VI r,.
: • ‘I '.1. Jv'. —Mr. Van Hiiroii
■ til" •,>u-:i)oriLil of t!u‘ ('liainl't'r
i M'.n'it:'- ,'i th' l i'.v ol’ Ncv. -^ oi'li,
ilinj 1 luil, ii) co>;si'(|ii'.“UCC ol t!u-
I .1 ul' i;up'!t',s .'tiid c\|>urts .a
„ • . i ', of iiu>'. f'I.; , the iiK'iT.Iu'.nts huvi-
j III'.', ".-)» 1 icricrd >c:iuus iiijui'V
! ••jla-'. ulrust()i'.i-!I(iiiso, occu-
/: 1(1 '>y’i!io liiabilily  i'any one person
d -,v 1; .’L-' i!;'.’(!a !‘,'s ui Collcclor ol that
'Ah
.I'l'l exp'
Cl‘i:i* ’> ;!ltf iitl i1k‘ imjoi l
-t ;iiti ■■. .Vw llial. 'pronijitiH'SS
Ir, .'I. .n; - I intficsls ; and
i.,,,.:/- -t'f tiio ■ ’ oi’ si-jjaralinj^
liii/.r 111 :i!'.r,hf>s of con.. ;(c‘, and jI‘ajj-
an acldilional (^lliror, to n honi
Ilia. i)c ill!' duly o}' a't'-ndiny; to
Uc'.'iMitd lu the Sccrt’lury ol
the '1 rt'.\SLn y.
nUAWn U K os f'OT{T>\OF..
The* Si-nali* thin ;c'sMm*'d the rMnsidpr-
a*icn (if the; hill ‘ alluv. inr^ a th'a\vl).ick.
i>ti ihi‘ (*'\])Oi'lalion (>1 cordasjo inaniifac-
IIred in ilu/States iVom l\;ri*i^n
hcMi]^.” 'I’hc (|'ir iti'iM pendin.u:, “Sliall
.,«• hid he oii'.^rosbt d, and read u third
liinc;'”
Mr. D’\V(,'fand Mr. I.loyd, of Muss.
)iia.!c SdiiH- o!»s(‘i \ ations in favor of tlio
hill, and >i'r. Jolinsoii cjf Ki-n. l-'.c!wards,
iiid Mi'. Dit Lvrson, ai^ainst it.
(jiK'stion was then taken on order-
tlie hill to a th.ird veafiinp;, and.it was
il'.''L(;i inim‘d in the nej^utive. hy yeas and
na'.', Hsfolluus ;—Yeas 11—Nays Cl.
i.'.i.ANU riiADf: in.iur.i,\ missolui a.sd
M KM CO.
■\Vf.i).\Ksi)AY, .(a.\. 2C). 'riie Senale
then rcb'.iined the consideration of ilu;
h;li to authorise tlic I’l'c.wdcnt. of
ihi; L'nited Stales to cause a ro.id to Ik
iiK'rked onl from tlie westorn fVonlicr of
Missouri to the coniines of Mexico; and
a'a . c o:iiid"rahlo debate, the (inestion
M as taken I)V Yeas and Neus, aiid decided
follows:—Yeas ;'>o—Nays 12.
Hr)USK OF rfr.riJESFA'TATIVFS.
\Vi.i)M-.sL'AY, Jan. 26. Mr, Wright,
from tlu' c oniiniliee appointed to prepare
atid report sncii rules as in their ojiinion
may he jjroper to be observed in the elec-
ti(,n of. I’re-sident and \’ice I’rcsidenl,
loade the foilowins; repc^rt, vhic:h uub
referred and ordereil to be pi inted ;
'i lie Coniniiltee appointed “to prepare
and report buch rules as, in their onin-
ioii, may be proper to be observed hy
this Mouse, in tlu* choice ol' a I’l sidetii
uf the United Slates, whose lerp.) (if
service is to commence oti tlie fo.irth
day of March next, if, on countinej the
votes ;>i\en in tl.e seveial States, in tlie
iii:-:inci’ presented in the (’onslitmioii
of ihc l’nited States, it shall u])j)ear
tiiv;‘ no j'orson has i-eeei\ed a majority
of the votes of all the I’.lectors o!’Pres-
irlent and \'ire President, appoiulcd in
ll’.c iieveral States,”'
KEPOilT:
'I’luii the followinf^ Uulos he ol)scrvcd
b’. ihe Mouse in the choice of u I'lesident
of tlu* Utiiied Siates, whose term is to
( onim^'iH C on the fourtli day of Maridi,
if tlu* choice, shall constitulionally
devolve iipf.n lhe House :
isl. Ill the event of its appearin^^i', on
openin!;; all the certificates and coiuuin).j
the votes ijivcn l>y the Electors, of the
•several Slute.i foi’ I’resident, that no pcr-
ioti has a majority of the votes of llie
w hole ninnher oi' I'lec.KM-s appointed, ;tiid
Jie lesu!'. sh.dl have l>een declared, the
•s:;iue sl'.all l)e entered on tlie Journals of
this House.
'• 2d. The roll of the 1 louse shall then he
'■■.died, i-iu!, (Jii ils :i[)pearin}f that a nu-in-
'>er or nieiuber.s, from t wo-lhit els of the
Mates are ])resent, the House shall imme
diately proceed, by ballot, to choose a
I'resident from the pej'son*) h:ivir.j^ the
]!i,;^he.sl numbers, not exceeiiiiifi; '.luee. on
the list of those vot'd for as i'resideni:
.?;id in case neither of those jjersons '^hall
K'cei\e the \otes of a maioiitv of all the
States on the first !)allot, the lioiise shall
' '/iiiinne t(j ballot for a I'resident, w ithoul
'’•iLi'riijjtion by oilier bu •injss, unlil a
J'.'fsident be elitr.en.
''/.I. 'rii-' doors'oi’i!i'“ Hal! sliall he clo •
SI ! (hiriTi;; the h;il!otiti;^, c\cep‘. attains!
Ti •iihi'Ts 'if the ScnrJe. and tie.: oliicns
f:l' i;ie llousr: and the f;alle! ies shall he
( ' • •.(■'1 oil the r..'jiie.st of t!i_‘ delei^-alion
 I ..ny (jne St;;!e.
I'rom the coinmeiic,'ment cd’ the
1 -i 'ii.i,'; I n’.il thi' electicM'. t‘. made, no !
i’.; liici'::' !'. m .L*iue, ball'jt
seive', in ordei' to asceitain l!;'* o >- ol
the iMil tliey may, if neces>.ui y,
appoint t. llvi s of their ballots ;
After the volt* of each Stat«? is ascertairi-
ed, ciup’ica’.e.s thtreof shall be niadt-
out, and in cascr.u) one of the ])crsons-
frohi whom the clioice is to be madi*.
shall receive a. niajorily of the vot'-s
given, on any ciie ballo'iny', by the He-
preseu'.ativ'; ■, cd’ a State, the iH'iue ol
tl'.at Tierson hull be wrilten on eai h ol
the diiplici'.te;, : tind,' in case the vote''
S(j j;i\. n shall lie di'» ided, so lh.it ni-nii-
er of s..;id persons shnil ha\e a majori
ty of ihe v.!,(>le number t f\oies L;i\eii
iiN 1 Cii‘i.
M.v;-Youx, JAN. 29.
vi:hy LA'I'K- i:.n;(;i.a.\d.
Last-evenint^. the siiip la;!y-ho, Cilo-
v'-r, arrived at thii port aftv*r a retriat'ku-
!j!\’(jtii:.k passp;;‘ at this season, of i.’>
(L.vs from lilt* Do'vvns, v, liif h she h it on
the 5th iti>st. 'I'he rc'.nilar pneket ship
John \Veih„ from i.iverpool. uIm) cumc
up, l.ul havin.c; sailed on tl.e lOth .Decem
ber, the contents jf oer files with her
Iv.ive alre.,tly b. cii a:itiCli)aM''.l by tiie i*;i-
ris papers rec.c iv(‘d by the H.'ivre packet.
We h.tv(> also received LIonu's Lists to
iiv'lUCll unv .!!,(■ lKillurmt.v, tlu ’l UlC'JVd I1i.v OiuTi(T.
■,lu. WU..I •>,l,n.t,,r .i.JI b. writun I'- L...k1u> C hro.utic
cad, U.I.; : » I'""' ,
r Si .tc slifiil rth, the 1 onienls ot wiit'-h, li tru(.,wou!(
After the dei'-j^ iUon from each Slate shall
have a .ecTtained the vol*j ol iheir Stale,
the Clerk shall iuiiiie the Stales iti the
order they aix- usiuiily named f(^r re-
ceiv in,( i)etitions ; and as the nanu', oi
each is culled, the Sei e;ea!it-at-Arms
bhali |ire.vent t'> the dele;;ation of each
two ballot-bo\("^, ineachofvi hie.h sliull
he depo.sited, !>y some i!epiesentativc
of the State, one of the duplicates made,
as aforesaid, (.li the vote (f said State,
in the pre .emf, liiel sul)j'‘ct to the ex-
aniination, of all the mcm!)ei'> from
s.lid Slate then present ; and, wlu.'re
there is more than om* iiepresenialive
from a State, the rluplieates shall not
hciih I/I' depo'.ilpd i>y the same person:
\\ hen till' vo'.es of ih;; States ar^ thus all
taken in. ih»i S-jr^eanl-at-.Vrms shall
curry (Hie jf the siid ballot-boxes to
one table, and the olher to a sej>arate
Lnd distinr.t tuble ;
One perso!i fr«jm ern h State, represented
!ves
ember
would
seem lu warrant a belief that Spain Iceis
\erv niuch disposed to (piarrel v.ith this
country. 'I'he wrui'r suy.s :—
“ In my last I mentioned the American
Minister having sent of!’ his Secretary at
a slioi't n.'.'tice with despatches to V\ ash-
in:;ton—the cause now. comcs out. The
kitii'-, in his wisdom, formally demands
of the United Stales to recall the recof^-
tiition of the indepemlence of the several
Spanish countries in .\merica, uiuler])ain,
in case of refusal, of issuing a royal de
cree nrnkinc; the cession of the F/oridns.”
Another London paper states that Mr.
.\ppleton, of the American Legation to
Spain, had embarked at Liverjiool for
Ne\v-Yor!i. It ca’inot be long, therefore,
ere this is clcvired t;p. 'i'lie deti'r'iiina-
tiot) of our government to adopt, in com
pliance with the V. ishes of thejj^iation,
mf)re energetic measures than those hith
erto employed, to root out the jiirates
in the balloiin slu.il b- appointed by | shelter in the island of Cuba,
:'i' . Kition to adjourn shall be received,
I ii!i o’l til- motion of one State, second- ;
( 1 ! y anoth( r State ; and the (pu'^,iit;n !
i'lKili l." dec idl’d hv St ife-i. 'i'he sanu- I
ill.'j shall b'(/b-er\ f| in rr;»-ai'd tc. any |
iDotioii to chan;,'-’ M;" i';-i'..il h'.iur lor tiie '
v.ieeting jf tin' lloi.se j
.itii. In b.dioting- t!ie iollonii'.g mot'e !
.sliall be (jl)ser\ed, to \s it ; I
'I'he I'vejii i. set,»a;i\ '".  f ea.'h S'r.’e f.r.ul! *
b(* ai rarig'C.'d :uid s» .iti'd toi'cilu’r, b,'-j
jVinnini: m ith t!ie seats ut t!'e I'ight hai;d
ot'll,'' ^'peaker’'. ehuir, v.ilh tlu' mi :n-
!)('is from the S’ati' of M tni*-, liu iici'
])!•()( I'eding v ith th‘.‘ niei;ii>i‘!'i iVoin the
Slate'-, ill theoi'der tbi- .Stall.'' an-ii iii-
r.llv named fur ri i'i \ in:;- petitions, a-
•, ound the Hall of the.llousi., uafil ali
ai'(' st'a’ed ;
A l)allot-bcjX shall be pr >\iui d h r earli
S'al. :
The ’1’:.'i'State sh dl.
its Hepresentatives to toil iiV said bal
lots ; but, in case the Kepresentatives
fail to appoint u Itliei, the Speaker
shall appoint;
'I'he said tellers .1 all tlivic'e themselves
into two sets, as iit'ai ly ecp;al in num
ber as Cull he, and oie,' («f 'the said set
of tellers shall jiioct'ed to count the
votes in.one of su.id lioxes, and the olh
er set the votes in the olher box;
When the voles are c-.-unted hy diirerent
sets of tollers, the result shall be re
ported to the Jlou'-e, atid if the reports
agree, the same sliall be accepted as
the true \otes iif the Siatcsj but if the
reports dis.igiee, the States shall pro
ceed, in t:.c same manner as before, to
a new ballot. '
Cth. Ail (luostions arising after the bal-
loti'igs commence, recpiiring the decis
ion of the House, w hich shall be decided
by the House voting per capita, to be in
cidental to the po’Aer of choosing a I’res-
ideiit, shall be decidtd by States without
(ii'I)ate; and in case of an ecpial division
of the votes of Suile.s, the cjuestioii shall
be lost.
7th. When either c.f tlie persons from
V, liom tlie cl'.oi'c is lobe made, shall hu\e
the majo' it} of all the States, the S|)eak-
er shall declare the same, and that that
person is elected I’resident of the United
Slates.
Sth. 'I'he result sliall be immediately
communicated to the Senate hy message;
and a committee of llirec persons shall
be appoinled to inform the President of
the I’niled States, and the President elect
of his election. ‘
Mondw, Jw. I.—'I'Ik.' Speaker laid
beiore the House a conununication from
ll'.c* Secretary jf War, containing returns
of the militia oi'the States and 'I'errito-
ries, togeiher v itli an alislract of the an
nual return') ')f aruis and accoutrenients
—[)P'|)ared in (ourorniity witii the act of
C!ong!'ess of Mjrcli 2d, iKfi.’>; which wa‘.
referi'ed. and ordered to be printed.
Mr. M‘LariCj from the committee of
^^'ays and M''.;.n‘-, to m h.om was referred
an act from the I-ien.ite ‘‘to secure the ac
countability ofpuiilic oHicers and othc i s/’
reported the same, 'Aillioot umendmciit.
Mr. I’oi's^ili, fi(jvn the committee on
I’oreigti Uelatior.', iiuide a reiKJi t on so
much of lie.' Pi ''sul' ut’s message us r'-
hu.e., to ])iri.’,'y , nd outrages committed on
our conii'iiercc !jy Soutii-;li vessels; v\h;ch
w as ()rd'M'd t-) l-e pi'ii.ted.
On motion uf Mr. i oisytli, it nas
i;i >-'iii.vr.i, till' (•((’iini;1lro on 1iiili;iii .\f-
t’.iii'' III' 1'lic’i'.' |(j •'•■ji'.iri'iiitu till'cNjici J !i-
I V ii,:.kii ;>' :in ;'. M!(.jjri:itii)ii fur tiu'  \;'m-
gii;shiiu !it (,i’ llu' l:i tit!‘ to l uul l\:iig i;i
ttic Mali' (.1 I v ■ I ;'.'t hii'.i tii'isr
('rick :iiu! ( iM i-.iiu (■ ImiiMis v. li.) ri iiid': v.i'.li-
iii tiif • Ilf t!i>- v n.l il.it.'.
Mr. I'oi s; th II l'''; ; t'd to the ui ssagr
fi'-;ri the Pi'e ddc.i;' /i' ihe L nited >.
\vhi':!i V. .1. j)’ i'S( i.ti d (.) the Ilcju e htsi
••'.eek. 'i i'.e iiiiormi'.tiijii whii'li he p e
sevsed o:i the sn'rect, diu'ered t'ror.; that
coii'aiiied in ti,. >He under-
-tood th:!t soive . f lIi'* Cieckn ition v, i re
.'•'.xiotis lo si'll tiu'ir h.nds to the United
Stati"'^ V. itl'.out th
the tribi . I;, !  1
to sho'A Muit s;u !i !ial ’m'CU the ( ourse ol
tl.e'-e i.ii’i.ii',*-, i:i a furmer treuiv : and
exprefs d hi i v. r h to ’..ke the seiuie of tin
II »'r ' on' tin: sn'ijri t.
^iI• i 'll ' \th 'ered tiie rolIo\\ing leso-
lutii!!’., hie!' Ii.-' (M'e d.iy on the table :
li i::'.ii 1,1 I '( li.i' t!' ■ Si Ilf tlu- Dcjiurt-
I’U'Di Ol' \' ;ir It, :iit'l lie is !irri li\ (rircctii!. to
i \ ! I'l 'i v 'dll' ;i l oni (it tin- rcpiirt nl
'lilt' coiii.iiiN .iir'ii ri'ir-pii !.!'. ■! !iy the I’rosidfiit
toi'!ii \\iiiiti;f (‘ilk I III i:ii IS for tlu- i’\tin-
l;'';':'li!l' ■III cl :’m ir i i'l s to !:ui(U I\lii'jf in tin’
w ill, probably, he as disjileasing to Fer
dinand as our recogniition of the inde])en-
denceof tiie South American States. Out
Minister, Mr. Kush, is stated lo have
iraiisacted business with '^Ir. Canning on
the 21st Deceniber.
Si'Aiv.—A new treaty is said to have
been signed on the 10th Dec. between
i'lante and Sjiain, relative to the coiitin-
traiice of part of the troops of the former
in the Peninsula. At Cadiz they were
fortifying Caraca and Leon, and collect
ing money to pay themselves. Madrid
had been entirely evacuaieci by the inva
ders'; and it was reported that the pious
I’erdinand talked of abdicating the throne
and retiring to the Escurial, where he
coi’i'Miiplated devoting liimseli’entirely to
religion. 'I'he arrests and j)unishnient
of the opposers of. his tyranny continued
with unabated rigor, 'i'he liukecf'l'ri-
a-., Duke of Abjantes Count Altanuira,
Marcpiis Ceralve, and Mur(jui« Alcan-
izes, wlio had been banished i'rom Court
for Constitutionality, w'ore carried into
^Lldrid, Dec. 16, and lodged in the com
mon jail. A ji.irly of Constitutionalists
had landed on the  oast of V'alentia, but
hearing of the approach of some troops,
they ve-eml>arked, having jireviously kil
led a few royalists that opposed thorn.
* PouTra.M..—The king of Portugal is
also said to have bccome tired of gover
ning, and to have jiropor.ed to ,d)dicate.
I'retich influence appears, to predoniiiiate
at Lisbon, w hich had exciti rj a good deal
of jealousy in England. It wns likewise
rei)orted that the king of PtA'tugal had re
fused to ratify a treaty concluded at Lon
don between the Ministers of Brazil and
i^ortugal, by which the latter were to ac
knowledge the independence of the for
mer. A'l Algerine 3(juadron had passed
the Straits oi Cilirallar for the purpose
of cruizing against Portuguese, com-
moive, on learning which, two frigate's
and a corvette were despatcheii from the
Tagus in pursuit of them,
fiui.;-er..'—Ihc CJreek.s had obtained
another naval victory over t’lo 'I'ui ks a-
boiit the middle of November, atul tin.'
government^ had ofii-.-ially announced the
blorkadc of Petras and Lepunto. 'Phe
■J’tirks were withdrawing iheir troops,
and talked o.f forming a new armv for a-
notiier cump2i_'';n in th.e spring. I t is ac
knowledged, however, that they want the
means. 1 h(; (irand Si ignior, dis.satis-
iied nith th,‘ coikIu-.I riftin' I'acha of L-
gypt, is said to ha^(! determined to send
him a fii'iiKoi inviting him to have hi -,
ii' ad taken od ; but no messenger could
hr lound willing to carry ih*,' despatches,
the Piiciia liuviu;]' lormt rlv resisteil simi
lar orders.
iu'.Nf'K.— I !i(' King of r'ranre had
ojj.'iu'd the L('gislalive Chambers by a set
s|,i'('r!i. 111-' (i,)iti('n»s (jf which are lur.vav
i Miiai k;i!)!(‘. His corcjn'iMon will take
phi'i' in ,\[.iv or .[line. M. Hydede Ncu-
Mlle had Irtl I ..ishun for Paris.
—'I'he Piritish Parlia-
nient prorogued to tl.e :ld !’('i)ruary.—
.Ii'isent oi the lest ol j 1 hr Lond'in Cotirier says th.at Mr. St'rat-
pi ec. di'tii j loi d Canuirg’:; mission to Hiissiahas sev
eral objec t'.s : the settling the boundary
liiK' on ih(‘ nortlvwe.st coa-.t of America,
■ he alV.iirs of (ii.vce and tho'-.e of S.;u',h
.\i.m i'. a. On the two first, the most de
sirable results were to hi' aiilicijiated: and
uith re'j;atcl to the latter, (ireat Britain
Iiad no inteniion of a'.lopting at ijrevent
any new course of policy. ’(),i ii„> ri«-
moi s wiiich had ;;Town out of rec('iit i’re-
• tuent m'eetinr,. of the Cabinet Council,
tlie same [):ipi'r remarks—“;it ni) pi riod
(u.;r.i:.; Iftl ’ joM'-iMl, k;pt liv thr h as t lie as pcc I of p ii I, | i,- .1 i I s bcc II more
» f)m'iijs>.'»ncrs, i\v,A t!u ,n \h\{ ih\- ivs- i.w,.. » . i
p. Mil,.Mill .M.IS. , .h.'l, l,„.vr p/.vcMit.iltlirilJ
H":,1 .lli-il-,g i!ir .ilij.ri .t' t'i,-,• .npnintiii. .e; ! nisp.,, J,,) iiiost_ s-in-;uine holies ol
ii'.M , 'I r/.j,y .it .ill till' litti’.', urlnr’i to ihi. I ('o U 1111U ,i I'.i'' ol pl'o.'-pt roiis trail-
* n ■ 1. Ir.ii;.'I : '’li di.'. trjiii tin-• M" ’^r" ; t ihisTiinin-nt
n-i-oM'au-.
C I. C-.-'ipVll to Ec-7 Jta, a3 Ci.ni-
i.iissioiH'is. _ .
Distuib.inces continued among ttif
Whitt I.-OV.S in Ireland : and tiiere h,yl
lieen an Irish mob ;*t Edinburg, which,
h wever, was attended with no serious
consc(iucr.ces. At the Liverpool theatre
a riot took iilace ; and Mathews, the ac
tor, had been insulted at the Dublin the-
A meeting was held iu London on the
]7th Decomber, to raise a fund for the
Spanish and Italian refugees in and about
Londoii, and l,K>u/. subscribed.
'i'he extreme wet weather in England,
io . had'occasioned a scarcity ot hread-
stutVs, and a considerable rise in price.
A conipanv had been formed in I'.ng-
lund, with a U'.pital of doosml. for work
ing the mines in Peru.
Mr. Day’s racing stud wns sold on the
14lh Dec. under tiie hammer at Irtter-
sall’s. Hia chesnut colt Monticcilo, S
years old, by Soothsaye;’, out ol Snow
drop, a colt of grcatslze and power, sold
for ojO guineas.
A steam boiler, attached to a macliine
shop at Manchester, burst, whihi i'll the
workmen were busily employed in the
factory. The explosion sliook the hou
ses violently in its neigliboihood, and
shattered the windows in all directions.
'I he whole of the building, which con
tained the boiler, was blown up, and with
it several workmen. A. number of dead
bodies had been dug out of the ruins.—
Six men, dreadfully woumled and scald
ed, were taken to the, hospital, but no
hopes were entertained of tht'ir recovery.
Mr. Canning was confined w ith thi'gotJt
at the Foreign olVuc. '1 he King was in
his ordinary health.
Co'fon.—.\t London, Dec. j;, there was
an animated deiiK'.nd for cotton. 'I'he
sale.i of the preceding week were f,230
bags, at an advance of 1-M te. { per l!i.
'I'iie sales ol' cotton at Liverpool, the
week jii'ecediiig the Idtli, amounted to
21,800 bags, consisting of 8055 bowed,
Hfil avl inferior t'j fair, i).j a 101 good
fair to very g'o;! ; j7-l- Orh'ans 9j a 101
infet'ior fair, lo, l hi goo.l fair to good:
lo07 Alabama a _‘)l ; '. Jl.s Sea Island
16] a 18.1 fair lo good fair, 19 a Jld gi^od
to tine i.nd clioice; 17.! stained do. 9 a
ll.'d.
The Innndation.—We have given below
«ome particulars resiiecting theleriible
inundation w hich took place at St. i’eler.s-
burg. 'I’he ollicial account of the loss of
lives, makes the number only 500, altho’
report says it was as many thousands.—
'I'he emperor contributed 1,000,000 of
rublesto the suH'erers ; the empress 50,-
000; the cor,’.inercl: 1 fund 1,000,000, Sec,
The hurricane had been felt in almost ev
ery !,ea p(H't on the continent of I'urope ;
and in England, the gales continued to the
latest dale.i. .
“A'/. Pctersbiirc;^ Nov. 20, 1821.
“ A most awful calamity has befallen
our rity hy.the overllowing of the river
Nev.I, to a height never known before.
Our streets are at this moment filled w ith
the wrecks ot houses, vessels, lirewood,
timber and thousands of dead hodieii of
men and domestic animals, which t'ound
their death in the Hoods. Some of the
neighbouring villages are intirely swept
away, and iheir inha!)itaiits perished.
The hei'ring warehouse, containing at
least L>,OUo barrels herrings, has drifted
away with its contents. All shop-keep
ers goods and merchandise generiilly on
the fust tloor, are rumcd, as well as tiie
uimicnse (p.iantity ol merchandise stowed
in the cuMoin-house waie-houses, situa
ted on tlie low est grounds of the city ; the
bakers are unable to bake, atul a tamine
stares us in our taces. Commercial trans
actions, or payments are not thougdit of.
I he hcai'ts cl all are filled with pity and
griel. I housands of lamilies,• which a
few days since were in a!llueiu:e, are re
duced to w ant.
“\e.sterday, (19 Nov.; about 0 o’clock,
the v.-ater iii diilerent canaN, whic.h are
branrhe.s ol the Neva, anti intersect the
city, began l » rise most rapicllv, so that
at 2 o’chick the street of the'(laleehen-
tuir, wliich is considered one of the high
est part', was overllowed ten feel; conse-
fi'.ienily no part of tfie ciiy r.-mained di'v.
'i'he inhabitants of small ii.jiises fled with
tilt ir famili'js.to the I'ools ; tho.se les.s res
olute, who lu'siluted, (ir endeavot.red K-
lly out ot doors, perished, or wei'e swot
away, 'i'o incre.ise the aufulness of the
scene, a hni ricane aro ,>', winch, togetiier
witli the force of the v.ater. burit'open
the stronfvest door-., window-shutter:;,a.nd
floated oil'such hoi..a.', were biiik ol
Moofl. 'I'he I'oofs of houses are general
ly covered with sheot tin or coi>per^, which
the force of the wind rolled up h!;e pa
per, and can icd ;iwiv in the air to a great
di.'tance iiom the original '
o'clork the \v;ite, '; began to full, and at
'J o’clock tiv'y had n-ivated to the hif.ii-
est mark of fonra'.' ri:« so th,a o le coiihl
wa.k the streets again ; i;ur. tlie darkness
ol the nifjht, and the coTtimian'-c; of the
stoi ni, mad'* it im}uj.,si!j!e lo pi of the
seen.' of deslrurtion which w a:. cjJiibilJd
at day-bri'ak this uiorniiig.’’
A h Uer f' om St. Pc t.'s'sli'irrli, of tlie
.?Mh N-jv. say;-, il-.; principal scene of
distress vj'i s al the liiiperiul Foundry, on
the I eter.iofi ro.i d. Tiic works were slop-
]K'd. uiid the men ordered to go to the.is-
sistanco oftlM-ir f....ii;':s. was imp'>ss-
I'c'ieh tiinn, ;,.irl thry w^re onlv
etiahh (1 to savf them.rlve';\\y regaini;i'-
i.ie rodi r.j ♦;,. -.vrji-i;-;, v. lii'n^-e the’v
mi ery of their hous.'s
ui'h ih , ,i ,• -I • . . ■ . ■
w.iy by the nood—195 ladies h-O :
found and 54 men have been inis^: '
Several villages have been carried
'I'hc Botanic Ciarden, enriched
plants from every pan of the world' '.' '
destroyed—the principal director
Fischer, saved himself in the i-arn., ;
his house. ‘
Present state of Spahi The fojio
extract, of aJetlcV from a gentle,
t
happy country. We will only add'^tu
high standing in Madrid, to hiTco”''*
pondont in this city, gives a melanch7
picture ot the state of affairs in this
the iiiformation may be regarded as
thentic. Thcietter is dated Madrid p'*'
November.
“It is. diflicult to hazard an opinio
respecting the affairs of this country J'
'I'he, French troops are to leave this '
their return to France, on the Istof ne*'*
month; but, turn(y-iwo Ihousandmen^',
to remain at Cadiz, Barcelona, Fieuora^
Pampeluna, and St. Sebastian; hesiJe!
which, the two regiments of Frcnch
Swiss guards are to remain until such
time as the Spanish royal guard is oro
prrly organized. The'public papers will
give you a pretty correct account of whi*
passes. Ihv^ini', strangling, and shooring
arc now become so frecpient, and peritl
cut ions and arrests so general, that the
state of I his unfortunate country can only
be compared to that o.’France in the year
17‘J*\”
T^is Tnamrnt w thj own—the tint it in
tht nnmh of fu!u.rit;i—V.\^vy day’s occui.
rences test the truth of this aphoriim,
and a melancholy illustration of it occur
red a few di.ys since. An aged, vener-
able couple, whose children had emi.^rat-
ed from Ireland to this country, stimuli,
ted by that feeling which nature his
implanted within every parent’s bteas;,
spite of poverty and age, left theirnative
soil to visit their only surviving child,
who is engaged, as we understaiKl,ina
thriving busitu'ss at New-York. Twoof
their sons died in their adopted countm
cause—one under (ien. Browv, theotlier
under (ien. \V’i.vciikstku. The snows
of more than eii;/iti/ winters had frosted
the locks of each, but animated with the
desire of seeing their child, they deter
mined to visit New-Yoik—but in thei
eagerness to come, or from w ant of
ographical knowledge, they sailed i'o
New-Orleans. They sufl’ered much from
the climate and their indigence, bu
through the kindness of indivduals, thty
arrived a few days since, as far as tbs
place, in prosecution of their intended
journey. Sympathy is the .product of
every soil, and here they were furnished
with the means to reach Warrenton
T/tcrCf kindness again alleviated their dei-
titute condition, and they left Warrenton
in comfort, with letters to another good
Samaritan, who is ever willing to pourthe
balm of consolation into the wounds of
sufl’ering humanity. For some miles
before the stage reached Maj. (iholson’s
the old Lady appeared much exhaubled
and had rested against her husband
When the stage stopped, i.ife was r.x
Ti'.er, and so merciful had been the dis
pensation, that neither groan or motion
had indicated the awful moment!
'I'he unfortunate survivor is named
Montgomery, and the brave General oi
that name, who fell at Quel)-c.
paternal cousin. Raleigh HcgisUr.
rvni?., (omo,) t*r.r. 18,13^^•
Beat this irho can.—Wc are iiilormcd
that a getuli'inan on Canotten, killed, a'
a single shot, three Deers, and wounded
the fourth in such a manner that ho ob
tained it'. Another, iu Stocktowiiship
killed tno at one shot- Another, i»
same township, killed oxf., at a sin.cl«
shot, whilst his dog, who had caui^ht i’
was holding it. And another, who had
come.from Jefferson county on a huntin[J
expedition, and, whilst in the same town
ship, he imw a deer, immediately
his back against a sturdy oak (which he
almfist caused to shake) presented his
shut both eyes, fired, and frighteni'd t.i
poor animal ^jrodigiousli/.—Tclcgrctpi.
ijoi’.r.r.KV.
Jn Washington, (iti 'I'htirsday
the 'Joth inst. a citizen was assaulted •)
llii-.'e whit'j men, in tlu; street south
the cajiitol stpiare ; on^ of them held^
pistol at his breast, while the others ro.>
bed him of his pocket book and watch.'
After iiiling the jiocl.ei book of the sm-
amount it contained, th* y threw it
and ran oil'with the '.vatch, which
th'^ inscription of “.S. 'I'rehar.e, Fap'*-
No. 41IG.” It is an I'liglish silvern'”'
itig watch,'with :iribb.')5i, gold
l)r,'ss key. As the di-'covery of the
may lea'i to the ai>'prehension of the .o^-
iH'rs, it is hop.'il tlii-t 5.ilver-smithsand
oihers. to whom it may be olh't’C'*
sale, will bn vlo■i!aI'l^ '1 he
our ( oiin.iunity recpilr.'* tliat these
shoitlvl I
(los
louhl be dei'.'cted and punished '
-•serve. i\(/!ifj>ic:'
I he Lcgislutitre of New
I at their last session, pas- ed a la"> ij”^,
\iding that ill.\gitim;ite children shall
j ihe heirs of their niolher, she dviu,^
out If'avinjy legitimate i;;si:e; and i" ''-
j ol th'' (b'l-.-a'-e of such child or '
,tli‘'. !i(.‘ t'ni''of tlie nict!i.''r, h •
i'su'\ secli lssne~; l*a'l i!.hi'‘T^
;s:..i'.v of - n:m v ' '''