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pital 1er* ry to , ces ly published at «. York. The mountains begin to rise, and produce more interesting scenery. 'The country in view having before „ Iv on invariably flat. About 9 o'clock we came in sight of the heights of atl Ahraham, on the left, and those of , ta Point Levi, on the right| between g U which were fifteen or twenty sail of Merchantmen, and Ships of War, ri diug at anchor; the island of Orleans f ur appearing, in the back ground of this interesting picture. ((,„ We rapidly passed Wolfe's Cove. w and were, brought too, with admirable a dexterity, at a wharf of most ineon- ro> vcoient height ; for the tide rises, in s | this wild channel, from eighteen to ; n twenty-four feet. in Here, and for half a mile .round j the precipice, whkll consists of black slate, there is but just room for one narrow street. 'The rock is almost perpendicular, till near the top ; and | as you look up from the water to the stone wall, which caps the summit of e( the hill, with projecting bastions, you ,,f wonder what prevents the ponderous j, masses from coming down upon your t j head. of In this dismal ditch, where it first fi Became exposed to a strong battery, which has been since taken down, on t | the 31sl day of December, fell Gen. Montgomery, ami his Aid-de-camp, Sl-Pliersotl, at the very first fire from 9U the fort ; nod their disheartened fol lowers were easily made prisoners. after a hopeless eon flirt. Tie snow being then lour feet thick upu. the | )t ground. Yet I was loM, upon (lie spot, by a j Canadian Burgher of confidential ap pearanee. who said lie was in the f place at the time of the attack; that the town might have been taken, by | surprise, if General Arnold had push ed his opportunity, when lie first reach ed Point Levi ; instead of waiting lor llie Uommaoder in Chief, who was then coming dowu the St. Lawrence. P In (be mean limp the citizens had re t covered from the panic into which they had beep thrown, by so uncx pe -ted tin event. Sir Guy Carletoa g had thrown himself into the town, and the favorable moment for the attack was irretrievably lost.—The unfor tunate General was interred by the | British Commander, upon one of the bastions oi the citadel, with wbat are •tors of war. ( oemlicularly over the si.gniuerj fell, on the precipice, which is ; two hundred Icet Description of Uuebec. From Sansom's 1'our to Canada, late «.lie ancient Fort or Lewis, which name, Chateau of Ht. by ciun ltsy of England, it yet retains, is erected i lie Government House, the apartments ot which are occupied by the various oiHccs oft be civil und mi under the i litary departments, acting under the orders of the Governor General of British America ; the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia be ing in, !mlei! under bis command. Bui lus ci sidrnce is in a convenient build ing, on (lie opposite side of the square, The lower town, from which we have not jet regularly -ascended, is a disn.s-l congeries of the. most wretched buildings, rising, in darkness risible. amidst every kind ol tilth, between the rock and the river ; which is said to have washed the very base of tlw-- i.co montory. when Jacques Cartier first sailed by the craggy spot, 1 qu tied the narrow confines, with the alacri ty of a fugitive, escaping from the confinement of a prison ; by a long Sight of steps, ending in slope afin slope; down which trickles perpetu ally the superfluous moisture of the upper town ; the streets of which, in wet weather, are rinsed, over the heads of the luckless passenger, hy those projecting spouts which are so common in the antiquated towns of Germany. 1 he upper .own, at a height of one hundred and fifty feet, from which ii overlooks the lower ; and shows the shipping so perpendicularly below, that you think you could toss a bis cuit into mem, from the ramparts, is completely fortified with walls and gates, and all the other inconvenien ces of garrisoned towns; such as een linels on guard, at every avenue, &e. independently of the citadel, which, with its outworks, of considerable ex tent, occupies an elevation two hun dred feet higher. The Cathedral nnd the Seminary for the Clergy, together with tin-Je suits College, opposite, now converts! into a barrack for the use of the troops ; who make its om-e tranquil wall* resound twice a day with the animating sounds of Martial music— the bugle—the file—and the spirit stirring drum. These extensive es Ublishmenfs.all originally devoted to religion, together with the Hotel Do n, as it it called, after the name of a si milar hiitiiuliou in Farit, being a hos pital for the tick, and (lie single Sis 1er* who attend them ; the Monaste ry of the Recollects, now taken down, to make room for more useful edifi ces : and the Convent of the Ursuline Nuns, with other Religious Estab tistiuvcnts, and their courts and gar 0C( , U pi e d at least one half of the „ Pliutu ) f within the walls ; ieaving the Creels narrow, irregular, and invari atl |y U j, yn anl j t) ovv „ • a cireum , ta „,.,, which must render them sin g U | BP iy inconvenient iu frost and snovv> ' y IK .|, is the famous City of Quebec, f ur tp e acquisition of which General Wolfe willingly devoted his life, in ((,„ year 1753"; the only memento of w ( ( i t h circumstance, upon the spot, is a wow j en figure of the celebrated He ro> j„ m s p,. ou( ] skirted coat, ,wiih s | as j, lM | s | e eves, painted red, standing ; n a n i c | l0| a ( u, e corner of a street ; in the attitude of commanding the j ci .j s i vc action, which for ever sepa pate( j (j aim flu from the dominion ol p',.anee. U is called 8t. John Street, and it | ea) j s t„ t| ke (l a tet>f St. Louis, whence through l know not how many cover e( j wa y S , protected by a like number ,,f salient angles (I may very probably j, e j OCO rreet, in the terms of fortifiea t j 0T)j nevel . having made the science of destruction my particular study) it fi na ||y disgorges the weary Passenger, thwarted by recurring obstacles, upon t | ie 0 j, en a ,- ( . 0 |' t | lu adjacent common, \\ e are now U j mn t iie plains of \b ra |,aui ; yet the ascent continues 9U ifi,.iently to cover f he scene of ac non, from the fire of the batteries, Turning round when you arrive at the summit, and looking down the river, | )t .(ween the two steeples of the Gath „lie and Protestant Cathedrals, you j tltVP w j, a j j thought the most inter «-stinp- view of Quebec, because it ein f tra «*t*s in the same coup d'œil, the q i;i | objects in the vicinity. Over | un king the basin which is six miles wide, you behold the Island ff Orleans „tretefied out before you, t terini natl , s in uiulistinguishing ti. ze, whilst ,,n tlw left you have the north coast, P i s i U g gradually into distant moiin t „j nSi f r0 |„ which tho river Mniitmo tamey precipitating itself into the St. Lawrence, is all hut seen, through a g P0Ve of firs, and the view terminatrs abruptly in the perpendicular proinon t0P j „('(jape 'Tourment, which is two thousand feet high, mid therefore may | je distinctly seen at the disiuuce of ,|,i P iy miles. Oil the right you haw L | a . Pm .); S ,,f Point Levi, and behold ( Le shipping in the harbor, at an iui ( Le shipping harbor, at an be mense depth belew. Imagine the ef f,. P t ,ff this whole fairy seme, eon oi-cted as it is by the broad surfaces of k |ie River, which is seen again upon the edge of Uie horizon, winding round the stupendous Biuifuliuve mentioned, iu its course lowariLlhe sea. The lieh) of battle lies a mile fur therwest—•Tlieeomuionreiiiaiivsbnre, anil uncultivated ; and a little to the ieft of the rond (o .Montreal, you per c-eive a large stone, near which the it. General fell. It may he easily dis i iogiiisr.ed by the repeated efforts of intisli \ isitors to possess themselves if the minutest specimen of this mo initient of national prowess, to carry mine with them, as relics, on their It •eturn to England. t It. is a w hitish granite, of a finer gràin than usual. This interesting spot has been de Miiejl to History, not by an English Professor of the Fine Arts; hut by mr countryman West, who considers limsclf acting patriotically us a Bet lisli subject in celebrating any event, vi liirb is counted honorable in the Bei tish arms, that had occurred before Ibe Revolution» with h e-t ibhslicd the independence of his country. lich'VDclit.overiim' ol Quebec, M; le Montcalm'fd! likewise un the tield of battle, yet such ,s the mjus ee of mankind to those who seek- u , , ! if T-T, mouth, that the man, whodicdm the deleuee o as country, is never men 10 p . ' 1 1 <IU!i * . Un '* ,1< ' TU U TZT, Tlr u . ; . j*' s 1,1 . • P u e °. u .. Ska; by the meretricious trumpet ol to n, si From the Blinde Island American. Oct. 1+. We have been politely favored with the following interesting extract of a letter from an officer in the United States' army, dated Fort Niagara, Sept 27 :— " 1 made an excursion, not long since, in company with three other gentlemen, to a place called the De vil's Hole. It is a huge chasm iu tin b-inkofthe ri'. I-3 miles below the falls. The hciglilh of the bank at this place is estimated at nearly 300 leel from the surface of the river, ami >t is composed chiefiy of layers of limestone. In this bunk, a gap ex tending from the border of llie river bout 200 yards into the country, and •if various willlh. froin 20 to 600 yards appears dug out by human labor. Its walls or sides are cither perpendicular or shelving over, but in no places sloping—so that in looking over the brink, you would suppose a person at the ooltoiii could have liut smalUiopes of ever arriving upon the surface of the earth again. No oulet appears nut that of the river, and that offers only the last consolation to misery— death. But fear and astonishment deform objects. Alter the first im pressions have subsided, and the diz zinesa caused by looking down from such a heighth. has left the head stea dj, the view is of a different cbarac ter—At the upper extremity, towards the country; Uie perpeuditufar descent is not more than 10 or 50 feet, after which the angle of the slope of the river-side is about 15 degrees. Iu a field at the distance of 1 or 500 yards from this point, a small brook sud ; denly leaves its course and sinks into the earth, and is seen no more till il emerges iu foam and bubblej in the cet tn of the Devil's Hole, from whence it pursues a rough precipitous it channel into the Niagara. A deal o! horror was acted at the Devil's Hole, of which it w as a proper theatre, Tradition tells the story and aserihes to that the origion of its name. On a certain night during the last French war, as a party of Englishmen were it going from the head to the foot of the portage, with wagons loaded with merchandise and miller an escort of soldiers, aparty of Italians in alliance of with ErenChsprangfroni a ravine, just in rear of the-IJevil's Hole, where they had laid in ambush, and cut them off from retreat iu every direction hut into the Hole, The dreadful yell breaking upou the still gloom of midnight, and resounding through the dark cavern and the lorest, announ red their fate, and was alone sufficient to deprive them of all power of rt-sis tance. They surrendered therefore without a struggle, expecting the to uiahawk soon to put an end to their terrors and their existence. But no —they were mistaken, I he Savage seems here to have risen above liim self in horrors.—They conduct their victims to the edge iff a clifl" which hangs over the Devil's Hole, and with St. one sweep plunged them all into the a profound abyss. Men, beasts, and wagons, all fell together, and were Cashed to pieurs on the bottom, excep two ting one man who r* aped in a most extraordinary manner by lodging in of toe brnneli of a tree grow ing near the precipice, lie is said to be living now somewhere in this Slate. 1 here may iui- be some exaggeration In this story, ef- out I give Hie. facts as I received them. In evidence of the truth of the of story, they have pieces of iron belong mg to a waggon been found on the spotwbere they fell. Travellers who spotwbere they fell. Travellers who have visited the fall- ha e,hi-iettffor, looked into the Devil's dole and le tired, without indulging their curios ity further, but several of the inbab ilants in this vicinity had ventured down before lie undertook to explore it. We effected our descent without much buzzard, but not being prepared with tools and laborers to oi - for re mains, wo merely passed t hrough to the river, and returned. The view ol the river at this spot is really terrifie, It rolls and tumbles along with ineon t l ivable for-e, da*liing against its rugged banks and roaring like a liur rieun. In some places it jiih-s itself into huge Waves, which tumbles into loam and are succeedcil by others. Upon the whole,! think this scene, including the immense piles of rocks which bound it on every side, must lie one of the most stiulime that na inre affords, the falls only excepted. Large rusks of ice are fourni among the rocks along the rivulet, that runs through the Devils Hole, at .ill limes t ot the y ear. Ibe hanks of tins river lor the extent ol Vi .rules are om- (1 commua., on iff natural wonders of which the tails and the Devils Hole , ,re tl,e i u ,ni 'P a1 *" - A Gormandizer, Ofv SaUirilsy h muu» Iriiij» dist in* ^ ^ W« ai*l>e tile, died shortly after exhibiting his i(UWePS fw gratification of some persons who had bctti-d on his-head, This man was called " Mutton-eating Bandy Billy," and resided in the pa-jhcl rlsh of Newington. This fellow repealcdly devoured, at on meal, a leg ot mutton weighing lolhs, two large bum-lies of turnips, with a pro !ieh t? 1!!! l o ° f , .'."''",'1' ? n . rt l' .Uv' nii-lu b,. !■ ' .. n ^'T" ■. - ^.i ' 11 ,. } ,s . • l 'o |,, tt'| feivedVv Home a'iii , rayed by some Amateius, who had ^-ffive'Luffie • iÏÏ'n? ?" '"r *, m assist Uie nut'io tlrTv™ iinehtiàs found dead h i'' omain«d bv his otenilh. ï e was well known h, ! ^ âïwuÂZn y * I 'J n. . Ja?, Î r f , :1 ? ep . r,zes r f c «itly car ned into Amditi Isiiindi was 1000 boxes seears nut un inr ti.e uiiu, " k l a ">- j Tribute to American Naval AUU . ... , . The following is from the Diariode Roma« published at Rome, iu August, 1317. For the first time, has appeared in these seas, passing from Leghorn an American squadron, which has been off our port for several days, but lias since sailed for Naples. We remark ed the uncommon good appearance oF these ships. A very exact military discipline, a perfect knowledge ot na val affairs, and of navigation, appear ed in every thing. Their spring locks combined case, simplicity, and instant effect, and were equally admirable in their fire arms and in pistols, »ml Itiplird their discharges at plea The exercise, activity and readiness of their mariners, and their perfect acquaintance with every thing were observed, not without surprise I and wonder, and do honor to the tioo to which they belong. I heir ves sels were well found, last sailors, and us neat as they were well built. Soon after the, visit ot the fleet, anchored in our port a schooner lrotnL, America, of the most bcautilul con struction, elegantly found, very light, und formed lor fast sailing, construe ted ami armed like our light armed vessel*. It was named the. Cleopatra, belonging to a very rich traveller, George Growninaliield, of Salem, who constructed her for his own use, and for the voyages lie had undertaken in company with (rapt. Beoj. Growuiu sliicld, his cousin. Besides the ex treme neatness of every thing about the vessel to fit her for sea her ac commodations were surprising wonderful. Below was a hail of un common extent, in which the luxury of taste, the riches and elegance of the furniture, the harmony of the drapery, and all the ornaments,,aspi red pleasure and gallantry. The apart ment of the stern was equally rich A interesting. chambers, displayed with the same elegance, were at the service of the captain, with an apartment for the plate of every kind, with which it was tilled—Near was another apartment, which admitted all the officers of a a of no in re to mu sure. an-' Five convenient bed kitchen, and iu it was a pump with three tubs which passed through the vessel, to sopply water fr.>m ti e si-a ir discharge, what they pleased with I he greatest case. The rich ami dis tinguished owner had with him, be sides his family servants, several lin guists, persons of high talents lb mu si'-k and an excellent painter. Every 'hing tu amuse, makes a part of the daily entertainment. The owner and captain were affable, pleasing and ci vil, ami gave a full evidence of tli la-ents, the industry, and (he good taste of their nation, which yields to none in good sense and true civility. Die above travellers having complied ■vith the usual rules ol the city, andi having expressed the due respect to the apostolical delegats, upon rcce.v o:g a particular invitation, lie. visited the Cieopatra in company with many persons of distinction, and partook of an elegant collation. . wj || BWoep away t ( H . whole* cabinet ofl 1 t | ie M„„ roPi Boston federalists, and all. But to (1 a „A ' W( . 0(IS1 . 1V the Kentm.ky démocratie papers, that! , he a)t( . Pr 0 ,the Kentu, kiaTtoward Mr. Monroe for condësee t in. Û» w! ^ the attcntion and c v Hi^ the federalists of the eastern slates lias not in lb» least atmted The Km lucky Gazette, MrîciS. »1 rr absolutely furious upon the suhiect • not so much on ne, muni of the Pn-sV dual's eating (Vied oysters and niiiiip kin pie at the same table with the re pa-jhcl yankees, hut hetause t o took oc tmsicasion in some of his spec hes, to ex press his wish to amalgamate »he two parties. This is an unnardona jble sin, and Mr. Monroe and Me. A l' 1 "î B * a |; u 'lenoimced in prospective. ' " 1 ' lc u *l e ani( ridiculous in , h <, *c gentlemen (says the Gazette) if T' l,lat '' an . v t)lin K uf tills sort, l hay have their choice before them ; f^dhen to Ike republican par J .™ ah the same fidelity und constancy m ! h ^ick that part,, have mlftemliô '"''"J , '» »«« re,mblwa n ; qr to f 0vm «» ■ T't"" UU, !/ llrn nl,,r ''«Firutr v .1 e • I lie repuliliean parly never can. 'ltbout proclaiming their own want '•> principle, .-onsei.t to support in l)0\V6r< mon îi'lm #,> „1 »» " It . ' ... v ' " t,Lel ' t( > strenirthen j teir administration by a ct million _ Great Storm ill the West! Wo do not mean, gentle reader,|'»*o (hut the storm has actually occurred; | mil wo obsn-ve that the elouds arP fast gathering; and were we to judgel lrom the terrifie am) awful appear-, mice or the angry elements, wc'iuhv calculate that it will be truly terrible. | 'The storm, however, will not t.c „(■ rain, or hail, or snow ; buta furious From the Albany Gazelle. mlh federalists .» There you have Messrs, Monroe and Adams. Either leave (in' all attempts at conciliation an( | un ; on 0 p parlies—or retire to the s j )iu ] t .g of private life. As to this union of parties, however, jj j s a || nmaiiiiery. So the editor of (| ie Gazette and Mr. Flay, may quiet y, e j P minds upon that head ; nor need (j, e y f,.ar, as they affect to Harrison Gray Otis will be dispatch e( j on a foreign mission, or called by Mr. Monroe to Lis cabinet eôutieils." j ( -, s possible that Mr. Monroe might p ( . willing, had lie the feelings of none | |)|t j,i,,,^^1 f to consult, that this re. conciliation should take place. Hnt | m c(inn ot do it»--« ME SOU I II & THIS WEhT WH.LNEVKRFEK mjT A CONSUMMATION OF iris 1'RoJEGT. With regal'd to the charges against ,p e President tor graciously receiving I salutations of federalists in the mt-!eastern states, they are illiberal, to' 9a y Bie least ol them. It was hui Ba ; ura ] f or the President to wish to as* j sociale with decent and respectable Ipeoplt». And after he entered the ale 0 f (Connecticut, he found it tit j c es 5 ury, in order to keep goodcompu Hl ^ to mingle exclusively with the fo in of A a . ofl 1 '? oup °" n officers and agents, upon whose diligence to discover such a to a " (1 on t,le correct ness of whose diijbriiiation I can confidently rely 1 that! aai th,,, ' t,ort! tlmt U i ,u,, -' 0,U ' representation hueuf, Mr. Monroe w! bc ''«nvinc. d both of the inaccu of the stalrmcu made to him an *»« Wt. and of my desire to have disr« v cTcd and redrosaed the grieve» «nee, had it existed. • I have the honor to remain, &e. -1- C. SHERBROOKE. The Right*.Hoo. C. Bagot. re- JV'uf, Intel oc ex- Iron Gudyreous Revolvilia* »he I *.-„1 A- Frovl l!le A , " cnca ' 1 Bnilt; Advertiser Air. Vmlson —In your last paper in an afflicting .account of accidents bv if the explosion of a powder mill, owing sort, to the fri.-tion of the gi.ilgeon of tho ; water wheel, is given. Many year» par- ago I was â wi3s tJ the .light ' pression made by the iron axis large grindstone, on a bar of lead, to whh-h had been placed in the frame, '*'^ei- the axis, by a man who meant ft only «o servît a temporary purpose. can. Finding it unaffected by the tri< tm« want of the axis, it bad been suffered to in reim«., many months. Nndoiilit many p i are acquainted with similar faets. » have heard of a plan for iutrodui it'5 that dcralists. Departmen of State. September, 16, 1317. Sir—I have received a second let ter, dated 121 h of this month from the British Minister on the subject of American citizens who were made prisoners in the late war, anti were said to ho still held in captivity hy some of the Indian tribes in the vicin ity of Lake Huron. Of this letter I beg leave to inclose you a copy, to gether with the copy of one wlih h was enclosed in it, from the Governor General of Canada to Mr. Bagot, ] have the lumor to be, with great respect, yours, Ac. RICHARD RUSH, Acting Secretary Hon. II. M. Joh N SOX a Washington City, Sept. 12,1817. Sir—In referenee to my letter of the 15th of March last. I have tie honor to enclose to you the copy of a letter which I have this day re- eived from his Excellency the Governor General of Canada, acquainting me with the result of his enquiries upon the subject of the American citizens who were stated tube still held in cap tivity hy some of tin- Indian tribes in the vicinity of Lake Huron. It is very satisfactory (o observe, by the enclosed letter that every means have been taken hy Sir John Sher brooke, for the proper investigation oi this affair, and that there is the fullest reason to believe that the rc presentatious made upon the subject, to the Amci'icuo government were ci to I I |j IK . 0 - r0t j andi j f iave the honor to he, with the to hJ ^ C o««Mer.»uon, your most obe di " at luilll , )K . st . PVHllU of CHAUL.ES BIGOT. To the lion. Richard Rush. Castle of St. Louis, Quebec Aug. 2i. Sir—Referring to my letter to your Excellency of the 13th of February last, i have now the honor to acquaint you, that, after the must assiduous A. reader,|'»*o u te enquiries among all the Imli | an nat{ona in the neighborhood ot arP jLnke Huron, as well a» among all the olbep ,liûv ' rrnt I,u, ian tribe« through ouUhe Gnnadas, I have received Hie most positive assurance that there is | nut a sin fî , ''' «'st««''« «*f an*»Ameiiean „(■ citizen being held in captivity among These enquiries have been made Ob 101 of a