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th" Ohio, to taVe his trial in the state of
\ irginia, where he resided, and where
all the substantial testimony which will
fix illegal intentions upon him is to be
found, rids, however, is here consi
dered as a most flagrant outrage,because
nis wife and children are here, and here
it is alledged, he ought to be tried, al
though a prosecution against him carri
ed on here must of necessity terminate
in an idle parade.
Floyd and Ralston, on the other hand,
wished to be tried in Kentucky and In
diana, for there they live—but as the
evidence of their intention is to be found
here in the testimony ol Doctor Carmi
chael, they have been committed for
trial in the Missisippi territory, before
a court to be summoned specially bv the
governor—ind which will, it is bciliev- ,
cd, have lull jurisdiction under the act
ol Congress.
All of those gentlemen have been re
leased from confinement by a writ of
Habeas Corpus, and are now at large.”
On the 31st of last month, a severe
gale was experienced at New-York_
I hree ships and three schooners wen
driven ashore. One of the ships lost
tvvo of her masts. There was also an
extraordinary rise of the water, which
occasioned the filling of many cellars,
»nd damage to considerable property.
I he rise of the waters seems to have
been attended with fatal consequences
to the tribe of the rats. The N. York
account contains the following para
graphs :—
“ Amidst the bustle along the docks,
in securing vessels and getting out fen
ders, were seen hundreds with their dogs,
killing rats, which had been routed by
the hign tide.—Hardly a terrier in the
city was unemployed ; and we may safe
ly sav, tiiat not less than one thousand
rctt.9 were destroyed on the east side of
the town. I hough this remark about
rats may,by* some, lie considered unwor
thy of notice, it will be of use, if a pro
per use is made of it—that is, by remov
ing the carcases of those animals before
the sun operates upon thc*m.
During the height of the gale, several
flocks of wild geese passed oVt-r the* city,
from the sea shore—whence they* no
doubt had been driven by* the severity
of the storm.
It is also remark able, that many* robins
lodged in the rigging of the vessels at
our docks, some of which were driven
ky the wind with such velocity against
the masts and spars of vessels, that they
fell down dt*d.”
Our letters from London say, <l The
British government were called upon by
the people, to take more efficient and
energetic measures to counteract the
French blockading decree ; and that it
was in contemplation to declare all the
French islands in a state of blockade.' ’
[Boston paper.]
General Miranda.— By a gentleman
just arrived in this city from Trinidad,
and whose information is entitled to the
fullest credit, from his personal and par
ticular acquaintance with the officers
and other principal persons attached to
the late expedition of Miranda, we have
the following information : That gener
al Mi ran la was at Trinidad when our
informant left there—and that he was
iw cApeeuiuon ox receiving a rein
forcement of between 8 and 10,000 men
from England, under the orders of gen
eral Tucker, and which are said to have
sailed, buthad been detained by adverse
winds ; that on the arrival of these
troops Miranda would immediately un
dertake a second expedition against the
Spanish dominions of South America—
and that it was the concurrent opinion,
ot those qualified to form a correct one,
that with this respectable force tire gen.
would be able to crown his enterprise
with complete & speedy success. Mir
anda had been appointed to the rank of
major-general by the English govern
ment. The failure of his late attempt
to liberate his countrymen from Span
ish oppression in that part of the world,
was attributed wholly to the smallness
of the forces with which it was attempt
ed, as they did not altogether amount
to 300 men. Great numbers ofth^ na
tives, and those friendly to his project,
had frequently joined the standard ot
Miranda, but could not be induced to
continue their fjdelity as they could feel
no certainty of protection from such a
handlul ol men, against the troops and
threatened vengeance of the Spanish
government.
[A. T. Morn. Chian.
[ rhe following extract from Gass’s
Journal, now publishing in this place,
has been rrc ived from the publisher, in
the expectation that it would furnish a
useful hint to Farmers, whose stock of
prove ndi r may have been exhaust cl
during the late inclement and protracted
winter. The extract was takefc at the
Mandan villages, 1610 miles above the
mouth of the Missouri, and about seven
degrees further north than the latitude
of Pittsburgh.] [Pittsb. Gaz.]
“ 1 his day I discovered how the In
dians keep their horses during the win
ter. In the day time they are permit
ted to run out and gather what thev can ;
and at night are brought into the lodges
with the natives themselves, and led
upon cotton wood branches ; and in this
wav are kept in tolerable case.”
NOTICE ™"" "
Is hereby given to the Aldermen and
Common Council-men of the town of
Wheeling, that a Common Council will
he held at the house of Mr. George
Knox, on Friday the 17th inst. at four
o clock in the afternoon. I3v direction
of the Mayor, Recorder and two Aider
men, MOSES CHAPUNE.
April 15, 1807.
1 HI', Subscriber, during a long and
changing lile, having observed that the
most decent and sober travellers wish
to he accommodated at respectable and
sober houses, which are not disturbed
by the noise of a bar room and drinking
people, proposes to open a house and
stable, &c. for that purpose, and for
boarding, & trading in country produce,
on the first day of May next, in Charles
town, Brooke county, Virginia. The
house is that now kept by Mr. Hender
son, situated on Front street, the sign
of the spread eagle, consisting of a store
and seven other rooms, with a cellar un
der the whole. Fhe Subscriber will al
ways have several lots. The interest of .*
sober travellers will be decently attended
to : and as he hath lived several years in
the territories of Louisiana and Missis
sippi, those acquainted only with the
I* rench language may find a person with
whom they can converse.
ANDREW WILSON,
r^h April, 18or.
N. If. The store room and half of thd"
large cellarmay he rented by the month. .
F O R S A T. E,
Or to be Leafed,
A PLAN 1 A 1 iON m Ohio county,,
Virginia, adjoining Benjamin M4Ma
hon, containing 281 acres—ou which
th re is a snug hot: e, and about 6 or &
acr s <>f cl.ared lanl under good fence* .
Inquire of
I D. CASS AT. .
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