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, Among the Bengalese, cunning is said to be a quality in high estimation, •"and fraud anu theft the natural conse quences of it. As proof ot the truth of tlie remark, the billowing Storj is told : " An eld Soonar (a goldsmi h) on his death-bed called for his three sons, and having given them a great deal of good advice with regard to conduct in hie, he asked the youngest how many anas | (sixteenth ot the ciiinrr.on R okt coin) h c 1 could venture to sba to himsell_ . I in life. He then asked the second the same question-the second son said, he thought he could venture to take a thud, without being discovered. And the third son seeing the father was not contented with this, alleged that he could steal one half. On hearing this the old man said, none oi you are my sons; when 1 was of your age I could venture to ta ewit - „ uM ÏÏ 'J? the followinT S story ..then told them the ^ cenldn Raiah as « mJ JUhe oollfsmiths m i he neißh. borhood, and told them he wished to) make an image of Krishna, but as Soo narswere not to be trusted, and the un age was to be of pure gold, the «nan who made it must previously agree to c ^ rt *j"i conditions. 1 hese were, that he s iouM. every day be locked up in a small room wiib i»e image ; that t us room oitmi c be well guarded, ant i îat w le m l et jniirmng and it e 1 ' T li ln Ul nmnt r tha verv l e old goldsmiths, knowing tnat very l ® be made m sue i a ' a?e ai '° dreadmg the anger oi the Rajah, remain ed silent. On which 1 stepped forth, and said. Oh, mighty rnice. these men only study their own worldly advantage, ami as your wisdom has laid a plan by THE GAZETTE. From the eV. T. JMity Advertiser. son in an ana W.'.S io ami as your wisdom has laid a plan by whicli it is impossible for them to steal, which tlmy will not agree to your conditions. 0 f But 1 expect a place m Heaven ior this goidy work and will rely on your bounty jj c j for any further reward. I an, ready. The king was more pleased, and having ordered the treasurer to weigh out the Dop gold, he had me Sinpt naked, and set to work m a room guaided both outside , n and inside, t-very m,ht l was released f „ al er being searched ; and every night in and m> own house m a private place, I con- s - t„ ued making a brazen image, exactly »■mtlar to the othe'-, not a sere w or a nun n il chd i put in the one, that did not pul us teliuw m the other; and having the finished both, l filled up my brazen im been age with lead and gilded it over with g«,'. ; . W hen the golden image was rea- be dj- the Kajah came to see it. *.a prostrated myself betöre Imn, and said. repll Oh, great Prince . 1 am a very pom man, bu( 1 have suffered every disgrace that 1 ll!en 1 i'h as- "ou ; now grant my prayei, ser rry the image to , cd v ° 119 c nsccra ' to ists of of ti of no. a*'d '•! ; but order i should sur Tie day arm . . «ah the i na, i to ul, ami entering the holy se..in midlist the aeckmiiiitons id i!t muliuudc, I immersed tlie golden image and at the same time, my whole body in the water, and taking up the brazen « hieb l had previously placed there, prtsmiled it to the Rajah and, bowing at bis feet, asked for my reward. Tl.e Rajah was highly pleased, and re w.-1ded me liberally. At night I remov ed the gold at leisure." Cvt, the l 1 ' 1 *>J I ma From the Dedham Gazette. One extreme generally follows ano ther. The navy was formerly oppos ed bv the democrats, uuiii •> it fought itself into la or" during the laic war; and every tiling, whether plausible or s< omious, was arrayed against *• the In-a-t. with a. great hclly''—as Mr, Jcffcj'son's friend Callender called it. T he ridicule of the Chronicle, at tin time the Constitution was launched, fleeted hj all who were then oh! enumjt to read a newspaper. The tune isaow changed. Instead of endangering the liberties of the rial ion, the navy is represented hy the same party as the only security ni'oui rights, or of our respectability. The N liumil l.ileiiigent er insists that it ought to hr made tiie most powerful in the world. I is r It is rather difficult to discern the lietielim the III led States would de rive from such a monstrous marine force as would •' ■ able to overpower that of Great Britain—nr »hut uve could he imide of it. Our trade sure ly is not, m present so vastly exten sive as to require more than a thou sand si ips ol war to protect it—nor does the present stale of tin* world in dicate that such protection will be come necessary, or that American commerce will very soon lie much li.niier extended. We should there tere consider such an overgrown ma is the Intelligencer re eo-iitoemis, a useless burden. No early and con-iatit friend ol our navv ver w s so cxtr..vngurit, as those who l ave re.-enllv seen its effivts and liern ,»o v ioeni of its ni il ii v ...ml importanee. fire nt line • onV. its to •*w any opitnous air •one to twuuvugaiu.e^ From the Ttoston'fJttlhj Advertiser. Tlie tallowing i. . H« =( , /5rS"!ïï.lS°!S^^^-Tîi•iïSSW here noticed ate hardly important enough tobe translated at length. Auxiliary ArtUV of Peril. ltu n, tin j,r,f ,o dated at the H Q. in Fr ^ „ iv£ .; an ' account of operi u,ons from Marc b h 2010 the date . The roya i istg j n j u = ui remB i Iie d closely besieged, p, )eiv lroops dare nqt set a foot beyond tbe j r entrenchments, their contmunica don ^ w jth the interior are so insecure (but 9tron g convoys are necessary. They | ()so „ten, arms, and beasts every day. 1 ()n (he 29th 0 f March there arrived at H . Q. H2 deserters, and prisoners, and f iarch f Jj where they plundered J,™*. Tmd ^'urdies, and to.? 80 men a()d horses By the guervillas 36 men have 1)een kUled and niore than 3U0 ani . ma | 3 taken p ar ,j eg under i, t . Colonel Torre) Commandants Gorritthand Cor re> and Majors Säravia, Ztrda, Maurin and oihers carry on hostilities with great - fi rmnessand success, and not a day SeS but the , y k "' some ' and bring in de * ier » r l and P nso ' , *' r5 -. , ., . ^"T: V ° 2 °' 13 dated A P nI . the to) ^ "onSsth | he royaliat Q cn , Serna, by a rapid and bo , d n ' oveme!U took «„»session of the k» of Salta. Ills army however has *j"i been constantly harassed by the parties under t |, e different partisan chiefs, and sustained constant losses. c Bulletin No. 21, dated May 1, gives an et account of the capture of the town öl 1 farija, by a party of the republican troops e Undtr ( '°' Madrid ' in which be ® 274 prisoners, 400 muskets and a con '° siderable quantity of munitions of war. A subsequent paper contains a des patch f rom Manual Belgrano, General of tl . e y^uxtliary army ot' Peru, dated at -pucuman, May 3, w ich states that the by enemy have not der i ved l!le advantage which they expected from the possession f Salta, that they have carried on hosti w j t j, jv rcat activity and fury, sacri c j n g tbe j r men) and that t |, ey j 00se by desertion> This dispatch is ac C0lIlpanied by a num ., er 0 f letters f rom Dop ^, iarl - in 0uemes Governor and Commamlant o{ the provinces of Salta, n onÈ ,,f these he estimates the enemy's „ rce w|lich entered Salta at 2ä00 „„ n, and t | lose rerna i n ing at Juini at 600, be s - |des 4 or 50(J e mp 1oy ecl in conveying bagRa fcc ._ He gives the details ol nun , erous trifling advantages gained by them, but it is apparent that on the whole, the ar iy of Peru had tor the last month been rather losing than gaining ground, /„ chili, tlie royalist power seems to be luSB f orm iCable. On the 4th of April, party of 6 or 700 royalists attacked the repll bli can advanced posts at Curapaligut, bu( WL .| t repulsed with the loss of 10 ll!en killed and 10 made prisoners and de ser t er3 —'J'he; republican loss was 4 kil , cd and 7 imdt . d . On the 22d of April, Brig Gen. Seignior Don BernadoO'Hig gins, bad left Col. Don Hilarion de la Quintana in command of St. Jago, and proceeded as far as l alea, with suo men to dr ve out the remainder of the royal ists from the province of Conception, April 14. San Martin, Captain General of the army ol the Andes, oho was then at Buenos Ayres, addressed to the Supreme Director of State, u letter giving a par ticular notice of the officers who distin guished themselves in the great battle of Churabuco, on the lith of February. April 15. An order was issued by Pueyrredon, (he Supreme Director of State, confer ring certain honors on San Martin, "to whose indefatigable sea! and military skill the country owes the greater part of the glory of that day," officers and men of the army. Tlie Gazette of April 26, contains a list of about eighty distinguished citizens a and on the list of about eighty distinguished citizens of Chili who had been confined us prison ti - at the Island of Juan Fernandez, but who m consequence of the late successes of the republicans had been released and restorcu to their friends o .1 ondon, June 3. The R «val George. Or, Wednesday, the weather being uvorahle, Mr. Fisher went down in lie diving hell, vviiii two men, at the I une of slack water, at Spit head, to examine the wreck of the Royal ■eorge ; and at the depth of about 8 fathoms, they made fast a chain to -.. arl ol the wreck, mill set. up a note "or the bell, in n small wooden buoy, with directions for a six inch rope to he lowered lo them, which they hook ed to the chain, for the purpose of this part of tlie wreck being after wards hove up from the vessel above. They then continued their survey, and were moved about in different direc tions, by signals given by a certain number of blows with a hammer o the inside of the bell, which are «lis tinetly heard and understood hy the attendants above. In lowering the hell down to the full extent of the leather hose, through which it supplied with air, about nine fathoms, a circumstance occurred who h was rather alarm ing to the spectators, a Uie hose gave way, and no more all* 1 ot:ld he supplied. But there vvas no anger in tins, us there is a valve io the hell, lo prevent the escape of tlie ■dr up the base, and the bell itsell wav contained suflicîcut air to last tiie men , »•w "'y» "<">• ■»r7"'p the operations above, immediately, vvitlf the greatest coolness, caused the w bell to be raised to the surface, wluuh '»punition 'vas performed m about , seveit minutes. The hose being made good, tlie lieil was lowered a second t time, when a Lieutenant ol the Queen Charlotte was admitted as one oi' the 0 party, and they brought, up a small | piece, of the wreek. The part of the wreck that was slung, being after W ards hove up.appeal's to be a cotisi- t „ a rl of one of the channels wit| , „haiu-plate, the woodwork «/.*' Iron - Work ,«*» eh 'Orroded. Mr. w ; nt »K«« n '» *>» M ' 011 Satm day, at the time of slack w.il . er, to the depth ot ten (»thorns, but jtbe tide soon turning, rendered it dif jficult to steer tlie bell so as to survey the wreek, it was consequently safely hove up again, after been down about pas-jiorly inimités. A gentleman belong * "'K t0 «« Hook-yard, who requested Mr. Fisher to let him a-compiu.y him «Jn'vn. reports, that he lelt qniteeom. ^l' 1 * * nA t«»«t U.ere w««j| ««^^ntlieLt ttj enable him to read. the sluaU print.—\\ bile below he wrote) has a ' vl "<h he sent up as it prooi i ofliis statement. - JV'flr- Orleans, July 13. an Lieut. T. S. Cunningham« com man öl der of the 11. S. schooner Firebrand, ar rived in town yesterday morning from Vera Crux, having brought with him from that place Wyat, charged with the murdei of Capt. Driscoll, of the schooner Fox. of at the The Firebrand shiled from the Balizc on the 2d ult. and arrived at Vera Cruz the 14th Saluted the Fort, having first ascertained that it would be returned of a of (I gun for gun, which was done. Received the prisoner, Wyat, on board, and sailed on the 20th. During Lieut. C's stay at Vera Cruz, he was treated with marked civility by the officers of the government and by the citizens. On the 2d July the Firebrand arrived off' Chenier Camunada—at day light saw a small sail standing off from the iand on seeing the Firebrand, she bore up and ran into Barralaria. Lieut. Cunningham, taking with him his gig and cutler with ten men, went in pursuit of her, at 2 P. M. came up with her nearly at tiie head of the Lake, and took possession of her —she had been only 2 hours al sta from Chenier Camenada, where she was fitted out. bhe had on hoarfl 18 men, was armed with one swivel, 25 muskets and 4 blunderbusses, and had every appear ance of being intended for a piratical cruise. At 8 o'clock while beating over the Barrataria bar, she upset. Princi pally through the exertions of Lieut. C (who was on board of her at the time) and the activity of his men, all the per sons on hoard of lier were saved, though ali tier stores and arms were lust. Next morning she was righted and towed into he Bay oi St. Louis. Evleaet of a tetter from an officer of the i'irel.rnml (lately from'Vera î'rnz J dated Utilize. July j. " Mr. William I). Robinson is closely confined in the castle at Vera Cruz, lie was taken at the head of a regiment of patrie i». at or near Xalapa. The viceroy has given positive orders to l-.ave him kept in close confinement. His situation is deplorable. He has been imprisoned upw ards of nine months, subsis ing or. a t , V,C, , Ua . ■ Dm " vX of linen. ' In thistrjdng'captivity' hê joes not suffer his fortitude to flap Every hour he expects to be thrown into the hold of some vessel, loaded with He is chains, and sent to old Spain He has numerous friends in Vera Cruz, arid throughout the province of Mexico, who are much concerned about bis late—but llit ir influence call avail nothing, believed to be so dangerous a character, of such great talents and vast influence o tr the patriots, that the least indulgence will not be granted him lest he should make his escape. lie has addressed a long memorial to the secretary of state, imploring the interposition of our go comment, being a citizen of tlie United States. u Vera Cruz is much agitated in con 5equtnce ol - Gtn . jMina \ eJtpedi „ which they fear is for that place. Every one l have heard converse about general Mina, speaks respectfully of his talents, It seems the pairiots no longer annoy the royalists between the city of Mexico an d Vera Cruz, a no io 6a. The last convoy, which arrived on the Uth June, consisting or 3000 mules, with six millions of bard money, vvas only guarded by fifty men. This looks like a want of force on the part of the patriots, the commerce, thrown the country tury hack, and rendered every foreign and dome .tic product exorbitantly dear. They have done more—they have broken the spirit of the people, and rendered them indifferent as to what government they may come under." t hey have ruined a cen Charles Louis Marie Bono, a Lieut. Colone 1 under Bonaparte and Member of the Legion of Honor, came passen ger in the Sachem, Vork. It is said that he is on his way to join the Patriots in South Arneri arrived at New iXremeniîous Rain Ê? Flood. New Brunswick, N. J. Aug. li. In the course of Monday night last had tlie " It Our *»*»»•■** *• . , m0#t tremendous rain, aecompaincd w | t |, the rising ol the waters, evei known to our oldest inhabitants, , lot on)y rained but it poured. strcef9 on Tuesday morning presented t |, e gloomy spectacle of a eontinued wst tcry expanse. In tlie lower part 0 p t | le town, or that part contiguous | 0 the river, none ol the pavement or side walks were observable, All were buried in that element. which, hut, lor t | le sure word of Holy Writ, we „hould have imagined was a second (ir „e, about to deluge the world. The happy to hnd, is yery small ; hut ol ' the effects ol the ram in the country alar less tavorahle spectacle presents, Time lias not permitted us to ex tend our information far, but we learn, that ill the adjoining township of His cutaway,a Saw Vît') belonging ts lVIr. Thompson Martin, baa been entire!' swept »wav by the bursting ofthedam, tS(U „ depriving the country for 7 or g „„les. round of the only mill of that kind that remained, The Grist Mill, also in Pise.ataway, belonging to the estate of Samuel Martin, dec. situated on the same i stream, below the saw mill, has been almost totally destroyed. This mill was not very valuable. The mills in this township (North Brunswick) belonging to Mp. D. Stut ar- phen have, we learn, received consi derablr damage. The dam gave way, and , wcp , ntf an apartment whiij. the contained W ool Machine— Tlie and also a small distillery on tlie bank below tlie nulla. Several mills on the same stream above, have we untler stai (I been mut ually injured. Besides tlie loss sustained in the destruction and injury of these mills, we have almost innumerable accounts of damage done in the carrying away of bridges of various sizes, bridge below Sntplren's mills, built with stone arches, am) particularly designed to guard against Wood, has we understand, been carried away— or at least the woollen part. The bridge on the Woinlbritlge turnpike road between Pisetitnway and Bon hatnpto-vn, over an otherwise almost)For impassable valley, is tot ally gone. In (I ed time would fail us to note aii the injury of this kind. In this neighborhood a good many tirids of oats had just been cut down —they wt re exposed to the rain, and w ill no doubt have received eomhler i M'e as jet Imve been able to colled ■ait few particulars as to the extent >f the damages sustained by the late oonn. The Hudson at this place, higher yesterday, limn has been known for the last (wenty years. The water in every part of Quay street, v,as llVC 10 s,x feet in depth, Boats came up several rods in most of "I Bic streets leading to the river, Sloop» were s<*en in the morning float ng upon 1 he dock. The cellars in the lower part of the town, mid even in nearly all of South Market street. a were completely filled with water, " ri » «vcr-Howed Market street hê fl"* 1 *. t " Vc,n J ond "* U »' Wat ' up,n >T 1 ;;- <- «elow ; and boats were J,n,n f|,c dtlferenl stores m N ,,a V-s ,p r«t, and the other streets and iam s south of Market-street, during the whole day; The damage sustained in the conn try, must have been immense. Upon able injury. Corn, too, on low ground has a good deal of it bic-n prostrated by tlie wind and waters. Tiie Htorrn. try, immense. Upon the intervales ot the Mohawk, the harvest had but just commenced. A considerable portion of the grass remained in the meadows. The probability is, that the most of the crops ot grain and grass upon the Halls between this city ami Home, must have been swept away. A large held of wheat, belonging to Mr. Spe ker. ot Cauglinawaga, just fit. to bar vest, we understood was carried away by the root. A waggon also, standing near the. turnpike, was carried of! by the flood. F rum Herkimer, and the German Matts, we have heard noth mg since the last rain. But; we learn tliaf on Monthly, from the rains which had previously lallen, the low lands ihi-re, «ere chiefly inundated, and ma ny bridges had yielded to the impelu osity ot the floods. Large quantities oi hay ami wheat in the sheaf, were observed floating down the Hudson yesterday. a very The water began to lall about i o dock P. M.— Alb. Guz. The German _ , , pronunciation of the English th.—Many Germans, it is well known by ail who are conversant with pronunciation, substitute tbc sound of d fm that of th. A gentle., roan from Leipzig being asked how old he was, replied « he wast dir/u (30) and when asked the age «This f "ife. lie answered «< she was airht kwo." (32) J Public Dinner to Mr. Adams,. New York, Atig. 12. Yesterday afternoon, pursuant to previous arrangements, about 200 of our most respet tal>(e citizens sat down to an elegant and sumptuous entertainment prepared by Messrs. Mariling and Uozzens, in honor of our distinguished fellow eiti/.en, why is aoout to assume one of else most important stations in the Government of bis native country. On this fest. . and joyous occasion, General M. tliew Clarkson presided, Assisted ! ; Frederick Jenkins. Peter Stagg, a Thomas Morris, Esqrs. aud Geueral Jacob Morton. The large room of Tammany lia 1 was fitted np in a maimer unusually brilliant. The pillars in the room were festooned with branches of the oak beautifully entwined with the star-spangled banner ; and the whole presented an olegunt spectacle of our national glory, in addition to the illustrious guest (lie company were honored by the presence of his excel lency Gov. Clinton, his honor the: Mayor, John Graham, Esq. of Virg. Mr. Coles, Mr. lirerUenridge, Miy Heed, and the Son of Mr. Adams, with many others. [ From the Tonst.* tcc select the fol lowing.] The Commissioners at Ghent, faithful representatives of the feelings of their country enlightened guar, dians of its honor and its rights. This toast was received with lively approbation by the company in cheers and songs—after which Mr. Adams proposed, <« 'Phe citizens of New York. May the prosperities of long and uurulflJ Peace reward the ardor and energy of tiieir palriotsm in the perils of War. National Character. Formed by the intelligence of the eitizen, and the independent, and Faithful conduct of the publie functionary. The union of the Stairs. The gol den chain which biuds together pub lic, security and individual happiness. Liberty. Ilegulated by the wisdom of t lie laws, and supported by the in telligence of the people, almost)For the District of Montreal, lor the and From the Montreal Herald, of Aug. 3. Agricultural Report July J 817. There lias been a Kivaf. similitude in the weather of this mouth to that, of the last, with tlie exception ot I be present being mueli warmer; the elici t of frequent rain succeeded by heat lias prod nord an appearance in the crop» that promises the most a i blindant harvest ever known in the annals of this District. 'The wheat is very strong, and changing color rapidly ; it only re (quires dry weather for two weeks to Ic.orniiietß its maturity; some very late rank graix was laid by tlio heavy rain it the close of the month, which may cause it to rust. It is to be regret The ted the Farmers pay so little attention to the ehoiee of seed wheat, some «lia appointment will he met with ill the most Vorth, from an injudicious choice of seed,although strongiujunetions were presented on that head in tlie spring the to avoid sowing spotted wheat. in Rye is nearly ripe, ft will yield well., Bariev is a heavy crop, it will lie. 'it to cut by the hilt of the ensuing u.Oth. '«* '"' ts ar <" sti,te ' mit M sonic parts thm. The field (Khs were fit to eat on the 20th—the crop will be abundant. Tlie failure of Buck Wheat the last two years has deprived the- farmer o'; the means to sow an extent of ground —but small patches are seen which look well-—they will soon he able to enlarge to their usual quantities, which were very great formerly. The advantage of this crop for bread stuft, and food for every kind of stock, has iong been held in high estimation by the Canadian farmers, The Indian Corn has met with the fate of the above crop, aud is in a like situation. The Horse Beans are very forward, and well podded, The Potatoes have a very fine ap ocarnuce—their culture is well on derstood on the Island, and perhaps is equal to Europe, in point, of excel Icnce. * The Turnips have been destroyed generally by the fly on new burnt laud, those on the old have met the saun fate, The Cabbages in field culture have suffered also very much by the Hy. Carrots, Beets, and Mangle \Vart zel look well. Hay making began on the 20th, the crop is very light in general compar ed with former years. Lucero sown this year was fit to cut when it bloomed in the middle of the month—thus two crops «an be obtained the year it is sowed. Tlie bops have tiie appearance of yielding an abundant erop. Summer Fallows are in au advanced -.late. is