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"Lima, .hav'in‘g’ sailed On:--H16 30!“. °{_l-‘!}il'--’
"The. adviceiare not quite solatb as -were re-
ceived.-play‘ -way‘ of Cal-thag’c,n',a‘ bl" 99".‘? "9"
details are ” iv’ ‘fir. M r. dxihifi T “lb 0f 30310“:
arrived _i'_i‘i"t§le if/Ill. Penn.” , _. . .
. The Naval for e before Callao ‘was it footn-
jbifned one,ofthe ‘iepublic ofCbili,,Peru and
Colombia, under the comniaud r5f.tlie Chllian
-'Adrniral B_l_anc_o._ Such is the rigorousstate
‘pf t'h_e'blockade', ahdth‘ vigilance of tli'e firniy
_ by land, thatit is wholy impossible for sup-
_ pares ro be Ehkowrr in, and oi'1’iec_e‘s‘sity the ‘gar-
rison most capi't'ula‘t‘e~, its th_e'r'e is no alt'er'n_a-
:_‘..:ri3‘/e Ieft_b‘e’t_vI,_‘ee‘n that and lsta'rva’t_ion. '

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 _h f _ijce in the "Castles, probably arriountir
to about 17,’ or 1800 men, of .-whom not more
"than 50_0can be depended on, who are ‘prin-
"cipally European Spaniards. _ g j
, Tlrehesieging army under tlie_'_c_o_mniand of
Gen. Valera, consists of about 4-0‘0'0,lllén,'lJl.II
"»-‘ir'sT=_tfh'e means _'of the Patriots ’?ai"e lltiilfed I0
'cai7iy.ion,a‘reg'ular siege _agaln‘s‘t the Castles,
whiclfaffeviuipregnable, it is only by prevent-
_itig’su‘p{)li'es bein_ thrown in, that they can ul-
timately -s1‘rc*ceetIl'n 'r'educing them—thts e-
vent, it is'shr5;3r;se' ,will be accelerated by the
""»:lisaff’ecti't‘)'n-whicli had recently manifested it-
’ -self in ‘the Castles. " '
_ The army before Callao, was recruited by
, {General Bolivar hitnself at Truxillo,~4(n‘ow
called Bolivar) and brought down to Chahcay
‘in the vicinity of Lima, to await the result of
Gen. Sucre’s operations against the enemy.--
bu receiving intelligence of the result of the
battle"'of,Ayacticbo, (which established the in-
‘dependence of PeI‘ll,) Gen. Bolivar advanced
lfllllr this army, and entered Lima, where he
was received with great acclarnations ofjoy.
j ‘There was a report prevailing of some po
Iitical dist'urbance‘in Chili, and that the cities
of C quimbo and Conception, had instructed
their Representatives not to ' attend the next
Congress. The dissatisfaction grew out of
some of the measures ofthe present gov’t.

In the Win. Penn, a gentleman ofPhiladel-
pliia, liibuglit out from Peru,a young Condor.
Tliis bird isstipposed to be the largest ofthe
feathered trilfé; when full grown, its wings

. ’cxte_nd ttvehty-tivo feet from tip to toe. It is
a voracious bird, and subsists entirely on
prey, and has been known to fly offwitli sheep
and young cliildreii. It is found among the
Andes only.

Extract of a letter to II; E¢lz"o'r Q] the ./Iurara
and Franklin Gazette, dated Lima,May 30.

“The Congressiof Peru has, by a late de-
cree, imposed 10 per cent. additional duty on
American douiestic manufactures, making
the whole duty now 40 per cent. to take effect
eight inontlis after the third of this month..—-,
It is suppbsecl thtlt this c._harge' was affected
lhro‘ the-influerlfce of the British merchants,
our dornestics, from their superiority, having

- in a great measure supplied the place ol'E. I

" piece goods. The decree is looked upon as a
gross imposition by all Atnericans. The Br.
merchants pay a duty ofonly 30 per cent.

By another decree ofthe congress all Spati-

, islt rnnnttfactures are ‘roliibited under penalty
of confiscating vesse and cargo. This de-
cree is to take effect eiglit months from the
first of April last.

The officers, ofthe Atn'erica‘n, a‘h'tl British
fiavics in the Pacific are oti the most fiieiitlly
terms, not an ittstaitce of disagreement hav-
ing taken place for a long time. Irirleed, the
promptncss with which the British ' squadron
render services to our merchantrnen, when
the United States’ squadron is not in port, is‘
such as evinces the best feelings, and calls
forth the thanks of all Americans.” '

Capt. Harman, at Philadelphia, who left

Alvarado on the 9th tilt. was informed the day

_ previous, _by Col. Bradburn, that the Castle

of St. Juan de Uloa, had threatened to com-

mence firing on the city of Vera Crux,if they

did not give them a supply of provisions of
which they were much in want.

FROM EUROPE.-—-London ‘papers to
the 1st of August were received at New -York
on the 5th inst. They afford no important in-
telligence from any dtherquarter than Greece.

A further decline has taken place in the
price of Cotton. — 1

Two houses at Li9erP‘0f)I, enga-
ged in the cotton trade, have failed. _ '

Letters from Constantinople of 23th June
have the following particulars :-

“ The accounts arrived this morning from
the Morea positively announce _Ihe defeat of
Ibrahim Pacfra by Gen. Colocotroni, now‘Di-‘
rector of the Executive Powers of Greece.

“The details of the nav_al battle between
the Greek fleet and that of the Captain Pa-
cha, inform u‘s that the latter had three ships
burnt, one of which was the frigate which had
his treasures on board, and captured sortie
transports, which had most‘ of the arninunitioii
5:, rafts intended for the siege o’1'Mis-wlotiglit.

“ The Turks made a general attack on Mis-
solongliion the 17th June, but without suc-
cess, and consequently with considerable loss.

“ The Reis Effendi, in the last conferences
which he had with the- Foreign Minister, has
declined, in the most positive manner, all me-
' diation in favor of the Greeks. The Forte
_ will notlenter into any diplomatic discussion

wliateveron tlie,afi'airs of Greece. ,

“ On board the great trigate which was
blown up in the battle ofCape d’Oro, there
was 3 crew of 600-men and 200 oflicers, most

,oftltem Europeans, who were to direct the
- worksat the siege of Missolonghi. The trans-
ports taken by the Greeks had on board the
greater part of the train of artillery, also in-
tended foizthe siege ofMissolongJii. All these
prizes have been taken-to Hydra.
_ The report that the seigeof Missolonghi,
had been raised, was incorrect. _
f is stated that after Ibrahim Pacha got
possession of N avarino, he sent- a column of
46000 men to occupy Arcadia-,-atoivn 3 leagues
distant. _- The place ‘ was defended by 300
Greeks, who were all put'to.the'sword, their
heads salted and packed up, and put on board
r-§'Vog.Enropean transports, together with 600
-ttniricn and children, a part destined to Con
strtiitinople, and a part for Egypt.’ ,
_, After the devastation of A:lC'dl_'ll'3’, Ibra-ham
'— ‘acha, leaving 809‘ men in garrison at that
place, -ij11,1i‘cl|_(ad7:,.l,d3Var(lS Nisi, which he occu-
pied early in-J’_un'e;- Soon after be advanced
t‘o"Caltiniati'~, an open town, which lie lmmd
.a-batidoiied, and which be burnt.- The Bar-
'bal'I§ll_,lll his intoxication, then thought he
is-liould. be able to penetrate to the interior of
Pelopoticsus, but when arrived at Ludarr, he

 

was ilifers r;i=r,«'.*e‘i:ea iiyf-‘c:.iofi-:oir;oiii,- testes-,i
wig: it ,l0_Ss_t.lf nirfrev,-tljéén‘ ,l‘5t)0 ni‘t:'rr,';.iirr_d obli-
g'e‘_ 115 'r_etreat., We ‘5're_;a‘ss't’tt§ed,,thatqliarras-‘
se'd an ‘every side‘, pressed, and attackeil YVl!h--
out intermission, the Peloponnesuswill be his
-t'oinb._ As? an earnest of the~accomplisliment
of this happy event, we are informed in a pos-:
itive manner, that the Greeks have retaken

Amndia, and put the 'rtII'I{S/ to the sword. - '

Mib run, July 14.—';-Disc‘n's'sio'rls of a very

serious riature have taken place between our
Ministry and the British Etivoyffelative to the
toleration at Gtbraltartlf the_p'rivateers of S.
America, and of plrates','call'e'd Constitutional,
which daily 'com'i'nit' e'pre"dations injtirious to
the Spanish Co'r'rime'r'c'e‘and Marine. The a-
’ bode in thaf fortress of several individuals, no-
torious as the e‘ri'ernie_s of the King’s‘authorit y,
and who are ‘received there with very mark-
ed attentiorr, has also been represented in the
t‘i'ii"e"_,llizlit. , ' -
" Mr Nansen,Minister,Plenipotentiary from
the United States, on presenting to the King
his letters of_ recal, on the 11th inst. expressed
to his Majesty the sincere desire of the Presi-
dent oftlie U. States to preserve and consol-
idate the good understanding" between the
government of Spam and that ofthe U.Sta'tes

After the example of Mr. Monroe, his prede-
cessor, Mr. Adams, said his Excellency, will
ernbraceevery opportunity that shall offer,
during his adrnioistratioii, to prove_ the sincer-
ity ofhis sentiments by adopting all measu res
that may tend to increase and strengthen this
[good understariding.

full confidence in the justice and upright
dealings of his Majesty, and hopes that these
questions will be franlrly and generously deci-
ded with Mr.Everet,who succeeds Mr.Nelsou_

Lesson, July 3'0.-'-l‘-"We understand a de-
spatcli from the Court of-Directors to_ the go-
vernment in India, is now before the Board of
Co'ntrol_for approval, iiecting a considerable
augritehtgitidn o the army in all its branches,
at the different Presidencies. , From “conver-
sations which we have had with many intelli-
gent persons from -India, we are inclined to
think the proposed augmentation absolutely
necessary for the peace and security of that
imtiiense etnpir_e. If we extend our territory,
we must augment our army; and can it be
thought that I50 000 meuto a popnlatibri of
tiearly 90,000,00_ll_sotils is an“ overgrown mil-
itary force, and that in a countiy so far re-
moved, and incapable of receiving speedy as-
sistance from England in’ case of need, with-
out takinginto consideration the position in
which we are placed, surround ed by hostile
military neighbours?

Interesting statement of the moral condition
qf Greece.—-'I‘,he following is an extract of a
letter fr. Mr. Jonath_an P. Miller, the Ameri-
can who w_ _ sent "out to Greece b'y,tlle‘co.in‘-
tiiitteeof Bdstbti two years‘ :ig_o’£ Mr; Miller,
iininediately ,u'pon his art-ival,joined the artny
under Gen. Jzirvis,_who is also an American,
and has since travelled on foot more than 300
miles in Romela and the Morea, and by the
help of Gen. Jarvis ‘and an English Mission-
ary he' had ‘an opportunity to converse with
many Greeks in regard to the "religious and
political concerns of the country. He says-

“ They are all eager for instruction, and
are tfarispoited at the sight ofa tract, or a bi-
ble. The peasantry are virtuotts and modest,
the rncrchants cunning, deceitful and intrigu-
ing, the soldiers brave, patient and strongly
attached to liberty. Ihave given away several
thousands of tracts, which I received of Mr
Temple, at Malta, to citizens, officers and sol-
diers. They are much pleased with reading-
tltesefeathers, as they call them, and I have
frequently passed through the camp, and se_en
one of the soldiers reading a tract, with ten or
twelve others listening to hear him. _

,“ Superstition is losing ground in Greece.
»Many ofthe priests are beginning to preach
on -the Sabbath, and many of the people to
eat meat in Lent. The priests, as far as I
have been able to learn, are generally moral,
but devoted to the dogmas oftheir Church.

“ The Greek tvtirnen are modest,handsome,

and virtuous. The astonishing ex-
._rr_nples "exhibited here of morals by th ose
Franks, who have came from France, Italy
andgftiermany, have led the Greek females to
shtfn_‘-._a vforeigiier, while in his Frank costume.
altiiost'?a‘s"mticli as a Turk. Schools are be-
ginning to be established iualf the principal
towns and villages. A Mr. Edward Masson,
a gentleman from Scotland, whose classical
and religiotrs character is ofthe "highest cast,"
has devoted hiinselfto the_service of Greece.
He is accompanied by a Greek, who has been
two years in England, learning the Lancastri-
an svstem ofeducation, and who, by the grace
of God, has become experimentally acquain-
ted with the truths oftlie Gospel. Masson
does wonders ; he - already talks with the
priests, and will soon, if Providence permit,
-establish a school for the study of ancient
Greek and Philosophy at Tripolizza. Doctor
Howe, from Boston,does honor to his country,
family and friends. His standard ofmorality
is high. He has done much to relieve the
sufferings ofthe wounded already.
“ The civil disseutions have all been put
down in the Morea. Ulysses is the only chief
who1's now with the Turks, and he, .I think.
will soon he subdued. The misery of the
country is beyond all description. Women
and children are flying, almost naked and
starved, from the fury ofthe 'llIcl‘Clle§S sava-
ges—tlie men with their noses and ears ctrt
off. lfthere was ever a country, which de-
«handed the charities "ofthe christian world,
that countryis Greece. Yet it is my real 0-
pinion that she. will again take her place a-
mong the nations of the earth as" a free and
enlightened Republic. ‘ _

“ God is on the side ofthe Greeks. £00,000
Turks hav‘e already lost their lives in this sati-
guinary contest.” _ '

BOLIVAR.-.-It has lately been stated in the
Colombian papers, that two attemptsharl been
tirade to assassinate the Liberator Bolivar.-—
A letter from Bogota, published in tire Lon-
don Journals, saysthat this'friend_of mankind
had escaped the dagger ofthe assassin, which
had bceo‘rzise'd‘ against lrirn, no less than sev-
en or eight: times. In the recent secret ruurder
at Limafiof Mr. M‘onteagudo-', it wafis'ascertain-
ed on examining the body,’-that he had been
stabbed with a- sharp instrtmrent. This led-to
the ex-aminatioin of all the curlers in the city,-
en-hen one oftbem stated-that he had sliarpen

ed: two poniards, at the request of a negro,

with whose nanie-he was unacquaiuted, but
that he should know him if he saw him again.

There are still some points in dispute be-~
tweent etwo nations. Mr. Adams "places

.dred warriors in camp, many of whom ap-

‘culty wliatever,choosing to su'h'mit to the most

some 50 or 60 of out; anitnals which they had
driven off, chiefly those that were of the least

 

imni‘éd'iaftel y ,_iss[iic_d,§=.orderir_Ig_ -8 ‘gcpferal .81!-‘I
listrileht for _the,‘iii:‘iiiy;.but "excepting -_all:§lay'es”
and;b‘lack merit" It was a ,trap__' laid__fo_r‘ them,
asnecessary for the"sei€vice"of th_; '“ it‘ ;"to'
which effect they were. ordered :tojca,ll.*-for a

bill of exception attire office Of |h8"'Adj_utant
General. They presented themselves accord-.
ingly ; and the curler, who was concealed,ea-
sily knew the owner of the two poniards, who,
having been suddenly grasped, as the murder-
er ‘of Mr. Monteagudo, 'alfd'35k°d Wllefe ""3
two poniards were, answered. by confessing his
guilt, and producing one of the two ; he add-
ed, that as he could not have been discovered
but by the decree of Providence, he would de-
clare that he hadlieen seduced to that crime
by the Governor ofthe castle at ‘Callao, (see
the model ofthat infamous Ferdinand l) and
that. the other poniard -was to be found within
the sleeve of the left arm of General Bolivar’s
head servant, who was to murder him on the
night of that very day.” ' ‘ “

MEXICAN Anvercrtmens.

Part of a company at Americans and Mex-.
icans, who left Santa Fe about the 1510f-I008
last, arrived in Franklin, Missouri, on the 5th
of August, with nearly 500 mules and horses,
At the reijtiest “ofthe Editor of the Missouri
Intelligencer, one of the party has_‘ltlrt_li:s.lied
the following pari'tculat's-, from which rt_ ap-
pears,tliat when the company had 3|’”Ved V80’
near the Amlzirican settlements, a-large body
of Osage Indians fell in with ihern, and plun-
dered, and otherwise ill-treated them :

The company, after leaving Santa Fe, on
the first ofJnne, pursued a route not travelled
heretofore, perhaps, by any other party, either
in going to, or returning from, that country.
‘After-leaving Sant. Miguel, and travelling a-
bout a hundred miles, it crossed tl_i'e Canadian
fork ofthe Arkansas river, at'_lhe foot of _the
great table motintains, where, in general, is a
tolerable good ford,,and a large road leading‘
dear to it, made chiefly by the Mextcans,who
go out hunting buffalo. From this place, the-
company coritinued down the north side of.

high kuobs of niountains, on the left of the
river disappeared. A considerable part of
this route is rather uneven, and may be regar-
rled_as. a broken country.

From thence, the company pursued a direct
northeast litre, till it intersected the main Ar-
kansas river, near the mouth of the little Ar-
kansas river, where it arrived on the 122th Ju-
ly. '0u the morning of the I3lh, crossed the
river safely, (although the water was high,) &L
travelled a few miles and encainped about 9.
A. M. on the east side ofone of the branches
of the little Arkansas, where about 1,2 or )8
ofthe party were despatched forvthe purpose
of killing buffalo meat totake into the settle-
-nients. About two hours after their absence,
the rest of the company who remained about
the catnip, were aroused by the calling out of
some o‘ftli'e men that "‘ Indians were amcfig
the horses.” At this instant the greater p' t
of the company ran with their arms among
the horses and Indians, (for by this time they
were pretty well mixed together.)and endeav-
ored to check both horses and Indians, one of
the company only‘being mounted. At this
crisis, the ’Iudiau's appeared '1r7'rrrr\nifi'-act no-
liostile intentions, continually crying out
“ Wash ashes,” “ Wash ashes," and others
endeavoting to frighten off the horscs,by their
hallooing and riding among theni,which they
succeeded in doing, so that it is stipposed a-
bout two-thirds ofthe ariimals were driven off
by them, in despite of every exertion to pre-
vent them. lnimediately sortie six or seven
nieu mounted sonic horses, and o’th_er n'i'ules,
and went in pursuit. Alter proceeding a few
m.les,it was discovered that the animals were
divided into four parties—-the men then sep-
arated, at'i'd part pursuing one drove and the
rest another; both succeeded in taking each
a rlrove,one of which, amounting to 63 horses
and mules, arrived sale in camp; the other
was retaken by the Indians Sr. driven to their
camp, which was not more than four or five
miles from otirs. In the mean time,tltese Iti-
«liaris had fallen in witli the party who went
out ltunting, and forcibly took them all to
their cariip, at the saute time robbing and tak-
ingfiont them every thing they wanted, and
otherwise very rudely treating them. On the
return of the -party who” pursued the horse-
the Indians had taken off, it was ascertainerl
that there were b_eine‘eu two and three hun-

peared dispbsed to. provoke some difference,
so that they might find a pretence for taking
all ottr property, or’, perhaps, murdering the
whole party. ‘ In this, liow_e'ver', they failed,
as the whole company manifested a‘ determin

anon not to involve theriiselves in any diffr-

violent outrages, rather than’ resent them, as
it was but too evident that resistance would
have been madness, there being in their own
and our camp between six" and ‘seven-hundred
warriors, and about [2 or I5 effective men in
ours. During the whole of this evening, and
the next day u'nt'il evening, there were con.
tinually many ofthem in our camp, constant

ly er_i_deavoriug to steal from us, or to take by
force such articles as they wanted. During
the evening ofthe 14th, and the morning of
the 15th when the whole cavalcade of the O-
sages moved to our camp, they did return

value ; retaining the best to the number of a-
bout 130 Tltere was with these Indians a
man who spoke their language fluently, as al-
so the French language, so that ottr company
had no difficulty in conversing freely with ‘
them. They were told that their conduct
would be represented to the proper officers of
our government, and that a just recompense
would be demanded ofthem. Perhaps in no
instance Whatever has there ever been such a
violent and unprovoked outrage committed
by Indians‘ under the control of the govern-
ment, against its citizens. ‘

.N'eg'-ro I1ilellect.—The following interesting
ariecdote of _a Negro slave vv'as- related by
Gliief Justice Esicn,vof the Bermudas, at a
ni'eeti_ng of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
held in London, on the 282th of April, 189.5 :
—“ We have: slave of the name of Edward
Frazer, who‘ is only,25 years of age, and has
received no education but in tliehouse of his
niastei,»and yetfihe has made himself master
of the first six books of Euclid, has read the
tvritiogs of Locke, and most of the standard
dtvines of the Church of England ; and great

qua-lly interested, and [do bel-‘revs l_i~itri,to‘ire a
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 ()‘r‘.-hr.-, sis: "iii. si,ni‘¢'gxiii‘g‘isr,.nieirrieiias_git’
 Porter ‘ivas lieldfatlwashingtoii for the '
pdrpose of making preptarationsjto Iionor; him
with a public dinner, as a testiirionoy 0fll16lI‘i‘
confidence in his, patriotism and integrity. ‘A
committee of three,'con'_sistiug of Gen. Philip
Stuart, Col, Henry Ashton,-' and John Graeff,
Esq., was appointed to coinfnunicate to him
the invitation. In their address they make
use of language very itnpropertr. disrespectful.
They 'co'mmence with high professions afre-
gard" for his public and private character, ‘ode.-,.
claring with how much solicitude they had’
beheld ‘the tedious and irksome investigation’
of his conduct, and liow much they were re-
joiced that he had “ made it a_ppeai*’tha't the
utmost severity ofscrutiny ‘could not fix on
him any act that was either culpable or im-
pi°'op_'é'r.”_ They then proceed ;“,in the name
and by the direction oftheir réiimv citizens to
hail him as one who has passed the fiery or-
deal of vindictive prmedtilion not only unlitirt
but exalted in pulilic-"opi‘iii‘o‘n ;” and that they
might “ rejoice with their favorite chief” they
solicit his acceptance ofa public dinner.

To this invitation the Commodore return-
ed the following answer, some parts of which
betray a spirit not very dissimilar to that which
he has before manifested.

Metiifiun Hir.r., Sept. 1. I895.

Gentlemen .‘ In reply to the invitation you
have done me the honor to present on behalf
ofthe citizens of lvashington, I beg leave to
make some explanations, which I flatter my-
self will mi-ettheir favourable reception, and
satisfy them ofthe propriety ofthe course of
conduct I have marked out for myself.

It is not unknown to you thatfil have been
tried, condemned. and am now suffering pitti-
ishmgent by the sentence ofa Court Martial.
,_ To condemned, to _a state of idleness,
iind_'er_tlie, most favorrlble cil'cil_mstances,would
he painhil to the, asgone to which I have never
been acctistnrned; but. to be so condemned,
for the high crirties and misdemeanors with
which I have been charged, and the Cottrt has
found me corxxrr, howevei‘ disproportionert
the duration and .tlie natiire ofmy punishment
,_may be to the offences charged, render it in-
finitely more irksoine.

_ It was my botintleri duty, and it certainly
was my ardent desire, as my whole conduct
thro’ life will prove, to give the most entire sat-
isfaction to the government, in the execution
of all the orders which I had ever received ;
but having tinliappily failed to do so in this
instance, having, as it appears, misunderstood
and erroneously interpreted, orders and in-
structions, which the Court I and the public,
and I believe, also, the government, have only
been able to comprehend, by the voluntary
aid of him under whose superintendence they
wer_efra‘tr'jed;_and w,_ho,iu his own jdstification,
undertook the difficult task, witholit having
the orders under which I acted belnie him, or
a distinct recollection oftheir contents, ofgiv-
Jug a sulutlOn,”'coi-responding- with tlrcintcn-'
tion, although at variance with the lellcr;—
and having, in my correspondence with him,
been unwittingly betrayed by my feelings, into
the expression of certain sentiments, which.
after what has transpired, I would cheerfully
recall; and having placed my entire confi-
dence iuone, who has proved both an acciiser
and a witness against me,anrl whose testiriiony
alone has coiideriinerl me, it is no small _so ace
to me that I have rotma favor and indulgence
in the eyes ofthat public, to whom I so confi
dently appealed for justic_e, when I believed it
was withheld from’ me,‘ by those to whom I
thought Iliad a right to complain and appeal;
for. to have remained silent under grave accu-
sations, to have yielded without an effort to
protect my honor, would have been as foreign
to what Iorved to myselfas’ it would bave been
repugriarit to my feelings ; to have permitted
the cl()l-ltl of censure to hang over me; to
have permitted my conduct to be passed alter‘
by my accuser, and forgitvcu after degrada-
tion, was trhat, according to my ideas, no
mo'rtal, having one spark ofhonor or pride in
his composition, or any self respect, could, or
should submit to. Nothing, intleed, slto.t of
my innocence proved, or of my conviction. of
guilt, cotild satisfy, or ought to have satisfir-cl
me ; I wished for justice. and I asked for
riothing inore. Iasked no favors—no indul-
gence. I was willing to meet the accusation
boldly; Ishrtmk from no investigation of my
official life, however rigid, and I have shown
no dispisition to avoid the penalty, if found
guilty. ”‘ Justice hits at length, (and no
doubt conscientiously,) been awarded to tire
by my peers, and at the price of six months’
suspension, for the expiation of my guilt, with
an honorable acquittal ofevery moral offence.
I have now the proud satisfaction ofkuowiug
that my whole conduct in the transaction
which occasioned my recall. as well as my of-
ficial conduct during and subsequent to my
cominand, will be laid before my fellow citi-

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zens—an advantage to obtain which, life it-
self would have been considered a trifling sac-

rifice, for death would have been preferable

to a sullied reputation; and it will be as much
my pride now, to show an example ofsubor-
tliuallon and‘ patience under my punishment,

as it ever was my desire to do my duty to my-

self, under what Ibelieved unjust accusations,
or to my country, whenever my services might
prove useful to her.

No man is free from human frailties--andl
have my full share ; but among them is not to
be ranked vindictive resentment, or a disposi-
tion to crush the already oppressed. Attacks
continue to he made on me through prints un-
der official patronage, but experience has
convinced tire, that it were safer at least to
hear the evil than complain. The Court has
awarded the punishrutrnt for my offence, and '
[am bound to abide by its decision-'; if others,
by their complaints wish to induce a belief
that it is not sufficiently severe,- or feel that
their conduct requiresjustification or apology.
he theirs‘ thelabour ct‘ justifying it ; I envy
them not the task, or the lrouour they will a
quire by the performance." ~
By submitting, patiently,-and prudently, to
my punishment, the idea is not einertaiued
that l,.feel myself less worthy now tliaubefore
my sentence-‘-‘far from it. My couductin
the affair,ofFoxardo has been said tohave _
originated in’ “‘ an anxious disposition to
maintain the honor andad-vance the interests
ofthe nation), and of the ser vice,’?.for which it"-

is itnpossible that I could be‘ ' ptmislied. M y

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‘serving, of pllulfilllfl

eve~r.:disclainiisd,.arty; ‘_‘§‘dlSIf‘e.SpeOl..”'l0 any. o'iié; , ‘

and,‘ adoptiug‘the ’ rule which" has 'bee'n--reso_rt-
ed to on the part of the _accusation,*I shouldgggg,

 

he the bcstjudge of my own intentions. I
assurances then, should have been, and ‘r’
doubt were, sufficient to exonerate me freon’:
this charge; Tlien, “ wherein have I o_fi‘eri'd-‘ ‘
ed ?” And for whatani I punished ? Is-it_fo,_.E
appealing to'_iny fellow citjzeiis under accusar-’

 

decision,I have sought for a solace for that“-
justice whichl believed was withheld from
me. ‘I’ felt thyself goaded almost to despera-._ .

save mv‘ honor at every risk. I have saved it,
and I am content,whatever evil may befalmtk
Viewing the subject in-all its bearings, and

I could not consistently and safely .become- 3-
'particjpator,- and. join in any festivi_ty lira!
might, by the tiiost forced constrtiction, be at-
tributed to an expression of opiiiiuri, opposed
to the course of the prosecution "or the sen-
tence ofthe court. ,

.l have the honor to be, gentlemen, yotirmvej-‘ '
ry obedient servant, D. Pom‘:-:3.’

" Ni.w-foius, Seer. 6.
./filscent ofa Balloon.—Mr. Robertson made
his second ascent with rt Balloon frotn Castle

promise, and in a manner highly gratifying
to the ntitnerotis spectators. It was judged
there were about 6000persons within the gar-_
deu, and that the exhibition was witnessed by
50,000 people who covered the Battery and
neighboring positions for seeing. At a little
after 6 o’clock the balloon, which W89 lflfllled
to’ a circumference of 75 feet, arosev.sluwly_ 7
and tuajestically from the garden, carrying
the undaunted 1Eronaut in his Gondola. As
he arose he deliberately took, le'c1V8 07-018
company, who expressed their satisfaction in
load shouts. ' After proceeding some distance
without attaining much height, Mr. R. let
down a parachute, wfth a live cat, which de-
scended withont iujiiry_ to the animal. He
then threw out ballast, and arose gradually to
a great elevation. The wind was fr. 5- 
and took the Balloon in a direction across
the North River to New-Jersey, 1.0 "18 -'*°“'l|',
ward of Hoboken. The balloon was distinct-
ly seen for nearly three quarters of an hour,
and till it disappeared behind the, Jersey hill:
just as the darkness commenced. The ascent
was very ha ndsome,and- the 2Eronaut deserves
the credit ofhaviug fulfilled his promises in a,
manner to afford‘ us one of the most interest-— .
lug spectacles we have ever had the opportu-
_nity-__to behold. Mr. Robertson alighted five,
miles fr mi the place of ascension, near the
Bergen “foods, about three miles from Hobo-
ken,not far from a public road. The Balloon
lodged in the tops of some cedar trees, and
suspended the Car several feet fr. the ground.
Fortunately, it was observed by a person pas-
sing at the time, who assisted in ext_ricat'tng-
Mr. R. from that situation, -and securing the
Balloon, which was much torn. A Waggofl
passing the road soon after, conveyed Mr- R-
and bis.P.allbou to Jersey City, from Wilt’-IICID.
he arrived dud presented himself at the Gar-
den about 9 o’clock in the evening. A great,
co'nco'urse_ of people were in waiting to wit-,.,
«less the Fire Works, who greeted his return‘
with ltuzzas, and congratulations.

 

How to avoid D_ysentei-_i;.—--It-will be per-
ceived from anotlicr part of our paper, tha:
the Dyscntery is making alarming ravages in
several sections of our country ; we have
therefore thought thatit would not be _untiinely-
to remind our readers ofthe rules which the.
celebrated Dr. Rush reconmiendsfor the pre-
vention ofthis disease. He advises that spic -
es, and particularly Cayenne pepper, and the
red peppers ofour own countr-y..-slio_nld be ta-
ken with our daily food. Mr. Dewer, a,Br.
surgeon, informs us, that the French, while in
Egypt, frequently escaped the diseases ofthe
countr_v by carrying pepper with them to eat
with the frtiits ofthe laml. Purging physic.
should also occasionally be taken, ' as any;
medicine ofa laxative nature by preventing
custivcncss, will act as a preservative fr. this
disease. A militia Captain in theyear I778
wltile stationed at Arnboy, preserved his whole-
company from a dysentery which prevailed in
the army. by giving each of them a purge of
sea-salt; and some years afterwards saved his
family and many ofhis neighbours front the
same disease, by distributing among them a
few pounds otpurging "salts. This disease
was also prevented in an academy at Borderi-
town,N.J. by giving molasses very plentifully
to all the scholars; which had the effect of
keeping their bowels in a laxative states .A I

Another rule to be observed is to avoid ex.-
posnre to the dampness of the night air; and
when necessarily exposed, the bowels should
be more carefully protected than other parts
ofthe body. The Egyptians,-Mr. D. tells us,
for this purpose. tie a belt about their bowels,
and with the happiest ef’fect.—JV'. Y. Obs.

 

Mzturol Gas.-—The following article from
a paper in Cllatattque county, the extreme
western county of N. York, bordering on Lake
Erie, presents certainly a very ingenious ap-
plication to useful purposes, of what has here-
tofore merely served to amuse curiosity or
excite wonder.

“ What village can compare with Fredonia it
There are now in this village, ‘Zstores, (one a
grocery) two shops and one tnill that are every
evening lighted tip with as brilliant gas lights
as are to be found in any city in this or any
other country. The hydrogen gas, or inflam.
mahle air, which produces these lights, was
procured by drilling a hole scveralttieet into
the rock which composes the bed _of the creek
passing through this village, and, in order to
test the experiment, it is now bro’t in small
pump-logs to the buildings lighted, a distance
of several rods, which must ofcourse render it
It is in contemplation to
procure lead pipes : and H0’ doubts are enter-
talued that should this be none, andia proper
resorvoir constructed, with a - gnsomercr at-
tached to it,a suflicientquantity;ofthis-natural
gas might be procured to light nearly or quite
the whole village. Vlflrat adds to this gas‘ a-
bove that manufactured is, that it is entirely
void of any ofi'ensive smell ' when‘ bur-niri"g.'---
'I‘he-bnildingsnow liglited, havevbeen literally
tlironged for several evetii-ng‘s" past, and tram
been visited by some hundreds 

who expressed their admiration?‘fat.this«%irival-

uable ,diseovery.”-Frcdonia Censor; 1-"“‘
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iron? I have t'ottoived;‘;onIy, the exariiplexgf 
those exalted far above me. In the ptll)llQ~-

tion under supposed wrongs, and [sought I0 ~‘

having in view ulterior consequences, I thinl‘: .

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