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undoubtedly chosen--and Y. expect one
more. Ibid.

undoubtedly chosen -,nd We expect one
more. l6z@
We have been favored by Mr.. LATRoBE
with aparticular account Of the accident at
the capitol on Monday. Its length with
the lateness of the hour, at which it was re-
ceived, and the interesting foreign news,
compel Us to defer its publication till our
next, excepting the beginning Of It which
follows:
On Monday the Vaultof the Court Room
in the North Wing of the Capitol fell down.
Several workmen, under the direction of
Mr.. 1oAn Lentha4, the clerk of the works,
were under the vault, lowering down that
part of the centre which still stood under /.
lust before it fell. "A loud crack gave
notice Of their danger, and all of them es-
capped out of the windows, or under the
adjoining vaults, excepting Mr.. JOINT
LENrHALL, who to Judge from the place
in which his body was found, wanted only
single step to have secured his retreas
also. But being under that part OF the arch,
the centre of which had been removed on
Friday he was suddenly buried under MAJ
ny tons Of bricks, and must have been in-
spontaneously deprived Of sensation and
life.
As all the butments Of this vault are stand
ing, without the smallest failure, it is not
easy satisfactorily to account For the sudden
falling of the work, Nsi. IateiEyencer.
The intelligence, which we this day pub
Iish, is glorious to the arms of Spain, and
grateful to every real patriot throughout the
world. In the bloody battle, which preceded
the surrender Of the French army, fuiI re-
futation is given, of the Infamous SANDER,
which, to the dishonor Of our country, has
been uttered here, by the advocates of IRE sch
despotism, that g tie Shdn:ards yvouid noe
5ear tie smell Of Gunhozuder,--and, We are
much mistaken, if this unworthy sentiment
is not brought much more feelns'y home to
It's author.
Let those Americans, who remember the
events Of our own struggle, recollect the IN
fuence Of the Battle of Trenton, and the cap
ture OF single brigade of Hessians, cn the
public mind, and they will form more corr
rect idea Of the effect produced, by the defeat
and surrender of the French army on the
cause of the Spanish Patriots. than is 10 bs
derlvsa ss~-n Frenchi6ed opinions. snd sland-
ers against that gaIaH. r.opie, conveyed thro'
the chanaels Of newspapers, es:--A.t men,
who were unknown to our Revolution and ut.
tor strangers to IFS suffcrings or its triumpns'
In the surrender, at discretion, OF SIXTEEN
THOUSAND SEWN HUNDRED AND PITY, OF
the best Troops of France, who are to remain
Prisoners OF WARMTH the additional Con-
vcntion, that every French Soldier, from the
Sierra Moreno to the Sea, shall immedlate-
y embark for France, blow has been given
| the Military Power of Nap leon. ia" sur
psssiag in presen. effect, and eventual con.e-
quencc, all the reverses he has heretofore
suffered.
After the tr.nslations BY the Mail from
Nsw-York were in type we received the
Extra Chronicle of Gibraltar, Of the 2sth OF
JuIy--as the differeno in translation were
unessential, We have given the Official Dis.
patches from the New-York Evening Post.
in addition to them, our readers will find o.
Their interesting matter, uader the head OF
our Private Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA Register.