, from which * !Twas sent for the pspers \ and the ansv/er to them is said to be unpleasant) hence it is thought the town is afflicted with executions. Your mother, your brother Joseph, both your sisters and your nephews, who sailed in the brlgantine llope, urrived at Orand Cayman in a state of starvation. A vessel is going to sail from this, to bring hither them and filty other persons, a number that has excited public con sideration. 1 Hh February.?My griefs arc infinitely in creased, and J must tell you what will fill your hrart with affliction. The American schooner Drummond, on board of which were your tender ^pledges and a great part of the family, was forced to try to procure provisions to the leeward of Porto Hello \ a boat went and gave informution in that port, in consequence of which u priva teer Went out and captured the American schoo ner. 1 have seen a list of the prisoners, printed in Carthagena by order of government. In thq number are included my syster Maria and her sons, your brothers-in-law, with all their family, your unfortunate wife, my ever esteemed I'epitu, with her two tender ihfutits, in her ill state of health, having so lately lain in. I feel, dear nephew, how great must l?e your affliction, as is tnine, at this deplorable misfortune, to which are added the conse^ucncc* which tho want of food and other sufferings may have produced on the tender frame ofu woman not well recovered from rhild birth. Your mother and brothers are almost victims of their sufferings, III the brigantino Hope, with many others. I t(ave alreaily briefly told you how we wcro robbed by ('apt. Mitchell. 1 will now relate what happened to other vessels of the emigration. On board the Constitution, 73 persons died of hunger and thirst on her passage to this Island | and on board the Urand Sultan, a still larger number of emigrants died through the wine causo, The schooner T wo Brothers, Alias Union, foundered in flight of this Island, but ho suddenly, that only 17 persons could be saved of the great /lumber who were on board. The sch'r Oencral Itermudes, grounded near Trinidad de CttlM, with only 23 cadavefou* per utis remaining, of one hundred aiijl jbventy throe, the other* having died of hunger at sea. The schooner India Libre, put in, in the great ther in the boat i but the governmont baa coin mitted him to prison," . The schooner Kstrella tailed from Carthago* na with 380 emigrant*, and arrived at Provi dence. whore being abandoned they must pe rish with hunger, unlftee, a* is to be hoped, ves sels be sent from hence for their relief. Of the Conception nothing is known, and it it probable that the number of people with which the was i crowded, with'thc 24 pounder she carried, caus led her to founder, though * large vessel. 8uch are the misforUiues that Have succeeded the mor tality of so manv days of famine which at last obliged us to emigrate. In the American sfch'f Dmmmond, were taken lawyers Garcia de To ledo, Granadoe,Toro, Zunniga and Dominao, with many other peraohl, to ne number of, By ft vessel lust arrived from Carthagena, ?we are ihforra&a that there are already 800 persons In Jthe prispns, ca#tlesand dungeons, including I thftseor the schooner Drummbnd. One of the! Inquisitors, Oderis. ftcta as governor of the bish opric,^ provisor being deposed, all the canons impmoned, ami most or tho clergy suspended. There remain very few persons in the city, and the greater part of the houses empty. The cap tain-general has laid a contribution of 8 300,000. Kvery ono advises me to remain here, where the emigrants] are treated by tho government and the inhabitants, with humanity above all praise j but I wait your return to# know your opinion of Louisiana; Ate. flame, Oe{, 11A spectaclo worthj of the times of the primitive church has been witnes sed here. Father Bcrgemachi, a Theatin, after having undergone the public penitence* which he had voluntarily imposed on himself, in order to expiate his conduct during the troubles in tho charch, died suddenly on entering the Church of 8t. Andrew delle rratte. In the morning he had made a general confession of his ofTenccs a* gainst the churchy iu a loud voice, shedding tears and beating on his breast. He then felt great weakness* In the evening he wished to return and pray to 8t* Andrew. It was then he drop Iped down dead. The people whom such a yi ou? spectacle must always collect together, im mediately, made a saint of Father Beraamachi, and deafaepthat his body should be exhibited for public reiteration. Mothers made their chil dren kiss his feet! and his clothes were convert ed into relief The governor of the city was o bilged to send an armed force to prevent disor der. The Ciihltl||Lm4kcre|lry of State, on a (report being made^fb his holiness of this event, sent forth an orderMftr mnofcittting pttbllc penan-s oes and confessiogafi^HK . H chard, It is said wi- ^, _J 1. lie last post left Madrid, 1st of March, two other, r of SO, been taken and pnt fii etaa* rfnnftnemcnt. ther Spanish General, Renevales, ordered to be crested, had escaped. It ir not to what extent the plan had ^progressed ensuing post was anxiously looked for, to.bri further particulars.?MbrfoUc Deacon, April' Austria and Bavaria*--Princes de Schwart 7.enbugand Wrede have been disgraced by their respective courta and Eugene Beauharnois who is said to have " great influence in the Austrian | cabinet," is appoint^ generalissimo of the Ba varian army. It was Tor announcing this ap pointment that the Journal de Paris was sup j fessed by the minister of police. A supposed concert iietween Austria and Bavaria caused great nneasiuesa among the Bourbons ? because it was suspected to favor the party ef Napoleon I(. jli France. Count de Vaugeraud, Governor of the Island of Martiniqueand it* dependencies* has issued a decree, by which, after the 16th of May next, the commerce of foreigners with that island will be restricted within the limits Axed by the decree of 30th August, 1784, on the retaking possession I of that colony. Vessels, however, sailing under tho British flag are excepted from these disposi tions. * Pavilion Amusement.?A gallant admiral, re siding at tho Pavilion, was a few days since, presented by a certain great |>ersonage, with a beautiful mflkwhite mare, Which it was stated liacl just arrived from Hanover. Nothing wfcs talked of but thin fine creature } and every one scorned anxious to have her merits pM to the tv?t. The admiral mounted, tried her in all her puces, and though he could but approve, yet ho pronounced her to be greatly inferior to afavou rite black mare of his own. The presont, how ever, coining from so high a quarter, was, of course, received with every expression of duty and thankfuliioss. Tho long switching tail of the animal, not exactly suiting the admiral's | taste, he sent her to a farrier to havo it cropped ?when, to ! he speedily received intelligence that it was a false tail, and that boneath it, ap ?tared n short black one. This curious fact IimI to a minuter inspection when it was at length discovered, that this beautiful white Hanoverian horse, was no other than the good humored ad miral's own black mare, which had been painted in a manner to elude his detection. The trick was much relished at the palace, where it caus ed roars of laughteV.?-Kn^lish paper. LATEST. Arrivals at New-York from England bring ac counts to the 2d March. Arrivals from Frante in Charleston furnish dates to the l.*tyh March.? They contain nothing new. ' The anti-ministeri* allsts in England maintain a conitant opposition to the army estimates and property tax?the ba sis of her peace establishment. The ministers, however, have had a majority of 120 in favor of tlic " <?#titnntof.?,-?/VoMfWw Patriot? tuwii'aV/nay 7,1810. rr The Equity Court of Appeala has just risen, after a sitting o( a fortnight. It has tried and disposed of evety cause on the Docket, and gi ven final decrees in all oCthem? except two, which being of great difficulty and importance, and argued near the close of the Court, are re* servo? by the Courtfor consideration. We un derstand that the Equity Court of Appeals at itasitting in Charleston in March,, also, hoard and decided all the cases on lhe appeal docxet. The Bench really Reserve applause, for thf>in dustry and ability with whlcli they havotHscharg ed their laborious duties ^ and wo take more pride in noticing their aeMev*ment$t as we be lieve them to have few parallels in the judiciary proceedings of any other Statu than our owa.% The following appointments have been made by the President and Senate?'William R. King* of North-Carolina, (now a Representative in Congress) to be Secretary of the legation to Russia i Timothy Upham, to be Collector of Portsmouth, N. II. in the place of Jos. Whipple, deceased j John P. Parrott, to be Naval Officer for Portsmouth f Bridges Arrundcll, to be Col lector of the Port of Beaufort, N. C. in the place of Henry Cook, resigned, and Wm. Ham mond, to be Surveyor of the port of North Kingstown, R. I. 1 Portrait of Mr. Chevea.?A number of gen tlemen (of Philadelphia) who were anxious to pro cure a faithful likeness of Mr. Clicves, for tlye purpose of having it engraved, selected John ft. Cogdsll, Ksq. (whose taste and success in seve ral other pieces, had brought hi| talent to the public eye) as a proper artist fl>r its execution. Mr. Cogdell, has, accordingly, finished the pic ture?and, whether we regard it an the likeness of a gentleman, whose abilities and integrity in public, and whose domestic virtues in private life* have won the esteem and respect of his countrymen?or whether we consider it as mere ly# production of the pencil, constitutes a valu able acquisition to our stock of native specimens ofthe fine arts.?Southern Patriot. 'p. Lowndes.?In the event of Mr. Dallas fig the Treasury, we think that no man| selected to preside over that depart e capable of administering its affairs Lowndes, lie is universally admit Mto ben statesman of the first order of talents, of unsurpassed patriotism & integrity. ..Halt. pap. . ? _ ?? V i|t,tlte commencement of the University of ou the 5th of April, the DegrcoofDoc of Medicine was conferred on 08 young gen nen, viz.-?! from New-York, 4 from New Jersey* 1$ from Pennsylvania, 3 from Delaware, 4 from Mainland* 1 from the District of Colum bia, 89 from Virginia* 4 from Kentucky, 2 from North-Carolina,#fjpo?|8outh-Carolina, (Henry Frost, Richard Fortman and Samuel Wilson jr.) and 4 from Georgia. The Steam lloat Enterprise, tho first that has been seen In the southern part of o^ckmntry, arrived here from 8*vaunah on ''Wednesday evening last. The novelty of the scene excited much attention, and we do not recollect ever to have witnessed so large a collection of the citizens of this place as were collected to view tliia first offspring of southern enterprise. On our own part wo have never entertained a doubt of the practicability of navigating the Savannah riv?r with S^eam Hosts, and this evidence* we doubt not, will convince the most credu lous. Tho Boat is large and well calculated for passengers, and we hope will meet with that liberal encouragement which our Citizens are over witling (when oonvinccd) to bestow on en terprising Genius.-?Gazette. Ffre.?Last evening abeut 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the outbuilding* belonging to the Planter*' Hotel* The building was fortu nately of brick?and by the exertions of tl.o ci tliens in tearing away the wood work attached to it, and playing water upon the surrounding houses, the flames communicated no farther, snd wero extinguished before 0 o'clock. Mr. Bird, who occupies the Planters' Hotel, Is tup poxed to have lost 8 4000.?H. Tahri(AtJHprU 30. The Steam Boat Ifnton, intonded to ply as a Ferry Host between this City and South-Caroli na, wsx launched yesterday ; and, it is expect ed, will be ready in about Ave weeks to go into operation. She is nixty feet in length Ic twen ty in breadth, a'.id without her mschinery draws thirteen Inchon of water**?fin v. Hep. April 30. A letter from Martinique, received at New York, me'ritionH that the ports of that Ixland, are shnt against all vesselx except French and Eng. The cargo of the ship Pacific, one of the four valuable voxels from Liverpool arrived at New* i York* i* calculated atC30,OOVl. sterling. Grand Canal.?A substitute for the original UU wm accepted in assembly on Friday* refer ring to a select committee, who reported it witk amendments, apdlfpiused in committee of the whole. Tho commissioner* sftned in the bill, ar?j Do. Wi't.Clinton, Steplteo Van Rensselaer, Townseud M'Comb, Melunctou Wheeler, Hen ry Seymour^Jsaeph Kill cot,Jacob R. Van Rens Malaer. Philip I. Schuyler, Samuel Young, John I Nicholas, William Bayard, tieorge lluntiugton and Nathan Smith. Tho operations of the com - missioned are to bo first applied to the route be tween Rome and the Beneca river, and tliat be ? tweenlhe Hudson and Lake Champlain. Th? expenditures are limited to & 250,(XX) per an taiun. or t?fl> millions in the aggregate for 8 years, at which time their powers are to expire. They ate authorised to borrow this amount. One hun dred thousand dollars of the proceeds of the du ties arising from sales at auction, and the duty on salt manufactured in the western district, are pledged for the payment of the interest and tha final redemption of the principal. The commis sions* are directed to aliens 8850,000 upon Urn. lands lying on each side of the route uf suid ca nals, and within 25 mites of the same, toward* completing the work Albany Jirgut. Oenerul Jackion.?Extract of a tetter to a gen tleman in Philadelphia, dated New-Orleans, 25tli March, 181G.?>14 Last Saturday eveninu; arrived here General Jackson. On hearing oT hia ap proach tlie citizen* crowded out totho Bay on St. John, to escort hiin in. Ilia movement, how ever, waa ao rapid, that it waa impossible to show him any particular honors on the road. You no doubt have aeen many likeueaaea of him, but you liave aeen none that can gi*e a correct idea of him. He haa more animation in Inn counte nance than it ia possible to give on canvaaa.? He ia a moat o\jcasant talker ; knows every bo dy, and has a moat retentive memory. On tho presentation of a number of the rifle corps, (those of the city, that distinguished themselves* so much on the night of the 23d of December, 1814, and the morning of the 8th of Jau. 1815) without hesitation he recognised every one ox them, and called thein by their namea. Hit lo vco haa been conatantly crowded since hi* val, and all the John Bulla here have been ptrtti- jj cularly anxioua to ace him. He aaid, in patting, through the Creek Nation, he heard of the rourr der of Col. Johnaon, by a party of Indiana* wltta circumatancea of marked cruelty. He imtne* diately assembled the chief* of the adjacent country, and told them if they did not pejUir up, within a certain time then mentioi}M,'the murdercra and plunder, &c. he would'iinuie? diately enter tlieir country aurin,awordinhami and put them all to death. He alio on the apot wrote to the Great Warrior, who ia head devil of the Nation,, to the tame effect t and added, he had the meant to do what he had threatened > and he might reat assured, if he did once mora enter their territory, he would make a general, clear out. Preparation! are making here to give the General a aplendid dinner in a few daya.?v He ha* come here purposely to fortify the coun-. try, and I believe, to make it hit residence." Philadelphia, April 25.?Joseph Bonaparte (ex-king of Spain) haa removed hit establish ment from the neighborhood of New-York, to Lanadown. on the llanka of the BcluiylkUl, and about 4 milea from Philadelphia. That largo and beautiful houae it fitting up for hit reception. CORRESPONDENTS. To Tristram Toolrywhaoo?>41 cry you mercy, sir,**?I really took you, like the mad doctor in the Budget of Blunders, to be aflict ed with the very disease you profess to have pre* scribed for. But since ft appears thatM you be de docteur, and not de patient,** my blander cau o:ily be sccountod for by your resemblance to Mynheer Scoonhaughver, in u not'.taring the best nack in the world of coming St the point lta?ent4Ptal inoro reason toruetho informone about.*" No one has lent decision to observe the1 up i inspiration of the mu ? the scribbling epidemic, than myself; for tdo net know with heiv many future Legis lators I have destroyed my interest, by consign ing, unnoticed, their political essays, to the pro (er element i or with how many pretty misses *vo ruined my fortune* by ungalfsntly reject ing their love-lorn ditties. But wefe I assured of the efficacy of the remedies you prescribe, I should have one objection to administering them ?the doses are so latg* I fear they would ne ver pu '' B 'io the Correspondent who, rather impertin ently enquires, why Iu so cautiously avoid tho discussion of politicks,** 1 shall merely recom mend * perusal of our prospectus, and as he seems tone familiar with the Latin classics quote in reply a line from one of them? <? Won est nobis tuntss componere lite*." Amanda has, to-be-sure, been sadly treated by her lover J but I see no reason why myself or the publie should be made the confidant of her griefs. (] JUST RKCR1VM) AT THE BOOK-STOHE, Butler*? Analogy, l,ocke?a P.**ay, Boonomla, American I>isDcn*.\tlon, G'ltisen of the World, Anater Pair, John DecMtro And hi* brother Bit, Tlutckcr'n DiipcJinntory, Wealth of Nation*, ?lenry'a f liemiatry, Medical Dictionary, Cavallo'a Philotopfiy, Journal of a Voyage up the ftii*touri River,by H. if. ' Bracken ridge, F.velina, Cullcn'a Practice, Varietiea of Lite. Element* of Mcdielne, Knickerbocker, ledger* and PAT BOOKS. (medium ?i*e.) hc.hr. MORGAN fc Gl/lRKY. Columbia, May 6. ? HISTORICAL HKOISTKU." TUB Subscriber* to the "llirroaiCAt Raoiirraa." are informed that the 4th Volume hai arrived, and may on application to MORGAN h GUIMKY NOTICE. AN Election ft*Oftkerain tho Soctrrr or Cor-vMiiM," will be held te^morroy Btreningat. hall" p?*t *even o'clock, at their u?uul place of meeting. 'I11 Member* are requested tube punctual lit their attendanc o wyuitsx, , nr<? #*sn?