ted at 25 dollars per rod, and that thus a depth of 12 feet may be obtained all the way from Albany to Hudson. Several miles of the Canal from Rome westward, have been laid out into sections by Benjamin Wright, Engineer, who has advertised for proposals to construct the same. The commissioners of the canal fund have advertised for a loan of 200,000 dollars which was immediately taken up by Messrs. Prime, Ward and Sands. The counties of Seneca and Cayuga were divided by the legislature during the last scs sion. Gurdon S. Mumford, Benjamin A. Akerly, A number of gentlemen of Dutchess County have presented captain Beekman V. Hoffman, of the U. S. Navy, with a very handsome service of plate, as a testimonial of his gallantry in the late war. A person in New-York has invented an apparatus to be attached to a gas lamp, which being once lighted, supplies itself with gas, at once generating and consuming it; no matter what the substance, coal, resin, &c. The Indians in the state of New-York, col- A cow belonging to Mr. Hulet Hoag, of lectively called the six nations, have suffered Pittstown, which was expected to calve in severely during the last winter, in conse- about three weeks, died on the 12th inst. On quence of the failure of the last year's crop opening her to take out the calf, a green of Indian Corn-their principal dependance snake, about sixteen inches in length, was for subsistence. One tribe of 700 persons, found by the side of the calf. It was seen by who usually raise 7,000 or 8,000 bushels of several witnesses. weighed when shot, 7000 pounds. corn in a season, raised last year not more The skeleton of the elephant which was than 50 bushels, dried in the ordinary way, shot in Maine, in July last, has been recently By boiling the unripe corn, and drying it by exhibited in New-York. The elephant the fire, they secured something more. The several tribes receive annuities from the State or United States, but they amount to no more than two or three dollars per man, and are entirely insufficient for procuring them a subsistence. They have therefore been depend ant on the scanty charity of a few Missionaries and others, for the means of preserving their lives. Their numbers are, respectively, as follow: Senecas 200; Cayuga 100; Onondagas 700; Tuscaroras 316; Stockbridge tribe 4000. The Oneidas are not numbered. A worm, which the farmers call wireworm, has been committing serious depredations upon the grass and grain about Albany. The worm is about the size of common wire, yellow, half, or three quarters of an inch long, and is found below the surface, preying upon roots and seeds. They are very destructive to corn. The black worm, supposed the same with that in Worcester County, Mass. has been destroying the herbage in Renssalear and Saratoga counties. This is thought to be a different worm from that called the cut worm in Pennsylvania, whose ravages are confined to corn. At an annual meeting of the Society of the wall, John B. Lawrence, Jonathan Little, On the 27th of May, snow fell in Geneva, Plattsburgh, May 17. The court of Common Pleas of the county of Clinton, commenced its session in this An act was passed at the last session of town on Tuesday last. The following is a the Legislature to incorporate the members list of the criminals who have been convictof the New-York Institution for the in- ed at this term. In addition to the list of sestruction of the Deaf and Dumb." The fol- ven to the State Prison and two to the solitalowing gentlemen constitute the board of di- ry cells, our gaol contains 4 or 5 tenants who rection: De Witt Clinton, President; Richard have been indicted and will be tried at the Varick, First Vice President; John Slidell, June term of the Supreme Court. Henry Treasurer; John B. Scott, Secretary; and Bell, State Prison, 3 years, Ira Glynn, 7 do. Henry Rutgers, Alexander M'Leod, John Lewis Smith, 7 do. David Stoddard, 7 do. Stanford, John Murray, jr. ; Henry T. Feltus, John M'Donald, 7 do. David Morehouse, James L. Bell, Bishop Connolly, Henry 7 do. Daniel Gover, 3 do. Wheaton, Samuel Akerly, Jonas Mapes, From the 10th March to the 29th of May, ' Peter Sharpe, Silvanus Miller, Wm. L. Rose, there arrived at the port of New-York, up wards of 250 vessels, bringing 1600 passen gers. John Pinkney, Esq. has been appointed City Intendant of New-York. This is a new John Sproule, 2d U. S. Infantry, to miss Elizabeth Cuyler. At West Bloomfield, Mr. Ezekiel Folsom, aged 18, to miss Lucy Fitch, aged 16. At Pompey, Mr. Isaac Jesse Hawley, Esq. has been appointed Close. At Gorham, Mr. Lucius Stanley, N. Loomis, of Manlius, to miss Abigail collector of the port of Buffalo, vice Caleb of Seneca, to miss Sally Bunyan. At Hopkins, resigned. office. The President of the United States arrived in the city of New-York on Wednesday, the 11th of June. He was received by a deputation from the corporation, and escorted to the city Hall by the military. At the Governor's room he was met by Gov. Clinton and the Mayor of the city, besides many other men of distinction. He visited all the public works in New-York and its vicinity, and went up the river Hudson to West Point. During his stay he was waited upon by the Society of Cincinnatti,and was made a member of the American Society for the encouragement of American manufactures, as were also, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. He was also made honorary member of the New-York Historical Society. The City Hall was splendidly illuminated, and the whole city wore a joyous face. On Friday the 20th June he proceeded in the steam-boat Connecticut, to New-Haven. the army, to miss Ann Eliza Croghan. At Sackett's Harbour, Capt. John Perkins, of Johnstown, Mr. Zenas Attwater, to miss Mary Burt. At Canaseraga, Major Stephen Lee, to miss Betsey P. Cherry. At Buffalo, Mr Sylvester Matthew, to miss Louisa Haddock. At Batavia, Mr Trumbull Cary, to miss Margaret Brisbane. In West Chester, Duncan Pearsall Campbell, Esq. to miss Maria Bayard. At the Narrows, Doctor John Carpenter, of the U. S. Army, to miss Margaret Smith. Died.] At New-York, 6th June last, of Phthisis Pulmonalis, JAMES S. WATKINS, M.D. son of the late Alderman Watkins, in the twenty-first year of his age. Few who have died at so early an age have given higher pledges of future excellence, or in their death greater occasion of grief and sorrow. Having laid the foundation of an excellent classical education under Mr. of the languages in this city, he entered Joseph Nelson, a distinguished teacher Married.] At New-York, Rev. Robert M'Cartee, of Philadelphia, to Miss Jessy G. Bethune. Mr. Robert Lovett, to miss Anna Doubleday. Mr. George Harrison, Columbia College in October, 1811, where to Miss Ketchum. Mr. Alexander Flem- his virtues, diligence, and decorum, gaining, to miss Emma Seton Atkinson. Mr. ed at once the affection of the tutors, and John Davidson, to miss Kitty Ann Duyekinck. Mr. Michael Phyfe, to miss Jane Halliday. Robert Boggs, Esq. of NewBrunswick, to mrs. Stewart. Mr. Charles Porter, to miss Mary L. Brown, Mr. Wm. Van Dalsem, to miss Theodosia C. Delavan. Mons. Ferdinand Montfredi to miss Adele Jacqueline Provost. Mr. Henry Hastings, to miss Susan Huggett. Doctor Charles Loring, to miss Mary El ner. Mr. Samuel Buchanan, to miss Sally Davidson. Mr. C. Cook St. John, to miss Sullivan Tilton. Mr. Henry Stevens, of Kingston, to miss Rosanna Hewlett. Mr. James Pickens, to mrs. Isabella Jackson, At Albany, mrs. J. R. Van Steenberg, to miss Matilda Humphrey. At Skaneateles, mr. Joseph Jones, to miss Deborah Parsoll, At Kingston, Captain Wm. Dannet, of Troy, to miss Nancy Hyatt. At Sing-Sing, mr. Roswell Goff, to miss Nancy Brace. At Cayuga, mr. Charles J. Webster, to miss Oravilla Fish. At Waterford, Mr. William Givan, to miss Charlotte Gillespie. At Fayette, mr. Franklin Chamberlain, to miss Hannah Burt At Canandaigua, Mr. Daniel Bly, to miss Phoebe GardMr. Zachariah Tiffany, jr. to miss Nancy Jameson. At Greenbush, Major VOL. I. NO. III. ner. the friendship of his fellow students. He was graduated in 1815, and immediately thereafter entered upon the study of Medicine, which he prosecuted with an ardour and industry that secured to him attainments in its various branches far beyond his years. He had just obtained his degree of Doctor in Medicine, in the University of New-York, (in April, 1817,) when he was arrested by a most insidious disease, which shortly terminated his existence. Thus prematurely fell James S. Watkins, a young man of the most amiable disposition and exemplary character, endowed with vigorous and original talents, and animated by an ardent ambition to the most laudable pursuits;-bereaving his friends of one worthy their dearest affections, and the profession and society of one of its most promising ornaments.-Lamented youth, long shall thy memory be consecrated by the tear of Friendship. What a change The worm to riot on that rose so red, F. PENNSYLVANIA. Also, in this city, miss Esther K. Wells, disasters and dangers of that gloomy camaged 19. Mrs. Mary Koster, 47. Mrs. paign. He was a member of the first ConAmelia Dillon, 25. Mrs. Margaret Beck, gress under the present Federal Constitution, 73. Mrs. Sarah A. Gray, 35. Mr. James and also of the seventh Congress during the R. Smith, merchant, 52. Rev. Henry Mos- administration of Washington and Adams, crop, 56. Mrs. Eliza Hubbell. Mr. Adam and with whom he uniformly accorded in his Rennie, of Scotland, 36. Mr. John W. political career. He was an elector of PreRichards, 31. Miss Harriet A. Hunt. Mr. sident and Vice President in the year 1800. Benjamin Halstead, 84. Mr. Henry Ritter, of Nassau, N. P. 22. Francis Bayard The president of the United States arriWinthrop, Esq. 64. Mrs. Margaret Bol- ved in Philadelphia on the 5th of June. He mer, 52. Mr. Benjamin Lovell, 29. Mrs. was received with military honours, and af Hannah Cruger, 48. Mr. Joseph M. ter examining all the public institutions and Clarke, 38. Mr. Jeremiah Warner, 54. public works in the city and vicinity, espeMr. James M'Evers, late of the House of cially the fortifications at the Pea Patch, he Le Roy, Bayard, & M'Evers, a man of proceeded on his tour northwardly. worth. Mr. Laurent Allien, 52. Mr. "The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Benj. Smith, sen. Mr. Joseph M. Cack, Agriculture" have published the following 38. Mrs. Elizabeth M'Comb, 48. Mrs. queries: What are the remedies which have Mary T. Smith, 28. At Albany, Richard been found to prevent the operation upon Lush, Esq. At Fishkill, Mrs. Catharine wheat of the Hessian Fly, and of the disease Currie, 72. At Oyster-Bay, mrs. Catha- called "stunt," and of the grub; what sperine Latham, 88. At Jamaica, L. I. Wm. and stunt; what are the circumstances of cies of wheat most successfully resists the fly Kuypers, 6. At Brooklyn, mr. Henry Stry- cultivation in fields affected by the stunt, and ker. At Hudson, Mr. Lemuel Jenkins. what soils are most liable to it; what means At Kingsborough, mr. Daniel Judson, 88. have been found to prevent the attack, of At Genoa, miss Maria Leavenworth, 16 the disease, or the fly; what modes of tillyears, 6 months. At Ridgeway, mrs. age have been found to protect corn from the Adah Brown, 28. At Manlius, Leonard grub; what are the changes which that inKellogg, jun. Esq. Senior editor of the sect undergoes, and generally all the facts Manlius Times. At Orville, miss Belinda relating to this subject. Communications, Young, 20. At Seneca, mrs. Rebecca free of postage, to be directed to Robert Reed, 50. At Canandaigua, mrs. Phoebe Vaux, secretary of the society. Cooley, 73. At Sparta, David Mc Nain, By the farmers of Upper Providence, Esq. 45. At Binghampton, mr. Francis Montgomery county, a resolution has passed, Malbone, 22. At Greenbush, mr. Adam in public meeting, to discontinue the custom Cook, 96, whose wife aged 94, performed of giving spirituous liquors to labourers. the last pious office of closing his eyes; for the Promotion of Economy," by BenjaIn an address to the " Philadelphia Society they had lived together 69 years. At Auburn, mrs. Hannah Phillips. min Shaw, the expenditure for education in the public schools in the city of Philadelphia and Liberties, is stated at $22,729, for the The commissioners appointed to ascertain year 1816, and Mr. Shaw proposes a system the practicability and expediency of a canal of education for those schools that shall save to connect the navigation of the Delaware annually $16,000 of the above sum. and the Rariton, by the points of New-Bruns- Surgical Operation.-On Monday the 5th wick and Trenton, have reported favourably. of April, the daughter of Mr. John Wurtz, Married.]-At Elizabethtown, mr. Joseph beans, unfortunately inhaled one into the nearly five years old, while playing with Lyon, merchant, of New-York, to miss Har- windpipe. Though the most alarming sympriette D'Anteroche. At Newark, mr. James toms of strangulation came on, life was proMontgomery, merchant, of New-Yo rk to tracted till medical aid could be procured. miss Margaret Shoemaker. NEW JERSEY. The operation of bronchotomy was performed Died.]-In Hunterdon County, mrs. Susan by Dr. Charles M'Lane of Connelsville; W. Hunt. At Salem, Thomas Sinnickson, which consisted of a free division of the windEsq. aged 72. He was early distinguished as pipe, of nearly an inch in length. But findan influential asserter of the rights and liber- ing that the bean had passed below the bifurties of America, both in the cabinet and in cation of the trachea, and respiration being the field. He was a member of the first Pro- much relieved by the operation, the extracvincial Congress in the year 1775. In the tion of the bean was deferred till the patient following year he was a captain in the five had rested. After many fruitless attempts, months service, and was one of the little pa- the bean was at last caught and extracted, triot band, partaking with Washington the by means of a long slender pair of ring-ban dled forceps, which were introduced beyond the joint. It measured more than four-fifths of an inch in circumference (being swollen considerably) and weighed 16 grains. The patient is nearly recovered. Dr. M. Parker, of Mount Pleasant, assisted at the division of the trachea, and Dr. L. Marchand assisted at the extraction of the bean. Each The city of Baltimore have presented commodore Rodgers, of the navy, with a superb service of silver plate. piece has the following inscription. "Presented by the Citizens of Baltimore to Com. John Rodgers, in testimony of their high sense of the important aid afforded by him and 13th of September, 1814." The in the defence of Baltimore, on the 12th whole cost $4000. Married.] At Philadelphia, mr. Henry H. Lawrence, mer. of New-York, to miss Mary Folwell. Mr. Hiram Avers to miss Mary Ann Ralston. Mr. Wm. Vernon, mer. of Married.] At Baltimore, Mr. Almoran N. York, to miss Elizabeth Bryan, of Charles- Holmes, of Wiscasset, Me. to miss Adela ton, S. C. Mr, V. Primrose to mrs. Mary Reynolds. Mr. James B. Latimer to miss Peters. At Muncy, mr. Samuel Shoemaker to miss Mary Pott. Died.] At Philadelphia, mr. Caleb Wilkins, aged 49. Mr. David Irving, 73. Mr. Wm. Stevenson, sen. 70. Mrs. Mary Herman. Capt. Leeson Simonds, 78. Mr. Ebenezer Hazard, formerly postmaster-general of the United States, 73. Mr. Wm. Potts, 46. Mrs. Abigail Hawkes. Mr. Jesse Bennett. On the 24th of June, Thomas M'Kean, esq. formerly governor of Pennsylvania, and one of the patriots of the revolution. At Bellefoute, mrs. Nancy Lyon. DELAWARE. The ravages of the Fly have not been so extensive in this region as was apprehended. The prospect generally throughout the country is as favourable for good crops as at any period. MARYLAND. The President of the United States arrived in Baltimore on the 1st of June. He received the attention of the municipal authorities and of the military; and after having inspected the public works and public institutions, and visited the battle ground on which was decided the fate of the city, during the last war, he proceeded to Philadelphia. There have recently arrived in Baltimore from London, six beautiful young Cows and one Bull, of the Devonshire breed, together with some Improved Implements of Husbandry, for Mr. Caton and Mr. Patterson of this place, the whole being a present from the celebrated Mr. Coke, member of Parliament for Norfolk, the richest and most practical farmer in England, who gives the following description of these cattle. "I venture to give it as my opinion that we have no cattle to be compared to them in the United Kingdom, for purity of blood, for aptitude to feed, for hardiness, as well as for the richness of their milk, and for work when required, as I have repeatedly found by a variety of experiments upon my own farms and elsewhere." Catherine Lyon. Cecilius C. Jameson, Esq. to miss F. M. Johnson. Mr. James D. Miller to miss Emily Evans. At RichHill, Charles County, mr. Thomas Swan, jr. mer. of Alexandria, to miss Sarah Cox. Died] At Baltimore, mr. Silas Bemont. Henry M. Johnson. Mr. Arthur M'Arthur, of Philadelphia, after a short illness, which he attributed to sleeping in a damp bed at New-Castle, on his way to Baltimore. Mr. Eli Sinkins. "Good will to man," was his motto. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The President of the United States left Washington on the 31st of May, on a tour to examine the condition of the country, through the middle and northern states, and ascertain the situation of public works and national defence generally. In Georgetown it was ascertained by exinches of water fell in rain, within the periment, that on the 30th of May, 11 space of 80 minutes. In the beginning of May, there arrived at Washington, a number of Swiss weavers with stocking looms, where, it is said, which has for its object the manufacturto form an establishment they propose ing of cotton and woollen hosiery, knit and Berlin lace, and tulle for ladies' drespantaloons, petticoats, under waistcoats, SOUTH CAROLINA. obtaining subscriptions to erect a monument to the memory of the illustrious By a census recently taken, there are, Washington. in the city of Charleston, of resident inhaAt a meeting of the cultivators of the bitants, 11,229 whites, 1,200 free people of Lawler wheat, at New Baltimore, on the colour, 11,515 slaves; total, 22,944. The 27th of May, it was resolved, that in con- exports from Charleston, from the 1st Ocsequence of the exemption of the Lawler tober, 1816, to 1st April, 1817, werewheat from the ravages of the Hessian 44,030 bales Upland Cotton; 8,028 Sea Fly, well attested for many years, a com- Island, do.; 30,701 tierces Rice; 542 hhds. mittee be appointed to prepare such a state- Tobacco. Much of the produce of ment of facts on the subject, together with South Carolina is thrown into the Sasuch certificates of particular experi- vannah market, by means of the navigaments, as may be worthy of notice, and tion of Savannah river. This circumstance calculated to furnish important informa- will account for the difference of the quantion to the public. tity of cotton exported from Savannah and The wheat crops are like to be abund- this place. ant in Virginia. In the western parts of On the 17th May a large ball of fire, or the state, the Fly has not appeared, and meteor, was seen in the upper part of St. even where it has, the plentiful rains re- John's, Berkley, about fifty or sixty miles cently have revived the drooping grain. from town. Soon after its first appearance, The population of Richmond, by a late it was heard to explode, with a noise, at computation, is 14,338. Increase since 1810 from 4 to 5000. Richmond Inspection, for six months, ending April 30th, 102,924 barrels, superfine flour; 340 half do. do; 12,035 bbls. fine do; 1796 de. X middlings; 213 do. do; 245 do. s. stuff; 255 do. condemnedtotal 17,809. first, like the discharge of a heavy piece of ordnance; and afterwards emitting a sound similar to a volley of musketry. The explosion was heard at a distance of 25 miles, and 80, and 100, and even at Abbeville, which is 200 miles distant. On the 17th inst. within 17 miles of Camden, there was a violent storm of thun Married.] At Norfok, Butler Maury, der, lightning, rain, and hail; some of the Esq. to miss Frances Sawyer. Mr. Arthur hail as large as pigeon's eggs. The shower Taylor to miss Ann Saunders. Doctr. covered an extent of ten miles in circumJohn C. Webb to miss Eliza Bressie. At ference. Alexandria, mr. George Carson, mer. to miss Eliza Knox. At Manchester, mr. David Sargent, of Marlboro, N. H. to mrs. Drusilla Lerowe, of Boston. Died.] In Virginia, mr. Reuben Vaug. han, aged 85. Mrs. Siddons, aged 70. She was so affected with her son's carry ing to market a favourite calf she had raised, that as soon as the calf was out of sight she hung herself. NORTH CAROLINA. GEORGIA. The Mayor of Savannah has issued a Proclamation, directing that all vessels coming from Havannah or the islands of Barbadoes and St. Thomas, be brought to, at Fort Jackson, there to be examined by the Health Officer. This measure is adopted in consequence of the unusual sickness prevailing in those places. The lands on the Alabama are in a flourishing state; and since the settlement In North Carolina, not the cut-worm, nor of the disputed claims, promise a rapid the fly,but the heavy rains, have done much increase of population and wealth. The damage to the crops. The May wheat has importation to Mobile, coastwise, during been very much injured. Such of it as was the last year, principally from Boston, ripe, has been rotted on the stalk. Great New-York, and New-Orleans, is estimated quantities of corn that had just begun to at a million of dollars. grow, have been completely washed out of According to the Census just taken, the the ground, and the low lands where it was planted, inundated If this flood has extended all over the state, a hard winter is anticipated. population of Milledgeville exceeds 1700, being an increase of about a third since 1810. The mortality during the last year was but twenty-four, making the propor tion of annual deaths to the whole number of inhabitants one in seventy! In Russia, which is the healthiest part of Europe, it is estimated, by the best informed statis. Died At Wilmington, Doctor James tical writers, that one sixtieth of the inhaLaroque, aged 73. Married At Wilmington, Hon. Wil. lis Alston, of Halifax, to miss Sarah M. Potts, of Smithville. bitants die yearly--in Norway 1 to 48-in |