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meniV that event, I alighted and went to see if any inscription was on To glstrate who had issued the warrant for the father and sufnmons for the daughter, 1 conclusion, nd, it believed, i without gaining any proselytes to either side. the Mercantile Advertiser with papers rf the 21st of that month, and London pen to the 20th June inclusive. Previous to sailing, Capt, Cobb, rc received the following note from (Pr Coffin. 'X' Accounts from Naples of the nh June, state that dreadful eruption of Mount KTha had broken cut, wh'Vh threatened total destruction to the cuy 0f Catania. From Mount Vesuvius a very great eruption o( lava 1 had taken paCe in the direction of Pompei.

Some vfol' lemt shocks of an earthquake had Lep felt near Viterbo. It was believed that parliament wouM adjourn about the 1 0th of July. Sv Francis Burdett was about to brin fa ward the question of PaHiamentarv RP form. soon made his appearance, and where, I through much girl was joined in wedlock, after whfch the father was suffered -to depart in for his own house; What a blessing is a free government II Substitute for Specie. 1 From the absence of Specie, it is thought that some of the Western Banks will have to pay their notes in bacon, or suspend their operations.

Should Bacon be substituted for Specie a a circulatingmedium, it is thought that Insi Potatoes might advautageously usedffor small MORAL RELIGIOUS. PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY, AMONG THE SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS; 1 From the Ontario Repository of Aug. 3. In a late Buffalo paper, notice was giv en, that the remains of the Six Nations of Indians, residing in the western parts of this state, had resolved in solemn council, to reject the Christian, religion, and to permit none of of its teachers to- come a raong them. To the friends of these ong oppressed and injured nations, this news was equally unexpected and unwel- come.

Many who, from good informa- tion, had been led to hope and believe that the time was at hand, 'when these miserable Indians would exchange their savage customs and pagan rites, for habits civilization and the pure Worship of 1 Christianity, were induced to abandon the said" 1 have lived to see five princes, idea as chimerical. It therefore affords and have been privy counstllor to four of me great satisfaction to be able to state, them I have seen he most remarka-on thje unquestionable authority of Capt. ble tilings in foreign parts, and have been Parrish, the United States' Interpreter present at most state transactions for to the Six Nations of Indians, and who, 'thirty years, together and I have learnt, by request, attended the late Council at this, after so -many years experience -Buffalo, that the information in the pa- that seriousness is the greatest part of per alluded to was incorrect. wisdom temperance the besf physic From Captain Parrish, -I have obtained a good conscience the best estate. And the following facts, with permission from were I to live again I would change the him to givethem to the public through court for a cloister, my privy counsellor's your paper.

bustle for a hermit's retirement, and the The late council was held by the whole life I have lived in the palace for ians to determine whether they would anliour's enjoynlent of God in the chap-ell their reservations of land in that vi- el.7? MISCELLANEOUS. FROM THE BOSTON CHROlf E. Reparation. The subject of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts is discussed with ii trir a wrell as warmth ana J1 -lT Polished in that District. 4 The articles suhjom-.

1 cd, are from the last roruanu, THE ALARM. Tune Miss Bailey. A yeoman bold in Eastern climes, A man of observation, Ketird ta bed one night betimes, OpposVi to Separation, He tossrd and turnM but got no rest, much was he dejected It seemVl as if upon his breast A State-House was erected. AhrmM, he seizl his corduroys, And having-clapt his seat in, Awoke the women men and boys, And call'd a special meeting, There are, says he, designing elyes, (I hope and trust bat few sets,) Who wish to set up for themselves, And quit old Massachusetts. HI.

But see the terms, see what you keep How very small the slice is I think you'll you leap, At this eventful crisis. Our commerce soon will feel a wound From iNorndgewock to Fryeburg And being long iu durance bound, Will shrivel to a dry "bug. IV. Fam'd Harvard University- Thev hold but leave us Bowdoin, No. more to, be compared d'ye see, Than Holley and Sam, Snowden.

Pesert and s.oon on Harvard wall A yOld Calvin's phiz will greet us, The warm reception give all lie once gave to Servetus. A bog is all we've gain too wet For any thing to grow, in So says the very last Gazette- The Editor is knowing, i The Indians now must be our own; And here I say, in Caucus, If we the cash don't; poney down, No doubt they'll tomahawk us. VI. Awake my behold the.stir I Amongthe opposition Awake prepare a circular, Remonstrance, or petition, Where's the towivcler arouse for shams, It must be written early Let him', who can, suocribe his name, I'll lorWaad it to Shirley. Editor-of the Portland Gazette, opposed to separation.

CUFFEET LETT'S Df. All POMP much vex to hear von say 4 tick to ole hard tylassa, Pomp- we wear de fetter long enufr nzw choose Mass-a You say, 44 no tand all alone pph tand better on you bwn foot dan broken reed. I say Pomp, old iMasa Tush-ets limp little too muh. In de first plas, he ow Unkill Sam good deel for habinhe own way. In de nex plas you look in his money bag, -n a pissareen vou see dare and in de I nex first place, he tick too clos to Misse o7-Ary.

Pomp, who be (lis Sal- Ary And who pay for de feder, de bead, and de ribon she wear vhy, 1 CulTee, Now if Jlfass lub her so much and no support him, let her pak up dud and walk CufTee no font pill wile Dinah go nakid. Pomp, all my ear ring wiu cie tax ae pew tax, cie pole tax, de water tax, you hab him on all Pomp, now or neber brak defetteri If Massa Mussel say law Deo, we say law Deo and little louder. Show de wite of eye last dis murith, and gud by old IVIassa Tushets. 'Yours, CUFFEE. The Rights of Women, established hy Ancient Precedent.

The following singular translation appears in the edition of the Bible, IM-PiUNTED AT London, by Robert Barker, printer to the King's most Excellent JUajhtie la the, 3d chapter 7th verse of Genesis, it reads as follows, and! which, for the benefit of "all concern-f "cd, we here transcribe i Then the eyes of them both were o-! pened, and they knew that they were naked, and tbv sewed figge treae leaues to-; gether and made themselues breeches." i i FROM THE WASHINC.f ON-CITY GZETTE. BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG. On the road to Bladensburg, passing by the spot where Commodore Barney and liis corps made so brave a stand against the advancing column of the British, oh tUr 2 of Auznst, 1 SI 4, I saw a flat stone -the ground, and supposing it" was iateivls t0 hc as a 'wnu- my suf prise," I found it was only the A mile stone from YVashington, upon which Isaw, written with charcoal, the following lines. For fear- they should soon be erased by the weather, I send you a copy of them fop insertion, that they may be preserved, i Q. Here fought Commodore Barney, So nobly and so gallantly, 'Gainst Britain's sons and slavery, For a fighting man was rye There did General Winder flee, His infantry and cavalry, (Disgracing the cause of liberty,) For a waiTiNGman was he July 20th, 1 8 19.

ANECDOTE. 5 The following curious -circumstance, is said to have occurred at Plattsburgh, in the year 1813, when the disease, which made such havoc in the northern army, duringihe war, was most prevalent among, the troops at that place. surgeon mp morning on going his rounds through the Hospital, happened, by some error of judgment arising, probably, from hurry and press of business, to pronounce one of his patients dead, who was, in fact, only in a profound sleep. By what tests the surgeon was led to this precipitate conclusion we irenot informed; but it is certain the man betrayed sufficient signs of life, and many are yet of opinion, that the mistake lies between Death and the Doctor. Jonathan having been a clever fellow; i and consequently a favorite of the company', his comrades resolved to maxe some exertions to give him a Christian burial, which had been necessarily denied lo most of those" who died here at this time.

Accordingly, having procured some boards from a neighboring barn, they forrneda rude box as a substitute for a cofiin, placed the body in it, aid with all one solemnity carried it procession to; the grave. The scene now would soon have been closed, and Jonathan left to his dreams butv just as they were about to let down the body into the grave, another of their comrades arrived in great haste, and begged them to delay the interment a few moments as hp had something very important to say. Then taking a conspicuous station, he began to hold forth in terms appropriate to the occasion. He told them that death was certain, and life uncertain; which self-evident propositions he demonstrated by many ingenious arguments, 'i-r '--I t' Then from general remarks," he proceeded to call their attention to the peculiar subject of his speech, the deceased. Here all the merits which his friend had possessed, and many moce, were Called forth, and displayed in due order, and he concluded his eulogium, by hinting his intention of, raising a monument to his memory.

Thus he found matter sufficient to descant upon for some minutes but the sequel will show that his speech jas noi merely a vain display oi empty WOraS. Ine Orator liaVin? arrived at a proper climax, gradually let himself down again and when he thought he had prepared the minds of his auditors, and removed from them any superstitious notions, that might stand in his way, he proceeded to lay before them a proposition which was the subject and end of his discourse. It seems that, the blanket ofl the deceased was perfectly new" and on-i soiled, and the. orator Said it was a great su uiie a uiece oi goods should be allowed to perish in the earth, when an old one would answer the purpose as welL; that -Iijs own had seen much hard "service, and was no longer fit for any other dujy! So saying, he descended from his. rostrum, and spread out his tattered blanket, whose sable ap pea rance amply confirmed his assertion, for the inspection of his -comrades.

It happened that Jonathan having finished his nap, awoke just at the conclusion of the speech, and having removed the lid of his box, which, for lack of nails, had not been fastened, he lay listening to the proceedings about him." Now," said the speaker, "if the company have no will take Jonathan's blanket, for my use, he may be buried in mine' And if the company have no objections," said Jonathan, rising up, I'll be buried in my own i blanket GALLIOPOLIS, (OHIO) JUNE 25. A new method of getting a wife. A few days since a man by the name of SANS, having made some advances to a young lady in the county of Meigs, which did not meet with the approbation of her father, the old gentleman forbid him his house. But my gentleman, intent upon his game, was not to be defeated in this way." lie, with a few of his associate went to a magistral, procured a state's warrant for the old gentleman, had him arrested in the dead of the night, and put under keepers then, by virtue of a summons, took the daughter, pretehdedly as a witness against her father but instead of taking her to the musrisinUe's where the father was confined, tliey. took her tu a neighboring house, where the some ma- rom mis very impeneci SKeicn oi inese proceedings it appears, that thfc statement in the Buffalo paper was incorrect.

In deed, we should rather be encouraged by the prospect that with such powerful ad vocates among themselves, the cause of truth must prevail. The tide of feeling: will soon be changed these Indians will resign the blanket and the wigwam for comfortable apparel and decent habitations and the fine powers with which the God of nature has endowed thern, will be directed to nobler pursuits, and more hallowed employments; I cannot" conclude these remarks; without observing that the great -obstacle to Indian reformation, is found in the perfidy and dishonesty of their white neigh bors. As often as invited to embrace Christianity, thev" have invariably replied when ice seeour religiom make rtibhite men more honest) and less disposed to cheat the Indians tee mil hear more of it. Taking it for granted, that all men are christians, they-have experienced enough to close their ears forever against the truths of that religion, which, when properly understood, sanctions, nothing but benevolence andhumanity. And we se much more to pity than to condemn, in the Story of South Amer- ican Indian, who, when urged to embrace Christianity as the only way to Heaven, repliedthat if Spaniards were received into that Heaven which was described to him, he chose to be excluded from it." E.

A CHRISTIAN. Sir John Mason, on his death bed. The late Rev. John Wesley, in a dis- course he delivered in George-Yard Chanel. Hull asserted that six hours sleep was sufficient for a man, seven hours for a woman, eight for a child, nine hours for a pig.

A Crosses tn Life. yMany are the vicissitudes of life few men are to be found, who do not experience a' great variety of them; But such is the kindness nf Divinp Prnvidpnrp. that tn thpsp VPrvJ 7 yr" vicissitudes may be owiUff as many of our pleasures as our pains. There are scenes of delight in the vale as well as on the mountain i and the inequalities of nature may not be less necessary to please the eye, than the varieties of life to improve the heart. Women who.

have fed their minds with the maxims of fashion, fall into a deplora- ble void as they advance in years. The world forsJIs and their reason likewise departs jto what shall they he-take themselves 'The past furnishes regret the present, vexations the future fears. Religion calms all uniting her votaries with; their God, she reconciles them to the world and to themselves. FOREIGN. FROM ENGLAND.

Accounts from Madrid of the 8th of June, announce the capture of the Spanish briganiine-Nereide, off 18 guns, with dispatches fori Rio Janeiro, by an Insur-i gent corvette. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25. Within a few days several vessels have, arrived at this 'port from Ireland, with volunteers for South America. Vessels are fitting out here to convey them to the theatre of action, They await the orders of Gen. Devereux for embarkation." lie is daily expected here.

Among the arrivals at this port, on the 2 1st, we were particularly gratified and astonished by the novel sight of a fine steara ship, which came round at half after seven, p. m. without the assistance of a single sheet, in a style which displayed the power and advantage of the application of steam to vessels of the largest size, be4 ing ooO tons burthen. She is called the Savannah Capt. Rogers, and sailed from Savannah 26th May, and arrived in the Channel fivedays since.

During her passage she worked thfe engine 18 days. Her model is beautiful, and the accommodation" for passengers elegant and complete. This is the first ship on the construction that has undertaken a voyage across the Atlantic. NEW-YORK, AUGUST 18. LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The regular tradingship Herales, Cohb, arrived fost evoninw oool. which n'ort she leTf on the- id ult. Coiic, has fo.vord the gdliot of French chambers it has beeo roposed to establish ions with the Independents of, SoutK mencaand to form a treaty with the ernmej Iayti. In tntse of Lord's, Lord IWe.it stated that he understood the AdmirVtr had denied that the Andromache fri.rat" was carrying gold from South America for the Spanish government, and wished to know the act. Mr.

Croker, in reply said the frigate was sent to that coast at the request of the British merchants onlv with positive orders not to interfere With' either party he knew nothing of having Spanish property on board but through the newspapers." LONDON, JrNE 29, Letters from Cadiz were received the post of yesterday, itinr that or tne British transports had been (Ik. charged, not from their being no lonoer wanted, but because the Captains mwU not submit to new conditions the Span--iards to impose upon them: Itv appears thut the experience acquired by the purchase the rotten Russian ships has made the Cadiz. Committee 'extremely cautious, and they now insist on the British ships being stripped before they proceed to sea, though many of them were fresh coppered before they left this country. With this the Captains refused to comply. LATEST FROM SPAIN.

BOSTON, AUGUST 16. iau uvl uj -teuer 10 mr. lopiijf, dated 5 i Gibraltar July 9. i vorw rltill Ji- fact every where. We have a report, Hill UllrtI iff 1(1 and I give it as such, that the tropps at Cadiz, collected for the famous and Ion? talked of expedition, absoluely refuse to embark, and have said to General 0J)on-nel, they preferremaining in Spain, hi irt) and will not go.

Of course there are many conjectures and opinions as to the result some say they intend marching for Madrid i Treaty with Spain not yet signed." I GIBRALTAR, JULY 3, We collect from two official ailicles in the Madrid Gazette' pf the 25th of last month, that Don Balthasar de Cisnenos has been appointed Secretary of State for the Department of Marine, provisionally committed to Lt. Gen. Alos Li. Gen. (Joseph) has been ap- pointed Commandant of the District in the neighborhood of this Garrison.

FROM BEIL'S LONDON MESSENGER. Persian Ambassador and the Fair Cir-cassian. ri the residence of the Persian Ambassador in Paris, he was so great an object of public curiosity, that he could not leave his hotel without being surrounded by a multitude of gazers. When he attended fashionable parties, the eagerness evinced by the ladies to gain the sight of him, subjected him to a desrree of embarrassment; the more msup- portabIe, as the people of the east enter tain notions very unfavorable to that kind of female curiosity. We extract the following from the French Journals The Persian.

Ambassador, on returning one day from a ride, found his apartments crowded by ladies, all elegantly dressed, though not all equally, beautiful. Astonished at this unexpected assemblage, he inquired what these European Odalisques, could possibly want with hifi-v The Interpreter re'plied, that' they come to look at his Excellency. Vk Ambassador was surprised to findhimseH an object of curiosity among a people Who boast of having attained the sumnau of civilization and was not a little J. I ed at conduct, tvnicn in Asia, have been considered an unwarrantable breach of good breeding he according revenged himself by the following 1 itf scheme. The Ambassador affected to ho-charmed with the Jadies; he looked them attentively, alternately pointing 1-them with his finger, and speakinjr earnestness to his interpreter, who be well aware would be questioned by l'i fair visitors, and he therefore instructed him in the part he wato act.

Accon. ingly, the eldest of the ladies, who, i spite of her age, probably thojght herstl the prettiest of the whole party, and whr curiosity was particulaily excited, af his jExcellency had passed through th-suite of coolly inquirexl what im-been the: object of his examinatio.i 1 Madam replied the Interpreter, I iby not inform 4 I wish know, Sir Indeed, Maa, it 1 st cinity and it was unanimously resolved that they would not. At this meeting, and before entering on that business, the questien was discussed, whether thev would receive the Christian religion, or adliere to thit of their fathers. On this subject, the Indians were divided into two parties, and the debate, which lasted four days, was, conducted with much warmth and ingenuity. At the head of the Christian -party, were young King, Pollard.

Little. and others; and the pajran party, as they were called, were suppoi ted by Red Jacket, Little Beard, Capt. Strong, and a. few other Chiefs of note among them, On one side it was earnestly corrtended, that the time had come, when the Indj-ans must lay aside their character of the wild men of the woods, and endeavour to assume the manners, and profit by the artsvand improvements of civilized nnHVtlint tho snrpst meane-nf nrcnIno them tor that change, they should ac 1 A cept the charitable offers of the white men, to give them instructors for their children and should embrace the Christian Religion which Would teach them how to live in this and open tto their departing spirits a better country beyond the grave. the other side, Red Jacket, the melt 'distinguished orator of the "Six Na tions, employed all his powers of persua sion to awaken the national pride and honor of the Indians.

He recalled-to their minds the former glorv of these na-tions, when their name carried terror wherever it was heard when the Great Spirit was pleased with their conduct and their worship, and smiled on their land. He charged all their sufferings, and the decline oftht-ir nation, to their intercourse with the white men, andjbe adoption of their manners- and declared, that the Spirit, offended at their desertion of their fathers' worship, had left them to dwindle into insignificance, that shortly the name of their nation would be unknown. And he exhorted them not to intermix with the white people, nor to encourage their coming, among them but to continue on the lands which the Great Spirit had given to their forefathers, and endeavour to revive among themselves, that spirit which uVir follies had destroyed. The delegation from the Tuscarora Indians were in support of the Christian party. Tney urged to the council the advantages of education, industry and temperance and that these benefits would result" from a willing repeption of Christian religion, and from that alone That the settlement of the country, and the loss of their hunting grounds, no longer (left them any hopes of retaining their ancient manners and character, and that they must either retreat to the western woods, or adopt the religion and customs of their white brethren neighbors.

-The debates were conducted with great animation and with a spirit of der termined At lenpth council brokeTup, without coajbg "to any the..