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A sorship shall be immediately restored to activity, in virtue of a royal ordinance, Countersigned by three Ministers. The 5tU article only states that the pro visions of the former law, not repealed, shall remain. German Pajwr.-s and Du.'ch Mai!. Frontiers cf Moldavia, Dec. CL The Turks near the Pruth are accustomed to lead their horses to drink, in that river On the 6th, one of these horses broke Joose and swam to the riht bank. 1 he Turks demanded it !v : ns the Cossacks did not immediately gne it up, thirty-six or forty Turks swam on horseback over the Pruth to fetch back the horse ; but the Cossacks received a reinforcement, surrounded the Turks, and conducted the whole detachment to Kischenew. As the Turks continue to increase in Moldavia, the Russians likewise strengthen them selves and draw together, particularly a large force of infantry on the Pruth, where a considerable park of artillery has also arrived. The Turks go on in their usual mode in Moldavia ; and as every thing about Jassey is consumed, they now begin to spread more in the country They hardly speak of any thing but of marching to Bessarabia and the Crimea. They have contrived to get into their hands all the gold and valuables that were to be found in Moldavia. According to their intentions, Moldavia and Wallachia are to be governed in future by two Pa chas. Above 7,000 Iletarists arc assem bled in Bessarabia, and long impatiently for the moment when, as they believe, the affairs between the Porte and Russia will be decided. Algcmcine Zcitung, Dec. 2-i. LATE FROM ST. DOMINGO. NEW-YOKK, FER. 20. . Wc learn from Capt. Stinmcn, of the schr. Patty and Sally, arrived thU morn ing in 18 days from Port au Prince, that President Boyer left Port au Pince for the city of St. Domingo, on the 27th Jan iiary, with from 13 to 15,000 troops, horse and foot. It was reported by some of the inhabitants, that the Patriot flag was Hy ing at St. Domingo. Others said, that the Indigene flag had been hoisted there. Lord Cochrane1 & entry into Lima. v Ex tract of a letter from a British merchant at Lima, dated July 19, 1821 :) Yester day Lord Cochrane made his entry into this city, and his reception was most flat tering. A magnificent chariot, with four cream-coloured horses, was sent to-Cho-rillos, a port about two leagues from Li ma, for his reception, accompanied by the Cabildo and the chief officers of state. His Lordship was received by the Arch bishop, Bishops, and all the heads of the Convents, and conducted to the Palace, a xnidst the most enthusiastic shouts from the people, of " Viva la Patria," " Viva l'Amirante," Sec. A magnificent dinner was prepared on this memorable occasion, of which Gen. San Martin, Lord Coch rane, and their staff, together with the great ofheers of state, and all the heads of departments, partook. Nothing can exceed the enthusiasm of the Peruvians at having their liberty- They naturally anticipate great advantages from that in tercourse with the rest of the world which has been so long denied them, and ap pear particularly anxious to cultivate a friendly intercourse with England. A letter from La Guayra, dated 30th of January, says ; A French man of war schooner arrived here on the 28th, having an envoy on board for the purpose of making some commercial arrangements -with this government, and to intimate that the Colombian flag will be admitted into all the ports of France and her colo nies. A salute was fired from the schoo ner on coming to anchor, which was re turned by the batteries DOMESTIC. PHILADELPHIA, FEU. 22. The Ice Oil the Rivkii Schuylkill had broken up, and was in immense masses yesterday and the day before above the Falls Bridge. At length the water was dammed to such a height, that a little after 4 o'clock last afternoon it raised the Falls Bridge ftom otTthe piers and abutments arid carried it awav entire. It struck against the mill just below the Falls and there a piece was broken otTone end. The great body of the bridge, the roof, &c. lc. was then carried along on the bosom of the flood. It arrived in this condition at 20 minutes past 5, just above the Dam at Fair Mount. There were many spectators and great apprehension was felt for the safety of the Dam and the Upper Ferry Bridge. The apprehensions were quickly dispelled- The mass of floating timber, bound together by bolts and bars, which had been the Falls bridge was no sooner pre cipitated over the Dam than it was bro ken into ten thousand pieces. It is be lieved that the bridge thus destroyed cost S35.O0O. It is a seiiou lo.s tu the pr "prictors and to the public. February On Saturday last the Ice in the" Delaware began to move, and our navigation is now completely open, after an embargo of fifty-two days. Sev eral vessels came up to the Wharves yes terday afternoon ; and those remaining below may be soon expected up. We hope soon to see our Wharves enlivened by " the hum of commerce and the stir of trade.' The breaking up of the rivers has oc casioned very high freshets in most of the northern states. The bridge from Warren street to Bloomsburg at Trenton (.Xcw Jersey) was swept away on Thurs day night; and the Old Stone Bridge leading from Greene street to Mill-Hill fell in on Friday morning. This ancient bridge is associated in our recollection with some memorable events. It was the passage over the bridge which in January 1777, Washington defended against Lou! Cornwallis. It was on this bridge that the triumphal ircli was erected, that the hero passed under, at the close of the war on his way to New-York when the girls chauntcd songs to his praise, and strewed it with flowers. But it fell while the feu de joic was firing to celebrate the return of the 90th anniversary. Mills and mill-dams have been swept ofT in va rious places. Both of the bridges at Mil fold, and the bridges at Satigatuck and Nor walk were swept away. The stage broke through the bridge over Mill creek at Durham, about 20 miles from New Ha ven two passengers, a Frenchman and an American, were drowned. Two ladies crossing the bridge at White Plains, in a sleigh, u the water at the time overflow ing the bridge, jumped out, were carried away by the current and drowned.' u At Flizabethtown one of the bridges is gone, and the mill dams much injured. At Bridgetown, a bridge gone. The bridge across B jundbrook creek is rendered im passable. At New Brunswick several sloops were diivcn on the Meadows : some of the 'docks injured. " " The Chain Bridge at Brandywine and part of the mill adjoining the southern a butmcnt have been carried away, together with a number of smail buildings on the margin of the stream. Wc have heard of one life being lost, and it is to be fear ed there arc several more- J he extent of damages is beyond conjecture. It is rumoured that everv bridge on the Bran dy v. ins within 20 miles of this place has been swept away; the dam at the Barley mill is gone ; how many more, the height of the water prevents our ascertaining. cwfiort Bridge on the Chtisiiana is car ried away ; likewise Thomas's mill and dam at St. Georges." NEW-YORK, FEB. 28. Gratifying Intelligence. Wc leirn by the ship Hope, from Montevideo, that the United States' ship Franklin, Captain Stewart, and schr. Doljihin, Lieut. Com. Conner, arrived at Hio de Janeiro on the 30th November, from New-York, all well. Shortly after coming to author, Capt. Stewart, during a heavy rain, went on shore, and paid his respects to the public authorities, and the next day there was an interchange of salutes. It was not known when the Franklin would proceed round ('ape Horn. There was no political news at Monte video, and the last accounts from Lima (toSept. 21) represented alias quiet in that quarter. tub di:ai) alivi:. roiiT Gir.soN, fed. 1. An article is going the round of the eastern papers, copied from the Arkansas Gazette, headed " Indian Murder," stat- ing, upon the authority of a gentleman from the Mississippi, that a horrid mur- der had been committed by the Choctaws ' upon nine United States Surveyors, about J - 150 miles from Port Gibson We confess ourselves in fault for not having noticed this article before. It is three months since the outrage was said to have been committed, and wc have ne ver heard it from any other source than Arkansas. The gentleman from the Mis sissippi was misinformed by Col. Nichols, or played off a mischievous hoax upon the Gazette. We believe there is no record of the Choctaws ever having committed murder upon a white man in their teiri to rv. biai. Their pacific disposition is provcr - CorretjiOJi den t . THE PIRATES. Wc arc happv to hear from Washing ton, that government are engaged in pre paring an extensive expedition against the pirates? which must go Lr to sweep the land as well as the seas of them. Thc Macedonian, under the gallant and accomplished capt. IJiddle, with four smaller vessels, thc whole equipment comprehending about two hundred ma rines, will be ready to sail in about a month, with instructions, at once becom intr the honor and interest of our country, and dictated by what may continue to be, as it has been, the impotence or indiffer ence of the local authorities, which allow the nefaiious outcasts shelter, if not unre stricted supplies. In short, if the gov ernment of Cuba will not or cannot txc cute its obligations to in and to all oilier j powers, frequenting the neighboring seas, whilst all proper courtesy is observed to those authoiitics, our executive means to put an end, at any rate, to the meicilc ;s cruelties and ravenous plunders perpe trated upon our citizens, which have pain fully and too long, been the occut fences of every day. One of the modes of accomplishing ; thij with effect, will be to asugn suitable stations to our force, in order permanent ly to watch them, and occasionally to land and cut them off. These measures will at length not only redeem, but do honor to the American character, and are loudly called for by every dictate of that protec tion, due to commerce and those concern ed in it. Haft. Tel. $.1 n is b un v TUKSDAY MOUNTNG, MARCH 19, 182 J. THE CONVENTION'. We have this week commenced the publica tion of the debate on Mr. Fisher's resolutions in the House of Commons, during the late session of the General Assembly, which we shall con tinue until we get through with it. The public will now have a full and fair view of the argu ments which the East use to justify them in op posing the wishes of the people, and in refusing to submit to their decision a question which vi tally affects their interests, and which they alone should decide. The public will judge for them selves whether the East have fairly met the question, and directly replied to the arguments and reasoning of the "West ; or whether they have only "talked about it, and about it," and endeavored by subterfuge and declamation, to supply the lack of argument, and to overcome such stubborn things as facts. We recommend to such of our readers who do not keep a regu lar file of this paper, to preserve at least the numbers containing this debate : if nothing more, they will be valuable to them for reference. If any farther examples than those already furnished, were necessary, to show the oppres sive inequality of our present system of repre sentation, one may be found in the vote on the resolutions upon which the debate took place. On that question 38 counties voted against the resolutions, and 21 for them ; but the 21 counties contain between 60 and 70,000 free souls more than the 38 counties. So that in truth and in fact, a large majority of the free people of North Carolina, by their representatives, voted for cull ing a Convention ; but the minority put their veto to it. These things cannot long continue. A British Review, the Eclectic, for August, 1821, contains a notice of a new work, entitled "The Occupation of Amelia Island by MTIre gor, &.c. Sketches of the Province of East-Florida; and Anecdotes illustrative of the Habits and Customs of the Seminole Indians. The only anecdote quoted is concerning " Milly Fran cis,' or " Emily, the hapless Indian maid ;" which we have given below. It agrees, in its material point, with the interesting account of the same event related by a correspondent of ours in the 89th number of the Carolinian; but respecting her conduct, when M'Krimmon or young 11, after a knowledge of her misfortunes, sought her out, and offered her his hand, the two ac counts widely differ. Our correspondent states, that she acknowledged that she loved her It ; that she loved him from the first; but that, un fortunate as she was, deprived of kindred, and friends, and a country, she could not consent to make him also unhappy, by connecting his fate with hers : but according to the English narra tive, she rejected the grateful M'Kimmon, by ! telling him that she was not influenced by :;,' . i.i.t iii i personal motive, anu mat sne wouiu iwe acne the same for any other unfortunate person, in a similar situation. It is, to be sure, of very little importance which account is the correct one, as either is highly honorable to her, and ensures for her our wannest admiration : . but we leave it to our readers to judge, whether the American ac count does not place her before us in a much more endearing and interesting light, by exhib iting in her all the tenderness and feeling- of the most civilized female, combined, at the same time, with that loftiness of spirit, that keen and lasting sense of injury, characteristic of the children of the forest, which she so forcibly and so feeling ly displayed, when she told her It, that "all other white men, besides himself, she hated: it was her pride and her duty to do so, because lhe" vcrc thc nrdrers of her father." We have no doubt that our correspondent's descrip tion of Emily is correct; that she is every thing which he has stated her to be ; and that, had she been placed in like circumstances, she would have been in no respect inferior to Pocuhonta.-. In everything that constitutes nobleness of cha racter ; in every quality which entitles its posses sor to be loved and admired, she might notonlv bear honorable comparison with thc preserver of Capt. Smith, but even with others who imagine they held a much more distinguished rank in the scale of being than the daughter of an Indian Kir.g, the unsophisticated child of nature, pos sessed of all the virtues which adorn, without the vices which. disgrace, civilization. For an act like that of Emily Francis, in the virtuous days cf (Ircccc and ltome, a statue would have be?n decreed; for an act like that the memory of Focahontas has been hallowed; and fur that act history will do justice to tiie lofty spirited, the tender hearted E;ii.y. The following is thc account as given in the Ecl'CUC Esvu.v .- A straggler from the militia of C corgi?, nam ed M'Krimmon, was captured by the Indians, and was about to be sacrificed to Indian vengeance ; tied to the stake, thc tomahawk raised to termi nate his existence, r.o chance appeared of es cape. At that moment Milly Francis, the daugh ter of Hidlis Hadjo, placed herself between the executioner and lY.s victim, and arrested his up !Tud arm : then throwing herself at the feet of her father,' she implored the life of hi.? prisoner. It was granted, and he was liberated. To the honur of M'Krimmon, it must bj added, that some time after, learning that Milly Frances had given herself up, with others of her untortunate ! race, in a state ot wretched destitution, to uie commander at Fort Claiborne, he immediately set forward to render her assistance, determined to make her his wife, and thus in some sort re pay the noble and disinterested generosity of his saviour. Milly, upon learning the intention of M'Krimmon, declared she was "not influenced by any personal motive, that she should have act ed in the same way for any other unfortunate victim, and therefore declined Lis ofljr." FROM THE " ATI OVAL INT SI. LI REN C KK . On Monday, our readers rre appri.cd of Mr. Randolph having moved and carried an ad journment of the House, on thc. premature report of Mr. Pinkncv's death. Thc event havincr now happened, wc publish Mr. Randolph's observa tions on the occasion. Mr. Randolph rose, he said, to announce to the House a fact, which, be hoped, would put an end, at least for this day, to all further iar or collision, here or else where, among the members of this body. Yes, for this one day, at least, said he, let us say, as our first mother said to our first father, " While yet wc live, scarce one short hour per haps, Between us two let there be peace." I rise to announce to the House the not unlooked for death of a man who filled the first place in the public estimation, in thc first profession in that estimation, in tins or in any other country. We have been talking of General Jackson, and a greater than him is, not here, but gone forever I I allude, Sir, to the boast of Maryland, aiul the pride of the United States thc pride of all of us but par ticularly the pride and ornament of the profession of which you, Mr. Speaker, are a member, and an eminent one. He was a man with whom I lived, when a member of this House, and a new one too and ever since lie left it for the oth er I speak it with pride in habits, not merely negatively friendly, but of kind ness and cordiality. The last time that I saw him was on Saturday the last Sat urday but one in the pride of life, and full possession and vigor of all his facul ties, in that lobby. lie is now gone to his account, (for as the tree falls, so it mur.t lie,) where we must all go where I must very soon go, and by thc. same road too, the course of nature and where all of us, put off the evil day as long as we may, must also soon go. For what is the past but as a span, and which of us can look forward to as many years as wc have lived ? The last act of intercourse between us wras an act, the recollection of which I would not now be without, for all the offices that all the men of the United States have filkd, or ever shall fill. lie had, indeed his faults foibles, I should rather say ; and, Sir, who is without them ? Let such, and such only, cast the first stone. And these foibles, faults if you will, which every body could see, because every body is clear sighted in regard to the faults and foibles of others he, I have no doubt, would have been the first to acknowledge, on a proper representa tion of them. Every thing now is hidden to us not, God forbid ! that utter dark ness rests upon the grave, which, hideous as it is, is lighted, cheered, and warmed by fire from Heaven not the impious fire fabled to be stolen from Heaven by thc heathen, but by the spirit of the liv ing God, whom we all profess to worship, and whom I hope we shall spend the re mainder of this clay in worshipping, not with mouth-honor, but in our hearts ; in spit it and truth that it may not be said of us, also, " This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." Yes, it is just so. He is gone. I will not say that our loss is ir reparable ; because such a man as has ex isted may exist again. There has been a Homer; there has been a Shakspeare ; there has been a Milton ; there has been a Newton. There may then be another Pinkney ; but there is now none. And it was to announce this event I have risen. I am, said Mr. R. almost inclined to be lieve in presentiments. I have been all along as well assured of the fatal termi nation of that disease with which he was affected, as I am now. And I have drag ged my weary limbs before sunrise to the door of his sick chamber, (for I would not intrude upon the sacred sorrows of his fimily,) almost every morning since his illness. From the first I had almost no hope. I move you, sir, that this House do now adjourn. A numerous herd of rein-deer, under the care of a family of Lapland shep herds, are just arrived in England. They will be sent, in a few days, to the exten sive wastes and heaths in Berkshire, which are found to produce, in great a bundance, the Lichen Rougifeiintis, en which these noble animals feed. Most of the females are with young, and the strongest hopes are enteitained ot then bem-' ifhie d to our stock of useful and domestic quadrupeds. They aie pericct ly tame; the flesh the most exquhile ven ison ; and their milk cf nearly the con sistence of cream, and of the finest fla vor and nutritive quality. The people (who bi ought their houses, furniture, irwi.c. .-o -wib tbemi are the most Ci- minu'ivc of the human race, never reach ing the height of live feet. They are clothed in the skin of the rein-deer, with its thick fur outside. ficfier. rSlIIK subscribers have i:i their possession for 1L sale, anew pi.nnel Gi-, made in New-York, which will be disposed of on reasonable terms. ISANHOI.PII OUNG. o rgHi; subscril-.-r np c'.fdly iannins the pub JL lie generally, thnt ito lut.s. taken charge of that largo and o .Mnadio'it bui-dlnir, situated on thc Yadkin river, at l -ard'.i Bndgo, Uow.ui coun ty, X. 1. whore ho has poised a house f private entertainment tor the aeoon-aiiodation of aii those w ho mav pie:, v loeall e:i h.m. E.. VAUGIIAN. IwtOV ,in"UJL. be sold, at Public Ver.dae, at the 7 Court-Ilour.e n; -..u.s.oarv, on Saturdav, the 3lh day of Ann I rvxt, nil the negroes be longing to the- estate of Robert Torrance, de ceased coniiNt"m;r of one fellow, one .small boy. some old and some voung wenches, ami several children. Conditions will be made known o:i the dav of sale. JNO. McClTXI.ANn, E.vcci:i';r. Jlrci 16.';, 1822. -Iwt'Jb AX awav from the subscriber, on the 10th instant, an indented apprentice, hv the. name of Elijah Iangley, about 20 years of age. Whoever will return the said runaway, shall re ceive the above reward, but no charges paid,- YCIiXOX .March 11, ISO 2. 2vt91? "?.7AS taken up ami confined T V in the jail of tills count v on the 6th of March, 1822, who says his name is Jlll.'JY. lie is a mulatto, 18 cr 29 years of acre, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and lias on a homespun coat, and blue cotton pantaVons. lie says he belongs to Samuel Thompson, of Crenvillc District, S. C. that he stole a horse, saddle and bridle from his master, and lo-t t-ie horse at Queen's ferry. He brought a b:-d'e with him to jail, which he savs he stole. The owner is requested to come and prove prop.-rty and pay charges a-rreeablv to law. JOHN 'I MMEliM AX, . . ' . JJncoLKon, A'. C. March 11, 1S22. .93 "miEKEAS my wife, Margaret Ifirtv, ' i f V absconded from my house, bed and bo.. !, without a just cause for so doing; I thorefo'- forewarn all people against harboring, comfcrt 11112. or trusting her on mv account, as I will nvt I pay any debt she mav contract. liEX.IAMIX F. HICKS. Xo-.ran Co. March 13, 1S22. t95i' Sale, o1! iaus. ; FTJHE following tracts of land will be s ld, to JL satisfy the taxes due on them for 182'. J, on the third Monday of April next, at the Couit Ilouse in Salisbury, viz : 190 acres, belonging to Allen Cool: : tax. Si oi. 161 do. belonging to Thomas Pollard : tax, S00 50. 196 do. belonging to Julius Daniel : tax, SI 05. JOHN BEARD, former Sherif. Salisbury, March 2, 1822. -6v91 WILK1-.S COUNTY, COURT of Picas and Quarter Sessions, Feb ruary Term, 1822 George Parks, Co. vs. James Gray Original Attachment. Sum mons Jesse Allison as Garnishee. It appearing to the court, that .lames Gray, the defendant hi this case, resides in another state, it is ordered that publication be made in the Western Cur -b-nian for three months, for thc defenda.it to ap pear at the next court to be held for said county, on the fifth Monday in April next, ana replevy, plead to issue, or demur, otherwise judgment by default will be entered against biro. A copv from the minutes, tc29A" 11. MARTIX, C. IV. C. C. WILKES COUNTY. COURT of Pleas and Quarter Session?, Feb ruary Term, 1822 John Dula and wife, and others, rs. Ephraim Allison ami others Petition for Partition. It appearing to thc coi 4, that the defendants in this case are not inh-ibi-tants of this state, it is ordered by the court, ' it publication be made for three weeks in ile Western Carolinian, that the defendants ap;. " at the next court of Pleas and Quarter Scssio to be held for the county of Wilkes, at the Co House in Wilkesboro', and plead, answer, ; de mur, otherwise the petition will be heard parte, and judgment entered accordingly. A copy from the minutes, 3xv91 U. MARTIN", C. IV. C. C. The Celebrated Horse. NOW in full health and vi"-or, will stand the ensuing sca t?-mb son at my AA-i the modem' nt mv stable in Salisbuiv, at i , - . . . . . . . r . . . lars the season, which sum may be discharged hv the pavment of ten dollars, it paid at any ! time within the season; six dollars tae smglo ' loan to be paid when the mare is covered, with libertv of turning to the season afterwards; and twenty dollars for insurance, which will de manded as soon as the mare is discovered to be with foal, or the property exchanged. The season will comir.er.ee the 14th of March, and end the 1st of August. Marcs sent from a distance will be kept on moderate terms. Prop er care and attention will be paid, but not liable for accidents or escapes of anv kind. MICHAEL 15 II OWN. Mrch 1st, 1Q22. j)i:sci?TrriOA NAPOLEON is a beautiful sorrel, sixteen hands and one inch high, of most excellent sym metry, and possesses as much power and activi ty as any horse on the continent ; and as a Rue; Horse, stands unrivaled. 8vt99 M. B.