0 '..... t
.v.. , M. . .1‘
I C H Rl_S'I‘M AS.
Stuile, ye bright [Ieavetfs ! i'ejoice,,tliou Ran-
soin’d Earth ! _ ,
The Anniversary .of_. Messiah’s birtlr _
Again'returns——-All hail‘! the glorious morn '
S’Vhose dawning splendors sawEmau!lel lwml
W hen first the earth was form'd—-theheavi:ns_
upreafid, , [appear_.’.d.
God said—“ Let there be light”-—and ‘light
The Man was made from Eden’s sacred dust,
In God’s own image, upright, hol_v,just;
VVas placed in Edeu’s Paradise to dwell—
But frorii Primeval Rectitiide he fell.
Dire tvas the fall—-Heaven mouru’d the fatal
blow ; " ' _ '
Man banisli’d Eden,\and involv’d in tvo:
And. cloulds of sinful darkness were tiiifurl’Ll
Veiling in night the guilty, fallen world~.
Then Deity beheld rlegenei‘ate-man,
Pitied his fate-—devis’d Redeniptton’s' plan.
None but a God could fallen man ‘restore-—
And the same force whiclrliad p'rou'ouiie’d
before, ’ llléllll”
Again the mamltite gave: “Let there be
And Betlilelieiifs Star appear’d, i_uteu_scly
bright. _,
The glorious Sun of Rigliteottspess arose, .
Wlhose God-like beams 21 healing balm dis-
" close: ["".Yo -
Wliose heavenly lustre, whose traucendaiit
Illume our pathway to Eternal Day l .
Mortals ! give praise, with one united voice
Smile, ve bright Heavcn’s! thou ransoin’d
-Earth, rejoice. ’
42
i
Jr-:U n’Es1>nt'r’-Froin the Nitf. Iniolfigcitclcir.
As near thePotoinac’s broad stream t’otlier day,
Fair L'ibc7'fy watider’d, all pensive, along,
Deep pondering the futurc,unhee(liuglier way,
She iuet_go_ddess.\'i1ture,her niollir-r.at dawn.
Great mother, she cried, deign to help me at
need l ' ' lt-l?1,Ys
I mtist make for my guardians a Speaker to
The first in the world I would give tliern-,-
A ‘ lndeod.! [ofCL:\Y."
‘Wlien I made the first speaker I made him
¢._...,__--_ ......._._._...,.-..—— - ~ --'~- — -- fr--"'
From the -Philadelphia. 'N,rtli'.m'ml Gazelle.
" r e t efoi'e the last hztviii r re tented
_ 1° ‘ -3 2 . 5. l .
in our columns the information received from
Rio Janeiro, that Mr. F.odii_ey had chartered
,, S,,iem.vessel, on boaitl of which he was :1-
hout to embark his q[/‘;’cct_s for’ the _Rivcr La
Plata, we ventured to notice the uusigiitly ap-
pearance wliich_ those e_[,“Lcts gave to the deck
of the frigate Congress, and. to suggest the
proprietv of sttbjecting gentlemen sent on for-
eign iiiissions, .t() certainsregulatinns in thr-
ft::lt‘tSl)t)l‘filll0ll of their goods an:l_cliattels.—
The editors oftlic National lntclligeucer, al-
ways on the elert to repel even a possible in-
nuendo against men in office, have replied
T ' . " s I v -
most elaborately and pathetically. 1 llt. para
graph of the National Gazette, say they, ap-
pears to us to be neither pol-rte nor 11057516 i ll
is .utncom'feotLs towards that highly respectable
citizen Mr. Rodney. 31°-_ _
WVith regard to the point ofpoliteness, we
may observe that we deemed it our duty to
sigualize what we conceived to be a public a-
buse. This could not be done well, uulmul
""““G
feous, according to the Iiitelligeiicer, you
must be ready to sacrifice the public interests
when there is the least risk ofgratingthc feel-
ings of a “ minister” or lllS'_;“l,'|'lelI(lS. As for
policy, we affect it not—We leave‘ it to the
good Washington editors, whose chief study
it must be. V '
._ They remark that we have not been per-
forming “ the office ofa friend to Capt. Hitl-
dle in this case.” It is natural for tlicntto
suppose that nothing can be uttered without
therdcsign to’ serve some individit:tl or ptiblic
body; but we answer that‘ we had not Capt.
Biddle hi view at a|l—lie had already sul't'cr-
ed. l-Ve looked only to the iiational charac-
ter and the rights and cont-eiiieiice of our na-
val officcrs in general. . _ . V
The editors tell us-—‘f it is reported here,
[at Wlasliiiigton) that the cause of our minis-
ter leaving the national ship assigned. for his
conveyance, was an iitecoiicilable-difference
bcttveen him and her coimnander.” Before
we read this sentence, we had not heard of
‘any such diffci'eiice. Whether the report be
trite or groundless, we do notknotv ; but this
we do know, and we write witli-confidence,‘
that the Frigate Congress could not go high-
, er up the river La Plata than Monte-Video ;
that an anclioragc there is dangerous iirthe
autuniii, and it might have been impossible,
frointbe aucliorage,‘to Iruiisltip Sir.-IIodney’s
qfi'ccts, of which hehad more than were ever_
before brought on board au'Americau niau of
war; that if the frigate had proceeded to Mon-
te Video, it would, at all events, have been tie’-
cessary for him to charter a vessel for Buenos
Ayres, which might have been more expen-
sive than the same expedient at Rio Janeiro.
‘These circumstances sufficiently account for
the measure which he adopted, ofengaging a
r_nerc_liari'tvessel at Rio -that could take him,
his faniily, and effects,’-tlic whole way up to
'Bueuos'Ayres. It is, therefore, ‘not necessa-
ry, and consequently neither polite nor politic,
to resort to‘ the hypothesis of an irreparable
breach or unextiiigiiisliable enmity between
the gentlcineu.
The editors of the fiitelligericer construe
our language after their fasl_tiou. They have
it, that we me:-rm to include in the term e_[/'i;c!s
Mr. Rodiicy’s “ very numerous family of chil-
then.” The. imput:it'ton is preposterous, aurl
the perversion ofthe term uuexampled. They
inform the reader, too, what the effects really
were :iii good south, “ some clothing and oth-
er neces.~:a'ries for the distant voyage and far
i ' azcrzy sojourn; a ‘necessary. accompanimeiit
of the voyage to (E for ¢li'rtaiit ,sh'_d71d.” ‘Ye
are almost tempted to ‘repeat, after one of
Shah's-peare’s c’haracters~—“thotigb there be
. no great matter in the ditty yet the note is to-
try tmttiiicalilt.-.” What. will our Washington
l.)|‘t".llll‘Cll say to near one ltimdrcd boxes ; up-
wards of sixty barrels; twenty-silt: _or 8l’U8Il
trunks ; eleven or twelve burcaux ; ifl’f7‘lC87l- or
fourteen tables gscven or eiglit boolt-cases; he-
sides crates and chests,and tierees ; aiid,moie-
over, innunierable casks, tubs, kegs and jars?
‘tVliat"'t'o the lower part of the “ship filled al-
most to bursting ; in such.-a» way, as to inter-
ferc seriously witli the accornniodation of the
crew; and then to the quarter deck covered
with such -mzccssarics as an old cart and bar-
riess ; carriages and carriage wheels ;saddles;
eliiiriis ; 'clialiiig; dishes ; r-i'udlr.-s; _ploug.hs ;
drip-stones ; berl-steads ; ht=arth-rugs ; empty
tea-clwsts; lis-li~l:r>:tlcs ; aitdirons ; sliovcls
and tongs ; and st.n«.lry other venerable ac-
co-;;.-puiz-iizzeiils fl ‘
- _..i...__;..sm.u-.1-.--'.I‘u.lie_t'11J.l'tlQv3l,[1,(l Qtititj-,
‘ perforated P
‘ 'I‘lte,,Cot_ig‘t~?:ss frigate reutained for some
time l)el0\V. this city-—sh,e was visited, _fro'm
motives of curips_ity and business, by .1ll.Z_l';_|’l,_}'.‘,
of our citizeris, who reti_ttjiied_ ,’a_liriost,iihijve‘r-“
sally 'tlisgusted oticotifotintleil w_iih iliespec-'1
tacle which they had, witnessed _: some oftlieiitr
were wicked enough to note'_ d'ow'n"a part of
the deck-luii_i,bei' : ,tlie__s‘pect_a‘clé, and the in-
ventory becotue coinmon subject's of discourse
at dinner and tea-tablt-s._ Vile speak now de-
liberately, from ,’personal and“ perfect ,kino'wl-
edge. Let it be added that the Coizgressiis
one of tlt_eniost.beautiful audriclily fiiiished
ships in the NUVy,44\VlllC_l]l her ofl‘icers'must
feel it particular pride in displaying to the best
advantage. Their niortific-.ttio'ti may be ima-
gined. _They knew that they were going to
Gibraltar “and Cadiz, to be inspected there
by visitors, who would not overlook the deck
scene, nor the Yankee Ambass_ador’s assort-
merit of riecessaries. The Captain had, be-
sides, to struggle with the reflection that the
ship could not be w'ork‘ed in a gale,nor fought
in case of battle’, without a cleavage, andtliat
the health of the crew was ‘endangered, the
birth-deck being also tilledwitli ‘furniture.
‘We do not believe, liowever, that Captain
Biddle made any: complaint; itor that Mr.
Rotliiey has had even the sliglttest reason for
umbrage or discontent. VVC: might, as we
think, confidently appeal on this head to Mr.
Nelson, his fellow passenger, the roost impar-
tial wittiess, as far as he had an opportunity»
of knowing what occurred. The Captain tin-
liesitatiiigly surrendered his cabin and lock-
ers, and all those aceoniinodatioiis which
have been deemed proper lot the cor1imaitdei's
of our vessels of war. But we are not plead-
ing his cause ;,nor have we any private sen-
timents" ttltatever, of hostility orunkindness,
to gratify in rclrtiion to Mr. Rodney, to whose.
famil_vwe did not intend evento allude in our
former. 'cll‘tl(:lC,'flll(l the nature of whose (:1/"acts
we certainly should, not have specified, had
itot the imprudciice of his Washington cham-
pions, reiidered this cotirse inevitable. Wt-
willingly (lisniiss what is pt:’.I'50|12tl, to sub-
joiii a fetv woidson what is ofpublic import,
in the case. ‘
That the sliipsofwar of the United States
should occasioiially be employed in cuiivey-.
iiig auibass-a(loi'.~:, or even, as the late Mr.
Pinliney expressed it, “ cargoes ofiitinisters.”
is natiiral and unquestionable ; an(l tlicir offi-
ters must expect and clict:i'fiilly subiuit, as
iliey have done, to be stilijccteti to some in-
coiivcuieiice on such occasions. But the
practice otiglit not to be wlll|()I1l’fiSlilllf/(£l'fO27.S
in their fa vor and that of the miiiunal charac-
ter. It should be kept free ofiticideuts tend-
ing to wound their feelings and embarrass
them in the discharge oftheir professiou.tl du-
ties, and interfering too ‘fiir with their pre-
§(‘|‘lpllVC iriteriial arraiigenieuts and comforts.
The vessels of the navy are not the property
ofthe executive depariineut at Washington,
btit of the nation ; their coiuinanders are not
the mere servants of that departtnent—-they,
too, belong to the nation, and are, in a irrati-
ner, as well as diplomatic agetits, “the Rep-
resentatives ofthe National Sover‘eignt_v :”—
from the dignity and importance oftheir sta-
tions and functions, and the services which
they may be presumed to have rendered and
are prepared to perforin, they are entitled to
the most coiisitlerate and distiiiguislied treat-
ment. It concerns the coimliy that the na-
tional ships should tint be disgraced by such
cxliibitious as those to which we have advt:rt-
ed above ; that they should not he metamor-
phosed into transports or packets in appear-
ance or effect,‘ and that the naval ofiicers
should not be exposed to d€gl'2ltl&lllt)l1, humil-
iatiou, or pcrplcxity in their places. We
would not exact that they should be humorerl
uiilimitedly, but we would have them kept it:
good temper and high spirit, by all reasonable
and appropriate regards and eompliances.
' From the JV'cw- York Obscrztcr.
It is Z! remarkable fact, tlifit improvements
in science and the arts almost uniformly les-
sen the moral evils under _wliicli inaukind are
stiffering. .The invention of gunpowder has
made wars less frequent and less bloody. If
the torpedo could be bro’t to perfectioii, it is
supposed that naval warfare would entirely
cease. The mzll‘lll€l‘,$ compass has eiiabled
us to send Clii‘istiunity to the Hottemot, the.
Otalictian, the Greenlantler, and the Ilindoo.
How iuaity barbarotis custoins and cruel Sl|-
perstitions have fallen before the art of print-
ing! It is to this art preeiiiinently, that Eit-
_rope is indebted for her moral elevation above
the rest of the globe.
Tlltirc l5 tensor) to believe, that as science
advances, cases of this kind will become more
numerous,and_that many oftliose vii-.es,tt~|iicit
in spite of-all the efforts ofCliristi:-ms and phi-
lauthropists, have been for ages spreading
desolation over the earth, will fiiiallv vanish
at thetoiich of smite simpleiinproveiiient in
the arts. ~
, Inteniperauce, for example, - is a sore evil.
It is blasting the prosperity ofour country ; it
is peopling our poor hoiisesand prisons; it is
riiining the bodies and souls of thousands.
_ All ourefl'oi“ts to check its progress are of
no avail. We write, we preach‘, welegislate
in vain. Yet, it is possible that one fortunate
agricultural_ experiment iuayput in our h;md_,-
aii antidote to all this misery. It is well known
tliat.iii Fl':lt_It?C, and in other countries, where
_wines are cheap, cases of i'nteniperauce are
of rare occurence. If then the culture oftlie
jv.i'ne could be extensively introduced in this
country, or if some substitute for spiritous li-
quors, equally efiicacious, (‘mild be discover-
ed, a stop might be put to tlieravages of iii-
tciupcrance. ,
This train of reflection has’ been suggested
by the perusal of several pamphlets on the
subject of slavery, with which we have been
kindly fiirnishr=.d by Adam Hotlgson’ Esq. of
Liverpool. From the facts nieutioned iii
these p2_llTiplll('.lS,\Vt: have been led to form the
animating conclusion, that the iv/role s_1/stemq/'
personal slavery in ever}; part of the ii.-orld is
rlestincd, under 1’rovi'dcnce,‘ to be swept along
siinply by the sprcrrdq/'st:ic_izce and the at-.’3‘.«
The riijgirinerit wliichsupportsltliis conclu-
sion lies within a na_ri°ow'cniupass, 1. I Men
are held in slavery only because their labour
is profitable to their masters. 23. Othertliings
being et_pi'il, the labour ofa slave cannot be
so economical as ‘tliatiof a lreotnaii. With
these two facts inour minds, let us notv stir.
vey the prospects of. the countries where sla-
very prevails. Take, for example, the lVest
Indies and the soiulierii section ofthe United
States; The slavgs in ll‘-est‘, coimtries are em-
ployed principally in cultivating sogar,cotton
and coffee. In what manner is the cultivation
Is it done ecoiiomically? Are
Y
., »t .
‘e‘ii_itrodu-
\
modern‘ impro,v_eifiieiils»
VA
idgflcdll;l
tries are _be_hihd. all othe .' ‘tr;-’:a‘g"
of enterprise,,»,iri;tlie plan é’r,,b_ut,fr'oni.tb,e very
-nature of tli.e_ca§é?.; _,l1‘l’r,“-..,hd0t?,l._iQt1_:ot«ftliese
improvern_eutsI;t'equires gl. -iti_iii,titt2!l§‘-SS, C? (3
and attetition on "the. 'p‘_arpof'~ the lal_iorer,_Wliicli
cannot bé"l'orce‘d by the laSlI,,.-3:Il(‘I wjII,ti.ever
be voluntarily bestowcdexcep't‘by one ivhohzis
aii'inte’rést'in the crop. .\-Vliy then, it may
asked,does the'labor'of slaves yield such large
profits to'their”otvners ?" The answer is, the
‘labor of freemeu has never yet been brought
in competitionlwith it. ‘ Sugar, cotton,’ and
coffee, are the growth or hot ‘clirriat'es' e5-;'clu-
sively: and -it is. a'remar~kable fact, that till
within a few years there was no country with-
in the latitudes'siiited to these productions,‘
where the laboriiigclass of the population was
not stilferitig under personal slavery, or, what,
is equally paralysiug to industr_v,the oppression
‘of absolute goveriinients. ’ The case i$"_“lI0\v
‘altererl, The republic of Colriiitlijg, which
einliraces an inimetise and fertile territory_,l'y-
iiig wholly ivitliiirtlte tropics,is free and"inde-
pendent; and by one of the first acts of her
‘new government she has emancipated. her
slaves. Mexico is also free; and on the.-tves
tern coast of.Al_'rica, besides our own infant
colony, there is the free ‘and floiirisliing settle-
tireiit‘ot’Sietra Leone. In all tliese countries
the climate and soil are well adapted to the
cultivation of every species of tropical pro-
duce, and in all of them the prospect is, that
under enlightened governiuents_,the door will
be opened wide for the jntroductien of all
ltiiids of iuiprove.ment. The ultimate effect
ofthis state of thiiigs on the West -Indies and
the southern -section of otir own C0lllil|‘y,|ltliSl
be perfectly obvious. In the progress of the
competition which will arise,the price_ of trep-
ical produce will be so much reduced that
slave-labour will becotiile uiiprofitable; and
when this time comes, as every motive for
keeping the slaves in boiidage will be taken
away,tlic wliole systeiit will be abandoned.
I1r“i"'.ri‘iri.': Itcnis, extracted from a late
l’ltilos:2pitic.tl_discotitse,delivercd at,Pliiladel-
pliin by Mi'.Iiigcrs-.oll.——-' ’ ’_ ‘
There are half a million,ol7_scliolars at the
public schools tlirotigliout the United States,
:ind more than three tlioiisand studentsat the
colleges which confer degvces. V .
There are twelve hundred students at the
tnediczil schools, ‘five hundred at, the theolo-
gicztl seniiuaries, and more than atliotisaitd
students oflittv. _
'I‘hereAaré"abnut ten thousand physicians,
and itpwardsofsix tliouslaiitlllawyers. ’
There are about nine thousand places of
worship, and about five‘ hoiisand clcrgyincu.
About four thousand had four hundred pa-
tents have been taken but for new and use-
ful iiivemions, ,discoveriles an_d,impitov_'enients
intlic arts. f. —,_
Between two and thr emillioris of dollars
worth of books are annually published in._the-
Uitited States. '
A thousand newspap rs are ptiblislied.—-
There are more tliau one hundred steainboats‘,
comprising more than lbmtecit thousand tons
navigating the Mississip_pi_.
The vessels of tlie:.Uitited States, by sea,
perform their voyages, on an average, in one
third less time than tlie_7Euglis|i.
There are five tliousantl post omens, and
eighty thousand miles ofpost roads,and tivelve
thousand miles oftiirnpike roads. '
There ai'e three tlionsand legislators.-I-—
Tliere are two hundred printed volumes of
law reports. , ’
The proportion of believers in the noncon-
tagion of the yellow fever,,ainong the physi-
ciaus,is as 567 to 9.8,ivho believe in contagion.
’ LOUISIANA was purchased by the United
States from Frziiice, by treaty, April 80, I803,
for about $l5,000,lll.lll., In 1811, it was ad-
mitted into the union,'~ the quantity of land
within the state adapted to the cultivation of
the three staples, was _estimated as follows:
Sugar 250,000, acres, -Rice £350,000, Cotton
:2,-400,0()0. Some of the sugar. planters have
derived a revenue in some years of one tlioti-
sand dollars front the labor of each of their
slaves; frnin 5100 to 750 is the ordinary calcu-
lation. The whole amount of .\‘ll_L'_?ll‘ made in
this state in Hill), was about 'l(l,000,tJ0(l_ lbs.-
iu 13 4, not less than ,l.‘i,000,0tlt), and in 1817,
‘20,()()t),f)00, or uearly;ouc third of the whole
auiouut consumed in the U. States.
The cii'ciiitistance, lvotvever, that renders
ilie political and moral picture. of the country
peculiarly rlistiiictivef is, that almost the total
of the production oftlic iirdiistry ofits inhabi-
tants, imist flow to one comtuon_cenire.- New
Orleans :ilone_will hriforever, as it is now, the
mighty mart ofthe iiierchandise and produce
brouglit from more than a thousand rivers. —-
Unless prevented by soiuc great accident in
Iitimaii afl'airs,tliis rapidly increasing city will
in no very distant tiiiie, leave the emporium
ofthe easterti \vorlt.lifitr behind. With Bos-
ton, New-York, l’lilladelp_liia and Bal_titn_orc
on the left,‘. Mexico n the riglit,’ Havana‘ in
front, and the iinm rise valley of the Missis-
sippi in the rear; it such position for tlie_ac-
cuniulaiiou and per tuity ol'tvi;alil1 and paw
cr ever‘-existed. - 3", ._ g i
It is admirably well situat_ed‘for traile near
the mouth of a noble river, wlios_c biaiioltes
extend furtliousanrls of miles in difft-.rent di-
rections, aud Opel)t;()llll‘lllllll(£llll()llS with the
most extensive and fertile valley oi~._tlie face
ofthe earth. The river in front of the city is
crowded tvith vessels from every nation and
boats front a tlioussind_dill'erent places in the
‘ upper country’—-from, Keittucky, Tcniicssee
and Missouri; from Ohio and even frolni the
upper Missouri, the ripper Mississippi, 1’e‘iin-
sylvania and N .York.—.IV'. 0rleaizs_Dir'ecfor_i/.
Precious C'rm_fcssion.—A_Plymouth (Eng)
paper, in noticing the launch ofa fine 60 gun
ship, called the Lancaster, at that place, says,
‘ We have not theleast_doubt_,tliatif ever Juri-
atlian should be so fooli_sh as again to go to
tvarwitli us, the Lancaster will give his huge
frigates the (lressiiigtliey too long wanted in
the late war, in consequence or our not then
having any litclass of vessels to combat them.’
Here is a virtual ,acknowlcdgincnt that the
British navy were unable to give the yaiikces
the dressing which they say they deserved.’
‘Horn Gun-Fl»int.r.——A Soiiilieru paper says
that the wooden n.iit2negs, which have been
somewhat distinguished in the list ofingeiiious
impositions, ifnot outdone, htive at least been
equalled in a cargo of /torn guii-fli7iIs, lately
brought into South Carolina, and disposed of
as fliuts ofa superior order.
_ ‘_fct‘i_it'iiat‘ ’ itit; ‘
;p'ro‘ve_iueuts'.g TlfiS,t‘BS_Ul:§;ll9l- fI.'0.‘m._’.al7.|.‘/..“.’,'d.'fl.l..
tied? No;-lt~is.J»veit:Kii;:pn-tlikniisl tie éoun-i _ .
The l’ullo,iriit'g7accotint of -the fcelebratetl tern‘-‘W
jilefdf Jii'gg'ei'uautlt,_in Hiiitlostap, from the
I Christian=0b’sci*veij,_ for Ofictober ’1§Q3,_,_is‘
rninre particularrtliiiit‘a_uy»ive .h‘c1Vé e_V-t?_i‘».’Ilié!
' €vitlt."—'Ddi£y ./11li}t;i‘tis_e_1_'_. .
v _‘_ A paper lately.hiid_-beforeitlie‘ Calcutta-.’A’-.
siatio, Society-fiby ‘1\1i'.- Stirling, _coi_itaiti's the
following" pai'tietilai's ,respecting,tli'e temple of
_Jtigg_ei'iiau_tli :—-Cuttack owes nrucli of its Cel~
eb_rity'.to the temple’ or J uggefnautb. ' The
town is calculated to contain 5,741 houses.-—-
Every span ofit is holy ground ; and tliewliole
of the _l-and is held free'.,of‘ rent,’ on .l_l_le tenure
'of_ perforiniug certain services in and about
the teihple.~ The principle street'_is.conipo_sed
ai_inost entirely of religious establisliiiiems,
built of masonry, with tw_o pillared gveratidatbs‘
iiiterspcrsed with trees". The climate of Jug-
gernautli is said-lto be,.tlte'most agreeable, and
saltibriuus in India during the hot ipoiitlis.--
The ed_ifices ‘which compose the'grea‘t teinple
of Bltoditiisir stand within a square area in-_
closed by a stout wall ofstone, measuring 609
feet on each ‘side, which has its principal gate
way guarded by two monstrous grifims, or
eru face. About the centre oftlie great mid-
dle tower, Burra Dewal, or the S‘-IIlCll."1",l’:.l“
which the images are always kept, risesiI_iu-
jestically to the height of 180 feet. Standing
near the great pagoda forty or fifty temples or
towers may be seen in every direction. The
famous teiuple ofJiiggeriiatttli,in its form and
distribtitioii, resembles closely the great’pago-
(In of B'l'tot.lunsir,and is iiearlyofsiinilardinieii-
sions. It is said to have cost from 40 to 50
lacks of rupeesi 1 ‘
v ‘ The dreadful fanaticism _whieli formerly
promptedpilgrims to .§acr§1_'/ice themselves uti-
der the wheels of the Juggeruauth rut’h, is
stated to have nearly ceased.
only ofself.-ii‘nniolat'roti oeeured ; oiieof which
was (ldubtful, and might have been accidental
and the other two victiiiisjliatl long been stif-
fering front excruciating coiuplaints,and chose
that uielliod of ridding themselves of the bur-‘
den of life,in preference to the other modes of
suicide so prevalent among the lower orders
in India.
. From the Richmond Inquirer.
Robbery qfthe .Mail..—l"or some weeks past,
the Western mail due at this Post office, lizts
been subject to depredation. Some Ol Ill?
merchants have sustained losses of their re-
mittances from the Western country, as Nett-
Orleaits, Mobile, 8Lc. We too had suffered-
in-the same‘-tvay. In some few cases, the let-
ters ha_d arrived at this oflice, broken open.
most gene_ij._ally, however, dexte'rously scaled
up ; but on opening them ‘ the bird \\'ttSflU\\’ll.'
There, indeed, was the tantalizing assurance,
that the money had been -encloscd—-but the
niouey itselfliad vanished and no appea'raut:'e
that the seal had been broken.
Socryiiig had the complaints become from
-scveralquartei's, tliat,,\_v_e understand, thePost-
iii:iste'jf,u‘tciiei’al cauieto the resolution to at-
tempt" to ptit a stop to it. The measures be
pursued have so liirproved eflicient. _
An agent was seu__t on with particular instruc-
tions to detect the pilferer; and the scheme
Postmaster at Newberii, Montgomery conti-
ty. ‘V8/,lll](l__e_l‘_S__l}_l_l)Vd that on tlte_,F,’.,‘itlt_t1_l,t.(a
gent at Abingtou, addressed to a person in
this city, containing SW‘ in small N. C. notes.
The agent employed a countryman to call at
ilie Post Office at Newberu,to ask for a letter,
and, there being none for him, to’ inquire of
the Postmaster, if he could give him small N.
Carolina notes fortwo 5’s, as he_ found it dif-
ficult to eliange them on the road. The P. M.
(Wolliferd) readily. gave 310 in the very notes
he had stolen from the agent’s letter. As
soon as the agent received t|iese,~ he called at
the office, and demanded of W. the other 310.
He denied -lmvlllg them. The agent then dc-
nianded the keys.b'eloi_igiii.g to the ofliee,which
were iiiiinctliately deliveretl. On instituting
a search, the other 310 were found-—tvheii
W. confessed his guilt. He was lodgedin the
jail at Montgtitiiery Court House on the eve-
ning of the 29th. It scents, that nearly every
double letter in W’_-: office had been broken 0-
pen—-and that he had a good de.al ofnroiiey,
in notes of various banks in his possession.
Mom: Pm‘ACY.—Tlic scltr.Betse_v, Dennis,
arrived at Georgetown, S.iC. on ilic tith inst.
from St. Thomas and Ttirks Island. The ed-
itors of the Winyaw lntelligenccr have for-'
warded us the follotving; extract from her log
book.—‘‘ The 17th Nov. two, hours out front
St. Thomas, the Betsey was attacked "by at
small boat manned with 6 negroes and a" inu-
latto. When within pistol shot, several mus-
kets were discliargedai us, and kept tip brisk-
ly for an . hour. We were before the wind ;
but by their rowing a_ud sailing, they kept even
pace, pouring their balls into the cabin'wiu-
dotts and rigging, deniaudiiig our "surrender,
tlneateuing at the saute time to tlllIl'tlet“eVeI'_Y
soul on board. \Vc received ten ballsiii the
main sail, and several in the fore sail. The
first shot came tlirough the cabin window,
p':issetl'lietwer-ti the captain’s legs, and lodged"
in the bulk head. , ' ‘he,cre'w uianagcd to bar-
ricade the helnis.inau to ward oll‘ the" bullets,
tlieu ttu'ried their atteiition to gtttting otit bal-
last stones, in order: to sink the boat’ should
they gaiiii the vessel, as there was not it gun
onboard. Fortttiiatcly the wiud_.~prung tip at
night, and we lost sight of licr.”—.«‘i1crc. .r1dv. =
in Prince Etl\V5l_l'(lr,$ lslaud, Mr. Hazard,t|ie
printer, and several per.~'on_s who were the art-
tliors ot’r.et"t;:_'tn- political Resolutions publish-
ed in his })£l_t.|0|‘,l!9!VC been 1!l‘|'2ll,‘__’lle(l in aCourt
ofClraiicery. fvlij. H. was i‘epriui.'_iiitled and
(llSCll?tl'{Z€(l.l.‘t.ll the other gotitlemeti were coit-
tinucd under arrest. 7.‘-Ir. ll. lias rt-sitlorl in
Providc:iice and lioston.--—-V-The Cliancellor
said to Mr. l-I~.i1.'/.ai'd, ‘I coinpassion.1te your
youtli and incxperietice, (lid: I not do so, l
would lay you by, the heels long cnougli for
vou l0lt‘t:ll1(‘.ltll)t.'I‘ it.’ The Cliztzicellor after-
ivartls said to Mr. ll. ‘ You have delivered
your evidence fai:'.y, plainly, aitdcleai ly, and
as bct:ame a mart. but i czttitiou you, ' when
you paiblisli any thing agaiii, l\'(‘.t‘p l'lt‘.‘(l|'. sir,of
aChauccllor! betvare,'sii', I say of :1 Chan
cellor.’——Bosl(m I."ai7[eu1iuiii. -
Erli-riot of It l::f!.crf/‘om l’-f"rr.s.'.-.1':2.;'!vin..
“ The frieiids t)ff!Ir.Crawfor(l szty they shall
form a cauciis: those of the othter t:au:litlate.~:
sav ollir-t-wise. The parties are understood
tojhe diligent in their respective vocations;
and the like confidence is expressetl b_v the
_zealots, which is generally uttered on’ other
and similar occasions. It is not at present a-
winged lions, in a sitting posture on the east-'
During 4 years‘
fhat Mr. S. witnessed the ceremony, 3-cases’
has eventuated in the appreliensioii of the.
letter wits put into ill—'(3“1“-'<intL[.H}2’lC8-.l2_l.'__l_B,l_,_BlH°l
vel't_“ed by any faction, that at .majority of thc'_
menibers of Coiigressare in favor of any 0
-the can'tlidate'_s; ifmso, the cat'_icus_, if there be
otne," must be composed t)fa‘;r1fiajoi°iIy.'. hat’
' ilre cll'e’ct.,of this ” pr.ocecr,;litig’;"iiray be, caiiittit
befoi'eh’aiitl be ttnderstood. .It-is',_‘not beliéivejd ‘
lllbl. any two of the cainrlidates are.uni_t,éd_,'b't’it" ‘-
that separately,ea'eh will c0ttlen'tl"ful' ltimself .
i\l'r.Crawford,as well as every 0,lll_er'tlfllletfl¢
is opp"o's'éd to all. his rivals; and these, in-.l_l,lI‘l'j,;-’_
are opposed to him. Mr. C. and his frie_n_ds,
are in favor ofa caucus ; the other caiitlildates
are opposed to it. If the_re _should not be a ,
'_oaii'c'ii’s, unless a majority support it, it tvoit'lil"’-
other liand, there being no regulations by
which the number ofa caucus is ascertained ,
and Iioiv its votes are to be «.c_ounte’d or certifi-
to proinoie the object" which they may desire
to pront'oie._ Tennessee has expressed its dis-_
approliati_on'ofa coti_gressional caucus. Tire,
same sttliject has been before the Legislature ,
of South Carolina, and is -at prcseiit‘ before‘
those of North Carolina M_aryland and Penn-"A
sylvania. Those j)i’ricee(’liiigshavetheir \l’8F’f_1.fi.£ .
here, _according't_o their i'espective ftenor.‘ i‘~'l.'r/
Crawford lla5_.lit)| ‘yet re_-niivi-?re'(l',’ p_a|fl!_icu]';)fl“Yi
from an infiainination in ltis.e_ve_s. CH6 stiffer"-
ed much from his.attat~k in Vifgll!l'a,_ll'lS phy.
sicians having taken froiu him 3§’._0 ounces of‘
blood in 23 days, in addition to_..'otlicrre_me- . '
dies. Mr. Clay inan'ife'sts the effect of hav-
ing been ill, but isevidently conva_l_esceiit, and‘,
with care,will probably re-establish his he_a'lth.'
Mr. Adams is well, and iiiaiiita.ii‘is» the same
dignified ‘coiirse in relation toipolitics, "for"
which he has bee‘tt‘3_inifoi'mly distinguished,
and Geiieraldacksou by ltisevident mildness
and moderation will do away prejudices to
his*disadvautage ‘ from‘ the‘ imputed absence‘
ofiliese estimable virtiies‘. Mr.‘Callioun, as
you will see by the pEI[)t.'l'S.‘-lla'SAl.l)€AEll‘ iiom'i'n‘at-
ed for the Presideincy tby South‘Carolina,- and-"
is praised and supported by inaiiy’ rt-terms‘.--~ ‘
i ' [./V. Y. tflniericdila "
county, Ohio, held at th'eCourt-hoiise in Steu-—
benville, on the 2d. inst. it was resolved that
the Hon.-De Witt Cliiitoii be recoiiiuiendcd .
to the people of the U. States, for the next
Prcsideni,andGeu.Jacksou,forYiccPresidentt
On Friday night of-the 5th «inst. the house
of the Rev. Samuel J. Mills," pastor of the
Coiigregzitioiizil Cliurch in '.l.-‘orriiigford; was
totally coiisitmcd with all its ctrnteiits. Books,
iiiaiitisci'ipts,- provisions, fiirititur_e, everything
but lives was lost.—.Con. Mirror. . , .
“ She that bridletli not her tongue” sliali
prly flee tlirousrmd-‘doffars! A lad y naiiietlMrt'-
ry Patton, of ()li|fkSl)U|'g,-'Pa.~ll3S lleel)’Sej].
tcnced to pay five thousaml dollars, for Slilfi‘
dering the character" of Mr. Eskritlge' Hall’.-
In coiisetpieiice of the defalcatioii‘ of the
Receiver G'et‘ieral of Lower Canada, to the a- '
mount of£$)6,000,tlie'Governor (t‘rciiei':il took '
upon himself the responsibility" of gra'ri'tiug
loans upon the military chest to supply th'e'
iiecesisities of-the civil g'ov‘eriti'n‘ént.- In it com-
muirication to the Legislatu’re, he states. that
iliere is no reason to lexpecrthat tlle'(lCflCi‘t’n4
cy will be ‘refunded by the British trea's-.‘ii'y_,and
that the province willhave to si'istaiti.t»he'loss.
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.!11HE M.1NH,AT',l2AY I_-‘IR;~E‘= >19.‘ SI}-
_ . I{AN_CE con-1>.\§.~Y: in. ma city of
New-Yoi'k;"0_[/ice 26 ‘Walt-st.) In-sure against
loss or datuiage by Fire+DweHi'ng"Houses,
Ware-liouses, Mauufactories, and Buildings
in general, Hotiselioltl Furiiitnre. Macliinerv,
Mercliandi7'e,a‘nd other Personal‘ -Pr‘o‘perty,¢}n'
as favorableterms as any siinilairliistittition in
the city. This Conipaiiy was iiicoi'poi'ate7-J
for the purpose of Insuring a‘ga'inst Losses by
Fire only. Enexz-Ari Loan, President.
Tnos. BULL, Jr.‘.55'ecrctar‘y. "S
‘ D'l~I{ECT_0.iiS.;
Eleazai‘ Lord, ' -Wil-liauil -Few,
Isaac Pierson, Samuel Tooiter,
Hartnnii l'Icntlriclt‘s,»‘ Ic’lia‘lxotl Prall, '
Peter H. Shenck, S Halsted Id.~Ha'iglit.
Samuel St.,JtJ‘hn, Elbert Anderson,-
Williaiu F. Mott, David L.,Haiglit,- .
Abr=ihai~n P. Mayliic, Tliad’s B. Wakcmtln’,
Jacob T. \Valden, 3 \Villi_am Watkinson,
James D. Wolfe, jr. -Is:iac'La’tvi-c'nce,_ _.
Daniel Rapelye,~ Saiuuel D. Rogers,
Jesse Scoficld. _ .
Applications for Insurance will be received
by Wm. 8,‘ B. Loc/twuod, Agents ht. Surveyors
Norwullt, Deo.'l.‘1,l5£;$. - 42 _‘
BY order ‘of the Cot.irt oflPrubztte- for the
district of»Daul-niry, six m'on'tlis _from this
time are limited and_ allom~'ed.,to the.cred_itors
nfthe ‘estate of Daniel Sm2'l_h, lat,c.ofRidge.
field, deceased, for the exhibit_i_rm of their
respt=cti_ve claims against said éstateito the
Exec-.uioi-s of s’aiddec’d.’; and all'wlio._negl_ec:
to exhibit their ' claims” ’wi'tliin' ‘said limited
time will be debarrcd a recovery. " ’_
‘ ' ' ,Neni-:MLt,_n S.\ii'1'n,»E'Ex'e¢u-
, ' _ _ PLA'r'r_‘S.\i1"rn. ‘ “tors.
. Claims against said esiatte may beleft in
tlieliaiids of Harvey Sniitli; A " . .
_Rl(lgeli('=ld', Dee. lst, is~23.,‘ ‘V :41‘
W7E the sttbscrilrcrsbeiiig by llllCH0ll.U()Ul'E
. {of Prob-.t_te for.tlic_ tlisti'ict of Fairfield,
appointed Comitiissioners to ‘revreive, e'x';im'me
and adjust the claims of.the creditors to the
estate ol'Pltinclias Chripmrm, late ofFairfielrl,
deceased, represented insolvent, .hr_=r,eby give
"GU08 that-v-"e will attend on the business of
our appointment at the ,d_we_lling‘; house of
Lewis .’\’'ash, in said F airfield, onlflie (1.-gt
Mondays.ofFebruary_aud April tit-ixt, at E’. o".
clock, P. .u..nn each ofsaid days. Six mourlig
are allowed for the exliibition of claims.
Lewis R.u_'.tio.\'n, . Qorjimig.
Tnoiuss F. I{()WLAND.. sioiiers. .
Saljgaillcli,» Dec. 10th, was. *.4.g;. .
'1‘ Hit‘. Hun. Court of Probate forthe rltsrrfii
of Fairfield has ordered the‘ sale of‘ so
muclrof tliereal. estate (which is s'ecni'ed bv
iiioi~ty_r:i:,re,) of I-‘hinc/ms Chapman; ‘late of
l";rirlit=hl. deceased. as will :raise the sum of
S-29-(£2 53 ‘ms. with incidental cliarges of sale,
either at private sale or public vendue, and ‘~t=
not prr.-.vioiisly tlisposed of, will be sold at
public .t-etiiluc on W'etliiesday the 81st ofinst.
Dct:eutbei' at 1 o’clock, I’. M.-alio'ttt 20 acres‘
of Land,‘ in \V‘est.on', near I{.'iyiiionrl’s'Saw-.
Ttlill, and on Friday the 2d of Jauua'ry iiexg.
so much of said uiortgagerl priziiiises.:sitiiat't=ti
near the late dwelliiig house of said deceased,
\l'lll('.ll tr)getliei' withthe piece of said‘ Land in
Weston will raisetlie said sum of S2942 58
cents, with inciileurnl charges of stile. " Said
vendue will be ht-ld‘on the premises. Condi-
tions made known at time ofsnle.
Si-:'r_iI TAYLt)R, Adminis-
Pl-1'1‘!-II‘. lVYNKOQP. trutors.
Siltlgttlllcl‘, Dec. 10th, 1823. H2
‘seem that none ‘would be held ;.but, on the _ .
ed, these matters will be so.inaii,a,-zed as best. f
At a nieering ofthe citiz'»eii's"o‘f Jelfelifson
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