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. ..,-r- r5l -i . UALEiliii, (N. C.) v. nfMTttD. WECKLY BT A. aoriafaet do pm alf it the small number if ,HMuccjuau.unrieeai 10 care a straw abour & Dill i tin kt . :. ..I-' . SfnJ? and notice tftefeof stall nre bea given, place tn New-Orlean by water is called jtdrertitemetat not exceeding 14 hes..arenssr-on ndt.S&tf.earrji8kfriigi'tU'-btfiiirfl rt-No subscription Can in any cas. be received without nfnt of at least gl 50 in advance! and nod ' C'Mitlnuance without payment of arrjeir, u0les at the opUanmtneecitorr- . - -.;. . ' -t TOPOGilAPHICVL. if be 1 editor returns his aincaro tjhaijl to the ccntlsmen , through whone polieo he is -a O - . t k " " 1 ' ft nli!pd tu nlaee iielore his readers tae roi- lowit5 letter respeetins tUe Red-fef eoun " .,tr.kifohjTiianaS May $istt liT. ' V" r ' " Tlie lodiaas id this quarter are, and hate been,' erer since the eessioa of Louisiana.wrf peAcaJjle awd friendly. There have been white! men murdered by theia in the ludian eo uaty Ileef Praoce for Enirlaod, withpart f the enterprising class of mrn eheuld be threatened rail ows in their ewi eouutry and Were killed! in atteinpttnx to steal la iian horse's or smo of their .property., rbere are very esfasiderabje settlements, making' odlhis. river 8 er httadfed tniles above this pt&ee Vl gun 1 informed "a great pumfter;f faftiliefroin' Tciraes8fetteri!i fatid Sooth CaToli liave'Tewored tiVMirm the last winter TH eoiiotry is" represented to be t many respets preferable to this part of Louisiana. vli if said to be heUecia foint Under eorer or a letter wftien l reeeiveu two a-- ?" x i "-r' w. hvs sine from ny brother George, (who Jives, w gat ohjeetion to emigrants, fromtbose rj,;t 300 miles above 8U Louis, on lb Musis.tte where they have been aeeastorued to line I received your letter of the 23d Sept. 1 spring water. The planters on the yver I A. I assure you it gave rae pleasure to hear j not Jtt the trouble to ealeb rain water, r'om one from whom I otiee received many from the nver, wh.eh ath.gb water u Urk of friendship ; aod altbo' many years taia about i-Slb of n ioeh. of red mud m ji i :.Ve one bv sinee. W reeolleetion is still fresh ' P't, nd, in low water, as atueb salt and al- . lino. - -: . j !nali.nsua ftT lr i fwl . ,u my W.c7..?-..-. vV-"-.-.fr--- Having, Ibelieve, gsne throand replied to the ncss bhenti me b? yon. w': . . ' . . , , -V, .. V.tt nbsr will .close the sixth year qries ia your letter, 1 will lor your .:.. mv r.mnval ta this ceuntrv ; mf family !ft"Ber y y optmoa geoer itif rerimenr toaehed sal Aseensioa on the 71li - September, having on the l&th failed rrem lelena ISut on lUt 2Qnt jv mires N".- V. of the Island, they were alarmed by se vral violent shocks of an earthquake, repeat ed at snort interval, which threw several per son oat of their bed. . Four days af;er ward the ship UeneraJ lira ham, endeavored to make the Island but could not And it. , They had it Was said excellent chronometers oo board, and had takeu several nets of lunar observttion. rbe master of the Palladium was in a aiini- larjiituationwitu bat they, have wea oieo who escaped from thelthe;narratiou of these suspicious had remind ' 1 1 ..... : . : i - : . . . . I i . . . V . .1.11 at preseat counts of a wife ana a pair 01 uoys t-v --rro .j - - and girls, thJtt is to say two boys and two girls, l 'm l lo "e ' be ffj TEe'abJrtryor- Utter beiog to fewest tWr-, aeltcate and jrksome task ta des.nbe forcatJ-f this7 part of theBtry5 i ,1 tMJ.jeauo.to.one wbo tho-t sponW.-upon he .ve yon m far a "y knowledge of it exteud," V 1 laiormauoD, remuv.B u. . . c fvery thiug ia mylower, a. wdl as ajs?, 'lV p t,.m respecting The country oa thRedke as to the beauties, &e. of any cauntry ; and ! ... ? :.. .if it would eive ma mueh cause ot resrrH, were mi verier aniiuitu unmui ed- hinof. Uu the 0th of October they had a eelar obervatioa iu the parellel of the south part of Hi. lelftna, aud by recent lunar ealeula- nonsoftkei, run f ride CapeotiJood Hope with af&ir wiml, and their chronotu-ter, thry were ile;tgues east ward of the htand. They sail ed W. Aortuerly 15 Ic&g'ies from this iim uklil 6 clok.--a.od were theu in the Ufiiu.it of Jamesto'u, (i W pori ) bdt nT ieeTiir Sr. Ueleas they bore up fur the iftla'4 of Ascen sion which they made exactly as tiiej sIioufl have o.i b; tlittirjc-jirtirtitiiod. It u said to be ejminon betve?n the tropes to have a thick hazrt o that laud cannot be discovered uatil if is very nearly approached r In. .-TThe obove taarvelleus acconnt so tar as it respect the swallowing up of St. Helena by an earthq-iake on -or pravions to the i0(1 deptember. isbrtairly iucorreel. Mr .JNewby, tho Superdart-of the ship Tridenlr Ctiptaiu Uea, wiiieh aivfived at this port on Saturday oiornioz in toj- dayi i'from Cateutta, itifofnH geicer. with seeing their labors rendered inavailag by tue UBtowaruaess 01 tbe weatber, wben the ie-' viving trade,-and ad vaotageous marked of Eu rope, seemed to promise so far a reward of their exertions. ; " Calcutta, July The marquis of Has, tibgs, our most uoble Csverticr, hbs proceeded up the Xouwry, to arrange an attatkvio be made, wbeii the Uains tease, on the Itejah of Buitpore, a place of ancvnimou strength, which resisted she 1 Hurts of the armyfseut sthie yVari ago hy the Marquis V eilesley .it is probuble ibat-they-Witl carry-itisr 4he- meaus re-ade- quake a- d ii not be spared under any falsa notions 01 eeenomy. , ' - , fWith regard to the East Indies, it may be re , matked, generally, that those1 portions f the eeuutry whic h are not at war with the Europeaa settlements, are coustmtly engaged in eivij ' eootesjs, ia which the greatest: excesses are committed. It would be impossible, t this. distaneeto gite any thing like a eonneeted de tail otb'euu, ( i . , liUSlA.lt. f E T E B S B V k G , f S. 4l. Itipiomalic Lrv '1 he members of the or is diiilomalie, accredited to the iuiperial Court, are remitted to itrp'trt w 'tliout obsta- cie, lor tlie space of ten uioi.llu from the day- or uieir arrival, every iiHig ntcesary 10 luru ish their establishments there, as horses, aar . riages, fii niigre, taptstry, table services, gold, silver, hrti c lKS, el ii, a, livttit s, linen, &.C. f in a' word every thiug oeeessury for a great es- tablishmuut. , Ail these article shall be admit- Jill 1 1 luuuiu -t-.K ' n . 1 1 J fttl and very ranch eut up with lakes and la- J W wj . w. v. . , wm.-, lons. Thl cultivatable land is confi .ed afterwards t view every th.ug ,n quite a differ a : . . . . .. . s.-j...' it lnht from mv .renresentaduu. ibis eUU- am tirelyjrothe bank of ihe river, not extendi ,eui " fJ ;rre..iauu. . V ' ' . . .-. . . . . . y ff rim nark nf it linwhwcr. with niiica o acres, wsas n r. r- r ---- bark more than from 15 to 25 either overflows at every rise of the rivler, oi ts. n'ways a lake. The soil is perhaps not iu'fo rior to any,and iome peetiliarly adapted to the g .iwtbol cotton aud tobaccoj tho' the quantity of the former picked from aa acre does not ex-C'-'l what is produced in other states, it is tit quality wuicn gives a uecroeu preieruuvc iu avery 4 market where it is knbwa. '-The same ni iv be said of lobaeeo ; for segars it is coiisi dered by judges, to be very little inferior t fUrrr-n f tutii would 1 am of opinioa, be as profitable a crop as cotton, were the cultivation and management of it as well understood ia thiseouutrv. iNothine has been attempted here (except by way of experiment) in small grain. "W hear doeTVettyweirr but ir snbjecttrHhe rust generally, 1 am told. Several planters " have made s nail crops of the sugar eanefor 3 ar.d 3 years past : last; year there ws made perhaps by all of them, 00 or 60 hhds of sugar, of a quality such ii you most commouly get at Favetleville; but 1 'think it doubtful wheth- or it will not be found too precarious a crop toj embark iu extensively, owitrg to toe uucer " lair. of the seasoiis about the time of the cane Yipeiirig ; :as a frost 8 or 10 days earlier than Mitl destroys it. Fruit, of every kind almost, succeeds well here, exeept apples and cherries. rWhe are very line, So much lor the soil and productions. ' , The navigation of Red river is remarkable. -There is perhaps no-Uiver ia America or Kn rone of. the same length which is toivigable so g cat a distance ; say iOOO miles from its ,v mouth. The principal trade of this place has heeo confined for I be last two or three years to furs od peltries, m Inch has been very profeta " ble, and has enticed sevtrl erchaiU8t from ov-ywfk, with capitals amounting to 20 or 30 thiand; dollars to settle themselves in this place. The Spanish trade from the adjoining provinces will probably revive agiiu ia the e "veiit'of o.icr government eoiniug,to the determi aation to take poiTsessieb of the country at pre; ..sent occupied by the Spaniards ; and from jire "seut eppearaoees 'we think that will W done, bnless the Hpunish government chattge -their ,( SPiitinjeiits very mueh from what they .were a few. .months ago, as oommunicated to Mr. Mon- . roe by their Minister Don U Ouis. We are .w .Ji.fi.ie. certain this is the inteation of our . gsvru- ment from thw eireqmKtanee of eoiupunies of V'Kia?tnen arnvmg-ftere a few weesi ago. with very thing rfrepared for a eampaiga, and from v.'essiousi which .hive di opt from the i command ' ing o fibre h Should this be the ease, it will o ' P' n a new world to emigrants, abouudiogfrom ' report with every thing that is desirable. VA o tbe healthiness of this cunniry, 1 believe it to be ab-iut as healthy as Fajtttevilie,( except ,' ip some situations near a lake. I"herois Very )ittjeHwinier, not more than ? 1-2 or months Dneeaiber, JaKu vry and partrf Fvbiuaiy. Cattle and hogs liys in the woods very well g; etally the' year round, v My haVitrg lived in Wilmington, (N.'C.Vfor brr'7ftfifbefore ' J.0?'"1? here, a climate more "uahealthy than - VKt is the eausc 1 presume of mv haVibar en- i jojel my health eitremrly welT. ' Willi re.pect to thepciety here, 1 wish 1 co'oldsay .-aif mueh JJ ittjavor as might be said of any tbfng else. The American society Is as 'yet. very1 small, , 4 1 exceediug .7 '-or ' families f. and .'iome of v ""ueiBg part Freneh and influenced y them, t, J ,"6' "al Ann riean soeiety to very few: f:'-ibH3auseLwe have not been able to es ohah any sehosl, or aby thing like a charsti, aequainted) is well suited to a man whose prin cipal object as a farmer, U to iuaIss u fortune by "cnitivalitig a 'ttoa ; aud who is williog tr this to forego almost every enjoyowul (health bseepled) other countries afford. A man who ean'purehaso 2 or 3 hundred acrs ef laod, put oa it ft gang of flyes, sit downwith tbeut hiu self, aud care not whether he sees auy person who can speak Eaalish year ia aud year out 5 atid ealtivate cotton, mar. at the present price of cotton, make money vervifrapidly. Ifiveaadl,ween ibe .Yal:yj troops, eo.nmanddd 111 per- U half tws I have been iu this eouotry 1 con-sou by Abdoiahen Soed, and thj i'lirktult sid'ir as so tauau time lost nearly, i uo ooun-;rrops oja'r eui):)!iui oi Auraiia u f aciu, try in short wants every thing to one but a fine the son of Ali l'.ie.lia, i;ie Viceroy . ji J,-gJii, climate to make a residence iu it barely tolera-i in which tbe fanner uiet'wii.'i a sever" defeat. the editor of the New York Alereauliie Ad ver-i ted without obligation, and Without examiiiiug tiser, that at 10 o'clock at uigut, oh Sunday the j whether they were permitted or not, upon the 13th of October, they parsed the Island of 8t.l simple declaration ot the1 members uf the corps Helena " on the-south si le, -distaat, about 3j dipiomalie, that, they belong to tl.em, and are leagues; and that, at 8 o'clock 011 the lollow- destined tr their use and that ol their suite. 2. Cut if, alter the expiration often months, they desire to ..have prohibited articles, they : must in ike a special application for premissionv Upou all the premitted articles above specified) there shall. be niadef ooee for all, counting from the day, of their arfival, a teniiihiju of tne import duUes iu the following proportions,- First. To. an ambassador, legate, or nuncio 30UO roubles iu silver ; second, u ministers, en voys, and others, accredited to h if majesty, two thousand roubles. .... 3. 'I'h 0 charge rd 'affaires or residents accfedi- tog moruiDg, tUi? lstaud was visible from the stitp's Aie k. l'he mornin'was clear ; but, having a fine breeze, they lost sight of it iu about half an hour tr. k'why also informs us that tliey did not experieste un the parage auy thiug like the liock of aa eurtiiquake. j The ship aiiserv.1, Capt. Alien, which ar rived at the port of New Yrka few days siiiee iti a shjn p'nvstit' from tiio hle of France, at so passed tSt. llelenia, 10 n?ar as (0 "have a distiuCl view of lis ragged eliif, aud .11 u later period tiivi tat fulUdu u a ive a.-cjuu's. EAST. JXDlKH.-..nfrlty,3 Jdj, 18 We leiiro by letters fro.it the tit Per sia, that a severe action had taken place 'be- bIe.Y"tawjli . jftaiualy, ask it so lonar and dislike it so mueu f stages from (us capital, Ueta.i. :h.citi ban mained in It is bceause 1 have been iu uopas of a ehange for the better particularity in the society ; bat 1 have uow eomo to lhe determination toiemove to the Missouri territory aS soon as possible. 1 can wait no longer, althV 1 still tliiiik there will be, in 8 or 10 years, a great eSaage for the bei- . : ter. I should bo. bappy U hear irowi you at a- ny time when you may hnd it conveuient-to write. My brother Gsorge has, Ue tells me, written you. From hit description of the Mis- mii-; ivT.intrv : 1 nm more nleased .nth it thau Grant, a Swionuiu a Uori w . m j f . a T .. since fallen back to the fortrcus of B)t .daii, the district of. K.ainie, tour iiUgas l.o.u De riah,.. where he was ag tiu a4(m'Mig ln troops, iu tha liopes of retnevtug. t'e eredn he had iJit by tiie d('t-at, winc?i w ebiii ptete, that it is slated, if A:).aain t-;..' i;t on ly folhwed up his siieees, tiie YalU:tJ pow er, will be e.ittrely unmhiUtt 1 anv I have heard of or seen Tise situatiou of this country is at present the same as resueets provisions with yours. The erons failed - Uat.yearv., Corn is naw g2 per bushel,, and searcely aay to-be-bought. Flour Ris.a 20 uer barrel ! Bacon 18 a 20 cU. per lb. In ordinai-y! times corn is about 46 a 50 eenl3 ner bush. Pork 5 a 6 cents and Flour, Sloal2. For the latter article you will not etin.idnr it biih. when vo' are iafortfitd (bat every barrel that is consumed here ishro't from Kentuekv or Tennessee ; there beiug no oiillH in , this country apd very few situations for buildiue them ; tho7 Ibu state oi luings wouiu be very mueh ehanged-r-was there a change ot population, sav 'J Americans iu placo of the French-, which 1 think will be the case before a great many years. , - You may perhaps think I bave tdrawu too g'oomy a pieture of the Red Uiver country; and ascribe its dark coloring to prejudioe but J have be.n asjonieh as possible on my guard to prevent any prejudices getting the better of m. -I (liBeover 1 have sere wled over twe sheet, whiclMVill I think sufflee and more than suffice for occe, and will bid you adieu. - Your friend, &e. SAMUEL 11. SIBLEY. Vr. James G. Jlask. On tbe'evening of the 13tii of J-in-, M . An- dersmi the 4U oihei i' of the fi. O. o.p (J..iie . ouori UistniiL'e iroiti by a iiiiiti'tr uidiUr aud firecas 'a mautJil. . Ariders.u strut k oui and fwaoi'towards a I'vrtaeuese t ..tJien ted by the mibisters fur foreign affairs, 1000 routtiei; ", ' : fJf' ., ' . SPAIN". Me.of .the Florida.-An official article in a late Madrid Gazette, estimates the probable product of t his sale, as among the Ways nnd Aleins to discharge the four hundred, , millions ot diflt Hpsiu is burtLened with. In fa few liowt-ver. the ntjstery which en velopes this subject will be dissolved. Lostop Ceniinel. - - FH ANCE. rxitis, oct. i?3 The two pretended DauphUis Matburin Rruiieau sbo calls himse It Charles de Na varre, son tf Louis 16, but whose father is really a poor man of Ye irs, near Choilel (de partmeol of Maine ai d Loire) nmii ds us of the imposture of Jcanjklari.e ltervigualt, who, in t7fi, nok ihe i;a'mei of Lonis C! artes de Boui hon, son if Loins 16. '1 Lis IIervuga.lt, son of a tailor of .aiut Lo, possessed of a wild and dia brbed -.'pagination with an interesting ipparain e and a ''larger-share tf penetration had nuceeeihd, in xpite of his want of educati on ia imposing upon a great number of ner- i i it 1 . i ' - 1 i I . s t a Iving auout Ui.il acaoie s leugtti ijoi iino, .iu , who. rousiueriug ineir. .jrillanu.now--he. was followed by .the' Uo A ihey i JeLe, ought to itave been prepofed to reject approached the frigate. Mr. A.jJ--ii w as 'such an 'imposture. Thus he met with many Tieard to say 44 dout drowo. me'J?-,o.i luis x- -dveuuire ia Calvaldos, L Oruc, and other elamatidojiWarler-- master tunn d round,1 neighboring dtpartments. These were howe-V and to his .ioexproVsible horror aad' alarm,' aw rtrer followed by several jienalties to, which he an 'Immense shark dartitig at Mr. A iders u ;-was;c'oiMlemud.- Finally, arrested the 3d of immediately exerted his whole streng n lor his ! Ap: l 1803, be. was condemned, , in eomfortnify town safely, aud fortuuately succeeded in "get; to the peual laws, to four years imprisonmeutt liug on board the Portuguese irigaw. i nej tor having by false names, 6cc. abused the ere- alarm was iriveu and the biais of ihe frraate duiity .of. diveri persons. At the expiratiotT- . . . . r . .;.-.... II ..n i . aud tuarien -tram were insiaiitiy i.iworeuiwi na hi-, -jurvaguau wai ueiaineu as a down into the water, but unt'ortuuately uho a wreveutiii-r the fatal catastrouhe l';ie -l.ark passed Mr. Anderson, then turued round and took him under the w'iter, which wa- iijta:il ly discolored, with hs blood, iie rose aau ; but' was theu attached y live or six un.ie ot these-Voracious aiu.ua.i.s aud he 'wasg.iue in an instant. One shark was observed tu be ma king after tho forecatlemuiivou whicb a se.h try onboard the frigate, with great pr.eiicc ol Latest Foreign Intelligence '..' ' ' ' . AFRICA. St. Helena --The" abip Palladium, w hich arrived at Salem on Friday ,vTront Calcutta, 12 days, touched at'the island of Ascension on the 11th of October, and. visited the. English earrison stationed there. . The Esicx.tegiter gives an account, the substance- of which is as folJowi : T6e e ttlemeut , consists of .five or six buildings, in an area of about 300. yard, sauare, which has' been'eleared Ht einders by he ioldi rs. ThU consists of the Governor. Lt. Governor, and 40 seamen, boya-and ma rines. They; have one fort of leyand another of 9 or 6 guns, - Apprehensions werft enier- tainedby the officers tbat- .uoap8rte ana me island 'bf syHfelenaj wre sipallowed up by an earthquake. : It seemi that three; transports, the Ocean, London and Alexander,-from tho shot the fish, thereby preserving the life of the Hailor. . -The next div a iarvo shark was caught by the people on board tiie II. C. shp Yausillart, measuring up vards oi 12 feet. . Calcutta, July i5. tASTtquAK.e Forty distinct shocks of Earthquakes which arc sta ted to have been, felt at tlerivol-B gh between the 26th May, and the 12th uJtiuto, have caus ed great alarm, at that station The first of these shock occurred at about eleven o'clock at night, and is said o have lasted several min utes. , It, .made every one jump out of bed and leave the huugalows from fear.y Several biiild ines were thrown down iathe.province and al- 8 ia Gurwal. This visitation bad not iub- sided at the latter date above mentioned. - IicDtao. We obsorve that the- unfavorable accounts concerning Indigo, sent us by a Cor respondent from Jeffore, under date of the 3d inst, and inserted in our last, are now confirm, ed by a letter of. the 5th from the same place quoted in the Caleutta - Gazette. ItjisTala inantahU trreamstanee that this indistrisus aid state-prisoner he died at Bicetre, near Pari, in ii-. -' M.- Eeka.rd. at the end of hin Historical Me muirs of Louis if4 gives mei curious details otr the romautic adventures of (Lis impostor, aud of the proceedings of the tribunals which pFonouhced' tfresenieiice of death. , SOUTH AM imCXBurnos vfresr-A letter Irom Buenos Ayres, dated the 10th of mind and coolness, levelled bis muskr airdfAug. receive ! by a gt ntlemuu iu this city, says, t!;at general Arligits has proclaimed Pueyrre don and l.irte othem, natives and merchants- of thai p.'ace traitors, for sending ships loaded with proviiions to the Portuguese at Monte Vi deo, and thereby enabling them to make a stand againts the patriots, at the time when the sear city of bread at Buenos Ayres, and the suffer ings of the people 'there, were extreme. The character of a traitor has been applied to Pu ey'rredon. from more than one quarter.; he is formally designated Ss such by all the authsri- ties which rule over tho eastern shore of the ri- ver Plate, to wit : Eutre-ltios, 8aola Fe, Cor rieutes and Paraguay. ' Perhaps these public declarations may be explained by the ipge niou.ajuthor of the pamphlet lately published at Washington, entitl 'd South America. Pueyredon has solicited the congress of Bu enos Ayres to extend the term of his adminis t rat inn to three years' more, Mol deprive lhe--citizens (which ;are his owu words) of the ineli-' nation aud propensities to ehang and revblo lions.', ;Wha. an liisl anee of delieaey in lha first niagistiate, lo asksr himsstf aeoatinaaj - ' .... . ' . ' w-
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