christian states and the abolition of in- v ti and hid nearly tvaejuel thebtfach onhis return on board ship tlw turfewh imr guard amon v hm hi s l inccncd al the pros- cri of not being pcyuitted to iiiduu- an lurth r hi their actwtomed and m- humin aftfeicities conferred with each other whether ihej should not take summary vengeance on our gallant chief j our party decided on his being immediately icimitered another more modmt suggested thai suchcondud xrould undoubtedly bring down the just vengeance of entire kurupe on their devoted heads ird eimouth was however happily able to take leave of fhi sanguinary council with his head iii its right dace 0 o notice to the ladies how happy was the age of fimplieity qrhcn the gaudy decoration of tinfel ornaments was unknown and the fluttering robes of the modern fair lacy pav place to the more fubftantial and comfortable protection of woollen gar ments comfwt and convenience then fsorjhted the fafhion of the fex how canei the times hue tempora i hue rrorcs mifguided fair ones how pity weeu- at the miftries of folly vanity and prirfe witkt ut a futficiency of cltfthnig to prtcft them from the feverity of the winters cold they thoughtlessly expofc thenirelves to the keen icebolts of the northern blafts what k the confequence the tempera- 1 ttfre of he body is dirrimfhcd and the en culntion languijhes from the defect of ftitrudus what follows chilled and benumbed with cold they as indiferretly ruili to die heated room and blazing five to recover the loft temperature here xte the mifchtcf here the evil com mence the diminuation of tempera- tuue has incrcafed the fenfiabflity and excitability of the fvftcrn to the reap- plication of heat the veitels of the lungs on which this ftimulus more m- tned lately operates are fuddenly excited into febrile aion catarrh or pneumo nia in produced debility enfues con fumuuon fellows and death doles the fcene so the glittering butterfly cvhieh lately fluticred in the fummer breeze ere winter is ended re beneath the culd fod of the valley shjl i mention the pernicious cuftom of vrwtring co the destroyers of heath ad rhc deformera or beauty en te firplicitf of tall e is corruped and beauty and elegance mud be facri- ficed at the fhrinc of fafhion a chert perhaps by the hand of uatuie formed loo fmall for flu lungs which it contains muft le it i farther ftraiuncd and con fined i bu the wooden pallildes of corfu the free cxpanfion of the hina is prevented the blood i impeded fri it circulation through them con geliion takes place rupture of the blond veflcls follows hxmoptofis or fpittiog of blood is prod oeedi and phthific pul- rrtorrlij if he coufequenee fiom the combined influence of the foregoing caufes the fatality fiom this difcafc may he readily accounted for if a greater proportion of females frli vjclim to it fi e consumption is it not hecauie toting fight more than men of itn primary purpoie they regulate their drefs folely by fartallic ideas of elegance if happily our regret fhould recall the age of chivalryi to break the fpell of fnfhion would he an achievement w rtlty tine moll gallant of our future knitjht common fenfe ha3 always failed fn the adventure and our ladies are til compelled whenever the enchantrefa waves her wand to expofe hemfelee half undrelted to the fogs oiid froos of ur land little is to be expected from gra tuitous admonition being indifferent to cenfurc or applaufe your admiier ladies give you the advice which prudence fhould teach you to receive ird your coriets fling them into the lire and health will rejoice at the conflagration go warmly clothed protect your feet from wet and avoid a fudden transition from the cold air to a heated room tranfhtion of a letter from the china captain at tringgana addrefled in chinefc to mjor farqihar refident of malacca in confequenee of his hav ing forwarded to the writer a book of chinefc new jtllaments and trats in theclofe of 1814 the ruler of the vile country 1 tringgonat whofe surname is chang and his name shing heen prtlentu this letter up to the throne 2 of the exalted king of the pearl nation refpefully com menctng i was a fliort time ago gra- ciuufly favoured with the receipt of a bovk of faercd books and a letter 3 valuable a the gems i bow the head wrfhip and read and according to or x have divided the book and present ed them to the multitude to deliver to their children and friend that all may diligently read the claffie of the virtu j9 fegcfc i daya of old the pinnace of shungfrng 4 in the adored middle natif n china 5 produced the virt or o ll- o u and hfiy fage confucious who taught to read the ancient clafcca bo ard delivered them down to ten thoufand generations during a former dynasty viz that of sung appeared the great literary character called choofuq tic who para rhra fed the faid books put i knew not before that the nations without fide 5 had virtuous fages who could make moral books to be handed down to myrids of age9 to exhort the people to reform their evils and return to goodncf fuch merit and virtue arc inexauftible the bird hung 6 being at hand i purpofely adorn this inch let ter and refpeftfuliy offer it up to the ru ler of the nation to examine it hi- humble fuhject captain chang- shing been bows and pays his reiprs notes 1 it is the cull m in chnefe cor- refprnence and in polite cotive to life fome ierm that denotes roeannefs or rather expreffes a high degree of hu miliv when a man hzi oecafion to peak or write of himlelf his parents hit children his houfe and country and on the cofitrarv to beftow fome honors- ble epithet on all that belong to anoth er even his dog- and poultry are honor- able while thofe of the waiter or fpeak- er are mean and vile z literally the the drains feat a term given to the throne of the emperor i 3 chine fe later addrefled to him by a friend to the prcpoga of the go i pel j 4 in chinefe books ii i commonly called loo kvjoh hat is the kingdom of loa the chief theatre m the actions of the great chinefe philoiopher 5 the chinefc being generally ex tremely ignorant of geography call thir own fcunrry the rmadtt nctivrts and confid ull the world befidesaa its fub- urbs only bcice the term out fide ffung this phrafe reivs to a owned by col abel chapin c this town having looked into ac- c unta of cattle reared in england re perhaps a much attention has been paid to melioration of the breed as in any other we find that the county of durham in the north of england has been much famed for a breed of homed cattle and many q them have been remarkable for fat and great weight the following is copied from an englifh writer the celebrated durham ok was bred by mr charles collins of kellon in the vear 1 79 hi form was in every refpeft neatly perfect and as he fhowed an erly difpolition to take on fat great attention was paid to him t five years old he wa9 deemed fo furprifino an anirta that he was pur- chafed to be exhibited a a fhew for i40u fterin an foon atcr 20c0i tfrlinji w- offered for him he was killed in 1807 ami notwithstanding his being carried fo much about for exhihi- tion yet he weighed upwards of 186 lone ijjbs to the itonc equal to 2604 pounds on thurfday laft col chapira atgeil ok m and bin mate magnus were weighed lure on the foot in the pteftnee of feveral hundred rpeator the weight of the foimer wa- 2716 iba of the latter 2240 both were calved in the iprrng cf he year isti moximua weighed 121 lbs at his bivth neither of tfma has been fed with ned until february itit6 fince which four quart only have b given to each per dy should ths owner continue to keep the largcil or under his rwn care arei managements he j has not y r conte to bin full growth h will probably mhin 2 years from ibiaj tine exced in treight of hevf hide and tallow thecelcbi tec durham ox col chaoin i a judicous former and an expertetred feeder few if arrv m mr mrsrll mr gvey m sfivrnsml mr colls jn5ww il naidfvi iioloririom- going so join their thips untn ut- luk irere the kiit honorable the bail of dulhousie ht was uxwiy ajipntcri flvcmor and ofrt- maadertn chief of the province of nova seo iii pnea out with his suit o lhiiifu in the forth 10 sir john louis hart whirls fhip i- nt spirheaih waiting hiy lordihiji arrival man scoiaad the lorrh w ill go from halifax to llit newfouadluudaiaiiou london auguft 2o the north of scotland has been the fcene of one of ihofe awful and tremen- duoua vifitations an earthquake it wa felt a little before eleven at night lall tuefday in an angular direction exten ding as far as we have yet received ac counts from invernefs through foires to aberdeen and thence to perth flight- f lv at giagow and more flight t ed- gft tfl inburgh ad leiih iprolperity which awaits you under hi paternal government be aflured of the deepinrertft which 1 hall ever take in the fate of gtadaloupe and of the good wifhes i entertain for it i profperity signed james leitr beffeierre 24th july 1816 auguft 10 on tuefday lad it was propofed and agreed to in the houfe of attembly that 4j 3000 fhould be the annual colonial falary of his excellency sir james lcirh g c b during liis adminiftotion of this government but upon being ap praifedofthi vote of theafiembly the governor with a liberality rarely to be met with handfomcly declined the ac4 ceptance of more than 2000 coq t m fuftained in this ifland as well as the un avoidable expenditure of public roonry which had taken plnce w ould uot admit fo ample a provifion for his excellencys mere were to fhock the accounts vary as to their j duration one from aberdeen fays itj laired fix feconjs from forres 20 ie- eondftl at lawtneft he coocaffion laft- eftawiftmcnt tht which had been e1 a minute it was red violent there j granted for that purple the church leeplc was much injured cliitnncys prectpituted into the itectb bdls rung and the wires broken a ed than our lg u batte h faid to be drivea into the moray l fetation thofc eat psronal cxertioaj frith we are convinced that thepnblic will feel much pleafure upon being acquaint- 1 lie duke of clarence it is report ed recovers very lowly from his late alaiming indffpulitiun a quarrel attended with bloodfhed has broken out between the pruflkni and ulli ran- at metz by the pru- dencc howi ver of the cornmandiug of fiee on both lides order was at length rcsored- london aug 24 the accounts received this morning relative to bis royal hlghnefe the prince regent are as favourable a pofiihle two of hi royal highnefis phyficiana iiave taken their leive caution on wednefday ftnigbt mr graves aged 21 landlord of the lamp tavc n buliflrect birmingham nnietook for a wrrgei of jj 20 to go at length he caught this bird and tied his letters t itg feet by which mans hia objeft was accomplihed hence rwhen the chincf- fend a utter thty scn eialiy fay fc this comes by a convenient bird 1 e favorable opportunity rxtrael of a tetter from a gentleman of the first refpeftahtiiiy in london to his frit nd in charleston 49 i take this opportunity of senag you a few reports which will give ynu fome iea of what i going 011 here and i think yon will fay with us that the nth report of the britifll and foreign bible fociety is the mod important re port ever made by any committee u that society flnurifhes more and more and the cormitte of which i am a member th yea have lately re ceived letters from kdlia which fpek of a great icvivu f rrligi u in that vail fempirr fincc the bible societies were formed there m religion fpreadi in th church of j england and 1 luppofe we have more than 2000 pfons mmiflers in the church 44 pious vounff men offer as miflion- no nkw8- the n01m1 cafollna observer says t m 1th hard iafw r that nifprp in these tinves cs bemad at ai lntu rsfios- since efonaparte havanihhi d ivotu ihe p liucatl rid there if no fiod for cttriou couiaicr wc d not mean to nu his sw ncc or t wish him back j 1 burrsuspi- efaafatf ibt ilk takensuch a nhiu in to his head- a r v gljr n u a world would tt ruo ji to mills and if in pou r aiy pear amunn ts c have no cj on 1 mghid talk und within 35 minutci of ilic time allowed he was unable to pro ceed zvy fur tlier he was imme diately conveyed to the handfworth ta vern and medical aid wts obtuined bnt to no effeft he died on thurfday tnor- the journal la drome puhiinco th- following ftatcrrent undir te head o valence dag- m they write from j maruillcs that the americana have boi- barxled algiers according o tlrde accounts lorjexiuoulb will hve jittle o do i rxie llu jciails f this e- which were ufed by colonel codd dur ing the late difturbunces have vted rhc fiim qf i oco fterliug for the pur- chafe of fuch articles of plate as may be acceptable to him and they have alfo directed that 200 guineas each be given to brigade major cruttenden and capt watt t be laid out as they think prop per as a token of the countrys appreci ation of their zealous ferviccs on rtiat oe cafion the thank of the houfe were like wife voted to colonel cndd and the regular troops under his command for rhofe unceafing duties which they fo wil lingly performed and alfo t cclond meyers and the royal regiment of mi litia a well as colonel belt and the chi iff church corps for their prompt coaperation with bismajellys forces by which tranquility wap f fpeedily rcllor- ci casion to eoinplninoniathig such bar- rcn columns q a whilp to be sun- mo eittf p- k up ifiae rraps from fur pc vrt and h n a marriage a cock fight rom 01 fnwuh grand affair but it ji u nncwer the peo ple are too njfuivorou- tiu must have blood foj nothing clsr will gira urwpapora in i aspect to hob us out of the rrapafr uedheficr is about petting a prrpctcal morion lo ork again 1 m uc hivr dissertati on and thcorli about spots i hft sun longevity the cewrj day mercies wf ought to be vatelul for c ortainly a nenspaprr v ild nt he wolh read ing orr not thce small triples sent to us as an otfvt fr european battles and such like ratter as bonaparte wus wont to make lor our politicians ii i v i 1 j i foreign the bilhops knowing that they are in- murder or a r riiai kablc instance of tended togc out as miflionaries 44 the other charity focietfes which have lately anfen are almoft without number and the money rat e is ira- menfe the amount ofthefubferiprions for the foldierft who fought and the fami lies of thofc who fell in the battle of waterloo i expected to reach half a million of money or near that fum in confequence of our immenfe trade during the late war land has rifen to very high rents and the peace ha low ered the piice of corn c which ha produced a great deal of uiftrefs among the farmers and perfons depending up on them for the prcfent but 1 fuppofc another year will bring matters to tneir accuilomed channel and our imrnenfe foreign poftefliions will furmfh trade for and enrich the mother country and while we can fpare fourteen millions deling annually to be applied as an accumulating fund in buying up our na tional debt i fuppofc we have not much to fear gods interpofition n favor of any nation was never more clearly manifeft- ed or more generally acknowledged than in his prefervation of old eng land through aconteft unequalled in the hiftoryof nations it appears by the letters which come to the bible and mis sionary commutes that the nations on the continent of europe in general as cribe their deliverance under god to the exertion and foccefl of england springfield mafs sept 5 in a late paper we made mention of an os of uoouimoa frzr bred gad from loudon papers to ihelxth jug received at tfoston london v- 19 extracl of a mir fron pun st maryv inar cadiz dated j ulj 26 the troops forming flic new expedition detined toaci a- gafnsl the inmu povinecs of amerira are dots 11 reah- nothing more i wanting orihim 10 iiil ntoiicy aiuuhijw 0 em bark in til rr to rv commaiideii by om- eial crdound iiin abisbai the ivhole armament conbimoftvij but tai ions of 800 or 1000 wen each vjzj one uattallion of lilt troops fouroftl line called expeditionary roop one belonging 10 the regiment of a- uirias anothrr of the kings regiment la plifteeh another ufsoria undone battalion of ughl troop bil lo the canaries rr- itlescmi-m- 6mrrll0 en are lo embark with a corresponding number of sapper ami pioneer ami frihfl wto 50 pieces of cannon two thousand li nwanied caatr are also to go oat and mine krietoa regiments to be fill ed up on arriving america it i evident rnm tbeexertiom l spanish oovcmmeui i now making tftal everj tbinisi be risked 011 ihioast foimidamrattemptjuall probubilit bound against ml lr ia i f the expedition nils saturday hrlrf bundanre vlrtboma siot t ouie 1 coionooider rail eillioin foimio ft jncbee loailidwiib naval sdorvsi f li dorkyarh at kington chain cables jufl ul a fnitj lltoiifand blocks were shipped om ojd hrrfrom iotmmoioh lockyard o r r- v cupl joan campbell r m kuhinhall naval storekeeper u aoa f lobio ft ft ccuatry are to me futc guarintf es of the i vent imrnediieiy hjgue jug 20 a report having bcn circulated by feveral oisvfpapcrs thai a great iu nbei of f reivn officers who had larry cmi- irntfdto the united states of arth s- j me lea itad been placed in the militaiy ifervice of that country we have received from an authentic iource a rcqucii fcri- oufly to contaiii5l this error and to add j for the be ti of all luch as may he iu- terelted in ii that ot one of the above mentioned foreign officers has obtauied any kind of fituation in the american lervice and all vacancies that may hap pen will be filled by native of the coun- j try and probably by officers lately diu charged west wdia intelligence brigetowh bar aug 3 upon refjgring the government of guadaluupe his excellency sir james lcith c c b addreffcd the inlmhit- ants of that ifland in the following proe iamation inhaluants of guadjoupc an infamous treafon hail removed you from the government of yonr legit imate fovereign perfidious chiefs and their accomplices had prepared the ruin of your colony a fecond time you were about to be reduced to the neecflity of fee kino an aflyhim among ftrangcre when that providence who watches over you defeated their projefts by grant- ino luccefs to the army under my orders which came to deliver you during my admtniltratinn every thing which could tend to your happinefs and tranquility lias conftantly been the ob- jer3 of my folwjitude- i have deemed it a duty to diftinguilh thofe among you who have given the greateft proof of tluir attachment to his mod chriftian majefly and i experienced the greateft fatisfaftfon rn having been able to unite the duty which i owe to my own give reigrn with all thofe fentimmt of ref- pcel which i have profcfted for hifl moil chriflfan majefty in quitting you derive much pleaf- trre in leaving the government of the col ony to his excellency count de lnrde- noig hu noble charaer his unboun ded attachment to the caufe of his fove rein lu- energetic conduft during the ian troubles which have agitated your i from the ohio trump of fame sir youraof the 29th nit- reqocs lino information refpffting the melan choly event which took place hereon the 2 1 ft came to hand rbis morning i was not an eye witnefi fir the em refling fcene bur have had a relation f t from rvera who were pre lent banding on the fhore and from others who had jult efcaped a watery grave on wtdnefday the 21ft of aignft about 3 oclock p m a beautiful frhr about 80 tons burthn was made ready fur launching mmher ot vn men and iadiea were invited to take feutj on the decks to which a rdrfiafde company acceeded the veftei went ff i a very handfome ftyle rode on her deitmed element with a kind of grand- cur pkafing to the friends of commerce and highly gratifying to cur wiftca fqj improvement after ihe ran ut rh ufud difiance fhe was brought up to the wharf and an additional numhei ofo tcrrcn with ihtfr wives and children went on to her deck making in the whole about 180 bid on board number of the young- mm went aloft fome at mallhead others i- the fltrotds- ihe was then hauled off a little diftinoe from the fhore znd there being no dan ger apprehended by the ge tcnien they began running fmm one fide to the oth er to put her in a rockinp iro nd here being no balldft in her hoh and fo a any aloft after chancing fides on her deck with a pretty mock nv tfnna few ti mea fhe capfized plunging from her decks about one hundred aid fifty men women and children into the water the fcreams of thofe who were notbu ncd in the water were pfercitiq thofc on the fhore flew to thei- rrhvf frveral good fwfmmers a6ted with the otmoft deliberation in faving number who were almou drowned several women and fome men went down a fecond or third time ami were fo far gone as to lofe all hopes of bring faved bnt wonderful to relate all were extricated but gxfonng tnen and one boy who were defbvd to rife no more until death had clofed the term of their mortal exiflance fiur younjj men were carried down near her fidechain in her rigging one leaped from her flirouds as fhe was tfoin over flruck on the keeel aid into the water and rofe no more the other two were plunged fom the deck- th vmi men were all promifing refperlable mfo their names are amos bchew j fli hart harvey cook john warn- william pratt sylvanus w keener roliin newel the day following he funeral was at tended bv the largeft aitemhlaeofpc pie ever before convened r this place a fermon t 19 delivered fiom thi p fagr 4 be yea alfo ready apprnp ate to the oecafion after fermon lf bodies were decently interred ah ferioua and feling attention was mm the oecafion tmt could be drfinhle jroart joseph badges