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tATtSt FOftElCN NEWfe. Hepcri says, th.tin the vi. inity of Ellis takultJ, AlA 03. Wc tako ttio following tttriou account om a Honib.iy puperi "Capt. 1'owell.

tlic Queen Charlotte, Informs ui of thu interesting claumstance of his Iwvinic rc-oteied, from rock, 31 miles N. of Noouhi eva, (one of the irqnenHi) a man fnl'an U'ilson I 'lmbkin. V. has been appointed by the president United States to run, in conjunction suitible personl fo be selected bv ibe ecutiveof the houndiry line-. Lithe land lately nbtaintil by th agent the Creek Indian, viz.

ananow nt.io territory on the OcnihlgtC ll'jtit acre's and li; lyii'jj 1 mi-diati-tv hriinnd the Alton, to the ic JIRQOKLYA, hat had bein Ha aoliwry inhabitant, nearly 3 years. Ilia account thut early in 1814 he proceeded thithei from Nooahee va, with loui' others, all of whom oad lefl an American ship there, fur the purpose of procuring feathers, thut were in linjli esiimatiort Rtitotiff thfe natives of N. but losing ihcii- bunt on the roik, three or his me pcrishtd, thro' famine, und principally from thirst, as there wai no water but what was supplied by rains. His untt companion continued nilti him but a few wicks wh-jn he formed a resolution of auemp'ing to swim with the aid of a splintered fragment that re tnaiiio.1 of their boat, to an Island in which effort he tuuit inevatibly have perished. He had once himself aucmptrd to quit his forlorn situation, by constructing; a catamaran, but failrd, and lost all means of any future attempt.

They had originally taken fire with them from Nooabe.cvab, which he bad always taken care to continue, except on one occasion, when il became cxiingUikhcd, and never could l.avc been icstottid, but by a careful preservation of three or four grains cf fjun powder, and the lock of a musket which he had broke up fur the construction of his catutnaran The flesh and blood of wil beasts were his sole oliment wiili the Uucr he quenched his thirst in seasons of lung droughts, and the skulls of his companions were his only vessels. The discovery made of him from the Charlotte was purely accidental ihc rock was known to be desolate and barren, and the appearance of, fire, aa the vessel passed it on an evening, attracted novice, and produced an inquiry, which proved for-lunate to the forlorn inhabitant, in procur-injj his removal to ooahecvab, where he was lefl under the care of Mr. Wilsun, an Kuropean, who had resided theic many .11 I.nr...n years, anu who naa prctiouxy htm. Methadla: Cimh a com munication in the Norfolk Herrtld.it appear-t that the 20th of August a Methodist Camp Meeting commenced on one of the Tangier Islands, within tlie bounds d'" the Philadelphia Conference, and closed on the 25th The Rev. William presided and there were including the Presiding Elder, seven Travelling and six Local Preachers.

There were 1801 persons whs encamped on the ground, of whom 1291 were wliites and 5 10 blanks The number of lenta was 185 There ware besides, 1 50 sail of vessels, and about 10 periaugcrs and canoes, in which there were a considerable multitude who had no tents on the Island, and of course re not included in the aiiove On iUt Sabbath (Aug. 23 1) it was estimated lhat there were at least 3u0 persons present, to whom the word of life was faithfully dispensed. And from the commencement to the breaking up of the Meetinc, it is confidently believed that there was not less than 800 persons happily translated from the power of Sin and Satan. into the service and favor of the only living and true God. Death of Cornel Dmel flow As he lived, so he died, with his gun in his hand We afe informed by a gen- KMtlf mrnt on ifm tu mien iiwu.

il. I 1 mnnlh i lllBiunwuiiii m-; lon roue 1 1 I LI II Hy the arrival yesterday mornini; of the Uriii.li in I'iIi ird. Itvam. Ironi I.iv- lha 6th oftho Mercantile Ad 1... i.

I I nm.rt in till" vei uscv imvc rcceicu iwimw 13th, and i Lloyd's list of ibe lHh of that month. We lern from Captain Leader that there hadb-ennrt arrivals it Liverpool from the United Statei on 'the 'hit four or five days previous hi London Ait j. 13 There was i report in town yesterday, lhat advices had been received of an at-tempt to assassinate ycting Napdeon Several rumms broke into the chamber and aimed a poinard at his breast, but which Only wounded him in the arm Three bf the villains were tecured the rest made their escape. Her Majesty continues so much better, that oii Tuesday evening she roda but for half an hour. It Is generally understood that ihe has undergone an operation by which the water on her chest has been withdrawn.

Mr. Jvean, the actor, und hli fellow trav-eliea have been nearly dashed to moms on their way to GcneVa, by the breaking down of their carriage. Capt. Nafra, of a whaling shipi writes fth hit. that on the 10th June, in tat.

2. he sp'okc ilia Discovery ships, and was informed, that the highest latitude they had reached, was 80. 22 that they could find no passage farther to tne northward on the west bide of Spitsbergen, and thai when last seen they were stcrint; S. W. We have received the Paris papers ol Monday.

Ills slated under lhe head ol Madrid, that the plague has broken out ul Soutaii, Duraizo, and MjnUr.eto, on lhe coast of Albania An article from Stockholm, btV.es that three vessels aie futinj; out for the coast of Africa one cf these is destined far Algiers one for Tupoli, wiih 30 24 pounders and 9000 balls on board, the othei for Tunis, with 24 gens of the same calibre and other warlike stores believed to be intended as tributes from ihe Sweedish government to the liaibaty powers. A Brussels paper states that the recall ofSoult, David, and some other distinguished partisans of Bonaparte, banished from ibe French territory, is again spoken of. London, Aug. 1. The formal announcement of the evacuation of the French lenitory is reserved for the fiat of the Sovereigns at ihe ap proaching Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle lhe measure is however, already greed Upon, and Oclbber has been for some time designated as lhe period when it is lo take effect In the first week of that inon.h.

is undersiood the ailjed troop! will concentrate and move off together. Count Wo-ronzow comes over to England the moment tiiat his contingent marches home The emperor Alexander is to le at Maubetie Dy the latter part of nx. month, and the Russian corps will reach the Polish frontier about the first of 1 The ship Hercules has brought Liverpool papers to the 13th August. Wc gather the following from the several papers, as the substance of the intelligence The Sun' of the ISth, announces that the alarming symptoms of the Queen's long illness have disappeared, and there reason to hope, that in a short time she will be fully reinstated in her accustomed health. The woikmen at Stockport; have returned lo their work and tranquility, it is said, is entirely restored in that district.

In Manchester, 12 or 14,000, at, the latest advices, still remained refractory however, were in operation, by which It was hoped that industry ahd comfort would soon be restored to the workmen and their families. A Liverpool paper of the 14th of says, that there is every reason to believe that the cause of the return of the Duke of Wellington to this country at present, is the total failure of all attempts to effect an amicable adjustment cf the subsiding dif ferences bpaili and Portugal the latter being resolute in its refusal to relinnuish possession of Monte Viedo. In this state of things, our Government feels, itselfiti a very serious state. Aug. 2h fttariument to Com.

Downie.A Tomb Stbne, for Com. Downie, arrived et this place inthe Steam Boat, a few weeks since directed to the Commandant at this post. Col. Atkinson has caused ihis stone which is a plain white nidi bie, io be put up in a suitable manner. Ths following is the inscription Sacred to the memory of George Downie, Esq.

a Post Captain in the Royal It. Navy, who gloriously tell on board tils 'J M. ship the Confiance while kading the vessels under his Command to the attack of the Am. Flotilla at anchor in Cumberland Bay, ofT Plattsburg, on the 1 1 th Sept 1814. To mark the spot where the remains of a gallant officer and sincere friend were honorably interred, this stone has been erected by his affectionate Mary Downie." i Northern Var.ai have recently had rnnversation With the Commissiontr su perimenu.ou u.

o.u.vu. ii, anu nave I I it onr power to state, irom so correct source, mot tne worn, in Its wnole extent, is progressing in the most satisfactory man ner, and that a considerable part of the ex present season. a buigh was sren on the 30th tin- by gen of unquestioned veracity, an animal fwmliliiij; the Who, or Wild man irtscm l'u dn, It is suited that he came Horn the woods wi'hin a a few rods of this gentleman thut he stood and looked at hint, theri look his flight in a d'uetiion which gave a prrfrct view of him for tome time' lte il described us bendinj; forward when rurt-j ning, hairy and the heel of the foot liar-ro, spreading at the toes. Hundreds CT persons have been in pursuit for several days but nothing further is heard, or seen of him The frequent and positive manner In which this story cotrtes, Induces us to notice it. We wiah riot to impeach tho veracity bf this highly favored gentleman-yet, it is proper that such naturally imp rob able if hot impos.iblo events, should be established by the mouth, of at least, two or three eye-witnesses, ciultlo them to ci edibility.

The remains of our brethren who were sla at the Utver Hasin, have been collected, far as was practicable, by a commit tee of the citizens of Detroit, and on the August were taken to the Council House, whetl an oration, commemorative of the virtues and sufferings of the was delivered by Havenport Esq i after which a procession, consisting of the citiatei.s and ruiihnry, was formed, and the remains btcrred in the Piotestant burying ground This attention, of the cii'rrths of Detroit, to the remains cf the valiant men, wnn braved every danger and privation to afford su cor and protection to the north west frontier, while it must be highly grmfying to the friends and companions of the deceased, affords, us an exalted idea of the feelings of patriotism and gratitude which actuate Michigan's capital. Alb. A-. Vulaint taken I lie miscreants that recently fled from this city to Philadelphia, plundering, under the mask of friendship and assistance, the poor and unsuspecting emigrants from England and Ireland oJ their little all, leaving them utterly institute, to walk about the streets of a strange country, without a friend, or. a home, or a shilling to procure a dinner, or a lodging for themselves or families! are at length overtaken by justice Of the various means employed lo obtain money feloniously, the mode pursued by thct.e villains is certainly the muit infamous and abhorent.

The account given by the poor people they plundered, of their situation on oeing bereft of all thcif little means or immediate support in a strange contrry, and thahks ne to God an hospitable land, would penetrate any heart nut rendered callous by crime. These men were taken on Friday night, lodged in the watch and brought before the magistrate on Sat urday morning "1 heir examination occu pied nearly all that day. une oi mem, iu-med GfcoHGE Hughes, a young man about twenty years of age, an awkward cadaverous look ng fellow, (simple must be the people whoni uch a wretch could impose on.) rinding the lestimohy thicken on him, and denial useless, came out and confessed five or six of these felonies his associate remained sulky and silent. Much credit is due to Phillips, peace officer, who discovered and arrested these fellows oh Friday night his activity and address on lhat occasion is ttry com 00016, and, no doubt, has prevented l. n.

a nr In IICI BIII1IIIG UtU MV "MM- ir.WT C. Mm. Adu. On Thursday last, about 11 o'clock, in lhe -son in (his cily, (says the Balti fill unrtinnrl Ffid GilXiUev lhe ri 8entence J9h Alexan rnnlrll.fl OCT BI1U joacu uv.in i i li Him T7 conCoUrse df spectiiors attended On 0 l0 witncSs the fa. dancn iy which; it is hoped, will imhression not fall to make a ciue impiessioii.

"yR I a mo nr a Pamphlet of twenty pages. Irt this he givts a very interesting nistory ot nis ine rnrt crimes, and in the conclusion, says For the last fourteen years of my life 1 have becn'a highway robber, and have rob- bed on a larger scale and been more succes- ful than any robber either in Lurope or in this country, that 1 have ever hcaid Sloop Human. 'Alleyy from a whaling voyage, with 170 bbls. oil, arrived at Nantucket on Saturday, last. She was taken by an En.rlish cruize: all the crew except the Capt his two mates, and a boy, taken out, and 2 prize masters and 5 seamen put on board, and ordered for Newfoundland Two days afterwards, (as wc are informed) while all the Englishmen, except one of the prire master's were below, at dinner, Capt.

A. and one of his men, having provided themselves with a knife and a spade, came upon the quarter deck, and compelled the above prize master who was at the helm, reading, to surrender, without resistancethe btheis were then ordered up from hrlow. one bv one, and tied. Capt. Alley afterward gav them an'old boat and sent them ashore at Nova SCotia.

He has taken one Whale since he re-took his vessel. It ahould be observed, that the man at the helm was threatened with. instant death in case he made the leau ooise cr opposition. iw- PumMpr.tt 16. I Europem new.

of the 'V, 1 menacing war with each other. I re interference of the holy ueeii buio i I 4'" i t.nth ik rnrrunt mon- I 'l r. alii nmhahlf prevent the power th harvest, has A P' J. it a nrriett in n-lt'ci; K-cat number or n-nu acturer in a refrar.torv i ate. Di Biwnot Ayes we have the Ury rlilrviB intelliftcnre cf aivrtncr victory V.

the Patriot of Chili, 'i he iclerV have such st.rngib confidence hi 10 i have t.f their cne I afforded by our I I. Illl 111 IIIC LHIMVill Im'ir I 'r imif' .1.. ltw that wc -A considerable of sickness now handus. v. Que m-ny "tTicWncs.

enough in health to attend ibe indipsd. fMXVIC certainly in a bad condU lm Ihope the- cMiulntt the same time nown 'rift'f not in so IS deserves nl that I hne and trust inu dbe. the Corporation and the Badge Com- pnyaill- MrKn SUMMARY. Wi.iu of the S. anrtiim in hicn- ffonil Va -The notes oltMa nan a.c l.tone percent behw the par of v10'c." lidcser- MI the scandalous stock VCU'J policy of the Ft rida ll SU.cci r-i Snuin UH' that rensaco a win uc ITear to receive the pubhc property; but St Marka bein regarded as an a- acually Garrisoned uh a force, to maintain authority arr.org the tons.

W'A Lancetter Mr. josepn the benevolent and indefatigable author f)f '4 new tnods tdurotion, atler haun lectured on that whjeci in Ncw-Yotk, proceeded to Abany for like purpose. It is scarcely pos.ihle to tvtcrive of the labors of one man reuliing in greater benefit to the human family, than ihoSe Mr Lan-caster. From lue faciliuea of his mode pro' able tbat mtium irccnc a have re education, wuu wuum in abject ignotanrc. A ATI VE ALBlHtasU tO he hoW resident in the ity of Washington-He-etet are of a deeper and more bnlltan-pink than the English Aloincs, and have the same tremulous motion Her com-flexion rather fairer, and her h.r while long nd or a beautiful soft 9lky esture 6a Unf.t it o.gom The Boston G-ieite cf 'be 10th, in remarking on the public dis-tppointment Horn hc reported capture or n.e serpent.

dds thai he as again seen on 1'rWny last, and that another formidable ex peu'uion is preparing to enGaRe blm. A soldier was lately killed at Fort Godfteyj a corporal in Capiam f.l HI lillerv. The soldier, durinir a fit of intoliCutioiw rnarte some at tempts to resist Godfrey. 'who had order to coufine him in the black hole, when the lu'tcr drew his bayonet and stabbed lrri In the side. The soldier died immrdia-rly Godfrey has beCn apprehended hy the civil Buthoiuy, and is now cw.fined the gaol of Buffalo.

AVw tyftnir, A flax and hemp spinning machine is now exhibiting at Merchant's Hall, the invention ol Mesr Jesse h'ox, of Saugus it Is thought by many to possess advantages over any lor the same purpose now in use. toque arc gratified ih prope.ty, ndcr pretence of prom's ng 1 1' ur at encth in tne haltds of Justice nK tow under exam-inution in the police office of this ciifj- tmnriKrn Oil Will Persona wnom mtj r.f?vr the lUV uo well to aiicnu i Hall. SOCltTT. Thebutci.eism NewYoik, Alb ny, and iA.cpA. are notified tnat oilier uuiJiin'u preparatory n.easun have been taken to 1 ont hair the ccmmtncc inc lkub ith und rth Ortober next, to be heid a th nlan utid character ot he 1 tiits in -Etrope, especially in Grea ratim Lntl iSiitutn, bv an ex'ensnc i.

sl.miid butchers ol ies- the lonimetice- mtnt of Mmi. vill hereafter Cihi it will iU their in. of and Mo and stinp'ised lb tain 130,000 acres the greater part of i fertile. The governor, we fudeVstan has repea'edly urged the marking of other treaty lines, (Merrltfelher'aahdJ son') but fiom the vaiif'y of niilc imp. tdnt business, which has recently tlaii it thb attention of the president, lid SMj has been overlooked.

There is reJ'n believe, however, that it will be uttetniid aoon. the territory ceded by the Croek at the treaty of fort Jackson, ton'. aim Vo i seven millions of acres. It is tlun tlcu; bed va topographical work, prepired by the late col. Hawkins: That s'ein1 i body of land between Flint river Ukl'-fannokc, Alalamaha, and the easmnl n.

dary of the Creek Claims, il p'nj with cyyress pondl and bay gdh. Ti.i'f small streams arc margined with evergreens, the uplands have yeilmr pi with dwarf saw pvlmcto and i the bluffs on St lllas are some part of the sandy pine barren, the icmuiidera co puct itifl' yelldwlsh sand or clay, I large swamps; tiie growth, loblolly 'l)'y gum and small evergreens; he whj'e those swamps are bogs, thu sjso which coiriinences ufter midsunimcr, it ponds fill, and then the country is greater paitof it covered water I in the dry season it is difficult to bia'n 1 ter in any for many miles. 'r i the fork of Flint and Chatahoochie there- sad to be some good land: The cession from the Chernhr-cVn cv -mated at a million' and a half of ere, mostly po-irand biokcn The whole tity ceded falls little short often mllii.iu acres The expense of surveying this i mense body of land, in tracts of IiJr a square, wl.l befroin a rough estimate, tin ee hundred thousand dollars Geo. from the federal Rrfiubtfcant Seit. 8.

AHotHEH HEV'lLVTIOHAKT HtUO OONf. Died ul his farm at Laiiiel Hill, Scurt-; '-set Co. on MonJiy the 3 1st tilt. JOll.GfcElUL Ahihuk Sr. i he last few years of this venerable riot were spent in" journeying to and the seat of govei nmem, in endeavoring ii claim from the States w-i mv.

justly due him Often have wc seen" th Warworn veteran, whose waed diid dsied limlnj would have elicite compassion from a stoic, endeavoring convince the House of the justice ol hii claim, while the tear of wounded honor f( Il fast on his aged breast. NOTICE. Gentlemen, both great and small, Attend in time unto my call I'll Shave you easy you'll confess, Your Whiskers comb your Foreto;) dress Your Hair I'll cut in the first stile, And entertain you all the while My Razors' good, my Soap's the samef( My price is low, my hand nol lame For all these favors shown to you, 1 ask no more than my Due. Your hurivde servant. -JOHN PHILLIPV N.

B. Warranted good Razors; anil one of ti.e finest Hlnes in the country for' setting Razors," which will be attended at the shoi tcs: notice, and every thitit prrj yicien io renuer sausiaction 1 FOUND, A BUNDLE containing a quantity fjf CLOTHING. The owner bv calllhui On James Smith, New Ferry-street, prbviMf. property and pnying charges, an taks thtM away. itK' Brooklyn; Sept.

15. PROPOSALS, WILL be received until Monday trie by the Hoard of Trustee of ilti) Village, for building an Engine House, ill corner of Front Fulton-att. to be built of bnci? and covered with of the following dlftk-i sitJns twenty feet on one side, eeventeeii )e, on the other, twelve feet six inches widty nine Let high to the plates. And alaoj to r. move the Fire Hell from the place it nov it oter the pump in the premises.

For further particulars eitftin of IlKNltY STANTtj.v Brooklyn, Sept. 14, 1S18 1Q be sold at public auction or venuut, 4 the eighteenth dy of March net, o'clock in the afternoon, at the hoUsetifi premises hereafter described, to Wit: i of one certain piece of land, linfiriths of North UempHttd, in Queens boUiiir': state of New-York, and ii bounded ah beginning at the south-east corner joinlf ij country road till it com. 9 to Bun'i v'l the west by Joseph Uni t's iuiidj cn the ftltyM by Oliver V. I). Water' land al the ho standi) on the east by a highway that jeviJ from Weitbury to the said country rcadj tJ tr place of beginning, containing thirty acre rhbrj or less.

Likewise, ote oiher piece of land ing in the townihip of liempV.ed, a little tii th'-i south-east of William Brickie'- aforesaid country road, containing by tt in.aticti twenty acres, more or less, ma ma pftisns. be bv of Pow stained in I iiiuiixKC, ckiuhu vr vviinam iintfe.it am KbryniJ wife to the subscriber, on the ftrs tia4 rf the year of our Lord one thot-ian'i etgut hundred and thirteen, to ecur fa hi-! the payment I the lam of one thousand floha, BP" lUv Uien m9, finMt'DfoiKOSAlV within a blind raised to conceal him the irame. 1 Hat wnue simng uius wuu- cealed with his old trusiy rifle in his hand, pointed toward t'te ck, th on a loc. nis iacc iu on a iog, n.s hi, gun. hi, lille cockcu, n.s nngcr one eve shut, tne omer okiiB along the barrel throUgn tne eitt-htB in 7 Jl msiuon.wi nout struggle nd of course without pain he breathed las, so gently, that when be was found next day by his friends, although suit and 'W; he looked as ir alive, with ins gun in i rV.ri.

Tt not hand, lustin the act ol bring, It is not altogelher certain, if a buck had come into the r.nKe of hi, which had been the death of thousands, bdt it might bavtf intuitively obeyed i's old employer's mind and discharged itself. The hypothesis being novel, we Lave the solution to tne curieus. Sufifitrtcr. Colonel Boon was the first discoverer of, nd Settler in Kentucky. It is believed he was between to and 00 years Old MARRIED, At Bushwick, by the Rev.

Dr. Basselt, Cornelius Van Clccf, Esq. of this Village, to Miss Christiana Meserole, daughter of Mr. John Meserole. In New-York, Mr.

George Groy, to Miss Julia Ann Gedney Mt. David Siansbury, to Miss Ann Flocker. DIED At Sag-Harbor, Mrs. Sarah Hahey, aged 34. wile of Capt Eliphalet Halsey Mrs.

Lvdia Godbee, widow of the late Capt John Godbee Four deaths have occurred in thia family during the last 14 months-Cart Reuben Cai, aged 82. In New-York, Mr Godfrey, aged 33 formerly of Sag-Harbor Mr. Il-nry AVuf Mrs. Elizub'th Connor Mr. Arch, ibald tfaniiton -Mrs- Helen the S.

Naval Hospital, Juefifi It. acting midshipman in the L. N. J. Mr.

George navy. In Eliz bethtowni IVitfin, Printer..