The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-14 00:00:00

LATE FROM SOUTH AMERpt.

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'f he schooner Argon.aut,, Capt. Etchbergner, from the
Spanish Main, 18 .days out, pat into-Wilmington, N. C.
:a distress on the Slat ult. Passengers. Mr. James D.
Bowie, Mi. Samuel F. Thompson, awl James L. Roberts,
Captain, and Silas Richards, mate of the schooner, Ben
Alarn.
[he Editor of the Cape Fear Recorder is indebted to
the politeness of Mr. Bowie and Mr. ThOmpson, for the
:elation of some interesting occurrences, mercantile and
political.
The schooner Ben Akan, of New York, Capt. Ro-
berts, was seized in Chagres, by the commandant of the
castle, aided by a Danish Captain, then in port, on the 11th
October last, on suspicion of smuggling, and immediately
•ondemned, without any opportunity having been afforded,
ther to the Captain or the Supercargo to defend himself,
'y being both under arrest on hoard the schooner, during
proceedings. The trade of the United States, in Pa-
t, is represented to be in a most exposed and defence-
•tuation. There is not any United States Consul in
la, nor is there any United State•' ship of war near
lst. The consequence is, that our flag is not re-
while that of Great Britain floats proudly in the
I beckons protection to all her subjects. A British
•r is stationed on the coast, awl is relieved every

s and government of Colombia, are yet in an
7, in consequence of the scarcity of money ;
nflicting opinions, relative to the President
who is becoming very unpopular. This
I chieftain, by disclosing views of selfish
v endeavouring to prevail upon the people
;tution of Boliassr has tarnished the glory
He is aiming to form a convention, into
T to introduce his Generals and others,
1 dupes, in order to establish arbitrary

ed, that he has a powerful opponent
nd another in Pace, both of whom
'r. The offices are mostly filled

ng off the coast of Colombia.
,mmanded by Padilla, into pm

The Colombian fleet remain at .Carthagena, entirely dis-
mantled, for want of money to fit them out for service.
(Extract of a letter, dated Matanzas, Jan. 30, to the Editor
of the New York Daily Advertiser.)

" The U.S. ship Erie. is at this place. She left Pensa-
cola in great haste on the 10th instant for Key West, hav-
ing heard that a slave ship had run on shore there. On
her reaching. that port on the 21st, it proved that the
slaver had been closely pursued by an English sloop of
war, and finding she had no other resource, ran for
the Florida Reef. She had '7OO slaves on board, and
a large quantity of gold dust and ivory. All the slaves
with the gold dust were saved. The wreckers brought
them to the Key and delivered them to the collector, who,
having no way to secure diem, allowed them to rove around
the island. On the night of the 20th, the captain of the
slave ship took 400 of them, and all his gold dust, on board
a vessel, that was lying there, and sailed for Havannah. He
arrived safely the following morning, and that day put
his slaves in market and sold them. The remaining 300 are
to be sent for. They are men, women, and children;
some families consisting of father, mother, brothers, and
sisters, entirely naked, with the exception of a small piece
of blanket tied around their waist.

They have the appearance of wild men.—When you
approach, they walk off as if afraid; but no person
can converse with them, not being acquainted with their
language. The island is a perfect barren of white sand."
—Daily Advertiser.
(From the New York Statesman, Feb. 11.)

OUTRAGEOUS PIRACY.-Captain Roberts and Mr.
Kellogg., 'supercargo of the schooner Ben .Alasn, arrived
here on Saturday, having made their escape from Panama
at the risk of their lives. Their account of the transaction
is, that they arrived off the harbour of Chagres, in October
last, where they disposed of a part of their cargo, paid all
the duties and port charges, and after clearing the schooner
and being ready for sea, (with the exception of taking
in a little ballast which they had contracted for and ex-
pected on board immediately,) they were hoarded
by an officer and twenty-five men. The officers and
crew of the schooner were confined below and extremely
ill treated ;' the schooner taken into the port, where she
was, with the cargo, condemned, and the Captain and Su-
percargo condemned to six years' labour on the public
works, and all without their being brought before any tri-
bunal ofjustice, or allowed a hearing, and they are left, at
this moment, entirely in the dark, not knowing what they
were accused of, and utterly ignorant of having done any
thing contrary to the laws of Colombia. As the transac-
tion has been represented to our Government, it is hoped
steps will be `immediately taken to inquire into it.
CULTURE OF Tosacco.---Governor Clinton, in his late
message, recommended the culture of Tobacco, as being
likely to thrive in our soil, and to yield a profitable return
to the agriculturist. We perceive in the Rochester Tele-
graph, a communication from N. Rochester, stating that
from an experiment made by him last summer, he is satis-
fiedthat it is a more productive crop than any now raised
in the western counties of this state. Mr. Rochester says
that he has been acquainted with its culture for sixty years,
and has raised it in Virginia, North Carolina, and Mary-
land ; but that the plants which grew in his garden last
year, were the largest and most luxuriant that he had ever
seen.

FLORIDA ORANCk—A cargo of oranges from our
newly acquired territory of Florida, arrived at Baltimore
last week. The full size and fine flavour of those which
have fallen under our notice, says the editor of the Balti-
more American, will convince the most sceptical that an
extension of their cultivation is alone necessary to render
us independent on other countries for our supplies of this
delightful tropical fruit.
MOBILE, JAN. 26.--7—CorroN.—The market has been
brisk during this week, and prices have ranged the same as
last week 7a 9 cts. Received this week 4,170 bales.
Previously 16,505. Total this season, 20,675. Some
period last year 19,358.—Freights.—To Liverpool, Cot-
ton id. ; Havre, lie. ; New York, lc.
The crop of sugar in Louisiana has this year been very
abundant. It is estimated at 60,000 hli,ls—some say
more. The molasses will of course be 30,000 hhds.

Dr. Howe has in his possession the helmet of Lord
Byron. It is surmounted with a crest and plume; and on
a plate in front, the arms of the Byrons are attached in em-
bossed silver. It was given by Byron, just before his death,
to a young Greek who was in his family. The latter
perished in an expedition. The sword belonging formerly
to Lord Byron, is also in Dr. Howe's custody. Mr. Miller,
to whom it now belongs, purchased it at auction. Mr.
Stuyvesant and Dr. Howe have brought with them two
Greek boys, in their native costume. They are very
lively and intelligent. Their mothers gave them to the
gentlemen above mentioned.—Commercial.

A grand Fox hunt took place on Tuesday- week at
Greensburg, Penn. It is thought there were upwards of
two thousand persons on the ground. Twenty-five
foxes, with several pheasants and rabbits, were taken.
The Louisville paper of Jan. 29, states that the river
had fallen very fast, and is again so low that the steam-
boats do not cross the falls.

A duel was fought at New Orleans on the 29th ult. be-
tween a Mr. Faux and Judge Leonard, in which the former
was killed on the spot.
The 'Belvidere Apollo mentions that at the late Term
of the Oyer and Terminer, held in Easton, Conrad Cocher,
a wealthy, and heretofore respected farmer, was
sentenced to imprisonment for six months, and to pay a
fine of 50 dollars, for forcing by threats and stripes his
servant girl to swear falsely.

THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR.
BY J. V. DOUVILLE,
PROFESSOR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE,
No. 1, Soho-square, near the Bazaar; and 2, Lawrence-lane,
Cheapside, London, 1827.