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i*nt BtUonf, atii| you w ill find that Mudoo )wen, Prince of Wales, made two vovami America at the time before mentioned.* nee > the Sd vol. of tho Vovago# of the Knalish jn, by Richard Huglu'ya, Htudent of Christ rch, Oxford, |>. 1. Alio, 1'agett's Christian* ?pity. p. 47. Also, third and last vol*, of Turkish Spy, p. 202. Alto, Purcluws' Pil (e, vol. 8, b. 699. AI no, Broughton, who tat tho fuitn of Christ was preached in A ric# bv some of our first prelate*, who oreach* In Rritnin. Also, George Abbott* Low: A rch. hop, of Canterbury** History of the world, p. ??.Hi?57, who idforms us'that king Arthur some knowledge of America, ana that a ice <>f Wales first foand'it out. 8ee also tho Mi?h Cambria, written by David Powell and John Vrrtec knight, p. 325, translated into glinli by Humphrey Lloyd, gentleman, where >u will 'find the reasons which induced the li?re Madoc Ap Owen Ouyneth to travel.? e aUn Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the >rld i Sir Thomas Heroert's Travels into r*is, p. 355 j Mona Antigua, by Henry Row id*, p. 177. Also, the Arcneologia, by Ed .rd Lloyd. 41 The character and abilities of some these thorn are respectfully mtntiohed in Guthrie*' '.ography, p. 295." I content myself with a simple publication of ,i? letter, leaving reflections and remarks to the urioutt and the learned.?Ed. Evening Post. Turkish Bath, The followingin extracted from letter of a vouna gentleman of Philadelphia, ii officer on boardone of the U. 8. vessels, to id father i??'" While at Tbnis, I took a Turk th Bath, so much celebrated. The operation I nderwent, I will briefly describe?I was first tken into an apartment for the purpose of un* reusing. There I saw a number of Turks, vrapt up in rugs and blankets, lying on mats, rbo had just come out of the bath. Ah soon as had divested myself of my clothing, I was cd in to n room where the temperature of the lirwas about 100 deg. from thence into others till warmer until I was almost suffocated, when M as taken hold of by two Turka who set me [own on a marble slab and commenced scrubbing iiip. The cxcesaivo heat and steam, had by this {fleeted a profuse perspiration. The operation, assui c you, waa tremendously severe. After rubbing ine for about fifteen minutes. they laid ine down with the intention of disjointing or tiauling my lega and arms out of tneir places, and then hauling'them in again, as ia customary) |?ut against this procedure I exclaimed, when they desisted ? ana I thought I had paid dear e noiigh for my curiosity. I was then rimed of, Mtli water se hot that I thought it had taken off all the skin f andthen led to the dressing room when tliey wrapped me up in blankets, and laid tnc on a mat to prevent my catching cold.?After remaining in that state a short time, I took a dish of coffee as it the custom of baths, deter mined to go through the whole process except the diidocation of Joint*?^than dressed myself, and walked off, congratulating myself that I had not been more roughly hanaled. In these baths no water is used except to rinse thcr from steam, nse heat produ you off, they cleansing altoge And perspiration, whiehlne intei ces. In the room, is aamall grated window which admits light enough to discover (Meets in the bath, and ahr sufficient topreventsuflfocation. They are by no means pleasant, but I suppose ihev are the most effectual way in the world to cleanse the akin. Mahomet recommended pur lii ?Hon to his disciples and there are few Turks, that do not take a bath once a day at leant.? They go into the bath and remain until they are xo weak as to be scarcely able to walk | are then wrapped up as before described, take their coftoc and omoke their pipes with the greatest guui imaginable. In fine anything that produ ce* lassitude affords them pleasure.** Eaut nr toit Greenland,?'This is known to have been once a flourishing colon/1 but for the space ot three centuries pesft.no vestige of the country lias been found, though great search has been made for it The London Quarterly Re view ha? the following remark upon It fr?'" The ?toss of this colony is one of the most singular e venta in human history i their Iota it may be li terally railed, for, to use the words whieh Mont gomery has so well applied to a different occa sion, " Tlii" ?o1e mtmofial of their lot Remains i they were?and they are not." The last authentic accounts of their existence nre towards the close of the fourteenth century. The pestilence which, under the name of Black Death, devastated Kurope in the middle of that renturv, is supposed to have reach this re motest region of the north. In Iceland two pulatioi elv to fteighbnnrfl should have escape<fthe same dread ?test rojjt thirdn of the population were cut off by it) it is therefore scarcely to be imagined (hat their ful viftitution, especially as unlike other pesti lencles, the further north it proceeded, the more destructively it rajretUfcBut the room made by such ravage* would sflm hare been filled up, and their is reason to attribute the lot* of East Oreenland to a more permanent evil. During [the winter of 1348, the whole of the coast of Ice - hand wan froy.cn, so that a horseman mitfit have [ridden from cape to cape round the Island.? [ruch a circumstance never occurred before, Lsincc the country was discovered \ and it seems IfcrobnblS that In this winter the accumulation of Ur* t/eftah, which fiat Nocked up the coast oj Iknfd Of inland." J! Httond Hampton.?Williams, the fsmoun Enal Uh deserter, who for year* foqnd refuge with fteur Barbazan, in the isfo of iHfiilan,has, 7 orillng to account* from A Ugh, at length been rrcated. The prodigious strength end vlefent ntwcter of this men* has rendered hhto the rrAr of All the peasant* and servants In the intnn. M. Rarhaxan was the only person who lid control him. His terrible strength was ' iotilarly displayed when he was intoxicated, ling could resist his efforts. He then twle rsof Iron) as if they were frail twigs t with ,lth his fist he broke through partition* j no other hdp thi^^Au^erf| tors out tiic I urge it n&ito. In one of his fits he one day took up unrrvant by the middle of the body, mn with him to the distance of fifty pace*, and threw him over a wall twenty feetjuah, on the other side of which a small river flowed. Happi ly some trees broke the fall of the new Lycus. who got off with no other barm than a good fright. The prefect has, on the application of the mayor, ordered him to be conducted from bridgade to bridfade until he be lodged in Toulon.?Fari*jB*r. DOMIC8TIC ECONOMY. TO WOOL <1 ROWERS My business, for a few jrein past, has brought particularly within my observation, the greatin stability eithe sales'of sheep's woo' of American growth. ' The demand for the article and price which it has from time to time borne* have oeen equally irregular. I have frequently been led to enquire into the cause, and endeavor in my own mind to point out measures which might, at least in some degree, tend to remedy the evil. Permit, me, sir, to suggest to you some of my ideas upon this subject. Should they meet the approbation of the Massachusetts society for promoting agriculture, I doubt not but (hey will exert their influence In tendering them uac'ful to the public. Ine state in which the article has generally been offered in market, I conceive to be one of the most prominent causes of the irregularity in its sales. The greater part of oar fine wool lias, heretofore, been offered in its naturral unwash ed state, and of thd remainder, very little hits been tctll washed. In its natural state it is well known that the quantity of yolk and dirt varies essentially, according to the degree anil kind of of Merino blood, the method of keeping the sheep, fitc. It has usually been wound up in fleece, with the skin side out, which presents the best appearance, and too frequently with all the tag-loclcs and manure carefully enclosed. Among that which has been wnshed, too little attention has been paid to clearing it from tag locks and manure. In some instances, it is be lieved, deception has been practised, by mixing that of different grades, and marking it accora ing to the highest. In some instances it has been found to contain much sand, and vory fre quently barn litter, &c. Under these circum stances. it has been extremely difficult for the best judes to determine any way near the real value of the article in all its various states : it could not therefore be expected of our numerous manufacturers, in the infancy of their establish ments. They have seldom had the opportunity (to say nothing of its inconvenience) to open and examine all the fleeces of a lot before purchasing. The consequence hat been, that theyfave bought of the same grade, and at the same prices, at different times, that which haa varied in its toss on cleansing, from thirty-five to sixty per cent. Many haveoouglit n ative for half?half for three ?uarur? blood Merino, fltc. They have been to requently deceived in the article as to produce among them a general and strongprejudice in favor of that of foreign growth. They Know the value of BpenUh, and will purchaite it while they approach American an they would a lottery, un der the just impression that the chancel are a gainst them. And this sir, cannot be wondered at) they might as well purchtse corn without measuring* or cotton without weighing, as to pretend or determine the quantity of yolk and dirt in a lot of unwashed wool. As a remedy, for this, I should propose that an uniform method of preparing sheep for shear ing and packing up the wool for market, should be recommended to the woo! growers, under the sanction of the Massachusetts Agricultural So* ciety, through the medium of the public news* papers* This method, in order that it may be centrally adopted, should be too simple to be inconvenient ? it might be asfollbwi t Wash the sheep in at warm watar at can conveniently be had* (alwayt avoiding that whieh it talt or brack ish,) .as clettrat practicable) after which let them run in a clean pasture from aevtn to ten dayt, at circumstances will admit, for the iiur poteof renewing, in a similar degree the yolk 01 grease which it alike necessary to the preserva tion of the woe), and the farther cleansing it] when necessary. During the time of shearing, cautiously avoid barn I itter or other dirt. After carefully te para ting from the fleece all taglocks and manure, wind It up as tight as possible with the skijft'side inward. After whieh it would be well to put it into a clean dry apartment for a week or more, for tha purpose of drying, before SMngit for market. The most convenient may be made of tow cloth, of from 7-8 to wrtde, of 3 breadths eaeh, from 2 to 8 1*4 yards in length. Should this method go into general practice, it would, I conceive, by rendering it much lea* difficult to determine the value of American wool, be * great step towards putting it upon a fair competition with that imported, and cause a more regular demand. It would also be a suit* able oraer for the operation of stapling, a pre* requisite to a proper inspection. A second cause is, tne admission of foreign wool into the United States free of duty. This gives the manufacturer an advantage at the ex pense of the wool grower, which, in addition to other discouragements presented by the close of the war, has a tendency to rttard the progress of that interest, which, if properly fostered in its infancy, may probably in a few years not only furnish a sufficient aupplyof-woof to our maim facturers at as low awl perhaps lower prices than could be fairJy imported, but a surplus for asportation. As n remedy to this, it is expected bj sorpe, that Congress will lay a duty on the importation of the article. But as this is of very considers- { ble consequence to the ajprjkqltoral interest, would it not, sir, be *?ll for some of our most influential agriculturalists tb use their endeavors to procure from different states, petitions to Congress for this object, during their present session ) A third cause is the want of sufficient capital on the part of most of o?r Manufacturers, to en able them to purchaae wool on the short terms of Lcrcdit usually offered by th* growers. The goods are alow in turning. The liber&l terms on which imported woollen goods are usu ally sold, renders it uectssary that thoy should be equally liberal In their terms in order to ofc tain fair pijces. If the/ hold their goods for cash, they must either, aell very moderately, or lower than they can be afforded s their goods are not of that uniform character which will com mand fair pricea at forced aales. 11io*e, there foray who sell on liberal terms and make a rea sonable profit in their foulness* soon find a res pec'ablocanital swallowed up. and themselves reduced to the necessity of taxing advantage of liberal terms in their purcliaset, or selling their goods on such terms ss will give them little or no profit f their capitals, then "ore, are not suf ficient, though in moat cases resectable, to ena ble them to purchase wool with cash or on a short credit, without forcing the sifts of their floods st low prices i thus some have been under the necessity of discontinuing their business, while msny others sre doubtful to proceed fur ther?this particularly affects the sale of wool at the present time. - llie remedy to this lies but in a small decree within the power of the wool growers, and fur ther I shall not attempt to consider it. Many or them perhaps have not sufficiently considered how much the vale of the wool de l?ciidg upon the circumstances of the manufac turers, upon their abilitica and success, and the almost inseparable connexion between the two interest*. Having been in the habit of making Jjuick salea of tlie other productions of their arms, they have too confidently expected the same of their wool, have wondered why it would not command the cash at any time, at something near its value, without duly consider ing that the demand for it is limited to a particu lar class of purchasers, whose nbilitirs to pur chase are subject to continual variations,accord ing to their success in their business. They have not perhaps considered that Ame rican wool haB not yet become an article of mer chandise, that its price has not settled down to an export value, that when our manufacturers J can buy, they can sell, and not otherwise, unless i at very rcduccd prices. They have too generally offered their wool for cash or short r red it only) and manufacturers, under the necessity of purchasing, have too fre quently bought without a fair proapect of being able to bo punctual in their payments. They have, therefore, a just claim on the wool grow ers for liberal credit on their wool \ ana the ?;rowers of wool must, I conceive, conceive it or their common Interest to be as liberal as may be fairly within their- power and convenience! in their terms of sale to the manufactures. A fourth cause which constantly operates against the sale of wool, is the general prejudice which exists in the public mind against woollen goods of American manufacture. It cannot be denied, that during the infancy of our manufac turing establishments, many bad goods have been made, and that many have been grossly deceived in the purchase of them. This has produced a prejudice too well founded to be ea sily Removed, which at present very unjustly | operates equally against the tale of those uf the first quality. But ao rapid has been the progress of the im - provement in the manufacture ?iT many kinds of goods, that very considerable quantities are now made, which are but very little if any inferior in rcspect to throe of the Mine kind usually im ported. Should this course of improvement con tinue, that prejudice must in time thereby cease to exist $ tfut as its operation is particular ly. felt at the present time, every exertion should be made to counteract its tendency. Measures more immediate in their operation are called for. The manufacturer who offers the best goods as low, at least as they can be elsewhere found, calls for support. The wool grower should be the first to step forward in thin cause; it is for his interest, and perhaps his duty. fat him clothe himself and family in Ameri can cloth, of good fabric, and thus recommend the protection of his own soil) let all the wool powers thus dress themselves and families, and; it is believed the prejudice against American goods of every klna will soon be lost. To tnis end would it not be well fur some influential' man of interest to recommend it publicly, and at the same time j>oint out the places where the i best may be obtained of warranted quality. SKD1U ItAVDBN, Of SOITO*. PEACH TRREB. As the delicious fruit of this tree has become of late years very scarce in aome of the eastern States, by jneans of the peach tree detay ing and finally dying | and aa I nave for some years (in New Jersey and this State) been anxious to find out the icause | and having ascertained to my satisfaction that it was not owing to a worm in the root, as aome have Affirmed. 1 have exami ned the peach tree at almost all times in the J ear, and having found a re rtain insert on the rst growth or putting out of the leaves |n April* 1813, f was leu to enquire if this insect had been noticed before t and not belnft able to find any person that had ever seen the like, t conclu ded to wait tl?e return of anbther spring, to make further discoveries t and about the aame time this April last past, I found the same insect made its appearance again. I observed these in sects for some tim?, ito which they increased very fast I then cfclled on a friend in Cincin nati to make it public, and at the same time ex* hibitcd to him u sample of the abovo insect} but this being delayed, I have thought proper at ttrts late hour to make the following statement of mtri own observational especially aa I have, with much sorrow, perceived the peach t<pes in this state are becoming subject to decay* These insects appear as the first growth be gins to put out, in April. They increase till they become very numerous. They are very small at first, remain for the most part of the time on the under aide of the leaf, and cause it to twist and tarn a pale yellow color. In a short time they tern Co a small fly and disappear? there are none to be seen after the loth or 15th of May. They somewhat resemble the lice on cabbage or b*om com. I havf not observed that any thing}preys on them them except a ' ' A :ch eventually turns to a largo small motMy ^ nbling* a vellow jacket or hor~ fly somewhat rem ? is that the cgg? arc depo net. My coi\Wct?tv fjjL ?ad produced by tho sited in ?ebfu^n^i. wo iprfng of the year, warm rareei weeois ** ^ po|lon our peach Q"'/' ? ?ST!L.'mxf Ut?> men of I trees, and bring on tm? ,\ out somo rciuc leUurci would do wall to * | Ht.?Qhlo(hU*t1*' ABSTRACT OK I.ATK POIttilO*}'V7Km The Prince Regent of England, irt?.neral or* der*, hid reprimanded general n'rr SL Wilton and capt. Hutchinson in very severe terms Tor their interference to save M. Lavalette. Bread Itad risen in England, and the rise hat) occasi oned riot* in tome of the towns. MarsAaP Mar sena wat dangerously ill on the (fth of May.-? Ferdinand VII. protests against the occupation of Parma by the arch duches? Maria Louisa.? He is also dissatisfied with oar provisional pos session of a part of West Florida. A London paper of May 19, has the following i The Augsborgh Gazette says, that some very well-informed persons assert thst Lavalette has not quitted the continent, and that he was recently in that neighborhood. General Bertrana who is with Ronanjrf* <*? St. Helena, has been tried by a Council of war at Paris, and condemned to death. The courin of the General M. Delaselle, demanded a delay of three months to notify the process to the Geno- ' ral, but the Reporter opposed this demand, as serting, that it was notoriously impossible for the accused to appear before the tribunal. Le febre Desnoucttes, who is in America,- in about to be tried. Massena is not expected to live. Mr. Canning has arrived at Bordeaux from Lisbon, from whence letters were received on Saturday from him. The Grauicus frigate haa it is Miu, reached the latter port to convey Mr. Canning and suite home. Bread btuffs have advanced considerably.? This added to the stagnation of trade, and tho consequent want of employ among the manufac turing classes, had created considerable uneasi ness, and soma disposition to riot. The Ceylon, armed-en<4ute, captain A. P; Hamilton, arrived at Portsmouth' on Saturday nUrht from St. Helena. Don&parte remained sullen in consequence of sir G. Cochburn insist* ing upon his being accompanied in his rides by a British officer. A vessel which ^pived lately at Leghorn from the Levant) haa brought the most uistresCing news from 8mtrna. The inhabitants, harasseu by the continued ill-treatment of the Turkish a sent, made an attempt to ahake off the yoke of those tyrants\ but tney calculated upon assis tance which did not arrive, and the Turks havp again acquired the ascendancy. Several of the most distinguished inhabitants-have paid the for feit of their lives for thia attempted insurrection; others have been arrested, punished, and severe ly fined j some have escaped, arrived at Leg horn. " The following are the details in the minis terial circle*, concerning the conspiracy which has just been discovered at Paris ? there can bo little doubt of their authenticity t " Home or the agents of the military police forming part of the nocturnal patrofos had re marked an individual, apparently of the inferior ?class, returning to nis housein the Huo de la llarpe, at 4 o'clock in the morning; lie was traced at 9 o'clock in the evening, to an obscure hotel in the Hue de la Rochechouard, where he regularly passed the night. He was seized at the end of a fortnight, as well as all the persona assembled there. The greater part wore dis banded officers \ men already signalized by the police. Their examination led to further disco veries \ a press and several seditious proclama tions were seized, rather, I am informed, tend ing to subvert the present government than in favor of the usurpers or any othtr pretender.-? It is asserted that the spprehefplon of llenoit, Maret's Secretary in Swjtserlarid* and of the Chevalier St. Agnon, have thrown new and unexpected light on the subject. This in now believed to be subordinate ramiAcittinu of a deep laid plart which embraces in its action Fouche at Dresden, Carnot at Warsaw, Ktcelmans in the Netherlands and Soult'at Dusseldorf. Consi derable sums of money have been already necur ed, and as the affair will shortly be examined by a court of justice, the public anxiety wilt neon lw dissipated. The government appear* perfectly satistted with the measures already a doptoil and full of ctfpfldence in the activity |0f the police. ? ? ? . 44 M. M. Mnjon and Ctouet formerly oids-de camp to marshal Ney have been apprehended at Nistncx. The motives of tills mevfore have no connection with the affitir I have J'us& related.?. tt is believejlheef gentlemen are- feting und^* an entirely dnferejl(f?a(luence.^ ?? An onlfnaHce of j** kingtlatecl 9th May, run* thus :?44 On the repbrt that has been made to us, that a politic*! anilfecret society has exist, ed for the three last months at Amiens, without encountering any obstacle to it from the public authority?that <m'r Attorney General had even consented to become a member of it )?that the ! Prefect being informed of its enisteiU* f/6rrt origin, has not rendered on account of it tA our ministers, and haa tacitly anthori&ed it t?that Colonel Clouet of the Departmental l?e*ion,watt^ one of the beads and founders of thai society?' we have ordained, ami do ordata as follows : Bieur Morgan our Attorney General at tho roy^ al court of Amiens, ctttd JAtur Hegnier, Prefect, of !?a Somme are revoked. Sieur Clouet is re moved from active service." .... The day of the ftd and 5th of May, have been observed as festivals throughout all France in commemoration of tho king's return to his capi tal in 1814. r Madrid, March S.?Our differences wkh tho United Htetaifre *l>out Aiwumin^ a ?erious dm meter, in connequence of the reiuiAt of the A* tnericAn government, to rcntorc prnriilonelly thit pert of Florid* which it the nuUect or our demand. it will be recoltocted that j obtaining 1?oni*iana by hi* partiMns i Hjmolih ministry, row thn va?t pf i ftutMect or our hat^uAfwrte, r^jjgz