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UNITED STATES.
tn PROGRESS Of Girl LGhertu.


ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 1.-THE five ordi-
nances of General Jackson, which were only
rece.' I'd at St. Augustine, and promulgated
officially by Mr.. WOrthington, on the Goth ut.
by reading them from a manuscript, are
now in full operation. They were not printed
entire till the Goth uIt. when the last was
struck off in the handful form, and posted at
the most public places. Yet under them, al
ready the new organization of this govern
mcnt moves on with firm and steady march
On the 10th inst. the local judicial tribunal
of East Florida was to assemble in this city,
agreeably To- the fourth ordinance. Many sup
posed il would not take place the Iamcnted
death of Thomas Fitch, Esq. the Presiding
Judge, on the very morning Ofthe 10TH was
distressing and omlnous. However, at the
hour appointed, quorum was formed, Judge
Buckley as President; the different officers,
and American and Spanish spectators, filed
the room. Gov. Worthington, as a member
of the bar, moved resolution in respect TO
the memory of the deceased Judge ; and, af-
ter acting on some matters of pressing mo-
mcDt, the Court adjourned to attend :he fu-
neral On their next meeting, which was
wednesday the 18th, new scene offered it.
self TO the people of this part of the world
AS ifby magic, the gloomy and secret Judi
catlres Of colonial misrule, ifthey existed, had
pd7Stu AWAY nOI uiu any Jnnp ilke OthclJl
self-cOnccitedness, selfimportance and grave
righteousness, mark the five plain, intelligent,
honest citizens, sitting openly and publicly to
admnstcrjustice amongst the people. No pomp,
no pageantry, no tnlseIIed mnions of arbi-
trary power took prcccdence---No fear,
nor trembling, nor seryile obseqmOusness,
marked either the mein or manners of
the spectators. At the moment that the first
American Grand Jury which was ever called
upon in East Florida, stepped forth and was
proclaimed to he " at the Book" thought
every man looked with dignifed pleasure, a
lofty pride, and a well tried confidence, on the
ceremony. The Petit Jury were then called
and sworn in. ] thought Immediately land it
appeared TO me that every one was Of the
same mind) this seals the fate Of kingly power
forever on this peninsula. Liberty Of ne Press
and IT1Gt by Jury have taken mp their abode
in this Gnc land Of citron and orange groves
The sons of Washington will indicate the
goodness oftlIe Creator in showing that man
can be great and free though living within the
influence of the torrid zone, aud famed by the
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SLAVE TRADE.

Accounts have been received AT Copenha-
gen, from Christianburgh, the principal of the
DANISH settlements on the coast of Guinea Ii
appears that Major Sta1ens, the Military Com
Tnandant of that station, has recently had oc-
easion to put in force, in very marked man
her, the rigorous orders, he has received from
his Government, To prevent every sort Of traffic
IN slaves. a Portuguese slave vessel, sup
ported by another vessel of the same class, but
we'll armed, made its appearance before
Thamnia,a town under the Danish sovereignty,
with the intention of making some purchases
OF slaves Major Staiicns Immediately occu-
pied the place with one thousand men, and
made the Portuguese Captain and part of
ms crew prisoners. The Major has sent them
10 Sierra Leone for trial. We are sorry to
add, that two Engli shmen We're seized mt the
same time, for participating in the dab0lica
traffic; they had been delivered to the Com
inandant of the English Fort of St. James,
and will, il is said, be sent to London to be tri-
ed. Tue Chief of the Town is supposed to
have had a secret understanding with the slave
merchants. The vessel which accompanied
TIE Portuguese trader, and which is said 10
have been Dutch, effected its escape
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n. Y. CONEYENTInN-

Our readers must know that the Convention
now sitting IN the State of New York, for the
purpose of revising its Constitution. have deter
mined that free blacks shall have the privilege
OF electors In that state, but at this point their
privileges, as citizens, end and they are cut off
from the honor or distinction OF being among
the elected by public sentiment. This may be
Agreeable to the code ofrigbts fpr free blacks,
fashionable in the Northern and Eastern States,
but TO Us il appears strangely inconsistent
The privilege OF voting is claimed for this de-
scription Of persons, OF The plea that they
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facifc in peace, the existence Of war smely
cannot give right, much less authcrse acts
that would ameunt to breach OF neutrality
or an act of war against the Chicsc. Anact
that rroiongs hostility under such circumstan-
ces, is not only inhuman, but AN act of war,
which is not tie less war, because the -Chilese
may not nc able TO contend with superior ma
val force. Under what authority of the laws
OF nations then, could Commodore Hardy
pretend To prescribe the number of leagues To
ieewar,i and windward, on coast of wi ich he
has no right To enter II single port, according
To the laws ofci;her beligerent? There is no
law Int the violence and usuwpation OF the ma
Nal power Of Great Britain; and in all proba-
biliiy, such acts viii lead to the exclusion of
ihvl! ships from the whole OF that coast. The
South Americans have digested a policy, that
ifoncc carried into full effect, will render them
invuluerable and the conduct of ships OF war
on that coast appears calculated to bring it to
complete execution. They need only lcl-
low The examples III other nations, and exclude
the ships of all nations that act uuiustly to-
wards them, and the nOn-intercourse will be
more fatal 10 the commercial affairs Of the IN
su't'ng nations, than any ordinary war could
he. .4urCrG.
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N adni'tat'cn and appliance ~ tl,e people o (
Aiicimt, who witnessed his noble daring.
am with great esteem, yours,
(Signcd) WM. CAMBRIDGE.
20 Lieut.. Commit. GoRDoN, u. S. brig Spark.
Journal.
Ia the sitting ofthc Portuguese Cortes, july
iIth, motion was made by the deputy Sar-
tiento, tcndinS to anticipate the pecuniary
wants Of General Pepc, WHO'S banished from
The country he wished to serve. 1t stated that
the patriots vi Spain had already discharged
ans duty towards General Pope; that the pa
!riots OF England have. already subscription
Oh foot to the same effect; aud that the Por-
iuSuese would do honor to their nation by
'inltaune SO generous an example.
The .Neapoiiica Journals which we have re-
oei'ed up to the 9Th June, announce the nomi-
nation by the king of the new intemdants for
Inc different provinces oil the kingdom. KIM
Ferdinand has also issued proclamation, in
which, taking into consideration the dangers
10 winch youth and the public morals are ex-
posed, by the reading OF bad books, it is deem
ed that III future ali prohibited books, indecent
enSravaSs, and all other things that may APP
pear adverse To religion aud morality, import
nj from foreign countries by sea or land, shall
oe seized at the custom house. The commits
sion OF public education will give its opinion
on the works seized, aud the king will finally
decide. The Neapolitan booksellers must,
Within one month, furnish to the above COM
mission, not only the autograph minutes, but
1iSo a copy oil every work Or paper printed
ny them respectively since the 22d March,
Idl3 ana IN case OF Noncompliance on the
part OF any person, his shop shall be shut.
-'to bookseller can StI Ar HOOK WHATEVER,
without written permission from this COM
Mission All booksellers and reading rooms
must, within eight days, furnish the commits
son with a catalogue of all that they have in
liier shops or rooms, under penalty of their
shops or rooms being shut up, and of the I'M
declared oijec;s being Observation-Disclosures
the 'nter of books VIGOROUSLY pcrnicious, the
commission vii! draw up IL Re,C iaG.r of pub
.iGations which deSerrs the fumes, taking for
guide the index of the court of Rome and
sle work OF Mr.. Peignot, entitled {" The C,i-
neal, Literary, AMI biographical Dictionary Of
tie principal 'ro.6s condemned 10 HE flames,
suppressed or condemned bp The commiSsiCn of
SenSure."
If the commission of public education, shall
believe that there are to Re found in any book
stores, or reading rooms, publications contrary
10 religion, to the monarchy, or to the morality
OF nations, they shall he seized By the police,
which will make domiciary searches.
The sellers, or posscssors OF hooks of the
above nature, shall be punished by an mpr.-
comment OF one 10 Ten gears, and BY fine of
90 to 5000 ducats. The king reserves to him
Self the right of permitting such books TO be
read by persons III his private confidence, who
may be DESTROYS OF undertaking, their refuta-
non but on condition that they shall never
expose them to the curiosity Of the public or
OF young students. v. z. Mt. .4dr.
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promising. From tue best information, ii IL
believed that the present crop will fall short
OF the last two years, by one fourth. The
corn crops, on the rivers, from the unprecc-
denied succession of freshets, are almost en-
urely destroyed. Republican.
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COTTON CRops

SAvANNAH, Sept. ga letter from the
up-country, dated the 18th inst. TO the editors
of the Republican, states that the crop of cot
tonin the upper part of the state il very IN
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HORRID MURDERl

A coroncr's inquest was held in Bond-street.
r. L. at the house of Mr. John Hamilton, on
Friday night between . and 10 O'Clock, by
Lambert Thompson, esq. over the body of
Miss Ann Hamilton, aged about Is years. The
verdict of the jury was that g she came to her
death By pistol ball shot at her by JOS Ihomp-
son, first mate Of the hermaphrodiie brig Leo
pard, the ball ente,ing her head behind the right
ear, and penetrating into the BRAIN"
AS far as the circumstances of this Distress
ing affair have come to our knowledge, it APP
pears that the father of the young lady, about
seven O'Clock in the evening, came h0me-he
passed through the parlour in which ThOmp-
son and the young lady were sitting. A short
time afterwards, while the father and mother
were above stairs, they heard their daughter
cry out My God i! Thompson is going to
shoot me % Alarmed ut the expression, they
were in the act of descending the stairs, when
the report ola pistol was heard-and the mo-
Their, who came down first, received her da,lgh-
ter in her arms at the bottom. She was found
shot in the head as stated in the verdict above.
and instantly cxpired-Before the father could
pass by his wife and daughter, Thompson
had raised another pistol to his own (Thomp-
sons head, and discharged it. He instantly
fell on the floor, but from the after report of
the surgeon who extracted the ball fronrhis
head, we learn that the deed was not follow
ed by the mortal consequences intended
Thompson was soon placed in the watch
house, and on Saturday morning committed
to Jail.
The cause which led to the commission of
this dreadful act we understand to be briefly
this--ThompsOn, who boarded in the house,
had evinced an affection for the young lady,
which was not, it is said, reciprocated on her
part; and under the supposition that she was
more tavourably disposed towards another,
he determined TO destroy both her life and
his own. Since the murder he has maintained
an obstinate silence on all questions put to
him. Bait. Amer
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MEXICO

We have been favored with the perusal of
letters dated at Tampco, in Mexico, as late as
the 18th oi August. They state that the
whole oI thit Kingdom is in state of revolu-
uon. All tie PROVINCES lying north of Mexico
have proclaimed their independence. General
Don Augustine Yturvide is commander in
chici OF the Republican army. The second
la commands Gen. boa Jose Cruz, Il native
of Spain, and late Captain General of the
Province of GuadalaXara. The Sd and 9TH in
command are Gen. Don Jose Ncgrete and Don
joaquin de Arredondu.- second named
general has left the Kingdom with eight hun
bred men aud one hundred aud eighty thou
sand dollars, on his way to the United States
by land. News had reached Tampco, that
the vice king, Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, had
abandoned his command, and in irving 10
make his escape towards Vera Cruz, had been
taken and carried back To Mexico, Il prisoner.
--deneral Navelia has been proclaimed by
the Royalists vice kim, in his place. The fol-
LOWING cities and towns have become indie
pendent, viz: the city aud province of Gautla-
laXara, the city of Iacatecas, the city of San
Lewis Potrsi, the city OF Guanax uato, the city
oi ' ai!adoiid, and great number of others.
The present state OF t:ic country is represent
cd 10 be dreadful. Accompanying these let
tiers, Is Proclamation in Spanish of General
iturIide, the commander inchirf of the Repub-
lican ARMY, which shows the objects this re-
neral has in view.
The Steamboat MeXicano, built and fitted
IN this city last May, is now running from the
Havana 10 Vera Cruz and from thence to
Tampico, and from the latter place back to the
Havana. v. \. Ere Post.
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'sh admiration and applaaaa q; the people +
Aliciult, who witnessed his noble daring.
am with great esteem, yours,
(Signcd) WIN. CAMBRIDGE.
20 Lieut.. Commit. GoRDoN, u. S. brig Spark.
Journal.
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A letter from gentleman in Morris county,
New jersey, to his friend in Trenton, states,
than an uncommon degree of sickness pre-
walls in that part of the state. The diseases
are intermittonts, bilious, bilious remiitent fe-
yers, and dysentery. The sickness prevails
most IN the mountains. The letter says, 4" I
have just heard of so families in which there
are sick persons. Three men have paid the
debt OF nature this day, and are now corpses
m the neiehborhood. | called at one house
this day where there were three persons dan
gerously iIl-at another four were sck-yes.
terday was informed of twenty-five families
not far from Columbia, with more or less sick
IN each-and it is not uncommon 10 find three
or four sick, aud dangerously so, in ahousc."
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LouisianG.-About the period when this
territory was coded, some public documents
were withheld, something in the same manner
as by Col Callava Gen. Wilkinson, if we
arc not mistaken, called upon the agent and
made formal demand, which being refused,
he seized the papers, took an inventory of
them, and gave the agent receipt for them,
without the least shew of violence. This
should have been the case with Gen Jackson.
IN y. .NW. .1du.
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NoRFoLK, Oct 8.-Respecting the heaItl,
of the town, It is not necessary for us to say
much the Inspectors report sufficiently de-
velopes the melancholy state Of it. The late
continuance ofwarB weather is much sgaiffst
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SHIPPING LASV.
PORE OF NEWPORT.

FUK OF NE NPURT.
ENTERED,
Soop Iarnes Law snce, Downing, New.Tork.
CLElRED,
sioop Ann Maria, Gardner, New ork do. vii.
liam, Gardner, Warren.
MEMORANDA.
Schr Louisa, Sherman, IL hours from this port
tor Havana, was spoken on the llth inst.
Advertised at Richmond, achr. Ann, Browneil, for
this port, to sail on the 2Sth ult.
schr. Felix. Taggart, sailed from N. York on the
23d uIt. for Charleston.>
The brig Fanny, Of Boston, from Matanzas, ar
rI'' IN the west passage. on Sunday evening last,
having lost her main boom. She was also short of
provisions and had sickness on board
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eightbs, and &he Income as much. it is
in vain to look for tranquility in Spain.
The "remsrkblc discovery of murder by
q singular stone being Used TO sink the body"
is cootradicted in the late Norfolk papers. 1t
is said the man died natural death, end tho
person suspected Of having destroyed him has
not been arrested, although bei,her absent nor
secreied.
The late occurrences al the funeral Of the
Queen IN England, are no proof Of much
progress in civilization in that couo,fy--as
they are as baI as the fictitious scenes in
Shakespeare OF Richa d's stopping q funeral,
ard the fight on Ophr''''s coffin.
There are Seveny-three rouses, or
places OF Public W orshlp in the The city
OF New York, only two of which are in
complete.
During the present year, negro wo-
man in TINS city has been delivered OF 8
children at birth--one OF tic trio is still
living.
Another negro woman has been dciiv-
cred OF Il Hins-one black, the other mu-
latto.--Richn,ond IA. Pa.
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p l RACY

Scarcely vessel arrives IN this coun-
try from the Island of Cubs, or any
where III that quarter, but what have
been visited by band of infamous mar
audcrs, many Of them in open boats, and
but small distance from the land, who
indiscriminateiy plunder vessels OF all ma
,ions, and treat the officers and crews in
the most outrageous manner 1t is to be
hoped our government will adopt such
measures, as will put an etfectual stop to
such a,roclouS conduct. BY the tollow-
ing notice, it will appear that a beginning
is already made:
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Mary Department,
Sept. 2Oth 1921.
An vessels bound to the West indies
and Gulf Of Mexico, that shall rendez.
vous by the 18th day OF October next,
in latitude 81 degrees N. and ten leagues
east of Cape Henry, off the Chesapeake
Bay, may have the benefit of convoy by
the United States ship Hornet and brig
SPaIk.
The Sea-Serpent has again made his
appearance off Nantucket. He was dis
,inctly seen, with telescope, by FRAN
CTS JOY, jun, who has made affidavit Of
the same.
A Mr.. MArrIr, preached in the
Methodist Chapel, in Boston, on Sun
day last: The Gazette says, "thou-
sands of persons who went to hear him
could not enter the house, as it was
crouded at an early hour. The preach
er was obliged to get in at the pulpit
window" The same paper recon-
mends tha. he should preach on the
common, that all might have an cppor.
tunity to hear him.
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M.fH hIhD

At Providence, on TUESDAY last, Captain W.T..
LIAM r MAoER TO Miss NAeI ID. CARLILs,
daughter Of Colonel John Garlic.
At rverton, or the 23d uit by the Rev Mr. Cole
man, Mr. PHILLIP FIERCE, OF Lttie-ComPton, to
Miss FANNY GRAY Of the iormer place
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DIf H.,

At Ranisford Island, in the harbor of Boston. on
the goth uit Mr.. RICHARD S. HAspY, aged %.
son OF Maj JoRs HANDY, of this town The grave
must close on the affections OF lite; and the most
enuesred ties OF affinity must be severed Eternity
must receive The hopes Of time but if knowledge,
and virtue, and excellence is implanted in The hu.
man heart its influence extend beyond that period,
when dust is mingled with dust, and tho spirit re-
turns 10 HIM that gave it We cannot offer oonso-
iaton, we oniy sympathise, when parent is be.
reaved Of sonknd, dutitui, and aiiec,ionate. Ills
sp,ics,ion to learning, and his acquisitions Of SCI
ence we're splendid and would have been useful.
Ihe testimonies of his worth recorded by tlu,c
whose esteem is honorable He was known and be-
loved. After An absense of eghtSears, he returned
to his native shores, and consigned to earth. We
but anticipate that in the DO som of his Father
and his God he now enjoys the vital fruits Of early
plety and the everlasting rewards OF Christianity.
At Norfolk (Vir.) on The Gath uIt OF the prevail.
ing fever, Mr.. EDWARD L CAAPrELL, aged 90
years, son OF MIR. Scranton Chopper OF this town.
At Portsmouth, on the 24th UT. Mrs ELllAsETH
CHASE, widow OF MIR. ,cheus Chase, in lie 83d
year OF hsr age--a member of The stciety OF friends
In this town, on the 25d ul. Slr. WALTER BuRss,
in the 83d year OF his age-s revotonary pensioner
On Wednesday last, (drowued) Mr. JESSE BSh.
DICK, IN the 4otth year OF his age
GA .ne 2ad ult. very suddenly. Miss cAaoLiNR
WHirEHoaSE, in the 10Th year of her agc.
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TREMENDOUS HURRICANE.

On Sunday evening Of LAST week, about six
o'clock, dreadful totnsco passed through
the towns of Croyden, Wende', Nsw.Los-
don. Sutton and Warren (N. H.) prostra,ing
in its course houses, barns, fences, (evcn
stone walIs) trees, SIC. So great WAS the
force OF The storm, that large logs, from 20
10 so feet long, and from to feet in diam
e.er were blown along the ground up hill.
"A bureau from a demolished mouse MAS car.
iied over lake two and an haif miles. Some
large beach aud elm trees, whose root. would
not yield TO the elements, were literally
'sristrd into withs. One tree wa, seen co.
tire, ct an immense height in the air erect,
and whirled by the tempest. Some lives
were lost, and many persons ve'y badly
wounded. Prov. Journal.
Soam. The Diary Of Barcelona states
that there are l49,243 Priests in Spain,
whose income is calculated II l8,6 $50,
coo, 900 reals. besides 500, 1000, 900 ari,.
ing from ti;hes and FIRST fruits, and 100,
O00, 600 from other sources. II M.
ton of ten millions car be free and iibe-
raj with such burden and influence, we
know nothing cf checks and balances.
Unless The number is reduced TO seven
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La.cSt from EnpLand.

II
The London Packet, Tracy, arrived
at Bo ton, brought papers to Aug. 20,
but they contain nothing of particular ill.,
terest from that quarter. In Ireland the
people manifested great JOY at the visit
OF the king-tor what ?-Nothing OF a
decisive character was hearl from the
continent, relative to the Turks and
Greeks. or whether Russia and Austria
had determined to engage in the quarrel.
1t appears 10y previous accounts, that
the cause oil the Greeks was nearly hope.
less. Prince Ypsilanti has issued a pro-
chInation, in which he bestows the most
ignominious ep!lhcts on them, calls them
cowards, declares them unworthy Of
freedom, and that all ties between him
and them are dissolved.
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COkONATiON I PLAlDS.
III. SESSIOAS

HNs lun received large assortment OF GODS,
sus~oe tor the seas"n--A mong which are
Coronation PG.iuS,
an elegant article for lac,es dresses,
bale bAnckets, { pia.n anu berylered.
l alto r'annes, 'fssrnsugh,s,
l otto Bombs xe'tes, 6h. = Kers.ys,
ured and plsln. & Broadclo,hs,
! et'o ra'h'e Cloths. .'r,sins sne Costings,
o''o CasHmeres, some L Nesdngs,
very low pused. )Fisss and band anna hks.
ditto ku.si" diapers, L Co,on do.
l Case ea!'eoss, scotch plsids, large 6g
] ditto fumi,ures, = ures
1 ditto English sbirtings, b.ies blescb~d & brown
l do. CAssmefe Sb.wis,y shirtinys
Together wl,h great variety OF other articles. all
OF waheh Will be so'd cheap for cash or spproye ed
circuit October 3
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NEWPORT.
WEDMESDAY, oe1oszs 3, 1921.

On Saturday last the U. o.sch. Non.
such, Lieut.. Com. turner, arrived in
this port She sailed from New-York
Oh the 18th ult. and on the 18th and
Goth, experienced severe gale OF wind,
which carried away her rudder and fore
gah, stove in her bulwarks in several pla-
Ces, and stove the launch. They sue.
ceeded in making temporary rudder,
and were enabled 10 reach thIs harbor.
She will probably sail again lii six or
eight days.
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An Us canonicics. some silver plates and
spoons, and substantial articles OF plate,
wien being unfortunately observed, he
vas stript OF his booty and kicked out in
tine style by gallant Captain in the
nayy.-ibia.