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.1, ."W W s " . ! Is htlzr htt&t tX tbd exp2Jft Of - the parents.' VH- v'i.' fr"':- A cian that strikes his wife shall pay a fini of ipJ.; a'Woraan: that strikes her: husband shall be punisb . ed as the court directs. 1 , A wife shall be . deeded god evidence against her husband. ' . " No man shall : court a maid without' first . obtaining consent of her parents 5L penalty for the first offence 10. for the second ; and for the thir9 imprisonment during the pleasure of the court. , . ' Married persons, must live to gether, or be imprisoned. " Everr mail shall have his hair cut round according to a cap; FOREIGN. London, Marcli 15. Letters have been received to the 23d ult. from Gibraltar, by which it appears that plaerue on the coast of Africa, instead of diminishing with the cold weather . was increasing to an alarming; ,ex , tent.- The only information .with regard to the ravages committed by it, was brought to the British fortress ,by?tbe vessel appointed by, the Gov ernor to sail at stated periods, as no private trading ihips were allowed to have any communication with the Barbary coasts According to the latest advices, -one ' or two hun dred person died daily of the dis ease. " -,"- : "i.-"-.. '').."' vJ-"v We have several times had occasion to advert to 1 the strenuous j exertion, Spain is, at tne present moment, mak ing again to recover the provinces of La Plata. For this precise purpose, the Minister Yrujo was called into ;office ; and certainly he', has given that tone to the , efforts of Spain a gmnstv tie ;Translanticjj provinces, which none of his predecessors hare been able to do that, is, he has puP in motion those schemes which before Wore only to be found in the columns, i of tbe.Madrid. Ga2ette or, in other' words, he lias obtained a certain sum of money and a certain number of transports. The British, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutchi Prussian, Swedish and Danish vessels, which are bi red, are ordered to rendezvous at: Cadiz in the beginningof April, to ; emhark 20,000 men, and to be escort en ov a lare naval torce. csucn is ; the project of ther Spanish Goverri f iTinti whirji is fan attempt greater than even this country ever witness ed." fWhen the Holder fleet sailed lrom rgiana, mev imu anoui 78,uoo 'tons of shinninff. for ,1 5.000 men. whh ;- were three weeks betorc they landed. I at which time all their water was out. "Pop Annin in rnnVRV QO.OOO mon: a cross thevAtlantic, she will require , J 10,000 tons of shipping or S00 ves- j An article from Brussels, which states that Bonaparte's cook bad late ly arrived there from St. Helena, says, tKat 'Bonaparte was very. gloo my, and that his chief occupation ap peared to be the arrangment o his ; Memoirs." f " Paris Marchis,- On the Gth inst. the Chamber of Peers was en the point of becoming the Jtheatre of a se rious commotion. M. de Lamoigrion had the temerity tof ascend the tribune for the puipose of protesting against the recent royal Ordinance. Fortu nately tho prudence of the Chancel lor put an ; end to. the embarrass ing question, by adjourning the sit ting before the conclusion of the speech of Mr. i de Lamognon. Ift is affirmed,;, that several I peers had even grasped their swords Ibut I doubt, however, that things went so far." ;-- , p. v.;-: "J: Count Lamoicnon made, on Satur day last, a most, extraordinary pro position in the house of peers which '' was rejected by both parties with sen timents of surprise and indignation, as art unprecedentedeticroachment on the royal authority. This peer (who enjoys an unimpeached reputation for probity and loyalty, and who in Bonaparte's time withdrew into the country, and; never filled any public functions): proposed 1 in the upper house to address the king to declare -Xlie regret with Which their Chamber "viewed the nomination of sj many strangers, and to request his majesT ty not to mistake, the sentiments and devouements of the ancient peers. . Universal cries f of disapprobation, interrupted tlie Orator ; the prcsi- ' dent declared he could listen no lon ger.to such unconstitutionaUanguage and many of the peers waited on the Mister of the interior, in . quitting: tlue house, to request him not to suffer the journals to publish any. account of it. ' V . . K -!" ' ; A Bull on Change-, Yesterday af- ternaon, about half past twelve, a general uproar took place in the roy al Exchange, and the merchants were seen running ih i all directions owing to a mad bull making his ap pearance in that place ; and in the course of twenty minutes, - a great number of drovers and a numerous rabble appeared, but no one had cou rage enough to approach him. . The bull continued his walk round change at different times , making attacks on by" standers, one: of which nearly proved fatal to a man, who endeavor ing to cross, was stopped by him, and he immediately made . a butt and was in the act of tossing him, when he slipped, and by this means the man got clear, but not without injury, it woo tlvArk' ttinu ht proper to close tne gates, and the officers were sent for, to keen the rabble out. who were then very numerous ; at length a sai lor got inside the railing, in the cen tre of the Change, ana a rope was thrown to him ; the bull, seeing this mndft for the nlace. and the sailor nfoiir flntiiAnnni rniuul hi JllllllVUtUiVIJ -v -m - r- - - - nrck and made fast, and in this sit uation held him till the drovers got a rope round him, and brought a cart 10 waicn iney lasieneu niui, wiu tun veyed him to Vhitechapelwhere he was slaughtered. , Previous to his entering the city, he did much mis chief, & goaded a: gentleman's horse dreadfully. Several gentlemen, alter the bull was taken away, discovered inaiiiieir pouitci? imu ucch pitu, and that their watches and handker il. ill .L.t.tixl KnAn nffll'ail chiefs were gone.- jj 4 Lohi. Taper. LITERARY SHOEMAKER. Thefaternity of shomakers have, unquestionably given rise to some He has ; also proclaimed Martial characters of great worth and geni-. Xaw, the last resource of the Span as. The latoMr. Uoldroft was b- iards, hi iheteur of dancer. ' rtarinally a shomakcr. His dramatic pieces most rank amongst the best of those on the EuCUsh StaSC. Robert Bloomfled wrote liis poem of " The Farmer's Boy," while employed, j at this business, and Dr. William Corey Professor of Sanscript and Benga- lee, at the college of Fort William, Calcutta, and the able, and mdefati- gable translator of the scriptures in-j to many of the eastern languages, was in earl v Jue a snocmaKer m a mm mm m Northamptonshire. The present Mr, Gilford, the translator of Juvenal, and the supposed editor of the Quar terly review, spent some of his early days in learning the , 4 Craft and mystery" of a shoemaker, as he tells us, ill one ol tne mosi lnieresung pie ces of auto-biography ever penned, and pinned and prefixed to this ner vous, and elegant version of the great Roman Satirists. j. . MASQUERADE AT PARIS,- This is the season for masquerades at Paris, one of them, at the Opera, was productive of unpleasant conse quences; . A certain Count who has a very oeautnui wie, nau ueiermin-; ed to leave her at home ; but the lady bv no means disposed to forego the pleasures of the evening, followed in a domino, and was fortunate enough to attract the notice of a trentleman, whose attentions became so trouble- somei that she resolved to retire. Un . . . & -w reaching the door for this purpose, her haste and anxietv were so great that she let fall her mask, and was I instantly rccocnized bv her husband who was iust leading a there amie mi mw from the assembly. The, enraged - . . Lord, without considering Ins own situation, immediately charged his .. wife with having made an assigna- tion with the gentleman, and saw tier . 1 to hir rarriajre. On the next moin- incr the ladv went into the country a victim to her indiscretion; and, in the eyks of the world, a ruined reputa- tion. Kvery attempt lias been made to convince the husband of his cr- ror, but in vain. Accounts from Odessa state, that the Greek inhabitants of that towni have! recently established a school, nress, 4 ana a meairc. jl rageuy 11 a. - rn - 1 " of Pliiloctetes, by Sophocles', trans lated into modern Greek, and that of tho death of Demosthenes, have been performed there, j '. SOUTH AMKIQA. KINGSTON, February 16th. Extract of a Utter from 8 gentleman in Curracoa, to his friend in this -citu, dated the 2d inst. v As yon will no doubt be anxious to ( learn the movements of the Roy alists, and Independents on tl.e main, I have collected the following from the best sources : . Galzalo with Reyes. Vargas, an Indian, a colonel, and ajvnigbt, in the Royalists service, LaVpasscd exf r to the opposite side of the Apar ito (not. the River Apure,) to invade the territory of Pcz with a strong force among w horn were about 1 1 00 Conquerors,-orCottagers, tied band to hand, the greater -part - of them belonging to " Toreuvuito, Barquisi meto, and; Carora," and some few from the banksaflhis side of the a- foresaid Rivera; but Nonato reras annihilated the myand it is not known correcfly whether Calzada, effected his. escape or not, but the; Royalists state that Tic had) arrived at Valen cia, with the loss of every man he had, Vargas was killed in the action f'Paez afterwards tnarched upon San Carl cis. and in the environs. of that place, encountered the, Spanish General Rocba, who had arrived from Spain with Morillo He was at the head of 200 well mounted European cavalry, bavin under his charsre. onwards of 2.000 head of cattle. At the, approach of the In dependent army, Rocha sitroops tic 3erted him and surrendered witn an f tfte cattle. In conseauenee of the y i A . , above. Real .who had the command in St. Carlo?, retired to Valencia, 12 leagues . from Puerto: Cabello. The Independents "carried off from 8,0 to 100,000 dollars in money and other effects, and continued their march towards the sea-coast 5 , and the latest account, which are only a few itays datc,! state, that ; Paez was within thirty leagues of Carraccas. " Mdrillo had deposed the Cap tain General of Carraccas, Pardo, as well as Brigadier Correa, and the Intendarit General Arambarri, and appointed in bis place, 'Duarte. He has suspended the aiithority of the Andcncia, and formed a supreme Junta, subject to his own free will. "Recent" advices, from the best authority in Guiana, state that the I TndenpnfTnnf Iiovp nhfainnH mnnv advantages, and that there is every probability that they will enter into the city of Carraccas beifore the end of this month. ' 1 J t A secret expedition, composed of eleven armed vessels, with troops, commanded by Mariano, Montello, sailed from Margaritta on the 24th ult. It is supposed they will disem- bark, at Catia, near Ceno Btauen, A. mw or Mayquctie ; some say at Ocumare and others .at Anur Calrente, to march from thence to' Valencia. Commerce is sutieringmuch in most of the ports on the Main. ; A Span ish gentleman, of veracity at Puerto Cabello,. writes to a merchant of this Island, that they have but few troops or money, and out triHing means to oppose the lenemyV " I he mail from uronoko reach ed Margaritta on the 20th ult. by which accounts wtie received that two frigates of the expedition of Gen. English had arrived, ' and that they were mom ep iiy . waning, me arrival of ten other vessels, among whicn was a linetbf battle ship, and that they . would- transport about four thousand. troops. It is asserted that several merchants, in Loudon had offered a loan : of 25,000. but only 7,000. had been accepted, being all mam .a. - - m. m - mai was immeuiaiei required. " In Margaritta there are 6,000 stand 01 arms, 01 wmcn 3,000 have been distributed, the remainder is in the army. 1,000 dragoons form the body guard or the governor ; the w - w m a v w m m rm m m mm m island is wen lortmed aim supplied European wines, iruii, occ. are very W . m mm am awinuant ana cneaper man tney are Cadiz, beveral prizes taken by A.W - m r w t ie cruizers, 01 y enezueia, uuenos Ayres, and Artigas, had been sent in and the proceeds of tbe prizes ex ceed 4CO,000 dollars. "Paez's army consists of 3,000 wen moumeu cavairy, , anu nearly 5)00 mtantry well provided with munitions of war, and 4,000 of them Nngi ishmen. m assinare are mm 1r It 11 m .,uuu men cquaiiy wen- proviuea. under the command ot bantander, ana jNonaio arez ; me latter com mands th cavalry. Moriijo and Bolivar have formed a junction wiui Zaraza, Cediro, and Munaga?, as well as the Guerillas, of Infante, Ren- m j -mT . m a dqn, &C amounting in the whole to about 4,000 men. - i ( Th6 Danish authorities of St. Thomas's, have agreed to admif into their ports, Independar.t vessels of war, and their prizes, with pcruiis moo to dispose of the ' 1 alter j if it should be thought proper. Several prizes ' have been sold,1 aiui about 200,000 dQllars remitted to M arga rittal The merchants of this colony, have likewise partitioned the autho rities here to admit prizes into: our ports, taken by the -Independents, under any flag but their own and it is.une!er8t6oli that Brian had been written toy t&at it-vronld-be llow; DOMESTIC, Travidaice, fmLjJpMl7Vh ship Lion, Towim!jid, arrived here rrom Canton, has brought to this country, three uatives of Jfadison's Island, in the South, Sea, ,vhich, it will be fccoUcctrd, tas taken pos 8Cfsipi(of by CapU Porter, in. the frigate Essex, in Novcinucr, ISIS, for the United States. Two of them arc young men, upwards of 20 years old,"pnbably, and the other a Ind of about 12. They arc copper coloured and tdttooed according to their cus tom, by puncturing the skin and in troducing a! dark liquid, which has asingular appearance They appear to be inoffensive youths, and as they are American citizens, iiaving been adopted into the great AmericanfamUy We trust they will be treated with kindness and hospitality; ' '' '.ik ' Patriot.. fTervTork, JipriiQO Our readers will recollect that at a late court hrid at Goshen, Jack Hodges, a black-fellow, David Conkling, James Treed and David Dunning, wei-c all con victedand sentenced to be hung for the murder of Mr. Richard Jennings The two first named have had their punishment commuted by tho legisla-; ture. Theed and Dunning were ex ecuted at Goshen last Friday as ap- pears by the following Jettcr to a gentleman in this city. ! Evening Post. Goshen, ( Orange 'county, April 1 7 Yesterday I witnesned the exe cution of Peed and Dunning, who were condemned to be hung, for tlie murder of old Mr. Jennings. A so lemn and awful scene.it was. Ihe crowd was . very great : upwards of twelve thousand persons were sup posed to be present; At the toll of the bell, j about 11 o'clock, tfia pris oners were brought out of the jail. and guarded to the gallows by a com pany ot horse. 1 hey appcareu quite calm and undaunted until they saw their coffins, when they wer? both ap palled, and wept bitterly.. Teed could not walk without assistance. After they arrived; at the place of ex ecution, and ascended the scaffoloj, the clersrv nraved with them, and at 5 minutes past 2 o'clock they were turned off, almost without a struggle into eternity .-Teed denies that he ever had the gun, or struck Jenning's but still said he deserved to die." Tiio following address was deliver ed by the Sheriff to the spectators who had assembled to witness; the execution. , ,' v ADDRESS OF THE SHERIFF. It is more than thirty years since any pcrson in this country has suffer ed the pains of the law for the crime of murder. . I am now called to the perform ance of a necessary but painful duty, appertaining to my office ; I hope I shall discharge it with the feelings that become me. ! Let me request your attention a few moments before the commence ment of that awful spectacle which will engross every power, and bind up every 1 acuity in terror anu com misseration. The cause which stirred up the vindictive passions of the unfortunate men you now behold, was in itself trifling: in its consequences how tremendous. An aged and infirm man, in an unsuspecting ; moment, was the first victim of violence ; and they,' the authors and contrivers of his death, arc now about "to become the necessary sacrifice offered by the law for the example and safety of all; Doomed to death, in the midst ot health in the prime of life taken in a moment from the most endear- . - -x? : me connections 'iroiii-. wives unu children. f In agony and in shame tiiey eo to those dark and mysterious abodes wnere pemience is unavailing, reformation 1 impossible, . and their destiny eternal. By your serious and orderly con duct let the lesson of their punish ment Jiave its full effect ive to them your pity let them have your prayers. -I By the inexorable decree I ; a. m. "m W A m of that law they have dreaunmy vio lated; it is all they can ask it is all you can grant t And uod have mercy on their, souls. ' Richmond, April 23. We have a letter from New Orleans ofthe22d March, which says Our market is ve?-y dull in relation to al aiost every species of produce', owing to tho erroat pecuniary enibarrass- mcu, Avhkhxit present prevails.. The Toss on all shipments this seawm from Ohiof Kentucky, '1 enncssre and Alabama will be very heavy. The staples of these countries have. bccny purchased at prices j beyond their intrinsic value. The great e missions' of paper cun? ncy hits exci ted a spirit of speqdation in Ken tucky and Ohio pai ticularfy, that cannot fail to result in much injary both to the, individuals as Well as the country. You have the price current of our market to day. Cotton Lou isiana, 2 to, 24 cents- Alabama and Tennessee, 18 to j 20 tobacbo 7 1-2 to 8 cents flour 5 1- 2 per barrel pork S 12 to 14 per barrel wlrfskey 55 to 60 cents-sugar 10 toi 12 . cents r- coflte 31 to 54 60 days bili s on the .hast, Tram count' ; r. 4 to G 'per ; cent, dis- Supctior Court at Laiv, wM'tc? IfcrA- ver county. April Tehii 1819. crim. coii. Sellehs. The above suit came on to be triefl w.. muuic fiis nonor Judge Mui phy. It appeared in evi dence, that the plantiff and defend ant were both pilots that ihe plain tiff had been married about fourteen yeara, during which time Jhis wife had four or five chiJdrci-Lthat the plaintiff and his wife cnjdyed the u sual domestic comforts. ' That tho plaintiff went to Savannah for the purpose of seeking a more lucrativo employment that he gave his wife, at the time of his dejferfurc, what money he had that he t4s absent about three or four months.! That a short time previous to the return of the plaintiff, the defendant tad crim inal conversation with hi wifr that he procured a license, and was mar ried by a respectable justice of the peace to the plantiff rs wife-j-that she has since had a child by; defendant. The defendant set up, jby Iway of defei.ee, that the plaintiff went off and left Ins wife in a destitute situation that shortly after his departure, a greater part of his property was seized and sold under execution ; and that from her destitute sfttiation, sho was measurably compelled !to pursue the course tbatshe did. That it was the 'intention of the plaintiffnotto re turn from Savannah. Thcliri-egula-tion ofjtho plaintiff were also at tempted to be shown. Tlie jury gave a verdict,of one Thousand Qnllars. I For the honor of society in this part of the world, actions of this kind seldom occur. And when we! advert to the situation and standing of the parties in the present case, we give credit to the jury, who!, by their verdict, thus erajdiatically declare, their abhorrence of a crime that dis figures human nature, that weighs down individuals with sorrow, and injures the social compact. ! r Cape-Fear Recorder. - .1 YELLOW STONE 14 EDI- TION. Frankfort, (by) April 2. Preparations to render the exped! tion powerful and imposing, are 'o ing forward in every part of the coun try .Troops arc marching for St. Louis from Plattsb.Ursr.'frbih Detroit. and trom various other j quaiters. The symptr.ms of hostility which have been exhibited by some of the Indians have determined the govern ment to send such a nuinber of men -as will render opposition fruitless, and strike a lasting dread into -ths ! men of the forest. It Is probable that 900 or a 1 000 men w ill ascend the river, a large portion of whom will return as soon as fortifications shall have been erected capable of resist ing, wiib a small force, any attack which may be apprehended' at that distance irfthc I wilderness- V it li these troops will . as cend three or four steam boats, laden with provisions, arms and ammuni- ; tion. ; :J.-.i . . . These expeditions are of immense importance to the western country in a two' fold view. They will drive foreign influence nut of thd adjacent our fron- Iiidian; tribes, and protect tiers trom savage inroads. They win likewise equalize i some mea sure the expense of the government in 1110 uuous portions 01 our country and diminish the continual drain of money from the west to the east in consequence of the amount collected by government for the sale of public lands. Hitherto, immense sums hav been collected in the west, were there linn l 1ill : ' . J!i. ' L a. mas uccii nuie expenuuure cranterred to the east and to be expenjded on the army, thef navy, and 'fortifications. This course of measures has doni niuch to increase the embajrassnienfa (
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