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By the accounts from Colombia in another part of one
paper, it will he seen that the insurrection in that country
la not of so serious a nature as has been imagined. It is
not :an attempt to partition the territories of the Republic,
• but merely to introduce a federative system into Colombia,
far as regards Venezuela. The following facts, derived
from an unquestionable source, may tend to diminish the
gloom which has upon Colombian alfalfa, as it
•shewc that the Government is disposed in every respect to
a.t upon the most liberal principles.

Government of Colombia, believing it more advantageous
the Republic to open the navigation of its rivers and coasts, us
well on the Atlantic as on the Pacific, to the pursuits of individual
enterprise, has resolved not to grant any exclusive privileges there-
in ; and has instructed its Ministers to foreign nations to encou.
rage the formation of companies for the navigation of those rivers
a•id coasts. with a promise of the protection of that Government to
5,...ch schemes. The privilegefor the navigation of the river Ori-
nok-o, granted to Colonel Hamilton. of London, has been revoked,
and the navigation of that great river now invites the enterprise of
foreign capitalists to a country of gre,t extent and value. The
r:gi,t of navigating unmolested, and with the sanction of the Co-
lombian Government, the extensive rivers of that portion of the
globe, and the great commuce to which such a right must TWO'S'
sully lead, are subjects of congratulation to the merchants of this
and other countries, ■nd a new proof of the liberal spirit which is
sir iy expanding itself in the South AllitriCall Itqubhcs."
•

The affairs of Colombia have now assumed a character
which again renders them highly interesting, and the
holders of Colombian Bonds must look for some time with
•considerable anxiety to the news which may he expected
from that quarter. The revolt of General Pa z, though it
:does not tend precisely to the overthrow of the present Go-
vernment, is likely, notwithstanding, to occasion distur-
ba:ices which may be productive of very considerable dan-
ger, and will render impracticable all those plans which
But 1% Al: is supposed to have formed for assisting the
Buenos Ayreans against their Brazilian enemies. It
is now a considerable time since we ina.rted in the
/1,,t,,/, Press an article, in which we endeavoured to shew
that the same causes which had produced international dis-
plaes in Europe, would produce the same effects in the
Western hemisphere. While America had only to con-
tend with one enemy, she continued united, and directed
aU her efforts against the great oldect of her kalousy ; but
►ince that enemy has ceased to annoy her, since common
danger no longer united the different States in a COIIIIIIOII
league, the snore immediate interests of the separate Go-
sernMents have naturally developed themselves, and have
produced that culli•ion which we anticipated among the dif-
ferent members of the American family. It is thus that the
sarious portions of Colombia have continued united hitherto,
without attempting to separate ; but no sooner has the Spa-
nish power been completely overthrown in South America,
than the States which compose that Republic .begin to
perceive that they have other inWt'eats besides those which
induced them to combine against Spain ; and although
rivalship and private ambition have done much,'
ru doubt, in bringing about the late events in Venezuela,
we consider the whole of the ciroirostances to be convinc-
ing proofs of the accuracy of our views, with regard to the
Probability of disputes about to take place in South Ame-
rica. At the same time, the very reaming Which led us
form that opinion, must tend in a great degree to allay

the alarm which might be excited bY any such distur-
bances. These events are not of a nature to produce any
of those extensive revolutions in the state of these
nations, to which we have been accustomed daring the
last forty years. Their contests will now subside into
a species of warfare similar to that which was usual in
Europe before the French Revolution, which generally ter-
minated by leaving both parties equally enfeebled, and was
productive of no result greater than the exchange of one
petty district for another, or a slight extension, perhaps, of
territory on the one side of a disputed frontier. The con-
test inColombia is domestic, and seems to have for its object
rather the introduction of a federative system of govern-
ment than the distnem berment of the Colombian territories.
The chief features of the dispute are not extremely dif-

,ferent from those which hare distinguished. the contest
about Monte Video. In both cases the question is, whether
a particular district shall continue under one Government,
or he separated from it; and the causes of both are the
some—the contending interests of large districts, which
make them inclined to place themselves in a situation to
maintain their particular interests, without being also-
dated with and influenced by other States, possessing
other interests. In this state of things, u in all great
changes, after the main objects have been accomplished,
there are a variety of little points to be adjusted—a certain
balance of advantages and disadvantages to be fixed—some-
thing to be accomplished, similar to those drainings which
it is necessary to make, in order to carry off the water
lodged in separate hollows after a flood—before things can
be red to a tranquil and unembamisser! course ; and
this may occasion trifling disputes, which may turn
out o sitlerable length, but not of a nature to produce
extensive iischief. The Republic of Colombia, as is
obvious fr the statement which we published lately, is
by no means in so flourishing a condition as some have
fancied. Extravagant ideas have been entertained con-
cerning the prosperity of the South American States, and
it is likely that facts will be necessary to correct these ideas;
but a steady and sober view of their situation will tend
as much to allay the eroundless alarms entertained on the
subject, as it will be sure to dispel all romantic notions
concerning their unfsounsfol affluence.

We have received files of American Papers to the 9th of
June, from which we have m/le severs: extgacta :—•
% NEW Voa4, JUNE 3.
Fn on [JAVAN NAH.—The ship arrived yesterday in 12
Allicd
days from Havannah.Captain Zuill i ems us that the Spanish
frigate Cassandra arrived there on the Bth inst. from St. Jagd de
Cuba, with the munitions of war taken from the 74, lately arrived
at the latter place from Cadiz. She was to join the squadron again.
It was confidently reported that the Beet would then proceed to
Carthagena, for the purpose of blockading that port. They wire
Provisioned for a ten months cruise, and it was presumed their
force was sufficient to effect that object.
All was tranquil at Havannah, no fears whatever being enter.
tinned of the Colombians, or of a revolution of any kind.
Sugars were coming in plentifully, the crop having been very
large and fine. It was supposed large quantities would lay over
the summer, on account of the difficulty of negotiating bills and
the consequent scarcity of money. Confidence in bills being In a
great measure lost, rendered business very dull. The markets were
overtuocked with all kinds of American produce.
Havannah was uncommonly healthy, not a case of yellow fever
having occurred among the shipping for the previous six months.
The passergers in the Alfred state that no barges c weedby the Collector of Havannahwere cruising against the Ame-
ricans, nor were there any accounts of piratical depredati having
j,
been lately committed on the coast of Cuba.
Kingston (Jamaica) papers have been received at Baltimore to
the 12. h of May. Advice's had been received at Kingston from
Carthagens. stating that distress prevailed at that place. The
Spanish squadron which had bean concentrating at St. Jago de
Cuba, was expected momently at Kingston. ..
NEW YORE Jews 5

Chili advices to the Ist of March were reCeit:ietlatßltinore—on
Thursday, by the ship Geoeral Hand, Willi Jaya, from Valparaiso.
The courtly was generally tranquil, and no event of political im-
portance had titian place since the capture of Chant and its annex-
ation to the republic. The accounts respecting the markets on the
coast of the Pat•ific were confirmatory of those already received, and
the little doing in commercial matters is attributed to the influx of
American and British shipping.
The Cahawba Pieta of the 13.11 ult. gives the following partici,-
bra of the destruction by fire of the steam-boat Alabama:—While
lying at Vernon, Antauga county, this vessel caught lire on Mon-
day last, before day, and burnt to the water's edge. The progress
of the flames was so rapid, and the apprehension of a quantity of
gunpowder on board so great, that the passengers and most of her
crew retreated is the shore with precipiration, without saving any
thing of consequence. The explosion gave, it is true, facility to
the fire, but cannot be considered as preventing its extinguishment;
the fore part of the boat being a sheet of Hanle when the disaster
was discovered. A negro fireman perished on board. The freight
for Vernon had been landed. The goods destroyed are estimated
at nine thousand dollars; and we have not heard whether an in-
surance bad been effected on them or on the boat. The fire is sup_
posed to have been accidentally communicated from the furnace to
•he adjoining timbers. The Alabaina alas a fine stout vessel, built
last winter for the express purpose of navigating our river ; and
owned by John Duncan, jun. of Mobile, the Messts. Guff, near
Selma, and the master, Captain Hayden.
The Roxburgh Castle, China ship, Captain Denny, width ar-
rived at Quebec on the Uth instant, when six weeks out on her coy-
age from Plymouth to Canton, in July last, about three degrees
from the Line, fell in with a large French slave schooner, l'Elean-
ore, having nearly 150 slaves on board. The poor creatures shut
up in the hold with the hatches closed were manacled two by two,
and the scene they presented to the officers of the Roxburgh Castle
when on hoard, is related, says the Quebec Gazette, as the most
heart-rentting and offensive. lite schooner carried four guns ; her
complement of men had been reduced by sickness to ten, and it was
with a view of obtaining medical assistance that her cargo became
known on board of the Roxburgh Castle. The Ebanote was car-
ried by Captain Denny into Sierra Leone. One of the abuses, a
boy, managed to conceal himself in the Roxburgh Castle, and is now
on board.

MONTREAL. MAY 27.
SINGULAR.—OR Thursday last as the meant-boat Hercules was
coining into this harbour, having the brig Anie:hyst and three
schooners laden with tea. iii tow, the brig tired a gun, opposite the
Masonic Hotel, upon which, the body of Mr. laanoine's son, who
was drowned on Friday last, suddenly rose to the surface and
floated likes piece of wood, until it was taken up and carried to the
distressed parents. We have frequently before heard, that when a
gun is discharged immediately over the place where a drowned
body was lying, that it produced the effect above mentioned,
but we cannot account for the absolute cause, although we have
been told of many reasons why it is so.
Picts' vs.—The schooner Colonel George, Armstead, arrived
at Charleston on the 30th ult. in four days from Alatanzas.
Several pirates were to windward of Matanzas. The boats of the
United States schooner Grampus has gone in pursuit of them.
Funat NASSAU.—An arrival at Baltimore brings Nassau papers
to the 20th ult. One of the 13111 contains the following:—fly an
arrival from Key West, we learn that all Bahama vessels have been
ordered ofd' from the coast of Florida, and will not be pemlitted in
tuture to fish or turtle there. This order was promulgated by it•
Revenue vessel that had arrived from the Northward—:a. A ugus.
tine or Charleston; and it was said to be in consequence of this port
having been closed against American trade, which wisameasure, so
far as we 4now, st• 11 continues in 4itee ; the good effects of which
will not be seen until the meeting tif the Legislature, towards the
end of the year, when the Treatturer's account of the year's reve-
nue is seen ; and when, probably, it may be found again neces-
sary to lay a tax on colonial salaries, in which cue the Custom.
house will have the laugh against the former, as no tax can be
laid on the latter, who are authorised to help themselves first out
of the revenue.

31AX ll:mission OF SLAVES.—The Society of Friends in North
Carolina, at their annual meeting in autumn last, formed an agree-
ment to liberate and send out-of the COUtal y all the slaves in their
pessessinn who might wish to accept of freedom on the condition of
leaving the States. Since that time the project has been pursued
with such industry, that arrangements have already been made for
the manuniksion and removal of about 540 persons. These will
leave behind them, in the hands of the Society, only a few indivi-
duals whale feelings bind them to the country in which their hus-
band., wives, or children, are owned by masters that no induce.
ments they can otter will prevail upon them to Nell.
One hundred and twenty are about to embark for Hayti in a
vessel from Baltimore; 316 are going to the colony in Africa;
and about 100 in waggons to 011iJ or Indiana, all at the expense
of the Society.
Beside these. the Society have already sent 64 coloured persons
to (limbo, and to to Africa.
• Baanrx.—The situation of Brazil at the present moment is,
on several account., very singular, and, we imagine, no less cri-
tical. Dimly holding out, at 31ontevideo, the defence of a fortress
winch is the loot point she poss. saes in the cunt province she has so
lately lost; her floes, which wan her chief dependence, not only
disgraced, but thrtaiened with defeat by the expected Chills!)
squadron; her extensive western frontier entirely open to the en-
trance of republican form, a large part of her population disgusted
with the Empero►, and excited by the examples around them?
showing symptoms of rebellion occasionally, and apparently wait-
ing with anxiety for some great revolutionary project, which there
is reason to presume will not be long in maturing—such is the