FOREIGN
SOUTH AMERICA.
The schooner fiagle, arrived
.nt Baltimore -on the 8th inst. in
1 1 days from Alvarado.
Mexico remains in a perfectly
tranquil state, under the direc
tion cf the Sovereign Congress,
o O '
who had come to a resolution of
naming a dictator for the pur-
"nal commotion in the country.
The eyes cf the nation are di
rected to General Bravo as be
ing a proper person to fill this
important station. His known
patriotism and republican senti
ments are a sufficient guarantee
ttiat his fellow citizens will ne
ver repont having entrusted him
with tins high and important
command.
General Filisola has been ap
pointed Captain General of the
province of Mexico, and Gene
ral St. Anna has been trusted
with a high command on the
coast; a measure tending highly
to the safety of the nation.
Gen. Victoria remains comman
der in chief of the province of
Vera Cruz, with Vlare bodv of
troops at his command.
News was received at Alvn-
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rado dn'the 14th May that Mc
rida (the capital of Yucatan) had
joined the Mexican confedera
cy and made peace with Cam-
peachy. In consequence great
joy was expressed by salutes
and displays of flags. The coast
of Yucatan, as well as the Cap
tain Generalship, of that pro
vince, was embraced in the com
mand of Gen. St Anna.
, The return of Iturbide is tho't
possible, buthighly improbable,
and in any event, the conse
quences are not apprehended by
the nation at large.
The loans that have been ne
gotiated by the British Arents
are now considered as confirm
ed and established; and their
bills arc commanding in Mexi
co 3s Sd to 3.? Od per dollar.
Senor Megone, the Mexican
Agent in London, has presented
his nation vith his commission
on the contracts, amounting to
400,000 dollars.
. The Mexican government
Ias ' appointed Don Mclchor.
envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary to the Uni
ted States.
. New-Orleans, May 12. A
gentlemanlately from" Havai.a,
confirms the previous statement,
that preparations were making
by the government to receive
the French troops that some
time since arrived at Martinique
who were reported to be from
8 to 10,000 strong, and are to
garrison the fortifications of the
City. It is added, as current ru
or, thafthe Spanish troops at
.Cuba were, on the arrival of the
rench, to be embarked for
Mexidb.
"Colombia. The Colombia
no (Caraccas paper) of the 5th
flay, says the Bogota papers up
t0 the 14th of March, maintain
lmPcnetrable silence relative
tor TnSrations of the Libera-
nothing from "S recorded
Hut, says tlie ZauI Member,
fmm id M?dlor we know
VortoIUopap and
ar-
tcrlj destroyed: th
is in consequence ,invai-
ted possession of Upper per
with augmented and vci
ciplined forces: and in uJI
7 ouurr
that the sole hope of Peru now
is on the troops and resour
ui Colombia. 1 hus in the
Very infancy of our institutions,:
are we compromised in me gi
gantic task of carrying war into
a foreign country; a war whose
issue, though ,not doubtful, is
probably remote. We fear that
this is too vast an effort for a
young and exhausted Republic."
Campeachy. An arrival nt
Boston from Laguna, brines in-
iormauon, received thereon the
23d April, that Camneachv
besieged by an army of 2500
iroops trom Menda, and that
several skirmishes brut t.it-nn
place between the scouting par
ties. On the 25th April, all
communication between Cam
peachy, Laguna, and Champo-
ton was stopped. Four armed
vessels trom bisal were blocka
ding Campeachy.
Pent. Jamaica papers tc
the 26th ult. have been received
at Baltimore.
Gen. Bolivar was at Truxi!-
lo- his advanced guard at Pat
avilca he has under his com
mand 8000 Colombians k 2000
Peruvians. Ihe fedment fof
Tacidoris (1000 strong snilnrl
from this pOrt on the 25th, for
Guayaquil; they wereaccomba
nied by spare transports, in or-
ucr to take in 2000 men that
were at Guayaquil, and would
proceed immediately afterwards
icr iruxillo.
Callao has again fallen into
the hands of the Spaniards, thro'
treachery. Lima is also said to
have fallen. Troops were col
lecting along the coast, at Car-
thagena, &c. to send by way of
ranama to the south, as fast as
possible.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
England. A London paper
of the 9th May, says: "It is re
ported that negotiations of a se
rious kind are in progress be
tween England and the Holy
Alliance, that Russia has protest
ed against the high tone assumed
by England, and that the Bri
tish cabinet, in answer to flip
remonstrances, assumed a still
higher ground and declared its
intention of acknowledging the
new States of South A mm.;,.
forthwith.
Russia. The Emptror of
Russia has lately decided, that
no foreign writer shall be au
thorised to dedicate any wOiks
to him without having previous
ly solicited permission from the
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
through the Russian Ambassa-
or resident in the country in
which the author resides. This
prohibition has been e.iusnd hv
the inconceivable audacity of an
Englishman, wlm Ii.t; wIHi o-rmi
elfronterv dedicated to hisJMa-
jesty a book written against his
government and Ihe out ire Rus
sian nation.
Standing Annie
A late
Metz Gazette states the amount ;
of the military forces of Europe
to be 2,500,000 men, including
the sea and land forces. These
cost annually 2,000,000,000 of
francs, while the entire territo
rial revenue of Europe does not
amount to more than 1,800,000,
000 francs. About the eightieth
part of. the population of Eu
rope "is underarms, and each in-
liabitant turnishes about ten
francs a year for the sunDort of
this mass cl armed men, and yet
all arc in prolound peace.
f Pest-Indies.--The thirtv-
three West-India Islands con
tain an aggregate of 105,000
square miles; 450,000 whites;
00,000 mulattoes and blacks;
-50,ooo total population. Fif
teen of these islands belong to
Britain, five to France, "three to J
Spain, three to Denmark, four:
to the Dutch, one to Sweden,
one to the Colombians, and cne
independent
Africa. A writer in a Phi
ladelphia paper observes, . "As
some persons not familiar with
the state of the settlements on
the Coast of Africa, may enter
tain fears for the principal En
glish and American settlements
there, in consequence of the vic
tory gained by the Ashantees,
and the death of Governor M'
Carty, it may be proper to state,
that the Ashantees nation is far
remote from both Sierra Leone
and Messurado. It is a nation
residing in the interior from
Cape Coast 3 or 400 miles from
Messurado, and the cause of the
battle has undoubtedly teen a
desire on the part of the En
glish to get possession of its
trade, and especially of its gold.
The Ashantees are remarkably
ferocious and warlike and pos
sess abundance of srold. The
Dutch formerly held certain
parts on Cape Coast, which have
recently passed into the hands
of the English. The Fantees
spooken of as slain in such num
bers, resided nearer the Coast
than the Ashantees, and are by
no means equal to them in war.
That the Ashantees should van
quish the English and Fantees
was to have been expected, biit
there is no reason to suppose
that any danger can result either
to Messurado or Sierra Leone."
Ihe details of the defeat of
the British, make their loss mucl
greater than was first reported.
Ihe number which fell is stated
to be 42000, nearly the whole
of which were blacks or natives.
The enterprizing traveller
Belzoni is no more. He died
at Benin, of dysentery, after ev
ery thing that could be wished
was done and settled for his pro
ceeding into the interior. Bar
row's supposition is right; the
Longo is the iNigcr.
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1824
To Corrcsfiondenfs.' We havi
aram taken some liberties with th
favor of "Callimachus. " We nev
x
fectly agree with him, that opini
ons submitted to the public for con
sideration and adoption, are fair
subjects tor criticism and animad
version; but, when the arguments of
the writer are abandoned, and his
motive or capacity assailed, we
think his opponent h "travelling
out of the record," and feel it our
iuty to discountenance such a pro-
uvi-umtj, vve teel every disposi
tion to encourage a "spirit of inqui
ry respecting public men and mea
sures," and freely onen our rolnmnc
to a full and fair investigation of the
merits or services of any public of-
i-r, or ot any individual who wish
es to become one; but, while we
control the operations c'thc "Free
Press," itshall be "free" from par
ty rancor and personal invective.
NINIAN EDWARDS.
W e understand shat Mr.
Fo
syth attends on the part of
Crawford, and Mr. Cool- for
r-
Mr.
Mr.
Edivards, as to the examination
of
witnesses. We are indebted
to
me National Intelligencer for
following detailed account of
proceedings:
the
the
June 8 The Commi
tte of
investigation met yesterday
pursuant to adjournmcnWprc-!
sent all the members except Mr. 1
Randolph, of Virginia, and Mr.
Owen, of Alabama the former
of whom is gone to Europe, and
the latter home. No business
was transacted except to adopt
a general plan of proceedings in
the investigation. At the re
quest of. Mr. Edwards, Lang-
don Cheves, of Philadelphia,
and Jonathan Jennings, a Mem
ber of the House of Represen
tatives, from Indiana, have been
summoned to give testimony
before the Committee.
June 9. The Committee of
Investigation met yesterday,
and, at the instance of Mr. Ed
wards, took the testimony of
the Hon. Mr. Lloyd, of Massa
chusetts, as to the usage of
Banks on the subject of depo
sites. A letter addressed by
Mr. Edwards to the Committee,
was read, in which he objects to
being examined as a witness, by
a Committee, on the ground
that he had no additional facts,
or evidence, within his own
knowledge, to communicate.
June 10. The Committee of
Investigation continue their sit
tings daiiy. They were enga
ged yesterday in examining va
rious witnesses on the part of
Mr. Edwards. Among them
were Judge White, of Tennes
see; Messrs. James L. M'Ken-
na, Jonah Thompson, Jacob
Margan, and J. Sanderson, all
of Alexandria, in this district,
touching the nature of the go
vernment's deposites in the
banks of that place. Some fif
teen or twenty other residents
of the District have, at the in
stance of Mr. Edwards, been
summoned before the Commit
tee, and he has requested that
the Hon. Andrew Stevenson, of
V irginia, and Mr. Thomas Rit
chie, of Richmond, may also be
summoned, but we do notknow
whether the Committee have
complied. The Committee, we
are informed, have not yielded
to . Mr. Edwards's request to be
excused from an examination
himself. The Committee will
meet again at 9 o'clock, and
seem determined to finish the
investigation without delay.
June 11. The Committee of
Investigation continued until,!
late hour, yesterday, the exami
nation of the numerous witness
cs, summoned at the instance of
the prosecutor, Mr. Edwards.
lnese witnesses comprised all
the Clerks of the Office of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and
nearly all the Officers of the
Banks of the District of Colum
bia, who were not examined
the preceding day. Of the wit
nesses summoned before the
Committee, and now in atten
dance, not more than four or
five, we believe, remain to be
examined, and the reception of
tneir testimony, we nresume.
from the diligence of the Com
mittee, will be got through with
to-day.
June 12. The Committee of
Investigation continued in ses
sion yesterday, with an interval
of two hours, from 9 o'clock in
the morning until near S in the
evening, in the course of which
long sitting they examined a
number of witnesses amongst
them Mr. Cheves. Mr. For
syth, Mr. Jennings, of Indiana,
and Mr. Riddick, President of
the Bank of Missouri, and Mr.
Rozeau, of the St. Genevieve
Bank of Missouri. It is ex
pected the committee will exa
mine Mr. Edwards himself to
day, as they have now received
the testimony ol nearly all the
other witnesses who have been
subpeened.
Health of Mr. Crawford.
The National Intelligencer, of
the 12th, says: "In reply to ie
ters which we have received
from different parts of the Uni0
aim m Luiiipiauce wiin the re
quest of several friends of '
Secretary of the Treasury, wi;j
lett the seat of government a
the close of the late session 0'
Congress, we have th 1
to state, that the hpnltK r
Crawford has materially imp '
ved within the last ten or twely
days, and is now better than i
nas Deen ior some months past
The National Gazette mention
mat ur. x-ouer, a very eminent
m
cuicai liunueman nt Tl
more, had visited Mr. Crnwfn
w " J. J
am.
; the request oi some nf
. 1 ""'UI li
iends. We will av.iil . '
selves of the public mention oi'
Dr. P.'s name, bv thn 03,m '
to state, that it is on his authori'
ty, (confirmed by the opinion of
me resident pnysician.) thatwe
speak so confidently. Dr. p
nas visited Mr. Crawford seve
ral times. On his first
. - ll LCI
view, he pronounced him to
in no danger; on his last, that
m he was free from disease, and
with nothing but debility to re-
cover irom, which heisinafair
way of doing."
v New-Hampshire. David
Morrill, formerly a senator in
Congress from Kew-Hampshirc
has been elected, by the Legis
lature, Governor of that state,
by 1G4 to 4G, over his competi
tor, Mr. Woodbury, the late,
governor. The election devol
ved on the Legislature, in con
sequence of none of the candi
dates, of whom there were se
veral, receiving a majority of
the votes of the people.
Suicide. A black man, a
slave, the property of George K.
Lambeth, Esq. of Lynchburg,
Va. was lately hired to Captain
Jesse L. Perry, for the perform
ance of some vyork. The slave
refused to work, and as Mr. P.
advanced towards him with a
lath in his hand, threatening to
chastise him, he rushed furious
ly towards a wall, against which
he struck his head so violently,
that he lingered "but a few days
and then expired.
Fatal affray. Two men,
the one named William Bled
soe, and the other Wm. Stapp,
lately had a quarrel in Lancas
ter, Kentucky, when the latter
stabbed the former with a dirk
knife, which occasioned his
death. The deceased, in conse
quence of a former dispute, had
provided himself with a cow
hide to chastise Stapp, who, af
ter some stripes had been inflict
ed, drew his knife and gave the
stabs. He has been committed
for trial.
Execution. The Indian call
ed George Henry Washington.
lately convicted of the murder
of his wife, was executed on the
1st inst. at Tolland, (Conn.)
His appearance and behaviour,
ever since his imprisonment,
though quiet and submissive, is
stated to have exhibited some
thing of the proud spirit and
stout heart of the Indian. He
said nothing at the place of exe
cution, but previously confessed
tne murder, and acknowledged
the justness of his sentence.
He was even unwilling that an
application should be mnrlo to
the legislature to commute his
punishment. About 10,000
persons witnessed his melancho
ly exit
Fire. The fire which took
place m the cloth manufactory
ot Mr. Fisher, in Germantown
lenn. was occasioned by the
spontaneous combustion of sen!,
waste wool.
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