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r: ' " $- . 3 " A I if it .3 t'ia it I i : .-v..t- ttirir&tfti bccfttcreJitK mist, bicb ;-Wa '; y supposed - to fce tlie emoli of some hoiise that ' f"ba4 been burnt duriiig tlfie' hightr- No sooner, '.however taut the xloclti ofi thaHatal Tnoro " lng,irtruck 8, than the okaim , began to emit tmueodous quantities of sfoflcysaml and ashes, -which wcr instantaneously thrown up into tlie m$ higher than the eye could reach, and caus - ed terror'and consternation among the inhabi- tants, who saw. the summit of the nioimtian assume a . most terrific appearahtjeV ; The eruption va more tremenJeui than hai ' ever befor been known,' and evert- 0113 expect " d instant deatlJ The first effort WatJooffVr up praters to the divine mercy,' and then to fly -1 seeVslielteHo the mbuntain-i; but theeflRJrts of many were Troai death amorie them-The misery of our situation increased as the day beeame darkened, mitthe wbterraueons noise of tbe-volcano more levere. The eruption ontfnued for fen days, and the first four, was accompanied by almost iotaHarkneBs.- About noon on the tenth day thenoise of the voleano began to lessen, and by ?elrck the horizon was entirely clear, and enabled as to see distinctly the horrid and la meiitojile destruction which the darkhett, hod concealed from us, Five; populous towns in the province of Cumari?p, ana the prineipi! pirt of AlbnTieVe destroyed i- -more Hhan' i,30o tiersair ,wer retkonvd kipone the dejfd, and many Mio t ttvived.Yere dreadfullywaunded orhuril- . . "Y . Y -..Y : The tiounfain present a melancholy picture 5 - its brow, which was before cultivated, and offared a beautiful nrosrucU is now a dry and barren desert. The matter thrown out by the volcano overs tbe ground in some places from 10 to 42. yard in depth, and in others it reaches the tops of the loftiest cocoa-nut trees. Its rtf age extend 'over the whole of the beautiful province of Cumarines,-where scarcely, a tree hna hopn Ip.ft standincF or uniriiured. 'i'lie o?ie- J!no-nf the ..mountain which form the crater Kmamtel IV of the volcano, has extended i self "to fafhonis j 'Allliam V. Madholder of Holland .deposed; Contain Kellv. of the. Diamond. itrrVlid here ' this morning, T dayf from Ilavanna, re ports tlial it VM-whispertA there, tfiat a Brit ish ship of war had arrived there from Eng land, bringing dates to the 15th February; who brought intelligence that the Colore at Vienna had broken ppthat rupture was 4x1 vectedthat tU Emveror of Russia was orga nizing a large army yeing intent drifjejtdining the! sovereignly of rolana ana mai inese paiwr were credited in the English circles. Y A Vessel arrived at Havaona, before the sail ing f the Diamond", from La Vera Croz, which brought only ftO,qoo dollars ont of several mil lions, which were expted he "Revolution istsf had ' coirtplete; possession of the interior. a. he enorts 01 manj were IO thai th mhtuti piwild not travel between showers of stones: and burning matter, whiehi TraosDorfs and vessels of -war fVoni th Or leans expedition, were' arriving and sailing, dai Iv for Eurone. after takina in supplies. Two regiments m ore w ere exp eete d to ton ch at H -vanna. , ; ;,;,-' v -.;-X' . Roval Death ana Dethrvnimnts. C The eventful period, comprising the lad fire andjwenty years, cannot find its parallel mine attnalsof the world. In that compara- tivjly ahort period, lite following EurOpeal Sercigns have mjide tiicir.cisistaiii'tpmfv' brVnother, viz : , "r; . .? ' . J(eph II. Emperor of Germany, fcadfi-r,' -. Peter Leopold, Emperor of , OerManyfc dead? Louts XVI, King t)f prance, deposcd&ul jmtia dCath 'F'y; : "! Catharine 1L Empress of Russia, dead : S tanislaiis. King of Poland, dethroned and fvidn service r. -r. fiaoii' mustered out fj se nere is vj ; 7i.r.K 1 shall expeet-to receive tHordetsormMv ernment. iajor-Generar Ga, nes "tom ; ir-miitiieommaiid ofthis section of the district- and Jam happyito mauUtio one in. whom the government hs suetl nign ana deserved confidence. ,f ' , t-- ' T i .1 have the honor to be, -f , V Sir, your efyob'tservan,tv ANDUEV JAPK80JT,-. .f, ' '. BjbrGeneraliCipnmnding. Hon. Jass Moyo ' , v-. --s . ' ' " ' . Secretary of War. ,, -" . P. JJ. I enclose yoo a eopy of my General Order discharging the militia-:iilCviA.'Jr- Gtistay as VJl Ring of 9w?A?n, assassinated ; . Paul I. l7anp 'jor of Russia, supposed to have ' bfn assasti-iQled: Popes Pi us VII. tlthrcned and diedtt 'pHsmer in ( Iranc-J; ' .1 . :, - King 6f Sardinia, aodkated ; Headquarters, th-'lf ij(.-l)ist.-itliutant Ceoeal'a Office, New-Orleans, Mkrch M, 1815. v - General Order .The Maior-General is it length enabled to perform the pleasing task ofj restoring to lenncssee, KentoeKy, ijouisian and the territory of the Mississi ppi, the .brave troops who have aeted sueh a distinguished part in the war which has just terminated. In res toring these brave men to their home, much ex ertion is expeeted 'of, and great responsibility held on the commanding officers of the differeut corps. It is required oMajor-General.jCaK roll and Thomas, and Brig. Gen. Coffee, to march their commaSds withont unnecessary di lay to their respective states, and harethetn mustered for payment and discharged, 'r The troops from the Misiissippt territory and tl ate of Louisiana, both militia and. volunteers, will be immediately mustered out of service by M& jor Davis Assistant Inspect&r General, paid ana aiseuargea. luvery arrangemeoi.,wiu ue made through the department of war, tohaye the T troops of TenoeMee ,and TSentucky paid off the soonest possible after their return, Ali pnbl ?e arms, accoutrements, cam p equipage and below the level, whilst on the southern aspect 0 f the in out a i e w a pr ture hav ebe et) 0 peuedt out tt which smoke anq,a.nea mil continue he oceaVtonally thrown. Thepopn Nation of the province was calculated fttff 0,000 souls y nd all who have survived the eViipiion have ben tuirjed or deprived of very thing they pos iesed''' - --t?.-v-- - Stlun JII. Emprorof thoTurk aVposftfflndibe deii some pubtie neent, 00 their dis .'.im in imn. mm i'"wv'"w);missui,, x at w. ju. u. is ncreDV oraerca 10 iur isuph .v jmg 01 jjmmarK. aMtf msn transportation for all invalids belonind to .4 . .Tlie following laughable incident occurred lately. at a Hotel in Brussels A Frenchman Wanting the wrviccs of the horts,e barber who was' dressing Tsomc! tither "gentleman, became impatient, and disturbed the whole house with his clamor. Some Germans engaged in im portant business in an adjoining room, found it impossible to prx)ecd, w hn one of them, a . r5 V""" u,, '".-frt would moye at the rate of three leagues per. V M?hsf Thia experiment t . 1HV. uui runcu uic wmw r a - mLikvi. una r i,nCBr,A ' ifrSil n.tnfl rniti?tn n. ir...IN apron, and snatching up an old rusty razir, which had long been degraded to the humiliat ing office of. paring, nails and corn cutting, tin sen ted himself before the enraged French ihan, and with many scrapes and apologetic gfhnaces, declared he had left the" headof ri)y?J Lortk uui deravgee, to attend on htm will Monsignicur be pleased to sit him down Tfc Frenchnian, soinew hat appeased at this, comr plied ;his features were jooh buried in soap -be rnurntured, but from an obvious reason I dared, not open his mouth to complain j thje, ra zoiWas produced and grubbed over his cjmi w ith no very light hand.-4 Sacra Dieu-I' cried the" Frenruman, after bearing a few strokes with .paticnccV" what are you about !" Tenez," said the, operator, and with great -. Mg$& JQsuVr? JLlth intrms: on hia shoe. lie rsiyrifced to the task, and y aft&rr scraping x off tlie soap, Jlrawing more watci from hi9 eyes than fifair from his chin, he made a'lo.whovrand retreated. "At dinner, Tonsor placed hims. If oppositeXtoi the custo mer. The1 Frenchman soon recognized his tormentor arid whispered to hisneighhor, Parhleuj there is tliejellowthat sha"ed nie Fi It-rick l iiliam II. King of Pmsia,dcfld; military stores bf every description, now ia the possession of the' different troops herein direct ed to be diseharged, will be i mmediataly epftr fa Cbrre45pondenC6 with Admiral Cochrane op suea wiin me iiepufyxomnsgary of urtfaaucc-w ejjbiprt was hot terminated unt'd afxei' tlie and Quarter' Master General, excent'siicl camp eouinaee as is absolutely neeessarv for the troops on their return march, which mast the differs it corps,; Those jy ho eiuuot be moved without imminent danger of.xlteir livesmust he Chr Maria Queen of Partuaal, expatriated i Charles IV. Kins: of Spain; devosed Gustavus IV. Kin? of Sweden, deposed : wwl aecommodated and supplied with hospiUl Fetdinxnd IV. Kthg ofNapl.es, itepw3 i .-: jstares, and sufneient number of surgcousfe- Napolcon Bonaparte, Emperor tf'FraiiC ajid temef 10 attecd them. 1 he contractor will King of Italy, deposed. - SLnW provisions for the troops herein named, 5 -1 on their return march, on the reqnisitioh'iftf the " Slearti Xoals-U the last accounts WreT?ivrmmaading officer J-U4f 7 England, a teatn. Boat was nearly 'rcaCy to 096 "-i a"'?? t,,at k- i u rri no depredations are committed on private pro- be laujic hed on theThames,.to serve as a re-; . anJ are 90naIj. ftfe (o gular packet Vtween Dover.and Calais. It is remaPra(e, agreeably to the regulations of the to be so Constructed as to contain four or fiveh wariepartmet)N a 4ama5f;g 6n property iiijur hundrcd passengers, and it was expected jthat cd or destroved by their commands. The Major General has again the satisfac tion of announcing the approbation af the Presii. identof the-llnited States W the conduct of the troops under his command, expressed in flat tering terms through the hou. Secretary 'of In parting wifilthoSie brave .men whoso des tinies have bt en long united With his rtvvn," ami in whose labors and glories it is his happi ness and his boast t ) have paHiciifuted. the can neither suppress his utterance to them as ho ght. In what terms can he bestow suitable intercourse, between England and the Conti- nent. v -; - ! :- - - ' ; - ' tr, Americaiijnteligence. MEU1TERRANEAN SQUARoS. WISHIJi'OTON, Al'RIL 21. : We understand that the first squadron, con sisting ot the frigates arid Macedonian, the sloops pcftipJofltitloMO Wvovy ii JWhatt tajiShess'itr is t6 tho commandi'tt ceneral tliaVwraei dangerwaleforerTiKrt: was, 'on no occasion compelled to. use, towards nis companions in arms, vuiKr severity or r. buke. -If, after the enemy had retired. Itm per passions began ,tfli sliew their empUc in -fevr gnw6rthy bosomsj nd wiidered a to enlraretic measures necessary for t hr iounaeu vxe innocent wiin uic guuiy tr.e duced with their seducers Towards Yon. m" low-soldiers, the triosfr Cheering rect;Ufctirjs existi blended alas !. with regret that and war should have ravished from us sujm. hy worthy companions; JJut the memory of inc cause, in wmcu.mey uensneu, sua or tk r!ntiia trfiiW' arilmtpl them ultila TV. V mnst (occupy the place, claim to dwell. V Farewell, felloW-soldiers. iTlie tprcssim) bf your general V Uianks is feeble j; but ftc gratittde of a country of freemen ts'.yourV your's thb applause of an" admiring world. f ANDREW JACKSON r - Jjor-QeMral wniihatding,, tinjnj if a fetterfym tfu ' Cmmisiarv Geneni jar JTUoner 190Z t vner,' while Hvin?, ere sorrow wuuld ' "':kr Apt i rt sxs. T sis--Pisulimff that it is tiot njltftowii youvtha$ th Uritish oncers than comraaidii,p on our coast, nau uenieu ine ngni,exeitf4 by this, GfiTeirnmejnt last summer, in declaring you, and the officers and .crew of tlm ingafe siet,-nUhard and that ibej had gone so far. as to demand your surrender, and to hold out threats of the consequences, should you he met again in arms, Ihave thoug!,t it duejo 4hs becasioni add i::.ttrUboug!r ...... -, mm rtilU Ilia UIJUl I tbe fast siuadn, con- co:nmaildin? ?ersera, Guemcre, Ccnstdlatwn m- t oops Ontario and Mtrt, - h n f-liO hmnf',niMA i-1 . liML4 nnnAln Z7V. ' JI.. tf..I. tt 'Jl! C -i T L J I Ml Uljvy WH III. ! IV.au- nwi il ill V iTll UIJWiMili- ff. hlflWthmil. Nmlhw. Nnnrt snil Tmvp. Hoc t . . . . . J ' i ubi peace, to putyoii in th possession of the ar- knowledgementf that officer, that his own p. ernaient had admitted tlie correctbvss oj tlx course adopted, here. , ;tt , t" Arith.this vfcw, and tq ; sh?w . tho yfeVW which the fiwiipyctentioijs were foiindwl, I the honor to sead you herewith pies of thil frrespondence a per margiu." ;f -- A J have tho honor tq-be, jdr,.yo43 jrostolo. dicnt servant, ' ' ' :. '.' We still remain in yncertainty Ts to ,. the fatd of. the Constittrtion, captajl.Sh?ait ilr. Chamberlain,' who has arrived w . New Yort from Stl Bartholomews, confVms tk account of the recanture of the LevJiHt ; - arid what .is a little extraordinarv. it anJears sb was cut out dSt.!agOflby gate.v The JUandcur and Castle, werl irbpuF-' suit of the Constitutions We are noi without hope tliat she will elude, her tmrsuersU hut of this we are-certain, that if she js. i: her conquest wul not, be effected W4 fere loss to thelencmy. She may Sliai oi tne jt'resiueni; oy suopnuuig to a but like tho President, she will fist equal. '. " ' '.fi-A'y ' " The ChnsHliUiM- Ifn&tte Tlie fate of this noble ship appeals to ha out se.- the fiite adm .eat hec 1 . this niondng ' Impossible, rejoiiM ;tlie other' they Would not admit the barberMo be at the. table d'llotel." I'll be satisfied, nVw ever,M. added Ins friend, and addressing himjf self to the wag, said, 1 think, --sir, I have had tho pleasure of seeing y ou before,' V" Yes m replied the other with a bow, " no longer ago than this mQi ningwhen I had the honor of v shaymgyou.'? '." " , PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 18 Eoctrad of a Letter just received. in this city from anAintrican gehtltma$in Cadiz, dated ' " AIZ, JAN.l6, 181 B. " As to he"political relations between Spain awl the llniteil-Statritf Vwvrt'ry Ijttle at , present to add to the information contained . in . ' tny last .. Mr. Erving, , lately appointed cur minister near fcirtgdinan ris to the Spamh secretary of state, and askf ; ed for a passport to come to Madrid in his onjcialfcapacity f : hut I understand ed for answer " that his Catholic Majesty would not receive any minister or ambassador. ftmCriCsk so longsTtlie minister from Spain to; the TJtiited States was not receive or acknowledged here; altho' his Catholic Mai- jesty was deirpus i to strengthen tlie bond Of a sincere and generous amity with the United States.' The answer given to Mr. Morris at Cadiz, by the latej-RegcncyTuf Spain, and' the M one he received ifterwards at . Madrid, from fhe King's mitiisters, were predicated on tlie name grounds : snd,; ft is tSaidthat ihstruCf lihave'been jSctit to the aftishvininister this resolution of hi' Catholic Majesfy. K ' ,r tined to thei Mediterranean, will be command ed by Commodore Pecatch ; and the second, to consist of. the Independence of sevecty four guns, two or thrcefrigatest the sloop Erie and several smaller vessels, which will soon fol low, byoihmodoro "1)nraj modore Decatur will,probably, return to the United States. . -: .. .. ' : -' . . TIIECONSTITUTION. We have yet no intelligence cf the uitiraate ifatc of the frigate Constitution, tho vre have a report by w ay of ths West lmlirs, that she liau cscapeu lrom the squadron w'htch M as m pursuit of her when she was last heard from. It is not expected she would risk n enMge- ncnt with a single frigate, after vhavincr ho greaUy weakened her crew by manning ,her) , wv i'ii,ea, vuv oi wiiiuii lias an ivru, ffll invftnTft in nnrp.rtaintr. ;. Wlkeiir'nui'.MHfd leled ! Let him in one hurst of ioy, gratitude i hv tli Tlr5Hh RnnnAvnn fVhm fiit she was aii . Aunm uii, wu.um ,uiiw are me su- . to the Eastward of her pursuers, and, 'stood w vi04ioot tneir country these the patriot i tjlc Southward i beine in the: trade wind, which squirt s who triumphed over the iiivinciblea ofjat that time was blowing ffWhiliThe foB eiung cm, anu conquered tho tonqticrei s ot ing ?light wuS vry darkj and, With the deX- : "' wjjui. iHiui-iu c iau vou suo- j tenuis managi tne day ot battle! y off nave secured to A morica a proud name among the iiattons of the earth a glory Which wiil-ncver perisli?' Poss.ssing those dispositions wliii h equally ad orri the citizen and the soldier, the expecta tions of your 'country will he inet in peace as her wishes have been gratified in wan. Go gement of a Stjrw4rt and Uif ma'nshipr of rAinerican tara, we.1 IumI iaraieJ . ' . ' f i -ji-.' vi . .1..' strong nopes,' ot ncr. cscape'tMgn wj u. not give full credit to theparagraph, h'Am wiuchwe find in Boston PAper of the instant, yet we must cofifess that it appears in- ashane too lmnosir.ir to be thrown oniicedcL by . f'v ' AtwotfjJU 4ng, iwemy-two aay i"" U,J,;V,,"W .', f t u- uomes j Turk's Island, arrived t Gloucester on M to those tender connexions and tnoscr blissful dav, ; Shc hlin a rrp0rt,that the. CO" SI 1 scenes whiclt rendvr .leso de;ir Atll of honor TUTIQN lu& teeh caiiiitrsdt th& ncrs "Said i vMiu laui ua Willi it Will never Kv hrn hrniit tn 'Tiirk TJind tt e aind the other, we now know was rc-rapt-.'red. xjie symnaxnies oi ine ueowe are wide a- wakeNfor the fate of this interesting vessel, as well asxcit thtf sloop ot war Y asp, Capt. Blakelv. which, after cantiirine twn Rritish . ' M O . - " - r- vessels of equal force, it is feared has hei-self rauen into me nanus ot.. tne. late.. enemy Iho safe return of these two vessels to port Would, at this moment, be more gratifyint; than the cqptur of a British fleet ftfr -fthertiuliv and, should jtfortunately occuri will be hailed with as sincere rejoicing. , : - ';-;. Copy of a tetter from Mdjor-Gcneral Jaclaum y to tlie Secretary of War, dated ' 0E APj(tUARTE RM, 7TH MILITARY DISTRICT. : -. Kew-Orlnans. Starch 16.J8LL Slit I have the honor. to acknowledi-v the what happing will' you not, lav ,ofore 8he sailed, by a Brig &m tmJ ca or BarOadoes." From the. Mercantile Jtdverlker.. RK-CAPTTJUE OF.TIJK LEVAXT V By the Britit brig Ilanaah,, in 1 9 da- fmvn TtrPimiilHit. W-'.lMiii'i.hftt :'vlha" Sii(M)t. W when participating-in the bosom of voiiii fami flies the eiijoyment of peact-ful life, look back to the toils you have borne-r-to the dangem you have encountered, I" How will vour altl past exposures be cjh verted into sources "of inexiircssible delight? : AVIio. tlut' never ex perienced your sutteiings, w i II be-able an- prectata your joys ? "Ohe man wiio bl-icain'm hv I.cvantffffWcf th!n$-rii), tnglonpusly at home, durit 'our ..pail jj,W,-vrw ' rpitre3,'1iud arrived nnu-, nflfcyr -Mghts of waifihTu:n4 and your hu fw hoursfcrc the Ilfcih sailed.: . days Of toil, w-11 envy" you tlic.haimmefts-whtch I. V S.lar, iVft-n th, lWintwas. t?j these recollections will alfoi'd -still nvortr Will , I. is nifi)ii?eMd tif he envy you thergratiiiide :oftfiat country ftfie CoBtitutidii TtiioKs had reacMB wiiicn ymiiiiave.8o.cnimenUy .contributed to 1 - ; -';.ri;,; .'V: 'riM0''. . : .... - -r;-: l,;-yy:SXr Continue fellow soldiers; on your passaere , ; aIti MoniBUArBXii S to your several destuiatioiiKi, to -t preserve that Yesterday aftern.ion a m-jSt-i unfMi'tuuuw patience, that subordination, -that dignified arwl 'arcident (K-currwl'at tho .Cotton Factory w !3SHJiiU21 JJil' Ln ratiflcafnort treaty or pea characters. v, ' . v -r "; ' ty ,: the engine waJ causcht between tw vf. Smit?rwih TlHir fil Y tlie manding general thusgiv-, large iPirf wheels whirh nearly cut, or ca-, The Tennes'aea and Kentucky militia ill be ' iinmediately marched 1.6 their 'reoneetit e .statcf and discharged, without receiving ant pay before hand, ' The Louisiana and ilissis- ipii j militia will be iseharged nd receive thuir payinenf' here.; It is hojied that the ne cessary funds will he provided for the ptu ioent ofQie former in.auitaWe time YY Y YY Y a reward more irratiful than t anVwhirh-ihe mit the names of Blount Rnd iSficlbv -and Iloiiues, to passe(L unnoticwl,; ; Wifh what a generous ardor of patriotism have these dis tinguished governors contributed all -their ex eVtipns to provide f hq tans raf -ictoi-J ' he memory of tlifse exertions and of the Success with which they were atiairied,: w ill be to them e '.. . Jm " : ... .'.,... 1,'i.ruLVi On Sunday: arternomiliis f.x.tlicvfrn- this, Gar .England trrison, previous to Ids departure ,M id., iX: viv'Uiii Y:Y un JMomiay, at 12 tciock uia- y ed the citizen of ' Quebec,t the VwW -tlieir address, and alaq the-deputation oi .- :. ' -:Yv- Y---.Y . t :
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