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Wreck of the Ship Comelia, of Philadelphia. Crew saved.

U. S. Frigate Essex captured a British transport, with a detachment of the 1st regiment of
Royal Scots abcard.

Skirmish at Black Rock, N. Y. The barracks, block house, &c. destroyed by the British.
The Fort at Eastport, Moose I-land, surrendered to the British, who were enabled by this
capture to secure every island in Passamaquoddy Bay.

U. S. Brig Rattlesnake captured by British Ship Leander. The Rattlesnake had previously
thrown over all her guns but two to escape from a British Frigate.

Steamboat Vesuvius entirely consumed near New Orleans. Cargo valued at 200,000 dollars.
The British defeated in a Skirmish at Williamson's plantation by the Americans under
Sumter-the commencement of the partisan war in the South.

Killed, while reconnoitering at Queenston Heights, U. C. Brigadier-General John Swift.
Died, at Baltimore, aged 77, Samuel Sterrett, Member of Congress from Baltimore.
The first Colonists landed on Wocoken Island, on the coast of North Carolina.

Great Convention at Albany, N. Y., between the Indian Five Nations and the Governors of
New York and Virginia.

Died, aged 78, Stephen Hopkins, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and
Governor of Rhode Island.

The Anaconda, a New York Lo'ter of Marque, and Atlas, a Philadelphia Privateer, captured
by a British Squadron, which also plundered the towns of Portsmouth and Ocracoke, N. C.
Ten States having given in their accession to the Federal Constitution, it was this day rati-
fied by Congress.

Captain Barney's Ship Samson captured by three Privateers, but in three days he retook his
craft, and took his captors prisoners into Baltimore.

Fourteen sail of French Ships, laden with provisions, captured by British Squadron, under
Admiral Murray, off the American coast.

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The Gag Law," or Bill for Punishment of Sedition against the U. S. passed by Congress. U. S. Schooner Asp captured by five British Barges in Kinsale Creek, near Yecomico River, but was retaken by the Militia in the course of the day.

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Sweden and Norway, and the United States, signed by Commissioners at Stockholm.

The Tariff Act received the approval of the President.

The British Fort at Pemaquid, New England, destroyed by the French and Indians.
British Ships of War, Phoenix and Rose, with two tenders, effected a passage up the Hudson
under a heavy cannonade from the various Batteries.

Great Fire at Charleston, S. C.-200 houses destroyed.

Stony Point, N. Y, retaken from the British and dismantled.

Verplanck's Point, N. Y., unsuccessfully attacked by the Americans.
Lafayette appointed Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard at Paris.

U. S. Brig Nautilus captured by a British Squadron.

The first Steam Vessel from America arrived in England.

Porn, at Albany, N. Y., Peter Gansevcort, a distinguished Revolutionary General, and the
Hero of Fort Stanwix.

The General Court of Massachusetts prorogued by Governor Barnard, having refused to
make provision for the support of the British troops.

Treaty of Peace signed between Morocco and United States.

Died, at Baltimore, aged 46, Otho Holland Williams, a distinguished Revolutionary Officer.
Commencement of the Western Insurrection. The Pennsylvania Insurgents took General
Nevil and Major Nichols prisoners.

Americans, under Colonel Cass, defeated the British and Indians near Malden, U. C.
Corner Stone of the University of New York laid.

Born, at Essex, Mass., Elbridge Gerry, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Born, at Salem, Mass., Timothy Pickering, a Revolutionary Patriot.

Michillimackinac taken by the British.

American Privateer Schooner Dolphin, captured a British Ship of 14 guns.

U. S. Frigate Constitution fell in with a British Squadron, consisting of one 74, four Frigates, a Brig and a Schooner, but escaped by the masterly seamanship of Captain Hull.

1813 British and Indians repulsed in an attack on Fort George, U. C.

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Indians destroyed a village on Oyster River, N. II.-nearly 100 persons killed or captured.
Fort Johnson, on Cape Fear Rive;, burnt by the Americans, under Colonel Ashe.
Died, from Dropsy, at Paris, aged 45, John Paul Jones, the celebrated Naval Commander.
A party of Americans, under Colonel Stone, drove the British from the village of St. David,
which was burnt. This act, being against general orders, Colonel Stone was directed
to retire from the Army of the United States.

Treaty signed between the United States and the Potawattomies on the Illinois.
Died, aged 76, Isaac Shelby, a celebrated Revolutionary Officer.

The British Garrison, at Paulus Hook, surprised by the Americans, under Major Lee-30
killed and 160 captured.

American vessels forbidden, by the King of Prussia, to enter the Forts of that Country. 1814 American Privateer General Armstrong, captured off Sandy Hook the British Sloop Hen

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Died, at Duxbury, Mass., aged 67, Rev. John Allyn, D. D.

Rail Road between Baltimore and Philadelphia, via Havre de Grace, opened to the public.
Religious Independence established in Massachusetts.

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General Wayne repulsed by the British in attacking a block house in New Jersey.
Louisiana ceded to France.

Died, at Belleville, Il., Ninian Edwards, late Governor of Illinois.
Treaty of Breda, by which New York was exchanged for Surinam.
Great Fire at Albany, NY.

First Embarkation of the Pilgrim Fathers from Delfthaven, in two vessels, the Speedwell and
May Flower-the first of which was afterwards abandoned at Plymouth, England.
Died, in Philadelphia, aged 53, Michael Egan, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Died, at Nashville, Tenn., Jesse Wheaton, formerly Member of Congress from Tennessee.
Died, Colonel Henry Slaughter, Governor of New York.

Brant, with some Indians and Tories, burnt Minesink, N. Y., and killed and captured a large
number of the inhabitants.

The Tories defeated by the American Militia, under Colonel Lock, in North Carolina.
Died, aged 72, Roger Sherman, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Died, of Cholera, in Rutherford county, Tenn, General William Brady.
Ordinance granted in London, sanctioning the Colonial Assembly established in Virginia-
the Model on which the Political Systems of the other Colonies were founded.
Battle of Niagara. Sir William Johnson repulsed the French and Indians. The Fort sur-
rendered the next day.

Some Americans attempted to blow up the British 74 Gun Ship Plantagenet with a Torpedo
in Lynnhaven Bay. The vessel was much injured, although the plan failed.
The Americans evacuated Queenstown, U. C., which was immediately occupied by the British.
The Government of New England declared War against the Indians.
Born, at Boston, Henry Koox, Major General in Revolutionary Army of U. S.
The Americans defeated at Penobscot, Maine.

Battle of Skiddaway Island, Georgia.

The State of New York adopted the Federal Constitution, being the 11th State in succession.
Died, at Elizabethtown, N. J., aged 67, William Livingston, First Federal Governor of N. Jersey.
Battle of Bridgewater, or second Battle of Chippewa, or Battle of Niagara Falls, or Lundy's
Lane. The British defeated by the Americans, under General Jacob Brown. This
was one of the severest battles of the war.

Died, in Boston, aged 62, Isaac Parker, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
Born, in Ulster county, N. Y., George Clinton, Governor of New York and V. P. of U. States.
Ticonderoga Fort, N. Y., taken by the English Colonists.

General Post Office, from Falmouth, N. Y. to Savannah, Georgia, first established by Con-
gross. Benjamin Franklin appointed Post Master.

A Printing Office destroyed by the Mob in New York, because its owner (Greenleaf) opposed the Federal Constitution.

Lafayette, during the Revolution at Paris, added the white division of the Royal Emblems to the red and blue Cockades worn by the Soldiery as the Colors of the city of Paris, and established the tri-color.

Bridgewater Mills, Bridge, and Barracks, burnt by the Americans.

Sudden Rise of Otter Creek, Vermont, from heavy rains. Fourteen persons drowned, and
towns of Middlebury, New Haven, and Lincoln, much damaged.

The Regicide Generals Goffe and Whalley landed at Boston, after their flight from England.
Islands of Cape Breton and St. John surrendered by the French to the English and Americans.
A Hospital for 20,000 men established by Congress.

Born, at Philadelphia, Thomas Say, a celebrated Natural Philosopher.

Federal Riots at Baltimore, Maryland, wherein General Lingan and others lost their lives.
Died, at Philadelphia, aged 60, William Bainbridge, a distinguished Commander in U. S. Navy.
Born, in Philadelphia, Charles Stewart, Commodore in U. S. Navy.

Penobscot, Maine, unsuccessfully attacked by Massachusetts Militia.

Mutiny aboard the Schooner Plattsburg, of Baltimore. The Master, Mate, and Supercargo
murdered, and the crew divided 42,000 dollars, after running her into a Port in Norway.
Died, aged 74, William Wilberforce, the celebrated English Abolitionist.
Assumption of the States' Debts by the Congress of the United States.
Ship Elizabeth Gardner, of Philadelphia, wrecked near Ocracoke Bar, N. C.
Action between U. S. Gun Boats and British Sloop of War Martin, in Delaware Bay.
Died, at Harrowgate, England, aged 65, J. S. J. Gardiner, D. D., of Boston.
Died, at Rushcomb, near Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England, aged 74, William Penn.
First Masonic Lodge held in America.

1804 Died, in Philadelphia, aged 63, Major General William Irvine, distinguished Rev. Officer.
1812 Action between U. S. Brig Julia and British Ships Earl Moira and Duke of Gloucester, off
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Died, at Jersey City, aged 79, Colonel Richard Varick, President of American Bible Society. Died, at New Brunswick, N. J., aged 69, John Croes, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Epis copal Church of New Jersey.

Anti-Abolition Mob at Cincinnati destroyed the Press of Mr. Birney, editor of the Philanthropist, and committed other Outrages.

Lafayette appointed by Congress Major General in service of the United States.

The coinage of Gold first commenced in the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia.
Plattsburg, N. Y., captured and plundered by the British.

York, (now Toronto,) U. C., captured and plundered by the Americans.
Large Fire at Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Oh! these words at night were the very last spoken,
The first in the morning were equally gay,
There is a great mist, which we know is a token,
At noon we shall have a most exquisite day.
The ponies arrive, and the sociables meant for

The matrons, unfitted for side-saddle feats;
The baskets of prog, and the hampers are sent for,
And pack'd in the dearborn, and under the seats.
A pic nic: a pic nie! &c.

And now we are off, all the carriages quite full!
Do look at Miss Symons, how oddly she sits!
No sun to annoy us, it's really delightful!

Don't mind Mrs. Watkins, she says that it spits.
Some people take pleasure, in throwing cold water
On parties of pleasure, and talking of damp!
She's just the ill-natnr'd old woman I thought her,
We'll laugh at her presently when we encamp.
A pic nic! a pic nic! &c.

My pony, in stooping to gather a thistle,

Was very near throwing me over his head!
Dear me: I do think it's beginning to drizzle!
Oh let us take shelter in yonder old shed.
How foolish to put on my white satin bonnet
I envy Miss Martin, for she's in the straw!
My lilac pelisse, too, the water drips on it,
The prettiest lilac that ever I saw!

A pic nic! a pic nic! &c.

For my part, I own, I like this sort of morning,
With sun perpendicular what could we do?
So pleasant to find the dust laid when returning,
"Twill clear up at twelve, or, at latest, at two.
And now we're at Bogglemy! dear, how unlucky!
I'm sure I heard something like thunder, just then!
The place is so gloomy, the path is so mucky,

I scarce can believe we're at Bogglemy glen!
A pic nic: a pic nic: &c.

We cannot dine under the trees, it would kill us,
We'll try to take shelter in yonder retreat;
Oh dear, it's a dirty old cow-house, 'twill kill us,
If all must crowd into it, think of the heat!
A soup plate, inverted, Miss Millington uses,

To keep her thin slippers above the wet clay;
Oh! see thro' the roof how the rain water oozes,
The dinner will all taste of dripping to-day!
A pic nic! a pic nic! &c.

A pie nic: a ple nie! so wretched together,

All draggle-tail'd women, and cross-looking men!
The middle of June, yet this terrible weather

Has made a morass of sweet Bogglemy glen!
It rains just like buckets of water, fall measure;
There is not the slightest appearance of change;
'Twas very absurd to expect a day's pleasure,
Few people can realize all they arrange.
A pic nic: a pic nie! &c.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

JANE LOMAX; OR, A MOTHER'S CRIME. By the Author of Brambletye House. Two Volumes. Carey, Lea, and Blanchard.

THIS is a capital novel for summer reading, with a lively succession of exciting incidents, and but little development of character. The heroine is a Lady Macbeth in humble life, who persuades her weak-minded husband to assist her in substituting a fraudulent will for the real instrument, and in getting the devisee to sign it. This scene is well written. The consequent effects of the uneasy consciences of the man and wife are feelingly depicted, and afford material for several excellent chapters.

Horace Smith, the author, in his preface, asserts that in placing the scene of his tale in the skirts of London, and in selecting his characters from the lower grades of life, he labors under the disadvantage of combating long established associations, and therefore, makes an especial appeal to the indulgence of the reader. He instances the universality of fashionable novels and tales of high life; and, while adducing the Germans and the French as the only writers who have produced novels exclusively illustrative of the manners of the people, laments that the English authors should imagine the middling and lower classes unclassical in their natures and abodes, and deficient in available materials to the novelist. Mr. Smith has made a singular mistake in overlooking the writings of Smollet and Fielding, whose works are expressly devoted to the exemplification of the lower orders of society; he has forgotten Miss Mitford and her exquisite rural tales; Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Hall, and the Howitts; Theodore Hook, whose Jack Brag is unequalled in the picturesque ness of its cockneyism, and the inimitable Boz, who devotes the powers of his magic pen to the sole use of the every day-people of every-day life.

The mawkish nothingnesses of the fashionable world are now pretty well exploded; the younger D'Israeli has much to answer, in creating such a host of copyists; but the talent displayed in his Vivian Grey, the first fashionable novel, has never been equalled, either by himself or his followers. The west end of London