PETRIKIN. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PR 2 vigltlom SATURDAY, July 11, 1821. 2 SSIS LL ELRL PEL IS BELL ILLS ISIS LLL TELLS LDLEL ELT LE IESS LET SEL IELTS PL PI PIS LS SSS INTED BY H, F 4 er 4 ” rr PPPS AIS ELELESLTIS PLL PL SLES LESLIE LS adelphia to the amount of 55,000.— had been discharged a few sec One package they were particular in soon. © We meation thiscife marking Grass which the mate as we atagswin that no per thought prudent to put on the top of more truly rogret the sad oceurren the cargo, although it was one of the than the warthy commander, oft first sent down ; when they got out of tomac, and at the same time as a wa the capes of Delaware, it happened ing to thuse who are in the habit of us= ‘hat this glass package took fire and ing artillery on board packets or steamy were instantly overpowered, most of them killed, and the rest taken, while as many as stogd wah’ were expos: ed 10 a sweeping firem®ach cat them down by whole companies. It was ip vain that the most obstinate courage was d'splayed—they fell by the hand: of men whom they absolutely did no see, for the Americans, without s¢ much as lifling their faces above the ramparts, swung their firelocks by on: arm over the wall and discharged then directly upon our heads.” : The most of this statement is also incorrect, but as it respects the cutting them down by whole companies it is true—the enemy advanced in solid column at the dawn of day after firing the signal rocket and from the manne! of their advancing we Ta no doubi but it was their intention to storm the breastwork. General Carroll of Ten nessee commanded that part of the line where the enemy made the at tack, and ordered his men to reserve their fire until they had advanced to within a certain distance, when they opened upon the.a such “a destructive fire of grape and cannister from a 32 nr ——— o : land 18 pounder, as 0 as trom the M JERUSALEM. engagement, this writer t musketry, thattheir HF olumn was fite- best to say nothing about them. But rally cut to pieces. Seventeen were taking it altogether, it 1s probably as killed in the ditch (those I also count- correct a parrative as we might CR- ed) and not a single man crossed the % ; ucclem. dated at. Se; pect from such an author: Yetthere breast work and was afterwards killed. a Be J al Diy 0 Le several errors or misrepresenta- [ly is a fact that the ditch in froat of Bear Patiinty oy 3, Fi Xi lions, two only of which with your in-'that part of the line where the attack Pery Den Swe Yad i A duigence I shall notice—the first as it/was made was the shailowest of any, ble Igter of May, Ie adi) '“Clrespects tae storming of the three gun ‘and there was nothing to prevent them Ny Biz), for hich Eo ai EA battery (as he calls it) on the right of from walking down one side of the ee dh sitar tour i Asia OUI line. He says, © On the left; 2 de- ditch and ascending the other without M »r. and in consequence of leaving tachment of the 95th, 21st and 4th the aid of fascines and scaling ladders, Bris rab aRCrederly tor Syria, stormed a three gun bely one took but the well directed fire of our infantry I have been obliged to delay an an- it. ‘Here they gemuined ot Song UME nnd artillery—instead of mounting up- swer till this late. period. « By the in the expectation of vi la ar- on one another’s shoulders as the wri Sally Ann,” which lett Smyrna the jas Fivingh ana a Strong Cofumiyo h Ag pe ter states, to cross the battery, several of October for Boston, I forwarded *™Y forming op 1s Totork: they « & not hurt and near the breast work laid a letter in reply to yours of November, termined to apticipate the ps Boe down among the wounded 10 order to 1819, together with a small box of pushed on. The battery which they screen themselves, and were after minerals collected from the Island of|ad taken was in advanceof the body wards taken In with them, and so far Scio. Iregret that ic has not been, of works, being cut off from it by 2a from our men hiding their faces behind where the beloved disciple, John, was in banishment for the tesmony of Jesus. ¢ Cn : We saw distinctly the church ergetnd Ther pri : } w snot where, it is sat fi] /DOLEARS™ per annum —Hut i pei i Tn Epistles to the seven Rin aqgance, ONE DOLLAR AND churches. 1 read to the pilgrims the PSHYENTY FIVE CENLS only will io oth chapter of Acts, and the account bgenarged, : of St. Paul’s last visit to Miletus. The Advertisements, making ho more istory of St. Paul's conversion was in length then breadth, will be Ine NSOLY od a8 recorded io Acts, oth erted three times for one dollar ; anc chapter, 1 observed one aged man for’ evely subsegiiont : ne weeping while he listened to the al- twenty-five cents.—Ihose ol “grea ligcing 1OTY- lenzth in proportion.~-Rule or figure work double those rates. No subscription will be received for less than one year; nor any Ppaper| Gentlemen—In looking over your discontinuzd until all arrearages are paper of the 5th inst. I discovered a paid. piece headed Battle of New Orleans ; It the SEE a not equen pod haying bafticipaed in i bate, adis ;ontinuance ol his paper, a curiosity led me to peruse it. As “end of the year, it will BD icred aren to be from the pen of a Brit- as a new engagement; and the paper ish officer, I was somewhat astonished forwarded accordingly. a to find him sheh on the batlen of the Subscribers who have their papers 23d and 28th Dec. 4, and lst. Jan. carried by the mail, must be liable for 1815, and speak only of the battle of the postage. [the 8th of January; but it is probable Letters addressed to the editorjas the three former ones arémot €0 gen- - must be pose paid. feratiy known as the latter, and the ge -. aving® been defeated 1n grey ——— td mp —— O N.S. jee bf this paper is TW a atl gn OND ITI very fortunately for the crew was dis- boats. covered immediately and hoisted on leck, when it was found to bea jar of vitriol, The captain immediately bore away for Norfolk, came up and called a sur- vey ; it was determined by them that the damage was trifling; and sh might proceed; but the Captain thought something was wrong, took his own advice and wrote to Philadel phia ; the underwriters hearing of the accident, and some suspicious circums- stances happening with the partics wn Philadelphia after her sailing, and this rendering more suspicion, an agen was despatched by the underwriters, who arrived on Tuesday, on whicl same day a letter was received by the ceptain of the sloop from one of the shippers, advising him not to let a sin gle package be touched until he came on, which would be ina day or two. This led to further suspicion, and they agreed to carry the money tc bank for deposit ; when the kegs were opened, they were filled with old nails, bars of lead and other kinds of zirecious metals. They then thought it would be well to examine the dry goods— tl:e boxes were all large and Zaithtully strapped, marked and numbered. On opening them, they were handsomely papered on the top, and on raising the paper, nice hay, with three or four pie- ces of pig iron, were neatly packed. saw about twenty opened, all packed as I describe. If the fire had commu- picated to these tinder boxes, I think the crew would have been obliged to jump overboard. Itappears the cook has been missing since the thing was discovered, and it is supposed he wa: one of the concern, as he was white — ¢ wl : ” Pe i ba # i Washington (Pa) June 18 On Thursday last, fifty-cight free negroes. passed through’ this place | from Virginia, under the care of aMre Crew, on their way to join a settles ; ment of the same description of : sons, formed some time since in Brow county, Ohto. They formerly belon: . ed to the estate of Mr, oh Gist, who, at his decease, (several years apoy 3 n England,) masumitted his slaves, in number about pine huntred, leaving them by will property to an inmniénse amount. They had with them (hree waggons to carry, their baggage, &c. = While bere their behaviour was quite. orderly, and they seemed to appreciate | fully in the philanthropic views of J their late master in setung them free, Wheeling June 16. A Pirate taken —A man callin himself Johnson, but whose true nam is said to be Stevenson, who had beg some tine in this vicinity, and acq ed the name of Devil Johnson, was 18 prisoned here a few weeks ago personal violence offered to his w On a subsequent examination of wife in the county court, touching treatment she had experienced fi him, some disclosures were made ing rise to the suspicion, that man was one of the band of pirates w in the year 1819 changed their nam and fled from our seaboard to escap the punishment that there awaited them. An inquiry was immediately set on foot, which hos resuited in the confirmation of these susp cions. It appears that he changed his name! wr———n From the Baltimore American. } = British h LETTER FRO Extract of a letter to a gentleman in the village of Middlebury, Vermont, from the Rey. Leovi Parsoas, mis-| in my power to obtain moge valuable ditch, across which only a single plank ithe run parts it is notorious, that ever; specimens. No attention is given 10 this science in Asia Minor, as far as I “have obtained miormation. I made your request for exchange of boxes of minerals, known to Professor Bambas, te which he replied, *¢ unfortunately we have not a collection of minerals in our seminary.” During our tour in Asia Minor, I collected a few speci- mens from Pergamos, Thiatira, Sardis , apd Philadelphia, which are valuable only on account of the flaces they may keep in remembrance. These will be forwarded by the first conveni- ent opportunity, am divecicd as before to the care of 5.4L. Armstrong, of Boston. oh With regard to t are some embarrassfients peculiar to this country. The*Turks watch with a suspicious eye, every motion of for: eigners which has the appearance of searching for treasures. A circum- stance occurred on board the vessel last week, which may illustrate this re- mark. . On the account of contrary winds, we were obliged to remein three or four days in harbor. My mierpret- er found it necessary to bring from the shore a large flat stone for the pur- ose of securing the fire in the cabin. The Turks, (there are three with us 1n the ship,) observed it, and turning to the Greeks, said, ¢ There, see those Franks, they have brought a large stone in the cabin. We advise you to go and examine it, and then go and get one exactly like it. “You may be sure that it is valuable.” At another time they observed me looking through a spy glass, towards some vil- Jage, and they stantly mquired, with the greatest interest, does he intend to write a history of these places ” This trait of character in the Turks is frequently mentioned by travellers, and [ believe that it is against the laws of the empire, for foreigners to dig in the earth. And perhapsin no part of thie world will there be need of more «caution than in Syria.—But if any spe- __cimens can be obtained without excit- ‘ing suspicion, it will give me much leasure to forward them for your col- ction. a Lf This day has been peculiarly inter- esting. The sky is serene and the “science, there was thrown. Along this plank did these brave men attempt to pasS— but being opposed by overpowering Americans, in turn forcing their way into the battery, at length succeeded in recapturing it with hmmense slaugh- ter.” correct. he speaks of was a small unfinished bastion, erected ob the right of the line, near the water's edge having in it two small field pieces, for the express purpose of raking the ditch, should the enemy attack usin line. Thisbastion was attacked just about day light, by four or five hundred men, and having but one company of the 7th infantry in it, there was but litle difficulty in get ing possession of it, in consequence of its unfinished state, and the policy dopted by the enemy in not filling a Roc gun as they advanced, but pusii- ing on rapidly to the charge. Being overpowered the company was com- but not uatil they bad extinguished the last match, and but one of the enemy attempted to cross the breast work, instead of many brave men, viz. Col. Ranee ; and while in the act of rais- ing it and calling to the Yankees to surrender, he was shot through the head by a private be onging to the 7th infantry. Neither was there as stated by the writer, a strong column form- ing to retake it, but it was taken Ly the same company that bad lefuity who charged upon them as soon as their commanding officer could rally them, ander cover of a company of volun- teer riflemen, stationed on the extreme right of our line. In this affair the enemy had thirty-one killed, (I count- ed them myself, haviog been detailed by the adjutant general for that duty) and about as many more wounded.— On our side we had 2 killed and one wounded. Among the killed of the British were two officers of distinc- tion, besides Col Rance, whom we bu- ried ourselves. The second error I shall notice is his representation of the engagement on the left of our line, and near the edge of the swamp: in speaking of it be says, *¢ on the right again, (meaning wind favorable. We passed in the their right, but our left) the 21st and numbers they were repuised—and the | The most of the above statement is The three gun battery that pelled to retreat across the breast work | morning pear to the shores of the an- 4th being almost cu! to pieces, and § cient Miletus, where St. Paul preach- thrown intotsome confusion by the en- . ed his farewell sermon to the elders oflemy’s fire—the 93d pushed on and the church of Ephesus, and where took the lead— hastening forward our they fell upon his. neck, « Serrowing troops soon reached the ditch, but to most of all for the words: which helscale the parapet without ladders was poke, that they should see his face nofimpbssible ; some few indeed by nore.” At four o’clock in the after-Jmounting upon one another’s succeed- five out of eight of the enemy thai were killed by a musket or rifle ball was shot about the head. If they fell by the hands of men they did not see, itumust have been be- cause their agitation was so great a to render them incapable of seeing ; for our men were exposed from th: lower part of the wr up. Three One very large package on deck wa: a R900 carriage, which, on examina tion, was found to be the same kind of ware us the other packages, only tha it contained rather more. I will le you know fufther when the business is unravelled. It is stated that on full examination the whole cargo which was valued a 55,000, will not pay scarcely the wharf storage. : The names of the shippers are also mentioned, but as the subject is now under judicial charge, are withheld The vessel was loaded at Kensington, near Philadelphia.” times did they endeavor ito storm, and three times were they repulsed wit! great loss—and it also a fact, that this sbstinate courage, spoken. of by the British writer, was a courage excited by a strong ‘dese of gunpowder and rum, acknowledged by some of the men to have been taken by them, and also found in the canteens of some thai| were killed. . Even their officers must have thought alittl: of the same kind of stimulus necessary, as there were one or two found to be intoxicated ‘when takcn prisoners. Much mor might be said on the subject, butas I have already trespassed upon your pa tience I must conclude, AN AMERICAN OFFICER. A SUSPICIOUS CASE. Baltimore June 29. On the 19th inst: we published an TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. On the departure of the Macedonian from Valparaiso, a letter highly com- plimentary to the public spirit, and uniform, correct and friendly conduct of capt. Downes, was presented to him by the American citizens residing at that place. It was signed by the principal American ‘inhabitants resi- dent at that place. They estimate - ty saved by his exertions from abso- jute loss, at a much greater sum than that of the expense incurred in main- taining her on the station ; besides the that the amount of American proper-} north of Ircland is a stone with and fled from Baltimore some time i 1819. On Saturday last he made an atteropt to hang himself, but was dig ® covered before the spark of life was 3 extinct, and resusiated by medical ag sistance. He has since heen deliver ed into the custody of two United States deputy marshalls, who have started with him for Baltimore, where he will have his trial. A FRUIT BASKET. A gentleman but a few months married, as he was bearing home a cradle one day, was met by a fiien who exclaimed with a smile.— 4h these are the fruits of matrimony? « No,” returned the other, % this is on. | ly the FRUIT BASKET.” : : a ANCESTRY. Those who value themselves meres | ly on their ancestry, may be compar= ed to Potatoes, all that is good of them | is under ground. £, LO al a CURIOUS INSCRIPTIONS. © ° On the banks of a rivulet in the | the * ¥ x account of the sloop Norfolk, capt. ‘Robinson, from Philadelphia for New- Orleans, having put into Norfolk in distress, baving been sct on fire at sca by boxes and kegs of oil of vitrol ‘being on board, the czptain pot know- ing their contents. A letter from Nor folk, received by the steam boat this morning dated yesterday, states, that on arriving at the wharf, the captain overhauled the cargo to satisfy him self about the origin of the fire, and general commerce of the nation t which she belongs. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE Alexandria (Vir. ) June 29. It is with no ordinary feelings of re- gret we record the sudden death ‘of Peter DunBaRr, Esq. of the firm of Dunbar & Townsend of this place.— 3 | [emaving some kegs hich yore C+ lamented occurrence, add to the poig- a v6 pe presented to contain $20,000 1n specie, nancy of feeling so general with to the Bank i b oo our cine Toe he Cashier Dn EIVIBgi fellow citizens. The steam boat Po-| 8 Feverpt Of the amguntyl ug EL ProP-ltomac, captain Middleton, was return} ot 9 Ope them, when Jos Dotbing ing on Wednesday evening from aol ' : 76 3 ; out hay and pig iron was to be ound Ife yeyrsion of pleasure down the river, Be ad ihe ae hn and as was customary, discharged a, a aT n chieclediswivel abreast of central whar!, the, 3 Philadelpiia We give the facts as, 24 of which struck Mr. D. on the left! received, and presume it 1s but a fairly .a6¢ and, although the best medical, inference to suppgse that a fraud on ‘the underwritersiyas intended by the Ba given: gpused jo death shippers, even ot the "expense of thel. a few hours, leaving an in cresting ves of oI on board Potrior. - [70°08 wife and two infant daughters : * |to deplore his untimely fate. Few men have lived more universally res. pected or died more sincerely regret ed. It would seem that on the arriv- al of the Potomac,tt has been the cus- tom to discharge the swivel abreast of NEFARIOUS TRANSACTION. Extract of a private letter from Nor- Jotk, dated June 28. « A house in Philadelphia shipped on board a sloop for New Orleans. (England) « This is the bridle path to sce if it was entirely put out. Op The circumstances which caused this YOU King sireet, when no ill effects could be produced from the wadding ; but ip this lamented instance from the confu 60 packages dry goods and 4 kegs of] dollars, containing 20,000 dollars, on 4900. WE passed the Isle of Patmos,led in entering the works, but they which they cifected insurance in Phil sion created by so many passengers, it'thirty for the crime following inscription, which was po countenance and protection which the dou intended for the information of presence of a ship cf war offurds to the strange, s travelling that road— «Take notice, that when this stone | is out of sight, it is pot sale to ford. . : ¥ v he river” "The above inscription is scmething similar to the famous fine post, which was erected by order of the Su of roads, some years ago, in to Feversham ; if you can’t read this, had better keep the main road. Villainy that is vigilant will be overs | match for vircue, if she slumber of her post; and hence it 1s that a ba cause has so often triumped over a good one ; for the partizans of ‘the former, knowing their cause will do nothing for them have done every thing lor their cause ; w friends of the latter are too a 1 pect every thing from their cause do nothing for themselves. . Cruelty of State Laws.——A New York paper, states that. a Mr. Mat- thew M’Kinney, aged between sixty and seventy years, died lately in the Orange coun'y jailywhere he had he confined thirty years for a single deb Six months imprisonment for ve larceny, three yeais for horse sieal ing, seven years for manslaugater, a of being in uey | ih *
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