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Fnmtha National (Jaicttr.)
V 1 Yt rrUnand IV. U now (1820; In the finy-firs'
sear of Mi age. In hi person ho Is lull ami
itrJgnt, rather tWn than corpulent ; hit fae j
;ery long.lru hi-.tr and ejrebrow nitc, and ht
Hountcnsncf ,cn the wbclc, far from comely i Lot
it is lighted op by an expression of good nature
r.nd benignity, th-t !catc more and lasts longer
than symmetry tf features. Hit manners are
iwi7,dl.Qarr
o:tmcnt that of a thorough gentleman. s tin
rerard to mental endowment nature Menu to
havt placed Mm on a, level with the great ma-
Jotity ol manktod--that is, W a itate oi memoc-.-rlty,-and.wltbout
either defect pr, excellent,,
"r . llut 4 he goodsense wbickFcrdinairt rfcrivejl
.from nature, required the advantage of cultiva
tion lodevclope and to ffirect U andof theve
, advantages he vat unfortunately deprived, in
part. pcrhap bir the early absence of his father,
ind in part by theTOgllgericc, or Vy the 'design,
frtt of his tutors, and afterwards of his courtiers.
, Being wied to the throne in the eighth year of
l.u a;e,arwl shortly alter left by lus lather under
the direction of a regency, ho cannot be supposed
to be inclined, nor they capable of compiling
him, to application - The result has brcn as usu
(d, a great propensity to active exercises, and an
aversion to studious pursuits. 1 lie ignorance
which follows from these habits U such as to ex
tend to articles known ambhjf us to every person
Alove dily labor; and it not unfrcqucntly shows
Itself in conversation, and betrays his majesty
into mistakes that sometimes startle even well
trained courtiers. Thus, mention Iwing acciden-
tally made in his presence of the great power of
the Turks some centimes ago, he observed that
i: was no wonder, a a!l the world were 7)irlt
('ore the birth of cur Saviour" Upon another
u casicn, when the cruel execution of Ixuis XV I
then-recent Jiappcning. lo.bejhe subject of Con
vernation, one of the courtiers remarked, that it
was the second crime of the kind that stained the
i.nnals of modern Europe. The king asked,
v.ith surprise, where such a deed had been per
petrated before ? The courtier replying in Eng
land, Ferdinand asked, with a look of disbelief,
vhat kin;; of England was ever put to death by
lit people? the other, of course, answering,
Charles I. his majesty exclaimed, with some de
btee of warmth and indignation, Xo, tir, it it im
lostible, you are minrtormtd ; the Englith are too
' loyal and brave a profile to be guilty of tuch an
etroa'out crime. He added : Depend upon it, tir,
it it a mere tale, trumped up by the jacobins of
' Parity to excute their ovm guilt by the example oj
gnat a nation,? It may do. very well to deceive
their own pet pie but wttl not, I hope, dupe utl
Eustace's Classical Tour through Italy. J
44 Ferdinand's passions are all swallowed up in
his ra;e for the pleasures of the fieldhunting,
shooting and fishing: fur this last diversion, pe
culiarly adapted to the climate of Naples, must
be included in the number. lie thinks no fa
tigue, and no privations too great for its indul
gence. The quantity of game, by which I prin-
cipiilly mean deer, wild boar of all ages, and stags
of every kind, preserved in the royal woods or
parks, fct Astruni. at Case it, Caccia Bella? and
other places, exceeds belief. And the slaughter
jnadc of them, in some of the hunting parties, is
equally beyond credibility.. I, have frequently
seen a heap, composed only of the offal, or bow
els, reaching as high as my head, and many feet
in circumference. The king rarely misses a
shot ; but, when he is tired with killing, then com
mences another operation : he next dissects the
principal pieces pf game, of which he sends prcs-
ents to a vored courtiers, or distributes it among
his attendants.
In order to perform this part of the diver
sion, he strips, puts on a flannel dress takes the
knife in hand, and, with inconceivable dexterity
cuts up me animal. no carcass butcher in
Snutbhefd can exceed him in anatomical ability ;
but fcc is frequently besmeared with blood from
head to foot, before he has finisfccd,"and exhibits
n extraordinary spectacle, not easily to be im
rrinrd. The Queen herself is sometimes obi
ged to b'e presc'nf at the scene, though hioreV'as
. may be" supposed, in compliance with the king's
wh, than from her ToniLJnclinauonlaJa
equally indefatigable or the water, in harpooning
or in catching fish";', particularly the pesce spada,
or sword-fish; and he neither regards heat, nor
cold, nor hunger, nor danger. ' On these occa
sions he u usually or always attended by a num
bcr of chosen Uparots, 'natives of the Lipari isl-
ands, who have been in all ages most expert sail
ors, clivers and fishermen.' Sir Win. Hamilton
41 Ferdinand's person, if assisted by more arti
tibial manners, would gracA any throne, There
i-wvtyranny in-his naturevbutniuchinriiiywv
crnnvent-- IndeCoVall governnrent tends nafnr-1
ally to tyranny, and good nature tnits chief often
. promotes ilm tendency. Fht debonair and
f.ood lmmorcd prince is not sufficiently robust to
stop -others, in t hi abuse of his own power.
lie docs noy want the administrative talent";
. ior jwtutteycr . M bn honor to come under hi
own eye. is m excdlejibprtler His monopones
oi ouicners meat ami ot thitnny fash, were but
, too wclUMidqcted for die fciciliar, Hi dog
kennel his !tudu, and lH farms, arc holels ii
their Mud. .fe i3 a consummate iudire of black
.. cattJci and displays., true genius Tor Jfte ddiry
x Te hur apparem la an 'ndcpt. in th same aTTs"
and seems to (npuyj witfi his roval t'.tthcr the
r.AVM4TXN crtAnAtn.ns. ?
The Cuurirr franco! KUfS the f.llovvir ac
toii'it if some of the leaders in tlio Neapolitan
evolution t i . '
vKlnj Ferdinand IV. has in Ms army' two
irotber of the name of Fepei both generals',
me of them Is only remarkable by Ms 6gur and
countenance the other( who has nothing extra
ordinary In his face or stature,' was yet known
for his distinguished bnvery j he had his rheM
pierced In battle by ball r the wound had left
h'nn a weak constitution, and melancholy and
silent character ; -nothing announced that he was
a man destined to play the political ru t that re
oort assiiftis to Mm In the events at Naples. .
Htanglct UlhOorf of the rtlcbraietl mt of
the same name. Is a distinguished oITtcer or sin
tuYxv merit. lie was educated In a Lyceum In
France t he ligafi by serving a$n officer In the
French arm, and distinguished himself by many
" r-:: " -.ti-- . -..!
HtriKioi' actions i in one action ne iouk iauu-
afd from .the "enemy ; In another he wai oneof
the first to enter a redoubt; of which he made
himself master. General Filangicrl has received
several wounds ; the last be received at the head
of the Neapolitan troops, whom ho endeavored
to encourage by his personal valor t but bravery
was not contagious among the troopa he com
manded, and the soldiers of Filangieri were more
dismayed at his wound than animated by his
courage. This wound for a long time endan
gered his life but his youth and the vigor of his
constitution prevailed. lie has since obtained,
by marriage, the title of Prince of Sitriano, and
a fortune valued at 80,000 ducats, (3 30,000 francs,
pr14A'-teTling.)ay'ear. " '
" Carascosa, a cild of the army, is the son of
a captain, who was formerly in the service of
Ferdinand IV. The young Carascosa tool; part
in the liberty of Naples in 1798, and was among
the inhabitants who retired into the fort Del Ovo,
the capitulation of which was not respected.
Nearly all perished on the scaffold, against the
laws of honor and of war, and In violation of sworn
faith. Carascosa succeeded in escaping, and
lived in obscurity till the return of the French to
the lingdom ofNapIes iif 1 80T; TieltTven "entered
into the new army, and was chrf de battatllon In
the first regiment of the Neapolitan line, when
that regiment received kn order to repair to Spain
in the month of June, 1808. lie was wounded
at the head of that corps in 1809. In the attack
in which Gen. Filangieri was wounded, Carasco
sa. thrown from his hone, almost perished, while
making, the same efforts, and giving the same
example to encourage the troops. This Gen
eral is esteemed as a soldier, but be has little in
formation; his temper is gloomy, and almost
savage i he conceals, under an apparent calm
ness, a restless ambition but he knows how to
wait for an opportunity, and prepare with delib
eration, what be executes with rapidity,. .Dan:
gerous as a subject, it is to be feared that be will
not be dreaded as a citizen; It is. however, due
to him in justice to say, that he has always ex
pressed patriotic sentiments. Under Joachim
Murat, as well asunder Ferdinand, he has not
ceased to demand a constitution for his country ;
and more than once it was by this demand that
he began and ended his conferences with those
princes. In answer, in 1 808, to Gen. Ambrosia,
who complained of not being chosen aid-de-camp
by Joseph, passing from the throne of Naples to
that of bpain, Carascosa wrote t
" It seems that the plan of king Joseph is to
take his officers from among the nobles of the
country t Now, neither you nor 1 have Spanish
parchments to boast of. To get on, then, with
hinu it would be necessary to enter into his
troops, which it would, I suppose, be easy enough
to accomplish by help of some recommendations ;
and in the end be advantageous to you. But is it
only your own interest that you seek in such pro
jects I Arc you selfish - to that degree, that you
have no other views than your own interest f
and must I confound you in the crowd of beings
with whom Europe is over-gorged, to whom their
country is that place where their personal wel
fare, is advanced ? You are indebted to your
country for the employment of the talents of
which it has developed the germ for thr glory
which you are. capable of acquiringr-for the
means of success which have marked, with hap.
py presages, your first steps In the path of arms
Blush, my friend) at the thought of abandoning
the country where we have received the light
to which we ow e every thine.ltis not altoeether
happy V this is an additional reason for lovinglt.
You havo otten repeated this truth to rae ; I did
not meet with it in your last letter, wnich I have
torn to raeces.;-;.;-; (;-.,-. ; ; ;. -. -
The Duke of Coropo Chiaro unites to Italian
finette more probity; I frankness, 4md 'good faith,
man are to De expected from a man who has
been minister of general police under Joachim.
The Duke was his minister at the Congress of
y lenna, auring the events of 18 1 5 j and, but for
inc jiasiy- ana imprudent steps of the kins, would
muuiiuiy mvc ucceeuei in securing nun cteh-
possession of the throne which he held.
,Mi''r, Dn M rurtkr p'itu!.r.:r.t if O.ey
shall in'.cil tny urtir le concerning fcpdn. Tbc
newp-pcr wiiter in Hanau, who has hitherto in
dulged in observations and reasonlngs'on the pus
inj: events of the day, and presumed to give Ms
uncal.r d Tor opinion on public affairs, U fcttonly
prohibited from again doing the like.
1' rniUDBtriftA'lr.9;
Tne Schooner Mary, 23 days fiom Aux Caycs,
has arrived at the Lazaretto I she was brought in
by Joseph 0. Nones, Esq. of the United Sutes
Navy, , . -.'
To the polite attention of Mr. Jones, we are
Indebted fox the WhwUg4nlbrnuiion,annoilb':
cing the success of the patriots. , , i
We arc further Informed that Bolivar Is every
where successful. Fret man's Journal,
Copy ef a tetter rf jfdmiril I.oull DHort nddref Y'
TlE I'ltESS.
e acts and measures of legitimate sov.e
. The Elector has ordered that noting
fd'li "Duncan Arinloih;Mcttkant Jur Cayen,
Mn.'nPlKTosH, .
Dear Sir Since my last, I have the satura
tion of stating to you, that we "have been ia mjc
cessful as to reduce the Spaniards to the walls of
Carthagena and St Martha; haying taken the
wjiole Spanish fleet in the Hirer JUagdalcn,
amounting to about 11 gun-boats, most with I?,
18 and long 24's ; also, all the warlike stores, an
immense park of brass artillery, howitr.ert, mor
tars, and battering train complete;, The army of
Jn'ioqwa has jorned us ; also 2500 men of trie ar
mv of the north, in the province of St. Martha ;
CobO inore tnen of t.'.is army arc on their way
down, with the president Bolivar, and 1000 more
regulars are to arrive from Antioquia tliU ttV,
so that we shall have effective troops of the line
4000 in this province, besides 5000 militia. This
province rose in arms on our'entering it, to a man.
The army of the north, under jhe command of
general Urdanctta, operates altogether on St.
Martha, ltio de la Hacha, and Matscaito.
Our force in the Migdalena is at present 41
vessels of war, and our communication with the
whole of the" interior open, and immense" sums of
gold are expected down, as the country is much
in Want of goods, wines, 8tc.
The port of Savanilla has been declared an
open port tolrade,andacustom house established.
It is a fine harbor, well protected by a strong
oaiiery, ana a town is to oe ouui immeoiaiciy ,
it communicates by a channel in the Magdalens.
My good friend, how will all these villains, who
so shamefully .betrayed us and behaved so cow-
ardly, look : Part of Devereux's troops had ar
rived at the Orinoco, and are ordered for Rio de
la Hacha. It appears D. was on his way out with
4000 men. I assure you that they will not be
received here ; the inhabitants have taken (with
reason) such dislike to foreign troops, that they
prefer serving the Spaniards. I assure you, for
ray part7"that Fshall quirthe Service the moment
I see such another set of banditti invade this sa
cred land.
Yours, most sincerely.
. (Signed) '. LS. BRION.
Head-Quartcri, Baranquilk, ?
Sth July, 1820, I Of A yir of Independence. 5
FROM SOUTJUMERICJ.
BALTIMORE, SEP- 9.
CapU Cotterell, -of the brig Canada, arrived
yesterday evening from Montevideo, which place
he left on the 1 5th of July last, states that at that
time Montevideo remained peaceably under the
Portuguese government, and on that side of the
river to a considerable extent, although the Span
iards are by no means satisfied, but as the Portu
guese have from 4 to 50X) troops quartered at
momcviaco,ana controlling me ciiy, mere is iiiue
danger to be feared from the Spaniards. '
Buenos Avres was in . a very dreadful state, no
security to either property or lives, as there are
scarcely two persons of the same sentiments, or
can tell who governs ; under which state there is;
nor can be no police or laws for safety or order
but, to render it more, serious, there was an army
encamped before liuenos Ay res, said to be com
posed of about 900 men. Gen. Lopez, the gov
ernor of Santa Fe, has about 5 or 600 men Gen.
Carrera has 350 discontented Chilians Alvear
about 40 or 50 officers, formerly in the Buenos
Ay rean! service, Jut have 'pissed over to him :
Lopez, and Carrera, proclaim their intention to
boleIyaoputJUyeaiLatlheJieadi)fhcLiDiiitary
establishment of Buenos Ay res DoregO is now
governor of Buenos Ayrcstand captain of arms
La Madrid and Martin Rodriguez commanding
the Patriot troops under him. "They have, say
3000 troops. On the 10th July, forego. La
Madrid and Rodriguez attacked Alvear and his
confederates, and it was reported that he had gain
ed the. victory, which was at t O'clock All busi
ness suspended,, and had been for three weeks,
anticipating Alvear 's attack on the town, who was
$ncatnned .within a few miles of that place. U
- Domestic IntfiUigeuce . - -
weitcra t'.atcs win Lc LunJ U arhcundo 3:,3ot
m Uid tho C ports In stcnu-Uat wilt exceed
that tmount, whtlo those wl.kU aro made In the
usual way, In flat boats or arks, will more than
double that amount. Thuk our export may to
said to be about 1 00,000 tons.
Freights arc now from 1 to 2 cts, from New.
Orleans to this placa. The average price, how
ever, may be stated at 2 c'ts. per pound on arti
cles Imported from New)rleans. The amount
paid for freights on Imports annually, Is new
something like 81,332,000 to steam-boats tU
exports in the same description of vessels mar
vuni4icu m Dooo.wpaiiepgtrs up and
down, calculating len to a vessel, at lOOdollatlP)
up, and SO down, amount to about g333tooo. '
Making the annual amount paid for
1 a
t fitights In ttesm-boati, about ' 21,998,000
For patwncers In do. - -" 333,000
82,33 l)C0
'RAXBtRdH; WAt SO?
Electorate of He? Electoral Order.
" The electoral high commission of censors o
he press are not only to be particularly watchfu
that nothing beprinted ntnryio'hifrilplei
of monarchy and letrilimacv.but that no work or
ptiwicution be iiriporled by the 1k Boats in operation.
loreigu cnunmcs animadverting in any manner! The list of vessels will afford our distant uh
SCj ibers a pretty correct', idea of the extent and
'-; 10 UISVILLR, (EES ) AJTGv 5.
; We have enumerated sylist of ' trvcnty.three.
Steam-Boats belonging to the Western Naviga
tion, July 27y 1820. Several others are now on
the stocks, above i the falls of the Ohio, and two
in We w -Orleans. 1 here are also se vend Tearti.
on the
reign's
be inserted in the newspapers of his dominions
respecting the revolution in Spain, or its cone
qucprcijand the editor of the Casscl and 11a-
... ' e VI " i . i . pj,V ,iHt him iiruKC viil CP 101
..v. , w,wlc, twiuw iM.ii -ui i.mjtij men j ages prryear, the imports to various farts of the.
ith, every Mirccedincr vear. Estintatincr t)i
frcightactually carried by each boaVat Uptons
To thir wtrf, n iddition of at least ' mjooo
may be wade on account of the great number of -voyages
performccLby vessels employed exclu-
Ively In the lower country in carrying sugar,
cotton, fee, to New-Orleans, fcc. kc. BiOO.ooo
Total, ' ' 82,83i,000
Of the value of our imports and exports, no
correct estimate can he forrned ; nor are we able
to ascertain how many persons are actually em
ployed in the steam -boat navigation of the west
ern country.
The progress mode and making In the popu
lation and cultivation of this country, since the
adoption of the national constitution, and the or.
ganization and establishment of the government
under it, is a phenomenon in political history.
When the convention of Massachusetts lor the
adoption of the constitution of the United States
were engaged in discussing the merits of that
instrument, the late Fisher Ames, who was
member, made the following remarks In support
of the clause providing for the biennial election
of the House of Representatives. He argued in .
favor of the provi&ion, among others, on the
ground of the extent -of cur country 4o bt flrtchbwjJ
ed. u It seems obvious," said he, 44 that men, vhq
arc to collect in Congress from this great territory,
perhapi from the bay o Fundy, or from the bankt
of the Oldoy and the thore of Late akmor, ought
to have a longer term in office, than the delegates
of a single state, in their own legislature.' Mr.'
Ames was a man of expansive views, and t most
lively imagination. This speech Was delivered.
in the year 1 78 8 thirty-two years ago; at thai;
time the utmost stretch of his ardent ancy did?
not lead him to speak with positivenessof theea-r
pectation, that delegates might, at some future."!
lime, oc scm to v.oogrcs inxn mc cann oi iu? j.
Ohio, and the shores of Lake Superior. Tha "
short period that has elapsed, has witnessed tha-;
estanusnmcni oi oiatea over ail me lerniory oa
this side the- M isstssippK to theborders of Michiw
gan, one State principally from beyond the Mis
sissippi, and another lorming. Beyond the Ohify
including its north-western bank, are three Stat Of"
from which now come eight representatives, and:'
. : . . .. . . - . .V.w.
cdly ie greatly increased, probably at least doub
led. The State of Ohio alone Is supposed to con
tain, at .the present time, not much short of sue
hundred thousand inhabitants which, according
to the present ratio of representation, will nearly
triple their number of delegates.- . r.
The invention of the steam-navigation appears '-
to be not only one of the greatest of modern dia-w
coYeries, but one exactly calculated to answer tbe
exigencies of our country. The immensely ex
tensive and fertile regions on either side the Mis
sissippi, and its great tributary streams, would, in
a sense, have been unprofitable, if no means had
been found out of supplying them with the pro
ductipns of other portions of the country or the
world, and of carrj ing their own products to mar
ket. The navigation of those rivers by comtnoa
boats is so slow, so expensive, and so hazardous,
that the progress of the upper settlements la
wealth and agricultural improvement must hafO
been comparatively slow and languidVaBy. tha
use and multiplication of steam-boats, the nivi
gation is morcexpeditious, more safe, and muck
less expensive beside the great advantages and
facilities they- afford-to travellers passing vcr
the immense distances where they are employ
It there are already M seventy-three swam-
boats beloncintr to the-Western Navitration,"'!181
may be expected a century or two hence, vK
the whole cf our territory "shall be covered nth
inhabitants, and brought to a state of fruitfulness
by the hand of labour ? Toe mind Is lost in the
prospect. ,
A-
!5.
Idolatry and Quackery. An the middle of towit
public attention was yesterday; attracted, and
large crowd gathered etUVPlihcipalt ff
eral persons whohad 4efigiCb
May ofrbh H charge" cf folding illegal nighi'f
to'eetiogs;"Fr---adinc"Jra
suburb Treme, has been usedas a kind of temp'6
for certain occult practices ahd the idolatro
worship of an African deityj calledJTaBrfw. I"
said that many slaves, and some free peep; lcL
paired there of nights to practice nupersiiuy;
idolatroiis ritesTIv dance, c!rlros1ct'.fecJ- lt
.1 .......;r Ik. "xi?,iaA there tn
fruits of their robb)criesr which the leaders appro
priated to further jheir own debaucheries and vii;
fan. ThiTfttfers had eollected some truJtipe-
importance of the steamboat navigation of thelry " to aid their, views : the irnage of w(,,Banr .
western country, which must continue to increase Whose lower extremities resemble a snake
many smaller articles, were seized and u,ou
to the? mayor's, office.1 ' Among ' the, persons a
reitur;ilitfrwHSm,Twhrt
free colcfcd people ai)d vjavca. 1 1 ( -