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"gazette AXD Alexandria Daily Advertiser, PfBUSHRD BY SAMU EL SNOWDEN, royal-streetn_ Dniht Gazette, 7 da!!s...Country, 5 dolls^ ~ruF.SDAyTsEPTEMBKR 7, SCARCITY OF POTATOES. ’ Mr. Snowden—From the uncommon se vere drought this summer, w hich still con tinues, it is certain that the important ar tiv le of pot atoes is scarcer in this neigh borhood than was ever known before. If it was generally known to the north ward that they are selling here from 8 to 9 .^hillings a bushel, it is probable that the owners of many coasting v< satis might find it for their interest to send them. The appearances for a tuhmp crop at present is as bad as can be. Perhaps some ut the editors of the east ern p ipers may find it beneficial to their customers to insert the above. MANY HOUSE KEEPERS. , Kingston, [Canada) August 17. Last week com bainbridge, accom panied by several officers of the navy and army of the United States, visited Kingston in the Lady of the Lake ; and during the visit, they dined with the commissioner of the mvy and the officers ot the 70th re gimen. It affords pleasuie to every li berd mind, to «ee the mval and military officers of the two nations, in time of peace, interchanging civilities, and setting iheir Jellow subjects on both sides, an example of polite aud friendly intercourse, while their governments maintain the relations ol arnity and commerce. .Yew-York, Sept. 2. proclamation By C. D. Celtic n. Mayor of yew- York. Whereas it appears by the publication of the Board of Health, of the city of Balti more, that a pestilential and infectious dis ease doth prevail intrvrtcity—Now, there fore, 1. Cadwallader D. Colden, Mayor of the city of New-York, pursuant to the 7th section of the act of the Legislature, pro vide against infectious and pestilential dis eases, do, with the advice of the Board of Health, of the said city, publish this my proclamation—And I do hereby prohibit all persons and things which shall have been in the city of Baltimore within thirty days from the date h< reol, trom entering or being brought into the city of New-\ork. A A 1 do hereby give uotice, that a!! per tons who contravene this proclamation, are t|]i' jei »f>,t*• »-*iil tii hr tlnoit *»>»<! imprisoned at the discntion of any court having cognizance of the offence. All rra gis rites, oftheisand citizens, are requi Tod to be aiding and assrs'ing in the execu tion of thn proclamation, by giving notice | to the proper authority of any disobedience thereof and by all other means in their} power. Given tin !er my band this 1st day wf September, 1819. CADWALLADER D. COLDEN, Mayor. HEALTH OFFICE, Baltimore. September 4,1819. Report cf interments tor the la-t 24 nours ending this morning at sutuis* : Fell’s Point 5—Pheby Swain 2Syrs.* Levin Clarige 28 * Silvey 10 months James Hamilton I8yr?.* J Shaffer So * j Hospital 5—Win. Roberts (col’d.)3o * 1 T— _ • I__ # r Idlius UUJ'CJ Thomas Herd 25 * Charles Mullen 25 * Charles G ilfs 22 * Old Town 3—Maria C«i-ase 1° Sus. Keuney 7 mon. Mrs. Kenney’s child 1 day. West of Falls 5—John Donohoe 35 years. Susannah Clatters 17 months. Mary Clark 6 do. Oi e still born. Eliza Williamson, col’d. Alms’-House I—Lewis Miller 3 months. Total Id—of the follow ng diseases : Fast of the Falls. Billious i*inaliguant] 9 Cholera Morbus 2 (Juknown 1 H'est of the Falls. Whooping Cough I Coi-umpron ' Clui.eia Morbus A Still-born I Total . . 19 By order, P. REIGART, Sacr y. — t BOARD OF HEALTH. j Charleston, Jvgvst 29. The board of health report for the last twenty-four houis,ybwr new ca-es of y«l , low fever. JS. A. MILLER. CLr';. Jk&us 30. . The board of hejlth report lor the last twemy-lour hour*, ./w»e new cases yellow lever. |*S. A. MILLER, C<erk. A correspon lent requcsC us to pumish the following icceipe. He aiiTes it a sate s ...& ' and effectual cure for the yellow fever : “ Take three table spoons full of the es sence of spruce, dissolve it in a qu. rt of warm water, then take a half pint tumbler full, once an hour till it operates, which it will frequently do the first or second dose, hut will seldom or never exceed the third. The medicine may he taken in any stage of the fever with safety ; and in the almost numberless instances in which it has been given, it has never failed of an immediate cure ; although it has, in many instances, been given aft< r the patient has been given over by the physicians, and to appearance very near the close of life. [Washington City Gazette. Communicated for the Richmond Compiler. A REAI'Y CURE FOR AN EATING CANCER. Take the leaves of Balm of Gilead, heat them up alone, and bind them to the wound. Another cure for the same. File up old pure brass, put a spoonful in a vessel, make a plaster of the filed brass and mutton suft, lay the plaster on the wound, which must not be removed until it is quite well, which will have die desi re 1 effect in a short time. This has been experienced by several persons, and has never been known to fail of cure. Raleigh, September 3. UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE. On Monday night la-t, one of the stables of William Kuttin, esq. of this city, mail contractor, caught fire, and, we are sorry to state, was consumed with its contents, including some very valuable horses. The stable was situated a few miles from town, on the Fayetteville road ; and had in it, at the time, nine horses, besides provender and harness. Two of the poor animals burst the Pack door in their agony, and es caped, though so dreadfully burnt as to foibid all hopes ot their future utility if they should survive. One uf the stage drivers had been in the stable but a short time be fore it took tire—but had, after harnessing his team, in anticipation of the southern mail, unhappily again retired to sleep.— The flames were discovered too late lor anyVossible change of saving the bunding. We have it in our power to state, that notwithstanding this unforeseen loss, there will be no intei ruption iri the regular run ning of the stages, or the punctual trans mission of the mail. Editors who ma} mention the accident, will plea.-e also to notice this .or the information ol travellers. Mr. Kuflin’s loss is probably at least lil teen hundred dollars. extraordinary fact. One of our sub»- ribers, living at No. 71 Chatbam-stuei, relates the following : fits fow ls occasional!} go from tin } ard in to me sireei ana teed upun the otlaJs there. On their return yesterday, one ol the imtst and the latest ot the chickens was observed to droop, ami soon after died. 'The sua den and unexpected death induced the owner to examine its crop, and it was found to contain, besides theoruinary food, such as gravel, melon seeds, <$c. a large mouse which the bud had swallowed. [jYeic-York Commercial Adv. New-York, September 2. back again. We understand that the ship Magnet, which sailed oil 1 uesday lor Liverpool, took hack 136 steerage pas-engers who re centiy arrived here trom England in pur suit ot employment, but could find none. We know a gentleman who has made a calculation, grounded upon the emigra tion Oi the present year, shoeing that in the course of five years, the number ot emigrants to this country will amount to half a million.—„\ew-iork is calculates to receive one-sixth ot the number, as it has done lor the last year. The numerous emigrations via C anadas and Aova-Scotia, are not taken into this calculation. Extract from Aeu-Orleans, Aug. 4. “ Generally speaking, very little is do ing in our commerce, with the except on of dour, of which the price has inert as* d v\ illiin two weeks,all oilier articles are dull, Sales ol cotton are rather slow. Tobacco is without demand ; ot sugar very Intle remains on hand ; coffee looks down. Our banks retain the same confidence they have always enjoyed. The einbarrasments »f our commerce are great, but the time is not Jardistant, when it will resume its na tural activity. We have also a New-Orleans price cur rent ot August 4. Kentucky hogging was 20 cents per yard ; Atlantic mess beef 17 dollars per barrel ; cargo Ao. 1. 16 ; Ken tucky 13 to 14; Philadelphia bricks, 12 ptrlooo; butter 28 cents per lb. ; m*>uld candies 19 ; spermaceti! 5o ; best Hava na coffee 3o ; cotton, 1st quality, 19 ; Ten nessee cotton lo; ti'»ur. best supertine. 12 per barrel ; tine 9 ; wheat I dollar per bush- | ei : corn II per bid.; peas 7 to 8 ; ii< e 9 to lo per !>bl. ; Kentucky hemp yarn, lo cents per lb.; corn meai, kiln dried, 2 to 21 per bhh; pmue K ntucky p> rk. east ern *m ss, IS dolts. *: rgo do 16; country; ,-i.ga:, ihu e, 9 rt nt.-> per lb. ; Havana br wi. lo, .v:i in ; Ke; lucky tobacco 4 dollar^ per cwl. ; Kentucky, iennessee and Alabama Bank nofes, 11 percent un der par: Georgias and Carolina*, l?$ ; ex change on London, par at Co days ; on the eastern cities nolhing doing, in the six days before Aug. 4, 13 vessels had arriv ed at Orleans, and 7 cleared. The insu rance offices would lake very lew risks on steam boats. ./Vets’- York, Vcpt 2 By the arrival thi* morning of the •schoo ner Eliza Ann, captain Harlow, in todays from Elizabeth city. N. C. we learn, that the Emeline, from Elizabeth city, bound to this port, with a cargo ot wheat, foun dered on the 23d ult. about In league- east of Cape Hatteras. Her commander, capt Jones, and crew, have arrived here in the Eliza Ann. Commercial Advertiser. Captain Holland, of the ship Rising Em pire., who arrived at Rdstonon Monday last, left at Gibraltar, on the 23d of July, the brig Rajah, captain Lovett, who was board ed off the Western Islands by a small pira tical hermaphrodite brig, and robbed of 1200 dollars in specie, and several other tilings, and threats were made to hang the captain and mate, if they did not produce moie money. The U. S. ship of war Erie, sailed inquest of the above brig on the 22<l, and was to cruize till the 2!st August for her.The 2d nfficerof the Rajah went in the Erie U. S. frigate Guerriere, and brig Spark, sailed on the 20th for Leghorn.— 1 he Franklin 74, sailed on the 22d for Malaga, [Ibid. TEXAS, FLORIDA, <$*C. Mr. Will iain Darby, author of several valuable works on the Western Country, in a recent publication, makes the follow ing observations on the comparative value to the United States, of the province of Texas, given up to Spain by the late trea IV a lilt flw. nri.vinn. P-ic! PI...;,!'. .ir I quiied by the same instrument. If Mr. Darby’s views are correct, our govern ment has made a bad bargain indeed ; and m«tcad of being anxious for the ratifi cation ot Onis’s treaty, every citizen of the United States should rather desn e to hear that the king of Spain had rejected it in tutu. “ The value ol this truly line roun* try is unknown at the cuuit of Madridt or the king of Spain would rejoice to ex change ihv pine baiicii' of Florida, lor an u»qiia!i.ied cession of a region ol live times (he extent, and more than ten times the value ; a region that must ere Jong be peo pled with either Spanish Creoles, or Anglo Americans; and a region which will be tbe impassable rampart of whichever country gains its possession. Politicians like other men are ruled more by the trifles of a moment, than by objects ol magnitude in future. 1 lie i<<>£e«ea«ion of toe right bank ot the Red nvei, by a Spanish popu lation, must deprive the United States of one of the greatest points of security lor j Louisiana It must be a subject of re gret that any river discharging its wutei* : into the Mississippi, sbouio be suifered iu : ■ remain foreign to the United Stales. Re- ‘ fore the cession ol i exas to 6pam, wc could boast of having the entire area drain ed by the largest stream upon the giooe, 1 included within one sovereignty, i Ins was not an empty vaunt; such a posses sion gave u» many solid and permanent ( advantages, which cannot be easily com pensated. Contrary to what is geneially thought, Red river is a Iaige navigable stream, many hundred milts above what i would be the Spanish limit by the late ; treat}'. What is called 7ibe raft, above j Matches, is passable with 2o oar and 4o ( ton barges ; une ?m h parsed it at the time i I was engaged surveying opposite the same rail. In fact, where ibe intended line will intersect the river, it is as Iaige, j if i.ot more so, than the Ohio at Cincinna ti, and little less, if any, navigable, with many conliut nt streams above.” JYctaYork, Sept. 4. FROM ST. SALVADOR. We learn by capt, Allen, that there had been no privateers on that coast tor some time ; that the Portuguese vessels sail un der convoy ; that about the 16th of July, aboutjlooo troops embarked forSt. Cathe rine, the object of which was unknown; that a similar numbei from Pernambuco, and a much larger from Kio, had also em barked ; that it was conjectured they are to join the troops at Monte Viedo, to go a eainst Butnos Ay res. Loud complaints were made against Americans on account of theirconcern in privaleers, which har rass their trade. We learn by the schr. Noah Brown, from Ourracoa. that Admiral Brion had sailed Imm Margaret fa, with his squadron and 14 >o men,and had taken Barcelona with out oppo-ition. He intended to proceed to Cumana, which place it was expected he would attack, with his land force in the rear, and by his squadron in front. The Spaniards had laid an embargo at Laguiia, and Porto Cavello, and ii was said would at’a< k Margarefta, for the pm pose of di verting the attention af Admiral Brion. This news was bro't by a vesse1 tn-m the Maine, w hich arrived at Curracoa for pro i 'isionr. Extract of a letter to tbe Edltoi of the Brs tofo Daily Adveitfcer; dated Trinidad, 2('r/i .7»7*/. 1819. Since the date of my la«t letter nothing very material has transpired in that qu »r« r. excepting a victory gained by the im’trd forcfs un 'er Genet Is Marino, Saraza and Brrmudes. over a ho.ly of the royalists un der General Arana, on the plains ofCurna na. The royalists we e completely routed, 'flie army of Gen. Moriilo after receiving innumerable defeats, in the skirmi-he*5 that happened with that under Bolivar, have retired as far back as Calabosa. General Bolivar has penetrated with part of h s ar my as far a.« Santa Fee and made a junction with Gen. Santander. The other part of his army is left under the command ol the undaunted Paez. The city ol Cunnna is Under blockade by the Briti'h forces under the command of Co’onel English ami Ge neral Uplanet.a by land, and that of Ad miral Bi ion’s squa Iron by sea. If the siege is persisted in for a lew wet ks long er, it must inevitably fail, however strong ly fortified it may be. 'i he success of the ! Independents is glorious and important in this quarter. The establishment of a good and salutary form of gov. ri. incut is what is requisite at present. But h»»w tan so small a number of men, form, in the midst ot disorder, contusion and troubles, a sub stantial government—It is absolutely ne cessary that they should he countenem ed 1 by some foreign nation—It is essentia! that their flag should be acknowledged by a friendly power. On view ing the history of the American revolution, urn any one as sert that th..t glorious rcvo.uti. n would i have terminated so fortunately and so , quickly, had they not received the gene I tons anl of France and Spam ? Certainly, I there can he no doubt but that the people ot the C. States, even had they been un assisted by tm generosity of foreign na j lions, would h.ive ultimately succeeded ; ; but the struggle would b.oe been long and i bloody. I The United States possessed many ad j vantages over the unfortunate people of the South. They knew the meaning and v.« lue of liberty—they were in the ample en joyment of that pure liberty of conscience ami independe ice of propeity, which , were bequeathed to ♦hem by their f.rt la thers. These unfortunate provinces, on die con trary, do not pos.-ess any advantage ;— doomed by tyrannic Spain to walli iv in the , mire of ignorance, superstition and inf el • 1 lectual darkness for more than three centu ries—tiiey were always unacquainted with liberty, although the revolution commen ced in some degree fortunately, yet anar chy, division and murder was soon the or der ol the day—1 heir struggle has been long and bloody. The bill thd is now under discussion in parliament ('* Foreign Enlistment Bill’') if carried will materially affect the pitiiutic cause. 1’hey have jusi begun to be suc cessful—they havejui-t In gun to have a na tional ch ii icier—;o establish a salutary government—to have a knowledge of the importance of discipline and oruer—to be in lac: iree ami independent.—At this im portant crisis the English goveiinnent is desirous to withdraw her aid, or at least her neutrality. Extract ol a letter from London, dated Ju* ly 17, Freights are very scarce. Passengers are not so piemiiul as they w ere, bur are likdy to be more numeiuus in a short time, as it is reported that several parishes in the viciniy ol London, are about ina* king arrangements oship off all die Pau lks that are wilting to emigrate, lam extremely sorry to say that all mercantile business is \eiy dull here, and am pretty continent tb.it the city ol London never experienced more gloomy times than the present, hut we all hope that they will be ot short dyiation. Several very important laiiures in the American trade have taken place within these tew days. Extract of a !e ter from Messrs. Monte iros ami He ia 1 uelliere, dated Madeira, March 8, lwlh, 10 a gentleman in Bos ton. “ On the 2d of this month we felt a mis fortune from a tire that burnt a great part of our stores of wines; but, thank God, fortunately lor us, the most considerable part of our wines were saved, the oldest and choicest included ; so that we can have the pleasure to say, that our friends' orders will continue to be iuihilcd with as much satisfaction as they have been here tofore.” To those who have the pleasure of an ac quaintance with the character and honor of j the house or Mouteiros, this declaration of I the safety of their best and oldest wines, ; will be abundantly sufikieot. To those who have not that pleasure, the most am ■ pie testimony can he a if rded in favor of the accuracy of this statement. In Dec. 1817, a gentleman of this town received by the Haymaker a halfpipe of wine of a particular denomination ir m :he house of Monte true, which thought by himself and his friends of mo-texce.lcnt quality.— j 1 he s .me ' person has lately received by ‘ the Boston, Captain fcuowles, three half J>ipfca©ffbe «me description, v \ V r> shipped art« r t{ ? fire, which wi>. •, the day ril its hndhig by himself -t, fri. nd who had tas’ed the first n i » *•«» 4 jl||)# i ounred to be clear'/'superior to th e i y the Haymaker; and llie second day a!t,j the lacidimr, it was tasted by some ,,j ,ifl fits: judges in this piace, and cleV j to he w iijp ot the very first r.de *'xc* it, rfM Front tins it is wished it may be kuo n* that this Ik use has at least m ecji.,• ; J as before the fire, of t’ori.i*..ikjj p... , wines, an I to those who hive h -«M\n , the ir ivines have been —this i, en<,u. h JS'eH'bvryport, JvpusOi FhoJI LABUAIn.KE. Captain N. Frown, jun. who a?;i\*A * here on Sunday, .coin fjt. Francis, I, t doie, has handed us the follow ing , random : “A whale-boat arrived at St. Fr-n-j 29;h July, belonging to the ‘■rhr. .\ ,,v ol New-Bedford, on a w!.a!:u.: Vt»v w'th five men ill the ho.it. 'i tny *•. •, t that tin y belong**' to the Naniy, C’..j t (l Ih w. of New-Benlord ; tliat < n t| of July liny struck a whale oil - , p . . l ikh, N< w foumil .n.i, n hen the 1 run them i If lo or 12 n»i.«^> trowi i!.. t., and .a thick tog coming on, they t,.[ (•., ‘Vessel, and could heir nothing ot In, ... terw.»rds ; tha* they had been at all p|, es on the coast, whcie tin re was any pm bility offinding her, hut tlmr s-* ••• h w.-,j in* fleet ua I; that the ho.it’s crew «>• oftwo white men and three in gi <*>«., ,-e , ot the whites an Iri.dunan, theollui ta!h J his name U m. Leeds, s.iid lie u.-. been J mate ol t.’ie Nancy <f Newburpip -- ' When they were questione d as *o the rtii man, which made up the crew, lit, .. ;i he was a Fieru huiaii. and ill. t he -fi :jC boat at some pait of New found! no whi « • they were getting p»\ . i-i« (1> i«,gu t I., bradore. ! imy had neither lint n,; ; y kind of whale craft w ith them wln i i,,y ! ari.»eu. lit left lln in i ll at N. /■,- ,; ; Ulii August.— j h» y had beti) iisui. |t»r tht harbor agent, but I believe di« \ vw ;e about leat’iig, with their boat, as d.ey ■ came alotig-side the Lark whi u j» . !y ■ sail, and I gave ll.cm some j r,v i~i. i, “A . R. 1 iv as itnoimed by one nf tiiQ (.atlio ic Mk'Sionaiies, that m aiiy ail tii.it part of St. John's, A’. A*, vi hich f-r [rd destruction in IblT, was *1 tin iy ('estiny* ed by a divaulu! toe in July hist.” - [lit rail. I rani the Ration Paludiutn, August 31. FROM GIBRAf.T.tH. By the ship lu-ing bin pire which arrived la'l evening irorn (iibrajfar, accounts an; received to the g3o u!t. A letter of the 2‘Jd says “ It is repot tel Ferdinami has signed, or win > ne t reaty with the United State*.” h he w riter does not seem to inve n.ucocouli dence in the rumor. f Nothing is saiii o{ any dihen m e hetw - en Algiers ami Spam or hoii.ind. Our papers are to tin l?lh . f July , from which we have exirai tcu the following ar ticles. THE PL VOl’E. <jiurullnr, Jane 17. Trofu Tangier July 13— i In Plagm ci n> tinufcs at Larache—At Fez, In m \.< to h) deaths daily—at Ariat, 3 to iU—at S ■<:, fr>.iii 3 to 10—in Shaum, J ame^ua mi 1 Fu. cala, the Plague was raging w ilh great \.o lence—it was reported to have a| pt-ared in tne neighborhood ol Morocco, an 1 tin rt were suspicion* of its having extender. ;o that town Deaths at 'rangier* between l29lbof June and 12th inst. 7—at Teiu:ni, between <<J3th ol June and loth July, ~ o. Accounts had been received at Tetuan in lo days from Oran, hy which it appeared that the plague still existed ‘throughout the kingdom of Algiers ; that the daily deatii in the capital were about Co, and at Orjn still more considerable, VICTORY OVER THE KTN'G OF MOROCCO. Tangier st July lo. The king of Morocco at the head of an army of 06,000 men, and attended by lui son, and principal Bashaws, mari hed bet mouth, against a numerous tribe of rebel lious Arabs, for the purpose of chi.Mis;n,r them On the 21*t, tbeat’ack cmim' Ci.ul at ll in the morning, and was kept up tM ’ 5 in the alternuon, when the wl ole oi tuc king’s army, himself included, reu iiin f at the mercy of the c> nquerer, having list | between killed s.v.d wounded no few* r!' • f* 2o,ooo inen. I he Arabs desperairiy cuaig* edw ith th.e bayonet, baring the deep ri' j i v<?r ulorbeg at their back, to put it out of their power to run away. This spirited determination, ai d the skilful imiiW'^ by which they cut otF the letreat o. the i king’s army, were the esuscs of tbe victo* ! ry proving so decisive. 1 he Arabs, however, did not make such an ill use of ii as was to be feared, although they completely plundered their prisoners, they spared their lire*, and .Mu* ley Ben izar’s Sheriff*, under whose pro tection the king .V* himself, allowed him to come back to h.s dominion*, in the mean while, ten days having eiap*ed wiiL* out the fate of tbe king, or his son lung known, thi« to«n was threatened with 3ii anarchy which exited tbe greateqt