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rectors have been enabled 10 diminish the charge of each pupil, to one hundred and fifteen dollars per anum. A farther redu- ction, depends on sales already made, and to be made of the lands in Alabama appro- priated to'the Asylum by the Congress ot the United States. Tho present char ges however, are short of what is expend- ded m the necessary wants of the pupils, but which the donation of Congress has enabled the Directorsthus much to reduce.

 A mechanical department is attached to the institution, where most of the pupils l are employed some few hours each day. l in the acquisition of trade.-The Direc- tors state, that measures have been adopt ed to give permanencv to this department, and every male pupil will have in future the means of obtaining some useful employ ment. Hartford Times.

 Nc,c Ihedtre.-The corner stone of a new Theatre was laid with much parade and circumstance, on a lot of ground in the Bowery, in the city of New-Y ork, lately purchased for that purpose. The Theatre is to be built on an extensive and splendid scale; and when completed the Prince of

 

 palace ill the United States.

 The Bnrmcsc.-The Antigua Free Press of the 5th of May, says, "We have just seen letter from gentleman in Ne wis, stating that vessel arrived there, had tspoken someward bound Indiaman on her passage which reported that the Bur- nlese had broken the Armistice, fallen on the British army, which was. nearly de- stroyed,a ,and captured the military ordnance l stores, &c. A gentleman who was a few | days since at Martinique, informs us that French frigate had arrived there, direct from India, with similar intelligence"

 Rupture bctwecn the CAerokees and Os- ages.-At council lately held at Canton ment Gibson, the Cherokees demanded of the Osages satisfaction for the murder of some of their people, and restitution for several horses which had been stolen by the latter nation. The. Osages objected to treating, in consequence of the recent death of their Agent, Col. M'Fair, and pos itively refused to make the satisfaction re- quired by the other party, until another Agent should be appointed. The conse- quence of their refusal was an immediate declaration of war against them by the Cherokees--bnt, through the intercession of Col. Arbuckle, they have consented to suspend hostilities for the space of three months, for the purpose of giving the Osa- ges farthertime to deliberate upon the mat ter, and fer the appointment of an agent and receipt of instructions from Washing ton City, which, it is hoped, may prevent an effusion of blood between the parties.