, Greeks. Phocion, preparing to ascend the rostrum, she- Captain» of the Hornet, Mr. Mcnau, says the Mays. ville Eagle, was standing on the guard at theme. merit of contact, and it is supposed was cruslicdto death and swept into the river. . His cap. one slip. per, ipocltetibolok, two teeth, and a lock of bloody hair, were found on the guard. A youth, named Ba|5¢we11,. a student of Augus_ta_Colleg0v Wl1° W35 standing iieartlie Captain, had his collar and breast boneg lu_-okcn,- and received several. severe contu- siom in other parts of his body; but it is supposed he will recover. The collision between the boats, we=_learn, was purely accidental, and no blame I8 attached to either lcommandcr.——fLexington 0b.] Melancholy.-On Friday last, Mr. Sainucl VYil. liams, of Colchester, who was engaged in erecting a new bridge over Onion River, at the place called ‘hem high bi-idge,". lost his life by falliiigpfroni one of the timbers iutotlio abysspbelow: a. distance of perhaps seventy feet.’ At this point the river is very narrow, so that‘ a single string-piece reaches from one shore to the other, and the large body of water thus compressed between the rocks, foaming and dashing through like a cataract, presents One 01 the wildest scenes on the river. One timber had been laid across. and another about half way, upon it, when, Mr. W. attempted to cross upon them to the opposite shore; but at the point where he stept down from the end of the latter, he somehow lost his balance and fell headlong into the boiling whirl. pool. His body has not yet been found. _He was 35 years of age, and left two orphan children.-,-- [Burlington-Free Press'.~]‘ . MISCELLANY. . On long Spat-c}ics.——A long discourse, not only in an abuse ofa. man's leisure, but in some degree, is an insult to his understanding. With the ignorant there is need of detail ; with men of sense something ought to be left, in mercy, to their own intelligence and discernment. No people were more sensible of this necessary act of discretion, than the ancient and being asked by some one of those near him the cause of his pensiveness; replied, “ I am rcflect. ing how I shall abridge what-I am to say on this occasion.?’ Of this Phocian, Demosthenes often said“: “ This is the axe which prunes my speeches.” In our country,-tlie merit of a speech is measured by its dizrniioii.» In Greece, ah orator was praised ft)!’ speaking VVOII , in AlllOl‘lG(h for'opotI.l:ing 1! long time; and the good people are not insensible of the insult etfered to their judgment, and of the expense of time and money to the nation ; but are themselves accomplices of .ofi°eiic.e. The Governor made a ‘speech two‘ hours long--The Attorney General spoke two hours and a half. The longest of Demosthenes’ ypqechfls may be read in fifteen minutes; and the most diffuse of Cicero in an hour. New Town.--A town on an extensive scale has recentlybeen laid out, upon the north side of the Maunieeiltiver, about three miles above the Bay, and ii ‘mile below Swan Creek, by several gentlemen from Ncw.York and elsewhere, which has been named the Vistula. It is located on a beautiful table of land, high and dry; the banks are regular in height,‘ and average‘ about twenty.five feet to the Bay.’ ‘The River‘ is from one half to three fourths of a. mile wide, with bold shores; and sulliciezntly dcepfor craft of any size to ascend to this point. The harbor is unequalled on lake Erie; vessels niaypass with safety in and out in any wind. A liglimhouse was completed last fall. One or two steamboat:-i from the Lakes have occasionally made AMERICAN narpnoan .rggnNAL. " A New COLONY, says the Redactor, is to be foun- dad in one of the islands of the Archipelago of the Galipagos, on the coast of the Department of the Equator, lately a part of Colombia. Possession has been given by tl-ie government to acompany of per- sons, who were about to end 30 or 40 colonists of both sexes to commence the settlement. The land, which now is called James, is to be named Florida, after Gen. Flores. The proprietors intend to culti- vate every article that may be necessary to whole. naon, and to form a saltiiig eslablislinieiit for salting fish for the neighboring coast. as well as to embark in the fishery of pearl, cnrei, &.c. All industrious settlers who may wish to take up their abode there, it is stated, are offered land, and other necessaries. The climate is excellent with a temperature varying between 74arid 76 degrees‘ of Fahrenheit in the hot. this spot very minute and satisfactory information has been obtained from persons who have carefully examined it, and especially from Capt. Sutherland, late of the ship Long, who is now in London, and who passed an autumn, winter, and spring, on the island. , * - The following extracts from Capt. Sutherlnncra Report, will excite rather than satisfy the curiosity of those who may wish to be fully acquainted with the grounds on which the Company in question founds its hopes of success. " On the western shore, and near the entrance~of Spencer’s Gulf, is Port Lincoln, one of the most beautiful and most secure harbors in Australia. The bottom is every where excellent, and the soundings are regular from ten to twelve fathoms (French) test hour of the day, acording to observations made by officers ofthe British ship of war Briton. The soil is good. A vessel is to sail regularly between the is. lands and Guayaquil every month. Facilities are also. offered to foreigners engaged in the wlialcfisli. cry, as Senor Jose Villaniil at Guayaquil offers to forward letters to and from the islands. Many re. spectublo persons compromised in political affairs, it is stated will emigrate thither. James island or La Florida is situated in 12 minutes south lat. and 90 degrees 42 minutes west long. from G,rceiiwicl1.——- [Daily Adv.] New CoLoNv.~—-A joint stock company has been formed in London, for the purpose of founding a New Colony in Australia. We abridge the follow- ing notice of their operations from an English Journal :— g This Company is to possess ii. capital of.;6500,000: of which sum oiie-f'oui-tli is to be paid to the govern- ment for land, and to be by the government imme- diately expended in supplying the Company with laborers. With another portion of the Company's capital, the laborers so sent out will be employed in ounding a town on the Company’s land, and other- wise increasing its value by roads, docks, bridges, &c.; so that it may become the seat of government and the centre ofcornmerce. With another portion of their capital the Company will defray all the ex- penscs of colonial government. untilthe male adult population shall reach ten tliousandywhen a le- gislative assembly is to be called, and the colony is to defray its own expenses of government, besides repaying to the Company what the latter shall have advanced on that score. The remainder of the capital of the Company is to be advanced to settlers possessing some capital, who may purchase land either of the Company or ofthe government. Thus, up to the extent of l25,000l., persons having, let us say for example, 2(lOl)l., may take shares to the amount of 1000l. in the Company, borrow 1il00l. of "the Company, and so retain their entire capital for use,’ besides reaping a share of the Company’s profits, to be'derive,d from the resale of their land at a much enhanced price. In the new colony, provision is made for securing an ample supply of labor at all times. This, the one thing nccdful, is provided for by :1 very siinplc regulation. No land is to be given away: all land is to be sold to the highest bidder above a tixcd minimum price ; and the whole produce of sales is to be employed in conveying labor to the colony. By selecting the emigrants taken out cosifreo ; by confining the offer ofa free passage to young married or marriageablo persons of both sexes in equal pro. portions, the greatest amount of‘ labor will be pro. cured at the least cost. Thus the purchaser ofland, trips to-this point; and during the approaching ueas9,ii,.itl,'s expected that boats plying between Bufi'alo_ and Detroit, will stop at Vistula. The pro. prietors are making improvements ofvarious descrip- tjQ;.&g,’§4g,gii_b§tantial dock, four hundred feet in lauuhvflhfl beg“ pcun§,_,.uc"ed’g. and extensive wam_ supplied by other laborers, to be sent out with what lieuses,;gtgge_s,and dwellings are new building ; and arrnfiggiiigngg has-making. to erect_so\Siera1_inore in tho cgiirqe 9f,g._‘e, ‘p_i'esont_ season. ‘ sveral canals and 1 ailgqgcgg are now .undor_contrs,ct_, and, others contomplatod.1_l13l W1ll_P'0bP-bl_Y l°}'m}M"-..° El? .1l.\i8 point._. The, adjacent country is principally settled "id 9,l.ll,l»lV€1l-§.d by enterprizing emigrants from the on ihatline of coast. The spot fixed on for the firs; though he will appear to buyland, will, in fact, buy abor, and at the cheapest rate. So that no laborer will be able to obtain land until he shall have pro. cured a considerable sum by laboring for hire; and when he shall become a landowner, his place will be he shall have paid for land. The rules and regulations» of the charter which is to incorporate the Company anti found the colony, M8 1:6. ¢J_:,tend to all settlements that may be formed onthe southerii 'coast—ol' Australia, between the 132:’. and 141st degrees of east lorigitude, and the islands ,“g___'. J ',[‘h_eWgWoil‘ is 1"i(_:ll, and a. portion of the lands settlement is Port Lincoln,’ a magnificent harbor at highppd ._, rolling, intermixed with bottom lands, the‘ entrance_ot' Spencer-’s_Gulf (see any m;ip,).of P,-,,',,-_i99, gpguings, and timbered land. ',_[‘_hero is no which a. purticularbdescription is given by Flind3rg_ section of country which offers superior ind-ucenents The latitude of this spot corresponds with that of to commercial men, farmers and mechanics, than Sydney and the Swan River; and spencerys GU“ this,‘ Tlieldistance to Adrian, Tecumseh, and Low- lies about midway between these places. Not fa, or Sal,” i1's’liy,.ia about 30 miles ; Monroe, 24; to De- from Port Lincoln is an island towhich Flindors filnC_0,,1]p0n the_Maumee, 50 ; Fort Wayne, l00._——- gave the name of Kangaroo, in consequence of the [Ohio semi,-M1,]. o i great number ofkangaroos which he saw there. It very close to the shore. The extent of this most Iiiagnilieent harbor affords suflicient anchorage‘ for any number of ships. Boston Island is situated, on each side of which is it passage, free from danger, of between two and three miles in width. Nature seems to have done every thing in favor of this port. Twenty ships could moor within 100 yards of the shore, and the same number anchor in safety further oil‘, the water being always smooth, sheltered by the land from the north-wcst, and from the southward by Kangaroo Head, and from the nortli-east by Sutherland's about six miles, always dry at halliebb for nearly the whole distance. The shore is thickly lined with wood and shrubs, interspersed with several high hills the anchorage ; the opposite coast on the main is Cape Jarvis, which Ishould judge to be about four. icon or fifteen miles from the first anchorage, but nearer to Kangaroo Head by three or four miles.—— The main land here is very high, and at the head of the bay wears every appearance ofaii inlet or river. “ The Soil.—I had an opportunity of seeing much i‘ the interior ofthe island, having crossed the country ::i company with two sealers, who had been residents vn the island for several years. The land wears every ippearanco of being fcrtile—a deep loam with coarse ,{l'&RSB bounding with kangaroos and omus: Wlll re these mimals feed, the grass is much better for pasturo.— Occasional pends of rain water are seen. and a plenti- :'ul supply ofpure spring water is always attainable by d ggirig for it. The land here is as good as any I have seen in an_D'iemen’s Land; in the ,no'ighboi-hood of icattered every where over the plains---tlie Swamp Oak or Beef wood, and the VVattlo (both ofwhich indicate’ good land,) are growing in abundance here. Close on the shore, within from a quarter to half a mile of the sea, the wood is very thick ; but when this belt wood is passed, you come on to an open country, covered with grass, where there are often hundreds of acres without a tree : lczilculnted, by comparison with New South \Valcs and Van Diemen’s L.and. there might be -in this plain, on the average. three or four trecs“to the (Ta. I once crossed the island, a distance of. about? any miles, in two days. Once’ passed the beltof wood which surrounds the island. we walked straight on and‘ ‘H101’ the plains, found plenty of water in ponds, saw ibundance of kangaroos. &c. and met with no dilli- zulty or trouble. As we crossed the island, I looked to be right and left, and saw every where the same open l'llllS, now and then clianged in appearance by close imber of great height, on high points and ridges of land. In some places we found the grass. very high and course, in patches; but where the greatest nut}.- ber of kangaroos and emus were found, the grass was short and close. In the other places,sliort close grass was found between the coarse high patches. Whilst crossing the island we saw ple nty of parrots aridlwild pigeons and black swans on the lagoons. v * i .* “ The Climate appeared to ‘me very temperate, and , not subject to oppresssive heat; nor ‘do the rains fall in torrents as at Sydney; the dews are heavy, but not in"- jurious to health, which we had ample opportunity of proving, owing to the frequent exposure of our’; men. many ofwhoi-n have slept under trees and bushes for several nights together, and althiough elm through, never experienced any ill effects. - ~ ‘* “ The period during which I stayed on and near tlierisland was from the 8th ofJanuai'y to the‘l9.tli of Augiist. I myself landed onlyoiice on the maii_i,,in the bight between -1’oim.Rily»' and Corny Point. The soil was thickly covered with‘tin'il_ierand hruahwood. Some 01 my men landed at several (llffel'8mp'li1('.8B is about 80 miles long by 40 broad ‘and cbncélrnifigl ‘ At the mouth of the harbor, « Shonl,extending fromthe point below Point Marsden’ Sydney, 1 have not seen any equal to it. Trees are est wet on the main, being sometimes absent three wcekslatatinie in ‘ search 01 seals. On these occasions they carried with mem brcail and some saltineat ; but havinga musket and a dog with . » them, they always obtained fresh meat (karigiiroo) when on the main, as well as on some ofthc islands. On these expeditions ‘ they never took fi'esh water with them. They often spoke, of the places they had seen as being very pleasant. I never saw or heard of any native dogs on the Island 01 Kangaroo; and, from the very great number oi'kanga.i‘oos, do not believe that there are.any.» Some ofthe kangaroos which Iklllcd on the island weighed P20 lbs. Our men 7 used to go to hunt them at sun-rise, when they leave the woods to lcedlon the grassy ’ plains. I l‘ia.ve,knuwn as many as lfiitccn taken hirmy meni n. one morning. We neveritouchcd any part but the hind-'qus.ir, tors.”-——[Captain Suthcrlandts Iteportl .