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fOon press of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, L'ebruary 27.
f Taken for the FEDERAL GAZETTE.]
'The house took up the report oftne coin-
tfnittee of the whole on the bill making ap-
propriations for the support of government"
Mr. Alston moved that the bill be recom-
mitted for. the purpose of adding 3 new sec-
tions, the-object of which was, to repeal the
duty on salt and continue the'Mediterranean
fund (similar to the bill which was yester-
¦ day lost.
Mr. Randolph hoped the bill would notbe
; recommitted. If the duty on salt was to be
' repealed, he wished the subject brought for-
\ -ward in a prpper manner. Resides he had
understood that a proposition of the. same
Jcind would come from the other house.
Mr. Alston's,motion- v/as lost ; yeas 39'
nays 53.
rue above bill was then ordered to be
read a third time this day.
A message was received from the senate
notifying, that they had passed the bill
making appropriations for finishing the S-
¦wing of the capitol, with amendments, also;
that they had.postponed until the next ses-
sion, the bill hi addition to the act supple-
mentary to the act (passed this session)
• making provision for the redemption of the
¦whole of the public debt of the U. S.
Tlae house went into committee of the
¦whole on the bill for the relief of Oliver Pol-
lock.' Some debate took place, after which
the committee rose and reported the bill, &
it was ordered to be read a third time this
day.
Mr. Randolph from the committee this day
appointed, presented a bill to explain the act
prohibiting the iinportationof slaves. [This
jbill, in the preamble, disclaims all constitu-
tional authority in congress over the right
to slaves ; and enacts that nothing contained
in the 8th section of the afor*said law shall
be construed to affect the right of any per-
son ta transport or Sell any slave not import-
ed contrary lo law.]
Mr. Randolph moved that it be engrossed
for a third reading, this day !
Mr. t&uincey moved to refer it to a com-
mittee of the whole.
Mr. Fisk hoped the bill would not be read
a thivd time to-day : lie could see no reason
•why it should be hurried through the house
in.so extraordinary a manner.
Messrs. Thomas, Rhea(Tenn.) and¦Q.uirt-
cey, spoke against susi precipitancy.
The bill was ordered to be referred to a
committee of the whole—yeas 5S, noes 42.
Mr. Ilai¦dolph moved that it be the order
of the day for to-day.
Mr. Thomas moved to morrow.
Mr. Randolph called for the ayes arid noes.
Some debate arose on these motions.:
¦when the question was taken, and the bill
¦was ordered to be referred to a committee of
the whole to-morrow—ayes 60, noes 49.
Mr. Alston moved that leave be given to
bring in a bill to repeal tile additional duly
on salt from and after the first day of July,
and all the duties on salt from and after the
first day of January next, and for continu-
ing the Mediterranean fund, until the first
«tay of January nept't,
Mr. Gtiucey asked 'whether it would be
In order to bring in a bill without one day's
notice.
The speaker declared that it would not* v
Mr. EppeS appealed from the decision of
the speaker.
The ayes and noes were taken, and the
bouse decided that the speaker's opinion
•was correct—ayes IH.
Mr. Jackson then offered a resolution,
directing the appointment of a committee
to bring in a biii for the same purpose.
A long and interesting debate arose on
agreeing to this resolution ; when, at seven
o'clock at night, the question was taken by
ayes and noes on agreeing to so much of the
resolution as respects the repeal of the duty
on salt, anj it was carried in the affirmative
—-ayes 60, noes 40. The other part of the
resolution respecting the continuation of
the Mediterranean fund, was also agreed lo
—ayes 4i3, noes 43.
NEW-YORK, February S3.
Arrived, the brig President Jefferson, Bar-
nard, 39 dayTs from Point-Petre, (Guad.)
l.at. 40, long. 72, spoke brig Relief, 45
days from Point-PeUe for Newbury port,
Slid brig Louisa, 48 hours from ASei'ai. ;i ia.
The British schooner Wcazel, Joudry, 19
days from Halifax.
. Ceres, Thorp, 4 days from
lington,(N.C.)
The schooner Morning Star, Vmal, from
ligtoni, (N. C.)
Tin- Corotoraau, Davis, .4 days
from i Spoke i.ff Long. Island
a', sloop 20 days from" Charles-
ton for New- V bi k. ,
The schooner Hope, Koble, of Ports-
mouth, 41 days from £t. Croix, and 2
weeks frorfi thi Delaware, having been dfjy,
« Coit, Hull ; Sarah, Dunne:, /
dria ; brig Sarah,^ Gill, Liverpool ; schoo-
ner Betsy, llolden, Neuvitas.
¦February 2ti.
Arrived, sch'r Buck, Palmer, in 24 days
from St. Thomas, via Stonmgtoii, Left the
ship A.;ji y, of N.V. ; sch'r Cornelia, for do.
in a few days ; sloop Maria Antoinette, Bell,
for Alexandria, ready for si a ; ship Suffolk,
just arrived from Boston ; sloop Alert, Stan-
ley, of do. and several others. A French
brig had just arrived in 29 days from Bor-
deaux, bringing news to the 2d January.—
Feb. 13, lat. 87, long. 71, spoke the sch'r Ma-
riner, Gale, 48 hours from New-York, for
Cur-racoa. Left at Stonington, brig; Harle-
quin, Territ, in 57 days from St. Sebastians;
and the sch'r Experiment, Rodgers, from St.
J ago de Cuba.
Sch'r Susan, Colby, of Portland, 35 days
from Surinam, via Martha's Vineyard. The
Susan was ice-bound near f weeks at the
Vineyard, with 10 other vessels, one of
which was a brig for N. Y.
Schr. John, vJotterill, 27 days from An-
tigua. Left at St. Johns, ship Mary, of
and from Charleston, for Laguira, sent in
by a privateer belonging to Nevis, vessel and
cargo libelled ; schr. Lark, Thompson, of
and for Boston, sent in here by the Ceres
frigate, detained for further proof ; schr.
Horizon, Jenkins, of and for Newbern,
from Guadaloupe, vessel and cargo condem-
ned ; schr. Enterprize, Joughan, of and
from Baltimore, for Martinique, captured
and sent in, loaded with flour, ^'c. her trial
not came on ; brig Nancy, Sanbern, of and
for Portland, part of her cargo condemned ;
schooner Sally Ann, Ciiammings, from N.
York, for Guadaloupe, waiting trial .; schr.
------, of and from Baltimore, far Guada-
loupe, Mr. Green, supercargo, waiting
trial ; schr. Ann-Eliza, Bartleton, of and
from Philadelphia, cargo sold, intended for
St. Thomas ; brig Mildred, Spence, of and
from .Philadelphia for Laguira, sent into
Basseterre, St. Kitts, by the Ethaliau fri-
gate, cargo libelled and the supercargo, Mr.
P. M. Connor, remaining at Antigua, in or-
der to .wait trial; brig Bulah, Dickson,
from Point-Petre, Guadaloupe, sent in by
the Alexander Biilington. The ship Betsys
M-Dougal, from New-York, had put into
Antigua, in distress. Previous to captain
C's sailing, a packet brought a report that a
fleet of 16 sail of the line was seen oft" Bar-
bados, but it couhl not be ascertained whe-
ther French or English.
Sciir. Arthur, Williams, of Salem, 61
days from Surinam, and 30 from St. Thomas.
Schr, Antelope, Dowsick, 9 days from Bal-
timore.
Sloop Caroline, Hall, 22 days from George-
town.
The brig Maria, Hilliard, has arrived at
New-London, from Lisbon.
. Cleared, ship Eugenia, Hicks, Dublin ; Ca-
ledonia, Henderson, Amsterdam; brig Grace-
Ann-Green, Savin, Philadelphia ; sch'r Wil-
liam, Rose, Curracoa ; Minerva, Bird,Phila-
delphia ; Dorothy, Sexton, Baltimore; sloop
Polly-Ann, Hicks, Richmond.
February 27.
Yesterday the drawing of the fifth litera-
ture lottery terminated ; and the ticket No.
9340 (which remained in the wheel till the
last day) drew the high prize of 30,000 dol-
lars. This ticket was sold by Burtus and
Crane, to a Mrs. Harris, at six dollars, and
afterwards sold by Mrs. Harris to seven per-
sons, viz.' Miss Abeel, a son of G. Brazier,,
and the children of James Roosevelt.
The council of appointment met again at
Albany last Saturday, and appointed Tho-
mas Morris, esq. clerk of the city and coun-
ty of New-York, in the place of Tunis
Wortman, removed, and Archibald Kerly,
one of the wardens of this port.
There were no arrivals at this port yester-
day.
The brig Pilgrim, Smith, from Savannah
for New York, has arrived at Newport, hav-
ing been blown from off the Hook.-
The ship Flora, Campbell, has ariived at
Lisbon, in 38 days from New-York. The
ship Susanna, of New-York, sailed from
Lisbon, for Wilmington, about the middle
of December. -
Cleared, brig Cleopatra, Hoadky, Savan-
nah,
j In addition to what we have already sajd
respecting the damage done by tl .elate fresh-
ets, we mention the following.
In Connecticut—The two principal bridges
on the new turnpike road leading from Staf-
ford to Toland, the bridge near the mineral
spring, and most of the bridges on the seve-
ral l.anches of the Willamantie, have been
swept away. Nearly all the bridges on the
Little River, all on Windsor River, and ge-
nerally all the bridges over the small rivers
are said to have been swept away, together
with several buildings,, many mills, &c.
Khodc-lsland -Pawtuxet bridge and seve
ral buildings near it, among them the cot-
ton manufactory.
Maine.—From Freeport, we learn the vva-"
ter was 6 or S feet-over the road, and flow-
ed into houses and stores ; and that all the
bridges were carried away. The mail stage
from Portland to Freeport, in attempting to
ford the causeway near the bridge over Cou-
sin's river, was swept away in tiie current;
the (four) passengers & driver were rescued ;
but the wail, greatest part of the baggage, tk
three horses were lost ; the horse that was
saved, after being in the water an hour and
a half, drew the three drowned horses k the
sleigh onshore. Much damage to bridges,
mills, &c. has been done in the district of
Maine.
New-Hampshire.—l\ril.!brd,and other brid-
ges, &c. are said to have been destroyed.
Massachusetts.—Some oi the towns adjoin-
ing Connecticut have suffered much. In
Monson, every grist mill was swept away or
ed unfit for service. Two bridges in
Waliiiaiii, * the principal part of Mr.^Bole's
dam ; the bi idge at upper falls in Newton,
near Haverhill, over Little River des-
I Reports from various parts cf the
stale mention that great injury or destructi-
on to dams, mills and bridges, have taken
place. . [Boston £tntimt.~\
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.
Arrived, ships Orlando, Stiilwaggon, Ma-
deira, 38 days ; John Jones, Christy, Hon-
duras ; brigS Brutus, Deverenx, Senegal, via
New-York; Eliza,Toby, New-Orieaus ; Am-
phithi ite, Eawley, Cayenne, 20 ; Lucy,
Wood, Point-Petre ; Unanimity, Rtiishaw,
Havana ; Sally, Griffing, St. J.igo-de-Cuoa,
20; Ann Jane, Perreteaux,. Koideaux, 50;
Union, Johnson, New-Orleans ; Frances,
------, Bremen, via New-York ; Rover, Gard-
ner, Malaga, 67 ¦$ sch's Five Brothers, Jeffrey,
Antig.ia, via Mew-York ; Louisa-Adeline,
Lvoa, Biclunondj 7; Indiaaa, Briggs, do. g;
Whitney, Eld ridge, St. Pietres viaN. Yor* -,
Frankiin, Smith., Cadiz.
Cleared, ship Abigail. Bangs, Amsterdam;
sch's Hetty, Harper. St. Thomas ; Iv
Allen, do. ; Philip, Kuher, Charleston.
Yesteiday arrived, the brig Ann Jane,
capt. Perroreauj;, fnnti Bordeaux. He sailed
from the river en the 2d cf Jan. in co. with
a number of vessels which had laid wind
bound in the river some time, among which
were,, brig Mary, Rich, of and for Boston;
ship John & .Fiances, Sillimsn, Charleston ;
ship Sarah, Sutton, New-Orleans ; sloop
Emelina, Stuwell,-New-York ; brig Eagle,
Rogers, do. ; ship Rachel, Foset, Salem ;
brig Ca.o, Griddier, Boston ; brig Phosnix,
Dastrmet, St. Thomas ; ship Utile -Isle, Felts,
New-York ; Brig Caroline, Brown, New-Or-
leans ; ship Susanna, Stratten, Lisbon ; ship
Osage, MasUiTton, New-York ; Packet, John-
son, Marblehead ; bijg Cora, Van Allen, N.
York. Left there afrquarantine, brigs Bro-
thers, 21 ; and Haj-ipy Couple, in 24 days
from Baltimore.
Same day, brig Amphitrite, capt. Hawley,
from Cayenne and St. Thomas. Left at
Ceyeu-ue, Jan. 30, the brig Mary, Young,
of Providence, R. I. from river La Plate,
which he left about the 1st of Jan. at which
time the British had made no further im-
pression by land, and the Spaniards held
their own; that he saw a great number of
English vessels in and bound to the river La
Plate. He also left at Cayenne, the schr.
Betsy, Snow, of New-England. A lugger
from Marseilles had sent into Cayenne, tiie
brig Isabella, from Liverpool, for river La
Plata. Capt. H. on the 8th of Feb. in lat.
22, long. 6S, spoke schr. Richmond, Willi-
ams, from St. Thomas, for Norfolk.
Same day arrived, schooner Frahklin,
Smith, from Cadiz, whence he sailed De-
cember 31, and left there schr. Betsy, Russel
of and for Salem i« two days ; schooner
------, Manning, of New-York" ia 4 or 5
days; ship Harriot, Bartlet, of Plymouth,
first fair wind for Malaga ; ship Eliza,
Bait, of Portsmouth, with passengers, for
New-Orleans in 8 or|10 days ; a ship, name
unknown, with staves from Boston, unload-
ing at quarantine, and two brigs one of them
belonging to Salem, both from New-York,
unloading at quarantine ; one of the brigs
was loaded with staves. January 25, Ia't.
24, 26, loag. S3, spoke a ship from Malaga,
for New-York, out 30 days, but could not
learn her name ; same day spoke brig Vo-
lant, Bartlet, from Cadiz for Boston, out 8
days. In lat. 25, long. 61, was boaided by
the British ship of war Squirrel ; who, after
detaining captain Smith two hours, break-
ing open 11 letters, keeping 5, and giving
him a good deal of bad language, politely
dismissed him.
Same day, brig Sally, Griffin, 30 days
from St J ago de Cuba. Left there the 23d
ult. schr. Jason, Denabre, and wenr. Robert.
Black, of this port ; George Dyer, Watts ;
schrs. Ad-venture, Atkinson; Ruby, Wilson,
and sloop Naticy, Sellers, of Baltimore.
February 27.
The latest accounts from. New-Orleans
state the consternation and discontent of
the inhabitants, at the violent military pro-
ceedings to be such, as to have excited a
settled disgust against the government,
which nothing short of the strictest scrutiny
into the cause, and .punishment of the au-
thors and abettors, would remove.
Arrived, schooners Flor de Mer, Gonzolo,
Lisbon, 67 days ; Speedwell, Snowden,
Georgetown, S. C. 5 ; Two Brothers, Dove,
St. Bartholomews, 27.
Cleared, brig Gorharn, Foster, Boston ;
schr. Regulator, Norton, ditto.
Capt. Stilhvasgon, of the Orlando (notic-
ed yesterday) left in Madeira road 40 days
ago, the schr. Maid-of-the-Mill, Groves, of
arid for Charleston, to sail 1 day after him,
and the schooner Two Sisters, liich, of and
for Baltimore, to sail in 2 days. On the
31st of Jan. in lat. 19, 18, long. 50, spoke
brig Three Brothers, Newell, of Charleston,
from Teneriffe, for New-Orleans, and on the
8th of Feb. lat. 22, 32, long. 68, 51, spoke
the ship Garland, Snow, from Barcelona
and Madeira, from the latter of which she
sailed on the 9th of January, bound to New-
Orleans.
A letter from Cadiz, dated December
2a, says—" Our political relations with
this country still continue on the most un-
friendly footing, and our vessels are daily
carried into Algesiras and condemned on
the most frivolous pretext. We wait with
anxiety to hear of the meeting of congress,
to know whether any thing will be done
by our government, tor things cannot be
worse than they are. We are insulted daily,
and there is no possibility of obtaining re-
dress ; our charge d'affaires in Madrid, Mr.
Ewing, can do nothing—hardly, indeed,
receive an answer to the letttrs headdresses
to the government here."
February 28.
No arrivals at this port yesterday.
Cleared, ship Two Brothers, Hall, St.
Christophers ; sch'r Concord, Turner, Mar-
tinique; Emily, Buckley, ditto j Jane, Pear-
son, Norfolk.
Few scenes can equal in grandeur and
sublimity the appearance at Pawtuket falls
during the whole of Sunday. The quantity,
descent and rapidity of the watei, sweeping
before it the huge rocks of the abutment ot
the bridge ; the houses, sftofes and i.
works, with their foundations, that stood in
its way, and swallowed the whole in the tur-
gid gulph below, tilled the mind with
ishment, and excited the highest degree of
reverence and awe towards that KEri.
governs the elements, and holds the mighty
waters as in the hollow cf his hand. No
tooner had the water abated, th'an'a scene
of horror and dismay succeeded. In the
midst of the pleasant village of Pawtucket,
and in the place where many industrious and
thriving men who had been constantly em
ployed in the iron manufactories, not a
trace was left of house or shop. The very
earth was gone, and the solid and cragged
rock alone was left unmoved.
FllOVIDENCE,. (R. I.) February 21.
The late freshet has> occasioned a greater
loss of property, and more real distress,
than any event of the kind in this vicinity,
since the first settlement. It began to rain
in the night of Friday, the 13th instant and
continued with but little intermission till
Sunday mo»ning,—~The two extensive
1 bridges across Seconk river were entirely
i carried away ; all the bridges across Faw-
| tucket river as far up as we have heard from
, are impassible, and, except at Pawtucket
falls, and Martin's Way, about 6 miles a-
bovr. Pawtucket, are chiefly destroyed.—
Several very valuable mills and iron-works
on that river have been also destroyed, par-
ticularly two mills on Wooneocket, be-
longing to jfenes Arnold, esq. ; and the
iron-works belonging to Stephen Jenckes,
esq.; a little above Pawtucket Falls. Two
of the bridges over Mosbasuck river, in this
town—halt the bridge at Pawtuxet, and
several other bridges and dams across Paw-
tuxet river me carried away—Great exerti-
ons are making to replace nearly ail the
bridges, as soon as the season will admit,
as the public in general, and this town and
its vicinity, in particular, are greatly incom-
moded by the almost eiith'6 y.iteri'up;ior(, of j
cuiaoiauicatipa. v
FEDERAL GAZETTE.
MONO A y7mJrCH~2.
By the William Penn, arrived at this port
from Bordeaux, Paris papers have been re-
ceived to January 3, inclusive —they are
said to contain but little news. In the 44th
bulletin of the grand army, the Russians are
represented to be much afraid of measuring
bayonets with the French in .''aland. In-
stead of meeting the invaders on the Vistu-
la, the Russians continue to harrass the
Turks, and are said to have taken Bender
by assault, and to have put all the inhabit-
ants to death ! This town (on the river
Dniester, in Bessarabia) has several times
suffered from the barbarity of the Russian-
soldiers. The Russians are s,aid to make
frequent incursions into Gallieia, violating
the neutrality of Austria, and pillaging her
Polish subjects. But as ftapalcon is already
at Warsaw, the Russians must march back
to their capital.
The following article contradicts the re-
port that the French decree of November 21,
operated on private property :
" General Clarke, govnrnor-general of the
Prussian conquered provinces, has, in con-
cert with the .intendant-general of Hnances,
given orders to the particular ..commandants
and intendants to take off the seals which
had been laid provisionally on the suquester-
ed merchandize at Magdebuig, Stettin, Cus-
trin and Frankfort on the Oder, which mer-
chandize being private pro/ierty, is not eoin-
preliended in the decree of the 21rf of No-
vember."
The feast of the anniversary of the coro-
nation of his majesty, the emperor ' and
king, says a Paris paper, and of the immor-
tal day of Austerlitz was celebrated on the
7th December, by the Jews of Paris and
of Italy, convened at Paris. The deputies
of the Hebrew assembly, the members of
the Grand Sanhednm already at Paris repair-
ed to the Grand Synagogue, in the Rue
Sante Avoie at 11 o'clock in the morning,
the president and members of the Bureau
marched at the head followed by a great
number of other Israelites. They chanted
the psalms the most analogous to the circum-
stances and the motivts ot the re-union.
The Rabbins having taken out of the Ark
the book of the law, recited with a loud
and fervent voice, a prayer of thanks for the
victories gained, and an invocation for the
triumphs still to be gained over the enemies
conjured up against uS, and the great men
who governs us. The assembly was in
tears ; enthusiasm animated the ceremony ;
it was that of patriotism and gratitude for
the hero, who, in the midst of his con-
quests, his labors, and his prodigies, cast-
ing an eye on the dispersed remains of Israel
has resolved to cilace, to the uttermost tra-
ces, the rcvilement and oppression under,
which have sighed for many ages,, the de-
scendants of a celebrated people.
Miranda, it is said in the Edenton Ga-
zette, has received a commission of briga-
dier general in the British service, and is to
be employed in an expedition contemplated
against some of the dominions of Spain in
.South America.
. Tit for tat.—Immediately after the hon.
Dewit Clinton, late mayor of the city of
New-York, had received his 5,000 dollar
appointment, he waited on a gentleman by
the name of Ferris, inspector of flour, in
said city, and informed him of his removal
in the following complimentary manner—
" Sir, I now inform you that you are no
longer inspector in this city." It happened
this same Ferris was at Albany last week,
and took the earliest opportunity, in his
turn, of inforining.Mr. Clinton of his re-
moval, by delivering the following lines in
the senate chamber—" Sir, 1 take this ear-
ly opportunity of informing you, that you
are no Linger mayor of the city of New-
York." [0, County Rcfub.'J
The common conncil of New-York, in
their resolution of the 25th disapprove the
appointment of a person not a resident of
the city to the office of mayor, Mr. Tho-
mas, of Albany, appointed by governor
Lewis, declines serving.
Captain John Oaks Flardy, of the Zea-
lous of 74 guns, has been dismissed the
British service, having been found guilty of
drunkenness-, by a court martis.!.
Deaths in the city of New-York, during
the last week—Men 23, women 6, boys 9,
and girls 6.—Total 44.
JUxlract of a letter from a gentleman in the
East-Indies, to his friend in Charleston,
dated " Bombay, thigmt 1, 1806.
" You have,I daresay, a competent idea
of the highpijehet estimation 10 which our
territorial acquisition, i 1 have ari-
sen— the great eci; '¦ riuni-
011, the, immense
what is perlia'
more iin me
fitld for pri
may well make them In- el
Liable ...
are lo:'
1 lie chnduct of'.i r
France ; whatev'ei. . !
est tendency fo e. aiitlte y'er
a part of pur 53 stem, must ot'e-
great alarm. Of this nattir
OTll 'lie eujef .
India' that two whole native (latta'6 1 I
ied at V*' Uore, and tha I ..
more were neafly in th
patam, where the officers were said •
bliged to keep g-uar.d ove] r,. At;
, they had SJicldtmly rf-eu
and attacked their officers, < ' le.e
bulchered twenty-two, including co"!
court, thecommandaqt of the foi
gather with about 200 men of a king's rej;
ment stationed there. Seve
caped with severe wounds. A snail !'?N{y
of Europeans got into a rayalin,"a;ndwdefe ,:.
ed themselves from th ¦ 1 1
on for « considerable time,
dragoons,' who wer« cantoned .,;
tdiice,.and heard the firing, came to th
sistance, and in a short time .dispersed tha
mutineers, after cutting about three }> .
of them to pieces. Vellore being the rfsi-
dence of two sons of the late Tippoo §u}taun,
made this affair still more alarming, as
supposed the mutiny had b or en-
couraged by them or their adherents. 5
and it being reported that a flag was
held out of one of the palace windows,
as a signal, during the slaughter, it was
with great difficulty that the ere
dissuaded, by some uf the woun '<;> ifficei ,
from forcibly entering and destroying the
whole of its inhabitants. Upon more accn-
rate information, it appears, that this dread-
ful tragedy had its origin in n foolish "at-
tempt, violently, to break throuirii the cus-
toms and prejudices of the people, who,
the most patient perhaps in thew. Id under
every other species of oppression, are t>ie
most ferocious when these are attacked—
and with the example of Peter the 3d, of
Russia, on record, who, by similar conduct,
lost both his crown and life, no attempt
could have been more ill judged. General
Craddock, the commander in chief in the
Carnatic, had isVaed orders for all the native
troops to shave their beards, and for an al-
teration in the construct ion of their puggru,
(turban) which required the use of cow or ¦
ox leather. Both Mussulmauns and Hin-
doos, of every description, have a religion*
veneration for their beard ; and nothing
could be more disgusting to the feelings of
the latter, who are many of them taken
from the higher casts, than the use of any
thing belonging to their revered animal, af-
ter its death. The officer commanding the
Sepoys, had presaged bad consequences,
from the first disposition they manifested
relative to the intended change in their ap-
pearance, and represented his apprehensttMH
to the general at Madras ; but in teply, re-
ceived the most positive injunction, to
force the oiders ; and the horrid catastro •
commenced on the parade. One instance
of particular.cruelty and revenge, in wit
the natives of the country aie but too apt
to indulge, is stated to have i'.ippcneri.—
A Sepoy went to the house of his Europe-
an officer, for whom he inquired ; but was
informed he lc-.d fled—lie then dies ured to see
his child, v/hom the mother tried to protect,
by saying it was also removed ; but on the
Sepoy wounding her in the breast with his
bayonet, she pointed to where the child lay
concealed, from whence the man drew it,
and making the infant stand before him, toid
the mother '• that boy had about twelve
months before caused the death of bis
child, (by what means are not known) and
he had in vain endeavored tu obtain satis-
faction ; he was therefore now come ta
take it himself—and immediately struck
the little victim down, with his musket, and
shot him dead as he lay on the ground. At
Scringaput'n, the officers dreading the event,
had prudently opposed carrying the general's
orders into execution, and the people there
have hitherto remained quiet. The must
destructive consequences might have been'
expected from this misguided measure, had
this taken place two or three months latcrf
when we are likely to be again engaged in.
a cotnest with the Mahrattas. At the last
peace with Scindiaand Holkar, two of (he
principal chiefs, we voluntarily restored the
greater part of the conquests we had niruie
fiom them, in consideration of the places h, ¦ r.
ing been long held by their respective faijiilics.
The latter is, nevertheless restless ; . and it
is believed that he is making preparations fo
commence his usual desultory operation.;,
as soon as the season will allow his taking
the field. ,
." A civil and military commission I
been ordered to inquire into the circum-
stances of this extraordinary transaction at
Vellore, which seems to be one of the :i.;. <:
of appointing a St. James' Park pat
cer, to the command of armies, with whose
language, manners, and religion, he ts un-
acquainted; of the fatality of which, in
dock's fate, in former times, ought to h.
taught them experience. A change Qt go->
vernors is expected at all our :
Lord Lauderdale to have I i er»
nor-general.
" The celebrated ship Erin is here, and
I have been on board to look at the apart-
ments occupied by prince Jerome Bona-
parte, and his republican bride. This sm»iM
ship, though much better calculated to coast
with passengers, than to go round the we;
for trade, after landing her republico-imp'.'-
rial cargo, and having been twice at Am-
sterdam and Lisbon, cleared out From tl
latter with 15,000 dollars, for Car,ion ;
went to the Cape, Batavia, Moscai and
Mocha ; 'and was at length going into the
Lie'of Fiance, detained by the Fiti frigate,
and sent hither for adjudication."
New-York, Fe-bruary 25,
Slppdintmoit by the CprforaUotu
Isaac A. Van Hook, attorney to (he
,: m in the room, ef Sauyxd Co a*
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