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staked our lives, our fortunes, and otir sacred
relatioiis may be established between us; coni-
have taken place. and are still in actiona-
, the honor to be, ivitli every sentiment of res-
._ . .. -. A . .' _,
anon THE’ untv-rcttx"o_Bst;;,ive,rt. J ’
'.7/Icasrs. _2tlitors—lftlic following liiies,cup-
iecl from a southern paper some years ,ago,'iap-
pear to you in the same light they 630 (0 rue,
you‘.will‘give them a corner in your paper. »
Go, warrior, pluck the laurel bougb,
And bind it round thyree‘king’brow.;
Ye sons o.f pleasure blithely twine
A chaplet of the purple vine;
.-vAnd, beauty, cull each blushing flower,
That ever deck’d the sylvan bower :
.No wreath is bright, no garland fair,
Unless sweet -Sliaruii’s Rose be there.
The laurel branch will droop and die,
The vine its purple fruit deny, . _
The wreath that smiling beauty twiird,
'Will leave nolingering bud behind;
-Foi"blea_iity’s wreath, and beanty’s bloom,
In vain would siiun the withering toinb-——
.'Whe_re nought is bright, and nought is fair,
.Unlcss sweet‘ Sh'.tron’s Rose be there.
Brigb-t_ blossom of immortal bloom,
Offadeless hue, and sweet perfume!
_Though in the desert’s dreary waste,
In lone neglected beauty plac’d !
Let-others seek the blushing bower,
And cull the frail and fading flower,
But Hi to dreariest wilds repair,
If Sharon’s dcathless Rose be there.
When uaturc’s liantl, with cunning care,
No more the opening bud shall rear,
But hurl’tl by he2iven’s avenging Sire,
Descends the Ci.lt“tll——-(‘,t)rl.'ltll‘nll)g fire,
And descl-ation’s burning blast
- O’er all the saddeii’d scciie has pass’d :
There is a clinic for ever fair,
And Sbaron’s Rose shall flourisli there.
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GRIdIi‘.CE.-—E:-ttract from the Documents
relating to Greece transmitted by the l:’rcsi—
dent to Congress. . i
[The first document is ‘a letter from Mr.
Bush American Minister, in London, to Mr.
Adonis, Secretary of State, dated London,
February £14 18233, informing him ofthe re-
ceiptofthe following document from the hands
of Andreas Luriottis, an Agent or Deputy
from Corinth, on behalf of the cause of the
Greelts,who bad lately arrived in London with
a letter of introduction front Gen. D€dl'b0l),-
at Lisbon.]
.€Iizdreas Luri'ollt's, E7N.~‘O_‘!] of the Procisrional
Govcrmnciil qfGreet'c, to l/icI1::iior(iblcJuli-n
Qitiiicy ./Iilams, Secretary of Stale lo lhc U.
Slates Qf.r?Irier:'crL.
Sin—-I feel no slight emotion; while, in
behalf" of Greece, my country, struggling for
iiitiopeiitlencc and lil.ert_v, I adtlress inyselfto
the U. States of Aiiicrica. ' ,
The independence for which we combat,
you have acliieved. The liberty to which we
look,ivitli anxious solicitude, you have obtain-
ed, and consolidated in peace and in glory.
‘ Yer Greece, old Greece, the seat of early
civilization and freedom, stretches out her
hands, iinp‘ioringly, to a land which sprung iii-
to being, (as it were,) ages after her own lus-
tre had been extinguished; and ventures to
hope, that the youngest and most vigorous
sons of liberty will regard, with no C()llllll0!.v
s_vtnp'atliy, the efforts of the dcsceiidaiits ol
the heir and the elder born, ‘whose precepts
and whose example have served-——tl:ougli in-
sufficient hitherto, for our complete regciiera-
tion—-to regenerate halfa world. ‘
I know, sir, that the sympathies of the gen-
erous people of the U. States have been ex-
tensively directed towards us; and, since I
have reaclicd this country, an interview with
their Minister, Mr. Ptusli, has served to con-
vitice me, more strongly, how great their claim
is on our gratitude and our affection. May 1
hope that sortie means may be found to coin-
niunicate these our feelings, of which I aui so
proud to be the organ? We will still venture
to rely on their frieiidship; we would look to
their individual, if not their n:-itioiizil co-ope-
ration. Every, the slightest assistance, und<—:r
present circumstances, will aid the progress of
the great work of liberty ; and if, standing, as
we have stood, alone and unsupported, with
every thing opposed to us, and nothing to en-
courage us but patriotism, eutliusiasin, and
sometimes, even despair ;if thus we have gone
forward, liberating our provinccs,onc after an-
other, and subduing every force which has
been directed against us, what may we not do
with the assistance for which we venture to
appeal to the generous and the free?
Precipitated, by circumstances, into that
struggle for independence which, ever since
the dominutioii of our cruel and reckless ty-
rants, had never ceased to be the object of
our vows and prayers, we have, by the bles-
sing of God, freed a tzonsitlerable part of
Greece from the ruthless invaders. The Pel-
opon_nesstis,Etolia,Carmania, Attica,Pliot-ida,
Bo.-otia, arid the Islands of the Archipelago
and Oandia, are nearly free. The armies
and the fleets which have been sent against us
have been subdued by the valor ofour troops
and our marine. Me-anwliilc, we have organ-
ized a government, founded upon popular stif-
rages; and you will probably have seen how
closely our organic law assimilate tothat con-
stitution under which your nation so happily
and so securely lives.
I have been sent hither by the Government
ofGreece, to obtain assimauce in otir deter-
‘ruined enterprize, on which we, like you, have
lionor ; and I believe my journey has not been
wholly without success. I should have been
wanting to my duty, bad I not addressed you;
supplicating the earliest display of your ami-
cable purposes ; eutreating that diplomatic
municating the most earnest desire of my
,government, that we may be allowed to call
you allies as well as friends; and stating that
we shall rejoice to enter upon discussions
which may lead to immediate and advantage-
’ous treaties, and to receive as to expedite di-
plomatic agents without delay; Both at Ma-
drid and at Lisbon l have been received with
great kindness by the American representa-
tive, and am pleased to record the expression
of my ‘gratitude. .
Though fortunately you are so far remov-
ed, and raised so much above the narrow pol-
itics of Europe, as to be little influenced by
the vicissitudes, I venture to believe that Mr.
Bush will explain to you the changes which
round us, in otir favor; and I conclude, re-
joicing in the hope that North America and
Greece may be united in the bonds oflong-
enduring aud unbroken concord ; and have
pect, your obedient humble servant,
London, Feb. 20. AND. LURIOTTIS.
U-I"ben‘-l‘ollow's a letter from hIr..__.i;ltlii‘rt‘is to‘ =Ga2et'
Mr. Rushkonclositig‘ an ansiveri_,t_(‘iX,3_'tl =_l_'et'ter,
fromMr. Luriottis. Mr. Adatnsinlbjif _‘ :3 Mrs
Rush,‘ ‘ that in _declini_iig the proposal -of‘ giv-
ing :tcti_v'e'ai’d to the pausefof‘ Gifei‘:_ian_e,in’an-
‘Clp,alI,()I?_I,1illle executive gov_erniiient‘n.f the U.
States has been governed," not by its'iticlina-
tions, or a _s_e_ntinient"of iiiditfereiice to the
cause,’ but, by its cotistitutional duties, clear
and unequivocal.]'
[In his letterto _M_r. Luriottis, Mr. Adams
assures him that the people of the U. States
deeply sympathize with their bretliren in
Greece, but that while cheering their cause
with their best wi_slics, ‘the U. States are for-
bidden, by the duties of their situation, from
taking part in the war, to which their rela-
tion is_th_atof neutrality. At peace themselves
with all the world, their ‘established policy,
and the obligations of the laws of tiations, pre-
clude them from becoming voluntary auxilia-
ries to at cause which would involve them in war.
If, in the progress of events, the Greeks
should be enabled to establish and organize
themselves as an independent nation, the U-
nited Statcs will be among the first to wol-
coine them, in that capacity, into the general
family ; to establish diplomatic and commer-
cial relations with tlieiii, suited to the mutual
"interests of the two cour_itrie.s, and to recog-
nize,witli special satisfac'tion,'theii' constituted
state in the character of-.1‘ sister republic.
At the request of Mr. Poinsett, ofS. Caro-
linia, -Mr. Webster has consented to postpone
calling up his resolution on the subject of
trialling. provision for sending an agent to
(Greece; of course, that disctission will not
take place at present. Mr. I’oinsett was desi-
rous of waiting sortie time longer, for the pur-
pose of seeing the President’s answer t_o.Mr.
Mallary’s motion for information conccrniiig
the plans and policy of the coiifetleratcd.pow-
ers of Europe with regard to South America,
in order, it would seem, that the whole sub-
jcct ofour foreign relations might be before
the H. of'Repi'esentatives at once.—Daz'. flclv.
A letter from Washington, says——‘ The an-
swer of the Excciitivc to .tlie call of Congress
for iiiformatioii in relation to the iiitcntioiis of
the Holy Alliance as to the South American
Colonies, will be in Sllb-?.l(£.‘lCc, that the public
sn_ji:l_y will not permit them to give all the in-
forination they have. I have no doubt they
have positive and i'.inpo~rlr1nt information, and
that wliat you lately said about a pledge of
the British govcrnnient to resist the Allies is
true. That pletlge and the origin of it, is
pl'Oi.)I-lllly what the Executive cannot coininu-
iiit-zate.’-—.~‘l1'erc. 4./Jtlv.
TREASURY REPORT.-——Tlie Annual
Report of the Se-cret:iry_oftlic '_Fl'(fZ'lSl!l'_V~', was
made to Congress on Ifriday last. The state-
ments do not vary essentially from the intim-
atioiis given in the I-‘residcnt’s Message.—
The precise amount ofthe actual receipts iii-
to the Treasury during the first three quarters
ofthe year" 1893, are ascertained to be $16,-
.1 7«l,0.3.‘), and the receipts for the 4th quarter
of tlicsaine year are estimated at *2-1 Q70,000,
W ‘1
snaking -a-total nett revenue for the year, of
520,4-44,055 ;and with the balance which was
in the Treasury on the first day oftbat year,
making a total amount of 3:14.613},-l6§l. The
E.1:pe~iulilure3 during t_h_c first Squartcr.-1 ofthc
Same year, were S11,-122,8-l9, and the expen-
ditures of the fourth quarter are estimatcd at
_S3.,39'Ir,559,mEllill)g a total oxpendiluse during
the last year of $15,317,407, and leaving a
balance in the Treasury, on the first day of
the present month, estimated at $9,364,055.
Besides the usual stuteiiicnts oflhe past,and
prospective estimates of receipts and expendi-
tures, the Iiitc-lligcncer says, the Report con-
tains two specific recoinmendatioiis : one that
the surplus in the 'I‘reasury be applied, under
certain limitations, to the purchase oftlii: 7
per cent. stock oftlie United States, amount-
mg to $8,610,000: the other, that provision
be made for paying the amount ailjudgetl.to
claimants under the Spanir-h treaty, by the
creation and sale of stock, bearing an inter-
est of"fivc per cent. per nnnum, rcdeeniable
in the year l83§1.—Spcclalur.
Bcauint1rchrzi.s-’ C'lrn'm.--Tliis eiiorinons and
unfounded claim has been pressed upon the at-
tention of Congress with as iiiticli iinportunity
and perseverance as that for ./[my I}ar(lin’s
stud horse Ronialus. In 1807, the Emperor
Napoleon’s Minister, Turreau, addressed an
arrogant note on the siiliject to our govern-
ment, and loftily observed that ‘ the French
government hail lifted up its voice in favor of
Mr. Gallatin, then Secretary of
the Treasury, and who was never destitute of
the claim.’
true republican intrépidity, met and exposed
the injustice oftlie fictitious demand.
The truth of the affair is, in 1776, Louis
XVI, then at peace wiili Great Britain, and
not willing to plunge immediately into war
with her, still covertly aided the U.States with
the free gift of nine millions oflivres : the U.
States wanted cannon and arms more than
money, and one iuillion of it for the sake ofa
cover was handed to M. Beaumarchais, a Pa-
ris merchant, so that munitions of war to that
value might in his name be purchased from
the royal arsenals for the U. States and the
transaction appears to the world=zrs a private
speculation : in that shape the U. States re-
ceived the one million, and the other eight in
money. Speculators, finding that Louis XVI,
Count dc Vergeniies, Beauinarchais, and Si-
las Dean, who had personal lmoivledge ofthe
affair, are dead, have purchased the claim,
and now it seems have on the spot at Wash-
ington, a Lady, to enforce the payiiioiit by the
arts of persuasion, since argument has prov-
ed of no force. '
The principal and interest would now be a
pretty penny: for if we pay the one million
and interest toBcaumarcliais’ heirs or assigns,
so we imist the other 8 millions.—-Salem Gaz.
On New-Year’s day the doors ofthe Presi-
deiit’s House were thrown open, according to
established usage, for the purpose ofreceiving
the congratulatioiis of his fellow-citizens. No
decent person was refused adniittance, and
all was conducted in a truly republican man-
ner. The representatives of foreign nations
were present in national costumes, except the
Coloinbiau Legation, who was remarked as
being clad in the garb ofrepublican plainness.
Mr. Crawford was unable to attend, being
still seriously indisposed. The other sec.-em-
rics ofdepartment, inostoftlie civil officers of
grim-,i'iiii,ient, members of both Houses ofCon-
grcss, were pi'esent.-—J\"(zt. Jldvocale.
Jllclancltoly Reirtiniccenccs.-—-Tlic Salem
. line dividing what are called iion-slaveliold-
p g ,, Fiat’ Iv]; -.,Ci'aw.foi:d "killed
Mr. I’...Yij;iii"l§'l rr, ,itji'7 a dtiel‘,'_ iii‘l803'i«'_1‘.1ia_t.
‘Gen’. Jia<iksoii»‘;It‘r'll’ed-itilr. ffiiliar.-les‘-Diclfehsoni
,lll1__803Z '1‘,li‘at.-M’r. Deivitt-Clinton, -in 1303,
'exéhaiige‘d"?4 '§liotsj‘§'witli '-,Gén_. ivartzvout
That Mr; Qalfiouii in‘._l8t’3, being chall‘ciige'd‘
went out to figl1t'Wlll) '-‘Mr. Grosvenor,‘ but the
affair. was settled» wit-bout smoke, by Mr. Sen-_
ator King ; and that Mr. Clay was wounded
in a duel with Mr. Marshall, in 1809. -
:1:
GENERAL JAcicsotc.—-In 1818, (says the
National ‘Gazette,)-General Jackson, addres-
sing Mr. Calhoun, the Secretary of War, in
regard to the iniportance ofretainiiig possess-
ion of certain points in Florida, expressed
liitnselfthns——-
“Ifpossession is given oftlie points now
occupied by our troops and a war ensues, an
attempt will no doubt be made to penetrate
our country by the Appalacliicola, and by the
aid oftbe Indians, to reach the Mississippi, at
or above the Chickasaw Bluffs. Should this
be done with a foruiidablc forcc,in_rotir present
uiiprepared state, it is probable ~thatthe enemy
might reach the banksofthc Mississippi;occu-
pying these posts may prevent such ‘an oc-
currence ; surrender them, and I Wollld “Ola
without a mpch stronger force, hold myself
i'cs[ioiisilile.Tor the safety oflmy division. But
with those posts fortified as recommended,
and with an effective force of, 5000 men, I
ledge my life upon. dqfciiding tlic coimiry
_;i'rn,ii St. ..’lIai'_i;’s to the Barrala’ire, agtziiist all
the machinations and attacks qf the L’ oly Jilli-
ancc, and combined Europe.
‘It is alone by a just and bold course. of
conduct, that we canexpect to obtain and se-
cure respect from Europe, and not by a timid
temporizirig policy; the first commands ad-
miration and esteem, the latter contempt;
butfroin tiie composition of the present ad-
ministratioii, Ican never suppose that they
will abandon rights, or assume atimid tempor-
izing course of policy.” ‘
To this the Secretary replied——-
“ We ougliLit__is truc, never to resort to tim-
id mcasu_res to avoid war: but it appears to
me that a certain degree of cautiou'(.iot froiu
fear oftlie_Holy .x.‘Illt'rm.ce) ought, at this time,
to marlt~oiir,policy. A war with Spain, t_vcre
it to co__ntir.ue with her alone, and ti'ci'Q, there
iiogreatncutral powers to avail themselves of
the opportunity of embarrassing us, would be
notbing ; but such a war would not continue
loiig without involving other parties, and it
certainly would, in a few years, be an English
war. In such a war, I would not fear for the
fate of our country ; but certainly, ‘ifit can be
prudently and honorably avoided for the pres-
cut, it ought to be. We want time; time to
grow ; to perfect our fortifications; -to en-
large our iiav_v, to replenish our depots, and
to pay otir debts. I speak to you fraiiltly,
knowing your zeal for our couiitry,with whose
glory yours is now identified. No one who
has examined my political course, will, I am
sure, think that these opinions are influenced
by timid councils.’
The editor of the IE-Y. Statesman, who is
liistoiy of the early life of General Jaclizson :
He is oflrish descent; was born in South
Caroliiiain 1767, and is now in his 57th year.
His father died while he was youiig, leaving
three sons to be provided for by their mother.
Andrew was intended for the ininistry, and
re-::eivctl a classical education; but upon the
breakiiig out of the revolutionary war, enam-
oured of a military life, at the age of 14 be
joined the American army. His two brothers
were his conipaiiious in arms, both of whom
died, and shortly after his mother, leaving
him entirely alone in the world. ' ,
The corps to ,_which he belonged having
been defeated, and bimsclfaud brotlier, with
many others, talien prisoners, an aiiccilotc oc-
,curred while he was in captivity which inani-
fcstcd the same spirit and temper which he
has since evinced in a thousand instances.—-
Bcing placed under a guard, he was ordered
in a very imperious tone, by a British ofticer,
to clcanliis boots. This he 72crcn2—ptoril_y rc-
_/iised t_ do, alleging that he looked for such
treatment as a prisoner had a right to expect.
Inccnsetl at his refuszil, the officer aimed a
blow at his licad with a draiivii sword, which
would have probably teriiiinated his existence
had he not parricd its effects by throwing up
his left hand, on which he received a severe
wound. H is brother at the same time, for a
similar offence, received a deep cut in the
head, which afterwards occasioned his death.
Young Jackson was thrown iiilo prison, and
treated with severity until after the battleiol
Camden, when he was released and exchan-
ged. To add to his complicated afflictions
occasioned by the loss of his brotlier,his moth-
er, his captivity and iuiprisoiiinent, the small
pox had nearly terminated his sorrows and his
existence. Suc_h area few of the iiiciilcnts
wliicli mark the chequered life ofthis distin-
guished inan,belore he had reached liisl5tli yr.
The I-Iousc offlcprcseiitalives of Alabama,
have passed a resolution, 59 to 18, recommen-
ding Gen. Jackson to the people, as the suc-
cesorofMr.Monroe to the office ofPresident.
SLAVE PoPo.LA'rioN.—-A writer in the
Portsnioutb Journal says-—A comparison of
the results of the four euumeratioiis which
have been made of our population, has led me
to entertain a belieftliat, from the operation of
natural cat1ses,shotild they be permitted to op-
crate fully, slaves will hereafter not only con-
stitute a constantly diminishing proportion of
our population, but instead of spreading over
states not now afflicted with the evil, will be
confined to still narrower limits,
These enumerations show that in the four
most northern states, slavery has become cu-
tirely extinct: that in the states of Rliode Isl-
and, Connecticut and New York, the number
of slaves, which in 1790 amounted to 25,036,
bad in 1820 decreased to 10,233 ; that in the
states of New Jersey, Peiiusylvania and Del-
aware it diminution has taken place, although
the degree of it has been lcss——Ilie number at
the former period l)8ll’l""3"l-,0-l—7, at the latter
12,277: Maryland, the next state in our prog-
ress soutbward, is the first in which the iiiim-
ber of slaves has "increased ; but the increase
iliere has been slight. In 1790, there were
103,036, in 18220 there were I07,398. The
degree of‘ increase has been a little greater in
Virginia, and inucb greater as we proceed
soutliwa__rdly.
It ought further to be observed that, in the
three states of New-Jersey, Maryland and
Virginia-states which lie on each side ofthe
mg front the slave holding states—t|ie number
' ‘* I ‘ ..
now at \Vashington, gives the following brief
of slaves. has citlier ‘decreased, or. -lia,s,_ii'i'creas-
ed in? adir‘ii-iiijishiing rdti_o.. '1‘-_litfis'3ii‘1 N. J er-sély,
between -the years 17190 and l800,*'tlie-inc‘rease
-was-ni,iie'. per cent ;~:.’bet-weeii thef-years 1800
and‘, 1810, the. nutii'ber' diminished _-I8.-per _c_t. ;
'lJ‘.Il‘(I’==,l.fl_£i§Lt.\tle§t1,'llte latter year and 1820, Soiper
cent. In,Mai=ylaiid,.during the first period of
cent, durin ‘ the second period, three and a
half perlgpnt; and during the third period,
there was a decrease of three and a half per
cent. In Virginia, during the first pe'riod,.the-
increase was eighteen and a half per cent ;
during the second period, thirteen and a half
per cent ; and during the third period, 8 per
cent. In the states south of Virginia, the in-
crea:-ie lias.been imicli more rapid; in sortie of
them at.~.,.tlip rate of more than 100 per cent
dtiritigflie period O._fl§_l) years.
From these statbrrieiits it appears, thut_.i__n
all the states named except Virginia, the nut‘n-
ber of slavcs,'siiice tire"-first enumeration, has
been coriistaiitlytliiiiitiishiiig, or begun to di-
niiuis_l_i, and that, in Virginia the ratio of in-
crease has been constantly diminishiiig.
To \v,ll_tit.C"dttst3 may these results be attribu-
tetl ? May Ell€_y..‘ll0l' in a great measure be at-
tributed to the vicinity of these states to a pop-
ulation cutirely free? This circumstance in
two ways diminishes the value of the slaves;
it enables him to escape easily from his inas-
ter, and the information which he acquires
and the contrast which be every day witness-
es between biuiselfand those around him, ren-
der bini tliscoiitciitcd, disobedieut, and his
services of course ‘less profitable. ‘And the
circumstance mentioned has alsoetnotlier im-
portaut effect. It furnishes to the slay.e-liold-
crs occular and convincing proof that free la-
bor is cheaper, because inore productive than
slave-_ labor. His sentimeiits and opinions too
are probably modified by his situation. He
often finds among his associates men who en-
tertain the opinion that to hold a fellow ‘crea-
ture in bondage is contrary to morality and
to the benign principles of the christian reli-
gion. He’-either adopts this opinion himself,
or becomes unwilling to act in direct opposi-
tion to it. He therefore the more readily
manumits his slaves, or sells them to nc.~_:ro
dealers from a more soutlicrn state,wlien their
value has not yet sull'erctl diminution.
This cause will always coiitimie to operate
and probably with increashig force. May we
not tlierefore be permitted ttrliope, that at a
future time, not indeed near but not very re-
mote, Maryland and Virginia will cease to be
slave holding states? That as the cause a-
bove irientioiied will then be allowctl to oper-
ate on Kciitttcky and North Carolina, the
nninber oftlicir slaves will gradually decrease?
Tlizit even t_liese"sta,tcs='will at length be arldetl
to tlie_i'_i'ufiiber of free states? And that the
process will go ()l\'lllltll all our slaves, atid c-
ven all our black population, shall be trans-
ferred to the ‘West Indies or to Africa? Civi-
liz:ition advancing with resistle.ss force, has
driveirthe Indians beyond the Mississippi.——
Will not the progress of ltiiowletlge-—will not
the enlightened self iu‘terest, produce a simi-
lar result in relation to another and more de-
graded portion of the liumau race ?
Slave propcrlg.——_Act'ordiug to a report ofa
special coiiiuiittee on Negro slavery in South
Carolina, it appears that there are in that
state £258,478 slaves, valued at 877,543,400,
being about 5300 each. In the United States
‘there are about 1,500,000 slaves, which, esti-
mated at £300 each, would make the whole
value of slave property in the United States
450,000,000 dollars.—.’V'. Y. Obs.
IMPORTANT FROM BRAZIL.
By arrivals at Boston from Rio .ltuieiro,-.wc
learn that (liffictilties exist between the Em-
peror and his subjects, and that serious events
have taken place. Greatljealousies and ani-
mosities existed between the European Portu-
guese and the native Brazilians, each of wlioui
were etideai'oi'itig to bring over the Emperor
to their party, while be avoided both, and em-
ployed liiiiiself in attaching the military to
his views. On the I ttli Nov. the Cortes were
digesting the new Constitntioii, consisting of
270 articles. They continued in session all
one day and the sticcectling night debating
on the liberty of the press and of conscience.
Several of the members belonging to the lib-
eral party,as well as the editors of the papers,
expressed themselves in the most bold and
independent tnanner, which so irritated the
Emperor, that on the lfitll, after the deputies
had assembled, he ordered out his troops, stir-
rouiided the chamber, and while the cannon
were manned, and the matches blazing, the
Cortes were disolvcd iii the name of the Em-
peror to meet no more at present.
Oftliose who had been the most bold in as-
serting the liberty ofspcecli and the press, 17
were proscribed, among them Don Jose Bori-
ifacio, formerly private Minister, and his two
brothers, who with two others, were arrested
before they left the house, and sent to prison.
His Majesty published a decree, in which he
promised his subjects that he would himself
give them a constitution, and hinted that it
shotild be a better one than that which the
Corteshad lialfiuanufactured for them.
The Empire ofBrazil may last awhile lon-
ger, but Don Pedro the First has no longer
the hearts of his native subjects. A re-union
with the mother country is thought to be pref-
erable to anyindepeiident government they
can cstalilisli and maintain. This was an e-
vent already lI‘tll{(:(.l of as probable to take
place soon. It was believed that the Empe-
ror’s entire desire was to see this ell‘ectéd,and
it was said that a ship was to be despatched
immediately for Portugal with the news, and
probably to make overtures. It was also re-
ported that Lord Cochrane in disgust, had
sent in his resignatioii of the command oftlie
Naval Forces, and that the numerous Portu-
guese ships made prizes by him, would proba-
bly bc restored ; but this was afterwards cou-
tradicterl.
It was reported, Oct. £".9tli, that the Brazil-
ian frigate Royal Caroline, l_ritig at I’crnain-
bitco, had revolted agiiiiist the Emperor.
Ve learn from Captaiii Smith, of the ship
Vi/'in. Penn, arrived here from St. Uhes, (Nov.
lliitli, that a nnniiir=.r of Coiistitutional officers
wrrre sent over to Lisbon to be tried—most of
them were taken out of the Castle, and priii—
cipally officers of tlisliiictioii, under the Con-
stitutional Governmcnt.——b'all. Clironicle.
PERU.—It~is stated that intelligence reaoli-
ed Washington on the 1st inst. uftlie arrival of
Gen. Bolivar at Lima, and of-‘bis election to
the command of the Armies of Peru, until the
Spaniards sliall.be driven froui that oouiitry.
ten years tlgincrease was four and a liallfperg
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'S€?_l'I1(C, Fl"iday,_Jan. 9l..——A communication ‘
was received. frotifthe I_)cpartn'ietit_offS‘_tate,
enclosing-aicopy ofa letter I'I‘0lYl'7=:“_l.\II‘.~' Barrell,
Consiil.at Malaga, and statirig that theP-iclure
q/7 Columbus, mentioned in it, was received at
tli'e;.Departineiit, andsubject to such disposal
as -Congress may direct". The picture wasre-* ~
ceivetl at \Vasliiiigtpn in g_i_ frame ;upon which
is the following iiiscription.
L’ “ COLUMBUS.”
“ Presented to the Nation by G. G. Barrell,
“ U. S. Consul at Malaga. The frame pre-
"‘ sented by Parker &. ‘Clover, Picture Fruiti-
“ CFSV, New,-York, A. D.‘ 1825.”
Copy of Mr. B’s. letter to the Sec. of State.
,9.-.'lfaldgtz, ‘cb.£'3isl, 18913.
SW-—A few days since [delivered to Chas.
r\- 1'3it\’is,}Esq. a portrait of Columbus in half
lc_ugtli,; which I obtained froui Seville, and
cltrécted him to forward it to your Excellency,
lo_r‘the.ptii-poseofhaving it placed among the
P0l'_l.I'§Jlt3 of other fidistingiiislicd men in the
Capitol_._Y.'ou_\vill fiiid,by the certificate which
acconipames it, that it was supposed to be by
the satire hand which painted the celebrated
one in the Escuriiil, and only having unde'i-- .
gone some retoucbcs, of ti trifling nature, to
prevent its decay. If it is worthy a place in
the Capitol, it will afford nie infinite pleasure
"*"d W00‘: I 03'‘ Will’ Say, my atliniration for,‘
that ex:riioi'diiiai'_v man led me to think an o.
rigingil likeiiess of him might be cqngide,-ed
as a small mark of veneration and love I bear
iny country. V\’ith respect,your obd’t servh,
GEO!‘-GE G. BARR:-ILL.
The Secretary of State avails himself of
this occasion to state that an exact the siuiile
of the original Declaration of Iiidcpeiideticc,
with the names of the signers, has been en.
grayed on Copper Plate, and two hundred co-
pies strttck off, which are also subject to the
order of Congress. -
The bill for the relief of Charles M. Collin
was passed. ' l
M. Lloyd, of Md. presented the peiiiion of
Sarah Eastou and Dorothy Storcr, praying
compensation for the services perfoi'iiied bi}
ilieir f-.itlii=.r(tlie late Col. Harrison) as Aid’-
tlc-Clamp to General Washington. Referred
to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
House of I_Zc,'n'e.renlalit'e.s, Jun. 2.-—-The
Spealtcr laid before the House a letter from
the Couiptroller of the '1‘rcasury, traiisniittiug
a List of B.‘tlfa_llt.'_cS due by individuals to tire
Govt--riiiiieiit ; which ii.-as or-derqgfioipjge 0,, the
table, and to be printed. ~ f .
The Speaker laid before the House the Au.
iinal Ileport of the _Se‘crctai:y of the Treasu-
ry ; w.hi_cli was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Meaiis, and 6000‘ copies ordered
to be printed. ‘
A bill was ordered to a third readin':, ap-
propriating a certain sum to enable Beiijamiu
l-Iuffuian, to recover his son, taken prisoner
by the Indians. Mr. Cooke explained this
case. The fatlier of the boy having applied
for advice and ‘assistance to Gov. Cass, ol'Mi-
cliigaii,tlial geiitleinaii correspoiicled on the
subject with the Secretary ofState ;»in conse-
quence of which the latter had a correspon-
dence with Mr. Canning, the British Miiiister
to this Government, and be with the Gov. of
Canada, who discovered that the boy in ques-
tion was in the possession ofaBritish seruezint
in Canada, who was llmvilling to de“Ve;,hiyn
up. Vfitliotit the consent both of the boy
himself, and of the man who held him, the
Governor of Canada was unwilling to deliver
him over. In such circumstaticcs, the Coni-
mittee who reported this bill, thought it right
that Congress should interpose, in order to en-
able the father to go to Canada, and take win.
him the requisite evidence of the facts, and
obtain a liabeas corpus_for the bov.
The House ‘went into Coinniiitee of the
Whole, (Mr. Taylor in the Chair,). on the bill
for laying out and opening certain public
roads intlie Territory of Florida. ['.I‘his. bill
Pt0Vid8S for opening a public road from Pen-
sacola to St. Augustine, and for completion it.
by the aid of the U. States’ troops nouijin
Florida. Also, for surveying and niarking
out a public road from Cape Sable to the in.‘-
l8lԤBCll0l'l of the road first nicntioned with
the Slwfllltey River, and for the inarlting out
another public road from Cape Florida to St.
Augustine. .
A debate of some length arose on tbetbill,
occasioned by that feature ofit which provides
for the employment of the U. States’ troops
in the construction oftlie road. But-it finally
passed without ameudiiient—tbc blank for.
the width ofthc first road being filled with 25
ft. and that oftlie appropriation with $20,000.
A farther appropriation ofS:3,000 was made: fun
the survey oftlie two latter roads mentioned.
The House adjourned to Monday.~
‘ Two Qf rt trade seldom agrcc.’—Tlie Tal-
low-.Chana.’lers appear determined to extin-
guisli the light which the Wlialcoil-men have
shed on Congress by their memorial for an
augmentation of the duty on fallow. The
former declare that the representations of the
latter are 0V(".t‘-8lI‘(l’lnl.’d, and that with all their
complainings they have waxedfat under ex-
isting regulations while the latter‘ aver, that
the former live by a borrowed light at their
oxponse, and do not melt. at the sufferings of
their ucigliboi's.-—JV'orwich Court’.-:r. '
3120 have been transmitted by the Colum-
bian Forum to the Greek Fund, being the
nett proceeds of one of their late discussions.
'.l.‘lie secretary stated tliatthe suiu would prob-
ably have been doubled, had the room been
sufiiciently large to contain tlieliiiiidrcds who
were unable to procure adiiiission. '
FROM C.t:v'roN.--A letter from Batnvia, of
Sept. :2-ld,» received in N.Yo.ig, states that the -
Milford, of Bombay, arrived the preceding
day from Canton, with verbal intelligence that
the :ifl'air oftlie Topaz frigate had been revi-
ved. It was reported that the Hong uiert:li:iiifs
have been ordered to Pckin, because the Brit-
ish government have not sent out two indivi-
duals, to be delivered. to the Chinese, as-an a-,.
tonement for the lives of the Chinese, who
perished ‘at’ Lintin.
E.t‘pedili'an q/' the Holy flllirmcc cg(1i:'t9£-
."ilcrz'co.—Oii the E’.4tli llll. the U.S.sclir.Wild
Cat arrived at New-Orleans from I-Iavanii,
the commanderofwliicli statedtliat tlieI<‘rencli
frigate Eurydice brought information to Ha-
vana, that 10,000. troops were to embark from
Cadiz. aiitl the same niiiiilier of Freiicli troops
at Brest, for Mexico, to touch at Ilavana.
V.
Norwalk Chronicler