Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-19

telligence received at New York, relative TO
Civil war in Grenada and the province of Qua
tiEnaia. He states that massacre of all the
whites had taken place at Leon, amounting to
ITO tnen, women and children--and That the
communication with the interior; aud. rruxillo,
was cut Oft. The cause Of these unhappy com
motions was supposed to arise from the ambi-
ton of a few Creoies who were DESTROYS to crush
the Government and place every individual on
an equality as relates to property-an indiscri-
inmate plumber OF all the property of the whites
took place. Affairs wore a most dismal aspect,
business Of all kinds was at stand at TruxilIo,
nOm"ney or produce. An American schr. from
New York was at st. Johns--cn,r,o gone up the
Lake-and fears were cntertrned for its safety
FROM AFRICA.
The Rev. ". Il. GIrley, Agent of the Colo
nization Society, has just arrived in this city,
from the coast of Africa. He states that The
Colony at Cape Measurable is fn encouraging
circumstances. The natives have been peace
full, and there is no danger to be apprehended
from them. The Colonists felt no more fear of
being attacked by the Aslantees, of whose pro-
Ceedings at Cape Coast we have heard SO much,
than we do. They arc so far removed, and there
are such various obstacles between there is no
prospect OF it whatever.
The Colony has suffered for want of medical
aid, but the deaths have been comparatively
few, ten or twelve since March last, and those
Petersburg, under Warning, have erected houses,
and ar: conveniently accommodated. Consid-
cradle land, also, has been cleared, and the
Coionists, IN general, have, on the whole, mani
Tested great perseverance and industry. Dur
IN. the absence of Nc. Ashnun, who went TO
Cape de Verd Islands for his health, they moved
on harnonou!ly under the direction of Lot
Carey, Johnson, and Waring, three men of CO.
lour. MIR. Ashmun has since returned, and re-
sumed his supcrinteniance; his health being in a
great measure restored. Mr.. A. is spoken of
as deserving great credit for his uuwearied eff
forts for the cool of the Colony.
Land has been apportioned TO the settlers, and
satisfactory system Of government established
The country is represented by Mr.. G. as well
as by all others, as being remarkable for fertili-
~. Coffee, sugar, cotton, rice, indigo, may be
cultivated to great advantage. MIR. q. brought
with hlna specimen OF indigo, raised by one of
the Coonists also, Of a peculiar kind Of cotton,
Of 'ns,tency like silk. Of this cotton, one
OF the Coionisis from this city, whose NAME on
account of ip,r character and industry; ought
to be mentioned, VI. Poulsou,] spun and knit
him pair OF socks which will show of what the
material is capable.
Mr. q. brought with him various proofs of the
ingenuity OF the natives; as pieces OF cloth, bas-
kets, &c. Several of these were from the in
terror, aud were made by the Fuuiabs.
He visited Sierra Leone, and found the Colo
ny IN safety and prosperity. The Ashantee
War is entirety beyond the Sierra Leone regions;
also, there is no connexion between that and
Cape Coast, except that both are governed by
the British. On his way from Measurable, Mr.
G. spoke avessel going to Cape Coast, with sup
Plies. Phaad. Recorder.
The celebrated Madame de Genhs has sold
the manuscript of her personal Memoirs to a
Paris bookseller for the sum of forty thousand
francs, about eight thousand dollars. The work
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time, and is said to be exceedingly rich in anec-
dote respecting the most remarkable events and
persons of the age.
The American novel Redwood has been pub
lished in Paris in French translation, and the
point whether it be, or not, from the pen of Mr.
Cooper, the author of the Spy, &c. is debated in
the Paris journals. Ii is known here to be the
production of a lady.