not known. The celebrated Servian chief, Czerny George, has been apprehended at Semendria, and beheaded. His skin was stuffed with straw, and sent to Constantinople. This man had given the Turks much trouble in their wars with the Servians, and he had always received encouragement from Russia. The reason of his going to Semendria was that he had left there, in his flight from Servia some years before, the sum of 50.000 ducats, and he went in disguise to recover it, and escape to Russia. A pretended friend. however, betrayed him. He was known to be an imperial Russian general, and was decorated with the order of St. Ann. It is thought, therefore, that Alexander will revenge his death, and protect his family. This extraordinary man was born about the year 1770, not far from Belgrade, and rendered himself memorable by the struggle which he maintained to free his country, Servia, from the yoke of the Ottomans. His figure was tall, but spare, and he wore a quieu which covered his whole back. His appearance differed from that of a common peasant in no respect, except that he always wore a dagger and pistols His violent and stern temper early displayed itself, and hate for the Turks seems to have been born with him.— When quite young, meeting a Turk in the street, who told him in an imperious tone to get out of his way, or he would shoot him, Czerny advanced upon him and laid him dead at his feet. After this he fled into Transylvania, and became an officer in the Austrian service, being then only 18 years old. Here, however, he did not long remain, but returning, in disgust, to his native country, he headed aband of robbers, at the head of which he severely harassed the Turks: he in his victory, sparing neither sex nor age. The Turks, in retaliation, condemned 26 Servians to death, and collected troops to attack Czerny's band; but the oppressed Servians, from all sides, flew to his standard, and the Turks were repulsed. His father renounced him, and set out for Belgrade to deliver him to the Turks. The son used every persuasion to make his father desist, but failing, shot him. On this account he obtained the name of Czerny, which means black. Though destitute of education, knowing neither how to read nor write, he had great gifts; he well understood the conduct of troops, and how to animate them in battle. ASIA. EAST-INDIES. Since the fall of fort Hattrass, the British troops have taken, it is said, eleven other forts, which leaves the whole country entire ly at the mercy of the British. It is said that Lord Moira, as soon as the season would permit, intended to invade the Marhatta dominions with 80,000 men, The frontiers of Madrass, northward and westward, are infested with large bodies of freebooters, who have laid waste the whole province, and exercised the greatest cruelties upon the inhabitants, cutting off their noses, ears, fingers. &c. A major, with a detachment of 300 men, met 10,000 of these marauders, and killed 300, and captured 1000 horse, without any loss. AFRICA. The plague continues to spread its ravages in the Barbary states. At Aliers 80 died in a day. The superstitious Turks saw with unconcern, persons momently falling dead around them, but did nothing to arrest the dreadful malady. The Turks are all predestinarians. AMERICA. SPANISH AMERICA. VENEZUELA. Morillo has been driven from the island of Margarita, and is now at Cumana. The patriots are triumphant at present in the province Guay anna, and it is expected they will soon advance upon Carracas, whither Morillo is preparing to proceed. Amid confusion and distress, the stagnation of business, and the enormities of an atrocious warfare, the cause of the Independents seems to be slowly gaining ground. CHILI. By the last accounts from Chili, it appears that the independents have had a battle with the royalists, and were victorious. The royalist commander. Sanchos, who commanded at l'alcaguana, the sea-port, had received a reinforcement of 500 men from Lima, 1,500 men. which augmented his army from 1400 to The patriot cominander, Hevas, had about 1700 men, having been joined by 200, part of the 1000 who went with general O'Higgins. The royalists made a sortie with their whole force, but were completely defeated, with the loss of 160 men and three still at Talcaguana, for the purpose of takpieces of cannon, The Lima squadron was ing, as was supposed the royal troops to Peru. MEXICO. Colonel Perry and Major Gordon, who had been despatched by General Mina, with forty-six men, to proceed to Nachitoches, were attacked on their way at Cow-pens, near Labid e, by 300 Spaniards, or according to the Spanish Official, by 100 men, and entirely routed,-twenty-seven were killed, the remainder wounded and taken prisoners, except two, who fled. Perry and Gordon are killed. General Mina, after having erected a small fort at Soto la Marina, left in it Major Pierre of New-Orleans, the patriot Bishop Mier, and 200 men, consisting chiefly of inhabitants who had come to his standard, proceeded himself, with 800 to 1000 men, into the country toward St. Louis de Potosi. The fort has been reduced by Arredondo, who, also, despatched a colonel with about 3,000 men, of whom 600 were cavalry, after Mina. Upon coming up with Mina, a battle ensued, and the royalists were repulsed with heavy loss. Mina proceeded on to join a corps of 10 Domestic Occurrences. the patriots at Green Lake, in Languira Vale, and the royalists were unable to pursue him. Government has outlawed General Mina, and put a price upon his head. It has been said that the Spanish Governor had put a commission into the hands of the Caddo Chief, authorising him to sweep off every person that is found between the Rio Honda and the Sabine. The Caddo denies the commission. In that territory, lately unoccupied by a single white man, and regarded by Herera and Wilkinson as neutral, there are now about 200 families, emigrants from the United States. EAST FLORIDA. After the departure of M'Gregor from Amelia, the chief direction of affairs fell into the hands of Colonel Irwin, who, however, was soon succeeded by Ruggles Hubbard. sometime sheriff of the city and Mr. Hubbard was County of New-York. elected governor of the two Floridas, Commodore Aury, Captain General. (this person came after the departure of M'Gregor with a naval force.) Colonel Irwin, commandant of the land forces; Henry Yonge, collector. and William Ogleby, marshal. Recently, it is said, that two parties have arisen, one attached to Hubbard, and the other to Aury, and the last accounts state, that Hubbard has met his death, as is supposed by violence or poison. PORTUGUESE AMERICA. BRAZILS. The patriots are entirely quelled in the Portuguese provinces: at Pernambuco the royalists have celebrated their success with is stated great pomp and rejoicing; and that in June last. 40,000 soldiers from Rio Janeiro fell in with a large body of patriots near Cape St. Augustine, and after a fight of two days the royalists obtained a complete victory. Some of the patriots went over to the royalists, but were indiscriminately put to death. Some fled to the interior, others went toward Pernambuco; but all that were taken were put to death. There is not a patriot to be found on the coast of Brazil. The patriots are said to have lost in all, 10,000 men. BRITISH AMERICA. CANADA. It had been reported that there were American citizens, taken prisoners during the last war, still in captivity among the Indians on the borders of Lake Huron. In consequence of this report, application was made by the government of the United States to Governor Sherbrooke of the Canadas, to make inquiry; he did so, and upon careful search none have been found. By an official article in the Quebec Gazette, it appears that lumber from the British North American Provinces is put upon the same footing, in respect to duties in England, as that from foreign countries. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The President has returned to the seat of government, from his visit to his estate; and the Secretary of State, John Q Adams, has entered upon the duties of his office. It is understood that a treaty was signed at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the 29th of Sept. by Governor Cass and General M'Arthur, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs of the Wiandot, Delaware, Shawanoe, Seneca, Ottowa, Chippewa, and Pottowattami tribes of Indians, by which treaty, these tribes have ceded to the United States all the lands held by them within the limits of the State of Ohio. The Indians residing on the ceded lands, however, are not expected to remove from them, but to remain, subject to the laws of Ohio and the United States. They have reserved to themselves certain tracts of land which they are to hold free from taxation as long as they occupy them, under a patent from the President of the United States. The Court Martial, finally organized for the trial of Col. Wharton, dismissed the charges as frivolous, and honourably acquitted the Colonel. ART. 14. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. NEW HAMPSHIRE. came on The trial of the Dartmouth College question at Exeter on the 19th of September, before the Superior Court. The trial occupied several days, and was conducted by the respective counsel with great ability. The decision will be pronounced at Grafton in the November Terin. The annual Thanksgiving in New-Hamp- The Agricultural Society of Cheshire take place at Charlestown, in that County, on the first Wednesday in October.. first The famous Malaga Wheat was brought in 1810 to Exeter, N. H. by a man who plucked it in a field in Malaga. He brought only one head, and from various accidents, only a few quarts were obtained, till 1816, but the present season it is estimated that there are 100 bushels raised. This wheat is believed to be superior to any in America; it weighs 67 lbs. to the bushel, and has not been known to be affected by smut. MASSACHUSETTS. The English and American commissioners, who are to decide, and the agents of the two governments who are to conduct the con troversy relative to the islands in Passamaquoddy bay, under the 4th article of the treaty of Ghent, reassembled in Boston in the beginning of September. At their last meeting, in June, the Commissioners, having examined evidence in the case, beard an argument from the agent of each government, in which were developed the grounds on which each nation considered itself entitled to all the islands in Passamaquoddy bay, and to the island of Grand Menan, in the bay of Fundy. During the adjournment, replications have been prepared by the agents, respectively, and heard by the Commissioners, who are now sitting with closed doors, and the result of their deliberations will be made known through the Government. There have recently set forth, in one body, from the District of Maine, for the State of Indiana, one hundred and twenty persons, men, women, and children, accompanied by the minister of the town; their object is to purchase and settle a township. The Provident Institution for Savings, in Boston, continues in successful operation. From the 23d of July to the 15th of October, were deposited $19,709 by one hundred and sixty-two individuals: in the same period were drawn out $1359 41 by 13 persons. At the late exhibition of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, at Brighton, a prize of $40 was awarded to Erastus Ware of Salem, for a crop of carrots of an acre, which produced 752 bushels; to Thomas Melville, Esq. of Boston, $10 for a crop of turnips, raised on his farm in Pittsfield, being 720 bushels on one acre; to the Hon. James Richardson, also $40 for the greatest crop of potatoes, being 402 bushels on one acre; this last acre, in 1815, was a mere swamp. To Mr. Jacob Rice, of Shrewsbury, was awarded a prize of $40 for his crop of spring wheat, being threshed, and amounting to a little more than 36 bushels per acre. At the same fair, Gorbam Parsons, Esq. of Brooklyn, received a premium of $75 for the best imported cow; she was of the Holderness breed, of a fine form; the breed is much esteemed, and before not known in this country. A medal of the value of thirty dollars was also awarded to Capt. Charles Tracy, of the ship Galen, for his care in bringing out a cow and a calf, belonging to Stephen Williams, Esq. of Northborough. Specimens of cotton cloth were exhibited from the factory at Waltham, in which there are now 60 looms in operation, moved by water, and in which 151,947 yards of cloth were wove in 20 weeks, from the 14th of April to the 30th August. But the most extraordinary exhibition was that of a pair of women's shoes, wove from the skin of a goat, which was killed between 12 and 1 o'clock at night, and whose hide was perfectly tanned and made into shoes, which were exhibited at half past 2 P. M. of the same day. A pair of oxen was exhibited, bred in Springfield, that was sold for 1000 dollars. An English turnip has been raised this sea son in the garden of Col. Joshua Little, of Newbury, which measured thirty-three inches in circumference, and weighed 12 pounds without the top. A kind of corn, the seed of which was brought from Canada, has been raised in Roxbury, this season, at the rate of 82 1-2 bushels to the acre, and weighing 65 lbs. per bushel. It was planted in the 1st of May, and harvested the 15th September. The cob is small. On Sunday, Oct. 5th, a shock of an earthquake was felt at Salem; it came from the north west, and lasted about 10 minutes. The same was felt at Cambridgeport, and at Woburn many walls were thrown down. RHODE ISLAND. Messrs. Robbins. Mitchell and Tillinghast commissioners on the part of Massachusetts, and Messrs. Brown, Burril, and Bridgham, for Rhode-Island, appointed to settle the boundary of the State, have had a meeting at Providence and adjourned to the 24th of November, for the purpose of making surveys. CONNECTICUT. The legislature of Connecticut commenced its sessions, as usual, in October. By the report of the committee on the subject of taxation it appears that the grand list for 1815, was $5,798,911. It is proposed to lay a tax of ten cents on a dollar, on this list, which will amount to $579,891, which is supposed to be required for the annual expenses of the several towns in the State, according to the proposed system of taxation. VERMONT. Governor Galusha has heen re-elected, in Vermont, by a majority of 6,110 votes, and the democratic ticket for counsellors, has succeeded by a majority of more than 6,000. A new religious sect has lately appeared, migrating from this State to the westward. They call themselves the true followers of Christ. Their pretended prophet came from Canada a few months since, and is a man of "austere habits," and a great fanatic. His followers are not yet numerous, but it is thought he will increase them. He rejects sirnames, and abolishes marriage, and allows his followers to cohabit promiscuously. The men eat their food in an erect posture, and the women when they pray, prostrate themselves on the ground with their faces downward. They frequently do penance for, sins, and seem to make uncleanliness a virtue. They allege that their prophet has not changed his clothes for seven years. There was with the party, above described, a deluded woman, who it is said always sustained a fair character, and who left a husband in affluent circumstances and a family of children to follow this prophet. It is probably the object of the leader of this sect to draw as many after him as possible, and to form in some of the western States, a new settlement similar to the one made by Jemima Wilkinson, in the State of New-York. A beet was raised the last season in the 72 garden of Messrs. W. & A. Chapman, in Middlebury, Vt. which weighed, including the top. 24 1-2 lbs.; without the top, 16 lbs. 14 ounces. NEW-YORK. Governor Clinton has issued a proclamation, that the 13th of November be kept as a day of prayer and thanksgiving. The canal continues to be worked, with great success. Contracts have been made for the construction of the canal as far as Montezuma, and at a rate uniformly lower than the estimate of the commissioners. The difference in the distance already let out, between the estimate and the contracts, is about $500,000. Cessions of land have been very readily made on almost the whole of the route already contracted for, and in some instances the cessions have been accompanied with the offer of donations in money when requisite. In very few instances have there yet been claims for damage. The utility of this great work is almost universally allowed, and will receive some illustration from the fact, that between the first day of May, and the first day of August, a single carry ing-house in Ogdensburgh transported to Montreal, forty thousand barrels of flour. James Dill, Esq. has been appointed clerk of the district Court, vice Mr Finn, deceased. A Fire Engine on a new principle has been recently invented by two gentlemen in this vicinity, and has been inspected with much approbation by several scientific gentlemen. The principal benefit of the improvement consists in the cheapness of the construction, which is such as to bring it within the means of every village in the country, and indeed of every wealthy private individual. The following also are among the advantages of the new construction: 1. They work without friction; of course a smaller number of men is necessary to work them. 2. All the essential parts of the Engine can be made by common mechanics; consequently, they can easily be repaired in the country. 3. They will throw water as high, and in every respect as well, as on the common construction. 4. They can be taken to pieces; every part examined; and put together again in a few minutes. The above invention has been patented. PENNSYLVANIA. The election for Governor, which in this State, is held once in three years, is just over : Mr Findlay is elected. The celebrated picture of "Christ healing the sick in the Temple," painted by West, and presented by him to the Pennsylvania Hospital, has arrived in Philadelphia. It came in the ship Electra, and was insured at 3,000 guineas. There is now upon the land of Judge Rush, near Bustleton, an Apple Tree, that has on it three distinct growths, or crops of apples ; MARYLAND. A meeting of Merchants has recently been held in Baltimore, for the purpose of taking measures for establishing a Company to import goods from all parts of Europe, in order to secure to that city the trade to which its situation is considered as entitling it. Reso lutions were adopted to carry the project into effect, and a committee of twenty-five appointed to make the arrangements necessary for that purpose. It is suggested that the capital of the company is to be three millions of dollars. The election in Maryland has given a federal majority of about 10, in the House of Delegates. VIRGINIA. A memorial is before the legislature of this State, in behalf of a communication, by means of a canal and a short portage, between the navigable waters of James' river, and those that flow to the Ohio; and leave is asked to incorporate a company for improving the navigation of the James' river above the limits of the James' river company; for opening and constructing a turnpike road from the highest point of navigation on the waters of James' river, to the nearest point on the waters of the great Kenawha susceptible of navigation; and for improving the navigation of the latter river and its waters, to their confluence with the Ohio. That the commonwealth may liberally vest her funds in the stock of such company; and that the government of the United States may be invited to patronize the work, by becoming stockholders to such amount as will secure confidence and effect to the enterprize. It is stated that at the institution of Mr. Braidwood for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, at Manchester, Virginia, a young man, who had been for several years a burden to his parents and a disregarded member of society, has been enabled to read, to write, and to speak intelligibly. The Theatre is rebuilding at Richmond, and will be opened, it is expected, by next July or August. Mr. Gilfert, son-in-law of the late Mr. Holman, and a celebrated musician, both composer and performer, has taken it on a lease for seven years. It is said that Mr. Everard Hall, formerly of North-Carolina, but now residing on LittleIsland, in Princess-Ann county, has discovered a process by which salt of a superior quality can be made from ordinary sea wa ter, and afforded cheaper than it can be imported. Five hundred bushels can be made in one day at a trifiing expense, and sold at the factory on the sea shore for 25 cents a bushel, which upon the smallest calculation (according to the inventor) will yield one hundred and fifty per cent. per ann. upon the presentatives a resolution to inquire into the capital employed. James M. Wayne, Esq. the new mayor of Savannah, has issued a proclamation dated the 11th of September, requiring all vessels y coming from Charleston, (S. C.) and from any port or place in the West-Indies, (Bermuda and New-Providence excepted,) to Di come to in Cockspur Roads, in Savannah riever, for examination by the health officer of the port. And all persons coming from either of the above named places are forbidden to enter the city of Savannah, until after 15 days from the time of their leaving Charleston or any port in the West-Indies. Thus the new mayor thinks the yellow fever is a contagious discase, though the health ure oficer does not. the LOUISIANA. expediency of repealing an act of the legis lature of the territory of New-Orleans, granting to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton the privilege of using Steam-Boats for a limited time. The committee, appointed to report on this subject, strongly advocated the continuance of the law, and the grant to Livingston and Fulton was preserved. The Board of Health, at New-Orleans, report 80 deaths in tha@city and suburbs, for one week, viz: from the 18th to the 25th of September, inclusive. Of these, 48 were men, 8 women, 4, children, and 17 coloured people. The deaths at New-Orleans, from the 25th of August to the 3d of September inclusive, were, on an average, 10 a day. From the commencement of the year 1817 until the first of October, were interred in tholics and 248 protestants. the burying ground of New-Orleans, 679 ca MISSISSIPPI. The first election took place, in this new state, in the first week of September. David Holmes is elected governor, and George Poindexter, representative to congress. KENTUCKY. A museum of Natural and Antiquarian History is opened in the town of Lexington in Kentucky. It is designed by the proprietorto display the natural history of Western America-to illuminate the dark origin of the arts, manners, and customs of the Aborigines. The name of the proprietor is John D. Clifford. The directors of the Bank of the U. States have determined to establish a Branch Bank at Louisville, in the state of Kentucky. A Louisville paper states that there are nine Steam Boats building on the waters of the Ohio and the Mississippi, which will complete the number of twenty on those waters. INDIANA. It was said, September 16th that one half the crop of wine then growing on the farm of David Golay, was sold at public. auction for the benefit of his heirs, at 73 cents per gallon, to be delivered as coming from the press, the purchasers to furnish the casks. The whole of the crop, the product of about three acres and a haif, is estimated at 11 or 12 hundred gallons. Two men and a few children, besides attending that vineyard, raised a considerable quantity of corn Mr. Jones introduced in the House of Re- and other articles. ART. 15. MONTHLY CATALOGUE OF NEW PUBLICATIONS, LEGANT EXTRACTS. A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moaral, and Entertaining Passages from the most eminent Poets. Vol. I. Book 1. 2. Devotional and Moral. New-York, Kirk & Mercein, 12mo. pp. 284. e VOL. II. NO. 1. We have compared this edition of the Elegant Extracts, with Sharpe's English edition, from which it was copied, and consider the execution of it in every respect equal to the exemplar-it is with satisfaction we can add that it is charged at a much lower price, 10 |