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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20

the loss of many white penny worth to the
merry millers." The simplicity Of motion
and machinery belonging to the Mill, with the
small cost Of construction, being built Of the
requisite dimensions and excellence Of structure
for the sum of thirty-6ve dollars, will place it
within the means to purchase Of every thrifty
farmer or small neighborhood; and very little
skill suffices for its use TO make meal and -four
Of the first quality. The space which it occu-
pies, together with the bolt, is about the size
of common dining table. The whole machi-
merry is moved by a crank III the ordinary man.
ner of grindstone, and the strength of only
one man or we'll grown boy is required TO grind
or bolt two bushels in an hour. And besides
the economy OF saving toll in the vicinity Of
water mills, in parts newly settled, where wealth
and the arts have made but little progress, this
mill, being transported with facility, and made,
as in olden times, when women ground at the
mill, an household utensil must prove high
" valuable; nor can it be less 80 in countries
where water power is distant, Of supplied On
ly during certain portions OF the year.
Gardner Caron
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

The woods on the Highlands and Castkill
mountains, have been on fire, as we ale inform
ed, for some days past, and on account OF the
excessive dryness of the weather, continued to
burn with great fury We learn by the steam
boat which arrived Yesterday afternoon, that on
Friday las, the danger Of the Pine Orchard
House was SO great, tina, stages were taken
from the line at Castkill 10 send out men, to
rescue it from conAagration.-Great fires were
seen the night before last in the neighbourhood
OF Fort Montgomery Creek, opposite Anthony's
Nose, land the atmosphere was filled with smoke
A supply of rain, Of which few showers have
fallen within few days on Long-lsland, is
greatly needed by ourselves and neighbours on
the Hudson. q Times.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
LATEST FROM INDIA.

We are indebted to our correspondent Of the
Boston Courier Office, for the latest intelli.
gence from India, brought by the ship George,
to Salem. 1t confirms the Information previ-
ously received in this country respecting the
submission Of the Burmese, and adds these
particulars
After the battles of the I'd, Sd and 5th, Sir
Archibald Campbell moved on to Tatuagoc,
100 miles in advance of Promc, through coun-
try fortified with the strongest stockades, but
which had been deserted. The enemy had suf-
fered severe loss by the cholera, and the ground
was strewed with dead in groupes Of t,centy
and forty! Immediately on the arrival of Sir
Archibald at Tatuagoc, he was met by the
first minister at Zootoo, sent expressly from
Ava to sue for peace, and, after several confe-
rences, the boon was granted on the following
terms:-The cession of Merqui, Tavoy, Yea
and Arracan to the British; Ava to receive a
Resident and Rangoon Consul; together with
the payment of one crore of rupees (teu mil
lions of rupees, or five millions Of dollars. y
The preliminary treaty was made the 5th, and
fifteen days were allowed for the ratification 10
arrive from Ava.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
Ertract from letter dated on board The United
States ship Peacock,
ebay OF CALLAo, March 9th, 1926

ebay OF CALLAo, March 9th, 1926.
"Callao has fallen from famine solely-the
capitulation was favorable to RoDIL and his
party Rodil visited this ship lately, and was
surprised to see an emaciated, diminutive man,
for thought it almost impossible that so small
body should contain great soul-he de-
serves much credit for his defence of the for
tress, although exerted in bad cause; yet we
cannot withhold that tribute Of admiration,
which bravery always excites, in whatever
cause it may be employed. Out of threesthou-
sand men that were in the Castles previous to
the blockade, only three hundred men lett them
al the surrender. No other news.--Markets
dull. Flour eight TO nine dollars on board"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
From The Baltimore Gazette.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

Irish papers to the 5,h of April were receiv-
ed al New York by the ship Trident, from Lon.
donderry. They furnish no articles OF politi-
cal information, but those relating to commerce
are Of much interest, as they tend TO shew res.
toration of confidence in the money market.
The London evening papers OF the Sist
March, state the advance in the prices OF the
funds have been more rapid than the recent de-.
cline. The Consols which opened on that
morning al 79a, rose by one O'Clock 10 so4 S-s.
Money was more plentiful, and business gene
rally was reviving
ceive the most fattering attentions from the
Russians, and on the 9th Of March he dined
with the royal family
Colonel Delaney Barclay, of the Grenadier
Guards, and Aid-de-C Camp to the King, has
died within these few days, deeply regretted by
large circle of friends.
MARKETS.
London, March 3l.--Our commercial pros
poets brighten. The regular consumption OF
the country increases, and buyers have deter
mined not TO be lavish in their purchases, and
will not increase the stock beyond the actual
want Except in cases Of cash paid down, few
bargains Can be obtained. When this is the
case we advise capitalists, by all means to be
liberal in their investments. The funds have
improved beyond the most sanguine expecta.
ton.
Liverpool, 9prI Cotton continues in limi-
ted demand, and the total sales including those
al auction, only amount 10 about 5000 bags
In prices of American there is again rcdnc-
lion Of id to 3-S per b. while Brazil continues
firm at about former prices. about 5000 bags
OF the above have been taken on speculation
Imports, 1858 bags, all American.
.HpriL 2.-About 200 barrels of Canada Pot
Ashes have been sold within few days, but the
exact price we could not ascertain; few have
been sold at COS; 80 barrels of Canada Pearl
were sold at 26s I'd 27s; and some old Y ).
Pearl at 27s cd; 900 barrels of American Tar,
at las; 100 ordinary T1rpentine, IS cd. Tobac.
CO is dull
Glasgow, AprlI.-Montreal Pot Ashes, eos;
Pearl 27s cd 2ss.
Londonderry, April 4.-The advances in the
prices OF the funds is more rapid than the late
decline. Consols for account opened on Friday
morning al 79a, and rose with such rapidity
that before o'clock they had reached So4 So,
and the improvements in the per cents and
other heavy stocks, is rather more in proper
ton. Money is more plentiful The capital
lists are unlocking their Golfers, and it is hoped
the present rapid advance is the harbinger of a
great improvement in the mercantile business
Of the country.
Coast Guard Station, April Sat 6 p. NJ. on
the Cd, boarded the ship Courier, Hudson, OF
New-lork, from Antwerp, bound to Derry
Capt. Hudson on the a5th uIt in lat. so, IL, fell
in with the ship George, from Maranham for
Liverpool, with cotton, in distress, having six
feet water in the hold, and in sinking state.
The crew consisting of Is men taken off by
Capt n. quite exhausted.
Belfast, April Ashes, pot, LIST New York,
81; Pearl, LIST, New York, 81. 5; Cotton, New.
Orleans 10; Georgia bowed 81; Rice II 6.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
Cashi Market.

TyHE subscriber wishes to purchase twenty-five or
Il thirty SHAPES, between the ages of IL and rs, Of
both sexes for which the highest cash price will be 81
ven. Information to be had either from John W. Smith,
! or myself Southern Hotel
.fcrandria, Nay 10 SMITH G.. FRANKLIN.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20

Ayoung man calling himself William Smith,
was arrested in Boston day or two since for
picking gentleman's pocket at the Circus
He is from 90 to 2S years of age, light com.
plexion, nose marked with the small pox, thick
and bushy hair, about feet or inches in
height, and says his father is a planter in Rich
mond, Virginia.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
LATEST FROM GIBRALTAR.

Our correspondents of the Philadelphia Ga
zettee, have received Gibraltar papers to the
9th of April, but they contain few. items of in
terest
A new tariff was to go into operation in the
Spanish ports on the first OF April.
Malta, March l5.-Letters from Zante men,
ton that the plague has again broken out at
Moton, and that it has extended itselft to Caron
and Navarino. Vessels going 10 the Archipe-
lago should therefore, avoid putting into those
ports, or even approaching the coast, as il is
impossible to say how far it may have propa-
gated ITSELF
Two operas, "The Barber Of Seville" and
"The Italian in Algiers," have been performed
at Gibraltar by amateurs, with such success
that a REPETITION Of the performances were call
ed for.
Course Of Exchange at Gibraltar, AprI 5M.-
The commissariat accepted on Monday last all
tenders Of Spanish Pillared Dollars at and un.
der 5oad. Private bills on London, 90 days
date, 4Sa 10 40. CaGiz do. sight fixed, (
per cent. discount, Malaga ditto, q per cent.
discount. No bills on Paris or Marseilles.-
Premiums on Spanish pillared dollars, 81 to 81
per cent. and scarce.
FAMILY MILL, or "every man his own miller"
Mr.. David Flagg, whose inventions have al
ready gained him no small reputation as an in
genious mechanic and man Of genius, has late
ly taken out letters patent as the inventor Of an
improved and highly valuable Family Mp
And if the feudal custom of prescription for
toll has not obtained to be common law in our
country, we apprehend this invention will work
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20

~ s for the last two years. wishes to sell lotNo.
GsiSs4 Is, fronting the Courthouse, an excel.
lent stand for the business ola profession or oterwse
upon which there is neat DWELLING, with an ex.
ceent store room and counting room under the same
roof good kitchen and lock cellar under the LIST sto.
ry, with adary, smoke house, stable and other con.
veniences. There is also this lot, a convenient
HOUSE, built for, and now occupied by mechanics
and well, bnt would be detached from the a.
hove, if preferred. Also the back lot adjoining the a.
bove, known in plan Of said town. by No 10, which as
well the one aforenamed, is unlcr good enclosure,
in astate of cultivation, and has on one corner an ex
cellent
Blachsmiths' Shop,
the tools Of which might be purchased with the lot on
good terms Also, vacant lot at the corner of Hooe
and Union st. No. 54; and lot of Drisoe tract land,
adjoining the town of I3rentsville, upon which is
dwelling house, containing about
400 Acres,
under good fence, and very susceptible of improve
ment. The above property would be sold together or
part to suit the purchaser, and at low price; one
third payable in hand Tin cash bonds at discount)
and the balance reasonable time, if well secured.
If sale is not effected by August Court next, the said
property will be sold public auction aforesaid
ap 16-1awtf TIL. II. HAMPTON.
UT The National Intelligencer will insert the above
once week for four weeks.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20

Weavers s. Spinners Wanted.
INRoM ten to twenty Weavers and spinners want
4 ed at the Scpage Mandatory on the road from
Baltimore to Washington, Is miles from the former
city, Liberal wages and comfortable boarding will be
afforded to persons Of good character. Houses
now building, wherein whole families may soon be &C.
commodated.
Apply to HUGH SMITH & co.
april % 2aw4w'
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-20
Houses & Aots in Brentsville,
FOR SALE.

\ The subscriber having purchased
IA the tavern establishment occupied by him
E for the last two years, wishes to sell lotNo.
- Is, fronting the Court.House. nm excel.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

Of these singular productions in his garden
and intends TO watch their progress, and make,
observations"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
CANNING'S WIT.

Canning's wit is infallible. 1t never out OIL
time or place, and is finely proportional to Its
object. Has he good natared, gentiemaniy'
well-educated blockhead to make ridiculous,
he does il so pleasantly, that the Esquire JOINS
in the general smile. Is it coarse, calculating
Ounce of the mercantile school, he suddenly hits
him such heavy blow on the organ OF number,
that stunned the economist is unable to sum up
the total of the whole. Would some pert prlg
Of the profession be facetious overmuch, Can
ming ventures to the very borders OF vulgarity,
and discounts him with mold Joe Doth some
mounting member Of mediocrity sport ora
tor, and make use Of dead tongue, then the
classical Secretary runsshim through and ihro,
with apt quotations, & before the member feels
himself wounded, the whole House see that ne
is dead man. Blackwood's Magazine.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

Mongyel Geese.--A Boston paper states that a
farmer in that neighborhood last year, raised a
fine brood Of twenty five mongrel geese. One
day in the fall, when they had reached that
the date was fixed for transferring them hither,
they all with one accord, (predicting perhaps
the destiny appointed for them, with that fore
sight which enables them to foretell the chang
es ofthe weather. in the sight Of their astonish-
ed owner, rose on the wing, and bent their way
to distant chimes, from which they have never
returned The father Of the flock of The wild
goose breed remained, and still remains behind.
Whetherne was accessory to the bold act by
which they regained their freedom, has not
been ascertained.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
Sale Of Furniture at Auction.

Sale of Furniture at Auction.
HEO. NJ. PARSONS will offer for sale at the Wash
VI ington Tauerr, ON the 10Th day Of October nert--
ALL THE FURNITURE belonging to that estab.i
lishment, (new and good) on credit Of Ninety and
One Hundred and Eighty days. Aso two excellent.
MICH COWS, &c. Until which time the house viii
be continued as heretofore.
Terms more particularly specified at the time o.,
sale. S. A. MARSTELLER, Auct
aug Is
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
REEFS, CYCAOPED1A.

A FINE copy of the American edition of this invalu-
"A able work. complete in forty volumes 4to half
bound in Russia, in very superior manners the plates
bound separately in regular series, in six additional
volumes; to be sold for the very low price of $3.50
This copy has been collated very carefully and IS
pressions. On sale by PISHEY THOMPSON.
: yNashinmtnn Anr 90
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
SIIIH5ll!ll!P NEWS.
Port OF Alexandria.

ARRIVED,
.4ug. S1-Sloop Express, hewitt, Baltimore, freight
for the District Reports brig in the river boundup
Schr. Saucy-Jack Vandrx, Edenton shingles to
James Mcclure.
SAILED,
Brig Nary Cole, Hawkes., Boston:
Schr Chasseur, Lucket of this port, has been sold
at St. salvador-Capt Luckett came passenger in the
ship South America, Coffin arrived at NewYork from
ST. Salvador
Schr. Montpelier, vose, hence, at Portland 23d ult.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
Hist Of letters

AlASJ Oh AetterS
Remaining in the Office at Alexandria, D. c. Sc
TENDER 1st, 1926.
QF Persons applying for letters in the following Iii
will please say they are ADVERTISED, or they mag
get them.
4 John Longden
Zaccheus Allen Owen Leddy
B Robert evils
Maria Bellmain H Langtry
David Bawey M
saran Ann Brown Henry Mitchell
w Broadwater Elizabeth Mankins
Alex'r Baggett Jacob Morgan
Ann Brown John Mills jr
Anna NJ BeaH Geo Mason, Gunston, )
Mary Ann Baden Jane Monroe
Ira Bowman John Morgan2
Peter Ball Jefferson McHenry
Monakcy Bell Mrs Ann Marbrie
John Brown 9 Eliza Morgan
Thos Berry (oxon Hill 2 Patrick Maginn
G. "
Capt VIM Crabtree Richard Neel
Jane Crandell
John Chapman Joseph O'Neil
John Carter William Ogden2
Daniel Coats John Overall
d z
Christopher leighton John Pipsico
Capt. Dangerfed (former-1lar Palmer
ly of the ship ST. Tam-luoses Payne
many Jane Perry
Jane Doyne Henry Peyton
William Drura Capt Samuel Rage
Lewis Donaldson Francis Peyton Jr2
Mary Ann Davis Judson humphrey
E BENJAMIN Plum
VIM H Eskridge R
r Robert Rutter
Nordeca C Fitzhugh Richard Rock
Smith C Franklin Surgeon Richardson
G. Anthony Rhodes 2
Isaac George William Roberts
Jacob Gregg David Riley
John Goley
John Gray of Stafford James Sedwick
John G Gray Harriet Sloan
II George Semmes
Edward Hart Mr. Stewart II cam "oat
Thomas Harrison HoteD
Ann q Howison David Smediy
JIr. Henderson, brewhouseNancy Simpson
J Jonathan Swift
EIdridre 6 Janney 3 lfary Ann Stevenson
Lanceton Johnson
Joseph Johnson Thomas Iravers
Julian julius William Thomas
BENJAMIN Jones William P Thomas
X Thomas Turner
Mrs Mary Kent
Mr. Kennel Cashier of Union Bank
Henry Kingcade
Thomas Keith Frederick Way
Cant .tobn r Kirby Amelia Wikison
John Kisandaffer Harriet west
Samuel Kindrick John Williamson
James King John White
sent DANIEL BRYAN, p. NJ
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
AUCTIONS.
Trust Sale

TNpursuance ola deed oftrust executed by Mrs Mary
Barry, to secure debt due by John Adam to Robert
premises on the the 4th day Of October next at IL o.
clock NJ FIVE eighth parts or S0628 18 square feet,
of one acre and eighth of an Of ground stu
ated the town of Alexandria and bounded BY orono-
ko, Water and Pendeton-streets.
Terms made known at sale,
aug 25-2awts COLIN AULD, Trustee.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

g ;, arrival at New York, from St. Saliva
:, .n,ears that advices had been received
a''' s.om Rio to the 5th Of June, which stated
''''s :. .c,;ou was fought near Rio Grande on
' : oo,h MAY, in which the BraziIians lost 500
= :, billed Buenos Ayres, was closely invest
- Four British, 2 French and some Brazili
- ...s.ls had been condemned at Montevieee
g. : attempting to pass the blockading squad
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
Eyerett's Grafton, SIC /.

a N GRAFTON, delivered at Cambridge on the fif-
~ tieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, by Edward Everett.
Recollections ofthe Last Ten Years. passed in occa
sonal residences and ourneyngs in the Valley of the
Mississippi from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the
Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish
Frontier, in Series of Letters by Timothy Flint,
Principal of the Seminary of Rapde, Louisiana, 0vo.
1925
Medical Recorder, No. IS, for july 1926, containing
an Essay on Govt and rheumatism, by DR.. Page, OF
Richmond This Essay obtained premium OF silver
cup of the value of 500. Also, Cartwright on the
Causes, Symptoms, Morbid Anatomy, and Treatment,
of some of the principal Diseases of the Southern
States, &c. &c.
Museum Of Foreign Literature and Science, with
Portrait of Henry Laurens Esq. No. So August 1870
On sale by PISHEY THOMPSON.
Washington, aug 81
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

nn'ois-Dr. Phillico, Of Sangamon. in this
s~ s'e' writes, under date the 4th of May
Sap'aln Abraham Hathaway has ploughed up
... AZ Old turnip field, number Of regulating In
s.s.s' lie gave me several Of them when was
a :, "is mousse a few days ago. The root of the
pan. = uniformly situated near the head of the
Iss'uFe, which is sort ofaeoru or rather grub;
auu sne stem, IN some instances, divides into
'H'es leaves. My neighbor has planted some
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

An English missionary in Java, states, that
III Tue village OF Buitenzorg, in the vicinity Of
batavia, where there is colony of two thou,
sanc Ihinese, ne found, in one of their houses
sa european picture of Bonaparte, II a gilt
,'ame, 10 which the people offer incense and
praynight and morning.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
Real Estate and Ground Rents
.AT A1ICTLON

1T AUCTION
FINDER the authority of deed of trust to secure
a. the payment of certain debts therein mentioned,
will be sold public sale, at the Town Hall, Fri
dag the 18th dag Of September nsr at ~ o'clock, noon,
the following mentioned property ground rents, viz:
gssA A two story frame House and lot, on the east
LEE. side of Water street, between Duke and Wolf
streets with an adjoining lot of SO feet 'front.' and 1913
feet deep. -
A Lot, at the corner Of Wilkes and St. Asaph
Streets containing half acre, with two small Houses
thereon.
4 Lot, corner of Duke and Union streets,
fronting on Union so, and on Duke 70 feet
A Lot, corner Of Fairfax and Wolf streets,
fronting on Fairfax 79 feet 10 inches and on Wolf IS
feet.
a Lot, on Queen street, between Pitt and ST.
Asaph Streets fronting Queen street 80, and extend
ing back Isl feet
A Lot, on Union street, between Prince and
Duke Streets 80 feet 'front.' and running back 100 feet
A Ground Rent of Eighty Dollars per annum.
Ditto Of Twenty Dollars do.
Ditto Of Seventeen Dollars do.
Ditto of Fifty Dollars do.
Terms at sale.--By order of the trustee,
aug 28-2awts SA. MARSTELLER, auct.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

s.a nc ieaves of the wild cherry trees have eau
80 'ne death OF a number of cattle during the
rsaea' season. The Pittsburgh Gazette states
Una. they are said 10 contain prussic acid, one
% Tue strongest poisons known, of which the
smallest drop put into the eye of dog, caused
Instant death
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01
MaRRIED

MARRIED,
On Tuesday Evening last by the Rev. VIM. Ryland,
Mr. lillian Dauis, to Miss Marteaa finn Merchant,
both of this place.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-01

,t...,e Warren and Wood, who have been
..n.gsrs Of the Philadelphia Theatre for up
IDS of twenty years, have announced the dis
.oln,;on Of their partnership. Mr.. Warren has
ssssn the whole theatrical concern upon him
.,s and will have the management hereafter.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07
Translated for the Wilmingtonian.l
From Beunos .ayres Papers Of Jnty 3lst'
NAVAL OPERATIONS.


Enroren,ents on the 29th and 31st July.
On Saturday last, 29th inst, detachment
Of ~ sail, of the Brazilian squadron-5 trig-
ates, corvettes, brigs, II schooners, and
3 small vessels, under command OF Admiral
.harton, (and which. for some time past,
have been stationed about 90 miles bclow,)
with view, perhaps, to draw still closer the
blockade of our port t,appeared in front OF the
CITY and in the afternoon came to anchor IN
the Outer-roads-in contempt OF the pres
encc of the brave Admiral BROWN, who,
with his small vessels, was lying quietly at
anchor in the Inner-roads. 1t being late in
the day, they. however, manifested no DIS
position so attack him.
Of the extraordinary heroism OF admiral
Brown, surely we have lad an infln'ty OF
proofx. Still, who could have believed that
he had possessed the daring intrepidity to so
out ON that very night. and, with force in
fcyior, so comparatively Insignificant, TO at
tack the enemy in the position they had tax
en- f-Certainly such an idea entered not the
imagination of any one on shore, until they
were startled by the sudden explosion OF hi'
cannon. Two hours after night had drawr
her sable curtain, he got under way with ths
intention of running his Corvette, 25M O
AIay, directly along side the Mctroya trig
ate, whilst at anchor, and boarding. lhi
he had certainly effected had he not untortu
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-07

The people of Buencs Ayres appear to
have little hopes Of the success of Lord Po-
nonsby's mediation. Intimation had been re-
celved from Rio of a positive refusal on the
part ofthe Emperor to listen to any other
terms of peace than that of total relin-
quishment to him by Buenos Ayres, of the
Eastern Province; than to part with which
has declared he would sooner lose his crown.
The extraordinary delay of his lordship at
that court had ceased to occasion surprise,
and preparations we're making for long
duration Of the war.
Articles of import were, at the time our
Correspondent writes, remarkably high and
scarce. Subjoined are prices current with
rate: of exchange. &c.