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_since fell in with the Rhin George, Dy a then 60 days from Bordunox bound to altimore, with upwards of 76 passengers. I informed that the ship Ans, Prender tz, (if permssion was obtained) would sail in about 15 days for New York, with up wards of 200 American seamen, being the crews of American vessels valmly seized and condemned in the ports of France . Whay Mr. Lee, our consul at Bordeaus, ihtended to embark for home in the Ana, but had received a note (who from is not fated) inviting him to become a French citizen which he refused. That Mr. Armstrong expected to leave France about the 1s that August for America rt ce fip Sally ; but it seems he ‘was stil waiting the emperor’s permission to embark on that well’. 40,090 French troops act licely passed through Bordeaux for pain; there was no expectation of a restoration of A merican property in France. Six of the George's pulleyers were put, on board the Saloma, and have ever to this city. Thirty-four genuine Merino Sheep and a beautiful Jack-Ass, were imported in the thip “ucy and Elizabeth, which arrived at this port yesterday from Cadiz. From the N.Y Evening Post, Aug. 9 From France The following gentle men arrived here last evening in the schr. Saloma, of North Carolina ; Doctor Johnn son and Mr. Ronaldson, of Philadelphia; Mr. Hatchborn, of Boston, Mr. Pearson and Mr. Burnett. These gentleman were peas: on board the George Dyer, from crdeaux, and left that ship six days since, bound to Baltimore. The George Dyer sailed from Baltimore to France, at the in stance of General Turreau, to carry out Frenchmen who had arrived in this coun try from the Spanish West Indies. She was permitted to return with 52 passon ers, among whom were the gentlemen w ere named. These gentlemen confirm the news be fore received from Europe, relative to A merican property in that country. They fate that all American property of whate ver kind of denomination, and wherever found, in France or any of the countries under the contreul of Bonaparte, has been seized and sold. And that nothing but the most abje submission of our govern ment to the will of Bonaparte can give a hope that a cent of it will evet be restored. So determined was the Emperor to lay hands on everything American, that he had sequestered vefils which had been sailing under his own licence. New York, August 4. Letters of a late date from Amster dam, (via Fngland) are received in town. One of them states the following : * The Maria is to sail from this to York about the 2th Man,as a cartel shift, with captain Starton, Howich, Cale, and Merrit, on board. French commissioners arrived here on the 1@th of May, and took prossession of all fraherty in the king’s warehouses belonging to America, of which they intended to transport to Antwerp for sale. FROM LISBON.—The brio Charles, Capt. Malbon, sailed from Lisbon the 27th June, and brings the following state ment of transactions in portugal at that are The French armies under Generals Kel Terman and Rerniers were advancing to wards Gallicia. Lord Wellington’s head quarters were at Celerica the remainder of the army at Guaido, Freneoza, and Pinhel. The orders of the aodinft were for the soldiers to retain only one shirt each, and to send all the heavy hagcape to Coimbra. Exclusive of the eremy under Loyd ‘Wel ington, govt men were 9: Pyrtoulepre, @mmanded by General Hill in the whole ab ut qoeee veoulep Porsreiese and’ En giith troops, besides mile. The artew under Gen. Hill was becciméne jealous of the movements of 9 part of the French ar my commanded by Gen. Beames, who was advancing by the way of Alb rqnverque with about S.ecomene On the 1s5th and adthvift, the French made incursions near ‘Badajos, and succeeded in carrying off all the cattle in the war. Maffena’s headquarters were near Cin dad. Rodrian, which place was inverted by the French, but no attack had been made; it appeared to be their intentiis to force a capitulation by famine in which it was pro bable they would succeed,he city being in want of every necessary, and would pro bably fail in a few days. The French forces are estimated as fol lows near Ciudad Rodrigo under Meaffe- NY 40,000; on the frontiers of Gallicia, 20,0003 in the vicinity of Badajos 18,090, under Repnier, and about the same number ‘under Gen. Laborde. The English were destroying the harvest whereever they re- Senaated There were fine lines of defence between ifbon and the English army, in the whole more than two pieces of cannon. The nglish have ix men of war, and from three four hundred transports, laving at the ‘agus and at Oporto, which were kept in constant readiness for the embarkation of the troops in case of a repulse. A line of Telegraphs were erected, by which intelli gence of the army on the frontiers could be conveyed to Lisbon in three hours. De serters from the French army were almost daily arriving at Lisbon. The inhabitants of Lisbon are very san guine of success. By the Charles we have received Lisbon papers to the 24th June. Providence, (R.1.) Aug. S.—Tuesday ived ship Mary-Ann, Russell, 38 days in Cadiz. Sailed 24th June, and informs that the garrison were in high spirits, and entertained no fear of the French being a ble to reduce the place. The garrison con sisted of 20,000 troops, 13,000 of which were British. A constant cannonade was kept up between the French in fort Matagorda, and the English and Spanish gun-boats and Résorte on the island of Leon. The French were unable by their shot to injure the city A few days before the departure of the Ma ry-Ann, an expedition consisting of 500 Spanish troops, sailed, supposed for Alge siras, Fleur was at 90 dollars, at which price several cargoes had been sold, True to ms ¢ He comes, the Her Ido* . Nearg from all notions at LERINGTON, noscn Id; oF The Minutes of the Hikhorn Association of Baptism, held ay Bryans. «reprinted and rea dy (or delivery at this “Diffie those of the same Association held at Glear Creee, will be ready for delivery next )cordage Lhe Mir as Sf the North District Associa tion, will be printed to-morrow. The Churches arto requested to send for ther copies- WHE CLECTION. Thef returns are not yet complete. Cou. Nun’s majority over M. Lyonis is stated to be 3100--Ormsny’s ma jority over Quinton, only 40—R. M. Johnson’s over Hunter 4950. REPRESENTATIVES. Hotee Henderson—Samuel G. Hop pomgos Christian—Matthew Wilson and Abra ham Boyd. Muhlenberg——William Bradford. Farren—Solomon P. Sharp and Tho mas A. Covington. Barren—Samuel Murrell and Joel Van Adair —John Woolford. Casey—Christopher Rife. Nelsor—Vincent Davis, Benjamin Har din and Dr. Harrison. Gerrard—John Yantis and John Faulk ner. Hardin—Charles Helm and Samuel Haycraft. Preckenridge—William Hardin. Nicholas—Franklin Collier. Mason—George Reed and James Ward. Green—William Adair. Greenup Lewis—Aaron Owens. Pendleton Campbell—Joseph Kenne dy. Bullit—James Alexander. Montgomery—William Farrow and Je remiah Davis. Wayne—Isaac West. Lincoln— William Davis and Murrell. Caldwell t. Livingston—Jonathan Ram sey. Logan—George M. Bibb and J. W Walker SENATORS. Logan—Robert Ewin. Jefferson Bullit—William Pope. Lincoln— —— Warren. Henderson y Hoph’ is—Samuel Hop kis 13 Shelly —Joseph Wintock. It is said that Admirer Cochrane has dischar ged all the American seamen discovered to be such, and serving under impressment, in the squadron on the windward Island station. A London piper states that the pregnancy of Bonaparte’s empress had been officially an nounced. Commerrce.—During the month of July last, 257 vessels arrived, and 248 cleared, at the port of Boston—of which number 134 were to and from foreign ports, and 371 coasters.—To tal 505. At the port of New York, during the same period, 297 arrived, and 195 cleared—of which 168 were to and from foreign ports, and 524 coasters.——Total 492. Since the arrival of the Tamaahmaah, from Liverpool, a considerable quantity of flour has even bought up for the English market, at ten dollars eons quarters, and some at eleven dollars. It is Rew said a letter was received by this vessel, so that the crops in Eiegland were very unpromiset . Philadelphia s fine is said to be spelling at 24 dollars at the Havanna,and on the rise. The medical attendants of the duke of Cum berland entertain’such a favorable opinion of the convalesence of his Royal Highness, and the promising appearance of his wounds, that they have discontinued the practice of issuing bulie ins According to a calculation in a Parisian Jour nal, the French Empire contains at present the allowing population :—Inhabitants who speak the French language, 28,126,000 ; the German, 2,745,900; the Flemish, 2,227,000; the Bre ‘on, £ 67,000; the Basque, 108,000, forming a total of 34,133,000 souls. The article of tes, for the London market a lone gives employment to about 3,000,000 of the Chinese population, and to 20,000 tons of Eng ish shipping, besides adding 3,000,000 annual ly to the revenue of G. Britain. It appears by a proclamation of the Burgo master of the city of Rotterdam that some dis turbances had taken place in that city between the citizens and the French troops gurtered there. The proclamation offers a large reward for the discovery of the person who had wound ed a French officer in the head with a stone, for the apprehension of the instigators of the in sults to the troops, such as pelting them with stones, hooting at them, c. Weare informed that Mr. Read, at torney for this district, filed information during the last week, under the second section of the act of congress interdict ing intercourse with the armed vessels of Great Britain and France, against 8 persons for furnishing the British sloop of war Avon with provisions and other aid contrary to the prohibitions of that act.—Fulmington pep, VINCENNES, August 18. The great war chief of the Shawanees, brother to the Prophet arrived at this place ten Sunday last, accompanied by a large number of chiefs and young warriors, for purpose of holding a council with the Governor, they have had two conferences. ut nothing material has as yet transpi red. Extract of a letter from a gentleman at St. Louis, to his friend in this place, dated, August 3d, 1810. “On my return from the garrison up the Missouri, I staid at captain Coles, who had just returned from the pursuit of some In dians that had ftoten noises from the settle ment—they came in view of the Indians in a prairie, and pursued on until night, and encamped, made fire, c. 1m the wood land, not apprehending any danger from the In dians, lay do jm to ft sometime after midnight, nee fitton by the Indians, mn. and four men k as FO THE LANCASTER JOURNAL. The following mode of teaching child ren, on the coast of Malabar, to read, and write, is translated from a work published many years ago by the Abbey de la Porte, entitled ‘Le voyageur coi * The manner in which the in ks structed on the coast o shown to me by a Bramin.s=our five of the scholars, who have the same lesson to learn, are seated round a table which is ‘smoothly covered with fine sand: one of the scholars signs a line at the lesson, which at the same time he writes, or tra ces in the sand ; —the others then sign, and write, the same line together, and conti nue in that manner, till the lesson is finish ed, or no more room left on the tables ;— the letters are then obliterated, and the sand levelled, by passing a straight rule over it, for the purpose of finishing that lesson, or Commencing another : in this manner they continue during the hours of study, and learn to read, and write, without books, paper, pens, or ink.” This method, which appeared to have been long practising in some parts of Asia, has been lately introduced into the United States and is said to be attended with con siderable success.
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