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possible of a national 'character, tr.\ under the
rye of the government. If is object was not to
dimmish the number of cadet*-, but to give to the
institution of the military academies, as far as
possible, a national character, which lie thought
would be assisted by depriving them of local or
sectional features, fee.
Mr. Pi eke. in^ was in favor of so much of the
propo-ed amendment as went to limit the num
ber of additional academics to one,' but opposed
to the location of that one in the District of Co
lumbia. He preferred that it -hould be loomed
at Harper** Ferry, a point which he appeared to
consider as invested with great advantage;, from
its being already the scitc of an armory, from its
being very healthy, and m the nudstof aeauntry
fertile in all the necessaries of life.
Mr. Shrjfey required a$dlvision of 1 lie question,
so as to place the question simply before the house
Whether the additional number of academies
should be one or three.
Cn thi j question an animated debate took place,
a sketch of the prominent points of which shall
he given in our next. Suffice it tor the present
to state the results.
The question to strike out three and insert one,
was decided in the affirmative, ayes 91.
The question to make the Corresponding amend
ment in the section, v.s to strike out ali respect
ing the location of the academies, except what
retails to the one proposed to be established in
the District of Columbia, was -.iso dcc.dcd in the
affirmative.
Mr. Pickering then moved to strike out the
words “ within the District of Columbia,” and
insert " at or near Harper’s Ferry, on tlic Poto
mac.”
On the suggestion of Mr. Clay, Mr Pickering
varied his motion so as to confine it to sir.king
out the District of Columbia, leaving a blank, to
be. filled as the House might think, proper.
■five motion, so varied, was decided in the af
firmative by a large majority.—So the District
was put out of the question.
Mr. Clay' then moved to fill the blank in the
section with the words •' Pittsburg, at the junc
tion of the Allegany and .Monongaliela rivers.”
This motion being under consideration—
The committee rose and obtained leave to sit
again; and
T he House adjourned.
1o the Honorable the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States,
iu Congress assembled.
The Memorial of Abraham Markle, Gid
eon Frisbic, and their associates, res
pectively. she wet h—
That your inemoralists, at the com
mencement of the late war between the
United States and Great Britain, were in
habitants of Upper Canada, in the British
dominions, whither they had previously
migrated from the United Slates; That at
an early period of the content they were
called upon to take up arms against their
former countrymen ami brethren, who
composed the army of the United States;
That this call they were bcund to obey,
while they continued to enjoy the protec
tion of, and to acknowledge allegiance to
the government of Great Britain : That
their early prejudices—their native lepl
ings and atleetions. for the soil ar.d the
clime that gave them birth, finally deter
mined them to dissolve their connection
with their adopted government: That in
spired by this determination,General Hull’s
Proclamation was the welcome signal for
some, and the subsequent invasion by Ge
neral Jhearborn for others, of your inemo
ralists to join the American standard :
That in cunsequeuce of this their devotion
to the cause pf the United States, their fa
milies, which were left in the enemy’s ter
ritory, were long exposed to the most hu
miliating privations and distresses, and
were finally driven out of the province :
That the property of your memorialists was
confiscated by the British government,
leaving them destitute of all support but
that which they derived from their pay
in the service of the United States ;
and some of your memorialists possessed
large and ample estates, with all the means
of enjoyment that could render life happy
and desirable: That tho termination of
the war threw them out of service and em
ployment, many of them being entirely de
stitute of the means of subsistence, save
their industry and enterprise * That since
the termination of the war, they have had
and still have to encounter many embar
rassments, arising out of the,peculiarity of
their situation—a situation more easily felt
than described.
In this state of tilings, what remains
for your memorialists, but to throw them
selves upon the justice and magnanimity
of the United States, in Congress assem
bled. This they have determined to do,
in full confidence that their claims are too
just to be rejected ; and that they will
find an advocate in the breaht of every
member : especially when, the induce
ments new out to your memorialists by the
proclamation of General Hull are recollec
ted-—and how powerfully such induce
ments were calculated to aei*c upon the
feelings of Americans, who tho’ they chan
ged their government, could not for that
reason stifle the voice of nature, and
steel their hearts to the ties of consanguini
ty, and the irresistible impulse which the
love of country never fails to produce.
Your memorialists pray, therefore, that
in consideration tif their sufferings and
services in your cause, the necessary evi
dence of which will be laid before your
honorable body, that your honorable body
would grant them a tract of land, in the
fruliauria Territory, lately purchased of
the. Indians by General Harrison, on the
part of the Lnitcd Stales, on which to set
tle for the remainder of their lives; the
grant to tie to each applicant in proportion
to hits losses.
Your memorialists are aware that with
superficial observers, their conduct in a
liamloning their adopted for their native
Country, in the late contest may weai
the appearance of bad faith. Hut from
every age, both in ancient and modern
history, examples may lie derived to
sanction their preference : And with
out aiming to bias the decision of the rc
pretentatives of a free and independent
people, they feel emboldened to say, that
if tne loyalists in the American rcvolutioi
were munificently rewarded by the crowi
of Greet Britain, for aiding a wicked at
tempt to enslave their native country i votfi
m^TTimrislists^may^well eliim remunera
tion from tlm country for attempting nt
the sacrifice uf all their property iu»<f
enjoyments in a foreign land, to extend
t!ie empire of its free and benevolent insti
tutions, and promote its prosperity and
glory.
F O RBIO.N.
Continuation of Jixtracls from lute Paris papers*
received at the office of the Afrcantile Adverts
»■*'*, hi/ the schooner Spartan.
Paris, November 16.
The <l*ike of Cwtitjlione, Peer ot' !•' -mcc, is
■said to erc-use himself from sitting on the trial of
Marshal Ney, on are mint of his having been one
of the Members of the Military Council which de
clared itself .neompetent.
In coniormitv with an ancient custom, the ec
clesiustical Peers will not assist at the trial of
Marshal Ney.
November 18.
The o-Ticial gazette of this morning contains
the following paragraph:
“ 'fhe march of the Prussian arir.ie3 towards
the frontiers has been momentarily suspended by
unexpected difficulties, aiul in consequence, a
great number of troops are concentrated on a ve
ry small space of territory, where every thing ne
cessary was prepared for their passage and not for
their stay. These burdens and unforeseen diffi
culties, which fall principally on the Departments,
of the Nortfr, the Moselle ami the Meurthe. de
mand new proofof the zeal of the Prefects and de
vourment of the inhahitan's, who deserve, for so
many reasons, at length to sec the end of their
misfortunes. The king’s ministers have informed
his majesty of the situation of those department*,
and, deeply affected by their misfortunes, the king
has ordered the minis;ers to employ every effort
in their power to shorten the duration of tins stale
• if things, which although momentary is not the
less burdensome.”
The Treaty of Peace is signed, and will be
communicated to the two Chambers on Tuesday
••.ext.
i ne icomeu at. Angeio >iaio nas discovered in
t!.e Ambrosian Library, at Milan, tlie manuscripts
of tlie works of Syminacchiu, an orator who flou
rished about the end of the 14th century, and also
of Cornelius Fronto, preceptor of tne emperors
Marcus Amelias anil Verus. These interesting
productions have just been printed ut the Royal
Printing-Office at Milan, and the work is render
ed still more valuable by the insertion of a num
ber of original letters of the emperor Antonins
the Pius. Marcus Auyelius and Verus.
Severel French vessels in the port of Bordeaux,
are only waiting the signature of the treaty of
peace, in order to set sail for their difl'ertnt des
tinations.
November 20.
The accounts reveiveil from Vienna respecting
the behaviour and mode of life of those of Bona
parte’s relatives, who sought an asylum in the
Anstrian States, occasion much offence here._
The wife of Baccioclu lives at lirunn, inelegance
and splendor. She is possessed of much money
and valuable property, such us jewtjs and preci
ous stones, services of gold plate, &c. part of
which die has pledged With a Jewish house in
Vienna. Murat’s widow, who calls herself the
Countess of Lipato, (in Paris siie has got the nick
name Of Madame Tul pano) iTks expended aston.
ing sums in finishing and ornamenting her cha
teaux of Hamburg* Maret with his wife and the
own Tlubaudaus, reside a. L ntz.
Losihjn, November 14.
Funded Debt of Great Britain.—It is taken from
the highe ;t official source- The capital of Fund
ed Debt not redeemed first Nov. is 819,145,3841.
18 s. 5/ d The total annual charge of the debt
44,294,0361. 18s. Oid. Amount of all sums
applicable to the Sinking Fund, anil applica
ble to the purchase of slock 14.131,58 1. 9s
S.f d The Commissioners for the Redemption of
(he Debt purchased in the halfyear from 1-t Feb.
to 1st Aug. 1815. 1,199,195 l. capital in 3 per
•cut. the interest of which 332,975 i. 17 s. 7d. is
to he added to the Sinking Fund ; and it is now'
stated the reduction of the debt will proceed more
rapidly after the first inst. the commissiriners ie
ceivmg 160,0001. in ailditioa weekly, for the pur
pose of purchasing stock.
The revenue of Great-Britain were, in 1813 to
1815, by the Chancellor of the F.xchequer’s state
meat, varied trom 47 to 51 millionsthe revenues
increasing in the latter years (this alatemei *. ex
clusive of the Property Tax, wh ch is estimated
to yield from 13 to 14 mill ons annually ) In the
public declaration of the state of the Finances in
February, before the return of Bonaparte from
Elba, anil before the least appearance of a war
Mr. Vansittart stated the probable peace estab
lishment 18 to 19,000,000 1. annually, and might
probably in a few years lie reduced i'o 13 mdlions;
tiie revenue for the last quarter is reported o
exeeed any one former three months by two md
lions of money.
From the London Courier of Oct. 20.
Revival of the dispute betwecu the East India
Company and the Governor of China.
It is but a very few weeks since we coiigratu
latcd our mercantile readers on the happy term.
•tation of the disputes recently existing between
the V.ce-Koyalty of Canton and the Commutec
of Supercargoes, and on the rc-esiablislmiunt ol
commercial intercourse upon such fair and con
ciliatory terms, as promised to secure a long and
uninterrupted tranquility. These favourable
prognotications have been shewn to be quiie falla
cious by communications received by the Wind
h.vn, which stale, that the recent calm hail gi
ven wav to commotions of a far more serinim n«.
lure than any which have lately disturbed the
relations between the two powers.
In our former remarks on the point* at issue,
wc mentioned that the greatest obstacles to their
friendly settlement were certain aggressions on
the lights of neutral ports, said to have been
made by British cruizers in the river Tigris ;
some al lodged interference on the Company’s s«r.
vants between the executive authority and its
native bo n subjects 5 and one or two other less
essential circumstances. In regard to these, the
Supercargoes had disavowed the offensive act sot
liix Majesty’s naval officers, over whom they had
no sort of control; and had withdrawn their pre
tension* to a right of sheltering Chinese subject*
in their employ, from the effect of the municipal
law. The local government had, in its turns
made some important concessions! and an amica
ble intercourse was soon r^-established.—But
carcely a month had elapsed, when a royal edict
was received at Canton, exceedingly offensive
both in its s’ylc and spirit. After again starting
the subject of the operations of our men of war,
it peremptorily ordered the dniinhsal of t!»cyoun
ger Hong merchants, and the lodgement of the
•vhole of the trade in the hands of three or four
persons, one of whom is fan Ciiy Qliuee, who a
!. w year* ago, purchased hi* resignation at the
price of three or tour million, of dollars.
The edict goes on further to express his sub
lime majesty’s ,grcat displeasure against Sir
Ceorgc Staunton, the detention of whom it U
understood to enjoin. After asserting that to the
cnicncy and kindness of his sublime majeaty \*
entirely owing the privilege enjoyed by the Kn
glish in residing in the miuisions of the celestial
hemisphere, the letter declares that they arc a
litigious and tinjp*ateful race,delightinr m broil*
.ml insensible of the blessing* showered on them.
Further, that a* a return for the vainahle pro
iuct* exported by them, they have introduced
.inly articles of luxury, the effect of which has
been to corrupt his Imperial Majesty’s hege *ub.
jects. In conclusion, it tells the supercargoes,
hat if they ara discontented with the mild and
oi\fe;rul protection of the Chinese government,
ike wisent step they rail taler is to withdraw
themselves from it. But little is said regarding
the markets. Three and everal other inniltmg
injunctions had. vv£ art informed, induced the
Committee of Supercargoes to take into conside
ration the propriety of again putting a stop to the
trade; a measure undoubtedly pregnant with
serious evil, but helieved to be absolutely neces
sary for the pucservatioh cf tlieir own indepen
dence, and the future eatable 2.men: of the com
mercial intercourse upoo more -urC and perman
ent grounds.
We have only further to add, that letters have
heenrecei ed from a Canton house by a nvTcan
tilecstablishmedt in the city, strongly urging the
propriety of laying aside speculations to China
for the ensuing twelve mouths.
The following are the most recent letters, we
have seen from that qtiarSer :—
“Canto.v, February 24, 1815.
“ The Combridge will be loaded- l expect,
by the 1st of March. In regard to markets, lien
gal opium may be quoted a >255 to IddOd illars :
Cuichoura cotton about lb-3 to Id tale-—Jalone
about 12 *«.* 12-4 j but tbs bci'ijf the China New
Year, more merry-making than business is going
on ; however cotton may lie considered to be on
the rise. Tlie only Company’s ship here is the
Scaleoby Castle. I’ite Lady Burlaw is not yet
arr.ved,”
“Cistox, Fehniary 25. 1815.
“ Tlie Windham isjjust sailing, and I have only
lime to writeyou a lew lines. The Lady Soplua
arrived at Macao on the 20th, and a Grab from
Bombury, ,. ail 1,200 bales cotton, a few days be
ty, c. M> predictions about the article are ven
f.ed ; it is now r'.s ng ; large sales have been
made by the merchants during the last month, 8c
’hey have now but 4i,000 on hand of ali sorts.
Opium is dull: very he.*vv indeed; at what price
I hardly know, because there are such tricks
played and jeporIs spread to keep up its p-ice ;
i‘>l,2Jd is. I fancy, the utmost that can be obtain
ed fer any quuit{ty
” b r The.ipbiltjs Melctdr leaves this in a few
days for Bengal. The Chtnesie wdl have their
ports and territories respected by your men of
war. The business has been taken up earnestly
at the capital, and orders have been received for
dann khy que to come into the Iiong again as tlie
head merchants. It is said, that Sir George
Staunton is to he ordered to quit the country.
There is much trouble brewing.
“ Tlie Cambridge will sail ,n ten days. Mr.
Elph iv.tonc does not go home this season.”
1 he W iiulham met the Lady Barlow going up
tin- river ; and the Grab above allude 1 to is pro
bably the Pembroke of Bombay. The second
fleet of Indiamen would sail from Whampoa ear
ly in March. ‘
To the Editor oj tha..Morning Chronicle.
Paris, November 9.
You wish to know what is done and said at
Paris, I will tell you ail i know, and you will find
that 1 am not misinformed.
Every day there are persons arrested, who are
suspcc'ed ot not greatly loving the Bourbons.—
They did not wait till the L»w was passed ; it
\va» anticipated both* in Paris and in the pro
vinces, for they were sure itwouhl be adopted.—
They even gave it a retrospective eirect; for
they arrested, not lor actual offenses, but for
having been a partisan of the It evolution or of
Bonaparte. There ~.o>U shortly not be sufficient
fnnaons in Trance, U cont.un those that arc to be
confined.
The spirit of party is blind. That of the Hoy
.Hlists or white jacobins i* »o, even to the extent
of employing for their agents in Pans and in the
departments a number of persons whom public
opinion has designated as having formerly been
the most ardent revolutionists or itonapartisis
)>ut these people have found means of insinuat
ting themselves into the confidence of the princes
and their favorites, by afitc.ng a zeal wh.cli
they do not possess, and by proving themsci-e^
persecutors. A party of uic same men who. no,
dcr the name of ilic ^Murseillow, were the execu
tioners of the first tyrants of the revolution, luve
enrolled themselves among the royal volunteers
of the soutli—and kilt and pillage the protes
taiits and the patriots vvilli the s.une fury that
they pillaged and massacreed the Aristocrats m
179’. _
They say that it is to all ,y these troubles of
the south, that the duke d’Augouleme lias set off
so suddenly from Paris ; fi>r tlic commotion* at
Yismes recommenced on the 18th of last month.
Four hundred fanatical royal is! s, brigands, enter ,
ed the city, pillaged and destroyed‘the houses of
three respectable merchants, af.er liaving killed
two of them, and wounded several of those who
were endeavoring to save them from their fury.
But it IS more probable that it is for die puVl
pose of organizing an army in the south, that the
duke cfAngouteme had repaired thither. It
is fhere only that they can find voluntary enlist
ing’- Every where else, none of the disbanded
soldiers will return into service. They would
enlist much more willingly ageist the Bourbons
than for them :—It is for the nine purpose, ac
cording to report, that the Duke De Berri has
gone into the Eastern Departments. There
are those who say that the princes are thus
dividing themselves for the same motive that
a merchant does not trust all his ventures to a
single vessel, in order that he may not loose all,
in one tempest.
We no longer find in the reading rooms the fo
reign journals, and I am very much afraid that
they Will soon interdict the English journals. The
foreign journals already prohibited are those of
Belgium, the Kuenish Mercurs, the Augsburirh
Gazette. &.c. b
The reforms wh.ch are made in the adminig.
tratioiH-arenotni .de merely from a motive of
economy, but also from a political motive^They
wisli to get rid of every one whom »hey suspect
of not loving the Bourbons, whatever may b^ o
therwise their talents or tlierr services.
ft must not be supposed that the clergy are
excessively royalist. Ttiat cannot oe the case.
The can ,e of the Bourbons is the cause of the no
bilily, and there are scarcely any nobles in the
c- i.sting clergy. If the clergy could hope to re
cover the wealth which they possessed before
the revolution, doubtless they would be very
counter-revolutionary ; but the fate of the ecclo
siasttlal property is*irrevocable, and tythes can
not here-established. Hence the clergy cannot
cease to he poor, and the 3tat« cannot restore to
them that importance which always accompanies
wealth.
The parU-reartirnmnirr do all they ran to make
it believed that the whole nation is on their side,
and lor that purpose they always cell thCmsclffe.
the v.ii/ori/y Tiiih party does'not even include
all the members of t)»e nobility. If the French
people were for the Bourbons, why those sedi
tious cries 111 tne whole of France } Why, through
the n».ans ol laws, deprive Frenchmen of their
personal liberty,if there were'not,as you observe,
only a very small number who me opposed to the
existing order of things.
It in not sufficient to make severe laws, it
must also be ascertained whether the tribunals
will enforce them. Now, the party of reaction
are afraid lest the tribunals should not second
their Views, notwithstanding the purification of
tliem which has taken piece. Hence they have
proposed to the ciiantl>cr to suspend the perma
nency of the u.embers of the tribunals, in order
to render them tiiorc submissive, from the (ear of
losing tlieir placss. 89 true it is that they em
barrass themselves very httlc with the sttpula
• ions ot the charter.
Although the inviolability of the national d v
mams is consecrated by the charter, it i» expc
ied that so**e i*cw Irv.vs will produce % vanity o|
institutions on conditions advantageous to the
emigrants . A proprietor who has acquired na
tional domain* will be denounced, then arrested,
•hen imprisoned); fie wiH be thrcnt-ned with a he*.
Ty "’bich by the law may be carried to as high
as 20,000 francs ; but he will be given to under
stand that an arrangement with the ci-rlmnn.t
proprietor may procure him his liberty, and s«.
cure him from tliefiue. It is thus they trill oil
tain what could be obtained in no other man
ner.
Tlie author of the Centaur has published the
fourth edition of a pamphlet, the title of which
is, *• Oil the Lnpotsihility of entabUthhig' n Coii Hi
tntiannl Aioruirchy itmUr it Military Chief an t
rOptstiuUy uniter .Wipnlemibut lie Tin* added to
this edition some pointed remarks, and especially
an introduction, in which he ridicules the doc
trine of legitimacy in a very happy manner. The
police were informed of it, and immediately seiz
ed the pamphlet. The author, however, uiul the
bookseller, have put their names to it, and there
is no censorship established for pamphlet:’
A very singular thing, that those who are at the
head of the party of re-itctiort1 effect to repeat that
they are the majority; that affairs go on well ;
yet all the measures which they employ are revo
lutionary, and every wlie.e, in spite of precau
tions which arc taken to suppress opinion, there
are seditious cries and movements.
The administration and the organization of the
departments are in some ilegrer, in the hands o
the deputies of those departments. It is the
who indicate to ministers suefiectetl persons, wli
ought to be deprived of Wieir employments, an.i
who should he put in their places. These pre
fects have but very little influence in their nomi
nations.
French Criminal 2 rials.-—Three cau
ses ol great interest have just been tried
by the Court of Assizes at Llois.
1. Catherine JLarochette, dwelling at
Chinon (Indi e and Loire,) has been con
demned to liard labor for life, and to b
branded, having been convicted as an ac
complice in the death of her young son,
aged five years and a half, whose body was
found in a privy. The dog of the accused
was the most eloquent witness in this af
fair. Its cries and its marks of attachment
to the tender victim had something super
natural. This animal was found on the
clothes of his young master, which had
been made bloody and laid in a meadow,
in order to put the enquirers in a false
scent. A serious charge was brought a
gaiust the woman Larochette ; she got
rid of her dog some days after her son had
disappeared, repeating by au inconceiva
ble fatuity, a dog is worth two witness
es.
2. A person named Metevier, the wo
man Couratin and Vincent Mercier, have l
been condemned to death, convicted of poi
soning the Sieur Couratin, husband ol the
second prisoner.
In the course of the proceedings, the two !
last named criminals accused one another
reciprocally. When the woman was told
that arsenic was talked of, she cried at one
4 Arsenic ! arsenic ! ” and-being asked if
she had any accomplice, site pointed out
Mercier, a baker ol Troches crying out—
44 Ah ! the monster ! »tis he lias "ruined
me!”—She added, that in the hope oi
marryi g her, he informed her of his plan
ami its execution.
On the other hand, the declaration of
Mercier was conclusive against the female i
prisoner. He declared that it was only by
her pressing solicitations that he. went to
Towes to buy arsenic ; that the apothecary
of Loclies refused to sell him any without
the permission of the Mayor ; that satisfied
hy tins refusal, he returned to the woman
Couratin, who scolded him, and, by the
promise of giving herself up to him, pre
vailed on him ; so that he went to the apo
thecary, and gave the woman tbc first dose
of arsenic; that the same evening she came
to sleep with him, and ubtrinwl from him
tbc second dose. He added at last, that
the woman Couiatin had proposed to him
to stifle her husband promising never to
betray him.
3. A miller of Blois, and his wife were
accused of having, by the counsels of a
witch of the village, iuticcd to their house
a shepherd, whom they suspected of having
cast ill hick on one of their children, who
was attacked by a lingering malady;of
having overwhelmed him with blows, to
make him undo Iris pretended malediction ;
and at last having made him expire in hor
rible torments, by burning his feet. The
lather aad mother of the child were de
clared guilty, but without premeditation,
and were comtemed to hard labour for life.
The old hag was condemned to death.
Lo*oo», November 18.
The Smuggler detected.—The Brussels packets
have in almost every trip which they have recent
ly made to this country, brought, home some of
those gallant heroes who were left at Brussels
lor the recovery pf their wounds. Towards such
passengers it has been remarked that the Custom
house officers who usually search with scrutin.z*
mg eyes for contraband goods, conduct them
selves with the most liberal forbearance, remark
ing “ those gentlemen have already been ranrlled
enough, without undergoing the runtiling of a re
venue officer An indulgence which we have
reason to believe a British Officer has too much
honor to abuse. Not so with some of those ad
venturous gentlemen, who, in making a trip to
the late scene of carnage, are desirous of convert
mg a journey of pleasure to one of profit. Seve
ral of those travellers, it is suspected, have con
tnved to elude the vigilance of the rev enue, and
to have made nrelty large importations of lace,
gloves and stockings, into this country, Iwitliout
the ceremony of paying duty. Among others who
were desirous of following this happy example,
was a young man, the son of a haberdasher in
Oxford street, who observing the facility with
which wounded officer, were landed on tins side
the water, thought the beat course he could take
on his return homepvuh a view to the success of
his trading speculation, would be to assume the
disguise of “ a hero of Hater lot," and thereby
pass unheeded.
The thought was a good one, and accordingly
on his reffi'.pment he appeared w ith a paw of black
crutches; h.s left leg and thigh th,cki, bandaged
and in all respects in the costume of we who bad
been severely handled in the notion of the 18th.
Mi ttersiwenton v ry well tint ill the arrival of the
custom officer on hoard, when all the passengers'
were quesfiond as to their luggage; at leng h it
oame to the turn of our hero, who said, in a very
cavalier tone, •• You see my friend 1 have been
pretty veil wounded.” This address not being
precisely consistent with the character lie meant
to personate some doubts were entertained of his
clams to the respect w tit which others had hern
'seated, and on further enquiry, those doubt were
i »o far realized, that it was determined to be a
little more strict in the investigation of his hi*
Jfage ; a determination which unhappily led to
discoveries that at once exhibited the habcrdash.
er in his true colours.
As the first search hiul been successful, jt Wa«
determined.to go still further, even to take’a peep
at his wounds. Against such inhumanity the
uov/ terrified shopman protested in vehement
terms. It was in vain to contend with his perse
cutors, however, and to the infinite amusement w*'
the assembled multitude, the bandages were re.
moved, when, to tile surprise of those who had
been tbedup.esot the fraud, immensetweUin-r' o<*
U cc ami other valuable contraband articles were
discovered i and, iii a few ir.inutes, a omplc e
care was effected of die fractured limb__The
search did not end here and on pursuingthe scru.
t.ny lurbier, the pads ot the crutches were found
to be fitrir.eJ ot the same costly materials: the
whole st-jzure be.ng ,nost productive t0 those
coneeriied \ ],* fate of the adventurer was con.
elude1 by hw being pul on si,ore, almost h a
?eit;o°n y*OVC1W,,e,,ned "llh sluMDe *nd
* . . , WiTtntoo, Oct. 1*
A letter m the ^,/r»0; * la Belgique, under
this date, gives an account of 1 lie visit of the F.m
^rinor * (^1,’ thf, K,l^"fUle N'e herLiiuls, the
j rtnee of Orange, the Princes ofj Prussia, he., ty
the held of Waterloo. Their majesties alighting
at Mount St. Jean, mounted the,r horses^o go
w.,^.1 °- !Iave* Houguemont,
where Uiev examined the positions, particularly
tl.at which was occupied by the valiant hendit*.
ry l,ereceivetl hlS irio"ous wound
on the 18th of June. On arriving above La Bel
le Alliance, they haired on the eminence to ex
Amine the hue bv which the brave general Hu low
ileboucued bcvoiid l-'reschennont, Jand the lunc
tionof general Z.e.hen with the left of the aln-s
W hen they arrived at La Belle Alliance his majes
ty the Emperor of Russia accepted glass ofvvme
as well as his suite, then observing the inscription
m l-rge characters, “ A a Belle Alliance,” and
turning to our august Monarch and Ins Royal
highness the hereditary prince, he said to them
v, ith great Cordiality, “ Yea, it is really the fair al
h a nee, both in reap< ct to the stales and families -
Go d grant that it may be of long duration.
Our prince received with pleasure .,nd prati
tude, tins testimony of friend,liip and esteem
bom a magnanimous sovere.gn. Their Majes
ties returned to their carriages at Mount St Je
suL and drove back to Brussels.
SPANISH AMERICA.
Extract of a letter from a Spanish ^fcrcan'ile
Jlouse oj s-eat respectability, at Mot.te Video
JiiUd Svpt. 10. 9
** 1 i.c li6volut.cn continue s; iii\i we arc in
possession of Potosi and Chuquis .ca. Rovdeau
is at tlie head of the army ivh.cli occuo.es those
points, and an action is expected between h.m Jc
the enemy. Flattering hopes are founded on ,t
and it is not to bo doubled if the result 1S> happy’
that part cf our territory which is in possession
ol the enemy will be entirely free and the neigh
boring provinces belonging to the Vice K.u<
dom ot 1 cni, he laid open; which provinces
on two difU rent occasions have already revolt
ed. No troops have been sent against us from
Spain, since we hare occupied Montie V.ileo ;—
,but the interior dissentions and variance of op’in.
ions paraiize the progress of liberty.”
[In no pan of me letter from which the above
is extracted, is there any mention of a snspeiis.on
of intercourse between Huenos Ayres and Monte
Vidqp/as reported. On. tlie contrary the e )9
menttpn ofpersoiia ivlw lave come from Cuenoa
Ayres.}--Boston ‘Ptit.
St. Thomas, Nov. 23.
Wc have been politely favored with a transla
tion of the third'liulietin puluhej in a Carthai'e
na Gazette of the 27th August, mentioning the
following atlrociyus occurrence:
Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Saivailor Nar
vaez, commanding the Republican Diviaon, on
the low river ol Magdalena, among other things
informs the govenwneut of the following occur
rence, llie moat atrocious io human kind.—
Tlie Euro|)taii Spaniard Jose hCaibonero, em
ployed for the space of more than 23 years in tho
Military Hospitals, married in the country and
with three children cut his own turoat <iiSarha>n
Largo, declaring before he died, that !ieh.i. poi
soned more than 400 Soldiers, all Amcr.cans, m
the Hospitals of Turlinco and KaranCa, by mixing
the Medicines admistered to them v ith arseu.ct
This horrible deed ofCarbonero tortured Ins own
conscience to such a pitch, that caused lurn u>
deprive h.mself cf his existence.
General Quarters at C irthageiu, 27th Auguit
1815, 5di of he Independence.
MARI ANO MON I ILLA, Major Oenl.
MARRIED, on riiursday Evening last by the
Ryv’d. Mr. Hhur, Mr. JamesCahau.as(Me.ciunt)
of Petersburg to the am.able and accomplished.
Miss Anna Matilda Hem ;g, daughter of Wra.
VV. Heiung, Esq. oftli.sCdy.
rich m O N I)
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Satuuday. 3lnh Dec, 1813.
From g Cts. to g Cts
mcon prlb 1(5
Com pr barrel 4 25 4 50
-Meal pr bushel 1 oo
CoRce prime greon pr lb tT 29
■■ -- Common 25 26
Flour 8-ipertine X 25 9 OO
— * II U0 • 0j
Herrings Cut pr bbl 10 5tt
—— whole 9
Hemp prton 160 180
Iron 9wed sh prton t!3 i<^|
—— American j 25 130
.Molasses pr gallon 75 85
Oat* per bushel f,5
Hum, St. Croix pr gal 1 40 1 50
--Antigua 1 5;5 , C9
Sugars, bi-'iwn per cwt; 10 (10 2u U9
—— Loaf pet lb. 38 40
Salt Liverpool fine pr bush 70
do filled sacks 4 50 5 so
Teas, Gunpowder 3 3 j.g
——Voting Hyson g
Tobacco jg jq
Whiskey Common 90 95
—— Rectified 1st proof 112 I g>
Wheat pr bushel 1 59 1 67
STOCKS.
Virginia Hank, old shares 10f f nimJ
—-- now 105
Farmers Hank 103
DHY GOODS.
Advance on Woolen* 115 to 125 on iterling—
Cotton Goo.lt 110 to 125.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Specie 4 to 5 per cent premium, tenret.
Treasury notes, none
Excliange on l/indon .1 to 4
Bos tony ~ 7 g
New York at par
Philadelphia 3 discount
Baltimore 7 8 do
District of Columbia, » _
chartered Ha.ik* $ 7 8 t*°
COMM 1MSION MBkCHAN rs."*"
DAVID U EDMVXD AXDEHS0X,
HAVE commenced tire COMMISSION BU
SINESS, in the City of It.chmnnd ; and having
taken a house near the Basin, on the Cross Street
lead.ng from thence to E or Mam (Greet, they arc
now ready to receive C maifpimenta, and pledge
ibemselves to give utrict attention «•< an bttsmess
confided to them. They hope, from »**fdRity
and attention, to meiitjthe patronage of thru*
friends and the public.
Jan lary 6, Ikl?.