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UAZETTE AND Alexandria Daily Advertiser. PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL bNOWDEN, royal—stp.il et. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1821 Cirishpher .Veale, Enquire, was yester day elected Mayor, of Alexandaia. in the place of Jacob Hoff,nan, esq. whose term of Service had expired. FLORIDA. The territory now ceded to the United Slates, is about 400 miles lung by 340 broad at its widest pai!. Part of it forms a large longue of land projecting into the Atlantic, an 1 extending to within 150 miles of the island of Cuba. Its interior boundaries are on the States of Georgia and Alabama. The population «s not supposed to exceed 30,000, besides wandering Indiaas. St. Augustine Pensacola and St Marks, are the 3 largest towns. The harbor of Pensacola is said by seamen to be one of the safest in the world ; but vessels drawing more tbau 21 feet of watei cannot pass the shoal at the entrance. The first occupants of the territory were the Spaniaids but they were frequently ex pelled by French and other adventurers. Ia 1763 it was ceded to Eugla-nd, in exchange for Cuba, which, with yanfcefe aid, she cap tured in the preceding war. During the American war the Spaniards repossessed tbemsdves of a part of the country, and at the peace 1783, it was ceded to Spain. It is uow part of the U. States, and its muta tions have ceased. The po9$esor of the Floridas holds the key of the West Indies, and commands the Gulf of Mexico. Full possession of ibe territory is to be given to the United States within six months irom the exchange of ratifications. [Boston Centincl. VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Richmond, March 7. The General Assembly adjourned last evening:, at 4 o’clock, alter a protracted session of ninety-two days. They have pas sed one hundred and thirty two acts of va rious descriptions; besides several resolu tions o: a geneial ciuracter. The r.umber of acts during the preceding session was lt>2. Tee last moments ot the session were ot course,crowded with business. Some ol this is interesting to the Conrn.onwealtb. The' h*ve made a fundamental change in-the fi-cid organization >ud appointment of toe officers ot the Penitentiary Hence forth 't* officers are to be elected by the le gislature. The) have passed an act “ to abolish the inspection of ship ruff.” They have passed the act “ concerning the jurisdiction of the Superior Courts o! Chancery, and for other purposes.” They have passed one “ authorising the Board ol Public lf’ork9 to appo'nt a collec tor for all monies due to ihe said board.” They have passed an acl.‘ concemingjthe adjutant general.and for other purposes.” This reduce-* the salary of that office to D500-— the Senate amended the bill from the House of Delegates so as to make it D10OO; but the House disagreed to this a mendment, and the Senate receded.—This act also abolishes the office of V accine A gent, after the present contract of that of lice expires—which 'vi 11 be in July next. Yesterday, attei the passage of the last mentioned act, Col. C. W.Gooch, the Adj. General, addressed a letter of resignation to both Houses—but some difficulty occur ring in getting a Quorum to fill the vacan cy, it was deemed most expedient to de volve the appointment of a new adjutant General upon the Execntive. The bouse of delegates remained in ses sion until 4 o'clock; acting upon amend ments of the Senate to bills returned to them—ard also upon some other matters which were submitted to their considera tion; such as the Speaker’s signing the en rolled bills, d*c. On motion of Mr. White of Hanrpsbire.a resolution was unanimously passed, thank- j ing the Speakef for the ability and promp-' titude with which be had administered the 1 duties of the Chair during the Session. About 4 o'clock, Mr. Thompson of Fair fax was deputed to inform the Senate, that the House had no other business before : them, and were prepared to adjourn until the 3lst inst. i A message was returned from the Senate i by Mr. C. Johnson, iufonniug the House of Delegates that they too had gone through all the business before them, and were pre pared to adjourn until Dec. next. After this reciprocation of .Messages, Mr. Haymond ol Lewis, rose, and stated that he had never moved an adjournment of the House before; hut be would now for the first time beg leave to move this House to adjourn until the 3l>t instant—The ques tion was then put and carried witeou! oppo sition Mr. Rank* (the speaker) then rose, and delivered a ue«t, xhorl aud affecting vale dictory to the House; thanking them for the kindness he bad uniformly experienced at their hands, and wishing them a happy re turn into the boson «t their families. He then left tire chair, and the house dis* persed* The Senate adjourned about the same time. From our Correspondents at St. Croix and St. Thomas, we hare, tn addition to former advices, received the following : Boston paper. “The ship Grand Seizor, Rogers of and IVom New-Orleans for Liverpool, arrived at St. Thomas 28th of January, in distress, with a cargo of 7u7 bales cotton, after hav ing been Out 29 days. She has lost her rud der, is leaky, mizzen mast sprung, and o ther damage, and will have to discharge.— These disasters occured to the G. S. on the 10tn of January, in lat. 40. long. 41, after having experienced many severe gales. “ The Dutch schr. Abigail, Wagner, ar rived at St. Thomas Febuary 1st, bound to New-Fork, in 20 days from Curacoa, in dis tress,having sprung aleak,and received some ! other damage. '‘A number ol vessels have arrived at St Barts, in distress, bound to different ports in the United States. [Several of them were mentioned in yesterday’s Gazette.] | The scooner William, Prince, of North Yarmouth, from Portland, bound to Balti 1 more, with a cargo of plaster, put into St. Barts, on the I2tb Febuary, after having ! been out 64 days the crew much frosted, and nearly famished. It was feared that the mate would lose both ieet. “The barque Leopard ol Boston, also ar rived at St. Thomas on the 10th February, in distress; and the Brig Eros, Boyle ,from Baltimore, via St. Barts, arrived there on ! the 11th. I be schooner Morgiana, bhankland, of j Philadelphia, from GibraItar. has put into I St. Rarts, in distress. A schooner which sailed from New-York on the 23d of Jan. has also arrived there—fprobably the Fox, Newman, as she sailed that day.] “The Missouri, White, arrived at St. Croix on the 6th ult. from New-York, and was to sail about the 24th for,Middletown.” From a New South Wales Gazette. PERILOUS ENCOVNTF.R WITH A SHARK. From Mr. Cosar we receive an account of the following extraordinary occurrence, the truth of which he solemnly assures us of; and to the lovers of natural history it will doubtless be acceptable- Mr. V. has a farm at the long reef, about ten miles north ot the heads of thi« harbor, it having a la* goon within one hundred yards of the sea beach, as large as Sydney Cove, about a mile round it. The banks of this lagoon, though several feet above the high water le vel at spring tides, is forced into a commu nication with the sea on heavy fal's of rain, as it is supplied w ith Iresh water from a ri vulet which quickly overflows with a rapid itream sufficient to force away the embank- i ment of the lagoon, which is sandy. The depth of water in the lagoon, which is a! ways more or less salt; never exceeds six or seven feet in the deepest parts, and is some times one to two thirds dried up on the margin, which reduces the centre to a mere pool. At a time w ithin the present twelve month, when the sea and the lagoon had become united, as above remarked upon, a fine water dog was observed to dash into ■ tne water, at an erect moving spire, which had the appearance of a shark’s back fin, and he was soon perceived to be engaged with this voracious fish; the shark predomi nant in his own element, seized the dog by the nose, and disappeared with him for a minute. This rencontre was in three feet and a half water; and the master of the dog, overseer to Mr. Cosar, having then along fowling piece in hi* hand, went to the dog’s assistance, and, striking with the butt of the piece, had a furious battle with the shark (which was about fire feet long) for some minutes; when the stock flying, he conti nued his engagement w ith the barrel, the shark maintaining his ground with vigor, and by accidental change of position, inter cepting the man’s retreat. The courage of the dog was useless Irom his wound, and to go into deeper water would have been doubtless fatal. Another man, the overseer’s assistant on the farm, happened fortunate ly to arrive at th;s critical instant, and he roically went with a stick to the assistance of his distressed associate; and as the shark had. turue J to biteat him, he pushed the stick vigorously down bit throat, and was himself thiown upon his back by the supe rior strength of his adversary, which then made off into the deeper water, yieldingup the triumph to the victor, whose courage J we cannot sufficiency applaud* The same dog had, previously to the above, taken oat | of .Vr. Ram*ay’s I- goon, which is very spa- i cious,a large stinger-ray, which he dragged ashore without receiviug the slightest hurt. From the .‘Sew York Daily Advertiser. GERMANY. Antiquity—Roman Fugle recovered.—It is well known to the studious in the classi cal hiatory and antiquities, that at Jie de | teat ol the Human legions in Franconia, in the day* of Augustus, one 'o', their ensign bearer* (Aquihtor) buried the Eagle that was con&.jed to his charge, in a ditch, lest ' it should tall iuto the enemy’s hands; and that afterwards, when the victors were com I pelted to resign their tropb »s, one ot the j captured Eagles could not be procured.—* I Time and chance have at length brought it to light. Count Francis ol Eul -ach, who has a country seat at Eulbach, and who has formed a magnificent collection of Homan antiquities, has found m the vicinity ot bis residence, a Roman Eagle, in a good state of preseivation It was discover* d in a ditch, not lar from some lemains ot Roman entrenchment. It i* ot bronze, thirteen in ches in height, and weighs seven pounds, j ft is not easy to say positively that this is j the very Eagle formerly missing, hut the ! presumption is strong in its lavor, & there fore it may now be appropriated t<> the 22d Legion, or the Brittannic Leeion, which has , stationed in the lines ot the forest ol Oden { wald. From London papers received at JY. York. LOSS Or THE ABEOJU TRANSroRT. ft is with the most poignant regret we have to communicate the melancholy late ot the Abeona transport, of 328 tons, under the charged lieutenant A/udge, ot the Roy al Navy, which sailed Irom Greenock in October last, with settlers for the Cape of Good Hope On the 25th Nov. about noon, in lat. 4 deg. 30 min. north, and long. 25 deg. 31 min. west, the Abeona unfortunately caught fire, and was burnt under circumstances of the most awful and distressing natuie. Out of a crew of 21 persons, and 140 emigrants, men, woaietv and children, making a total of 161 persons, only 49 are saved. These are happily all safely landed at Lisbon; and have subsequently sailed in the Royal Char lotte merchant brig tor Greenock, except ten orphan boys, whom the gentlemen of the British factory, at Lisbon, have taken un der their kind protection. ! The fire broke out in the after store room, whilst the chief mate was occupied in some necessary business there; and such was the awful progress of the flames, that only three small boats could be got overboard, before the flames consumed the tackles, <$*c. neces sary for hoisting out the long boat. In these three small boats, 49 persons were received on hoard, with so scanty a supply ot provisions that the consequences must have been almost equally dreadful with j the untimely fate of those left on board, j had not a Portuguese ship from Bahia, bound ; to Lisbon, most piovidentially fallen in with them at day light next morning, and receiv- , ed them on board, in which they were safe ly and hospitably conveyed to Lisbon, alter cruising about the fatal spot till noon, in hopes of descrying some of the miserable sufferers who might have clung to parts of the wreck, but without success. Ot a crew consisting of 31 persons, 14 are saved, including lieutenant Mudge, the agent; Mr. Fisher, the surgeon, the master of the ship and the second mate; the first mate, in the most feeling manner, refusing to go into the boats, saying that be would abide the fate of those left on board Of the emigrants chiefly natives of Scot land, consisting in all of 71 men, 24 women, bo hoys. 30 girls, only 10 men, 4 women, 16 boys, and 6 girls, are saved. i IRELAND. A letter from Dublin, dated December 27, says. ‘An occurrence of an extraordi nary nature took place a few days ago in the part of the county we have just quitted.— The marquis of Londonderry dreamt that his son (lord Castlereagb) came over to his house, and that he went down to the statue gallery to see him. With this impression on his mind he got up in his sleep and walk ed down to the gallery in his bouse, and stumbling against a statue, knocked it down; the noise brought the servants to the galle ry, where they found the marquis in an ap poplectic fit, in which state he was carried to bis room, and still continues in the most alarming condition with very slight hopes i tor his recovery.* ir an.es. On the morning of the 10th Dec.the duke of Campochiaro transmitted to the par.'ia- ! ment a message from the King, containing the following paragraph; “I declare (hat I have no wish to go to Laybach, except to support the constitution of Spain. Under this declaration, I desire that the parliament will decide, in positive terms, whether it will consent to my inter-1 vention with the congress at Laybach. In | ease ol its deciding in the affiruns»ive,l wish that parliament will explain itself.as to my proposilion of confirming to my beloved ion, the duke of Cdabria, the powers of Vicar General. I regret (bat parliament will not appoint four of its members to accompany ice. I should have wished to profit by their advice. The allied sovereign! expect from me a prompt answer. 1 deaire that parlia ment will decide, without delay, on the questions which I have submitted to it/' Brussel*, Dec. 20. An address has been presented by the chamber ot peers to the king of France, io answer to his majesty’s speech on opening the'session. In reply, his majesty says,‘I have said, and I repeat* that if I have any wish ip see my days prolonged, it is in or der to consolidate the institutions, which l have given to my people. But whatever may be the decrees of Providence, never t'oiget that maxiih ol our public law— king dies not in France. iTRKKf. Constantinople* Dec, 15. Tli!1 Grand Seignor irritated at the drl;»» a;>*.J •'•egligence of ihe Pa» lias who li..va the conduct of the war against Ali. has undo important c hanges a* iiniig tae < fmimand«T»—almost all of th tn have been displaced. Ahtnond Pacha, who repressed the disturbances in fcenia, has been appointed to com. maud the.troops in \ Ibania and Uomelia —the Grand beign u lia« made him a ' present ol oOti purses, (50b,0< 0 pia.s* ! fees) and that a like huiii is destined to ; the oilier Pachas and troops. The hatti.sheriff, who announces this muni ' licence of the Grand Seignior, com mands the Pacha to take such mea sures as to terminate (he war against Ali Pacha in two months, and In deli ver the rebel to the hands of justice.— The latter (Alt) had succeeded in tak ing from the beseigers a bridge and a tower which cut off communication ! with his fortress- Hopes are enter tained at Constantinople that, in spite : oi me courageous neienct* oi /\n afiu the few troops that remain faithful to him, the taking of the vessel is not dis tant. POLAND, Warsaw, Dec. 30. Many Russian, Polish, and especial ly Galiician Jews, are embarking at Oddessa lor Palestine. The chief part are going to be found there at the ap proaching appearance of the Messiah. BRUSSELS. The palace of the ancient council of Brabant, occupied by the Prince of Orange, was destroyed by fire on the 29ih Dec. The fire was occasioned by a heat pipe. The loss is estimated at about 3,u0u,000 florins. IRELAND. Serious disturbances had taken place in Coik in con.trquenre of the forma, tion of Societies, who call themselves “ The Lhion of Trades.*’ These me chanics attack the houses of all trades men who are not governed by their rules and prices. A young inan named Timothy Connelly, in Peacock lane, had been attacked by fifty armed men. Connelly killed one, and made his es cape alter being badly wou «ded. The man killed was Philip Blakt , a sawyer. The jury pronounced a verdict ol justi* liable homicide. Many of the ring leaders had been taken. A number of the House carpenters and house join ers of Limerick have published a no tice saying they will work for S shil lings 9 pence half penny per day, and will not be dictated by the L niun of Trades. Londonl January 5. DUBLIN AFFAIR. A meeting of the Freeholders was called by the High Sheriff, for voting an address to the King. After the ad dress had been read, the Sheiiif, who was in the chair, called lor the vote, and without giving time for the assem bly to speak, he declared it was accept’ ed. — Hie decision excited the most lively sensations among the party op posed to the address. Instead of an swering them, the Sheriff declared the meeting dissolved, without taking the usual motion for adjournment, and iin meuiateiy quitted the chair. At this moment, on motion of Mr, 0*Conucl, (recently appointed the Queen's Attor ney General,) the Assembly called Lord Cloucurry to the chair. Thp Sheriff protested against this proceed, ing, but the noble Lord took the chair. The Shei iff then told them lie should call on the military to enforce his or. ders to dissolve the meeting. Lord C. i an«\vere£T that force alone would com. j pel him to quit the honorable post to’ which he had beeti called by the al-; most unanimous voice of the large as-1 sembly before him. The officers of Police were directed to disperse the assembly; but they refused to art.— The Sheriff then called in the military ami immediately the 23d regiment ap pea red, and a number forced their way iufo the hall. Lord C. kept firm in his chair until the commanding officer stepped up and layed his hand on his Lordship, when he submitted to the su perior lorce that was brought against him. An attempt was made to resist the military force, but Lord C. address ed them, and advised them to give up quietly, and apply to another authority for redress. Tlie Assembly then broke up. „ London, jnt, « Mr. Canning leave* town jn , morning for Paris. He I*, vri "J* long letter to Mr. 0f Livenl' in which he fully explains his mj? for resigning his office. He 8.!' that in the month of June last he \ dered his resignation, |,ut that the L i rvquvsted him to withhold it; and tf ? I in consequence of his differing j„ , nion with his colleagues on the of the bitl of pains and penalties left Knglahd for some time. Qn 7 return, finding that his colleagues not abaoduned the prosecution aJ» the. Queen, and always them in opinion on this subject, an,t * this subject alohe, he iiad alter takii! : their advice, offered again his resiJ turn ; that the king hail accepted and had complimented him on |,:s r"* duct. | A young lady who accompanied u. j parents to the Cape of Good Hope lony^ has written to her friends in £#/ land and gives some interesting ()arh culars of the voyage out. The sU cast anchor in the Port an Praia fi, next day the settlers landed, when tW were met by the natives, who offend oranges lemons and mor.ev for their old clothes. They gave five or six dollars for an old hat, and 3 or 4oo oranges for an old pocket bandkerrliitf They want, d Clorhes more thanmonev The settlors were invited to seven! houses at St. Jago. The Governor was very poor, and was much pleased w ith a pair of boots given him. I France, it serins, had signified thrtf (the Minister of Foreign affairs, in readiness to act as mediator between Naples and the other powers, on cm. dition of certain modifications in tho constitution, giving a greater resm. j blaiice to the French than to the Spa nish systcn ; hut tlie Parliament reject, ed the proposition on the ground of its being in the nature of a foreign intrrfe. ] fence in their national affairs— The king embarked on the 13*h hec. witk a retinue of sixty persons on board tin British ship Venguer seventy-four, j The True Britain new simper of tlx ! evening of the 4th fan. after publisl. ing the details from the Neapolitan pi pers, of which the foregoing is the sui* stance, observes, “ if the Neapolitan conduct tlirmsehes with moderation^ firo.ness, England will cautiously it), stain from interference in her intertill politics: but we fear that public opinion is less considered in the affairs of Na. pies, than the selfish projects of a few enterprizing individuals, and if this be the case, it will become the duty o( England and France, which are th< leading powers of Europe, to interfere between Naples and Austria, in order to prevent the dangerous consequents of republican fury on the one hand, and oi military despotism on the oilier.— i Should the Ring of Naples be induced ; I*} the allied Sovereigns at l.aybai li to j take part against hit- subjects, the re sult might be the establishment of a I republican government, which in *l|C piesent state of things, would meet with a ready support from the people of many countries, at this moment groaning under arbitrary power, and anxious to throw oft the yoke, without call ulating upon the mischiefs of a state of Hirarchy ten thousand times nvre dreadful than the despotism of an indi vidual. The wife of one Lesort, a Gardener at Chaiilot was put to bed on die 2l*t of Dec. 1820, with a chic j <»iVctly formed, but the sex o! which could not be determined, as it bad the positive marks of both sexes. The child is do* ing well. I bis chid is the twenty se cond which Lesort’s w ife has had—se ven of whom are living. French Journal. ; READING ROOM {MARI N E J 0 tT R N A L j PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.. March 9. ARRIVED, Schr Moses. Benson, from Saco, white pine lumber, to J. H Ladd 4* Co. SAILED, Steam boat Potomac, (Middleton, N<>r' folk. BELOW, Brig Missionary, Tonne, of Kennebuns' 86 days from St. Ubes, below Indian Head Ship Fair Trader. Finlay, of this port* arrived at Savannah, February 26ib, lrom Bermuda. M, For Sale, THE property now in tenure' o Evan P. Taylor, and used by*"® as a Coachmaking Shop; si,ua . dhrfk^on Fairfax street, between Du“fT Prince streets, in tbc town of Alcxanori * together with a vacant lot adjoining same. Should the above property not, , sold before the 21st inst. it will then be fered at public sale. Terms liberal a made known on the day of sale, or can known by applying to „„noT march 10-dts NOBLET HERBERTj Wheat. ISRAEL JANNEY, jr. rontinues to Pjjj* purchase WHEAT,at the Phrenii »'»• (formerlyHartsbome’s)wbere several tno and bushels are wanted,for which the b'g est price will be given in cash