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T I E A S l l i f C A N J O O R N A L — Y I I X A E ^ . O P I T I I A C A p T O M F i a N S C O U N T Y , k . X . A U G U S T 8 ft, \ 8 i f l . inont, was injumd by lightnipg. The flectuca . jluid sjfuck a young lady w^P was,in the uppei paj't of t^Jiouse—-faeited a stribgof (fold beads which'she’.'had around her neckband running down her body, burnt her stockings‘and shoes, and set the lining o f her shoe on fire. In con sequence o f this1 shock she remained perfectly senselesS for ten hours, when it is stated she ieco» ^ft^©nvthe> T4th ' inst» at 10 o’clock- to Mr. Con. The men of tb'qne^bQrbQP& V^te at work in the fields,- and while the women were busy nr putting out the fire, the villain enterecUhq house, . forced a • strong, lock front a/ chest, apd taking therefrom n ^|hall trunk juaffijffifr' packet books, contaiinbg$ 0 $ $ §000^inhiotes and cash, made pfiV T^e was seen cbihihg out of the house, bift the robbery was not cbscoverfeeTuntil • the second day. H e was traced on the jroad to New-Lfon* doiii . . f t Columbian. even,several rods from the roqil, leaving perpernlic u lai'b.mks to tliehergljt of 20 or 40 teet In many paita o f Blandford, not only the travelled path, but the whole high- way, has, been excavated to the depth of 10 and 20 feet, and lot the dislanee ol 10 to 40an(l 30 rods, Great dam age has been done to the chops ih j h e above to}frs. Hay and fences weie destroyed, and in many p.\cH^eonsiderabTe \pertmp^^ ieitilc meadovy land, weie either entirely washed a w a j, or rnA'teriaUy injured by the stoned and surid, deposited upon (hem. — Therdamages stistained by \Vesllield, in t lie loss oYtehce&ntfthe washing away \of * r , •'ItL t *: ' Vsefuf jOog.^Ou Tuesday* last the attentiod ■“l o T o t i r w ^ ^ w n .jtq a novel mode of ' conveyance.' A- strange.black man came riding ‘through the village with considerable velocity, ‘n^t sized dog,. Oil a cloise examinationj the man u as disco\ erect '■-to have' his legs Ife h id travelled in tliis moH’e'fi’ord T? niches county,-^ ' He had £ trunk in, Hie waggon and a bo\ affcj$K ^ogdi^Phe dog was pcrfectlyimilinageabfe wdh- [”*^ 7 ^rljnes^aad^f^eTitti;hiassaltance-of thehlack ’' snag,. wi^iAcane, m /eattsad ) would draw huu tlg'the^teepe?tiiiU|i Goshen Patriot; c>- ' . „ v \ ' - - * i , < ?' > • , Qir Friday -moming Iasi, theBroira lie Wool- Fen Factory-wasjentirely consumed by fire. The Tire: broke outbetween the dye house and card ing room 5 but it ia pot\ known,, at present how it .originated, ? The loss is estimated at $ 9 ?O 0 b. */ 'iv*. / • , •' ■ •’ Nat; -Adv.. f g a . n g .of cQunterfeiters were lecently ap- '' foriUation'wliich led to the dej action ot his ps- .-sociatesi .■ . _ \ ;.F . - V ‘ -Ffohrtlie - Thnmien^ 'Ft dei olrsi+ !.()d,uiy SO.. Sir— In answer to. j o u r jtfjuest , 11 ■ proceed -<<»• {pTe somep^roont oixiuttiagcs, sustained in this vicinity, by the I Ale : Hbjud, * It is»impossilii!e.to form nri cstim- atciipoa ilie’suhjeet witli any degree o f sliaHnbtr'4hd*Ti^ot%atieinpt « • ' VO’lit. Vf ** • tj’- n h r f t r . i i t ! i to‘bo vierv phrrieular,' • On Monday the 2G(li titt, (liei rain fell moclciatclv^damB^lio^r^atei^in^rofflrir' not ih.a suOteient tjuanfrly 'aiVei’hoon, -to excite anv iipprelicn son of dnftiage. !,;Ali6ut €^oclock tw o veyy, heavy _ eloutls* tmd Jfroijik thC;50ut|iwcst ,t the ijdier- Jiroifi the southeast, Were driven towards eaeh o liier uiTh great rapidity. They met near GhesterViilage appaVeiiflv with greaf • ’CoininoCion fi'oni^'ediiiliutitig windsj a id conlilvudd^llioiu«iolionuo^ttiwai(i!y<— I'iio, \ \aOtfosph efe~\fas filled \fiih the wliole itorizim vyaxiovered with a heavy idaqk oloud. i t was so darkj tjiat' it was -diilioult to disoern objects, even at a small disumee.* Suddenly ilie >‘ windows of^ Heave«,?; s£cuied J.o have been dponed, ahd _lilC l ain fell in stieh iftiTenf^, thiit In less • thaif fiyebouVs^ Wps'idfeltf\ rlvbr.'rosd* at\ ' lonst 'tAventy fcef ahove d is usoiii Itright at lo\Vawateiv 'i'heriver overflow'cd its hanks rpmg building away every liridgei, feuee atid wbichopposed its eui'ienf. ~T’bcre were (Itree dwelling houses, iii this vieiniiyy ^ariTed down the river and Heshu j e d , to W«t». iainlsayv - atidw^is handsomely famished, I k si|dkfanii^y vycre iu hod, when tliey weTc alarmed by the water suddenly burst- ihg in upon them. . He imnivdiatelj ear iLf* _—4«. - f = _ _ < ,1 ’ ‘r _ * _ - f riotUiis wilt* tln'Oijgh llie wuier out o f the them soil, or burying it with sand and rub bish, is estimated at I tom 6 to $8000, that o f Iliandibrd at $ 10 , 000 , that of Hdl’wieh <Tt S^OOornnd lhaf o f theTuinpike Coipo- laboji at fiOQO dollats, I have hcaid no Astmiatermade bf the damages sustained in thc ofheh towns—hut the amount mast be ve»y considerable. * We understand that the damage sustain ed b v individuals in West $pi ingiield, by the fiOod in loss ol land, and the vat ious kindi?» o f ci ups, &,«. cviinot be estimated a t less tha.i three or tour thousand dollar^ JhJJi handtij, A Mr, Pinkney, a sboit time smee, hlicd a store ijn iiloom io^buygh, Orange county, and exposed m it loi salt*\a quantity ojfgoods, it being un- tiei stood 4h it the tp^jor pait of his stock 'was^in boxes, which suit remained jitio* pencil, and which he bad b.ought fiom New Yor k . A physician ot th e , p|pce, huvm, been out late on Thursday n%ht list, on 1i*s ictirra jfrnme, passing by the jrtoie, discoveiOd iimjr the cracklmyf'of hardware, &e. that it \vas o n iije. H t im mediately sounded the alaim ani^wdnt to„ the house wheiq Pmkuey boarded, but it \vas some considerable time hi fore he qouid be got up, and then he pretended ho could not find the key. The Jkey being dull, found, he endeavor ed to deter the citizens from enttei mg, by asset ting that there was aqurntity of powder m the store By TbisTime tlie JTizcns became suspieious o f hiin, and ' seeing- -their whole village ? A.?..., i .:«.*L a VI it!; /: riyed in^Philadelphia a lew weeks ago, and being very much troubled with thij TYick- ly heaU he w^nt into his bed loom, and spungid his body all over m sdme vinegar and cold water. The consequence \vas, he was a corpse within hve^libu^ » r i Tee Punch — \ few days/ since, two brothers, Inshtneo, feeling thiisty, yet being fearful tojdnnk wap*r, went into a fa?SihaTifilfrau'rah^wIb They both evpuud m fi ss than 1 2 bout s. # G i a s g » m ^ u i t e _ l j r ^ T & s l M a y a a S e « Hug o f the weavers took place on (be Gieen. The 40th regiment some tmops Xr*xiKGTOTT,:lifirh1y. §0v l,Avh#- leit the Mi&soui i on thp I9tlrmst, He states the Steamboats Wei ergomg on very well, and wei e about 100 rn»l|es up the i iver. We are truly ghd to Receive this information, i'he magnanimous #ea! of col. Johnson, and his indeiatig\ble industry, deserve to be crowned with the -most brilliant sue cess —‘llrei e are tow men who would h<*ve hazarded what he lias done, to carry into execution the views of the war office, and the cabinet, and every' agent o f govern ment should y reld their assistance. 1 o throAY-obstacles in the way, were highly criminal. at _ PjHTLADETrmt, \ l l g 14. 5 Extract ofalelter dated Lagmva , Juhj 2 *i I be Grand Maigantta aunada, com- /posrd cl 20 untied vessels and 4 transports, hav in- on ho.u d O 0 O Englrb and Get man«, Irom iil tribal (lta, and on the 15th eifetied a landing at Pozaelos, S leignes from Baiceiona, which phee was taken on tic l 8 th G u r a im y isa t some dhtam jrm (fie i n te?ior,b ut ’ ere tb i s, niarchfinghgainst the eneiny, ^pur fleet has gorie^o Vtqd- ward, and if tliey fall in jimh the enemy cst In this eity,.€arac* cai.and the country, round---.buisrtess very high and. sca^ee.,, ' of cavalry, and thejiohqe, were in 1 e ;<h- ness to act. The crowd w*is very lai ge, and supposed to amount to 3^,000, bet- tr tl epeakeis addtessed them, Afur^moeg other means of ie|iel, proposid a petKrmi to the Regent, (0 glnnt such as viidicl u the means ol l eaidiing uie colonies ol N. Ameiiea, with the means ot fetsp i al£ lot oce year alter, their aim u l, wlucli sums they propose to lepay by lemittarices* of producer A large rileetihg was held at lsh(on-jm dCi Line, on (he 14th, LivEiuoot, June 25 Withm a few days several vessels have arn\i qd at this port fi dm Ireland, vvlt]i volUpteeis for South America ^Tessejs are fittiug here tp co 1 * vey tlierii to the theatre*of action. They await the orders of (Jen Dever&ix foi embarkation — He is daily expected here, 1 The Yellow Vever preySils at Charleston, S 0. Some cases of it are supposed to have appeared in Baltimore, An insurrection lias taken plajier'anumg -tiiex^,. blacks at St Jago de Cuba. JTney appeared be? s fore the governor m a feody of between SCO and 40.0, demanding thea'freedomandaj With which deaiand, it is said the« fear.cor governor through •'**** ' I near dcstruciion, thrust liirn hcaiflohg in at -iiie’dooi*,^nd (heirihifoVed^^er hini^ \Yitli intfcfMljifijquUy, ^'ftd hy^h'aofdina- ry exert.ions, thn fire Va^ sooii extinguish ed. Some jiarti dfjt^'^ore.w a s.burnt to a chat ; and, ip airprcbabili< J , i f it* iilA p o i just as it j was,, the >YhQleciWj^6t paid o f that beautfful ifw..flt^/%asr*hx|tt»- giiislied, t bey prbeeecied to examine ' t he contents! 6 f the' aloreV.hufi >mpng other, things thp fiaxes- wero,opene(l---^ut in stead offinding them filled with valuable goods, they were found to contain nothing but straw aiid dift. Pinkhey was now se cured, and he frankly unravelled -the wliol^ p lot, a t j h e siime tihie aecusing his . partnerlfi New-York as being the prin- eipafmsFigator oTtlie dlahoTickii hdsinpssi ’ -It appears from his aekpowletlgeineut, ihivt tficy had gpods in New-York to the amount d f four or five, thousand dollars, intending id open a srore ivitlv them in the country ; that they had got the goods in- fn'dlrb.ut-Hiat-i nste^d-of^taking'theni to Bfooiningburgli, they. wcrO kept by vthe piirlner Iii\'ISfewrYorkT Ay Way dfashiirn ; the boxes hefore'descrihed wet’© forward-. ed with P.inkiiuyi: Wjio, whpA Iie had go them into the store, Was to set fire to it aftd bufn them up. They were then tp retioininenee bursncss^ on a more exiensive scale, l^i ovrdciiiially, their wicked scheme lips beert liappily frusirated without mate rial damage t o . any but themselves; and on tbfir heads tfiiq iniquity of it will fall heavily, and Ought to teaeTi them, and all p! berC that f< honesty ! ls TpE best POL- le v .” T'his statement we haye rec.pived- l e.ichof the ilood, while R was every m,o- froWyar ious sources,' and helieve it to be stient becoming ;tn.oi?e itfipid aiiU jiowerful, tlicn ref urncti to rescue his two j^tildrciu He carried (hem upon his su^iders7 through., a stiong current nearly brcasl liigh,-. atid-piaced (hcm Atr-safty * oit^tlip land, irt-tfievery nhoinent hll^itiirse togellF er with every' srytt^to o f furniture and elolhi^g, wpre sweplaway in the euricnt, and dostrpVed, ‘ Ever v bridae uoon (he eighth M assa- :|o West- d i s t ^ ^ o f the and de stroyed. Many Jiigh and expensi ve -walls erected for (he snppoi't o f the liigliway^ xvrre thrown down^ the stones of which, and aiso the stone butinents to many bridg es, are carried away, arid n ot a vestige of them (o he feu nil. The tjorrcmsof water front the Biljoin- g mounfains, Iravp cut the road into gulphs . a o d ciivt; res, so-as- io-rentier it in _-Jirajjy places whbffy iufpassaltby T ills rain roilaacjpil but a si a all extent of eountrj-— I t was principally confined to the towns upon Westfield river and its bi'anohes— visp:. JBlandfoi'd, Beckel.. Washington, Chester, joinery, Russell and. Westfield. /' -.'In these fawns, most of the grist mills, sawmills, factories and bridges, >yere»svvept away. F^^he ro^ul whieli Jed from Rland- fbrd tlp^higli the v alley, by ^asfing^ Mills, , is utterly destroyed. ThiA!va!ley, in average width about S rods, is literally substantially true, / If, Jiowevci4, (here should be any thing, untrue in it we. shall be ever peathr to cOrreet it. /■ I Xfiiian ITar.-^H_is stated ia a late Natchez paper, that liostiKtleJJiavp aetu-; ally edinvneneed betiveen the Cherokee and Osage Indians,, It is added, that the es are the aggressors,^ i ' !--.R*ETiM;o«E» Atfgiisf i-S. A/letter from Afr. l Gehige,' Itefidings, states,^that~ron ' ^hen Within’S or' 9 ;nitb|rn^^^'ff^-H 'V ^^9 he was ntfaeked by a highway rbbheri who sprang from 1 ie bmd tbe'fiushps ou the road si<|e, anil precepted a/pki jtf w it h one haprl^ whilst with the other he aUraipted to seize the reins of the horses : fortunately, how ever, the, sudden noise ‘w hich ho made - in palling to Mr, R. to stop, alarmed the horse.aud by these means he escaped ,uu-< r C h a k iestqn,.Aug % ■ John iFiuIong and Wiliiain SiiHth., two of the crew.of the sloop LawVrnce, engag ed, in murdering the crew of the brig Ann liaVC.beew apprehended, and lodged in the/ jsiil of Savannah, , - They were found in the niarsb near'that city, It is said that they are the ringleaders, apd: thaf (he foi*- ateKj 8 h.ftt ilifit Captaia. and the latjer the Cook,_of ilurAibove. brig, Twoothers were also taken up at the same time,' anil; have beenVeinandod for furihftrexarhinat ion,' Latest-Foreign*; - An arrivM wt-New-Yorkr brings London papers to ffie ®9fii June, and Li- yieToorpaperstbtEOkf The steam ship Savannah arrived at Liver pool 21 st June, and occasioned much, astonish ment and admiration, bn account of her style mid appeankrice and as being the first vessel of the kmd thlt has evur crqss;ed the Atlaiitic. V EXTBACTS. Bank notes, to the amount of 80,000,000 of roubles, were bbrnt in St. Petersburg, on the 26 th of May, by the eommissionei-s of the sink ing-fund. . L ondon ,' June 29. Lettdrk from Cadiz were received by the post of yesterday, stating that Several of the trans- j)Orts*had been discharged,^ tfbt fronf their being - no IfiTigcr- wanted, but because,/the’ captains would not submit to new coffdiMnsTbb^^SpS-^ appears ontnem.- » - . **?» Jit*Gregor .*—Captain M’Rcarn, of-(lie ship Ceres, who arrived at Havannah on the 5ih irsst,Jj’8 days from P^rt-auHPrhice, informs, tliatjGett, .M’Gregor was still ai thnf plaee $ thatrire bad been joined by 400 troops from England ; and that it was his intention still tb retake Porto Bello. A letter Irom Port-au-Prinee ascribes the defeat o f M ’Gregor to the intoxieated state o f his owirtrobps, and thedefeption of one o f his offieei's, who deserted his standard and conducted the e rte my into The town. _ ! 1 1 ' 'Spectator. : '‘ eloped p u t. In several places, .the | o.rrent s e ’if lire sides of the mountrtiu iniuiy rods' <\ (lie u.iiu! chuirm:! of t h e water, and From Teodas.—A letter from Gen. Long, the Chief \ofthe Army of Texas, under f l a t e o U ^ type- t(lition is now. in the most prosperous con dition. Nothing will prevent our sirbeess. W e enerease daily inr’soldiers and citizens. 1 ’hey join ux Irom. a ll parts, and I find myseif muchdietter supported (|ian I ex=_ peetedr-evei-y (hing is in good tram, and there is nqjdoubt of the success iF the Ile- pubiieau‘a#my . that the experience acquired by-the purchase of the rotten Russian ships , has mqde the Cadiz Committee extremely cautions, and they now in sist'pnrthe flritisji ships being, stripped' before navy dcpartihe1ai,'tn double* fiih nUifi&e'ribf work- ' xpenen^figed in .vhyi#s ports m b^Idin| sb^is of the hne, fortbe purpose of hastening the coniph - tion of these Is cor- be traced to the delay on the part of the King of Spain in ratifying the late treaty.'' - -. \ , Jf, IT* Spectator. V Bxtract-qfalefiertFMrrToytiffyd&ted “ (3^m?!!<»* J^R,---Busmes5 is y^ryduU in\ tjhis qnartei', in fact every Where, We*Tlave a report, and I give it as^agh, that the.’troops a( Cadiz, cbfiected for the fam^s .andTbhgrMked of expedition, absolutely refus^^binbaidi, and have said to Gehbrai prefer re maining in Spain,^ mtftjiipi, And will &$.g9* Of course there.afe many conjectures< and1 opiniorw as to'thereshlt--IS(4he say ffiej-intOTd mm^hiug toMadrifiT I : \ . “ Treaty with Spain not yet signM.’> Advite foStudents atlkiWy Nopl.} shall appear in ofo next, - jroTiCB. ' ! persons indebted to the subscri ber are requested to caU ahdpay the sumo iuiiuediafely; ' ';' • \ - H A T ID 'AYEHG. Wheat, $5 cents pgr,bushel j/Buttety at (5.cents, andYlaple Sugai* {it l 2 4-2 els. per„pbqiidj Will lie received in ;p!ijment The.debts. ■ \ iilOdi F O R SA L E ,. awl A C q U C ilglS J IEX T S . ..GUN in complete ' order for military in speoUou. EnquLreof •>- dea$m& tlhaca, *fiug. 24,1810. : ^niOG? |N E dollar per bushel will be paid for W HRATTn hriy kind m<(R>is or slmes; for otiier grain 'irtpioporriohfrand for b u tterl^eW itspeflb. •H* MJv-v.MktHAVu^ IIIA IiJi .OK? U(kIU ||V* foTe fmpthei* eredtt c ^ W ^ c i ^ ^ t f l b u t ' exception. .. ~ . / E.-' ^HAYEH:? Itliaed^ M gust n o t i c e . -/they proceed to sea, though many.of Jhep were fresh, coppered befofe they left this country,~ With /this the capfains refused to complyi - The London-Sup o f ju n e 2 ls t, states.-^ that 1 he intelligence IVom Leeds, reeepV- ed.on the 21st, was of the most alarming nature. The number.of.tnaleontents, it is sai(i«; is 'cfmstdfrably^ ipefrasedj' and all the cfiiiraeters of a French revoiutio seem Cap o f Liberty, it is said, has been raised, -«sa5Bas»uq hgents for th^tihseriUerr^^in^ ibat: WIL- LiAAt ^ a^ n fA n ^ e i^ sfead, fo tr a a ^ L Ifueiness •and seltle aqcoimls. .■ •,'• ; ELIPHALEI^HAIYLEY- M aca? August itl/i, •* - •: - •■ = T HE .Copartnership heretofore exist- .j^g befwfeea the subscrihqrs is 'ihfs The Priekiij heal.~An T .^ushman ar have feeen posted-up and1 circulated ip all dii(ctions.—It has been pibolauned that M^jor Cartwnght and olhei reformats politicians, have been invited to regulate then* pi oeeidings, and that Cobbettisto be solicited to i tturn to this country.— Ashton hndtl Line, Run^pt-Moor, aud all the mdpsrcnlplaci s, a iem a stateoftu- mljilf and < onfas»on f o shot t, every thmg^ seems iq e f o i Art extensive ins^r^ eetjou, rl he only coti^ohdmii that government, wt Jte assuri'd^is fully apprized of tlr£se~ dangtjiops moLecdiugs, amlhs1 letivdy ta king luth UK asufes iirtLc df afifuis impi/uoitsly deinapds* day dissolved |iy mutual cousent, All persons indebied to tiicin are re- paynk-nf-ofi-oiib^it^L tirst ot-,K*etotien-neXt, — A n - attention to this request Will saVe eo>t and trtuible. ■- / , E f A j A l L T O I l B l l Y . ' ................. JOSEPH '&&R&M& ____ Aug. 1 1819. ntGe fiw T-- . J Y O T J C E . LL peisops whose aceonnt? a ie of tpoi q ih^u 3 monriia standing, an* luptesfed to sqtilc^fhem by l s t o l Gxtobei, either bY~eash, battle of* produce, or by note, _ , „ MUw|l| piyca«h for FL A X SEED , and tfj > iii cash lurriiTbt a!afcr&{eci*8 amrOxcn, that are m bikh oidei (oi stall i« t dung’ IHOMfeOM &. T O iM E R . Jlhura. August 2<tth 181 y l*
