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iNTfif k. ? ^ T The dot^ts (aaya the Coinjjllor) which we HI ., it seems he is UMKDi dlafn By the letterlfi Bolivar h?l$ of hU olttcer*?-that afterholiad army, alter th^lr de?perate mnrea, Blr GnworMcGj f 00 troops, attacked am phant Moralee?andthat J tempted to rejoin hlf troft^, liii^d to receive Mnu TUe letter Morales had been desperately wounihyVahd compelled to retreatfto n^ Ca^lL The or rJ'7*l of Bolivar at IS];; Tliomatfs,' vjfas one bvi dencc of tho truth of..this statement, Extract of a letter to a respectable 'lionse in n'Bjien Inftsnt, . . Ifptmiiu ccs of fiiiiDe La Plain a free a|td ijidcpomlunt ({i.ivernineiit j which iyni jjccordin^lv? commu nicated officially- to our consul,on ther|9th* and goes by this, opportunity to our gotfsjiriftnftnt" .Vr.vfco.?\Ve, have a vairletv of vagueramprs tending to make us believe that tho patriot Cause makes good progress in Mexico. The war cmw. lied on Is a war n)' extermination, The pati-i* ct<, it is an id, havo lAtcty forwarded several sums of money i> procure materia? for war.? The (V\VA!ihUl>av? ?<riied al| thfWorts except Cani|>eachy againit foreign vcssela, 'and that would be shut a?\ftooti as troops could arrive there foe the purpose. Bui' HuaaS HuileSf the south aide of Vjijra Ot-t?^91? possessed by patriot*?it is said one eftlw best riurti the shore. The Mexican patriot fle?ft of 1H sail, wall manned*' have taken Puiita <JAda, in the bay of St. Bernard, Where thoy Wire about to organize a court for'the trial ofprir.e causes U Is alno expected tiiey have chpttjred Tamjplco, another port. It seems the opinion of some well informed men thM. the cities ef Mexico and Vera Cru/, will noon full before thd patriot^. There is a report that the Carthagonlan fleet has captured Pensaeofn. It is said also that.tho I people of Vera t?ruy. hfive' t eftised to receive the now viceroy of Mexico, who lately arrived there via HaVanna, nixl have made prisoner* of! him and his suite. We havo no news from ('a- j racas, except tlipt the royalists havo very coolly ahot and murdered all tac prisoners they took, UteofjBolivar'anrnvy. There arc varioua ru mora, that th'e people of Cuba arc ripe for revo lution. HOW important might this delightful and extensive island beoome under a liberal go vernmcnt. The donate ^saya tho uoj expressed yesterday, abpuT are this day Confirmed. ftsU ed with glory, It seems he is m FROM TIIP. MF.DlTRRRANKAN. The following ia.au extract of a letter from an Officer in the M*4itewam*an, received in Wash ington, dated "United State* ship Washington, Naples, July SO.^Wo'aHved at this city on the 14th, after a short and pleasant passage, thjrty-tbreo dajrafrom the Capes* ?topping ait days at Gibraltar, where we communioatedwith the Constellation, Java and l2rie?-The Dutch Squadron in now there,but afraldpf the Algerines, notwithstanding their force IsflKtiBWwtbthai commanded by Com. Decttar last summer.? Much attention was paid to our Minister fcrnl Commodore by tlic Governor of <*ibrattir. On our arrival at thin place we wore quarantined fur twenty one days, Including our paanadk from Gibraltar, so that we will not land Mr. V%kney for at least ten dayx." A letter from an officer of the American navy, written at Gibraltar, when on tlve eve of sailing fdr Algiers vie Naples, says '" From the move ment* of the Dutch and Kngiish, we may reason ably calculate, that Algiera will be knocked down by the last of September. (*enna, July CO.?Captain Paulo Piccinondi, commanding the. jmiot Pain to Anne, coming from the coast of Africa, hasgiven the following detail* <>f the situation of thoBarbaresque Pow ers.' The Hey of Algiert has made to return to the city fO(K) slaved to work at the fortifica tions. They have repaired all the sides that were feeble and in a olti state ') they have also erected two exterior bantions, forming a kind of intrenched camp upon tho two side* of the^ vity* in case of a descent. The Doy is at tho head of tbe workmen. A great numlicrof Vfs ' aela have been disarmed, and theircat>non em ployed jupon tho rampart*. We arc asittired that tMir .are .furnished with five hundred fire balls. The activity of the Dey is inorodib|e, and the Algerin* people shew the greatest .en th'isinmn. It is presumed they will be annted by tlie'trooptpf we King of Morocco, who linn indulged in some pleasantries upon I?ord Kx mouth'a conduct in the last expedition. An articli under the date of. Civita' Veqchla expresses un opinion that the Ainerics6 squad ron will not be contented with an uselofc' pro mcnadeof the Mediterranean, and ail article dated Ancomi, July STVatatee that the AAierlr ran* did nut seem inclined to wait for lord Kx mouth, but to commence the \?ar without him. It is added, ?* we can readily conceive the ad ventttrOui spirit of the Americana, and the ri valry which may induce them to strike the first blow ?-n this occasion \ their success would be more annoying to the EnglUh than to the Moors themselves.0 at. no mix no Arrived this forenoon the achooncr Gen oral Jackson* from J&cquemel, John Gildea. master who informs us that thd day previoua to hi* leaving, the *lst of August, new* wasbroi from Port-aii.Prlnce, that twelve deserter* arrived there bringing information that CI1 1 ptie was moving with all hit army and ra equipage towards that place, for the v*r?>te of commencing ait Immediate attack?that ne had already advanced as far is St. Mark* where liar Wo aro requested by l^r B. 8i. 5T ? of Abbeville, t? Htatc.tliat lie dccliiip^'bcinp; t*W * dandldato ui representative lil coumry banks of Pennsylvania j, whe'njt w?W a?reedtore*ume specie, payments *s eooii as the banksdf Ne\v-S%>rk, PhMadfclphiu aiid Bal timore, shall do tho same.. ' , . ^ A letter from' Atoclla-lsland, \o a gentleman in Charleston, dated .tlic 21st till* Htutc* that a yteWipf- smuggling them into this stafe faud ? v* ' ' ' ? 4*-. ;? ? c ' *" ??$ i ? The Commissioners for determining ot/r East ern Boundary, as regard* the inlands iu'tlie bays of Passaqjkaquaddy *m) Fundy, aiothe Hon. Thomas Barclay, on the part of tho British,.am tho ' Hon, John Holmes, on the part of the United Staffs. 11?e respective claims will be argued beforethe commissioners by .the Hon.' WfiraChipman, of St. Jolin, and J.T. Austin, ?ion. 11t is expected the discussion anu decision will tako place in BiMton, a short time,alter the islands have been viewed by the ^iniinioiioni. ?- k ? -* '? 1 rf;\? |L , L ?'i '? JiMlhff'* American Geography.?It is a cu riousfact that the most elaborate work ott the Ocoicntphy of the United States, is published at llainmirgh JntlioOcnmin tongue. Tlite seventh volume of this great performance, containing uvscripuon, priniw. in*oiu, aim ucui cated to William llentlcy, 'of Massachusetts, Samuel Miller, of New-Jer?oy, Samuel h Mit chill, of New-York, aud Itenry Qeorfce Tucker, of Virginia, by the very learned author, Christopher Daniel Ebeflng, professor of history in the college of Hamburgh. . v A very singular occurrence fs recorded in a New-Jersoy paper. A horse being fastened near a bee-hive. waftjsUackcd by a swarm, and not withstanding tliUuforts of surrounding specta tors, was literalJ^itunj; to death. An article uif&v tho Boston marine head states that one half of tho inhabitants of Point Petro, (Guadeloupe) had been swept oil" by a Plague, previous to (he 19th ult. Ravthqualfc.?A considerable ttWk of an earthquake wii recently felt by many persons in Newark* M. i. Tlio sheck Was ho sensible that the.windoWS in some houses were perceived to rattle, and persons in bed felt so much mo tion oh to be alarmed. Tlio noise which accom Ranied U ha* been represented ax similar tb a eavy carriage -passing the door on frozen ground* distinct however from the gradual sound which prec^'le# and terminates lU paaiaia,?r-lt was also noticed at ftloomfteld and Patterson, and in the 1 utter place more distinctly than in SMSfe:." "u 1 ' ;v"? V.v* . V , . --v "" / C a ' ? All the.Banks and Brokers In the pity-of York have commenced paying, in specio, all sums Undpr a dollar. 0,000 from Antwerp) 17/HJO from London?in, all 152,501 dollars. In otber ports largo itn portations have also taken place. m Exprdltion^U Is rumored that nn expedi tion is on foot, the object of which is to explore the north western coatt of this country: and that Several botanists, nataralifcts. and mineral* ogixtsarc to accompany it. We tear this rUfnni has no foundation, it in mtich to bo regrett^ that so littlo attention has been paid by govtortf* ment to these useful objects. It ift necesnary that our territorial limits should bo better defin ed, and that the various product ion h Of nature in those unexplored regions of our countn #hould lie described, and analysed and pre served. Buch an addition toourkfockof lenowl edge would l>e essentially beneficial, and add no little to tho, reputation of the country. We earnestly hope that government may au thoriHO an expedition similar to the ontflaM to l?e in contemplation, and that pefaona'pRperly qualified may bo employed to examine the am* mals,fUant?, and minerals they may discover. JWtillonal ItegitUr, ilbutratf.?About the year lflftifrf tho Alee* rinea wore ho intolent, tliat tliey openly defied *11 the power* of Europe except the Dutch. Iii 1816, they hold the Dutch in mora sovereign contempt thin any power! Such it the rerutu* tlon to %vl?ich fctatce ?re liable! v Rapidity of Mttlrmnts?ln the full of 1 Rlfl, tho town of Vevty, in ImJiftQA territory, wet laid out t in 18l4,U*a?atill ?/?*??*, in 1816 It contains 75 hftfidfoue dwelling howee, be* ? - *vi( ?'j, * i eiit.cs shops, &c, a brick court-liouae, juil, aftd school ?houses, 8 store*, $ ts&qericsf 31 mcchan BSaffigHSa week, and svpporU * neat VjttHtJ'pifcMper > iM&> 3&9te?t ?a*. say, With certainty?Mr. Low mica con m be spoken of, ?nd we .think it probable He bo the raah^JVbf. RegtilAr. pie of the Ibccio in^pa^o^jie .V?WII. , tW?S? and fcfct fort* of South r favoro/^e U. A New-York ^Ei r?otw il^ijao J^yo par lA Canada, In inscquenie hhccio i? arriving in t1t? U. 8. in nil ., . w?? uio h?\y ?pvcniming on tue neces sities of the citizens. depressing our merchants, AM jnJUrieg the little trade wo have, in Order to cqmpol the subscribers to tho United Stated l^ank to niako aatrtflcfl?, vrhlcli they, in fact, ought immediately to make. themselves. The necessity of calling a meeting at this time, to take into consideration the test mode of com pelting the banks to issue specie Is loudly talk ed of, and I.trust will soon take place.?-.V. Y. Courier. ? % Among the present publications at Paris of a popular and attractive kind is?The Tour of a Frenchman through^ England, in tho years 1810 and 181!., The writer, speaking of Scot land, says?u Even in Scetfand civilization makes a sensible progress, but there may still bo seen some fin*: women, very well dressed, with white muslin go^ns, gloves, and even a' Snratfol, holding then- shoes aira stockings in icir hands,aind walking bare-footed through the mire* They defend the custom as cleanly^ for it is absolutely, necessary to wash th'e feet} as healthful, for they are sure not to have wet covering to. the feetj and no one can deny that1 it Is economcal.'*J * Part of the town waa yesterday morning a mused though at the jeopardy of the limbs and lives of hundred! of women and children, by a bulfttloc hunt through soinp of the principal streets of the city. . This animal having made his escape from lilf keeper was pursued by a great number of dog*, and a targe collection of men and boys. Fortunately lie was foiled in his attempt to run through the market |>l*ce, or much mischief would have ensyied. Ho tra versed many of the streets before he was secu red | and we believe no hci i?u? injury was oc casioned by this novel exhibition.?JVM/. Pap. ArMnyilki.?Two entire brick, shaped and .burned |lke fotfijfron brick* were lately found in digging a cellar"at Wooster, four feet below the surface. of the e'arthj and Under the roots of a Urge tree of about two feet in diameter*-?? IFederHJltfiitd. 4 v" The Boston Hoconlor, in censuring the very common, but improper-custom, In our new-set tlements, ef naming new towns after some fa vorite character* or after some old established town, gives the following curious facta In looking over the list of post towns in the Uni ted States* we counted 7 Charlestons, 8 Huring ficlds, 0 Chester*, 9 Coluinbias, 11 Middle towns, 11 Salems and Id Washlnttons. In 0 hio they carry this fashion still further. In that! single state there are 7 towns by the nameof Sa lem, 8 by the name of Urecn, 9 Jeftersons, 9 Madison's, 10 Waynes, and 13 Uii'...ns t besides n multitude of less frequent repetitions. It is needless to comment upon the inconvenience and perplexity which arise from this ridiculous cus tom. We know of froquent instances in which letters and bundles, Intended for Charlcttown, (Mass.) have been sent to Charleston* (Si C.) 5ltd jtave net reached their owner till months af er they xVcre due, and until the contents had lost nearly all their interest. Such mistakes in the case of mercantile men, must be frequently attended with heavy losses. This ctmoni Is. therefore, a serious evil to the community. and sotne method ought to be devised by which its fature progress ipay be prevented. Those who have'the naming or new towns ought to remem ber, that the compliment they pay an old settle ment by adopting ite name, is a poor compensa tion for thtombarraament which they entail up* on its commercial and ether Correspondents/' * . > ? JWwOrlean*, Jlur. 10,?Joseph Vjdal, Rsq. of Concordia* opposite the city or Natchez* has picked and ginned cotton of this your'* growth. Captain Gale, or the steam boat New-Orleans, arrived veeterday morning, brought down one bale, SCO pounds of this cotton. It Is a superior auslity) 36 cents per pound has been offered for It. This is a very extraordinary produc. Hon of tho earth* nut a fow days more than four months from the time the soed is put! into the ground until the cotton is picked, gin* ned, hauled and in market. Unploe, Hect. 10.?-The facility of intercom, munication it* this country Is constantly increas ing. Tha mall stage now runs from this place to Cenanoagua In one day, and from thence to Albany in two daye, A short and pleasant pas MM carries a jveraon to Nevv-York in Jit lie overN more. 11ms a journey of ulmo?t 450 ?/Is perfonnwl In dwut frur day!t and t'ie trwtMt part of it through a country that wm ctirtp.atod^rtmbdtara paaaagtf w ?. ?ui of tttlting tho?e atupondou* Vo!jct4fiiDWr^ > ? ?" v .?.:?? Jlmtricnn inv*Ht<ou8.~~lt is with pleasure wo announce the progretta ot labor-w??iurit?achinea in the United State* j the attempt* which have been niiule to provent iho migration </improve ed machinery in the different dfcjurtmentp of the cbtton, woollen and other manufactories,, j have beqn unavailing; 4 these improvement*.have, | nevertliele**, round.their way hither, it the same tim? that American roniua lui> bceu i?t | work and overleaped the European' imnroye me n t *. Mr. OilbortBruiter, (??oW m I'lula phiaV wo bolldvfc) liaa built a machlne fojr I ning wool by water power, which exceed* thing of the kind known mKurooc, and is in complete operation at the woollen factor Ayilllam Young, Son & Co. on tlio, Bra'nH/fflWo ??it produce* yarn of a superior quality* from 30 to GO cut* it) the pound, of opinion that of thoir finest quality, thoy jfeau produce 100 cut* from the pound of w ool. At_ the sameplaco E. Hovy's, (an- American) ma chine, by yater power* shear* their nupertitio merino casimcre* equal to any tiling executed by hand. *t\*ar?, Anotlior artist la exerting . his faculties in constructing a loom to work by ma chinery*?Aurora. t Lord Byron.?This gentleman is made thn hero of a new novel, writton by a Lady Caroline Lamb! / MARRIED, Oh Wednesday evenin g Inst, by tho Rev. Dr. Moxry, Mr. Mfciuiit, J. UvDt.'Lni, printer, to Mis* Louis* Ma&u Hsxdmcx, both of this place. died, Oa the 9th nit. at Albany, (Jen. K. Van nr.jnwntir.ti. The general went early into tlie army during the War of Independence, and wm very much <l:?tinnuifhcd for. bin bravery and good conduct?conduct, which wcutcd Iniu tins esteem am! tospoct of his fellow officers, and parti cularly nf lite commander In ch;rt'. lie waainaevcral engagement*, durng winch lie inilbrinly discovered tho greatest coolness and courajrc. Jn July, 1777* he Wu* at tacked hy a largo body ut' the enemy, at Fort Ann, but with a very unequal force he rvkUtcd tlictn with gifa*. obstinacy and success, until ho learned that Ticonucio. ga hod been abandoned bytfur troops, when he brought his men oft* > Ort that occiaion he received a wound from a musket stmt, the eflocts of which he severely fek throughout the remainder of his lite. The; ball entered his th.gh, broke tho bone, n:i.sedhy, and lodged in tho upper Iwrt of the limb. Tuc wound caused hint a great deal ot pain And distrerj lor many years. Tin ball was nev er extracted until sinco his death, when it was taken out by Dr. Wm. Oar, after lutving been carried by tho deceased upwards of 39 years v nkwWjh~icati(>nm ar.erivf o this mr if m iboliMMl. "D-VEls OIIIT CIIAT?" We can strongly recommend JT twese volumes to our leaders a* a souroohot cnly'of irmcli amusement* but of that Information also tliry wilt not i Caddy derive from any orbs* ? lift fish Critic* Atay, 1815. "A* chtert* hlng disierU-.; tion on the cuarac^crisUo traits of tho French nation ?, " observations on tho present customs and opinionvof txH>p|c.,,?CWtf<u/HMewtJtwe, 18l5. 14 This pub Jon contains many pictures of Frcuchnature, which nro instructive fur their fidelity-, peculiarity, And locality Tlio travelled reader will peruse these volumes with fre quent gratification,''?vl/wi/Aty fiertltw." ? A TOUR THROUGH ITALY, exhibiting a vttw of Jta Scenery, It* Antiqultios, and ita Monument* i particu larly an tliey am objects ofctasafcid interest ami elucidi tlon i with *n Account of tho present stnto of ita Cities and Town*, and occasional Obsrirvatloni on tho recent Spoliations oftlie French. My tho Ret. John Cbetwodo Kmtace. In 3 lartfc vols, 8vo. with platea. Price 650 cents. inboarda- "This is one of tho best books of bra* i that has appeared since wo began our laborc vels that has appeared since wo began our labor* ."?Erf. licv. ,\V 42,p. 3TB. "^fr. Kustaco is endowed *rith all the natural and acquired glfu and advantages, which fitted him for intimately knowinr Italy and Italian*.";? J tout My ItexJew, J-eb. p. 114. "Hi* religious sentiments and political principles aro equally liberwl."? Quarttrtj/ Jttv/aw, .W. 19, p. Ira J. wHi* description tf local see. j hcry is unrivalled.**? Critlwl Ue\4?vr, Aftw, P 49. ** Ilia) clasiictd tasto displays lUelf with peculiar advantafl ami uncommon Mic'ity.*? Qu$r. Htv. A>. 19, p. 341. I J! ITERS ON KVULAND, comprising descriptU scene i, with remarks on the state of society, domett/ economy, habits of the people and condition of tlte mi facturing claaaea generally. By J. K. White. Ilow's Vindications oft li? lVot?stautKpii>cop.i1 Chi Term* of Commttnlon. , Tlio Invisible Monitor, or the Memoirs of the d'A ra Family. t\y Mrs. Sheppard. I Poetical Chronology of Ancient and English IIUl By It. Va#y. . / I /?rd Byron's Farewell to England, & other late pi Who f .re* best f , ' ^ ' Mair's Intrwluction. Oct. 8.1 MOtJjrr PROSPKCT8()CIKTY ACADKM] omon iiiktuii r. ANTED, atthe commencement of the ensuing yt a teacher, of re?pcctablc talenU and character I of approved c-xperlenco in teaching, to ati|?erintvnd t education of youth In this seminary i Mr<t -nnptiell, t present principal, having resigned. The Scltool hot is commodious, a-? I its Situation, as well as the vioinil refn^rkably lienlthy. The price ol' board in Hmj help borhood, will bo raised for the next year, (m con nuei)fe of the increased price of provisions) toeii dollars per mdnth. Arty |<er?oB desirous of Mi<*eedi Mr. Campbell In this institution, will please apply on or brfrfrothe 15th of November n?x?, by letter addmscd to the President of MmlhtlVoipcct Society, Owicrt IliH 1 Post Office, l/nton District. 4Wti m PUHMC JOUKNAti OF TUB U.HTATK8. TUB ?ubtcrihcr hrjring rviiiVjuUhcd h>* imention C printing the Public iotirnil, re*n*rtl"??lly inform* gentlemen who li?\? a^iWrJwd therein, tlut theamount of their several payment* in ndvanre will lm returned til them through the chanitflabv which tiny worq rceei Those who frivc eMbaciibcri in pegbn in H the editor for tht. nnd gentlotiK'n who enhteril Thoie who have eubaciiM fn pegfcn in Nortn^iaroln w<ll phase to call on the editor for their ?<tvanc4 Mf inher* olOongreM, nnd gentlemen who nlwcribn tlironyh thorn, w,li have titeir pavmcnta refunded attlj commencement of the approaching aewion, or cirlierJ opportunity ofliri of aee nr them. And th * ?uwrihera, wlm forward*! their paymenta fln?l ftaU p.yippnu returned tn tliem hy I thefow rfitt it* by mail, < d p.<yti)cnU returned to tliein by that foiW a me.?The editor tender* Mi a'.ttccro think* to a] them i *nd tag* leave to eipiett his regret that In rloua eireum?tnnee.? prevent liitn from Availing hiH of their eateemed patronage. A. LUCi Mlnm?OfB<<-,lWoi*fT, Sept Vs 1?M