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M O l> K UN A s 1 K O N () >1V. : I luivf* jiisf been rf*a^- in ;lbf 4'"lh r.uTnluT llu' North Amer ican Hi'\ii'vv, aiui, arnoii;; otluM* able ami inlcrr ariiclrs. I have been ])articn- hulv iinjHCssod v.ith t-hr o!ie o'li Mndh-u Jislr(ni'Vny. It is, iiult'Ofl, u most Icanicil and n.Hstrrly sko'ch ol’ the most abstruse, and (l-ifi’Ciutaml j,ci feet of the s( iencfs— a coup (’'nri! of liu* vast iiiid '. urious I.iIjoi s of the Xcwtoiis and Hersch'ds ornnuleni . times. 'I'lic p;real inventions and discov- trics, by nhich the scie'i; e iias advanced to its jirescnl hij^hly improved slatr, are j.Mcsetiled in hold iciicf hfh)re us, and discussed in a that shows a most intimate aciiiuiin'.ance M’.th tiie .sui)jcr,t, in all its (xicnt and depth, details and J)eaiin^'s. ’J'hc meiits of diH’ercnt ob servers, of dilTerent observations, instru- nienls. unci instrument makers, are touch ed upon, the most cunous and strikinij results', are (^leaned out of the huj^e mass ol‘malLi ials, with which this department of the scieneo is cncumbercd. 'I’he suc cessive steps and laborious processes, by •vhich astronomical tables have l)een im- jiroved, and the dcf^ree of perfection to which they are now i)rou}:^ht, are clearly traced and exemplified. "I’he new fields ^rought to li^ht by the telescope arc *;lanced at, witli reierence to the modifi cations j^rovvin;^ out of this accession to the system. I’>uM\hat Jhe author of this article reems to dwell upon with p(‘culiar satis- i'action, is the proj^ress of the calculus, as coiniected with the dcvelopement a^id -siablishment of the theory of j^ravity. Here we are introduced to those master spirits, \vhose course has been so far a- bove the ken of nnj^ifted mortals, and \S'ho have hitherto Irad so little converse 'with the nether world, ‘i'heir respec tive claims are wei^diod and adjusted as freely and fairly as they are authorita tively. \Veare accustomed to hear only the most unqui'Jiiied praise of such Ynen as Newton and Laplace. One example from a high authority, will serve as a specimen. “It is in vain that we search rvery corner of the New'tonian writiii.ijs for some iriflinf? proof, that their author ■was, like ourselves, liable to common in tellectual failings of the species”—Edin- bvrg llevie,Xi\ vol. iii. p. 5. In the article under consideration, Newton, and those who have moved in the same elevated sphere, assume the character of fallible bein^^s of this earth ; their methods a’ld results are subjected to criticism, and the sound and t’.ie true are separated from the uusound and the erroneous, 'rheir liic^h speculations, moreover, arc placed before us without pretension, without a word of triumph, or self-jjrutulation, and 'without betrayinp^ the consciousness of having; done any thing remarkable. And yet there is an air of familiarity with the subject, and a tone of deep conviction, not to be assumed or mistaken, and which ■tloes not permit us to doubt, for a mo ment, that lie who thus pronounces judg ment in matters of such high importance, IS well aware what he is about; that he stands on firm ground ; that he has mea sured his strength with those gigantir, jninds, to whose powers he ventures to iix the limit, and that, though some of the parties are still living, there will be no appeal from this decision. We arc often reminded in reading this article, of the reported conversations of lionaparte, in which he discusses the pol itics of Europe ; descants upon the mo mentous events of the Hevolutionj stamps, by a sentence or a word, the character of some great Marshal or great Minister, or a great battle ; passing by, as scarcely worthy of his notice, second rate heroes, and statesmen, and transactions. The only regret of the reader is, that the person who could Write this, did not write more; that the profound author has not given us his notes, discoveries and reflections, at large ; instead of this rapid and condensed outline. Were the public and the world thus favorecl, this article r\hibits abundLint proof that it would bo ccjually an honor tu our coun try and Ao the age. Of those who are in any def,ree ac quainted w ith th». sulijiH t, few need be iiifoi ’iicd, tliat there is but one itidividu- ;d on this side of iho water, and an ex- 'remely limite'I nuirf.ljor on the othej-, vho would assiinie such resj)onsibiliiy thut of whjrh we hr^^e spoken. Our nation is now just coin()letiii;j its fiftieth }ear. \Vc are allowed, ly both heinis- pii to have producetl one (lener;'!, tlu' l ather of his connti y { one J'hiloso- pher, 1 ratiklin ; we rna\ now boast w ith out ostentation, (jf one (ieometer, ]$o^\- i)HCH, of the s;uiie high inlellectUu'l or der.—Sal. Intel A. .7 Nice r^nnt vf Jjnr.—lilackstonr, r,peaking of the right of a wiff' to a dow- ei', a'lserls, that if land abide in the' hus- 1,'ar.d for a single moraent, tlio w ife shall be ejuiowed thereof; and he adds that this doctrine was 'Xtende(i very f;u' by .1 Jury in Wales w here tlie father and son were botli hanged in one cart ; but the sf;ii was stipposed to have iurv ived the father, by appearing to strui^gle the longest, whci eby he bfraine !i'U':d ol’a.i estate by ^U! \ ivofsl'iip ; in o(/nse(jiience of w hich seizeti his V idow cL'uiii'. J a Acrdictfor hei '\ov er. FOllKKiN. l.A I'KST FRO>I F.NHiLAND Nkw-Yohk, Ai-uii. 2R.—The ships lio- l.rtta and Sabina, arrived tit this jiort lust I veiling, from Liverpool, w henor tin y saileii on the .30th. liy this arival- Lon don papers to the iHth have been receiv ed. The leading articles of intpresf are the motions of Mr. Hu'.kisson, in the House of Commons, i»! regard to the Colonial I'rade, and for a reduction ol tluties on foreign articles now prohli«i'ed in Lngland. 'I’he fir'-t of these jMxjjeets was bi'oiight torward on the ^l“»t March. On the ^'Sth of March, Mr. IL moved 4. sei’ies of resolutions, the object (.1 which is to remove tht existing j)rohibi- tory duties. He projmsei to reducr the duty on foreign cotton manufac lures in^- I)orted, to ten jjer cent. ; oti woollens to 15 per cent. ; on linens, to 2;> ])er cent. ; on foreign books, per lb., si> pence ; on paper, to three jjence ; on white bottlvs, lo 18 pence ; earthen and Chinnware, to 1 percent. ; on foieign Iron, to thirty shillings per ton ; on foreign copper, to 27/. per ton. ^Vith respect to the Corn Laws, the ministry yet jM’eserve silence. C'harles Hichard V aughan, l^scp is ap pointed Minister IMe^iipotentiary, and I'nvoy Kxtraordinary from the Ijrilish Government to the United States. Reports of various kinds were in cir- ctilation respecting the mission of Mr. Stratford Canning to St. Fetersburgh.— One paper announces his arrival in Lon don, after liTvving terminated his mission successfully. Another paper says, “he is ahout to return home, having w holly succeeded in his mission to St. Peters burg, which related ,s(dely to the adjust ment of the diflerences between Russia and the Uni'ied States, on the r.ubject of the navigation of the I’aciiic Ocean.”— A third paper states, that after the ar rangement of the sj)ecific object ot the missiom “Mr, Canning introduced tin (piestion of (ireek politics; but the Rus sian minister not finding the discussion of this subject included in the bond, de clined entering upon atiy topic not ex pressly committed to him to’ negotiate with the English Envoy.—Lord Strang- ford will become the resident ambas:»u- dor at that Court.” A fourth paper gives an absolute con tradiction lo the reports that that part of his mission respecting the Greeks had been frustrated, and adds that the negociations arc proceeding in the most friendly manner, and are expected lo be concluded w ith perfect salisfuclion lo all the parties concerned. “ We suspect,” continues the editor, “that those reports formed the dernier resort of the cabal who have conspired to depress the value of Greek Scrip. The general aspect of aflairs, however, must now defeal the projects of this con federacy. The confirmation of the sur render of Patras, received last night in the French papjfrs, is of great importance No rational doubt can be entertained of the establishment of the independence of Grecce.” The conclusion from these conilicting statements is, that none of them knew any thing about the nikiter. It is reported that Portugal has ac knowledged the independence of Brazil. The price for which the Brazilian State is said to have consented to pay for the diplomatic recognition of that of which it already had the actual possession, is a million and a half, now in the hands of the contractors for the loan originally in tended for Brazil. The Emperor of Russia had issued two proclamations ; one conv okitig the estates of the kingdom of Poland, in w hich his Itnpei-ial Majesty admonishes the Sena tors and Deputies not to follow the ex amples jf the Diet of 1820, w hich, he siiys, spent its time in continual and use less debu'es ; and the other efl'ectually remedying the evil of whieh he com- |)lains, by excluding the public from its debates. 'I’he pacha of F-gypt is said to be rais- itig C(jtton in great (luantities : his next crop is ex])ecteri to j)ioduce *100.000. JiCtiirn of Major Ihnham. \Ve feel great |)leasure in annouMcing the sale ar rival in 'J’ripoli of this gallant and enter- pl'ising ofl’icer and his companions, froiii horonou, in central Africa, after a resi denc e of 18 months w ith the Shiekofthat powi‘iful and extensive kingdom. .\ let ter which we have seen say;;, “We shall leave this place in a few days for Eng- hmd, and are happy in stating, thalwt have been succcssful be)ond our hojies.” Sun. I'rom late London papers. At a magniHcent ])ublic dinner given lo iiolivar at Bogota, one ol' the company !)cing talleil upon for a toast,' gave— ‘•Slwnild at any lime a monarchical gov ernment be estaldished in Columbia, may the liberatoi, Sinion Bolivar, be the Liii- pero!'.'”—A high s>j)irited public ch;uac- ler, Senor I’epc Paris, tlien recjuested j)einiission to give a toast, which being acceded tu, he iilled his glass, and ex claimed—‘‘Should Bolivar, at any future p*riod allow himself to be declared l^m- peror, may his blood How iVom his heart III the san.e manner as the wine does li'om my glass,”—he p(^nred the wine out of his glass njjon the lloor. Bolivar inime.Juteiy sprang from his chair, ran lo ocuor P.u i.-, uud niOs4-v. ui Jidy cm- br.'irin^ him> t'xr.laimcd, “If ^tich feel ings as those declared by-this honorable man shall always aniinale the breasts o! the sons of Colombia, her liberty and in dependence can iirver l>e in danger.” The DoS'.—Xu afVecting anecdote was a short time since related in the f rench papers : A young man took :i ilog into a. boat, rowed to the Centre ol the Seine, and thr*w ihe animal ever w i*h intent lo drow n him. The poor dog oiten tried to climb u)) the siile oi the boat, but his master as often pushc;d him back, till over-balancinghiniself, he fell overl)oa' 1. ,\s soon as the faithful (log saw his mas ter in the stream, he lell the boat and held him above the water till help arriv,‘d from the shore and his lile was saved. JAMAICA AM) I’KH'J, From a gentleman w ho can.c passen ger in the brig Rolls, arrived below last evening from Jamaica, wc have intelli gence iVom Kingston to the ‘2i)th March. Advices ‘rom Liverjjool to the 21th Feb ruary, of the great rise in colonial pro duce liad been brought to Jamaica by an I'.nglish brig in the very short passage of 26 days—which caused an immediate ad vance in the prices of the pi oduce of the Island—Coffee, which had been selling at 1 o cents previous to the reccipt ot the inteiligence, went up lo I t. ' JWu.—Another getUleman who came passenger in the Rolla, left (iuaya(iuil as late as the 12th of February last—and had comnnrnication with a vessel which had left Lima on the 1st February, up- to w hi' h lime tlie castle r>f Callao had not surrendered—The frigate United States w as about to sail north from Lima on the 15th January, for one of the smaller ports o!i the coast. The crops in Peru were very abun(iant, and there w as a probabil- itv (jf a considerable surplus for export. At all the poi'ts on the Pacific, .American Hour w as a mere drug, and could not be disposed of except at immense loss to the shippers. Balt. Jhner. In addition to the above intelligence, we find the following in the Gazette of last evening. We have i-ereived some few items of information from South America, by a getillenian who arrived this morning iVom the Pacific, via Kingston. It aj>- pears that the Patriot squadron had com pleted its repairs at (iuayaqnil,’and w.’:*. on tlu- eve of sailing for the close block ade of Callao, and to assist at the storm ing of the Castle, for which purpose a quantity of heavy ordnance had. been iakcn on board for the use of the army.— The reinforcements from Colombia con sisting of two thousand inen. had been put in transports at Guaya(|uil, and had gone up to Lima to take jjart in tl-.e re duction of the Castle of Callao. In a conversatioti which our informant had had with General Bolivar, it was understood that a determination existed to force the surrender of the Castle at all hazards. We regret to learn that a most distress ing mortality had prevailed among the Colombian troops on their passage across the isthmus, and the loss estimated to l>av€ taken place by those destructive fe vers incident to the climate in that quar ter, was estimated at n'early two thousand men. Every part of Peru except Callao was in a state of traiKiuility, the inhabi tants generally resuming their former occupation anti preparing fur the enjoy ment of the peace and liberty won by patriotic courage. Ballimore Patriot. From the Niitional Ciazettc. The following information has been communicated to us by a gentleman, who has just arrrivcd from Lima, Guayaquil, via Panama and Jamaica : The Castle of Callao remained in pos session of the SpaTiiards on the 1st Feb. but was closely blockaded by the troops of General llolivar by land, and the Chili squadron of Tour sail, ami two Colom bian vessels of war ; and every prcjiara- tion was making to reduce them by siorm when the expected reinforcement ' of troops and ortlnancc should arrive from (itiayaquil ; which the general had re- solvetf on doing, even siiould he make it a great sacrifice of lives. M’raiisports v»itii 2 200 Colombian troops s;'iled from Guayapiil for (Mioml- las about the 20th January ; those were all that were left of -looo men transport ed from Colombia to Guavatpiil via Pan ama, more lliun 1800 having died at the island of Puna, at the entrance of Guaya- (piil liver. 'Fhe Congresso and Limanian, Peruvi an Corvettes, sailed from (iuayaijuil on iho 8t!i Feb. to join the squadi'on ofl' Cal lao, and the frigat“ Protector, mounting sixty guns and well manned, was leady for SI a.—'I’hose, together w ith the Mace donian .schooner ol 18 guns, had on board the ordnance and alnnuiniiion for the re duction of Callao. S(jme dissatisfaciion had preval]‘'d among this scjuadron in conse(juence of the arrest of their Adtni- ral, (luise, who, from s(^nic misunder- Manding with the Inlcndaiit of (Juaya- quil, had b‘'en sent under an escort to Lima for trial. The new Congress was to convene at Lima on the loth Feb. hut it was suppos- . ed some i hange would be made in the members belore they become a regular body, four-f.l'ths of them being Padres. uJid not ger.eruliy popular with the Li- bfruiur. no.viKSTic. I-'roiii tUc B:t)tiniorc I'atriot. A gentleman last evening handed us theFree prf.^s—extra," dated at Harper'n l\rrn, April 26, from w-hich wc make the following extract. i.ooK Ot r roK tiir muudkuku- A man of a suspicious app.-araiice and char.Hcter has been in Loudon county, near Harper’s Ferry, for a wx*k past, and a strong belief has been excited, from a variety of circumstances,,thut lit* murderer of Miss Cuhningham, near Bal timore. Mo answers the description ol the monster, given in the newspapers, except as to dress, w hich he says he lost with his knapsack in Newmarket, Md. Mo afterwards, however, engaged a washerwoman, staling that he inlLtided in a few days to go for his clothes. He returned to the Loudon settlement on Tuesdav, the 19th instant, having been absent since the first of March.—He iti- formed Mr! Shriver, a respectable citi zen of Loudon, that -lio passed by the place about two hours after »he niurder 1 he was tlie first who gave Mr. S. infor mation of it, and conversed about it in a ntanner which betrayed some anxiety or uneasiness. He was much disturbed in his sleep, frequently eX'Claiming “ There they are ! there ! ’there ! don't you see thcm.=’ look at her! she’s a L't-auiiful girl! Poor thing, she’s dead ! W here’s the child?” When awakened,and questioned, on liie subject, he said that whether a- wake or asleep he continually saw a voung woman, that he felt much disturb ed, and did’ni know the cause of it> kc. As soon as he heard that a suspicion was excited, ho disapjM‘ar»*d. Several persons wore in pursuit of him yesterday, and he was last heard of w itliin a mile of llarp'T’s Ferry, on the Marylaiiil side. His name is Maikle; he has worked at this i)lace, >vas convicted of theft in this county at)oui 18 monilis since, and served 12 months in the penitentiary. iC^'Our informant suics, that aftei- the extra was issued, the person w as brought into Harper’s Ferry, and after an examination was conimitled lo the jail at Charlestown, Va.—He has some doubts of his being the murderer of Miss Cunningham, bui is quite certain he is the one who recently committed a rob bery at the foolof the W hile Mountain, as advertised in the Hagerstown and o- ihcr papers. Sins;ul(!r Aeddmt.—This morning a young lady, (Miss Sarah Ferris, of Stam- ibi-d, Cl.) was shot in Chalhain-Street, ij) the accidental discharge of a pistol. I'he particulars^ as far as we liuve been abh to ascertain, are these :—a gentleman w as engaged in the third story of No. 2.) C'batham-strcet, shewing a pistol to a friend, who not knowing it was loaded, pulled the trigger, and two balls were discharged, which entered the window of the second story of the opposite build ing, No. 48, occupied by Mr. Mills; sev eral ladies were in the room, and one of the balls entered the leg of Miss Ferris, a little below the knee, and lodged, it is believed, some inches below. We called at Mr. Mills’ about noon, and were in formed that although the ball had not been extracted, strong hopes are entei- tained that amputation will not be neces sary. Miss F. is about 18 years of age. A’. F. Com. .idv. nXl'Ct'TTON OF riTlATES Translated for the Nt vv-\’crk F.vening. n )ui>croftl,c30thM,r4 • from St. Porto Idco puptr The Biter Bit.—A cunning thief secret ed himself in a store on Peabody’s wharf on Wedn«day, and was locked in when the store was closed. Having succeed ed thus far so happily, he had only to wait till the stillness of the night should afford him an opportunity to accomplish his design. It appears that he broke o- pen the desk of the compting room, and finding r,0 or 40 round dollars, w as j>rob- ably satisfied with committing no further depredations ; then he hud only to un hasp a door and walk ofi' at his leisure, which he did, without disturbing even the watchmen. He has pnjbablv discov ered before this that the dollars are all counterfeit! Sakm (Jaz. Specitlnfion.—Shortly after the arrival of the Crisis in New-\ork, which ap- ])ear,'> to have formed the rrisis in the sj)eculating fever, a trig little French- man arrived at our landing in the Fulion, having been despatched from the know ing ones in New-York to take in the flats at Providence and Boston. 'Fhe little I'l ench- maii had almost rupjied his knuckles of] upon the top of his snufTbox in his eag erness to reach Providence before the despatch, Liiuucus, and as soon as the boat touched the wharf, he sprung on sbc.'re and hastened into the first store he arrived at on Waler-street. “ Monsieur, Sair !” says the little Frenchman, with’ all the eager gesticulations of his country, and trembling in the anticipation of the immense profits he was about lo realize — “Sair! hafyou anee cottang and Kaf- faar” “ \ es r” “ Vel ! den I tak him all ! Between the hours of eight and* i in the morning of yesterday, as had hZ announced, the eleven pirates were c\? cuted, and expiated hy their deaths u'! dreadful and inhuman crimes they i,'!! committed, in lepriving of their’ li\ and properly the unhappy pewsoiis hud the misfortune to fall into H,.„ hands. An immense conconrsc of spectator witnessed this dreudful but iiccsisa'^ scene. A strong detarhinent of the faniry regiment of Grenada, foriiicd ■* square to assist at the execution and maint.iin good order. Every thing ihj^ humanity could suggest to luitigat'I: th^ stiflVrings of those unhappy men, wus lavished upon them with care and geiK- rosily ; from the moment of reading to them the terrible sentence thut condtn- ned them to cease to exist, they were look, ed upon only us objects of compassion* and fvery one while detesting the crime nitied the criminals. The most 'n-o! i’ound silence prevailed among the*nu. nterous assemblage; each person feared to distuRb in their last moments, the re ligious exercises in which they were cn- ga'ged, and the fruits of the pious solicit tude wilh which the respectable nunis- ters of the holy religion v.ere endeavour ing to take, as it were by the hand,thosft unhappy souls to the mansion of the CreMor, imploritig with them the divine mercy by the means of edifying exhorta tions and prayers. With the utmost, care and precaution, the most effectual measures hud been taken to prevent them from suflcring, and that their dcaili should be instuntaneoiis, as was the case- upon a silent signal previously agrfed upon, and while they w ere repeating the prayers that the priests dictated to tlicm, raising their ^ oices as they rcceded, that iheir distance might not be pcnceivuj, a discharge *froiu the file of soldiers ap pointed for the purpose, drove the whole eleven at one time in'o eternity ; a simple insiant, and without their observinj,'the precise moment, transferred tfiein from ihe house of the living lo the darkness of tionexistence. In this manner were terminated the lives of a set of criminals, who have so long been the terr.oi* of these coasts. Their bloody corpses now notify him, who may have the misfortune to sufl’tr himself to be carried away by ungovern able passions to violate the laws of soci ety, wiiai destiny awaits him in the faithful island of Porto Rico. All na- 'ions vvill allow that there is not a i^ov- i nnient more zealous, active and tjuT- ; etic, in performing its duty, than that ^f Ibis island ; nor a people who more es- •t'Cm virtue and detest crime, and co-op- •ratc with their magistraics lo punishi:, than the people of Porto Rico. And if iiiy one has doubled this, because of the artfulness and precaution by which the guilty, durihg some time, escapcd detec- lion, he will doubtless acknowledge his mistake, and be obliged to confcss that the government of this island, assisted by the fidelity of its natives, can, and docs effect more thun the great number of ves sels that were employed for the purpose have hitherto been able to perform. Ihe pirates taken in the Mona Passage, those capturcd on the coast of Caho-rojo'vith a boat, various others apprehended in the island, and the execution that has just taken placc, w ill convince them that it i’ only by co-operating v.ith the govern ment of the island, that they can contribuie to the extcrnunation of piracy in i'-S '|j cinity, which is the ardent wish ol ail feellHg men, lovers of good ordtr and hu manity. Ji Naval Court cf Enquirij, to consist ot Caj)lain Isaac Chauncey, as PresidcnN Captains William M. Crane and (ie.ir?o C. Head, as members, and Richard Coxf, Esq, as Judge Advocate, has bccii ordered to assemble at the Navy lari in the City of Washington, on the-'•* day of May next, for the purjiose ol in vestigating ihe causes and the landing of Cajjtain David wilh a iiiiiitary force at tlie town of ardo in the Islar.d of Porto Kiio, o’.i t l.')thof November last, and ol rcpor> ing thereon, 'i’he same Coiiri, atth'*^ quest of Captain Porter, has beon ordered to iiuiuire into the which have been made against relulion to the employment d the under his command in other ol)jec'.staj those for which it was destined, particularly in the transpertation - specie. N'Jl- ConjutrnI Jj/'ettioru—\ gentle man lati'Ij died in one of our luljaceut vilUig^^,''’ j several years since, was sorely a” with a boil, so> much so as to be co ‘ pelled far .several days to prt-'scr'c/^ same position of his body. vat you ax r” tak him all ! Proc. Ji/irr;u:f. Orange convened at \v ashingtoti, Beaufort countv, on the eUh 'ilumo, when fourteen Ministers of the (lospel and several ruling Elders attend- pl. ()n the following day, the new Pi os- bylorian Church in that town ■.v.is dedi- Ci'.ted to l.he worship of God I \ ' One (lay r anil made an effort to go into his took with him an old blue 7, mug, which for many years ornament in the family, and havitiU bled to his cellar stairs, I'.e ly trod upnn a putatoe, which fd him to the bottom of thecclia'’ ing his boil, and putting him m excruciating pain.—His lendt'f hearing tlie noise, rati to the top stairs and called cut—Mv dear, !)ioken the mug? Smurtitif'"‘jj... he oxelaimed—No, but I~v •
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