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:ontinuanc6 of ,
in extract from the
tion of which onlw
ing instantly suppressed j
At, Marshal Son It wan proceeding alOftc
of tho public walks at Hatnlxiririi, an old II
merchant, who hid auHered bovcj*
Davoost, came boldly up to hiriatVaml Half
thy name Soult ? Has thou'brought back
un v of our bank money ?" Receiving uo answer
to hi* queries, he struek him it blow, and then
caned him most soundly. The Martial made
oil', and with difficulty readied his Hotel with
the mob at his heels. Post homes were ordered
directly, and he set off for his ulterior desti
nation.
LATKST. Ljtt
lioxton, May 7.?By Capt. Foster, from Liv
erpool, we have been favoured with the paper*
of that citv til April 4, ami London to April B.
J. David ton, Rsq. is appointed BritUh Consul
at N. Orleans. In a debate in the Coifrt of
Common Council, London, March 28. Mr#
Walthman and Mr. Dixon were ?bout to decide
a question hy physical strength which they
could not do by moral argument. A dispute
exist* between lite British antl Mahrattas. in the
Bast Indies, which it in feared will end in war.
The great expedition against flie Algerines waa
still preparing. The Wine Merchant* in Lon
don petitioned for a reduction of tho duty on
wines | but met a civil refusal. The late King
of Sweden is proceeding under a whitofUgto
visit tin- Holy Land. Measures arc taking in
nil tho European countries to prevent the intriv
duction of tho plngue. In Liverpool, Ralph Kin
der has been convicted of shipping on * *?ard tho
Latonafor America, divers article* iued in the
cotton and silk manufactures? ami seutenced to
forfeit 2001. and be imprisoned 12 months. In
Jan. lost, the French Consul at Tripoli was on
the point of obtaining tho release of some Geno
ese made prisoners under the white flag, but the
Consul of a foreign power prevented it. A pros
ecution is said to he ordered i*i V:anco against
the Duke of Gaeta and Count Mollin, for selling
tho rents of tho Hinking Fund under Bonaparte.
Mr. Didier is imprisoned at Paris. In tlie
claim of heirs by the two w ives of the Duke of
of Montcbello, the King's advocate has insinuat
ed adultery against the first wife. 72 Convents
have been "established in th? Duchy of Tuscany.
Tlie Portugccs Government refuses to nennit
tlie re ?establishment of the Jesuits in its domin
ions. The following are oxtracts from the last/
English papers.
A private lottcr from Paris says, how truly
wo know not, that a letter written by Bonaparte,
from St. Helena, has been intercepted At Paris.
Its contents, and the manner in which'it waa
Intercepted, arc not mentioned?nothing be
yond tlie circumstances of such a letter having
been intercepted. So great a stagnation in
trade, was never known in the city as at this mo
ment. One day last week, the arrival of only
' * at tho custom-house, a
In Its annals. Tho
f .Ott|pU? serviug in
France, have been severely afllictcd with tho
ophholmia, caught from occupying barracks, out
of which some rrench soldiers wero recently
inarched afllicted with this ftayptian disease;
moro than two hundred were thus rendered un
fit for duty at the same time. The Cotton mar
ket continues brisk, nnd if ouratock had been
considerable, very extensive sales would take
place. -.Orleans did. a 21.Jd.
Tlie Prince Regent is so perfectly restored to
health, as to Iks able to transact official business
with all the Cabinet Ministers, and will have a
public levee in the course of a few days.
Hear-Admiral Sir Pultney Malcolm is ap
pointed to succeed Sir Oeorge Cockburn, in the
command at St. lleleuat the Cape of Good Hope,
and the Mauritis. Sir Pultney arrived at Ports
mouth ofThursday morning, and hoisted his flag
in the Newcastle, 50, Captain Maynell. He.
will sail for the command in about ten days.
'Hie Russian and French commissioners will*go
out in tho Newcastle j and the Oroutus will
take Baron Stunner the Austrian commissioner.
The Kin^ of Prussia does not intend to send a
commissioner.
All letters arriving from the Roman States
ore cut and steered in vinegar, to prevent in
fection. His Holiness, on the Rth inst. created
twenty-two Cardinal* t on which occasion the
city of Roino wan entirely illuminated. It ap
pears, that OustavtM, the Rx-Kiug of Sweden,
nan renounced his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Me i>? now off Ancona, under miaranttne. The
Chamber of Peers have decided, that married
Piicrtt* may claim their pensions. The Apollo,
Laocomi niid Antinous, are placed in the Vati
can, at Rome.
It is saidthnt Prince Rlucher is, at present,
afllicted with a mental derangement. Geo.
Riband will shortly be tried by the first Coun
cil of War, for having corresponded with the
Island of P.IIm?so nay* an Kn^l'isli paper.' It is
reported, that change* are almbt to lie made in
the Prussian ami Austrian territories.
The frigate Oranicus has mailed for Lisbon,
with Mr. \\ard, our \mlKtft'ador. to supersede
Mr. Cnnninu, who is to ?ome home in her, and
who is to he president of the oflice of accounts,
and to have a seat in the Cabinet.
St, narlliolnmrtrn.?-'| he Governor of the
Island of St. Bartholomew has issued his pro
clamation bearing date the '20th of April last, or
daining that hereafter vessel, may lay ofl'aiid
on the haiboiir of St. Bartholomew from sou
rise to stiii-set : provided, that the captain of
the vessel immediately on hi* arrival on shore,
'epairn to the Fort Guslavii* III. and takes out
i permit from the, commanding officer t for
wliirli is to Ih> paid a fee of two dollais lor n
n ig, snd one dollar for a topssiil schooner or
opsail sloop, and six rials for a smaller vessol.
The fax formerly paid, under the name^of ton
?ago money, is reduced one half) and the foL
owing articles are permitted to be imported
t ee of duty > rum and molasses, pca?, beans,
lotatoes, onions, and all other ground provi
sos, or garden fruits i hut wheat, rye* and all
?titer kind<t of meal, porlr, hams, lard, butter,
cheese* timber, snarl, wu Is, posts, deuh, plank*,
staves, shooks, > sliingles, Iron and. wood boom,
tnd every kind or wpod, cowing from what
place, or in what bottom soever, arc to pay ohe
per cent of tlielr valt|e.-r-JV\ ?? paper. ,v .1
.> It appears by the krrival at Boston of thto skip
Alert from Canton, that the British have tliken
jbosscHsion of A#cention, uh one means 6f pic
venting thi?..ttocfye of Benanarte from 8t. Ivplc
iiaj the mtyi having been boarded off there liy
the flaccoon stoop or war.. ? ' > '
The marriage of Mad?<to Sjael with the Duke
of Ijlro^U^, wu to be- ecleyrated at I'isa on tho
LITERARY.
MAJOR LATOUll'8 MEMOIR.
We have perused with uncommon pleasure
the Historical Memoir of the war -in West Flo
rida, and Louisiana, just published here by Ma
jnr Latour. It comprehend* the detail ot events
which were, at the time, of the deepest interest
and which must attract the attention of Ameri
cans in all after q#CH- Jackson's lines on the
left bank of tho river Mississippi were, in fact,
the Thermoputm of the Western tttates $ And
that commander and his (pliant associates, like
Lconidas and his band, fought with the ardour
inspired by liberty, and, more happily titan tkey
with unrivalled success*
Numerous considerations will contribute to
render this event illustrious in our annals. The
importance, of the town of New-Orleans ibtclf,
destined by nature to be the emporium of com
merce to the vast and fertile territories that em
brace the waters of the Mississippi, and its thou
sand tributary streams \ the design plainly ma
nifested by the invaders of making a permanent
conquest, there, atid thence extending their
movements upwards ? the difficulty if not im-|
practicability of regaining a position ho capable
of defence by a great military and naval power;
tho promised violation and plunder of a large
population by a licentious soldiery, in enne of
their success} a fact which has become exceed
ingly probable, and which, with thn author, the
world will continue to believe, as long as it re
mains uncontradicted by those who have it iu
their power to disprove it, if untrue : the spec
tacle of a conflict between veteran soldiers,
flushed with a aeries of bloody campaigns in
Franco and Spaiin, lejd by officers drilled to all
the tactic* of war* and partakers in the triumphs
of Wellington, and a body of freemen of various
district*, drawn mm*niy from their fire-aide*,
inferior iitaumbertf/Nfod unskilled in battle, re
lying upon the justiceof their cause, and the
native valor of their soul^v The progress of
such a conflict from the moment when tho signal
of alarm was sou nded to the last period of victo
through all' Ita chances* its
rs and its display (iif;Mroic
form an epoch, in otf?$)jjip
torv, highlyTnfevest'ng and instructive.
The events of this short campaign are treated
by Major Latour with ability and elegance
Though previously Acquainted with many o"
material fact*, we havn recurred to thom a
tn his work with pleasure, lie is overv wj
perspicuous and unaffected \ and his deta
the battles is intelligible to readers of e
class. lie has not cunflncd himself to a dry re
lation of occurrences ) hut has pourtrayed eve
ry where the mind that moved the mass, and
the sontiments and feelings of the moment, It
is with iusi honor and indignation that he de
picts tho atrricioii? conduct of the British in
their overtures to the Daratarian piraios, in
their flring on tho American soldiers, who af
ter the hat tie of the 8th, went to the assistance
of their wounded foes: and the accusation which
we have already Mentioned, of thek offering to
a ruffian soldiery the violation ofour females,
and the plunder of private property. Such
conduct will ever be stamped by the historian
with indelible marlf* of infamy* and he will be
criminally impartial who shall auppresa his con
demnation of it. Wo think Major Latour'x
Memoir is entitled to rank with those works that
deserve tho namo of history ; that it is an ac
quisation to our literature ) and will be placed
with those fow publications we possess in tliia
country, that combine the authentic rocord oi
event* with the talent of developing their causes
and consequences, and of adorning thom with
the charm of style. The drafts aiid plans ac
companying the history are very satisfactory in
in illustrating it. Wo regret that we cannot
applaud the engraving of General Jackson,
which fronts the volume. It is iu all respects
unworthy of tho work, and discreditable to tho
slate of that elegant art amongst us at tho pre
sent day.?Demo. Pre**.
AVrr'* Trnvfla.?'This interesting traveller has
returned, after an absence of JO or I'-Jvears.
from a toUr through the wilds of North ami M.
America, and has issued proposals for publish
ing by aubsr.ription hid entertaining observa
tion*. Mr. Ker having contracted aii intimac y
with tho language, manners and custom* of
oral tribe* hitherto undeicrihed, renders his
narrative highly interesting j and among oth
ers, ho ha# mane a full discovery of (hat part of
the globe, where in found an uncxhaustahle mine
of Platina, nupposel to lie worth millions of
pound* sterling yearly.?*/Vbr//i. paper.
!t in naid that Soutiiky is writing a poem on
the battle of Waterloo.?What a fertile sub
jert," (says tho Houtliern Patriot !) " He fore the
blood tlint died that fatal field has sunk into tli??
earth?port* have sprung up like mushrooms.?
Knglaml, however, moat nhtire her glory in this
business, with tho rest of Ku rone?but the A
merican Poet, who shall select (or the subject of
hi* lyric or hia epic muse?the battlo of JW?r
OrlraitS"? will find the glories of that immortal
dav?to he Columbia'* c/w/y."
The author of Waver I y, it is said, in compo
sing another Novel.
Italy, (says a Pari* paper.) has just enriched
her literature by a translation of .Shakespeare.
Tho country of Arioito has been the last nation
of Kurope to recojyo the translation of the
Kntglish Af/*thy\tfn. M'Xcotii has only made a
selection from the tragedies of hi* inoifel. The
tr?n?latlon is well spoken of.
^ * TUKHUW, MAY 31, 1816.
iqo The Committee* for building the 1'ich
byterian Church will be much obliged to the sub
scribers who Are in arrears, to pay thein up. that |
they may be enablfjcl to make a full report to the
meeting of the members and supporters of the
Chorch', which will soon take place.
lite Inst Analectic Maga/.ine contains a like
ness of Captain Hlakkly* oftho Wasp, said to'
be tolerably correct in the outlines, hut deficient
in expression. It is a singular circumstance,
that while the biography of all out- distinguished
naval commanders has been the theme of various
pens, the life of lilakely should never have been
written, although the materials arc abundant and
accessible, and the details would lie highly inter
esting. The following particolarft of the early
life of thin lamented officer, arc gathered from
an authentic source. Captain lilakely wasboi*
at Wilmington in North-Carolina, about the
year 1783, and received the first rudiments ol
his education at Fuyetteville. Here his parent*
died when he was not more tlian It) or 13 year*
years of age. Kdward Jones, Ksq. Solicitor
General of that state* a gentleman who has in ma<
ny instances distinguished himself by his sagaci
ty in discovering merit in youths " to fortune
and to fume unknown," and by his liberality in
fostering their genius and conducting their edu
cation, became the patron of young lilakely.?
Though it may illy comport with the delicacy ol
her feelings to be drawn from the retirement she
loves, to the. notice of a-world she is calculated
to adorn, I am constrained bv the occasion tc
add, thut to Mrs. J. the excellent ami accom
plished wife of the solicitor, who loved lilakeli
as her son, and whom he reverenced as a parent
he probably owed i.un ). of that noble and refill
cd cast of thought, for which lie was so emi
nently distinguished. After a course of instruc
tion under Mr. J*s. root, lie was placed at tin
University, then recently established at Chape
Hijll? where he acquired a large fund of scicnti
fie-knowledge. Without completing, or in
deed pursuing, the routine of study necessary t
entitle him to * degree, he quit College and en
4Kthenavy. lie equipped tlic Kntrrprist
^isciplineil the crew whirh-nchiitveH the vi<
y over the Iloxcr, and his own actions in th
Wfaft when he
j '? . m gtoppM the Avon'* rfMirw,
V - onrtlUlIM Oio lUmir.r.n,"
?form splendid trophies in the Temple T>f oi
Naval glory, Tho Congress have been legoh
just to the widow and child of this pride an
boast of his country ? but their munificent
would have bcei) more grateful to the feelings ?
the nation.
"\Vc <lccro no apology neccsaary for occupy
ing ho largo a portidnWthis number in the nil*
mirablo defence by the Roitor of the Naval
Chronicle* against the attempt* of our late ene
my to pluck from tho brow of our Naval'HerocB
the well-earned laurel* with which they arc en
circlcd. As patriots, 'tin true, we would be eon
tent, as philanthropists we would prefer, to re*
gard the British nation, like all others,4* as ene
mies In war?in peace friends j** hut if they
are not willing to let the matter rest?if John
Hull will provoke u* to fight our battles o'er a
gain?why then* in spite of " British naval offi
cers0 or Quarterly reviewers, sny we,
"I.*yon, Macduff,
" Ami ?l?dbc lie that fit iitcr'.ct hold, cnnugli !'?
?As tho little despised fir-built may f of the U,
States when put to the test, astonished both
friend* nnd foes by it* performance*?*0 may
it |>erhapft he found Unit American genius, when
arnuted, enn justify with the pen, what Ameri*
can valor ha-s accomplished by the sword,
Falte Patent*.*?One of the proprietors of tho
Hrandywino Mills, iti conxc<|uenco of having
been swindled out of a considerable* ?uin by tho
patentee of tho " Winged Gudgeon*" has in a
lato Delaware (Jn/ette published a caution on
the subjert. Annexed is a letter of Dr. Thorn
ton, supeiintrndant of tho patent office, who
mv.1 the iti volition of Winged Owtge.on* in o|
dertliHuthe patenter 1 that he ismied the patent
because the law nllowed the exorcise of no dis
cretion on the subject. I notice thin the left* to
yunril tho citizens of Houtli-Carolina against
this particular imposition (for not many are pro
bably interested in the question) than to nhow
the caution necessary to be employ^ in pur
chasing patent right* before the originality of
the invuntion in ascertained, although <thn au
thority of the patent may be imposing and the
paper* manifest an exemption from fraud. The
right of lining certain Window Springs Hrick
Making Machines and sundry other old in veil.
(ioiiH under new patent*, arc Helling at the pre
sent timo to gullti kil gudgeon*" without wings,
?if it l?e not too irreveront to apply these term*
o an*u?p*cting honeMy.
&... . / ' ?; '?
? The Regents of (he University of Nevv?York
lm\-Q presented a memorial to the Legislature re*
'|uos|iu^ til at onfj one Medical School may be
uutborifced in Clio atjite.'" At present there- aro
thfee in the city of fcow-York (one of which pro
fesses to be an appomtago of Queen's College in
New-Jersey, where degrees are conferred a la
mode H* Aberdeen) and one in tlto interior of the
state. *?Itis said that New-York possesses a con
stellation of ipedical talent unequalled in any
other part of die Union, and that when united
in the support of one school, it is <belioved that
school wiJ! be unrivalled in excellence.
Constitutional Court.?The following gentle
men were admitted to practice in t!io Courts of
Law in thin Slate, oti the 10th inst.:?John Lin
gard Hunter, John Neufville, Peter Timothy,
Kdward Kdwards, William Edward Daily, Ar
thur O'ilura.
Mr. J. W. Ten Cate ha* l?eon presented by
tho Secretary of State to tlio President a*
Charge des Affairs of tlio King of the United
Netherlands.
The lion. John Gaillard, Representative of
this State, and 1'rcsidout protempors of the Se
nate, arrived in town this morning? tul we ar>
hnppy to learn in a good state of health, altho*
his public duties thin session, have be<Mi of the
most arduous nature. It truly gratifying, to
our feelings, to observe the' high standing and
leading influenc! of all the representatives from
South I'arolina?and it is no less pleasing to
reflect, that to their effort)! and active industry*
most of the important measures adopted thlft
session owe their origin and support.?-S. Pat.
Horrid jirrmeditnte.il murder and ttuicidcs?
About the middle of March Inst, the wife of Doc
tor Abel Watkins of Middlebury in New-York, <
died oh was supposed, of a fever; in conseqencft
of which he prevailed upon Mr. Kit Perry, an in*
timate friend of his, to move with his family to
his house to tuke care of Ida children. Oil Dm
evening of the 29th of March, Mr. Perry wa*
taken very sick with the cholera morbus, a<?
Watkins called it?on the 31st lie gave hint up,
and Dr. Sheldon of Warsaw was sent for, wh??
attended him through the day and until 9 o'clock
in the evening, at wnicti time his puking had aba
ted and every symptom appeared favorable.-?
Dr. Watkins attended hiin the remainder of thu
night, nml on Monday Perrv died. Suspicion
imineilintely arose that Watkins had poisoned
his wife and Mr. Perry for the sake of Perry'o
wife $ the suspicion arose from their symptoti*
being similar, and some other trivial circumstan
ces, it at length became a topic of public con
versation, and Watkins was ndviscd to have tlio
bodies of the deceased taken up and examined
hv a jury of physicians to satisfy the neople and
clear his o\\ n character. Accordingly on Fri
day the 3th April, >nst. the people assembled/*1
together with lour teen physicians, ami the body
of Mr. Perry Nvaa taken up and examined, and
there was found in his stomach some mineral
substance which by its having greatly corroded
the stomach gave the physicians great reason to
believe it was arsenic. After many chemical
experiments it was ascertained almost to a cer
tainty that it was arsonic. Watkins had.
viously acknowledged ho purchased arsenic of
Dr. Sheldon for a certain man, but could Hot
tell his name, nor where he lived, but the nthn
difl not call for it and he gave it to his neighbor's
dog, (which is yet alive.)?WatkinsJfJw inform
cu <>I uio report 01 mo pnysictafWtfpl Saturday
morningbefore day, and shortly after was mis
sing, the alarm was given j Hi day light, lie wo a
round about 15 rtMOTrptft jlis bonne suspended
by tho neck to a Mppllnn about two ineluM
IthrouflmmAteg** part or his l>ody and hishamh
e ground and on examination lie wa <
lie dead. The physicians then proceed -
cd to examine the body of Mrs. Watkmx, and
reported death occasioned by mineral and vege
table poison. On Sunday tin* 7th inst. a jury of
inquest was summoned to nil on the body of
Wntkins who shortly returned with a verdict oi
suicide. Mrs. Perry was then apprehended on
suspicion of being accessory to the mnrdein
committed, aad on Monday the 8th inst. a court
oflmptiry was callcd and Mrs. Ferry honotablv*
acquitted to the ueneral satisfaction of the pen
le who attendee! her examination. Mrs. Wat
was in antate of pregnancy during her sick -
and was delivered of a still born child
ly previous to her death. Wat kins and
Perry moved together into this country from
Hinsdale, Mass. In June last, and since their ar
rival here, they have lost two children out of
each family, and it is expected some of them fell
victims by the wicked hand of Watkins.
Ontario Uepository.
The British Packet Express, arrived at Xew
York on the 2d inst. ; an tied from Falmouth on
the 18th of March, and has brought out Col.
Fulton, who is bearer of despatches from th?
llritish government to our Secretary of Stute.
msmmmmmmmrnm ?mim.wjmiim mm1* mbi wm?mug*
" yW- MAIMIKD,
In the village of Newberrv, on theOth in?t. TV. Jams*
Elicit to Miss HrWa II. Wcrry, both of that plucc.
niKD,
At Athene, Vew?Ypfk, Mtiblcnlv, the lion, Samuel
Ik-itier, of ?h? Bute of Hgjtdwgiii.
BEHesweses*B9ee6f*em?eK8*w?siBme!R?HHBft
TAIhOIUNG 1M'SINKS*.
4) AMURI.THAAmVP.IJ. It IMIBrtRT K. ttt'HSRI.r.
havu thm dr?y entered into eonnexioti umtertlio firm
U" "TlitlADWDLV. fc fttJHHRI.1V' .n tlK-Hlir.p former
ly oecuped by Howell ?n.l Mar*li?ll Tliry have cm
liloved th? workmen. ami intend raming i,n tln>
I'Att.OllINO HURIMKH8 in all it? vorinut ltrmtfliMi
iivl ji tne beat style of taxhionaml wnrkmioidiip. Tl?y
ctiirn thank* to a generou* public for tlieir f<>rmer?p:t
mmiige, and hope ?iy their aavtriuitv to merit a eontinu*
?nre of their Civiir*. Tliity will alw^Va bo found punr.
iital in the delivery of the work At the time stipulated
(;_'/? 'flic Hliop occupied liy R, Tre.vlwcll *r,U 1* rent
? I for h irrmoi' vine or more\car?.
*?1 3* Columbia, May 6, tttlrt.
4 N Apprentice to the Windnor Chair M.k tip flnsine?t
/V?A l?ffl from the country would bepreftvicd.
\pp1y to JOHN LOVn, "