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v2 I 4 . J And JWortfo Carolina State Gazette. No. 11. UALEIOH FRIDAY, MAUttJ 15,' 181C. THE it rttLunca WtlKLY, by - ' THOMAS HEXDEK9UN. jo. SUtcnftm, t!.r.t dblUn per snuin bt no ppf wrO be Mnl wrtWa U tfiMt h!f y .'r it paid m advance, and ho paper ucMUlaucJ liu t the option cf the tai lor, mtles f MtanpM r paid. .fjirii u, wrt esciMinf !4 ierte4 thrrt lunrt f. l nd Siccott tor each conlinuc. From the CeiUlenW Migaunc-j mu5u orlA TRtrrR is tKGiAjfD, - The Monastery of La Trarpclics between Lulwortb Caste! and the sea-roas but ecre from storms and sheltered on all sides ; the baud iing stands in a bottom; tho scenery about it is enriched with idantations. - Soon after tbe cora- raenrrmcnt of the French revolution, boa tbe religious of all Linda wrro.'okHged to week (his country for protection, sonic monks of LaTrap pe found an assjlum at lr. Weld's and as they increased in number, be erected the prc : sent building, (under the sanction of govern ment) fortbeir habitation, which may, with strict propriety, assume the name of a convent. This monastery is of a tradrangu)ar shape, with a schilling in the inside, torming the clois ters, and the area a depository of the dead. ic observed seven graves, to some of which were added a wooden cross, cither at the head or feet ; the living may be said to reside with tbe dead; that they may be continually remin ded of tlieir mortal state, a grave is always left open for the reception of the next that dies. ,Tbe cloisters are used for air and' exercise in .bad weather, Having a large cistern at one. end for the monks to uash. Hie entrance to the juouitttery is on the west side, near the Porter's ; Lodge, under a long narrow building which serves for offices of tbo meaucst kind.--Tbe porter who received us was dressed in tbe hab- flectitns. DoknrM tbe vatment rixmi, hen the restatnts, of tbe eaeir brothers 'lire 'hang vpwUk tbrme of each inscribed." Tjiedo raestio , . office surround the monastery and contiguous is the poultry yard, cattle tingv $ brickyard. Tbo ground attached to Jibe monas tery cob tains about one hundred acres, which h cultivated byjthe monks, with the assistance of a carter and a hoy. , The community ,rise at one o'clock in the morning, winter and summer, tbe choir bro thers then begin their devotions and continue hi the chapel till 9 o'clock whn each goes to some manual .labour, in the garden, on the roads, or on tbe grounds, till eleven, when there is a short service, which lasts ab:ut half an hour, then to labour again, till about half past cne, waen uiey reuni 10. prayer yr uaii an bear, and they are then summoned to their fru gal meal; after this meal is over (the paly one which they have during the. four and twenty hours) they return thanks to God, ah adjourn to the chapter room, where they continue to read or meditate till their day is newly 0Ver, when they once more to prayers, and" retire to their dormitories about eight o'clock, having spent the whole day in ahstinance, . mortifica tion, labour, silence and prayer ; and every succeeding day, like the former, , contlnnnlly hastening to the grave that is open. The se verity of his rigid order requires no common devotees t perpetaal silence restrains them in the greatest enjoyment, of life; perpetual ab abstiuence, mortification and penance, poverty and prayer, seem more than human nature is capable of Undergoing j and unless ..the minds of. the religious, were. buoyed up by. the fervor of their aerptions, they could nyt keep them selves alive ; t,bey abstain wholly - from meat, fish and fowl ; and, daring Lent from butter, milk , eegs, and cheese ; but thev seem perfect- itorn rnnvent hrnthflr. tvparin? a Inns-hrnvrn XV Content. 'Ine monks ODSerVO OCrnetual 81 robe of coarse cloth, and acowl of the.sa-ue co.lnce, sgamly, even look,' ai each other, and Jour over his head, a Icatliern girdle encircled ,iis waist, from which suspended his keys ; lie probably he wrong In enr conjectures jxmi this s abject, brt1t'rrtalnlr aPDears to u that ant aooad vblch coald be conveyed over a space of six or Myen btindred mles most have been ta ft4ipportaWe at tbe distinct of 35 paals from the crater. We sba3 leave th elucidation, howeaer, of i-i . ..i u,m wucrrsuog pnenonemon vo abler pens tnan tiurs -Tle account we have published is so ex plicit and satisfactory that hardly any addition al knowledge can be obtained, except by person al Inresgation, and as the convulsion of tbe Tomboro mountain have nearly rivalled tbe workings cither of Etna or Vesuvius, we trust some curious trarellcr may be induced to exr j46r Its' ravages and throw further light upon a subject of so much historical interest to our easierArworM. a-. -- never speak, bat to their prior, and only on ur gent occasions ; they never wander from their spoke to us in a whisper, and desired us to be' convent with crt permission of their superior. silent. As we passed through the first court, vc fancied ourselves in former days when the monastic orders flourished; and strange and . unusual seemed the apnearence of tbe tabnksj in the full habit of their order, gliding along, in tent on meditation, or employed in manual la hut go each morning cheerfully to such work as they, are directed to peiform. As we pass ed these poor, humble, unoffending monks at their work, they received us with, courtesy and humility, hut never spoke. The most perfect silence and tranquility reigned throughout this tfortirjn. - bour ; hut not a word spoken. From the court little v&le, nothing to interrupt it but the con- wecame to an. entrance roojflfton the, walls n Ji bleeding teart, and other objects of devotion $ tbence to the cloister pre several crusmxes on the walls to excite adoration. We then Al tered the chapel, which is not splendid, nor bighly decorated, but elegantly neat, the altar laving a crucifix on its summit, withtue pain tings of the Virgin and Child, and of patron saints ; on each side arc etaiis lur lae monks, strained fcom visiting this place too roughly, for the Downs protects it from tleir fury. FATlliSIlPAUL. yOLCANICJEIirjFTION. From the Jva Gorerumtnt G izeueof May 2 18 J5. We arc at length enabled to give the public a teal and interesting account ot the vdJcj ,nic the island tf Sumbawn, which has been furnislicd us from tli a must-respectable authority, and which may be received as an. historical fact of undoubted authenticity. The distance of Batavia from the Tomboro mountain is between seven and eight hundred miles, .which appears so enormous a space for sound tbbti amveyed '.eycr,- that .we. cannot help supposing the volcano on Suiubawa is iu dep. From another part of the cloisters we en-j some degree connected Avith otlcr volcanic tered the chapterhouse, wither the monks re-: mountains on this island.' To prove, this fact, a . . m .' a. 1 ?I ' lSl' i ' a J. J x 1 'a .ure wnen tueirnjeai is over, nox 10-oeguue a-; we now puonsM an exiraci irom a private ici- ay their time in trifling conversation, out in tcr with which we were obligingly lavorcu, he- fcading religious books, saying vespers and o-j fore any eruption was known to have taken ier evening prayers, and in puulic selt-accu-; pia'-e on tbe dates oi lac urst explosion from the .tation : the walls of this room are covered with . 'lomboro mountain behind Bangewangee cor- ; Wigious prints ; and at thetentranco hung up ; respond exactly board with ni era. on which were susnended! g- o ' sits of wood, inscribed with the names of all monks that had been and are now in the with tlieir names inscribed, and in each stall, a1 eruption that has recently taken place on large oldjnissal on vellum, guarded at tue cor ners and. sides and large clasps ; a lamp bur ning perpetually during the presence of the tin hamt tbe roodioit contains the organ. Opposite to the chapel are private oratories, Embellished as usual, with paintings of a reli gious kindi crucifixes, the Virgin and Child, 6: 1 a whole length of Armand Jean liouthillier de xtance, who was abbot and reformer ot tbe or- invent, P. Dionysius, P. Hyacinthus, P. Ju fianus, P. Bamadus, P. Pius, and others,' to the number of cierbtv six : on another board " Besckie, April 16 " The mountain that has been kicking up this dust is not in Luraojan as was generally suppo sed but one in the rear of Bangcwangee, and, in the District of Bandowoso, abbot thirtv-ftve paals distant from this place, called Goononar tas inscribed a list of the different officers of liawoong ; it has been volcanic from time im- c church for the day, and the names of suck memorial, sometimes smoking, and once or f the fathers as officiated, set opposite ; below twice has emitted flames ; seven months ago an exhortation in Latin and French, point- four hillocks that were near tho edge of the ifigHti he advantages of devotion, and the im- crater fell in and choakedup the vent. Its first Iwtance' of self-denial. We were next shown re-opening was about tin: ith instant, at which fte refectory a very long room, containing a time we had u slight shower of ashes ; however, Wooden bench, extending on each side ; upon on the tenth, it broke out with , louder explo re " tabl was placed a wooden trencher, sions than werc ever before witnessed j we Wl and spoon, with n napkin for each were enveloped in darkness from 4 o'clock P. enk, and the name of each inscribed over his M. of the 11th until 2 P. M. of the 2tb The feat; at the upper end sat the prior, distin- ground here is covered with ashesi two inches tQlied from the rest of the convent only by deep, the same at Prpbolingo, and at Panarou 8Hstpral staff : dui ing tbe repast the lectur- kan ; and through the Bungev?angce District, delivers a discourse to, the poor, monks.' from 8 to 10 inches. The sea was much agita te dormitory next attracted our notice, which ted at the time of these explosions, and on a wnos mo wnoio lengiu oi ine ouiroing, ana,; suuuen rose irpm w i ieei on toe njgut oi me 2 each side are ranged the cells of the monks, thick they recline themselves, on wood with blanket and a coarse rag ;a window at chend to ventilate and air the room which 'darj; and gloomy a clock is stationed at euil, near the entrance to warn the. monk's f, !i:;eiiicfr: fildeilike ;6o tnany : eavre of a. i m : k .Ifitbcji adraiited that any relative connexion exists between, these two yolcanos, we inay rea sonably suppose that - their influence extended still further to the .westwards: and that other mountains more immeaiaieiy in ' our neigaoor- our; 6f tnatins ; and ttie cells ranged to- ibood have emitted the sounds that were so dis- tinctly heard pn, tho lith instant at Batavia, "4W re- and about sTao' rio at Bahes f we taay AVw Tori Aforch 5. By tltc arrival of the fast sailing ship Minerva, Captaia Skctcbley, the editors of tbe New-York Gazette have received London papers to the 19th, and Liverpool pepers to the twenty first of Jaiiuury. They afford very little political news. I he lion. Mr Uaggot, Ambassador to Ameri ca, was expected at Portsmouth on tbe 8th of Jan-! usry, to embark in the Niger frigate. L'eut. (ien,. It. Wilson, Oovenor Geneial of Canada, came passenger in the ship Minerva, from Liverpool. The meeting of Parliament was fixed for the 1st February. The transport Betsey was wrecked on ber voy. aee from Plymouth 'to France -Twentyfouf french cithers were lost la her, and a cumber of other per. tons. The London papers of the 4th of January con lain the President's Message to Congress, dehverr ed the 5th December. ' ' The Chesterfield packet, with the official copy of the ratified Convention , between tho United States and Great Britain arrived at Fatmouth in SO days from New York,' 1 he Convention was pub lished in the London papers of the 17th January. Licuu Gen. Sir George Prevost, Bart.' dad at Loadon on the Xd of January, in the 49th year of h:s age. He was Colonel of the 16th regiment of of fxit, and late 'governor in chief and commander of the forces id the Britislr CoIoniesT in ' North Afc merica. lie has left a widow, two daughters, and a s jo, (who succeeds to his title) to . deplore their loss. . Admiral Hyde, Viscount Gardner) died early in T,TlieLohclon papers from the middle of Decern brr to tlte.rniddle of January, give almost daily ac counts of tie damage sustained in their ports by gals The French government has announced the perfect restoration of order end tranquility at Nis liyjs, aud the free and full enjoyment of , their re ligious worship by the Protestants of that place. There is .a good deal said in the French and Eo glisa impels about the escape of Lavslette, frm w.iich i appears that the French Minister of Jus lice was ao uuCtssury. It is ass..rti;J, in the last London paper, that La Valsue lud escaped into Bavaria. Titers was to be a general mourning in France on ttic 2 lit of January, the anniversary of the murder Louis XVI. Oa the 12ib, a pew k ' rep of amnesty was issu edjoy the King of France, which among other pro visions, banishes from the Kingdom all the regi cides of Louts XVI, who accepted apponiotmcnts under li jnapatte. L.wdun Jan. 5 -The li24. Norgnay, arrived io tie Uwfls, sai'ed rom Mudras 6th bep.eiober and from St. Helena 2 1st Novembar. No person was suSFcred to luud at St. Htltna front the Eliza.' bo hapiite Was in the interior of the Island ; he had bon invited to two parties UnUef tho title of gener al Bjnaparte, but ptid no attention to the in vita -to. January 15 We received this morning. Paris papers aad private letters of Thurs ky and Friday. Tiieiuw relative to the Amnesty has not yet been otncially promulgated ; but a commission is to be named to point out the Hegicidts to whom the law is to apply. Bavbary Stales Thu states of Tunis, Tipoli & Algiers, have all in turn oflate insulted the British ftig. Tiie Tunisians have detained a Maltese ves asl, and made the cre w slaves. To this, act of in justice against the British, they have added insult and contempt ; the captain of hi majesty hip Pi lot, was recently treated with the greatest disrespect on shore, and on leturning on board, Was ateneu all the way to bis boat. This morning two mails from Holland and four from Flanders arrived. They bring the following intelligence. Bru&eUijJan. 6 The English army which re mains in France is to occunv for the Dresent. a Una that exteo ls much further than is fixed by the trea tJr.0ari V which among others the town of A miens, , that by the convention is not to be occupied, n" go sn Ehglisri garrison, which seems disposed to fexnaih there a king time. ' It is generally believ ed, (hat these measures ate taken in .concert with "tbo Frebcb government, iaordi the better to main tao tranquility. ; hi general, it is indisputable . that In many parts of France, peoples mind are Still much; inflamed by, the varices distresses, tbat the, country has auHered iiid that too many priicautions cannot be &m sioir; irwiu,pruuuuug ucw convuiiuouf wu inc utner side.' The rcmalmn 6orps concentrate themaefye,J in the aeigbboarho of Csmbry. ' The Lord Chance lor, la ike Court of Cakoctry, Jeaar.anoafieed to the Bar, the death cf Mr. . usdee lieatb, w ofledst 19 o clock lTbesJty; narniagt at his house in Mansfield street. A caricaturo of Lav Jtte's escape ii privstely clr. culated in Paris it represents Kins escaping a a grotesque female disguise, too parpabU to WKV1 him, and followed by s dog, holding gstua intis mouth, with a lamm at both ends. . The dog It . called Un Chtcn Bartx, and Intended to present Baf Im Marboia, tbe minister of Justice, whose cooti Vance is tt presented by the twe lanterns, witk Whlck he lights ih prisoner Uirouth the passages ci tha ConcierKerie. . December 1 4 Tbe Paria papers of tbe 1 1th, reSk ed town this morning Geocrils Drottct and Dc bell are the n.xt for trial on the fist of eoasptrstors The prelinuaary process has commenced m both cases, ' .zT't We received this moraine; NV York pepers W -' thelftb alu ... ,T ' ' By dispatches received yesterdy from Parb) w. learn, that three English gentlemen have been r rested by th Minister of Police, and sroWo Intft . the prison of the Abbaye. They .ere, sir Robeit' Wdson, Capt Hutchinson, a near relative ofi Lord . Hutchinson, and Mr. Bruce,' eldest son of Mr " Crawford Bruce, the Banker. Tbe British minis ter, we understand, to his demand cf so explan -tion upon this subject, was. answered, that jhe par ' ties had been arrested on a charge of aiding tn the , ;. escape of Lavalette, that they had procured pas- : ' port for an officer, two or three days beforethas they travelled with General Lavalette all theaf . to Mons, introduced him wider tbf passport the : had obtained to the English military post, procured! v K there to be countersigned aud passed him on i af" . ' ter which, and having breakfasted with the Kngfislv v ' oflBcer in command, they returned to Parish'-Tab ' w was th roport .made to the Eoglisb JvTJrdsUrrtbat ! I ' he may receive their further Instructions hew W act its truth remains to. be established I It win r be observed in the private accounts from Paris; fiat great agiudon prevula' In that ciryi and threatens a new political explosion New affiliadpos and Wstch " words, plots and counterplots spread terror:"and a . larm through society, and the government distrust l" Ung its own strength, scknowWges last the WV. sence of BnUsb uoors a still necessary for its W cunty. u i i f.t 1 !! mi ' X it i January AXs f,:i ii.il The arrival of the Duke of Weffington Is' 'bgtf ' ? ' expected at Brighton, on a visit to Urgent- A 1 he rumour m the highest Court drcle toV is. v that a marriao-c i nnnaif- j . .. 1 amiable Princess Charlotte and tbe Prince de oS ' Ven his consent, le will have this important reK commendauon t the British people, that it beeeta -no connexion with any of the principal Power c the Contineot,by wiicb we might pebvolrtd la their disputes i and the English peoph) have .the proud feeling, that the presumpdvV heiress to tha British Throne neither .reauires nor could obtain a-f aggrandisement, fortune, or interest by iwri ' .-On the Wlnst the seiiUncaf t ' death aga nst M. Layette Was executed b eflW I he semeoce attached to a callows on th Pu- suui words,- . - - -- we vjuu ot rans on 1. i I 4 r n a 1 1 1 was in the . following -- .. .... . v 4015. Wnlcn CABrlmii. M ... ? lette, Lx-Director-Geueiai of the Post,' seed 4 rMrsnBdyeofParris,fivWatW-inen: 5! i" . .&& : Various stones about Madarne: Murat are in cis culauon. TM truth is, that she and her (my $. lord very little matter for news she leads at Haina ayd is very liberal to the poor. Tbu may aerve Si'' correct n,any falae reporters, who, teidS H caSuaCeleia th6 &sof; to death. The acenb for 'tome hours was, dread "t.1"6 t-lq clocTat , SSt S C0Uld be,'madeacdnted:wittt vS?r,Ff 6 nuM Wed, 'were ; - i1, Th09 tha: were burnt, were seea atthe windows till the Tsmei-eiiStf" iUf9 110 hfl'-"Mtog them, as the whv,. fZ.?e,fv,t0DSiy,d witrTuoniand calyeaei' uJ ?eD?0US -W f .witf the watcffse were fid id and rua a different way t m comquehce rf-' whicit fourteen; persons were drowned iartheirS i; OOUSes . :j - 4' ',(. .- ; a-(v, irf , j A cuurh kww'-Mh Ettsebe Valleyjltnowa' bis acal, and various experiments-of th high est importance, in ? Medidnc4l intends td ,,visk America for the purpoaeof lmklnp k mw one.-. we means propefurcutinfeiw He icotflbtoed thai deas with' the' SmaJF'Pox Inoculated himselt wilh toth at pnee, and obtained successful results. Wr.. Vaaey also once cobliy ' drahk m Vebora of a W He iinowag tovtbi United ' State. , Wth a view tp'cstttitfie ySCTeMt'-diZ if, 5 ' I I' ! 1 J'f r.i i ii - i' I it si f i ! t it ill it; ? 3 ' v- 1 8t 'I '; (! '.'! 1
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