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AC(OUM' OK I MP, 1)1SC()\ KUV OF AN INIIAHU'F.l) IM.ANl) IN. TllK I’ACIFIC. Th- rapluiii Kv.o, uf thcPpllux sloop of war, in rill-s(T\ ice tf His the Kin.cr >f i!k- NctlirrluTids: in a letter to Dr. Ilrrwsti'r, fVo'n li. Moll, Professor of Natural Philosophy, \nihc I’niversity of rtrocbt. i\Iy Di.ar Sin: Two vessels in the icrvice of his majesty the king of the Nclherlands have laU'ly crossed the Pa cific. After leavinfj \Vashiii,q;ton’s Island, U was deemed expedient to keep in the seventh parallel of south latitude, sailing TO the westward, being; the track in which Capt. Eef;, commanding the I’ollux sloop »jf war, thought some islands mii^ht pro bably be discovered, 'fhe coral islands in those seas bcini^ generally small and low, it was rekconed prudent to proceed at niph.t under easy sail, and thus to leave I)e Peyster’s and Sherson’s Islands one degree to the north and south. On the 14th July, 1825, at five o’clock A. M. af ter a very ha/y and rainy night, it was presumed that land was to be seen a head, T)ut very indistinctly ; and shortly after the breakers were distinctly heard. The vessel was brought to, and the signal ^nade for the Maria Reygersberch frigate TO do the s.Mne. After sunrise they dis- ■ overed a very low island, bearing west by south, two miles distant, (miles of 60 to a degree.) The land appeared well stocked with cocoa and other trees. A- bout noon they had the north jjoiniof the island S. 60 deg. E. The longitnde of this island and its )atilude being ascertained with as much accuracy as circumstances would allow, and no other island being found in the same position in any of the charts on board, this was deemed a*new discovery. The nearest land was De Peysier’s group, but it was 50 minutes different in latitude. Though the sky was very clear, no other islands were seen at the same time. The name of Nederlandich island was given to this new- land. Its north point is in latitude 7 deg. 10 m. S. and tiie centre of it in longitude 177 deg. 33 min. 16 sec. E. from Greenwich ; the variation of the magnetic needle being svven deg. to the east. The longitude was determined by three chronomelei s : one of these, made by Thomson, was reckoned the most accurate ; iis rate had been ascer tained seventeen days before, at Nukahi- va, and its difTerences from the other two were very regular. ,\ few days before coming in sight with the island, the lon gitude was ascertained by lunar observa tions, agreeing remarkably well with the chronometers. This island has a form re sembling a horse-shoe : its extent is a- bout eight miles : in the w est side an in dentation, closed by low reeis, and ter- miiiating in a lagoon. The natives, some of whom wore arm ed with long sticks, were very numerous, silting or running along the shore, as the vessel sailed along. An armed boat was despatched towards the shore.—The island appeared iron-bound ; for at a boat’s length from the shore the depth ■^vas six fathoms, and rough coral ground: a ship’s length from the shore there were fifteen fathoms depth. At the N. W. point they found a coral reef projecting far in the sea, and on which there was a heavy surf. It was supposed that these were the breakers beard previous to the discovery of the xsland. The land had a pleasing aspect and appeared h*rtile. The number of natives assembled on shore was estimated Pt about 290. They were of a dark cop per hue, tall and well nuide. Few were less than six feel, Rhitiland measure, or e,166 Englisli. The wymcn were also very stout. Some of the people wei-e tatooed, but not so much as at Nukahi- v'a. They wore naked, except some covering made of leaves. A few others bad some cloth of cocoa bark wrapped round the waist. The heads of some were adorned with feathers. Their con duct appeared very fierce and wild, and they contrived to steal whatever they thought within their reach. 'I'he boat- hooks soon .disappearetl, and they even ati'Mnpted to teur the oars from the hands of ihc boat’s crew’. An old man, w ith a w hite head, and of respectable appearance, carrying a green bough in his hands, was cit. tlieir head, lie coiUinually kept singing some mono tonous song in a melancholy tune. They barterel some coroa nuts and some of ilieir tools, cgaiiisi some old handker chiefs and emj)iy bottles; and it appear ed that their language had sonic resem blance to that spoken at Niikaiiiwa. \Vhen the boat again pul to sea, they tried the eflect of liriiig a tew musket ‘liots in the air, biil the native d-d nut show symptoms of fear, and ihii'j a|i;)»‘ur- t'd unconsrinus of the eft’ects of Eiiiojx'- an arms No canoes were seen in the |)osse'-sion of these people, nor ilid lliey attempt to appioach the ship, altiioiigli the weather was excellent, and the sca- very calm. The commanders of the two vesafls ri'grf'tted very much tha' their lage complement, 8^ the small ouan- lity of water, obliged them to make eve- jy possible despatch, 'i'hey accordingly j)urbued their journey to Sourabaya in Java, uiiere they ibnd other work at hand lltan Ihe discovery ofii'-w countries. — 1 am, dear sir, with very great esteem, (!^rnri‘al tntfUtijfncT* | hnvortant from ('obmhin.—'I'lie Editor of the Xe*v-York C'ommercial Adverliser has received the following interesting letter from his corres])ondent at I'orto Cabello, (Venexuela,) dated June '~0, 182G : “ I}y thfr schr. Rehoboth, Cap*. I'Uis, who leaves this port to-morrow, tor New- York, I have to advise you, that things in this province are far from being set tled. We received intelligence at 8 o’ clock yesterday morning from Cumana, that CJeneral liermudezwas on his march with ten thousand troops, destined to this place. The forces at Carthagena are ordered, and are soon exiiected here. On account of this intelligence, they have ordered the troops to join (len, l^aez.— The Castle at the entrance of the harbor is doubly manned; and they are using all dili gence in prejiaring the forts at La lialu- ria, on a small island directly opposite that of the Castle, the battery which guards the city from the outer town, or an entrance from an enemy in that di rection. A proclamation from Ceii. Paez has jusl arrived, ordering all citizens, and those having houses, to turn out with their Muskets. Tl.e troops will march to Valencia, in the course of to-morrow, when the citizens will be ol)liged to guard the city and man the castle. On account of this disturbance, (ien. Paez has order ed that no man of war shall leave the place without his special orders. We have embargoed here the corvette Urica, the brig Pinchinca, !)rig Liberla- dore, and schr. Independertcia with two private armed brigs, the Homan Liberal and Libertadore, Capt. Bartlett. 1 thiftli that something serious will be the result in a week or two.” ir.;:r!e»I’.a 0 ter.uiiu.i;u:i >1 i;.' v, ,’.r 1“'- twcen llrazll and Portiiga!. Capt. K. Pullen, Mr. Boardnian, ami a Portuguese gentleman, came passenijeps in the Sylph ironi Rio. Journal. The New-Yark Timts says, “we are much gratified to perceive tliat trade has much improved. I'lie rise in cotton oii the other side of the Atlantic, has jiro- diiced a correspondent eflect here, and for the last few days we have had an ex tra demand tor the article.” This will be gratifying intellii^ence to our South ern friends, many of whom have scarce ly yet recovei'ed from llie effects ol the sudden depression tr.perienced in the price of co'.ioii last year. r ili.ih-i’rinfi: ,lfprn)tiLCJ. — At li;C term of Hahimore City Court, came on the M ial of William !.. Mitcliell lor hur- i)ouri:)g two apprentices ol Hester Crock ett from tlie 1st of May to ilie riOth June, 182o, inclusive, lie was found guiliy, and tiie rouns(“l for the prosecution con tended that Mitchell be sentenced to pay Si,6(5, 2-:' for every iioureach apprentice was harboured, according to the act of 17-18, which declares, that persons har boring servants shall pay one hundred pounds of tobacco, or 81.66 2-3 for every hour each servant is harboured, one half to the party grieved and the other to the State. The penalty incurred by Mitchell, accordingio this act,amounts \.o four thou sand tight hundred and eighty dollars. 1 he June The Jubilee wcs celebrated in London,Con. iiianewand !>triking otcu, rence, which is thus announced'in tl-- Connecticut Mirror The miscalled autocrat of Russia is far from concentrating in his own person the power of government. He has an army w hose humors must be obeyed—an army too, that, like the Gheiier extin guishers of the poet, is at this moment reported to have been on tire. There is an aristocracy, also, which, if he occa sionally sends a itiember of it to Siberia, has, in the long run, once or twice, sent KFl'lX'TS OF LIGHTNING. F.xtract of a letter, dated, Wethers field, (Conu.) June 2yth, 182t?.-—On the 3d of this month, our house was struck with lighlning. Being without a con ductor, it ran down the chimney and burst thro’ the ceiling of the chamber you have usually slept in. Trom thence it divided inio several branches, and went into six closets, and two lower roon s, through twenty-four apertures which it made in the ceiling and walls. Gilding operated as an attractor in the most remote part of the rooms. The fluid attacked it on china, jiicture frames, loo';ing glasses; even the basket wrought with gold thread in a piece of embroidery, set behind glass in a mahogany frame, which hung fifteen feet from the chimney, was raised and blackened. In some instances the gild ing was dissolved, and some cents vhich it found ill its course trere entirely volatilized. Its eflccts in the chamber closet wei e ter rible. My mother, without any alarm from the storm, had retired to that closet for her evening devotion. A column of the lightning entered near her, consumed a large silk umbrella, destroyed a car|)el and injured two or three others, which had been placed in the same closet for safety during the summer. My mother was only a foot distant from the course of the lightning with the door closed. A black sulj)hureous smoke instantly fill ed the apartment, and the heat was as intense as if she had been enveloped in flame. She imnediatciv arose unhurt, (aware Occurrencts of ihe wecA-.—It so happened that w'e spent the last w eek, of course th last 4th of July, in New-London. It said that to every good picture Uieie should be three lights, and in our view this “ principal of the pyramid” wasem blazoned gloriously. The Declaraiionof Independence was read wiili emphasis Old Hundred was sung by every body]^ the Meeting House—and it held on that occasion nearly all the town,—and thirdl ly, the year of Jubilee was proclaimed a‘ the dinner, and the sheriff was direcieti to open the prison doors and bring in hjc Court agreed with the prosecuting coun- j Qn this last point we may be allow- sel, but delayed passing sentence in con-; particulars. Before the wine sequence of the suggestion that a com promise would take place. Balt. Patriot. At a late session of the circuit court, in Ontario County, N. V. was tried an action brought against the Guardian oi an apprentice, by the master, for a breach of the indentures by the apprentice ab sconding and absenting himself more tlian two years. The master recovered S276 damages. The Ontario Reposiio- observes that this is the first action of ihe kind within recollection, but that it is well li*at guardians and apprentices should bt; thus apprised practically of ihe responsibility of their cngageincnis. ]\Inre Nero York Buhhlcs,—Wall street was in great bustle on Friday. Opjiositi; to common feeling, “very man wiio had not a dollar, was cheerful. i:lvery one who had, looked as though he lu>d a fit of the ague. This mode of tra?i--ciing Ixisiness on fictitious capiial will i;ot do. The United Slates Loml>artl, niid ihc rraiiklin Manuf*clurif'.g Company stop ped yesterday. Some others were shiv ering iu the wind. Monday will he a serious day.—Many will have to fast. These swindling instirulictiis, if they cannot be pui down b\ the arm of law, must be [)ul down by the stronger \uice of the j)e(jple. Coram'f C.^amjjiuu. him on a more irremediable journey.— , , , • v , ' ' The only thing to be predicated with i°;”''‘, calastrophe,) she left the closet certainty of the Russian Ciovernment hitherto is, that the people have not con trolled It. But the latter may eventually profit by the jealousies of their rulers, and take the lion’s share in the adminis tration of their own affairs—an issue , , which would relieve Europe from ina-1 ^ seemed to be on * /M *« K U . » ,. I .T.VII I- : 1 closed the door, and hastened down stairs, expecting to find her family dead. VVe were all in the western part of the house uninjured, when, at the moment of our meeting, another peal of thunder, as aw ful as tlie former, rolled over our heads, %'uur !ni:u';ic r-vrvarit. c. MOLL ny of her present apprehensions. [Vestminster Jievieiv. The English papers give an account of a horrid murder committed at Wintoii, not far from Manchester. T vo persons of the name of M’Kean, came into the public house of of a Mr. Blear, where af ter having induced him to drink two glasses of whiskey, into which one of them was seen to put some other stance, and which immediately de^nrived him of his faculties, they asked to be shown lo bed.'’ Mrs. Blear called to I'- lizabeth Bate, a servant in the house, to show them to their room. Slu; did so: when they reached the room ot.e of the M’Keans was seen by a boy mIio w as in bed in a remote pari of the room, to take liberties with the girl, which she repell ed. The boy then saw him draw some thing across her throat, perceived that her breast was bloody, and heard her ex claim “ murder” in a faint voice. The villain made several other wounds upon her face and neck. Upon some noise made by the boy, the murderer left her and seized him by the neck, but perceiv ing that she was about to stagger out of the room, he left the lad and rrshed a- gain lo his victim as sl\e had gained the door. 'I'he boy escaped and was follow ed by the murderer into the street. When Mrs. Blear heard the struggling and cries from the girl, she aliemj)ted to go up stairs, l)ul was intercepted by the other M’Kean, who infiicled several Uoinids upon her, and would probably ha\e kill ed her, had rot the weapon used by him. a C(jmmon whiule knife, sUu k in iiei- face, where it had penetrated between the cheek and jaw bon.-s, and resisted Iiis attempt to |)ull il out to sech a degree lhat'the bundle came ofl'.' She, howcvei’, was enabled to get out of the house and raise an alarm, when the villains both de camped. Cireal exertions were maiic to aj)prehend them, and in a few days tliey were taken at Ap|)leby, atid commuted by Sir Philip Musgrave.—dmvricvn.' Previous to the sailing of the S}Iph, C!ai)l. I an in, arrived ul Baliimoi e IVuni Rio, news of the death of the King of Portugal had reached that place l)y a P()i tu^;uese frigate—upon the receipt of which the Emperor Dun Pedro hail issu ed a proclamation, setting forth his in- tenlion to remain in Brazil. 11c also de- claitd his daughler Marin dr (i,’oriii, cjueen of Portugal, and lhal he had given lo that country a liberal constitution. I'liis consiituiion, it was said, would be trans mitted to PurtuRul in a lew days. li was reported thnl the limperor had writ ten to liis brother Don Miguel, propos ing the uiiiun of the latter with hisdau^^h- ter. There appeared to be nci prospect of our habitation. But (.iod be praised, we were all alive ! Our house was soon fill ed with sul|)her, S(jot, and smoke of burn ing woollen, silk, and furs. W'e discov ered the fire, and threw on water but withot much ellect, when vve raised an alarm, and il was extinguished by the aid of our neighbors and friends. No thing in this scene of terrors, and ol woiidei’, seems more marvellous, next to the preserv.ition of my Toother, than the dissipalion of the etnts in the tu'inkling of an eijF^ and the rnnmining of the sleeve and iL'ftis/ of a ebth coat, while the cotton lining to n'hifh then were .stitched, ■nxts left e.itire. Our house has sustained but little da mage ; some nails were thrown out, mouldings were torn, and the floor was slightly rent in many places. NVe all found ourselves in health the morning follow ing this night of conster nation and danger j and udmiratiotr and gratitude tilled our hearts lo Him who had granted us this signal preservation. Iml Doinf'^.—'I’he fullowing statement has been coni.nitnicated to us for pul)li- caiioii. W e forbear to make any com ments on it, as we presume it will be a subject of judicial investigation: A man named John J. Lindsay, living in Curri tuck county^ was on Eriday last, fuuiid dead in liis own well, w ith such marks of violence about him as left no doubt that he had been severely beaten and thrown into it. 1" rotii ilie lullowing circumstances the writer of the communicaticn is induc ed lo !>elievc, that this foul deed was [)erpetrated by a man named Junn Chea- lliam, who had tak n Lindsriy’s wife f rom him and kepi her tw«) or tiiree yeais— against whom Lindsay had inaiituted an action fur damages. As it was evident that Chentham would he mulcted in a heavy sum, il is supposed that as the on ly means of '.^vading justice, he had deter mined to take Lindsay’s life, in which he was assisted by a i’,ang(jflabore‘rs(while black) whom he had collkled to help him lo hill his corn. Lindsay is s..id to have been formerly an inhabitunl of Priticess Anne county, fX’a.', a tailor by trade, ve ry simple, ami somewhat inclined to Ije religious; his wile, a woman of very loose character at tiie time he married her ? and Cheath.*'n an old bachelor, fill ing iho office of constable. Norjolk Herald. fiiii icwi m;, nino, JVi.Y 6. Senator l{enU>n.~'['Uc Wilmingioi? Ar gus of Saturday last, states, on the au thority of a corresjioiident, that Senator lienton, ol Mif.souri, and a driver of the United States’ mail stage, h.id a horse- hipping matcli on th,; morning of Hie 2 1st lilt, on the high road leading from Washington, l'ay-i It; rot,nty, to Wilming- ton. I he ca'.jse of' 'lie aiVr;i\’ in not s’'”- ed was circulated, a gentleman, (Mr. Law ) proposed lo the President (Judge Per. kins,) that the company present make a general Jail Delivery of debtors, be ihe a- mount of their debts moi e or less. The motion was carried unanimously—the sheriff was ordered by authority of ihe President of tl^e day, to open the door and bring in his Tlie plate was passed and when the first, second andihiidgen' tiemen, among w hom was Capt. George Rogers of the Navy, had put in S20 each, and others were emptying then j)ockits the sheriff rose and told the cunipanv that tliere was enough ; or if not, that he would look to the remainder. A com mittee was appointed lo see to a general clearing out, and the debtors were ad dressed by the President with a delicacy admiral)!y suitid to the occasion 5 for in stead of reminding them that they were free, they v\ere taken by the hand and in vited lo drink a glass of wine, by which V. as probably understood as many glasses as they wanted. hnpr,rfa,d Diiii>ion.—The additional se curity alVurded in remitting Bank nous through the Post-Oflice, by cutting them in two, and sending each half by a differ ent mail, had been rendeu-d doubtful for some lime by a notice issued fmm the Ikrik of the L'nileu Staleb, vhat no pay ment would bt* made of any note of that Bank voluntarily cut in’o iwo or more pieces. UTiIess all the parts of it should be irrodiii'ed. 'I'l.o doubt is now reniov- ed by a dt'cision which gives ti.al cer- tai’.i'y to the security conteniplaled by those w ho used that mode of rcmiiianci’. 'Fhe Democratic Press, contAins the opinion of Judge ^V'ashinglon, in tlie f.a>.e of Marlin The Bank U* S> argiud liunning upon Banks.—'fhere was a sharp run upon the Fulton and 'i’rades- mun’s Bank on Saturday, and also iip.m the Washington (late ^Veelrtlwk) and the Franklin Bank of Jersey, at the same lime. As the notes of the three latter batiks are redeemed at the Fulton, it made very brisk w'ork for the ofliccrs of that institution. But every thing was promjit-1 at tlio last October session of the Circiut ly met at all the banxs in question—not; Court of the United Slates, in Pl.iiudti- withstanding that the U. S. Branch drew j phia, upon a statement of facts which set S‘25,000 from the I radesman’s on the for'h,‘‘ihal ilu* PlaintifT was tiie o\v;;ei'oT morning of that lay. ' y. y. Com. Advertiser. \LB\NV, N. V. JUNE 21.—'Fo givc our readers some idea of the travel between this city and Troy, we have been polite ly furnished with the following account of vehicles which passed the inn of Mr. Da vid Nash on Thursday last, coming to and going from Albany, viz: 5 1 stages, 25 hacks, 31 gigs, 53 double w agons, 90 single wagons—total, 250 in one day, be sides 127 saddle horses. Major General 'Fhomas Pinckney, of Charleston, having iieen appointed Pres ident General of the several branches of the Cincinnati, throughout the United Slates, has vacated his seal us President of the State Society. Tlieory of the Earth.gentleman of fortune in N.Voi k has been so’convinced of the correctness of Mr. Reynolds’ the ory of the earth, lhal he has offered to fit out a vesstd for an expedition to the south pole. ^Ir. Reynolds is to accompa ny the person whopreparestheexj>edition. The expedition, it is said, is noi underta ken ujion any expectation of finding the earth formed of concentric spheres, bul iu the belief lhal great advantages may afci ue tu the country from a further sci- eutifv examination, and discovery of islands, (cc. It is hinted that, ilioiigh no pecuniary aid will be refiuirerl to buy and fit out the vessel, aid will he asketl of the public to furnish a' scieiitifie corj)*. Ar/. Jour mil. A Hog Skill out of which nine saddle seats can be cut, is said to be a I'ood siz ed skin. Messrs. N. and T. Smiih k Co. Have shewn us one from which thirty could be cut. The hog was i aised in Colchester, and weighed 'JO'dbs. 'Fhe skin from the back part of the neck was « feet inches long—and ihe greatest breadth was 7 feet 9 inches—and girth was 6 feet 6 inches M,, ,nr. Contested E!pclimis.~~Al the memorable contest at Vorkshirt, w hich lay !>elweeii Lords Milton and L.iscelles, the expense ol each candidate was not short ofi-120,- 000 1 Every carriage and post horse throughout the county was in reciuisiiion; every inn and tavern was open ; and the whole election was one scene of lavish e\|)cnse, ruinous to any fortunes but those olahe two families, which were cfpial lo Ihe enormous pressure, 'i'he last Norih- nm,;^i!und contest is said l.> Imve cost each candidate Xjooo a day 1 and the sittirg menilwr purchased the return of ^ -^I.orT mon'!>s at an outlay of.C.v),- • I'I fin lilt'!. a number of notes of Bank rfU. S. a- mounting in the whole to S300, which his agent, after tiie publication of a no tice by the Directors, that tlie P.jtik would not ])ay cut notes unless all the parts were produced, divided into halves at Cincinnatti, (Ohio,) and forwarded in two parcels by different mails fur Philadelphia, one of which parcels r,ever arrived. 'Fhe demand of the Plainiilf was for the full amount of the notes.— 'Fhe Judge, in his decision, treated tlic question as if the notice was brought home to the Plantiff; and decided that, the holder of a Bank note has a legal right to cut it with a view to the securi ty of the debt of which the note :s the best evidence, and that the Bank whicii is the debtor, cannot by any declaration, however notified, affcct the legal right* of its creditor who has not assented t * the conditions of that declaration. Judge Peters concurred in the opinion, am! judgment was *-endered against theliaiil; for the full amount of the notes.” Balt. Patriot. A few years ago, a wealthy man who sold flour and dried meat iu Chambers- biirg, was applied lo by a Negro for some of the latter article. 'Fhe purchaser se lected a ham, which vas accordingly wei^^hed, but when liaHiled to him, he. solicited lo be trusted for its price a few da} s. Having been frequently.de ceived by such cuslomcrs, and the prc- sent or.e being totally a sii anger to liim. the sellvT jH-rsisied in refusing liis re quest, 'i'he Negio, in this dilemma* a! a last effort to gain his oiijcct, with groii ap[)arent simplicity, jiroposed nd the ham in tu'o, and If are the one half u'llh tV ■sellrr as a pktlgc for ihc f .'/Ji'virnt of l:i' promise tf pai/nirn! ' 'Fhis proposition met llie ready approbation of the sei'c;. and it was immediately carried intJ o;'- eration. '1 he duped gentleman himself rclitfs this affair to a neigh’oor, some lime a!:-*- its occurrence, lamenting that he Ii3i| not in(|uired the name of the negro, .in'* actually was not sensilde of l:is folly un til heartily laughed at. (Jhrnnhersb'g 'Fhe following sentiment was given at the celebration in Boston. '1 he Shoemakers of the Ilerolution—dicv risked their little upon the great atul short (ftarters lo the foe, in’‘tl'- liiiie iliat tried men’s soles.''* •'hiollifr Drath bi/ Iludrophohia, ocriirrrd in tl»^ fity oil 'I'ucsday night last. Il v.as a lad iiine years of age, named Hi;.vnr (i. who liud hoen !>v a (hvg^.'ihout two moiitli' jT'-.iotis Chvi. ('Mri-ir.
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