From the New.York Commercial Advertiser.
Latest from England,
_ By the arrival of the Bhip Ann Maria,
captain Wait, from Liverpool. we have re-
ceived our regular files of London and Li-
verpool papers ; the former to the 23d, the
latter to the 25th ot April, with Lioyd’s
end General shipping and Commercial
Lists to the 23d, all inclusive.
The London Courier of April 21st inj
gpeaking of our affairs with Spain, remarks
“ The president has leid belore_ the. house
of representatives a complete view of the
subsisting relations between Spain and they
Unuted States. Inthe message accompa-
Dying the documents, the president in-
formed the legislature, that the conduct of
the United States throughout the whole
transaction had been remarkable for ¢ jus-
tice, moderation, and a firm adherence to
their rights.” Of course Mr. Monroe
could not say less than this, but we confess
an attentive perusal of Mr. Adams’ letter
to Don Onis, has not exactly impressed us
ith the same ideas upon the subject.—
We think the forbearance of the United
States during the last seven or eight years,
n which Mr, Adams insists with so
ph confidence, may be traced to the
ation in which America stood, for a
kt of that period at Jeast, with regard to
ngland, which not only rendered her
cussions with Spain comparatively un-
Broportant, but necessarily crippled her
means of enforcing her pretensions by any
warlike demonstrations. Her present re-
fusal also, to accept the medidtion of this
country looks as if she relicd more upon
an appeal to the sword, with a feeble and
embarrassed adversary, than upon an equi
tavle examination of her demands. Cer-
tainly the reasons assigned by Mr. Adams
for the possible occupation of the Floridas,
are such as would be addressed only to a
power not in condition to resort to the
wliima raid’ A
An article from Vienna quotes accounts
from Constantinople, stating that all the
foreign ministers had set on foot confer-
®nces with the Divan, with a view of a
dopting, in concert with the Ottoman go-
vernment, inecasures for repressing the
outrages of the Barbary powers, and for
obtaining satisfaction for their conduct —
1; is added that the Porte was endeavoring
to temporise, but that the foreign minis-
ters wjere determined to insist upon a ca-
-
yy
Te ees | It was announced that the ancient military
: y 2 . jhad endeavored to effect a re-action there.
Foreign Intelligence. 1d mre 8
ea og
THE PATRIOT:
Vii
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news. But public and private letters
the most recent dates, desiroy these ca-
lumnies, they assert that tranquility was
never more perfect than at present in the
places which have been reported as ina
state of agitation.” . a
Liverpool, Marck 20.
: SUDDEN DEATHS. ">
Last week, at the funeral of a pecs at
Dartmouth, while the sexton was filling
up the grave, he fell into it and expired.
“To speak his thoughts, is every freeman’s right.”
MONDAY, yung |S.
Appointment by the Governer.
. Davip ALLEN, to be a Justice of the
Peace lor district No. 5, composed of the
townships of Bald Eagl¢ and Lamar, Cen-
tre county.
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On Sunday afternoon last, a female sel-
vant, residing with Mr. Langley, booksel-/
ler, Mansfield, was in the act of prepar-
iflg tea, when in an instant, she gaye a
lconvillsive start, dropped down on the
floor and instantly expired. is 4 Sg
A poer man named John Cranstane, well
known at the different coach stands and
watering houses about town, and who was
cousidered as little better than an idiot, fell
down suddenly in a fit, on Thursday last,
in palace yard, and almost instantly expir-
ed. He had subsisted for years on the
half pence which he collected from eoach-
men and persons engaging coaches for
opening the coach doors. After his death,
there was found concealed in the lining of
his waistcoat, 15. in bank notes, and up-
wards of three pounds in silver.
On Wednesday night last, a man fiam-
ed Matthew Mark; a warder in his ma-
jesty’s dock-yard dropped down dead near
the Queen Charlott’s Head, half way- house
Porisea ; and Saturday morsing, a man
of the name of Bowyer, a laborer, drépped
down dead in his majesty’s dockyard.
On Monday evening last, as two seamen,
attendants at the admiral’s office, were
moving 4 small boat belonging (6
Queen Charlotte, from the: Sally Port to
the town quay, at Portsmouth, one of the
men, George Pope, wis seized wich ah
apopletic fit and instantly expired.
S—_— tot
Naples, March 12.—The earthquake re=
cently experienced in Sicily, extended over
Palermo, felt a slight shock. The villages
of Bront, Castiglione, Rocello, Voldineto
and Milazzo, have suffered considerably]
On an estédte belonging to the duke of Mis-
teriianco, seven columns of water were
seen_to issue all at once out of the ground;
fifteen minutes afterwards they disappear-
ed with equal rapidity. At the samc mor!
ment a torrent of fire was perceived rolling
in a Serpentine direction, on the surface of
the ancient volcanic lava, which extend
e-{ble that a translation
Yc given fe Cs
{hig
the whole Island, and even the town off
Mr, Brindle, Raa
The following on the subject of
the ¢ Divinmg Rod,’ as it is called, or the
faculty of perceiving and indicating sub.
terraneous springs and currents, by means
of a forked twig, 1s taken in substance from
Dobson’s Encyclopaedia. Itis there called
Bletonigm, from a Mr. Bleton, who posses-
sed this faculty ; which seems to depend
op some peculiar organization. ¢ Con-
cerning the reality of this extraordinary
faculty, there occurred great doubts among
the learned. But M. Thouverral,a French-
man, of some consequence, and a philoso-
pher; seems to have put the matter beyond
dispute, in two memoirs which he publish-
ed on the subject.” « Many were indis-
posed against Bletonism, because they
looked upon the facts on which it is found-
ed as inexplicable. But M. Thouverral
assigns principles upon which the impres-
sions made by subterraneous waters and
mines may be naturally enough accounted
for.” Should any person in this country
be in possession of the memoirs of Thou-|
vertal alluded to above, it would be desira-|
4
e public. Aud it is particilar-
y desirable that scientific gentlemen of
this country would endeavor to develope
the principles of this mysterious faculty,
and render it useful, as it wauld be, in a
Bearer, if well understood ; especially
in those parts of the country where water
is only to be procured by digging for it.
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‘THE DIVININGROD.,
- The art of the Divining Rod or Magic
Wand, has been in practice for several cen-
turies. It had its origin in Germany, but
by whom is uncertain. Itwas used at first
in Europe for the purpose of finding metals
and minerals, and afterwards in France was
even employed by imposters for the disco-
very of stolen property, and to indentify
characters guilty of ciliiacs. Unit wich
tig se tew yeard, ‘1 was always considered
3s
i
Ro at ol
“The operator tebe barefooted in maki g :
the experiment—and to have the soles of
Ni:
1 his feet and his hands well moistened wich
salt water, or such a solution of the muris
atic acid, as will not prove disagreeab
The Diviving Rod to be a forked twig off
peach, cherry or hazeltree. He holds th
extremity of each fork by one hand, in suc
ja manner that the twig may rest ina direcd ji
tion nearly perpendicular to horizon, have
ing the cut extremity upwards, :
The operator holding the twig carefully
in this pesition, walks slowly forwards, and
s0 soon as he approaches any subterraneons
water er metal, not more than twenty feet
{below the surface of the earth, the twig
begins to turn or bend forwards. Ifthe
metal or water be but a few feet below the
surface of the earth, the twig turns entirely
over with the cat extremely pointing toe
wards the earth. :
The same effect will take place with mae
ny individuals without being barefootede
but if the above precautions be taken, the
experiment will succeed with every pers
son. :
_ 6th, If the Operator making the expea
riment, has silk stockings or gses silk
gloves, no effect will be produced,
The Diviming Rod has been practised in
the western country for many years with
the greatest success in the finding of watery
and there are several gentlemen of the firs
respectability, in Kentucky, and whose Ves
racity is unquestionable, with whom the
experiment invariably succeeds. There
are also two gentlemen in Richmond, who
are well known would never attempt to ime
POSE upon the public, equally dextrous in
the use of it. These are the Rev. John D.
Blair and Mr. John Foster. The latter 5
of them should be["?)% Seen myscif make the experiment.
he European theory to
nomena of Divining Rod, is briefly this,
The conductor, whether water tal, ig
supposed to form with the superificumbens
earth and the fluids of the human body, a
Galvanick circle, and the more perfect this
circleis so much the more powerful will
be the action of the Divining Rod. he
Thus what was regarded only a few
years ago as a deception practiced by im-
explain the phe.
’
{posters and the credulous, is now cultivat-
ed, improved and made the. study of meg
of sciences. Petersd, Courier,
. Id § Es
| Itis mentioned in the Nashville Clarion
‘that Gov. M¢Minn will convene the legis:
‘lature of Tennessee to take into consideras
Une
tion the late act of Congress relative 10
appropriated lands in that state, ke.
from Xicath to Blue THiS we
redt of fire which oppeared to be a new
eruption from the sides of the mountaih,:
illuminated, during some niinutes; t/e
neighboring country. “dre 1 wa
Letters from Genoa say, that sevegal
earthquikes shook the Appennies, about
the saute period that Sicily felt the shock
of this terrible scourge.
as an art similar to that of animal magnet.
ism, founded on error and deception—but pp
from a Series of experiments which have
been made and repeated by some of the
first experimental philosophers in France,
the art of the Divining Rod now _ begins to! |
assume a scientific form, and the laws by! Lorenzo
which it is directed are ascertained with for Liverp
nearly the same acctiracy as those of Elec- Atlantic.
tricit oi Galvanism. The Gses to pis ——
it may be applied, are perhaps even more! a She SE Bric
Wi ith those of the 0 other gci-’ BEL IT! BE fo hae been
ences, and in this country particularly, it is Hpen Doed Walshl the miamauy
3 : is Y31L1S leader of the band who desolated the friend-
capable of being rendered extremely ad- jo £ Indians at Cheha
Vatagects. 3 y town of Indians at Chehaw.
The following are the results of experi-| Eg
ments which have been made : | General Jackson, it is said, has notified
Ist. A single twig of any tree, whatever, the governor of Pensacola of his wish to
when newly cut, will diverge a certain transport to the head of the Escambio a
number of minutes or degrees from its pro- supply of provisions for the American
per position when brought directly over or troops in that quarter; and that he shall
in the immediate vicinity of any conducting regard his refusal as an act of hostility.
substance, such as metals or waters. But |
the best conducters for Electricity and
Galvanism, afe not the best for the Divin-
g Rod.—Water is found to be more pow-
erful than any of the metals, and salt wa-
ter still more powerful than fresh.—The
degree of attraction also depends consider.
ably upen the substance interposed between
the conductor and the Divining Rod.
2d. Although a twig from any tree will
prove the experiment ; yet some trees are
found to answer much better than others—
the Hazel, the Peach and the Cherry, are!of William Wood, has been tried in Phi
said to be superior in this respect. A for- ladelphia, and sentenced to death.
ked twig will also diverge more powerfully tts
than a single twig. > : ols
3d. If the twig be suspended by an Elec-| The German Bank of Wooster, Ohio,
tric, or an immediate contact with an Elec-| has stopped payment.
tric, no divergency will take place. The notes of the Farmers Bank of Cane
4th. The angle of divergency depends tons are refused at Cincinnati.
in a great measure upon the nature of the] This is the beginning of evil. Woe,
conductor which is used. The humdn bo.| Woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the West.
dy is found to produce a greater degree of One woe has come upon you, but fifty
divergency than any other substance—and |MOre woes are in reserve.—Ky. JArgus.
he bedies of some individuals produce the ee
eftect in amost surprising degree, while in Dus ?
other individuals the Stn roel per-l . » Plugnare Resiaken, a
: : A friend in Pittsburg, under date of
ceptible. The effectis also found to vary >
: : Wednesday last, writes us as follows :—
« A letter from Cincinnati, dated the 19th
with the state of the system., . What ap-
pears most surprising is, that in the same!” I :
tate instant, received by the mail of this morne
ing, states that information had been ree
mdividual the greater the state of debilit
ceived there that Pluymart, one of the
the greater the cffect produced. If the
Bank robbers, and who had escaped from
skin of the human body be moistened, par-
ticularly those parts in immediate contact asx
; prison, had been apprehended near Colum
bus.” Greensb., Gaz.
The king of Prussia is about to visi
oscow. Preparations are making for the
eception of his majesty in Kremlin, wher
‘he will reside with the imperial family,
: :
ermal answer heing given, Wil er—ghvy
be CO pumatvarvd wo thie mailed sovereigns,
at their next meeting,
An article from Saxony, of the 5th of
April scys, that for seme months, Eng-
hish agents. have travelled through that
country to buy up the wool of the next
shearing, and that they have even propos-
ed to some owners'of large flocks, to con-
tract for the wool for several years.
3
ED EE re—
Dow sailed from New-York
ool; on the 21st ult. in the ship
Am
From the N. Y. Mercantile Advertisers :
The Russian miinisier of finance, in pre-
senting the financial affairs of that King-
dom, gave a very flattering view of the
prospects ol Russia
By the arrival of the regular trading and
fast sailing ship Ann Maria, in 30 days
tram Liverpool, which port she left on the
26th of April-~the editors of the Mercan-
tile Advertiscr have received London pa-
pers to the 24th of that month, four days
jater thah before received. They are,
however, unusually barren of intelligence.
Two of the vessels belonging to the ex-
pedition for the North Pole sailed fiom
Sheerness on the 21st, the other two were
to follow next day., = =. |
A motion for the repeal of the window
tax in Ireland was lost in the house of]
commons, by a majority of 16.
A committee is appointed by the house
of commons to consider the expediency of
repealing the usury laws. :
tr
Sir Robert Wilsen, is a candidate to re-
present the borough of Southwark.
Major general Sir John Kean, sailed
from rortsiouth, on the 18th April, to
assume the government of St. Lucie.
Capt. C. B. I. Ross is appointed naval
commissioner at Quebec, and commander
of the naval forée on the Canadian Lakes. 4
There was a considerable fall of snow at
Liverpool, on the 24th of April.
The damage by the late fire at Liverpool
is estimated at forty thousand pounds ster-
ing.
. Lars, April 17.—~Never have §0 many
conferences been held as within the last
week between the deplomatic agents; who
reside ap Paris. The duke of Wellington
(head of this corgress) has ffom his zeal to
bring the treaty of liquidation to a conclu-
sion, and from the beneficent wmediations
which be exercises in the name of the
great powers. By virtue of the authority
which they have conferred upon him, he
has begun, itis said, to reduce all exXces-
slye pretensions to a fixed amount, upon a
Gouble basis, according to the nature of the
¢la'rns and the position of the French go
vernment, , Amongst the number were
some which had been purchased by Jews.
supported by vouchers, the authenticity of
which was at least, very doubtful. Others
were of an origin not less suspicious. A
deplomatic notice of the noble Lord has
established these several classifications,
and explained the motives Which induced
him to make the reductions. Itis gene-
tally thought that the negocidtions are ter-
minated, and that they will require from
France less than fourteen millions of rentes
It is also said that the chancellor will re-
¢eive the commuhication in a few days.
_ “For some days past mischievous ru-
mors have been circulated in the capitol,
respecting some towns in the south, par-
sctlarly Lyons, Grenoble, and Gismes.
»
GS Perr
Arbuthnot and Ambristie, who wera
taken at the capilre of fort Bt, Marks, by
General Jackson, have been tried, found
guilty of furnishing the Indians with arms,
munitions of war, &c. received their sen-
tence, the former to be hung and the latter
to be shot. They were executed on the
2d ult.
Copiy of a letter from Cropper, Bensort,
Ce. dated Liverpool, Apil25.
In consequence of the arrival of wery
large supplies of grain into London from
various parts of the continent, our mrkets
have been exceedingly dull, and wheat has
fallen a shilling per pushel. American
cannot be quoted at more than 12s 6d to
13s 6d per 70 lbs. Flour is quite ynsale-
able unjess at a considerable reduction—
63 shillings would be taken, but not more
than 50 is offered. Notwithstanding
‘his depression, our ports will without
doubt continue open. The average returns
of the past 3 weeks, being 87s 10d, a 88s
10d, a 90s 3d,
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Another of the mail robbers by the name
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London, April 21.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer last
aight produced his financial plan for the
year, vulgarly called the Budget. The
sum necessary for the service of the year
exceeds 21,000,000! to meet which he
has only Ways and Means to the amount
fof 9,000,000!. leaving a deficiency of
14,000,000. to be provided for. The
tmeuns of procuring this latter sum we stat-
2d in 2 former paper. 3,000,000 are ob-
ained by the creation of a 3} per cent.
itock, and remainder by an adequate por-
tion of the 27,000,000f of Exchequer Bills
funded. ;
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with the Divining Rod, the effect is much
increased. Salt water or a weak solution
of the muriatic acid, has been found to be
the best fluid for this purpose.
5th. The most effectual mode of using
he Divining Red, is as follows ;
Sri
Valvable cargo —The Apenora, arrive
at Boston, from Charleston, brought 71,64
dollars in spe cie, for sundry merchants:
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