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SOUTH AMERICA.
NEW YORK, SEPT. 27.
By: the sloop Packet, arrived on Tues
day from Havana, we received a file of
Jamaica papers to the 16th ult. inclusive,
from which we extract the following
South American intelligence :
KINGSTON, (jam.) AEG. 9.
By the Esperanza, which arrived on
Monday evening from Porto Bello, ac
counts were received from Parma to the
20th ult. respecting the contest in Peru.
Intelligence, it appears, had been brought
by the schooner Guadaloupe, in 10 days
from Pavta, (the latter place is about ten
days sail from Lima,) which we hear is of
the utmost importance.
The Chilian commander San Martin
having left behind him a garrison of 900
invalids, embarked at Quacho with 4000
men, who were landed at the Chorillas,
situate within two leagues of Lima.
The royalist army immediately attack
ed the troops of San Martin with great
intrepidity, whom they routed with im
mense slaughter—upwards of 1600 of the
Chilian troops having been left dead on |
the field of battle. San Martin, with the i
remains of his corps, favored by the ap- |
proach of night, fled with the utmost pre
cipitation, and escaped on hoard the ves
sels whence they had disembarked. Their
destination was unknown, but it was sup
posed that they had gone back to Chili,
so that the cause of the royalists appears
now to wear a very favorable aspect in
that quarter, and we trust may be the
means of reviving the trade of this citv,
which has been so long interrupted by the
previous position of affairs in the Pacific.
The governor of Truxillo, the marquis
of e.retgale, is stated to have manifest
ed a disposition to put himself on the de
fensive; a division of troops, however, had
bem sent against him from Lima. The
captain of a British ship, employed in the
whale fishery, which had touched at Pay
ta, shortly before the departure of the
Guadaloupe, reported that he had spoken
a Spanish brig of war, in company with
a ship of the line, and a frigate of the
same nation, directing their course to the
port of Callao.
The inhabitants of Guayaquil!, we hear,
have been recently overwhelmed with the
greatest affliction and despair, in conse
»(Cp!E!Te-e of the arrival of an expedition
from Chocof and the heavy contributions
levied on them by these expeditionary
troops.
me Jzsperanza was uoaruea- on her j
passage by one of commodore Aury’s
cruizers, the captain of which endorsed
her register in the name of the Republic
of Colombia ; warning, at the same time,
the master of the Esperanza, that if he
should have any communication with the
places occupied by the Royalists, the con
demnation of the vessel and cargo would
be the result.
By the Perseverance we learn that a
small privateer schooner, fitted cut at
Maracaibo, with small arms, and com
manded by a Frenchman, with a d-ew of
about 20 men, is annoying the coasting j
trade between St. Jago de Cuba and the !
leeward ports of this Island, having taken !
three vessels,principally loaded wiSh flour,
which were ransomed.
LIMA.
The correctness of the account which
we publish to-day, relative to the defeat
of general San Martin, is rather problem
atical, and must be read with the usual
allowance for Spanish royal exaggera
tion, which a few days ago stated that
general San Martin was at the point of
death with the fever, and had been com
pelled to abandon the coast, when, in
fact, positive information was received in
this country, that he was at that moment
investing Lima with a sufficient numeri
cal force to ensure its speedy downfall.
\_12alt. Fed. Gaz.
FROM LIMA.
Arrived at Baltimore the ship Chesa
peake, captain Lane, from Coquimbo, and
78 days from Valparaiso. The British ;
frigate Owen Glendower, 10 days from j
Lima, arrived at Valparaiso on the 16th
July, and brought accounts that the ar
mistice still continued between the Patri
ot and Royal Armies, but that it was
thought impossible for the city to hold
out a month after the commencement of
hostilities. The account brought to New
York, from Jamaica, of the defeat of San
Martin, must, therefore, be incorrect.
The United States frigate Constellation,
captain Ridgely, had sailed from Coquina-,
bo for Lima, and intended visiting the,
Sandwich Islands. An American ship
^Vom Philadelphia, and an English vessel
from Rio Janeiro, both deeply laden with
flour, had eluded the blockading squadron
and got into Lima.—[Chronicle.
A country member of the legislature,
was asked by one of his constituents, why
he never spoke in the “ Blouse.” “ My
dear friend,” he replied, “ where there
are so many speakers, there ought to be
at least one hearer.” It is not often that
an assemblvman makes so pertinent and
err.
FROM GIBRALTAR.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 3.
The brig White Oak, arrived at Am
boy yesterday morning, having sailed
from Leghorn August 13th, and Gibral
tar August 28th. We learn nothing new
from the former place relative to the
Greeks and Turks. Capt. Noyes under
stood that no events of importance had
recently taken place in that quarter. The
White Oak had a pas*:age of 9 days to
Gibraltar, and remained there five days.
The yellow fever had broken out at
Cadiz and Malaga, and the intercourse
between those places and Malta was in
terdicted.
The U. States frigate Constitution,
com. Jones, and ship Ontario, captain
Chauncev, arrived at Gibraltar previous
to the 22d August, both in 17 days from
Leghorn.
There was no improvement in the Gib
raltar market—Flour jg4.
A letter from Gibraltar, of the 10th of
August, received at New-York, states,
that the markets are very dull for Ame
rican produce, owing to the numerous ar
rivals—not less than 20,000 barrels of
flour on hand—nominal price §3 75 to
S4 50. No sale for tobacco or rice.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
BOSTON, SEPT. 23.
We are indebted to capt. Tracy, of the
ship London Packet, which arrived at this
port last evening from London, for the pa
pers of that city, to August 20, two days
later than before received. They do not
contain any news of importance. Thev
furnish information from the king, at Dub
lin to the 15th, on which day he held a
private levee at the vice regal park. His
public entry into the city was to be made
on the, 17th.
The papers contain news from Madrid
to August 7. The king had returned
from Saredon to the city. It was stated
that very disagreeable news had been re
ceived from Vera Cruz.
BALTIMORE, OCT. 4.
Ey the brig Ann, Gadsden, arrived
here last evening, in 33 days from Cam
peachy, avc learn, that on the evening pre
vious to the sailing of the brig, a revolu
tionary movement had taken place at
Campeachv, headed by the officers of the
royal army there, for the purpose of
erecting an independent government for
that province. They were opposed by
the inhabitants, who were desirous of
continuing under the direction of the
Cortes. Two of the principal officers
engaged in this attempt were imprisoned,
and the citizens generally left under arms,
and called to duty.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 1.
The steam ship Robert Fulton, captain
Barnard, took her departure yesterday
morning- for Charleston and Savannah,
with about sixty passengers. In the mor
ning just previous to her sailing, we saw
eight or ten cart loads of specie going on
board, and we understand that about two
hundred thousand dollars were shipped in
her. The Robert Fulton got to sea at 2
o’clock, contending- with a strong south
erly wind and flood tide most of the way
down.
The Robert Fulton carried an arma
ment of six guns and twenty-four inus
quets, for protection against piratical
cruizers. It is asserted, that she can dis
charge 1200 gallons of scalding water in
a minute, nearly to the distance of point
blank musquet range.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 2.
The United States schooner Nonsuch,
which sailed from this port about three
weeks since for the Mediterranean, has
put into Newport in distress, having en
countered a severe gale in the Gulf stream
on the 18th ult. and lost one of her masts,
her rudder, and several spars.
A letter from St, Augustine, (under
date of September 10th) states, that “ this
place has been uncommonly sickly this
summer, and a great many deaths have
occurred both in town and country. On
the river St. Johns, they have been re
jnarkably sickly. Our courts are not yet
organized; and when they are, I do not
know how they are to act: for, by gen.
Jackson’s proclamation, the Spanish laws
are declared to be in force, and neither
magistrates nor lawyers know what they
are. Until Congress makes law's to gov
ern the territory, we shall be without any
1 a w. ’ ’—[_ Enquirer.
It is no doubt through an error that the
editor of the Pensacola Floridian, in pub
lishing the statement of the transactions
relative to Col. Callava, which wre ex
tracted from his number of the 25th of
August, has stated that the late Intend
ant of Louisiana, (Mr. Morales) had been
; imprisoned by governor Claiborne, for a
week, because he would not give up cer
tain papers belonging to this country. It
is well known to every one here, that such
| a circumstance never took place.
i Or lean? Gaz_
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EXTRACT FROM THE CHARGE
Of Chief Justice Mellen to the Grand
Jury for the County of Somerset, Maine.
“ Our government is founded on prin
ciples of equal rights and privileges.
Every man has claims to distinctions, to
honor, and to offices, when he can found
those claims on his own merits and the
virtues of his life. We are not at liberty,
then, to thwart our own principles, and,
by neglecting to furnish the means of
early education, deprive thousands in the
community of the privileges which belong
to them; the privilege of becoming men
of talents—men of extensive usefulness,
and ornaments to their country.
“In connection with the subject of
public schools, it is natural to look to the
innumerable advantages resulting to the
community from the religious instruction
of the pulpit. Enjoying, as we do, the
most ample liberty of conscience, we are
without excuse if we do not prize it as it
deserves, and avail ourselves of the count
less blessings which it places within our
reach. We have the privilege of wor
shipping God according to the dictates of
our own consciences: Let us not then
abuse the privilege by neglecting it. In
deed, a steady, serious, and sincere ob
i servance of the worship of God in his
sanctuary, and reverence for the institu
tions of religion, are the,only sure and
effectual proof which we can give to the
world of the exalted estimation in which
we hold this privilege.
“As we prize and cherish our liberty,
we have, as citizens of a free country,
peculiar reasons for cherishing and ad
vancing the Christian religion. In illus
tration of this truth, I cannot express
myself so happily as in the words of a
distinguished Divine and excellent man :*
‘ Religion,’ he observes, i befriends liber
ty. It diminishes the necessity of public
restraints, and, in a great measure, super
sedes the use of force in administering
the laws, and this is done by making men
a law to themselves. Take away the pu- *
rifying and restraining influence of reli-,'
gion, and selfishness, rapacity, and injus-f
Uce, will break out into new excesses,
and, amidst the increasing- perils of so
ciety, government must be strengthened >
to defend it. Diminish principle and you
increase the need of force in a communi
ty. In this country, government needs ,
not the array of power which you meet in
other nations. No guards of soldiers—
no hosts of spies-—no vexatious regula
tions of police. But it accomplishes its
beneficent purposes by a few unarmed
: Judges and civil officers, and operates so
silently around us, that many of us enjoy
its blessings with hardly a thought of its
existence. And this is the perfection of
freedom. We owe all this to the power
of those laws which religion writes on
our hearts; which unite and concentrate
public opinion against injustice and op
pression : which spread a spirit of equity
and good will through the community.
Thus Religion is the Soul of Freedom ;
I and no nation under heaven has such an
interest in it as ourselves.’ ”
*• Ur. Channing.
American Leghorns—We have been
much gratified by the inspection of three
straw hats, for ladies, manufactured from
the spear grass which grows in our com
mons, by Miss Hotchkiss, of Poughkeep
sie. On comparing these hats with some
of the finest imported Leghorns, we were
forcibly struck with the superiority of the
former over the latter as to texture ; they,
in fact, only want a little more finish to
render them, in every respect, a better
article than the highest priced Italian
hats brought to this country ; and encou
ragement is all that is required to super
cede the introduction of this foreign lux
ury, and to render permanent a branch of
domestic manufacture, which will give
employment to the female part of the
community, and greatly promote our na
tional prosperity.
The three hats are now for sale at the
store of Mr. Vandewater, 135 William
street, and, we are persuaded, will attract
the attention of the ladies of New York,
who are never behind in patronizing do
mestic products.—-[Advocate]
Law Proceedings—Eliza S. Treat, aged
19, recovered a-verdict of $1000, against
William T. Browning and his wife, in a
trial before the Superior Court, in Brook
lyn, (Conn.) on the 15th ult. in which the
defendants were charged with uttering
slanderous words against the plaintiff.
A quaker who had the command of a
trading vessel had to encounter an ene
my’s lugger on his voyage. His princi
ples forbade him to fight direct; he there
fore resigned the command to the mate.
In the course of the action, however,
things did not go to his liking, and he
addressed his mate in the following terms:
“ If thou meanest to beat the enemy,
friend, thou should point thy guns a little
more abaft.”
JOHN Al*FAR LANE,
Attorney at Law,
WILL practise in the High Court of
Chancery at Winchester, Virginia.
The Baron de MaltHi, Secret ary ij
Hessian Legation, in the place <#
Lqmonosoff, has arrived at New Y'f]
a ship from London.*—[dVhz. Intel.-#
The Yellow Fever has not entire
appeared, as yet, in those cities 1
have suffered from it during the p‘
season. One or two deaths, from
cause, have occurred in Baltimoi
each of the three or four last days. '
also took place at Norfolk, as Is
Wednesday ; and two cases made
appearance on the.same day in N.
which has this summer been almo
empted from the terrible visitation,
vannah continues healthy, and Ne'
leans was still so, as late the first ol
tember.—\_Ib.
ROYAL MAIDENS.
It is probable that George IV. w
married again in the course of %icl
months. He will meet with no difth^
in Undine a suitable bride. Germa ,
o c
fertile in princesses ; and there wr
parents ready enough to offer their da®0
ters—perhaps willing victims—at'ven
| shrine of ambition. The emperor of J[n0
tria has still a daughter unmarried gj
well as the king of Saxony; the kin'
Bavaria has six, two of whom at leas^S
of marriageable age; the king of Pruds
has one as old as 18 years ; the kin]
Portugal one,, who is 20 ; the king of I _■
mark one, who is 28 ; the king of Sf
nia one, who is 18 ; the Grand Duk1
Tuscany two, who are. marriageable ; i
besides these, there is the widow of
: infant Pierre Charles of Spain ; the wic
of the Duke de Berri, and the widov '
Napoleon Bonaparte. If his choice shoC(
fall upon the last, he must woo hei®
Richard III. addressed the Lady Anil
\Portsmouth Gaz
KEENE, (n H.) SEPT'. 29 ..
It has been stated to us for a fact, t!
bed-clothing, belonging to a family'
Warwick, has been found ' the1
gale, in Royalston, and a
in Wine hen don, say
boards and shingles
miles, and nearly the
a barn roof, in Fin
have been carried fi
about 30 miles 1
MONTPELIE
1 On Sunday, the 9tl
whirlwind passed froil
distance of about two
twisting potatoe tops, hi
close to the ground, and*
up entirely out of sight, ny itS"progrt
it crossed Stephen’s Branch, and enten
Onion River, raising the water in a bod
about the circumference of a barrel, at
carrying it in a column to the cloud
The interesting phenomena was witnes
ed by Mr. Jacob Davis, Jr. and a numb
of others, by whom we are favored wi:
the fact.
Col. Chapin, of Springfield, Massachi
setts, famous for his success in fattin
oxen, now has three, of which the foliov
ing are the weights :
Largest Ox 3028 lbs.
Mate 2709
Four year old Steer 2156
It is stated in the Philadelphia Gazette,
that Mr. Price, of the New York Thea-1
tre, who is at present in London, offered
Braham,the English vocalist, forty thou
sand dollars, for two years’ engagement
—which he refused !
v.. •
“ Antidote for Vegetable Poisons:—M.
Drapiez has ascertained, by numerous ex
periments, that the fruit of the fewillea
cordiloiiais a powerful antidote against
vegetable poisons. He poisoned dogs of
the rhus toxicodendrum, hemlock,, and
mix vomica. All those that were left to
the effects of the poison died, but those to
whom the fruit of the fewillea cordifolia
was administered, recovered completely
after a short illness. M. Drapie^_also
took two arrows which had been dipped
in the juice of manchinelle, and slightly
wounded with them two young cats. To
the one ol these he applied a poultice,
composed of the fruit of the fewillea cor
difolia, while the other was left without
any application. The wound of the for
mer speedily healed ; while the other, in
a short time, fell into convulsions and
died.
WEEKLY ALMANAC.
OCTOBER I SUN I SUN MOOn’s
1821. IRISES. SETS. PHASES.
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10 Wednesday 6 23 5 37 ^ r
11 Thursday 6 24 5 36 2 c|
12 i-'riday 6 25 5 35
13 Saturday 6 26 5 34 ^
14 Sunday 6 28 5 32 "'t 03 ^ *'*
, 'IT!3 Ot tO S
15 Monday 6 29 5 :<!j o to ot o ?
16 Tuesday 6 31 5 29j 3 3. 3 P
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