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j...‘i?~itoM Tin: coiniiiuci‘AL'A'1>ttiiit'if1,s!l:fi"-
- 1:; * ‘~ ’ '1‘URK1S.kl ENIPjIR’E_. r ;
Tlie rapid progress, ahd still Iiififc |‘3Pl<ld‘_3‘3l‘"°
of mg‘ Tu,r1.;ish power, a‘t"'e'aniong1=he1most-inter-~
eating pheitotnt-ii ' in the history of modern Equ-
fi_,_p¢. Umlcr an? 'ci_rcu‘m‘stances, we ‘could not
beholdfiwith‘ indifference, a people which seemed
tospriiig at once, from nothing, to the summit of
_an‘e'njipire---w‘hose power was extended over the
classic Fegitiiis of the east, in all the rigor oi bar-
barous and unrelenting. despotism, and which-
distinguished from the rest of.Europe by the chi}!-
» acter ofits religion, its law, its niannersuandits
- customs, he-.5 stood an insulated monument of the
energyof superstitious enthusiasm. . ‘The '1_‘U!‘l’-5
‘are clecend-.-cl from a Tartar horde, wlio,4,emigrat-
ed from the countries bordering "on the Caspian
‘sea, about the year 859, and who, fut‘ 5€V€l‘ai 09”‘
' '_'?*?iliti~ies'after, interfered, with decisive effect, in the
contests and revolutions of -the Saracen Asiatic
States. Othm-an, the c'tiiefofthc Oguzian Tar-
‘ tars. is reckoned the real’_i?founder, of the Ttirltish‘
empire. He succeeded his i‘atlier in 1289. and
his domains were then confined to the lordship of
Sigma, in Bithynia, and a uinall tract of adjoin
If-g tci'i‘itoi'y. But the gr-.od conduct of Othman.
and the bravery and zealof his followers, enabled
him greatly to extend the narrow limits of his pa-
letitat'inliei'itatice, and to bequeath thg “'h0l€ Oi
Bithynia and of Cappadocia to his son and succes-
sor. Froin._tlii:i_pei‘_i_od the tide of Tdrltish con-
quest began to roll fut ward with a force that could
not be clieclacd by the feeble rcsist'.\nce of the
Greeks. In l338. the Ottoman troops .fir_st ob-
tained afootihg in Europe ; and in little izitore than
a century after‘, (1453,) Maliomet II .~;woi't't in
handycntei-ed Constantinople, the capital of the
Greek empire. Selim, the grar‘idson ofMahnm-
fet, added byiia and Egypt to the duminionstif
’ his ancestors; and taolymau the magnificent. the
cotcmpoi a-y oi":-‘_lti'e Emperor Charles V. and the
rt most z-.cct,inpli:.lietl.of all the ()tt_oman Princes.
"conquered the greater’ part of H{iiigary,artd in
the lzlasr extended his away to the ‘;uplii'at.es. At
this period the 'l'urkish was unque-rtionably the:
‘most potverful empire in the world. But even
then it had not l‘6d...ilC(l its greate‘st"l_iei_t;ht. Silly-
man was succeeded by other able prructrs: and
the Ottoman arms continued to retain their ascert-
tlancl’ oter’tl1C".‘ ‘." i'istr:i'ttlorn until ‘the fa-
mous Iohn Soil; ;of Poland, forced them,
in 1684, toraii: ~ , :oi' "."it-iina.-—'l‘his mar-
ked the era of ' Illllt‘. For awhile they
‘continucti to. ‘o . . AbSit‘Iat1S and Hungari-
ans with doubt. . ,i and with various suc-
cess : but the .. _fPi-ince Ettgiite gave a
decisive superi i;_Cllt'I:slldils. Front this
blow tlieyneve . il : thcirempirc contin-
‘IJL'(l.eVcl‘ since ike a star which shoots
downwards, th A expanse ofthe heavens ;
until at last tli seems tottering on the
very verge of . .l-
The l”urk ‘ is-ii‘ Tartan ancestors, are
naturally a bra -‘T. and hardy race. They
were g-,3»rly¢-nr ‘ iiltils pfllrlgt and Di l)i0t)(l;
and after emb- Mahonietan faith, they
found ‘mthe la=.v.~ , rophet, not a licence oil-
Iy, but a Cann:.=:: :2-.olare the world, and to
propiigate their ' and their empire by vio-
Ience.. The p. .7 ~ ti leading doctrines ofthe
Koran harmon ‘ .» lparticular manner with
the ferocir,-us, g <-riid superstitious minds
of the Turks, ta ‘became the tnostzealotis
apostles of a re:-. A,-'1 .-_ which implicit laitn and
nnconquerablc v.t:'..,*. are the "vital principles.
Their 't'aiiati«;isr:. '. «.4. bounds- They Iiterul- '
ly believed [llal .:l_ was the key of heaven
and of hell, an 1 ‘rt 2- . Jill fighting in defence of
the true faith w-, » .»- ~; glorious of deaths. and
was"-acconipanit~ '- largest portion of eter-
nal felicity. Ft ' — -.-shaken believers in the
doctriiic of pre. ——ass,ured that no can-
‘tion could avt:.l't no dangers could possi-
bly accelerate it ible destiny-—they met
their cneniics v. ; or apprelicnsion.
lo the deep: . les which would be ex-
erted by princip _. Ii . izse, wiciderl too, by a
snicctissioii of :5 . rginguished, for various
and CO.":SUl'll3.'1C it Greeks had nothing to
oppozti: but uispi _ .-5, and generals effusi-
ly -iestitutc of sk v . ipacit) . The total de-
feat of Bzijszet, ‘ . ,... grar.tl"son cf Othm~.tn,-
by i'imour, in .102.‘-p-'esentcd an opportunity
which, had ttbeen rightly improved, rnight have
enabled the Greeks to expel the Turks from lilo-
But they were theinsr.-lvcs totally-incapa-A
jibe schism of the West, antlthe factions and wars
of France, England and Germany, deprived them
of all foreign assistance. and enabled the Turks to
repair their scattered fortunes, and again to be-
come the terror and the scourge of Christendom.
But tbegsame cause to which the Turks prin-
cipally owed their original success--the intoler-
aist iiigtitry and fanaticism of their religion--prm
ved also the principal cause of their decline. It
ii'aSi;l‘sll::(l them I-om the rest of Europe, and
tapg;'r:t them to look down with contempt and a-
-version on the arts, the sciences, and the attain-
ments of the iiilidel world.-—‘ There is,’ toiusc
their own words, * but one law, and that law for-
‘bltln all contniunication vvith infidcls.’
qi’_hew -causes have also C0i\'.l‘ll)UlC€I. tethe dc.
clme of the power of the Turks.
long ago subsided ; the‘ intention of _9_,.'llIl-pOW(l(‘.l‘,:
and oth€t"improvcments in the system of modern
wat‘fai',e,._.bave opposed an invincible obstacle to
"ye siiciibss ofmtiltitudes without discipline, and
an l1l'2.t_L_e without skill. That fanatic fervour, that
fizontenipt ol rlange-t', and that superiority ofnuni-
bars and ol'._b0_dily strung-tli, .',v!iich gave sodecid-
eu:a"stipcrio_rity‘ to the Ottoman" arms, could not
enable t-hem to contend with the science, and cool
d-:i_iberate courage, the artillery and the tactics of
I the troops of Prince Eugene and of-Suwarrolw,
. 'I he. Turks have degenerated both in their civil
andmilitary .ins'-.itutiuns ;. but their present weak-
ness is tube ascribed more to their neighboils;
than to their positive decline;
'2' heir ignorance, and cpiifidence in the doctrine
of predcstina‘ ion piiev,i:ifi'thein from suspecting-
.’ .
the source,0,fth1-.'i’i_' inferiority to be in themselves“
' we affects’ car
I V conquests,’ said the Mufti ttoiliet
Baron dc Tait, ‘ without any aid ‘from Européitii
tactics, nor do we‘ now stand in need of -them.
(Slur defeats are not the effects of human force ;
'7-«’t‘.~..t«.y r.{‘C the chaetisements of our crimes; the
' ' 5 of Heaven hath reached us, and nothing
,,.""<:i"t the wrath of _0mhipotence.' ‘ '
“ assigned as anothei;_ ’caus«": -:
"'v‘.ir'u/.',’.-ort Q)‘ /in; case.’
The fiery and.
. ‘impetuous zeal of the original conquerors has; _
. ‘W; 1.1%‘
" tiltansmay be
.{ecii‘rl§*of the
‘ thefhead of
-. Jed asthe im-
,-'\1‘
__'I"lie’ unlimited§jdes}iotisrr.i'-
'.l‘urkisli empire." ff '_I'lié’ ii-.2’
both ‘church-angl state. ‘
‘mediate vicegerent of v . H _
‘phet, and the piost unresisting and passive obe._
dience‘ to his ‘command is inculcated as a prima-
ry religious dgttty.
For a timeduring the rise ofthe 'I§_t_i_i-kish pow-
er, this cxtraorrlinary exultation ofthié Sovereign
was attended with no evil coiisequences. The
Sultans were generals in war and legislators in‘
peace, they practised from necessity, both the
military and peaceful virtues, in order to inspire
confidence and attachment in their soldicryaand
subjects—from personal observation they were a-’
ble to bestow rewards on those who deserved‘
-them ; and the uetiessity of supporting theirtown
power, by the efiicacy of the talents and attach-
ments of their officers was a sure pledge ofa ju-
dicious selection. But W hen the tideof Turkish
conquest was stopped, and the heirs of royalty,
misteacl of being educate ‘in the council or in the
field. were brought up in the slothful luxury ofthe
Seraglio, their inclinations werevililicd by their
lltlblis, and their government grew as vicious, as
corrupt. and as woi'I.liIess as themselves. Influ-
enced by--“'private, and often base affections, they
committed the admiii_stration to favourites with-
out merit or experience, ‘and 13% incapaciiy ofthe
ht,-ad, pervaded and paralized the whole syiiteni
of tlieslalc. = _ . -
'l‘lic"”-,‘€xtension of its boundaries also hastened
l.I|C decline ofthe empire, by increasing the mini-
bcr 01 its enemies, not ufits subjects. Submis-
.-,'um lo the power of the Turks averted indeed the
stroke of death, but nothing short ofembtacirig
the religion of their Prophet could exonerate the
vanquished from extortion and slavery. ‘ Tlie
Conquered people, if they obstinately refused the
«lift.-1' of conversion,-‘became, together witli“thcir
possessions, their industry‘, and their children,
virtti:~.lly the property of their masters. '1’/icir
b'll('1-S‘..’t'l7t‘t.'€'; t.a;. s the law, is as our substance, t/Icir
cg/e as our eye, I/is-1'1‘ !_i/Er as our lg’/e. In such a
state ofsuhjetztion, their claim tojustice aitd-secti-
rity was little better than ;iri“7“ernjity' sound, and
their lives and -fortunes were made subservient to
the itec«:s'sities of the State, and the lDl.Cl'6StS of
the superior and privilged class, who strove by
every me-.ms,__4however injurious and insulting to
their ‘feeliug"§§’ to suppress, instead oi exciting
their energies, to debilitate their minds to the
level of slavery, and to ensure their submission
to the forms of government establislied by them-
selves.’ (Mr. 'l’liornton’s Present State of Tur-
key. vol. II. p. 60.) . —,
‘ All the officers of Government,’ says the same
accurate and well-informed writer, '- owe their ap-
pointment to the sole favour ofthe Sultan, with-
out respect to birth, talents. services, or experi-
ence. They are deposed or punisslied without
the liberty of complaint or remonstrance; and at
their death the Sultan inherits their property.
Governmentiiof everypdescription are seld at the
only, and at the ensuing bairam the leases must
be renewed or transferred to a less parsimonious
competitor. In the public registers, the precise
value of every important post under government
is recorded ; and the regular remittance of taxes
and tribute is the oiilyticknotvlcrlged criterion cl ’
upright administration. if the stipulated. reve-
nue duly enters into the coffers of Government:
inc inquiry is made whether it has been collected
by harsh or by lenient measures. ,\
‘ When the inhabitants of a city or a province
are dissatisfied with the Pachs, they present their
compliments in it petition at tlie:,Poite ; but un-
less they accompany it with a larger sum than
the Pacha finds it convenient.to give for his re-ap-
pointment, they seldom succded in their applica-
tion for his removal. Contestatidns of this pub-
lic nature, as well as those between private indi-
viduals, ai?;iT§"_detei-rnincd, not by the evidence of
facts, or the force of argument, but by the sjzei-z_‘/‘ic
quantity of gold-wfziyt sit/icr /iarzy can /zrurlucc m.
Vlflien a Packet thinks he can establish his in-
dependence by his wealth or his troops, lie rebels
-—-that is, he sends no reinittanct:s to the Porte ;-
and if the Sultan cannot subdue him by force, a
sort of contest in cuntiing,ai'ises be tween lltclll-1
the Sultan trying to assassinate, the Pacha to mur-
der the assassin. It is noguttcommdii for the
‘ciultaii to send an executioner with 0l'tIct':t, if he
should not be able’ to effect the destrgctioii of the
Pacha, to load hirirwith additional li6iioi'sl By
this means suspicion is not tinl'i'equen’tjl,‘y lulled a-
sleep ; and the Pacha is rendered an easier prey
to that inextinguishablc thirst for revenge, which
-can never be satisfied except by the blood of those
who have presumed to coutemn the authority oi
the vicegerent of the Prophet.’
Such is a brief abstract of what appears to' us
to have been the principal causes of the increase
and decline, and of the present enfeebled state, of
the Turkish power. It is a fabric which may be
easily subverted, but wliicli, fortunately for Eu-.
rope. can never regain its former strength. It‘
has for the last fifty years existed Ollly‘Il'l consr:-I‘
quence of the mutual jealoutiies and struggles of
Russia and Austria; but what will be the conse-
quence urine present conjunction, cannot be fore-
told at present. If themlollew out the principles
J, -wliicli they have acted in t e case of Naples,
--‘must support the throne" of the Sultan, and
render the banner ofthc cross an auxiliary of the
crescent. bitch an association, however, it may
be reasonably predicted,-will never take place,
and it would not be a very surprisingthing, if in
the course of tgp‘ or fifteen years, Turkey should
be what Poland is. But so long astlie Turkisli
govei'iiment is?!" ,_Ffei'e_d to exist, the Paclias will
continue to pil and waste the provinces, and
the Sultan will, in his turn, strangle andpluader
.-the Pachas. , V . - ~ A '
‘to
LATES 1‘ FROM ENGI.AND..
By the arrival of the Orion, at New-York, from
Liverpool, papers two days later than those bro’t
by tile: lercules have been received.
not contain a single article respecting the affairs
inf Russia and 'I’urkey. The harvest in‘Englaiid
',"~is bettertlianwas expected; the crops in the
n0t'lh_ern parts of the island t_nay have-been par-
tiaily injured by wet weather ; but in the soup "'
~an_'d west the ground wasicleared before the ta '_'
commenced. All accounts from the criiitineht of
Europe represent the harvest to have been’.riibst
‘Ll
:r of the Pro- _ ‘
l"°"l9 5 the)’ MC Wild T01‘ the let‘!!! Of 0013 Yfial‘ jail that carries even a pen—knil'e concealed.
time, and it is thought the expectation of troops
:Wl‘l€l'C and when it will terminate timeouly
‘were literally deserted ; those lhat liad*not fled in
.,c_onvoy of a frigate and sloop of war. with 1500,,
, the new foi'tification‘lilwliich are erecting towards
They do‘
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From ‘;R_¢:-Q/‘c’s Pfiilqdelfifla Gazegtc.
~ FROM PERNAMBUCO. .
Report of Capt Phillips, of the brig:Nym'pli,
arrived_at‘Pcrna,mbuc‘o. .. - v » ,. r ‘ '
‘ The brig sailed from Pei-nambuco on.Sunday
Sept. 23,-ai which time the utmost con_st%rnation—
‘prevailed, and several families, particularly the
female part, ofthe first distinction; sought refuge
oriitboard the shipping. The major part of the
Portuguese -vessels were gi-‘fitting ready. for sea,
and scvefal in the outer roads ready-for a start,
watered and provisjnned amply. -An attack had
been made upon the advanced post of the Royal-
ists near Olinda. The pickets had been drove in,
and some skirinishing had taken place, and some
patriot prisoners brought into Pernamboco, who
were treatetl rather roughly, their h_auds being
pinioncd behind, andbrought iii like hounds; two
or,,tlii'ee tied together-—this occurred on the 2lst
Sept. The firing could be distinctly heard, and
the smoke seen from tlie-bridge of Recife,at the
same time the royal picquet at Affogados, a vil-
lage in_an opposite direction, about 3 miles from
Perriariibuco, was fired upon out of the houses,
and they state that the women‘ hove slack lime‘
out of the ttiudow in order I-g$I)’l‘l_!lCl the royal
troops. But let the provocation bd what it may,
3 field pieces were ordered down, and a murder-
ons and bloody canonading was kept tip all the
afternoon upon fhouses.. It was stated that
neither man, woman‘"'o’r child was spared, and in
one instance a poor old man tviis bayoneted on a
sick bed.‘ The number of uiifortur.ate innocent
victims that perished in this sanguiitary rptisiiacre
was stated between three and fou‘r~-hundred. ‘ '
The insurrection commenced at Guiaiiia, about
20 leagues north,ofPernariibuco--it is headed by
Juan.Martin, who is the military leader; and the
politicaileader is a Priest named Francisco Paula
da Silva, who accompany this division, composed
of3000 troops well equipped, particularly the
cavalry; but the forces expected to join them
from other quarters will form ‘an aggregate of
I0,000 men at least, as a revolt had taken place
to the southward. near Cape St. Augustine, and
likewise to the uestward. '
The ostensible cause is,they accuse the present
governor of at-rriwary and despotic acts--they
want him deposed, and want the Colonel of the
Algarves to ._i‘esign his command ofthat regiment,
but people seem to think that nothing short ofthe
expulsion of all Europeans from power will satis-
fy them, as they imagine they can manage their
own affairs. .-.;,,
The present general, who islikewise President
of the Provisional g0i\‘¢:_l;fll‘nt:Ill., is a brave officer,
and a pupil of \Yelliiigt‘o"n', and distinguished -him-
self very much in the wars of the Peninsula.-—
The Europeans generallyihave the greatest con-
fidcncc in him, and indeed one thing entitles him"
to the greatest honor’. Elie excellent police he
has established in Pernambiuco, and the doing a-
way entirely with that stabbing and throat cutting
system the‘ is so much fostered in the mother
couiitry, by indiscriminately putting any man in
The revolution has been in embryo for some
from Lisbon shortly,occasioned its breaking soon-
er: however the first blood has been drawn and
devclope. In the alfairof advanced posts at
da the Royalists lost 15 Itlilyd and wounded.-----
Tlie Patriots lost twenty kilfdd. and wounded, and
twenty-five prisoners.
-‘~ The city of Pernambuco may he said to consist
of three sections, namely :-—-Ruife. San Antonio.
and Boallista, communicating by bridges. 'l‘i=.t.-
lirst section, P.uife, is best capable» olipmtection,
and repelling an enemy. The other sections
the country, removed to Ruife--every house was
filled ; the great apprehension entertained by the
Ru}-“alists, was their supply of water being out, ol
which the Patriots could effect, when they got
provisions had risen fpll 100 per com,
To form an idea of the sit nation of Pernambu-
co when the Nymph sailed,figure to yourselfcan-
non planted at all the bridges and gates of the city
vritli matclies lighted, soldiers lying about on the
pavements, when relieved from duty, trying to
get a nap, being then under arms continually for
four days and nights ; the houses all shut, and ev-
ery person capable of beating arins absent from
their houses. The Portuguese sailors, the whole
of whom to a man. were put in requisition, some
half drunk, with niuske'tsar.d fixed bayoneis drill-
ing about the streets, thepuor women in the Bul-
conies. with anxious looks and suspense inquiring
of their passing acquaintaiic;-s abouta father, hus-
band or brother, and strong patroles in the streets
to keep the disaffected and the negrnes in check,
the Patriots having iiiany partizans, in the city.
From South .dmerz'ca.-—Captain Young, of the
ship Packet, arrived at Providence, in 60 days
from Bahia, informs, that on the 23d of Aiigust,
several sail oftransports arrived at Bahia, under
‘troops, from Lisbon, who were sent for the pur-"7;
pose of enforcing the constitution, which it was
expected would be opposed by the government of
Rio Janeiro.‘ . -T
-#9»
Day of .llgiers.-—The Dey of Algiers must be
in a very comfortable situation, if the following
;paragraph states tliatisituation truly : _,
“ Ai.G1eas, July I8. '
4. The tranquility of this place was very near
being disturbed lately, in a very unexpected man-
ner. Since Hussein Pacha assumed the govern-
ment, he never ptithis foot out of the strong for-'.
tress of Kassban, at which the Turkish soldiery
are cxtreinely angry, beca use they cannot grati-
fy their great propensity to new revolutions, and
this. on account of the ditiiculty of attacking the
Dey by surprise in that well fortified castle.-—
,However, he took it into his head to take a walk
‘in thelower town, for the .purpose‘ of inspecting
he sea side. Upon this there‘ was immediately
a bustle ill- the barracks; and “had not the Dey
been speedily informed of it, andretreated with
all speed to Kassbau, the plot would have broken
oul. The soldiers are extremely angry because
gt-hey cannot kill.:;t;h_e Dey, and are consequently
‘deprivetl of the advatitages which the.yTur-ks u-
sually gain on the. change of the Defy.“ . Their
*‘rested four or5'five in the course ofa few years.
possession of Olinda, about three nllI€S“(llSlalll£.§%$‘e7-
= posed a’ plea to the jurisdiction ofthe court, con-
.1'.1."°",l rifts , Pfilritipgiao, jbélllrziriiti . .
ills W33? towards‘tliis
at H_avre-Ode-‘Grace. _ On the '5a'ftéifnd6’ii -Oligthe‘
same day three p.C1.'S0l‘lS were tak‘en_ uvmtjfigg-¢;;ig,‘i,
borough, on suspicion of being.e”figag¢d,in it, and
on the following day, after thefai-rivaliof the;;idci.i~
ver, were examined, but were all declared bytljg
driver who innocent. The followin _‘is&t.he sub‘.
stance of the testimony given on’*tlie .exa'miha- "
5 feet 9 inches high, -was dressed ina blue coat
and white pantalets, and had wiihhirn a sailor’s
jacket, made of stout fustian or jean, offa lg,-ad,2;'¢. ~
lor, which on the driver's comjuaining ol'ibei"hg
miles below Elkton, the saidpasseiigiér, uiiltnowri
to the driver, struck him two or three times on
the head with a club, when. being stunned, he
fell forward, and when he came to himself, the
passenger st as on his back, drew‘ his hands behi.
li_ind him, tied him with pieces ofa, silk liaridke;-.~
chief, and then fastened him to this post (if, the‘
waggon. On his IllqUll‘ll'l§.'_‘ if he was to be mur-
dered, or what was intenrled to be done, the other
answered, ‘ do you be‘ quiet, and I will hurt you
_no more than I have dune--it is my intention to
overhaul tli'é?‘lniail.’. He then took the reins and
drove the waggon into an old’ field, about 200 ‘,=-ds‘
from the road, took out the end board, drew out
the large mail, _ijipped it Open, and proceeded in
the same manner: with thiifsmaller ones. This
totikplacc about one o’clock in the morning;
He then proceeded to open letters and tear them
to pieces, at which he continued about‘ two hours.-_
On his proceeding to open the way inail,_thc ‘(lg-i.
ver observed that it would be unnecessggy to do
that, as he would get butlittle out of it';l‘~?._t'glie oth-
er replied, ‘ 0 yes. this is the mail that»ii'tops.,,ap
Wilmington, and it is likely there is soinethiiilgi
in it for the Wilmingtoii jockit 3,’ and men cfirj;
open. After continuing sometime. he» suddenly
started up, went ttiyyards North East, but made a
turn mtintlhis horses lieads, as if he was going
towards Elkton. Wheii he was sca_m§ly out of,
sight, at about rlay~lighl,’a person app’e”ared, pa
horseback, to w hom‘.the driver stated the mail had
been robbed. and desired him to assist him, who
rode a short distance, procured help. and l‘ctlllfl-
ed to him. He wastlien released. gathei'ed.up
the mails, and the pieces of letters, took them to
Elktqn and delivered them to 'tli"e;_Post Master-in
that" place, at about seven o’clock in the morning.‘
[ Ordl.-rs have been received at Baltimore to
iirthiticttiuards for the Mail from Baltimore to
Philadelphia on the night route._", '
- , 'RALE1GH, N. C. Oct. 26.
Mail Rob.5cry.—-Tliomas Haswell, Deputy
Post Master, and Merchant of Louisburg, was
Ct.‘=‘-ll‘i'1itteCI to the jail of this city on Monday last,-
on a charge of robbing the Mail._ It appears ‘sev-
eral packages of letters ha\'e.miscarried between
Petersburg and Raleigh within a few months. and:
by a plan concerted by Mr. Shore, Post Master
at Petersburg. and Mr. Smith, Post Master at
this place, each ofthe intermediate Post. Ofiices
were tested. Mr. I-Iaswell‘ was arrestediip E,ay- '-
‘etteville, by Lark Fox, Esq. who may trulyfilie
said to be a terror to Mail Robbers,-.as he has .ai'-'-~
‘gnu:-g
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-Buvnno, Oct. 23.
Kelatikah, the Clliippewa Iiidia,ti,- who 'murdei'.
ed Doctor M-adis'éiii, on the west' side of lake
Michigan, last ,isuinnieit_,”y-as brough_t to trial at
Detroit last week, _fiiuii,_,:;,-gttilt}', and sentenced
to be executed the 2-gilt of Dec. next. The prin-
ciple involved in this trial relative to th__e_sove-
reignty of the Indian tribes, was somewhat Sim,-i-.
lar to that iii,~tlie-case of Tommy Jemmy, the In-
glian who ifiiis tried at our last oyer and terrain-
The counsel assigned for the prisoner,inter-
tending; that the tribe of which the prisoner was
l\:Lllt)llS,!,fdll(I as such had exclusive jutiisdictiui‘i-
-of all olfences committed within the limits of It3"
territory. Many reasons were also tipgerl by the.
counsel in support of the principle." tenditigto _
show that the government of the United States,
had at all times recognized those Indians as dis"-'
iinct communitiesnindependent of the U.‘ States.‘ "
compe_tg._n,ts to foyrmalliarices,,_declare war, make
peace, and to doall other acts incident to a sore-
reign people.-—'l7lte plea, however‘, \va§.ovei'rul-
ed by the court as insufficient. ‘QR, . ,
Kewabiskiin, a’Meiiomine§Indi'§{n,, was also tr}.
ed for the murder. of Ch:-irlefis,.Ulri_clt, ~at.Gree_n_
B:-iy.—He wasfound guilty, and sentenced go be’
executed on the same day.
DETROIT, Oct. 19-. .
Last Tuesday night the following tragical oc-
currence took place, a short distance above 3.hi8_
city. Five or six Indians (Chtppetvas, we be-
lieve) were sit;-ping by their fire, when one deman-‘i
(led a Clfiilflllt o ’"wliiskey,‘ Om another who helda
bottle between his kiiees?-‘-‘he was refused, and im-
.m¢}j“i‘ately drew his knife andkilled his comrade,
wlio.liad*‘deiiied him, by stabbing him in his neck.
This father of the murdered Indian, on seeing the
fate of his son, sprang tiporflilie murderer... seized’
;him by the throat, bore him to thegroutirl. and"
' gave him several stabs with a short k_n_il'e. Think-
inghe had killed him, he went to sci: his ‘son. but.
no sooner had he quit the murderer. than he.
sprang upon his feet and lied: He has not been
‘ een since, and it is supposed that he has died
"his wounds in the forest ivhgre heshas hid him;--
self.
. PROVIDENCE, Oct. 29.._
\-Ve learn, with regret, that the Troy Cotton"
and VVoolc_n ll/_iatiul'actory, [Oliver Ch‘-|CCs8§;‘.‘e“._,ls1.
containing 1300, spindles, was destroyed by tire,
on Friday last ; it was occasioned by the fr_ittip.ri
of the picker.——The looms and cards,wc_t;e princi--V
pally saved. On the same evening “'35 Stolen
from the conipanyfi. store, a pocket book, con-.
taining some valuable papers, _,
dency of VVilliamstown College, Massif lie an‘
his family left" Newark, on VVedne‘sd_-ay last, an
will imiirediately enter upon the duties of his ne
situ,a't_ion is, in fact, hard, as provisions are so
. plentiful. .
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yery dear that their pay is quite&iiiadequatc.l
appointmcnt.,—-Newark .t,'e;itincl..‘=
‘Mag’! Rblgbéfyal-'I7he great. So'til;,i_iern 'Ma"il,‘~Oiii'T'
. . .P‘*‘°..'~‘.~.W‘*5 'l‘:’-‘i’.l?}?+“l5~ort ridéyi
morning last, by apersoit‘ who had ta_t;.s,n:,pas_.,ag¢ _ — .r
tion :--The man who robbed the niailyvvas about. a
cold, he threw over his should_’e‘_rs,w,liite_._he _.,',,-43 _
veiigaged in robbing the. mail. VVlien,:al§b”px g1,,'-ee‘..r£.~.-
a member. was an independent nation, within the‘ ' '
principles defined by the writers on thelaws of
The Rev. Dr. Grifiin, has accepledythe Presia Y
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