Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 26, Richmond, Wayne County, 8 December 1827 — Page 2

LATEST FROM LIBERIA. A letter from Mr. Ashman. Colonial Agent at Liberi;;, daed May 20, 1827, nnd published in the African Repository for October, mentions that their fine schooner Catharine had soitr time previously cot on shore, in attempting to cross the bar at the mouth of the river, and was seriously injured before she could be pot off. He also mentions that on visiting Sierra Leone, he found that the inhabitants were suffering great inconvenience in consequence of the restrictions eicluding the commerce and trade of the United States from Biitish Colonies. Flour was selling at auction it .$'23 per barrel; and other provisions proportionally high. Thirty-three were on the sick list, out of a population of about 1000. An institution has been established for the benefit of the sick, infirm and ineiii cient, w here sue h rf them us are abb- to work, are supplied with materials. It is called the Infirmary of Invalids for Liberia." But it is hopid that it will eventually become a Seminary of Manufacture!. Arrival of the ship JVorfM. Another letter of August 27lh. from the same gentleman, mentions the arrival of the ship Norfolk, from the United States.

with 142 Africans on board, accompanied by Dr. Todscn, United States agent. 4ilt may bo interesting to the Board, as n proof of the extensive business and resources of their colony to observe, that not more than twenty remain, at this early dato,(only seven days arrived.) a charge to the United S;i -s. Two thirds of the whole number have situations in the families of the older settlers, for terms of from one to three years. The remainder are at service on wages, to be paid them at the year's end when it is my intention to treat them in all respects as settlers, the narives of the United States, (unless the

j to that by ohich the early cMtlars cf New jj

Haven crcre cd cr.urh alarmed. They had

llcnrr bcenespct:itir the return of a supply

Uhip, on tard cf rhich acre many of their

fnends. At length on n busy day, they saw a ship in the air, with all her sails bem and the illusion was so perfect that they fancied she eras in the harbor, making her way gallantly to" the dock. When lo! a mast fell one any, another broke qff another way spar fell in this direction, another in that until at length the whole ship broke to pieces, and literally dissolved into thin air. Unhapy omen! nor ?hip nor friends were ever heard of more. But fancy imparted to the shadow the exact form, size and appearance of the vessel

(which hud been sent out, and whose re

turn was so anxiously expected, and the prophetic spectre ship of course, barn me a supernatural revolution, in the mirabilta of

i the voluminous historian of the pilgrim cojinnies. The account of its appearance ; was carefully drawn up by the Rev. Mr. j Davnport, the minister of New Haven.

It is possible that the dup ita'elf, or rather ;

; me reiiecuon oi n, oy me aecepuve euens

of fog and the ocean, was seen in the atmosphere, and that she suddenly, from some natural cause, went down in the

I sound, before making the harbor. Such

j an occular deception was the case with a ship we saw on Suuday which was apparently raised so high that a line drawn j from it to the eye, would have made an nge of thirty degrees with the plane of the horizon. It seemed to be proudly float- . ing above an immense volume of mist, i The state of the atmosphere at the time of ; Cotton Mather's miracle, was probably the same as with us on Sunday. Such illusio.us are not unusual in the ar tic and anti arc tic seas. We recollect of reading some interesting accounts, we belt ve in Si cr- ' cgy's naratire, of ships havii.g been seen

by that intrepid navigator in the clouds, lor

nan

friezes', and throe brigiofths Scbas-; of the sUte ..i " Conr.cct!c;.. T.

... . r...uu,.-, , inprnvi,iir

... .. --'i"'u(ir .... with a corresponding entet piC ' mers; and as things now ii;,1,

r'nii ti rov.. 1. 1 f!i3 ...... f '

t . "iniy

i i -.

iiuu populous.

topol fleet, ill the harbor of Odesss aru spoken of by Count Pahien in the highest

term-- being hutll on me meiu, plan, of the most durable materials, and competent to the greatest services. I he fleet in the Black Sea is pronounced the true naval force of Russia. Circnm-tan-ces favor the idea, that Russia at least i

Mwd cn coercive measures; and

r Air nhtrmpd as to Strength

I one I pv ---- " her rarrisons on the Danube.

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GREECE. The affairs of Greece pre- foreign power have fulfilled (h

The Column! Tnule.. T, .

the jj Bnlish council reciting tlui nr;i " '1 !i leu il of Parliament and orders ot ( . '! ' " i rcgolatin.Vhe trade between ih'i' i:

isont nolhinrr new, if we escept tle centra-

diction of the report that the Kgyptian 1 fleet had arrived on the coast of the Morea. It had not yet nvde its appearance, and rumours are afloat that the Pacha onlv made a feint in seuding i out, talcing

Care lUai IISUOUIU i:ium "v- v.unuun;i,s C 1P ing the Greeks. Itappenrs that he isM-jj of 1325. and ihe ships of those com','

pected at Smyrna oi iiavm nuucu an understanding with the Powers.

for.'

iMJii? nv niuui mev nro r.:.! .

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182i). Tlie governments f n

c i kt x-m . . J,n.j

ohi:ul.i on Norway Jluenbu

r in . . . iiVf-

la Plata and Mexico, are ,h.rL

The walls of Giralter have been lately renaired and are now perhap the most

beautiful specimens of fortifications in the ! world. They are built of large stones, ' cot out' of rock, which are extremely hard f of a whitish colour, and have all the np-

and of l.usria, are permitJcd !,.,

lae? .fa 1 .

r rencn vr?eis are

goods and produce of th

countries, into ah the coloni

. i r i At. .1, . . ,v

pearance, ann muei a consisienry oi m.u- ; rum-i miu .uaiui ecf-piea i 4r Iirci n lie. The Morih catle whir h overloo':sj seU is prohibited. Bjs!. 1). A

'vintMf.

Pernultt-d t.i

the produce of Trance, to certain I; possessions in Africa and the iv' but all other importaticn to, oi ii from the British foreign uo5-J v r

' u;'

there

ttw town, and nrobablv t.'tr stood

500 or GOO ye irs, i built entirely, of brick. It bear- sad marks still of the iege whic h the gallant i'.lliot, with 6,000 men. sus

tained lor more than thre ears, against

? It nrr

a.... il .. M : ' . i;

Ilfjt'r f d m nt il mil i .1 ...'-K .1

of 1 0 guns, after a sevei ci :;; tr-vf u

!the coml i:ed jirniesand lleet oj trance) i said lltat the Spaniard had Uip. l.e.-.r j and Spain. I is now a prison. Thre the battle, until the Biavol::ia i.;rr scr

; are about 0' gui.s mounted fit present,;; suie and hoarurcl. Capt. ; 5? .cf

j and about 9' 0, a:ogetb r, could be j in activity in case cl a siege.

Bard shall in the interim see lit to order ; niany m.hs lefore the top mat couM Ik

diilcTently.) and assign them thur hinds as to other emigrants."

put!' Dravo i? reported to have

j in two place.-, and the Sntii.-hc::jla, ; his two lieutenants to have been ir

a great lus of men

nf)a 'Vuiir-.i

u I

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CASAfiA.

The stale of affairs in the vicinity ofij Spanish vessel was bound firm Ctiz 13 Quebec occastoiu cl hy the numbers audi; Havanna.

S( h f: 0 is r-.f i h c Co In 1 iy. "t is gratify! g to report the progress of oir Sc tiools. They are all, a fotmeily stated, tinder Mr. George M'Gill ; comprehended under one system; and a(f-rd instr iction to every child, native o Anier

ican, hfim:giri t the Colony, all of whom f

are obliged to he sent. 1 o delray the expon;e of c 11 rying on the plan of intiuclion, besides the urp'us found remaining

in the colonial treauiv, alter defraying

I descried with the best glasses from his own !' wants of European err.igrarts v. ho have

round tops. Three or four years since j; come to the country t:i year, i thus rethere was an instance of atmospherical jj precntrd in a Af!ric ultural Report of the i refraction near Marblchead an account District ot Quebec : iof which was published in the Boston 1! Never since the inc ursions of the Iro-

; Statesman. 'J'he letter state, fields tres !;niiois, when the earh ?etllis, even around

, nnd houses were distinctly mailed out,

and every shade and hue

biled.

mentions the occurrence of a 1 ai i r al for forgery. A man u !.o is 'n i,: to be worth two hundred tho'.-.-u.ytU;;::;, was indicted for the crime ( t i r rv, I so coi'dii'-iv'- was the rvirlercc !

What is s'.:i! n u;-;

'Quebec, were f'Mind to he constantly

armed to dele no tlicir lives .inn nrooei t, 1 lurv c!"VicIeii Ii:rn.

fashionable and romantic iiar.d cf 'Na jj he 3 there prevailed s rourh al.irm as has j remarkable, the amount nhicli il.ii ', lihant, was likewise ex icily and beautifully '(existed among the agiicultural classes inij vidual, who has thu made fcitij.wr.'fl; : o-

1 1 ! . .1 . 1 1 1 . f . . I . : t

u nneaien, ai me oiia:n " 04 several nines from its real situation. But the most remarkable instance ofatmos; herical refrac

tion ol winch we nave read, occurred at

the expenditures belonging to what are ji.ltlil irTt l.,tA in rU Ti ,

called in America, the m v,I l:st, a. ,.d u (.C0nt ,lf,foft. f, sl;(cs thn xWli , -onlinu.

judiciary;1 a gene ral nbciiptiin of the

Colonists raies 1 -100 doll.ns per annum, j including a subscript iin of the Ajet.t on ; the part of the coloo,fr 300 d dl ir. Of; this sum of 300 dollars, I shall pa,at U?t one half, in country produce. : and j should be glad ot the conse: t, ol 'the heard j t draw, if nec essary, (I tdiull iot otht r-i wise,) on the treasury, tor the other half. This s stem support four very nnmerms j schools, and pays our Librarian, whose an-! nual allowance is fifty doll irs.' j The establishment at the Scsters and on

St. John,s river, ore

;! the adjei ning Parishes on account of the

ji frequent nocturnal depredations recently 1! committed hy bands of thieves and robbers. In'ides their actual losses and constant j! apprehension, they feel the present state : ni jhings marc severely, by comparison ; with times of only recent date, when no

thou?e wa closed up at night and the

I. Oil

ed for three hour-", and (be refracted coast (the rc;est of praru .) though at ciii

t '.aee. of firty cr fifty nrh. w:,s pjaii.ly to ; doois of their dwelling were left unbolted,

he seen with the naked eye hxrn the sea I nt all hour5, for tle adri.isyon cf any neigh- j shore, while at other times it o ti!d tot he j ; !om r in case of accident, or to afford ai seen with a t le?copc, on '..i e.i.t cf its b w ; cm tain budging to a benighted traveller. n s-. The fishermen n):o had been in the ! N.,w, unfortunate pcr.on?, particularly

ha'ut ol trading on the coat. peinled out ,; thoe travelling in boa's or canoes, or

meeting with any accident can hardly tiful a house where they wilt be suffered to enter or to pass the night.

his reputation, expected la gnii!. cr1;. thirty dollar?! lfc has ap; J:d t.'.fe Supreme Court." By a statement published in tiit p ping and Commercial List, it appears iw the total crop of cotton in the U. States, amounted, for the last season, to 957"1

bale! snmc nenod 182G. 720.0-.

an increase of 237,254 bales in kveret! present year. JV. Y. American.

e represented as yery ; h o ureto the Colony. The tator couI)

dourishincr, and sec ure

rn.lA.lM . . v.i. r..tl C . 4 . . . 4rk ..". i 1 4

l4 HMItn nClr Mill Ul il.liur JUlJtui'T., r i

, . . . . . f. A , . 1 eppe. By the telescopy, the r icnch tmiwhich had helalh ii the schooner, thes-' ' 1 . ' . : i u , . , . , . ' ;in boatii were plaiidy to be seen at anColoni5ts wrre unable to urnst away. . 1 ,-ir J. , f , , .1.1 1 3 chor: and the different colors of the land

I J nn f )p lilfihla. nitli Inn hiiilrlmirs. wpro

horn nnun2s, the maces ire we re

,'cu?omed to vmt,such as the Bay, tl.-o Old j Head or Man, the windmill, ice. at B"j. lonc, St. Vallero, Sec. on the coast of Pi-

! . ar j v a . 1

cardv. f rom trie eastern clitl ol iiastmcs The Quebec Gazette of the 1st ult. re-

I considerable height, the sp c- marks: Our Provincial Parliament is to

gain before the end of the rains

A Frank Slaver. "A French SI .ver appeared off the river in June, with a small schooner containil'K a valuable cargo. The chiefs assured him that the country belonged to the Americans that they were? themselves under the protection ofthe Colonv; and that if he landed his cargo, he would forfe it Sz loose it. But one of their number possessin?, more artifice than honesty, encoura lcd the Frenchman lo bring his small vessel over the bar, and trust himself with his cargo. The Frenchman did both ; but in entering the river lost his rudder. Information was now sent to the cape, with a request that a force might be despatched from the colony, to seiz- vessel and cargo, for an invasion of our territory for unlawful purposes. I wa absent but the vice agent declined to comply with the request but warned the chiefs of their solemn

engagement to desist entirely from the lave trade. The vessel, in the extremit) of distress, arrived at the: Cape. No re-

lief was afforded her; and she went ashore and was lost. Her cargo is of course dc tamed by the chirfr, wh accuse tin m selves of 10 Juvach of faith, under the cir curnstanr.es i,f the case, iu seizing it for their own use.'

Id see Dungencss, Dover dill's ,! meet on the 20th of this month. A it will!

and the r rench coasts Isom Calais to Ut rc th first meeting since the General

I election which followed the late appeal to j the people on the p;irt of the Executive, j its proceedings will he looked to with un-u-ual interest thioughout the Province. ! Wc observe thnt for sour- time pait. the I newspapers pnblih'jd undr the direction ; of the Provincial Governm nt, and others

patronized by it, have teemed with an unusual share of vulgar s urnlit), against the late Assembly and its .Speaker, who, with a majority of tnc old members, are returned to serve in the new Parliament.

perfectly discernable. The sarsc phenomenon was likewise observed at Win-

chelsea, and other places along the coast.

The day was retnaikably hot, without a breath of wind stirring. JV". Y. Com. Advertiser,

INDIA. Late advices from India in-

iform us, that a severe battle has been ! fought in Upper Indian, between a nume-

irousbodv of the Afghan tribes and the

lroop3 of Rajah Runjit Sinh. The Afghan army consisted, it is said, of 90,000 infantry nnd 10,000 horse, while that of Hunjit amounted to only between 15 and 20,000. The armies met on the banks of the Indus, near the village of Seydeo, when the attack was commenced by the Afghans, but the greatest part of their hosts, being ill armed and bss organized, made no impression on the Sikh?, who put their enemies to the route. In the flight, great numbers were sabred by Runjifs cavalry, and a body that had taken shelter in the village of Seydeo, was surrounded and entirely destroyed. The camp of the ACghaus 7hs plundered by the victois.

ATMOSPHERIC RFFRACTIOi:. Lo' king down the lUv on Sunday last, in the direction of the Narrows, vie wit r eject a deception of th sight. ' whir t

of C

iualaer s mil

I .. ... ! ni.n nf I i.llor 1

irs r:o loncT'-r apcdiryphal. Wc rtliuCctl MI Ifl'lttu uw u" " !i;,r. i ;Vo

RUSSI A. With regard to Russia, she is reprc t nted as .about to conclude peace on one side and to threaten a speedy war on the other. Accounts from Odesra, of Sept. 10, say, that a is believed In V.ilitier ire ioceasc with Pcrs-n; w: I 'affairs arc is-uming a very martial aspect' on the frontiers' of Turkey. Reinforcement are

n vi:g on, and the hospitals, dr;o(? Sz.c

Mn. Gallatin. This distitiguished gentleman, our minister to England, has returned to this country. W e have heard no e;juse assigned for his return. Speculation is afloat, as to his succeor. Ohio State Jouniul.

It seem? th.'.t the tenitory r.LicL be cut otTfrcm Maine by the line rl; y the British, is equal in cxtJ?u t:.c whole cf "Massachusetts, and oicub fertility nny tract in New Englar.u. J-' British claim hy a line drawn from Mtf Hill to the Katahdin, and llience by aiiii drawn between the heads of the sirs.

emptying into the St. Johns, uirt.l it

me oiviamg line ueiween iu.uu. ....

er Canada. The Eastern Argus ry.

the British mav extend their ciain.

Kennebec on precisely the sntie grca as they claim the Penobscot; nnd ip is no knowing where they will h'P

treaty of 1783, it adds, eii.u boundary too cienrlv to be ni?ui -di-r y . emit

There is much excitemcn: sa in that district.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Ohio received in A'ezp Haven. -The wharves in Sandusky this season

yrcsent a scene of Outness surpassing any j

thing you have on the wharfat New Haven. More than 100,000,000 worth of goods, have been there landed, for that place, and the country to a great extent around. T nnessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, to a very great extent, get lueir goods through Sandusky. The produce of this country, to the amount of about 300,000 dollars, has already been shipped from Sandusky. The best informed people in Sandusky say, thai nsxl y ear the amount of goods brought to their wharves, will more than double the arnount of Ihe present; and so of their exports. Hur..n county, and particnhii l Snduky, has been very health? through

the season, and there is no doubt hut it

The Portland Advertiser 5vs MrExecutive of Maine has -taken measures to assert the violated r'."

our citizens and vindicate t..

of the Slate from the aggress British authorities at New Bfcnu The arrest, fine and impr.rmc.

! American citizen, by a tore: s. I meat.it is added, has awakcrH .:- '

tion of the community and .;'

What roeciures have been farfca not informed. Ihli. Amr In com? parts of North Circji: , -1-1 .,m . Ll '' -

and cberrv trees were m uo- , lime. The V : i r 1 1 .".

Reporter ays: We reinfonnt;;; ' . .1 I, nrtW wit"'-'

n ii run mm f inii inpri" 13

has yielded once, this seas i" ?l, r good fruit; is again bearing growth, nqarly half maturtd,.';'; , , full bloom for the third time.

scver.ii trees in r fruit for the second time t.ns

others that are again in ,

fC'.'l.'"'1' t.,li

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I iik. K""J ' . i ,, , I I'i' "

III

of, where a second growt

will cotitinuc be heult!

iy us any

part I

and the same tree aga:n

in h'n'

ror. ? a l u

Tin r